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Students struggle with insurance, paying for UHS services
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Are you a First Generation college student?
By Emily Hernandez @emilylhernandez
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University Health Services offers options for students regardless of whether or not their insurance is accepted by UHS or if they do not have insurance at all. Business sophomore Ellena Beltran experienced insurance issues with her health maintenance organization, or HMO, plan because it was not accepted by UHS. She said her sessions with an integrated health counselor cost her $50 per hour, and she eventually stopped treatment because she “didn’t want to pay anymore.” “They definitely try to give me discounted rates, but I don’t get the charge immediately to my account because I’m out of network with them,” Beltran said. “Sometimes, I have to wait two weeks or even a month for a charge to appear on my account, and they don’t tell me when it’s there. I’ve missed a few payments. They’ve gone past due, and I’ve had another charge.” Undeclared sophomore Sarah Harper also has an HMO plan and has been unable to use UHS at all due to financial difficulties despite discounts. “I am a first-generation college student, so I pay for everything on my own,” Harper said. “What the insurance does cover, the leftover, the copays, is still like $15-20, which I just don’t have.” UHS bills students under their ‘What I Owe’ page if they are unable to pay the day of their appointment. Sherry Bell, UHS consumer education and outreach coordinator, said UHS offers various discounts on all services for students with insurance issues depending on their financial situation. “If it’s related to a physical exam office visit, a women’s annual exam office visit or any kind of medical clearance, we can offer (up to a) 50 percent discount of the student’s financial responsibility,” Bell said. “We can (also) offer deeper discounts for appointments with a dietitian, for STI tests performed here in our laboratory and for medical equipment.” Bell said the AcademicBlue Student Health Plan is an affordable insurance for any student within the UT system. UHS doesn’t directly sell the plan, but Bell said it is posted on their website to provide students access to healthcare. Spring enrollment for the plan opens Nov. 1. “The cool thing about that is that with very, very few
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This is the second installment of the semester-long collaborative series “First-Gen UT,” which will share the stories of first-generation Longhorns. Stories will be produced in partnership with UT’s chapters of Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Hispanic Journalists Association and the National Lesbian Gay Journalists Association. very day from 10 a.m. until 9:30 p.m., math senior Benjamin Duong’s parents work at their family restaurant called Kemah Cafe. Born and raised in Clear Lake, Texas, Duong spent his childhood helping out at the restaurant by taking orders, cleaning tables and making coffee or lemonade when needed. Since his parents work long hours, Duong said he had to figure out how to complete his college applications and financial aid documents with only the help of his older sisters. Neither of Duong’s parents attended college, making him a first-generation college student. However, Duong said he didn’t even know he qualified as a first-generation student, because his sisters had both gone to college. “I don’t think I was recognizable as a first-generation to myself or to other people,” Duong said. Business sophomore Lucy Gutierrez also researched the college application process without her parents because they were unfamiliar with the U.S. college system as Mexican immigrants. “It was something I researched, I applied to, I financed and I decided to move (to Austin),” Gutierrez said. “They drove me up here … but they were not able to be very involved in the application process and enrollment.” But according to the U.S. Department of Education, Gutierrez is not a first-generation college student because her mom graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Mexico. The definition of a “first-generation student” can be vague and unclear, leaving students like Duong and Gutierrez confused.
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Duong and Gutierrez’s similar, but different, experiences are part of the ongoing debate over what the term “first-generation student” means. UT officials define first-generation students as those with parents “who have not earned a higher education degree from a U.S. institution.” But at the federal level, this is not the case. According to the U.S. Department of Education, a first-generation student is someone whose parents haven’t obtained a bachelor’s degree or someone whose primary guardian didn’t obtain a bachelor’s degree. The term also extends to people with parent(s) and or guardian(s) who attended college, but failed to receive a bachelor’s degree. Joey Williams, communications director for the Office of the Execu-
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samantha dorisca | the daily texan staff Math senior Benjamin Duong’s was surprised when he realized he qualified to be a first generational college student.
