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Students experiencing stalking or domestic abuse have several options for help PA G E 2

Students discuss what free speech on campus means to them. PA G E 4

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Senate race selections

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By Meghan Nguyen @ultravioletmegs

milana todua | the daily texan staff Samuel Samson, a government and liberal arts honors sophomore, voted for Ted Cruz because of his stances on American politics.

ryan lam | the daily texan staff Jordan Steyer, journalism and sustainable studies senior, is an enthusiastic supporter of Beto O’Rourke.

Student supports incumbent Ted Cruz in upcoming election.

El Paso native favors Beto O’Rourke for Senate race.

By Raga justin @ragajus

amuel Samson knew who had his vote for the midterm election before the race even kicked off.

Samson, a government and liberal arts honors sophomore, is active in conservative organizations on campus and worked as a legislative staffer for Senator Ted Cruz’s office this summer.

Samson voted for Cruz, the Republican incumbent seeking re-election to the Texas Senate.

He said he believes Cruz stands on the right side of issues in American politics, such as low

unemployment for minority demographics and a “law and order sensibility” on border issues.

Samson also believes the ability for people of all views to express their opinions without being shut down is important.

“He’s advocating on a policy and with a party that’s centered around positives rather than negatives,” Samson said. “You see the Dems coming out with less policy and more of a desire for obstruction, which is a step away from intolerance. I don’t see many liberals calling that out as not right.”

Samson said while

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ordan Steyer, journalism and sustainable studies senior and El Paso native, is an enthusiastic supporter of fellow El Pasoan Beto O’Rourke’s bid to become the first Democrat elected to statewide office in 24 years.

Electing O’Rourke, an El Paso congressman, to the Texas Senate would be a historic moment in Texas politics. Steyer said young voters can help O’Rourke win.

“I don’t think Texas has seen this kind of candidate in

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a while,” Steyer said. “He’s just super progressive, and that’s really weird for Texas to have somebody that’s so pro-marijuana and pro-everything. I’m hopeful, but I am also realistic, and I’ve seen some statistics where millennials and younger voters are making up most of the registered voters right now in Texas.”

Steyer said she first heard about O’Rourke when he was a member of the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011.

“My parents talked about him for a little bit when he was on city council, and I think that

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CITY

Solar contract to improve renewable energy use

By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas

Austin plans to reach 52 percent renewable energy production by 2021 thanks in part to a solar contract approved by the City Council in October that may also reduce electricity rates.

This latest contract is part of more than a decade’s worth of work by the Council to reduce Austin’s use of fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. But this latest expansion stands out from the rest — it is one of the first solar facilities to be built near the City and will be in Pflugerville.

Last year, the Council passed the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2027 that sets a goal to get the City to 65 percent renewable energy in the next decade.

The City currently sits at about 40 percent renewable energy. The rest comes from sources such as natural gas and coal.

The climate plan was put forth by councilwoman Leslie Pool and cosponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo. The solar contract is the latest part of that plan and will increase Austin’s solar energy consumption almost 20 percent.

“It’s exciting to see these contracts come in because it’s a good financial value but also meet our city’s value of moving away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy,” said Tovo, who represents District 9.

In the past, solar facilities were built primarily out in the deserts of West Texas, where there was more room and more sunlight throughout the year, said UT

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Editor’s note: Rylan Maksoud is a member of the Texas Student Media board.

Plan II sophomore Rylan Maksoud left the Travis County Courthouse on Friday smiling, despite receiving half of what he asked for in a lawsuit against University House.

Nine months earlier, he created a website, austinuniversityhouse.com, detailing his negative experiences with the University House complex. The website garnered thousands of views and led other students to share their experiences with UH. Maksoud said the complex overbooked, offered him a “mutual termination” and then gave him few options other than to sign it and lose his lease. The Daily Texan confirmed at least five students experienced the same situation last school year.

