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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
VOLUME 118, ISSUE 152
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Texas Political Union hosts last debate of the year on doctorassisted suicide. PAGE 2
Meek Mill’s probation case is representative of a broken justice system. PAGE 4
B. Jones discusses what it’s like to be bisexual and monogamous. PAGE 8
Down three, Hamilton’s walk-off grand slam lifts Texas over Texas State in instant classic. PAGE 6
CAMPUS
CAMPUS
SafeHorns launches social media campaign
Remembering
Harrison Brown
By Tehreem Shahab @turhem
During the memorial in honor of Harrison Brown on Tuesday, Harrison’s mother Lori Brown wore a hat reading #Report4Harrison, a hashtag part of a larger campaign launched by SafeHorns the same day. SafeHorns is a coalition of parents and community members promoting increased security on campus for the safety of UT students, staff and faculty. The #Report4Harrison campaign advises students to report anything on or around campus that might be harmful. The campaign was launched after SafeHorns posted a statement from Lori Brown on its Facebook page in which she encouraged students to get behind the campaign. Brown said after the stabbing occurred, Harrison had to ask someone to call 911. “Harrison was the one who went over to another student and said, ‘Call 911, I‘ve been stabbed,’” Brown said. “It’s just really hard to swallow that it hadn’t already happened and somebody had not dialed 911. Maybe if they had, I don’t know if it could have saved Harrison’s life, but possibly, maybe, it would have prevented the other three people from being stabbed.” Joell McNew, vice president of SafeHorns, said the campaign encourages members of the UT community to look out for each other and to be aware of the resources offered to them on campus. “The campaign is basically just the message that anyone could be Harrison,” McNew said. “Once you’re on campus, it’s so important just being a part of community that you recognize, respond and report.” McNew said #Report4Harrison will primarily be a social media campaign. McNew said the organization’s goal is to create a public service announcement with students over the summer to push the campaign’s message which must serve as a call to action for the UT community. “When we say we have to watch out for each other, it’s a call to action and not just a statement,” McNew said. David Carter, assistant vice
ashley ephraim | the daily texan staff Lori Brown leads a group of mourners to the stone that bears Harrison Brown’s name in front of Gregory Gym during the memorial event held in his honor Tuesday, May 1, 2018.
UT students, parents gather around Brown’s memorial tree By Tehreem Shahab @turhem
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hite flowers were passed among UT students and parents who wore T-shirts reading, “Horns Up for Harry,” as they gathered around Harrison Brown’s memorial tree Tuesday afternoon to honor his life. May 1 marks the day Harrison Brown, a UT freshman at the time, was fatally stabbed and three other UT students were injured. Harrison’s mother, Lori Brown, was present at the memorial, although she had previously said she would not be in attendance. “When I woke up this morning, I was not planning on being here,” Brown said. “And I talked with my older son, who is in a final right now in law school in San Antonio, and I asked him, ‘Should I be in Austin?’ and he said, ‘Yes, mom.’
And my sister-in-law was with me at the time, and we got in the car, and here we are — and I’m happy that I am here.” Chemistry junior Stuart Bayliss, one of the survivors of the stabbing, was also present at the memorial. Bayliss said he is recovering well from the injuries he sustained on his lower back and his hand. Around Bayliss’ wrist was an orange bracelet with Harrison’s name engraved on it. Bayliss said he made the bracelet three days after the incident. “It means more than anything because it’s basically me walking with Harrison everywhere I go,” Bayliss said. “Doing everything I do, trying to live the life he would have been living if this hadn’t happened.” The memorial was organized by Harrison’s family and friends as well as SafeHorns, an
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Brown’s former a capella group honors through song By Allyson Waller @allyson_renee7
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rendition of “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain was sung Tuesday night at the Tower by Sneha Kurada as she and many other Longhorns attended a vigil for the one-year anniversary of Harrison Brown’s death. “(Brown’s) passion of music is still speaking through us,” said Kurada, a natural sciences junior and president of the Ransom Notes, the a capella group Brown was a part of. “He has changed our lives for the better.” Members of the Ransom Notes honored Brown through the song he sang in a video circulated heavily online after his death. The event included friends of Brown and students who wanted to share their respects. Ena Huskic said she was near
the UTC when she saw the events of May 1 unfold, and said she still has a vivid memory of the tragedy. “A tragedy happened on campus, and I feel like our school should rally together to support his family and remember that day,” Huskic, a finance junior, said. Economics junior Arjun Das, who was close friends with Brown’s brother John, urged students at the vigil to support the SafeHorns campaign, #Report4Harrison, and to speak up if something is wrong. “We cannot keep dwelling on the past because the hard truth is, there’s nothing we can do to change what happened,” Das said. “We can only make sure that the memory of Harrison affects us in a way that makes us all better humans. We, as Longhorns, must do our best to keep each other safe because we are the ones who can truly stop something like this from happening again.”
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STUDENT GOVERNEMNT
UT System prepares for legislative session
Last meeting focuses on future initiatives
By Maria Mendez @mellow_maria
As Texas’ 86th legislative session approaches, the UT System emphasized the importance of state funding and the upcoming elections during Tuesday’s Board of Regents meeting. UT System university presidents and Barry McBee, the vice chancellor and chief governmental relations officer, outlined political priorities for the next legislative session, which begins in January 2019. McBee reviewed the state’s budget, which will determine how much state funding lawmakers allocate to UT and
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By Katelyn Balevic @katelynbalevic
juan figeroa | the daily texan file With Chancellor William McRaven leaving his office by the end of the month, the Board of Regents presented him with a certificate during its last in-person meeting Tuesday.
At its last meeting of the semester, Student Government prepared itself for the initiatives it hopes to tackle next year. The representatives of the 112th assembly, who have had five meetings thus far, heard words of encouragement as they brainstormed legislation for the fall. Madison Huerta, former speaker of the assembly, said representatives should make the best use of their time in SG by advocating for students. “In Student Government, a lot of people get caught up in whose name is on a resolution or who
gets their picture in The Daily Texan or who gets to go to the meeting with the highest administrator,” Huerta, a management senior, said. “At the end of the day, they are in those positions to serve students, and it doesn’t matter whose name is recognized or whose picture is seen.” Huerta said successful representatives have qualities such as empathy, awareness and conceptualization. “The best representatives are going to be the representatives that are focused on putting the needs of the student body first, being empathetic toward their fellow assembly members and
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