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Former UT students relaunch long-distance ride-hailing service. PA G E 2

Students can live a more sustainable lifestyle by cutting out fast fashion. PA G E 4

Students compile empty water bottles to demonstrate “plastic problem” on campus. PA G E 8

Former quarterback James Street’s legacy carries on in Little Rock, Arkansas. PA G E 6

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Here’s what to expect as the Texas Legislature begins its 86th session.

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he Texas Legislature will convene for its 86th legislative session on Jan. 8. The Texas Legislature only meets during odd-numbered years, and lawmakers have to be prepared to hit the ground running as soon as the 140–day session begins.

“The speaker’s race will be one of the very first things the House does,” said Susan Nold, the director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life. “Just this week we’ve seen Rep. Dennis Bonnen of Angleton saying he has the support to be elected the next speaker.”

The Speaker of the Texas House sets the legislative agenda in Texas’s House of Representatives. Outgoing Speaker Joe Straus announced his intention to retire last fall, beginning the race to succeed him. On Monday, Bonnen announced 109 of the 150 newly elected members of the House pledged to support him in his bid to become their next leader.

Despite initially saying that he did not plan to seek the speakership, Bonnen threw his hat in

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the ring after being persuaded by several of his colleagues to enter the race. Six other House members, including one Democrat, also competed for the position.

“We’re here to let you know the speaker’s race is over, and the Texas House is ready to go to work,” Bonnen said at a press conference. “We’re going to release here in a moment 109 names of my colleagues that have signed on to support me as speaker … We stand ready to work with the governor, and of course, we stand ready to work with our friends and partners in the Senate and the lieutenant governor.”

Sherri Greenberg, a former member of the Texas House and current professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public

Affairs, said so far Bonnen has adopted a tone of unity.

“He’s certainly been reaching out to try and say, ‘I’m going to be a speaker of all the members whether they have pledged to me or not,’” Greenberg said.

Aside from identifying the next speaker, Greenberg said it will be harder to tell which issues will define the new legislative session. Some possible contenders include financial legislation, school finance and online voter registration.

“Sometimes you think an issue is going to be defining and it’s not, but I think there are indications,” Greenberg said. “They’re going to be (talking about) financial and economic issues. I think local property taxes will be a big deal. School finance is going to

Prop A bond aims to increase affordable housing

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be a very big issue. You could see some issues around elections — there have been attempts to have online voter registration. Texas is one of 12 states that doesn’t allow that.”

Nold said while the Senate and the House may have their own priorities, usually the Governor plays a big part in determining which issues are going to be prioritized.

“The Governor usually also identifies fairly early in the session his top priorities,” Nold said. “Once the Governor actually designates which priorities are on the top of his list, those can actually be issues the Legislature takes up to consider and debate earlier and sooner in the session than a lot of other topics.”

Last Tuesday, 73 percent of Austin voters approved Proposition A, a $250 million affordable housing bond that represents a major step to combat Austin’s housing crisis, city experts said.

Affordable housing has been a buzzword for years now, said Sumit DasGupta, a former technology development consultant and Mayor Steve Adler’s appointee for the task force that came up with the proposal for the bond package. The city has “unmet needs” totaling about $3.2 billion, and Prop A is just the start, Das Gupta said.

“As we go forward, we’ll have to keep spending more and more in order to keep this city affordable for everybody, not just for the rich,” DasGupta said.

Just the words “affordable housing” don’t mean anything on their own, DasGupta said. Proposition A has four components, each targeting a sector of Austin’s housing situation. First, a $100 million chunk will be handed to the Austin Housing Finance Corporation to purchase tracts of land. The city can then turn over this land to developers who are interested in actually building the affordable housing for low-income residents.

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After an influx of calls related to the May 2017 on-campus stabbing came in, UT Police Department dispatchers found it difficult to cope with the stress of their jobs.

Because of this, UTPD dispatch supervisor Kim Schultz decided to bring her 14-year-old Dachshund, Bella, into the dispatch center.

After Bella’s death, Schultz and her husband adopted Widget, a Dachshund-Beagle mix, to serve as a therapy dog for UTPD dispatchers. Widget has taken obedience classes at the Austin Dog Alliance and was awarded the Canine Good Citizen certification by the American Kennel Club. Once certified, Widget was sponsored by Canines for Christ, an animal-assisted therapy ministry.

“He comes to work everyday with me,” Schultz said. “Any time we have

a major event, he will visit with that specific unit or shift. For example, when the Fayette County Deputy Calvin Lehmann was injured in the line of duty, we were called up to the Dell Seton Medical Center to come visit with the family.”

In August, UTPD Chief David Carter approved Widget as an official member of UTPD’s K-9 unit.

“When we had a tragedy, such as Haruka (Weiser)’s and Harrison (Brown)’s murders, you can imagine the calls and stress that dispatchers had to undergo,” Carter said. “Having Widget here helps take care of the mental well-being of all of the officers.”

Though UTPD officers can cope with stress through the use of 24/7 counseling from UT or access to chaplains, Schultz says Widget will serve as an immediate, accessible comfort.

“I’ve been a dispatcher for 21 years, and I’ve been

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there for several major incidents on campus,” Schultz said. “Those incidents don’t ever get any easier, and … you don’t always have time to see a counselor to process what happened. Widget isn’t supposed to take the place of therapy, but he’s there to allow people to focus on something other than the grave nature of our jobs in that moment.”

Outside of dispatch, Widget has visited the staff at the Texas Performing Arts Center during Broadway season and law enforcement in the Emergency Operations Center during football game planning. Schultz said the goal is to allow students and other dispatch centers in the region to meet him.

“The Austin Dog Alliance and Canines for Christ sometimes come during finals week to deploy their dogs for their students, and we’d love to be a part of that as soon

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macelyn morris | the daily texan staff Philosohpy sophomore Nathan McCracken was deployed with the Marine Corps and traveled for five years before enrolling at UT. McCracken will be deployed again next semester.

By Neelam Bohra @_neelam_b

After high school, Nathan McCracken was deployed with the Marine Corps, training and traveling for five years before

returning to the reserves and applying to UT. Now, as a 24-year-old philosophy sophomore, McCracken will be deployed again next semester.

