The Daily Texan 2017-11-29

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Volume 118, Issue 73

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Admissions surprises high school couple with Impact Scholarships

Canned food drive feeds A&M-UT sports club rivalry, local communities

POLICY

By Maria Mendez

By Sara Schleede

Senior News Reporter

Alejandro Martinez never expected UT officials to show up at his home in Mission, Texas, with an admissions letter, giant check and balloons for him. Fifteen minutes later, admissions officers from UT showed up at his girlfriend Alyssa Garza’s door with the same scholarship.

“It was a complete surprise,” Garza and Martinez said, laughing together.

The surprise the two Mission High School seniors received is part of the new Longhorn Scholarship Surprises effort this coming academic year by UT’s Office of Admissions to surprise selected students at their homes with Impact Scholarships. Through this effort, the admissions office awards Impact Scholarships to students with potential to transform their communities.

Rachelle Hernandez, senior vice provost for enrollment management, said the University had no idea Garza and Martinez were high school sweethearts. They were chosen for their involvement in science extracurriculars and their hope to expand science and technology in the Rio Grande Valley.

“That’s not info we had, so it was a complete coincidence,” Hernandez said.

“We wanted to roll out the burnt orange carpet for them.”

Hernandez said Impact Scholarships have previously been awarded, but students would not have known about their scholarship award until the spring. By awarding the Impact Scholarship early, the University hopes admitted students will see themselves at UT, regardless of their finances, in the fall.

“We want students to know it’s not just an admit letter — it’s possible,” Hernandez said. “We want to make sure their dreams come true.”

Students are selected for the Impact Scholarship through UT’s holistic review process, which considers students’ academics, extracurriculars and their community contributions, Hernandez said.

Two other students from the Rio Grande Valley were also surprised with the Impact Scholarships over Thanksgiving break.

“We’re looking to

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SB 8 SHOT DOWN IN COURT Federal judge rules Texas anti-abortion bill unconstitutional Lee Yeakel, a U.S. District Court Attorney General Ken Paxton immediately filed an appeal Judge, issued a final injunction last of the decision with the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. week against Senate Bill 8, which would “Through extraordinary evidence and expert witness have almost testimony, we established that completely Senate Bill 8 is lawful, treats the banned dilation and evacuation, unborn with dignity and respect the most common second-triand protects the integrity of the mester abortion method. medical profession,” Paxton said “(This) decision afPassed during Texas’ sumin a press release. “We will defend mer special legislative sesSenate Bill 8 all the way to the U.S. firms what we already sion, the bill included an Supreme Court, if necessary.” know — that politics amendment banning this Soon after the bill’s signing by abortion procedure. Yeakel’s Gov. Greg Abbott in July, Whole should never tie the decision came two weeks afWoman’s Health, Planned Parentter the end of a five-day trial hood of America and others sued hands of doctors or on the bill’s constitutionality. the state to prevent the bill from bar women from safe “(This) decision affirms what going into effect on Sept. 1. we already know — that politics During the trial, Paxton argued medical care.” should never tie the hands of the bill did not actually ban the doctors or bar women from safe procedure, but instead ensures the —Cecile Richards, medical care,” said Cecile Richunborn fetus is treated humanely.

President of the Planned Parenthood ards, president of Planned ParThere are methods to cause fetal Federation of America enthood Federation of America demise prior to the procedure, and one of the plaintiffs in the but the plaintiffs said they do not case, in a press release. “We’re always work and put the physician grateful today’s decision will conducting the procedure at risk safeguard our patients’ access to of criminal penalties. safe, legal abortion in Texas and every person’s right to Paige Kubenka, vice president of Texas Students make their own pregnancy decisions.” for Life, said while Yeakel’s decision was disappointIn this procedure, a doctor surgically removes fetal ing, it was to be expected. tissue, and SB 8 only allows it to occur if the fetus is “We had heard that (Yeakel) supports abortion often, deceased. Critics of the procedure have called it “dis- so we weren’t really surprised,” said Kubenka, rhetoric memberment abortion” because of the way the fetal and writing sophomore. “I’m pretty hopeful that it will tissue is removed.

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BY CHASE KARACOSTAS Senior News Reporter

Instead of doing homework or playing ultimate frisbee, exercise science senior Domenica Sutherland spent her Tuesday night sorting through mountains of canned food donations flooding the Recreational Sports Center lobby.

“It was so nice to see our clubs come out and want to do well,” said Sutherland, vice president of Sport Club Association Council and women’s ultimate frisbee club member. “It makes us realize that we are part of something bigger than our individual teams.”

The Sport Club Association Council is reaching the end of their annual canned food drive for Central Texas Food Bank, which will end on Nov. 30, and 46 sport clubs have donated.

Sports organizations from UT and Texas A&M University added the canned food drive in 2013 to their annual Aggies-Longhorns Challenge, which consists of different competitions between the two universities. The canned food drive part of the challenge has occurred every November since, and whichever university collects the most ounces of canned goods will earn a point in their yearly competition. “(The canned food drive) promotes the rivalry between two great institutions while contributing to a great, local cause that directly benefits both university communities and beyond,” said Chad Zimmerman,

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Professor who served under Clinton discusses health care policy

By Allyson Waller News Reporter

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UT law and Dell Medical School professor Dr. William Sage discusses current health care debates in relation to his experience in 1993 as a member of President Clinton’s task force.

William Sage, a UT law and Dell Medical School professor who served on former President Bill Clinton’s health care task force, explained fiscal policy’s influence on health care at a discussion Tuesday evening hosted by the Texas Political Union.

