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Volume 121, Issue 41
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Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus comes to campus, gives advice to students.
University of Texas dancers need more space to practice on campus.
Women executives incubator to debut Spring 2020.
Texas offense looks toward the Red River and talk about QB Jalen Hurts.
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SG proposes resolution to excuse absences on Election Day
For students like Naili Salehuddin, this improvement will make campus more accessible for students with disabilities.
By Neelam Bohra @neelambohratx
In an effort to increase student voter turnout, Student Government proposed a joint resolution to excuse student absences during election days at its meeting Tuesday. The resolution, made in collaboration with the Senate of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly, would only excuse students from class if they vote. After voting, students would scan a QR code, and professors would receive information from the QR code system to grant excused absences, according to the resolution. Kerry Mackenzie, the ethics and oversight committee chair, and Jack Bumgardner, co-director of SG’s Hook the Vote agency, authored the resolution. “We understand this legislation isn’t going to solve every voting-related issue, but it is going to ensure that students don’t have to choose between going to class and casting their ballot,” said Bumgardner, an international relations and global studies sophomore. “We encourage all students to vote during early voting, but we want this legislation to help people who might fall through the cracks.” The resolution would allow students two hours
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uring her freshman year, Naili Salehuddin, who is legally blind, got lost for two hours trying to find her classroom. Advertising sophomore Salehuddin said she was looking for her Chinese class scheduled to be in Robert Lee Moore Hall (RLM) on the fifth floor but couldn’t find her classroom because the rooms on the floor didn’t have braille signage. She said she walked into the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE) building when she thought she had the wrong building but said some of the rooms in the building also didn’t have proper braille signage. She said she then went back to RLM, took pictures of every door she passed by and zoomed in on the numbers to eventually find her classroom. “This was one of my worst experiences at UT,” Salehuddin said. “It felt alienating to find out that the room numbers weren’t accessible. There’s a lot of other places on campus that are not accessible as well. It’s really sad.” But by the end of the summer, a new UT project plans to help make sure missing braille signage is no longer a problem in the CPE building. lauren ibanez
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Reports of dating, domestic violence on campus decline
CapMetro planning to release proposal to make routes safer, more efficient
By Lauren Girgis @laurengirgis
Reported incidents of dating violence and domestic violence at UT decreased for the second year in a row, according to the most recent Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. According to the report, total on-campus reports of dating violence decreased from 22 to nine from 2016 to 2017 and then to five in 2018. Total on-campus reports of domestic violence decreased from nine to five from 2016 to 2017, and then to one in 2018. “My hope is that (the decrease) is attributed to a decrease in any domestic violence cases,” UTPD sergeant Samantha Stanford said. “On our website, we have resources available to … the UT community. So my hope is that they’re bringing forth (reports) to Title IX or other available resources as needed.” Crime data from various campus security authorities, such as Title IX and the University of Texas Police Department, are made available in the Annual Security and Fire
Safety Report, which was released last week. The crimes in the report include sexual assaults, thefts, disciplinary referrals and Violence Against Women Act offenses, which includes dating violence and domestic violence.
My hope is that (the decrease) is attributed to a decrease in any domestic violence cases.” SAMANTHA STANFORD utpd sergeant
Off-campus reports of domestic violence decreased from eight in 2016 to three in 2018, according to the report. The report also said off-campus dating violence decreased from one in 2016 to zero in 2018. Dating violence is similar to domestic violence, but domestic violence occurs between
two people in a longer-term relationship, Stanford said. Reports can be directed to UTPD or Title IX, which conducts administrative investigations to determine if University rules and policies have been violated, Stanford said. “(Reporting) allows us the opportunity … to try to get (a victim) out of that potentially dangerous situation,” Stanford said. “Their safety is the first and foremost issue. Secondly, it provides us the opportunity to address the situation and hopefully investigate it and forward it onto the expert system for suggested research.” Undeclared freshman Nicole Hernandez said she sees students tend to jump into relationships quickly in college. Sharon Hoefer, Voices Against Violence prevention and outreach coordinator, said this is a common warning sign of an unhealthy relationship. Hernandez said she thinks UT can do a better job informing students of how to report concerns throughout the entirety of students’ time at UT. “In the AlcoholEDU they make us do, they showed us C L E R Y PAGE 2
By Sara Johnson @skjohn1999
CapMetro is planning to release a billion dollar bond proposal by 2020 to improve reach and accessibility of public transportation in Austin. CapMetro board member Jeffrey Travillion said the spe-
cific details of the Project Connect CapMetro transportation bond haven’t been finalized. However, he said the bond will set aside funding for bus line extensions, general service route maintenance and initiatives to improve accessibility for areas underserved by the current routes. “A lot of the communities getting left out by these routes
are communities of color that are getting more and more removed from the city by gentrification,” Travillion said. “These are people who rely on public transportation to get to work more than anyone else in the city. We can’t allow these communities to be shut out of jobs because they can’t get CAPMETRO
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UT Students Ashley Pham, Christine Pham and Koger Darden board the 801 MetroRapid bus from the UT/Dean Keaton stop on Sunday, April 1, 2018.