“There’s moments where I stop, stand back and feel that I am stagnant,” McCracken said. “It’s easy to

feel like you aren’t accomplishing anything here, but there’s something rewarding in putting on the uniform and actually accomplishing something. That’s why I want to go back out.”

McCracken said he joined

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About 40 percent of Thanksgiving food goes to waste, which is equivalent to 204 million pounds of turkey, according to a 2016 report by the environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council.

To advocate for zero food waste, the Campus Environmental Center hosted “Reduce Food Waste on Thanksgiving” at the Union Building on Wednesday evening. The environmental center is a community of students who aim to address environmental issues on campus.

Event organizers taught attendees unique ways to repurpose their holiday leftovers, such as turning mashed potatoes into waffles.

“Food waste is a really big problem in America especially with Thanksgiving coming around the corner,” said Mimi Tran, a human development and family science senior and event co-organizer. “The food waste in our landfills releases a lot of toxic gas waste in the air like methane. So we want to show people that you don’t have to necessarily throw away leftovers, but find other ways to repurpose it.”

Rather than making complex meals with leftovers, the organization wanted to create something easy that anyone can do. Event co-organizer Caroline Garnett said they made

ashley ephraim | the daily texan staff Caroline Garnett, Plan II and geography sophomore, demonstrates how Thanksgiving food can be reused and made into sweet or savory waffles during the “Reduce Food Waste on Thanksgiving” event hosted by the Campus Environmental Center Wednesday.

waffles from plain mashed potatoes mixed with syrup and chocolate chips because they wanted to demonstrate different and innovative ways to eat holiday leftovers.

“We thought about potatoes because that’s a pretty common side dish and can be kind of boring,” said Garnett, a Plan II and geography

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Hitch pairs drivers with passengers traveling to the same city. The company, formerly known as Krew, started August 2017 and paused their services a year later amid their partnership with the founders of uShip, a freight transportation startup created by UT alumni.

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“You don’t have to be a specific type of person to live a sustainable life,” Tran said.

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“Personally, I prefer savory rather than sweet,” Nguyen said. “But this was still a really good idea to eliminate waste and just another way to use potatoes.”

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will go to rental housing assistance. The projects developed with this money will increase or maintain the supply of affordable rental housing. A $28 million chunk will address the need for affordably priced home ownership in the city by constructing houses that can only be purchased by residents who fall under a certain income level.

Finally, the last $28 million will go to an existing housing repair program that hires contractors to carry out minor home repairs in underserved communities across the city.

“I look at all these people on street corners begging for money, people getting evicted,” DasGupta said.

“Winters are getting worse and worse and to think there are people shivering outside, people being denied a shelter over them … this is a fundamental need.

Shelter and security are the most important things and these rights should not

ashley ephraim | the daily texan staff Kush Singh, left, and Tanuj Girish, right, are relauching their carpooling app, Hitch, in early December. They created the app to make going home more afforable to students.

platform and just deliver a great experience.”

CEO and co-founder Kush Singh said he started Hitch to make the city-to-city travel industry both convenient and affordable.

“As a driver, you just hop in the car and start going

be negotiable.”

Though the bond is focusing on the needs of historically underserved residents, students planning to stay in Austin after graduation could also benefit from any increase in affordable housing, even indirectly.

Senior public information officer Jeff Patterson said he thought of the bond as a measure that will ultimately improve living options for all residents.

“It helps everyone,” Patterson said. “The best way to look at it is when we’re able to increase the supply of affordable housing across the city, it benefits everyone because it opens up the market and increases supply. I think of it like ‘a rising tide raises all boats.’”

Madeline Detelich, environmental engineering graduate student, advocated for Proposition A’s approval before it was passed.

She said it will impact student renters across the city and increase low-income residents’ options.

“It’s a scary place out there and most people have the experience that finding

toward your destination, and if we can find passengers exactly along your route, we match you to them,” Singh said. “As a rider, it’s extremely similar — 30 to 45 minutes before you need a ride, you can hop on the app and book it.”

Each ride costs $30 to $40, Singh said, and drivers earn roughly $20 while Hitch collects the remainder.

Singh said over 100 background-checked drivers have signed up and serviced more than 1,000 rides since Hitch started. He

said they have hired seven staffers and accumulated more than $200,000 from investors. Singh said the company teamed up with uShip to raise capital to fund expansion.

After operations resume, Singh said they will publish a new website and adjust their mobile app for the refocus on rides between Houston and Austin.

Isaac Gorman, a communication and leadership junior, has driven for Hitch in the past. He said the company’s service is similar to the old idea of hitchhiking.

“I naturally just want to go see my family all the time, and Hitch makes it easier for people to do that,” Gorman said.

Gorman said using the platform helps him meet new people and cut down on gasoline costs.

Girish said making this a possibility had several complications along the way, but they manage to stay positive.

“We’re passionate about this,” Girish said. “We’ll give anything to make it successful.”

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a place to rent is terrifying,” Dutelich said. “I am excited about this … the city is going

to build thousands of more units which will hopefully make landlords respond to

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that pressure. We are starting to redefine what’s possible in this city.”

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Diwali lights up Main Mall

Hindu Students Association brings food and sparklers to share traditions.

By Jackson Barton @Jackson_Brton

or Hindus, Diwali is an annual celebration of good conquering evil in the epic “Ramayana.” In the epic’s climax, Rama defeats the demon king Ravana and returns home. The story can be interpreted as light’s victory over darkness, said Ganesh Chittari, biology and French sophomore.

“That’s one of the reasons fireworks and sparklers are used,” Chittari said. “Since it’s done throughout the night, it illuminates the darkness.”

The annual Diwali celebration, hosted by the Hindu Students Association, lit up the Main Mall on Wednesday evening.

The event was open to all students regardless of faith and included education booths, food and sparklers.

Apurva Gunturu, Hindu Students Association co-chair, said this year’s

erika ramirez | the daily texan staff Pandit Aditya Sharma, right, leads a Homam Pooja prayer at the Hindu Students Association’s annual Diwali celebration Wednesday night in the Main Mall.

theme “Coming Home” was chosen to coincide with Rama’s return home after exile and because students can relate to the theme.

