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Professors put accommodations for mental health in fall syllabi. PA G E 2
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Students struggle to make ends meet when scholarships arrive late. PA G E 5
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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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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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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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Dell Medical School, City of Austin collaborate to improve community health with Open Data By Sami Sparber @samisparber
A new partnership between the Dell Medical School and the City of Austin’s Open Data Team will bridge the gap between data gatherers and medical researchers in the city, with the aims of improving the health of the community. Dell Med researchers will draw from Austin’s Open Data Portal, which makes data sets collected by the city available to the public. The data sets will be used to better understand Austin’s population, said Anjum Khurshid, chief of data integration at Dell Med’s Department of Population Health. “The mission of Dell Med is to improve the health of the community and our population, and we need good data in order to fulfill that mission,” Khurshid said. “Therefore, it was obvious to us that the City’s Open Data Initiative aligned really well with our mission.” Khurshid said the data collected and published by the open data team will be instrumental in addressing health-related factors that doctors alone cannot measure. “One project we’re looking into is how to improve asthma management in children,” Khurshid said. “While one piece of the puzzle is strictly medical, the other piece often involves social influencers, such as the patient’s quality of air and what activities they’re involved in. That’s where the Open Data Portal comes in.” The city launched the Open Data Portal in 2011 as a way to promote government transparency. Data includes subjects from crime reports to
amna ijaz | the daily texan staff The Dell Medical School partnered with the City’s of Austin’s Open Data team in order to improve health and better understand their community through information provided.
housing affordability. “Open data is a critical part of the City of Austin’s strategic plan,” said Stephen Elkins, the City’s chief information officer, in a statement. “But it is not enough to simply provide access to open data. Through collaborations, like our partnership with Dell Medical School, we are leveraging data to improve health outcomes for some of the most
vulnerzble members of our community.” The City’s data architect Ted Lehr said the open data team plans to use Dell Med researchers’ findings to better inform its policy making and day-to-day operations. “The hope is that we use the research to inform not only Austin’s policies, but also policies around the country and around the world,” Lehr
said. “But first, we have to get it right here, in the City of Austin.” Lehr said the open data team looks forward to exchanging information with Dell Med in a mutually beneficial partnership. “The City of Austin is in a very unusual position to have a medical school in town that focuses on improving population health,” Lehr said. “We weren’t going to let that go to waste.”
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UT prepares for bad weather at football game By Meghan Nguyen @ultravioletmegs
As the Longhorns hit the field for their first home football game this Saturday, Texas Athletics will be working closely with Parking and Transportation Services and the UT Police Department to prepare for forecast thunderstorms and showers. The office of Campus Safety has a programming effort with Texas Athletics to provide an awareness and protective-action model in response to inclement weather and its potential impact on game day. This model includes weather monitoring, awareness messaging, an outdoor warning system and a sheltering plan for the stadium and San Jacinto Boulevard. “Event staff are skilled in assisting in directing our fans to predetermined shelter locations in and around the stadium until an all-clear announcement is issued,” said Jimmy Johnson, assistant vice president for campus safety. “This process is vetted and exercised annually.” In addition, for every home football game, the UT Police Department focuses on four main things: threat mitigation, traffic control, crowd management and making sure there is a good fan experience.
“We want to make sure that (UTPD) has a solid security posture, with all eyes open to address anyone who might do harm,” Chief of Police David Carter said. “We’ll watch out for anything that affects the safety of our community.” Parking and Transportation Services will be responsible for restricting campus entry on game day beginning at 7 a.m. PTS will be designating a scooter drop off zone at certain checkpoints that guests will be able to access at any time during and after the game, and dockless scooters will not be allowed to travel beyond the checkpoints on game days. UT enters Saturday’s game coming off a 34-29 loss to Maryland. A new event called Bevo Boulevard will be held on San Jacinto Boulevard from East 20th Street to the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center to provide fans with a new pregame street party atmosphere. Biochemistry junior Austin Decker did not hold any qualms about safety on game day. Decker is vice president of Longhorn Hellraisers, a spirit group that aims to attend and cheer on every Longhorn football game. “I have only see one or two instances at DKR, and UTPD responded fairly quickly,” biochemistry junior Decker said. “I feel they do a good job.”
