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SG suggests Office for National Fellowship recruitment

College Task Force ready to begin work

By Chase Karacostas Senior News Reporter

Committee will give college students a voice in city issues

By Emily O’Toole News Reporter

Austin’s first ever College Task Force will soon be finalized, giving students in the city a formal channel to voice their concerns regarding city issues.

City officials are still finalizing

Assembly Resolution 18 would create an Office of National Fellowships on campus to recruit students to apply for competitive fellowships and put UT on par with other major research institutions.

Governmental affairs chair Charlie Bonner, who authored and sponsored AR 18, said the Office of National Fellowships would mentor students in the rigorous application process for national fellowships such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Mitchell and Gates Cambridge scholarships.

“There are all these insider tricks that you don’t really know as a student who’s just trying to do it on their own,” said Bonner, a Plan II senior.

“A lot of applications have very different definitions of the same word … They have a specific definition that you don’t know unless someone tells you.”

The office will recruit a more diverse group of students to get involved in those fellowships, Bonner said.

“I think we could get something that’s a lot more indicative of our student body,” Bonner said.

The office wouldn’t only benefit the students who are pursuing these scholarships but would be beneficial for the entire UT community, Bonner said.

“It reflects really highly upon the entire student body when we get these awards for our students,” Bonner said. “It

the details of the task force, but Bryce Bencivengo, public information specialist senior, said the city hopes to begin meetings for the task force next month. Once formed, the task force will consist of students from UT, Huston-Tillotson University, St. Edwards University, Concordia University, Austin Community College and others.

Work began on the task force in 2015, when the city temporarily created the Student Quality of Life committee with support from Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo to provide a snapshot of student opinions in the city. The commission was purposefully short-lived and served to give students the opportunity to tell the Council about issues they face in Austin.

Suchi Sundaram, UT alumna and former member of the committee, said they discussed issues ranging from campus safety to transportation. As the committee came to an end in 2016, Tovo said one of the suggestions they made to the city was to form a permanent version.

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Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo approved the temporary Student Quality of Life committee in 2015, which has been reformatted into a more permanent Student Commission with hopes to begin working in the next month.

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Adapted Sports Night offers spin on sports

By Sara Schleede News Reporter

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A student learns how to play hockey from the perspective of a person with disabilities at Adapted Sports Night.

Rather than the scuff of sneakers and the swish of basketballs sinking into nets, the basketball court at the Recreational Sports Center was alive with beeps, buzzer drones and the whir of wheelchairs against hardwood on Tuesday night.

Students and Austin-based athletes gathered for the third annual Adapted Sports Night, an open house for students with or without disabilities to try various sports such as sled hockey, rugby and wheelchair basketball.

“Sports can be (an) equalizer,” said Emily Shryock, assistant director of Services for Students with Disabilities. “Throw

someone in a wheelchair … and it doesn’t matter if you have a disability or not. You’re on that equal playing field in terms of being able to enjoy the sport together.”

Adapted Sports Night, hosted as part of Disability Awareness Month, was sponsored

by Services for Students with Disabilities, Student Government and Recreational

Sports. Local athletes taught students how to adapt their favorite sports to accommodate different disabilities.

The Austin Blackhawks, a baseball team for the visually impaired, have attended Adapted Sports Night since its inception in 2015.

“A lot of people think that

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Stop the Bleed hosts bystander training seminar

By Tristan Davantes News Reporter

During a Tuesday training seminar hosted

by Dell Medical School, students learned various techniques on how to control bleeding in life-threatening emergencies.

Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign to promote bystander intervention in life-threatening situations. In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 58 peo-

ple on Oct. 1, Claire Zagorski, spokeswoman for the UT chapter of Stop the Bleed, stressed the importance of bystander knowledge in these situations.

“It’s tremendously unfortunate that we keep being shown (these situations) over and over again,” anthropology senior Zagorski said. “We need this class. We need people to know these things because they keep happening.”

The class introduced three methods of

bleed control: direct pressure, wound packing and, the most reliable method, applying a tourniquet, which is a compression device used to stop severe bleeding.

“For a really long time, tourniquets were a last resort,” Zagorski said. “They were dangerous. We now know that is not true. They are very safe for at least two hours, which is a very long time to be wearing a tourniquet.”

Steve Steffensen, associate professor of medicine at Dell Medical School, said in emer-

gency situations, individuals have to use their best judgment.

“If we had everybody trained on this, that number one cause of death in terms of trauma would markedly decrease because of bystanders intervening,” Steffensen said.

Even if there is no tourniquet or other medical supplies suitable for bleed control, Zagorski said someone can save a life from a serious injury by applying direct pressure to the wound.

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Thoughts on catcalling and LGBT representation.

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Hager delves into new role, Texas’ struggles.

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Over 100 students and community members filled Rainey Hall on Tuesday to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage speak.

Nottage, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama twice, talked about how she uses storytelling to give a voice to marginalized communities.

“The theater artist, by trade, is a risk-taker,” Nottage said. “As a theater artist, we must be intrepid, fearless explorers.”

Nottage said theater has an important role in exploring humanity and giving all voices a chance to be heard.

She described her plays as “dangerous” because they illustrate a society struggling with racism and sexism.

“We are cultural watchdogs,” Nottage said. “It is a really challenging and awesome undertaking, but it is the role of a theater artist in

helps bring in research money for the future … This isn’t just something that helps the top-tier students that are getting the award.”

Other major research universities already have an office like this, Bonner said.

These universities include Florida State University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, University of South Carolina and Northwestern University.

The creation of the Office of National Fellowships was a student-led project that began three years ago, Bonner said, but was dropped during the transition from former president Bill Powers to President Gregory Fenves.

our culture today. Now, more than ever, we are called to stand at attention.”

Theater is a way to explore major philosophical questions about human nature such as why people love, go to war and how they find happiness, Nottage said.