“We transition away from this stage of being at home with our parents and our families and our community we grew up around to being pulled into this new environment with 50,000 students,” Plan II sophomore Gunturu said. “So we have to start forging our own paths from here, making our own homes in

a sense.”

Fireworks were absent in this year’s Diwali celebration at UT. The fireworks typically shoot off near the UT Tower, but when the fireworks vendor arrived Wednesday afternoon they noticed a dangerous amount of flammable construction material around the Tower.

“In all the 24 years this event has been hosted here, that much construction hasn’t happened,” Gunturu said. “We want to keep UT warm, but

We have to start forging our own paths from here, making our own homes in a sense.”

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we don’t want to burn it down.”

The event began with Homam Pooja, where about 40 Hindu and non-Hindu students removed their shoes and sat on the ground in front of the Tower. They prayed to the Hindu god Ganesha to remove obstacles in their lives and Lakshmi for knowledge. The prayer concluded with “Havana,” an offering tossed into a communal fire, symbolizing how all of their possessions belong to their gods.

Government freshman Abby Gammon, who is not Hindu, was convinced to attend by her Hindu roommate. Despite being unable to understand the spoken prayer itself, Gammon said the experience helped her understand what her roommate has been talking about.

“It’s important that we understand that there are other cultures and other religions other than what we believe and if we can’t respect those … then you can’t understand others,” Gammon said.

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the Marines because he didn’t want to go to college, and his brother was a Marine. He joined the Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, a special operations capable force, and said he trained in free-fall school, dive school and static line airborne school — where they learn to parachute.

“I’ve definitely jumped out of a lot more planes than I’ve ever landed in,” McCracken said. “I went to a lot of other schools that I can’t say. I’ve shot thousands of rounds from pistols and rifles. In a way, I’ve already got a whole other education.”

McCracken has traveled to places like Thailand, Djibouti and Dubai.

“Traveling was surreal, and I had little revelations everywhere I went,” McCracken said. “It was eye-opening, and there was a lot to take in. There was

anyone needs him.”

Public health junior Zachary Markizer said Widget will help UTPD seem friendlier and more approachable to students.

“I’ve met Widget before and know how beneficial he can be to the department

when he’s visiting their office,” Markizer said in an email. “Therapy dogs can be more of a help for students than peers or professional counselors because dogs have a nature of not offering judgement (while showing) support and care.”

also excitement, for the possibility of action and actual action.”

McCracken returned to the reserves wanting to go to college to become a lawyer. He said adjusting from military life to college life was difficult.

“I was blown away by these intelligent 18-yearolds and 19-year-olds,” McCracken said. “It’s frustrating, but it’s also motivating. A lot of people are much smarter than me. I’m amazed by the caliber of individual I’m surrounded by.”

However, after receiving the opportunity to deploy his unit, McCracken decided to deploy again next semester to take a break from school.

“I missed the idea of being around people who just like to get up and go,” McCracken said. “There’s more purpose of the day, more structure. You get up, you have a plan, you execute it and you accomplish.”

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professor Michael Mosser, who was the first military and education liaison for the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, said this sentiment is normal.

“Anybody who has come from a life outside of the University is going to have a challenge,” Mosser said. “Veterans have a particular set of challenges to reintegrate into daily life. The University just adds a different level of daily challenges.”

Associate history professor Aaron O’Connell also served for five years in the Marine Corps and said it has a family-like environment in which people feel the need to serve.

“The Marines have a way of making you afraid, not of dying, but of not doing your job,” O’Connell said. “The sentiment is, you have a duty to serve and work with the Marines and undertake danger when they ask you to. When the nation calls, you go.”

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Embrace sustainability by buying clothing secondhand

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Everything in my closet is secondhand.

I have gotten everything, from sweaters to shoes, at secondhand stores such as Goodwill and Plato’s Closet — or from pieces my sisters have outgrown. Clothing with the single flaw of not being brand new.

I don’t buy secondhand, because I’m really cheap. I do it because of fast fashion.

Fast fashion is a term used to label the speed-to-market model retailers such as H&M, Zara and Forever 21 have perfected.

The objective is simple: Reduce the time it takes for styles to reach retail stores in order to squeeze out the largest profit margin. H&M can go from design phase to the cultivation of raw materials, to production, to retail stores in as little as two weeks flat. Young consumers, especially students, are constantly bombarded with cheap, trendy, low quality pieces that, once purchased, are often only worn a few times.

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Buying blue books isn’t sustainable

By Chen-Pang Chang Columnist

For my first test at UT, my professor required students to get a blue book — a thin journal of notebook paper used primarily for essays. As an exchange student, this was new to me, and it took me a while to finally find one at Jester City Market. At my home university, spare paper was used for testing and distributed by the professor. I could not help but wonder why students are asked to buy a blue book just for one test at UT. It is unsustainable to have to buy a blue book for one test when, in most cases, they are not fully utilized. Professors should think twice before requiring students to purchase and bring blue books to tests.

First and foremost, buying a blue book is a waste of resources.

After a test, the extra pages in a blue book are unusable, and most students will not rip out and use the few pages left. Humans cut down 15 billion trees each year, and nearly four billion of them are used for paper material. Having an official notebook for the test is unnecessary considering the environmental impacts.

Furthermore, using a blue book does not provide something that regular paper can’t. In fact, it may provide a better chance for students to cheat during a test. Blue

books are designed in a way that a cheat-sheet for the test could easily be concealed between pages. If professors prefer blue books simply to avoid cheating, they should provide paper for students and eliminate the possibility of scribbled notes on scratch paper.

Let’s do better for the environment and say no to the blue book.”

“I had not thought about the reasons behind requiring a blue book for the exam other than blue books being a social convention for in-class written exams,” sociology professor Carlos Barreto-Beck said.

“Blue books are already organized and stapled together, making it easier to transport and grade.”

According to Barreto-Beck, the paper in blue books tends to come from recycled sources, and the University has recycling programs in place to prevent the wastage

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of paper.

