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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

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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

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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

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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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juan figueroa | the daily texan file Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, left, and Sheriff Lupe Valdez, the Democratic candidate for governor, clashed over immigration, healthcare and gun policy in their first and only debate Friday at the LBJ Library at UT.

Abbott, Valdez face off in debate at UT By Sami Sparber @samisparber

Incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez presented differing visions for Texas’ future during a debate Friday at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Throughout the hour-long debate, the candidates clashed over topics including school safety, immigration and post-Hurricane Harvey relief. The debate was moderated by KXAN anchor Robert Hadlock and a panel of reporters. Regarding school safety after shootings in Parkland, Florida and Santa Fe, Texas, Abbott said he supports arming Texas teachers. “Arming teachers is one of the proposals that came out of … roundtable discussions I conducted in Santa Fe,” Abbott said. “I went to the school, I hugged those kids and I talked to the parents and the

teachers about meaningful solutions.” Valdez agreed students should feel safe at school but said arming teachers isn’t the solution. “Teachers should be teaching, not armed,” Valdez said. “There should be some defense in place but … if (teachers) wanted to be armed, they should have joined the military.” The candidates discussed lessons learned after Hurricane Harvey. Valdez condemned Abbott for not tapping Texas’ roughly $10 billion Economic Stabilization Fund, also called the Rainy Day Fund, for immediate aid. “The Governor calls a special session for bathrooms but not when people are dying,” Valdez said. “The Rainy Day Fund is the biggest savings account in the United States, and governor, it rained.” Abbott said he negotiated the largest amount of federal disaster aid in state history post-Harvey. “The governor has the author-

ity to spend state money without having to call a special session,” Abbott said. “We amassed the resources not just to rebuild Texas, but to build Texas better than it was before Hurricane Harvey struck.” Abbott said the bathroom bill “is not on my agenda” for 2019 and didn’t specify whether he would sign one if it got to his desk. “I don’t sign hypothetical bills,” Abbott said. Both candidates agreed separating families at the border is “cruel,” but they disagreed on whose responsibility it is to fix. “This is Congress’ authority only to fix our broken immigration system,” Abbott said. “Congress has to stop talking to cameras and start talking to each other to come up with solutions to our broken immigration system.” Valdez said the state, not just Congress, has a responsibility to address the situation at the border. “We both agree that we have a broken immigration system, but

we don’t agree on the things we can do in Texas to stop some of that cruelty,” Valdez said. “Family separation was cruel, period.” Kathleen Doviken, University Democrats communications director, said Valdez embodies the kind of Texas she wants to live in, whereas Abbott’s response to the bathroom bill question foreshadows a more narrow-minded state. “(Abbott’s) complete refusal to answer the question about the bathroom bill … is upsetting,” linguistics senior Doviken said. “We all know that means he would sign it if it got to his desk.” Saurabh Sharma, UT’s Young Conservatives of Texas chairman, said Abbott demonstrated complete mastery of the topics at hand. “His command on the issues shows how seriously he takes this job,” biochemistry senior Sharma said. “I think Valdez fumbled quite a bit. It’s very clear she isn’t actually interested in the nuts and bolts of being governor of a state as complex as Texas.”

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Landmarks celebrates 10 years on UT campus By Hannah Ortega @_hanahortega_

From a contorted clock knot to a circle of concrete columns, Landmarks has provided public art to the UT campus for 10 years and now boasts 41 pieces. The program celebrated its 10th anniversary last week by giving out cake at different installations each day. Communications coordinator Emmy Laurse said many students are not aware of Landmarks, and last week’s event helped to promote the art. “There are so many resources given to you while you’re here at UT, and Landmarks and the public art program is just a really small portion of if,” Laursen said. “It’s an opportunity for students to expand their intentions around gaining an educational experience while here at UT.” Landmarks began with a permanent loan of 28 Metropolitan Museum of Art pieces in 2008 and is in charge of es-

| the daily texan staff Members of Landmarks pass out cake to students in celebration of 10 years of public art. The Landmarks program brings art pieces to enhance the education of students at UT. nikita sveshnikov

tablishing and conserving UT’s art installations. Conservation is one of their most expensive responsibilities and requires fundraising, Laursen said. The cost of acquiring art is covered by one to two percent of UT’s construction budget.

