The Daily Texan 2018-03-05

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Guest columnists discuss the SG election, representation of black students and professors. PAGE 4

A group of zombie-enthusiasts turn their hobby into hurricane relief with new book. PAGE 8

Longhorns cruise to Big 12 Championship with 13-point victory over West Virginia. PAGE 6

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EXECUTIVE ALLIANCE: NULLIFIED? Student Government Supreme Court declares executive alliance results invalid; calls for new election.

By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas

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he Student Government Supreme Court has invalidated the results of last week’s executive alliance election and ordered a new election to be held to decide the new student body president and vice president.

The ruling said all votes cast in the previous election would not be considered. All executive alliances that qualified during the previous

period will also be allowed to run, meaning the new election will consist of the same seven executive alliance campaigns from before.

However, the Dean of Students must give approval before the previous election results are completely invalidated and a new election is held at production time. JB Bird, director of media relations at UT, said the Dean of Students is currently “evaluating the student election and constitution information.”

Nutrition senior Colton Becker, who with Plan II and marketing

In showing gratitude for a voter’s support, a campaign need not adopt every part of the voter’s agenda as its own agenda.” student government supreme court ruling

senior Mehraz Rahman was originally announced on Friday as the winner of the executive alliance election, said he is encouraging everyone involved with the campaign to stay calm for the moment. But, considering how much time had passed, Becker said the announcement is frustrating because his campaign team had already begun preparing for the upcoming transition.

“It was very shocking,” Becker said. “We’ve already started to get to work. I’m particularly concerned about the campus climate, like

anthony mireles, juan figueroa | the daily texan staff The Student Government Supreme Court nullified the results of last week’s student body president and vice president elections and ordered a new election. what a new voting period would even look like for the community, but that being said, we’re just going to (wait) and see what happens.”

The decision, released Sunday afternoon, followed an appeal of a moratorium, which bars

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Austin March for Our Lives builds momentum

Texas THON holds Dance Marathon for miracle children

By Jessica Regan @jessicareganut

After an unexpected showing of student volunteers, organizers for the Austin March for Our Lives event were forced to relocate their Saturday meeting from Mozart’s Coffee Roasters to a large picnic table overlooking Lake Austin — still, not everyone could find a seat.

The large turnout at the first volunteer meeting was great news for Conor Heffernan and Jack Kappelman, seniors at Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School and two of the three organizers of the march in support of gun control laws.

Texas THON has spent the year raising money and awareness for Dell Children’s Medical Center, but its impact is greater than just monetary sums.

Every year, Texas THON holds a 12-hour Dance Marathon to celebrate the young lives they have changed. Texas THON invited the kids who have received financial assistance through the fundraiser to the event Sunday, held in Gregory Gym. This year, the event raised $228,138.69.

One of these “Miracle Kids” was Parker Andres, a 7-yearold who battled leukemia for most of his life. Parker Andres’ father, Gregory Andres, said one of the hardest parts was having to tell his son ‘no’ to things he wanted to do.

“Parker has had a lot of 1 and 2-out-of-10 days,” Gregory Andres said. “He used to sleep next to the toilet because he was tired of

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angela ulloa | the daily texan staff Texas THON hosted their annual Dance Marathon event Sunday. Every year the organization raises money and awareness for Dell Children’s Medical Center, and this year they raised $228,138.69 for the kids.

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alex briseño | the daily texan staff Jeremy Porter greets Hook’ em during the Texas Exes Austin Chapter’s Annual Texas Independence Day Celebration on Saturday afternoon.

Texas Exes celebrates 182 years of Texas Independence with UT alumni, students

By Caitlin Davis @cait_davis

The Texas Exes celebrated 182 years since Texas declared independence from Mexico with a visit from Bevo XV, the Texas Cowboys, Smokey the Cannon and more at The Brass Tap on Saturday.

The Texas Independence Day Celebration was established in 1900 by UT students and alumni and is now recognized as a time the University and the state are celebrated. The money raised from ticket purchases and the silent auction also contributes to various scholarships the organization provides to current and

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incoming students.

Beth Copeland, UT cheerleader and business freshman, said people came to the celebration for the social aspect.

“It’s fun to see everyone interacting,” Copeland said. “People love to be around other people who love Texas.”

Although the celebration featured attractions from a taco bar to the chance to take pictures with Bevo XV, several people said they appreciated the atmosphere of Longhorn pride and the opportunity to connect with other Longhorns.

Jean Durkee, Texas Exes member and 1953 alumna, said she enjoyed coming to the event because

of how friendly the UT community is. “We’ve had all of these young people that want to talk to us and know about when we went to school,” Durkee said. “Everyone starts a conversation.”

While not a UT alumnus, Matt Deaton, who performs live music at the event every year, said he enjoyed being surrounded by Longhorns in an event for all ages.

“It’s always fun to make Aggie jokes with like-minded people,” Deaton said.

Deaton said one of the best parts about the celebration is that participants get to be a part of funding the scholarships the association awards to students. The Texas Exes awarded more than $3 million in

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lacey segars | the daily texan staff A panel of distinguished business speakers and UT “ENRON” cast members discuss toxic masculinity, controversy and gender on Friday.

UT play ‘ENRON’ discusses corporate culture, corruption

By Kateri David @milklight_

Separate fields came together Sunday morning as distinguished business speakers sat alongside UT ENRON cast members in the Winship Drama Building, kickstarting the first in a series of discussions on toxic masculinity, controversy and gender.

UT’s Department of Theatre and Dance hosted the all-day symposium Friday as a follow-up dialogue to their all-women and non-binary production of Lucy Prebble’s ENRON, a play based on the 2001 massive financial scandal.

“Inside of an organization, culture trumps rules,” said Robert Prentice, panelist and UT department chair of business, government and society. “People respond to incentives, and Enron was so focused on the question, ‘How can we bump up the stock price?’ that they lost track of the thing that’s of true

importance, which is leading an honorable life.”

According to the production’s web page, the goal of the first session was to explore the culture of the real Enron to better understand the scandal’s magnitude.

Sherron Watkins, UT business alumna and famed Enron whistle-blower, said she enjoyed the play’s depiction of Enron CEO Kenneth Lay’s stock price obsession.