Texas Political Union hosted Sage, who reflected on his time working for the Clinton administration in 1993, the same year Clinton proposed a universal health care package to Congress that

ultimately did not live up to the administration’s expectations. Sage said today’s discussion on health care is not far off from discussions that occurred in the 1990s, when it was difficult for conversations about health care to go beyond debates about insurance and subsidies.

“We’ve been stuck in a fiscalized version of health policy since the 1970s oil shocks — that sort of first recessionary recognition that perhaps America wouldn’t always be the richest in every circumstance,” Sage said.

Monitoring bodies such

as the federal Congressional Budget Office play a significant role in health care policy, Sage said. According to the CBO’s website, the purpose of the office is to project federal health spending and analyze health care policy proposals.

In September, Democratic legislators criticized Republicans for attempting to repeal Obamacare without CBO analysis of the GOP health care bill. Sage said the GOP’s health care plans have been easy to attack since

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Texas residents should be aware of the options available to territories. PAGE 4

RTF student breaks out with two viral videos.

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Smart reflects on overtime heartbreaks vs.

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By London Gibson Senior News Reporter

A Student Government resolution is attempting to level the playing field for women in intramural sports by supporting the removal of policies giving special allowances to women in coed soccer and softball.

According to UT’s current intramural soccer and softball policies, female players are given special allowances, such as additional points. Liberal Arts representative Jordan Cope, who authored Assembly Resolution 19, said these regulations unfairly imply women are athletically inferior and exclude gender non-conforming and transgender students.

“Just seeing some of these policies made me question what exactly were the premises behind them,” said Cope, an international relations senior. “It’s a matter of equality on campus …

Equal outcome should be a consequence of equal work.”

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Liberal Arts representative Jordan Cope introduces Assembly Resolution 19 at the Student Government meeting Tuesday night. The resolution looks to resolve sexist rules in intramural soccer and softball.

ral soccer policy gives two points for each goal scored by a female player and one point for each scored by a male. Coed softball policy allows a female player to “walk” without batting if she follows a male batter who has also “walked.” A walk occurs when a batter is pitched four balls and

awarded a first base position without being called out of play.

While the policies were originally formed to encourage female participation, Cope said he thinks they have the opposite effect by undermining their athletic potential. He also said the dichotomous language of the policies

excludes students who don’t identify as male or female.

Removing the policies would not be too complicated, said Darci Doll, associate director of Intramural Sports. Doll said UT’s intramural sports loosely follow regulations determined by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports

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Association, but that policies can easily be amended.

“If a rule is outdated … then we work with current participants and referees to try to amend those rules so that they make sense and are fun for the participants,” Doll said. “So basically, we amend them all the time.”

Doll said the intramural department plans to survey the coed soccer intramural teams in the following weeks.

Not every SG member thinks the resolution is appropriate. Natural Sciences representative Ben Solder said he thinks SG should acquire more data, such as the results of the aforementioned survey, before making any declarations about school policy.

“I don’t think we should be making rash decisions without having all of the information,“ neuroscience junior Solder said.

“And I don’t think we have all of the information about how people who actually currently participate in those sports feel about those rules.“

they placed a tax break on wealthy Americans.

“What you are seeing in health care today and what we saw front and center in 1993 (and) 1994, though very few people actually noticed it at the time, was the dominance of fiscal policy and congressional budgetary restrictions,” Sage said.

Samantha Taussig, applied movement science sophomore, said Sage’s commentary provided greater context for a complex topic in contemporary America.

“This topic in general is really confusing,” Taussig said. “There’s a lot of different opinions, (but) I think his insight is real interesting.”

For government freshman Erick Razo, Sage’s discussion struck a chord.

“People focus on the ideological aspects of the Affordable Care Act, what’s good and what’s bad, but what people focus on in politics is the budgetary restrictions that are always present whenever they’re trying to back any health care policy,” Razo said. “That’s the thing that struck me the most. That restriction, I knew it was there, but I didn’t know it was that strong.”

By Brooke Vincent News Reporter

Arabic melody and the twang of a sitar filled the room as the lights dimmed for a screening of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul,” part of the Faces of Migration film series.

The Department of History and Institute for Historical Studies screened the film, which takes the audience into the life of an elderly widow who falls in love with a Moroccan man 20 years her junior in post-war Germany. This was during a time of the so-called guest worker “problem,” in which men from the Mediterranean were invited to come rebuild Germany and help the economy, said Sabine Hake, professor of German literature and culture.

“I think it is still one of the most interesting films about migration,” Hake said. “What was planned as a guest worker program became an ongoing wave of immigration. There has been a significant forced adjustment to the reality of that. There’s been a shift in ideas of religious tolerance and cultural differences.”

The feature film series was presented by the department’s historical research publication, Not Even Past, and focuses on the divisive and unifying human experiences of migrants throughout different settings.

“It has a lot to say about what

“(The feature film series) has a lot to say about what we have going on today, especially with the suspicion and distrust that people in America have about foreigners ...

It brings up all the issues without really talking about it.”

—Joan Neuberger, History professor

we have going on today, especially with the suspicion and distrust that people in America have about foreigners,” said Joan Neuberger, history professor and editor of Not Even Past. “It brings up all the issues without really talking about it.”

The themes in the film still prevail today when it comes to race and Arabic culture, said Kailey Hunt, international relations and global studies sophomore.

“A lot of it stems from ignorance of cultures,” Hunt said.

“Watching films like this can help people today through the lack of understanding on personal levels. I think (the movie) really emphasizes that love can

exist anywhere. We’re all people.”

