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UT System to help schools meet TEA standards By Maria Mendez @mellow_maria
To help increase student success in Texas, UT-Austin and four other UT System universities will collaborate with schools flagged as “Improvement Required” by the Texas Education Agency for the next three years. While students in Texas pre-K-12 schools are increasingly meeting the state’s education standards, 358 campuses still require improvements, according to the TEA’s 2017 accountability report. The work with pre-K-12 schools will be funded with an annual $100,000 per institution from the UT System’s Board of Regents, according to Nichole Prescott, UT System assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs. Prescott, who oversees the System’s kindergarten to college programs, said the goal of these partnerships is for colleges of education in the UT System to develop longterm solutions with these struggling schools. “The colleges of education are not going in just to fix the schools. It’s a true collaboration,” Prescott said. “They’re working with the schools to create solutions.”
This is a win-win situation for everyone involved. These experiences ... are going to spark academic research as well as provide great experiences for student teachers.” Nichole Prescott,
ut system assistant vice chancellor for academic initiatives
While colleges of education at UT-San Antonio, UT-Dallas, UT-Tyler and UT-Rio Grande Valley partner up with one or more improvement required schools in their area, the UT-Austin College of Education will act as a “knowledge management hub” and researchers will provide technical assistance with data and compile lessons on best practices, Prescott said. Through these few but close collaborations, Prescott said education colleges in the UT System will be able to help identify specific obstacles for student success in each school’s curriculum and provide training to the teachers at each school. “The reason we’re only working with (a few) schools is because it is a big commitment,” Prescott said. “It’s a lot of time and resources. So rather than providing a light touch with a
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Alumna Kimberly Baker:
‘Immerse yourself in the culture’ Through the National Association of Black Journalists and Black Alumni Network, Kimberly Baker advocates for African-American students’ voices.
all photos courtesy of kimberly baker, and reproduced with permission Kimberly Baker with her sorority sisters in Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black sorority. Baker spent her time on campus involved in many organizations, tackling issues important to her. Baker was one of the first members of UT’s National Association of Black Journalists.
Editor’s Note: This is The Daily Texan’s eighth installment of The 5% Project in collaboration with the UT-Austin chapter of National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). By Lacey Segars
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ike many journalism students, Kimberly Baker’s belief that “everybody has a story to tell” led her to reporting, but Baker’s perspective on the world set her apart from many of her colleagues. “As a journalist, you have to report the news … but as a black journalist or a journalist of color, you know, we had a different take on it,” said Baker, a 1988 graduate of UT. As a high school student, Baker wrote for her school’s newspaper and at her local community newspaper in Houston. Her passion for writing led her to pursue a journalism degree at UT, where Baker was part of UT’s first
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chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. Formed by Baker and other students, NABJ started as an informal group at UT and was advised by John Hanson, host and producer of the KUT radio series “In Black America.” That informal group then evolved into what is now NABJ. Although UTNABJ was not an officially recognized organization while she was a student, Baker said Hanson still remained very active in the lives of the students by taking them to national conventions and teaching them about the field. “(Hanson) thought it was really important to nurture us as young minority journalists,” Baker said.
Baker spent a lot of her time on campus involved in many organizations, such as the Communication Council and Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black sorority. After her graduation, Baker became a professional journalist and eventually became involved in public relations and marketing. She has remained active in the Black Alumni Network, a part of the Texas Exes that focuses on encouraging enrollment of Black students and faculty at UT, and is currently serving as their membership chair. “I think UT, as a first-rate institution, should represent the community that they serve … but also the nation, so there definitely should be more African-American students, and definitely more (African-American faculty,” Baker said. “We’re working with the Office of Admissions and the
Division of Diversity (and Community Engagement at the University) to help bring up those numbers.” In addition to recruiting and working directly with the University, Baker said the Black Alumni Network has three endowed scholarships that it offers to prospective students each year. Looking back at her time on campus as a student and alumna, Baker said her experiences at UT taught her how to turn negativity into learning opportunities. “UT is like life; you’re going to have some negativity,” Baker said. “But you, as a person, have to say, ‘I’m a member of the human race, so if this person doesn’t like me because of my color, I can’t change that person — I can only change how I react to them,’ so I take the opportunity to educate whenever I can.”
T O P: Kimberly Baker as an undergraduate student at UT, where she graduated in journalism and went on to pursue reporting, public relations and marketing. BOT T O M : Kimberly Baker today. Baker currently serves as the membership chair for the Black Alumni Network, which is a part of Texas Exes.
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Krew ride-hailing app aims to reinvent city-to-city travel By Minnah Zaheer @minnahzaheer
From dockless scooters to Lyft, campus is full of alternatives for short distance travel. But two UT freshmen want to change the way students travel long distances with a new app they’ve developed. Business freshman Kush Singh and electrical engineering freshman Tanuj Girish are the founders of the Krew Rideshare app, which offers users rides between cities in Texas for as little as $30. Since launching in March, the app has completed about one thousand rides between Austin and Houston, and the pair currently plans to add more cities. “Our whole model is that you can travel long-distance for the price of a bus ticket, but in a car,” Singh
said. “The bus experience is not just the cost of the ticket. It’s the cost to get to the station, it’s the cost of time (and) it’s the opportunity cost as well. With our app, you save a lot of time getting to and from the stations, and so it ends up being significantly cheaper than a bus.” Most of the app users are students, and the low price is a big draw for communications studies sophomore Keelan Apthorpe. Apthorpe currently uses Greyhound buses or Megabuses, which offer service between cities and have stations in Austin. “I just feel like $30 is worth it because that’s basically how much a Megabus ticket is,” Apthorpe said. “And I like the idea of a more private experience. Services such as Uber and Lyft are more personalized, so you’re not on a bus with a bunch of sweaty people.”
