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Trump sends National Guard to U.S.-Mexico border. Texas is the first state to comply. PAGE 3
Students could benefit from putting boundaries on their news consumption. PAGE 4
Texas Revue showcases students’ talents in annual show. PAGE 8
Herman, Del Conte launch 2018 ‘This Is Texas’ tour. PAGE 6
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GLOBAL BARRIER Liberal Arts Council plans new initiative to support international students.
By Stephanie Adeline @stephadeline
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ll UT undergraduates are required to take U.S. and Texas government classes. But for international students, this requirement can be a challenge. “I could be studying for, like, the weekly quiz for five days, and I would still get a bad grade,” said Diana Ayoub, an international student from Egypt. “(Other students) will be studying for, like, 30 minutes before, and they would be getting a perfect score.” Like Ayoub, many international students feel disadvantaged when taking their core government classes, which expect students to have a basic knowledge of U.S. government. To address this issue, the Liberal Arts Council is currently working with Liberal Arts Information Technology Services to create supplemental materials for international students in the form of videos, written notes or podcasts. “The pace of the class and the content of the class were not designed for students like them,” said
Michaela Lavelle, LAC academic affairs co-chair. “It presupposed a knowledge of U.S. government that, to be fair, most students have because they have been schooled domestically.” LAC plans for the supplemental materials to be available in the upcoming fall semester through the International Students and Scholar Services website. Ayoub, a finance and economics senior, said she took a government class during her first semester at UT, and it turned out to be the hardest class she took that year. “Professors (need to be) aware of the fact that they do have international students in their classrooms,” Ayoub said. “The readings that the American students might not be doing, probably international students are doing it for, like, a whole week.” In addition to the difficulty level of the class, Ayoub said she felt disadvantaged in the class because the materials were irrelevant to her. Although having a basic knowledge of the U.S. government is important, Ayoub said she wishes her government class included more
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NATION
NATION
National Distracted Driving Month brings strong reminder to drive safe
U.S. Surgeon General advises carrying opioid reversal drug as precaution
By Raga Justin @ ragajus
With one hand placed on the steering wheel and her Hyundai slowed to almost a crawl, Abigail Horne figured she would be OK shooting off a quick text to a friend as she approached a nearly deserted four-way stop in her hometown last year. But as Horne, a Plan II and studio art freshman, made a left, still shifting glances from the road down to her phone, a car came straight and T-boned her from the driver’s side. Briefly knocked unconscious,
she careened through six lanes of traffic. When her vision returned, she found herself hovering over a roadside ditch, driver’s door mangled and airbags inflated. Her phone was in the passenger’s seat, her text typed out and waiting to be sent. Horne, among many others, is using this April to caution others against distracted driving in honor of National Distracted Driving Month. “I thought I could do two things at once, and the truth is, I can’t,” Horne said. “No one can. There are so many consequences for anyone who texts and drives. … I kept imagining,
‘What if I’d killed someone?’” Brad Wheelis, Texas Department of Transportation public information officer, said distracted driving crashes and fatalities have the highest rates among drivers aged 16 to 24. To combat those numbers, the department launched its “Heads Up, Texas” campaign at UT last week, using virtual reality outside of Gregory Gymnasium to simulate the danger of distractions on the road. Distracted driving is anything that diverts attention away from traveling, such as eating, fiddling with the radio
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Distracted Driving: Why You Shouldn't Do It
By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas
The U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams released a public health advisory last week urging more Americans to carry the life-saving drug naloxone if they or others they know are at risk of an opioid overdose. Naloxone, also commonly known by the brand name Narcan, reverses the side effect of an opioid overdose known as respiratory depression which affects breathing and can quickly lead to death, according to the World Health Organization. The drug comes in both nasal spray and
syringe-injection forms. In a statement accompanying the advisory, Adams said 115 Americans die every day from overdosing on opioids, and more than half of those deaths occur at home, which can make quick treatment much harder. “To manage opioid addiction and prevent future overdoses, increased naloxone availability must occur in conjunction with expanded access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder,” Adams said. According to the advisory, individuals at the most risk of overdosing are those who misuse prescription opioids or illicit opioids such as heroin or
fentanyl, those who have an opioid addiction, those who have been recently discharged from medical care for an overdose and those recently released from incarceration with a history of opioid misuse or addiction. Naloxone can be prescribed by both doctors and pharmacists and is often handed out for free by community organizations. The cost of each dose can range from a few dollars for a vial and syringe of the drug to about $40 for the nasal spray when purchased in bulk. Students for Sensible Drug Policy is one of several groups that hands out free doses of naloxone to UT
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Opioid crisis continues The Surgeon General has issued a national advisory urging more Americans to carry naloxone, the life-saving opioid overdose antidote.
One in 5 crashes in Texas involve driver distraction
Nine in 10
drivers in Texas say they use their smartphone when driving During 2017, there were
100,687 crashes and 444 deaths in Texas
die every day 115 Americans from opioid overdoses That’s a death every 12.5 minutes
77%
of overdoses occur outside of a medical setting, and more than half occur at home.
Sources: U.S. Surgeon General, New York Times.
