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Productive or provocative?

The University and some students call YCT ‘provocative.’ Members disagree.

elias huerta | the daily texan file Young Conservatives of Texas member Joshua Lambert debates with protesters against the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on West Mall on Oct. 3. Students on campus say that the University allowing controversial groups to hold demonstrations on campus could be handled better given the recent events surrounding YCT.

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n Oct. 3, chants of “we believe survivors” could be heard echoing across campus as more than 50 people protested the Young Conservatives of Texas demonstration in support of the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The two groups clashed and signs were torn, marking the latest controversy involving the right-leaning group. UT’s YCT chapter is no stranger to political pushback from the student body and is often accused of holding provocative demonstrations. YCT’s leadership

said they do not intend to be provocative, but as a political minority group on campus, they always prepare for backlash. “We don’t expect anger, we don’t invite anger, but we prepare for it regardless because we’d be fools given the history of it all not to,” YCT Chairman Saurabh Sharma said. According to CNN exit polls from November’s midterm elections, 32 percent of 18–24 year olds voted for incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. During the 2016 presidential election, 34 percent of this same age group voted for Donald Trump. Sharma, a biochemistry senior, said YCT hosts conservative speakers throughout

the semester to help them rationally engage with people who have differing views. But YCT is much more wellknown for their controversial public demonstrations. In 2016 and 2013, YCT held an “anti-affirmative action bake sale” on the West Mall where goods were sold at varying prices based on race and gender. Both times, they were met with opposition and national media coverage. “Focusing our attention on the provocative nature of the YCT’s actions ignores a much more important issue: They create an environment of exclusion and disrespect among our students, faculty and staff,” said Gregory Vincent, vice president for

Diversity and Community Engagement. “In seeking an audience for their ideas, the YCT resorted to exercising one of the University’s core values to the detriment of others.” Sharma said YCT ensures members who are present at tabling events have an “even temperament” and are well-informed on the issues. “One of the most deeply troubling things to me is when people go out there not knowing what they’re talking about and decide to engage on an issue,” Sharma said. “We recognize that, even though the Right has a big tent, the worst among us represents all of us.” After the Kavanaugh demonstration, which drew

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In a contentious final meeting of the semester, Student Government debated a resolution to support professors’ rights to display “Gun Free UT” signs around campus. UT President Gregory Fenves issued a directive earlier this semester telling faculty to remove all window signs, including “Gun Free UT,” by Sept. 7. Fenves then created a task force to investigate potential free speech violations following student complaints. Joint Resolution 3, originally introduced Nov. 14, requests student representation on the free speech task force. It also asks the University to issue a formal policy protecting all UT staff’s rights to express their freedom of speech in office windows or clarify their outward-facing sign policy. “There is an intense intersection between the rights of students and the rights of faculty,” Ian McEntee, SG academic affairs policy co-director and coauthor of J.R. 3, told The Daily Texan previously. “If a professor feels that they cannot adequately express themselves through window signage, that could be likened to a censorship of education.”

The resolution passed in Graduate Student Assembly and Senate of College Councils, but faced major amendments when referred to SG’s governmental affairs committee. First-year representative Ashish Dave said he and the

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other committee members wanted to remove all mention of “Gun Free UT” signs from the legislation. The amendments were drafted during a governmental affairs committee meeting Nov.

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SG debates resolution regarding ‘Gun Free UT’ sign controversy By Sara Schleede

counterprotesters and the eventual ripping of YCT’s signs, University officials put out a joint statement. “Free speech of UT community members is fully protected on campus,” the statement said. “Violence and threats are not. You are able to discuss, argue and condemn those views you disagree with, but unwelcome physical contact with those who espouse them or the destruction of property is never acceptable.” Public relations junior Elizabeth Boone was among the protesters of the Kavanaugh demonstration and said several sexual assault survivors asked YCT to take