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any specific methods they will use to encourage retailers to continue to follow the ordinance. Jay Banner, director of the University’s Environmental Institute, said he was not shocked by the Supreme Court’s ruling this past summer. “It’s always disappointing when a decision is made that isn’t in the best interest of having the world that we live in as sustainable as possible,” Banner said. “You can say, ‘This is a really small thing.’ Well no, not really. Everything we do toward this end counts … there’s no one single magic silver bullet that’s going to solve all of our problems.” Plastic bags in the city have multiple fates. Banner said bags end up in landfills, on streets and sidewalks and even in waterways, where they can be
fatal for marine life. They do not decompose and have a long lifetime in the environment, Banner said. It can be easy to feel powerless as one individual among 7.5 billion people, but if everyone had that attitude, nothing would change, Banner said. “Small actions by many can have a big effect … depending on what those actions are,” Banner said. “Whether or not you use bags that are reusable or you use bags that are onetime use and then thrown into the environment — that’s one of those decisions we make.” Griswold said now that retailers are not policed by an ordinance, she worries they will give into demands for convenience from customers. For that reason, she said, there needs to be a cultural shift to prioritize environmentalism over ease. “It’s just such an easy thing to change in your lifestyle,” Griswold said. “We just have to lead by example.”
nari garza | the daily texan staff Nandini Kommana receives a plastic bag with her purchase at the Co-op. Last week, the Austin City Council passed a resolution asking retailers to uphold Austin’s single-use bag ordinance.
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Longhorn Hall of Fame. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the Longhorn Hall of Fame will be a 30,000 square food display of the history of Longhorn football, including memorabilia and the trophies they’ve won. “Our new Longhorn Hall of Fame project has been in the planning stages for some time now and that will require the elimination of service providers
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University requested the removal and cited the policy, Moore said. “They’re citing a policy that was in place long before Gun Free UT came along,” Moore said. “Only now are they saying (it) is a policy that means we can’t put those signs up.” Bird cited the “proliferation
in the Red McCombs Red Zone food court area,” Bianco said. “That project will be underway after the football season.” And if you didn’t know until now that there was ever a Starbucks in the north end zone of DKR, you’re probably not alone. On most days, DKR Starbucks supervisor Lynn Marston said the store only served a few hundred students every day until it closed on May 18. Unless you purposely walked through the stadium doors, it’s unlikely you’d know a Star-
bucks was hidden inside. That’s why, during the 10 years the Starbucks was open, Marston said its busiest days were when people came to the stadium for football games. “Of course on game days, it was a lot busier,” Marston said. “We did 10 to 20 times the amount of business than we did on a normal day.” But while the Starbucks inside the stadium may be closed, coffee-addicted students wandering the east side of campus aren’t out of luck. At the intersection of San Jacinto
and Deloss Dodds Streets, students can find an alternative place to get their coffee: Texas Coffee Traders. “If students want those sweet drinks that they get from Starbucks but are also looking to make a more ethical decision or support a local business, we hit both of those marks there,” said Alli Anderson, Texas Coffee Traders campus manager. At four different locations all around campus, Anderson said Texas Coffee Traders sells everything from
maple walnut scones to highly caffeinated cold brews. “We tailor our coffee shops with students in mind,” Anderson said. “We set our pricing up so we know students can afford it and we try to pick out items that we think students would like.” Although Starbucks is going to be permanently replaced by the new Longhorn Hall of Fame, students on the east side of campus can still get their morning coffee fix at Texas Coffee Traders.
of prohibited signs, including hateful fliers, at UT and on other campuses” for why the University decided to set a deadline for voluntary compliance. “We have been working closely with deans to request that faculty and staff members remove all signs in outward-facing windows, regardless of the content,” Bird said in an email. “We will continue those efforts towards voluntary compliance.” Matthew Valentine, a Plan II
lecturer and participant in Gun Free UT events, said while the University currently allows faculty to ban guns in their office spaces, the rules surrounding how to designate offices as gunfree are confusing for professors to navigate. “People have come up with other ways to indicate their displeasure with guns on campus and in their workspaces,” Valentine said. “One of the ways that people have done this is to
post Gun Free UT signs, which don’t explicitly say ‘No Guns in My Office’ or ‘No Guns on Campus.’ It’s the name of an organization that they support.” David Donaldson, a journalism professor who specializes in media law, said to evaluate the University’s decision from a free speech perspective, one must look at if its decision was motivated by something other than an attempt to suppress certain speech. “(One side of) the argument
might be that eliminating these signs is way of promoting a cleaner look, better learning atmosphere for our students,” Donaldson said. “The other side of that (argument could be) because this is a University, a place of learning where people are discovering their own thoughts … you should encourage people to engage in individual speech, which might be a form of putting something out on your window.”