Source: Texas Department of Transportation mingyo lee | the daily texan staff
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Early risers and brunch lovers commuting on Guadalupe Street have something to celebrate today, as Rise Biscuits and Donuts opens for business on the Drag. Store co-owner Shashin Desai said the sweet and savory breakfast joint, which is the franchise’s first location in Austin, aims to provide students with a fun atmosphere and fresh food options. “We make fresh biscuits, we do fun donuts, sandwiches, coffee and hash puppies,” Desai said. “It’s a unique combination where we do sweet things in our donuts, but we also do savory through our biscuits and our sandwiches” Desai said the store’s donuts are made fresh every day, and a new batch of biscuits is baked every 30 minutes. The store’s menu includes the potentially sugar-coma-inducing apple fritter and maple bacon bar, as well as biscuit sandwiches such as the “Savory Buffalo,” a buttermilk biscuit tossed in buffalo and blue cheese sauce. Founder and CEO Tom Ferguson opened the first Rise location in North Carolina in 2012, and said inspiration for a donut-biscuit hybrid came from his experience making biscuits and his three daughters’ love for donuts. Since then, the
ashley nava | the daily texan staff Computer science sophomore Clare Zhang, right, orders breakfast at Rise Donuts during their grand opening preview event Monday morning. The first 150 people who signed up received free breakfast. franchise has spread to more than 15 locations across the country, offering customers something sugary or savory to indulge in. “We’re not ‘the healthy thing,’ and ‘the healthy thing’ is what’s kind of (popular) now, but to pump in some calories into you for whatever the reason is, we’re a great spot for it,” Ferguson said. “We use really high-quality ingredients for our stuff; that’s what makes us a little bit more expensive, but our portion sizes are bigger.” Austinite Patrick Hoffstetter, who lives near Rise,
said he is not a fan of the Dunkin’ Donuts location on the Drag and is exited for more fresh breakfast options in the University area. “I’m excited to have this place be properly open because now I’ve got a new place to meet people for breakfast,” Hoffstetter said. On Monday morning, 150 people who opted into a social media promotion were able to visit Rise’s new location early and taste some food. Computer engineering freshman Ottavio Peruzzi, who works at the new location and served customers
during the event, said he sees how Rise will be convenient to students. “It’s right off Dean Keeton, so it’s really easy to pick up a donut on the way to class or get lunch here,” Peruzzi said. “Everything’s made right behind the counter — you can see it being made as you order it.” Peruzzi said his favorite thing off the menu is the buffalo chicken biscuit and hash puppies, which are tater tots with cheddar cheese and chives. “They might look like tater tots, but if tater tots
evolved for, like, 10 billion years, maybe that’s what hash puppies would be,” Peruzzi said. Ferguson said the Austin location likely won’t be the last for the franchise, but he wants to make sure all the current stores are operating consistently before thinking about expanding the donut and biscuit joint. “We’ve come a long way in a short amount of time,” Ferguson said. “I still would like to do 1,000 stores, that would be awesome, but right now we are focused on what we’ve got at hand.”
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topics on foreign policy and comparative government, so the materials would be more applicable for international students. Daqin Fu, an international student from China, expressed a similar concern. Fu, a management information systems junior, said government classes have no impact on him because international students cannot vote in U.S. elections. “I’m an international student, so I don’t have the right to vote,” Fu said. “I don’t think I’m going to use the knowledge from what I learn in government class and apply it to my daily life.” Fu said government classes often contain jargon which is not typically used
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and even navigation. Teenagers and young adults are more likely to drive distracted, Wheelis said. “Younger people are more apt to be dialed into their smartphones or in the car with friends, plus they have less
in daily conversations, so it would be helpful if international students were given a sheet or a booklet to explain these government terms. Lavelle, a psychology and humanities junior, said some of the materials international students find difficult to understand are the three branches of government, civil rights court cases and the election process. Lavelle said she hopes this initiative will help to solve the problem of access to education for international students. “A lot of (U.S.) institutions are like, ‘We have a really high international students rate,’ which is great,” Lavelle said. “But if the U.S. is trying to be an international power, the fact that international students are not able to understand how our government works is a flaw.”
experience behind the wheel,” Wheelis said. Wheelis said more than 100,000 crashes statewide last year involved distracted driving and resulted in 444 deaths. Taking your eyes off the wheel for four seconds is equivalent to driving down the length of a football field blindfolded, Wheelis said.
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students. Naloxone is also carried by most first responders, such as police and EMTs and is kept in all dorms at UT. “(The surgeon general’s announcement) is a great first step,” said Anand Pant, SSDP president and management information systems senior. “It’s kind of a wake-up call, saying not only is this happening to such a severe degree, but this is happening to the people around you.” The UT College of Pharmacy’s Operation Naloxone initiative supports the use of the life-saving drug and trains people on how to properly administer it. Lucas Hill, a pharmacy professor and Operation Naloxone director, said he is glad to see the Trump administration is shifting toward reducing the danger faced by current opioid users.
