The Daily Texan 2017-10-11

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Puerto Rican faculty ask Fenves to provide aid after Maria

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By Jenan Taha Senior News Reporter

Seven Puerto Rican faculty members sent a letter to President Gregory Fenves asking the University to provide support to universities on the island impacted

by Hurricane Maria.

The open letter, available on the College of Liberal Arts’ website, states that the hurricane “has tragically plunged the island into a nightmarish, worst-case scenario” and encourages UT to mobilize and offer immediate help. The letter said the University could provide donations such as lab equipment and textbooks, as well as allow students at affected universities to take their courses at UT. César Salgado, an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese who signed the letter, said it is important to recognize issues affecting the sizable Puerto Rican community.

“Acknowledging their plight is something that should be extended to Puerto Ricans as American citizens and as people,” said Salgado, a Puerto Rico

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Students participate in the 2016 Torchlight Parade before the Red River Showdown against the University of Oklahoma. The Texas Exes canceled the torchlight portion of the parade after the use of tiki torches in protests in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Texas Fight Rally loses torchlights Texas Exes cancels torchlight portion after events in Charlottesville

A 30-year tradition comes to a halt this week, as Texas Exes called off the annual torchlight parade portion of Wednesday’s Texas Fight Rally following the mid-August violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Texas Exes, which organizes the event, decided the procession of torches this year would recall the night white nationalists, armed with similar torches, marched through the UVA campus to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. That weekend, one woman was killed when a car drove through a group of counter-protesters, and two Virginia State Police troopers died in a helicopter crash while assisting public safety efforts.

“In light of the tragic events in Charlottesville, we will not be doing a torchlight parade,” Texas Exes said in a statement published on Monday.

“This night has always been a positive experience for the UT community, and it is paramount to us that everyone feels welcome, safe and part of the Longhorn family.”

As UVA grieves in the aftermath of the deadly event, UT student body vice

BY LONDON GIBSON Senior News Reporter

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Austin calls for West Campus streetlight placement

By Chase Karacostas Senior News Reporter

The City of Austin is now accepting online public recommendations for the improvement of lighting in West Campus.

In May, a City Council resolution was passed that tasked the City Manager with conducting a study of nighttime lighting across West Campus, specifically the area bound by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Guadalupe Street, North Lamar Boulevard and 29th Street.

The resolution first gained the attention of Mayor Steve Adler last spring, following several months of work between Colton Becker, former communications director for Student Government, and SafeHorns vice president Joell McNew. SafeHorns is a campus safety advocacy group that formed following the death of dance freshman Haruka Weiser in 2016.

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president Micky Wolf said the image of the torchlight parade — although unrelated to the events in Charlottesville — is unwelcome on the UT campus.

“Right now in 2017, torches and masses of people walking around college

“While we are saddened to see this one part of the tradition go away, it doesn’t change the fact that we support this decision.”

—Micky Wolf, UT student body vice president

campuses is very much an iconography that is associated with white supremacy, and that is something that we would never want to be mistaken as being supported at this University,” Wolf said.

The Texas Fight Rally has been an annual event on campus since 1916.

KXAN reported that the organization will revisit whether to reinstate the torchlight parade at a later date, but it cannot be concluded yet whether the tradition is over for good. The rest of the rally will continue as planned with a small procession of student groups, a performance by the Longhorn Band and remarks from speakers such as UT football coach Tom Herman.

Social work junior Charmaine Lee said she supports the cancellation of the parade. She said safety should be a primary concern in the wake of recent violent attacks in the country, such as what happened in Charlottesville and last weekend’s Las Vegas shooting.

“I think all these things are becoming more prominent, and I guess people are just trying their best to be as safe as possible,” Lee said. “Tradition is important, but safety is above all.”

Wolf, a Plan II and business honors senior, said Student Government stands behind the Texas Exes’ decision to cancel the parade.

“It is important that our traditions are traditions that we maintain, but that we also maintain them in an inclusive way

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SG to promote sexual assault awareness before OU game weekend

By London Gibson Senior News Reporter

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Senior Madison Huerta directs discussion to JR 2, a resolution campaigning for the awareness of sexual assault at the Oklahoma vs. Texas game.

Student Government approved a joint resolution Tuesday night to work with the University of Oklahoma in promoting sexual assault awareness before the annual football rivalry game in Dallas this weekend.

SG will work with the UT Interpersonal Violence Coalition and OU’s student government on Joint Resolution 2 in the next few days to spread information on sexual violence and bystander intervention before the Texas vs. OU game on Saturday.

The OU game weekend is a “red zone” weekend, meaning students are at a higher risk of sexual assault, according to University-wide representative Charlie Bonner. “(During) OU weekend and other large football weekends, we always see a spike in the amount of reports of sexual assault, especially when we’re going out of town and on overnight trips,” Plan II senior Bonner said. “There’s such a large increase in risk, so with that we need to be extra vigilant and make sure that people have the resources they need.”

SG expanded an existing sexual assault awareness

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campaign on Oct. 4 by passing out fliers, speaking to organizations and promoting a social media campaign in anticipation of the hundreds of students traveling to Dallas this weekend.

Resolution co-author Madison Huerta said SG is taking advantage of the excitement surrounding the weekend to discuss issues related to sexual assault and could spread needed awareness to students during a dangerous time.

“Sexual assault and interpersonal violence happens on campuses all over the country

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continues from page 1 “This is proof that the city cares and is listening, and that student efforts to mobilize and advocate for our peers are not meaningless,” nutrition senior Becker said.

