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Rally promotes anti-abortion advocacy

UT System regent looks back at term experiences

By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97

Religious banners and pink “Defund Planned Parenthood” signs flapped in the breeze as anti-abortion rights marchers descended upon the Capitol on Saturday afternoon. The annual Texas Rally for Life march protests the Roe v. Wade decision made 44 years ago, legalizing abortion in the U.S. Biology freshman Veronica Remmert said last weekend’s global

Women’s March drowned out anti-abortion voices. “I want all women and men to be equal, but I don’t think that was exactly what their message was,” Remmert said. “The Women’s March wasn’t just about being equal, it was about promoting a culture of death as well. To be pro-life isn’t to be against women.” At 3 p.m. there were more than 5,000 marchers, according to the Austin Police Department. The voices of preteen girls led the “We are the pro-life generation” chant as

families pushed strollers uphill on Guadalupe Street. Panting dogs wore red duct tape with the word “life,” which sealed some people’s lips. Pre-med freshman Hannah Reyes said she was nervous about participating in the rally because UT and Austin are notoriously liberal. “We are the minority, and now it’s time to speak for those who can’t, despite me being nervous of being marginalized,” Reyes said. Around 2 p.m. in front

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Anti-abortion activists rallied and marched together at the State Capitol Saturday afternoon.

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Airport protests target Trump’s refugee ban By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97

Ashley Fosshath’s grandmother may pass away before Fosshath can visit her in Iran because of President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants of certain countries. “It’s heartbreaking,” said Fosshath, a pharmacy graduate student. “I feel like we’re all just in a state of shock. This man has the potential to separate family members and Muslims for a long time.” Fosshath and other Austinites huddled in front of the pickup lane at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Sunday afternoon to protest Trump’s travel ban signed Friday. Children on parents’ shoulders held up neon and cardboard signs saying “#NoBanNoWall” as Muslim immigrants and sons and daughters of refugees shared personal stories of hardship. Protesters circled around those who talked about the uncertainty of seeing family members. Other minority groups such as Mexican Americans, Native Americans and LGBT people expressed sympathy

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Fatima Nidali-Levens, center, claps alongside protesters at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The demonstration was held in solidarity with several occupations in airports across the country.

and chanted “all walls must go, from Palestine to Mexico.” Cars passing by honked in agreement and protesters

cheered in thanks. Trump’s order barred refugees of seven Middle Eastern countries from entering the

U.S. for 90 days. On Saturday, a federal judge placed a stay on the ban, temporarily halting the deportation of refugees

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who would have otherwise not been allowed in the U.S. under this order, but some were stuck

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With days left as a UT System regent, Alex Cranberg said his term was characterized by an effort to provide equal opportunities to all students. Cranberg was appointed as a regent for the UT System by former Gov. Rick Perry in 2011 and has served for six years, during the time when former UT President William Powers resigned in 2015 because of questionable admission practices. “I hoped to promote innovation, fresh thinking and critical thinking through asking hard and relevant questions,” Cranberg said in an email. “I hoped to see a major improvement in the leadership of our institutions, and all toward the larger purpose of more and a broader range of students getting a more excellent preparation for their life and careers, and at a lower cost to the student.” As one of the regents, Cranberg oversaw the University’s administration along with its 14 other institutions, set tuition for students, promoted academic research and more. During his time as regent, Cranberg was considered a leader in the move to implement new leadership at the University after unfair admission practices were discovered. This lead to the resignation of Powers because of under-qualified students with influential connections being admitted to the University. “(The new leadership at UT) restored its

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Museum hosts celebration for Texas Wildlife Day Finance committee calls for By Kayla Meyertons @kemeyertons

The University observed Texas Wildlife Day on Saturday, as the Texas Memorial Museum hosted free family-friendly activities to educate the public on the importance of biodiversity conservation. Admission was free to the public, with activities ranging from wildlife drawings and making pine-cone bird feeders to a fish species collection presented by UT scientist Adam Cohen. The activities and demonstrations were hosted by science educators of the museum, UT scientists

and 15 members of Texas Master Naturalists, museum associate director Pamela Owen said. Texas Master Naturalists is a volunteer-based statewide program sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife to educate the public on native Texas wildlife. Owen said permanent exhibits and having an event like Texas Wildlife Day increases biodiversity awareness among people in central Texas. “Our focus has been on natural history,” Owen said. “We have a lot of folks that maybe don’t have a chance to go outside or maybe they’re living in a more urban environment,

education funding reforms By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16

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Hudson, 4, left, and Lochland, 3, learn about the anatomy of marine wildlife Saturday.

or they may not be aware this great diversity that we have in the state of Texas.” Owen said Texas Wildlife Day is an important

reminder that humans are not separate from the environment, and human

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The Senate Finance Committee called for a complete reconstruction of Texas’public school finance system and higher education reforms during the committee’s first round of meetings last week. Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, designated a specialized work group to “propose potential replacements for our current funding structure” in the public school system. In regards to university spending, Nelson appointed a workgroup, led by Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Kel Seliger,

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R-Amarillo, to specifically consider non-education funding on special items. Higher Education Prior to the start of committee hearings, Nelson proposed a base budget of $213.4 billion for 2018-19, which she said is a “starting point” for discussions. The budget proposal includes an $800 million decrease in funds used for initiatives such as museums and research establishments that do not receive standard formula funding, but “support the special mission of the institution,” according to the Legislative

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UT Libraries look for global studies liaison By Christian Muñoz @RemoteChris

The UT Libraries Department is in the process of hiring a new global studies liaison in the field of European studies. The department is busy interviewing candidates for the liaison position, who are responsible for facilitating the use of library material and are ready to work directly with students on various topics. Liaisons have specialized language skills and knowledge of regional cultures and societies, and are prepared to assist with a wide variety of inquires, department officials said. “For all of our liaison recruitments, the libraries invite faculty involvement to attend presentations by the candidates, and also interview with the candidate to better

understand his or her knowledge, skills, abilities and desire to support the faculty members and students,” said Jennifer Heath, UT Libraries assistant director of human resources. UT libraries spokesman Travis Willmann said one thing they are looking for is a candidate who can further advance the changes across the libraries. “We’re committed to retaining the most qualified and forward thinking staff possible,” Willmann said. “Given the dynamic change the libraries are currently experiencing, we’re looking for creative individuals who can look to and strategize for the library of the future.” This vacant GSL position comes after the retirement of Paul Rascoe, a GSL in the field of African-American studies who worked at UT Libraries for