“Would you allow someone to blindfold you, put you behind the wheel on I-35 and make you drive the distance of a football field?” Wheelis said. “You wouldn’t do it. But that’s exactly what’s happening.” Austin launched its own hands-free city ordinance in 2015, nearly two years before Texas passed its first statewide
It’s kind of a wake-up call, saying not only is this happening to such a severe degree, but this is happening to the people around you.” Anand Pant,
students for sensible drug policy president and management information systems senior
“While the title refers to physicians, the message is a lot broader,” Hill said. “We’ve known from years of evidence that it’s most important for friends and family members, especially of people who are using illicit drugs, to have naloxone. The vast majority of reversals are going to be conducted by laypersons, not by first responders … (Adams) really focused on the right population.” Previously, much of the Trump administration’s approach to the opioid epidemic has involved increasing law
ban against texting while driving in September 2017. The city ordinance is stricter than the statewide ban, prohibiting drivers from handling an electronic device at all while driving. UT Police Department Capt. Charles Bonnet said UTPD does not enforce the hands-free city ordinance, but UT has a handbook rule against
enforcement crackdowns on illicit opioid sales and regulating opioid prescriptions. But Hill said that approach often has the unintended effect of increasing sales of smaller and more potent synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which increases the likelihood of overdosing. “After a lot of disappointment regarding a lack of meaningful engagement around the issue from the administration, I feel like this statement from the surgeon general was pretty important,” Hill said.
distracted driving on campus, although officers do not write tickets solely for texting. When phone usage is involved in a traffic incident, students are often sent to the Office of the Dean of Students for appropriate punishment in lieu of criminal charges, Bonnet said. Vision Zero ATX is a transportation
safety advocacy group that aims to reduce traffic-related deaths. “Driving is not a safe thing to do in the first place,” said Kathy Sokolic, Vision Zero ATX board member. “Hopping in a car and messing around … emailing or taking pictures of yourself, is not a wise decision. It’s a weapon, and people don’t take driving seriously.”
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NATION
juan figueroa | the daily texan staff The border wall separates the United States and Mexico near Brownsville, Texas. President Donald Trump decided to deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border last week.
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The deployment attempts to address border security. By Sami Sparber @samisparber
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n an effort to stop illegal immigration into the country, President Donald Trump decided last week to deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border. “The situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis,” Trump said in a memo on Wednesday. “The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security and sovereignty of the American people. My Administration has no choice but to act.” The U.S. Department of Homeland Security justified Trump’s decision by pointing to a recent surge in apprehensions at the border. “The number of illegal border crossings during the month of March shows an urgent need to address the ongoing situation at the border,” DHS Press Secretary Tyler Houlton said in a statement. “We saw a 203 percent increase from March 2017 compared to March 2018 and a 37 percent increase from last month to this month — the
largest increase from month to month since 2011.” However, some experts argue the latest surge does not necessarily equate to “crisis.” “I think it’s purely a political move,” said Elissa Steglich, immigration law clinical professor. “Certainly, we are seeing record low unlawful border crossings, and so there is no emergency or crisis or immediate need to increase support at the border.” The DHS reported apprehending 37,393 people at the border last month. According to Vox, in the month before President George W. Bush sent the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2006, 126,538 people were apprehended. In 2010, there were 55,237 apprehensions at the border in the month before President Barack Obama deployed Guardsmen. Border Patrol measures unlawful border crossings by counting the number of people apprehended trying to illegally enter the U.S., according to Vox. Steglich said what sets Trump’s move to send troops to the border apart from his predecessors’ is his “America First” ideology. “In part, he’s sending a domestic message; a message to his base,” Steglich said. “It follows many of the xenophobic and racist messages he has sent
that ‘We are America — meaning white America — First.’ This mentality results in really diminishing both the immigrants who are already here and those who we have traditionally opened the doors to and welcomed.” Texas became the first state to comply with Trump’s request when Gov. Greg Abbott deployed a handful of troops Friday and pledged to send more in coming weeks. “My top priority as Governor is ensuring the safety and security of Texans, and securing our southern border has always been essential to that mission,” Abbott said in a statement following Trump’s announcement. “Today’s action by the Trump Administration reinforces Texas’ longstanding commitment to secure our southern border and uphold the Rule of Law, and I welcome the support.” Abbott pledged Monday to gradually increase the number of Texas Guardsman to “more than 1,000.” Among the U.S. border states, “the goal is to have at least 4,000 deployed here in about a month or two,” Abbott said in a radio interview with KTSA, according to ABC News. By Tuesday, all of the border states with the exception of California had deployed National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico Border.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF @TEXANOPINION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
COLUMN
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Monitoring news intake, unplugging can help students manage mental health @texanopinion
senior columnist
Today, an astonishing 2.62 billion people use social media, or about 34 percent of the world’s population. Sixty-eight percent of Americans are on Facebook alone. Users are constantly swept up in a nonstop, technological onslaught of articles, blog posts and breaking news alerts. While constantly staying in the know is both addictive and attractive to users, it’s not the best practice for one’s mental health.
“Try it out — you’ll be surprised at the benefits unplugging for a few hours a day can bring.”