“UT has a commitment of seeing the arts grow alongside industrial buildings growing,” Laursen said. “The more economic development that we have alongside it, the art is growing as well.” Despite the program’s

10 years on campus, special education sophomore Alexxa Newman said she did not even know about most of the art pieces. “I didn’t know a lot of them existed until people started pointing them out,” Newman

said. “It’s a cool thing to have … because I know not every school has it.” For studio art freshman Chemareéa Biggs, however, the canoe sculpture on Speedway served as a point of contemplation. “It made me realize that I should venture out and actually try thinking of sculpture as something more than a piece made from scratch,” Biggs said. “I’ve always stayed away from sculpture because I’m used to thinking of it as something to be made from bare materials. It’s ready made but together in a way that makes a new, original object.” Laursen said because students pass by Landmarks pieces every day, the program is a resource that facilitates learning opportunities outside the classroom. “You’re not entering a gallery or a museum and choosing to contemplate what a piece means,” Laursen said. “It’s a … gateway to experiencing art because it’s already there.”

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enter the job market. Milliken said students are going to move between jobs a lot after college, and the knowledge they get from school should be able to help them. “They’re going to change careers, they’re going to re-tool, and we need to make sure that we’re providing the education for them … that will allow them to make that next career move,” Milliken said. In the end, Milliken said he hopes to make Texans more confident in their higher education system. “The most essential role we play in leadership is to work to ensure that the University of Texas System enjoys the confidence of the people of this state,” Milliken said.

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katie bauer | the daily texan staff J.B. Milliken, the new UT System Chancellor, spoke Friday morning at the Texas Tribune Festival. Milliken spoke of his goals for the UT System in the years to come.

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College leaders stress need for financial aid By Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13

Lack of financial aid for university students, support for marginalized students and education policy dominated the conversations at two Texas Tribune Festival panels on higher education. Presidents of Texas universities, chancellors of Texas university systems and higher education officials all met at the festival Friday to discuss the most pressing issues impacting college students. At the festival’s “Economics of Higher Ed” panel, Diana Natalicio, UT-El Paso President, said lower-income students are still unable go to school with enough support to pay full attention to their studies. “Students whose families make less than $20,000 can catapult themselves if they get degrees in engineering or computer science,” Natalicio said. “But the struggle to get there … becomes more difficult every day.” Brian McCall, Texas State University System chancellor, said he is encouraging the Texas State System to make the lives of lower-income and first-generation college students easier through various mentoring and advising programs. “These are the things that we can do that aren’t big-picture or big-dollar things,” McCall said. “If we can help these first generation college students … they will be a college graduate, they will likely marry a college graduate and their children will be college graduates.” Michael Young, Texas A&M University president, said universities need to educate students about financial aid opportunities and stress the importance of working at least 15 hours on campus because it will lead to quicker graduation rates and more overall academic success. “Right now, about 70 percent of students get financial aid, (but) there is a cohort of students for whom that aid may not be enough,” Young said. “If Texas aspires to be competitive with a number of states... investment of higher education has got to be critical.”

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are as honest, transparent and open as we can possibly be. You know, that’s just not me and not who I am. We’re not running against a certain person or political party. We’re running for the future.” At a one-on-one panel with House Minority Leader Nancy

angela wang | the daily texan staff Diana Natalicio, UT-El Paso President, participates in a panel at The Texas Tribune Festival on Friday morning. Panelists on the “Economics of Higher Ed” suggested ways to make a college education more affordable, including expanding dual credit opportunities for high schoolers.

State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, said the Texas Legislature has multiple funding priorities, but items such as healthcare often dominate the budget over higher education funding because of spending on mandatory federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. “One of the legislature’s favorite projects is supporting institutions of higher education, but we shouldn’t just keep on talking about this,” said West, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Higher Education. “We need to actually increase our financial aid programs and

Pelosi, she said O’Rourke was “part of a new generation of leaders” that relates to young families and could change the state of the country if he was elected. “He has the brilliance, he has the values and he has the stamina to run for senator and represent the state of Texas,” Pelosi said. “His election would be transformative not only for Texas, but for the country.”

If the House of Representatives is taken back by Democrats in November and Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House, the moderator asked how Democrats would address the thought of impeaching Trump. She said she wants to focus on issues that directly affect Americans instead of waiting for evidence to be found against Trump. “The topic of impeachment should not be something on

understand that our middle class students also need assistance.” During the “Test for the New Texas” panel, former U.S. Secretary of Education John King said the U.S. needs to change from providing incentives for increasing college enrollment to providing incentives to increase college graduation rates, especially among minority students. “Unless we improve our college completion rate, we’re not only going to struggle domestically but we’re going struggle internationally,” King said. “If we fail to educate our students of the campaign trail,” Pelosi said. “Impeachment is divisive in our country. If Mueller comes up with something that is so clear, I would hope that the Republicans would be patriots. I would rather use our energy winning the election.” Margie Omero, Principal of the Democratic polling firm GBA Strategies, said the current state of politics in the U.S. worries her while discussing the

color and low-income students, we have failed as a country.” Raymund Paredes, Texas commissioner of higher education, said despite a low percentage of students who graduate on time, the state is making substantial progress toward improving overall higher education. “There are a lot of things we can do to be more cost-efficient on college campuses,” Paredes said. “One of the reasons I feel optimistic about the future is because we have a long way to go.”