The service allows passengers to book a ride up to a few days in advance and get matched up with a driver, who must go through a background check before being able to give rides. “We try to utilize all the drivers that are going to a particular city anyways,” Girish said. “We also sometimes pool a bunch of riders that are going to a particular location, hire a custom driver and surge that price, and that’s how we’re able to achieve such a hyperaffordable price point.” Moving forward, Singh says Krew hopes to establish “Krew Stops,” which will function similarly to bus stations but will be in convenient locations, such as coffee shops and restaurants. “As soon as you arrive to that Krew Stop, you just click check-in, and we send a car your way,” Singh said.
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If you want to learn about your body’s immune system, you need to look at its control center — the lymph nodes. That’s where the various cells that comprise the immune system come together and communicate to devise a plan of action to fight whatever disease might be present in the body, said UT doctoral graduate Ben Wendel. Wendel was the first author of a paper published in Science Immunology this month that outlined the discovery of an irregularity in the follicular T cells (Tfh) of HIV patients. These cells are a subset of CD4 cells, which are the cells in the immune system that are depleted by HIV. HIV treatments usually try and keep the CD4 cell count high, Wendel said. The interesting thing is that in patients with HIV, the Tfh cell count is actually higher than it is in healthy individuals, according to Ning Jenny Jiang, the principal investigator of the lab Wendel worked in. Yet those cells don’t help the patient produce antibodies for some un-
known reason, and that became the question to solve. Jiang’s lab worked with Laura Su, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and her lab to try and see why this was. Jiang’s lab used molecular identifier cluster-based immune repertoire sequencing, or MIDCIRS, while Su’s lab used mass spectrometry to analyze the cells. Mass spectrometry allows researchers to determine tissue composition by the mass of the chemicals that make them up. Wendel was also the first author on the paper describing the development of MIDCIRS. The method uses molecular identifiers, small stretches of DNA, to tag each T cell’s RNA transcript. This helps researchers see where errors might have occurred during replication. “We first developed (MIDCIRS) on the antibody side, and then adjusted it so that it could be used for T cells, and then we used that in this paper to track the antigen dependence of the Tfh cell properties,” Wendel said. The Tfh cells provide the signals necessary for B cells — the cells in the immune system
responsible for creating antibodies — to mount an effective antibody response, Wendel said. This prevents HIV-infected individuals from responding well to vaccines. Vaccines work by initiating an antibody response and building the body’s memory to protect against that disease if the individual is exposed to it again, but HIV patients don’t respond as well to vaccines as healthy individuals do, Wendel said. “There’s more going on between HIV and the immune system, (and) the CD4 count doesn’t paint the whole picture,” Wendel said. What they found this time around was that these Tfh cells are functionally disabled, meaning that they aren’t able to help B cells generate effective neutralizing antibodies, Jiang said. “We essentially explored this new way that HIV can impact the immune system, and that could open up a new way to alleviate
those issues,” Wendel said. Current vaccines are focused on creating immunogens that induce neutralization antibodies but target just the B cells, but this new study suggests that Tfh cells also need to be taken into consideration when designing effective treatments, Jiang said. “We’re still building; there’s still more work to do,” Wendel said. The next logical step is to see whether it would
be possible to reverse this abnormality, Wendel said. If it is possible to reverse the abnormalities, then that would help recover the vaccine response for HIV-infected individuals. “This paper was just step zero, laying the foundation for any potential new, next-generation therapeutics for HIV,” Wendel said. “It’s uncharted territory.”
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lot of different schools, we’re really committing to turning around a struggling school.” UT-Austin’s College of Education will then amplify this work by making research insights available for school turnaround efforts across the state. Prescott said understanding student success data is key but can often be difficult for school administrators to maneuver. “Our faculty can really go in and disentangle some of the data pieces and work with the administration to … draw solutions from that data,” Prescott said. Prescott said students and teachers at the schools will benefit from the partnerships, but UT System researchers and student teachers will also gain insight from the work. “This is a win-win situation for everyone involved,” Prescott said. “These experiences … are going to spark academic research as well as provide great experiences
avery chahl| the daily texan staff Special guest Paul Tran performs at “Breakthrough the Narrative,” a slam poetry event hosted by the Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective. Other performers included UT students from the campus poetry group UT Spitshine.
‘Breakthrough the Narrative’ shines Poetry slam highlights Asian-, Pacific-American issues and experiences. By Meghan Nguyen @megnnguyen
Paul Tran, an acclaimed Vietnamese-American poet, faced their audience in the Student Activities Center auditorium with confidence Tuesday. In honor of the upcoming Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, students gathered for “Breakthrough the Narrative” to hear slam poets such as Tran explore themes of race, gender and migration. “I’ve lived in a colonizers’ land my whole life,” Tran said. “I’ve spoken your languages. I’ve called myself what you call me: a boy, a he/she, a monster.” Co-hosted by the Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective, the Center for Asian American Studies and UT Spitshine Poetry, “Breakthrough
the Narrative” began with a performance by Spitshine Poetry members Allison Villasana and Jasmine Bell. Psychology senior Bell performed a series of poems related to the Asian-American experience, focusing on the language barriers between her and older generations. “I asked my mother for her Chinese recipes, but I can never seem to read the instructions,” Bell said, reciting her poem onstage. “I’ve tried to make so many pastries with my tongue, but I keep messing up.” Tran, a queer and transgender poet, is a poet in residence at Urban Arts Alliance and performed after Bell. Tran is working on their first poetry collection, which examines intergenerational trauma, sexual violence and the U.S. empire after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Tran recounted the trauma and pain their mother suffered during the Vietnam War. “The communist regime locked my mother away for nine
for student teachers.” Prescott said the collaborations are in response to a call to action from Mike Morath, Texas commissioner of education, for more universities to help struggling schools in Texas. Currently, the University of North Texas and Texas A&M University-Kingsville are the only other universities to have enacted school turnaround collaborations under this call to action, Prescott said. “Through this work, I look forward to expanding these best practices to other colleges of education and (scaling) this initiative across our state,” Morath said in a press release. These partnerships are also a part of Chancellor William McRaven’s Texas Prospect Initiative, which seeks to better align pre-K-12 education with college readiness. “All students in Texas should have access to quality teachers and schools, and all schools should have access to the resources they need to effectively serve students,” McRaven said in a press release.