Overconsumption of news has been shown to fuel stress, anxiety and sleep disorders. It’s important to stay informed, but we must be conscious of the times and places we choose to do it. Setting aside specific blocks of time for our news intake makes this possible, and is a practice everyone should implement into their everyday lives. A 2017 American Psychological Association study found that 56 percent of Americans who want to stay informed about the news said that doing so causes them stress. Despite this, about one in 10 Americans reported checking the news at least once an hour. Sixty-three percent of respondents cited concerns about crime when asked about stress regarding themselves and their loved ones, with another 60 percent reporting stress over the issue of terrorism. Sixty-six percent responded that the cost of health insurance was stress-inducing. These statistics are particularly troubling when combined with the news negativity bias. The click-through rate of negative headlines is an
estimated 63 percent higher than that of headlines with positive words. This leads to a proliferation of negative content, as news websites cater to what will get the most attention from users. For college students constantly attached to their phones, this is dangerous. People choose to read negative news that cause them stress, which inevitably leads to further stress. In order to combat this, experts suggest that setting aside time each day specifically for news consumption benefits your health. Try to spend less time on social media, but if that’s not immediately possible, unfollowing some of the news accounts filling up your timeline is a good start. Commit to only reading the news at morning or at night and leave the rest of your day untarnished by the swirl of negative content proliferating your feed. This practice allows you to stay both informed and present in your everyday life. You have the ability to control when, where and how you consume news. Management of how you receive potentially stressful information can prevent you from downswings in mood and productivity and can be especially beneficial to college students in a high-stress, high-stakes environment. Although it’s important to stay informed, it’s also important to take care of yourself. In an increasingly connected, media-driven world, it can be particularly hard to do this. Setting aside time for news intake, however, is a good start. Try it out — you’ll be surprised at the benefits unplugging for a few hours a day can bring. Braaten is an international relations and global studies junior from Conroe.
By Liam Verses @liamverses
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By Elizabeth Braaten
Texas’ move to hasten death penalty would come at high cost
GALLERY
yulissa chavez | the daily texan staff
The state of Texas recently renewed its request with Attorney General Jeff Sessions to opt in for fast-tracked death penalty cases. While this would save the state time and money and ensure expedited executions, a Department of Justice approval would jeopardize the lives of innocent people on death row in a state whose justice system already has numerous flaws. Both Arizona and Texas are hoping to qualify under Chapter 154 of U.S. Title 28, which allows for unique habeas corpus — or illegal imprisonment — procedures in state cases involving the death penalty. These special procedures include first limiting the timing of federal petitions, fast-tracking them through federal courts. The second is restricting the scope of federal reviews of these criminal cases, limiting appeals options for defendants. So far, no state has qualified for Chapter 154 certification, but if granted, this certification would be a calamity. A mix of lawyers, former officials and groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and American Bar Association have sounded the alarm on Texas’ application for certification. Allen Place, a lawyer and official of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, stated in an email that “there is no other type of legal action that should bear more scrutiny than a death penalty case and any procedural attempt to ‘speed’ up the process is not reasoned or sound.” Furthermore, Place said that prisoners who got off death row — those who have been wrongfully convicted or who have had their sentences commuted — “would have been executed prematurely under these ideas.” Allen said that this, coupled with the fact that the number of Texas death penalty verdicts are falling, makes the Office of the Attorney General’s attempt to expedite appeals unreasonable. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the rate of wrongful death penalty convictions in the United States is at least 4.1 percent. Considering Texas has 229 inmates on death row, this means nine or more could have been unjustly sentenced under the study’s findings. Under Texas’ plan to expedite post-conviction proceedings, individuals facing wrongful convictions would likely be executed before they’ve had a chance to go through the exoneration process. Anthony Graves, who was saved by a federal court after Texas courts rejected his pleas, spent 12 years on death row before having his conviction overturned. He said to The Texas Tribune that “if it (were) up to the state itself, I would have been executed.” We would perpetuate an unforgivable injustice if Texas goes down this dark, cost-saving road. Texas’ petition also assumes that an exemplary public defense system exists for defendants, which is not the case. Capital defense attorney Patrick McCann claimed that “pretty much everybody who’s been released or commuted on death row would have already been executed, so not only would we have done wrong, we wouldn’t even know we had.” This push to expedite appeals puts the innocent on a direct collision course with execution. While death row cases are expensive, long and taxing, we must pay a price for a good and thorough legal process. Texas wants to limit post-conviction appeals to save time and money, but the potential human and moral costs far outweigh the state’s arguments. At the end of the day, we’d have to accept putting innocent lives at a greater risk of execution. If we allow ourselves to obsess with cost and time rather than the value of human life, our justice system will necessarily fail its mission of “justice for all,” becoming nothing more than an elaborate charade. Verses is a Plan II and environmental engineering freshman from San Antonio.
