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CRIME

Title IX Office reports increase in 2017–18 academic year

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After getting caught What happens if a student gets a citation for underage drinking?

By Meghan Ngyuen @ultravioletmegs

The University of Texas at Austin’s Title IX Office received 508 total reports of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment and sex discrimination during the 2017–18 academic year, up from 445 reports the previous academic year. The majority of complainants were from students. Of the 508 reports, 105 were made in August, September and October, during the “red zone,” or the time at the beginning of the school year when a disproportionate number of campus sexual assaults take place. The Department of Justice has identified this period as the stretch of time when a student is more likely to be assaulted than at any other point in his or her college career. Student body president Colton Becker said Student Government focused its sexual assault awareness efforts on OU weekend in October because the weekend posed a significant risk. “We spearheaded a coordinated effort to educate students about consent and sexual violence,” Becker said. “In the past, there have been a spike in instances of sexual assault on that weekend in particular.” Reports filed with the University have increased by six times since the 2012–13 academic year, when 69 such reports were filed. The highest number of reports during the 2017–18 school year occurred in April 2018, with 57 reports being filed. Shilpa Bakre, Title IX communications strategist, said UT

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tudents cited for underage drinking violations can face a wide range of penalties at both the University and state level, but there are also multiple resources available to them to manage these penalties. If a student is suspected of an underage drinking violation, UTPD officers will issue a citation or refer them to the Dean of Students, said David Carter, the University of Texas Police Chief. “It could be either one depending on circumstance,” Carter said. “If it was an aggravated situation, the officer has the discretion to issue (a citation) but they can also refer them to the Dean of Students.” UTPD made seven arrests and referred 110 students to the Dean of Students for on-campus liquor law violations in 2017, according to the 2018 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. These violations include three class C misdemeanors — minor in consumption of alcohol, minor in possession of alcohol

and misrepresentation of age. Sylvia Holmes, assistant director of Legal Services for Students, said students have three options: deferred disposition, plead guilty or plead not guilty and go to trial. Deferred disposition is offered to everyone after their first underage drinking offense and involves paying up to $125, taking an alcohol awareness class and doing up to 25 hours of community service. A guilty plea involves paying up to $500, taking an alcohol awareness class, doing up to 40 hours of community service and temporarily losing one’s drivers license. “Students take the deferral 99 percent of the time,” Holmes said. “Unless my student is innocent, there is zero reason to go to trial. And if they’re innocent, we can almost always prove that in other ways.” Holmes said students who go through the deferred disposition process can ask to get a ticket expunged two years later so all court records of the charge are erased. Andel Fils-Aime, director of the Office of Student Conduct

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CITY

Water donations pour into animal shelter

APD graffiti videos star shelter dogs

By Raga Justin @ragajus

As Austin residents woke up Monday to the city-wide boil water notice, leaders at the Austin Pets Alive! animal shelter were already worried about the long days ahead. The no-kill shelter keeps each of its dogs and cats supplied with a full bowl of clean water at all times, a policy made difficult by the boil water notice, communications manager Katera Berent said. At any given moment, the shelter holds around 200 dogs and 300 cats at its three locations. “We just didn’t have the means to boil all the water necessary, at which point we made the decision to put the plea out into the community on our website and social media,” Berent said. Berent said the initial goal on Monday was to just get through the day. They were not prepared for the response, which was “totally overwhelming,” Berent said. “It was absolutely amazing … there were people donating gallons and truck beds full of water,” Berent said. “There were offers that came in from people with over 500-gallon water tanks they wanted to drop off. People drove in from Houston, Dallas,

San Marcos, just to bring these animals water.” Berent said by late Monday afternoon, the shelter ran out of storage space for water donations. Berent estimated the shelter currently has nearly 1000 gallons of water, providing its dogs and cats enough drinking water “for the foreseeable future.” “That’s their life source, to always have replenishable water is so necessary,” Berent said. “They’re not able to speak for themselves and tell you what they need, so it’s our job to figure it out.” Finance junior Jemma Nazarian said she donated bottles after seeing news articles about Austin Pets Alive’s cry for help. “I was just thinking of puppies not having water to drink and it made me so sad,” Nazarian said. “I was like, ‘I have to help them.’” Neuroscience and Plan II honors sophomore Haven Erengil is currently fostering Amber, an Austin Pets Alive dog. She said boiling drinking water for even one dog can be difficult. “It’s really a big task,” Erengil said. “I can’t imagine having to do it with even more than two dogs.” The donations mean shelter employees and volunteers can spend less time boiling water

By Sami Sparber @samisparber

copyright katera berent, and reproduced with permission After asking for help supplying water for animals on its website and social media, local animal shelter Austin Pets Alive! received hundreds of donations.

and more time caring for the animals, Berent said. “To say we’re thankful for the community would just be such