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Charlie Kirk visits campus, sparks political debate about conservatism By Gracie Awalt & Laura Morales @gracieawalt @Lamor_1217
A crowd of about 40 students surrounded by officers from the UT Police Department gathered on the West Mall on Wednesday to debate Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder and executive director. Turning Point USA is a
nonprofit created to teach students conservative principles. The UT Chapter of TPUSA, which started this September, invited Kirk in hopes the event would be a space for students to discuss political issues, chapter president Meghan Lovett said. “I just want people to get their voices out there,” Lovett said. “I want to let them know they have been heard, and let them
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University Health Services offer wheelchairs for rent, aids injured students in commute to classes By Laura Morales @Lamor_1217
Injured students struggle to get around campus, but many do not know they can rent a wheelchair from the University Health Services. Two wheelchairs are available at Urgent Care Services through UHS to rent for 72 hours on a case-bycase basis. Students treated in an off-campus facility can receive one from Urgent Care Services at no cost if they have a prescription. Students must sign a contract stating they have someone to accompany them when using the wheelchair, because the terrain can be difficult to navigate. Sherry Bell, UHS consumer education and outreach coordinator, said the UHS Urgent Care hadn’t had any case where there were not wheelchairs available. In the case UHS runs out of wheelchairs, students may be referred to the Office of the Dean of Students, which also has two wheelchairs available. This limited supply is the main reason UHS is selective for their rentals. “Wheelchairs are only checked out for medical reasons, not for props or games or things like that,” Bell said. “There is no charge to check one out under certain circumstance, but the student is responsible for returning it on time and undamaged.” Neuroscience freshman Sanjana Nagaraja sprained
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because we had to convince them that I actually need it. We wheeled up to the top floor and I asked them if there was anywhere I could go to get (my ankle) checked out and they said there wasn’t anything they could do because UHS had closed.” Some students, such as
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government freshman Mercedes Holmes, are rejected for wheelchair rentals. Holmes said she fractured her ankle after falling on a scooter and was offered crutches by UHS but decided to rent a wheelchair from an outside institution. “It was really difficult and really stressful because I
was worried about the hills and terrain at UT,” Holmes said. “I couldn’t just limp along with the assistance of crutches. I would have had to be completely dependent on them and for me, personally, the prospect of falling down a hill with crutches was way too terrifying f or me.”
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Planning Scholarship and are welcomed to take part in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement First-Generation Student Ambassador Program, said Kendall Slagle, a spokesperson for the Provost office. The ambassador program connects first-generation students and is part of a first-generation committee started by Alejandrina Guzman, a UT alumna and first-generation student. Cassandre Alvarado, director of UT’s Student Success Initiatives office, cochairs UT’s new working group on first-generation students. She said the University is moving to be more inclusive and allow self-identifying first-generation students to access resources on campus. “The technical definition is not what’s important,” Alvarado said. “What’s important is whether (a) student feels that they need support that might be aligned with an identity as a first-gen student.” These resources include participating in the Multicultural Engagement Center, the Office of the Dean of Students and the Counseling and Mental Health Center, Slagle said. Gutierrez said she self-identifies as a first-generation student, but understands why the federal government might restrict some resources to students whose parents did not earn any degree. She said she found scholarships for Hispanic students and found a supportive community by joining university organizations and by meeting other Hispanic students through her classes. “Being at UT, I think the resources are great,” Gutierrez said. “I think the reason I’m here is because they made it easy for me to come here.” Duong said these conversations about who is considered a first-generation student should happen earlier in high school. “College is a very mysterious thing that schools push, but, in my experience, I know that they don’t talk about the ins and outs of it,” Duong said. “It’s not very clear what first-generation means and what resources they have.”
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erika ramirez | the daily texan staff Public relations junior Rola Elkhatib works as an ambassador for Kendra Scott. Elkhatib represents the company by posting their products on social media and enjoys being challenged creatively.