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UT students would benefit from new, less crowded gym By Caleb Wong @calbeawong
senior columnist
When I walk into the free weights section of Gregory Gym in the evening after a long day of school, I feel intimidated. I stretch out my arms and worry that I’m going to bump into someone as I get through a workout in tight quarters. Many times, all the benches seem to be taken when I walk in. Students like myself often stand around in Gregory, waiting for the 20-pound free weights or for a chest press. UT should add more space for weight training with more benches, stretching areas and free weights — or even a new gym altogether. The main weight training room in Gregory is too small for the number of students who want to use it. Both students who lift weights and who just do cardio said the space is overwhelming and, at times,
unsafe. Public health junior Brianna Gonzalez said the space is humid and intimidating. She said she would consider using machines or free weights to build muscle, but she feels overwhelmed and generally uncomfortable. The cramped space also increases the chance for accidents. “It’s not safe to have a lot of people in one area and lift weights,” said Carlos Villarreal, aerospace engineering sophomore who body builds daily. “People can trip and not notice them and crush their fingers … It’s time-consuming to wait for a machine or something you’re trying to use.” Right now, students looking for less crowded training options could look to weight training areas such as the Recreational Sports Center and Bellmont Hall. But these are far away from where most classes and student activities take place. It’s hard to say where to put a gym. Perhaps we could put it in a more convenient location, like a block or
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two from Guadalupe. The International Office is at 2400 Nueces, so building a new university space off campus would not be unprecedented.
“The main weight training room in Gregory is too small for the number of students who want to use it.” Jennifer Speer, director of communications, assessment, and development for Recreational Sports, said she and the other RecSports staff push students to use the RSC and Bellmont because
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they are less crowded than Gregory. She said that RecSports relies on UT’s flat-rate tuition for maintaining and renovating existing infrastructure, not being able to construct new buildings. “We actually know (a new gym) is probably needed with increasing enrollment and the square foot of recreation space per student to meet the national standard,” Speer said. “But we don’t have a funding source to figure out where we would go in the future for that.” That said, students voted to tax themselves a fee of $20 a semester in March 1985 to build the Recreational Sports Center until the construction concluded, according to UT historian Jim Nicar. If students want a new gym, perhaps they could ask to increase their tuition and fees, which isn’t ideal, but perhaps necessary. Students deserve more hard work inside the gym, bench press by bench press. Wong is a government and Plan II senior from McKinney.
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Thinkery21’s ‘Sounds and Sips’ lets adults explore music, science By Brooke Sjoberg @sj0b3rg
The Austin Children’s Museum is giving adults an opportunity to explore the physicality of sound, with a little booze thrown in for kicks. An offshoot of the Austin Children’s Museum, the Thinkery is a place for children and their families to play intelligently. In order to include more people in the creative ways of thinking encouraged by Thinkery, Thinkery21 was created to engage adults age 21 and over with drinks, music and hands-on activities exploring different themes. Their latest event, “Sounds and Sips,” will focus on different explorations of sound in music and a tactile study of vibrations with scientists, musicians and designers. Tickets are still available for purchase on Thinkery’s website, and the event is scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 12. Performances and activities at the event include a jam session with Ponytrap’s robotic drums, interactive songwriting lead by Mother Falcon Music Lab and a giant inner ear model which can be walked through, provided by Illuminear Tinnitus and Audiology. A “Circuits of Sound” activity where attendees can learn how
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continues from page 8 backpacking through Indonesia and living in a camper van in New Zealand this past year.” Kyle produces carefully curated acrylic paintings, handmade tassels, key chains and enamel pins based on images from some of her favorite paintings, all of which she will be showcasing at CraftHER Market. CraftHER Market will consist of many firsts for creatives new to the business world. Yvonne Mendoza, born and raised in Houston, has never participated in a pop-up outside of her hometown. Mendoza created Tierra de los Artesanos, an artisan-based store that presents works from different Mexican artists. “As a child, my parents would pack the car and take us to visit family in Mexico, (so) the love really started young,” Mendoza said. “Mexico is filled with love,
the brain processes their favorite sounds alongside Harris Lab with the UT Center for Learning and Memory will be included, among other offerings through partnership with the University. These events are provided by local artists and businesses in partnership with Thinkery21. The “Sounds and Sips” block party will be hosted in a partnership with the Austin Children’s Museum, The Golden Hornet music conservatory and Alamo Drafthouse Mueller. Thinkery21’s public programs manager Todd Moore said the party is just one of the many ways the museum engages older crowds. He said the team of three responsible for event programming consulted with experts in music and sound in order to maintain the integrity of its educational aspects. “I will reach out to partners and pitch theme ideas or see if they have ideas,” Moore said. “We pick a theme, hold a brainstorming session and then we bring on experts, scientists, school groups and all kinds of partners in line with that theme.” Golden Hornet, a partner of the museum and a major focal point of the block party, will be premiering it sound event, “The Sound of Science.” The project will be performed by cellist Jeffrey Ziegler for attendees to
tradition, beauty and hustle, and Tierra is a representation of all of this.” Mendoza said she wanted to showcase what is working and thriving in Mexico and combine fair trade, fair wages and sustainable practices for the artisans they work with. UT students make up some of the entrepreneurs involved as well. One of them, Nyesha Lashay, is a full-time graduate student and teaching assistant who moved to Austin from Wisconsin to attend a graduate program in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. Outside of being a full-time graduate student and teaching assistant, Lashay manages her skin care line, Natural Mystic, which launched in March 2017. “My work is inspired by people who invest in themselves and their vision broadly, but I’m particularly inspired by women who do creative work, become
hear and interact with as a piece of music, bridging the gap between music and the arts via their shared natures of inquiry. The work is inspired by both living and dead scientists and their practices, which influenced their composers. Golden Hornet managing director Kate Murray said artistic director Graham Reynolds conceived the project to give voice to what he described as the struggle between arts and science in terms of funding. The project features composers and scientists from around the globe. “It’s going to encourage people to engage with both the general divide between the arts and sciences, to think about how sound and science are so intertwined,” Murray said. “It’ll give them specific opportunities to experience the science that’s informing this project specifically.” Reynolds has focused on neuroscience and environmental science, to name a few fields out of the many which have influenced this project. While Reynolds conceived the project and spearheaded its development, he also contributed to the project with a couple of his own compositions. “I talked to Barry Chernoff, the head of the department of the environment at Wesleyan University, about his work in the Amazon region and heard his
independent entrepreneurs and remain true to themselves in the process,” Lashay said. “I applied to be a vendor at the CraftHER market because I thought it’d be the perfect space for me to introduce myself and Natural Mystic to Austin’s community of women-identified creatives and entrepreneurs.” Hallie Shafer, the maker behind SHE Ceramics, said she agreed with Lashay’s perspective. Shafer said she respects the community #bossbabesATX is cultivating in the world of women makers by providing a space for artists such as Shafer and other female business owners to gather and showcase their work. “I am all about female empowerment, and #bossbabesATX and CraftHER have that down,” Shafer said. “Great things happen when women lift each other up, and CraftHER embodies that spirit.”