Maksoud said there was nothing mutual about the termination agreement. He asked University House to pay him the difference in cost between UH and the new, more expensive place where he currently lives. He was offered money by the complex in exchange for taking down the site, but he declined and sued for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. “The law allows me to triple my damages, so the suit is for $7,722, not including court costs,” Maksoud wrote on his website.

At his jury trial Friday, Maksoud, his parents and several witnesses and friends were present. Two attorneys and two paralegals hired by UH were also there. But no witnesses were called and no jury deliberations were made.

“I was entitled to triple my damages, but the judge seemed like she was trying to prohibit me from what I was trying to say, in regards to (University House’s) pattern of conduct that affected … other students,” Maksoud said. “It was a compromise.”

Despite this, Maksoud walked away with a settlement of $4,500, which was less than the lawsuit asked for but more than enough to cover his damages.

Computer science junior Michael Zetune, a friend of Maksoud’s, went through a similar situation after signing a lease with UH in the fall 2016.

“We signed for a four bedroom apartment at University House, and a few weeks later, they said the apartment we signed for wasn’t available anymore,” Zetune said. “They terminated our agreement for a four-bedroom and offered us a three-bedroom, which was a bit of a mess.”

Neuroscience junior Paula Mofor said she also had negative experiences with University House.

“I originally signed a lease with them early in my sophomore year, so I could secure

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UT offers domestic violence protections

By Meghan Nguyen @ultravioletmegs

UT students in stalking and domestic violence situations can utilize protections offered by the University, such as rape aggression defense classes, no-contact orders and more.

On Oct. 22, a University of Utah student was killed by her ex-boyfriend after she filed a police report alleging harrassment. UT Police Department Detective David Chambers said UT has different avenues of response in cases of stalking and domestic abuse.

“We have patrol, who will respond to 911 or non-emergency calls if someone’s wanting to report any type of domestic violence or stalking,” Chambers said. “Our next level that we work with is the Threat Mitigation Unit. We try to help the victim come up with safety planning or come up with other options.”

According to the 2018 Annual Fire and Security Report, there were 49 reports of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking at UT in 2017. Twelve percent of students are impacted by stalking, according to the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center.

“What’s interesting is what the state considers stalking and harassment is very different than what the majority of individuals consider stalking and harassment,” Chambers said.

“We don’t care if it meets the legal definition. We’re going to be there for the student. (There are) no two cases that are exactly the same, so there’s no cookie cutter approach for how we do these things.”

If victims of stalking or domestic violence choose not to pursue criminal charges, they can utilize civil processes such as no-contact orders, Title IX accommodations and protective orders. UTPD cannot issue a protective order. Those who wish to file a protective order must go through the county’s civil court. However, if someone violates the protective order, UTPD or the Austin Police Department can make an arrest.

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Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke is a “rockstar,” much of his campaign is centered around rhetoric instead of substance, especially on issues of tax reform and late-term abortion.

“I don’t see anything other than the Democratic talking points,” Samson said. “Behind the man who is very gregarious and raising all this hype, I see someone who could be used by the obstructionist left and also doesn’t really develop his platform.”

Samson’s mother was an immigrant who went through an extensive naturalization process, which he said has shaped his current view on immigration.

“She worked her butt off wanting to come to this

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Colton Becker said the University’s preventative measures need more work.

“Prevention is multipronged, and part of prevention deals with education and how we’re educating people,” Becker said. “I’m pleased with the resources the University offers, especially its

country, and I think that’s a microcosm of why I’m a conservative,” Samson said. “There’s a certain way the world works. If you work hard and set your mind to something, you can accomplish anything in America, and I think the conservative ideology encapsulates that.”

As a conservative student at UT, Samson said he has received a lot of pushback, including racial slurs, personal attacks and death threats. He said this is a big reason why he is often vocal about his beliefs and his choice for the Senate.

“I’m blown away every day by the amount of harassment that conservative students have to endure on campus,” Samson said.

“I can’t walk to class in a Reagan-Bush shirt without someone screaming f-bombs at me. That has definitely pushed me more to the activism side.”

