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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Volume 121, Issue 50

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Students pulled an all-nighter on West Mall to encourage early voting.

UT should provide students with fully-functioning digital ID technology.

Longhorns continue to win, but comatose defense is cause for concern.

“An Uncomfortable Woman” director Meghan Ross talks diversity and inclusion in production.

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Survey shows increased awareness of sexual assault resources By Lauren Grobe @grobe_lauren

The University did not participate in this year’s Association of American Universities’ sexual misconduct survey, and officials cite the UT System’s own study in 2017 as the reason why. The 2019 Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey is a follow-up to the 2015 Campus Climate Survey and found that nonconsensual sexual contact rates and knowledge of school resources have increased on college campuses. The University participated in 2015 alongside Texas A&M but was one of few who did not participate this year. Melanie Susswein, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault director of marketing and communications at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, said the UT System preferred conducting their own study because they could control how it was conducted and get specific information on UT schools. UT’s report, Cultivating Learning and Safe Environments, found 39% of sexual harassment victims and non-victims know campus resources for interpersonal violence. Similarly, the Association of American Universities’ report found that about a third of students know where to find interpersonal violence resources and how to report an incident. “You have so much information thrown at you at orientation, and it’s just one of those things you don’t pay much attention to,” said Kierstyn Gallegos, Voices Against Violence co-president. “It’s one of those pamphlets that you get home and you toss to the side and never look at it again.” Public health junior Gallegos said she acknowledges the University’s efforts, but the awareness around sexual assault and harassment could be improved. “The University is trying, A S S A U L T PAGE 3

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Report reveals inequalities Hispanic professors form Independent Equity Committee, emphasize disparities.

By Laura Morales @lamor_1217

n 2016, psychology professor Francisco Gonzalez-Lima was awarded the top amount of grants in his department with more than $7 million, was among the top published professors in his department, with 23 articles, all while teaching six courses.That same year, when the psychology department’s Merit Review Committee scored the professors, his white counterparts received a score of “exceeds expectations,” yet his merit score only reached “meets

expectations.” While his colleagues received promotions and merit pay raises, Gonzales-Lima continued to be paid one of the lowest amounts in his department. “The main issue is a glass ceiling,” Gonzalez-Lima said. “You can go in, but you cannot go beyond. There is a resistance to continue regardless of your merit as a professor.” The Independent Equity Committee, formed by eight Hispanic professors, quantified inequalities for Hispanic students and faculty at UT. They compiled their research into a report and sent it to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost on Oct. 8. The committee is still waiting to hear back about a meeting date

to discuss the findings. “The report is grotesque,” said history professor Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, a committee member. “It shows the degree of inequities that you can see at all levels of the University.” Of the 1,706 tenure and tenure-track professors, only 119 were Hispanic — 48 of which work in the College of Liberal Arts. 21.4% of all UT students are Hispanic, compared to the state’s 46% of 18 to 24-year-olds, according to the report. White employees at UT Austin were paid on average 49% more than Hispanic employees in 2017. Hispanic professors were paid an average of $167,095, more than $25,000 less than white professors.

Female hispanic faculty were found to be paid the least out of all minority faculty, at $160,356 for professors on average. According to the report, out of 929 campus-wide teaching awards issued since 1958, 30 have gone to Hispanic professors. Sociology professor Gloria González-López said she questioned whether her own issues or the system’s inequalities hold her back from achieving at the same level as some of her white colleagues. She said contributing to the report helped her realize this was not just her problem. “With women, the picture becomes E Q U I T Y PAGE 2

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Beauty salon to open in Dobie Mall

Pet fish population in Waller Creek increases

By Sara Johnson @skjohn1999

Austin-based bridal hair and makeup company LoLa Beauty completed the approval process last Wednesday for a new location inside the Dobie Mall. Owners and stylists Lauren Parker and Lorena Guadarrama Molano founded the company in 2013 and currently operate out of a salon owned by an associate on West Koenig Lane. Their new location on the Guadalupe and 21st Street building’s second floor will be their first salon in Texas they’ve owned and operated alone. “We’d been working together for a while, and starting a salon together just seemed like the most natural thing to do,” Guadarrama Molano said. “When we started LoLa, it made so much sense because of the way our work complemented each other.” Parker and Guadarrama Molano focus on bridal hair and makeup, often traveling to wedding locations, in addition to their studio work. Parker said their business presence would be improved by having their own salon. “Lo and I have been really lucky to be able to use

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the location we’re at now,” Parker said. “Without it, we wouldn’t be as successful as we have been so far, but it’s going to be really nice to have our own space.” The move into Dobie Mall is LoLa Beauty’s second business expansion. In

2017, Guadarrama Molano and Parker opened a location in Denver, a move Guadarrama Molano felt was the pair’s first big risk. “We’ve both got really strong industry experience, so I knew if we both agreed, we could handle it,”