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After seeing a tweet calling for UCLA students to apply to become an English as a Second Language tutor for university employees, economics sophomore Madelin Chavez became inspired to start a similar program at UT. Project SPELL, or Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning, is a new program at UCLA that pairs student volunteers fluent in English and Spanish with custodial, maintenance and food service employees not fluent in English to teach them English as a second language one-on-one. Chavez tweeted last week that she wanted to start the program at UT and received more than 100 responses from interested students. Chavez said she has
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collected the information of the students who replied and plans to meet with the UCLA program coordinator later this month for help starting the program. “I grew up with two parents who immigrated here from Salvador,” Chavez said. “My dad started his own company, so he was in the workforce and had to learn English. My mom was a stayat-home mom, so she had to go to the English classes that were offered by the community. I saw how intimidating it was to be in that group setting and not know English.” Chavez said she is working with the Liberal Arts Council and several Latinx organizations interested in starting the program at UT. She said the UCLA chapter works through the school’s volunteer center, so she reached out to the Longhorn Center for Community Engagement to find the best way to establish
the program. The Longhorn Center for Community Engagement did not immediately respond to the Texan’s request for comment. Larrimie Gordon, the employee engagement program coordinator for Facilities Services, estimated about 60% of Facilities Services night custodial staff do not speak English as their first language. Gordon said SPELL would be beneficial, but figuring out logistics would be difficult. “If there was a program like this, (custodial staff) work from 5:30 at night until 2 in the morning,” Gordon said. “It’s also difficult to get time with them outside the normal work hours because a lot of them do have families and second jobs.” Gordon said many employees also speak French, Vietnamese, Chinese and other languages besides Spanish.
“If we could figure out the logistics part of it, it’d be very beneficial because I have a hard time communicating with folks and letting them know resources that are available to them,” Gordon said. “Google Translate can only do so much, especially if you’re talking about more technical stuff, like paid leave and the Employee Assistance Program.” Ivy Hester, speech language pathology junior, said she wants to be a tutor for the program because growing up, she learned Spanish through her hometown friends, many of whom did not speak English. “I’ve always wanted to do something where I was helping people,” Hester said. “Communication and being able to stay in this country are such essential things. If there’s something I can do to make that secure for someone, why not?”
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ways we could report violence, but I feel like it’s not really repeated a lot,” Hernandez said. Hoefer said October is National Domestic Violence Prevention
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Month, which is dedicated to promoting healthy relationship skills and giving the UT community opportunities to support survivors of emotional violence. She said students should remain aware of what a healthy relationship looks like. “One of the most important things to do is to remember that
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a survivor or someone experiencing dating or relationship violence is the expert on their own story,” Hoefer said. “So … offer them options for who they may be able to talk to or safety planning, but (do) not tell them what to do or assume that you know what’s best for them.”
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to vote on campus or off campus. Mackenzie, a government and Plan II sophomore, said SG could send the QR code with people to off-campus voting locations so students voting there could still be excused. Professors with special coursework plans for Election Day could submit concerns to a committee of students and faculty, which would then decide whether the professor could disregard the legislation, according to the resolution. Excused students would still need to complete in-class activities and assignments, according to the resolution. SG sent the legislation to the Faculty Council, and its Educational Policy Committee said they would consider the legislation but had multiple questions. Christine Julien, chair of the Educational Policy Committee, said she wants to meet with SG representatives to discuss the legislation. “It’s fantastic that
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Kerry Mackenzie and other members of the assembly present at the Student Government meeting on Oct. 8, 2019 discuss giving students excused absences on voting days. Student Government is working hard to encourage students to vote,” said Julien, an electrical and computer engineering professor. “I’m very supportive of encouraging everyone to vote and think it’s important to reduce barriers to people voting.” So far, 11 SG representatives and one Senate representative have sponsored the resolution. University-wide representative Nora Balli said she decided to spon-
sor the resolution because of the importance of student voices. “There’s only two polling places on a campus with 50,000 students, and early voting can be discouraging because there are really long lines,” public health sophomore Balli said. “A lot of students who live in Riverside or North Campus only come to campus for classes and don’t have the time to spend hours waiting in line to vote
while they are here.” Bumgardner said SG hopes to implement the legislation by November 2020. “There’s a stigma that students and young people are not interested in politics, and the numbers show that simply isn’t true,” Bumgardner said. “I want to help every student understand their vote does matter. Individuals getting into a habit of voting will create civically engaged people in the future.”