“As an employee at Enron in the 90s, you were constantly getting (stock) options thrown at you,” Watkins said. “It makes the whole population personally invested in the market, shooting down anyone who wants to bring up bad news.”

Panelists also discussed theories of moral corrosion on a personal level. Minette Drumwright, panelist and advertising associate professor, said moral myopia may be to blame.

“Ethical dimensions just fade away when someone allows themselves to be

consumed by self-interest,” Drumwright said. “And really good people are susceptible to this through making lots of rationalizations.”

Drumwright said she personally knew former head of Enron International Rebecca Mark prior to the scandal and did not think of her as a person who intended to do harm.

“I think this male model of work engulfed her and kept her from being a more admirable whistle-blower,” Drumwright said. The idea of destructive workplace masculinity pervaded the first discussion. After the talk, Elise Peterson, theatre and dance senior, said UT’s ENRON explores this theme through its casting.

“For me, watching the production highlighted a lot of the language used,” Peterson said. “If a man had said it on stage, it would have been like ‘Ok, that’s just how guys are,’ but seeing a woman perform and say it called attention to language in a way that we don’t usually see.”

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The Society of Professional Mediators, a campus group that usually helps individuals resolve conflict privately, opened its doors on Friday for a facilitated discussion surrounding accessibility on campus.

Geology junior Colin Davis, a mediator at the event, said he recognized accessibility issues while using a scooter to get around campus after an injury.

“Accessibility is not just limited to physical accommodations,” Davis said. “I realized (after my injury) that certain campus environments do force those who have a different ability to deal with conditions which aren’t always proper or conducive.”

Davis is one of 20 people taking the course Practicum in Conflict Mediation this semester. The students become certified mediators and may join the Society of Professional Mediators, which works to resolve conflicts on campus between students, faculty, staff and community members.

The students served as mediators at the event and facilitated discussions between small groups of attendees.

The dialogue focused on accessibility because the UT campus is known for not being as being accessible as other major universities in the state, Davis said.

“Part of that is just an issue with

geography,” Davis said. “And Speedway has now been geared toward walking, so the buses only run the perimeter of the campus.”

According to Davis, Texas A&M University has a system for getting qualifying students to and from classes, but no similar system exists on campus at UT. Corporate communication senior Amanda Ostrove attended the event and said after breaking her ankle and dealing with the issue firsthand, campus buildings seemed up to code but some classrooms were more accessible than others.

“Some of my classes had ramps that made (rooms) easy to get to, but others were difficult to access the elevator, which sometimes made me late for class,” Ostrove said.

Ostrove said she couldn’t imagine the feelings of frustration of those who deal with the inaccessibility permanently.

Susannah Hootman, nursing sophomore and event mediator, said she didn’t expect anyone attending the event to act insensitively toward the issue of accessibility but instead, the mediators’ roles would be helping progress the conversation.

“To facilitate means to make easier, and that’s what we do,” Hootman said. “We’ve seen roommates who have been best friends since second grade and end up breaking their lease because dishes are piling up in the sink. Conflict can be expensive and damaging to an environment.”

pedro luna | the daily texan staff Government junior Hanna Brumbelow encouraged students to think creatively in problem solving in one of several small group discussions hosted

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Law, business programs lack hands-on experience Gallup report finds law, business students are dissatisfied with education.

By Estefania Rodriguez @estefania_rdz

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ccording to a recent Gallup report, postgraduates with a law degree or masters of business administration say their degree prepared them well and was worth the cost at lower rates than other postgraduates.

The report also found these same law and MBA graduates are less likely to receive handson learning experiences and support while completing their degree. Specifically, less than 1 in 5 MBA and law graduates report having a strong mentor compared to the 1 in 2 medical and doctoral graduates.

“Most of the practice of law is not like what you see on TV on Law and Order,” said

Elizabeth Bangs, UT Law assistant dean for student affairs.

“There’s a whole world out there and so learning from a mentor about what their practice area is and what they do is invaluable.”

The UT Law School and the MBA program already have resources in place to combat these statistics. MBA students have the opportunity to work on micro-consulting projects, get set up with a peer advisor and have access to career and communication coaches.

“I think those resources prove why McCombs is really an elite school for getting your MBA just because a lot of other MBA programs don’t necessarily provide those resources,” said Charles Hill, a finance and Plan II junior planning to pursue an MBA. “If you’re able to have those mentorships and peer resources, you’re able to see things a year ahead and … prepare for that.”

Similarly, UT Law students can partake in one of the 16 career clinics and work with

the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program. Law students can also get appointed a Dean’s Fellow and alumni mentor, which Bangs feels is vital to feeling prepared for life after one’s degree.

“Networking is critically important to the job search and making sure you found a job,” Bangs said. “You have to know people and mentors can introduce you to those people.”

Government senior Mariadela Villegas, who plans to attend law school, said she believes graduate students’ perceived lack of worth in their education can be attributed to the fact that many go into these professions solely for the money.

“The people that are going into (law) for something more than the money appreciate their degree a lot more,” Villegas said. “If they’re going into their career just because it’s a high paying job … I can see them not really caring about their degree and feeling that it’s less worthy.”

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griffin smith | the daily texan staff Jack Kappelman, right, talks to fellow high school students at an event for March for Our Lives, a student-led initiative for gun control.

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“It’s one of those situations where … we didn’t think there would be this many people and then a ton of people showed up,” Heffernan said.

Kappelman said the Austin March for Our Lives will remain a student-led movement for gun safety in keeping with the national movement.

“I think it sends a more powerful message, having (the March) student-organized,” Kappelman said. “This is an issue that primarily affects students, and to see that students are willing to get engaged with it and take on really serious

leadership positions … shows how much we as students are in need of actual change.”

Kyle Legg, a junior at Vandegrift High School, said he contacted the organizers through Facebook because he wanted to take action after the Parkland shooting. Now, he’s working to boost turnout at the march by reaching out to his classmates via the communication tool Remind 101.

Though the volunteers were largely high school students, Texas Tech University sophomore Jenny Matthews also attended the meeting and is now one of two people in charge of doing press releases.

“I was at home with my parents (in Houston) when the march (on D.C.) was

announced,” Matthews said.

