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Texas citizens will soon have to abide by 820 new laws, including some which will impact sexual misconduct, alcohol delivery and driver’s licenses. The bills, which were passed during the 2019 legislative session, will go into effect on Sept. 1. House Bill 2789 was authored by state Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, and will classify the unconsented electronic transmission of sexually explicit content as a Class C misdemeanor. Caroline Roche, chief of staff at dating app Bumble, said Bumble conducted a national study which found that 1 in 3 women have received unsolicited sexual photos and that 96% of those women were unhappy to have been sent them. “You didn’t consent to receiving them and you feel just as violated and embarrassed as if it’d happened right in front of you in person,” Roche said in an email. “If indecent exposure is a crime on the streets, then why isn’t unsolicited digital indecent exposure a crime on your phone or computer?” House Bill 446, authored by state Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, will remove brass knuckles from the Texas Penal Code’s definition of prohibited weapons and make it legal to carry in public. According to a bill analysis by the Texas House Research Organization, supporters of the bill said brass knuckles are primarily a means of self-defense. Permitted wine and beer retailers will also now be allowed to make deliveries to consumers under Senate Bill 1232, authored by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe. Senate Bill 2048 is authored by state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, and will abolish the Driver Responsibility Program. The program previously required people who committed certain traffic offenses to pay an annual surcharge on top of their fines and court fees or have their licenses suspended. B I L L S PAGE 2
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Construction continues at Villas on Nueces on Aug. 25, 2019. Move-in for residents of the new apartment complex has been postponed to Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 following the construction delays. By Sara Johnson @skjohn1999
nexpected construction delays postponed movein for residents of the recently developed Villas on Nueces apartment complex for two weeks. Brad Zucker is the developer of Zucker Properties, which manages the construction for several Villas complexes in West Campus, including Villas on Nueces. He said residents were supposed to move in Aug.
23, but delayed construction led to delayed inspections, which prevented the complex from being ready for residents until Sept. 7. “We have a lot of really high-tech stuff in our building, and construction just took a little longer than expected,” Zucker said. “The people in the city department have been very helpful. I have no complaints about any of the work they’ve done.” Villas on Nueces is a 99unit complex located at the intersection of Nueces and 22nd streets. Computation-
al biology sophomore Nhat Pham said he was informed on Aug. 19 that his move-in date had been pushed back to Sep. 7. “We received an email that morning saying that there was a problem with the inspection and some delays in construction, that they had to move the move-in date back and that they’d waive all of our rent for the first month,” Phan said. Kelly Brustein, head of operations for the Villas, said October rent was waived and residents will be given rent credits for the days they were
not living in the complex. Residents also received reimbursements for Uber and Lyft, and they were offered a $200 per day reimbursement if they stayed in a hotel or $100 per day if they stayed with a friend, Brustein said. “We apologize for the unfortunate situation, but we’re doing our best to ensure everyone is taken care of and accommodated,” Brustein said. Computer science sophomore Akshay Buche said finding alternate accommodation was a V I L L A S PAGE 2
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The UT System budget has increased nearly 7.4% since the last fiscal year due to an increase in projected budgeted revenue, according to the recently approved budget report. The UT System Board of Regents authorized a $21.1 billion systemwide expense budget for the 2020 fiscal year during their Aug. 15 board meeting. The budget includes $6.7 billion for UT System academic institutions and $14 billion for UT System’s health institutions. “(The budget increase) is huge,” said Nick Long, assistant vice chancellor for the UT System Office of Budget and Planning. “It far exceeds what you’re going to see from most public universities and most public university systems in the country.” Long said most of the expected funds will come from the six health institutions, which will have a predicted
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increase of more than $1 billion in revenue. According to the report, the academic institutions had an increase of about $400 million in revenue, and one of the major
drivers of this is the $80 million from net tuition and fees. Net tuition and fee revenue from the health and academic institutions is expected to increase from the previous fiscal year,
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UT Police Department Chief David Carter asked Mayor Steve Adler and the Austin City Council to consider prohibiting camping along the perimeter of UT’s main campus and into West Campus in a press conference held Thursday. In July, an ordinance went into effect removing restrictions on where homeless individuals were allowed to sit, sleep and camp in public areas in Austin and limiting the Austin Police Department’s discretionary authority to take action in incidents involving the homeless population. “The police actually take a pretty significant role in managing things such as homelessness or other tragedies that occur,” Carter said during the press conference. “A large percentage of the time, it’s not about law enforcement. It’s about a public caretaking responsibility the police have.” Carter first addressed this
concern in an open letter to Adler and the City Council on June 6, before the ordinance was passed. He published a longer letter on the same subject Wednesday. Adler proposed an action plan on homelessness last week in which he suggested restricting camping in areas of high foot traffic, including the Drag. In his letter Wednesday, Carter wrote that it is important to also add camping prohibitions around UT’s entire perimeter and in West Campus because of the dense student population residing there. “Large numbers of students, staff members and faculty members travel on foot throughout the day and night, and permitting camping, sitting and lying down in those areas poses a similar public health and safety risk,” Carter wrote in the letter. During the press conference, Carter also spoke about the experiences and statistics of students and staff interacting with homeless individuals around U T P D PAGE 2
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Adler, APD Chief host panel for homelessness solutions By Graysen Golter @graysen_golter
Mayor Steve Adler, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley and several experts and advocates met on-campus Thursday evening to discuss solutions for homelessness in Austin. During the panel at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, panelists suggested solutions such as expanding resources and reaffirming the dignity of those who are homeless by talking to them and connecting with them. Steven Pedigo, event moderator and the director of the LBJ School of Public Affairs Urban Lab, said Austin has roughly 2,255 people who are homeless on any given night in 2019. Adler said one of the major starting points to help people who are homeless is to get them a home as soon as possible, which would increase their access to health services and employment opportunities and also decrease their time spent in jail. “Any society is judged by how it treats and respects and supports the least fortunate among them,” Adler said. “It’s important because this is a challenge that we can actually do something about, that we can actually solve. If you can just get them into a home for a month or two or three, those folks will get back. They are better and safer — and our community is safer — if they’re in a safe place (rather) than if they’re in the woods somewhere.” Manley said because of a recent ordinance which allows people to publicly camp on sidewalks, APD’s role changed from enforcing camping restrictions to making sure communities are educated when it comes to where people are allowed to camp publicly.