brittany mendez| the daily texan staff “Sound and Sips,” a block party put together by Thinkery21, will be held Thursday, April 12, to explore sound with scientists, musicians and designers in order to bridge together art and science. stories and details and translated them to sound,” Reynolds said. “He told a story about his trips, and I treat that narrative like I would a film or a ballet, taking that story and putting it to music. I also did some very literal things, where I got some field recordings and then manipulated those.” Reynolds said this translates to an audio story which the listener can interpret in relation
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continues from page 8 a mix of neighborhoods and neighborhood associations doing great work, too.” With the help of KAB, UT Green Greeks will host its own West Campus cleanup the next day to close out Keep Austin Beautiful Day. Focusing on educating students on the importance of green habits, Kylee Ward, a civil engineering senior and co-project leader of Green Greeks, said the West Campus cleanup welcomes all students. “Even if we pick up just a few bags of trash, as long we’re educating more people about recycling and going green that will have an even bigger impact in the long run I think,” Ward said. “Before
to their own experiences between the arts and sciences, or whatever meaning they apply to it. Having spoken at length with Reynolds about his creation, Murray said she believes the listening experience has the potential to be felt deeply by the audience at “Sounds and Sips.” “I think that the overall goal and hope is that the audience members will come in and
we give them the equipment to go out, we educate them to make sure you’re avoiding
As long we’re educating more people, that will have an even bigger impact in the long run.” Kylee Ward
green greeks co-project leader
this, to make sure it’s gotta be a certain kind of clean to use your best judgment on if it’s recyclable still.” Katia Eaton, a sustainability and economics
discover an access point that they may otherwise be unaware of,” Murray said. “They might walk in thinking of themselves as a science person, but then be reminded of a musical or artistic experience they had which reconnects them to this creative capacity that they have. You might walk in and be a composer and be reminded of where you found inspiration in a science class.”
sophomore and Green Greeks co-project leader, said it’s students’ responsibility to be mindful of their impact on the environment of the community. She said the West Campus cleanup is a good way to remind students of this responsibility. “Because a lot of West Campus is Greek life, it’s really important that we are monitoring the impact that the community has on the area around us” Eaton said. “West Campus in general is mostly students, and so to be able to have a student organization go in and make sure we’re doing our best to be as sustainable as possible and looking after each other and holding each other accountable for the waste that we are producing (is) a really awesome thing that we can be doing.”