By Maysa Mustafa @maysamustafa
Local and national companies are entrusting students to integrate their brands into university culture as campus ambassadors. Campus ambassadors take on the responsibility of marketing a company’s brand to their peers by utilizing their social media accounts and publicizing or creating events. “I became a Kendra Scott ambassador by stumbling across the application on LinkedIn,” public relations junior Rola Elkhatib said. “As a PR major, I thought this was a good opportunity to learn the behind the scenes of a brand and see the direct effects of community relations.” Elkhatib said her main responsibilities with Kendra Scott are to inform the campus of products and create ways to publicize them as much as possible. “Basically, I’m given a certain amount of jewelry every month, and I have to create events to give them away while also getting other people to post about them as well,” Elkhatib said. “Since the headquarters is here in Austin, there are certain
events that we go to and help set up.” Sustainability studies senior Dakota Schey is a campus ambassador for HEYDAY, a local Austin company. He said his responsibilities include both setting up social media cam-
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paigns and distributing promotional materials to raise brand awareness. “One of the main criteria in marketing is deciding the proper place and appropriate time, and that is definitely a key tenet in
promoting HEYDAY’s brand and products,” Schey said. “Currently, we are in the works of creating graphic design brochures for various giveaways and events.” Elkhatib said creativity is imperative to achieving one’s goals as an ambassador. “I used to think that the only two qualities needed to be a campus ambassador were having a large social media following and a nice camera,” Elkhatib said. “After some time though, I think the most important thing is creativity. Whether it’s to make your Instagram posts stand out or making events that busy college students would take time out to attend, you need to be creative.” Advertising sophomore Alex Trujillo, an ambassador for Topo Chico, said her experiences as an ambassador have created beneficial connections and experiences to prepare her for her career. “Communicating directly to Topo Chico’s consumers and hearing first hand of their opinions helps me think of different ways that the brand can change or do better,” Trujillo said. “This job has already given me a new confidence that I didn’t have before.”
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tive Vice President and Provost Office, said the federal definition of first-generation is not influenced by country of origin, so students whose parents have earned a degree in another country may not be eligible for f irst-generation scholarships. This leaves students like Gutierrez, whose mom earned a bachelor’s in business administration in Mexico, with less resources, even if they face similar bureaucratic or cultural obstacles as federally qualified first-generation students. “Sometimes I feel at a slight disadvantage being an immigrant, because that means my parents don’t have roots here, so I don’t have the connections that maybe some other people do,” Gutierrez said. Gutierrez said her mom has not been able to use her Mexican degree to advance her professional career in the U.S., so her mom currently works in a nursing home. It’s been over a decade since her family moved from Juárez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, but Gutierrez said her mom still struggles with speaking English. Language barriers like these also make it difficult for students like Gutierrez to receive parental help when applying to college. But students like Duong, who the U.S. Department of Education does consider a first-generation student, can also miss out on resources because of the confusion over the term. “I missed my chance to do the first-generation scholarship, because I didn’t consider myself as a first-generation student,” Duong said. “I’m not really sure what people defined it as because I know there’s multiple definitions.” Duong said he only learned he qualified as a first-generation student after talking with his girlfriend’s mom at the end of his sophomore year. He was disappointed that he missed the chance to apply for UT’s first-generation scholarship. More than a definition First-generation students who qualify under the federal definition are encouraged to apply to UT’s First Abroad
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UT bridges science, communication gap
By Savana Dunning @savanaish
Scientific research papers and studies are produced every day by UT scientists, but communicating that information can be challenging. Luckily, STEM students have resources to help. Anthony Dudo, advertising and public relations associate professor, said the gap in understanding between scientists and the public can affect policy. According to NASA, 97 percent of scientists agree global climate change is likely man-made, but Pew Research reported more than half of Americans disagree. “We live in a democracy,” Dudo said. “Many people would also argue that it’s important that our citizens have a stake in and have involvement with and be engaged in STEM, the way that it innovates, the way that it evolves and the way that policies are set relative to it.” Dudo joined a committee within the Moody College of Communication three years ago to create a science communication minor to equip future scientists with better communication skills. Now with more than a hundred students signing up for its introductory course each semester, the program teaches students to communicate
strategically, focusing on com munication goals and understanding their audience. “One of the things we found is that, for folks in the scientific community, those little nuggets of baseline information on communication are not widespread,” Dudo said. “So one of the biggest things we can do to help that situation is we can parle the baseline knowledge we have, lift that up and drop that into the STEM ecosystem.” Additionally, the UT Science Communication Interest Group sponsors a n annual Science in Plain English competition, which was held Wednesday. The competition helps students practice communication skills by having them explain their research in front of judges and an audience. The competition judges students based on brevity, clarity, word choice and speaking style while they explain the details of their research. “Most of the science education about communication has traditionally been about communicating to other researchers,” said Roxanne Bogucka, founder of the interest group. “This is an opportunity to practice talking to people who are not in your discipline, who are not experts in
your area.” The opportunity to practice is important to students such as biomedical engineering junior Emily Yang, who won this year’s competition. “This was a great way for me to practice,” Yang said. “That’s how I tried to approach it coming in. Winning this
gives me a lot of confidence that maybe I can use the creativity that I have or the way I like to describe things to help get rid of that barrier between this abstract field of science and make it applicable to the common person.” Better science communication is not just to the benefit of individual scientists. Dudo said bridging the communication gap between scientists and the public is important to the future of STEM because public feedback impacts research
and innovation. “The greater the engagement, the greater the communication lines between the knowledge generating part of STEM and the different players in society,
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whether they be policy makers or ordinary citizens, ultimately the better,” Dudo said.