“And I was thinking to myself, ‘I really want to help organize a march in Austin because there’s no way I’d be able to make it back to Houston for one.’”

Grace Bodine, who will help manage the march’s email account, is a classmate of organizers Heffernan, Kappelman and Kari Siegenthaler.

Bodine said she will turn 18 four days before the march, which will take place on March 24 and feature voting registration tables.

“I’m definitely going to register to vote at the March because it works out so perfectly,” Bodine said. “It’ll be the first really big political event where I can go to exercise my rights for the first time as an adult.”

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elias huerta | the daily texan staff Knox Gill, 2, right, sprints across an inflatable jousting ring with her friends as biomedical engineering senior Veronica Trevino follows behind at Texas THON on Sunday.

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THON gives him a nine or 10 day. It’s a day full of ‘yes.’”

Parker Andres said his favorite superhero is Batman, and if he could have any superpower, it would be super strength.

“I basically like to draw, play with my Legos, and I like to come here to joust,” Parker Andres said. “I like to play tag too.”

Todd and Carrie Schelling are parents of Kate Schelling, 11, and David Schelling, 13, who have both received

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continues from page 1 candidates from campaigning in any form for its duration, issued by the Election Supervisory Board against the Guneez-Hannah executive alliance campaign last Thursday, the last day of the campaign period. A hearing was held Saturday before the SG Supreme Court to discuss the merits of the appeal.

Guneez Ibrahim and Hannah McMorris filed the appeal and said the ESB sanction was unfair and robbed them of crucial time to campaign.

“So many students I saw were so disappointed by what happened,” Ibrahim said. “But this (appeal) energized them, so it’s really exciting to have this second chance. It was really surprising.”

treatment from a hospital that benefits from THON. “When my daughter was in a dark place, we were very lonely, and I remember getting a random card from somebody,” Todd Schelling said. “I realized it had come from an individual who worked with THON … it really lifted me up. It’s hard to express how much the thought of them helped me in the hospital.”

Kristy Tijerina, a corporate communications senior and director of events for THON, said working with THON was one of the most fulfilling experiences of

her life.

“A lot of the time, we get so caught up in our own lives, we take our health for granted,” Tijerina said. “There are kids who aren’t as fortunate and getting recognition for them is so important, it humbled me completely.”

The Schellings said they are thankful for each person who has been a part of THON because they have helped brighten some of their most awful days.

“Remember that you’re not alone,” Todd Schelling said. “There are people out there who … believe in you that you don’t even know.”

The moratorium was originally issued as punishment for a Class B violation by the Guneez-Hannah campaign for “deceptive campaign practices.”

The ESB came to its decision based off of “discriminatory language upon a social media site,” according to the opinion it issued with the sanction. The ESB also referenced a video the campaign put out to address the social media posts. ESB said the video does not align with the rest of their official social media campaign activities.

ESB chair Jennifer Valdez said last Friday that the social media activity the decision was based off of is a single “like” by the official Guneez-Hannah campaign Twitter. Since the decision was issued, the account has unliked the tweet.

“Hey kids vote @GuneezHannah for UT pres and vp!”

the post by @sassysamosa said. “These two genuine WoC have a mission to cater to marginalized and tokenized voices and we’re tired of straight white zionist men in power!!!”

In its decision, the SG Supreme Court ruled that the actions by the Guneez-Hannah campaign were not “knowingly deceptive” as declared by the ESB. As a result, the SG Supreme Court reversed the Class B violation given to the Guneez-Hannah campaign.

“In showing gratitude for a voter’s support, a campaign need not adopt every part of the voter’s agenda as its own agenda,” the ruling said. “It is clear based on the wording of the tweet that the statement of the campaign’s platform is separate from the personal importance to the writer of reducing the number of straight white

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Professors offer observations on race and representation at UT Representation matters, and UT’s demographic breakdown affects student reactions to university events. The last few weeks of Student Government elections are the latest example of this interaction, and a subject of increasing relevance as students look toward a potential revote. This week, The Daily Texan Forum highlights one professor’s view of the executive alliance election and another’s impression of black

students’ underrepresentation on campus.

Courtney Cook, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a former professor of Hannah McMorris, offers a perspective on the Election Supervisory Board’s decision to sanction the Guneez-Hannah executive alliance for “deceptive campaigning.” Although the ruling was overturned last night by the Student Government Supreme Court, Cook

argues that it still reflects a disturbing failure on campus to grapple with racist legacies and thoughtfully engage in meaningful dialogue.

Alberto A. Martinez, a history professor, writes about the lack of black students on UT’s campus.

Martinez argues that it is an indictment on UT’s admission policies that our campus’ black student population is not reflective of Texas and that most of our population comes from the top fifth of

wealthiest families. In conversations of campus climate, it will then remain a problem that we don’t have the requisite diversity in our university.

As always, if you have thoughts to share, feel free to write to us at thedailytexanforum@gmail.com.

Nemawarkar is a Plan II and government junior from Austin. Shirvaikar is a math and economics junior from Frisco. Anderson is a Plan II and history sophomore from Houston.

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Deceptive campaigning, anti-whiteness, and hopes for a new Texas

By Courtney Cook In the wake of the UT Election Supervisory Board sanctioning Guneez Ibrahim and Hannah McMorris’s campaign for “deceptive campaigning” and colluding with the allegations, as well as personal attacks against these student leaders of being “anti-white,” I’d like to address the undergraduate student body and call into question the logic driving the Supervisory Board’s decisions as a member of this University community and as Hannah’s former teacher. Although the UT Student Government Supreme Court has overturned the ESB ruling, the reasoning behind the original decision and the ad hominem attacks against students still warrant deeper investigation.

As election day approached, I found myself wondering what logic might lead political opponents to attack two young women of color who have engaged in exhaustive labor, dedicated listening and courageous commitment towards more equitably representing those who are (and have historically been) underrepresented on this campus? What logic would support a Supervisory Board to leverage a year-old Tweet as “evidence” of deception on election day? What logic would undermine the labor of these two women — and those they seek to represent — on a campus that was built to exclude folks that look like them?

The logic of whiteness.

The logic of whiteness suggests that you not only have a space reserved for you at every table but that the table was built for you. It is a logic that has trained you to believe that your position is at the head of the table and if someone other than you sits in the seat, that it is your rightful duty to remind her that it was yours in the first place.