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Mayor Steve Adler, left, LifeWorks CEO Susan McDowell, and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley speak at A Forum on Homelessness in Austin held at the LBJ Auditorium on Aug. 29, 2019. The two panelists, among others, met to discuss with the community to address possible solutions to homelessness, health and reintegration. “(We are) really trying to help those that find themselves in a condition of homelessness and realize that police are not just a source of enforcement but also a resource, as everyone else on this panel is,” Manley said. LBJ clinical professor Sherri Greenberg said along with making sure public health agencies give people who are homeless efficient care, an important aspect of developing and implementing solutions to homelessness is to make sure
these solutions are paid for by state funding, federal funding and nonprofits. She said this funding will ensure that shelters and other resources are not only established but operated properly. Chris Harris, a community advocate for the anti-mass incarceration organization Homes Not Handcuffs, said public safety would increase if mental health professionals were the first responders to reports of people who are homeless rather than police officers.
“We’ve answered the problems with police and prisons, and not only is that not improving our public safety, it comes at extreme costs both for our whole community and the people we’re arresting and jailing,” Harris said. “With mental health first response, it’s a recognition that we have a lot of folks in our community who have mental health challenges, both housed and unhoused, and that police are not always the best response.”
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UT law lecturer Andrea Marsh said roughly 1.4 million Texans have had their licenses suspended because they couldn’t pay the surcharge. She said they need licenses for driving, maintaining employment and fulfilling responsibilities to their children. “Families were really encountering barriers to their well-being and to their economic stability because they lost driver’s licenses under this program,” Marsh said. State Rep. Victoria Neave, D-Mesquite, authored House Bill 8, which will establish deadlines for the analysis of untested kits, improve preservation guidelines and extend the
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statute of limitations for certain sexual assault offenses. Katherine Strandberg, the criminal justice analyst at the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault’s policy team, said the bill will improve support for survivors of sexual assault, who she said often never report to the police. “One of the real reasons they don’t (report to police) is because they believe they will be minimized by … the process of the criminal justice system and that it won’t result in the person who hurt them being brought to justice,” Strandberg said. “When we start talking about this huge backlog of kits getting rain or mold on them or nothing ever being done with them … what we’re signaling to survivors is even when you report or undergo an exam, you’re not going to get the kind of justice you deserve.”
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campus, particularly dance freshman Haruka Weiser, who was killed by a homeless individual in April 2016. “We also fairly regularly receive complaints involving the interaction of homeless along the Drag or other areas around campus involving people that are either mentally ill or possibly addicted to drugs or alcohol,” Carter said. UTPD received 171 calls involving transient or homeless crime in 2018 and 147 have been placed so far this year, but Carter said there are likely more incidents that were not reported to the police. Carter said he encourages students to call UTPD when they feel unsafe, whether a law is broken or not. Biology sophomore Avery Koi said she has felt uncomfortable being
approached by homeless individuals while in West Campus, but she does not know how to react. “Sometimes (I feel) kind of apprehensive because I don’t like being approached, and I feel bad and don’t want to tell them no,” Koi said. In his letter and conference, Carter also acknowledged that UTPD was committed to helping the city provide housing and treatment for the homeless community. UTPD is partnering with social work professor Michael Lauderdale to research how to best use UTPD’s resources to address homelessness around campus, protect students, staff and faculty, and urge the city to deploy their resources for the same purpose. “I think the city … has a responsibility to address those kinds of concerns, and the action that the mayor and the city council took this summer are contrary to the best interest of the University in the student body,” Lauderdale said.
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UTPD Chief David Carter held a press conference Thursday, Aug. 2019 urging the city to consider prohibiting homeless individuals from camping in areas near campus.