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Over 100 schools attend UT’s 2019 Graduate School Fair By Claudia Ng @ClaudiaCaroline
Graduate school representatives from around the world lined up to speak with prospective graduate students Tuesday for the 2019 Graduate School Fair. The annual fair was hosted by UT’s Graduate Coordinator Network in front of Gregory Gym and recorded a turnout of 119 schools. Representatives spoke about how their graduate program’s offerings could interact with students’ long-term career endeavors. Graduate program administrator Philip Guerrero said the fair’s mission is to support students pursuing graduate education. He said the fair is a resource for informing students of their post-graduation options since many are uncertain as to how graduate school fits into their futures. Guerrero said the fair has grown from 40 representatives during its pilot year to more than 100 this year. Cristina Salazar, academic program manager for John Hopkins School of Public Health, said in her experi-
ence as a recruiter, she has encountered applicants who are both intent on pursuing public health and who are unsure of what to do with their undergraduate degree. “Students have these amazing skills of analyzing, but they don’t know how to apply it to public health,” Salazar said. “So a lot of what I do is to educate them of what their possibilities are.” Abbey Godley, assistant dean for student programs at Rice University, said students benefit from graduate fairs most when they learn about the programs in attendance before the event. Godley said she regularly recruits students from UT because of the quality of their undergraduate education. “A lot of the Texas undergraduate curriculum includes things like research and extracurriculars, which we feel makes them very attractive and well-qualified for coming to graduate school at Rice,” Godley said. “They are able to convey a long-term vision for what they want to do with a graduate degree.” Art history junior Josephine Blossfeld said she came to the fair with her heart set on Texas graduate schools
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From left, Patrick Moore, graduate recruiter with the University of Colorado Boulder, talks to English freshman Abdullah Alwahaimed, engineering senior Savino Rojas and linguistics senior Jesus Hermosillo at the Graduate School Fair on Oct. 8, 2019. because of their affordability but was also curious about out-of-state schools and programs unrelated to her
current major. “There seems to be a lot of flexibility in what department you apply to,” Bloss-
field said. “I’ve spoken to a lot of business schools, and they seem ready to accept applicants from different ar-
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UT Libraries holds Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Ada Lovelace Day By Ellis Prater-Burgess @ellispraterb
UT Libraries provided editing guidance, sources and snacks to students during an Ada Lovelace Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Tuesday. The event took place at the the Perry-Castañeda Library on the official day celebrating Ada Lovelace, a 19th century female computer scientist and mathematician. During the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, humanities librarian Gina Bastone said librarians find very short Wikipedia pages and provide scholarly and news articles for students to use for citing information on those pages. Bastone said Lovelace is a role model for many female scientists. She said she chose to celebrate the day with a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon because women are underrepresented online. “(This day) was started to celebrate what women have
contributed to science and to point out that there have been women throughout history who have made a lot of contributions that weren’t always recognized,” Bastone said. Only about 20% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women, Bastone said, and there are no numbers on how many transgender people are on the site. She said she has been organizing women and LGBTQ-focused Wikipedia Edit-a-thons for two years now, partly because fewer than 13% of Wikipedia editors are women. “The numbers are really bad, actually, if you look at them,” Bastone said. “That’s part of the reason that I’m so passionate about doing these Edit-a-thons. It’s something that anyone could do.” Most students at the Edit-athons had never edited Wikipedia before, and so a lot of what the librarians do at the event is teach students how to edit, Bastone said.
“It’s an open source that any person can use and can contribute to,” Bastone said. “(Editing) empowers students, especially women and queer students.” Chemistry freshman Mackenzie Coffin said she finds the UT Libraries very helpful in locating scholarly articles for research groups, but she said she does not use Wikipedia a lot for her classes. “I just created my (Wikipedia) account today,” biochemistry freshman Aubrie Rettmann said. “I usually use Wikipedia so I can I get my bearings on a topic and figure out what it is.” Bastone said both Wikipedia and the UT database of scholarly resources are useful tools but should be approached differently. “The main reason that (Wikipedia is) not consistent is because … anyone can go in and change the article,” Bastone said. “But … as a reference source, I love it.”
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Public health sophomore Joyce Ortega, left, and computer science freshman Catherine Fang, right, learn how to create and edit a Wikipedia page from humanities librarian Gina Bastone, center, at the Perry-Castañeda Library’s annual Ada Lovelace day.
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to work.” Travillion said diversifying the routes and standardizing vehicles would allow for easier and safer transportation for students as they travel both to and from campus and around the city. The exact bond amount has yet to be finalized, but Travillion said he expected the total to be more than $1 billion because of the broad area of improvements CapMetro hopes to implement. “We keep students in mind a lot when we talk about what kind of changes we want to make in our program,” Travillion said. “Students make up a lot of our service users, and that doesn’t just mean keeping lthe lines that go by campus up to par. All parts of the city means all parts.”