It is also a logic that has taught you to practice your belief in this hierarchy of power through veiled language (i.e. “deceptive

campaigning” or “anti-white”) and subtle suggestions (such as other campaigns are addressing “real” issues). This logic is an atmosphere, seemingly as natural as the air we breathe; therefore, no breathing body in this country can escape its toxins.

It seems that in the context of this election and the atmosphere of this university, something must be made clear: To be in support of non-white leadership in a country, or on a campus, that was built for whites at the expense and the livelihoods of black and brown people, by the labor of black and brown people and on the land of indigenous peoples, is not to be “anti-white.” It is to be pro-justice.

As a doctoral student and a teacher at this university, it is my job to teach future teachers about histories of oppression as they relate to schooling. Legally sanctioned, policy-supported, American-made exclusion (and dispossession) of brown and black folks so that white people could maintain the illusion that every table was built for us in the first place. That’s right, I said us.

I am a white woman, I am a scholar of race and American history and I was McMorris’s professor in a class where we deconstructed historic and systemic racism, critiqued the ideology of whiteness and addressed the contemporary currents of education that are connected to these long histories of subjugation leveraged by white leaders in this

country to systemically oppress non-white people. I speak from a place of authority when I say that I can assure you McMorris is not “anti-white.” As her professor, what I can say is that Hannah is critical, has an intimate knowledge of the history of this nation and is courageous in her questioning.

I encourage all my students to cultivate a rigor and engagement with the texts we study and to ask why. I invite them to consider which histories haven’t been taught, to examine the ways that ones we have been taught are represented, to have courage enough to grapple and wonder who decides and to ask why. I want my students to have knowledge enough to understand these issues from a historic and systemic perspective and curiosity enough to pursue knowledge beyond our classroom.

Imagine a teacher who changed your life. What qualities did that teacher possess? What types of critical reasoning and grappling did that teacher instill within you? I’ll bet the teacher who changed your life did not ask you to comfortably get along with the status quo and to move like a zombie through a world that has conditioned you away from asking the most important question: Why? I’ll bet whatever new knowledge you gained conjured discomfort, then curiosity, and that your teacher supported and cared for you along your journey to discovering whatever knowledge lies behind the veil.

Hannah possesses not only the qualities of

“The logic of whiteness suggests that you not only have a space reserved for you at every table but that the table was built for you.”

an incredibly compassionate and justice-oriented leader, but she also embodies the character of a world-shaping teacher. Witnessing the conversations undergraduates were engaging in around race spawned by this election, the attacks made against Guneez and Hannah, and the ways in which the Supervisory Board legitimized this logic rather than using it as a moment that could otherwise inspire campus-wide dialogue, critical grappling with this University’s legacy and a depth of engagement in the long history of this historically (and contemporarily) white institution, I am concerned and ashamed. This is meant to be a university where students receive a world class education, and the allegations of “anti-white” indicate that our undergraduate population has been reading only the SparkNotes version of American history. What this university needs is a leader who stands to honor our motto and engage in the certainly difficult work of changing the world.

As a teacher, I am also proud. I am proud of Hannah and Guneez. I am proud of the students who are publicly standing in solidarity with them and supporting their campaign.

I am proud of the strength and dignity these women continue to show as they are forced to continue laboring against the historical forces of exclusion and marginalization that inspired them to run in the first place. Mostly, despite the initial outcome of this election, I am proud to have cast my vote for Guneez and Hannah, because it was a vote for transforming the histories that have for too long dictated who sits at the table of leadership. It was a vote for a more justice-oriented campus leadership and one that stands to provide all students opportunities to flourish. And if another election is held after all, I will cast my vote again and again for these same ideals and these young women who are tirelessly working to defend them.

Cook is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

She researches race, critical whiteness studies, American history and culture in education.

jeb milling | the daily texan staff

Are UT applicants excluded because of color or money?

By Dr. Alberto Martinez The movie “Black Panther” is generating enormous attention and record-breaking ticket sales. But while African-American advancement experiences a breakthrough in film, it still lags acutely in higher education.

Last month, university administrators decided which high school graduates will become college students. On March 1, roughly 51,000 high school students found out whether they’ve been admitted to UT-Austin. Last year, 64 percent of all applicants were denied admission: 32,413 students.

As a professor at UT-Austin, I’m struck every semester by a glaring deficit in my classrooms.

The courses I design should be valuable to many students. This semester I’m teaching courses titled “Biology, Behavior and Injustice” and “History of Money and Corruption.”

The combined enrollment in these courses is 103. Yet only one of those students is African-American. Less than 1 percent. Last semester I taught two courses that train students to become science and math teachers.

How many of the students were African American? None. Last year, I also taught a course titled: “Race, Science and Racism.” There were no black students in that class either.

In Texas, 12.6 percent of the population is black. If they were fairly represented in my classrooms, then for every 100 students, I’d expect to have ten or fifteen African-Americans. That would be fair. But at UT-Austin, only 4 percent of undergraduates are black.

We should urgently improve the educational

opportunities offered to young black students.

In September 1950, the first black student enrolled at UT-Austin after a grueling legal struggle. Yet 67 years later, barely 4 percent of the undergraduate students at UT-Austin are African-Americans. To me, this is a shamefully low and unacceptable number.

Some may rush to counter that no admissions system can be based on racial quotas, especially considering that UT-Austin has two procedures for admissions that already aim to increase racial diversity on campus.

Students who rank in the top 7 percent of their schools are automatically admitted.

However, 80 percent of the remaining applicants are excluded.

To be sure, there are ongoing discussions about how to improve the “campus climate” by removing or contextualizing historical statues and perhaps also the names of buildings. Still, I’m exasperated that enrollments of black students continue to be so low.

In fall 2017, there were 40,492 undergraduates at UT-Austin. If 12.6 percent of them were African-American (matching the Texas population) then there would be at least 5,102 black students on campus. Instead, there were only 1,632. That’s a grossly low number, given that 3.5 million Texans are African-Americans.