“We can exorcise our demons,” Nottage said. “We can collectively share our laughter and share our tears.

A play allows us to go in search of certain answers to our questions.”

For students such as Kristin Perkins, Nottage’s work has the ability to break social and political boundaries. Perkins, a theatre and dance graduate student, said many people do not recognize theater’s relevance in the world today.

“I think theater has a lot to say about current society … in a way that no other art form can,” Perkins said. “I feel like in a mediatized culture, people can become detached through technology, film and television. We can

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Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage gave a lecture Tuesday evening at Rainey Hall. In her talk, m Nottage discussed using her plays as a platform for minority voices to be heard. s

encourage empathy more profoundly when we’re sitting person-to-person across from each other.”

Geography senior Kate Shirley said she admires Nottage’s work because it brings real world issues to the stage.

“Playwrights are the

creators and masterminds of the works, so understanding their motivations can deepen your understanding and raise the stakes in your involvement in the art,” Shirley said.

Theater allows people to explore new ideas while

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“We’re hoping to build upon the work they’ve already done,” Bonner said.

Other members of Student Government, or SG, were on board for the office’s creation, and AR 18 was referred to the Academic Affairs Committee.

“I love the idea,” said SG vice president Micky Wolf, Plan II and business honors senior. “To not be able to have people at least know about the resources that exist and know about how they can … put themselves in the best position to get these types of scholarships really hurts the University.”

The project is estimated to cost $300,000 to $350,000 per year for two full-time employees and a possible stipend for a third student employee, Bonner said.

“I saw (the) bulleted proposal … and it was super awesome,” said Vivianne Tu, McCombs representative and management and business honors junior.

There would also be funds for conference travel, which would partially rely on fundraising and an endowment, Bonner said.

involved, we are very careful about which commissions we create,” Tovo said. “(This) signifies that a majority of the Council saw it as an important issue and an important set of voices that needed to be heard.”

Snyder, management information systems and government junior, said he started pushing for the task force during the spring because he believed the city needed a better channel from which to hear student concerns. In some cases, Snyder said the city can inadvertently affect the quality of life for students in Austin.

Referencing the recent creation of the Aldridge Place Local Historic District near campus, Snyder said the city accidentally made it harder for new cheap housing or residential improvements to be made in the area, potentially raising the cost of housing for students.

“Even if we are temporary residents, it is still important

for us to participate, to be a part of the community, even at the political level,” Snyder said.

While the members of the task force have yet to be selected, both Snyder and SG members pushed for it to be a mixture of students appointed by UT administrators and others selected by SG. “The commission should be as representative as possible of the diversity of each campus,” said Santiago Rosales, SG chief of staff. “We’re glad that they are doing a mixed model.”

Rosales said he is excited for the task force because it will provide a new pathway of communication between colleges in Austin, allowing them to exchange ideas and solutions to various issues.

“There’s power in knowing people in the city going through similar issues,” Rosales said. “This would be a very institutionalized way that student bodies around Austin are communicating with each other.”

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“Almost all the bleeding we can handle in this situation can be dealt … with good direct pressure,” Zagorski said. “It’s not as ‘flashy’ as the other methods, but it works — even big arterial bleeds can be stopped with really good pressure.”

UT emergency preparedness coordinator Robin Richards said the University is working to install safety hubs in all buildings on campus, including medical supplies such

h sharing their laughter andc tears, Nottage said. p “(A play) merely needs a cast, a creative director and a stage that can support the weight of the ideas,” Nottage said. “I hope that when you have time, you make an effort to support our storytellers.” as an AED, an emergency call box and bleeding control kits.

“There are going to be at least two (Stop the Bleed kits) in 160 buildings on campus,” Richards said. “Every police patrol car has a set of bleeding control kits as well.”

Zagorski said the protection against bloodborne pathogens is also vital.

“When you’re looking for things like, ‘How do I find gloves and protect myself?,’ there will be kits like that all over campus very soon,” Richards said.

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continues from page 1 “I thought this would be a great opportunity, not only for the city side to hear our voices … (but), on our side, to allow us to develop a better understanding of the city,” Sundaram said.

Sundaram, University Democrats president Douglas Snyder, Student Government officials and city officials from Austin Youth and Family Services spent several weeks last spring advocating to the Council for the task force.

In May, the city passed a resolution tasking the City Manager to work with local universities and colleges to form a permanent student commission. Recently, the city has been consolidating and shutting down some of their commissions, so Tovo said the widespread support from City Council that the resolution received was especially meaningful.

“Because of the staff time and the community time

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continues from page 1 blind people sit at home and don’t do anything, but everybody on the team is a working professional,” designated hitter Steve Puryear said.

Puryear has been playing beep baseball — a form of baseball adapted for visually impaired players that uses a modified, beeping softball — for three years and said it is just as active as regular baseball. The only struggle is learning to develop skills differently over time.

“Anytime we tell anybody we play baseball, they ask, ‘How does that work?’” Puryear said. “They think of it from their perspective.”

Psychology senior Emily Hinds attended the event

after learning about it int her psychology class, Indi-o vidual Differences, which focuses on adapting class-H rooms and workplaces too accommodate disabilities. s “We’ve been learningd more about learning, buts this is fun stuff,” Hinds said.a “(Having a disability) doesn’ta s eliminate fun.”

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LBJ event explores context of Black Lives Matter movement

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UT professor Peniel Joseph, right, speaks on a panel at “Black Lives Mattered Then and Now,” an event hosted by the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Bass Lecture Hall.

By Allyson Waller News Reporter

Black Lives Matter is still trying to address issues created by 19th-century American slavery, according to an academic panel at day-long event “Black Lives Mattered Then and Now” on Tuesday.