Interpersonal Violence Peer Support program. But I think we can get better on the educational component.”

Safehorns president Joell McNew said education on available resources and processes to protect victims should be more publicized by UTPD and the University.

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“Reporting is critical, (and) education of resources and students having the ability to report on behalf of a fellow student should be encouraged and supported.” McNew said. “Education on resources available and processes to protect victims needs to be part of UT Orientation.”

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was my first exposure to him,” Steyer said.

Steyer said she has always been interested in politics but became much more politically aware during the 2016 election, the first time she was eligible to vote.

“I was interested in politics because my parents always had been,” Steyer said. “I’m the way I am because of them … But once I got the chance to vote finally, I started teaching myself more about politics and keeping up with the news.”

The first time Steyer got a chance to see O’Rourke speak was at his campaign event with Leon Bridges and Willie Nelson at the end of September, which was attended by roughly

55,000 people.

“We got there four hours early, and I was in the second row because I was also taking pictures for another publication,” Steyer said. “My roommate and I went because he is also a photographer and he’s also from El Paso …

(Beto) was just super passionate, he was wearing his blue shirt and the sweat was everywhere like his trademark. You could see like the passion when he was speaking — he was just yelling about immigration and human rights.”

Steyer said O’Rourke’s authenticity and work ethic throughout the campaign have strengthened her support for him.

“He’s a people person,” Steyer said. “He’s really charismatic, and he’s been described as that.

I think the fact that he’s been to every single county is really important too.”

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junior year housing,” Mofor said. “In short, I’ve just ran into multiple problems when it comes to documentation with this building. My advice for anyone in my situation is to photograph and save everything.

Anything that you sign with this place has to be saved, and you should be sure that you screenshot what you originally signed, and obviously have the pictures from when you move out saved as well.”

At the trial, Maksoud represented himself without an attorney. However, he advised other students in the same situation to seek legal aid.

“Definitely contact an attorney and run it by them,” Maksoud said. “The UT legal clinic has free consultations, and otherwise, there are other attorneys with free consultations too.”

Representatives for UH and The Scion Group, UH’s parent company, could not be reached for comment.

joshua guenther | the daily texan file Plan II sophomore Rylan Maksoud won a $4,500 settlement from University House after the company terminated his lease last year, forcing him to go find replacement housing for his second year at UT.

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Professors able to monitor student activity with Canvas

By Zoë Howard @zoehoward51

Rumors circulated earlier this semester among students about a new function on Canvas that professors can use to monitor students’ mouse movements and the new tabs they opened.

But these rumors are false, said Mario Guerra, UT Canvas service manager. Although professors can view some student activity on Canvas, their control is limited. Professors can view students’ general interactions with the site, specifically with discussion boards and files.

“The professor can see what pages the students have visited, and they’re given the general time frame the students have spent on each page,” Guerra said.

Guerra said the main purpose for these tools is to allow professors to track student participation.

“Professors can see how many times a student has opened a specific file on the page and if they’ve

downloaded it,” Guerra said.

Government freshman Daija Chambers said she experienced this function firsthand.

“In one of my classes, we were supposed to look at the discussion board before class to read essays that were posted,” Chambers said. “I normally do this, but one day I completely forgot, and my professor could see that from her end of Canvas that I didn’t view the essays, so she gave me a pop quiz the next class.”

Guerra said professors have more access to information regarding quizzes on Canvas, including the ability to monitor how long each question is viewed.

Chambers said one of her classmates was caught for academic dishonesty because of this function.

“A classmate of mine got answers from a friend for an online quiz,” Chambers said.

“The professor saw that he took only two minutes to complete what should have been a much longer quiz, so he got a zero.”

To combat academic

dishonesty, some professors use add-ons, Guerra said. One of these add-ons allows for quizzes to be automatically proctored, disabling students from moving between questions on their own.

“If an add-on is being used though, the students would be aware,” Guerra said.

Guerra said in cases of suspected academic dishonesty, professors can request more detailed information, such as if a student left the page and opened a new tab in the same browser.