Although German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film touches on ageism, racism and migrant worker social issues, Fassbinder would not have wanted his film to be known as a social issue film, said Hake.

“For him, it was about the fact that love and desire are forces that are transcendent of boundaries,” Hake said. “What is really provocative is there are no good guys and bad guys. She falls in love with the guy from Morocco but also wants their wedding meal in Hitler’s favorite restaurant. We don’t get the satisfaction we get from a typical Hollywood film.”

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survive the next round of appeals, just going with precedent that has been set with other cases.”

Blake Rocap, legislative counsel for NARAL ProChoice Texas, said his organization was glad to see the bill knocked down. Rocap said SB 8 represented the state unnecessarily inserting itself between patients and their physicians.

“It’s dangerous for the state to intercede in both that physician-patient relationship and to compromise the physician’s best judgment by imposing unnecessary, arbitrary and dangerous restrictions on their practice of medicine,” Rocap said.

Going into the appeals process, Rocap said they are concerned that the bill might survive the 5th Circuit, which he said is known for its conservatism in abortion rights.

Previously, the court upheld a Texas law that would have forced most Texas clinics offering abortions to shut down.

The law was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

“There’s certainly a worry that … the 5th Circuit will try to adopt their own or a new standard,” Rocap said.

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UNIVERSITY

Cockrell becomes home to extension program in petroleum engineering

By Emily O’Toole News Reporter

The Cockrell School of Engineering recently announced that Petroleum Extension, PETEX, a self-funded training organization, will be incorporated into the school’s continuing education program for alumni in the oil and gas industry.

PETEX director Coy Wilcox said the organization aims to maximize connections between the oil and gas industry and those currently in the work force. In the past, PETEX was part of Extended Campus, a program of technical classes for those not enrolled at UT, but it is now part of Cockrell’s continuing education program, Texas Engineering Executive Education, TXEEE. “We focus on providing the practical information needed to supplement and prepare these same individuals to become more productive assets for the industry and for the organizations they are employed by,” Wilcox said in an email.

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The courses PETEX offers are operated as e-Learning modules or led by an instructor at the PETEX Houston Training Center, Wilcox said.

He said PETEX is focused on improving oil and gas industry employees’ technical capabilities to be suitable on an international scale.

TXEEE executive director Eric Roe said there are programs like PETEX within other colleges to benefit alumni.

“The bigger message for the UT-Austin community is the fact that there are many continuing and professional education programs on campus,” Roe said in an email. “Our schools and colleges have programs to stay connected with alumni to serve their lifelong learning needs.”

PETEX provides unique benefits such as widespread access to online education, industry-standard publications and face-toface training — all influenced by feedback from an advisory board with direct connections to the industry, such as ExxonMobil,

Chevron and Schlumberger. Alumni and advisors are consulted before pursuing a certain program or pieces of equipment in order to keep up with the industry’s needs, Roe said.

“We’re working with PETEX right now to revamp their online education,” Roe said in an email.

“They’re a global training provider. In that process, we will not only consider the needs of incumbent workers in industry but also how the curriculum and training systems can benefit current students through international standards, alumni feedback and program alignment.”

Shanik Bhatte, a petroleum engineering and finance senior who interns with ConocoPhillips, said in an email he thinks PETEX could be a valuable asset for oil and gas companies.

“Personally, I believe it is in the company’s best interest to keep their employees well trained by providing resources for training,” Bhatte said. “I would look at PETEX as an option for employers to use.”

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Dell Medical School teams up to create UK innovation hub

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High school seniors Alejandro Martinez, left, and Alyssa Garza, right, were surprised with tuition scholarships at their homes in Mission, Texas, through UT’s Longhorn Scholarship Surprises.

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continues from page 1 identify students who have made an impact in their school and their community and also have potential to make an impact when they enroll,” Hernandez said.

The Impact Scholarships will help cover tuition by providing students with $12,000 annually for four years, Hernandez said. Hernandez said UT will award more Impact Scholarships to deserving students across Texas in December and expects to award at least 30 scholarships in total.

“The point is to make

sure that students — who we would love to see enroll at the University of Texas — know that we are committed to Texas students,” Hernandez said.

For both Garza and Martinez, studying aerospace engineering at UT has become a possibility with the Impact Scholarship.

“We were both really happy because one of the issues about attending UT was the cost of attendance because we both come from low-income families,” Garza said. “We didn’t want that to prevent us from achieving our dreams.”

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both grew up surrounded

by Longhorns and burnt orange in their homes, even though their parents had not attended UT, and they both fell in love with UT during a summer engineering camp on campus. These students hope to provide more educational opportunities for other students by expanding technology in the Rio Grande Valley.

“It would be nice to come back home and work in the Valley again” Martinez said. “In the end, what I really want is to be able to give back to my community. That is the most important thing that I want.”

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Dell Medical School, in partnership with the Association of British Healthcare Industries, will launch the first ABHI Innovation Hub to provide support to startup companies.

By Areeba Khwaja S&T Reporter

Texas doctors and researchers are reaching across the pond to collaborate with British healthcare companies.

Dell Medical School is partnering with the Association of British Healthcare Industries, ABHI, to launch the first ABHI Innovation Hub, a new initiative to foster innovation and bolster startup companies.

“Dell Med is committed to helping our community get and stay healthy,” said Ruben Rathnasingham, assistant dean for health product innovation at Dell Medical School. “For us to achieve this goal, we need to work with a range of partners. ABHI is the first of what we hope will be a diverse group of organizations that are aligned with the mission of Dell Med.” British companies will have the opportunity to work in Dell’s world-class facilities and develop their U.S. business with the support of investors, mentors and clinicians and create product and service awareness to Texas communities. In return, local companies can take advantage of this new partnership by promoting their own products to the U.K. community, according to Rathnasingham.