The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy hosted two panels about slavery, capitalism and American race relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. At the second panel, Steven Hahn, New York University professor and Pulitzer Prize winner, said even though African Americans were economically disenfranchised in the past, they still continued to fight for the promises offered

by American democracy.

“Our democratic political culture so far, as it’s been maintained, has had no stronger supporters over our history than African Americans as slaves and as free people and as their descendants,”

Hahn said.

Kendra Fields, assistant professor of history and Africana studies at Tufts University, used a quote from W.E.B. Du Bois’ “Black Reconstruction” to show how African Americans have been historically misrepresented in the United States and how these negative stereotypes have been perpetuated throughout American society.

“When we think about the uses of the past, it’s never without its liabilities,” Fields said. “The use and the abuse of the past has been the story of American history.”

Walter Johnson, professor of history and African American studies at Harvard University, said the many organizational chapters of Black Lives Matter across the U.S. are admirable in their systematic approach to uplifting black communities through education, mobilization and the circulation of dialogue. Black Lives Matter is not afraid to remind

audiences of past injustices, including American slavery and present-day police brutality against minorities, Hahn said.

“I think it’s really one of the first movements that is global, is aware of political economy questions (and) has ranges of demands that connect with the experiences of a lot of people,” Hahn said.

Esther Kim, curriculum and instruction graduate student, said she appreciated how the event tied the issues Black Lives Matter seeks to address to issues of the past. Kim said providing greater historical context about Black Lives Matter could improve acceptance of the movement by more conservative individuals.

“I come from very traditionally conservative spaces, and I think the way that it’s viewed there is really problematic,” Kim said. “I really think what I would love to see is an understanding of the history.”

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TexNet tracks earthquakes in real time, enables research

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By Sami Sparber News Reporter

As Texas experiences more earthquakes each year, concerned citizens can view seismic activity in real time by utilizing the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program, the state’s earthquake tracking system which finished development last week.

Research scientist Peter Hennings said UT’s Bureau of Economic Geology has spent the past two years deploying 57 monitoring stations throughout Texas and developing an interactive website that catalogs seismic activity recorded by the stations, after being tasked to do so by the Texas Legislature. Prior to 2008, there were one to two earthquakes with a magnitude greater than three in Texas per year on average, according to a 2016 bureau report. Since then, that rate has increased to around 15 per year.

“The paramount goal is to make data available to all

of the stakeholders,” Hennings said. “That mainly includes the public, who needs better information about earthquakes and how they impact human activity and infrastructure.”

Users can use TexNet to find information such as the location and magnitude of earthquakes. Hennings said the creation of the interactive website speaks to the bureau’s primary purpose of providing a means for all involved parties — not just researchers — to access and utilize seismic data.

TexNet project manager Alexandros Savvaidis said he hopes TexNet inspires students to consider pursuing research opportunities during their time at UT or beyond.

“The best thing we can do is organize group visits to the bureau, especially students who might be interested in this kind of research,” Savvaidis said.

“We would love to show them the data we acquire, how we analyze it and also

the different ways that they themselves can use the data in order to foster their own research and thoughts towards advancing what has already been done.”

Civil engineering freshman Hunter Hurt said he was aware of the increase in seismic activity in Texas and believes steps should be taken to understand the factors involved.

“It’s important that we try to learn as much about this problem as we can now, and not once it’s too late,” Hurt said.

Securing ongoing funding for TexNet is crucial to its success in understanding the changes happening to the Earth as quickly as possible, Hennings said.

“It’s critical that the focus on this be maintained by the state because this is not something that is going to get solved in a year or two,” Hennings said. “We need to keep the focus and the funding pointed at the goal line, which may be down the road a number of years.”

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Austin Pride radio must include LGBT artists

By Kareece McLean Columnist

The LGBTQ community has historically been ostracized in mainstream music, which is why I listen to 97.5 Pride Radio Austin. Pride Radio Austin is practically the only station I indulge in because I support their attempts to include the LGBTQ community on air. The station specifically caters to the LGBTQ community, but they lack actual LGBTQ musicians.

Pride Radio Austin needs to loosen their grip on the mainstream artists and grab ahold of actual LGBTQ artists.

Artists use their music to put listeners’ feelings into lyrics, which is why it’s important to have artists that do that specifically for the LGBTQ community. Pride Radio Austin plays more mainstream songs that don’t quite connect with LGBTQ issues or emotions, as mainstream music itself does not feature many LGBTQ folk. Typically, chart-topping artists like Katy Perry, Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson or remixes of other artists’ hits are played quite a bit, excluding smaller up-and-coming artists.

Music is the easiest way to connect with your

feelings, whether you’re going through a bad breakup or you’re in the middle of falling in love. English junior Morgan Southworth, who is bisexual, believes that representation is imperative in the music world.

“People love songs because they can relate to them and find something of themselves in the lyrics,” Southworth said. “It helps you realize there are people who feel the same way and have the same experiences as you — which can’t always be obtained with straight, popular artists.”

Actress and singer Hayley Kiyoko exemplifies why it’s important for LGBTQ artists to be played on the station. Kiyoko’s music deserves a spot on radio because her music tackles LGBTQ issues. Her indie pop song “Girls Like Girls” reiterates that it’s okay for girls to like women the same way boys do. This hit has sparked #glg, creating an online movement of acceptance and inspiring some to come out.

“Sleepover” is another gem that illustrates the struggles of liking a straight girl that will never reciprocate one’s feelings. Her music is raw and captures LGBTQ feelings that straight individuals don’t have to go through.

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Kiyoko and others like her deserve the chance to showcase their art, especially on platforms that specifically cater to the community. The LGBTQ community deserves better

representation, especially on their own radio station. It’s time we give actual LGBTQ artists a chance to share their work.

McLean is an English junior from Houston.