But recycling is simply not enough in our overconsumption of paper. The paper industry is the fourth-largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions among American manufacturing industries, and contributes 9 percent of the manufacturing sector’s carbon emissions. The less paper we consume, the better it is for future generations. In our case, it has direct benefits to students as well.

Linguistics professor Anthony Woodbury uses self-made exam paper during his tests. He uses just enough paper to allow students to answer all the questions without the overuse of paper. In addition, students do not have to worry about remembering to bring the blue book to the test. That is unnecessary extra stress when students are already anxious about the challenges of a test.

There is no denying that a blue book can be a convenient tool for professors. However, there are both external and internal costs to pay for this convenience. It contributes to the vicious cycle of cutting trees.

It is a burden to students who have to remember to take the blue book to the test. It is time for professors to rethink this unnecessary practice. Let’s do better for the environment and say no to the blue book.

Chang is a philosophy junior from New Taipei, Taiwan.

By buying used clothing for long term use, we are preventing more waste from entering the landfill.”

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A consequence of the constant influx of poor quality and disposable clothing is out of the 16 million tons of textiles produced in the United States in 2015, 10.5 million tons ended up in a landfill. The fast fashion industry is severely unsustainable from its intensive chemical, energy, land and water production to its ultimate resting ground in landfills.

The only solution to a problem created by overproduction is to stop overconsumption. By finding ways to reuse clothing, donating the clothes that aren’t wanted and, most importantly, buying secondhand, students can stop their significant contribution to the proliferation of fast fashion, all while saving money.

“Fast fashion is the sexy bit of fashion. It’s the Instagram. It’s the street trend, and I know because I worked in fashion forecasting,” said Peggy Blum, textiles and apparel lecturer and a sustainable-fashion consultant. “I’m guilty of pushing trends on manufacturers and consumers.”

In modern day fast fashion, trends change almost as quickly as the styles are produced.

Clothing is bought, stashed away in closets, and the next fad is sought out, especially if it only costs $11.50 at H&M. A byproduct of making clothing so cheap is that the quality of the garments is equally as cheap. “The materials most commonly used to manufacture these clothes are rayon, nylon, acrylic and polyester,” said Jonathan Chen, a renewable fiber and composite professor. Although these synthetic materials pollute the atmosphere and waterways significantly, they are used because they are dirt cheap.

Some fast fashion retailers, such as H&M, have recycling programs that present a front of sustainability, but the percentage of clothing that is actually recycled into new fibers is small. Blum said H&M’s sustainability collection and recycling program is in place just to make consumers feel good while not having to make any changes to their production model.

The current technology we have to recycle textiles cannot actually separate blended fibers such as cotton and polyester, which is a common mixture in fast fashion. Even if the technology were there to properly recycle, with their current production rate, it would take H&M 12 years to recycle what they produce in 48 hours.

The only way to slow down the fast pace of the fast fashion industry is for consumers to stop buying in to fashion trends from retailers that place profit over people and the environment. In Austin, we have numerous opportunities to buy from quality local secondhand stores such as Buffalo Exchange on the Drag, GW Boutique on Lamar and Treasure City Thrift on East 7th Street — we should take advantage of them.

In order to hold businesses accountable for their production, there needs to be a restructuring of our consumption habits and how we view clothing. We don’t have to buy new clothing every time there is a sale — they are making more money than we are saving anyway — or get rid of our old clothes just so we can buy new ones. By buying used clothing for long term use, we are preventing more waste from entering the landfill.

When making buying decisions, we need to vote for what is right with our dollars.

Badillo is a sociology and psychology junior from Guanajuato, Mexico.

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By Trinady Joslin @trinady05

Plastic water bottles overflow shopping carts and spill onto the ground in front of Jester Plaza. As students pass by the demonstration, some stop and ask questions, while others stare at the massive pile in awe.

For three hours on Wednesday, Nov. 14, over 2,000 plastic water bottles were haphazardly thrown into a pile. Coordinated by members of the Social Entrepreneurship Learning Lab Fellowship, a program that encourages students to critically examine social issues, the demonstration served to represent the plastic problem on campus and call attention to the need for change.

Alyson Vargas, communication and leadership and sustainability studies sophomore, said she began organizing the event to bring attention to the dramatic amounts of single-use plastic on campus.

The team made up of four fellows, Alyson Vargas, Luisa Vargas, Rachel Schlesinger and Alexander Street, and their classmate Mia Koern, spent a week collecting plastic water bottles.

Alyson said they were shocked to see the amount of bottles that were placed incorrectly all around campus.

“UT attempting to reach the goal of reducing its waste dramatically by 2020 seems like an out of touch subject among students,” Alyson said.

“A core problem that students face is that they are not aware of the impact their purchasing patterns have on the environment.”

The original goal of the demonstration was to construct a tower out of the bottles they collected, but after the group had structural difficulties, Alyson said the “mess” was more representative of the problem itself.

“Next semester, I hope to work with students whose focus is on sculptures and make it possible to create a 4D model of the tower,” Alyson said. “Moving forward, with time and planning I see this sort of event being campus wide.”

Despite the tower’s absence, Luisa, communication and leadership sophomore and co-coordinator for the event, said the focus remains on trying to connect students’ consumption of plastic with pollution.

“It’s frustrating to see that the brightest and most innovative students in Texas don’t see single-use plastic as an issue,” Luisa said. “We’re told that ‘What starts here changes the world,’ and what we’re trying to do, as a matter of fact, would change the world.”

While the impact may be harder to measure because of a lack of quantitative data, the Zero Waste initiative senior coordinator McKenzie Beverage said that the uniqueness of the demonstration is likely to catch students’ eyes.

“You’re not going to get the attention of the whole university,” Beverage said. “(But) as long as you can spark a thought there’s potential to have great impact.”

Koern, public relations sophomore and Alyson’s classmate, was recruited for the event because of her shared passion for making a change for this problem.

“Climate change and the way humans affect the earth is a detrimental problem that has been shaped into a partisan issue,” Koern said. “It’s an issue for every single, solitary person.”

Alyson said if the event changes the mindset of one student, then it will be a success.