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continues from page 1 Budget Board. “I look forward to working with members to ensure that we’re allocating our resources in a way that avoids duplication, provides true public benefit and stays true to our core mission of higher education,” Nelson said at Wednesday’s meeting. Nelson said the task of allocating only $300 million to these special items is a difficult assignment, but said she expects the workgroup to propose a budget plan soon. Public School System In response to controver-

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continues from page 1 integrity by putting an end to the corrupt linkage of admissions, privilege and political power,” Cranberg said. “I believe that new leadership has even finally found the right football coach.” More recently, Cranberg has shown his support in obtaining full access to student records in order to check the practices of the admissions office, an effort led primarily by UT System Regent Wallace Hall. The search for information prompted by Hall’s lawsuit against UT System Chancellor William McRaven, whom Hall requested the student records from, ended this past Friday with the Texas Supreme Court ruling in favor of McRaven. Cranberg said the ruling will one day be regretted. “To protect the integrity of the University, individual

31 years. Rascoe’s retirement last summer reaffirmed the importance of having qualified librarians at UT, officials said. “These are critical positions because they’re supporting the research of students and the research endeavors of the faculty, so we need really high-caliber librarians,” said Catherine Hamer, UT Libraries director of academic engagement. Willmann said UT Libraries has undergone significant restructuring, which makes the search for a perfect candidate much more difficult. “These changes were made to enable new approaches in support of the information and scholarly needs of our campus, including prioritizing deep, subject-based collaborations, digital scholarship and collections of distinction,” Willmann said. sy surrounding how public schools in the state are funded, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the system as constitutional last May. However, the court recommended the Legislature change the system completely with “top-tobottom reforms.” Nelson recommended the group propose a system with fewer complications, more innovations and the ability to meet student needs. She assigned Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, to lead the group, which will collaborate with the Senate Committee on Education. Taylor said the current system, which has been in place since the 1940s, is outdated and said he believes reregents access to all information must never be compromised,” Cranberg said. “Without personalized information one cannot know the relationships that may suggest corruption. I believe we have an honest Board. We cannot always count on that. Our protection is then up to the truth-seeking drive of individual regents.” Cranberg is also the chairman and founder of Aspect Holdings, LLC, an oil and gas company based in Houston and Denver. “As the CEO he is the dayto-day leader, our strategist and our visionary all at once,” said Lora Mays, the general counsel for Aspect Holdings. “He’s very involved in the business, every part of it really.” Cranberg said he plans to promote educational opportunities for lower-class students in K–12 and higher education after his term ends. “Hidebound and self-serv-

Th enslav with Daina a sign Frida A Berry her la Their Berry being value ter un Katie Bauer | Daily Texan fileeffect Following the retirement of Paul Rascoe the UT Library De- and e partment is currently looking for a new global studies liaison. He analy Once hired, the new GSL partnerships with their userof sla will be positioned to develop communities, Willmann said. birth UT Libraries has narrowedmany new and curate existing collections. He or she will also down the applicant pool to theslaver be responsible for initiating, top three candidates. They ex-rathe collaborating and facilitating pect to have their final decision “A transformations in higher ed- ready within one week after amary ucation through significant series of final interviews. needs done, tippe ty-wealthy districts to support form is necessary. “It’s time to redo the property-poor districts. However, some school whole thing,” Taylor said at districts find fault with the Monday’s meeting. Public schools in Texas current system and have exare primarily funded by local pressed funding procedures property taxes, which differ are not fair or efficient enough by district, and state aid. The to maximize student success, Texas Education Code states according to the Texas Associits mission of equality and “a ation of School Boards. The working group met for standard of neutrality that provides for substantially equal the first time on Friday. Tayaccess to similar revenue per lor emphasized the group has an opportunity to simplify a student at similar tax effort.” According to the Tex- complicated system. “My hope in our opportunias Education Agency, the current “wealth equaliza- ty is to come up with a transtion” plan, also referred to parent, understandable, fair as the “Robin Hood” plan, and equitable structure that attempts to limit disparities prepares our classrooms for in school funding by redis- the 21st century,” Taylor said at tributing funds from proper- Friday’s meeting.

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Finishing his six years as a UT System regent, Alex Cranberg reflects on his accomplishments and goals for UT.

ing attitudes … pervade too many of our learning enterprises,” Cranberg said. “This is a national disgrace; if we don’t fix it fast and urgently the collision in America that we are witnessing between our educational classes is just beginning.” With three regents’ terms ending next month, Gov. Greg

Abbott appointed three new regents whose Senate hearings will take place this Thursday. “I am very pleased with Gov. Abbott’s selections and I look forward to working with these three stellar individuals,” McRaven said in a statement. “I have no doubt UT institutions will benefit immensely from their leadership.”

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Steve Adler gives State of the City address By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban refugees from predominantly Muslim countries, Mayor Steve Adler reassured immigrants and refugees they are safe in Austin during his State of the City address Saturday evening. On Friday, Trump signed an order to temporarily bar refugees, green card holders and travelers from entering the U.S. for 90 days. The next day, Federal Judge Ann M. Donnelly gave temporary stay to the order and halted its execution after refugees were detained at airports across the country. Adler said no political events can cause Austin to change its progressive views. “No legislature and no election can change who we are and the values that as a community we hold dear,” Adler said. “The world can completely lose its mind, and we’re still going to be Austin, Texas.” A thunderous standing

ovation followed when Adler commended Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez for not allowing federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to detain undocumented immigrants without warrants. “All they have to do is get a warrant, that’s easy,” Adler said. Hernandez said this policy will go into effect Wednesday, despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s statement that he would defund counties and remove elected officials who protect undocumented immigrants. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said local law enforcement, including his own officers, should not act as federal immigration enforcement. “(Austin Police) can’t be brought in to enforce immigration laws, because we cannot afford to have a breakdown in our immigrant community, because they are more likely to be victimized,” Manley told The Daily Texan after the address. Adler said affordability is