Online, the survey allows people to place a dot where they think there should be an extra street light, along with comments on areas they have safety concerns about, according to Joel Meyer, pedestrian coordinator for the Austin Transportation Department.

“We want people to mark as many locations as they have concerns,” Meyer said. “We definitely want as much input as we can get.”

Meyer said ATD is also working in coordination with Austin Energy and the Austin Police Department to ensure they address all possible safety issues.

Austin Energy is currently working on an inventory of all lighting in West Campus, which will become available early next year once the study is done, Meyer said.

With both the inventory and the survey, ATD will decide what areas need extra lighting and determine the cost of the new installations. Once that is completed, they will present their findings to the Council, likely sometime in April or May, Meyer said.

Landon Hackley, SG campus safety agency director, said the study is a step in the right direction and that nighttime safety in West Campus is something that has been overlooked for too long.

“It needs to be dealt with,” biomedical engineering sophomore Hackley said. “Lighting’s a huge issue, especially for people walking back at night. People just want to get back to their dorms or their apartments safely … Students are stressed enough — they don’t need to be worrying about their safety.”

Hackley said he is also working on forming a coalition of West Campus student groups — including organizations such as the Interfraternity Council, Texas Round Table and the University Panhellenic Council — to give students living in West Campus a single entity with which to lobby both the University and the city on student issues.

Becker said there’s almost no lighting in the alley surrounding his house and, considering how dense and highly traversed West Campus is, the lack of lighting is unacceptable. However, Becker said he is relieved that there has been significant progress toward addressing the issue.

“You can’t help but feel (scared) whenever you’re walking around and it’s dark outside,” Becker said. “(But) the lighting survey is not the end. It’s a means to an end, that end being improving the safety of West Campus, both real and perceived. I stress the perceived aspect of safety because that’s what informs students’ sense of security and well-being.”

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continues from page 1 native. “To make any sort of gesture to colleagues or students in the Puerto Rican university system, anything that could be feasible, we encourage that.”

The letter was sent on Sept. 28, but the University has yet to openly respond. Media relations director J.B. Bird said in an email that the administration is looking at ways to feasibly support Puerto Rican students.

“There are some constraints on what the University can do unilaterally since costs like tuition are regulated by rules and state laws,” Bird said. “What we can say for sure at this point is that for students impacted by the storm in Puerto Rico, UT will consider academic accommodations for those who seek them.”

Salgado said when he heard about Maria, he knew it would only worsen damage caused previously

by Hurricane Irma.

“Having a Category 4 hurricane like Maria ravage the island, we knew it would compound the complications, and it would make the whole infrastructure of the country collapse,” Salgado said. “We had a foreboding sense that we would be confronting a catastrophe.”

Salgado said his family on the island has been heavily impacted following Maria’s landfall on Sept. 20.

Luis Zayas, dean of the School of Social Work, is one of seven signers of the letter. Zayas said seeing images of the devastation, including one of his old high school under water, made him want to give as much material and emotional support as he could.

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Luis Zayas, dean of the School of Social Work, is one of seven signers of an open letter to President Fenves concerning Puerto Rico. The letter asks the president to offer courses and textbooks to those impacted by Hurricane Maria.

through streets … The levels of water are to the roofs,” Zayas said. “It’s saddening to see. Everybody has been affected. It’s gone across social class and region — everyone’s felt it.”

Zayas said he understands the University’s choice to immediately respond to other disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Harvey this year because of their close proximity, but said it is still important to support Puerto Ricans.

“Puerto Rico isn’t going to be up and running any time soon so there is time for the University to provide some support,” Zayas said.

Salgado said he feels

the U.S. has been slow to respond to the disaster, and he will continue to advocate for relief efforts.

“We will keep Puerto Rico in the headlines so we can make sure Puerto Ricans can get the help they need and that people don’t forget,” Salgado said. “The situation is urgent.”

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continues from page 1 and a way that is welcoming to all students,” Wolf said. “While we are saddened to see this one part of the tradition go away, it doesn’t change the fact that we support this decision.”

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continues from page 1 and, whether we want to recognize it or not, it happens on the OU campus and the UT campus,” business senior Huerta said. “Sexual assault is something that could be 100 percent prevented.”

Fifteen percent of undergraduate women had been raped and 28 percent of undergraduate women had been victim to unwanted sexual touching during their time at UT, according to a study released in the spring.

Resolution co-author Ben Solder said although sexual violence affects a relatively small portion of the population, it should never be ignored.

“You can’t solve problems unless you’re aware of them,” neuroscience junior Solder said. “The purpose of this resolution is to call attention to the fact that this is still a problem.”

Bonner said working with OU may help to decrease instances of sexual assault and ensure that people have the resources they need in case of an incident.

“There aren’t a lot of things we can agree on with OU, but this is definitely one of them,” Bonner said.

Engaging News Project relaunches as Center for Media Engagement

By Allyson Waller News Reporter

The relaunched Center for Media Engagement hopes to learn how audiences interact with media in fields outside journalism, center director Talia Stroud said.

The Moody College of Communication announced last Monday that the Center for Media Engagement, a research initiative that studies media and audience engagement, will succeed the Engaging News Project, which launched in 2012. Stroud said she hopes the center will broaden its research beyond the news media and look at other fields such as advertising and health care.