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Professors accommodate mental health Professors, TAs can assist students with stress of classwork. By Katie Balevic @katelynbalevic
During syllabus week, professors unveiled their various policies on attendance, late assignments and exams. Some professors made a point that they can accommodate their students when life happens, and students noticed. “People are more receptive to learning when they feel comfortable and they can trust the people who are teaching them,” advertising junior Andrea Garza said. “It creates a better learning environment.” Garza said she is bipolar and has experienced depressive episodes preventing her from attending her classes, many of which graded based on
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create a better atmosphere eat games. e “There were a lot of empty seats (last season) that wouldn’t be filled, so then my friends and I would try and go fill them,” Clouse
said. “People would show up in the third quarter and try and kick us out and that felt kind of wrong.” Health promotion junior Mikkie Chin said she and her friends are not happy with the new ticket policy, as it does not include the priority seating for upperclassmen that it
attendance. Her success at UT largely depends on professors and TAs being accommodating to her situation, Garza said. “I went to (my TA) and said, ‘Until I get my stuff sorted out and get on a medication again, I might miss up to a month or two of classes. Is there anything we can do?’” Garza said. Her TA fully understood the situation and allowed her to turn in assignments from home with a flexible deadline, Garza said. “She was super accommodating to me,” Garza said. “She was the only faculty member at UT that has worked with me that much. I honestly wasn’t expecting her to go to such great lengths to help me out.” Garza also said professors sent her recordings of their lectures and mentors allowed her to miss weekly meetings without putting her scholarship on hold. Neuroscience associate professor Laura Colgin said professors can
did previously. “That was definitely just a perk of being an upperclassman,” Chin said. “I know a lot of my friends would be really happy about being able to sit by the 50 yard line, and that was a really big thing for them, but now that’s sort of taken away from them.”
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anthony mireles | the daily texan staff Seating at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will now be different for Big Ticket holders. Students will be able to sit together without group tickets.
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cultivate better relationships with their students by taking interest in their students’ well-being. “When people know that you know who they are, they are going to take (class) more seriously,” Colgin said. “If they see that you notice them and notice when they’re not there … it does encourage students to live up to their full potential.” Colgin said when she reaches out to students who miss class or do poorly on a test, they are usually having mental health issues and do not want to be mistaken as lazy. “I’m saying ‘No, I don’t have that impression,’” Colgin said. “‘I know that you’re sincerely struggling. Please don’t worry … Just try to take care of yourself.’” Psychology senior lecturer Wendy Domjan also encourages her students to take care of themselves so they can achieve more in her class. “I don’t want them to be under unbelievable pressure,” Domjan
said. “I’d rather have good work later than something they throw together at the last minute to meet an arbitrary deadline.” Domjan said she is very specific to what she accommodates for and can tell when students are trying to take advantage of her policy. “It’s really just a lack of effort and organization, and that I don’t accommodate for,” Domjan said. “I think it’s in their best interest to learn how to manage that.” Ultimately, Domjan said talking to professors can be easier on students who are new to UT and do not know about all the resources available to them. “I think all of us get into a situation where it looks like we can’t manage what’s in front of us,” Domjan said. “If (students can talk to) someone they’re seeing several times a week who has kind of declared that they’re interested in talking to them if they have some issues, that’s easier for them to do.”
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Eating well while living on campus is possible with effort By Alyssa Jingling Columnist
The freshman 15 is no joke. It is possible, however, to eat healthy while navigating the 40 Acres with limited time and money. With just a little planning in advance, students can find and create quick, healthy meals to eat in-between classes. Students should take the time to plan nutritious meals and plant-based snacks in order to properly fuel their bodies with the clean energy and nutrients they need to navigate college life. “What I recommend to students in a hurry is to use the Eco2Go box to fill up and bring it back to your dorm to grab in a rush,” Sotear Kuy, a registered dietitian for University Housing and Dining, says. “If you have time, go online to see
the menu for a dining hall up to a week in advance, and make your healthy decisions there.” Students can fill up these boxes in any dining hall on campus to bring back to their dorm to eat later. With a little careful planning, you can bring back healthy options. “Look for items that contain whole grains, protein and healthy fats,” Kuy said. Eating healthy is about finding a balance. Kuy recommends food lines where you can customize what you’re eating, such as a deli line or a buildyour-own-bowl line. Meal planning can be daunting. On Instagram or Pinterest, it often looks like containers filled with colorful vegetables that take up a lot of fridge space. It doesn’t have to be hard, though. Once a week, students can take a half hour from their Sunday Netflix binge to plan out what to
pack in their Eco2Go container each day. The Nutrition Services website lists the nutrition icon meanings and how to eat on a specific diet, such as vegan or gluten free. It’s easy to grab a quick, hot meal from Wendy’s. But over time, fast food meals add up. Buying fast food every day gets expensive, and you end up eating a lot of empty calories. Vegetables provide a lot of mass with less calories, which can make them cheaper. As a result of their mass, you also don’t need to eat as much to feel full. Even though you are eating less calories, fresh foods are typically nutrient-dense and provide a greater range of vitamins and minerals than fast food. On-campus markets such as JCL sell some fresh produce, but you can also check out the UT Farm Stand, which brings organic Texas