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Me, too leaves a lasting impact

Catcalling should be outlawed

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By Josie MacLean Senior Columnist

The #MeToo movement did something astounding. Something that no news article or political candidate has done in at least the last year.

It crossed the lines of cultural identity drawn in the 2016 election.

Although the campaign was originally created 10 years ago, when it took off last weekend, it broke through political lines and spread across urban and rural divides. If you were to watch a video of the campaign go viral on the day it started, you would see that it spread just as quickly in the Rust Belt as it did in California. Maybe even more strikingly, women of all ages participated in droves across different platforms.

The worst Breitbart could say was that saying #MeToo was like wearing an AIDS ribbon.

While no social media campaign is perfect, #MeToo finally got attention once a white woman used it, instead of its black founder, and there is legitimate concern over continuing the victim-focused narrative — #MeToo convinced people to take action.

Even more strikingly, it’s proved long-lasting. Five days after the campaign started, according to social media search engine Social Mention, #MeToo was running at 55 percent reach, meaning more than half of the posts with the hashtag were created by unique contributors across the internet.

“Most women, in general, are saying enough is enough, and men are starting to hear it too.” Michelle Ryan, a 51-year-old yoga teacher from western Massachusetts who participated in the campaign, told me. Ryan is a friend of my grandmothers’ who also participated in the campaign.

It’s true that a majority of men are more likely than not to have seen the social media campaign.

But that does not mean they will see instances of sexual harassment and assault in real life.

“The first conversation I had yesterday was (with) my son and his cousin,” Ryan said. “The first thing I asked them was, ‘Have you done it?’ and ‘Have you seen it?’ They both said they hadn’t seen it. They aren’t sensitized to it.”

While #MeToo brought cathartic relief to women, we can only hope its creation of solidarity among women will translate into the same kind of awareness in men, despite their differing social media habits and natural insulation from the issue.

“I hope that we are at a time when we are going to see a major change over the next five years.

I think we will,” said Christy, a 45-year-old from Travis County who works in local government. “A lot of people feel very fearful of what’s going on in our country because it’s erratic and uncertain, but I have hope that this is one of those times where we’re gonna make a shift. All this anger is rising to a point for something.”

MacLean is an advertising and geography junior from Austin.

Catcalling leaves victims feeling scared, disgusted and insecure. The prevalence of catcalling is great, and people like fellow Daily Texan columnist Emily Vernon demand repercussions to mitigate such occurrences.

However, it may surprise many to know that there exists loose diction in Chapter 42 of the Texas Penal Code that makes catcalling a Class B Misdemeanor — sort of.

The exact rhetoric reads: “A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, the person: (1) initiates communication and in the course of the communication makes a comment, request, suggestion, or proposal that is obscene.”

But when catcalling seems to so actionable by definition, why do anecdotes of victims end with silence and not legal action?

In Austin, the problem has two parts.

First, the legislation lacks specific wording that encompasses catcalling. Secondly, while the Austin Police Department has an effective online police report filing system for the public, under the “Harassment” reports, there lacks a section for reporting catcalling.

“Street harassment should be made an offense worthy of a ticket or fine. If the harasser has a criminal history of sexual abuse or assault, it should be worthy of arrest.” says Anna Aldridge in her petition to make catcalling in Austin illegal. While the petition eventually lost traction, the almost 500 signatories still strongly believe in the cause, along with the innumerable anecdotes heard everyday.

Though the petition lacks specific policy solutions, the problems it highlights are legitimate issues in both the Austin area and undoubtedly elsewhere. Aldridge admits “I understand this may be incredibly difficult to enforce, but it’s at least a place to start.”

An addition to Section 42.07 should describe a person committing a harassment offense if he or she engages in unsolicited

communication of a sexual nature. This should be a more specific version of Part 1 which describes an offender as initiating communication that is obscene. “Obscene,” as part of the section, describes a “description of or a solicitation to commit an ultimate sex act.”

However, catcalling can be as seemingly innocuous as making faces of a sexual nature or calling out non-sexual terminology with sexual connotations.

The current legislation leaves a gray area, as most types of catcalling do not include an “ultimate sex act.” New wording should redefine “unsolicited communication” to include any language or body language that can be proven to have implicit sexual meaning.

New wording that could allow for specific prosecution of catcalling as its own crime under Section 42.07 rather than blanketed under Part 1 of Section 42.07 also facilitates the reporting and enforcement of the crime.

Enforcing these types of crimes would largely be based on victims reporting the crimes themselves as well as the occasional chance police intervention. With new wording in place, police could take direct action against catcallers. Such wording should also include stipulations that allow for video footage, recordings, or picture evidence that could be used for by a victim to file a police report.

Revised legislation, coupled with the creation a specific catcalling section in the public police report filing system, would become a powerful tool against fighting catcalling’s pervasiveness.

Catcalling is one of the smallest but most prevalent acts in a culture of sexual assault. However, such specific legislation could give victims a very important means of fighting back and shows that our government has taken a stance against such disgusting behavior. It’s the least that can be done to ensure the safety and security of fellow citizens.

Batlanki is a Neuroscience sophomore from Flower Mound.

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Bush’s failure was instrumental in Trump’s rise to power

By Sam Groves Senior Columnist

As difficult as it is to imagine a worse president than Donald Trump, try and picture this. Sixteen years from now, such a president is in office. From his presidential library in the basement of Trump Tower, the once-despised 45th president bemoans the current political climate, which is universally interpreted as a searing rebuke of the new administration. Liberals everywhere swoon.

It’s certainly an absurd scenario. But the present is absurd too, and last week former president George W. Bush earned lavish praise for delivering exactly such a condemnation at his presidential library in Dallas — a condemnation of the Trump presidency.

Now don’t get me wrong, it was a good speech.

Bush decried bigotry and white supremacy as “blasphemy against the American creed” and rejected “bullying and prejudice in public life,” taking fairly transparent jabs at Trump and the racist

supporters he refuses to unequivocally denounce.