“Our hope is that we can think about media engagement in all the places that media engagement could happen,” Stroud said. “Engagement means working with your audiences and thinking about how you’re serving them in different ways.”

Stroud said she sees media engagement as a necessary tool in today’s changing media environment, where news organizations still need to learn the best ways to engage with audiences.

“There’s so much work that needs to be done to find out what the best practices are,” Stroud said. “They’re going to change over time — what works this year might not work two years from now. There’s a tremendous need for organizations like this that can help news organizations navigate these new techniques and what works and what doesn’t.”

Communication studies junior Alex Purcell, an undergraduate research assistant for the center, said she looks forward to researching new technology.

“If we’re going to promote being progressive on campus, we should definitely be reading the news and keeping up with what’s going on,” Purcell said. “I’m also interested in how people get the

news, especially in this era of fake news.”

Undergraduate research assistant Brooke Decker said her knowledge of news engagement has helped her explain to those around her how to interpret news.

“I think it’s your civic duty to inform yourself and others around you and be really mindful of what news sources you’re seeking out,” journalism junior Decker said. “I think it’s very crucial for everybody to engage with news whether you’re a journalist or not.”

Decker said she hopes the relaunch will cause more people to be aware of the center and its research.

Research conducted by the center will remain relevant for years to come, Stroud said.

“Relaunching as the Center for Media Engagement demonstrates that this is an established entity and that it has some long-term plans,” Stroud said.

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University irrigation system at odds with Speedway construction

By London Gibson Senior News Reporter

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Due to construction, sprinklers near Speedway are not controlled by the University. They continue to water grass and plants, even when it rains.

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Despite recent rainfall, sprinklers near Speedway continue to water plants and walkways at night, contrary to water conservation efforts by the University.

The University has not yet been given control of the sprinklers near the construction sites on Speedway, said Markus Hogue, irrigation and water conservation program coordinator. As a result, UT is currently unable to adjust irrigation to rainfall or drought as it does in other areas on campus not under construction.

“There are sections that are … still underneath the contractor working on an area,” Hogue said. “They haven’t turned it

over to us to maintain. When we take ownership of it … we put it underneath the umbrella of our system that starts monitoring and watching what’s going on.”

Last spring, UT won a Texas Environmental Excellence Award for modernizing its irrigation system, decreasing University water usage by 66 percent over the last six years. Once construction ends on Speedway, projected for spring 2018, UT is expected to get control of that area and incorporate it into that irrigation system, Hogue said.

Psychology junior Natalya Doria said she has noticed the numerous construction sites on campus, such as the renovations of Rowling Hall and Welch Hall, have the potential to get in the way of conservation efforts.

“There are a lot of locations … that are being constructed,” Doria said. “It makes sense that construction would tamper with (irrigation).”

As for current practices to conserve water, Hogue said Landscape Services monitor rainfall to adjust the irrigation system.

“If there’s a rain event going on during irrigation, we’ll shut the irrigation down,” Hogue said. “We’ve got moisture sensors in the ground as well, so we can actually see the water level in the soil, and we’ll have about 100 of those installed by the end of the year.”

Patrick Mazur, a technical staff associate for the Energy and Water Conservation Program, said his group examines water

usage on campus in conjunction with Utilities and Energy Management by comparing the consumption of water in individual buildings across months.

“If the change and value is outside of a threshold, it’ll flag it.” Mazur said. “The point is, we’re trying to identify if there’s some higher usage than normal. If so, then we go to a building and try to figure out what’s causing that.”

Hogue said the University continues to make adjustments for environmental changes, but one factor is a bit harder to adjust to.

“We’re working with the squirrels — they tend to do a lot of damage,” Hogue said.

“They chew on my irrigation all the time.”

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FDA must let gay men give blood

Smartphones’ harms should not be ignored

By Jeff Rose Columnist

In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, the lines to donate much-needed blood stretched for blocks. The ability to donate blood, however, does not extend to sexually active gay men.

The Food and Drug Administration’s rules against gay men’s blood donations are outdated and discriminatory against men who have sex with men. The eligibility of potential donors should be considered on a case-bycase basis, rather than by excluding an entire group of people at the outset.

Men who have ever had sex with men used to be barred for life from donating blood. In 2011, the FDA changed its guidelines to allow gay men who had been abstinent for a year to donate.

This may be a step in the right direction, but for sexually active gay men, it’s still basically a lifetime ban.

The ban on so-called “gay blood” is deeply rooted in stigma dating to the AIDS crisis, when HIV spread through infected people unknowingly donating blood. But current knowledge and modern technology make this rule antiquated. HIV can be detected as early as a month after infection, so it’s unrealistic to expect gay men to be abstinent for a year, when they can know within a month if they’re infected.

Heterosexual men who’ve had multiple opposite sex partners, regardless of whether they’ve used a condom, can donate blood.

However, gay men in committed, monogamous relationships cannot donate blood. Gay men who always use protection and

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Anyone could get HIV or AIDS today.

It’s not limited to gay men. The health history screening that asks people about their sexual activity fails in this regard, as heterosexual people made up 23 percent of 2014 HIV diagnoses in the United States. If thousands of heterosexual people are diagnosed with HIV every year, then by the FDA’s cautious logic, heterosexual people should also have to abide by the one-year rule.

The FDA needs to reconsider its blatantly discriminatory rules and allow more gay men to donate blood. Men who are on PrEP and always have protected sex should be able to give blood.