Nicolas Eastwood, an international relations and global studies freshman, said he heard the rumors about the new function from his friends but knew they were false. He also said he feels the amount of control professors have on Canvas seems appropriate.

“I think they have the right amount of control,” Eastwood said. “As long as students don’t participate in academic dishonesty, there’s no reason to be concerned.”

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energy policy professor Fred Beach.

The falling price of producing solar panels, however, has made it affordable enough to build facilities closer to where the energy is needed despite lower energy production during seasons with more rain or shorter days, Beach said.

“You can build it where you need it,” Beach said. “That’s a powerful tipping point.”

The solar contract is a 15-year agreement with the company East Blackland Solar Project 1 and costs $165 million. However, Austin Energy representative Michael Enger said it should not increase electricity prices for customers and could even reduce rates.

Luke Metzger, executive director of the sustainability advocacy group Environment Texas, said he expected to see an increase in solar use as it became less expensive. Metzger said climate policies like Austin’s that encourage solar energy helped create a market for it that subsequently brought prices down.

“It gives me some hope amid the grim predictions of climate scientists that we do have the technology, we have the public will … to solve the climate crisis,” Metzger said.

Compared to San Antonio, the only other major city in Texas with a regulated energy utility controlled by the city, Austin is far ahead. San Antonio is only at 22 percent renewable energy consumption.

“Austin has always been more aggressive in

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Austin also surpasses Texas in renewable energy use. In 2016, just under 20 percent of the state’s energy came from renewable sources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

However, several issues stand in the way of Austin reaching its 65 percent renewable energy goal, or even 100 percent farther in the future. One immediate issue is the coal and natural gas plants the city built and owns that still have half or more of their lifespans left, Beach said.

“It depends on how much you’re willing to pay,” Beach said. “To get rid of them now is not cost effective. It’s effective if you want to reduce emissions, so it’s (their) choice.”

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2018

By Molly Bolf and Jennifer Liu Forum Editors

It’s not even Thanksgiving break, and UT has already seen a number of student demonstrations ignite campus-wide conversation on social issues.

Students have become increasingly vocal on what speech should and should not be accepted on campus. As we approach midterm elections, this topic has become more important than ever.

The Young Conservatives of Texas is a group that has been especially involved in campus discussions recently — they organized the rally supporting thenJudge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh had been scrutinized for sexual assault allegations, and the demonstration ignited a very personal conversation about victims being antagonized on campus grounds, what should be a safe space.

The organization immediately received backlash from counter-protestors, some of whom ripped

YCT’s posters. This week, Saurabh Sharma, the chairman for YCT’s UT-Austin chapter, discusses what he thinks free speech means and how this translates to conversations on campus.

Economics senior Katherine Horstman and humanities senior Julia O’Hanlon focus on the role of UT administration in regulating free speech on issues such as campus carry. UT faculty had been given a directive to remove all Gun Free UT signs, and Horstman and O’Hanlon argue this is

unjustified censorship.

Hunter Bezner, a recent UT graduate and University of Virginia law student, calls to attention the University’s recent move to start increasing their regulation of approving guest speakers for student organization events. Bezner says this decision will work against facilitating free speech and healthy conversations among students.

Bolf is an english sophomore from Fort Worth.

Liu is a rhetoric & writing, philosophy and Plan II junior from Plano.

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University shouldn’t freeze students’ free speech

By Hunter Bezner Forum Contributor

Free speech is often debated on university campuses, and UT-Austin is no different.

The question of who should be permitted to speak on campus or at university-recognized events can be a hot button topic. But the question generally breaks down to who gets to decide: Can students be trusted with the power to invite speakers, or should the University have censorship rights? University administration should not abridge the First Amendment rights of students. In an effort to promote discussion, student organizations should have the exclusive right to invite speakers to their events.