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“Barksy, you’ve been caught red-pawed,” an Austin police officer said to the four-legged mastermind behind a recent string of graffiti tags. The pooch is one of the Austin Animal Center’s adoptable dogs that will be featured in a series of videos to educate residents on the city’s graffiti policies. The series is comprised of eight episodes that follow Barksy’s journey through the city’s justice department. Every role — from judge to emergency call center operator — is portrayed by one of the city’s adoptable dogs. “We wanted to bring more attention to our graffiti efforts here in Austin so we can address the issue as a community,” city spokesperson Aly Van Dyke said. “We also knew the city’s animal center has been full for a couple months now, so we thought if we could get some dogs adopted and

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educate people about graffiti in the process, why not try it?” City officials have been working on updating Austin’s graffiti procedures since early 2017. This followed the City Council’s request that Austin’s processes be reviewed against other cities for best practices, Van Dyke said. The city defines graffiti as marks on public or private property without the property owner’s consent. The first video will be uploaded by December, and episodes will be released on a weekly basis, Van Dyke said. The series walks residents through every step of the city’s graffiti policies, from how to report graffiti to what happens to the person responsible, said Sammi Curless, co-director of the city’s graffiti steering team. “The videos are serving as a vehicle to make sure people are calling the city of Austin to report graffiti they come across or witness

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gave Patel feedback throughout his career at UT. “I am super impressed with Mandeep,” Zimmerman said. “I’ve known him for four years and he continues to amaze me.” Harmony Public Schools, which are charter schools in Texas which focus on math and science, offered their testimony on ElecTrip. “It’s a great company with

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outstanding service,” Izzettin Aslan, the Austin coordinator for Harmony, said in an email. “Convenience is another great plus.” Patel said the company’s primary mission is promoting more sustainable transportation. “We want to encourage automakers to make more electric cars,” Patel said. “ElecTrip’s goal is to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of travel.”

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“I realized it was a big business need to be able to take people from city to city in a cost-effective way in which they could be productive and safe,” Patel said. “Because there’s very few costs associated with running an electric vehicle, you can be very cost competitive.” Patel said he began the business by purchasing one Tesla himself. Since then, he said ElecTrip has adopted four more Teslas by approaching local owners and negotiating to periodically borrow their vehicles in return for benefits, such as tire replacement and car detailing. In addition to this, he said ElecTrip has scaled to include three professional drivers, a marketing agency and an advisory board. The average cost per ride is $225, and the company completes between 10 and 15 rides per month, Patel said. Patel said ElecTrip was at first focusing on individual rides, but he realized there was a better market in offering subscription-based services for businesses with employees who travel regularly. He attributes the company’s success to this transition. “We’ve been growing pretty considerably,” Patel said. “In terms of economics, we’re growing at 22 percent per month.” The company is currently worth $250,000, but Patel said if they can add one ride per day until December 2019, ElecTrip would be valued at $25 million. Cindy Zimmerman is an academic advising coordinator for the Engineering Student Services Office and often

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happen because if we don’t know about it, we can’t do something about it,” Curless said. “We also want to remind people it is against the law to do this and that there are consequences.” Project organizers hope to work with artists to find new ways for them to display their art around the city, Van Dyke said. “We want to create these opportunities for artists to create their work so we can all enjoy it and it doesn’t have to be cleaned up or covered over,” Van Dyke said. “We’re trying to walk that fine line where we want residents to report vandalism, but we also want to encourage and foster the artistic expression that Austin is known for.” All the dogs featured in the video are “long-stays,” meaning they’ve been at the shelter at least 30 days, said Jennifer Olohan, spokesperson for the no-kill Austin Animal Center. “The shelter has been full for a couple of months now, and we’ve really been asking our community for a ton

jamie powers | the daily texan staff Austin Animal Center’s media and communications manager Jennifer Olohan posed with Kitty in front of one of Austin’s most famous murals on Thursday, Oct. 25. Kitty is a one-year-old pup up for adoption at the AAC.

current situation, I do hope that it gets a lot of attention and subsequently shines a light on our shelter.” Austinites can even adopt

of support in the form of adopters and fosters,” Olohan said. “While I don’t anticipate the video series providing an immediate help to our

Barksy, the star of the series. Olohan said Barksy is portrayed by Kitty, who has been sheltered for six months and whose AAC number is A774428.

“I’m hoping that … someone sees her, falls in love and it moves them to come to the shelter and meet the animals we have here,” Olohan said.