“It is important that we try to educate students and help them ease into a greener lifestyle, rather than pushing them away or reinforcing the stigma that only environmentalists need to be caring about the Earth,” Alyson said.

eilish o’sullivan | the daily texan staff Demonstration coordinator Alyson Vargas said the presence of the shopping carts is an important addition to their display and should alert students to how their spending habits are affecting the environment.

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UT’s new spin on ‘Merchant of Venice’

By Matthew Aufiero @aufieromatthew

What does it take to fix Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice”? To UT’s Theatre and Dance department, it’s a simple gender swap.

Contrary to the play’s conventional interpretation, UT’s rendition of the “Merchant of Venice” has the antagonist, Shylock, gender swapped to a businesswoman. This change was made in order to alter the audience’s perception of the antagonist. The production will run from Nov. 15 to Dec. 2 at the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.

Adam Sussman, play director and directing graduate student, wanted to change the way people view Shylock. The idea of having Shylock portrayed as a woman instead of a man came to him as he watched coverage of the 2016 election in which Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated for president by the Democratic Party.

“In this production, Shylock is a very shrewd businesswoman — thinking about this character as a mother, as a pillar of her community who is trying to do what is best for her business, her family and her community,” Sussman said.

The play has received criticism in the past because it features a Jewish character named Shylock who is often portrayed as stereotypically greedy. Aaron Moore, theatre and dance sophomore, who is acting the role of Gratiano has seen many interpretations of “Merchant of Venice.”

“You can make (the play) very anti-Semitic as people have done in the past, but we’re

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This production focuses on some of the ways in which the character of Shylock can be more relatable because of the prejudices he experiences. Sussman felt a connection to the character because of their shared Jewish religion.

“While there are many elements of Shylock that I myself have a very difficult time with, (as a) Jewish theatre major, there is something deeply human and dimensional about Shylock that I find intriguing,” Sussman said.

There are many debates about how much directors are allowed to change Shakespeare’s plays — with some arguing for very strict interpretations of the text. Sussman said he is more open to interpretation and allowing the works to evolve with the times while still keeping true to the original ideas.

“The challenge we have as artists doing Shakespeare in the 21st century is trying to make the work as relevant and fresh as possible, but also making it as rich as possible — if I had done it how Shakespeare probably wanted it, there would be no women at all, which I don’t think anyone wants,” Sussman said.

Gender swapping characters is not unheard of in past productions of Shakespeare’s plays. James Loehlin, English professor and Shakespeare at Winedale program director, has seen plenty of different renditions of the plays with varied takes on the subject matters.

“I’m interested to see (the gender swap),” Loehlin said. “It can have some powerful results, and I think it’s certainly within the realm of interpretive tools that directors have to work with.”

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Fourteen players receive James Street Sportsmanship Award.

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any Texas football fans are fully aware of the contributions brought to the program by recent quarterbacks Vince Young and Colt McCoy. However, others aren’t as knowledgeable of the impact left long ago by James Street, the Longhorns’ winningest quarterback in school history.

Among those unknowing of Street’s name was a group of 14 high school football players in Little Rock, Arkansas, who were chosen to carry on his legacy after being honored with the annual James Street Sportsmanship Award on Monday.

Created in 2013 by David Bazzel and Bruce James, two former Arkansas Razorback players and founders of the Little Rock Touchdown Club, the Street Award finalists are nominated by Little Rock high school football coaches based on their character on and off the field, rather than skill.

“When he (Street) walked in a room, there was an ‘it’ factor,” Bazzel said. “He treated everybody the same. It didn’t matter he never lost a game. It didn’t matter he was a rockstar who hung out with Elvis.

He was just a good guy and he did the right things — that’s why there’s a James Street Award.”

It’s an unusual sight for a Longhorn athlete like Street to be honored in a ballroom over 500 miles away from Austin with 400 people in attendance consisting mainly of former players, coaches and fans that primarily cheer for the Razorbacks on Saturday afternoons.

The relationship involving Street and the Razorbacks spawns from a 1969 matchup in which Texas defeated Arkansas, 15-14, in a game that heavily built the Longhorns’ case as national champions and is still commonly referred to as the “Game of the Century.”

The former quarterback spoke in Arkansas during 2013 at a showing for a documentary of the famed 1969 clash in which he received a standing ovation from the many Razorback fans in attendance — a reaction Street never expected.

“They never really got over (the loss), so James came up and spoke to this group and basically said, ‘You guys were as good as us,’” said Ted Koy, a former Texas running back who played alongside Street. “It was

such an emotional response.”

Twenty-five days after his appearance at the event, Street passed away unexpectedly.

Bazzel and James then created the sportsmanship award in Street’s honor after he made a strong impression on many Razorbacks who had long held grudges over the 1969 matchup.

“It’s very unique that we’re honoring somebody that we used to hate at Texas,” Bazzel said.

Former Texas head coach Mack Brown, who was in attendance as the event’s keynote speaker, said the criteria for the award perfectly embodies the type of person Street was.

“This is not about just the best player, it’s about the best kid and their accomplishments and that’s who James was,” Brown said. “James was passionate, he loved life, he was crazy. If he was here today, he’d be loud and it’d be fun and he’d be picking on all of you and telling jokes. But he also cared about what was right. And he is smiling in heaven over this.”

Bazzel announced during the event that all 14 finalists would be

chosen as award winners — something the organization hasn’t done in previous years. Each winner received a plaque, $500 and split the remaining $1,000 award typically given to the sole winner.

Among the winners was Henry Brooks V, a senior at Little Rock’s J.A. Fair High School, whose expectations for the event were exceeded upon arriving at the ceremony.

“Wow, this a big deal,” Brooks said. “They told me it was a big deal, but you know how people exaggerate things. I didn’t really think it was (going to be) a big deal.”

Episcopal Collegiate School’s Boyd Bethel was also named an award winner for his role on the school’s eight-man football team.

Despite having no prior knowledge of Street’s legacy at the University of Texas, Bethel said he felt honored to have been recognized for the award after hearing many of Street’s peers speak in such high regard of him.

“Just hearing Street’s story and all the praise for him and how good of a guy he was, it’s definitely an honor to win an award named for him,” Bethel said. “Just to be in that company alone is a great honor.”

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West Campus today is not the West Campus it has always been. Fifteen years ago, ambitious high-rises were almost nonexistent. Features such as bike lanes and street lighting were yet to be improved, or even added.