Exercise science junior Keyona Taylor, who lives in Riverside, said she relies on the CapMetro transit system to get to and from campus. She said she would support a bond that extended the current routes. “Where I’m living, I have to transfer a couple of buses and really plan out my day down to the minute,” Taylor said. “If I had a straight shot to campus and back, my life would be a lot easier.” Taylor said there is not much she thinks can be done to improve the safety of rides. She said she would rather see line extensions into underserved areas. “Getting longer bus lines is way more in control of CapMetro than safety just because nobody can control who uses the bus,” Taylor said. “I’d rather they do something they know they can do that will get more people who need it using
the buses.” Pharmacy graduate student Chris Dy said improvements on transit routes offered interested him as potential changes from the CapMetro bond. “I know there are express routes for areas with a lot of student housing, but I live in Mueller, so I think that’s seen as less traditional for students,” Dy said. “Austin is pretty good about having lanes just for buses, but that doesn’t really matter when they don’t reach you when you need them.” Travillion said he’s confident the bond will earn approval from citizens once the full plan goes public. “Improving transportation is something everyone can get behind,” Travillion said. “Making public transportation more common and accessible is going to make the entire city run smoother.”
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Former Texs House Speaker Joe Straus speaks to a group of graduate students with LBJ School Dean Angela Evans on Oct. 8, 2019 in a Sid Richardson Hall auditorium.
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus speaks to students on campus By Nathan Han @NathanHan13
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus spoke on campus Tuesday about his experiences in legislative leadership and the current state of politics. “There’s always been polarization in politics,” Straus said. “But I think what we lack right now is leadership that’s committed to bringing people together. There’s always going to be arguments and disagreements but you have to bring people back together.” Straus served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives for 10 years before stepping away in January 2019. The San Antonio native represented District 121, which includes part of San Antonio, for 14 years. As part of the Dean’s Distinguished Leader Series, he spoke to students and faculty in the
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. “Learning from people who have actually practiced policy is a valuable experience,” LBJ communications manager Victoria Yu said. “Students are super engaged and are able to ask questions to people with real-life experience they wouldn’t normally be able to ask.” Straus answered questions from the audience and said pragmatism and compromise was important in today’s poltical climate. “In order to make things happen, you have got to bring other people in,” Straus said. “I’ve always proudly embraced being called a pragmatist. That doesn’t mean you lose your principles. But you have to be willing to find compromises.” LBJ graduate student Alex Meed said he worked as a legislative aide earlier this year. He said he was watching the 85th session of the Texas Legislature
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very closely and was impressed with Straus. “I was very impressed with how (Straus) was able to manage a very contentious and partisan House and cater to all its members,” Meed said. After Straus spoke about how he started his career as the longest serving Republican speaker, Meed said Straus and speakers like him help students make decisions about their own careers. “It helps me emulate or vary from their approaches to their careers,” Meed said. “It’s important for people going into the policy sphere to learn from people that have substantial experience themselves.” Straus also provided advice to students interested in going into politics. “The only advice I would give you is to always do what you think is right,” Straus said. “Wherever you go in life, keep doing what’s right, and stick it out.”
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Open doors to dancers’ success by opening more practice rooms By Neha Dronamraju Columnist
If you’re looking to join a dance team at UT, you can choose from 46 options on HornsLink. If you’re looking for a dance room to practice in, you have approximately one tenth of that number to choose from. If you’re looking to reserve one of those rooms, you have up to three chances per semester to do so. Let me simplify the math — it doesn’t add up. Student dance organizations at UT are short on practice spaces, and the limit of three reservations per organization each semester doesn’t help. UT caters to a massive student body, and the UT Recreational Sports Center cannot dole out unlimited spaces to all dance groups on campus. It should, however, reorganize its system to increase the number of times organizations can reserve spaces in the buildings under their purview. Mechanical engineering senior Jose Tello is the social officer and dance coordinator for the Korean Music Association, a student-run organization. He says he spends a significant chunk of his week staking out rooms for group’s dance practices. “We perform anywhere between five to six times a semester, which means our groups need to practice at least once a week,” Tello said. “We want to save our reservations for closer to the
performances, so a few times every week, I have to find a room in either (Gregory Gym), Belmont (Hall) or the (Recreational Sports Center) three hours in advance to beat other dance groups.” Tello said that despite such arduous efforts, groups often have to resort to practicing in “some random hallway” with no mirror.
This problem can still be addressed simply by putting the full inventory of athletic space to use.” Jennifer Speer, senior director of UT Recreational Sports, said the RecSports Committee developed the three reservation policy based on student, faculty and staff input many years ago. At the time, they had enough multipurpose rooms for dance groups and other athletic organizations to use without conflict. “In the past two years, we’ve seen the number of dance groups explode on campus, and we’re finding that our student groups are trying to use
every space we offer for their purposes,” Speer said. “While the number of dance clubs has gone up, our inventory has not grown, and that’s why we have the three reservation limit. But if there are extra rooms empty, we try to accommodate everyone to the best of our ability.” Speer also said UT RecSports isn’t currently looking into building new spaces or converting old ones, as there isn’t enough availability on campus. Physical expansion of these spaces is not a feasible option, but this problem can still be addressed simply by putting the full inventory of athletic space to use. Tello said unreserved dance rooms are only available late at night, usually after 9 p.m. and in many cases, empty rooms are locked. “When I’m on the hunt for rooms, nobody else besides other dance groups are really in the buildings, and I notice that some rooms are empty, but they’re locked,” Tello said. “More of us could definitely be accommodated if they were open.” Between inaccessible rooms and limited reservation opportunities, UT RecSports isn’t helping student organizations fully avail its physical spaces. The fix can be as simple as unlocking vacant practice rooms, which could create an opportunity to increase the three reservation limit, thereby opening doors to dancers’ success. Dronamraju is a public health sophomore from Dallas.