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port for mandatory consent education for First-Year Interest Groups and Transfer Interest Groups, beginning fall 2019. “Now, students will be having conversations multiple

times throughout the year about consent instead of just flipping through the online module, which a lot of students do halfheartedly,” Becker said. Joell McNew, presi-

dent of parent safety group Safehorns, said education paired with support is critical for lowering sexual assault numbers. “Workshops, consent

education and speakers that meet with groups around campus could be beneficial,” McNew said. “Most importantly, encouraging students to watch out for each other, discuss concerns with each other, to not be a bystander and continuing the message of reporting is vital.” Last year, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos removed Obama-era guidance on Title IX, a move that could allow institutions to relax their sexual harassment policies. Title IX published a comprehensive guide about reporting sexual assault this past June. The guide outlines investigation and resolution processes, offers resources for students reporting sexual assault and provides options if the complainant is an employee. “It takes everyone to be involved and support a safer campus,” McNew said. “What starts here, is now. We can do better together.”

the University. “These sanctions provide the students with a learning opportunity,” Fils-Aime said. “We want to help connect students to campus resources that can mitigate or minimize any risky behavior that they might be involved in.” If students are not suspended, they may be required to take the Brief Alcohol

Screening and Intervention for College Students program by the prevention branch of University Health Services and the Counseling and Mental Health Center. Brittany O’Malley, assistant director for prevention and well-being for UHS and the CMHC, said the BASICS program offers two sessions to reduce the risk of

future harm to themselves or others. “We want students to be successful while they’re here and we want them to learn through a moment where they may have had a challenge,” O’Malley said. UT senior, Sarah — whose last name was removed to protect her privacy — said she asked for the deferred

disposition and completed the BASICS program after receiving a minor in possession citation. “I was really upset (when I got the ticket) because I don’t normally party or drink,” Sarah said. “But the programs were helpful to people who need it and I learned a lot about alcohol. I definitely didn’t drink anywhere afterwards.”

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Reports of Sexual Misconduct, Harassment & Discrimination

has taken steps to increase reporting by training Responsible Employees. Responsible Employees, such as academic advisers, faculty or residence hall advisers, are required to quickly report known incidents of sexual misconduct to the Title IX Office. “(We aim) for greater awareness of University-related support services and various assistance available for students and employees,” Bakre said. “(We are) increasing Title IX trainings and awareness for faculty, staff and students.” SG unanimously passed legislation expressing support for survivors of sexual assault Tuesday, allocating more of SG’s budget money for Interpersonal Violence Prevention and the Student Safety agency. SG has also secured verbal approval and administrative sup-

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and Academic Integrity, said when a student is referred to their office by UTPD or other organizations, they will discuss the alleged incident before potentially issuing sanctions, ranging from a warning to suspension from

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carlos garcia | the daily texan staff Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke Thursday on campus as part of the Cockrell School of Engineering’s new lecture series. He previously spoke on campus in March earlier this year, pictured here.

Rex Tillerson lectures at Cockrell

Former Secretary of State, ExxonMobil CEO talks leadership, ethics. By Lauren Grobe @LaurenGrobe

ex Tillerson, former Secretary of State and Exxon-Mobile CEO, emphasized the importance of integrity in business as the inaugural speaker for the Cockrell School of

Engineering’s new Distinguished Lecture Series. Cockrell hosted Tillerson on Thursday evening at the Engineering and Education Research Center, where he lectured on leadership and ethics in today’s society. “Absent of integrity, no human can be whole or complete,” Tillerson said. “With integrity, maybe we have a chance.” Tillerson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at UT, also encouraged current students to be more globally-minded as technological advances continue to change engineering. “Every nation has the right to aspire for a better quality of life,” Tillerson said.

Tillerson was specifically chosen to be the first speaker for the series because of the diversity of his accomplishments, said Parsnna Tamminayana, Distinguished Lecture Series co-chair. “We really wanted to start this lecture series with … someone who had the acclaim from every stand point that (makes him) a household name,” chemical engineering senior Tamminayana said. Tillerson’s lecture mainly focused on his career as CEO of Exxon-Mobile. While she said she understands some may disagree politically with Tillerson, Tamminayana said Tillerson provides important insight as a leader. “At the end of the day, I think that we can all

learn from each other despite our political beliefs.” Tamminayana said. The lecture series is also designed to demonstrate to engineering students that engineers can be leaders and managers, said Aashima Garg, Student Engineering Council president. “I really do think that students can learn so much who started in the same seats that they started in,” electrical engineering senior Garg said. The SEC worked with Engineering Executive Education and the Cockrell Development Office, but the lecture series was primarily organized by students Tamminayana and Jeff Auster. Students organizing the event allowed student

interest to be represented, chemical engineering senior Auster said. “We are trying to represent students and what they were looking for,” Auster said. “We decided this would be a great initiative to bring to campus.” Auster and Tamminayana said they wanted students to feel inspired and empowered by the lecture. Mechanical engineering sophomore Shania Safira attended the event and said the lecture provoked her to think about her future as an engineer. “I didn’t really know about the versatility that an engineering degree could provide for me,” Safira said.