Architecture professor Jake Wegemann stayed in West Campus in 1996, and when he returned nearly 20 years later, he said he was surprised by what he found.

“When I came back to Austin in 2014, I was just mind boggled at the change,” Wegemann said.

“There are just more people and more businesses and more activity, which I think is fantastic. I love the energy.”

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UT-Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering has an ongoing research partnership with General Dynamics, specifically its Mission Systems program. This program includes creating cybersecurity technology and software architecture for aerospace engineering, said Patrick Wiseman, executive director of communications for the engineering school.

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General Dynamics is one of the largest defense contractors in the country but also has done casework for unaccompanied minors since 2000 under its contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. The corporation released a statement June 19 on Twitter and said it is not involved in the family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border or construction or operation of detention centers.

It has, however, profited off the influx of immigrant children being detained and has posted a flurry of job openings in the months since the immigration crisis ramped up, according to a Reuters report.

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Along with officers wearing blue, black and white, the UT Police Department now has 11 officers patrolling campus in fluorescent yellow uniforms.

UTPD previously had more than 50 security guards at various locations around campus, along with regular police officers. UTPD Chief David Carter said he made 11 of these guards into public safety officers by changing their titles and uniforms in early September to fit with the jobs of similar officers at other public universities.

“Other universities have police officers and they have public safety officers, which are basically mobile security guards,” Carter said.

“But we see them a little bit differently. Their primary mission is to be ambassadors and go out and be extra eyes and ears for the campus and UTPD.” Carter said these new officers respond to non-emergency alarms, collect lostand-found items, take police reports from students and answer questions.

“They’re not police officers per se, but they are out there as community servants working to support our University and especially our students, as well as faculty, staff and visitors,” Carter said. “It’s healthy for students to see these officers out there and know that they can report things to them.”

Because the officers are non-commissioned and are not licensed to be police officers, they do not have the ability to arrest people, carry a weapon or respond to emergencies on campus.

Donald Smith, one of the public safety officers, said despite not being a commissioned officer, he still works to keep the University safe by easing the workload of commissioned officers who are often preoccupied

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was a 69.6 percent increase in the number of license applications issued per year by the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to DPS data. The only training required for LTC applicants in the state of Texas is a 4–6 hour class and 1–2 hours of range instruction.

Cesar Gonzalez, an LTC holder who spent

By Ross Burkhart over a decade as a Marine, said he’s satisfied @ross_burkhart with the level of training Texas requires for licensure but isn’t opposed to additional legislation regulating gun ownership. pedro luna | the daily texan staff here’s oneadvertising question Texas “I know that whatever regulation they Senior majorplayMax Harberg and senior finance major Lance of the Inter Fraternity Council give away water Thismost camefrequently after the city’s water boil announcement Monday morning, which left many students without pass, I’m going to pass that (requirement),” ers Monday. and coaches potablethis water. said Gonzalez, a Mexican American studies answered week: How would senior. “I’m going to get through whatever this team respond after a win over USC background check they when a bigger, tougher opponent in TCU need, (and) I’m going was lurking ahead?

Number of handgun license to still be able to carry To the delight of an exuberant Texapplications issued in TX my weapon.” as crowd, the Longhorns answered that In the two years since question by giving one of their most O P E N C A R R Y, campus carry’s impleBy Katie

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IMPLEMENTED such as Cocks Not Glocks Sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger IN TEXAS have all but disappeared took a knee on the final play as the rest from campus. Gun Free The walked City of onto Austin A citywide boil water notice has been issued for the first of the Longhorns theissued field a boil water notice MonUT signs remain in office following recent flooding, telling residents to time in the history of the Austin water utility. Here are some to celebrateday the 31-16 win over the No. 17 windows on the South boilonwater before answers to questions frequently asked by students.

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Theusing victoryit for drinking, cooking or Mall — but maybe not for ice. marked themaking program’s first three-game much longer.

“The notice is being issued as the utility works to Why do I need to boil the water? win streak since 2014 and its first time With a stockpile of stabilize the water treatment system,” the notice said.

After historic flooding in Central Texas, the water supply beating Top 25 opponents in consecutive dildos boxed up in her Boil notices usually only last 24 to 48 hours, but is now full of debris, silt and mud and requires extended weeks since 2008. parents’ garage, Cocks updates will be posted daily about the actions taken filtration by the city. These conditions are making it difficult “I think it’s a huge win,” junior safety Not Glocks organizer to treat the water and how long the advisory will last, for the water plant to filter the volume of water needed for Brandon Jones said after the win. “Me Ana López has passed the the notice said. By the end of the day Monday, the boil the entire city.

UT student torch on to anti-gun acwater notice escalated and the City urgently called for Although there is no evidence of bacterial infilF O O T B A L L page 2 ages 2017 tivists in other states and residents to limit their personal water usage. tration, Austin Water is advising residents to boil elias huerta | the daily texan staff is campaigning for Julie “Water reservoir levels are reaching minimal levthe water to ensure that it is safe to drink until Texas junior wide receiver Collin Johnson celebrates a 31-yard touchdown reception in Texas’ 31-16 victory over the Oliver, a candidate advoels,” the notice said. “This is an emergency situation.” further notice.

TCU Horned Frogs. The Longhorns have now won three straight games to improving their record to 3-1. cating for gun control and Recent flooding caused high levels of silt to flow running for Texas’ 25th Congressional District.

H O W T O page 3 N O T I C E page 2 STATE UNIVERSITY As López holds out hope for future political action, she remains worried about the presence of guns on campus.

“It’s like saying that if you’ve got a scorpion in your bedroom, and if it hasn’t bitten you yet, than you might as well keep it in there,” López, a Plan II and health and society senior, said. “(O’Rourke’s) focus seems to whether to revise the auto-admit threshold is “The University is anticipating a simByofChad Lyle

By Katie Balevic Although Moore has hope for the future @LyleChad @KatelynBalevic be on fighting for illegal immibased on application data. ilar number of Texas resident freshmen her lawsuit, Professor Lucas Powe, who teachgrants and forgetting the mil“The University of Texas at Austin annualadmission applications, and this cones classes on the First and Second Amendlions of Americans — you know, ly assesses historical application and enrolltributed to our decision to maintain the ments at UT School of Law, is doubtful of any Incumbent Republican Sen. Americans are dreamers also,” The University’s automatic admission ment rates to determine the automatic admit same automatic admission criteria,” lasting impact.