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26, but none of the authors were present at the meeting. The authors rejected the amendments. “The point of removing ‘Gun Free UT’ was to make it equitable across the board,” said Dave, a plan II and business honors freshman. “It is our goal to make sure there is a clear, blanket policy, University-wide, for whatever sign anyone wants to put up.” The governmental affairs committee saw the legislation for a second time Dec. 3 and approved it, sending it to the assembly for a vote. The floor went into a debate to discuss the possibility of the governmental affairs committee taking more time to consider the legislation. Law representative Jordan Cope, who voted against the resolution, initiated the debate Tuesday night and another on Nov. 27. Cope said the legislation should be a more apolitical support of free speech. “When students come and visit campuses, what students ultimately are seeing is liberal-leaning posters, and it might make them feel like their voices aren’t welcome so much on campus,” Cope said. McEntee, humanities and sociology senior, said Student Body President Colton Becker

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Texas and its economy will face some of the worst impacts of climate change if no action is taken to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution, experts say. The Trump administration released the National Climate Assessment on Nov. 23, a quadrennial report detailing potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change on public health,

infrastructure, ecosystems, food, energy and water. John Nielsen-Gammon, a Texas A&M professor who coauthored a portion of the assessment that covered Texas, said extreme weather events will impact all aspects of the state’s economy. “It doesn’t matter where you are in Texas, the interconnectedness of our entire society with climate means climate change will be impacting everybody,” Nielsen-Gammon said. “And in fact, it already is.” Using Hurricane Harvey as

an example, Nielsen-Gammon said the 15 percent increase in rainfall due to existing effects of climate change contributed to billions of dollars in damages and aid paid by taxpayers nationwide. “All of these impacts may be things that people don’t immediately see because they are not clearly visible, but it is already affecting them through the pocketbook,” Nielsen-Gammon said.

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New city program employs homeless people By Hayden Baggett @HaydenBaggett

The homeless population surrounding campus now has an outlet to earn extra cash and find permanent shelter due to a new city program, Workforce First. The City of Austin worked with a local nonprofit, The Other Ones Foundation, to create a program that pays homeless individuals for collecting trash in public parks. According to Chris Baker, the foundation’s director, the city has employed roughly fifty homeless people who have collectively worked over 800 hours since its implementation in October. Baker said participants

are paid at a rate of $15 an hour. Baker said they also receive free lunch, transportation and support services, such as housing connections and bank accounts. “Our goal as an organization is to build a community in which people are able to transition out of homelessness,” Baker said. Workforce First is primarily funded by the Austin Public Health Department and The Other Ones Foundation. Baker said these funds are used to pay the homeless and provide equipment for their services. “We kind of built the program to be a really low-barrier employment opportunity for people that are experiencing homelessness

or people that are recently exited from homelessness,” Baker said. Baker said they recruit people through street outreach, word-of-mouth and recommendations from other nonprofits. He said participants can work as long as they need to, but the program is designed to help them prepare for more stable employment. “I’m really, really proud of the work that our staff is doing and the guys that are working in the program are doing,” Baker said. “Our wildest expectations for what these folks were going to be able to actually get done has just been exceeded.” Robert Taylor, 61,

identifies as homeless and works three days a week in the program. Taylor said he is happy that his work helps improve public parks and The City of Austin. “We want to impact the community in a positive way,” Taylor said. “We want to be givers to the stream of life, not takers.” Earlier this year, Austin’s Ending Community Homelessness Coalition estimated 2,147 homeless persons in Austin, indicating a five percent increase from 2017’s count of 2,036 persons. Human biology sophomore Alan Martinez is the founder of Friends of Street Youth at UT-Austin, an organization that aids homeless youth. Martinez said he

plans on recommending the program to the homeless people he meets through his organization. “It seems like it has the potential to make a lot of people more proud of Austin as a whole,” Martinez said. “We’ll be able to lower the homeless population hopefully by doing this, and make our parks look nicer.” Taylor said this opportunity to work means a lot more to him than just cleaner parks and short-term benefits. “It has helped me restore my dignity and my selfworth by giving me something to do and a direction to go,” Taylor said. “There’s a lot of gratitude here on my end.”