Gay men in long-term monogamous relationships should be able to give blood. Gay men who bring in recent negative results for HIV/AIDS blood screenings should be able to donate. These are illustration by priyanka kar | daily texan staff examples of case-by-case considerations that the FDA needs to take into acare on pre-exposure prophylaxis (commonly count. Donated blood is already screened known as PrEP), a medication that drastically for several infectious diseases, including reduces the chances of HIV infection, cannot HIV, so there is already a safety net to screen donate blood. through blood donations from gay men.

Allowing gay men to donate blood could We have the tools and knowledge needed to add as many as 615,000 pints a year, a po- allow gay men to donate. It’s time to use them. tential increase numbering 2 to 4 percent of This step toward equality will save lives. the national supply, and could save nearly 2 Rose is an English sophomore from million people, according to research from The Woodlands.

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UT, students must join the new internet

By Ryan Young Senior Columnist

Amazon. Google. Facebook. You can’t overstate the impact of the internet on our lives, but we take for granted that much of it is controlled by corporate giants.

These Silicon Valley companies say they’re making the world a better place, and to a large degree, that’s what

they do — their services allow us to communicate more easily than ever before.

Problems arise when their corporate interests do not align with our interests, such as when Google and Facebook censor their social networks, or when Photobucket removes millions of images from forums and blogs. Today, the internet is controlled by a few oligarchs. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Picture a Longhorn sitting in a dorm room. He or she wants to create a personal blog on their computer, or perhaps run an application that does so, but that’s not possible without going through an intermediary like Blogger or Tumblr. That’s because the internet of 2017 is fundamentally broken, a victim of its own massive success.

On the internet, all computers require an identifier called an IP address, just as buildings require street addresses. The current

version of the internet protocol, IPv4, ran out of spare North American addresses in 2015.

The only reason the internet hasn’t imploded is because we can share the same address across many different computers. The catch is that you can only connect to a computer that has its own unique IP address.

As a result, the internet is divided into two groups: publishers and consumers.

Publishers, such as Google and Facebook, control their own IP addresses. Consumers, such as students on their laptops on UT Wi-Fi, are forced to share.

Consumers such as us can connect to publishers, but we can’t connect to each other. So when our Longhorn wants to launch their website, they need to make use of third-party publishers such as Amazon Web Services. Meanwhile, Amazon could choose at any time to take down or alter content it doesn’t like.

Fortunately, there’s a fix in the works — an entirely new internet under construction.

IPv6 will replace IPv4 and create trillions upon trillions of new addresses. That’s more than enough for every device to have one and for everyone to become an internet publisher.

Internet service providers such as much-maligned Comcast are already leading the way with IPv6 deployment, but there’s one noticeable holdout: UT. “As of

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now, UT does not implement (IPv6) and nothing official regarding … has been released regarding its use in the future,” said Information Technology Services in an email statement.

IPv6 is not just about IP addresses — it’s about free speech. Longhorns should be able to run websites from their dorm rooms, not rely upon corporations that already control too much of the World Wide Web. UT must lead the charge for a more efficient, more innovative and freer internet.

Young is a computer science senior from Bakersfield, California.

By Jacob Kunz Columnist

The last 20 or so years brought forward a watershed moment in technological development: a device that can almost answer any question or fulfill any need, right in your pocket. So why is it that in this new culture of automatic gratification, we are more depressed?

Since the advent of the iPhone in 2007, the world’s youth rapidly took to this era of interconnectedness. By 2012, the proportion of Americans who owned a smartphone exceeded 50 percent, and in a recent Pew Research Center study, 92 percent of young adults reported owning a smartphone. Today, adolescents and young adults constantly check and update social media, existing in a digital space with thousands of their peers.

This increase in usage, however, correlates with some concerning data. According to Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, smartphone activity is linked to unhappiness and nonsmartphone activity is linked to happiness, without exception.

“Those who spend six to nine hours a week on social media are still 47 percent more likely to say they are unhappy than those who use social media even less,” Twenge writes in an article for The Atlantic. “Teens who spend three hours a day or more on electronic devices are 35 percent more likely to have a risk factor for suicide, such as making a suicide plan.”

While most connections between depression and usage are found after prolonged periods of time with the device, the common amount of screen time people have in each day is steadily increasing. Recent studies have found that the average American spends between 10 and 12 hours a day in front of a screen.

“Some used the language of addiction,” Twenge writes, referring to her students’ phone usage at night. “‘I know I shouldn’t, but I just can’t help it,’ one said about looking at her phone while in bed. Others saw their phone as an extension of their body — or even like a lover: ‘Having my phone closer to me while I’m sleeping is a comfort.’”

This shift isn’t entirely negative, as today’s teenagers are less susceptible to teen homicide, alcohol usage and early pregnancy. But these positive trends are mere symptoms of the larger problem, as Twenge explains.

The first generation to experience adolescence in a world of iPhones may succumb to “the worst mental health crisis in decades.”

Many smartphone developers have caught onto this growing problem and have created applications such as Offtime or Moment in order to track time spent on the phone and reduce screen time. Some even filter communication or notifications that lead some to extended use.

We need to realize that while the device just within arm’s reach can be an incredibly handy tool, dependency on it comes with severe consequences. It’s important to remain conscious of how much time we spend out in the world and how much in front of a screen.

Kunz is an English freshman from New Braunfels.

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Texas’ drone laws compromise our whistleblowers, safety

By Spencer Buckner Columnist

Texas’ new drone regulation is being marketed as a necessity for safety and privacy around the state — but don’t let that fool you. The recently passed law regarding drone flight will only make it harder for independent whistleblowers to check the actions of corporations working in Texas.