one of his priorities as families have been pushed out because of rising housing costs and limited places to live. “We cannot sit by while Austinites are priced out of Austin (and) when young people have to leave Austin to start their families,” Adler said. CodeNEXT, a rewritten draft of Austin’s land code that has been in effect for over 30 years, will be released on Monday. The code will determine which buildings are placed where, putting pressure on city officials to fairly distribute housing opportunities for everyone. “People of good will can find themselves in social constructs they did not create,” Adler said. “We are tasked with dismantling the messages of racism and discrimination.” John William Meyer, UT Ph.D. candidate, said he appreciated Adler’s push for equal employment opportunities. “His style seemed very pragmatic,” Meyer said. “I (like) him focusing on equity and the internship programs

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Author says slave studies help to understand racial America By Jahnavi Muppaneni @jaaahnavi

The commodification of enslaved people did not die with them, history professor Daina Ramey Berry said at a signing for her latest novel Friday. At a BookPeople signing, Berry read narratives from her latest book “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh”, where Berry discussed how human beings were given a monetary value to help her audience better understand slavery and its an fileeffects on U.S. social, political e- and economic systems. son. Her novel is the first work to analyze slavery and the “value” of slaves through a cycle from birth to after death. Berry said many historical studies on slavery show slaves as victims rather than fighters. “Awareness is first and primary, but I also think there needs to be lot more research done,” Berry said. “I just tipped the iceberg.”

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continues from page 1 actions can have both small and large scale impacts on the surrounding world. Cohen, ichthyology collection manager at UT’s Hendrickson Lab and an alumnus, said biodiversity collections at the Texas Memorial Museum serve research and educational purposes. Ichthyology is a branch of zoology devoted to studying fish. “We’re always trying to make a public connection to and get people interested in science,” Cohen said. “We just need to keep people interested in the biodiversity because it’s what causes people to want

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continues from page 1 of the Capitol gates, some counter-protesters chanted, “Pro-life, your name’s a lie. You don’t care if women die.” “To a point you want to be respectful of everyone’s beliefs,” UTeach senior Bess McNiel said about the protesters. “I don’t agree with it, but I’m not going to say they can’t because I wouldn’t want someone to tell me I couldn’t.” Nicole Thompson, 23, was protesting the rally and went to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. Thompson said she is disheartened by motions to defund Planned Parenthood and by some of the marchers yelling at her. “We’ve been told we’re going to hell,” Thompson said.

Berry said there was more to the domestic slave trade than the buying and selling of enslaved African-Americans. Her research includes the cadaver trade, the buying and selling of body parts for medical purposes. It was not uncommon for dead slaves’ bodies and body parts to be sold to scientists and other medical professionals, Berry said. “I look at the ways in which, even after death, that enslaved people were commodified,” Berry said. Berry spent years researching American slave trades and how slaveholders treated human beings like property. She drew accounts of how slaves remembered and responded to such treatment by studying records that indicate sexual abuse by slaveholders and the soul values of the slaves. Berkeley Adair, an eighth grader from St. Francis High School, said Berry’s book signing exposed her to different forms of enslavement.

“I learned a lot about how slaves were traded even after they died,” Adair said. “It’s hard to think about, but it’s important to acknowledge.” Berry’s goal is to motivate researchers to dig deeper into African-American enslavement and how it shaped the racial history of America. Public health senior Ambriale Davis said she doesn’t think many people consider the aftermath of slavery. “The foundations of slavery are still heavily ingrained in our society,” Davis said. Davis said some schools’ versions of “textbook slavery” do not accurately represent slavery or the struggles faced by African-Americans. “Growing up, I felt like my schools portrayed slavery negatively but really only told it from the white perspective,” Davis said. “Textbook slavery has simply evolved into public institutions like jails and schools to disenfranchise blacks.”

to preserve ecosystems and nature.” One of the hands-on activities highlighted a University biodiversity collection in which Cohen displayed fish for visitors to see and touch to understand their anatomy. Each one of the organisms acts as a snapshot of the environment at a certain time and place, Cohen said. Texas Memorial Museum intern Anneke Rood, human development and family sciences senior, said it is important for people to care about the nature that is right in their backyards. “I just think it’s important for the kids and for people our age learning about (nature) if they never

did,” Rood said. “Because we only get one shot. (Texas Wildlife Day) is a great way for people to learn about ways that they can interact with nature and ways that they can learn about history.” The museum exhibits opened from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Texas Wildlife Day activities lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Owen said there was a total of 1,037 visitors this year, and over half told Owen they had never been to the museum before. The Texas Wildlife Day event in 2015 had over 1,200 visitors. The event did not take place last year at the museum due to lack of staff.

“It’s definitely very religious. Them shouting at me isn’t going to do anything to me.” A protester and a marcher embraced briefly to settle their differences. Some further back recited the Hail Mary prayer while carrying rosary beads. A small figure of Mary, cloaked in white and wearing a golden crown, floated down the street on marchers’ shoulders. In June 2013, former state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, filibustered and killed a Senate bill restricting abortion access in Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court later struck down the bill. Joe Pojman, executive director of anti-abortion nonprofit Texas Alliance for Life, said their movement has resurged despite

landmark rulings. “We had a big setback handed to us by the Supreme Court,” Pojman said. “Those setbacks always have made our movement grow, and that’s what I’m expecting in 2017.” State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, filed House Bill 948 to outlaw abortions in Texas. State Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, said he expects anti-abortion pieces such as Tinderholt’s bill to pass this session under a Republican-majority state and federal government. “It’s always about what’s doing what is right,” Cook said. “Your presence along the legislative process is uplifting (for) legislators like myself and each one of these members here today.”