But look who’s talking. There’s something deeply ironic about Bush condemning nationalism, bigotry, bullying and prejudice. When he was in office, his administration was happy to co-opt nationalist rhetoric, leverage bigotry and make political tools out of bullying and prejudice.

In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush appealed to nationalism to sell his war on terror and convince Americans to give up their civil liberties, pitting our country against an “axis of evil” composed of enemies who “hate us for our freedoms.”

Although he made sincere efforts to combat anti-Muslim bigotry after the attacks, his administration’s actions to “defend the homeland” violated the rights of many innocent Muslims. Muslim prisoners were tortured and held indefinitely at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Arabs and Muslims were disproportionately targeted in a program that preceded Trump’s proposed Muslim registry by 15 years and failed spectacularly.

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As for bullying and prejudice, Bush’s successful 2004 re-election bid was built on those pillars. Under the direction of Karl Rove, the campaign cheerfully weaponized prejudice against gays and lesbians: Republicans put same-sex marriage bans on the ballot in 11 states across the country in order to turn out social conservatives on Election Day. Meanwhile, in an effort just as heinous as any of Trump’s fake news smear campaigns against Hillary Clinton, a Bush-supporting group attempted to falsely discredit Democratic nominee John Kerry’s decorated military career. Despite calls from Sen. John McCain, the Bush campaign refused to condemn the organization, and the smear worked: Conservatives later credited it for helping to bring about Kerry’s defeat.

By effusively praising Bush, we risk absolving him of responsibility for the damage he did to the country when he was president. And that damage was extensive. We’re still experiencing aftershocks from the three disasters that defined the Bush

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presidency: the War in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the financial crisis.

Arguably, the election of Trump was one of these aftershocks. Public trust in government dropped precipitously during the Bush administration — from 44 percent in January 2001 to 25 percent in December 2008, according to the Pew Research Center. Since Pew started tracking the numbers, only the Nixon administration has done more damage to the credibility of our institutions.

That number remained low throughout the Obama administration, but it was Bush who brought it to that level. And what happened when people lost faith in the system? They turned to someone who promised to tear the system down — to “drain the swamp.” The result is the present crisis, which may make the Bush years look tame by comparison, but nevertheless shares a continuity with those years that the 43rd president refuses to acknowledge.

Groves is a philosophy junior from Dallas.

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Dinner in the Dark shines a light on visual impairment

By Collyn Burke L&A Reporter Hands fumble against the dark walls of the Student Activity Center ballroom as each student searches for their place at the table and the secret meal that awaits.

Welcome to Dinner in the Dark.

Dinner in the Dark, a biannual event hosted by the Disability Advocacy Student Coalition, or DASC, provides students with a better understanding of what it’s like to live with a visual impairment. DASC president Kathryn Strickland believes Dinner in the Dark gives students a platform to ask questions, connect and learn from differently-abled students.

“There are people who are afraid of saying the wrong thing or offending somebody,” Strickland said. “We like to host these kind of events to provide a safe place for people to learn and not be afraid of offending anybody.”

Strickland said there’s no better place to do this than in the dark. On Thursday, students and members of the UT community will be guided into a pitchblack SAC ballroom and served a meal, the contents of which have been kept secret. Madison Lee, a speech and language

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continues from page 8 In contrast, history junior Morgan Wallace agrees with Cox, saying that there is no added danger from students carrying firearms if they have the proper licenses.

“Those people, 99.99 percent of the time, are not intending to do anyone any harm. If they are, there should be systems in place to catch those people before

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pathology junior and DASC member, said the meal can be quite comical.

“It’s honestly so funny because you’re just fumbling around in the dark, and it’s such a struggle,” Lee said.

“You’re not used to eating like that; you’re not used to not being able to see your hand and bring it up to your face without spilling. Napkins are necessary.”

they get a gun in their hand,” Wallace said.

Although there are many on campus who don’t agree with campus carry, as proven by the “Gun Free UT” signs around campus, Cox said he applauds their protest despite disagreeing with them.

“I personally like that people are taking initiative on things that they believe in,” Cox said.

After the meal, attendees will hear from a panel of blind and visually impaired UT students as they discuss how they go about their daily lives without the use of sight.

“The panel is always really great and really enlightening,” Lee said. “I think the coolest part is you learn so much about a population you don’t interact with as much as (you) should.”

According to Strickland, this

year’s Dinner in the Dark will be twice the size of previous years.

Strickland said she believes word of mouth is responsible and that most people are simply intrigued by the concept.

“To be quite honest with you, we were shocked to find out these numbers,” Strickland said.

“It’s a little bit intimidating, but definitely something we are looking forward to.”

Though Strickland is

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pleased by the spike in attendance, she said she worries that the novelty of the event may cause some to lose sight of its bigger purpose.

“It’s more of a way to draw the community in to learn from the panelists,” Strickland said. “Dinner in the Dark is really a kind of way to get community members in to learn firsthand about visual impairment.”

Katie Holt, a history sophomore who plans to attend the event, said she was initially intrigued by the idea of simply having dinner in the dark, but looks forward to learning about the lives of those with a visual impairment.

“It sounded really cool and like something I’ve never done before,” Holt said. “It sounded like a learning experience.”

Strickland said events like Dinner in the Dark are necessary because they can help start a much needed conversations about disabilities and advocacy.

“Dinner in the Dark opens (a) door by getting people in to hear firsthand from very real people,” Strickland said.

“They’re not ‘other,’ they’re just like you. They just do things a little bit differently.”

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Shook wins Big 12 honors

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Junior punter Michael Dickson boots the ball during Texas’ 13-10 loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday. Dickson punted a career-high 11 times in the contest and is on pace for the second-best punting average in college football history (49.03 yards per punt) with five regular season games remaining for Texas.