country’s temperament leading into November. “I’m deeply terrified,” Omero said. “I know we’ve been through tumultuous periods before, but right now we’re going through this and it’s not getting any better. It’s only getting worse.” In contrast, Jonathan Martin, national political correspondent for The New York Times, said he looks at times in U.S.

history when the country was in turmoil, such as the Civil War, the Red Scare and Reconstruction, and gains hope from the country’s pattern of recovery. “The trajectory of this country is ever upward and we do strive to form a more perfect union,” Martin said. “There are always moments of backlash, difficulty, turmoil and polarization, and the country always comes back better for it.”

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Dreamers express challenges with education, citizenship By Sara Schleede @saraschleede

Maria Trevino-Rodriguez has always considered herself a Texan. She was born in Mexico, but her parents brought her to Houston when she was only 1 year old.jjTrevino-Rodriguez did not even know she was undocumented until she started applying for college. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has helped her secure a future, but she said she continues to struggle. Trevino-Rodriguez and two other DACA recipients shared their experiences at The Texas Tribune Festival on Friday as part of the Diversity and Immigration panel series. Trevino-Rodriguez,jja student at the University of Houston, said applying to college as an undocumented student can add barriers that make higher education nearly unattainable. Because she was not a citizen, Trevino-Rodriguez could not apply for financial aid. DACA began offering

undocumented students deferred deportation in 2012, but students must pay $495 to apply and renew their status every two years. “There’s still that economic barrier that doesn’t allow us that opportunity to reach that status,” Trevino-Rodriguez said. President Donald Trump said he would rescind DACA on Sept. 5, 2017. Emelin S. Hernandez Reyes, a UTRio Grande Valley graduate student, said the announcement came less than a week after her status was renewed. “I knew something was happening because my phone started buzzing like crazy during class,” Reyes said. “It hit me like a ton of bricks knowing that something that was part of my future was put on hold.” The program has since been temporarily preserved by orders from several federal courts, but Texas led a lawsuit to restrict DACA earlier this year, despite having the second highest DACA student population in the United States. A federal judge declined the state’s

request to put a hold on the program earlier this month. “It hurts that they’re leading the charge to take us out and have all of our rights taken away again,” said Edras Alvarado, a DACA recipient and student at the University of Houston. Trevino-Rodriguez said the struggle is even harder for parents of DACA students, who often wait decades for citizenship. “We’re technically privileged,” Trevino-Rodriguez said. “We go to college. This is for our parents. This is for the people who are considered criminals for wanting a better life for our children.” Trevino-Rodriguez said local policy will best help undocumented individuals, such as creating safe spaces at school for young children or establishing scholarships specifically for undocumented students. “Citizenship is not our end goal,” Trevino-Rodriguez said. “Even if we become residents or citizens, we need to fight to make sure that actually means something.”

carlos garcia | the daily texan staff Maria Trevino-Rodriguez and two other DACA recipients shared their experiences at The Texas Tribune Festival on Friday.

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Gentrification is on the ballot this November By Molly Bolf and Jennifer Liu Forum Editors

Gentrification has been a hot-button issue in Austin for years, but the issue is now especially relevant with midterm elections coming up in a month. In addition to city council members, there will be seven bond propositions on the ballot for voters to consider, one of which would set aside $250 million for affordable housing in Austin. Past initiatives like the controversial CodeNEXT program, which was dropped by the

city council last month, have failed to sufficiently address the problem. Residents continue to be displaced by rising housing costs. Not only is gentrification dramatically altering Austin’s demographics, but its culture is under threat as well. The city is continuing to make efforts toward a solution, and it recently asked the University of Texas to conduct a study on gentrification in Austin with recommendations on how to proceed in these efforts. For today’s Forum, we talked with Heather Way, a clinical professor at the UT-Austin School of Law who conducted the study, about its findings and

their implications. Way emphasizes the importance of knowing about the history of displacement in Austin, and what communities are most vulnerable in the fight for real estate. Mayor Steve Adler discusses the concrete solutions the city is working towards, asserting that we should focus on what we can do for current residents in Austin, and not on variables that are out of the city’s control. Adler informs students on how they can participate in the discussion by voting on the city’s bond propositions in November. Student Florent Marchais contends that UT students have a moral responsibility to care