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Mayor Steve Adler denounced President Donald Trump’s refugee ban and anti-immigration rights policies during his State of the City address.

targeted toward people who need it.” Adler also continued his support for Austin’s local musicians, saying its music scene is what gives it character. Adler concluded his speech

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continues from page 1 at U.S. airports, unsure if they could stay. On Sunday UT President Gregory Fenves sent an email to the campus community stating the University’s support for the “110 students, faculty and scholars who are citizens of the seven affected countries.” According to the Austin Police Department, there were no detainees at Bergstrom, but for those such as Kuhali Kundu, who emigrated from Iran in 1994, the anxiety and fear of not seeing their family members has not eased. “It’s hitting so much closer to home than I ever thought it was going to,” Kundu said. “My sister lives in the Middle East right now and my niece

by urging residents to defy state and federal policies that force Austin to change against the grain of its values and weirdness. “No matter what happens, we will remain resolutely and

unapologetically Austin,” Adler said. “We will show the world how to change, how to preserve our soul and how to make ourselves great over and over again. Let that be what this year is about.”

was born in a Middle-Eastern country. We have to think twice now when we travel or when we come here. It’s very stressful.” Kundu, an OBGYN at Emory University, held a sign saying “we are all immigrants” and said she may not be able to see her sister who studied abroad, as well as her brotherin-law who worked in Iraq. “I don’t know how it’s going to affect them,” Kundu said. UT alumnus Alex Amarasena said they moved from Sri Lanka with their family in 1998 and said their life would’ve been different otherwise. Amarasena said they are gay and being a double minority is even more challenging now. “It’s completely racist just classifying a whole group of people and putting them

in a box,” Amarasena said. “The refugee vetting process and immigrant vetting process is already very thorough enough.” Austin City Council members Greg Casar and Delia Garza spoke to the circle of immigration rights activists, Austinites and Middle Eastern families at the airport. This month, Casar said the Council will restructure its budget to set aside money to aid refugees and immigrants, eliciting applause and hollers. “They’d want me to utilize the … local government to support local people,” Casar said. “That’s, one, through supporting their First Amendment right to protest and second support through pushing measures that protect immigrants (and) stand for refugees.”

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Sanctuary city policy legally benefits Austin By Josephine MacLean Daily Texan Senior Columnist @maclean_josie

Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez is following through on her campaign promise to no longer blindly honor all voluntary detainer requests issued by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for individuals held in the county jail. Gov. Greg Abbott was not pleased, going so far as to say he would pass legislation allowing him to “remove her from office.” The only problem with Abbott’s plan is that it would require grounds for removal, so it must be embarrassing for him that, from a legal standpoint, those do not exist. It’s been stoutly determined that ICE detainer requests are indeed optional — a Freedom of Information Act request from the ACLU shows that ICE considers its detainers to be voluntary. In 2011, Edward Dolan, the deputy chief of staff to the deputy director of ICE, wrote in an email, “It is a request. There is no penalty if they don’t comply.” Hernandez’s decision not to comply in all cases is well within her rights as a local sheriff. Although Hernandez said these detainers will no longer be automatically complied with, her department will still be in compliance with federal law that prohibits restriction of communication or information exchange between local and federal law enforcement. “Immigration officials have access to information anytime someone is booked into our jail … Nothing we are doing will interfere with their investigation,” said Hernandez. Cutting back on detainer requests is also

about avoiding liability. It’s expensive to carry out an ICE detainer. Voluntary detainers take up beds and services that the county must pay for and that ICE does not reimburse. Furthermore, when ICE makes a mistake, it can cost local government “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Hernandez said. “Many state and local jurisdictions have decided to not honor (ICE detainers) out of fiduciary responsibility to their taxpayers,” explained Elissa Steglich, clinical law professor with the UT Immigration Clinic. In addition to compliance, Hernandez is trying to protect the constitutional rights of every person. Steglich stressed that these detainers may or may not be constitutional under the Fourth Amendment, because they do not meet the probable cause standard that would be necessary for a warrant. This lays the groundwork for effective community policing. A 2012 study found that, under Obama’s aggressive deportation policies, “a risk of such harsh enforcement is that immigrants will become alienated from the law, thereby undermining their willingness to cooperate with the law and even comply with the law.” It hurts a community more when members or victims are too afraid to report information to the police because they are afraid of being deported. Unauthorized immigrants are less likely than our native-born population to commit crimes, but bad things happen and people who are not afraid to call 911 when they are in danger, are inherently safer. A recent study on sanctuary cities by associate professor Tom K. Wong from the University of California San Diego found that communities are safer and community members are more engaged in the local

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Sally Hernandez attends the Travis County Democratic Party Election Night Watch Party on Nov. 9. Hernandez has been targeted by statewide Republicans for her stance on ICE detainers.

economy when law enforcement focuses on issues directly in their jurisdiction. The same data found that sanctuary cities are more economically successful. The report noted that “consistent with higher median household income, the data also show that poverty is statistically significantly lower in sanctuary counties compared to non-sanctuary counties, and this generally holds true across the entire range of urban-rural classifications.” While it’s too early to show causation, the economic strength of these communities may very well come from the fact that their

employment-to-population ratios are also significantly higher than non-sanctuary cities. On Jan. 20, now known as the National Day of Patriotic Devotion thanks to President Trump, Travis County announced that it would become a sanctuary county. With 62 percent of Americans supporting the establishment of policies to allow unauthorized immigrants currently here to stay legally, what could be more patriotic than working to maintain our community’s rights and safety? MacLean is an advertising and geography sophomore from Austin.