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obviously want to make sure we have little more than covering our costs … That’s when we see growth and revenue,” Long said. According to the report, UT-Austin also received about $424 million from the Available University Fund, which is comprised of a percentage of the return of UT System investments. The money will go to faculty retention, academic infrastructure, student programs
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Senate vice president. “We’re rebranding it so there’s collaboration between the UT community outside of Senate … and all of the college councils.” Yagnik said the college councils, which are legislative bodies based in every college, have previously all had diversity-related positions. She said the people who hold these positions will act as examples for her. “I want to talk to each of them and see what their role is in their council,” Yagnik said. “It’s how I can help them grow, how I can make research available for them. It’s me learning from them, taking their
advice and applying it to a bigger scale.” Yagnik said she hopes to create an informal UT Senate committee where members concerned with issues pertaining to diversity can meet weekly. “First, I want to see what people see as the biggest problems,” Yagnik said. “Then, I want to open up that dialogue about the people in Senate, and I hope we’ll do some policy work with it.” Yagnik said she knows people may dislike the idea of a diversity coordinator, but she believes they misunderstand its purpose. “Diversity just means listening and talking to people who aren’t the same as you,” Yagnik said. “That’s in any capacity.
It’s race and ethnicity, yes, but it’s also gender, socio-economic background, family, the type of lifestyle you live — every single factor that makes you, you, because no two people have the same experiences.” Hussain Alkhafaji, UT Senate policy director, said recruiting a more diverse council will help Senate take care of all student needs. “If we’re getting so many people from the same place and the same backgrounds, we don’t know how to help anyone else,” said Alkhafaji, a public health and journalism junior. “We’re trying to create a level of accountability, and that’s the intended purpose of the diversity coordinator. We can’t improve upon issues if we’re not aware of them.”
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main concern for him. “It was a scramble to find a hotel,” Buche said. “We didn’t have that much time to find something.” David Exiga, Buche’s roommate and a mechanical engineering sophomore, said the complex updated them twice on the status of their room and shared some photos of completed work inside the building with tenants. “They were pretty nice about it,” Exiga said. “It does seem like they’re trying to do what they can to solve the problem.”
While Pham had doubts about the proposed movein date because of exterior construction on the building last week, he has confidence in Zucker Properties due to their construction history. “They seem quite confident that they are going to be able to finish on time, and I believe them,” Pham said. “They seem well-managed, and I trust them, but I’m just not sure.” Zucker said although there have been hiccups in the construction process, the building is finalizing work and cleaning to prepare for students moving in on Sept. 7.
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UT Senate introduces first diversity coordinator position By Neelam Bohra @_neelam_b
The UT Senate of College Councils has introduced a diversity coordinator position to their board. After conducting a demographic survey at the end of the previous academic year, UT Senate leadership recognized a lack of diversity in their members’ majors, hometowns, high schools, race, gender and interests. The diversity coordinator will address this underrepresentation by ensuring the UT Senate serves as many students as possible. Veda Yagnik, who will serve as UT Senate’s first diversity coordinator, said she wants the senate to reflect the University’s diverse population. “I want to make sure
people from nontraditional backgrounds are being heard,” said Yagnik, a Plan II and business sophomore. “They deserve to have their needs addressed in whatever capacity. We have so many tools and resources that never get used. We want to bring in more voices.” Approximately 60% of UT Senate members participated in the demographic survey, and their responses showed overrepresentation of liberal arts majors, Asian and Caucasian students and students from the suburbs of Texas, Yagnik said. These proportions did not reflect the student population, according to two reports from the Office of Institutional Reporting, Research and Information Systems. “We’re passionate about this issue,” said Katie Lee, UT D I V E R S I T Y PAGE 2
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UT Senate of College Councils first diversity coordinator, Veda Yagnik, Plan II and business sophomore, hopes to promote and expand diversity within the membership of Senate. CAMPUS
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Central Health plans to redevelop building for Dell Medical School By Raul Rodriguez @RaulRod800
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Students squeeze through West 24th, where construction is going on to update UT s infrastructure. The Campus Infrastructure Upgrades Project, a consolidation project by the Board of Regents, allocated funds to renovate five buildings.
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In an effort to save money and improve efficiency, Project Management and Construction Services has consolidated five separate buildings’ renovations under the Campus Infrastructure Upgrades project. The repairs of Battle Hall, the F. L. Winship Drama Building, the Music Building and Bates Recital Hall, Goldsmith Hall and the West Mall Office Building will be staggered with other planned renovations based on need and coordination over a three-year span, according to the UT System 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Program. The Board of Regents allocated $26 million for the consolidated project at their quarterly meeting on Aug. 15. Veronica Trevino, media manager for Financial and Administrative Services, said the project is already underway for infrastructure upgrades, including heating, ventilating, air conditioning, roofing and external building repairs. “Upgrades will not be done all at once but executed over three fiscal years to ensure we are maximizing dollars, campus impact and getting the highest
level of expertise,” Trevino said. Mike Carmagnola, director of Project Management and Construction Services, said the renovations are routine but very necessary for the aging buildings. “Those buildings are 40 to 50 years old,” Carmagnola said. “They are in that sweet spot of when major upgrades need to happen. There is no waiting.” Carmagnola said the number of projects PMCS takes on doubled over the past five years because many of the buildings are getting older. He said project consolidation was his way of increasing efficiency and reducing cost. “(The increase in projects has) been one of our bigger challenges over the last couple of years,” Carmagnola said. “As you might expect, our staff did not grow 50%. I think we have grown less than 10% in that time. We had to increase our proficiency in that time, and the program was one way of doing that.” Fernanda Leite, associate professor of construction engineering and project management, said construction contractors bid to provide services and materials for a specific project, and more competition for bids drives down the prices for projects.