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Group aids students with eating disorder recovery By Tehya Rassman @tehyarassman
Twenty million women and 10 million men in the United States develop an eating disorder in their lifetime, according to National Eating Disorders Association. College can be especially difficult for those suffering from one. The Center for Students in Recovery holds Nourish, a weekly peer support group for students recovering from an eating disorder. “The big idea of Nourish is to have a peer support group meeting that is inclusive of any kind of eating disorder at any kind of recovery pathway,” the center’s director Sierra Castedo-Rodgers said. UT junior Thea said she suffers from an eating disorder not otherwise specified, which is an eating disorder that doesn’t meet the criteria for anorexia or bulimia but can have similar symptoms to those disorders. “My first semester of college, I lost about 30 pounds because I was so stressed I ‘forgot’ to eat,” Thea said in an email. “Like most relapses, it wasn’t intentional, but by the time I realized I was having a problem, it was too late to fix it. Being at school has given me a much better chance to cover unhealthy behaviors.” Thea said she has attended a peer support group before, but it
only made her feel worse. She does not go to Nourish’s meetings. Despite Nourish being a welcoming environment that strives to make students feel secure, some still have unease, Castedo-Rodgers said. “We definitely just do our best to make sure that students feel as safe as possible, as welcome as possible and that they’re connected to other students,” Castedo-Rodgers said. “Hopefully, little by little, overtime, some of that might start to fall away, and they might start to feel more and more comfortable.” Nicole DuBois, social work graduate student, is an advocate for recovery and eating disorder awareness. Every April, she hosts the National Eating Disorders Association walk. DuBois said she started purging, or self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives to influence one’s weight, at 15 years old and suffered from anorexia as an undergraduate. She has now been in recovery for three years for her eating disorder and three and a half years for her substance abuse. “Community is such an important part of my recovery, so the fact that UT has a space for people in recovery from eating disorders, or people that are striving for recovery, to gather and support each other is just, it’s amazing,” DuBois said. Editor’s Note: Thea’s last name and major was withheld to protect her privacy.
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exceptions, it pays for everything that’s done at UHS,” Bell said. “Once (students) go outside of UHS, they’re going to assume some costs, but those costs are very reasonable consider-
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“I feel like it actually inspired me to look up his arguments so I could be more prepared in this situation in the future,” Horstman said. A group of about eight protesters gathered across from where Kirk was speaking and displayed signs claiming he was racist. Kirk decided to directly address the protesters by denying the claims. A student, who had been arguing with Kirk,
ing some of the lower cost insurance plans that are on the market.” Kimberly Lee, communication and leadership freshman, attempted to enroll in this plan but has been unable to turn in her paperwork since it is not accepted at UHS.
decided to throw water in the direction of a TPUSA employee. “After they went back and forth for a little while, he went back to talking to the original protesters and that is when the guy from behind threw the water. Then, he was dragged away by police,” government junior Anthony Dolcefino said. The student received a class C misdemeanor for assault. UTPD would not release the name of the student or the TPUSA employee.
“There was nothing on the website,” Lee said of the UT student health insurance page. “I’m probably going to have to call them during office hours, but I’m usually in class.” UHS charges a $10 fee for most appointments to access a healthcare
provider, offers service discounts and allows payment plans for service, Bell said. “Unfortunately, healthcare in the United States comes with a cost, and the cost of insurance is part of it,” Bell said. “Our whole purpose for being here is to help students stay in school.”
eilish o’sullivan | the daily texan staff About 40 UT students gathered to debate Charlie Kirk, a self-described conservative libertarian and founder of Turning Point USA on Wednesday afternoon. The event was hosted by UT’s chapter of Turning Point USA and drew a few protestors not partaking in the debate.