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Austin needs to prioritize its residents Daily Texan: What is the city currently working on to keep housing affordable? Adler: The city’s working on lots of different

things. The CodeNEXT project — it became apparent that it wasn’t going to get a good community consensus. So, we stopped that process, but, at the same time, we recognized that all the reasons to fix the land development code still exist, and if anything, they’re more intense now than when the process started. So, picking that up again is a really high priority. We also just created a crash course on gentrification that’s been doing a lot of public engagement work as well as analysis of the issue, and they’re supposed to report back to the city council with their findings in November. There’s a bond election coming up in November with seven different bond propositions. Proposition A will put aside 250 million dollars for affordable housing in the city — it’s money that will be invested into buying new property and providing support for first-time homebuyers. We’re just trying to do as much as we can in as many different places as possible.

perhaps a registry of people who qualify for these affordable units, because in a perfect world, the person who’s next on the list has the first shot at whatever’s available. We would also certainly love it if UT would

1950s doubled down on some of those policies, but the 10-1 council that we have right now — the first council elected by district — is a council that puts equity as a big priority. I spent my entire adult life practicing civil rights law, working with civil

DT: You recently said in a forum hosted by Blue Action Democrats that housing in West Campus needs to be safer and more affordable. What can we do to achieve those goals? A: The challenge is great, because more and more people want to live closer and closer to the University, and housing is available in a limited supply. So, one of the things that we do in the West Campus area is we have density bonus programs. If someone comes in and they want a little more height, if they want to build a bigger building, they are required either to dedicate a certain percentage of the unit for lower-income renters, or they have to pay an affordable housing fund. Right now, some of the money that’s being taken from these buildings is being collected and used to help subsidize some of the housing cooperatives that exist around the University. So, part of what we’re doing has created some affordable units. It’s also created support for cooperative housing. We’re also now talking to create a registry of dedicated affordable units so people can see when they become available, and also

‘Uprooted’ is reality DT: Why do you think it’s such a big problem in Austin specifically? W: So, one thing to point out is that gentrifica-

tion and displacement of vulnerable persons is by no means unique to Austin — that nationally, around the country, there are many cities, neighborhoods that are subject to the same pressures, driven by a demand for inner city living — folks no longer wanting to live in the suburbs, and both older, as well as younger, residents wanting to live closer to downtown and near the economic and cultural centers. This is not unique here, but there are some factors that make it such a significant issue in Austin, one being Austin’s long history of racial segregation and discrimination. Austin has many neighborhoods that were discriminated against for decades and those neighborhoods have historically lower housing values, and within that demand for people wanting to live in the city, those neighborhoods become the most vulnerable to development and displacement. So, there are these market pressures, but there is also this history there that’s important to recognize and be considerate of when thinking about different policy approaches.

DT: Austin is becoming a really big tech city, and, as a Texas Tribune article mentioned, younger people who are moving here for work aren’t really here to make an investment in the community. How is the city going to work with this growing trend? A: This is kind of an interesting thing. I came down here in 1978. I would have been included among those people who were coming here just for school, I never had this expectation that I would be investing in the community, but here I am forty years later. I think a lot of people come to Austin rarely with the intention to stay, but it’s such a magical city that they end up staying. There are things we have control over and things that we don’t, but we can do everything that we can to ensure that the people who live here have jobs, and that helps with not creating demand for people to move into the city, and doing a better job of training the people who do live here to take those jobs. What we have done was rewrite the incentive policy so that the primary functions aren’t just attracting big companies with high-paying jobs, but focusing more on the community benefits — training people who live here, and paying people living wages and serving iconic music and art. What we can do is focus on the people who live here, but who moves to our city and this country is not something we can control. If they come, it’s for all the reasons I choose to live here as well — the hill country, the lake, Barton Springs. We can’t stop that. But we can take the energy and power and resources associated with the people coming and then devote those resources back to affordability issues in our community.

about Austin residents’ housing, and can play an active role in reversing the negative impact gentrification has on the community. He suggests that students should publicly support and vote for proposition A this November, in addition to being aware of the corporate dominance of real estate in Austin. As always, please reach out to us at thedailytexanforum@gmail.com if you have thoughts on this issue or anything else. Bolf is an English sophomore from Fort Worth. Liu is a Rhetoric & Writing, Philosophy, and Plan II junior from Plano.

DT: Who is most vulnerable to gentrification pressures? W: Definitely persons of color; specifically

African Americans, Hispanics, and low-income renters with children. We identified five different categories of demographic factors that make groups vulnerable to displacement: renters, persons of color, low-income households, lack of higher education and children. The more of these factors are combined, the more vulnerable these groups are to displacement.

