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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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Professors put accommodations for mental health in fall syllabi. PA G E 2
Students can — and should — put in effort to eat well when living on campus. PA G E 4
Students struggle to make ends meet when scholarships arrive late. PA G E 5
Texas looks to bounce back in home opener against Tulsa on Saturday. PA G E 7
Reusable bags are not going anywhere in Austin
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‘Gun free UT’ signs face removal
By Raga Justin @ragajus
Libby Griswold goes grocery shopping frequently, as many students without a meal plan do. But when Griswold shops, she takes care to do one particular thing. “I never use plastic bags,” environmental science senior Griswold said. “If I happen to forget to bring (my reusable bags) in the store, I’ll be stubborn and I’ll just put everything in the cart and take it to my car and unload everything item-by-item into my car.” Last week, the Austin City Council passed a resolution asking retailers to uphold the city’s single-use bag ordinance, after the state Supreme Court ruled Texas cities could not enforce a ban on plastic bags in June. While stores cannot be forced to ban plastic bags, Austin officials hope this resolution will help persuade retailers to stay committed to the city’s zero-waste goals, one of which aims to divert 75 percent of waste from landfills and incinerators by 2020. April Brown, a spokeswoman from council member Alison Alter’s office, said any reduction in plastic litter helps sustain the environment. “The majority of people are ready and willing to take action to help protect our environment and keep our cities beautiful,” Brown said in an email. “Thankfully, most retailers have been very cooperative and embraced the ordinance when it went into effect and we hope they continue voluntary compliance.” The city has not announced
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anthony mireles | the daily texan staff The University has attempted to reinforce its signage policy and convince professors who have signs facing outward toward campus in their office windows to comply.
UT requests faculty take down outward facing signs from windows. By Meara Isenberg & Morgan O’Hanlon @mearaannee @mcohanlon
The University has requested that faculty take down all outward facing signs from office windows by Sept. 7, including signs affiliated with Gun Free UT. “Consistent with U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the University has policies that use a content-neutral approach based on ‘time, place and manner’ to regulate speech on campus, including the placement of signs,” UT spokesman J.B. Bird said in an email. “The University’s rules do not allow signs
on windows that face externally to campus.” Gun Free UT was organized to bring attention to Senate Bill 11, Texas’ campus carry law, which went into effect in August 2016 and allows licensed handgun owners to carry concealed weapons into public university facilities. The organization provides downloadable signs on its website that have been hung in faculty windows on campus. Word spread among faculty last month that signs featuring the name of the organization, along with any other outward facing signs, needed to be removed, history professor Joan Neuberger said. “What happened this summer is that the chairs were informed by their deans in a message that came from the president that they wanted us to take the signs down,” said Neuberger, who has a sign hung in her office window. “There was never any
While there are new additions coming to UT football tailgates, the atmosphere in the stadium will also be different for Big Ticket holders. Major changes to the Big Ticket policy include general admission seating and substituting scanning printed tickets for scanning student IDs to enter the stadium, Amy Folan, executive senior associate athletics director, said in a statement. “Prior to this year, students had to arrange group ticketing to ensure seats together, but now they have the opportunity to enter the stadium and sit together,” Folan said. “And, the students that get here early will get the best seats.” All students will enter through gate 32 in the southeast corner of the stadium and can sit in any seats in sections 29–32,
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Big Ticket changes to begin this fall season @nicolestuessy
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By Nicole Stuessy
official written directive.” Neuberger said after reaching out to the University, the Legal Affairs office cited University policy to explain the decision, which states that “a University person or organization may display a sign by holding or carrying it, by displaying it at a table or by posting it on a kiosk, bulletin board, or other designated location. Signs may not be staked in the ground or posted in any other location.” The signs, Neuberger said, began to appear around campus in fall 2015. English professor Lisa Moore, who had Gun Free UT signs in her previous office, said the University recommended removal of signs for several reasons in multiple meetings with departmental leadership and other faculty. But this was the first time the
Folan said. “This was something students have been requesting and we are pleased to be implementing,” Folan said. “For those students who have joined the Longhorn Foundation with a student membership, they will have the opportunity to enter through the express lane entrance at Gate 31.” Folan said with the old policy, there were issues with students using counterfeit tickets to sit in different sections. “Scanning paper is a slower process for student entry,” Folan said. “So our new general admission format will be a more efficient process and also provides the flexibility to accommodate groups that are hoping to find seats together.” Finance junior Mitchell Clouse said he thinks this new seating policy will allow more passionate fans to sit up front and
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Hey, Curious Campus: What happened to the Starbucks inside of DKR Stadium? CURIOUS CA M P U S you
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By Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13
Editor’s note: Curious Campus is a new series where The Daily Texan collects and answers dozens of questions submitted by readers just like you. Head over to thedailytexan.com and fill out our form to ask us anything you’ve wanted to know about the 40 Acres and the city around you. From Bevo Boulevard to Longhorn City Limits, thousands of UT football fans will clearly see some changes in the game day experience when they head to
ashley ephraim | the daily texan file Students wait around the counter as their orders get filled by the team of baristas at Starbucks near campus.
Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this weekend. But as people begin to fill in their seats, they may also notice that the Starbucks in the north end zone food court has disappeared.
So, when one of our readers asked us, “What happened to the Starbucks inside DKR?,” we looked into it as part of Curious Campus, our new series where we’ll be answering reader-submit-
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John Bianco, associate athletic director for communication, said the DKR Starbucks closed to make room for the
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