Dickson shines as one of nation’s best punters

By Michael Shapiro Sports Editor

Texas’ players met with the media on Tuesday evening in advance of the Longhorns’ upcoming battle with winless Baylor.

The Longhorns enter the matchup sitting at 3–4, 2–2 Big 12, and are looking to rebound from a 13-10 overtime loss to Oklahoma State last week. Here’s what the Longhorns had to say:

Dickson reflects on stellar season One of the upsides for the Longhorns following Saturday’s tight defeat was

the continued excellence of punter Michael Dickson.

The junior from Sydney, Australia, booted 11 punts against the Cowboys, averaging 51 yards per punt.

He’s also now skied a 60plus yard punt in five of seven contests, including a 66-yarder on Saturday to pin Oklahoma State deep within its own territory.

And Dickson received some recognition for his efforts, too. The burnt orange crowd began streams of cheers for Dickson after his frequent appearances on the turf, heaping praise usually reserved for standout quarterbacks and defensive stars.

“I heard some of the chants, I love it,” Dickson said. “It means a lot to get a chant for just punting the ball. It makes me smile, makes me feel confident when I go out there.”

Dickson said his goal heading into the season was to average over 50 yards per punt. Heading into week eight, he’s just under that mark, averaging just over 49 yards per attempt.

Crowded receivers room stays competitive We are now seven games into Texas’ season, and seven Longhorns have tallied over 10 catches this season. With so many

contributors to the unit, the burnt orange receivers know they must be ready to enter the action whenever their name is called.

“We’re a very competitive group,” senior wide receiver Lorenzo Joe said.

“But we know when we get in the game, whoever’s in there, we’re going to be encouraging each other.

Nobody’s getting down, it doesn’t matter who gets the most reps.”

One receiver who has been noticeably absent in recent weeks is Armanti Foreman. The senior tallied 34 catches and three touchdowns in 2016 but hasn’t appeared in a game

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Junior defensive end Breckyn Hager is a player who speaks from the heart and doesn’t hold much back.

Hager made a rare appearance in front of the media following Texas’ 13-10 overtime loss on Saturday to then No. 10 Oklahoma State.

He had just played one of the best games of his Longhorn career, posting a career-high two sacks and tallying three total tackles.

But, of course, none of that mattered to Hager after the game. The passion in his voice and the directness of his words could be felt.

Hager wants just as much as anyone for the Longhorns to turn things around.

“It’s incredibly painful,” Hager said. “But there’s also positives, and it’s incredibly hard to say that and think about that. As an upperclassman, we’re turning this around. We’re over it. We’re gonna go get to work, and we’re gonna be the best we can be.”

Hager described the upperclassmen as a “special” group, despite the fact that they have experienced some of the most difficult years in program history.

One of Hager’s fellow upperclassmen is junior linebacker Malik Jefferson, who was consoled on the field by Hager in the wake of Texas’ loss on Saturday. After the game, Jefferson lauded Hager’s performance against the Cowboys.

“He played really well,” Jefferson said. “Getting after the quarterback and causing disruption was

incredible for us, especially with a three-man rush.”

Hager, an Austin Westlake High School product, has seen somewhat of a reduced role with the Longhorns this season, transitioning into primarily a pass-rush specialist and often rotating in for a special third-down package.

When asked after Tuesday’s practice about his more limited role this season, Hager once again spoke from the heart.

“It’s the hardest thing I’ve been through,” Hager said.

At his weekly press conference on Monday, head coach Tom Herman was also asked about Hager. Herman — who is as honest as they come when evaluating players’ performances and the reasoning behind their amount of playing time — offered praise for Hager.

“Breckyn, what a great story that has been,” Herman said.

“A guy that, quite frankly, was a tweener. It’s like, what is he — is he a linebacker, is he a defensive end, is he an outside linebacker, is he an inside linebacker? The one thing he does is gives you effort.”

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As honest as they come, Breckyn Hager delves into new role

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for Texas since its battle with Iowa State on September 28.

Head coach Tom Herman addressed Foreman’s lack of playing time, noting that poor practice performance has caused the Texas City product to remain on the bench. But Joe believes Foreman has turned a corner and will be on the field in Waco on Saturday morning.

“I know it’s hard but (Foreman’s) handled it well,” Joe said. “He’s come out to practice the past couple of days, he’s been working really hard … We see what he’s done in the past, so when he gets out there, he’s going to make plays.”

Freshman setter Ashley Shook earned Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors for her efforts in Texas’ road wins over Texas Tech and Oklahoma last week. Shook registered 17 digs, 84 assists (12 per set) and five blocks in the two contests and even managed to tally four kills in the victory over Oklahoma. The freshman, who ranks first on the team with 656 assists this season, led the Longhorns to a sweep in Lubbock on Wednesday night, followed up with a 3-1 victory over Oklahoma on Sunday. Texas is now in the midst of a 10-game winning streak, preserving an undefeated 8–0 record in Big 12 matches.

Shook’s Big 12 Freshman of the Week award is her second of the season, previously earning the recognition on Oct. 2. Shook’s teammate, freshman outside hitter Lexi Sun, has also won the distinction three times this season. The Texas’ young dynamic duo combines for five Freshman of the Week awards in 2017.

The Big 12 frontrunners are frequent recipients of conference honors, additionally claiming the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on three occasions thus far.

Saturday’s game in Waco against Baylor will be a special one for Hager and his family.

Hager’s older brother, Bryce, played linebacker at Baylor from 2011–14. Bryce is currently playing in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams. Their father, Britt, was an All-American linebacker at Texas and played for the Longhorns from 1985–88.

Britt also played in the NFL, totaling nine seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos and St. Louis Rams.

Naturally, Hager said there will be some trash-talking going on this week with his brother.