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Carmagnola said since UT’s renovation projects are small in scale, many contracting companies do not bid, and the University does not get a wide selection of prices. Carmagnola said noncompetitive bids can drive up the renovation’s price around 10% to 20%. “The bid market and the work that is going on in Austin is so competitive that in some of the projects, we are only getting one bid,” Carmagnola said. “We thought, ‘Why don’t we package these things all together, put it out as one lump thing over a multiyear period and hire one person that might be interested in a larger package of projects?’” Leite said this larger package of projects will attract more companies because it brings in more revenue, builds the company’s portfolio and gives contractors work for a three-year period as long as they do not violate any of the contract terms. “If you only have one company applying, that doesn’t tell you that’s the best company,” Leite said. “It’s just the only one that is interested. The diversity of projects builds (a construction company’s) portfolio with the owner that can enable them to apply for bigger jobs with this specific owner.”
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Over $460 million will gradually fund accessible health care in Travis County through a partnership between the University, Central Health and the 2033 Higher Education Development Foundation. Central Health, a health care organization that owns the former University Medical Center Brackenridge, will be leasing a section of the medical center’s campus to the 2033 Higher Education Development Foundation, a nonprofit created to benefit the University. The section will be demolished and redeveloped to house Dell Medical School operations. The foundation signed a 99year lease on the property, with the first redevelopment project expected to finish in 2022. The project will benefit health care through funding and jobs, said Ted Burton, vice president of communications for Central Health. “The community has told us they envision a mixed-use development on the property with a focus on medical and health innovation, job, retail and more,” Burton said in an email. “Lease revenue from the redevelopment will fund health care in Travis County for people with low incomes. Over the next 99 years, it’s expected to generate $460 million for
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A construction worker watches the demolition of the University Medical Center Brackenridge on Aug. 26, 2019. Central Health.” If the appropriate permits are granted around the end of September, demolition of the former office building on the block is expected to finish in about six months. Construction on the 17-story building will begin soon afterward. Gary Susswein, UT’s chief communications officer, said the redevelopment plans will help fulfill some of the original vision for Dell Medical School. “In this building, we are going to have some Dell Medical School operations,” Susswein said. “We are also going to have outside partners who are dedicated to thinking about health care in new ways. We’ve really envisioned
(Dell Medical School) not just as a place to train doctors … but also as a place that would really be host to an innovation district.” Working with other private companies, Susswein said Dell Medical School hopes to create a place where ideas and people can work collaboratively. Biology junior David Pereira, who hopes to work in the medical field, said the project is a great thing for the future of UT medical students. “I think that with the redevelopment, it’ll bring more opportunities for up-and-coming students like me who want to get into the medical field,” Pereira said. “I feel like … the medical industry here in Austin can only expand.”
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Cockrell needs female lecturers in classes, not just clubs By Sanika Nayak Associate Editor
Only 28% of undergraduate students in the Cockrell School of Engineering are women. The narrative of women being a minority in STEM fields has persisted for years and is especially prevalent in engineering majors at UT. Not only does the Cockrell school lack female students, it also lacks female faculty. In such a male-dominated atmosphere, professors must make sure that women are able to get the representation they need. To do this, professors at Cockrell should ensure women are equally represented by asking more women in the workforce to speak in classes instead of relying on female-centric STEM organizations. In many cases, hiring female guest speakers becomes the implicit responsibility of women-centric organizations on campus. Although these groups are important to creating an inclusive space for women, it should not be the only place where female students find representation. It is imperative that featuring female engineers is also normalized in class through guest speakers instead of primarily left up to outside clubs. This way, both male and female students are able to learn from the experiences of women in the field as opposed to only being subject to a male perspective. Mechanical engineering sophomore Jacqueline Kelly said although the organizations she was a part of brought in female speakers, the guest lecturers in her intro to mechanical engineering class had
all been male. “The lack of female guest speakers was definitely something I noticed while taking the class, and it was honestly kind of upsetting,” Kelly said. “I remember one of the male speakers saying that engineering was one of the least gender-discriminatory fields, and I remember sitting there like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Kelly said because there aren’t many female professors, she feels it is especially imperative to be represented somehow.