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UT needs to create a program to support single parents By Sanika Nayak Columnist

Being a student is stressful. Classes, homework, tests and club involvement can overwhelm a student’s day. However, for students who are also single parents, the days are even busier due to the demands of both school and childcare. While pursuing an education, student parents have to tackle childcare, managing finances and a stressful schedule alone. Student parents who share this experience deserve recognition from the UT administration through a program that fosters communication, allowing the University to become aware of the resources these parents need. According to data gathered from the U.S. Department of Education, the population of single parents on southwest college campuses increased 67.5 percent from 2004 to 2012. They are an

increasingly growing demographic on southwest campuses such as UT. Molly Miller, a social work sophomore and single parent, said putting together a group would be helpful. Miller also said the administration should take the lead on this because single mothers and fathers lack the time and resources to start an organization on their own. Currently, UT provides lactation rooms and some forms of childcare to support mothers and fathers, but these resources often go unnoticed or are impractical in terms of cost for the parents. If there was a program or organization dedicated to this cause, the administration could better hear the needs of single parents on campus and help implement useful changes. Miller said many single parents, including herself, already find it difficult to fit a hectic class schedule, studying and school work between daycare hours which are from 7:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. As

of 2015, only 31 percent of single mothers across the country were able to attain a bachelor’s degree. The University needs to take initiative and put together a program through which single parents can reach out to one another and the University about their needs. By doing this, the administration would become more aware of a growing demographic on campus and the issues they face when pursuing degrees. “The school of social work has a child development center and they provide reduced cost for students but it’s still very expensive for us,” Miller said. “Free or even more reduced cost childcare is something I would definitely want the University to implement, but I don’t really know of a direct way to express my concerns.” Creating an organization for single parents would help these parents to connect with one another and become more aware of the resources already provided by the campus. Miller said the

University has not done a good job advertising the resources they provide, such as the lactation rooms and childcare. “I don’t even know where the lactation rooms are located, and it would be really helpful if there was just one group where we could go to in order to find information. It doesn’t even have to be single parents, but even at least a group for parents, in general, would be helpful,” Miller said. UT strives to accommodate non traditional students, so a group through which student parents could communicate with the University officials and each other would provide better access to the resources that are already here as well as help to implement future changes. More importantly, this group would allow students who are single parents to have a better, more supportive campus experience — something all students deserve. Nayak is a communication sciences and disorders freshman from Austin.

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Men’s restrooms at UT need more baby changing stations By Gabriela Mata Columnist

I decided to conduct an experiment. I enlisted the help of some guys I knew and asked them to do me a small favor: Every time they went into a men’s restrooms on campus, look for a baby-changing station. I asked them to keep track of which ones had them and which ones did not. Of the restrooms they frequently go to, only a select few had baby-changing stations. The Student Activity Center and Patton Hall are some of the only buildings that have men’s bathrooms with baby-changing stations. High-traffic buildings such as the University Teaching Center and College of Business Administration lack these stations for men, and there is only one station in a men’s restroom in the PCL, despite having six floors. Even out of the 54 gender inclusive restrooms around campus, only two have changing stations. This is not comprehensive, but it reveals that a vital childcare resource is widely inaccessible to the fathers, husbands and men of our campus. UT needs to implement baby-changing stations in more of the men’s bathrooms across

campus. Fathers should not have to walk across campus to access a changing table for their child. “My brother has had to squat on the floor and change a diaper,” said Chantal Ramirez, a developmental psychology graduate student and mother-to-be. “I’ve seen pictures of dads putting a blanket on the floor to change their baby’s diaper. It’s quite difficult and unsanitary.” UT has been making strides towards inclusivity for some time now. Childcare resources now range from lactation stations for breastfeeding mothers and available childcare options through the Child Development Center and Family Life Services. With these resources available, it’s odd that UT lacks baby-changing stations in most of the men’s bathrooms. If these stations are only in the women’s bathrooms, it promotes gender inequality. Single dads and stay-at-home dads are not given the same resources as their female counterparts. “You also have to consider families with two fathers and about how difficult it would be for them,” Ramirez said. Installing changing stations in men’s bathrooms is also important because of the relationship growth that comes from caring for your child one-on-one,

Ramirez added. “It’s so beneficial to both the parent and child’s development to have hands-on childcare from the skin-to-skin contact in diaper changing,” Ramirez said. Fathers should not miss out on this critical parenting stage because the University is not supplying substantial resources for males. Implementing baby-changing stations could be feasible. Koala Kare, a company considered to be the “king” of baby-changing stations, has stations that retail for as low as $205.98. With the amount of recent on-campus renovations, it should be reasonable to implement these baby stations in men’s bathrooms. But if purchasing Koala Kare or other brand stations is too expensive for the University, creating cheap makeshift stations until funding comes through would be better than not having any at all. UT needs to prioritize the placement of more baby changing stations in men’s restrooms around campus. Childcare resources such as changing stations are absolutely necessary. Student parents already struggle to care for their children while pursuing an education. Not having access to something as simple, yet vital, as a baby station is not acceptable. Mata is a psychology sophomore from Houston.