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Climate change is on the ballot By Chen-Pang Chang Columnist
A recent U.N. report warned the world has just over a decade to get climate change under control. In response, Trump said, “The climate will change back.” However, the climate will not change back unless we do something about it — specifically, students can vote for politicians who will take action. “The first calculation of potential future global warming from industrial activities was published in 1896 by Svante Arrhenius,” said Megan Raby, an environmental historian at UT. “There has been a consensus about global warming since the late 1970s, and it has only gotten stronger since then.” According to NASA, the lasting and observable effects of climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in regions including Texas and an increase in the number, duration and intensity of tropical storms. The trend in science is clearly not in Trump’s favor. Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree climate change is manmade. Even so, some politicians still wrongly convince American voters otherwise. Their rhetoric is too dangerous
to be overlooked. It is time we take it activity clearly predominates over soseriously and hold these politicians aclar activity. The temperature rose one countable. Students should know who degree Celsius above preindustrial not to vote for during a pivotal moment levels in the last half-century, and we for climate change. are on our way to 1.5 degrees Celsius In 2017, above it due to Texas Sens. carbon dioxide Ted Cruz, a emissions. climate change Scientists denier, and suggest that John Cornyn a warmer The climate will not both voted in planet creates favor of Scott more powchange back, despite Pruitt, a clierful storms, what some politicians’ mate change something skeptic, for the Texans have rhetoric would have us United States seen recently. believe.” EnvironmenWhile global tal Protection warming did Agency adnot cause Hurministrator. ricane Harvey Pruitt quit this last year, it did July in light of multiple allegations of amplify the storm, making it the one misconduct and conflicts of interests. of the most violent hurricanes Texas Scientists already warned us about has ever faced. Despite this, Gov. Greg the limited time left to take action. Abbott — who is running for re-elecWe need an EPA that protects the tion this year — refuses to recognize environment, not the industry. climate change. According to philosophy professor “(Trump) applied to the Irish govDaniel Bonevac — an open Trump ernment for permission to build a supporter — it’s not clear whether wall to protect his golf course from solar or human activity is the domrising sea levels, appealing to the inant result of rising temperatures. threat of global warming,” said Noam However, data suggests that human Chomsky, professor emeritus at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an email. “He says otherwise to justify maximizing the use of fossil fuels and cutting back regulations. That means more profits for the energy corporations that support him and a pretense of jobs that keeps his voters in line.” Trump is only one of the politicians who knew the danger of climate change but refused to acknowledge it. Too many of them are afraid of losing energy corporation’s money and voters’ support. As UT students, we should stand by science, not against it. It is important that we take up civil responsibility and punish these politicians who are out of touch with reality and never listen to our voices. The climate will not change back, despite what some politicians’ rhetoric would have us believe. Overall, extreme climate and weather disasters cost the U.S. $306 billion in 2017, the costliest year on record. Hurricane Harvey cost Texas about $125 billion — second only to Hurricane Katrina. The polls for midterms are already open, and we have no excuse not to hold politicians who prefer corporate money over our lives accountable. Chang is a philosophy junior from New Taipei, Taiwan.
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Students will live to see the worst effects of climate change By Sam Groves Columnist
Climate change is going to ruin your life. Yes, you. Not your children or grandchildren, not other people living in a far away time and place — you. If you’re a student who’s planning to stick around on this planet for a few more decades, you should be worried about how the warming of the planet will directly affect your quality of life.
Most of the discourse about climate change is conducted by people who, frankly, won’t live to see its worst effects.”
Where do you see yourself in 22 years? If your vision doesn’t account for the possibility of heat waves, droughts, flooding and food shortages, you may need to adjust your expectations. A major report released earlier this month by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts a crisis as early as 2040 if the world doesn’t take drastic steps to change the path we’re heading down. Texas especially stands to suffer from a climate crisis. A study published in 2017 concluded that “Texas and other states in the South will bare the brunt of climate change” according to the Austin American-Statesman. Researchers at UT-Arlington found that
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between 2041 and 2050, Dallas-Fort Worth could see high temperatures in excess of 120 degrees on a yearly basis. A study from 2015 concluded that by the 2050s, Texans would likely see the number of “extremely hot” days per year in the state double, with a corresponding increase of 4500 more heat-related deaths per year. The sea level in Galveston could rise by as much as two feet. And many counties in Texas could lose 10-20 percent
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of their GDP by the end of this century. The impact of these conditions will not just be economic and environmental — it will be intimate. There is considerable research linking rising temperatures to a greater prevalence of mental health problems, including a study published earlier this month that produced “quantitative evidence” that “environmental stressors produced by climate change pose threats to human mental health.”