“The hub will support promising medical technology innovation whilst

looking to develop value-based healthcare for the benefit of patients in Texas, throughout the U.S. and at home in the U.K.,” ABHI Chairman Phil Kennedy said in a press release.

Member companies of ABHI will also be offered office spaces in Dell Medical School’s Health CoLab,

The hub will support promising medical technology innovation whilst looking to develop value-based healthcare for the benefit of patients in Texas, throughout the U.S. and at home in the U.K.” —Phil Kennedy, Association of British Healthcare Industries chairman

a new space that provides start-up companies resources and connections, to directly benefit the Austin community and promote improved health and access for medical care, according to Rathnasingham.

“Great ideas can come

from anywhere, and we want to engage with a diverse group of people and organizations that are trying to solve the challenges in health that our own community — and those across the nation — face,” Rathnasingham said. “The creation of the ABHI Innovation Hub is a part of that.”

ABHI also has an International Membership scheme which will allow international healthcare companies to market their products in the U.K. learn from ABHI expertise and form new connections, according to Rathnasingham. Another benefit for member companies will be the opportunity to participate in Texas Health Catalyst, a program run

by Dell Medical School to provide funding for innovative ideas in healthcare.

U.K. companies will be selected on how wellaligned they are with the medical school’s mission to improve health outcomes and reduce overall costs, Rathnasingham said.

“We hope that we can learn from each other and apply our combined knowledge, skills and resources to improve population health outcomes and reduce overall healthcare costs,” Rathnasingham said. “We are hoping to develop many similar relationships with other organizations that are well-aligned with the … needs of our community.”

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The Sport Club Association Council organized donation efforts by setting up bins in Gregory Gym and the Recreational Sports Center and hosting small-scale competitions between the organizations throughout November. The council has also been working with the Central Texas Food Bank and RecSports staff to count cans and arrange delivery logistics.

“It is a true team effort,” Zimmerman said. “There

are weeks when we need to count and transport over 500 to 1,000 pounds of canned food.”

The council has tracked the weight of donations per club throughout the month and have received more 57,000 ounces in donations thus far. Sport club directors will hold a conference call with their A&M colleagues in early December to look over the final numbers and determine a winner.

“Yes, it is part of the Aggies-Longhorns Challenge, but there’s something (more important) about giving back to the

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community and making your voice known as a university,” Sutherland said.

UT earned the most points for the canned food drive and most points overall in the Aggies-Longhorns Challenge last year, but psychology senior Mickala Oakes, the Sport Club Association Council community service coordinator, said she prefers making an impact in her community over winning a tournament.

“While competing is really fun and really great, the bigger picture is making a difference in the world,” Oakes said.

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Students must recognize the legislature’s role in tuition

By Spencer Buckner Columnist

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Students deserve more opportunities to watch and discuss films as a community

By Laura Doan Columnist

Last year, more than 1,000 people waited in lines that snaked around the Hogg Memorial Auditorium to see “Moonlight” and attend the post-screening discussion with star of the film, UT alumnus Trevante Rhodes. The discussion centered around topics the film explored — toxic masculinity, black male identity formation, the relationship between gender and sexuality — themes that made “Moonlight” deserving of its 2016 Best Picture Oscar. Madison Lowry, advertising senior and member of Showtime, the film screening arm of Campus Events + Entertainment that helped plan the event, noted the excitement in the theater that day and said it was “the biggest event we’ve done.”

The UT community clearly has a hunger for watching and discussing great films, and UT needs to do what it can to fill that need.

Films such as “Moonlight” and a great number of other independent films, documentaries and cinema classics have real educational value. People often think of films as pure

entertainment and escapism, but great films are just as intellectually rigorous as great literature. Great films tell the kinds of stories that make us better humans — that teach us to empathize or notice issues oft pushed aside.

But students don’t get enough access to them.

The major streaming platforms college students are drawn to, such as Netflix and Hulu, have meager independent and classic film collections and fair, but by no means exhaustive, documentary collections. This is where the University needs to come in and publicize how students can access the film collections already available to them, in addition to expanding those collections.

According to film and video librarian Uri Kolodney, UT Libraries offers students and faculty access to a diverse collection of about 60,000 feature-length films and documentaries, a number that includes roughly 25,000 titles available through online streaming and 30,000 physical copies. UT students and faculty all have access to Kanopy, a site that hosts a fantastic collection of documentaries and classic films.

It’s a great collection that is useless if

students do not know that it exists. Biomedical engineering junior Tahir Haideri, who serves as Showtime’s director, did not know Kanopy existed “until well into my time at UT.” He argues that what UT is lacking “is awareness of these resources among students.”

Additionally, UT could augment its film scene by increasing the amount of streaming titles it offers. As DVDs and DVD players lose relevancy, UT should focus on making sure students can access films conveniently — directly from their laptops. Other cinema streaming sites like FilmStruck, MUBI and Fandor offer Criterion Collection titles, independent films and foreign language films that are not currently available on Kanopy.

UT should provide subscriptions to sites like this to provide students more great titles no matter where they are.

The stories that spark empathy, challenge ideas and precipitate growth are not just on pages anymore. They are on screens. And we ought to have as much access to them as possible.

Doan is a Plan II and English junior from Fort Worth.

COLUMN

Texas communities should use newfound electoral voice to reconsider annexation

By Liam Verses Columnist

As cities expand, they acquire more land outside of their borders. This process often takes the form of municipal annexation, whereby unincorporated land adjacent to a city is integrated into the city. A law going into effect Dec. 1 now requires cities in large counties, like Austin, to get voter approval before an area can be annexed, prompting city officials to speed up annexation plans.