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UT needs to expand child care center resources By Briana Torres Columnist

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When Cherry Lee was a graduate student at UT, she attempted to put her daughter Madi in UT’s Child Development Center (UTCDC). The waitlist spanned four years. Without alternative means of child care, Cherry’s husband took care of Madi while she attended night school on campus. However, this system wasn’t ideal, and without the proper University resources for child care, Cherry dropped out. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research released a profile on college students with children in 2017 with the most recent data from 2012. It found that student parents make up 26 percent of the undergraduate body across the United States. The Southwestern region of the U.S. is home to 35 percent of student parents making it one of the highest and fastest growing demographics in university populations. UT falls into the region with a high growth rate for student parents. The administration needs to plan an expansion of the child care resources they offer. Twenty-one years later, Cherry’s

daughter, Madi is a speech pathology senior at UT and the waitlist she was on as a baby is still lengthy. The UTCDC website says parents who put their child on the waitlist may wait one to three years until their child is accepted into the program. According to Hara Cootes, the director for the Child Development Center, the waitlist is dependent on the child’s age. “If you had a 4-year-old, I have an opening today. If you had a 2-year-old, we might have an opening next fall.” Cootes said the sibling policy at the University gives newborn siblings of UTCDC children first priority when there is an opening. “Most of our infant spaces are taken by siblings,” Cootes said. “Families that don’t have sibling priority aren’t getting into the infant age group.” Although the idea of the waitlist is fair, it is ineffective for many student parents like Cherry who didn’t have another means of childcare. Cootes said the mission of the UTCDC is to support families so students can be successful on campus. When the center opened in 1991, there were only 86 children. Now the center hosts 480 children. UT’s Child Development Center provides child care for both undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff.

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Cootes said 70 to 100 children at the UTCDC are children of students. They take care of children who range from six weeks to 5 years old at their Comal and San Jacinto locations. Their third location, Capitol Complex, is not open for students to take their children to. It is just for UT faculty, staff and state of Texas employees. Cootes said she is aware of the need for infant and toddler care on campus — it is evident by looking at the UTCDC’s waitlist. But she also said adding more children to their current programs would not work. “If I could, I would open an independent infant and toddler center — we’d have to be heavily subsidized by the University in order to be financially viable to manage.” It falls on the University to create another UTCDC location or develop established locations. This is worth the time and attention, as it would benefit a large student demographic — student parents. UT is part of the 42 percent of public institutions in Texas that offer campus child care — but there is still a need for more care as seen by the waiting lists that have not gotten smaller through the years. It’s time for UT to think about expanding the UTCDC as fast as students are expanding their families. Torres is a Plan II, English & creative writing junior from San Antonio.

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Nightmare on Sixth Street

Austin Detours partners with theater company for murder mystery tour.

traditional experience where you’re in a hotel room or an actual theater environment.” Although many attendees come for entertainment, some come to celebrate special events, including Vanessa Price, who had her bachelorette party on the tour this past Saturday. She originally planned to visit at least some of the bars on Sixth Street, but once her cousin discovered the murder mystery tour, she was thrilled. “I wanted to do something fun and something different that none of us had done before,” Price said. “I’m more laid back, so I wanted to do some of the bars but I can’t do that the whole time.” The tours include up to eight performers and are customizable for each story. Alderson said two murder mysteries currently run, including a mystery based in 1975 and a western version based in 1912. Beginning behind the Susanna Dickinson Museum on Fifth Street, the 1975 investigation takes the group along Sixth Street to interview suspects, offers a complimentary alcoholic beverage and finishes behind the house. The audience is encouraged to engage with the performers through interrogative questions. Austin Detours actress Yesenia Herrington said live theater allows her to develop improvisation skills because performers rarely know the questions that will be asked. “It’s about keeping everybody engaged and making sure we providethem with the right information so they can solve the case,” Hemington said.

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ight women ventured onto Sixth Street, questioned suspects and ultimately, solved a murder. Normally this happens on television, but visitors can experience it firsthand with the help of a live theater production. Local tour business Austin Detours partnered with Live in Theater, a Manhattan theater company, to host a murder mystery tour on Sixth Street every Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The tour provides an immersive experience for participants to solve a murder case, which is historic and fiction-based. Austin Detours began five years ago when owner Elizabeth Alderson returned from working abroad and realized she wanted an unconventional job. When Live In Theater reached out to Austin Detours, the tour company bought the rights to perform immersive theatre in Austin and began hosting murder mystery tours. “(Austin Detours is) the first of its kind in Austin,” Alderson said. “You’re actually walking around and solving the story rather than it just being a

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katie bauer | the daily texan staff Every Saturday, Austin Detours partners with a Manhattan theatre company to host a murder mystery tour on Sixth Street, with an aim to bring unique entertainment to Austin.