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UT needs long-term laptop rental program By Mayowa Grace Oyenubi Columnist
Many students give little thought to the possibility of digital insecurity on college campuses. The technological privilege of middleto upper-class students often blinds us to the hardships of lower-income students who are struggling with digital insecurity. Digital insecurity is the inability of people of low socio-economic backgrounds to access the technology they need. According to the Pew Research Center, around half of adults with household incomes of less than $30,000 don’t have broadband access or computers. Six percent of our student population comes from household with incomes of less than $30,000 a year — several thousand Longhorns are likely affected by digital insecurity. Our university has yet to look into how this issue might detract from the educational experience of its students. However, these students struggle to obtain necessary technological resources, and our university should strive to provide them. Low-income students are less likely to have their own laptops. Even if they do own laptops, these devices may become damaged, or lost during their time at the university. This demographic of students also needs a longer period of time to save up the money for a new computer. While low-income UT students can use library computer labs, they are also less likely to live closer to campus where they can easily access these labs. Even when these students do happen to make it to the computer labs, they have to compete with other students who are using that space. This past May, the Office of the Dean of Students opened UT Outpost, a resource center for students of lower socioeconomic class backgrounds. They provide food items to students who are struggling with food insecurity and the professional clothing necessary
for interviews or internships. The opening of this center is a monumental stride forward in UT’s endeavors to become a more equitable campus. However, students cannot have an equal educational experience if they don’t possess the necessary technology. One way UT could combat this divide is by creating a program where students could check out laptops for prolonged periods of time. The Fine Arts Library is one of the few places where any UT student can check out laptops. However, laptops are only allowed to be checked out for three days maximum. Students could try to renew their laptop rentals, but these laptops are frequently in high demand and limited supply. Students must turn in the laptop they checked out and wait an hour to give other students the opportunity to check it out. Because there is such a limited supply and usually a queue of students waiting to use these laptops, having them for continuous and prolonged periods of time is nearly impossible. The University could help these students by adding a laptop checkout program to UT Outpost where students could check out laptops for half a semester while they are saving for a new one. The City of Austin has implemented programs providing low-income residents with laptops. Recent UT graduate Casey Brennan worked with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin to combat the digital divide in our city. Brennan notes that he was surprised by the number of households that don’t have internet access, and programs like this “are definitely helping bridge the divide.” As UT strives to create a more economically inclusive campus, it needs to consider the effect of digital inequality on its students. In order for every student to have a complete educational experience on the 40 Acres, every student must have access to vital resources. In our increasingly digitally dependent world, that includes basic technological devices. Oyenubi is a social work junior from Temple.
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produce to Jester Plaza every other Wednesday during the school year. Changing your diet can be challenging, but college is a great time to try out a plant-based diet — especially in Austin. According to The Permanente Journal, following a vegan or vegetarian diet has many benefits, such as lowered risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes and hypertension. These diets can also help with weight management. By promoting better health, you will spend less money on medicine and doctor’s visits, leaving you with extra cash for other college expenses. Part of college learning is how to take care of yourself, which involves giving your body the nutrients you need in the form of good food. Take the time to plan out healthy, fresh foods to eat while rushing around campus. Jingling is an English junior from Georgetown.
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Students need to know how to respond to sexual assault By Alyssa Jingling Columnist
According to a study by the Association of American Universities, 23.1 percent of undergraduate females will experience sexual assault during college. Depending on the type of misconduct, only between five percent and 28 percent of victims report it to school officials. At UT, 15 percent of undergraduate women have been raped, and 28 percent have experienced unwanted sexual touching. Sexual assault happens, and it happens at our university. While we should still work to prevent it, it is important for students to know how to help peer survivors after the fact. The Association study notes that one common reason victims don’t report sexual assault is because they don’t believe anything will be done to help them seek justice. Unfortunately, that can be all too true for some victims. According to the Austin American-Statesman, three women filed a lawsuit on June 18 against Travis County and the City of Austin. According to the article, APD received more than 1,000 sexual assault reports between June 2016 and June 2017, but only a few were prosecuted, and only one went to trial. For UTPD, improving their response on sexual assault cases is an ongoing process. Sergeant Samantha Stanford and Detective Eliana Decker are the two sexual assault specialists. “The one thing I hope is that a potential victim trusts the police that they are in control,” UT Police Department Chief David Carter said. “We can help remove them from harm and connect them to counseling, victim advocacy or follow up on the administrative side, which is separate from the police. We are here to help them through the process.”