Annexation pits the individual liberty of residents against the expansion of cities coping with enormous costs.”

Nevertheless, Texans in extraterritorial jurisdictions, ETJs, where cities have legal authority outside of their incorporated area should carefully weigh their future annexation by cities as it often comes with few benefits at greater regulatory and financial burden. Land acquisition by metropolitan areas can infringe upon the personal liberty of homeowners. Annexation brings higher tax rates, while proponents argue it provides better services and orderly development.

Mesquite, Pearland and McKinney are among the cities trying to annex land before Senate Bill 6 goes into effect.

Such plans have inflamed homeowners and led to heated debates between city officials and residents. Austin’s ETJ is expansive and includes parts of Williamson, Travis, Hays, Caldwell and Bastrop counties, where the city anticipates expanding in the future. The next planned annexation is of Shady Hollow Municipal Utility District in 2020.

Annexation proponents assert that many residents lying outside of city borders use

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city services while avoiding the higher tax rate of city residents. Further, they note that cities aren’t static — their makeup and borders are fluid. Cities face tremendous burdens in providing vital services, such as law enforcement and road maintenance, while counties and special districts attempt to provide a slew of services — including fire protection, utilities, medical treatment, civil defense and sanitation — to unincorporated areas since they fall outside of any city jurisdiction.

While the proponents’ arguments are understandable, many annexation plans simply increase taxes for residents while providing them with duplicate services provided by the county. If a city is simply acquiring land to increase its tax base, residents in the annexation area should forcefully push back.

Moreover, people residing in the ETJ face municipal regulations when annexed by large cities like Austin, San Antonio, or Houston — regulations that they didn’t face

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before. Residents can face code violations and restrictions that impede on their ability to use and maintain their property as they have in the past.

Many Texans live in unincorporated areas precisely because they want to live a remote lifestyle. And when they see cities forcibly annexing their land, they wonder why they bothered choosing to live there in the first place. My family lived in an unincorporated area outside of San Antonio, where we paid for and received county services and remained a part of the local school district without paying additional taxes for city services we rarely used.

Annexation pits the individual liberty of residents against the expansion of cities coping with enormous costs. Cities undoubtedly need to expand, but new residents shouldn’t feel like they’re victims of a land grab.

Verses is a Plan II and environmental engineering freshman from San Antonio.

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UT’s announcement of likely upcoming tuition hikes should surprise no one. A need for more funds coupled with an unsupportive state legislature make rate increases inevitable. Regardless, students around campus spoke out against it.

In a survey issued by the Senate of College Councils in late October, over 45 percent of UT students have said they would “definitely not” support a tuition increase. A handful of respondents said it could lead to them not pursuing a second major, cutting back on food expenses or dropping out of UT altogether.

No Longhorn should be forced to curtail their studies or end their college education altogether based on tuition increases. Outrage against tuition hikes is justified, but we must be careful to reserve it for those who deserve it.

Across Texas, universities are struggling to serve students and staff on dwindling budgets. It’ll be a lot harder for what starts here to change the world if we don’t have an adequate research budget or if we can’t afford internationally renowned faculty.

Tuition increases are understandably hard to digest for Longhorns, but wishing them away doesn’t solve the problems our self-righteous state legislature has created. Our tuition currently funds critical student services, utilities, research programs, and financial aid. Denying a vital increase in tuition will mean those costs are simply transferred elsewhere — to transcripts, mental health services, or Longhorns in need of financial assistance. All of these programs could be covered by

It is unacceptable that Texan politicians are more comfortable seeing universities defunded and students forced out of an education than they are seeing more of a state budget carved out for them.”

state funds, but Texas legislators took those away decades ago.

Even though it may feel like it, tuition increases aren’t caused by a sadistic administration here at UT. The genesis of our tuition rate debacle can be traced to our state legislature.

Since 2001, the amount of money spent by the state of Texas per student at our public universities has contracted from $7,500 to $5,500. In that same time span, the average price of yearly tuition at Texas public universities has risen by nearly $5,000.

Sure, Texas gives six billion more dollars to our universities than we did in 2001, but that hasn’t been nearly enough to cover the rising costs of higher enrollment and new technologies.

So what happened? In 2003, the Texas legislature allowed Texas universities to set their own tuition in the name of decreasing the state’s financial burden by handing students the bill. Our state officials simultaneously began to shame universities for tuition hikes while proposing to further gut state expenditures, or implement a freeze on tuition increases. The state legislature cannot reasonably expect to drain all avenues of funding for our universities and expect them to thrive.

It is unacceptable that Texan politicians are more comfortable seeing universities defunded and students forced out of an education than they are seeing more of a state budget carved out for them. As students who have had enough of policy made at our expense, we should fight back. Let’s put the blame where it belongs, and hold our politicians accountable for the mess they’ve handed us.

Buckner is a Plan II and government freshman from Austin.

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Historic Driskill Hotel kicks off holiday season

By Acacia Coronado Senior L&A Reporter

For more than a century, the Driskill Hotel has been symbolic of the Austin holiday season.

Festive garlands are hung on the banisters and the scent of Christmas cookies fills the air at the corner of Sixth and Brazos.

Last night, the Driskill Hotel once again inaugurated their annual seasonal festivities, which include a tree lighting ceremony, Victorian Teas and a visit from Santa.

From traditions that began as recently as three years ago, to those dating back more than a century, the Driskill has helped generations of Austinites and visitors alike feel the holiday spirit.