By only prioritizing female speakers in female-centric organizations, professors propagate the idea that women in STEM are the ‘other.’” “It’s especially important because bringing in female (guest speakers) would show us what it’s like in the industry,” Kelly said. “Being a male in the industry and being a female in the industry are two very different experiences.” It is not fair to delegate the responsibility of representing female students to female-centric organizations and groups. For example, there is a Women in Engineering first-year interest group, but female students outside of this specific
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FIG lack that representation. Female guest speakers in classes are also essential in order to allow both male and female students to understand the experiences of women in the workplace. By only prioritizing female speakers in female-centric organizations, professors propagate the idea that women in STEM are the “other.” If more female speakers were to come in and share personal and workforce experiences, both male and female students would learn important lessons about being a woman in the industry. Tricia Berry, director of the Women in Engineering Program at UT, agrees. According to Berry, choosing guest lecturers is based on the individual decision and personal connections of the professor. Berry said that it is important to have diverse guest speakers because research has shown that exposure to role models can help women to counter negative stereotypes. “When you have STEM role models, those people that look like you who are sharing stories and experiences, it can have a really positive impact,” Berry said. Female guest speakers cannot be solely limited to organizations outside of class — professors at the Cockrell School of Engineering need to better incorporate and acknowledge the experiences of their female students in the courses offered. Including women from the workforce as guest lecturers in classes is essential in helping to create a more equal and representative environment in an already gender-skewed field. Nayak is a communication sciences and disorders sophomore from Austin.
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Consider this metaphor by economics professor Richard Wolff: Suppose there’s a family up the street, a household with two children. One child thought this was the greatest family the world had ever seen and felt cared for and blessed about being born into it. The other child thought this family was psychotic, unjust and needlessly cruel. If you wanted to understand this family, would you listen to one child? Or would you talk to both, and then draw your conclusion based on the conversations? If you want to understand capitalism, it’s like understanding the family. You can talk to the people who love and celebrate capitalism. Do that. That’s easy, because the vast majority of school curriculums are written by them. But you also need to talk to the folks who are critical of it. Otherwise, you won’t get the whole picture. Without critique, capitalism appears inevitable, eternal, immutable — as if it was a law of nature or an unchanging transhistorical construction. When an economics department purges itself of Marx, capitalism’s most important critic, it suppresses students’ capacity to critique. UT currently employs 37 economics professors. None are Marxists. By narrowing students’ access to ideas, UT performs an intellectual disservice to society in a time when capitalism is asphyxiating the planet and laying waste to its people. UT does not defend any specific political values. Instead, they settle for abstract truisms such as “expanding human knowledge and understanding” and the “freedom to seek the truth.” Yet, all one needs to do to expose this distorted claim to objectivity is take one glance at the economics course list. What we see is a centering of orthodox economic theory that, according to retired UT professor Harry Cleaver, “presupposes capitalism as the best of all possible worlds.” In contrast, we see that Marx was last taught as an economics course in the fall of 2011. This is the equivalent of listening to only one child for nearly a decade.
University-sanctioned learning should not reduce students into cheerleaders who service capital.”
University-sanctioned learning should not reduce students into cheerleaders who service capital. It should equip students with the intellectual toolkit to critically interrogate their field of study from a multiplicity of perspectives. Showering students with pro-capitalist courses does not do them any academic favors, but it can transform them into ideological warriors who dogmatically defend our economic structure. “Studying Marx is important because he laid out the most thorough and systematic critique of capitalism ever constructed,” Cleaver said. “What is not replicated in his absence is any critical rejection of capitalism as a social system.” Indeed, Marx’s magnum opus, “Das Kapital,” is foundational text. Any coherent study of economics that fails to incorporate his ideas is necessarily incomplete. Marx is as central to the development of economic thought as Adam Smith or David Ricardo, as Charles Darwin is to evolution, as Sigmund Freud is to psychoanalysis. Economics department chairman Jason Abrevaya, the authority figure who oversees the hiring process, believes that given constraints with respect to faculty size, the department must focus on hiring in certain subfields and not others. “There are many subfields, including Marxian economics, in which we don’t currently have tenure-track faculty members,” Abrevaya said. “My personal beliefs about the relevance of one subfield of economics versus another do not play a major role in the recruiting process.” This idea that Marx merely represents a subfield of economics is an explicitly pro-capitalist reappropriation of economic history. Far from being part of a subfield, Marx is a founding critic of the field’s very claim to legitimacy. When Marx is properly taught as an “antagonistic analyst of capitalism, students are provided with a completely different paradigm for grasping the world around them,” Cleaver said. “In that form, it’s a threat to the discipline — (a threat that) has tried to be neutralized by encouraging the view that Marxism is just a variant of classical political economy.” Both Marx and Smith are the original children of the family that is political economy, and the stories of both deserve thorough evaluation. The solution is simple: UT should hire Marxist professors who will supervise interested students and teach introductory and graduate-level Marxist courses. Only then can students begin to critically understand the world they inhabit. Lee is a sociology senior from Houston. RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@TexanOpinion) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns.