“I think I really enjoy being able to flex that actor muscle of improvising.” Along with improv, Alderson said another challenge of live theater is making sure the performers and locations enhance the tour’s realism. “The whole idea of a Live In Theater is that you’re living it,” Alderson said. “It’s not a thing for you to watch, it’s a thing for you to participate in.” Reflecting on this unique means of

entertainment, Alderson said although she felt unqualified to change the world in a big way, her small portion of what she has to offer provides an unforgettable experience. “At the end of the day, you can have all the money in the world and all the opportunity in the world, but the best of what we can ask for is wonderful life experiences,” Alderson said. “That’s what we get to create every day.”

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Unicycles. Costumes. Free admission. Guys with accordions. It’s not a typical Oktoberfest, and it’s definitely not a traditional polka festival. Since Austin already has Oktoberfest, Oliver Franklin, the site coordinator at the Elisabet Ney Museum, said he decided five years ago the city needed another way to celebrate the month of October: Polkapocalypse. “Nobody was doing a polka festival in Austin,” Franklin said. “Let’s do this and make it kind of dumb and wacky and yet respectful at the same time.” Since its inception, the festival, which has free admission, has enjoyed a fairly large audience. Last year, over 1,200 people came. “I didn’t expect (the festival)

to be as big as it has become,” Franklin said. “Ours is not a traditional polka festival. People come in costumes, we’ve had people bring unicycles.” The event will be held at the Elisabet Ney Museum on Oct. 28, from 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Despite only being five years old, the festival has managed to attract famous polka bands, such as Brave Combo, who have won two Grammy’s, and the Ennis Czech Boys. Carl Finch, Brave Combo founder, was inducted into the International Polka Hall of Fame last year. Finch said although he did not grow up around polka music, he stumbled upon it after picking up some records at a music store 40 years ago. “Unlike most polka bands, we play all different styles and work really hard to understand the nuances of each style and the background,” Finch said. For example, if they play a

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popularity after 13 years of experience as a group, the band currently plays 30 to 40 shows a year throughout Texas. “Czech people are very proud of their culture,” Sylvester said. “We all grew up around Czech polka music in Ennis, which is 30 miles south of Dallas.” Sylvester said the band sees Polkapocalypse as an opportunity to keep Czech music alive and share their culture. “(Polka is) all about having fun,” Sylvester said. “It’s nice, clean family fun. It’s so much more than the stereotypes — the fat guys playing tubas. It’s so much more than the chicken dance.” Franklin strongly encouraged those who have never been exposed to polka before to come out on Sunday. “It’s definitely a hoot,” Franklin said. “It’s fun and wacky and (the festival) doesn’t take itself seriously.”

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katie bauer | the daily texan file Sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger flashes the “Hook ‘em” sign during a game. Ehlinger missed part of the previous game because of a grade one AC sprain. The Longhorns plan to start the quarterback during Saturday’s primetime matchup against Big 12 opponent Oklahoma State.

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t took nearly two weeks, but Tom Herman announced that Sam Ehlinger will be Texas’ starting quarterback against Oklahoma State on Saturday. After sustaining a sprained AC in his throwing shoulder on Oct. 13, Ehlinger spent the last two weeks resting and receiving treatment with the hopes of returning for Texas’ matchup with Oklahoma State. Ehlinger experienced some soreness in

his rotator cuff after returning to practice this week, but Herman said, “If we had to play today, he would start.” That wasn’t quite as clear earlier in the week. “I told him early in the week, ‘You’re going to have to be very honest with me and coach Beck,’ Herman said. “Because if this thing is inhibiting you from playing at your best, being a tough guy and going out there and taking one for the team is actually detrimental to the team.” Ehlinger fully participated in all three practices this week. However, he hasn’t taken a single hit since the first quarter of Texas’ 23-17 win over Baylor. The question marks surrounding Ehlinger’s status for Saturday’s game continued to grow in numbers as the term “trap game” started getting thrown around throughout the week. “That’s an interesting word,” defensive end Charles Omenihu said. “I don’t even know the meaning of that,” Omenihu continued. “In the Big 12 there is no such thing. Everybody is good.

Everybody comes to play.” Texas’ struggles against the Cowboys have been evident, especially in Stillwater, where the Longhorns haven’t left with a win since 2012, including a 49-31 loss in 2016. Texas won’t be facing the same explosive squad it’s seen in recent years as the Cowboys limp into this weekend’s matchup with a 4–3 record. Although Texas won’t be welcomed by a nationally ranked team, the Longhorns are expected to be greeted by an electric atmosphere at Boone Pickens Stadium. “I expect an explosive team, they’re always going to have an explosive offense and they’re an exciting team to watch,” safety Caden Sterns said. “Their record does not show who that team is at all. I expect the very best especially with this being their homecoming and a sold-out crowd.” After the Longhorns take the field and reach the visitor’s sideline, they won’t have much breathing room with the first row of fans just yards away from the team.