DT: What are some ways gentrification can negatively impact minority communities? W: Neighborhoods seeing rapid loss of Afri-

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build more dormitories on campus. That would relieve the pressure of some of the housing in the surrounding area. And we’re trying to increase the supply of housing in areas other than West Campus. If we create more supply in other parts of the city, people who might be competing for units in West Campus can find housing in other places. DT: Is there anything else UT can do to help ad-

dress this problem? Can they work with the city to collaborate in coming up with a solution? A: Yes. We’re trying to do more and more col-

laboration. We’re trying to tie in more and more to that talent and expertise on campus, kind of like what we just did with this study. We’re also taking a look at some of the university-owned property that exists in the city, we’re looking at making titlements on some of that excess property that the university wants to sell, and we’re making sure that whoever buys that property from UT puts some of that property towards affordable housing, or that the tax revenue that’s generated from that additional titlement is dedicated to affordable housing.

DT: In the same Tribune article, a resident who lives in Montopolis said that “politicians have historically ignored the needs of low-income residents and people of color, and have instead supported wishes of white voters and profit-driven developers.” What are your views on this? A: I think the City of Austin certainly has a history of what are racist policies.The city council in the

rights organizations, organizations designed to bring equity and access and opportunity to people, especially those to who are most disenfranchised, like to communities of color. Right now, government here is predisposed to doing what’s necessary. The 10-1 council created the equity office, we created a task force on institutional racism, wrote 256 recommendations, 60 already implemented, 90 in the process of being implemented. This is a council and a city that is doing more for equity and opportunity than any council I can think of in my political years. We’re always doing more.

DT: Do you think gentrification is just as much of a question of preserving the city’s culture, as much as it is an economic issue? A: Yes. We’re a magical city, and there’s so

much diversity that exists in our city, and we continue to bring in people and build community. Look at a city like San Francisco. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, it was a wonderful city. It’s still a great place, but it’s also a very different place. The only people who are living there now are people who are either really affluent or they’re not. There’s nobody in the middle, there’s no artists who create. San Francisco used to be a city that created art. Now they’re a city that consumes art. Austin is a city that creates art. If we don’t get a handle on preserving community, then we won’t create art anymore. And if Austin doesn’t create art anymore, then we’re a different place. Adler is the current mayor of Austin.

can-American and Hispanic residents. Oftentimes those residents are pushed outside far outside the city and lose access to basic amenities such as public transportation, good schools and jobs. This further drives economic inequality. There’s also this loss of cultural richness that was been such an important part of Austin neighborhoods for the longest time. For those residents who are displaced, these people no longer feel like they’re at home.

DT: What did you and your colleagues conclude was the best solution for gentrification in Austin? W: Ultimately, one of the best things we can do for the community is to invest in funding. Lay an acquisition, focus on housing preservation. It’s going to take millions of dollars to have a signific ant impact — funds that are going to be on the ballot in November. Hopefully, students are registeringtovoteandplantogetouttovote.Themost important thing I can say is that there’s no one approach — we need a multi-faceted approach, and we need to back it up with financial support, and the general obligation bonds are a big step in the right direction for the city being able to have an impact on this issue.

DT: What was the most interesting thing you learned from this study? W: When we first started getting together the

maps to identify where gentrification was occurring, it was very disheartening, but when we started to look at the best practices from around the country and success stories and there were a lot of interesting and innovative approaches they were taking. This is a very challenging issue for cities around the country, and it doesn’t require one simple solution. I feel hopeful that while a city can by no means solve gentrification, we can make a significant impact. Way is a clinical law professor at UT-Austin.

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Fight against gentrification in Austin needs student voices By Florent Marchais Forum Contributor

One hot July morning, 42-year-old Austinite Karen Woodward woke up in a Walmart parking lot in her Honda Civic. She had recently been evicted from her home due to rising costs and a dispute with her ex-husband. She had been renting for $1,400 a month. When her car is functioning, she drives to Westlake Hills — a wealthy suburban area outside of Austin — for work as a medical assistant. As an evictee, Ms. Woodward sought aid from the Travis County Emergency Rental Assistance program. She failed to qualify due to certain income based restrictions. “Where are the resources? I know that there are resources in this city. This is a very wealthy city,” Ms. Woodward said. Woodward’s eviction story is one of many. Twelve families are evicted each day from their homes in Travis County. Her concerns about growing inequality and the power of landlords is pertinent as well. KUT reports that Austin “is a city of renters” — 55 percent of Austin

households are rented. With rising rent costs due to an influx of demand for new housing, evictions are inevitable. Gentrification has allowed Austin to evict so many residents and ignore its looming housing crisis in the name of promoting “rapid growth” and “development.” Austin is one of the fastest-gentrifying cities in the U.S. Gentrification, the process of “revitalizing” economically unproductive parts of a city, has provided affluent newcomers with housing options close to the central business district and has increased profits for the real estate market and developers while pushing out low-income residents. Montopolis historical archeologist and community activist Fred McGhee says “gentrification is a question of real estate … and real estate interests dominate city hall.” City zoning laws — contemporary and historical — have contributed to the negative racial, economic and social effects of Austin gentrification. In 1928, city authorities specifically zoned East Austin to be occupied by Black and Latino residents. “Uprooted,” a study by the University of Texas found that East Austin, which used to be predominantly