Meanwhile, from 2000 until 2010, the population in Austin grew by more than 20 percent. At the same time, however, the relative number of black people in Austin decreased by 5.4 percent. Among the ten fastest growing cities in the United States, Austin was the only one in which the black population decreased during that decade — a great embarrassment.

From 2010 to 2016, the percentage of black

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people in Austin fell even further, from 8.4 to 7.6 percent.

In 2016, the median household income in Texas was $56,565. One might thus imagine that most students at UT-Austin come from such households. But that isn’t the case. Instead, most students here come from families that are more than twice as wealthy. A recent study by the Equality of Opportunity Project on economic diversity revealed that the median income of students’ families at UT-Austin was $123,900. I was surprised to learn that 56 percent of our students come from the top 20 percent of wealthiest families.

56 percent of our students come from the top 20 percent of wealthiest families.

Therefore, UT’s admissions policies create a kind of economic segregation.”

Therefore, UT’s admissions policies create a kind of economic segregation.

Whereas barely 4 percent of our undergraduates are African-American, 38 percent of our students come from the top 10 percent richest families in Texas. This is not what should transpire at a public university.

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Administrators at UT-Austin use a sophisticated formula to determine which high school applicants receive offers of admission.

The formula is complex and has gradually changed, but its results are clear. Wealthy families benefit disproportionately.

One of the worst side effects of this trend is that it perpetuates the economic marginalization of African-American students. Most of them are denied admission here because their rankings in schools are not high, which results from weaknesses in the schools they attend. Many students’ parents lacked the resources to send them to better schools. And of course, many parents lacked those resources themselves because they didn’t benefit from higher education. It’s a vicious cycle.

A disproportionate number of black Texans live in poverty. Of the four million people in Texas living in low-income households, more than 21 percent are black. They struggle to survive on a yearly income of less than $24,250 for a family of four. Pell grants help some low-income students pay for college, but students can’t benefit if they’re denied admission in the first place.

In order to empower many Texans to break the cycle of poverty, UT-Austin should enroll more students who are economically disadvantaged. Otherwise, as the city of Austin continues to grow, its percentage of African-Americans declines. Low family incomes shouldn’t obstruct young Texans’ chance to succeed. UT would really benefit from more diversity in our classrooms.

Martinez is a professor in the Department of History and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

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STUDENT LIFE

Students consider psychological aspects of ghosting

By Tiana Woodward @tianarochon

In a world where dating now equates to swiping left or right on Bumble or Tinder, “ghosting” has become an obstacle to the formation of new romantic relationships.

“Ghosting” occurs when someone in a personal relationship unexpectedly cuts off forms of communication. This practice has become a staple of millennial dating experiences everywhere, including those on the 40 Acres.

For instance, psychology freshman Mana Singri said she has had experiences related to ghosting on social media applications.

“There have been many instances where I’d be direct-messaging someone on social media, and after hearing something I don’t really like, I wouldn’t respond,” Singri said.

“Now, ghosting is such a normality that people are becoming personally detached from it.”

Though he hasn’t personally ghosted or been ghosted, psychology sophomore Alex Barshop said he does know of instances where his friends had been ghosted.

“Essentially, when you’re ghosted, someone has just devalued you,” Barshop said. “None of us really like rejection, and it’s even worse because you don’t get any closure.”

As an aspect of modern dating culture, ghosting tends to have emotional consequences for those on both sides of the situation. While emotions might blur judgment,

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“A lot of people ask why we wrote a kind of funny anthology, and I think the best way to explain it is like we wanted to have a unique anthology we wanted it to be memorable,” Rene said. “We didn’t want to write a bunch of tragedy stories so we were kind of like let’s put some levity in it lets make it a little bit lighter.”

According to Evans, working together with her friends actually made the writing process easier. Evans said collaborating with other writers allowed them to get out of their own heads and focus

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psychology does its best to explain ghosting from the perspective of the “ghoster” and “ghostee.”

To Gili Freedman, a postdoctoral researcher at Dartmouth and doctoral recipient from UT, ghosting can be connected to a person’s “growth beliefs,” and “destiny beliefs” affect their views on relationships.

“If you think that you should find your soul mate, you have stronger destiny beliefs,” Freedman said. “If you think that relationships change over time and should be tended to like a garden, you have stronger growth beliefs.”

Part of Freedman’s research has focused on the relationship between a person’s destiny beliefs, growth beliefs and their potential to ghost.

Freedman’s research found that people with stronger destiny beliefs were more likely than people with stronger growth beliefs to ghost.

“If (someone with strong destiny beliefs) realizes their relationship isn’t the right relationship, (they) might be okay with ending it somewhat abruptly,” Freedman said. “(However), people with stronger growth beliefs might think that ghosting isn’t a proper way to end a relationship.”

Freedman said growth beliefs and destiny beliefs might also affect a ghostee’s response to being ghosted.

“If you have stronger destiny beliefs and more positivity towards ghosting, it’s likely that you’d still feel that way when you are ghosted,” Freedman said.

Singri said ghosting can be

on the bigger picture.

“Something like this is a great opportunity to turn our focus outward because writing is, you’re very isolated,” Evans said. “I think having our ultimate of this being to help other people and do something for them. I think it’s been really motivational0 for everyone.”

In addition to helping the Houston community, Bale said she hopes the book can give people hope.

“I hope people gain hope from reading this anthology,” Bale said. “I hope people use it for entertainment, can find an escape from their day to day lives with it and also see that even in a zombie apocalypse, there can be hope.

veronica jones | the daily texan staff explained through attachment theory. Attachment theory divides child attachment into four categories: secure attachment, insecure-ambivalent attachment, insecure-avoidant attachment and disorganized attachment. Each type of attachment has differing effects on a person’s personal development and relationships.

Singri said while people with secure attachments desire to be in a committed relationship, people with

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continues from page 8 glasses have become a part of his everyday look, even though he too, suffers from poor eyesight.

“This is going to sound so weird.

I actually do need glasses, but because my prescription is so strong, they made my eyes look small,” Guo said. “I also have a really flat face, so I feel like without glasses, my facial features disappear, glasses help pull it all together.”

Guo said because he has worn fake glasses since high school, he thinks they have become a part of him.