“I’m actually gonna see (Bryce) Thursday, so it’s going on on Thursday,” Hager said. “He’s gonna be at the game, so it’s gonna be really exciting.”

But Hager said that the friendly banter is meaningless at the end of the day. He just wants to win.

“I don’t really care because it’s not about that,” Hager said. “It’s about us, and (Bryce) knows that deep down.”

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Junior defensive end Breckyn Hager sacks Mason Rudolph during Texas’ 13-10 overtime loss to Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma sneaks by Kansas State, Iowa State jumps into AP Poll

By Dawson Hinkley Sports Reporter

While Texas fell in overtime on Saturday afternoon to No. 11 Oklahoma State, the rest of the Big 12 suited up in four other conference matchups. Here’s how those contests shaped up.

Oklahoma wins in final seconds Oklahoma rolled into Manhattan, Kansas, with only one blemish on its record on Saturday afternoon, making the Sooners one of the top contenders for the Big 12 title.

But it was all Kansas State in the first half as the Wildcats pulled out to a commanding 21-7 lead in the second quarter. Kansas State’s hard-nosed rushing offense, led by sophomore quarterback Alex Delton, proved to be overpowering for the Sooners for much of the contest — but after halftime, Oklahoma’s electrifying offense picked up.

The game would come down to a 35-35 tie with only seconds left in the fourth quarter. What seemed like a set up play for a game-winning field goal turned into a 22-yard rushing touchdown by redshirt sophomore running back Rodney

Anderson, giving Oklahoma a seven-point lead in the final seconds. Despite the 4235 win, the Sooners would get bumped down a spot to No. 10 in the AP Poll.

and hold the nation’s passing touchdown leader. Grier’s 26 touchdowns lead the NCAA by quite the margin, ahead of Missouri’s Drew Lock by three touchdowns.

Baylor nearly earns first win

Texas Tech drops second straight game

West Virginia has been a solid Big 12 contender all season lead by star transfer junior quarterback Will Grier. The Mountaineers are a formidable opponent in the conference, capable of knocking off any team on any given week. Baylor, on the other hand, had not won a single game entering the matchup, leaving West Virginia as the clear favorite.

But despite the record disparity, Baylor fought tough with the Mountaineers, taking the game’s outcome down to the final play.

Freshman quarterback Charlie Brewer rallied the Baylor offense with 23 unanswered points in the second half, bringing Baylor within two points of the Mountaineers with 17 seconds to go.

But a failure on a two-point try left the Bears’ comeback bid just short.

The 38-36 final notched Baylor’s seventh-consecutive loss, bringing West Virginia’s record to 5–2, 3–1 Big 12. The Mountaineers now rank No. 22 in the AP Poll

After a hard fought loss last week to West Virginia, Texas Tech looked to get its conference season back on track as it hosted Iowa State on Saturday. With the Cyclones entering on a twogame win streak, including a road victory over Oklahoma, Texas Tech was in for a rough battle.

The Cyclones held the Red Raiders’ prolific offense to only two touchdowns the entire game. Texas Tech also did not have a single player surpass the 100-yard mark in receiving or rushing yards in the game, uncharacteristic for a Kingsbury-coached squad.

Sophomore running back David Montgomery proved to be the star of the game for the Cyclones, rushing for 164 yards on 28 attempts en route to a 31-13 Iowa State victory. Now, with just one conference loss and five games remaining, Iowa State is tied for second in the Big 12 standings and ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 2005.

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For some, campus carry is personal

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Accounting junior Quinn Cox, southwest director of Students for Concealed Carry, advocated for changes to bills on the issue.

By Ruben Paquian L&A Reporter megan canik| daily texan staff

Cyndi Abell catches up with a regular client in her salon while trimming his hair. She is the owner of Cyndi’s Barbershop on 23rd Street, which is popular among UT’s Greek life population.

Cyndi’s is a cut above the rest

By Albert Zhao Senior L&A Reporter

For decades, Cyndi Abell’s trimmers have glided through the sideburns of fraternity boys galore.

“I have many cuts with names,” Abell said. “I have the ‘Frat Swoop,’ I have the ‘Grandma, I need more money’ cut, I have the ‘Oh crap, Dad, I’m sorry’ cut, (and) I have the ‘Wedding’ cut.”

Abell runs the eponymous Cyndi’s Barbershop tucked inside a mall corner in West Campus, a rebuke to chains such as Supercuts. She has worked near campus since the late ’90s, predominantly cutting men’s hair.

Her virtually all-male clientele draws heavily from UT’s Greek population. This is due, in part, to her past job as a fraternity mom for Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 2008.

“I started drawing in more customers because my name was getting out there,” Abell said. “The majority of (fraternity students) still know I was a house mom at one

(point), even though it’s been nine years.”

After recommendations from past fraternity brothers, government senior Tom Parker, a Sigma Alpha Epsilon, or SAE, member, regularly gets his hair cut

by Abell. Parker said Abell is recognized not only in SAE, but in most fraternities as well.

“She is really kind of intertwined with fraternity life around here,” Parker said.

“She definitely cares about each kid. She remembers these kids by name, which is really nice.”

Abell often plays a role greater than barber, offering guidance to those new to UT. As a freshman, mechanical engineering senior Ben Graber said he appreciated Abell’s advice when he first joined Phi Gamma Delta.

“She always kind of gave general life advice for fraternity guys, like be smart with alcohol, treat women with respect,” Graber said. “She would always have crazy stories as a house mom …

(students) swinging golf clubs and lighting things on fire and being blackout drunk. It’s funny, but she kind of intends for those stories to be like, ‘Hey, don’t be this idiot.’”

Abell’s clients also said they know her life experiences extend beyond her time as a fraternity mom. Before she settled in West Campus, Abell said she worked as a firefighter and later as an emergency medical services worker in Austin. In 2015, during the Wimberley River floods, Abell volunteered and led a search and rescue team in Austin to find family members who went missing.