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The UN report offers a grim forecast, but it stops short of fatalism. Preventing a 2.7 degree rise in temperatures is possible “within the laws of physics and chemistry,” as one of the scientists involved in the report told the Guardian. But for this to happen, greenhouse gas pollution must be reduced by 45 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050. In essence, this means everyone, including students, needs to severely cut down on fossil fuels. Achieving this goal will require political mobilization on an unprecedented scale, especially in places like Austin, where many of our elected representatives don’t take climate change seriously. According to the website opensecrets.org, the reelection campaign of Rep. Roger Williams, who represents the 25th district, has taken more than $50,000 from the oil and gas industry. Chip Roy, the Republican candidate for representative in the 21st district, has taken over $100,000. Roy is running to replace retiring Rep. Lamar Smith, whose climate change denialism is well-documented. For students, working to elect officials who will fight climate change instead of burying their heads in the sand is a matter of self-interest — and self-defense. Beyond political activism, students can also fight climate change by remaining environmentally conscious and making eco-friendly lifestyle choices. “Students can find a segment of environmentalism or sustainability that they find really interesting and then find an organization that’s already doing something about it,” said Campus Environmental Center director Anthony Rivera. “I think people should take ownership of where they live.” Most of the discourse about climate change is conducted by people who, frankly, won’t live to see its worst effects. But at the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, most UT students will be in their forties when the warming of the planet reaches catastrophic levels. If we don’t speak out now, we’ll be sold out by people who don’t have a real stake in this issue. Groves is a philosophy senior from Dallas.
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Festival for ‘elixir of the gods’ Two Hives Honey, Texas Keeper Cider celebrate 3rd annual Honey Fest.
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oney: natural, sweet, versatile, long-lasting and packed with nutrients and antioxidants. Three years ago, Tara Chapman and Lindsey Peebles, founders of
Two Hives Honey and Texas Keeper Cider, decided that honey needed to be celebrated for all of its benefits. Thus, Honey Fest was born. On Oct. 27, Honey Fest 2018, organized by Two Hives Honey and Texas Keeper Cider, will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The festival is set to
include live music, honey-centered food and drink and workshops on cooking, gardening and honey harvesting. Various vendors will also be at the festival selling everything from fresh honey to honey-based face masks. A key part of the festival is the release of the new
Texas Keeper Cider cyser, Honey Thief. Peebles said that cyser is a classic combination of honey and cider. “(Cyser) is a very old, almost ancient, fermented beverage,” Peebles said. “You think about eating apple slices with honey drizzled on it and it seems like such a natural fit. But you’re
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FOOTBALL
‘Living up to the number’
carlos garcia | the daily texan file Senior defensive end Breckyn Hager (right) celebrates after a play with senior defensive end Charles Omenihu (left) in then-No. 19 Texas’ 48-45 win over then-No. 7 Oklahoma on Oct. 6, 2018, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. Hager is one of five players to have worn the famed number 60 jersey as a Longhorn.
For Breckyn Hager, 60 is more than just a number-it’s a living legacy. By Ross Burkhart @ross_burkhart
ountless Texas football players have stepped onto the field since the program was established over a century ago. But only a select few have been given the opportunity to wear a burnt orange jersey with the number 60 sewn in. From Bobby Goodwin in the late 1950s, Tommy Nobis and Johnny Treadwell during the ‘60s and Britt Hager in the late ‘80s, the number is one that has carried on a legacy of its own at Texas.