“Each event brings out the true holiday spirit that lives in each of us,” Driskill general manager Lance Stumpf said in an email.

In his statement, Stumpf said the goal of each of the

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We are also relying on our relationship in education and research.”

Monterrey Tech president Salvador Alva said in a recent press release that the institution will rely on the assistance of UT faculty and resources to improve electric power in Mexico.

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Driskill’s unique traditions is to help Austinites experience memorable moments. He said the most special element of the seasonal gatherings is seeing all of the attending families make memories together.

“We cherish being the site of so many families’ memories, and each year we strive to create and build on our holiday events so there is something for everyone,” Stumpf said.

The most memorable experience at the Driskill for Lori Bernero was when her husband proposed to her on a balcony overlooking Sixth Street and Congress in 2009. Now, she said she is excited to be back with their 6-yearold daughter to show her the place where they became engaged.

Bernero said she usually loves the holiday season and the events that come with it, but the Driskill’s celebration holds a particularly

impact to our societies,” Alva said.

UT has a decades-long history of educational and scientific partnership with Mexico, as UT President Gregory Fenves said in a recent press release.

“Scholars, scientists and students on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border have long cultivated exchanges, partnerships and research collaborations that leverage the region’s shared history to foster new knowledge and improve our world,” Fenves said.

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special place in her heart because of the significance of the location.

“I love going to see Christmas decorations at various places, but to be at such a special place, I think it will give us that warm and fuzzy feeling inside,” Bernero said.

Whether it is for newcomers or longtime locals, Stumpf said his team looks forward to helping the public make the most of the season this year, as they use the Driskill’s history to build on Austin’s holiday story.

“The holidays are a time to bring friends and family together to create treasured memories, whether through a favorite tradition or by creating a new one,” Stumpf said in an email. “The Driskill offers so much history and tradition for both the community and individuals, and we take enormous pleasure in helping our guests create and celebrate their cherished holiday traditions.”

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faculty members at UT, the partnership will conduct joint faculty and

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Hotel guests gather to take pictures in front of the Christmas tree in the Driskill Hotel lobby Tuesday night. The tree lighting ceremony is one of the hotel’s yearly holiday traditions.

the holiday season has always been exciting, but she said she missed seeing her loved ones and the lighting of the tree at the Rockefeller Center in New York.

“I don’t have any family here in Texas at all, but I have made some really great friends,” Laguerra said. “Just having one of

student exchange programs, conferences, seminars and research on electric power, all of which will be managed by UT’s Energy Institute.

Pinon, who works on the program, said it will give students in both Texas and Mexico the opportunity to involve themselves in the process.

“Much of the initiative is really centered around research and education projects,” Pinon said.

Home to more Mexican scholars with Fulbright fellowships than any other university in the United

my really close friends invite me to something like (the Driskill holiday events) is kind of like making our own traditions here, since none of us have any family here.”

She said attending the Driskill holiday events could pave the road for the new traditions they are trying to begin as she

and her friends, who are also recent newcomers, continue to adapt to life in the Lone Star State.

“We are all kind of transplants from somewhere else,” Laguerra said. “Also, (we) go every year to Trail of Lights, and maybe (we) will do this again if (we) like it enough this year.”

States, UT is one of the top educational institutions for Mexican students.

But despite the number of Mexican students at UT, Pinon said he has noticed that the majority of immigrants who pursue higher education in the United States are neither Mexican nor Latin American.

“Most international students are from China, India and South Korea,” Pinon said. “We would like to increase the number of Mexican and Latin American students that attend UT and other higher universities.”

Plan II and business honors freshman Jannelly Areche said she has noticed an active, albeit smaller, community of Hispanic students on campus and hopes that this community continues to grow.

“Many Hispanic students have taken up leadership roles in organizations and are determined to get involved on campus,” Areche said. “I think it is great that UT partnered with Monterrey Tech … it sends the message to our Mexican students that UT values them and cares about their communities.”

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Progress hard to find after Herman’s first year

By Trenton Daeschner Assoc. Sports Editor

From the moment he arrived in Austin, Tom Herman preached that change was coming.

And he had to. That’s what the new coach of a program does, especially when the program he’s taking over has hit rock bottom.

But then the season-opening loss to Maryland happened.

The 51-41 defeat was a humbling moment few expected, and it put Herman and the Longhorns behind the eight ball just one game into 2017.

Since then, Texas has spent the entire season trying to prove to its fan base why things are truly different around here.

Herman said week after week that Texas was playing hard and physical, that change was taking root. So did the players.

The Longhorns nearly gave you reason to believe that in close losses against big-time competition in USC, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

Any one of those games would have qualified as a breakthrough win.

After beating West Virginia on the road, the Longhorns had people convinced that 8–5 was achievable and that they had real momentum.

They didn’t.

Friday night’s loss to a middling Texas Tech at home was indeed a setback for this program, even if Herman didn’t want to admit it when asked as much after the game.

“No, no,” Herman said.

“We’re playing really hard and really physical. We just don’t play really well and really smart at times, but we will.”

But when will the Longhorns start playing smarter?

Texas can’t afford to be losing a senior night game against a 5–6 opponent when progress is allegedly being made.

Some would say bowl eligibility for the first time since 2014 is a significant sign of progress, but once the

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Texas head coach Tom Herman promised change when he arrived in Austin. But through Herman’s first 12 games, the Longhorns are 6–6 after multiple close losses throughout the season. Texas must win its bowl game or else it will fall to 6–7, which would mark the program’s fourth consecutive losing season.