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Feminist movements must include LGBT issues By Jori Kandra

Daily Texan Guest Columnist

The Women’s March on Washington was an impressive display of unity among American women and their allies, coming just a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. However, what was meant to be a unifying event received backlash from many LGBT communities for its exclusive nature. The original name “Million Women March” hurt minority women because it plagiarized the name of a significant march on Washington by and for black women in the 1980s. However, after re-organization, the Women’s March sought to bring together women from all across the country to peacefully protest many of Trump’s anti-women policies. The organizers of the Women’s March, not just in Washington but throughout the nation, sought to establish an inclusive safe space. In fact, the majority of the co-chairs represented targeted minority groups: Mexican-American, Muslim and African-American. Minority women — including actress America Ferrera and civil rights activist Zahra Billoo — spoke during the march, and movements such as the Indigenous Women Rise campaign filled the crowds. However, transgender and queer communities criticized the focus of the march as genitalia-based. Cisgender women and their allies dressed in pink, cat-eared hats

and vagina-inspired costumes advocated for an insular gender-based agenda. Many trans and queer Americans were planning to attend, but the exclusionary focus on gender issues and reproductive rights left the LGBT community wondering who will ally with and fight for them. While the white, cisgender women marched against the hateful rhetoric used towards women in the presidential campaign, they left behind their queer brethren concerned about legal discrimination and marriage equality. Awareness of trans and queer communities has been grossly unrecognized despite the growing number of young people that question their gender identity. The need to educate America on trans and queer issues is important for underrepresented groups. Trans and queer communities have been weighted with the responsibility to educate America. Meanwhile, those actively oppressing LGBT communities slander and criticize them for their sexual orientation and gender identity. However, queer minorities are branded as rebels without a cause when they push back. Asking them to educate someone who views their very identity as strange or perverse is like asking a woman to smile at her rapist. It’s an unfair and insane request. The international recognition received because of the Women’s March could have been an opportunity to speak for the trans and queer community alongside women. However, education was at the back of organizers’ and protesters’ minds as they

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Protesters march at the Women’s March on Austin on Jan. 21. While the march drew praise for assembling millions it drew criticism for excluding trans and non-binary would-be marchers.

advocated narrow agendas for gender-normative reproductive rights that effectively silenced others’ voices. The Women’s March movement asks marginalized groups to support a movement that they don’t identify with or risk going unheard. However seemingly divisive these criticisms may be, they have opened a dialogue for the trans and queer communities to be

understood. Possessing more influence, privileged feminists and their allies should take the initiative to educate themselves and their communities on trans and queer movements and rights. Giving these communities a voice only seeks to strengthen the unity felt among the LGBT and female communities. Kandra is a chemistry and economics sophomore from San Antonio.

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Social media ‘bubbles’ harm meaningful discourse By Abinav Kumar

Daily Texan Guest Columnist @ImAbiKumar

Eighteen months. We “argued” for 18 months. We watched our Facebook feeds tell us the information we wanted to hear for 18 months. We stayed trapped in our own little bubbles for 18 months. Too long we have been separated. It is time to bring back proper discourse. Social media is shaping the identities of liberals and conservatives. With 44 percent of U.S. adults getting their tailored selection of news from Facebook, we stop engaging in productive discourse and give rise to conservative inflammatory idols like Tomi Lahren and Milo Yiannopoulos. Around two months ago, I joined a 120,000 member Tomi Lahren fan group on Facebook, and I learned that we, as humans, are lazy. Our brains find it easy to categorize things and generally order everything in a

binary fashion. This leads to discourse turning into “you’re either with us or against us” and “you’re wrong, I’m right, end of story.” We are hostile to each other — unwilling to engage for fear of our reality being questioned because changing your mind is harder than accepting what you know. In this group, there is no such thing as productive discourse, just memes and anger. No opinions changed, nothing learned and no one better off having access to this closed group. Both the liberals and the conservatives in the group are trapped in their own bubbles. The biggest problems we face are our group identities and the need to have others validate our reality. These people do not even have to interact; they just need to feel they are a part of something bigger than them. When a new piece of information comes to light, we are forced to potentially shift our paradigms. Because it takes a lot of effort for our brains to evaluate a new reality,

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we simply maintain the status quo. If you lived your entire life thinking all deserts have sand and someone tells you Antarctica is a desert, then you will struggle to comprehend this. Psychology professor Art Markman explains this in terms of in-groups and outgroups. Generally speaking, we assume our in-group is full of people who mean well, and are exciting to be around, and out-group people are not as good. “It is socially difficult, and cognitively difficult to leave the bubble.” Markman said. “When you’re in the bubble it is cognitively easiest to say the out-group is just wrong.” The longer we take to realize that we are entrenching ourselves in an “us versus them” mentality, the longer it will take to undo the cultural divide and reach a compromise. We stopped focusing on tangible policy and positive impacts a long time ago. The labeling and insults that are so prevalent in our political arena are not the causes

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of our issues but rather the symptom. We are unwilling to use our mental capacity enough to figure out how to compromise and progress. Take your anger and frustration and put it into something worth your energy. Learn to love compromise. Kumar is an economics, humanities and human dimensions of organizations sophomore from Sugar Land.

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Swimming and diving honors senior class against Arizona By Wills Layton @willsdebeast

While the competitive side of the Longhorns’ home meet concluded on Friday, the Texas men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams completed an unscored exhibition meet against Arizona on Saturday afternoon. Texas recognized its senior classes on Saturday morning at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. On Friday, the Longhorns’ No. 2 ranked men’s and No. 1 ranked women’s swim teams combined to win 29 out of 32 events. Both teams swam away from Arizona to run their respective winning streaks in 2017 up to three. Senior Clark Smith has remained ready despite a small schedule to start the season.

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“We’ve stayed strong through the entire season even though we haven’t had kind of a full lineup for the first two dual meets,” Smith said. “We have kind of kept the fire going, and against Georgia we had our first meet where everyone was there that we’re going to have at the NCAAs.” Saturday’s schedule stayed a bit unorthodox, too. None of the events were scored, such as the 2,000-yard freestyle. Women’s head coach Carol Capitani said she still sees value in participating in such races. “We learned a lot of things today,” Capitani said. “I like that format … it lets kids just swim free and go out fast and see if they can hold on and I think we are going to be better at the end of the year

because of it.” While the atmosphere Saturday was fun and relaxed, the emotions of the teams could be felt and seen in the crowd on Saturday — a day in which the sole goal was to celebrate the seniors. “It was a special day for the seniors,” Capitani said. “I know we still have part of the season left, but just being the last home dual meet, being able to race in front of their parents, I was really impressed by the turnout of the parents and friends and everybody in the stands, and I’m grateful because that’s a hard thing to do for kind of a different sort of format that we had today.” The two teams complete regular season competition this Friday in Fort Worth against TCU.