“My gender has always answered to men who make me the butt of their toxic masculinity, but I am not here to obey their binaries. I am not here to make you comfortable. I am here to own myself.” Paul Tran,
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years,” Tran said, while performing the poem. “She watched America kill everything she loved when it bombed her village with 388,000 tons of napalm. … This war you started is not over, America.” Tran’s next poem was about gender and the role toxic masculinity played in their life. “My gender has always answered to men who make me the butt of their toxic masculinity,” Tran said. “But I am not here to obey their binaries. I am not here to make you comfortable. I
am here to own myself. I am the sky, burning red and hot.” Tran’s work voices an underrepresented but growing narrative in the Asian- and Pacific Islander-American community, biology junior Ashley Luu said. “Gender is rarely talked about in Asian-American communities, and (Tran’s) work unpacks the problems with that,” Luu said. “It’s important to understand that a person who has experienced immigration will always experience gender differently than someone who hasn’t.”
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Austin hesitates to accept Amazon the city it chooses. But city officials and residents say the move will bring congestion and higher prices. “We have really severe traffic issues and really severe affordability issues,” Austin Mayor Steve Adler said last month in a Texas Tribune interview. Marketing lecturer Ben Bentzin said he agreed that the poll is an indication of the way many residents feel. “We’re feeling the growing pains, and a lot of people think to themselves, ‘I like Austin as it is, why would I (want) more people on top of each other here?’” Bentzin said. But the poll should not be seen as the final verdict on the entire community’s opinion, Bentzin said. He pointed out its potentially problematic online opt-in format, which could have attracted residents with stronger opinions than those of their neighbors. Bentzin said the move would be a big boon to University students. Computer engineering freshman Harrison Berrier said he has lived in Austin his whole life and would jump at the chance to stay in town if he could get a job at Amazon. “I think it’d be awesome,”
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A new poll from Elon University indicates that Austin residents may not be thrilled if Amazon decides to plant its second home base here. The poll, released earlier this month, found that two potential locations for Amazon’s second headquarters — Austin and Denver — had some of the lowest support rates and highest opposition rates to becoming home to “HQ2.” Of the cities surveyed, Austin had the second-highest opposition rate at 5 percent and the fourth-lowest support rate at 36 percent. The survey polled 357 Austin residents and showed that they are among those least likely to think they need the economic stimulus from HQ2, and that they were more unwilling to accept an addition of five minutes to their daily commutes because of increased traffic. Amazon released news of their public hunt for a second headquarters last year and is deliberating between 19 U.S. cities, including Austin. The company has promised to bring a potential $5 billion and 50,000 jobs to
Berrier said. “From what I’ve heard about Amazon, it’s a pretty impressive workplace. It would be really cool to be able to say you worked for them.” Sometimes, communities initially opposed to big corporations change their tune after they get used to it, Bentzin said. He predicts the same may be true if Amazon comes to Austin. “I think that if Amazon were to decide to come to Austin, they would find that, a year later, we would embrace them with open arms,” Bentzin said. “But right now, a lot of Austinites have this fear of the unknown, like, ‘What’s going to happen to MoPac or I-35 with 50,000 new Amazon employees?’” Ty Henderson, marketing administration associate professor, said Austin may also resent Amazon’s substantial influence. “It would be an economic boon, but it concentrates a lot of power in Amazon’s hands,” Henderson said. “Maybe people don’t want a company to dictate the future of a town.” Amazon has said the winning city will be announced by the end of 2018.
Amazon Out? "Overall, how much do you support or oppose Amazon moving its second headquarters to your region?" (Austin residents) Source: Elon University Poll on HQ2 Finalist Cities Strongly support
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A new poll shows that Austin residents have some of the lowest levels of support for Amazon HQ2 – with the fourth-lowest rates of support among the 16 regions in the poll and second-highest rates of opposition.