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Even if a victim trusts the police, it can be frightening to turn to the police or other officials for help. That’s why it is so important to be there for your friend to offer guidance and support. If you offer them guidance, it’s also important to know where to guide them to. “If a friend confides in you that they have been sexually assaulted,” Carter said, “The most important thing to do is to try to convince them to reach out to professionals. I would want to connect them to the counseling and mental health aspect.” The Counseling and Mental Health Center has a program called Voices Against Violence, which has many resources to help sexual assault victims. It’s staffed with professionals who are trained to counsel and guide victims. For more immediate service, the CMHC offers their crisis phone line, which is available 24/7, even on holidays. “The counseling system is built to give them support and guidance to make them whole, physically and emotionally,” Carter said. It’s important to respect your friend’s wishes to seek justice or not. Even if your friend chooses not to report the assault to officials, they still confided in and trusted you to believe them. Many victims are scared, embarrassed or ashamed of what happened to them. If you turn your back on them, they may not open up to anyone else and have to deal with the trauma on their own. Telling a victim “I believe you” will enable you to help them get the help they need. Some victims just need an ear to listen, but some need guidance and support to talk to a counselor or investigator. We’ve all heard the stories on campus. We’ve all received those “timely notice” emails. Next time sexual assault happens, know what you can do to help your fellow Longhorn. Jingling is an English junior from Georgetown.
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Scholarships that do not arrive on time cause problems for students Students struggle to make ends meet when scholarships arrive past bill due dates. By Brooke Sjoberg @Sj0b3rg
Christina Lopez, an English and international relations and global studies junior, received a scholarship from the Liberal Arts Honors Program to help cover tuition costs. She will not receive the funds until over a month after tuition was due in August. Lopez said she has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship to be split between two semesters this school year. Without a timely tuition payment, students can’t be sure their classes are secured for the semester. “It’s kind of a struggle when tuition is due and you’re on a payment plan,” Lopez said. “But you still have to come up with the money even though the scholarship is supposed to cover it.” Most departmental scholarships follow a timetable similar to that of LAH. Until the twelfth class day, students are left to rely on financial aid or take out an emergency tuition loan from the Office of Financial Aid to cover their tuition. In Lopez’s case, her mother’s savings covered the bill last year, but this year, she must rely on her own. “In those first two weeks of school when you need supplies and books, it’s kind of hard because you’re stuck,” Lopez said. “I don’t know if they could maybe release a portion that would help students cover that financial burden.” For students who rely on student aid, scholarships and part-time jobs to cover their rent and tuition, the situation gets worse in the classroom. Journalism junior Gabrielle Sanchez, who previously worked at The Daily Texan, said waiting for her scholarship to buy books last year put her behind in her classes. “My financial aid got me here, but I didn’t have anything left to actually
start school,” Sanchez said. “This year ,I’m not in as bad a position. It’s still been really inconvenient, but I took out a little bit more in loans than I wanted to just because I knew that I would need that bumper.” Sanchez said loans were the temporary solution to the problem created by the gap between the first tuition payment and the dispersal date of her scholarships. She said she is grateful to have been awarded her scholarships but wishes they were dispersed earlier so as to avoid excess borrowing and stress for their recipients. “I would have been able to get my books,” Sanchez said. “I definitely appreciate the money. It’s going to go toward my housing and things that I need, and being able to work less so I can actually go to school.” However, students who live on campus have a much later housing payment deadline. English and Spanish senior Mia Carranza said living on campus made the wait for her scholarship money more bearable. Carranza said she also received her scholarship from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese on Sept. 1, significantly earlier than many departmental scholarship recipients. “I also get financial aid, so that was dispersed first, and then this scholarship took care of some of my housing,” Carranza said. “For me, it came out pretty quickly, but I was also using it for housing and the first payment isn’t due until Sept. 15. If I lived in an apartment, I’d be in a world of hurt, because they have to pay on the first.” Solutions proposed by both Sanchez and Lopez include releasing partial amounts of scholarships once attendance is confirmed. Sanchez also said she wishes she had known when the scholarships were going to be dispersed during her first application process, so that she could prepare for the wait. “Being financially stressed is such a different mindset and it really makes it hard to focus on a lot of other things when you are worried about money,” Sanchez said. “You’re worried about how you’re going to pay your rent, how you’re going to have food.”
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Sofar Sounds does not just organize secret showcases all around the world — they also help bring new artists into the spotlight. In Austin alone, music lovers can expect four to five shows a month. For the indie music lover struggling to find new tunes, The Daily Texan has compiled a list of bands that are surfacing with the help of Sofar Sounds.