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Out-of-state students need lifeline to adjust to life at UT
Extend flu shot drive to Saturdays to increase participation
By Jennifer Beck Columnist
Moving away from home for college is an adjustment for everyone, whether you’re 10 minutes or 10 hours away. Being away from your friends, family and home for a prolonged period of time makes that distance — no matter how far — feel farther. Although being in college can make you feel disconnected, if you’re from Texas, odds are you have some sort of hometown connection on campus, whether it’s a sibling, a friend or just a classmate from your high school. But this isn’t the case for out-of-state students. I think most of us knew what we were getting ourselves into, but uprooting your life at 18 is easier said than done. Although UT has a broad range of organizations and resources to help students adjust, more than anything else, out-of-state students need a home away from home — and in-state students can help. Communication sciences and disorders freshman Chloe Proshuto said the transition into college is very different for in-state and out-of-state students. “For (in-state students), I think it feels like a smaller leap from high school to here because it’s close to home, and it was the natural thing to do,” Proshuto said. “There are so many people who say, ‘I knew I was going to come here my whole life.’” But if you’re an out-of-state student, you likely don’t have any of those hometown connections that many in-state students enjoy. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you might have known one, maybe two, people before you got here. Or, if you’re like me, you came here with zero connections within the entire state of Texas. Coming to such a massive school in an unfamiliar place filled with strangers is a bigger feat than many in-state students realize. “Everyone is sort of entering with at least
another person,” said corporate communications freshman Brenna Van Skiver. “When you’re out-of-state, a lot of the time you know absolutely no one. Even having one person makes a huge difference.” Going home for holidays and long breaks is relatively standard. But having the option to go home on any given weekend? That’s a privilege afforded almost exclusively to in-state kids. Both Proshuto and Van Skiver said that even though they don’t necessarily want to go home all the time, they wish they at least had the option. “People will say, ‘My mom wants me to come see her this weekend,’ and I always think, ‘I wish I could see my mom this weekend, but I can’t,’” Proshuto said. With my family so far away, there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t feel grateful to have found incredible support systems on campus. I can’t imagine what my college experience would be like if my roommate and her friends hadn’t taken me under their wing. Van Skiver said a great way to support your out-of-state friend is to extend your family to them if they need it since they don’t really have access to their family in the same way you do. “I would say my closest thing to a lifeline is my roommate and her family,” Van Skiver said. “My roommate’s mom made a point of giving me her number and taking me under her wing because she knew I was from out of state.” In my experience, one of the best ways you can do this is by inviting them home with you for a day or a weekend. I was lucky enough to spend a night at a friend’s home just outside the city, and even though it wasn’t my home, I found solace just being in a home. Extending your home to your out-ofstate friend is an act of kindness that goes much farther than you might think, and being welcomed into someone else’s family has made all the difference in making Texas my home. Beck is a radio-television-film freshman from Park Ridge, Illinois.
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convenience of the UHS flu shot drive, they may forfeit getting vaccinated altogether to avoid the hassle of making other arrangements. Sandeep and Yang volunteer at hospitals that require them to get The flu knocks you out like a sucker punch to vaccinated, but Sandeep doesn’t think she would go the teeth. One minute you’re racing through your out of her way to get a flu shot otherwise. This isn’t homework, going a mile a minute with nothing a unique sentiment — about half of the UT student blocking your concentration. The next minute, body didn’t end up getting a flu shot in 2016. you’re hunched over in bed with all the dignity of Of course, the UHS drive isn’t the only place to some inbred European monarch awaiting the last get a flu shot; pharmacies at CVS and Target also rites and reminiscing about the last time you had offer vaccinations. However, most students find it fully functioning nostrils. much easier to stay on campus to get their shots. This might seem like an overdramatization, “(The flu shot drive) was really fast and conbut take it from someone who used to get the venient because I don’t have a car, so I can’t flu every November like clockwork — this isn’t a go to other pharmacies,” biology junior Esther common cold. Kim said. In fact, in 2017, 12.7% of UT By including a few weekend students reported that the cold, dates in the flu shot campaign, flu and sore throat negatively UHS would be able to cater to impacted their performance the needs of the busy students in school, making these issues When students don’t whose class and work schedthe number one physical health ules don’t allow them to make have access to the condition that students must it to the drive. Doing so would combat to keep their grades up convenience of the extend the scope of UHS’ efforts over the year. and strengthen the herd immuUHS flu shot drive, As such, University Health nity of the UT campus so fewer they may forfeit Services (UHS) organizes an people fall prey to the flu. annual flu shot drive every fall Alternatively, UHS could algetting vaccinated.” semester to encourage all UT low students to make clinic apstudents to get vaccinated and pointments to get their flu shots reduce their chances of getting if they can’t make it to a drive. the flu. Sherry Bell, UHS consumer education and “Until the campaign is over, we don’t schedule outreach coordinator, said their goal is to reduce any appointments for flu shots. Doing a thousand as many barriers to getting a flu shot as possible. shots with appointments would take a long time, For some students with busy work and school so the campaign is the best way to get as many schedules, however, the flu shot drive falls short people immunized at one time,” Bell said. of this objective. While it makes complete sense to