The University of Texas “has recently started enforcing regulations for approving guest speakers for student organization events.” The University stated the regulation has long been in place but is simply increasing enforcement of the rule. The decision to force organizations to gain approval will chill constructive discussion on campus and frustrates the purpose of the First Amendment.

The right to free speech is Constitutionally protected to promote discourse about challenging topics. Censoring the beliefs of an organization does nothing but widen the divide between opposing sides. The censored party feels unvalued and, as retired Justice Kennedy would put it, violates their dignity. On the other hand, an opposing party either is oblivious to the disagreement, believing that all minds agree, or the party is not themselves challenged.

This process of debate is not easy, and at

times it is ugly, but without the process, an ignorant groupthink mentality develops and ideologies divide further.

This problem arises even if the University never exercises their discretion to deny invitation of a guest. The threat of censorship alone is enough to chill activity, and when something as important as the right to free speech is implicated, mere fear of discomfort or even protest does not justify abridgment.

The fear held by the University is not unreasonable, though not permissive of their actions. Rather than deny entry to controversial speakers, the University should educate students on methods of civil protest.

Same as the administration, students should not infringe on other students right to speak freely, but students can debate, refute and, at times, protest. This does not mean interrupting speakers, destroying banners, or anything remotely near violence. You protest against those you disagree with — call it hate speech if you like — by listening to what they say and, when they are finished, challenging them. Be educated and ask hard questions. Go to those events put on by the organization you disagree with and debate.

They have to give you the same respect in speech as you give them. Challenging hateful speakers this way certainly is not easy and can be scary, but this is the only path that can lead to resolution.

The path chosen by the University is fearful and will not help in preparing students to change the world. Freezing Constitutional rights leads to a façade of peace on campus but, ultimately, breeds division.

Hunter Bezner is a law student at the University of Virginia and a UT alum.

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Freedom of speech is not free pass for violence

By Saurabh Sharma Forum Contributor

On Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2018, my fellow Young Conservatives and I made a stand on the West Mall of the University of Texas to express our support for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. We believed, as many Americans do, that he is innocent of grave allegations made against him. We were met with swift, aggressive, abusive and violent resistance.

When we decried the destruction of our property, we were told to suck it up. When we condemned the invective hurled at us, we were told we deserved it. When we asked for dialogue, we were called disingenuous.

A conception of free speech properly understood has two elements: one legal, one cultural. On the legal side, The University of Texas is obligated to protect the speech of students engaging in peaceful political speech.

When protestors attacked us and destroyed our property, the University should have immediately removed or arrested those individuals from the premises and disciplined them. They didn’t, and the fact my members will face the specter of violence at the hands of their fellow students whenever they choose to express themselves has a chilling effect on the right that guarantees all of us — from Planned Parenthood to Palestinian Solidarity Committee — the ability to speak freely. Violence and the destruction of property is not speech.

But there is another element of free speech — a cultural one. A superficial legal right to speech, while necessary,

isn’t sufficient to foster a society where ideas can face the disinfecting light of scrutiny and survive or die on their merits. Likewise, a university where free speech is legal, but met with unrelenting vitriol, public harassment and censure from campus communities is a university where free speech barely exists at all. Ideas kept hidden still exist, and stifling speech doesn’t destroy bad ideas — it allows them to fester.

If you believe the ideas held by myself and my peers are wrong, express yours in return. Try to convince us. You may just succeed. Speech isn’t violence. It prevents violence by giving us the ability to negotiate our differences peaceably.

A fear of free speech is based on the insecurity your ideas, once challenged, will not endure. But an intellectually weak political left has never been my experience at The University of Texas. When engaging ideas from people ranging from moderate democrats all the way to radical socialists, I have had the privilege to debate foundational ideas about which my peers and I deeply disagree. They — and you — are intelligent, measured, calm and compelling advocates for the values you hold dear.

Don’t fear free speech. Have the courage to engage peacefully and rationally with your peers at this great University, and be prepared to discover there exists a mostly quiet minority here that is equally prepared to engage in a rational, intelligent debate on the issues that matter. And if we start from that premise, we may just achieve the promise inscribed on the Tower at the center of our campus: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”

Sharma is a biochemistry senior.