Targeting private drone flight over “critical infrastructure facilities” such as

With information on bad corporate practices obscured behind closed doors and being so hard to obtain, undercover footage is often the only thread protecting Americans from questionably raised food.” concentrated animal feeding operations and oil and gas wells, storage and pipelines, House Bill 1643 seems, if taken at face value, a rightful precaution in protecting vulnerable infrastructure.

However, when looking at the history of these facilities, it becomes evident what the law is really accomplishing.

The very nature of a farm lends itself to questionable health standards. Animals are often subject to painfully small enclosures, poor air filtration and nonexistent health monitoring — meaning animals slated for consumption are interspersed with animals that are dead or diseased. Ninety-five percent of Americans say they are concerned with the health of farm animals, an awareness that has led to changes in business practice and improvement in farm conditions.

The vast majority, however, wouldn’t be aware of these abuses without whistleblowers.

In 2011, footage from a civilian-piloted drone led to the shuttering of a slaughterhouse after exposing its dumping of pig blood in a river. It was perhaps the first instance of a drone capturing an endemic disregard for health at factory farms.

This footage builds off of the work of activists capturing abuse on cellphone cameras. Undercover video has surfaced in recent years of farm laborers snapping the necks of live chickens and throwing newborn piglets for sport — making a grisly game of death and of the food we eat.

The drone is emerging as a new weapon of the whistleblower. With information on bad corporate practices obscured behind closed doors and being so hard to obtain, undercover footage is often the only thread protecting Americans from

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questionably raised food.

So why would the Texas Legislature remove a new tool in the arsenal of whistleblowers? Agricultural lobbyists gave over $4 million in campaign funds to our legislators between 2013 and 2016. In fact, many of the “critical infrastructure facilities” that are protected under HB 1643 fall under areas represented by the state’s most prominent political campaign donors. It’s no surprise then why the Texas Legislature would be interested in banning drone flight over factory farms — companies would much rather choose to use

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their money to influence lawmakers than lose it in a whistleblower-sparked media firestorm.

Texas lawmakers must not prioritize the needs of corporate donors over civilian whistleblowing that keeps the public informed and communities safer. For a state government whose ideology is based around an inherent wariness of the powers of government, it is ironic that Texas lawmakers have made themselves into a case study of their own fears.

Buckner is a Plan II and government freshman from Austin.

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continues from page 8 “Some people are ashamed of being indigenous,” said Ángela Lorena Vela, Mexican-American and Latino/a studies senior and NAIC officer. “It is one of our initiatives to encourage and empower others to not be ashamed of who they are and connect with their ancestral roots.”

Alumna Sylvia Jean said she became inspired to work with groups such as NAIC after reading a book called “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” when she was a student in the 1970s. She said she continues participating with these organizations because she enjoys the community they create and the awareness they raise regarding the realities of indigenous communities.

“Some people believe all native people are gone, that they don’t exist anymore,” Jean said.

To educate citizens about surviving indigenous communities and traditions, Vela said the group works closely with the International Indigenous Youth Council, the Native American Indigenous Peoples Association and UT’s Native American and Indigenous Studies program.

“A lot of our events are about socializing and building community, no matter what indigenous nation we come from,” Vela said. “A large part of our emphasis is on decolonization and all the messy forms it can take in the various realms and levels of our life.”

Mario Alberto Ramirez, dance junior and NAIC

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continues from page 8 you need to understand people and their motivations and personal histories before you can judge,” Gonzalez-Martin said. “Appropriation is cultural poaching. Appreciation is an observational practice, that understands (the art is) built by living communities.”

Urrieta said this pattern of appropriation is not without consequence.

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Dance junior and NAIC director Mario Alberto Ramirez gives a demonstration of how to make an Ojo de Dios on Tuesday afternoon. Ojos de Dios (eyes of god) are made by the Huichol people for protection.

director, said the events and activities held by NAIC are intended to introduce students to an element of their heritage they may not be aware of. They try to embrace their members’ distinct roots and teach them about their culture in order to step away from the romanticized versions depicted in American popular culture, which Ramirez said is degrading.

“A lot of the traditions we try to bring are intergenerational to our families and our communities,” Ramirez said. “Tomorrow we will have an Ojo de Dios workshop, which is something I was taught through one of my uncles, (and) I cared to share that with the community.”

This degradation by the public, Vela said, hits home

as she has experienced harsh comments or assumptions about her and the group, which she describes as microaggressions.

Recently, she said, there have been instances of students assuming she goes to college for free or communicating in derogatory ways while she is giving information about indigenous heritage.

“I tried tabling today and

somebody asked if I was selling sage, which I found inappropriate,” Vela said. “There are better ways to interact with us. We are not just vendors that sell parts of ourselves and our culture.”

To provide a secure and comfortable environment for their members, Ramirez said their next goal is to have a space of their own. He said it is difficult to believe this

does not yet exist, but with the acceptance the City of Austin has shown lately after the renaming of Columbus Day, he hopes this will one day be a reality on the UT campus.

“We don’t have an indigenous space on campus,” Ramirez said. “It would mean the world to have somewhere to practice our traditions.”

“There are many economic, social and symbolic repercussions,” Urrieta said. “The first is obviously the theft of intellectual property, the theft of communal knowledge … Socially, it reduces native and indigenous peoples to ‘artifacts’ that can be worn, used, consumed and displayed.”