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Scooter riders should respect public space, accept regulations By Liam Verses @ liam_verses
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Transportation around UT is a little hectic. Bikes, skateboards, construction vehicles and pedestrians zip past one another on Speedway. New to this medley are LimeBike and Bird scooters, a great addition to Austin’s growing transportation options, especially in light of the city’s exploding population and congested roadways. But we need to work together to solve some of the problems around scooter parking and safety. You may not remember the exact day that dockless electric scooters invaded campus — Bird released scooters on April 5, followed by LimeBike on April 16 — but the invasion certainly seemed sudden. One day, “scooters” meant the childhood Razor scooters that karate-chopped your ankle. Now in the age of Silicon Valley and tech, new scooters are motorized and privatized. The going rates for dockless scooters are pretty cheap for students, especially if traveling over longer distances. Both Bird and LimeBike charge a dollar to start the scooter up and less than 20 cents per minute to continue riding. For college students, this rate is pretty fair. We can all appreciate a relatively cheap transportation option. For less than $3, students can make it from one end of Speedway to another, making it to their 2 o’clock lecture at 2:10. These scooters, coupled with bike rentals, are increasing mobility on UT’s massive campus and throughout the greater Austin area. But dockless transportation has its downsides. “Dockless or station-less mobility services are emerging transportation options that may sometimes be disruptive, particularly as they relate to operations within the public right of way,” according to a memo released by the Austin Transportation Department. The city of Austin also said it is spending resources impounding abandoned scooters for
safety violations on public property. In the past month, 55 of those impounded were Bird scooters. The scooters have been released back on the roads, but the financial burden of these violations should be on the companies themselves, not the city. The city’s planned dockless mobility permit program is currently being expedited. It addresses many of these concerns by limiting the maximum number of vehicles per license holder, directing or educating customers on parking, working to designate parking areas and providing violations for companies operating unsafely or incorrectly within city limits. Parking and Transportation Services sent an email about the scooters that reminded Longhorns to abide by campus rules, such as limiting riding to existing bike traffic areas, not riding on sidewalks (except to or from a bike rack) and using low speed around pedestrians. PTS followed those guidelines with its parking rules, which include limiting parking to near bike racks and not parking in front of ADA ramps, stairs, entrances, parking spaces, or pedestrian paths. Austin’s new regulations are reasonable, considering larger issues have arisen in cities such as Dallas and San Francisco, where the San Francisco city attorney has issued ceaseand-desist orders to several scooter companies over the creation of a “public nuisance” that threatens “public health and safety.” PTS is also well within its right to impose limitations on operation and parking on campus, because, as with dockless-anything, there comes the potential for a haphazard mess that not only impedes traffic but also leaves an eyesore for visitors to campus. Scooters are new, and they’re cool. But they also make a mess, block traffic and litter public and private spaces. In order to keep these scooters enjoyable, we must work together as a community to be respectful of space, safety and property. If we do, these scooters can be a great new addition to Austin’s transportation options. Verses is an environmental engineering and Plan II freshman from San Antonio.
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Austin needs more affordable housing outside of East Austin By Elizabeth Braaten @texanopinion
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Foundation Communities, a nonprofit organization, recently received $13.5 million from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to build an affordable housing complex, coined “The Jordan,” in the Mueller Community of northeast Austin. This complex, which will contain 132 units, is intended for families making 50 to 60 percent of what is considered the median family income. Fourteen of these units are set aside for families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Yes, building affordable housing developments in these areas will be more expensive, but it’s an investment we should be willing to make.” While this project should be celebrated as a potential avenue for low-income families and those at risk of homelessness to gain affordable access to shelter, we shouldn’t forget that access to affordable living goes beyond housing. The majority of mixed-income housing developments suitable for families are located in East Austin. This area already notoriously had less access to quality community resources such as public transportation, schools and parks that must be considered in discussions surrounding affordable housing. Ignoring this only furthers the cyclical nature of poverty. A large portion of the government-subsidized developments available for low-income families and those on the brink of homelessness are located in the most resource-deprived areas of the community. Many Austinites know that Austin is segregated, but few understand that city policies such as this one are a large part of what perpetuates this historical atrocity by placing low-income families in low-resource areas. Austin policymakers must expand affordable housing options throughout the city, not just in East Austin.
Heather Way, clinical law professor and director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, expressed deep concern on this issue. “In the city, historically, affordable housing programs were heavily concentrated in lower opportunity areas and areas with high concentrations of poverty,” Way said. “We know from many studies that where you live has a huge impact on the access to opportunities and your life outcome.” Individuals and families fall victim to poverty as a consequence of the poor situations they live in. A lack of access to good opportunities hinders a community’s well-being, so when resources are insufficient, quality of life goes down. East Austin does not have access to the same resources enjoyed by Central and West Austin, where rent is higher. East Austin is known for less access to bus routes, which prevents people who can’t afford a car from having a reliable method of transportation. Furthermore, this region is home to many of what are considered the most underperforming schools in Texas. These may seem like small considerations, but I’ve seen firsthand how strongly they impact families. While working at a nonprofit dedicated to helping low-income East Austin residents secure housing last semester, I struggled in explaining to clients new to Austin how to navigate the poor public transportation system within East Austin. A transit system that requires residents to get on three different buses just to get two miles across the city from East to West Austin is neither efficient nor accessible, and it exacerbates the very problems that affordable housing is supposed to alleviate. Although poor resource accessibility cannot be fixed overnight, city officials can best effect change by approving and promoting more affordable housing projects in areas of Austin with better access to quality resources. Resources such as the new Austin Central Library and Zilker Park are fantastic, but only if all members of the community have access to them. Yes, building affordable housing developments in these areas will be more expensive, but it’s an investment we should be willing to make. If Austin residents truly care about the city’s housing problem, they must pressure policymakers to approve affordable developments in all areas, not just on the east side. Braaten is an international relations and global studies junior from Conroe.
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Students can reduce food waste at buffet-style dining halls By Adriana Lara @adrilandd
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UT is aiming to becoming a Zero Waste Campus by 2020, and students are a fundamental key for this program to succeed. University Housing and Dining, along with Resource Recovery, Surplus Property and Texas Athletics, is working toward achieving this goal. Students can reduce their carbon footprint by reducing, reusing and recycling. Although recycling and composting seems difficult, there is something anyone can do before disposing any trash. That is reducing food waste — food that is thrown away, uneaten. Dining halls contribute to food waste on campus, especially J2 and Kinsolving. Since they have all you can eat buffets, many students and staff take advantage of them, as they oftentimes are cheaper than JCL and Cypress Bend. And in these spaces, students often discard excess food they could not finish. But there is still an opportunity to turn these
diane sun | the daily texan staff dining halls into sustainable spaces. Doing this is fairly easy. You just have to eat everything you are served. If you can’t finish your food, try to take it home and eat
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it later. However, if you notice that this is a recurring problem, be mindful of how much you can actually eat, and serve yourself less food.