Longhorns took down West Virginia in Morgantown, 2814, and the path to 8–5 became visible, the expectations shifted.

Entering the offseason after an 8–5 campaign would have given this struggling program some real momentum.

Now, Texas could be looking at 6–7, which would mark the Longhorns’ fourth consecutive losing season. That’s not progress.

That’s why, up until this point, despite qualifying for a bowl game for the first time since 2014, Herman’s inaugural year at the helm of this Texas program has mostly been a disappointment — but he can still salvage it with a win in the

bowl game.

The simple truth is that not a ton has changed at Texas through 12 games of Herman, at least in the category that matters the most — the record. (6–6, for those who are still counting.)

Yes, Texas has noticeably played more physically and a lot harder than Charlie Strong’s teams did. Yes, the defense has turned around in night-andday fashion, and give credit to Herman for bringing along defensive coordinator Todd Orlando to fix things after two straight historically bad seasons on that side of the ball.

Sure, the offensive line was battered due to injuries,

including one to junior left tackle Connor Williams. On Monday, Williams — a projected first-round pick — announced he’ll enter the NFL Draft and skip the bowl game.

Sure, Texas’ running backs also largely underachieved for most of the year. But a lot of that is on this coaching staff as well.

And sure, Texas could not get a quarterback to stay upright for a full season.

But the Longhorns had multiple opportunities to close out would-be-big wins this year and finish with a better record, but failed to do so. What’s more, Texas is facing major departures that could significantly

impact next year’s roster — and the one for the bowl game, too.

Monday was a bit of a wakeup call in that regard for the program and the fan base.

Along with Williams declaring for the draft, junior running back Chris Warren III announced he will transfer.

There could be more names on their way out too.

Big names.

Junior linebacker Malik Jefferson could be NFL-bound, and so could junior safety and Thorpe Award finalist DeShon Elliott. Junior cornerbacks Holton Hill and Kris Boyd might also flirt with leaving early for the draft.

Fourth-year junior

offensive linemen Terrell Cuney and Jake McMillon are both likely to leave the program as well.

Who knows — junior punter Michael Dickson, who seems destined to win the Ray Guy Award after the season he has had, could also leave for the NFL. He’s that good at what he does.

Herman is going to have big holes to fill for next season’s roster — a year in which the Longhorns will have to win more than six games unless Herman wants the temperature of his seat to crank up a few notches.

And once the seat gets hot at Texas, the end result is usually not a pleasant one.

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We’re over a month into the NBA season, and former Longhorns are slowly but surely having impacts on their respective NBA teams.

Avery Bradley is leading his Detroit Pistons to the second-best record in the Eastern Conference, while young centers Jarrett Allen and Myles Turner have each returned from injuries with big plans for the foreseeable future. Here’s how the three are faring a month into the NBA season.

After a Thanksgiving weekend on the road in Portland, Texas looks to right the ship with a home stop against Florida A&M on Wednesday evening.

With just six games remaining before the start of conference play, questions linger as to just how transformative this year’s roster can be.

Here are takeaways from head coach Shaka Smart’s press conference on Tuesday morning.

Underclassmen beginning to find a rhythm Texas’ impressive array of talent was on full display in the overtime losses to Duke and Gonzaga — but so was its youth. With freshmen and first-year transfer players logging heavy minutes, crunchtime miscues cost the Longhorns a pair of potential upsets. Smart acknowledged the value of those losses as an opportunity to grow and is encouraged by his team’s response. Still, the coaching staff hopes to address some of the more glaring issues before the Big 12 opener against Kansas in late December.

“Our number one emphasis as a team coming out of Portland is just knowing how to win big games,” Smart said. “Through a commitment to our culture, and offensive and defensive principles.”

Another point of en-

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Freshman point guard Matt Coleman chases a loose ball during Texas’ 78-60 win over New Hampshire on Nov. 14. Coleman put up a career-high 19 points in the loss to Gonzaga.

couragement seems to be how quickly the team is coming together. While

Our number one emphasis as a team coming out of Portland is just knowing how to win big games.”

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both matchups ended in defeat over the weekend, Texas was able to put itself in a position to win the game against two top25 opponents. The issue is now consistency.

“One of the things we demonstrated is that, certainly for stretches of games, we can be really effective against some of the best teams in the country,” Smart said. “So our challenge right now is getting to the point where we can be equally effective for the entire game.”

Finding the right pace Transition opportunities and half court sets are typically seen as opposites, but Smart wants to see more of both from his Texas squad.

“We want to, first and foremost, play faster.”

Smart said.

With a trio of slashing guards and two forwards who can run the floor, Smart knows Texas has the potential to beat

opponents in transition.

The team demonstrated its ability to generate easy points off of turnovers from the press against Gonzaga, and accelerating the pace will only heighten the threat. Smart said he had been advised to push the tempo by Gonzaga head coach Mark Few after the game, who saw transition as “a key for Texas.”

But in half-court sets, particularly in tight contests, Smart is preaching a more composed offense — fewer improvisations in favor of spacing and good movement.

“More passing, less dribbling, hard cutting, great spacing,” Smart said. “And when you watch possessions when you do those things, that usually leads us to really good shots.”

Avery Bradley Avery Bradley and the Pistons have surprised many fans this season with their early success. After limited success the past couple of years, the Pistons added Bradley to the franchise this past summer and are currently sitting at 13–6, trailing only the Boston Celtics for the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Not only have the Pistons been winning, they’ve been winning impressively on the road; they’ve beaten the Warriors, Clippers, Timberwolves and Thunder all away from home. Bradley has been a solid contributor with his 3-point shooting and perimeter defense, as well as his impressive leadership.