Carranco said the social repercussions caused by the disparity between the appropriator and the appropriated are closer

to home than most would think.

“Only (a white woman) can wear these and be seen as looking presentable,” Carranco said.

“Because if an indigenous woman wears those, she’s not seen as presentable.”

UT alumna Marcia Lucas owns El Interior, a store selling handcrafted folk art. Lucas spent a large part of her career living and working with artists, eventually starting El Interior, directly supporting the folk

creators’ sustainable lifestyle.

Lucas identified the cultural inspiration of the pompom earrings as coming from Chiapas, being made originally by the Mayans. Lucas said she is also familiar with huipiles, which she sells in her store.

“I buy traditional huipiles that indigenous women have woven for themselves and wear, representing their village,” Lucas said. “The huipiles used to always represent the village where

a woman was from.”

Making a point to conduct business fairly with her creators, Lucas works with them directly and accredits them in an effort to support the folk art she appreciates so deeply. She does so by meeting them on their turf, traveling anywhere from Mexico to Guatemala and building relationships with the craftsmen, cutting the middleman to make room for fair trade.

Lucas has a stake in the lives

of the artists she works with, personally and professionally, and cares about the integrity original craftsmanship adds to their folk art. She said appropriated mass production of a culture’s original designs often takes away their significance.

“Mass production takes the soul out of it,” Lucas said. “When something is handmade, there is a life force — there’s something about the lifestyle that the piece carries with it.”

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Ehlinger takes center of attention at media brief

Longhorns rally around senior libero Cat McCoy. McCoy is fourth all-time in Texas history with 1,533 digs.

By Trenton Daeschner Ehlinger led the Chaparrals Assoc. Sports Editor

Texas players met with the media on Tuesday after practice to discuss Saturday’s AT&T Red River Showdown against No. 12 Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Here are two notes from Tuesday’s media availability.

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Cat McCoy embraces leadership role

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Carroll to a 46–2 finish. And with three years under her belt in Austin, not a thing has changed.

McCoy still spearheads a Texas defense with a team-high 195 digs this season along with 50 assists, ranking second on the team in that category.

Despite the numbers and accolades McCoy has garnered during her Longhorn tenure, there’s more to her than the stat sheet shows.

First, there’s the tenacity in which she approaches a game. McCoy understands that every opponent will come at the Longhorns with added incentive to take down one of the nation’s best programs, and makes sure Texas enters with a chip on its shoulder.

“Any time we play a team in Texas, it’s just a different mindset,” McCoy said ahead of Texas’

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On a warm August afternoon three years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Longhorns took to the court to face Texas-El Paso.

The Longhorns swept the Miners in a comfortable victory, assisted by then-freshman libero Cat McCoy’s 11 digs. Now a senior, McCoy continues to be one of the defensive anchors of this year’s group.

“My first game was (against) UTEP in front of like 20 people,” McCoy said. “And I was still freaking out.”

Since that game, McCoy had added 1,522 more digs to her name, the fourth all-time at Texas.

McCoy was named an Under Armour All-American her senior year of high school, leading her alma mater Southlake

match with Texas A&M. “We (want to) run Texas, and we’re not going to let anyone beat us.”

McCoy’s leadership extends past the court, too.

She’s been an instrumental part of head coach Jerritt Elliott’s recruiting efforts, leading to two of the nation’s most touted recruits taking their talents to the 40 Acres prior to the 2017 season. And once they arrive in Austin, McCoy knows how to help them fit right in.

“These experiences are great, especially early in big environments,” McCoy said. “It shows a lot about who they are and they’re going to keep growing and it’ll be awesome to say.”

And one would be remiss to ignore McCoy’s positive attitude in every aspect of the game.

Whether it be in the practice facility or right in the middle of 5,000 screaming

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fans, McCoy knows how to keep her teammates on the same page with a joke or smile.

McCoy’s growth as a player and locker room leader has helped Texas remain a contender throughout her time in Austin. Now, in her senior year, she looks to uphold Texas’ consistent excellence through conference play.

With the Longhorns now 4–0 in the Big 12, they’ll travel to Lawrence to face No. 12 Kansas on Wednesday, their first ranked opponent since they lost to then-No. 1 Minnesota in Austin a month ago.

Texas comes into this game on a hot streak, coming off a 3-0 sweep at TCU and a six-game win streak.

Now, the burnt orange will look to continue its Big 12 dominance in Lawrence. First serve is slated for 8 p.m.

Ehlinger takes charge on offense Just five games into his Texas career, freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger has already started three times for the Longhorns at quarterback as sophomore Shane Buechele has been forced to miss time due to injuries. And after Ehlinger’s performance last Saturday against Kansas State, the true freshman just might have done enough to win the starting job.

On Monday, head coach Tom Herman refused to name a starter and said he wants to wait and see how healthy Buechele is before making a decision. Buechele is still nursing a sprained ankle from the Iowa State game on Sept. 28.

But the talk from Texas players on Tuesday was about how Ehlinger has seemingly taken control of the reins from behind center. “(Ehlinger) just wants it,” junior linebacker Malik Jefferson said. “I think he’s a guy that has a lot of poise.

He believes in himself.”

Jefferson, as well as a few other Texas players, watched from the sideline when state power Katy High School played against Ehlinger and Westlake High School last year in Austin.

to a thrilling 32-29 victory on that night, and Jefferson had a front row seat to witness what Ehlinger could do.