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of their ownership of Spider-Man. Disney refused to take anything lower than a 50% cut, leaving the two companies in a corporate stalemate. As a result, Disney cut ties with Sony’s Spider-Man property. “We are disappointed, but respect Disney’s decision not to have (Kevin Feige) continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film,” Sony said in a statement on Twitter. Additionally, on Aug. 24, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige explained to Entertainment Weekly that the studio never anticipated holding the rights to Spider-Man forever and that incorporating him into their cinematic universe was an ambitious goal. “It was a dream that I never thought would happen,” Feige said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “It was never meant to last forever. We knew there was a finite amount of time that we’d be able to do this, and we told the story we wanted to tell, and I’ll always be thankful for that.” Despite Sony regaining complete control of the Spider-Man films, Holland is still contracted to return as the character in the future. Unless a new deal is struck between Sony and Disney, these new films will not be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Holland said he was grateful to be play the character in the first place. “I’m going to continue playing Spider-Man and having the time of my life,” Holland said. “The future for Spider-Man will be different, but it will be equally as awesome and amazing, and we’ll find new ways to make it even cooler.”
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Texas looks to end Week One woes After back-toback season opening losses, Texas tries to start 1-0 for first time in Herman era. By Donnavan Smoot @Dsmoot3D
exas Football has a perfect opportunity in front of itself. For the first time since 2010, the Longhorns are ranked in the top 10 in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll heading into their Saturday night matchup with Louisiana Tech. Texas has been in the top 25 the last two years but lost the opening game to Maryland each year. “Maybe guys felt the pressure and the outside noise,” senior offensive lineman Zach Shackelford said. “They didn’t focus on our team and our coaching staff … When we play to win, it’s a whole different dynamic.” After each loss and subsequent dropping out of the rankings, the Longhorns had to fight their way back into the poll and regain the benefit of the doubt. For the majority of the nation, seeing junior quarterback Sam Ehlinger and the Longhorns beat No. 5 Georgia to
win the Sugar Bowl answered the only question surrounding the Longhorns for the past two years — the question will not be stated because you’ve probably heard it by now. In both opening game losses, however, Texas was favored to win. The games were sloppy, with Texas committing four combined turnovers in two games. Ehlingher, who only played in the 2018 matchup, had a theory on why the games played out in such fashion. “It had to do with the confidence,” Ehlinger said. “Not knowing what we are doing on
They didn’t focus on our team and our coaching staff … When we play to win, it’s a whole different dynamic.” ZACH SHACKELFORD senior offensive lineman
the field. In (2017), we didn’t have one of those top 10 wins where it was like, ‘OK, we can compete with the big dogs.’” Now, Texas can right its wrongs Saturday night. And they have been waiting for this opportunity for a while now. “I’m so excited,” Ehlinger said. “I’ve been itching since January for this weekend.” This year surely seems different. One of the key
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Then-sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger makes a cut and tries to get upfield during Texas’ 42-41 loss to West Virginia on Nov. 3, 2018 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Ehlinger will begin his second year as a starter on Saturday vs Lousiana Tech. differences is the shift in culture. The leadership comes from the players instead of the coaches. “Coaches have a lot of responsibilities on game day,” Ehlinger said. “When adversity hits, it’s a lot easier for a player to respond, especially when you’ve been working the player-led stuff … Guys respond to what players have to say.” Despite being a nonpower
five school, the matchup with Louisiana Tech will not be a cakewalk. The Bulldogs have ended their season with a bowl win for five consecutive years. From Texas’ perspective, they look at Louisiana Tech with nothing but respect. “They have all these older guys, and that’s how you run a program,” said defensive coordinator Todd Orlando at his weekly availability. “Coach
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Holtz has established the program and (got) guys that fit into the system, and they’re older. They’re going to come in here with their experience, and that’s going to be a big part of this game.” The confidence Ehlinger feels Texas lacked the past two years is now there, and it has nothing to do with outside motivation or who the opponent is on the schedule. The swagger
the Longhorns feel they possess and will display Saturday is purely internal. “It doesn’t really matter who we play,” said offensive coordinator Tim Beck at his weekly availability. “It’s about our guys. It’s about going out there and putting our best on the field. … We don’t even talk about them in terms of who we’re trying to play. It’s all about us.”