“I think they make me more approachable and recognizable to others,” Guo said. “I own multiple pairs so if I want a classic, smart

disorganized attachments might want to explore the opportunities laid out before them. “(For people with disorganized attachments), it’s a matter of not knowing how to deal with people and social relationships,” Singri said. “Having to explain and vocalize why they don’t like someone when it’s just easier to cut it off is part of why disorganized attachment is associated with ghosting.”

Though ghosting can be explained

with many psychological theories, its effectiveness in ending a relationship varies according to source. Barshop said he thinks other means of relationship termination are better for both parties involved.

“Going through the healthy process of saying, ‘Hey, this isn’t going to work out,’ is all they need to say,” Barshop said. “That process, instead of ghosting, would at least open up a channel of communication for the future.”

look or a low-key look I can choose a different pair based on the vibe I’m going for.”

Whitbourne said because eyewear fashion ranges in variability, it is likely each pair of glasses can insinuate a different personality trait.

From seemingly nonexistent rims to rims a half-inch thick, as well as the shape and color of frames, there are infinite possibilities when it comes to choosing a pair of glasses that fit one’s personality.

“People wearing rimless glasses appeared less distinctive, but they also seemed more trustworthy while full-rim glasses seem to make your face more trustworthy, distinctive and draws more attention to your eyes,” Whitbourne said.

“We can assume, then, that people

make their eyeglass choices on the basis of what they (along with everyone else) perceive to be the effects of eyeglasses on appearance.”

However, chemistry senior Lauren Bodkin said when she was choosing her glasses, she looked for something that was universal and could be worn with anything, not necessarily to make herself seem more intelligent or of a certain personality.

“When I first got my glasses people would tell me I looked so different, and I looked smarter,” Bodkin said. “I think each type of glasses give off a specific vibe. For example, fashionable glasses tend to give off artsy vibes. I think mine reflect me well, though. They are black, practical, cut-and-dry glasses. They’re simple, and I’m pretty simple.”

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SPORTS EDITOR @TEXANSPORTS

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018

MEN’S BASKETBALL

No Bamba, no problem: Texas punches ticket Texas’ March Madness bubble refuses to burst yet again.

By Dalton Phillips @dalton_tweets

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unior forward Dylan Osetkowski ran down the sideline, arm straight down and three fingers extended.

His celebration came after one of his five made 3-pointers. Texas — the worst 3-point shooting team in the Big 12 — connected on 57 percent of its tries from deep, the highest mark of the Smart era. The 3-point barrage led the Longhorns to a convincing win over No. 20 West Virginia, 87-79.

With junior Eric Davis Jr. and freshman Mo Bamba sidelined and limited to shouting words of encouragement from the bench, freshman Matt Coleman poured in seven points in overtime to lead a shorthanded Texas team past the Mountaineers at home.

“We needed that win,” junior guard Kerwin Roach II said. “Not only for our postseason, but for our team.”

In a fitting end to the regular season, Texas secured its fifth win over a ranked opponent, giving the team a 98 percent chance of making the NCAA Tournament, according to ESPN BPI. Coleman and Roach scored 22 apiece and four players matched career highs in scoring as the Longhorns ran away with what had been a tight matchup through 40 minutes.

The name of the game all week for head coach Shaka Smart was to limit the Mountaineers to half-court

angela wang | the daily texan staff Freshman guard Matt Coleman celebrates with head coach Shaka Smart following the Longhorns’ 87-79 overtime victory at the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday afternoon. Coleman tied his career-high, finishing with 22 points along with junior guard Kerwin Roach II. sets. Don’t allow fast break opportunities, and don’t allow offensive rebounds. In the absence of Bamba, it was freshman forward Jericho Sims who anchored the defense for Texas.

“We knew we were really going to have to fight against West Virginia,” Smart said. “Because they make the game so physical.

Every time down. We also knew there was a ton on the line. So what I told the guys last night is, we have to strike the balance between having incredible

urgency but also playing aggressive, confident and loose.”

The first half was a dog fight for 20 straight minutes. The two teams committed a combined 16 fouls, including 10 from West Virginia, as every loose ball and every rebound was fought over with reckless abandon.

But early on, Texas was riddled with mistakes.

On the opening play, Osetkowski grabbed the rebound and looked to take off. A West Virginia player took no time knocking the ball out of the forward’s hands

and glided into the lane to give the Mountaineers the first points of the game.

These types of missed opportunities came early and often for the Longhorns. On three separate occasions in the first half, Texas was in position to secure a defensive rebound but inexplicably lost control or had the ball stripped for an easy West Virginia bucket.

After settling down, it was Osetkowski who would give the Longhorns a lift.

The forward buried

three quick triples in the opening 20 minutes to keep Texas in control.

But as fast as the lead came, it went — and the short burst of momentum went with it.

Texas committed back-toback turnovers and fouled a shooter on a 3-point attempt to surrender the lead going into halftime.

“We focused on me and Snoop (Roach) being more together and together than Devon Carter and Daxter Miles,” Coleman said. “Those are

really good guards on the other end, and today we made plays with the ball, off the ball, and it allowed us to get a victory at the end of the day.”

West Virginia again got into foul trouble early in the second half. Before three minutes had passed the team was on the board for four fouls.

By 10 minutes, Texas was in the bonus.

Again it was Osetkowski who fueled the Longhorn offense.

The forward buried two more triples in the opening six minutes of the period to tie the game for Texas at 48.

But down the stretch, similar to a week before, Texas found itself deadlocked. With six seconds left, Sims connected on one of two at the free throw line to take a one-possession lead.

Six seconds proved to be too much time. Senior guard Jevon Carter raced down the floor and scooped in a difficult reverse layup. The final attempt from Texas was just off the mark, and the two teams headed into overtime tied at 72.

Overtime was all Texas. Fueled by Coleman, the Longhorns opened up a nine-point lead, punctuated by a reverse layup from the freshman with under two minutes to play. The Frank Erwin Center was electric as the clock dribbled out, and Texas secured its most important victory of the season.

“West Virginia is a team, that, if you don’t stay connected, they can take your will from you,” Smart said. “We’ve experienced that a month and a half ago.

They’ve done it to other teams too. So we had to stay together and have a level of pride and spirit to make sure we didn’t have our will taken from us.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Longhorns cruise to Big 12 Championship

By Justin Martinez @jsportsude

It wasn’t supposed to end like this.