focus staff ef“I have to go to lab in the afternoons (when forts on the large campaigns, students who can’t most of the drives are), and there’s an important make it to a drive would be better reached if they timeline for all the experiments, and my grad stucould schedule a flu shot appointment at a time dent’s graduation date depends on my work at that does work for them. the lab, so I definitely don’t want to delay him,” Logistically, these solutions may be difficult chemical engineering junior Sanjna Sandeep said. and time-consuming to implement, but the poBiology sophomore Charles Yang also finds tential benefits greatly outweigh the upfront costs. himself unable to make it to any of the UHS flu The flu knocks you out like a sucker punch to the shot drives. “A lot of the times have been from teeth, so let’s make sure that all UT students have 12 to 4 p.m., and I’m busy (with classes) Monday their guards up. through Thursday (during that time),” he said. Dasgupta is a neuroscience sophomore When students don’t have access to the from Frisco. By Abhirupa Dasgupta Columnist
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Quarterback Sam Ehlinger waits for a snap from center Zach Shackelford while playing at home against LSU. The junior quarterback is excited to face Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts, who has had a storied college football career.
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against Hurts. “I’m extremely excited. You know, he’s had success everywhere,” Ehlinger said. “He’s been following his story and understanding what he’s persevered through, and just
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on redshirt freshman Sam James, trying to put his head in his chest. “(I was) just trying to go in and just stop the guy,” Dicker said. “What happened happened and so it was up to the officials after that.” Though Dicker’s tackle
unbelievable respect for him and what he’s been able to do at the college level. So I’m extremely excited to get out there on Saturday and compete against him because he’s such a respectable guy.” Oklahoma is known for having an explosive offense. For Ehlinger, the most important part of Saturday’s
game will be staying on the field as long as possible and converting third downs. Currently, Texas’ third down conversion rate is 56.58 percent. “Third downs are critical for any offense,” Ehlinger said. “And so we’re going to handle our business and do the things that we need to do to put our team in a place and
in a situation to win. So that’ll be scoring in the red zone and converting third downs.” For seniors like Shackelford, he knows this will be the final time he gets to play in the historical rivalry. “It’s a special place to be, a special place to play,” Shackelford said. “This will be my fourth time playing in this en-
vironment. I think it’s really important for the young guys to just kind of … calm their nerves a little bit and know what they’re getting into. It’s gonna be a four-quarter battle.” Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, with only three days separating these two teams.
may be an anomaly, Foster has been in this situation before due to his play style. Last season, he was ejected for targeting in Week Three against USC. Foster and the rest of the defense have specifically addressed this issue so they can avoid losing personnel. “We work on that in practice,” Foster said. “They tell us to run and hit, but be
smart when you do it. Don’t just go in there head down like a maniac.” The Saturday against West Virginia marked the return of Foster from injury. He had been out for two weeks with a hamstring injury he sustained in Week Two against LSU. With all the injuries in the secondary, he was able to provide a boost in Texas’ defense.
“It’s pretty awesome because we need a vet in there,” sophomore linebacker Joseph Ossai said. “Him coming back in there just gives us a little bit more confidence, and he’s able to do his thing.” When Foster is “doing his thing,” the defense follows his lead. For opposing offenses, that isn’t such a good thing. However, Foster’s physical play style is a
common theme among Texas defenders. Ossai says the team may even be too physical for their conference. “I think we’re maybe too physical for the Big 12,” Ossai said. “I would say just watch the games. I would say no one is scared to hit. You can see it. We’re physical, and we’ll come in there and rough people up. It’s just what we do.”
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After all the distractions involving former coach Michael Center surrounding the men’s tennis team during the early part of the spring season, the Longhorns defied the odds and captured their first national title after defeating Wake Forest last May. For head coach Bruce Berque, it has been a long road. The longtime Longhorn assistant was with five programs — one of which won a national championship in Florida during his time there — before settling
down at Texas. Berque is now tasked with steering the ship in the right direction as he deals with the departures of seniors Harrison Scott, Leonardo Telles, Colin Markes, Rodrigo Banzer and Johnny Goodwin. Despite all the talent that has left the team, Berque was able to recruit the top class of incoming freshmen in the country. This class includes Jacob Bullard, Evin McDonald, Eshan Talluri and Siem Woldeab, and after a redshirt year, Cleeve Harper also joined the freshman class. Berque understands the significance of getting these young men into match play during
the fall. “It was a good opportunity for us to gage where we are and what we need to work on in the coming weeks, and it was especially a good opportunity for the freshmen to get some matches at a really high level of college tennis,” said Berque. This fall session is also important for the team’s two top players, Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard, who are preseason ranked in the top five at No. 4 and No. 2 respectively. For Ito and Sigsgaard, Berque wants the two seniors to continue to work on their games and is already seeing great signs out of their early
season performances. “There were positives and areas that need attention scattered throughout the weekend, but the most overwhelming positive was Christian’s performance,” Berque said. “He played some really good tennis and provided a great example for the freshmen for the way they’re supposed to carry themselves and compete on the court, so I was happy for him that he had such a strong weekend.” Texas is hoping that both Ito and Sigsgaard — along with the talented incoming class — can propel the team to a second consecutive NCAA title.