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down their signs because they were triggering. “I’ve seen so many people, including myself, hurt over this,” Boone said. “We don’t have to be so nasty to each other. If we are able to have conversations that firmly back up the things that we’re saying in a constructive manner, that is much more of a step in the right direction.” Jacob Morton, government senior and YCT officer, spoke from his own personal capacity and not on behalf of YCT. Morton said the organization wanted to show that sexual assault allegations should be more than just he-said-she-said. “The message people got largely out of the Kavanaugh protest was that we hate women. That couldn’t be further from the truth,” Morton said. However, Boone said she believes YCT holds these demonstrations to cause anger and that their rhetoric is damaging. “There are so many people

on the opposite side politically who think liberals are overly emotional or unreasonable, and they capitalize off that, especially in a place like UT because so many of us are so passionate about the things that they say,” Boone said. Protests get the most attention from the news media if there is disruption or violence, allowing groups who would otherwise get ignored to be brought to the attention of the public, said Pamela Oliver, who researches protests as a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “This is why some groups try to do provocative things that they think will draw counterprotests,” Oliver said. “And of course, the counterprotesters are often trying to get attention for their side by causing disruption.” Historically, political groups will strategically choose to demonstrate their opinions in areas where opposition is expected, Oliver said. Morton acknowledged some conservative circles have a problem with an “owning-the-

libs” mentality, which finds value in upsetting or embarrassing liberals with arguments and actions. “There may even be a hint of this within YCT, but we are aware of the folly of this mentality,” said Morton, despite how nearly all of YCT’s demonstrations have sparked public outrage. “The ‘owning the libs’ mentality, or any desire to incite outrage, is not the reason we have demonstrations.” Among the negative reactions YCT received for the Kavanaugh tabling event, Sharma said there were positive outcomes as well. He said some students asked how to join the organization. “We’re going to keep our chins up and not become bitter and cynical because of reactions against what we believe in,” Sharma said. “We understand broadly that a lot of Americans do hold the values we hold, so we’re not some fringe group, per se.” Students hurt by the demonstrations, like Boone, said they would like to see the University directly state it does not

TOP: The Young Conservatives of Texas drew backlash from doezens of protesters for its second “anti-affirmative action bake sale” in the Fall of 2016. gabriel lopez | the daily texan staff BOTTOM: Saurabh Sharma, biochemistry senior and chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, participates in a demonstration supporting then Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court. angela wang | the daily texan staff support YCT’s messages and consult with YCT about how they can positively present their message. YCT vice chairman Lillian Bonin said allowing YCT’s presence on campus makes other conservative students more comfortable expressing their

beliefs at UT. “I would hate for (conservative students) and their thoughts to be left out,” Bonin said. “There are other people that agree with them. You can speak out and the world doesn’t end, and some people will respect you for it.”

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Jay Banner, a UT geological sciences professor, also coauthored the assessment’s section that covers Texas. Banner said predictions of decades-long “mega-droughts,” higher-than-average sea level rise and months of above-100-degree days throughout the state may greatly threaten its resources and infrastructure toward the end of the 21st century. Austin will have experienced around 50 above100-degree days by the end of 2018, but Banner said the number will increase to around 120 days, or four months, toward the end of the century if no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “This set of synergistic challenges

we are facing, such as a rapidly growing population and a remarkably changing climate, does not bode well for Texas in terms of the whole range of impacts we expect to face,” Banner said. Avery McKitrick, a Campus Environmental Center member, said the assessment proves students’ urgency for immediate action to lessen humans’ ecological impact. “If you keep presenting people with a problem and give them nothing to do about it, it will become part of their everyday and stop being their concern,” environmental science sophomore McKritick said. “I hope people start to prioritize this because it’s hard to see a future past 2100 where we do not have these catastrophic climate anomalies.”

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Students deal with stress as finals season approaches By Heather Kirby @heatherkirby97

With final exams quickly approaching and stress levels rising, students handle stress and manage time in different ways. Stress can affect a student in three ways: physical, emotional and psychological, educational psychology professor Christopher McCarthy said. “Physical is feeling rundown, feeling anxious and not being able to sleep,” McCarthy said. “Then emotional is keeping on an even keel — not getting too high about the anxiety, but then not getting too low, and then psychological is self-care … not getting sidetracked by stress or negative thoughts.” It is important to use “stress monitoring,” McCarthy said, which means paying attention to your body and recognizing anxiety or other symptoms of stress, which differ for everyone. “I know I’m really stressed out when I get irritable,” corporate communication sophomore Kaile Chaparro said. “Around finals time, I feel like I get very burnt out, so it’s hard for me to get back on track, because I feel so close to the finish line. It helps me to make to-do lists and sometimes clean to clear