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Renewed confidence sparks resurgent Longhorns Led by stout pitching and hitting, Texas has swept three straight series. By Wills Layton @willsdebeast
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he Longhorns have played a whopping 11 games against ranked opponents this season. They’ll add one more to the list Wednesday when the team travels down I-35 to face the No. 25 Texas State Bobcats. Wednesday night’s game will be the first of several tough tests Texas has scheduled over the next few weeks. The Longhorns (23–14, 6–0 Big 12) are set to face both No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 16 Baylor in the waning weeks of the season. The experience Texas has developed in facing so many ranked opponents could bode well for the team heading into the NCAA Tournament. “It’s definitely very valuable for us because we’re going to be playing ranked
teams for the rest of the season,” senior pitcher Paige von Sprecken said. “We have to continue being able to compete with them, and if we do, we will get the outcome.” After suffering several losses to ranked teams
It boosts our confidence a lot. It’s nice to just come out and do what we know how to do and hit the way we know how to hit.” Bekah Alcozer
junior captain
early in the season, every game against a talented opponent from here on out offers a chance for the Longhorns to boost their resume. The trick to the team racking up three straight series sweeps recently has been a
three-part system: quality pitching, a rapidly developing offense and the ability to bounce back after a tough loss. “Challenging them up and helping them reset the bar has been really, really good,” Texas head coach Connie Clark said. “I think, as a head coach, you have to have really, really good people around you.” In addition to Texas’ resiliency, the offense has rallied around a top pitching staff. Over the last 12 games, the Longhorns have scored a total of 70 runs. In Texas’ first 12 games of the season, the team only scored 35 runs. Incidentally, the offense began its turnaround when Texas defeated Texas State, 3-0, in Austin last month. Since then, the Longhorns have won 11 of 12 games, transforming from a mediocre team into a force to be reckoned with. “It boosts our confidence a lot,” junior captain Bekah Alcozer said. “It’s nice to just come out and do what we know how to do and hit the way we know how to hit.” The Longhorns boast
katie bauer | the daily texan file Senior pitcher Paige von Sprecken has helped lead the Longhorns to three straight series sweeps. Texas faces Texas State on Wednesday in San Marcos. Texas won the first meeting in Austin earlier this season. two aces on their pitching staff — junior Brooke Bolinger and von Sprecken. One of them will most likely start on the mound come Wednesday night. Possessing two aces and a solid No. 3 option in junior Erica Wright has turned the
Longhorns’ starting rotation into a weapon. The strong pitching, coupled with the much-needed run support that has come as of late, has brought the Longhorns plenty of confidence. “We’re hitting the ball really well, and everyone is
seeing the ball really well,” sophomore Malory Schattle said. “We’re taking a lot of walks and less strikeouts. We feel good that we are going to get the win no matter what because we know our pitchers are going to go at their batters.”
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Herman, Del Conte launch ‘This Is Texas’ tour as spring practice ramps up By Alex Briseno @alexxbriseno
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Texas head coach Tom Herman and athletic director Chris Del Conte know things need to improve. There’s no hiding it. The excitement surrounding Texas Athletics isn’t necessarily at its peak, but the new faces of the athletic program have the future in mind. That’s why the Longhorns are introducing the 2018 “This Is Texas” Tour. The Texas Exes and Texas Athletics announced the official dates and locations for the tour, which will feature appearances from both Del Conte and Herman along with other special guests. The Longhorns are set to make pit stops in Midland, Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Houston, Rio Grande Valley and Tyler from April 24 to May 23. “We need to excite our fans and our constituents about where Texas Athletics is heading,” Herman said. “The best way to do that is go out and win a bunch of games. I get that, but we’ve also got to educate them. They’re a big part of whether we win games or not and the support and the home field advantage. The responsibility that our players and coaches feel toward our fan base, that’s real. It’s palpable.” According to Herman, the tour was thrown together in the last month, but he still hopes to make an appearance at each of the location’s events. The Longhorns’ tour debuts with the annual Orange-White spring game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on April 21 before hitting the road for the nine remaining dates.
katie bauer | the daily texan file Texas head coach Tom Herman talks to the quarterbacks during one of the Longhorns’ practices this spring. Texas’ spring game is set for April 21 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. “These are exciting times as we enter the next era of Texas Athletics,” Del Conte said in a statement. “I look forward to connecting with fans from every corner of the state to talk about our vision for the future.” While Del Conte and Herman announced their plans for the future, the Longhorns hit the field on Tuesday for the first time following their Saturday scrimmage. “I don’t get to talk after scrimmages. But it was a really good day on Saturday,” Herman said. “It was the best we’d thrown the ball consistently around here for a while.” Herman said the quarterbacks made several explosive plays on offense, but he made one thing clear: He is OK with concluding spring football without naming a starter. “I think it’s great,” Herman said. “Those guys have really improved. They have really accepted and ran with the challenges that we have given them in the offseason.” The Longhorns return both quarterbacks from last season, plus two new freshmen additions, but Texas is still
looking to replace holes on the defensive side of the ball, and injuries have made that harder. Texas announced senior defensive back P.J. Locke III sustained what Herman described as a “really bad stinger.” Don’t expect Locke to return for the remainder of spring football. The Longhorns are also without senior cornerback Davante Davis, who rolled his ankle in Tuesday’s practice, as well as senior linebacker Gary Johnson. Texas also confirmed senior linebacker Edwin Freeman underwent successful surgery to repair a tricep injury. The Longhorns have three remaining spring practices before Texas’ spring game, which will then mark the beginning of the off-field activities as the new faces of Texas Athletics try their hand at rejuvenating the Longhorn brand. As for Herman, with all of these big events quickly approaching, he was asked the question “Are you having fun?” Tuesday night. “Yes, a lot,” Herman said. “I’m having a lot of fun.” Texas hits the field for practice No. 10 on Thursday.