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Senior Clark Smith claimed a victory in the 200 meter freestyle on Friday night as No. 2 Texas defeated No. 17 Arizona. Smith finished the race with a time of 1:37.09.

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continues from page 6 Katie Poluta as well as the freshmen all prevailed, giving the Longhorns the 4-1 victory. The Longhorns followed up Saturday’s win with a championship matchup against No. 2 North Carolina (4–0). With a birth to nationals in New Haven, Connecticut, on the line, the Tar Heels didn’t leave any room for error on Sunday afternoon. North Carolina got off to a quick 1-0 lead after earning the doubles point. The Tar Heels didn’t let up. Texas failed to get on the board after getting shut out in singles as well, giving the Tar Heels the at-large berth at the ITA National Championship. The Longhorns will look to get back on track Feb. 5 when they travel to Michigan. —Alex Briseno

Goldhoff leads Longhorns past Drake, Oregon At the end, George just really stepped us. (He) showed tremendous grit and heart. Great to have a senior out there in that moment, and I was really proud of him the way he finished it off.”

By Dalton Phillips @Dalton_Tweets

No. 9 Texas tennis earned a spot in next month’s ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a pair of weekend wins at the Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center in Austin. Texas hosted one of 15 four-team tournaments around the country for the annual ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Longhorns defeated Drake by a 4-1 count Saturday before claiming a 4-2 victory against Oregon in the second round the following day. After losing the initial doubles point against the Ducks, Texas rattled off four singles wins to put the series away. The team only dropped two singles matches over the two-day span.

—Michael Center, Head coach

“Tough match today for Texas,” Texas head coach Michael Center said after Sunday’s victory. “I give Oregon a lot of credit. I thought they did some really nice stuff.” Down 1-0 to Oregon, freshman Yuya Ito posted a 6-2, 6-0 win over Akihiro Tanaka at fourth singles to even the score. Then, sophomore Harrison Scott added a 6-1, 6-2 win over Jayson Amos at third singles to give Texas the lead. The two teams exchanged wins at fifth and sixth

singles, leaving the outcome of the match to the first two singles points. Texas senior George Goldhoff rallied back from 3-2 in the third set against Oregon’s Simon Stevens at second singles. Goldhoff held serve and broke Stevens to go up 4-3. The Ducks’ player quickly answered with a break of his own to even the set. Tied at four apiece, Goldhoff delivered an overhead smash to take the game, opening up a 5-4 lead that eventually sealed the win for

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Senior George Goldhoff defeated Oregon’s Simon Stevens at second singles on Sunday to give the Longhorns a victory over the Ducks.

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the way he finished it off.” The 6-1 Longhorns continue play on Saturday with a home match against Virginia Tech, followed by a doubleheader against Purdue and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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Longhorns come up short in Athens By Trenton Daeschner

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Freshman guard Andrew Jones drives to the basket on Jan. 23 in Texas’ 84-83 victory over Oklahoma at the Frank Erwin Center. Jones recorded 16 points and eight assists on Saturday in Texas’ 59-57 loss to Georgia.

three points or less. Georgia led 8-7 before the Longhorns broke the game open with a 12-1 run to take the lead at 19-9 with 8:25 to play in the first half. The Bulldogs were able to cut the deficit to 22-21 with 4:30 remaining. But Texas answered back and closed the half on a 10-2 run to head into the locker room with a 32-23 lead. “I thought that Texas was obviously a team that was young and they are very, very

talented,” Georgia head coach Mark Fox said. “It just hasn’t clicked for them. So we felt that if we could just calm down in the second half and stay the course, that we could earn a victory.” The patience paid off as junior forward Yante Maten and senior guard J.J. Frazier led the Bulldogs on a 15-4 run to open the first seven minutes of the second half, taking a 38-36 lead. Georgia held its largest

lead of the game at 51-44 with 6:09 to play, and it looked as if Texas just might let the game slip away. Down 59-57 with under 30 seconds left, Texas trapped Frazier right next to the half court line. Frazier, who nearly committed a backcourt violation, gave Jones a shove with his arm and then called timeout. No foul was called, and Smart was furiously upset with the officials. Frazier missed a jumper out of the timeout, but Georgia

sophomore forward Derek Ogbeide collected the rebound and immediately laid the ball in with the shot clock expiring. The officials, however, waved off the basket after replays showed Ogbeide did not get the shot off in time. It gave Texas one last possession, but to no avail. The Longhorns resume Big 12 play on Wednesday night at home against Texas Tech. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. on ESPNU.

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Defense sparks Longhorns at home By Sydney Rubin @sydneyrrubin

The first quarter was quiet, but a slow start didn’t stop the surging Longhorns. No. 12 Texas (16–4, 10–0 Big 12) defeated No. 22 West Virginia (16–6, 4–6 Big 12) 69-54 on Sunday night in a defensive battle. After a low-scoring first quarter, sophomore guard Lashann Higgs and senior center Kelsey Lang gave Texas the spark it needed to secure its 14th-straight victory and season sweep of the Mountaineers. “I thought our defense was really good today,” Texas head coach Karen Aston said. “This was a typical Big 12 battle. We knew it would be a defensive battle and it was. I just thought we really, really played hard today.” Higgs and Lang hustled on both ends of the court to keep the Longhorns in control. The duo accounted for 21 of Texas’ 30 first-half points. Higgs’ three steals highlighted a supreme defensive performance from the Longhorns and despite early offensive struggles, the Longhorns carried a 30-26 lead into the half. “Lashann’s contributions, specifically in the first half, were tremendous,” Aston said. “Her energy and ability to make plays defensively for us was giant. We’re finding different people that are stepping up in situations of games that keep us afloat.” Higgs, who is averaging 11 points for the Longhorns over the past six contests, capped a strong performance against the Mountaineers with 10 points and three steals. Higgs dedicates her recent prowess to increased preparation in practices. “I’m paying more attention to details now,” Higgs said. “I’m not running all over the place like I used to. I guess it starts in practice so I try to take practice a little more seriously now.” As the second half rolled

