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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018
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119,
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NEWS
OPINION
LIFE&ARTS
SPORTS
UT researchers help French swimmer cross the Pacific Ocean. PA G E 2
UT residence halls need a more comprehensive board review process. PA G E 4
Neil Lazarus speaks about hatred, anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh shooting. PA G E 5
On an off night, Texas finds a spark on the bench, edges its way past TCU. PA G E 6
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RE: Public R ecords R e qu e s t
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Ne qu ma xim ag is es es a qu i id qu as de sp er na t qu nie nd ipi s un tu r mo d l mo lor eh en ae rn a tiu nt ali ca bo rr o exce aqu iat is du nt ibla me nd ipi i co mn is es em qu ibu s t ex pli be ro sin cto es sa co mm od it od mo be ro m re ro eiu eu m, r mo ex pli do lor em fu od ion se d mo t fu gia git ae ste s au nd am do lup bla qu am vo t do lor em ta lli am en t vo ha rio ra tem mi lis do lor lor ep er e nis . um ea tem te lat i od ici ium , co n re dit ae cu s do do lum is ne m es tio ns ed les t lan ihi se re ma gn qu at la et t, im lab or ihi ci qu is mi ac cu m de bit ep er ita s do mp er ibu s , inu s en im at ur ios ma no ns er um les tio bla nd pe r un tor ro gn at i nim us su nt ea tem un t es ed ull au , nim aio do mo lup ta tem au t de pe d t fol lor ita m inu low qu ia dis su po re inc te @r en al. ar ter lli qu e mq pr uis ae ies ru m du cim inu sti o co co re ict at i qu is es equi us re ro tem ns eque co om off ic tor ibe mo dia pe len de re mquid ut pe li ge nt ur r es equa e lique nimpe em as sim se qu i qu e no bis qu am es et mo do ria nt en is no n pe lla bo ne sc ium a es lor a cu m co re ste ex es en t, om mo ns equi ali bu su nt i bu sc lor iam , ull ia ab or e ve s en so is mo dit , no lup ta tis rio be ru m bis ma xim s ips ap er um qu e ne t eo ea tu r ab o. . liqui re pe rfe Ne m ro co mn im ma gn i nu mq us ap el ipi cie ua sit fac ius nd am vo lor am an dit au e au tec tu r sit ma ion tes t, et lab re pu da eu co n co n co o. 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No s cii st, vo lor nit tu r su nt ior at em qu is ne ep ud is ac ca m au t de lla bo re es t hic ut em ex es tet , ar um qu isi ili ta s ull am , no ns en ta qu e pr em tu m po r er up ta du nt iur ? Ha tem od ma xim lau t od ru m vo lut at it ia Ge nt as im fol low @r en iat em qu ibu us mi nu m al. ar ter y on s co mm od fu ga . Ne qu IG su nd uc it eu m, su i id qu as de i dis etu r, do lor em fu m qu o qu i l mo lor eh en om nie tu r, so lup ita e gia nd am do is is es es a qu ma xim ag lup ta sp nie nd ipi s er na t qu ae un tu r mo d ha rio ra tem ali ca bo rr o rn a tiu nt i exce aqu bla me nd ipi co mn is es sin cto es sa t ex pli be ro m re ro eiu od mo be ro r mo ex pli od ion se d mo t fu git ae ste s au t do lor bla qu am vo em lli am en t vo mi lis do lor lor ep er e nis um ea tem te lat i od ici ium , co n re dit ae cu s do do lum is ne m es tio ns ed les t lan ihi se re ma gn qu at la et t, im lab or ac cu m de bit ih ici qu is mi ep er ita s do mp er ibu s at ur ios ma , in us en im les tio bla nd no ns er um gn at i nim us pe r un to rr un t su nt ea tem , nim aio do o es ed ull au mo lup ta tem au t de pe d lor ita m inu t do lor en ist qu ia dis su po re in cte lli qu e is co re ict at i mquis in us pr ae ru m du om tis qu is es mo tio cim us re ro dia pe len de co ns eque equi off ic co tem re pe li ge nt ur mquid ut liq to rib er es eq em as sim ue ni mp er ua e no bis qu es et mo do ian t en is es am ne sc ium lor a cu m co a en t, om mo ns equi ali bu lor iam , ull s so lup ta en is mo dit , no bis ma xi m ea tu r ab o.
PROJECT
Long waits, large fees guard public information Barriers have prevented The Texan from reporting on sexual assault, gun violence and hazing. By Morgan O’Hanlon
@mcohanlon
How many times have UT students appealed Title IX sanctions to the President’s Office? That’s the question former Daily Texan reporter Will Clark was trying to answer late last year as he reported the story “Presidential Power,” which explains UT President Gregory Fenves’ unique power as the final decision maker in appeals cases regarding student conduct. As part of his reporting, Clark, a radio-television-film junior, asked the University that question via an open records request, but the request was denied on basis that confidential student information could be released in the process. In his story, Clark used his knowledge of Fenves’ appeals privilege and records obtained from other universities to explain the discrepancy, but said the University’s decision to withhold the information was needlessly unclear. “(The University is) going to use everything in their power to not give you the information,”
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STATE
Likely voter polls could underestimate young Texan voters By Chad Lyle @LyleChad
Incumbent Republican Ted Cruz is leading opponent Beto O’Rourke by 5.5 points, according to the polling aggregation website FiveThirtyEight, but these polls may not be representative of the wave of voters between ages 18 and 25 that could largely benefit O’Rourke. Maya Patel, interim president of TX Votes, said the common use of a “likely voter” score by polling firms could lead to results that exclude young voters such as students. Likely voter scores predict the likelihood
Polls Based on “Likely Voter” Responses The issue with polls
Polls base their results on “likely voters” sometimes factoring in whether or not someone has voted in a previous election, therefore leaving out student voters and younger voters
Poll based on “likely voter” repsonses Poll NOT based on “likely voter” repsonses
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CAMPUS
UTPD implements more body, dashboard cameras By Meghan Nguyen @ultravioletmegs
The UT Police Department has given 20 more body cameras to its officers since last year, and dashboard cameras have been added to every patrol car. In 2017, UTPD initially purchased 80 body cameras for its officers after signing a five-year, $450,000 contract with Axon, a public safety technology company. UTPD has been gradually adding more cameras since the contract was signed. UTPD Lt. Greg Stephenson helped test body cameras for UTPD in 2015 and said he knew they
had found a perfect candidate when they tested Axon. Stephenson said the one thing that made Axon stand out was its “drop-and-walk” solution. “When an officer comes in at the end of their shift, they can take the camera and drop it into a charging download bank, and that’s all they have to do,” Stephenson said. “(The footage) will download and automatically be categorized. With most of the other cameras … an officer would have to plug in their cameras and manually start downloading and categorizing their footage.”
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