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All eyes on Criner trial’s new evidence
Prosecution adjusts its focus to linking eyeglasses found at scene to Criner. By Megan Menchaca @MEGANMENCHACA13
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urors have heard testimony from more than 25 witnesses in the first week of the trial of Meechaiel Criner, who was indicted on capital murder charges in connection with the death of dance freshman Haruka Weiser. Witnesses have included UT employees and members of the Austin Police and Austin Fire Departments, who have described the crime scene and their encounters with Criner. On Monday, attorneys focused on a single pair of eyeglasses found at the crime scene. Members of APD previously testified that they found a pair of black eyeglasses at the scene near Weiser’s body. Prosecutors said these eyeglasses belonged to Criner, while defense attorneys argued there wasn’t enough evidence to tie Criner to
the glasses. John Deapen, an optometrist with Budget Optical in Killeen, testified Monday that he gave an eye examination to Criner in November 2015 during Criner’s time in foster care. Deapen said he recognized the prescription he wrote for Criner as the same prescription in the glasses found at the crime scene. Various UT employees testified Thursday that they saw Criner in a storage room at Belmont Hall on March 30, 2016, with a hammer and nylon straps similar to those found by investigators at the scene of Weiser’s death. “I read an article online (about Meechaiel Criner’s arrest) and was sure that I (had seen) the individual earlier (that) week (in the storage room),” said Merrick MyCue, assistant athletics director of special events and capital projects for Texas Athletics. Members of AFD and APD testified Friday that they found Criner setting a small warming fire inside an abandoned building at 2911 Medical Arts St. on April 4, 2016. On April 7, 2016, an APD
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Meechaiel Criner is on trial for capital murder charges in connection to the death of dance freshman Haruka Weiser. The trial is set to end on Friday, July 20.
detective searched the same building and found an orange bandana and a motorcycle jacket similar to those worn by the suspect in surveillance video. The footage, taken the night of Weiser’s death, shows the suspect walking toward Waller Creek in the same direction as another individual, who prosecutors said was Weiser. “I could feel from my toes to the top in my head that I knew that the person in the video was the person we had encountered in Medical Arts,” said Aaron Wernsman, an AFD fire specialist. The trial will continue until July 20, when the jury is expected to deliver a verdict. If Criner is convicted of capital murder, he faces a life sentence with the possibility of parole in 40 years.
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he living room of Scott Wilson’s North Austin home is completely packed with signed Longhorn memorabilia, game keepsakes and, according to him, a lifetime’s worth of memories. The 66-year-old retired lawyer has been to the last 1,175 Longhorn baseball games and has only missed three games since 1981. “I was like 26 years old when I started going to every game,” Wilson said. “I really liked it, and at some point a few years ago, I more or less became part of it, because I was there to cheerlead, I was there to lead the singing … I know all the players and they know me.” Wilson keeps up with other UT sports as well. He has attended the last 498 consecutive football games — starting his streak during the 1977 season — and he regularly attends other events, such as swim meets, golf tournaments and tennis matches. “I go to every UT sporting event I can,” Wilson said. “There’s some times I’ve been to as many as five or six in one day.” Wilson attended UT for accounting and graduated in 1972. While he was at UT, Wilson became part of the Wild Bunch, a group of Longhorn baseball fans he refers to as “hecklers,” who sat over the top of the opposing team’s dugout, yelled jokes down to the field and played some elaborate pranks. One of the greatest pranks they ever pulled off, Wilson said, was during a baseball game against Oklahoma in 1976. Throughout the game, the
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style, driving a 1975 burnt orange Cadillac with horns sticking off the hood. Bishop said he recalls a time in 2009 when the team arrived at a strictly bus and team vehicle lot, only to find that Wilson, in his signature Cadillac, had somehow gotten inside to greet the players. “He waits for us whenever we show up on the bus, he greets the team and acknowledges everybody that gets off,” Bishop said. “We’re always happy to have him there.” Longhorn pitcher Beau Ridgeway said he can always expect Wilson to be waiting outside the bus to give the players a handshake and wish them good luck. “All of us baseball guys just call him ‘Wilson,’” said Ridgeway, a corporate communication senior. “He always stands out for having our back, no matter what the score or the situation, so we all really appreciate him.” While Wilson said there are too many items in his collection to pick a favorite, a framed text message from legendary late UT baseball coach Augie Garrido, who led the Longhorns to two national championships, is one of the most meaningful to him. In the text, Garrido said “Scott You are a new definition of the word loyal. Thank you for who you are and your lifelong commitment to Longhorn baseball.” Wilson said he has no plan to break his baseball streak or to stop going to other UT sporting events. After all, he’s got a title to defend. “I’ve probably been to more (UT games) than anybody, ever,” Wilson said. “And I’m not an athlete at all, but I’m competitive enough where I ain’t gonna let anybody catch me either.”