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Unfortunately, food waste is a big problem, not only at UT but all over the country. To put this in perspective, we waste around 40 percent of all edible food, or about 20 pounds of food per person each month. Neil Kaufman, sustainability coordinator for UHD, talks about the programs the department uses to practice sustainability. After the dining halls close, any food that is not served is donated to a soup kitchen that repurposes it to feed people experiencing homelessness and other people in need. They have been doing this for 10 years. The program can’t stop students from serving themselves more food, but UHD encourages students to serve themselves only what they’re going to eat. The team does studies to see how much food is being wasted and found that, “last fall, there was about 17,000 pounds of edible food being wasted — and this is only at J2.“ If you go to one of those all-you-caneat buffets, make sure you can actually eat it before you put it on your plate. Lara is an arts and entertainment technologies sophomore from Mexico City.
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Q&A
Dead Sullivan frontman talks new EP, music By Ruben Paquian @ rubenpaq
elias huerta | the daily texan staff The crispy rice bowl is one of many items from the soups and salads menu at Hank’s restaurant. It contains brown rice, cilantro, ginger, hot suace, celery and mint with the option to add cripsy sausage.
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continues from page 8 food to be something you remember and crave. The entire interior was decorated by local Austin artisans, and Katz said they built the restaurant with friends and family. When choosing the location, the owners said they wanted a place that was Austin without being downtown. Means said Hank’s location is the center of the neighborhood, and they hope to become such a landmark that Windsor village becomes known as the Hank’s neighborhood. The owners said an important part of the restaurant, to them, is being affordable. They wanted a place where people could come eat a meal, get a drink and feel like they’re
not scraping by. The restaurant even provides a place for UT students. Biology junior Kelsey Simpson visited Hank’s and said the food is affordable and delicious. “I think Hank’s will give UT students an affordable, chic place to hang out and eat,” Simpson said. Hank’s is currently in its soft opening period, but that hasn’t stopped the masses from flocking to the restaurant. Means said the restaurant has been full every night and that it has necessitated that their staff learn very quickly. “It’s made us grow up very fast,” Means said. “We’ve been in restaurants for a long time — I’ve done big things and I’ve done small things — and this is a beast.”
Boone Patrello, better known as the frontman of Dead Sullivan, a Denton-based lo-fi rock band, has been playing shows in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for about a year and a half. Speaking with The Daily Texan, Patrello revealed his humble beginnings and teased Dead Sullivan’s upcoming EP as a preview for this year’s Levitation festival.
The Daily Texan:
You’re still pretty fresh when it comes to being a performer. Tell me how you started making music.
Boone Patrello:
My friends started showing me some music, some more, like, lo-fi stuff, and I didn’t realize you (could) record at home. I started recording stuff on my mom’s iPad on GarageBand, and I think eventually I just bought a little interface. I mean, I’ve put up some stuff, and then I took it down because I didn’t like it that much. Then I recorded an EP (Reason) which is the first one (on Spotify). I think I put that out November, two and a half years ago.
DT:
Could you tell more about how process works?
me your
BP:
I guess, starting off, I was always a little OCD about it. I would try and write something on the acoustic guitar from just messing around and then maybe add some vocals and then do some drums and then bass and then lead guitar, something like that. I have some new stuff I’m working on. (For this project), I live next to a pretty old dude who doesn’t like a lot of noise, so I sort of had to have a different approach. I found an old Casio in my parents attic, and I started using that a little more because it’s quieter. It’s kind of good to not
courtesy of boone paterello, and reproduced with permission Boone Patrello, of the Texas-based indie project Dead Sullivan, talks Levitation fest, his new EP and his musical beginnings. be OCD about it, I guess.
from your other releases?
on the lineup for Levitation?
DT:
I guess it does sound a little bit different. Like I was saying before, I couldn’t drum as much when I was recording this time around. I tried to experiment a little bit more. The last thing I put out was really straightforward, which, I mean, is always really fun, and I feel like it’s the easiest way to write — which is just a really straightforward instrumentation of just drums and guitar and bass and vocals. It’s always really fun to record that way, but with this thing, I’ve been working on putting out, I think I tried to get more creative with the writing process. Hopefully, it sounds that way.
Yeah man, it’s cool. It’s exciting and cool, but I don’t know, I’m just always trying to put in work on stuff, so it’s like I’m not like, “Oh this is it.” I don’t really know how to digest it, really, other than thinking it’s really cool and feeling really lucky.
BP:
Could you tell me more about your new stuff? When are you planning on releasing it?
BP:
I actually might be putting out a single (this week). I have to put out the full album sometime this summer, maybe June. As far as inspirations, I guess I’ve been listening to Ariel M a lot, and I’ve been listening to Sparklehorse a lot. I usually stay in the stuff within the similar vein of lo-fi; I just like music that also has a solo aspect where somebody is doing everything themselves. I get into it a little bit more.
DT:
How different will (your upcoming EP) Season be
DT:
So how does it feel being
BP:
DT:
Do you have any idea of where you want to end up or how far you want to go with this project?
BP:
I guess I never really thought about it as a means to an end, but it would be super cool to be able to provide for myself based on doing something creative. That would be ideal, just to provide for yourself by doing what you love to do. That sounds good to me.
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courtesy of marvel studios, and reproduced with permission The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy team up against Thanos, their greatest foe yet, in “Avengers: Infinity War.”
Marvel movies to watch before ‘Infinity War’ By Charles Liu
@ charlieindahaus
This Friday, the end begins. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest event yet, “Avengers: Infinity War” is the culmination of a 10-year journey. This might make it a confusing watch for those who’ve never seen an MCU picture, but if you’re hellbent on taking someone uninitiated to see “Infinity War” or just looking for a quick refresher yourself, here’s a brief list of movies that will help bring anyone up to speed.