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Guadarrama Molano said. “I’m lucky because I have a partner that trusts me the same amount I trust her. When we were talking it out, it felt right, even if it seems a little weird to lay down roots out of state before you can L O L A PAGE 2

Colorful aquarium fish have invaded Waller Creek. The creek’s population of platy fish, native to northern Mexico, has reached the thousands according to research done by environmental science senior Han Ooi. Adam Cohen, a UT ichthyology collection manager, said many students keep these colorful fish as pets because they are relatively easy to take care of, but these students often try to find ways to get rid of them at the end of the semester. “After the semester changes or the summer starts, most students wonder what they are going to do with their fish,” Cohen said. “The creek is right there, so they drop them in there. Most of the time the fish die, but every once in a while, this happens.” Biology freshman Elizabeth Clark said she is familiar with what it takes to raise a fish. Clark’s sixth-grade science project turned into a small ecosystem of over a hundred live-breeding fish at home. She said she took none of them to UT because she expected it to be hard to take care of them while in college.

“It’s nice to have something to care for,” Clark said. “It can really distress you at times, but you have to think of how stressful it is on the fish to be moved between home and dorm. People really don’t know what they are getting into when they get a fish.” Ooi is studying the platy fish population in Waller Creek as part of his capstone

People throw what they don’t want in (Waller Creek), including plants and animals. It is kind of a mixture of everything.” HAN OOI

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research project. He said normally this species would not be able to survive the cold winters, but the urban environment creates optimal conditions in the winter. “My hypothesis is that there are warm water F I S H PAGE 2

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UT researchers identify pedestrian hazards By Lauren Girgis @laurengirgis

The Austin Transportation Department partnered with two UT-based research centers to analyze data from traffic cameras to identify pedestrian safety concerns. The partnership with UT’s Advanced Computing Center and UT’s Center for Transportation Research used already existing traffic camera footage to gather information about how and where pedestrians cross streets. The Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress will give the group a “best paper” award later this month in Singapore for its 2018 report summarizing their findings. “The question posed in this research is, ‘Can we use the cameras we already have in place to get us good information on things such as the number of pedestrians that are crossing in a particular location, and also, where they are crossing?’” said Jen Duthie, division manager of ATD’s Arterial Management Division. The city partnered with the computing center to analyze the data. The mass computing used artificial intelligence to recognize objects, such as pedestrians and vehicles, and develop algorithms to track them, said Natalia Ruiz-Juri, a

research associate at the Center for Transportation Research. “This gives us an opportunity to maybe automate some of that analysis and identify

locations that are potentially dangerous before accidents happen,” Ruiz-Juri said. William Alexander, transportation engineering graduate student,

said research done at the Center for Transportation Research is innovative and will help researchers advance in the field. “Pedestrians are so important to transportation science and engineering,”

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Alexander said. “By understanding pedestrian behavior better, we can design pedestrian facilities that are safer.” As a result of the data, the department installed pedestrian hybrid beacons in specific areas, Duthie said. Pedestrian hybrid beacons are pedestrian-activated traffic signals that allow walkers to safely cross where there isn’t an intersection. “We looked at the pedestrian patterns before the beacon was installed and after,” Ruiz-Juri said. “The idea was to see if pedestrian movements were concentrated closer to the beacon after the beacon was installed. The data so far is qualitative, but it suggests that, yes, it works.” Duthie said the project will not only installed the beacons but will also continue to use the cameras to evaluate other concerning areas where unsafe crossings may be occurring. “With over a thousand signals around town, it can be difficult to always know what’s going on at all of them,” Duthie said. “The algorithm can help focus our efforts on areas that have real needs when it comes to pedestrians crossing.”

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Lang Institute advocates for stuttering awareness By Bethany Stork @bethgstork

Pre-dental senior Nate Morton has stuttered all his life, which he said made him struggle with his confidence and self image. Now, Morton finds comfort in embracing his stutter and advocates for reaching out to institutions such as The Michael and Tami Lang Stuttering Institute for presentation tips and confidence building. Tuesday Oct. 22 is International Stuttering Awareness Day, and the Lang Stuttering Institute planned a weeklong advocation in the Belo Center for New Media lobby on behalf of the stuttering community. The institute was established in 2014 and provides evaluations and free therapy for individuals who stutter, according to the institute’s website. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders defines stuttering as a speech disorder characterized by repetition or prolongation of sounds, syllables or words.

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UT associate professor Courtney Byrd, right, addresses individuals who stutter to share their experiences at an open mic on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. “I do know how hard (stuttering) can be on kids and how mean others can be,” Morton said in a message. “So anytime I can get a chance to help kids, I enjoy doing it. Being a kid is hard enough, but stuttering definitely brings another (struggle) to that.”