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Austin is musically inclined, but most of the time, local musicians are overshadowed by whichever hipster band you listened to in middle school. Singer and songwriter Julian Acosta brings a unique presence to the stage — that means he is barefoot. Originally from Querétaro, Mexico, Acosta debuted in 2014 with the song “This Town,” eventually adding it to his first EP High Five in 2018. At a recent Sofar gig in Austin, Acosta left the crowd speechless when he sang a Spanish ballad called “Blanca Flor.” Keep an eye out for that one, but until then, you can listen to his music on his website.
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The Chicago-based soul-rock-Americana band came together through a series of Craigslist ads created by singer and songwriter Aaron Lechlak in 2014. The band quickly grew from a solobased project to the perfect harmonic
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The London-based singer-songwriter is a multi-instrumentalist solo artist who has performed at Sofar Sounds gigs in London, Milan, Los Angeles and Liverpool. She is slowly encroaching on an international stage with her sweet and soulful voice. Betts’ “The Stars Look Down” combines her delicate vocals with perfectly backed keyboard playing reminiscent of Russian-born singer Regina Spektor.
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This indie pop band from New York City consists of vocalist Jessica Carvo and instrumentalist Alex Marko. The two originally pursued solo careers but became an unstoppable duo after meeting in a songwriting class. With a strong alternative rock influence, Satellite Mode released Wild Excuses, their first studio album in 2017, and most recently, released a single titled “Gave It All,” where the two created truly motivating and emotionally charging music that reflected on their own personal lives.
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Texas wins home opener in straight sets Longhorns beat Texas State with home crowd behind them. By Wills Layton @willsdebeast
The energy before the game started was something special to behold. The student section was raucous, the players were singing along to the music being played and almost everyone in the stadium was wearing burnt orange. After playing three ranked opponents in their first four matches, the Longhorns took care of business against Texas State, beating the Bobcats in straight sets. The first set was much closer than was expected, but the Longhorns, riding the fans enthusiasm, pulled away after being tied at 12 points midway through the set. While the Bobcats’ aggression at the net caused initial issues for Texas, the team quickly adjusted and went on to win 25-18. The fans’ role in the match was notable, as this was the first home game of the season. The loud cheers, the constant “We are Texas” war chant and support from the fans in burnt orange contributed to the Longhorns pulling away in the first set. “When we play at home, it’s like this nice breath of fresh air,” said senior Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani. “That just makes the experience that much better.” The second set seemed much closer than the first, but the result was very much the same. The Bobcats were within five points almost the entire set and would seemingly make a run just when the Longhorns looked like they
ashley ephraim | the daily texan staff Senior Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani goes up to spike the ball in Texas’ win against Texas State at Gregory Gymnasium on Sept. 6, 2018. The Longhorns won the game three sets to none, earning their fourth win of the season.
would pull away. Texas was able to stave them off and won the set on a service error, 25-19. After two sets, Texas was firmly in control. While service errors continued to be an issue that first reared its head last week against No. 2 Wisconsin, the Longhorns were solid enough in other areas to make up the difference. “I think we were steady,” head coach Jerritt Eliott said. “We were composed. The only area
we really struggled with was our serving. We’ll fix that and spend some time on it.” The third set featured one of the longest rallies of the game, with both sides going back and forth making impressive saves. When the Longhorns eventually won the point, the crowd erupted into a frenzy. “It was really, really loud,” freshman Brionne Butler said. “I got really hyped up and nervous,
but it was a really good experience to play in front of our fans.” After the rally, the Longhorns were up 5-1, but the Bobcats fought back to tie it up at 9 and made the set competitive. Texas would then begin the process of pulling away as the team won six out of the next seven points to run the score to 15-10. The team didn’t look back and won the set 25-19. The Longhorns play the No.
16 Kentucky Wildcats tomorrow in their fourth game against a ranked opponent in their first six games. The game will be at 8 p.m. at Gregory Gymnasium. “We have to get ready for a better opponent,” Elliott said. “I thought Texas State was really good, but Kentucky is going to have a little bit more firepower than them. What a great opportunity for us to play them in front of our home crowd.”