“Iron Man”
The superhero movie landscape was different before the MCU. If you were a fan of Ant-Man, Doctor Strange or Vision, you probably lamented that Hollywood would never cash in on these lesser-known characters. Then, a controversial movie star with a troubled past and a comedy director teamed up to bring a B-list superhero into the limelight. Released in 2008, “Iron Man” marks the beginning of the MCU, and it unexpectedly succeeded, not because its titular character was a
star, but because Robert Downey Jr.’s enthralling performance made him one. It helps that director Jon Favreau nailed a tone that future MCU films would follow, balancing seriousness with comedy as the picture tracked Tony Stark’s redemption from arms dealer to savior. Largely devoid of hints of the larger universe audiences were about to plunge into, “Iron Man” focused on creating a protagonist worth investing in. Today, the flawed but noble Stark is the MCU’s central character, making his origin story a necessary watch.
“The Avengers”
“The Avengers” was an unprecedented achievement for its time. Featuring the first-ever team up of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk, “The Avengers” is bombastic and thrilling action spectacle at its finest. With Joss Whedon’s direction and dialogue, each of Marvel’s mightiest heroes shines in what could have been a disaster of a movie. The Avengers experience some growing pains while trying to work together as
a team, but this only makes it all the more satisfying when they finally rally together to defend New York City against an invading alien army. Although “Infinity War” baddie Thanos makes a brief appearance at the end of “The Avengers,” his machinations drive the destructive conflicts of the film. Witness what Thanos can do when he’s not leading the charge, and then imagine what he can when he’s willing to get down and dirty himself.
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
Marvel goes out of this world with “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which somehow made audiences fall in love with a talking racoon and a sentient tree. As a fun and giddy stylistic mashup of “Star Wars” and “The Avengers,” “Guardians” takes Marvel’s weirdest elements and sells them, thanks to a fantastic ensemble cast featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel. While the central heroes start the film as criminals, they are each lovable in their own right, and the development of their friendships is organic and hilarious.
“Guardians” is one of Marvel’s most unique outings, but it’s also an essential introduction to the coveted Infinity Stones. When combined, these artifacts can spell doom for the universe — and that makes them the object of Thanos’ desire.
“Captain America: Civil War”
In “Captain America: Civil War,” friends become foes. When the United Nations calls for increased regulation of superheroes, Captain America and Iron Man find themselves on opposite sides of the issue. This conflict is only compounded when Captain America’s friend, Bucky Barnes, is framed for killing Black Panther’s father. The Avengers battle each other over the fate of superheroes and ultimately tear themselves apart. “Civil War” sets the stage for “Infinity War” by leaving the Earth more vulnerable than before. Understanding the unresolved drama between Iron Man and Captain America’s respective factions will make their upcoming campaign against Thanos all the more suspenseful, because the Avengers’ relationships are on thin ice.
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SPORTS EDITOR @TEXANSPORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018
BASEBALL
Longhorns strong offense downs Coogs Texas’ strong third and fourth innings overwhelm Houston. By Travis Hlavinka @travhlav
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n a beautiful April night, the conditions were ripe for a competitive night of baseball between two talented Texas teams. But when Texas hosted Houston on Tuesday night, the game turned sloppy in a hurry. Texas beat Houston, 9-4, at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The score, however, did not tell the full story of the game. The two teams combined for a total of 10 pitchers, 10 walks, five hit batsmen and just 11 hits over the course of the night. Texas head coach David Pierce acknowledged his team’s underwhelming performance, but had a gratifying attitude about the victory. “Never had a bad win,” Pierce said. “It was ugly, but we’ll take it. We’ll move on and learn from it. We were just fortunate to win the game.” The game, which began worse than it ended, started off on a sour note. Redshirt freshman starting pitcher Tristan Stevens, in his second start of the season, was pulled after recording only one out. After struggling with control and loading the bases, he was pulled
katie bauer | the daily texan staff Junior infielder Masen Hibbeler swings at the plate during Texas’ 9-4 win over the Houston Cougars in Austin on Tuesday night. Hibbeler finished the game with one run and one RBI in the Longhorns’ stellar offensive performance. in favor of freshman reliever Bryce Elder. “The thing that concerned me (about Stevens) was not that he struggled early, but (that) I didn’t see the pitches we’ve been seeing,” Pierce said. “His breaking ball was really big, and he throws a tight slider. His change-up
is always down, and his fastball has more life. So I just felt like, at that point, it’s a start that says ‘disaster.’ And so we had to make a move right away.” Elder limited the scoring, only allowing one run on the inning. He threw two more innings and allowed another
earned run. His role in controlling the damage was vital for Texas, which maintained a close lead in the early part of the ballgame. “I thought Bryce did a good job of settling it down,” Pierce said. “He kind of controlled it and avoided the big inning. And that’s what we needed
right there.” Elder was then pulled in favor of true freshman Nico O’Donnell, who at one time, was the unquestioned Tuesday starting pitcher. O’Donnell has been through his fair share of struggles, but seemed to get back into his rhythm Tuesday night as he recorded more
innings (3.2, 1 ER) than any other member of the staff. Pierce acknowledged his young pitcher’s recent struggles and said that he’s trying to get them to believe in themselves more. “Right now, we’re just going through some young guys going through some confidence issues, and continuing to get better,” Pierce said. “We’re trying to get them to pick up their rhythm, trying to pick up their arm speed. We’re trying to get them to trust, trust, trust their stuff in the strike zone.” One of the more unusual occurrences from the game was not that Texas only recorded four hits as a team, but that all of the hits came from only two players. The Longhorns’ No. 7 and No. 8 batters, sophomore outfielder Duke Ellis and junior catcher DJ Petrinsky, each recorded a pair of hits Tuesday night and were the only players to make it to base on something other than a fielder’s choice, walk or being hit by a pitch. “I think we had great discipline,” Petrinsky said. “Not a lot of strikes. We didn’t pitch at some of the pitches they wanted us to swing at. It was pretty good.” Texas (29–15, 11–4 Big 12) will return to Big 12 play this weekend when it faces West Virginia in Morgantown at Monongalia County Ballpark. First pitch for Friday’s game is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
MEN’S GOLF
SOFTBALL
Texas vows to improve during midweek matchup
Ghim tied for first entering final round at Big 12 Championship
anthony mireles | the daily texan file Sophomore catcher Taylor Ellsworth steps up to the plate during a game at McCombs Field. Ellsworth has registered four home runs and 28 hits this year for the Longhorns, who have won eight of their last 12.