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my mind.” It is important to view stress as an opportunity to grow, said Mary Steinhardt, a health behavior and health education professor. “It’s like lifting weights. If we try to grow stronger, we have to challenge ourselves physically and then we rest and recover,” Steinhardt said. “If we want to grow …

intellectually, it can be stressful, but with proper amounts of rest and taking care of ourselves, we can grow smarter.” Students can cope with stress in two ways, McCarthy said. Coping combatively is when you fight off stress that is already happening, whereas coping preventatively is a more proactive approach that can help you can

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avoid high levels of stress. “People who are good ‘preventative copers’ are good at anticipating where their demands are going to be high and trying to do things to minimize other demands at the same time,” McCarthy said. He also emphasized the importance of balancing your resources and demands, meaning you should ask yourself,

“What am I asked to do, and do I feel like I have the resources to handle it?” Both professors recommend students utilize resources that UT offers. The UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, along with individual colleges offer counseling and aid students in handling their workloads. University Unions Division of Student Affairs is also hosting Chillfest on Dec. 5, designed to help students destress and includes therapy dogs, gingerbread decorating and much more. “A lot of people have negative ideas about (using mental health services), and that’s really unfortunate,” Chaparro said. “When I went, we talked about anxiety levels. It was so easy to fit into my schedule, and it really helped me a lot.” Steinhardt said she hopes students will take advantage of these resources as final exams approach. “Self-care is key and probably the main message,” said McCarthy. “Another proactive strategy is keeping things in perspective and realizing this is just one test in one semester in one class, and at the end of your time here, it’s not going to make a huge difference a lot of the times, so just keep things in perspective.”

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Students collect donations to support local elementary school By Lauren Grobe @LaurenGrobe

angela wang | the daily texan staff Jared Hrebenar, left, and Ali Zaidi, international relations and global studies sophomores, worked for Mike Collier’s campaign for lieutenant governor of Texas as digital directors.

Students aid digital campaign for Collier By Raga Justin @ragajus

In the wake of the midterms, UT-Austin students Jared Hrebenar and Ali Zaidi have turned their attention back to the regular rhythm of classes and extracurriculars. But just last month, they were working around the clock fon Mike Collier’s campaign for lieutenant governor, which ultimately came within 5 points of winning against incumbent Refpublican Dan Patrick. “We hear about these things going on, and it’s surreal to be on the other side of it,” Zaidi said. “The things you decide at 8 a.m. in a conference call are the things that then decide the news headlines. Folks that we read about, those were the folks we were working with. I can’t even put into words how incredible that is.” Hrebenar and Zaidi, international relations and global studies sophomores, started working on Collier’s campaign as interns while in high school. They did not remain interns long. Collier said after hearing their frequent contributions early in the race, he decided to bring Hrebenar and Zaidi in on his

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and Student Body Vice President Mehraz Rahman have recently been invited to serve on the task force, but student representation from other organizations is still unclear. “Just because SG already has their task force representation set in place doesn’t mean we shouldn’t vote for a resolution meant to codify the representation for other legislative student organizations,” said Jakob Lucas, governmental affairs committee chair and

campaign’s daily conference calls. “I think they knew all along what the old man needed to do to win but they were waiting for me to see that they got it,” Collier said. “It didn’t take them more than six weeks before they were running those calls and really driving all of the key decisions. They understood the digital arena just brilliantly.” Collier said he soon phased out his “old-fashioned” advisers and Hrebenar and Zaidi became Collier’s digital directors over the summer. Hrebenar said they immediately started by redoubling efforts on Collier’s Facebook page. Within a month it gained thousands of page views. By September, Hrebenar said they functioned as Collier’s actual campaign managers, overseeing “anything involving a computer” and mapping out Collier’s political and social media strategy. “We called the shots there for the last months,” Hrebenar said. Both Hrebenar and Zaidi are full-time students but planned their schedules so one of them was always free and briefed their professors on the situation. Zaidi said he only took classes that allowed electronics so he could take notes and text politicians simultaneously. “Both of our phones were buzzing literally all the time,”

government junior. The assembly referred the legislation to the student affairs committee for possibly more changes before reintroducing it to the assembly next semester. However, the authors then pulled the resolution, preventing future changes or a vote on it. “It’s not something that can wait until next semester,” said McEntee, humanities and sociology senior. “I am very upset that we have to pull it, but it is something we had to do to maintain the integrity of our legislation.”