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If one play can encapsulate an entire season, then Saturday afternoon’s final play may be the perfect example in what has been a woeful past three months for Texas. Sophomore guard Kerwin Roach Jr. pushed the ball up the court with under 10 seconds remaining. Another heroic three-pointer would have given the Longhorns back-to-back escapes on last-second shots. But only needing two points to tie Georgia at 59, Texas decided to try its chances inside. Roach flipped a pass to freshman forward Jarrett Allen in the lane. Allen turned and threw up a desperation jump hook as time expired. In and out. Georgia 59, Texas 57. “We had the ball in Jarrett’s hands and to have a shot like that, we’ll take that any day of the week,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “Our guys did a good job getting the ball to him. We just didn’t make it.” Last week’s savior against Oklahoma, freshman guard Andrew Jones, turned in another solid performance with 16 points and eight assists, but he did have six of Texas’ 14 turnovers. Sophomore guard Eric Davis Jr. finished with 11 points, and Roach had 10 points and seven rebounds. Allen, meanwhile, struggled for a second-straight game and was held to just four points. The Longhorns (8–13, 2–6 Big 12) are now 2–6 in games this season decided by

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Sophomore guard Lashann Higgs escapes defenders during No. 12 Texas’ 69-54 victory over the No. 22 Mountaineers on Sunday at the Frank Erwin Center. Higgs recorded 10 points and three steals for the Longhorns.

around, junior guard Brooke McCarty came alive. The junior guard finished with 15 points on 6-11 shooting. The Mountaineers began to creep back into the game, but the Longhorns crushed all hopes of a comeback as they started the final quarter with a 10-0 run. McCarty drilled back-to back triples to give Texas a 54-45 edge with 8:11 remaining, and the Erwin Center erupted. McCarty’s shooting heroics early in the fourth quarter ignited the Longhorns to put the finishing touches on the Mountaineers. “I think we all feed off of each other,” McCarty said. “Anytime someone scores we’re all really hyped, so that kind of lifted the atmosphere a little bit and getting everybody else involved kind of kept it going.” McCarty, who leads the Longhorns in scoring, finished the game with three makes from beyond the arc,

I think we all feed off of each other. Any time someone scores we’re all really hyped, so that kind of lifted the atmosphere a little bit and getting everybody else involved kind of kept it going.” —Brooke McCarty, Junior guard

bringing her within three three-pointers of moving into seventh place on Texas’ all-time three-point makes list. Freshman forward Joyner Holmes overcame early foul trouble to join Higgs, Lang and McCarty in double figures. Holmes finished with 10 points and seven boards. The Longhorns travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to take on Oklahoma State on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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Texas had two performances on the opposite side of the spectrum this weekend. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, hosted one of 15 four-team tournaments across the country with the winner of each advancing to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships on Feb. 10–13 at Yale University. The Longhorns took a huge stride toward nationals after a convincing victory over Columbia in the first round. Columbia jumped out to a 1-0 lead after posting two wins at the first and second doubles positions. After doubles, the Longhorns depended on singles, which consisted of a couple of debuts for freshmen Bianca Turati and Petra Granic. “Having lost the doubles point to an excellent and well-coached Columbia team, the pressure on our lineup for the singles was intense,” second-year Texas head coach Howard Joffe said. “Even more daunting was having three freshmen debut in our top four spots.” But senior Neda Koprcina, sophomore

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Student-run blog displays passion for live music By Hannah Plantowsky @thedailytexan

Ever since she was a preteen, Elah Shalev would wait hours, general admissions ticket in hand, to be in the front row of every concert she saw. Years of singing along to her favorite songs live, watching musicians perform their art and connecting with other audience members fuel the inspirations for her live-performance blog. Shalev, a marketing sophomore and a lifelong Austinite, runs Ever Alive Music, a blog where she provides followers with her thoughts and reflections on performances. After attending her first concert in eighth grade, she has reported on five Austin City Limits music festivals, two SXSWs and 58 concerts. Even if the blog did not have an audience, Shalev said she would do still write about her experiences. She initially began documenting her experiences to create more writing samples for jobs she was applying for, but now, reflecting on the shows she attends gives Shalev personal fulfillment beyond the web-base it reaches. “It’s become a way for me to allow other people to experience concerts the way I experience them, and to share my passions,” said Shalev. “I

catalog these concerts as a way to share my life with an audience and for my own personal collection.” Though her initial foray into music began with a One Direction phase, she has since started to explore the Austin music scene and has strayed from mainstream music. She prefers smaller, more local bands because she feels their concerts are more personal. “It’s nicer when you’re up close, instead of in a faraway seat,” Shalev said. “There’s just a lot more interaction. Plus, I like to see these bands grow.” She initially considered applying to the Butler School of Music but ultimately chose to enroll in the McCombs School of Business because she wanted to pursue an education that would prepare her for any sort of career. “McCombs provides a good balance for finding a degree that can prepare me for any career, whether it involves working with music or not,” said Shalev. Undeclared sophomore Marisa DePuyt took a course with Shalev where the class was assigned a project to create and develop an idea for an application called “Concert Buddies.” The app matches concert goers with people with similar musical tastes. DePuyt said she is inspired

Alissa Lazo Kim | Daily Texan Staff

Marketing sophomore Elah Shalev takes her passion for music one step further as she incorporates it into a possible future career. Shalev believes in creating your dream job, not pursuing it.

by Shalev. “Elah is a great example of how people are able to combine two of their interests, in her case music and business,” said DePuyt. Biology junior Claire Culbertson connected with Shalev through mutual concert friends. She said their

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bond with each other has been strengthened because of their shared music interests. “It’s wild how interconnected the music scene in Texas can be,” said Culbertson. “Instead of grabbing dinner to catch up like normal friends, we go to shows together and do our catching

up while we wait for the artists to come on. It’s so easy to make friends in line at concerts because you automatically have loving the music in common with the people around you.” Shalev loves live performances because she feels they allow her to interact with the

artists and show them how much their music means to her. “I am happiest when I am at a live show with people who share my passion and interests,” said Shalev. “Which is why I want to work in the music business — to turn my passion into my career.”