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Come and take my Gun Free UT sign

By Katherine Horstman and Julia O’Hanlon Forum Contributors

Years after the passage of the Campus Carry law, the Gun Free UT signs have been a reminder that the debate about guns on campus is not over. But as of September, the orange signs have taken on a new significance: resistance to censorship.

Regardless of what the signs read, professors and faculty have the constitutional right to hang signs in their office windows as a means of protest. It is a small yet effective way for them to use their platform. According to the administration, however, political expression should not be up for display. The controversy officially began when President Fenves gave the directive to chairs, who then told faculty all window signs must come down by Sept. 7. He gave no clear reason, leaving many to ask: Why, after two years, must the signs come down?

The directive to remove the signs was not entirely unanticipated by

faculty involved in the Gun Free UT community. Signs were initially removed from at least one English department office without notifying the inhabitant in May 2016.

When English department staff followed up, they were told this was a temporary measure in which all signs on outward-facing windows were being removed for graduation. In protest, more faculty across the University posted signs in their windows over the subsequent year.

Maurie McInnis, executive vice president and provost, first requested the signs be removed in fall 2016, citing a complaint by a UT staff member. She did this at a meeting with a small group of Gun Free UT participants, UT legal staff and a representative from the President’s office. In fall 2018, department chairs were told verbally, but not in writing, that if the signs were not taken down voluntarily, they would be removed by order of the President’s office. Fenves and the UT administration eventually walked back this request, possibly because they have no legal grounds to forcibly remove signs.

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Fenves addressed the issue at the most recent Faculty Council meeting and called for the creation of a task force to investigate the issue of free speech.

No new information has been released regarding the task force.

As for why this is happening now, theories have been proposed that pressure from a wealthy donor or even the potential for budget cuts from the Texas Legislature have forced Fenves to act against the signs. In reality, we will never know the reason Fenves has attempted to ban them. What matters is that the signs stay up. Everyone at UT has the right to use their windows to advocate for what they care about — no matter the issue. And at a world class research university, especially one that sits in the capitol of Texas, critical thought should be encouraged, not silenced.

If we accept the administration’s attempt at censorship, we are telling students they should take the world as it is and not try to make it what they think it should be.

To confront this issue, a resolution has been proposed in Senate and Student Government that calls on the administration to adopt a free speech

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policy that protects the freedom of expression of all University staff, including their right to post outward facing signs in their windows. The resolution also requests a student representative be included on the free speech task force Fenves is planning to make. As tuition-payers, students have a unique ability to hold the administration accountable. Using our official representatives is the first step, but a resolution is only as valuable as what results from it.

For that reason, the resolution asks the administration to respond with a policy change by the end of the semester. If the administration fails to respond, students will know their concerns were not taken seriously and that the issue calls for a new approach.

While posting a sign in your window may seem like a small gesture, the fact the administration wants the signs taken down shows how much power they have.

You don’t have to support Gun Free UT to be alarmed at the threat to freedom of expression. The next cause the administration chooses to silence could be yours.

Horstman is an economics senior.

O’Hanlon is a humanities senior.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2018

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Texas defense disappoints again

Last-second two- point conversion hands Texas second straight loss.

By Alex Briseño @AlexxBriseno

exas fans screamed as they saw Devin Duvernay striding toward the end zone, begging and pleading that Sam Ehlinger noticed the wide open receiver.

He did. Forty-eight yards later, the cannon sounded, the majority of the 100,703 fans at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium erupted and Texas took a 41-34 lead in the later stages of the fourth quarter.

But there was one problem: Texas left 2:34 on the clock with Will Grier, one of the best quarterbacks in the country, waiting to take the field on the West Virginia sideline.

“I wasn’t hooping and hollering at all,” defensive end Charles Omenihu said. “I knew who was on the other sideline. My only mindset was that we had to finish this game.”