Zaidi said. “The moment we got out of class we’d be answering call after call. In the middle of everything, what always passed your mind was that you had an essay due that night.” Although they had previously worked on a city council race, this was a larger operation and they were relatively inexperienced, Zaidi said. At night after their classes, they would sit in an empty room in Patton Hall and brainstorm on a blackboard, often studying other campaigns. “There is no handbook to politics,” Zaidi said. “There is no politics for dummies. It’s all about your intuition and your gut, feeling it out and learning from new experiences. A lot of the credit goes to Mike for trusting two 19-year-olds.” Last summer, Collier, Hrebenar and Zaidi jumped in Hrebenar’s Jeep and campaigned around Texas. Collier then started calling the pair “gremlins,” a nickname he said the “whole state” knows about now. “We were up against Goliath,” Collier said. “(Hrebenar and Zaidi) prevented Goliath from overwhelming me, and I attribute it to their skill. What the gremlins showed us was it’s not about money — it’s about message and messenger.”

Three UT-Austin education students are fundraising to buy toiletries, clothes and shoes for an Austin elementary school’s toiletry and clothing closet. Bilingual education juniors Amber Dingman, Ana Arreaga and Mitzi Barrera started taking donations for Sanchez Elementary as part of a class project. While they were observing teachers at Sanchez Elementary as part of a class requirement, they discovered the school had a toiletry closet needing supplies. “We wanted to help with the closet, so it wasn’t such a burden on the teachers … so we’re looking for support from the community,” Dingman said. A significant portion of the school’s student population comes from low income families, and the closet was started over 10 years ago in response to

their need for toiletries and clothing. The closet is largely supplied by local businesses and teacher donations, said Azucena Garcia, the elementary’s principal. However, the closet’s supply has recently decreased, possibly because of a smaller student population, Garcia said. “When I go in there, visually, it’s a lot less, but it’s also reflective of the population that we have — we have a lot fewer students,” Garcia said. When the closet started the elementary had 600 students, but now it has 260 students, Garcia said. Dingman, Arreaga and Barrera made a Facebook page in October to gather donations from students but decided to fundraise money on GoFundMe instead to buy the items needed, Barrera said. “We figured those who didn’t have the actual products to give out could donate as little as one dollar,” Barrera said. Barrera said the closet is

effective as a resource because students and families have access to what they need without feeling embarrassed for asking for help. “The families don’t like to be given stuff, but (the teachers) can tell that they need stuff, so I feel like you need to be the lookout for those families who are in need,” Barrera said. Sanchez Elementary is a Title I elementary school in the Austin Independent School District, so the school receives federal and state funding, Garcia said. “We have about 97 percent of our children that come from a low socio-economic status,” Garcia said. “That’s almost the whole school.” Arreaga said they wanted to use the resources available at UT to help a school without the same advantages. “We want to help the forgotten schools that are often overlooked because of the area they might be in,” Arreaga said.

carlos garcia | the daily texan staff From left to right, bilingual education juniors Amber Dingman, Mitzi Barrera and Ana Arreaga help a student at Sanchez Elementary, on Monday morning find clothes that fit better.

cheryl gutierrez | the daily texan staff Jakob Lucas, junior Liberal Arts Representative, supports Joint Resolution 3 of “Gun Free UT.”

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When taking online classes, know your rights before you sign them away By Sloan Wyatt Columnist

You know the friend who covers up their laptop camera because they are paranoid that the government is watching them? They sound crazy, but in a way, they are right. We live in a world engrossed in technology, and privacy concerns are a real issue. At UT, students can face privacy concerns while taking online classes. One of the methods of testing for online classes is proctored online exams where a third-party service usually watches or listens to students through their laptops. In order for these proctoring services to work, students must waive their rights to their computer’s microphone and camera during exams. This program can be intimidating, especially when the professor does not explicitly explain that the online assessments are being proctored. Professors should clearly state in their syllabi and course descriptions if online classes are being virtually proctored so that students are aware beforehand. This change would give students the option to drop the course if online proctoring is a concern for them. Biology freshman Serena Martin had no idea her online class used online proctoring when she first signed up for it this semester. Martin