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| the daily texan staff Offensive linemen Zach Shackelford and Patrick Vahe block oncoming Terrapin defenders in Texas’ 34-29 loss to Maryland at FedExField on Sept. 1, 2018. katie bauer
Longhorns prepare to bounce back following Maryland loss By Ross Burkhart @Ross_Burkhart
Things may not have gone as planned in Week One for Texas, but fortunately for them, there’s 11 more opportunities this season to prove to fans that the program can move back to its winning ways. This Saturday, the Longhorns will face the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium with a chance to redeem themselves in front of their home crowd. Tulsa has yielded largely inconsistent teams over the last few seasons, but earned a better start to the season than the Longhorns did, following a 38–27 victory over Central Arkansas last weekend. Nevertheless, Texas head coach Tom Herman isn’t taking this week’s matchup lightly. “That offense is always challenging,” Herman said after practice Thursday. “I think what gets lost sometimes in some of their numbers is, at the end of the day, they do what they do and run the football. They’ve got two 100-yard rushers from last week’s game.” Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando’s squad sputtered during the first quarter against Maryland but finished strong
setting up the offense for not one, not two, but three opportunities to claim the lead late in the game. Despite Tulsa being the Longhorns’ only non-Power Five opponent this season, the Golden Hurricane offense can’t be taken lightly. Their two featured running backs, sophomores Shamari Brooks and Corey Taylor II combined for 239 yards and two touchdowns in the ground game last week. This is hardly an off week for Texas and senior defensive tackle Chris Nelson is excited for the task at hand this Saturday. “Our D-line is ready for it,” Nelson said. “At the end of the day, we like teams to run the ball and we’re ready to stop them. We’re going to watch film and see what they do, and we’re going to get after it.” While the defensive line may be prepared for the challenge, the offensive line is facing some unexpected circumstances after sophomore left guard Patrick Hudson was transported to the emergency room Wednesday after experiencing full body cramps, according to Herman. Hudson’s body temperature was unable to be brought down to normal levels, forcing him to be admitted to the intensive care unit. He was later released
precautionary measure. In addition to Hudson’s absence, junior center Zach Shackelford will also be sidelined after suffering a sprained foot on Tuesday. As a result, Herman plans to move senior Elijah Rodriguez to center, sophomore Derek Kerstetter to right guard and freshman Samuel Cosmi to the starting right tackle position. Texas’ personnel adjustments could potentially lead to another slow start for the offense — something offensive coordinator Tim Beck is hoping to avoid repeating for the second straight week. “I want to see them start faster,” Beck said. “I want to see them play carefree. I think sometimes they are still afraid to make mistakes.” The mistakes have been thoroughly discussed this week by players, coaches, fans and media members alike, but graduate transfer running back Tre Watson said the key to getting back on track will be the amount of support they give each other, on and off the field. “As a team, we have to have everybody’s back,” Watson said. “We know that we could’ve played better in all aspects of the game so we can’t point fingers at anybody, and everybody just has to go out this week and attack practice and focus
After defeating Stephen F. Austin 5-0 on Sunday, Texas climbed up to No. 18 in the United Soccer Coaches listing. With a 4–0–1 record, Texas has proven that it can compete with the best the country has to offer. Here’s what the Longhorns need to do to continue their undefeated run and climb up the polls:
Find Cyera Hintzen
The team’s leading goal scorer and MAC Hermann Trophy candidate has been on a tear this season. She has been able to score goals at will against some of the best defenses in the country, including North Carolina and Central Florida. Hintzen only played 16 minutes in Sunday’s blowout win, so expect her to be well-rested and aggressive against the Wildcats.
Control possession
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Austin, the Longhorns out-shot the Ladyjacks 25-2, including 9-1 shots on goal. When the Longhorns control possession, it allows for more shots on goal, which results in more chances to score. Look for senior midfielder Katie Glenn to create opportunities for her teammates. She leads the team with f our assists.
Avoid slow starts in the second half
Against North Carolina and, most recently, Long Beach State, Texas conceded a goal within the first 10 minutes of the second half. The Longhorns have been able to regroup but need to avoid slow starts in the second half before it costs them a game.
Contain Jordan Kondikoff
Junior midfielder Jordan Kondikoff leads Texas State in goals and assists. After scoring two goals against Prairie View A&M, Kondikoff comes into
this matchup on fire. She is their most dynamic player and must be contained. To avoid any chance of an upset, the Longhorns defense must be sharp. Junior goalkeeper Nicole Curry will be aiming for her second straight shutout and third for the season.
Continue making key substitutions
Head Coach Angela Kelly’s timely substitutions have led to three goals by substitutes. She has had great success in the timing of her substitutions, as well as her placement. Against Long Beach State, her substitution of freshman forward Mackenzie McFarland paid immediate dividends after McFarland scored the game-winning goal in the 62nd minute. It wouldn’t shock anyone if a Kelly substitution proves to be the difference yet again. Texas will kickoff against Texas State 6 p.m. Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Goalkeeper Nicole Curry clears a ball away from the net. She has started each game this season for the Longhorns, saving 14 shots in the first five games.