By Will Layton @willsdebeast
Timing is everything. The right time, the right place and the right people can equal success. The Longhorn softball team appears to be hitting its stride at the right time. Texas (27–18, 10–3 Big 12) has series against No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 19 Baylor to close out the season. These series present a vital opportunity to prove that the Longhorns belong in the NCAA Tournament. But first, the team has a midweek nonconference matchup against Texas Southern on Wednesday night at McCombs Field. “We can’t take teams lightly just because they’re not in conference,” senior pitcher Paige von Sprecken said. “We need to make sure we’re playing Texas softball and not playing to levels of our opponent, especially if we want to win a Big 12 championship.” Texas got off to a very slow start to the season. Through the first seven games, the Longhorns only scored more than three runs on one occasion, limping to a 3–4 record.
“There (are) ups and downs through a season, but we have to stay positive with this young group,” Texas head coach Connie Clark said. “We’ve got some things to continue to learn and (can) continue to
Longhorns also swept Samford in a nonconference series. Although they lost a home series to No. 24 Oklahoma State, the Longhorns were still able to snag a win over the Cowgirls.
“You’re seeing some lights come on in terms of what we want to see come out in a championship-minded club. With some tough competition coming in, our confidence is right where it needs to be.” Connie Clark, texas head coach
grow in some areas.” But the start of Big 12 play triggered a turnaround for the team. Texas swept its first three series over Big 12 foes. In addition, the
“We’ve thought we’re one of the best Big 12 teams from the start,” sophomore catcher Taylor Ellsworth said. “We had a tough schedule in the beginning, and that just
prepared us more for the Big 12, and we’re ready to take on any team that comes out here.” While Wednesday night’s game against the small-conference Texas Southern Tigers is not as flashy as the Red River Rivalry, it is still important for the Longhorns to give this game its due. It’s a chance to sharpen fundamentals before trying to make some noise in the postseason. “You can’t make any game too big of a game,” sophomore infielder Kaitlyn Slack said. “You have to make sure you have the little things going and perform like you know how to.” The Longhorns are in a strong position to end the season in style, riding solid play as of late, thanks to a stifling pitching staff. In order to bring home a Big 12 title, the Longhorns will have to maintain their momentum. “You’re seeing some lights come on in terms of what we want to see come out in a championship-minded club,” Clark said. “With some tough competition coming in, our confidence is right where it needs to be.”
stephanie martinez-arndt | the daily texan file Senior Doug Ghim reads the green prior to a putt. Ghim, a star at the 2018 Masters, is tied for first heading into the final round of play.
By Dawson Hinkley @dawsonhinkley
Texas started off strong on day one of the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, taking the early lead after the first round with a team score of 289. But the Longhorns’ second round of the first day was not as productive, knocking them back to fourth place with a score of 288. Texas faced a daunting task after sitting eight strokes back heading into the third round on Tuesday. To make a push to claim its sixth straight title, Texas had some work to do. In the third round, three different Longhorns shot even par or better, making for a solid outing and a much-needed improvement on their first two rounds. As a team, Texas finished with a score of 281 in the third round. The Longhorns sit at 18-over par in a tie with Oklahoma State for third place going into the final day of play. “I thought the guys played really well today,” Texas head coach John Fields said. “A 281 on this golf course was a solid round for sure.” As usual, the standout of the round for Texas was star senior
Doug Ghim. Ghim followed up rounds of 71 and 69 with a thirdround 70 to stay at even par for the tournament. That put Ghim in a tie for first with Oklahoma State’s Grant Hirschman going into the final round. Senior Scottie Scheffler also finished his third round with a solid performance. Scheffler shot a 1-under par 69 for the Longhorns’ best round of the day. That put Scheffler at 5-over par for the tournament and in a tie for 11th going into the final round. Although Texas improved in its third round, the Longhorns still have a lot of ground to make up to catch the leader, Oklahoma, who sits at 12-over par for the tournament. With how the other competitors are playing in the tournament, the Longhorns will need to put up a much lower score than their third-round 281 to mount a comeback. “Our goal was to have a chance with nine holes to play,” Fields said. “This is a great field, with great coaches and great players. So we don’t take it lightly, and we know we are going to be challenged tomorrow by the weather and the course.” Texas tees off in the fourth and final round with Oklahoma State at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.