Not only does she enjoy working with her community, Abell said she enjoys the work itself and never desired the drudgery of office work.

“I could not be put in a cubicle anywhere,” Abell said.

“If I wouldn’t have been a barber, I would have been a mechanic, but I didn’t like the grease beneath my fingernails.”

Born and raised in Lubbock, Texas, Abell said she

always wanted to move to a city like Austin where she could build a career and mingle with a more diverse community.

Her passion soon became shears, combs and, eventually, students. Abell said she loves meeting students not only from fraternities but from other backgrounds as well. Since her shop is located near an English as a Second Language center, Abell said she has serviced students from numerous countries, ranging from Germany to Korea.

“We have every type of person you can imagine, every color, every religion,” Abell said.

Decades of cutting hair can put a strain on barbers, but Abell said her clients and her love of the craft motivate her to keep working day-long shifts during the week.

“I enjoy it because it’s art,” Abell said. “It’s the gratification of being able to see your artwork, and your artwork is actually your advertisement.”

The right to possess a firearm is more than just a political stance for accounting junior Quinn Cox — it’s a personal matter.

As the southwest director of national organization Students for Concealed Carry, or SCC, Cox has had a lifelong passion for guns. It started when he was three years old, when Cox said his father was put in a situation where he became concerned for his family’s safety.

From hearing this story growing up, Cox said he became passionate about protecting his and everyone’s right to carry.

“Obviously not everyone is going to be put in that situation, but if you’re a law abiding citizen … there’s no reason for (my father) not to be able to have that ability (to carry),” Cox said.

Cox began his involvement in the subject’s politics during his freshman year. At a meeting for student libertarian organization Young Americans for Liberty, Cox was approached by the previous southwest director to start a UT chapter for SCC. Since then, he has moved from being the UT chapter’s vice president to the position he currently holds. Cox is now responsible for setting up new chapters in the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas as well

as being a spokesperson for the organization.

Cox became southwest director on Aug. 1 of this year, the same day campus carry was legalized for two-year institutions. Right off the bat, he had to juggle summer school, SCC interviews and his internship working for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Cox said he’s having difficulties getting chapters set up now that there is already a campus concealed carry bill in place. He argues that there is still a need for Texas chapters to advocate for improvements to the bill as it is full of loopholes.

One of the loopholes explained by Cox is that the bill allows a professor to verbally request a student to leave their bags, possibly containing a firearm, outside of their office.

To Cox, this is a violation of the individuals’ right to personal safety.

“Why inconvenience students who are interested in their personal protection?”

Cox said.

Tayler Johnson, a corporate communication and philosophy senior, said despite coming from a conservative family, he disagrees with Cox and argues for the professors’ right.

“To the point of ‘It’s for private safety’, when does it become a point to where somebody else’s safety has to be put above my own?” Johnson said.

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Food2Go joins gyro food truck game in West Campus

By Stephen Acevedo L&A Reporter

While students argue over whether Halal Guys or Halal Bros is superior, a new food truck called Food2Go has quietly slipped into the West Campus gyro game.

Owner Zafer Layik initially started Food2Go as a food truck to operate exclusively on army bases. The truck would allow people living on a base to get quality meals without having to endure a long wait. After successfully expanding his business to six different trucks on army bases in Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma, Layik decided it was time to open a truck in a normal metropolitan area.

“We started out to try and serve good food the fastest way we can because people in the army have a limited time to be served and eat,” Layik said. “They usually only have one hour, so we got our serving down to three to five minutes maximum.”

“We wanted to do one in Austin, and we chose the location specific to our operation because students are similar to people on army bases,” Layik said. “They don’t really have much time, so they can come and get something quick to eat here.”

Though Layik has kept a small menu at his army base locations for the sake of convenience, he said wants

to give UT students something a little different.

Right off the bat, Food2Go’s $8–$9.50 price range seems higher than surplus cost. But once you take into account their sizable fries, soft drinks and entrees, you’ll feel like you’re at an army surplus store.

We don’t serve anything that we don’t feel like eating ourselves. I want customers to have what I would want to have.”

—Zafer Layik, Food2Go owner

The menu is pretty brief for the sake of expediting the ordering process, but Layik said he tried to make the selection at his Austin truck a little more robust for the students.

“On army bases we usually serve chicken, beef and lamb,” Layik said. “Here in the city, we wanted to do a few more different things for the students like a vegan option.”

Though hot cooked meals packed with plastic cutlery is Food2Go’s specialty, Layik doesn’t think the speed means he’s

sacrificing flavor and freshness — he makes everything from the sauce to the bread in-house daily.

“We don’t serve anything that we don’t feel like eating ourselves,” Layik said. “I want customers to have what I would want to have if I went out to a restaurant.”

In particular, the gyro has a lot of great flavor.

The meat is well-seasoned, the veggies are fresh and the creamy dressing adds a nice little bit of extra spice.

The wrap itself is closer to a tortilla than pita bread, so it tastes kind of like a gyro burrito.

The chicken wrap is also very tasty with juicy marinated chicken. The chicken is grilled in chunks as opposed to shawarma style, which may be unideal for some people, but it results in much larger pieces of chicken in the wrap.

The sides are limited to french fries, although the french fries at the truck are quite good. They’re basic crinkle cut fries sprinkled with paprika, and they do their job of complementing the seasoned meat wonderfully.

Though nothing on Food2Go’s menu will be blowing minds, the dishes work as a filling and affordable lunch for students going to or from campus. It has the potential to become a go-to gyro spot for West Campus residents in a hurry.

anthony mireles| daily texan staff

Stephan, a worker for the Food2Go food truck, greets a UT student on Monday. Food2Go initially served gyro exclusively on army bases before opening a location in West Campus.