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Gov. Abbott, Lupe Valdez square off in first and only gubernatorial debate. PA G E 2
The fight against gentrificatiom on Austin needs student voices. PA G E 4
Local dance hall shuts its doors to make way for new brewery. PA G E 6
Longhorns end 16-year drought in Manhattan with 19-14 victory over Kansas State. PA G E 8
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Beto O’Rourke, Nancy Pelosi discuss midterms at Texas Tribune Festival By Gracie Awalt @gracieawalt5
After being asked about the upcoming midterm election, Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke said Texans are more optimistic than ever to vote in November. “The people of Texas are coming together and standing up to be counted in this moment of truth for our country,” O’Rourke said. Democratic leaders and political analysts gathered at the Texas Tribune
Festival on Saturday to discuss the state of the nation leading up to midterm elections Nov. 6. When Evan Smith, CEO of the Texas Tribune, asked about O’Rourke’s headline-making race against Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate, he said the new energy from Texas Democrats has fueled the enthusiasm for his campaign. “We’re Americans, we’re Texans and we’re human beings, so we’re going to start treating each other that way,” O’Rourke said. “That energy comes from understanding our common cause and the fact that people are energized around not who
Milliken talks raising student accessibility
they dislike, not the other party they want to defeat but the great things they know we can accomplish if we put our minds to it.” Smith discussed how Cruz has run several negative advertisements about O’Rourke during his campaign, while O’Rourke has not done so to Cruz. Smith asked if he planned on running any negative advertisements about Cruz during the last 38 days of his campaign, and he said he wanted to focus on positivity. “We are trying to run a campaign that is true to who we are,” O’Rourke said. “We
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When asked about access for first-generation students, Milliken said the same rule applies. “The opportunity for In his new role as chancellor, first-generation students to atJ.B. Milliken said he wants to tend college changes their lives,” focus on raising student accessiMilliken said. “We know this, bility to quality education in UT but it also changes their family’s System universities. lives. It changes the next gen“The stronger the Univereration’s lives. It changes their sity is, the better it does its communities lives.” work, the better off the state is,” While getting students into Milliken said. college is important, Milliken Milliken spoke said quality of about becoming education and chancellor and graduate sucthe future of the cess in the workUT System on ing world is also Friday at the a priority. Texas Tribune Milliken said Festival. Milthe System will foliken assumed cus on meeting the the position of standards it will chancellor in set itself, rather mid Septemthan focusing on ber, taking the moving up nationplace of William al ranks, in order McRaven, who to accomplish the stepped down Texas Constituin May. Milliken tion’s designation previously served for the University J.B. MILLIKEN as president of of Texas to be a CHANCELLOR the University “university of the of Nebraska and first class.” chancellor of the “We now have City University of New York. a number of universities of the Now in charge of the eight first class,” Milliken said. “The universities and six health care question is how do you meainstitutions that constitute the sure them? There are more of UT System, Milliken said he these rankings now than you wants to focus on creating better can shake a stick at. It’s up to us access to those places. to determine what we want our “Talent is equally distributed institutions to be.” among classes … but opporPart of education qualitunity is not,” Milliken said. ty is making sure students “We must continue to have who come out of UT System policies and practices that exschools are prepared when they pand our reach, to provide that opportunity.” M I L L I K E N page 2
By Savana Dunning @savanaish
The stronger the University is, the better it does its work, the better off the state is.”
angela wang | the daily texan staff Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke, right, interacts with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at The 2018 Texas Tribune Fest on Saturday night. O’Rourke promised that he would serve his full term and forgo seeking higher office during his six years if elected.
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