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Ty Segall’s new album remains consistent with familiar sound By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc

Although he already has one self-titled album to his name, Ty Segall has reworked his sound yet again. With so many albums behind him, he’s due for a restatement, something he aims for with his latest record. Given Segall’s strange and eclectic history with releases, a second self-titled LP shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Since his solo debut in 2008 with Ty Segall, the San Francisco singer-songwriter has released eight other studio albums on top of an immeasurable number of LPs, EPs and singles with a variety of bands. His discography surveys all of dirty rock, doing everything from acoustic tunes on Sleeper to heavy psych rock on his most recent release Emotional Mugger. This time, Segall takes a step back, surveying his influences and picking out the best of the bunch to create an all-encompassing self-titled project. Fans who know Segall for his thrashing riffs and heavy distortion won’t be lost on this LP — it’s chock full of nearly everything people have come to expect. “The Only One” features dueling guitarists shredding like they’re playing co-op in Guitar Hero, “Orange Color Queen” takes the listener on a long and

trippy tale down a river and “Take Care (To Comb Your Hair)” sounds like a modernized rock folk tale that a young Neil Young could have created. The tracks on this LP relentlessly challenge the listener by demanding them to accept a wide pallet of rock sounds. During its most ambitious song. “Warm Hands (Freedom Returned),” Segall barrels on a 10-minute ramble with his band, beginning with some of the whiniest power chords imaginable and eventually transforming into a spacious jam reminiscent of something The War on Drugs might create. Although this track is an odyssey within itself, it is truly a fully encompassing smorgasbord of Segall as an artist. There’s an odd pop influence on this LP, one that occasionally permeates some of Segall’s work but usually only rears its ugly head on a song here or there. On Ty Segall, it finds its way into every song. Initially, this was a bit jarring, but after a couple of listens these pop synths and sounds blend well into Segall’s heavy rock, making it more welcoming for someone who may be new to Segall’s strange and often twisted music world. Segall has always been a bit immature for his talent, making him an anomaly in

TY SEGALL Artist: Ty Segall Genre: Garage Rock Rating: 7/10

the indie-rock world. This aspect of his music is hardly noticeable on Ty Segall, though this exclusion may seem like a good thing, it comes at the loss of something that added to Segall’s distinctive sound. Segall’s previous work, Emotional Mugger, capitalized on his weird side, especially in his ridiculous promotional image centered around being a big baby, but this self-titled feels slightly refined at points, especially in its lead single “Break a Guitar” which exhibits a bit too much restraint in its production. Ty Segall is at its core a sampler of Segall’s varied influences, making it an intriguing addition to his plethora of albums. If anyone is still looking for a way to get into Segall’s music, this will likely be the best chance. It blends garage and psychedelic rock with Segall’s signature noise and raw production, presenting everything we’ve come to expect from the rocker. And although there has always been opportunity for Segall to do something more, he’s proven time and time again he doesn’t need that to make an enjoyable album.

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Ty Segall surveys his influences on his newest album, providing a great entry into his discography.

Angel Ulloa | Daily Texan Staff

UT alumnus, Sebastian del Castillo and partner Joe Ziemba work behind the scenes of Austin’s Alamo Draft House located on Lamar.

Alumnus fights to preserve history of rare, vintage film By Chris Boyd Peck @ChrisBPeck

Up the stairs and past the vast array of film projectors inside the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar sits a small office where UT alumnus Sebastian del Castillo and his partner Joe Ziemba cycle through cinema’s strangest and most horrifying creations. Del Castillo and Ziemba head the American Genre Film Archive, a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation and distribution of 35mm film prints. It was created by co-founder of Alamo Drafthouse Tim League. What began as League’s personal collection of rare and vintage films soon turned into a whole archive dedicated to obscure horror and outlaw exploitation movies. The nonprofit, which officially formed in 2009, currently holds over 6,000 film prints and trailers, some of which are the only copies in existence. “These are non-studio movies that were made by real people, and you’re seeing real creative expressions of these people that you won’t get in big budget movies,” Ziemba said. “They are snapshots of history — of cultural history — and it’s really important that we never forget (them).” UT radio-television-film professor Kathryn Fuller-Seely said Oscar Micheaux, one of the first African-American filmmakers,

was almost lost in time. His films showcased the culture and lifestyle of the African-American community during the silent era. But, they were rarely distributed outside of the black community, and nobody actively focused on preserving this side of film history. “He made them individually,” Fuller-Seeley said. “No state. No company. No federal agency. No one took responsibility for his films though it’s just by happenstance that a few have been found.” The vast majority of organizations that preserve film prints dedicate themselves to either popular or classic movies rather than covering a variety of genres. “So, if you were a collector on the top of the money-game like Edison or if you were a self-promoter like D. W. Griffith, (your films) got saved, but there was nobody out there to speak for individual artists,” Fuller-Seeley said. “There is a tremendous inequality in determining what gets saved.” The American Genre Film Archive is fighting against this inequality by providing an archive that offers an alternative history of film. “You like them because they’re genre movies, because they’re over-the-top and ridiculous,” Ziemba said. “But also, a lot of them are just documents of their time.” Last year, the nonprof-

it launched a Kickstarter campaign to attain a 4K film scanner in order to transfer the physical film from their collection into a digital version. Due to the campaign’s great success, they have been able to transfer multiple films to digital and are planning to re-release their first film this summer: “The Zodiac Killer” (1971). “We screen movies that have been through the ringer playing the grindhouse circuit and at drive-ins,” del Castillo said. “But then by scanning them, we can, through color correction, make them actually look really nice. Then we don’t have to worry about the print getting damaged, so we can store it for safe keeping.” Del Castillo learned about film preservation from his time as a projectionist, a negative cutter and attending UT’s film school. “I had a lot of film experience at UT because back then we used real film,” Del Castillo said. Though the majority of UT students now shoot, edit and exhibit their films digitally, organizations like the American Genre Film Archive continue to emphasize that as film ventures further into the future, its history shouldn’t be left behind. “Film exists on film, and (it) isn’t going to last forever,” Ziemba said. “(But) it’s always an adventure when you pull a print off the shelf.”