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the process. “They’re very process-oriented,” Elliott said. “They come to work every single day. They’re making each other better, which is a big The window of opportunity is wide open for part of this process.” the 2019 Texas volleyball team. Senior outside hitter Micaya White will be The Longhorns are looking to build off a the driving force once again and will look to strong campaign in 2018, when they posted build on her season that won her Big 12 Player a 23–5 record, clinched the Big 12 confer- of the Year. Since it’s her last season, White is ence championship and made a deep NCAA looking to take advantage of every opportunity tournament run that culminated in a regional and leave the Forty Acres on a high note. final appearance. “One of my major goals is to not have any reFor 2019, the Longhorns are setting their grets,” White said. sights even further and appear to be heading Sophomore outside hitter Logan Eggleston in the right direction. After is also returning after an imthe Orange-White scrimmage, pressive freshman season. Texas head coach Jerritt ElEggleston finished the season liott gave his team a vote with 312 kills and 22 aces and of confidence. with Big 12 Freshman of the “Overall, I liked what Year honors. We’re excited. We I saw today,” Elliott said. Part of the youth movement have the pieces to “They were connected, and for the Longhorns are freshgrow together to they played hard all the way men Skylar Fields and Molly through. The things we’ve Fields was ranked as be good by the end Phillips. been focusing on looked pretthe No. 1 recruit and Phillips of the season.” ty strong, specifically our ball was ranked No. 16 by Prep control — definitely some Volleyball. Fields has already good things to build on.” drawn high praise being seThis year, Texas is ranked lected as the preseason faJERRITT ELLIOTT No. 4 in the American Volvorite to win the 2019 Big 12 Head CoaCH leyball Coaches Association. Freshman of the Year. The team also stands atop the Both Phillips and Fields Big 12 once again as a preseason favorite to win played for Team USA and Elliott in the summer, the conference. helping their transition to the collegiate level. The challenge of fulfilling this task is am“The benefit of getting to work with two of plified by a daunting nonconference schedule my freshman was a big part of that, too,” Elliott in which the Longhorns face four ranked op- said. “Getting to know their (personalities), ponents in their first five matches. Texas plays how much I could push them and the talks that USC, Minnesota, BYU and Stanford — the de- I could have with them. So I felt like we already fending national champion — in the first two had a (relationship) coming into double days.” weeks of the season. The Longhorns have been on an upward traThe 2019 roster blends incoming talent with jectory that has lead to optimism reverberating the returning key components who have been throughout Gregory Gymnasium. vital in setting the groundwork for the program. “We’re excited,” Elliott said. “We have the The youth mixed with veteran leadership has pieces to grow together to be good by the end already created an atmosphere of respecting of the season.” @clarktdalton1t
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Texas upset, shutout in Mountains as Denver picks up first win of the season By Isaac Gutierrez @byisaacg
Fresh off an intense shootout with Gonzaga that ended in a victory for Texas, the Longhorns traveled to Colorado to face off against the University of Denver Pioneers. The Longhorns arrived in Denver No. 11 in the nation. Conversely, the Pioneers were unranked with a record of 1-0-1. While the Longhorns were the favorite in this match, they failed to capitalize on their advantage in their first road game of the season, losing 0-3. The beginning of the match looked eerily familiar to their previous game, where the Longhorns came out to a slow start. Denver dominated the ball for much of the first half, preventing the Texas offense from establishing themselves. The Pioneers attempted three shots in the first 10 minutes of the game to Texas’ zero. While none of these three shots would find the goal, it was clear which side the
aggressor was to start the half. The Denver offense asserted themselves early, but the Texas defense held up well in the early goings of the first half. Junior goalkeeper Savannah Madden kept the game scoreless with a sliding save at the 18-minute mark of the half to deny Denver the early lead. She secured an additional save just three minutes later as Denver continued their offensive push. The next seven minutes saw Denver miss three more shots. The Texas defense continued to hold strong, but the dam would soon burst as the Pioneer pressure continued to mount. With 15 minutes left in the first half, Denver senior midfielder Hannah Adler put the first points of the game on the board as she put the Pioneers up 1-0. Denver closed the half with three more shot attempts. Down 0-1 at halftime, the Longhorns failed to produce anything on offense. This lack of creation was highlighted by two-time All-American
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Sophomore goalie Savannah Madden saves a shot during Texas’ 4-3 win against Gonzaga on Aug. 22 at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
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forward Cyera Hintzen’s zero shot attempts. But there was still time for head coach Angela Kelly and her team to adjust and reverse the momentum of the game in the second half as they did against Gonzaga. The second half of play showed much of the same from both teams. Hintzen attempted her first and only shot of the game with 39 minutes left in the second half, but it was saved by Denver. Three minutes later, Adler scored again for the Pioneers, giving Denver a 2-0 lead. The game continued in uneventful fashion for Texas. Sophomore forward Julia Grosso attempted to turn the game around with an aggressive shot at the 27-minute mark, but it missed high and to the left of the goal. Grosso’s shot was the final push Texas had. The Pioneers scored a third goal with 19 minutes left in the half and the visiting Longhorns failed to register an additional shot for the rest of the game. This was the first time Denver beat a ranked team at home since 2003.
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How to relax with UT’s resources
After summer courses and internships, returning to the grind of the long session can leave students reeling. eturning to campus after summer can
Steam rooms and sauna
In addition to the massage services offered in Gregory Gym, there are steam rooms and a sauna, which help relax tense muscles with heated steam. This is a free option for students who are not looking for the intensity of a massage but would still like to relax. CMHC MindBody Lab
After relaxing their bodies, students can visit the CMHC MindBody Labs, which feature resources that can help put the mind at ease.
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leave students physically and mentally strained. However, there are resources on campus that can help put students at ease. In particular, Gregory Gym and the Counseling and Mental Health Center have lesser-known facilities that offer several opportunities to take care of the body and mind outside of diet and exercise. Gregory Gym
While Gregory Gym has a wide variety of exercise equipment, it also has facilities and services that can relax the body. Massage
The UT RecSports program offers several different types of massages given by trained massage therapists in the Wellness Center located in Gregory Gym 1.106. The variety of massages offered include table, chair, Thai and pregnancy massages, as well as hot stone application. Service add-ons include deep tissue, hot towel treatments and aromatherapy. Appointments should be made at least an hour in advance and paid 15 minutes before. Prices are available on the UT RecSports website.