He is averaging 16.6 points and is shooting 43.3 percent from 3-point range, both career highs.

Jarrett Allen Allen missed six games with a foot injury before returning on Nov. 14 against

the Boston Celtics. Since his return, Allen has not contributed a great amount to the Nets, but that could be changing in the near future.

Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson told reporters on Friday that he is planning to continue to be careful with Allen because of his injury. Allen started the season as the backup center behind Timofey Mozgov. However, Atkinson has recently cut down the minutes of Mozgov in favor of some other players who aren’t necessarily true centers. When Allen is no longer restricted because of his injury, look for his minutes to increase, and he could even potentially earn a starting spot.

Myles Turner Turner returned on Nov. 3 from a concussion that kept him out for several games.

While he’s been performing well since his return with averages of 13.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game, one thing that has cogged Turner’s play is his tendency to get into foul trouble. Since his return, Turner has committed at least four fouls in 7 of 13 games. While he has not fouled out in a game thus far, Turner must learn how to balance between playing aggressively and avoiding foul trouble.

Most recently, Turner got into foul trouble in Saturday’s game against the Boston Celtics. With Turner on the bench in the third quarter, the Celtics outscored the Pacers 37-16 to take a lead that they would never surrender.

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Student filmmaker aims to amplify black voices

By Collyn Burke L&A Reporter

Ukairo Ukairo strives to be cinema’s next major black talent, but he isn’t like Steve McQueen, Spike Lee or Sidney Poitier. His main focus isn’t the attention his skills can get him, but how he can use those skills to serve the underrepresented group he’s most invested in: the black community at UT. Ukairo, who is originally from Nigeria, was the creator behind recent viral videos “UT-Austin Durag Day” and “Arthur.”

“Honestly it’s not encouraging for me to be in a classroom where you’re the only one that looks like you,” Ukairo said.

According to a report by the University of Texas at Austin, there were only 12 black males out of 1,225 students in the Moody College of Communications pursuing bachelor’s degrees in the 2016–2017 school year.

“I assumed there were others and I just wasn’t running into them,” Ukairo said. “One day I was in class and I looked around me, and I don’t remember what screening we were watching, but I looked around me, and I realized that I was

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Ukairo Ukairo, radio-television-film junior, uses his passion for film to represent his community in his work. The upand-coming filmaker hopes to one day collaborate with more black creatives and continue to serve his community.

the only black male in the class of 2019.”

Although there are few black men in RTF at UT, Ukairo said there is a strong network among them. Moyo Oyelola, a UT alumnus who has acted as Ukairo’s mentor, said for black men in the evolving film industry, there’s a lot to be passed down.

“We talk about

image, perception, culture, value and the future,” Oyelola said.

“We’re in a position of being storytellers and amplifying our culture and the imagery of black males and black people in general.”

Ukairo decided his junior year would be the year he would get more involved, not only in film but also in the

black community. In late October, he managed to make both those things happen by documenting “UT-Austin Durag Day,” a day in which students wore their durags and bonnets in a celebration of black culture. The video, which Ukairo refers to as “a love note to black people,” was reposted by the BET Twitter account within four hours

of publication.

“That was my first experience seeing something go viral because I’m not on Twitter usually,” Ukairo said. “It just kept going and going, and I was like, ‘What are you guys doing? It’s just a video,’ but people were, like, losing their minds.”

A little over a week later, Ukairo went viral again with his trailer for

an “edgy” re-imagining of the children’s cartoon “Arthur.” According to UT alumnus and fellow filmmaker Uche Aguh, Ukairo’s skill as a filmmaker and his general kindness will allow him to go far in the industry.

“His vision, it’s spectacular,” Aguh said. “I don’t want to say the next anything, cause I hate when people say that.

He is Ukairo, he is the next Ukairo. He’s just a phenomenal filmmaker who is just apt and knowledgeable. I just know that he’s gonna go a long way.”

According to Ukairo, he was just in the right place at the right time when it came to the “Durag Day” video and feels very grateful for the positive reaction to his work.

Ukairo said that during the day of the video, he had been thinking about the connection between creativity and service and now looks forward to using his skills to benefit the black community.

“It’s left me feeling like I need to collaborate more with black creative people and serve that community,” Ukairo said.

“Hollywood is not set up to give minority communities exposure, and that’s fine, so what do you do about it? You make your own content.”

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UT will assist in developing sustainable energy plan for Mexico

By Kirthi Dronamraju L&A Reporter

A gray blanket settles over a rapidly expanding Mexico City as factories and automobiles continue to pump noxious levels of carbon dioxide emissions into the air. A few months ago, the city’s government surpassed the recommended ozone limits set by the World Health Organization — the first time in a decade.

Reinforcing a 50-year relationship, UT signed an agreement with Nuevo Leon university Monterrey Tech earlier this month. The partnership aims to help Mexico in its goals to develop a clean and sustainable model of renewable energy and electric power.

Jorge Pinon, director of the UT Latin American and Caribbean Energy program, said a reason for

Mexico’s high pollution levels lies in the country’s shortage of clean and renewable energy sources.

“Mexico relies mainly on imports from the United States for their natural gas and other materials,” Pinon said.

To help facilitate their transition to clean energy, the Mexican government passed the General Climate Change Law, which affirms the intent to increase electricity generated from clean and renewable energy sources, rather than from fossil fuels. The goals are ambitious, with clean energy targets set at 35 percent by 2024 and 50 percent by 2050.

“These are extremely severe goals,” Pinon said. “To help Mexico, we are cooperating on a number of fields, specifically natural gas and renewable sources

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