“I could tell what type of player he was,” Jefferson said. “I didn’t need to ask any questions. I just sat back and watched him play.”

Mayfield’s comment adds to Saturday’s storylines On Monday, senior Oklahoma quarterback and Heisman hopeful Baker Mayfield stirred the pot when he took a shot at Ehlinger. Mayfield, an Austin native who starred at Westlake’s rival, Lake Travis High School, was asked what he knew about Ehlinger. Mayfield couldn’t help but sneak in a quick dig.

“He went to Westlake and he’s never beaten Lake Travis,” Mayfield said.

The dig was a true statement, nonetheless. Westlake went 0–3 against Lake Travis when Ehlinger played for the Chaparrals.

Coincidentally, Westlake and Lake Travis play each other on Friday night in Austin, a day before the two schools’ former quarterbacks will meet at the Red River Showdown in Dallas.

If Ehlinger is indeed called upon again to lead the Longhorns, he’ll do so in Texas’ biggest game on the schedule in front of over 92,000 fans at the Cotton Bowl.

“I just tell him, ‘It’s a big game — you can’t shy away from that,’” sophomore wide receiver Collin Johnson said. “Let’s just go about it the same way we went about all the other games that we played.”

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Longhorns take top two spots at Betsy Rawls Invitational

By Hicks Layton Sports Reporter

In a landslide, Longhorns won the Betsy Rawls Invitational on Tuesday at the UT Golf Club. Led by senior Sophia Schubert, who won the individual portion of the tournament, Texas claimed victory by 15 strokes over second-place Furman.

“We’ve got a good team,” head coach Ryan Murphy said. “It’s always nice playing on your home golf course. There’s a little built-in advantage there.”

The battle for first place was fought between Schubert and fellow Longhorn, sophomore Emilee Hoffman. Although Hoffman maintained a fourshot lead through the first nine holes of the final round, Schubert came into form and fired off a 3-under 33 on the back nine to win by four strokes.

“I think this is the best (win),” Schubert said. “To win here at home is just incredible. To be able to share this with my friends and my family and all of our fans has been great.”

Hoffman did not play the way she wanted to on Tuesday and capped off her final round with a double bogey on the tough, par-4 18th hole. She did play well enough in the other two rounds to finish second, however, continuing her solid performance so far this season.

Eight Longhorns participated this week, with three competing individually. The team racked up four top-20 finishes, including freshman Kaitlyn Papp, who finished in a tie for No. 16 at 5-over-par; sophomore Greta Voelker at No. 18 with 6-overpar; and freshman Agathe Laisne tying No. 28 place at 8-over-par in her

second collegiate start.

The Longhorns have now won the Betsy Rawls Invitational eight times.

This was their first win at the tournament since 2011. Murphy is excited for the Longhorns to continue their strong play, but hopes the team makes improvements as they progress through the rest of their fall campaign.

“We have the makings of a special group,” Murphy said. “It’s nice to get this win, but right now, the coach in me is thinking about how we need to improve in a few areas. It was nice at the top with Sophia and Emilee, but there’s more to come from our next three players.”

Texas will have a long break before teeing it up again on Nov. 3. The Longhorns will be competing in the Battle at the Beach near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

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Texas shows off its trophies following the Betsy Ross Invitational. The Longhorns won the tournament by 15 strokes on Tuesday at the UT Golf Club.

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Professor writes on challenges of US presidency

By Albert Zhao L&A Senior Reporter

In front of dozens of American flags last year, Donald Trump told the Republican National Committee he planned to make America rich again, then boasted about the billions of dollars he had made in business deals.

Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump sold his business experience as a sign of a successful presidency. But in a new book, “The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office,” public affairs professor Jeremi Suri writes that the Oval Office not only demands greater expertise but also possesses a burden too great for any individual to bear alone.

“The leader of the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world is much more than a CEO, a general or a party leader,” Suri wrote in his book. “The American president is closer to a mythological figure, expected to rise above normal human limitations and manage a constant barrage of local and international problems.”

Suri said Trump is not the only president whose knees buckle under the overwhelming pressure of the office. Weaving a thread from George Washington’s humble tenure to Barack Obama’s global impact, Suri said understanding the presidency’s evolution provides insight into its overlooked flaws.

“Beginning as a small and uncertain position within a large and sprawling democracy, the presidency has grown over two centuries into a towering central command for global decisions about war, economy and justice,” Suri wrote.

“Despite their dominance, modern presidents have rarely achieved what they wanted

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Public affairs professor Jeremi Suri’s new book, “The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office,” addresses the heavy burden of the presidential office.

because they have consistently overcommitted, overpromised and overreached.”

After World War II, Suri said demands on the presidency grew as the U.S. emerged as a global power and as its citizens sought more domestically — regardless of whether a president desired more influence.

“It’s sort of like, once you become rich enough, I guess, everyone comes to you for money,” Suri said in an interview. “When you reach a certain degree of power, many different

groups at home and abroad start asking more and more of you.”

Plan II senior Abigail Griffin, who helped Suri with his book as an undergraduate research assistant, said Trump’s ascension to the presidency is best understood by examining how past presidents handle public disappointment.

“You can never fully understand where you are until you understand how you got there,” Griffin said.

A president can make the mistake of doing too much, Suri

said. He cited former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who helped pass momentous civil rights legislation such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act but failed to alleviate the war in Vietnam. “(LBJ) was so well-intentioned, but fell into the deepest trap of power, which is trying to do too much,” Suri said.