said she learned about the proctoring policy while completing the pre-class activities on Canvas. In the 10 activities Martin completed, a yes/no question read, “I have a webcam with a functional microphone for online exam proctoring.” Martin said that she expected her professors to be clear regarding a policy as invasive as proctoring, and they were not. “I felt a little bit tricked,” Martin said. According to Marla Gilliland, College of Liberal Arts Online course developer, professors choose how to assess their students. This can include online examinations, in-person testing or take-home essays. Gilliland said COLA averages 25 online classes during the long session. Of those 25 classes, only one or two use proctoring services. Gilliland said online proctoring is more likely during the summer session. “One of the things that we’ve learned over time and very quickly … is that students knew through pre-class activities and Canvas announcements (about proctoring services),” said Gilliland. “Over time, we’ve worked with faculty to further line out that process.” Despite the administration’s attempts to clarify the process, students in Martin’s class said proctoring was not explicitly stated in the syllabus. Rather, the details were explained in the pre-class activities such as the “Studio Production Release.” This release waived the

students’ rights to their laptops’ microphones and cameras. Not only may students rush through these activities, but by the time they are taking them, it may be too late for them to drop the course if the policy makes them uncomfortable. Undeclared freshman Ryan Baker, who is in the same course as Martin, said she was unaware of the proctoring until Martin informed her. Baker said knowing she is being proctored through her computer during exams is a stress inducer. “I feel like it is an invasion of privacy considering the entire point of the class is that it’s online and not in person,” Baker said. Martin said the anonymity of who is watching her during exams makes her feel uncomfortable. If left unchecked, students can easily cheat outside of class. For this reason, some online classes already require in-person assessments. However, for classes unable to require in-person exams, professors should make it clear online exams are proctored. It should be stated on both the syllabus and course description as well as gone over in class in order to prevent any confusion. Then, students such as Martin or Baker would have the option to leave the class or not even register if they feel online proctoring will inhibit their performance. Wyatt is a journalism freshman from Atlanta, Georgia.

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fill out and return the form within a week. The form posed different situations that both residents have to agree on. There’s a section regarding significant others and if they’re allowed over or not and if so, when. One of the most awkward moments a person can “At the beginning of the year, my roommate and endure is walking in on a private moment between I talked about what will happen when his girlfriend two people. This is not an uncommon occurrence for comes to visit and we filled out the agreement form college students living with roommates. For students and I said I was cool with her coming,” said Victor who share a room with another person, it’s especially Winston, a mechanical engineering freshman. “I try to important to be completely honest with what you’re give them as much privacy as possible because I feel comfortable with when your roommate brings a guest like it’s the right thing to do. Sometimes it bothers me, into the room. but I don’t want to say anything “I didn’t know my roommate to him because he’s my friend before school started,” said Saand I know he’d do the same mantha Marner, an exercise for me.” science freshman. “When I first When my roommate and Speaking up and telling met her, I wanted to seem realI first moved in, we told each ly cool and laid back so we’d get other we were okay with our your roommate what along well.” boyfriends coming over, just you’re okay with is imIt’s crucial to make a good as long as we texted and gave first impression when you portant. Otherwise, you’ll each other a heads up. Her meet a random roommate so boyfriend lives back home, so be uncomfortable ...” you can maintain a healthy whenever he comes to visit he’ll relationship for the rest of the usually stay one or two nights. school year. But this is also an A few weeks ago, she asked me important time to be completely honest and upfront if he could stay the week while they looked for apartabout boundaries so as to avoid awkward situations in ments for next year. I said no because that made me the future. feel weird, and it would’ve been a major distraction for “When my roommate first asked me if she could me. At first, I felt bad because I didn’t want to hurt her have her boyfriend stay the night, I hesitated and said feelings or cause a problem, but afterward, I felt better sure,” Marner said. “But after, I instantly regretted because I knew it was better to be honest than to feel it and felt pretty uncomfortable. I just didn’t want to uncomfortable in my own living space. hurt her feelings or make her think I was uncool for Speaking up and telling your roommate what saying no.” you’re okay with is important. Otherwise, you’ll be unDuring the second week of school, all UT residence comfortable throughout the whole school year, even hall RA’s were required to give out a roommate agreethough it is unnecessary and avoidable. ment form to each room. The resident was required to Pape is a journalism freshman from San Antonio.