With just 4.3 seconds remaining in the 2017 Big 12 semifinals, the second-seeded Longhorns found themselves on the verge of an upset, trailing sixth-seeded West Virginia, 62-59.

Then-junior guard Brooke McCarty immediately called for the ball on the inbound. Fellow junior guard Ariel Atkins found her in the corner, lobbing a pass that sailed just out of the reach of a West Virginia defender before finding its target.

McCarty caught the pass, set her feet and released a high-arching three. She held her arm up as the ball sailed through the air, waiting to see it go down.

Clank.

The ball collided with the rim before bouncing out, and West Virginia secured the rebound as the buzzer sounded.

The Mountaineers went on to defeat Baylor to earn their first Big 12 championship in program history. For the Longhorns, they knew they’d let an opportunity slip away.

“We got some good looks, but we just didn’t shoot the ball well at all,” head coach Karen Aston said following last year’s loss. “Credit to West Virginia, they were better than we were.”

Exactly 364 days later, Texas got its revenge.

The Longhorns took care of unfinished business on Sunday in Oklahoma City, thrashing West Virginia on the same stage as one year ago, 68-55, to advance to the Big 12 Championship.

Texas left nothing in question as the Longhorns led for all but the first three minutes of the game. After going just 2-for-8 to start, Texas flipped the switch.

It was the Texas bench that proved key in the first quarter as Alecia Sutton put on a firework show from deep. The sophomore guard sank back-to-back threes, including a buzzer-beater to cap off a 10-2 run and give the Longhorns a commanding 24-12 lead.

“That’s just my role, coming off the bench,” Sutton said. “I bring energy to this team, and we needed it in the first half. If I get the ball in my hands, I’m ready to take the shot.”

Not much changed from that point on as West Virginia never got back to within single digits.

The peak of the blowout came at the end of the third quarter as junior forward Olamide Aborowa sank a close-range jumper to take a 58-36 lead with 49 seconds left in the period.

The Mountaineers finished strong in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to 13 with 2:29 left thanks to a seven-point quarter by junior guard

anthony mireles | the daily texan file Sophomore Alecia Sutton drives in during the Longhorns’ 79-66 victory over Oklahoma on Senior Night at the Frank Erwin Center on Feb. 27. Sutton finished with 10 points off the bench in Texas’ 68-55 win against West Virginia on Sunday afternoon.

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West Virginia’s comeback fell short, though, as the Mountaineers consistently struggled to find an answer for Jatarie White. The junior forward finished the night with a monster stat line of 11 points and 12 rebounds as the Longhorns cruised to the 68-55 victory.

In a showdown between two defensive-minded teams, Texas’ depth was the difference maker. The Longhorns’ bench posted a 25-0 advantage of

West Virginia’s bench — a testament to the team’s next-man-up mentality.

“From top to bottom, our effort was good,” Aston said. “I thought Olamide gave us some good minutes, Rellah (Boothe) is learning to have a more extended role and Jada Underwood was solid today as well. We all played really hard.”

With no Texas player recording over 20 minutes in the win, the Longhorns will have some added rest when they face

Baylor on Monday in the Big 12 Championship at 8 p.m. The matchup against the first-seeded Bears will mark Texas’ third game in the past three days.

The grueling stretch will test Texas’ limits, but with last season’s bitter ending on their minds, the Longhorns are up to the task.

“Physically, we’re good,” Sutton said.

“Last year we weren’t, but I think we’re ready this time around. We just have to stay focused.”

BASEBALL

Texas’ bats explode in dominant weekend

By Shane Lewis @shanelewis4204

After the Longhorns’ 6-2 loss to Northwestern on Friday night, Texas head coach David Pierce was blunt when assessing his team’s performance.

“We just got our butts kicked,” Pierce said.

But while Texas may have started the four-game series on the wrong side of a “butt-kicking”, the roles were reversed the rest of the weekend. Over the final three games of the series, Texas piled on 38 runs and outscored the Wildcats by a 27-run margin, winning each contest decisively.

“After that first game, we talked as a team and that wasn’t us,” junior infielder Masen Hibbeler said. “We talked to Coach Pierce, and we said let’s just come out, keep the hammer down and let’s dominate.”

The series opener saw the

Longhorns fail to take advantage of opportunities early. The team stranded eight runners on base over the game’s first five innings and struggled with runners in scoring position.

Northwestern didn’t have such problems. The Wildcats took advantage of an up-and-down day from junior pitcher Chase Shugart, tacking on five runs in six innings to take control of the game.

But any momentum the Wildcats had going into the weekend quickly evaporated on Saturday. In the first game of a doubleheader, Texas pounced, notching two runs in the contest’s first inning.

Northwestern rallied to take a 3-2 lead in the third, but the advantage was short lived.

A two-run homer by sophomore infielder Ryan Reynolds put the Longhorns back on top in the fourth, and Texas used a huge four-run sixth inning to put the game away.

“I think the best thing was the ability to flip the momentum early,” Pierce said. “To get an early lead in game one on Saturday was the key. One got away from us Friday night, and we can’t dwell on it. We did a great job on that.”

The Wildcats outhit Texas in the game, but the Longhorns took

To get an early lead in game one on Saturday was the key. One got away from us Friday night, and we can’t dwell on it. We did a great job on that.”

David Pierce, head coach

advantage of three home runs to cruise to a 10-7 victory.

With the way sophomore pitcher Blair Henley threw the ball, there was no danger of Texas being out-hit in the second game of the doubleheader. Blair pitched six shutout innings, striking out four batters and allowing only two hits.

The Longhorns gave Henley more than enough run support. Texas piled on a season-high 16 runs on only 10 hits. The duo of junior infielders, Hibbeler and Kody Clemens, paved the way for Texas. The two and three hitters combined for seven RBIs, and Clemens had his second consecutive game with a homer.

“We’re starting to click on offense, and we just hope to keep that rolling,” Hibbeler said. “Hitting on the top of this order is fun. Me and (David Hamilton) get on base quite a bit, and Kody (Clemens) can

katie bauer | the daily texan staff Junior infielder Masen Hibbeler slides into third base following his triple during Texas’ 12-1 victory over Northwestern at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday afternoon. knock us in. The rest of our lineup has great control too.”