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Mosquito disease detection goes portable Disease-carrying mosquitoes identified with phone cameras. By Annie L. Zhang @AnnieLZhang20
A smartphone camera, a chemical test and a box with a mushed mosquito: That’s all UT researchers need to detect if a mosquito is of a deadly disease-carrying species called Aedes aegypti. Sanchita Bhadra, research associate in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, and her team developed a portable diagnostic tool to better track mosquito-borne disease. They published their findings in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The work was also done in collaboration with the DIY Diagnostics stream through the Freshman Research Initiative. According to the study, the tool serves two purposes: to identify an Aedes aegypti mosquito, the primary species associated with the spread of the Zika virus, and to determine if the mosquito is affected by Wolbachia, a bacteria that can reduce the spread of viral diseases in the species, according to the World Mosquito Program. “There were quite a
number of studies being funded on how to artificially infect mosquitoes with Wolbachia and release them into the wild, but there was really no good way to test these mosquitoes in the field,” Bhadra said. One of the most important features about the tool is its accessibility, said Nicole Pederson, a thirdyear pharmacy graduate student and f or m e r
member of the DIY Diagnostics stream. She said it was designed to be user-friendly and inexpensive, so anyone with the need to use the diagnostic tool can do so anywhere. “A lot of the people who are in places where these diseases are more prevalent might not have the scientific
background to do some of the lab-heavier techniques usually associated with (the detection),” Pederson said. “ B u t , n o w
ability to use (the surveillance information) too.” According to Bhadra, the chemical test was designed within the tool to identify specific gene sequences in the mosquito, and once that sequence was i d e n t i fied, it
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would be amplified, or copied. The sequence would produce a fluorescence that
could indicate a positive or negative test result, and the smartphone camera would capture a digital image of the fluorescent result for further analysis. Most of the mosquitoes used in the study were labgrown, but in their field studies, the mosquitoes captured were from the Galveston area, according to Bhadra. The mosquitoes could also be tested in “pools,” meaning they could also test for the results in larger sample groups. Pederson said that testing in pools is a better way to track disease across multiple mosquito species. “By being able to detect and monitor these populations with Wolbachia, we can also follow which populations are not transmitting these deadly diseases,” Pederson said. While the current detector cannot test to see if a mosquito itself carries any deadly diseases, such as the Zika virus, dengue or malaria, Bhadra and her team are already working on that. “This is a test platform where we can very easily make changes to the chemical reaction to identify what we want it to identify,” Bhadra said. “Now that we’ve worked out the process, it’s very easy to rapidly prototype the assay for any other agent that we want to look at.”
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Imagine if the average human gave birth to over 30 babies at a time. Ouch, right? According to a hypothesis in a study from the journal Evolution, mammals bear smaler litters because somewhere down the evolutionary line, mammals developed bigger brains in exchange. UT researchers found extraordinary evidence of this, according to a paper published in Nature in late August. Jackson School researchers discovered a rare fossil of an extinct mammal precursor and her 38 babies, according to the paper. The researchers said it serves as one of the best developments in our knowledge about brain evolution — and it was almost left behind. The fossil didn’t look promising at first, said Timothy Rowe, geology professor and director of the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory. He found the fossil about 18 years ago in Arizona. Yet the specimen, Kayentatherium wellesi of the tritylodontid family, a mammal-like species that lived about 185 million years ago during the Jurassic
Period, was on his shopping list. “The head was busted apart,” Rowe said. “We almost left it behind. But it was well-preserved enough to tell what it was, so we made the decision to collect it anyway.” Rowe said it was thanks to the careful eyes of UT fossil preparator Sebastian Egberts and the scanning skills of recent UT graduate Eva Hoffman they found the tiny babies that belonged to the tritylodontid. “(Egberts) came running into my office with a little piece of shale with tiny teeth,” Rowe said. “The whole thing was the size of a pen,” Rowe said. “It seemed clear right away we had a litter. We stopped everything and starting scanning for more bone.” The researchers used an updated CT scanner to reveal more and more tritylodontid babies. While doing so, they uncovered more about the evolution of brains, according to Hoffman. “Having a big brain is advantageous probably because the ancestors of mammals were able to process more information,” Hoffman said. “We think it’s likely that there’s a transition to having a smaller number of babies that will survive in exchange for
a bigger brain.” Hoffman added that the fossil represents a transitional moment in mammalian evolution since the specimen had both primitive features, such as a small brain and large litter size, along with modern mammalian features, such as teeth that fit precisely together. “It would be impossible for us to evolve our giant brains if, in the ancestry of mammals, there wasn’t a transition to a bigger-brained animal,” Hoffman said. “(The fossil) laid the groundwork for huge brains to evolve in humans later.” Rowe has been tracking brain evolution for years and, according to him, it is the advancements in technology such as CT scans that will allow them to continue to put the pieces of the puzzle of evolution together. “I’d never dream that I would find something like this, but there were times that I thought this would kill me, with all these moving parts,” Rowe said. “I often wonder how many of these kinds of finds we’ve missed without the technology.” He added that there is more stories to come out of this fossil. “We will keep scanning these fossil for years and years,” Rowe
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