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Texas talks Red River atmosphere
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Quarterback Sam Ehlinger jumps into the endzone in the 2018 Red River Rivalry game in Dallas. Texas won the game 48-45. In the game, Ehlinger had two passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns.
Texas players talk about playing inthe Cotton Bowl and their thoughts on Jalen Hurts. By Daniela Perez
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hen Texas players exit the locker room and run into Cotton
Bowl, they are met with an ocean of crimson. The field’s entrance point, located on Oklahoma’s side of the field, is more than 50 yards away from the safety net of Texas fans. As they run toward the 50,000 or so Longhorn fans, the OU faithful makes sure the rivalry is known. “Their fans get the tunnel. There is a lot of not nice things said,” head coach Tom Herman said on Monday. “They do a good job of looking up your girlfriend’s name and your mom’s name and all that stuff and saying things about family members and all that.” For veterans like senior center Zach Shackelford,
navigating the Red River atmosphere seems natural. But Shackelford still has to talk to young players about what to expect, like incoming senior offensive lineman Parker Braun, who transferred from Georgia Tech. Though Braun has played in battles like Georgia versus Georgia Tech, there is something special about the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry. “I’ve told Parker, it’s a really cool venue first of all,” Shackelford said. “It’s 50,000 on one side, 50,000 on the other. (It’s) just a really special place to play. And you come out and fans are booing and you go over to your side and they’re all cheering, so
it’s a really cool atmosphere.” Now only three days away from Dallas, offensive players talked about what they expect in their matchup against No. 6 Oklahoma. At 5–0, Oklahoma has scored 267 points on their opponents for an average of 53.4 points per game. However, Oklahoma has yet to play a ranked team this season. Though players cannot deny their offensive prowess, they have not yet played a team like Texas, according to offensive lineman Sam Cosmi. “Overall, they’re a really good team, and I’m gonna take that away from them,” Cosmi said. “But I don’t think they’ve really played anybody
like us. So, it’s gonna be interesting going into the game and seeing how they respond and seeing what kind of team they really are.” Quarterback Jalen Hurts anchors Oklahoma’s offense. Hurts started his career at the University of Alabama, where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to a national title in 2017. However, he was dethroned by current Alabama starter Tua Tagovailoa in 2018 and transferred to Oklahoma in 2019. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger had nothing but high praise for the senior quarterback and is excited to play R E D R I V E R PAGE 5
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Physical play stands out for Longhorn defense By Donnavan Smoot @Dsmoot3D
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Texas was reviewed for targeting not once, but twice against West Virginia on Saturday. The first instance came in the first quarter when sophomore safety B.J. Foster launched himself into West Virginia senior running back Kennedy McKoy. Foster’s hit sent both McKoy and him in opposite directions. Foster was flagged for a personal foul and then re-
viewed for targeting, which he understands for hits of such nature. “I knew I was good,” Foster said. “They have to look at it on violent hits like that.” Before being reviewed for targeting, Foster was involved in another play that resulted in a 15-yard personal foul being called. Junior wide receiver T.J. Simmons had his helmet ripped off his head, yet no whistle was blown. So Foster went in and laid a hit
on Simmons, immediately causing flags to fly. Foster says he plays until he hears a whistle. “I definitely didn’t hear the whistle. I just kept going,” Foster said. “And by the time I realized his helmet was off, it was already too late.” Along with Foster, sophomore kicker Cameron Dicker was also involved on a play reviewed for targeting. Dicker went for a tackle D E F E N S E PAGE 5
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UT introduces program to advance women in leadership Rubén Cantú founds career program at UT dedicated to helping the next generation of female leaders. By Amarachi Ngwake @angwakwe
eadership programs throughout UT prepare students to excel in their fields, but only few focus on the lack of opportunities given to women or address the difficulties women face to become leaders. According to a 2018 Women in the Workplace report, women make up 48% of the United States labor force, yet about one in five senior leaders are women, and one in 25 are women of color. In spring 2020, 25 female students from historically underrepresented groups will become the inaugural class of The Women’s Initiative on Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development (WIELD) Texas. This career program aims to mentor UT women through career development and professional growth. The two-year-long program works with students, teaching them soft business skills such as negotiation and offering one-on-one mentorship. The program’s ultimate goal is to prepare women to take on executive roles or launch their own business venture within 10 years of graduation. Rubén Cantú, executive director of the Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship, said he founded the program to address the lack of diversity and representation among women in leadership positions across the country. Cantú said he has already received questions from people about why he, a man, is spearheading a program to