On Sunday, Texas ended the series with an exclamation point. The Longhorns exploded for a 12-1 victory that was called after seven innings.

The Longhorns jumped out to a 6-1 advantage by the third inning and coasted the rest of the way.

Reynolds hit his second home run of the series, a solo shot in the sixth, and four

players had multi-hit games.

“There’s a lot of power between the whole team,” Reynolds sad. “(Everybody) can put one out. That’s going to be fun to watch as we start rolling and playing good competition.”

Texas will have a chance at some “good competition” this Thursday, as it opens a fourgame series against a Stanford team that’s won 10 of its first 11 games.

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BOOKS

Zombie book to benefit Harvey victims Texas authors will donate anthology proceeds to Hurricane Harvey victims.

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joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Katherine Evans is a UT student and one of the five authors behind “Lone Star Zombie-Con: An Anthology of Horror and Hope.”

n the wake of Hurricane Harvey, an unlikely group of heroes have come to lend a hand — zombies.

Texas authors Katherine Evans, Michelle Rene, Ray Morris, Sarah Bale and Jessica Capelle have teamed up to write “Lone Star Zombie-Con: An Anthology of Horror and Hope.” In addition to being one of the authors, Evans is also a senior English literature and journalism major at UT. The proceeds of the book will benefit the victims of Hurricane Harvey through The Houston Food Bank and The Montrose Center.

The group decided to write the anthology after a convention they were set to attend was canceled due to the storm.

“We were all kind of shocked and

didn’t know what to do and felt the need to help somehow,” Rene said.

“We came up with the idea of collaborating on an anthology and hoped that our stories would come together and we’d be able to make some money to give to charities.”

After the cancellation, the group decided they would collaborate on an anthology that would benefit the food bank and center. The group decided to work with the two charities after doing their research and finding that the two charities were among those hit the hardest by the storm.

“It was important to us to make sure that essentially every penny went to charity,” Capelle said.

According to Rene, before the convention was canceled the group was suppose to host a panel on the relevance of zombies. While they thought about creating a book to go along with their panel, they didn’t really get to work until after the storm hit. Rene said that they decided to take a humorous route with their stories in order to uplift the readers

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FASHION

Glasses: from bookworm staple to popular fashion statement

By Caroline Betik @carolinebetik

For years, people cursed with poor eyesight have been called names and belittled into stereotypes because of their glasses. Now, that trend is changing, and specs are a wardrobe staple for many people, not just your average mathlete.

Glasses are normally associated with personality traits such as intelligence,. It’s common today for eyewear to be used to reflect a specific vibe to others. Recently, eyewear trends have started taking over the fashion industry, from wire rims to clear color frames, each pair indicating an interpretive quality of the wearer.

According to Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, wearing glasses has been proven to be associated with many social benefits, leading people to join the trend.

“Now more than ever, people who have 20/20 vision will wear spectacles just to make a fashion statement,” Whitbourne wrote.

“There are six shared social cues wearing glasses may provide to others which includes honesty, trustworthiness, intelligence, higher social class and lower threat levels, depending on the type you choose to wear.”

Communication sciences and disorders junior Barrett Jaso understands why people may choose to wear fake glasses as a way to create a certain impression, but still does not understand the trend.

“I actually need glasses so I’m kind of forced to wear them out necessity,” Jaso said. “When people wear them when they don’t need them and simply as a fashion accessory, it is sort of annoying.”

Although fake glasses are typically popular among people with good eyesight, the fake glasses trend has even extended to people who actually need corrective lenses.

For design sophomore Victor Guo, fake

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ART

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Many people associate watercolor painting and magazine collages with craft activities at elementary schools or summer camps. However, art has also been used as a therapeutic practice since the 1940s, and evidence suggests it greatly benefits those with degenerative neurological disorders.

The Mobile Art Program, a group in Austin, works with patients who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia to bring the joy of creating art to low-income communities of the elderly.

Theresa Bond Zelazny, who the founded the program, said she has been doing art with seniors and disabled adults since 2005. Zelazny witnessed remarkable things over the years that occur when dementia patients engage in creating art.

“They may be able to discuss in detail something that happened to them when they were five or something that they did as a young adult,” Zelazny said. “Then they can talk about it, verbalize it (and) nonverbally as well through color and composition.”

Lindsey Taucher, a licensed professional therapist who uses art interventions in the Austin area, said dementia patients have physical and emotional responses when creating art, regardless of where they are on the cognitive spectrum. “(It’s) a kinesthetic process that ties body and brain together,” Taucher said. “It taps into the emotional side of things to a fault. That ties into their flexing their cognitive (abilities) and working on their memory and recall of what they’ve made.”

Zelazny said she has seen this in action, recalling a woman in her 90s who was able to pick up paint and draw from memory.

“The attendant was just in shock,” Zelazny said.

“She didn’t know this woman could do any of that.

Turns out her family said that she had been a master gardener and she grew up on a farm. While she couldn’t verbalize these memories, she just became fully engaged in creating her childhood memories on the farm.”

According to Andrea Mooney, an art therapist based in the Philadelphia area, and Martha Wells, the owner of Young At Art, a business that connects artists with retirement homes, art therapy has a significant positive impact on the sense of self.

“One of the biggest benefits of art therapy with older adults is that sort of validating of them, who they are and their identity, which can certainly change as you get older,” Mooney said. “Art therapy allows older adults who may be experiencing cognitive decline the ability to express feelings about change and transition, even loss. A lot of older adults may be going through that. The art can sort of be the catalyst for that discussion.”

Like Mooney, Taucher believes that art therapy is validating for the elderly and is an important way to boost their self image.

“Making art will usually result in some sort of increase in self-esteem,” Taucher said. “Especially the elderly sometimes feel like, ‘Oh, I don’t know what I’m doing,’ they still look at it (after) and say, ‘Wow! Look at that! I did that!’”

Wells said she is adamant about using art to lift up those with dementia and getting them in touch with the inner self.

“It’s important to just help people feel centered,” Wells said. “I see a lot of good coming from it for the teachers and the students. (Their condition), they’re not inhibitors. It’s just the condition that they’re in and they can still make amazing art.”

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