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LIFE&ARTS EDITORS @THEDAILYTEXAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL25, 2018
COLUMN
Diversify your college experience Students shouldn’t use campus groups to define their entire identity. By Anna-Kay Reeves @annakay_reeves
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he college experience means something different to everyone, but across the board, it’s usually defined by good times with good people. Student organizations are a great way to facilitate these kinds of connections, but for many students, there’s a fine line between connection and dependency. Finding a niche to fit into is often high on the to-do list for people who find themselves at a large university such as UT, which is completely natural, according to social work professor Cynthia Franklin. “Social support, connections and belonging are essential to (the physical) and mental health of college students,” Franklin said. “In
fact, students that belong to groups and have friends and social support (networks) have better mental health (and) health outcomes and may find better adjustment in college.” According to Franklin, the culture within these groups is what defines them as either helpful or harmful to a student’s overall well-being. Franklin said groups that exert intense social pressure on members may negatively impact mental health, and organizations that take it a step further, with competitive culture around behavior such as drinking and drugs, are toxic, or particularly detrimental to a student’s well-being. “Toxic relations may create situations where students are rejected, bullied or experience social pressures that will negatively impact their college adjustment,” Franklin said. Plan II freshman Mark Scoros has seen the effects of students leaning on one
group too heavily for a sense of identity. “I try to be involved in multiple groups on campus, but I have some acquaintances within those groups who have let one activity or association substitute for their personality,” Scoros said. “One friend of mine can’t go longer than 30 seconds without talking about wrestling.” Scoros said this dedication to one organization makes connecting with those not in the group extremely difficult, as those people can be seen as outsiders. Although people can socially function this way, there’s a limited amount by which they can grow and learn from others if they are surrounded only by those like themselves. One example that has a particularly bad rap for being socially consuming is Greek life. For public relations freshman Alex Phillips, there is a reason for the stereotype, but it doesn’t apply to everyone — sorority and fraternity
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members can strike a balance between involvement with Greek life and other groups. “I’ve witnessed people around me using their Greek involvement as their defining characteristic,” Phillips said. “Part of that, especially for new students, is a question of comfort. When you’re in a new place and you don’t have the comfort of old friends, I
think people crave that sense of belonging that being all-in on one group can give.” Phillips’ idea of how best to connect with others mirrors the advice of Franklin. Phillips said that, in her opinion, using one group as a crutch for your identity is something that will be looked back on with regret. Particularly in a city like Austin and
at a school like UT, Phillips said there are wide varieties of ways to connect, which shouldn’t be neglected for the sake of committing wholly to one social sphere. “It’s easy to find yourself sticking close to the group you first connect with,” Phillips said, “But I think it’s imperative for students to find different types of groups and different types of friends.”
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SNAPSHOT
elias huerta | the daily texan staff Pastry chef Michael Gondek loads a fresh pan of hamburger buns to be baked for dishes such as the Classic Cheeseburger on Friday at Hank’s.
elizabeth garabedian | the daily texan staff Biology junior Jordan Villarreal has designed many of the Snapchat filters for the UT campus, including ones for Gregory gym, the Blanton Museum of Art and Welch Hall.
Austin restaurateurs bring French flavor to classic American cuisine
Creator of popular on-campus Snapchat geofilters steps forward
By Noelle Henry @noellee_h
Andy Means and Jessie Katz are changing the restaurant game by giving out five-star food that’ll fulfill your cravings in a casual setting with bargain prices. Their new restaurant, Hank’s, is opening in Windsor Park, and they’re serving up American cuisine with a French twist. Means was traditionally trained in French cooking, as evident in his former restaurant Henri’s, which was a quaint French cheese shop. With Hank’s, Means decided to take a different route by making more bar and grill food. Nevertheless, Means’ French background is still evident in the restaurant’s freshly baked
baguettes and mouth-watering cheese selection. The couple made the new restaurant their own, working with the same architect who designed their home to design the building. They also created a menu based off of their past experiences and travels. Katz and Means created the restaurant with the vision of making it “the place to be” and the heart of the neighborhood. Katz said she and Means wanted the restaurant to be accessible for large groups, so people could easily bring their friends and family. “We wanted it to feel kind of like your own vacation,” Katz said. “We want it to take you to a different place.” The couple said they had been looking for a space where they could expand into a bigger
bar and grill restaurant, as they wanted to transition from the small French cheese shop niche. However, they still hold true to Means’ French culinary skills, offering an abundance of baguettes, bread and cheese. Means said that he holds his restaurant true to the standard of making everything in-house because he particularly enjoys eating at locations where the chefs have complete control over the meal. “We wrote all the menus, and that’s something that we collaborated on,” Means said. “(The food is) from our travels and what we love, and we brought it to Austin and made it fit what Austin’s about.” Means said they wanted to make sure their food connected to the city, and they want their
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By Collyn Burke @_collyn_
If you’ve ever opened Snapchat on UT’s campus, you’ve probably shared one of Jordan Villarreal’s geofilter designs with your friends hundreds of times, but unless you know Jordan, you’d never know that. As a senior in high school, Jordan Villarreal stumbled upon the up-and-coming world of Snapchat filter design. Now a biology junior, Villarreal estimates he’s designed around 25 Snapchat geofilters, including a majority of the filters for the UT campus. “I just kind of did one here and there over the course of two to three years,”
Villarreal said. “And now its just kind of amassed into this collection of mine.” Although Villarreal was never formally trained in graphic design, creating the filters became an exercise in his artistic abilities throughout the years. “My first one was pretty basic — just fonts (and) basic shapes,” Villarreal said. “As I started getting more comfortable with it, I would start basing them off references and real life, and eventually it got to the point where I would just free-hand stuff.” According to Villarreal, Snapchat doesn’t compensate him for his designs or publicly credit him for his art. “I realized a lot of people
use these, and Snapchat doesn’t really credit the artist,” Villarreal said. “When I did (the Twitter thread), it just went to show that everybody knew about the filters collectively, but they didn’t know that one person designed them.” While Villarreal doesn’t currently know of anyone else who creates filters, he encourages others to join the competition, to both keep him on his toes and to increase the overall quality. “I think it would be cool to have a small community of designers,” Villarreal said. “It’s always been an obscure process. Not a lot of people know about it, but I encourage people who think they can do it to try their hand at it.”
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