“I put my blood, sweat and tears into it, and they were proud the number gets to live on,” Britt said. “It’s cool to have something retired, but it’s another thing to have something that’s living. Every time it got passed down — the same thing happened with Johnny — he said, ‘Look, to keep this thing going, you’ve got to live up to the number.’” Britt’s time with the Longhorns was largely defined by a number of stellar performances and record-setting seasons, but Texas’ team success never quite matched his level of play. When Breckyn Hager brought the jersey number out of retirement for this year’s game against Oklahoma, he was faced with the opportunity to do something his father’s Longhorn squad never accomplished — win a game against OU. “One of our mottos is ‘Going all in,’ and I told Coach Herman how I felt about wearing this number and how I needed to sanctify my father’s legacy and the legacy of number 60,” Breckyn said after the win. During the third quarter, with Texas leading by one score, Oklaho-
ma quarterback Kyler Murray struggled to find space in the pocket after receiving a snap out of the shotgun. As Murray fell to the ground, Breckyn capitalized on a fumble and emerged from a scrum of players, holding the football high above his head with two hands. Among the 92,300 fans in attendance at the Cotton Bowl that day was Lynn Nobis, the wife of the late Texas great, Tommy Nobis. “It was so nice to see number 60 on the field playing for Texas again,” Lynn said. “That was certainly exciting for us and I’ll tell you, this Oklahoma game that we just had, I think I shed more tears through that whole game … I was so excited. Especially when Breckyn recovered that fumble, I was so proud of him.” Tommy Nobis, who’s often regarded as one of the best Longhorn athletes of all time, contributed to the program’s first national championship in 1963. He gained All-American status twice in his career at Texas and was a three-time All-Southwest Conference member as well. As a result of his immense stature
at the University, longtime Texas coach Mack Brown retired Tommy’s number in 2008. It wasn’t until Lynn gave Breckyn her blessing to wear her husband’s number during last year’s Texas Bowl and again in the win over Oklahoma that a Texas player wore the number again. “That was for Lynn Nobis and Tommy Nobis and basically all the football angels out there who blessed me,” Breckyn said. “It was also for my father who never won at the Cotton Bowl in number 60.” Across decades, many athletes who have worn the number for Texas have cemented a tradition unlike many others at the University of Texas — one that many fans won’t soon forget. “I think today in the world we live in with news cycles going every 24 hours, people move on,” Britt said. “It’s good to take a breath, to see something like 60. And I think real fans really like it because they can say ‘We do have a tradition at Texas. We do have a tradition of excellence.’ The number 60 is that.”
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Texas wins third straight, sends Iowa State packing By Wills Layton @willsdebeast
While the Longhorn volleyball team successfully extended its winning streak to three against Iowa State on Wednesday, the signs of fatigue were very apparent. Texas limped through the first set, with several errors and porous defense allowing the Cyclones to hang with the No. 8 ranked squad. Texas would go on to win the set 25-19. “One of the things we try to focus on is where we are at emotionally,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said after the win. “We’re just exhausted. What fans don’t realize is that we were on the road for three out of the first four weekends, and then we’ve had six out of our first nine Big 12 matches on the road. It’s just been a lot.” While the freshmen have been a crucial part of the team thus far, the wear and tear of constant traveling across the country has started to take its toll. For a team that has only played six games at home this season, playing well on the road is incredibly important. “Our freshmen haven’t been to a lot of the places we’ve been before, and so they have to feel out the atmosphere,” senior outside hitter Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani said. “We only get one practice there, so it’s kind of like flying by the seat of your pants when you’re on the road.” Freshmen such as libero Sydney Petersen and outside hitter Logan Eggleston, who both graduated from high school a semester early to join the Longhorns, face new kinds of challenges at Texas, including constant traveling and keeping up with school. As the season goes on, the challenge continues to grow.
anthony mireles | the daily texan file Freshman outside hitter Logan Eggleston goes up for a kill in a game against Baylor on Sept. 27, 2018, at Gregory Gym. Eggleston recorded 12 kills and four digs in Wednesday’s sweep of Iowa State.
“It’s not only the physical side, it’s the emotional side of it as well,” Elliott said. “It’s not being fresh, and there’s midterms getting ready to go on. The freshmen’s high school season is usually getting done now, and they haven’t learned how to sustain that for prolonged periods of time.” The team won the second set in a very similar way to the first: a tired performance and an inability to prevent Iowa
State from matching the Longhorns’ production. However, Texas was finally able to pull away and would go on to win the set, 25-19. While the Longhorns completed the sweep in the third set in a more dominant fashion, winning the set and match, 25-14, the struggles on the road to have a complete effort continue to be an issue. Luckily for Texas, the next four games will all be in Austin.
“I think teams obviously play better at home,” Elliott said. “We’ve let some games get away, and we’ve had too many blocking errors and service errors. I think Iowa State is playing really, really good, and they have the personality to be really good.” Texas will have a quick turnaround as it looks to complete a sweep of archrival Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct. 27. First serve is set for 3 p.m.
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mackenzie bentley | the daily texan staff Owner Ed Hambleton crossed his experiences as a drag queen and Columbia Business School graduate with Texas chili culture to create the Chili Queens.