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BASKETBALL

Longhorns carry 3-point struggles into VCU game By Robert Larkin @r_larkintexas

Jase Febres caught the pass just behind the 3-point arc and elevated to shoot with three seconds left. His team trailing by three, Febres’ shot was Texas’ final prayer to avoid a devastating loss to Radford. Center Jaxson Hayes was confident it would go through the net, too, standing up from the bench and extending his arms in the air. Only the ball didn’t, clanking harmlessly off the rim to secure a deflating 62-59 defeat. It was a fitting end to a night where the Longhorns shot 19 percent from beyond the arc on 27 attempts. But Texas’ shooting performance on Friday nights fits well with the opening of its season. Despite the Longhorns shooting an underwhelming 29 percent from behind the arc on the season, they have become reliant on the 3-point shot. Texas ranks 10th among all NCAA teams in 3-point field goal attempts per game. That trend has become increasingly concerning for head coach Shaka

Smart. While he encourages his team to shoot the basketball, he wants to emphasize that if the Longhorns continue to struggle shooting like they have, they’ll need to shift to a formula that focuses on driving more to the basket. “There was almost a stubbornness with that,” Smart said. “I get it from the standpoint that if you’re a good player and feel like this is the shot I can make, you want to do that. But at the same time, if it’s not going in, you got to do something different.” When the Longhorns performed at their best on the offensive end in their win against thenNo. 7 North Carolina, they maintained a free-flowing, aggressive style of basketball. And the effort was led by guard Kerwin Roach driving to the basket routinely past defenders, which allowed the offense to open up. “We played the game as a team,” Febres said. “Our mentality was to just come out there and be aggressive on the offense. (Roach) was having a field day out there, and we just keep feeding off his energy.”

angela wang | the daily texan file Shooting guard Jase Febres sprints after a loose ball during Texas’ season-opening win over Eastern Illinois. Febres, along with several other backcourt weapons, is expected to improve his 3-point marksmanship in Texas’ upcoming games.

“We were really playing loose out there,” Sims added. “I think that’s something that helped us (during the North Carolina game).” Texas, however, has lacked that style over its last two games against Radford and Michigan State. The offense has

frequently looked constrained and content with heaving long field goal attempts, which indicated by the 3-point numbers. Part of that is the result of defenses packing their defenders inside the 3-point line. But Smart contends that his team shouldn’t take that as an

excuse to exclusively take outside shots. “One thing we spent a lot of time talking about is an emphasis in not necessarily taking those shots as early and making the defense work,” Smart said. “Trying to get the ball into the paint first and I think that can lead to getting to

the foul line more often.” The Longhorns will have an opportunity to implement changes with two games in the coming week. But with quality opponents in VCU and Purdue looming ahead, finding success while going through that change will be a difficult task.

NBA

Jarrett Allen and PJ Tucker seek to improve slumping Nets, Rockets By Abhishek Mukund @abhishek_mukund

Fans of parity are in love with the NBA right now. In the Western Conference, 5.5 games separate the top-seeded Denver Nuggets from the 14th-seeded Utah Jazz. In the Eastern Conference, the red-hot Milwaukee Bucks have cooled off, while the Boston Celtics appear to be piecing together a working rotation. Teams like the Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies have surprised the league, while the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz have done nothing but disappoint. Let’s take a look at two former Texas Longhorns around the league who are on teams struggling in the standings.

Jarrett Allen

The Brooklyn Nets were off to a seemingly good start after multiple seasons of subpar performances. The Nets were an improved 8–10 just a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the Nets have now lost their last seven games. While the Nets appeared to be headed toward competing for a possible playoff spot, they are now 11th in the East. Former Longhorn Jarrett Allen was playing well early in the losing streak, but has seen his production dip substantially in the last two games. Allen has averaged 7.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists and three turnovers on a decent 63 percent from the field in a shade over 28 minutes per game. In the two-point loss to the

Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night, Allen got handled by fellow Longhorn Tristan Thompson. Thompson outscored and outrebounded Allen, while also getting to the free throw line four times. The Nets had a chance to end the losing streak on Monday night against the Cavaliers, but with games against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Toronto Raptors coming up, it seems unlikely their losing streak will end any time soon.

