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Recently approved bond proposition could prevent future water supply issues. PA G E 2
The University must consult students when replacing Confederate statues. PA G E 4
Men’s and women’s basketball teams pick up wins, but each in different fashion. PA G E 6
UT fashion show features diverse models, reflects changing beauty standards. PA G E 8
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University brings back James Hogg statue, places near Tower By Sara Schleede @saraschleede
Although the last of South Mall’s Confederate statues were removed in August 2017, the statue of former Texas governor James Hogg will return to campus, President Gregory Fenves announced Monday. “He has an important history in Texas … but like many leaders of that era, has a mixed record on segregation,” Fenves said. “That is part of the history of this state and this country that we have to understand better.” The Hogg statue will be reinstalled on the east side of the Main Building facing the Will C. Hogg Building, named after his son, by the end of the year, Fenves said. The statue of Hogg was not removed because of ideological objections, but because of its part in the greater exhibit on South Mall, UT spokesperson J.B. Bird told The New York Times in 2017. The University has planned to relocate it on campus since. James Hogg’s four children created the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and were prominent donors to the University. “It will have a nexus with his role at the University of Texas and his family’s bequests that have been very beneficial to the University of Texas,” Fenves said. The University removed a statue of former Confederate president Jefferson
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UHS charges hinder course registration Delayed charges on What I Owe cause last-minute bars.
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By Katie Balevic @KatelynBalevic
fter registration for spring courses opened two weeks ago, students complained that last-minute charges to their What I Owe accounts might prevent them from registering on time. Government sophomore Elizabeth Contreras said she was frustrated when she received several charges to her account from University Health Services only days before registering for next semester.
“I went to see what days of the services they were charging me for, and one of them was for an appointment I had at the beginning of September,” Contreras said. “They had waited until November to charge me for the appointment.” Robert Reed, assistant director of University Health Services, said students are charged a fee for using UHS services and additional charges for the services are sent to their insurance. “For the visit, they’ll get charged $10, and then if there are any additional after the insurance plan has been filed, they may get charged a little bit later based on when we receive the insurance communication,” Reed said. Contreras said she was charged for three UHS visits at once even though the appointments spanned from early September to mid-October. “It was about $60 that they wanted from me, and I didn’t get notifications about the billing until right before registration,” Contreras said. “I don’t want to have to be worried about contacting my mom and getting her to pay right before regis-
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tration. UHS needs to notify students immediately for the charges of visits so people have more time to make payments.” International relations sophomore Quinn Blazek made several visits to UHS last year but said he was glad it was after registration because it gave him more time to pay without getting a registration bar. “Luckily, in that scenario, it was after the registration deadline, so I was able to register for the next semester,” Blazek said. Insurance companies have 45 days to decide how much money they reimburse UHS for and how much money the patient still owes, so students may get charges weeks after their appointments on top of charges for more recent appointments, Reed said. “A student who had a visit in late September may just get some charges to their What I Owe in November because their insurance just sent us the return on that,” Reed said. Reed said he is unaware of any regulations the University has about posting charges on students’ What I Owe page close to registration. Olga Finneran, communications manager for Financial and Administrative Services, said several
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After midterms, Texans might have to remove campaign signs within 10 days
Student Democrats plan next steps after midterm elections
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By Chad Lyle Architectural engineering sophomore Cypress Lefebre has a political sign up on her lawn in North Campus, a holdover from the midterm election just last week. A drive through Austin’s residential streets will reveal dozens of other campaign signs still mounted in private yards. If these signs are not gone by Friday, Texans may have to reckon with their local homeowners’ association, which has authority from the state to ask residents to remove campaign signage 10 days after an election. The Texas Ethics Commission has this rule in place to promote fair elections and prevent conflict between residents, said Chris Bishop, a Texas Department of Transportation public information officer. “I would have an issue with taking away my yard signs or even them asking me to remove it,” Lefebre said. “I don’t think it should be enforced. If you want to continue to express your support for a person, you should be able to.”
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eddie gaspar | the daily texan file Following the election, many Austin residents still have campaign signs posted in their yards, but homeowners’ associations will have the authority to ask residents to remove these signs after Nov. 16 under state regulation.
Bishop said TxDOT has the authority to remove campaign signage on state-owned property, such as along roads or on telephone poles. Signs on private property are under different jurisdiction, he said. “I can’t tell you who’s going to
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be enforcing that,” Bishop said. “It would really just depend on how aggravated someone gets at campaign signs remaining in place. A homeowners’ association could include that in their bylaws, but it’s up to them to enforce it.”
Official political advertising from the candidates themselves is regulated by the Texas Ethics Commission, Bishop said. “Realistically, people need
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While Democrats on the national stage celebrated winning the U.S. House last Tuesday, Texas Democrats were unable to bring the “blue wave” to the Lone Star State. In spite of this, Democratic candidates were able to get within striking distance of Republicans who were once considered unbeatable. Even though no Democrat has been elected to statewide office in Texas in 24 years, Andrew Herrera, president of University Democrats, said he thinks that is about to change. Herrera pointed to the progress made by the campaigns of Beto O’Rourke and Julie Oliver, who ran for U.S. Senate and House seats respectively, as inspiration. Herrera said if Oliver could make up 12 points compared to the last Democrat who ran in her district, Democrats can expect bigger gains in the future.
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“Imagine what we could do over several (elections),” government junior Herrera said. “The Democratic Party really took itself seriously this election. We’ve never really competed at all in Texas midterm elections just because we’ve always told ourselves the national climate isn’t there and we don’t have a good Democratic brand.” In Travis County, voters between the ages of 18 and 35 are now the largest voting bloc, according to county data. Michael Orona, the political director for Julie Oliver’s campaign, said he thinks college students will be pivotal for future Democratic wins. “Campaigns in the future should get on campus as early as possible,” Orona said. “I think we should have gotten on campus maybe a year before, and I think students just want to be talked to. The current congressman (Roger Williams) and Senator Cruz, they don’t do that.”
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