TedtoCruz took on Democratic Cruz said. threshold will remain at 6 percent for the percentage that will re result in 75 percent of Wasielewski said.

Even if the lawsuit was appealed the Surival Rep. Beto O’Rourke for the During a discussion about 2020-2021 application cycle, according to a the University’s Texas resident population Sydney Simmons, a former Texas resipreme Court, “there’s no way they’d hear it,” first time Friday night in Dallas, marijuana legalization, which Twitter announcement last week. being automatically admitted,” Wasielewski dent, applied to UT even though she knew focusing on domestic issues O’Rourke supports, Cruz said Exercise science freshman Sanja Stojcic said in an email. she was not going to be in the automatic page 2 CAMPUS CARRY such as immigration. he thinks it should be decided at was automatically admitted when she apWasielewski said the University is exadmission threshold.

CAMPUS the state level. plied to UT in 2017. Stojcic, who applied pecting a similar number of Texas resident KXAS political reporter Ju“I was in the top 11 percent,” said Simlie Fine, who co-moderated the “Legalizing marijuana is acwhen the threshold was still 7 percent, said applications. Last year, a total of 51,033 mons, now a biomedical engineering debate at Southern Methodtually a question where I think she recalls her high school friends who did freshman applied, according to the Texas ist University, posed the first reasonable minds can differ,” not qualify for automatic admission were Admissions website.

A D M I S S I O N page 2 question of the night. She asked Cruz said. “I think it ought to more stressed about the application process O’Rourke about his support for be up to the states. I think Colthan she was. “Being auto admit was defihope that will translate to greater the PCL needs to be high in order “It really wasn’t until about By Savana Dunning ERSITY granting citizenship to Dreamorado can decide one way, and nitely a relief especially because I knew I was @savanaish student engagement.” for it to remain a permanent poll- 10:30 a.m. when there were any ers, undocumented immigrants Texas can decide another.” going to get into UT,” Stojcic said. “The auto While Monday marks the ing location. significant lines,” Dillard said. who were brought to the United When the issue of gun vioadmit percentage is small. It’s tiny. Because first day of early voting for mid“Polling locations are large “Even though it’s a midterm elecStates as children. O’Rourke aflence was raised, O’Rourke deit’s so small, other people had to worry about A line of students extended term elections, it also marks the costs for the county, especially tion, there’s an awful lot on the firmed his support and attacked scribed himself as a proponent it more than I did.” from the ballot boxes in the back first day the PCL would be used early voting locations, so they ballot, and we were expecting to organizations that focus on current students offers an Cruz for saying the United of the Second Amendment, but The automatic admission policy carries a of the Perry-Casteñeda Library as the campus’ second polling can’t justify the costs of having a have that turnout.” increasing racial and genauthentic perspective.”

States should deport them. added he supports an assault stigma with it that causes some prospective to the metal detectors at the location. The Flawn Academic second location on campus if we Téya Kroeker, French and apder representation in the Eric Castle, ad- who’ve “The business economists weapons ban. students to have low confidence about their entrance Monday as students Center served as UT’s only poll- don’t use it,” chemistry senior parel designs senior, said she did business world, as well as ministration stustudiedgraduate it have said that we will “Weapons of war belong on applications, Stojcic said. participated on the first day of ing location since 2005, but inPatel said. not mind waiting at the PCL for connecting current students dent in McCombs, is actively lose hundreds of billions of dolthe battlefield,” O’Rourke said. “(There is) that stigma around it,” Stojcic early voting. creasing voter turnout since 2016 Around midday, some students an hour and a half before reaching with prospective McCombs involvedlars in to many diversity the negative if we deport “Not in communities, schools said. “And knowing that you’re not within “I think people are pleased made wait times hours long. This in line reported wait times at the the front of the line. applicants, McCombs assisinitiatives in McCombs and them,” El Paso Congressman and churches.” that (top) percent, it is a lot more stresswith the new location,” said prompted Travis County Clerk PCL to be around an hour long.

“Time went by really quickly, tant dean Tina Mabley said businessO’Rourke schools across said of the Dreamers.

O’Rourke also supports more ful. It does cause students to be more like, student body president Colton Dana DeBeauvoir to pass legislaKelton Dillard, temporary dep- and I think voting is super importin an email. the country.

Castle said “We will gain hundreds of milthorough background checks ‘Yeah, we’ll see what happens. Like, I’m not Becker, who waited in line with tion to open the PCL as a second- uty county clerk in charge of the ant, so I’m down to wait,” Kroeker “We find many prospecdiversitylions is atobuzzword the positiveinif we keep for those who wish to purchase expecting to get in.’” vice president Mehraz Rahman ary location with help from TX PCL polling location, said he con- said. “If we want a government tive students want to know, many workplaces. a firearm. Cruz said an effecThe University follows Senate Bill 175, them here. Senator Cruz has for early voting. “It’s located Votes, UT Democrats and State sidered the turnout at the PCL to that represents the views of the ‘Can I see myself here?’”

“We’repromised findingto that deport…each and tive way to reduce gun violence which requires 75 percent of the University’s Rep. Gina Hinojosa. be moderate to high around mid- people, we’re not going to get that conveniently next to a lot of the Mabley said.

“Getting every single Dreamer.” in schools would be placing in-state admits be automatic acceptances, Maya Patel, TX Votes vice day even though turnout in the if we aren’t out here telling them dorms in a very high-concenfirsthand accounts from 2 DIVER S I Tsaid Y page Cruz O’Rourke apmore armed police officers on according to the Office of the Executive Vice trated, central location, and I president, said voter turnout at morning was low. what we want.” pears to prioritize undocschool grounds.

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hen he saw the bloody knife, Sam Kellogg thought it was a prop in a protest. On the May 2017 afternoon when accused murderer Kendrex White killed one and injured three in an on-campus stabbing, Kellogg, now a government junior, was outside Gregory Gymnasium with his girlfriend.