Trump is an exception to this, Suri said, but an acute withdrawal from presidential duties is also not the answer.

“What I’m arguing in the book is that presidents, until

(Trump), tried doing too many things,” Suri said. “But the solution isn’t to do nothing and play golf, the solution is to pick your issues more carefully.”

Suri describes the presidency as a paradox, in which the occupant experiences an ever-expanding role and responds by overcompensating with improbable promises.

Suri offers a remedy, however: The public should ask the president to spend less time doing everything and more time acting effectively.

Most modern democracies split the executive branch into two positions — such as Germany does — Suri said, but because it is unlikely Americans will add a prime minister to the White House, citizens need to actively reconsider their demands of the presidency and exclude the office from time-consuming issues such as divisive cultural debates.

“The people still make the presidency,” Suri wrote.

“And they can make it less impossible.”

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Student organization celebrates Indigenous People’s Week

By Acacia Coronado L&A Senior Reporter

A group of students sit in an open circle, some draped in brightly colored jewels over T-shirts, others wearing blouses hand-embroidered

with flowers combined with jeans and converse. These outfits are a visual representation of the intersection of their indigenous past and modernity.

The Native American Indigenous Collective is

giving youth of Native American descent a community with which to share cultural ceremonies, spirituality and generations-old traditions.

For years, NAIC has fought to give students who identify as indigenous a comfortable

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space on campus to embrace their heritage. From organizing speeches and panels to inviting students into their religious and cultural traditions, the NAIC has been working to welcome and educate Longhorns

on indigenous culture by focusing on indigenous sovereignty, land acknowledgments and decolonization of the community.

This week they are celebrating one of their biggest triumphs — Indigenous

People’s Week.

But while this is a step in the right direction, they are nowhere near the level of recognition and acceptance they seek.

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Texan’s top tips for surviving Austin City Limits Weekend 2

By Collyn Burke L&A Reporter

Whether you’re an Austin City Limits newbie or a festival veteran, a few extra tips and tricks can make sure you stay safe, comfortable and prepared. Luckily, The Daily Texan has compiled the following list to make sure you have a rockin’ time all weekend long.

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Recent fashion trends appropriate indigenous peoples’ cultural styles

By Hannah George L&A Reporter

The rise of social media platforms puts fashion at the world’s fingertips, but as styles go in and out, they’re often embraced before consumers ever process their implications.

Recent trends such as pompom drop earrings and Huipil-inspired clothing are having a moment, especially here on campus.

Maria Fernanda Palomares Carranco, a Mexican American and Latino/a studies senior, said she’s seen huipiles culturally appropriated here on campus.

“I’ve seen, here at UT-Austin, stores in West Campus that utilize flower patterns, like indigenous blouses, put in UT colors,” Carranco said.

Luis Urrieta, a cultural studies professor at the Center for Mexican American Studies and a faculty affiliate at the Native American & Indigenous Studies program, compared appropriation to intellectual property violations.

“Appropriation is a form of theft,” Urrieta said. “It is a nice way of saying that someone is taking someone else’s (idea) and making it their own.”

Urrieta said a consumer

appropriates other cultures when they ignore the product’s place in a larger social narrative.

“In the process of taking, the taker ignores the significance, meaning, or his-, her- or they-story of the cultural items,” Urrieta said. “The taker also does not credit the source in any significant or meaningful way.”

Rachel V. Gonzalez-Martin, an assistant professor in the Mexican American and Latino/a Studies department, said there is a difference between appreciation and appropriation.

“Appropriation and appreciation are contextual — meaning

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Bring a water bottle The number one rule for all outdoor events: Stay hydrated.

The weather may currently be great compared to this past weekend’s scorching heat, but the cold front is set to wear off soon. Next weekend’s forecast has highs in the 80s. The festival does not allow any outside food or beverages, but you can bring two factory-sealed, 1-liter water bottles, or an empty reusable water bottle.

The festival grounds are littered with water stations, so take advantage.

Wear sunscreen Nothing ruins a weekend of fun more than the painful sting of a sunburn. With little to no shade available on the festival grounds, you’ll want to make sure you lather on your sunscreen — especially if you got a little pink during Weekend One. Don’t forget to bring your ’screen with you into the festival as well to reapply

throughout the day, but keep in mind that aerosol cans are not allowed.

Bring a buddy In addition to keeping you company, a buddy or two can be useful while attending the festival. Bringing a friend along with you will help prevent you from getting completely lost in the big crowds, and also gives you an extra set of eyes to watch your stuff.

Get ready to get sweaty The crowds at ACL are no joke, especially for some of the bigger acts. Be prepared to sweat, shove and stand cheek-to-cheek with other eager (overheated) festival goers.

Take initiative and pack a hat or sunglasses to shield your eyes from the sun’s intense

UV rays. The sweltering heat and crowd clusters of ACL can put you at further risk for dehydration, so make sure you keep to survival tip No. 1 and stay hydrated.

Plan a way home ahead of time With hoards of festival goers attending ACL each weekend, parking spots will be few and far between, and last weekend’s ride-hailing prices are proof of this weekend’s inevitable surge.

In order to avoid the chaos and traffic, make sure to plan your ride ahead of time — or ride your bike, have a friend pick you up or take the bus. Being proactive will give you more time to enjoy the festival, and you’ll spend less time stressing over logistics.

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Attendees listen to music at this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Daily Texan created a list to help you survive ACL.