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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018
VOLUME 118, ISSUE 122
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LIFE&ARTS
Two sophomores launch UT chapter of She’s the First to help fight gender inequality. PAGE 2
Executive alliance candidates weigh in one last time before the election. PAGE 4
Spring football kicks off year two of the Tom Herman era. PAGE 6
Two Life&Arts writers express dissenting opinions of Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs.” PAGE 8
CAMPUS
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Not On My Campus advocates for consent awareness By Madelyn Reiter @madireiter_
Concerns over safety are mounting as Round Up approaches this weekend, so student-run organization Not On My Campus has plans to take action. NOMC president Tatum Zeko said Round Up, a weekend-long philanthropy event during which Greek organizations host parties, is a high-risk period for sexual assault. In anticipation of the action-packed weekend, the organization will further campaign for safe sexual environments with Round Up For Consent. “We call it a red zone,” said Zeko, an English senior. “The amounts of sexual assaults that are reported or happen skyrocket during these times.” Other red zones include the first two months of school, Texas v. OU weekend and spring break, Zeko said. Throughout the year, NOMC works to educate students about and prevent sexual assault on campus by hosting biweekly discussions and implementing a peer educator program. Stephanie Bode, NOMC marketing director and education junior, designed Round Up For Consent stickers this year as part of the campaign’s initiative to spread awareness on the importance of consent. The goal was to have fun merchandise people would want to wear during the events, said Maddi Weinstein, NOMC outreach director.
avery chahl | the daily texan staff Liberal Arts Council president Rodriguez Canales argues against a resolution advocating that COLA be renamed to COCACOLA on Tuesday night. Many members of the Liberal Arts Council, as well as others, showed up to the Student Government meeting to voice their opinions on the resolution.
COCACOLA proposal fizzes out Proposal to rename COLA, encourage political inclusivity fails. By Katie Balevic @thedailytexan
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fter heated debate, Student Government was unable to pass legislation to promote political inclusivity in a humorous manner by renaming the College of
Liberal Arts. Assembly Resolution 26 was in support of renaming COLA, the College of Liberal Arts, to COCACOLA, the College of Conservative Arts and the College of Liberal Arts. Several students spoke during open forum in opposition and in support of the legislation, including members of the Liberal Arts Council and Young Conservatives of Texas. While all acknowledged that there is a problem with political discourse on campus, A.R. 26 failed with 14
votes against and 11 in favor. “This legislation is meant to promote open-mindedness,” said Jordan Cope, author of A.R. 26 and liberal arts representative. “It’s not meant to promote one political narrative over the other.” The name COCACOLA is intended to use humor to humanize all groups on campus while uniting them as students at the University, Cope said. “Whatever you are, you should feel free and safe to advocate your
views on campus,” said Cope, an international relations and liberal arts honors senior. “All I’m trying to do is make our campus more tolerant of all communities and all identities.” Jordee Rodriguez, president of the Liberal Arts Council, strongly opposed the legislation on the grounds that it is not taking practical solutions to encourage constructive political dialogue. “(There are) 177 members of the
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Student Government launches senior class gift
Grad assembly receives feedback on proposed Title IX legislation
By Brianna Stone @ bristone19
For the first time in almost 100 years, Student Government is launching a 2018 senior class gift fundraising initiative, giving seniors a chance to give back to the University. Students in the UT class of 2018 are being asked to donate money to Interpersonal Violence Peer Support, a Student Emergency Services food pantry or to a Longhorn silhouette structure. SG launched the initiative Monday and hosted an event Tuesday afternoon to kick it off. Brad Wolff, senior class gift director, said SG was passionate about starting this initiative to encourage students to give back. “The more we raise, the better it is,” said Wolff, a finance senior. “Ultimately, our goal is in the range of $120,000, with President Fenves matching $50,000 worth of donations. We’re asking seniors for $20.18 and rewarding them with a commemorative pin in the shape of the tower with 2018 on it.” Seniors can donate any dollar amount to any of the three causes. Money donated to IVPS will be used to compensate the group of trained students who provide peer
By Allyson Waller @ allyson_renee7
hannah yoes| the daily texan staff From left, seniors Jennell Benson, Cameron Maxwell and Brad Wolff have organized a senior class gift for the first time to allow the class of 2018 to donate to the University. support for students affected by interpersonal violence. Donations to the Student Emergency Services food pantry will be used to provide meals to students who are food insecure. Lastly, donations to the Longhorn silhouette will fund the addition of a Class of 2018 memorial art structure in the Student Activity Center. SG officials said they are hoping to raise $55,000 for this. “We phrased seniors as those who identify with the
class of 2018,” Wolff said. “That includes students who graduated early, who are finishing in the standard four years or who are taking an extra semester or year.” SG has high expectations for what this initiative will be in the future, Wolff said. “We hope this will become a real tradition, and we hope to see seniors each year continuing to improve the University,” Wolff said. Cameron Maxwell, SG
external financial director, said SG began planning the senior class gift in September. “We sent out a survey to the class (of 2018) to see what they wanted, and we’ve also had a lot of help from the (Office of the President) and the Office of the Provost,” finance senior Maxwell said. “The class gift is a way for every single member of the senior class to come together and leave their legacy in
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Groups of students, faculty and staff discussed Title IX-related issues in UT’s graduate programs Tuesday evening in hopes of making the reporting process more cohesive and transparent across departments. The event was held partly because a concerned graduate student came to the Graduate Student Assembly about a Title IX-related situation, said Isabel Chou, GSA president and educational leadership and policy graduate student. Current GSA policy proposals want to create an internal protocol on managing Title IX reports as well as a new extra-departmental agency. This proposed agency would investigate whether departments handled situations correctly and conduct a thorough departmental report. “The overall consensus came to be that there wasn’t consistency in
terms of what departments are doing, (and that) professors and faculty administrators were not following up with their mandatory reporting duties,” Chou said. “(They’re) not necessarily being the aggressor, but kind of aiding the aggressor by not speaking up.” The event, hosted by UT’s Voices Against Violence and UT’s Title IX Office, built off of a previous GSA event last semester that generated feedback to help create the current proposals. Chou said it is likely GSA legislation will be sent to UT’s Title IX Office, the Office of the President, the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and the Office for Inclusion and Equity. Chou said this would inform these offices and could inspire further administrative action. “We’re hoping that disseminating this information to different departments allows them
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