and a sign that reads ‘Go hogs, Beat the Irish.’ According to Wilson, and he decided that it had to come down. mes to him. In 1958, his father bought him a football pennant when ang among his sports memorabilia today. the late UT baseball coach Augie Garrido. The text thanks Wilson for and an assortment of burnt orange pillows decorate his bed. The jOsHua GuEnTHER
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MOVIE REVIEW | ‘EIGHTH GRADE’
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Film is authentic look at growing up for adults and adolescents alike. By James Preston Poole @JAMESPPOOLE
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iddle school is an uncomfortable time, and now we get it to relive it. A24’s new film “Eighth Grade” aims to accurately recreate the pains of adolescence. The feature film writing/ directing debut of comedian Bo Burnham strives to make audiences not only laugh but feel empathy for those struggling through a hellish time in their life, and it succeeds. “Eighth Grade” is a special movie. Its charm starts with its lead character: Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher). Kayla is in her final week of middle school, making motivational YouTube videos in her spare time. As she tries to put herself out there and make friends, she can’t help but feel weighed down by her anxiety. Fisher is a revelation. Whether it be her passive-aggressive interactions with her loving father (Josh Hamilton), internal fear at a pool party or strained attempts at interaction, everything about her performance feels authentic. There’s a recognizable nature to Kayla that’s never quite been seen on screen before, to the point where there are moments where the film could be mistaken for a documentary. The film refuses to caricaturize or talk down to its preteen characters. Nor is this merely a recreation of the middle school
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copyright josh ethan johnson, and reproduced with permission Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” makes viewers relive the classic horrors and anxieties faced during their middle school years, while exploring how social media and the internet can make the awkward time worse.
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Cine Chicas produce Latinx documentary with virtual reality By Savannah J Salazar @SAVANNAHJAI
When you think of summer camp, you may envision playing games, doing arts and crafts or going for a swim, but one group has been doing something a bit more virtual. Earlier this summer, a group of four grade school girls, dubbed the VR Cine Chicas Cohort, premiered
their virtual reality documentary, “Latinx Culture in East Austin,” as part of the Latinx/Indigenous-focused Cine Las Americas film festival. Led by Latinitas, a local nonprofit with a focus on media and technology, the girls were tasked with editing, directing and shooting the documentary using 360-degree cameras to fully immerse their viewers in places around East Austin. Sylvia Butanda, Latinitas program director, said the nonprofit strives
to teach young girls various forms of media storytelling. She explained that virtual reality was a path they have wanted to build off of for a while, but it wasn’t until they received a community grant from the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit focused on digital media, that they were able to move forward. With “Latinx Culture in East Austin,” it was key for the girls to focus on gentrification and highlight the rich Latinx culture in East Austin by having viewers experience it in a new way.
“The goal was to bring the theme of East Austin, and to elevate it to a new level where people that saw this piece would hopefully feel like they were in the piñata store or in Cisco’s restaurant,” Butanda said. “We’re able to piece together more on what (gentrification) means for people.” Local video and VR production company Originator Studios has been working with Latinitas for about a year now, and hosted the documentary’s premiere. Co-owner Derek
Gildersleeve said he loves the idea of these young girls taking advantage of the technology. “The girls were so impressed with the (VR) that we showed them,” Gildersleeve said. “I knew once they saw how easy it was for them to actually create it, that they would be really powerful,” According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and
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continues from page 8 Film, 18 percent of filmmakers are women. The women at Latinitas said they hope to give these girls the tools needed to grow in the media and technology field. Latinitas Program Leader Valarie Gold, who worked closely with the VR Cine Chicas Cohort girls as they developed their documentary, said it was fulfilling to see the girls determined to create this documentary. The girls’ planning and editing skills improved, as well did their overall understanding of the technology. “It definitely made me tear up just a tiny bit,” Gold said. “That’s what this whole program has really been about … creating a voice for these young girls. It’s so important for women to be in filmmaking.” Emily Alpuche, 11-year-old Latinitas member and aspiring screenwriter, said getting to experience the filmmaking process in depth has been incredibly fun and has made her more confident in her abilities when it comes to speaking,
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experience. Instead, Burnham focuses on Kayla as a person, and the anxieties she suffers. At every turn, Kayla is confronted with being herself. In the aforementioned pool party, she tries to interact with the girl hosting the party but gets shut down. As she hides in the other room, waiting for her father to pick her up, the audience feels like a fly on the wall for this authentic moment of angst. The constant use of social media in the film is a fresh addition to the coming-of-age narrative.