advocate for women. He said the problem is bigger than any one person. “It’s not about me. It’s about us,” Cantú said. “We as men need to advocate for women in leadership and not feel threatened by it.” One of the most unique elements of the program, Cantú said, is the individualized mentorship students receive. Cantú assembled a coalition of top-level Austin executives to coach the participants to take on leadership roles. He describes the group as “The Austin Mafia board of women.” One reason women are not represented in executive roles is due to the difficulties they face in job mobility. Cantú said the incubator program will raise awareness of these challenges and equip women with the skills to combat the difficulties women experience in entrepreneurship. “When it comes to getting executive roles,” Cantú said, “(Women) get stuck, not only at the bottom layer, but also at the middle management layer.” Design senior Ariel Lee said over the course
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of her internship this past summer, she spoke to a professional designer who voiced her frustration with the lack of career mobility in her field. “Even though she was the senior designer, oversaw many contracts and was producing the numbers, she felt like in comparison to her male counterparts, she was not being groomed or put on the same executive track that they were being put on,” Lee said. To navigate these types of situations, during the semester participants in WIELD will attend weekly meetings where they will learn soft skills such as negotiation, career exploration, managing teams and interviewing. The program also features trips, retreats and guest speakers to complement the classroom lessons. During the summer, participants are placed in middle to upper level management roles throughout the program to gain insight about responsibilities and decision making involved at the executive level. Cantú said WIELD Texas challenges longheld ideas about how students are taught to think and encourages women to be the “CEOs” of their own destiny. “We’re told, ‘Go to school, get good grades,’” Cantú said. “These women (have) an opportunity to figure out who they are and then literally change the landscape of business.”
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3 healthy, no-bake dessert alternatives to Halloween candy By Grace Barnes @gebarnes210
With Halloween quickly approaching, giant bags of candy line the shelves of every supermarket. For students looking to curb their Halloween cravings minus the calories, the Texan compiled a list of three alternative treats for the spooky season. Make them in your dorm or apartment on Halloween or year-round.
No-bake watermelon cake
To make a deliciously sweet, low-calorie watermelon cake, purchase a large watermelon, Cool Whip, paper towels, a big knife and a spoon. For additional garnishing, sliced almonds, berries and other fresh fruit are popular options. Step 1: Cut off the top and bottom of the melon. Then, cut off the rind, leaving a bare, cylinder-shaped “cake.” Slice the melon vertically down the middle into eight slices and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Step 2: Remove the watermelon from the fridge and pat dry with paper towels. Cover each chunk with a thick layer of Cool Whip, and add sliced almonds on top. Step 3: Decorate your cake with other toppings and enjoy! Vegan version: Specialty grocery stores such as Whole Foods offer dairyfree alternatives to Cool Whip. Students can also make their own whipped topping by mixing together coconut milk and powdered sugar. No-bake chocolate peanut butter bars REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups are a Halloween favorite, but these no-bake bars have all the flavor without the fat. To make the bars, first
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gather a box of graham crackers, peanut butter, unsalted butter, powdered sugar and semisweet chocolate chips. Also be sure to have a Ziploc bag and tin foil on hand. Step 1: Break the graham crackers into quarters and place in a Ziploc bag. Crush the crackers until they are a fine dust. Pour into a separate bowl, adding powdered sugar and a few spoonfuls of peanut butter. Stir until the mixture is a thick, smooth consistency. Step 2: Microwave two sticks of butter until melted and pour over the mixture. Stir. Step 3: Pour the mixture onto a tray lined with tin foil and smooth until flat and covering tray. Step 4: Melt chocolate chips for about a minute, stirring occasionally to avoid burning. Spread the chocolate until it covers the mixture in the tray. Refrigerate the tray for an hour and a half. Step 5: Put another few spoonfuls of peanut butter into a bowl. Microwave until melted. Drizzle melted peanut butter over the refrigerated bars. Cut into squares
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and enjoy! For a vegan alternative, use banana slices and a drizzle of honey instead of chocolate to sweeten the bars. Magnolia Bakery banana pudding To make this light and sweet version of the infamous Magnolia Bakery banana pudding, gather bananas, Nilla Wafer Cookies, sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, and Jell-O sugar-free fatfree vanilla pudding mix. Step 1: Pour vanilla pudding mix into a bowl, and then add water and condensed milk. Stir. Refrigerate the pudding for at least four hours. Step 2: In a separate bowl, whisk the heavy cream until it is whipped and foamy in texture. Fold the whipped cream into the refrigerated pudding mixture. Step 3: In a parfait cup or mason jar, layer the ingredients: Nilla Wafer Cookies on the bottom, then a layer of sliced bananas and then the pudding mixture. Repeat. Step 4: Finish the dessert off with a layer of pudding and crushed Nilla Wafers Cookies. Refrigerate overnight for best quality. Enjoy!