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African-American and Mexican-American, saw a 442 percent increase of white residents between 2000 and 2010, while its black population dropped by 66 percent. Why should students care? It may not be in the interest of most UT students to care about the broader Austin community. After all, many UT students will leave Austin for employment opportunities elsewhere. Austin ranks as one of the most economically and educationally segregated cities in America. Wealthy, college-educated professionals and less-educated, blue-collar workers are least likely to share the same neighborhoods in our city. McGhee states that the young professionals who move to Austin are “here to make a real estate investment. They’re not interested in playing a role in the community.” Students who stay in Austin — to participate in its growing tech industry, start-ups or live music scene — should reverse this trend by promoting affordable housing and restrictions on profit driven developers. As members of a community, students in Austin should feel more affinity to non-student Austinites. It is simply the right thing to do.

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About a year ago, Blue Cat Café demolished and replaced Jumpolin, a Mexican-American family owned piñata store overnight. Defend our Hoodz’s, an anti-gentrification organization, ongoing boycott against Blue Cat Café can be seen as an example of an action students should support in the struggle of local Austinites against gentrification. Supporting and voting for Proposition A in November to build affordable housing will also help manage growth by providing an alternative for working-class residents. Continued advocacy for the “right to return” ordinance which aims “to prioritize access to affordable housing for residents with generational ties to East Austin and other gentrifying parts of the city” will similarly help create stability in the midst of Austin’s housing crisis. Skepticism about proposals to construct large corporate offices like Amazon’s HQ2 should also be considered. Students must promote alternatives to control Austin’s growth rather than let its growth control it. Marchais is a philosophy sophomore.

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Texas also got another strong performance from outside hitter Micaya White, who had a team-high 14 kills and 3 digs on the day. White, who had been working on a different serve Just two weeks ago, question marks were during the team’s time off, had only one service popping up for the Longhorns. error on the afternoon. Changes in rotation and serving were among This improvement, along with using Butjust a few of them, but the past couple of games ler in a variety of positions, has helped the following Texas’ series with Stanford have Longhorns become a more dominant squad helped erase some of the doubt. and avoid beating themselves. That’s how With a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-15, 25-19) of Texas rattled off an 8-0 run to turn a twoWest Virginia in assertive point deficit in its fafashion, the No. 4 Longvor and close out the horns won their third set and match. straight game and second “We just focus our consecutive on the road. minds on the next game We just focus our A new rotation and emand not too much on phasis on new players led the past,” Butler said. minds on the next Texas to a decisive victo“We have a really good game and not too ry Saturday afternoon. character, we’re still Texas started off hot, much on the past building on it, but that’s closing the first set on a part of the journey.” BRIONNE BUTLER 10-3 tear to break the 15The Longhorns beMIDDLE BLOCKER 15 deadlock. The second gin a tough stretch with set saw more of the same, four of their next six with the Longhorns domgames on the road, and according to head inating from the start to push the Mountaineers coach Jerritt Elliott, the team might endure to the brink. some growing pains. A big part of this surge from Texas was the “We’ve got an opportunity to work on contribution from redshirt freshman Brionne Butler. She had 10 kills, six digs and four block some things that we’ve seen that we’ve needed,” Elliott said. “We’re young … so we just assists, showcasing her multifaceted skill set have to learn to play clean for longer periods and ability to play any part of the court includof time.” ing her favorite: the middle. Texas will have until Wednesday to catch “I think it’s (serving) is really something that its breath before traveling to Fort Worth I have to start embracing,” Butler said. “Middle is definitely my comfort zone, but ideally, I’d for a duel at TCU with first serve set for 8 p.m. on Wednesday. like to be outside.”

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The No. 8 Longhorns’ undefeated streak has finally come to an end after back-to-back nailbiters against No. 13 Oklahoma State and unranked TCU. Here’s how Texas fared over a tough weekend: Texas reaches draw with Oklahoma State in double overtime The Longhorns managed to tie a physical No. 13 Oklahoma State squad Friday night thanks to Cyera Hintzen, the Big 12’s leading goal scorer. With the draw, Texas kept their undefeated season alive for one more day. “That’s one of the most physical games I’ve ever been a part of, playing or coaching, to be honest,” head coach Angela Kelly said. Though she was incredibly proud of the two players, Kelly adjusted her lineup accordingly by starting senior Amber Stearns and moving midfielder Haley Berg to the forward position. Texas fell behind in the first half at the 22 minute mark, conceding an own goal after Oklahoma State cross landed into the 18-yard box. A Texas defender, in an attempt to win possession, headed the ball into the team’s own goal, giving the Cowgirls their only point of the match. After seven shot attempts following the own goal, the Longhorns finally broke through Oklahoma State’s stubborn defense on their eighth attempt at the 76-minute mark. Following an approach by junior defender Atu Mshana, Hintzen played a beautiful chip past the charging goalkeeper and into the far post to level the score en route to the 1-1 draw.