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copyright christian nelson, and reproduced with permission Emily Alpuche, one of the VR Cine Chicas Cohort, working on “Latinx Culture in East Austin” at Originator Studios.
writing and editing. “Not many women are encouraged to have jobs as engineers or directors,” Alpuche said. From what she’s learned, her
advice to other girls interested in media and technology is to, “Go ahead and try it. It may take a long time, but the outcome is really worth it.”
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She constantly scrolls through Instagram and Twitter, looking for validation but finding herself feeling worse than ever. This is a pain many have suffered, though not many have seen reflected. It’s the sheer subtlety of things like Kayla sitting at a lunch table with older students, attempting to get a word in, that’s quite meaningful, because we see Kayla deal with so many realistic issues, it makes her eventually overcoming of them that much more special. Even in its third act, where Kayla finds herself in an uncomfortable situation with a high school boy (Daniel Zolghadri),
the film never loses sight of its purpose of showing that, no matter how it might feel in the moment, things will work out alright if you stay true to yourself. That’s not to say this film is only concerned with exploring a protagonist suffering from anxiety. Burnham injects his signature humor into characterizing the school itself. Whether it be a principal trying desperately to appeal to the students or a kid loudly putting their rubber bands in, there are laughs abound, even if they do carry with them a significant cringe factor. It’s easy to feel mortified when watching this movie,
but that’s a good thing, because that means it’s authentic. However, the real value in “Eighth Grade” is that so many will feel seen. In an age where suffering from low self-esteem and trying to be someone other than oneself is still an issue, Bo Burnham has made a movie that tells both children and adults that it’s going to be okay, and that holds so much value.
as well, since the quality pass blocker is looking to bounce back from a foot injury that left him sidelined for the entirety of last season. Beck’s return should help to re-establish the running game and take some pressure off of Tim Beck, Texas’ offensive co-
ordinator, who is responsible for much of the team’s play calling. In the Big 12 media preseason poll, released Thursday, the Longhorns were predicted to finish fourth behind defending conference champion Oklahoma, West Virginia
and TCU. Festivities for Texas will begin Tuesday morning from the Ford Center at The Star and continue through the afternoon along with representatives from Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Baylor and West Virginia.
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Herman, seniors head to Frisco for 2018 Big 12 Media Days. By Ross Burkhart @ROSS_BURKHART
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he most crucial college football questions never find answers in July. That doesn’t mean they aren’t asked time and time again at media days every summer. Conferences around the country are holding their annual media days where every team from each respective conference sends a handful of players along with its head coach to preview the upcoming season. All 10 members of the Big 12 conference have headed to Frisco, Texas, for the 2018 conference media days where Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby opened up the two-day event with an opening statement Monday morning. Bowlsby boasted the Big 12 being the only conference placing a team in the College Football Playoff, the men’s Final Four, the College World Series and the women’s College World
Series before praising Texas for a unique feat of its own. “One of the things, and I’m not sure I heard of this before but University of Texas had every one of their teams they sponsor make the postseason at one level or another,” Bowlsby said in his statement. “I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of that.” As for Longhorn football, there is still a plethora of questions for head coach Tom Herman, who will be joined by four seniors during the event in Frisco: tight end Andrew Beck, defensive linemen Breckyn Hager and Chris Nelson and offensive lineman Patrick Vahe. Here’s a closer look at Texas and the Big 12:
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As for the number one question on fans’ minds this fall’s starting quarterback still remains a mystery, which is likely the leading reason that a signal caller won’t be present on Tuesday. The team has not sent a quarterback to media days since 2013. Despite the dozens of questions surrounding sophomore Sam Ehlinger and junior Shane Buechele, don’t expect Herman to name his starter any time soon.
Orlando, Hager look to replicate defensive magic
Perhaps the most interesting name Texas is taking to Frisco is Hager’s. The Preseason All-Big 12 member is in line for an increased role this fall and should serve as one of the primary leaders on defense. That’s no small task for Hager, though, as Texas ranked second in the conference last season in yardage allowed per game, according to the NCAA. Asking for a repeat in production this season will be difficult, but not unlikely, thanks in large part to a slew of talented incoming freshmen defensive backs playing under defensive mastermind, Todd Orlando. “They’ve proved to their teammates that they’re not going to go out there and be soft,” Orlando said about the freshman class after a spring practice. “Obviously, they’re athletic and can make plays — that’s always the things you worry about. Can they handle the day in, day out of classes? Can they handle the demands, not only of us but (of) their teammates? They’ve proved to us in these last 13 practices that they’ll be in
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