“There are places where it’s four or five feet,” tight end Andrew Beck said. “It is not far. The ones at the 50 yard line are six or seven yards, but you are right on top of the field and right on top of the bleachers.” In the first row is where you’ll find diehard Oklahoma State fans, also known as Paddle People, who bring orange and black paddles to slap against the padding of the wall separating the field from the stands. The Cowboys’ Paddle People are said to have started over 10 years ago, and the group is still going strong, establishing itself as one of the most iconic traditions in college football. “The Paddle People are really crazy,” Sterns said. “It’ll be like 40 degrees and dude’s have their shirts off. I don’t understand that, but that’s just how they get down.” The Longhorns enter the primetime matchup looking to improve to 7–1 and remain at the top of the Big 12 when they take on Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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The Texas Longhorns (13–3–2) were unable to find their usual rhythm against the Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas. With three minutes left in the Longhorns’ regular season, Texas Tech was able to find the net and leave the final score at 1-0 on Thursday night. Thursday night’s loss ended a streak of 272 consecutive minutes without giving up a goal and a threeyear win streak over the Red Raiders. Over 2,000 people attended the meeting between the Red Raiders and Longhorns. Texas had not been back to the John Walker Soccer Complex since their 2–1 victory in 2015.

Their rivalry has never been an easily contested one. In the last 12 out of 13 meetings, the game has either been won by one goal or has gone into overtime. Overall, Texas has dominated the series, 16–7–4. Throughout the game, the Longhorns struggled to maintain possession. In the first half, holes in the Longhorn defense were exploited by the Red Raiders’ aggressive offense. The Red Raiders had six corner kicks and seven shots while Texas only had one corner kick and five shots. The Longhorns gained some momentum in the second quarter and tied the Red Raiders with seven shots. However, the Raiders’ constant pressure broke down Texas’ defense and allowed for the late second-half goal.

By the end of the game, the rarely out-shot Longhorns only had three shots on goal while the Red Raiders had six. Despite the late goal, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week Nicole Curry was solid with five saves on goal. Now headed into the postseason, the Longhorns enter as the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Championship. Texas struggles with aggressive man-to-man coverage and can be shut-down when pressure is applied. To succeed in the postseason, Texas must work on stopping the conference’s notably dynamic offenses. The Longhorns will face No. 6 Kansas in Big 12 Championship quarterfinals on Sunday at 8 p.m. in Kansas City.

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Another week of NBA basketball means another week of overreactions. The Lakers started 1–3, and the Thunder began 0–4, meaning both teams are missing the playoffs. The New Orleans Pelicans may end up with fastest pace ever, and the Kawhi Leonard that was deported to Canada is still as good there as he was in Texas. Longhorns around the NBA have also made some noise — both good and bad — this week. Kevin Durant continues to play at a high level, while Myles Turner continues to play at a level very short of that.

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The Warriors are off to a fast start, having lost only one of their first five games. A big reason for that is the stellar play of former Longhorn Kevin Durant. This season, he’s averaging 27.4 points, eight rebounds and six assists while shooting a staggering 52 percent from the field and 93.5 percent from the free throw line. He’s been struggling a bit from beyond the arc though, shooting only 25 percent from deep, but that accuracy should continue to rise as the season continues. In their last game, the Warriors beat the Washington Wizards, 144-122. Durant played well, scoring an efficient 30 points to go along with eight rebounds and seven assists. At one point in the third quarter, Durant asked to come out of the game because of how easily they were blowing the Wizards out. Durant’s superstar teammate, Stephen Curry, had 51 points of his own. The Warriors have looked dominant at times, but their defense still needs improvement. Some of their usual snipers from deep have been off and they don’t have great size at the center

position. Still, this Warriors team looks poised to add another championship ring at the end of the season.

Myles Turner

Myles Turner has all the tools to be a force in the league. He’s a seven-footer who can shoot from anywhere on the court, defends the paint, and has a nice post-up game. What else could you ask for in a starting center? But despite all the upside, the results haven’t been plentiful. Turner has disappointed this season, just like he did during the last. Turner is averaging just 11.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks on 50 percent shooting from the field and only 25 percent from beyond the arc. While those stats may not be horrendous, Turner has been outplayed by centers like JaVale McGee. In nearly 30 minutes of play Wednesday, Turner scored a measly 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting. He took no threes and no free throws. That means he wasn’t driving to the paint to get fouled, nor was he stepping out to space the floor. Meanwhile, Turner’s backup, Domantas Sabonis, had 16 points and 10 rebounds despite playing seven minutes less than Turner did. The Pacers could find themselves benching Turner if that level of production keeps up from Sabonis.

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PSYCHOLOGY

Scary music plays role in goosebumps

Researchers develop virtual reality program to help with fear of spiders

Horror movie audio cues cognitive fear responses for viewers.