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Dance Across Texas closes its doors after 27 years of memories. By Landry Allred @l2ndry

building with a dance floor, themed bars and a staff and customers who care — this is a place where memories are made, people reconnect and many famous artists such as Toby Keith and Brooks & Dunn have performed. Unfortunately, this all came to an end this past weekend. After welcoming customers for 27 years, Dance Across Texas — the renowned dance hall located in South Austin off Ben White Boulevard — officially closed its doors to the public this past weekend. Now, this leaves staff to begin taking apart the club so the brewing company can eventually move in. The building will be vacant for about a year in order for the brewing company to obtain permits. Owner Rosemary Follis said one reason she decided to close was because of her recent quadruple bypass surgery, along with a heart stent. “Even though it’s really sad and hard for me to give it up, I know that for health reasons and the club (being) at its very best, I needed to sell (the building),” Follis said. “So now it’s just going to become part of history.” Before the dance hall existed, 84 Lumber Company owned the building. Once they closed, Follis thought the building would be a perfect location to showcase her passion for dancing. She found investors and had the dance floor built from an old school gymnasium and auditorium and retrieved some plywood from a stage that former U.S. President George W. Bush stood on to hand out UT diplomas. “All around town, we salvaged a lot of stuff and built Dance Across Texas,” Follis

joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Hien Nguyen, left, dances with Jerrie Jensen at Dance Across Texas’ last night in business on Saturday, Sept. 29. The 27-year-old dance hall is going to be converted into a brewery by its new owners.

said. “It has a lot of personal memories and a lot of personal work from me and my family to build it. When I walk in there, it’s like home. Everything means something to us.” The dance hall means something to many college students as well. Accounting junior Michael Walsh said he remembered how it was the one of the first ways he got involved with the community beyond classes and served as an avenue to make friends. “It provides a chance and an avenue for people going in groups to reconnect,” Walsh said. “If you’re not going in a group, it’s a chance for people to ‘shoot their shot,’ as it were, and try their best.” People beyond Walsh succeeded in “shooting their shot,” as many attendees

have met at the dance hall and later gotten married. Floor manager Frankie Estrada explained how one night, four couples were celebrating their anniversaries the same night they met. “It just kind of tells you how many people have met and married here,” Estrada said. “The odds of having that many people here on the same night celebrating their anniversary — it’s amazing.” While DATX is a place to connect with others, it is also a place to decompress. Isabella Fanucci, psychology and speech language pathology junior, described the dance hall as her way of de-stressing after a long week.

“Spending every Thursday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Dance Across Texas allows my friends and I the opportunity to let loose and dance to our favorite songs,” Fanucci said. “It’s the one place I can purely enjoy myself and relax.” No matter whether people will remember the dance hall as a place associated with family, friends, love or freedom, Estrada points out that Dance Across Texas will be remembered by many. “I just want (customers) to remember Dance Across Texas as an icon,” Estrada said. “It’s not ‘legendary,’ but it’s something that a lot of people know about and a lot of people will always remember.”

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Every film student looks forward to the day a festival recognizes their work. For UT radio-television-film alumnus Scott Cobb, this dream became a reality, and then quickly became a nightmare. In June 2018, Cobb’s script entitled “Overwood” was selected as a semi-finalist by the Austin Revolution Film Festival. While Cobb was honored by the award, there was one glaring problem with the festival’s imagery — its focus on guns. The repercussions of his story have struck a chord with current radio-television-film students who one day hope to embrace Austin’s robust selection of film festivals. Included in the festival’s email were laurels meant to showcase the achievement of the writers, but instead, Cobb said he felt they glorified gun culture. Not wanting to associate his project with such violent images, Cobb said he asked the festival via email if they offered alternate laurels that did not feature weaponry. They responded, telling Cobb he was welcome to create alternate laurels. In an email to festival representatives, Scott agreed to

consider designing his own laurels but explained his criticism, stating that the laurels were insensitive and out of touch with the modern political climate. As a result, the ARFF revoked Scott’s award, stripping the script of its semi-finalist position. Cobb said his wariness of gun-related imagery comes from his story as a survivor of armed robbery at a McDonald’s in Houston in the 1990s. “Two people came in, showed us their guns, hit me in the face with the butt of one, and ordered us into the kitchen,” Cobb said. “I was told to lie down and a long gun was stuck hard in my back.” Cobb compares his treatment by the festival to mid1900s Hollywood, when unfair rules and blacklists banned filmmakers with controversial or outspoken opinions from participating in the industry. Founder and editor of “MovieMaker Magazine” Timothy Rhys said it is unfortunate the parties involved were unable to work through the issue respectfully. “I can appreciate the festival’s unwillingness to change its imagery or allow any usage of alternate imagery,” Rhys said. “I can understand Scott’s point, as well, and don’t think he should have been disinvited.”