Then Grier showed the entire state of Texas why he is commonly regarded as a firstround pick in next year’s NFL Draft.

Grier took the field and led the Mountaineers to the Texas 33 yard line with 24 seconds left in the game. Longhorn fans held their breath as Grier dropped back and released the ball toward the end zone.

The ball sailed over Caden Sterns and Josh Thompson and right into the hands of Gary Jennings Jr., who planted his left foot in the end zone for a touchdown. Texas fans stood with their hands on their heads, anticipating overtime. But West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen already knew he wanted to go for the win with a two-point conversion.

Before lining up, Holgorsen looked at Grier and asked, “Hey, you want to win the game? Let’s go win the game.”

“It was an easy decision. If you put the fate of the game in No. 7’s hands, I feel pretty good about it,” Holgorsen said. “We had that decision made before we even took the field … We’ve had this two-point conversion in our

juan figueroa | the daily texan staff Texas wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey reacts on the Texas sideline following the Longhorns’ 42-41 loss to West Virginia at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Longhorns have now lost two straight games.

back pocket all year.”

The gutsy call paid off. Grier took the snap, and instead of airing the ball out as he did all day for 346 yards, he took off. The Longhorn defense failed to contain him and he bounced outside, and then walked into the endzone.

Grier’s score gave West Virginia a 42-41 lead, and this time it was for good.

After the game, Texas head coach Tom Herman approached the podium and summed up the aftermath of the nearly four-hour game with one sentence: “We’re hurting in there, emotionally and physically.”

Texas’ loss not only dashed its hopes of making the Big 12 title game, but it also featured several injuries. The Texas defense saw defensive end Breckyn Hager, defensive lineman Marqez Bimage and

cornerback Davante Davis all leave the game with injuries.

While Texas tried to handle its injury bug, the West Virginia offense and offensive line didn’t miss a beat, even after Mountaineer left tackle Yodny Cajuste was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct during an extra point in the first quarter.

Grier and the Mountaineers racked up 578 total offensive yards. Despite giving up 120 yards worth of penalties, West Virginia’s 232 rushing yards, combined with 346 through the air, were just enough for the one-point victory.

“He (Will Grier) got hit one time,” Omenihu said. “I’m not used to that. I haven’t been used to that all year, especially with that other tackle not being in the damn game.”

Another stellar performance from

Ehlinger was overshadowed yet again by another last-second defeat. The sophomore quarterback accounted for 354 yards through the air, 52 on the ground and four total touchdowns.

“I really just hate this for our offense. To go out there and play the game that they did, they played a heckuva game and us,” defensive back PJ Locke III said.

Texas has now lost three games by a combined nine points. The Longhorns are still in the hunt for a conference title but must now prepare for a trip to Lubbock.

“The silver lining is that we play in the Big 12 and everybody plays everybody,” Herman said. “We’re not out of any race at this point.

We certainly don’t control our own destiny.

We need a couple of things to happen. But at the end of the day, our program is built on going 1–0, and we didn’t get that done tonight.”

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By Ambar Ancira @ambar_ancira

Students can gain a professional’s perspective when professors use their own published work as teaching tools in the classroom. Some students, however, wonder if their professors’ voice dominating a course through text and lecture might prove detrimental to receiving a well-rounded education.

Professors commonly provide their own publications as part of the class in effort to enhance the material being taught. Although it can sound like a beneficial idea, it is up to the students to decide whether it was helpful or harmful.

Anthropology freshman Adrienne Brown said she has had classes where professor-written work enhanced the material and another where it fell short. In her biology class, the professor’s book and his lectures contained identical information.

“There’s not really a whole lot more depth that’s in the textbook than there is in the class,” Brown said.

The biology class is designed for liberal arts majors, so it focuses on the critical, thinking side of biology, which leaves room for different perspectives. Brown said her main concern was that there is not a broad range of viewpoints, which limits the class.

“There are zero conflicting opinions,” Brown said.“I don’t feel like we’re getting a whole lot out of the class.”