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Virtual spiders may actually be beneficial to those who fear the eightlegged arachnids. In a recent study, UT psychology researchers teamed up with the UT3D program to develop an immersive, 3D video exposure-based therapy for arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders. By the end of the treatment, people were more willing to approach a live spider, and a questionnaire showed their ratings for fear of spiders decreased, said Emily Carl, a UT clinical psychology graduate student who helped analyze the results of the study. Exposure-based therapies work by exposing a patient to the feared object, situation or event in a safe environment in order to break a pattern of avoidance and safety behaviors such as touching spiders while only wearing gloves, Carl said. For the study, participants who exhibited a strong fear of spiders were shown five minute videos of a live, Chilean Rose tarantula through a virtual reality headset. The footage included a spider crawling towards the camera to create a looming sensation and the 3D-effect made it seem as if the spider was directly coming toward the participant, according to the study. The videos were filmed by the UT3D department using stereoscopy technology. Stereoscopic 3D video works by tricking the brain into perceiving 2D images as if they were 3D, said Sean Minns, the study’s lead researcher.

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cary movies have ominous sounds that give us goosebumps. Our physical dislike for spooky sounds in horror films is due to psychological cues and a part of our inner ear called the basilar membrane, psychology graduate student Taylor Mezaraups said. The basilar membrane is a coiled piece of tissue inside our ears that help us break down the different frequencies we’re exposed to whenever we hear a sound, Mezaraups said. There are certain characteristics of music that naturally sound more ominous. Songs are often created with major keys, which produce more happy and cheerful music, Mezaraups said. However, sounds we hear in horror films are less pleasing because they’re often created using minor keys, which sound more melancholy and dark. For example, the ominous piano pluckings of the Halloween Theme by John Carpenter are in A minor. She said sounds in horror films also have closely overlapping notes, creating interference that can be grating. “When you play two notes that are really close to the other, but not completely overlapping … it creates interference,” Mezaraups said. “So it’s a displeasing sound to us.” These displeasing, or dissonant sounds, are often found in horror films to warn us that something bad

Minns, a UT radio-television-film graduate and current clinical psychology graduate student at Columbia University, also said this technology can be used to make exposure-based therapies more effective in treating phobias. “Prior research shows that exposure therapy works incredibly well when you can take the patient and put them in front of what they’re afraid of,” Minns said. “The issue is that a lot of the time, the patient either isn’t willing to face the phobic stimuli in-person or it’s not logistically feasible.” By using immersive stereoscopic 3D video-based treatments, patients can practice exposing themselves to the feelings of encountering a spider in real life, Minns said. “During the study, when the spider was approaching the participant, it activated a flurry of front detection systems in the brain,” Minns said. “By getting people to activate these, it allows them to be more efficiently habituated to those sensations and to get through those

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will happen and to evoke fear, Mezaraups said. Dissonant sounds can also be found in nature, such as the sound of a tree branch falling or the screech of an animal, said psychology graduate student Tyler Larguinho. Whenever a mother bird hears her chicks chirping, it evokes her fear response because she thinks they’re in trouble. The same principle applies to a human mother and baby whenever the baby cries because of discomfort, Larguinho said. Dissonant sounds are also known to be musically unorganized, which can be another reason why they’re less liked than consonant sounds, Larguinho added. “Dissonance, because it’s so inharmonic, usually evokes a negative emotion, such as fear or anxiety, whereas consonant sounds would evoke happy emotions because it’s harmonic,” Larguinho said. Mark Castaneda, a radiotelevision-film senior, said he enjoys watching horror movies with his favorites including “Grave Encounters,” “The Conjuring” and “Paranormal Activity 3.” “These movies are great at

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building tension without relying on cheap jump scares,” Castaneda said. “It’s hard to explain what makes a horror movie great, but it’s usually the ones that bring something new and refreshing to the table.” Castaneda said audio plays an important role in creating feelings of suspense. Interestingly enough, Castaneda said when he watched a horror film called “A Quiet Place,” in which there is almost no sound, the absence of sound was also effective. “The lack of dialogue puts more emphasis on natural sounds of the world,” Castaneda said. “Very little dialogue and noise overall, but the few sounds that are present throughout the film are powerful.” Mezaraups said we are almost always surrounded by sound, even if it’s ambient sound. A film like “A Quiet Place,” where there’s no sound, makes us believe something is wrong, causing us to feel increasingly tense while watching the film. “If there are no environmental sounds, that indicates something is wrong,” Mezaraups said. “It’s the contrast.”

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fears in a situation that’s safe for them.” Carl said stereoscopic 3D videos may even be a better alternative to more expensive computer-generated, imagery-based treatments. “If the CGI is not welldeveloped, it can end up looking cheesy like a Nintendo-like spider,” Carl said. “In this case, we actually had footage of real spiders taken. It was less time-intensive, less expensive to develop and you don’t have to worry about it not looking real enough.” With rapidly advancing technology allowing it to become cheaper to develop immersive 3D videos, Minns said he hopes this will encourage researchers and filmmakers to work together to create these new types of therapies. “My hope is that this will give researchers the confidence to get in contact with whatever film program is in their city and create these collaborative projects where art and science can merge together to create new treatment platforms for patients,” Minns said.

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