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Federal court rules against Trump admin attempts to end DACA By Chad Lyle @LyleChad
The Trump administration is not allowed to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday afternoon. DACA, which shields undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as children from deportation, has been a frequent target of criticism by President Donald Trump. The Trump administration announced its intention to rescind the program last September. The program was created by an executive order issued by former President Barack Obama. Trump’s attempt to rescind the program was also initially blocked by judges from lower courts in Washington D.C. and New York. A Texas judge declined to halt the program but acknowledged DACA would likely be declared illegal eventually. After the lower courts blocked the Trump administration’s initial efforts to end the program, the administration requested the Supreme Court weigh in. Now that an appeals court has made a decision, UT law professor Stephen Vladeck told CNN the Supreme Court will likely have the final say in Trump’s ability to terminate DACA. “Today’s ruling is yet another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle DACA, but it may also only be a temporary one,” Vladeck told CNN. “It seems much more likely that the justices will agree to the government’s
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Psychology course requirement sparks debate on ethics. By Cason Hunwick & Tien Nguyen @cason_official @tienjpg
ucked away in a fourth-floor office, psychology research coordinator Eunjung Lee-Furman holds an aged binder containing documents that detail the history of student subjects in UT psychology research experiments, some of which date back to 1985. The records all tell the story of the
“research requirement,” which has long been a part of the Introduction to Psychology (PSY 301) curriculum. To fulfill the requirement, students must either serve as subjects in five hours of psychology experiments, which range from simple questionnaires to clinical trials, or complete an research paper. As long as the requirement has been around, there has been a debate over whether it is fair to ask students to participate in research, said Sam Gosling, psychology professor and PSY 301 instructor.
“It’s something we have always done and other major universities do, but there’s a debate over whether this is a reasonable thing to ask,” Gosling said. “I could see arguments saying … this is exploitative … but most people agree that it is reasonable as long as you provide an alternative.” Lee-Furman said the alternate research paper keeps the requirement fair since both the paper and the research participation are
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UT hosts first-gen student celebration
Celebration Day. The event included different stations such as a photo booth, a thank-you letter writing station and a station where Joanna Armendariz, biochemstudents could record a video tesistry junior and first-generation timonial of what it meant to be a college student, said the first time first-generation student at UT. she set foot in AusThe celebration tin was the first day was hosted by the she moved into her First-Generation dorm, after transCommitment Workferring to UT from ing Group, an orgaEl Paso Community nization dedicated A benefit of College this January. to increasing cam“It was crazy,” pus-wide support bringing folks toArmendariz said for first-generation about coming to gether is so that students, in order Austin for the first to provide these stutime. “I drove in by first-generation dents the opportunimyself at night, so ties to network with whenever I was pull- students can see each other as well as ing into the city of faculty and staff. Austin I saw nothing that they are not Cassandre Albut tall buildings. varado, co-chair of alone.” I was rolling into the First-Generation downtown Austin Commitment Workwith all the pretty ing Group, said such lights and it was like, celebrations can ‘I’m here. I did it.’” help diminish the Armendariz was C A S S A N D R E A L V A R A D O sense of loneliness ASSISTANT PROFESSOR one of the roughly students might feel 400 first-generation on a large campus. students, faculty “Sometimes and staff members who gathered when you’re on a campus as large in the UT Tower on Thursday for as UT-Austin you can really feel a celebration honoring them and alone,” said Alvarado, assistant their efforts, as part of the national First-Generation College F I R S T - G E N page 2
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anthony mireles | the daily texan staff From left to right, Audrey Oiu, Vivian Chan and Caroline Hao build a figure of Totoro during the Miyazaki Festival in the Student Activity Center Ballroom on Thursday afternoon.
First ‘Miyazaki Festival’ honors director By Bonny Chu @bbbonny
For decades, Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki impacted the film industry with his
famous works such as “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Princess Mononoke.” To celebrate his legacy, hundreds of students crowded into the Student Activity Center ballroom Thursday evening for the first ever
“Miyazaki Festival.” The Campus Events + Entertainment Asian American Culture committee hosted the University’s first event to commemorate the famous film director, offering students such as Leila Chen the
ability to celebrate a director they love. “I was very excited about this event, because I knew about it weeks ago,” said Chen, a medical lab science sophomore. “I really love
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