Radio-television-film freshman Alexa Jones is

mckenzie bentley | the daily texan staff Lead architect Christine Ten Eyck, right, discuses the future of Pease Park during the design reveal of Kingsbury Commons last Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.

Park granted upgrade

Pease Park Conservancy group plans renovations.

By Francesca D’Annunzio @ftcdnz

he Pease Park Conservancy, formerly Trees for Pease, is partnering with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Inc. to renovate Pease Park through the Kingsbury Commons project.

The goal of the project, which will occupy the southern region of the park, is to provide Austinites with more opportunities for play, fitness and activity while respecting the natural green space.

The plans for the section of the park off of Lamar Boulevard will include improvements to the natural landscape. As part of respecting the park as a natural green space, Pease Park Conservancy founder Richard Craig has

promised not to plant any non-native or invasive species in the park.

In a statement, Pease Park Conservancy said the plans for Lamar Boulevard include improvements to the plantings and natural landscape, likely including built-in meadows, wildflowers and substantial native flowering tree grove.

Craig said one of the reasons Pease Park is unique and deserves more attention from the city is its history.

“This is Austin’s oldest park if you don’t count the squares downtown,” Craig said. “It was given to the city by Governor Pease in 1875.

(Prior to that), it was part of (Governor Pease’s family) plantation before and after the Civil War.” Ixchel Granada, director of projects and programming at the Pease Park Conservancy, said the conservancy is focused on protecting the park, which the Kingsbury Commons project won’t interfere with. “(The conservancy is) very sensitive to the role that parklands play in their ability to act as green infrastructure,” Granada said.

“We have always seen the park as an oasis in the middle of the city.

It will continue to be an example of how parks can be used and

protected at the same time.”

The conservancy said one of its main goals is sustainability — not only in the environmental sense, but also economically. They created a $275,000 fund they continue to keep growing in order to maintain Pease Park even if the City of Austin has a budget crisis in the future.

Heath Riddles, CEO of the conservancy, said one of the most important aspects of the project is increasing accessibility to the east.

“We (will) make sure everyone east of Lamar understands that the park is welcoming and accessible to them and this construction project is an important step in that direction,” Riddles said.

The plans include creating a new entrance to the east and bus stop to enhance ease in park access through public transportation.

Riddles said the most critical component of the project is working towards a sustainable future for the park.

“Everything we’re building is about longevity,” Riddles said. “Ten years ago, the park was dying. (The park) was being loved to death. Fifty years from now, what will remain of this is the ecology if we do what we need to be doing and we do it right.”

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in an art and entertainment technology class where her professor requires all students to buy his textbook for the course. While Jones said students in her class have mixed thoughts about having to purchase a $65 textbook for the class, she respects her professor’s passion for the material.

“He wasn’t really making any serious bank with this textbook as much as he was just trying to pay for the textbook to exist,” Jones said. “I respect him for that. He wants to educate people without constraint.”

Psychology freshman Briana Long is in the same art and entertainment technology course and said the professor’s textbook gives good examples, but said they are from his same viewpoint.

“His point of view is very alternative,” Long said. “He’s very old-school.”

Long said the class has showed her how technology and art come together but that the class should have outside examples so the material would be easier to understand.

For Brown, her anthropology professor was able to balance the course with

three textbooks — one written by her, and two written by two others.

Brown said it was helpful to read her professor’s textbook because it applied what they were learning in a detailed case study.

“It’s really fascinating, especially because we can read the practical application of her research and then read about different people’s perspectives on that type of work,” Brown said. “And get more detail, get a different, outside look.”

Brown said this setup helped them get the most out of the class by offering multiple viewpoints to learn from, whereas having only the professor’s work would have limited the learning material.

“I feel like when a teacher uses their own textbook, and just their own textbook, then you lose all of that,” Brown said.

As a liberal arts student, Brown said she finds it especially important to have multiple points of view in the classroom.

“It sort of goes counter to the entire idea of the institution to just have one stream of consciousness,” Brown said.

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