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Longhorns lend helping hand for annual ‘Keep Austin Beautiful Day’
Event showcases student talent Ten acts will compete in ‘Burlesque -themed’ show for a $1,500 prize. By Karsyn Lemmons @klemmonsss
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With community projects taking place all over Austin this weekend, many students plan on doing their part to help keep Austin beautiful. Since 1985, local nonprofit Keep America Beautiful has organized bimonthly and annual cleanups throughout the Austin area with the hopes of maintaining the communities beauty. This Saturday, the annual “Keep Austin Beautiful Day,” formerly known as “Clean Sweep,” will bring together volunteers from all over Austin to clean up city neighborhoods and parks. With the project happening minutes from campus, many students take the day as an opportunity to give back and rack up volunteer hours. Student org UT Green Greeks, in conjunction with KAB, will host a West Campus cleanup Sunday morning. Keep Austin Beautiful’s Director of Community Engagement Myrriah Gossett said the event’s name change is to acknowledge
the event’s growth and its volunteers who do more than just clean streets. Gossett assured returning volunteers that the new name will not affect the events procedures. “As the day has continued to grow, we’ve realized that people were doing more than just cleanups, and so we officially rebranded it this year as “Keep Austin Beautiful Day” to recognized all the volunteers for all of the work that they were doing,” Gossett said. “Volunteers can expect the same support and guidance when asked for, as well as supplies that they normally get.” This year, Gossett said the organization expects about 4,000 volunteers across 110 project locations. For those who want to get in on the cleaning action, the organization’s website has a list of projects that are still looking for helping hands. “We have some large groups coming from tech companies like Facebook and everyone who’s moved their lovely offices here,” Gossett said. “But it’s also
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his Saturday, UT students will perform the show of their life, competing for a $1,500 grand prize. Campus Events + Entertainment will present the annual Texas Revue, a “Burlesque-themed” talent show, showcasing the abilities of students campuswide. After hours of rehearsal and preparation, a diverse selection of 10 acts will show off skills in a collage of wide-ranging talents. Religious studies junior Giancarlo Bernini will appear on stage as a magician. Bernini said magic is something he’s loved since he was a child, and he expects to pursue it full time post-graduation. “I’ve always really liked magic,” Bernini said. “When I was a kid, I would always watch that Disney movie ‘Fantasia,’ especially that scene where Mickey would put on the hat and make all the broomsticks dance. I would just watch that scene over and over.” Bernini said he doesn’t perform magic simply to wow audiences, though. Instead, Bernini feels that a beautifully performed trick has the power to impact a person, and that’s what he aims for in every show. “It’s not so much the thrill of doing the card trick as it is having that interaction with someone,” Bernini said. “If it’s done beautifully, then it’s going to resonate with their soul and be more impactful for the person.” Nolan Tucker, cell and
mel westfall | the daily texan staff molecular biology junior, is another performer in this year’s Texas Revue. A violinist of eight years, Tucker said he was invited to perform at the show after uploading a video of him performing a song on the popular campus meme page
Tucker says that despite popular belief, one doesn’t need to practice hours every day in order to maintain their skills of playing violin. In fact, Tucker says he plays an average of only one hour per week. “People think that playing
I’ve always really liked magic. When I was a kid, I would always watch that Disney movie ‘Fantasia,’ especially that scene where Mickey would put on the hat and make all the broomsticks dance. I would just watch that scene over and over.” Giancarlo Benini
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UT LONGmemes for HORNSy Teens. Contrary to his fellow performers, Tucker claimed audiences should expect his act to be fairly direct — he said he’s just going to play a song.
the violin is just like piano in that you have to practice two hours every day,” Tucker said. “With classes, I study less. I’m not a music major or anything, but I still like to get better.”
Hayes Reed, advertising and radio-television-film junior, also aspires to have a transformative effect on his audience by educating listeners on the potential of beatboxing. After discovering the beatboxing world at 15, he said he turned his repertoire of sounds into acts he’s performed around campus and at popular spots downtown. “I think it’s an underrated art form,” Reed said. “You can actually make full sounds with your mouth, and you can make music that people want to listen to.” Reed said there’s a misconception when it comes to beatboxing, that it’s not just a string of different sounds but something that is structured similarly to today’s music. “You have to have structure,” Reed said. “You need a bridge, chorus and end. At the end of the day, you make stuff that people want to listen to.”
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CraftHER Market creates space for female entrepreneurs, artists in Austin By Liliana Hall @lilihallllllll
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In a world where a woman makes 80.5 cents for every dollar a man makes, #bossbabesATX is providing a platform to sustain visibility for female creatives in Austin. CraftHER Market is a biannual pop-up space produced by #bossbabesATX, an event production agency and nonprofit collective, to curate the work of artists and makers who identify as female from all over the state of Texas. The event creates a space for women in the arts and other creative industries to unite and empower one another. This year’s CraftHER Market will be held April 15 at Fair Market on East Fifth Street, and work from over 100 different makers will be showcased. Many of the artists involved are excited for the opportunity this event provides for
hannah simon | the daily texan staff Kwanzaa Edwards helps fill in the mural she drew for #bossbabesATX’s event, “Yellow Hour,” on March 9th. #bossbabesATX will be hosting their biannual CraftHER market, a pop-up event featuring female-identifying artists from all over Texas, at Fair Market on April 15.
female entrepreneurs. Austinite and visual artist Codie Kyle is among the artists who will be featured at the market. Kyle, the artist behind CK Goods, said her artwork is almost always inspired by her
travels around the world. “I have a restless heart and find it hard to stay in one place for too long,” Kyle said. “My most recent body of work is a direct result of inspiration gained
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