Austin food truck combines drag culture, Texas chili cuisine By Chandler Gibson @cmgibson98
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Drag culture and Texas chili culture cross paths at Texas Chili Queens in Austin. Popping up in different Austin spots regularly, the food truck is basically RuPaul meets the Terlingua Chili Cookoff. Since 2015, Texas Chili Queens has been serving up chili, the classic Texas street food, but with a twist. Owned and operated by Edward Hambleton, the truck pays homage to a group of entrepreneurial women in early 20th century San Antonio. “They were women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who were actually located in San Antonio,” Hambleton said. “Depending on what you read, they’re either body whores — like women of the night — or they were these entrepreneurial women.” Hambleton made the decision to open the truck in 2015. He has done extensive research on the original Chili Queens and their legacy. He said he first got into drag in high school, and was voted Prom Princess, an event which he attended in drag. After college, he created Edie, a flirtatious southern queen with a culinary flair. “I did a drag deviled egg performance on stage (for QueerBomb),” Hambleton said. “Another one I did was a Heaven and Hell trifle. It’s angel’s food and devil’s food cake with this peanut butter filling in between with
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thereafter, a new vintage has debuted at Honey Fest. Cyser is not the only honey-related beverage making an appearance at the festival, however. Peebles and Chapman want Honey Fest to promote honey-based products from all local businesses. “We also make a point of selling other people’s wine, cider, mead and sake, so we will have even more meads than we normally do,” Chapman said. “There will be a lot of Texas meads like Enchanted Manor and Elgin Meadery.” The promotion of local businesses continues with
a chocolate ganache. I was just talking to people, making cake, squirting ganache into people’s mouths.” The menu includes five different types of chilis: the San Antonio and the El Paso, which are more traditional beef chili. The Dallas and the Houston are venison
Depending on how you see it, (the health departments) were either righteous health crusaders or sexist a******s and that’s when chili moved more into the cookoff arena. It became more of a man’s sphere.” EDWARD HAMBLETON OWNER AND OPERATOR
and pork, respectively. The Austin is a vegan lentil chili. Lauren Taylor works at an office park Texas Chili Queens was visiting. “It’s just really good chili,” Taylor said. “I really like the El Paso, but I’ve had the Dallas before. I would recommend that if someone doesn’t usually eat venison.”
the inclusion of a variety of vendors that make appearances at Honey Fest. Some businesses have booths for selling products, and others will be hosting workshops that range from a honey-related cocktail-making lesson to a gardening class. Jonna Black, founder of Hivelight, a local business that sells beeswax candles, sold her products at Honey Fest 2017 and said that the experience was one of the best she has ever had. “I had a blast and sold so many candles,” Black said. “All the vendors were out in the yard, and there was a line out the door to get mead and cider. Everyone was having a great time listening to music, dancing around and learning
Eddie Cantu works in one of the office parks that Texas Chili Queens visits regularly. He said he enjoys their El Paso chili in particular. “I always go with the El Paso because it’s spicy, and I like spice,” Cantu said. Hambleton explained that he was connected to his food truck lunch circuit through the Columbia Business School’s alumni network, where he attended college and initially got into chili. “One time in college we had a chili and hot chocolate night so (a friend and I) went to a recipe and we doubled it,” Hambleton said. “We had a measuring cup that was like a shot glass and we doubled and used the max range so it wound up being basically a shot glass of cayenne pepper.” Despite his original experiences with chili, he worked at it and stumbled across the history — or rather, the herstory — of the original Chili Queens. “The Chili Queens were shut down by the (‘30s) and (‘40s),” Hambleton said. “Depending on how you see it, (the health departments) were either righteous health crusaders or sexist a******s and that’s when chili moved more into the cookoff arena. It became more of a man’s sphere.” He says the future of the truck is uncertain, for now it will be business as usual. “(The truck may end up) in a ditch — just kidding,” Hambleton said. “I don’t know, we’ll see. I can’t predict the future, I don’t have a crystal ball.”
about the bees.” While the festival is entertaining and educational, it’s also charitable. Part of the proceeds from Honey Fest 2018 will fund an Austin Food and Wine Alliance grant to help local vendors get their businesses off the ground. Peebles and Chapman use Honey Fest as a way of both celebrating honey’s natural beauty and giving back to the entity that helped them grow their businesses. “I want people to have a really good time and enjoy celebrating something that I think is such an amazing product that agriculture makes for us,” Peebles said. “It’s amazing that such little insects can make an elixir of the gods.”
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