Guided Exercises
The MindBody Labs located in the Student Services Building and Student Activity Center have guided programs such as breathing exercises, guided meditations and muscle relaxation. There is also information available about general health and well-being, as well as sleep, food and eating issues. Biofeedback tools
In addition to guided exercises and information available, the CMHC provides RESPeRATE devices, which help to lower blood pressure, in all locations. In the Student Services Building location, there is also a Galvanic Skin Resistance 2, which can be used to measure the electrical characteristics of the skin. These correlate with emotional statuses such as fear and anxiety. Resources provided by the MindBody Labs are free. Thrive app
Created by Counseling and Mental Health services to enhance the mental well-being of students, the Thrive iPhone app is a free resource accessible off-campus. It offers interactive activities meant to help students navigate the difficulties which come with being in college through changes in patterns and behaviors. channing miller
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Longhorn’s guide to Hill Country: What to visit, explore By Mackenzie Dyer
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In the hustling and bustling life of a UT student, weekend trips can be few and far between. The research, planning and execution can seem daunting. For a last-minute ‘treat yourself’ weekend, a one-day escape or road trip, check out the list below with must see places at accessible costs and locations in the Hill Country. Squeeze every last drop of adventure out of summer — Texan style. The Hill Country is known to host the perfect weekend trip where rivers run cold and clear past limestone bluffs, rocky ranchland and hills that arise from eastern flatlands.
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The scenic loop, called the Devil’s Backbone, adds just 15 minutes to the typical hour-and-a-half drive from Austin to Fredericksburg and is reportedly the most haunted stretch of Texas highways. Visitors come from all over to see the sweeping vistas and take aesthetic Instagram shots. Among German wineries, bakeries and shops, Fredericksburg also has the Pioneer Museum, rich with the history of the German pioneers of the Hill Country. Tickets cost $7.50. The National Museum of the Pacific War features WWII exhibits, including a recreated combat zone. Students with an ID can purchase a ticket for $7, according to the Pacific War Museum webpage. A great place to have a wallet-friendly picnic is the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, which blooms with wildflowers in the spring and offers free admission.
San Antonio
Only an hour away, San Antonio offers an expansive palette of history and modern amenities. Stories of epic Texas heroics lie within the Alamo, where it’s free to walk through the museum, $7 for an audio tour and $15 for a guided tour. Next door, the River Walk winds through the city’s heart. For those on a budget, walking is the way to go, as food and shopping tend to increase in price at this touristy area. The Pearl Brewery, a former operating brewery in 1883, now hosts a mix of retail, dining and living ventures, as well as music and farmers market events. If all else fails, San Antonio is also perfect for students on the hunt for a delicious taco.
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San Marcos is home to the Premium and Tanger Outlet malls, great for bargain shopping or retail therapy. The San Marcos River is perfect for those looking to get off of their feet and float their stress away in a donut-shaped inflatable. Visitors can “tube” for free by bringing
their own or rent tubes and take a shuttle to the river for as little as $12. Wimberley
At just an hour outside of Austin, Wimberley’s main attractions include Old Baldy Park with panoramic Hill Country views, the Wimberley Square
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with shopping and dining and swimming at Blue Hole Regional Park and Jacob’s Well. Blue Hole Regional Park has $10 admission, and Jacob’s Well costs $9 to swim. The Market Days, Wimberley’s most famous attraction, occur every first Saturday from March through December at Lions Field. Bargainers
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
Enchanted Rock is a pink granite mountain open to the public for camping, hiking and picnicking, among other things. Campsites range from $14 to $100. Texas Parks and Wildlife suggests travelers call ahead of time, especially during peak months, September through May, to know what to bring and when to arrive.
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Sony, Disney catch Spider-Man in web of corporate battles as deal falls through By Noah Levine @ZProductionz
“I don’t feel so good, Mr. Stark” has a whole new meaning. On Aug. 20, film news site Deadline reported that Disney and Sony were unable to reach a financial agreement on the deal that enabled Tom Holland’s Spider-Man to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fans were absolutely shocked to find out Holland’s critically acclaimed portrayal of Spider-Man would no longer be a part of the MCU narrative, a series of films that share familiar Marvel characters, story lines and settings. Since that deal, two Spider-Man MCU films have been made, with the hero also appearing in “Captain America:
Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Avengers: Endgame.” All of these films have had great success at the box
It was a dream that I never thought would happen. It was never meant to last forever.” KEVIN FEIGE
Marvel StudioS PreSident office, with recent sequel “Spider-Man: Far From Home” garnering over $1 billion at the
worldwide box office, according to Variety. The great success of Holland’s interpretation of the character might cause fans to wonder what could lead to such a falling out. Here’s what happened. According to Deadline, Disney asked Sony for a new 50/50 cofinancing deal for future “Spider-Man” movies. Originally, Disney was only receiving about 5% of first dollar gross from these films per a deal worked out in 2015. Disney requested to receive 50% of these earnings, a 45% increase from their original cut. Evidently, Sony refused to agree to this deal and instead suggested several undisclosed alternative deals that wouldn’t result in the loss of nearly half M A R V E L PAGE 5
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/ the daily texan staff