The festival is also a part of the Film Festival Alliance, which prides itself in strengthening “the film festival industry and advocates for a sustainable and inclusive environment for film festivals and the people who run them,” according to its website. Radio-television-film freshman Blair Kirk said although he didn’t think the award should have been revoked, he could understand the side the festival was taking. “The branding is a consistent aspect of the film festival,” Kirk said. “And the fact that the guns are revolvers, not used today in any context, takes it farther away from the reality of gun violence.” Despite sparking conflict by speaking up, Cobb is trying to find his way in the film industry by continuing to share his work with festivals. Cobb said he believes unjustifiable retractions of recognition due to an artist’s personal or political views represents a major roadblock in the way of aspiring artists like himself. “(A film festival) harms the entire filmmaking community by silencing people at a time in history when filmmakers should be encouraged to speak out and not feel intimidated into remaining silent,” Cobb said.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018

FOOTBALL

Texas wins despite sloppy play Longhorns leave Manhattan with 4th-straight win. By Ross Burkhart @ross_burkhart

s Kansas State cut into Texas’ two-score lead late in the fourth quarter, the situation looked all too familiar for the Longhorns. They had experienced the same in Week One, which resulted in a loss to Maryland. This time around, things went differently. On the road, in a slow-moving game where the two defensive units set the pace, quarterback Sam Ehlinger and freshman running back Keaontay Ingram chewed up the final six minutes and 20 seconds of the clock to secure the win and stop a potential comeback from the Wildcats. Texas’ 19-14 victory over the Wildcats on Saturday marked its fourth straight win and the first in Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium since 2002 — a time when it was just named KSU Stadium. “We’ve got a lot to clean up,” head coach Tom Herman said during a press conference after the game. “But to be able to do something in Manhattan, Kansas, that a Texas team hasn’t done in 16 years still should be celebrated.” On 4th and goal, with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game, Kansas State running back Alex Barnes leaped over a wall of offensive linemen to cut into a twoscore Texas lead. Then, the Longhorns reached the opposing side of the field on the next possession, only to see a potential game-sealing drive be halted by an errant pass from Ehlinger on 3rd and 7 intended for wide reciever Collin Johnson. Quarterback Alex Delton and the Wildcat offense then marched back onto the field with their first lead of the day sitting 84 yards away. But the rugged Texas defense quickly stopped their attempt, sending the Kansas State punting team

carlos garcia | the daily texan file Texas junior wide receiver Collin Johnson attempts to break a tackle by a Tulsa defender. Through five games this season, Johnson is averaging 70 yards and 4.8 receptions per game.

onto the field to give the Longhorns the ball once again which resulted in the final game-ending drive. “I think it shows our maturity, being able to overcome a lull,” Ehlinger said. “We obviously didn’t score as much as we would like, but a lot of offenses after that would happen would curl up at the end of the game, but we decided to finish. The last four games we’ve had the ball at the end of the game taking a knee which shows signs of us advancing and learning. I think we know how to finish now.” Texas remained turnover free — as did Kansas State — but unflatteringly picked up 10 penalties throughout the

game for a total of 104 yards while the Wildcats committed none. Despite the offensive inconsistencies and penalty errors, the Longhorns found a way to walk off the field with a victory, as they’ve done for four straight weeks. “We were just clicking,” Johnson told Longhorn Network. “We had a few mistakes we’ve got to clean up, but overall, that was a good performance and the win is the main thing. So, we’ve just got to keep building off this and take it into next week.” Prior to the Wildcat’s comeback attempt, Texas entered the locker room at halftime with a 19-0 lead on a 90-yard

punt return touchdown from two-way player D’Shawn Jamison, a short touchdown catch from Johnson on a fade route, a safety and a 28-yard field goal from freshman Cameron Dicker. As the Longhorns return to Austin in preparation for a blockbuster Week Six matchup against Oklahoma, the players and coaches are going to walk a little taller this week after this win, according to Herman. “The flight is shorter, the food tastes better, you get better sleep and sleep in a little later when you win,” Herman said. “We did not play our best. We didn’t, but we found a way to do so in critical times.”