“Get your gun,” Kellogg remembers his girlfriend saying.

Kellogg, who has spent nine years in the Marine Corps, had left his gun in his car that day. He’d recently moved to Austin and was unsure whether or not his Virginia Resident Concealed Handgun Permit was valid in Texas.

The man with the knife ran past them and slashed someone sitting at a table nearby.

That’s when Kellogg knew it was serious.

Within seconds, the entire area in front of the gym cleared out and Kellogg did what he could to help in the situation: Call the police.

He stayed on the phone until they arrived.

“Had I had my weapon on me at the time, I think I would’ve been able to stop him at the food truck, and he wouldn’t have gotten any further,” Kellogg said.

Kellogg now carries his gun to campus every day. He’s one of roughly 500 people estimated by the University to carry on campus.

Texas requires License to Carry a Handgun applicants be at least 21 years old, making 48.2 percent of UT students eligible to obtain a license, according to 2017 census data collected by the University.

Campus carry had been in place for over 20 years when Senate Bill 11 went into effect on Aug. 1, 2016, the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting. The new law allowed guns in all University buildings with some exceptions, including labs and certain professors’ offices.

On the day of SB 11’s implementation, three UT professors filed a lawsuit against the University in an attempt to strike down the law, along with a wave of activism that overtook the campus.

The lawsuit, brought by professors Lisa Moore, Mia Carter and Jennifer Glass, was blocked by a lower court, and that ruling was upheld on Aug. 16 of this year by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. With no word yet as to whether or not the professors will appeal to the Supreme Court, it looks like campus carry is here to stay.

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By Savana Dunning @savanaish of UT.” Battaglia said although the A new addition to syllabi section is not required, it creacross campus might make it ates aofbetter learning environThe UT Department easier for transgender and nonfor transgender and nonComputer Science isment in the binary students to communibinary students by signaling to final stages of approval cate their gender identity with them that a professor is willfor a new online master’s their professor. ing to talk about issues related degree program.

The Faculty Innovation to gender.

“The question everyone Center, a center that seeks to “If there are students whose wants to ask is, ‘Can online improve the learning envipronouns don’t match what be done as well as the tradironment on campus, added a someone expects them to be for tional on-campus lecture?’” recommended section on procultural said Brent Winkelman, de- reasons, (the new syllanoun use to their widely used bus)scistatement signals to them partment of computer syllabus template last spring. that they have a safe space to ence director. “My response The new section says faculty about that with their faculis, ‘Why can’t it be talk better?’ members will honor any stuty member,” Battaglia said.

When you have an online fordent’s request to be addressed Dallon mat, you’re able to absorb in- Freeman, a nonbiby an alternate name or gender nary linguistics junior, said formation at your own pace. pronoun, if they advise them of while it does not largely imYou can interact with this their preference. pactway their academic life, they information in a tailored “Research shows that eduthat’s better suited usually to how felt uncomfortable adcational contexts tend to mirdressing pronoun usage with you might learn.” ror inequities and can foster their professors.

According to code.org, a those,” said Adria Battaglia, nonprofit dedicated to “Up com-to this point, none of FIC’s curriculum and instrucmy professors have ever openputer science education, tional designer. “We’re trying ly discussed pronoun usage,” the gap in supply and deto figure out ways to reduce mand for computer Freeman science said. “There is an elthose barriers so that students ement of dread knowing that can cognitively achieve what M A S T E R S page 3 they’re meant to achieve in the P R O N O U N page 2

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juan figueroa | the daily texan staff Undeclared freshman Kennedy Rodriguez received a call from her friend warning her to not go to school during the Santa Fe High School shooting in May. Rodriguez co-founded Orange Generation to increase awareness of gun violence and raise money for victims and their families of the Santa Fe shooting.

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The University Panhellenic Council is launching a new task force and set of initiatives to diversify Greek life and make sorority recruitment more accessible.

The council’s president Evana Flores said the executive board began their efforts in response to a Campus Climate Response Team meeting after UT Police masked UT Department freshmanremoved adjusts protestors carrying torches from to college lifein November after 2017. the Main Mall “They wereshooting. asking us what we high school were doing to educate our members about white supremacy and making people allies,” advertising senior Flores “We Menchaca set out to Bysaid.

Megan write a statement from that point @meganmenchaca13 owning up to the issues in the past and Like the issues currently going onundeclared many students, and actual ways of amending it.” spent her freshman Kennedy Rodriguez Starting fallenrolled 2019, the coun-credit classsenior year in dual cil’s executive board will include before she es in a community college a attended vice president UT. of diversity and inclusion.

Business Because of this,sophomore Rodriguez attended Eliana Schullerlater currently high school in theworks day. She would onhave the likely new diversity and inclubeen sitting in one of those sion task forceclasses and is applying for dual credit on the morning of May the 18,position.

2018, if her community college had “It’swrapped important address not upthat forwe the spring semester. these issuesa.m. on that a chapter level Rodriguez At 7:30 morning, within our community,” Schuller was still getting ready for school when said.

“My biggest idea is to creshe got a call from one of her friends. ate more programming that isdon’t come “She was just like, ‘Please both engaging and informative to “She said, to school,’” Rodriguez said. change theaoverall culture ‘I have feeling that without there is an active making it seem shooter,’ andtoo I forced.” immediately called my The friend. new task force will overbest I was worried about her besee eachI knew chapter’s diversity cause she was thereedthat day.” ucation Schuller By programs. the time her bestsaid friend finally the task force committed to answered theisphone, the eighth deadlipromoting integ-place in the est schoolinclusivity shootingand to take rity, despite a history of segreUnited States had already begun at her gation and intolerance among school, Santa Fe High School.

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underrepresented or identify as women, Latino, African-American and Native American, McCombs spokeswoman Catenya McHenry said in an email.

This is almost five times as high as the percent of underrepresented students 10 years ago, and a 6 percent increase since last year.

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The first day of early voting for midterm elections in Texas resulted in lines out the door at Perry-Casteñeda Library. The PCL was designated as the second polling place on campus due to increased voter turnout.

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