P.J. Tucker

The Houston Rockets were one game away from the NBA Finals last year, but came up a bit short against the eventual champions. This year has been the exact opposite. The 11–12 Rockets find themselves as the

13th seed in an extremely competitive Western Conference. Injuries to key players Chris Paul and James Harden have plagued their season a quarter of the way through. The Rockets have struggled to be consistent from three this season, shooting 2 percent worse as a team this season compared to last. Texas alumnus P.J. Tucker had largely been impervious to the shooting slump affecting his teammates. Tucker is attempting one more three per game while simultaneously shooting a career-best from beyond the arc. Unfortunately, that hot shooting came crashing down in Monday night’s 12-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Tucker

scored three points on 1/6 from three in a little over 36 minutes of play. The Rockets had a 19-point lead during the game but still lost by 12 after managing to score only nine points in the fourth quarter. The Rockets are reaching an easy part of their schedule with games against the Dallas Mavericks and the Utah Jazz coming up, but the Rockets need to take the games seriously if they want to fight their way back into the playoff race.

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MUSIC

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New online subscription services make vinyls more accessible.

pedro luna | the daily texan staff Local barber Tommy Ferguson searches for a new record to buy at Breakaway Records because he prefers vinyl over compact discs. With the growth of online vinyl subsciptions, people like Tommy may soon become a rare sight in record shops, said Josh LaRude, co-owner of Breakaway Records.

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he end of 2018 marks another consecutive year of increased vinyl record sales. As more people express interest in vinyl, some online subscription services have introduced curation and exclusivity to the vinyl market. To many vinyl fans, exploring countless cratefuls of records and discovering vintage gems is an important part of the experience. But in the past few years, a number of online vinyl subscription services have created their own unique experiences that can’t be found in record stores. Vinyl Me, Please is an online music subscription service that launched in 2013 and currently offers monthly curated vinyl record from a choice of three categories: “essentials,”

“classics” or “rap & hip-hop.” Each category includes an exclusive add-on like a cocktail recipe, listening notes booklet or stencil, respectively. Matt Hessler, head of marketing for Vinyl Me, Please, said the service wants to give their 30,000 subscribers a monthly package that they won’t find anywhere else. “A record that you get from Vinyl Me, Please isn’t going to sound exactly like a record you might get off the shelf at your local record store or from Amazon,” Hessler said. “We’re handling all the production. Everything from picking the vinyl color and making any changes to the jacket or the package itself.” Josh LaRue, UT music alumnus and co-owner of Breakaway Records in Austin, said he sees online subscription services as an option for those without access to good record shops. He

You go out and buy records every week and you start seeing the same people and you make friends. The idea of shopping for music, it seems like such a loss to do it (online).” FORREST COPPOCK

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said his shop buys used records so it gets records from Vinyl, Me Please all the time. LaRue said he doesn’t see the vinyl subscription services as competition because they help

gain more interest in records. “(A vinyl subscription service) is probably good for record stores because if the person actually does get into records then they’re gonna look at record stores because that’s where you’re gonna find the most stuff in one place,” LaRue said. Vinylmnky, stylized as vinylmnky, is an Austin-based online vinyl subscription service started in 2015 that focuses on up-and-coming artists by sending their members a Breakthrough Record of the Month from a debut artist. They also work with the record label and artist to create custom addons, such as posters or signed copies for their members. Vinylmnky co-founder Travis Jourdan said he believes vinyl subscription services and record stores are complementary. He said although it’s crucial that record stores exist, he has no plans for a physical

vinylmnky store. “Everything is becoming internet-based,” Jourdan said. “People physically going to a record store is going to slow down after a couple generations. We’re going to be on our phone ordering the records or signing up for a membership where it’s done for us.” Forrest Coppock, co-owner of Antone’s Record Shop, said he thinks online vinyl subscription services cause patrons to miss out on all the experiences that come with going to a record store. “I grew up going to the record store and there were so many experiences that it doesn’t even interest me at all to shop online,” Coppock said. “You go out and buy records every week and you start seeing the same people and you make friends. The idea of shopping for music, it seems like such a loss to do it (online).”

CAMPUS

Alumna Chelsea Collier discusses importance of networking By Libby Cohen @libbycohen211

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