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, roughly 3 million Americans stutter. A quarter of children ages two to six who have stutters carry the speech disorder into adulthood. “I have always found value

in communication and self-expression and believe everyone should have access to language in some way,” said Kate Bramlett,mcommunication sciences and disorders freshman. “And it doesn’t come naturally to a lot of people, so there is no shame in that.”

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more complicated,” González-López said. “We know that academia is patriarchal but also racist. Latinas are at that intersection.” Only 14 of the approximately 250 administrators among the offices of the president, provost and directors in schools are Hispanic, according to the report. There are 10 Hispanics serving among the 130 positions of dean, associate dean or assistant dean, all of whom are men. The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies has never had a Hispanic director, according to the report.The report recommends replacing department and committee elections with a rotational system of qualified and willing candidates selected by a committee. History professor Alberto Martínez, chair of the Independent Equity Committee, said democracy often leaves out minorities when those who vote are majority white, which is the case in all departments. He said the rotational system will achieve greater diversity, as it will only be merit-based. “Instead of being merit and experience, it is a matter of popularity,” Martínez said. “Just because someone is elected does not mean that they are the best candidate. In a way, democracy is a substitute for meritocracy.” The report also recommended hiring and appointing more Hispanic faculty, modifying the holistic admissions review process and instituting an annualinvestment of $2.3 million to compensate for the pay disparity. Maurie McInnis, executive vice president and provost, said she has read over the report and is working on formulating solutions before the meeting. “We heard this sense of urgency clearly in their report,” McInnis said in an email. “We share this urgency and will remain focused on taking real action through an inclusive and deliberate approach. The information provided in the report builds on our understanding, and we look forward to listening and working collaboratively to build a more equitable and inclusive UT-Austin.”

Courtney Byrd, the institute’s founding director, said the waitlist for the institute’s two-and-a-half year speech therapy program is around two years. Once accepted into the program, Lang employees work with individuals who stutter, and families point others to the institution. “We have been able to reach so many people with nearly nothing, and that is why I am determined to reach more,” said Byrd, communication sciences and disorders associate professor. Morton said knowing successful people, such as Marilyn Monroe, Emily Blunt, Jimmy Stewart, James Earl Jones and Samuel L. Jackson struggled with stuttering, helped him embrace his stutter. “We as stutterers, and really nonstutterers as well, make our perceived imperfections a bigger deal than it really is,” Morton said. “When we realize that everyone has unique personalities and accept ourselves for being different, it makes relationships and communication much more enjoyable.”

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even really get your own space started in your own town.” Gabrielle Melton, a textiles and apparel senior, thinks any big move for a female-owned beauty company is “a win.” “It’s no secret that even though fashion and beauty are considered feminine, they’re really male-dominant industries still,” Melton said. “A step up for one group is a step up for everyone.” While Melton said she has no need for LoLa’s bridal services in

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her future, she knows other people who might find its close-tocampus location useful. “Some of my friends are starting to get engaged and have looked at some of those kinds of things with me,” Melton said. “It doesn’t really seem like the kind of things students might need, but even to have a high-quality consultation option close by is really good because not everyone waits until graduation to get married.” Parker said though she and her partner are getting busy with the coming winter wedding season, they are trying to keep the

outflows from pipes,” Ooi said. “These waters are creating warm thermal refuges for the fish during winter. That is why they are able to survive.” Ooi said research has not yet determined how the platy fish invasion has impacted the native environment. He said the platy fish would be very difficult to get rid of if they are found to be harmful to the environment, like many of the other invasive species in the creek. “Almost half of the things I’ve seen in Waller Creek are nonnatives,” Ooi said. “Waller creek is kind of a dump for everyone. People throw what they don’t want in there, including plants and animals. It is kind of a mixture of everything.”

salon’s opening on schedule. “This is something we both really want, and … our work in the past speaks for itself on if we get done the things we want to get done,” Parker said. “We have the experience and the drive, and even if it’s going to be difficult, we want to make it happen.” Guadarrama Molano ultimately looks forward to expanding the reach of the salon in Austin itself. “We’re both lucky to have the start we did in Austin,” Guadarrama Molano said. “If there’s anywhere we want to have a big presence, it’s here where we started.”

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Student event promotes language courses By Saachi Subramaniam @saachsub

Students and professors ate lunch, mingled with peers and discussed languages of the world Monday at Around the World with AE as part of the University’s efforts to familiarize students with different languages and cultures. Presented by the UT Senate of College Councils, the event served as a platform for students to meet with past, present and future language professors and learn what they can do in their career with the different languages the University offers. The Academic Enrichment Committee hosted the event at the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center in the North Ballroom to accommodate the dozens of students that attended. “This is a way to inform students about different programs here at the University, especially for students who may not be part of the College of Liberal Arts,” said Leland Murphy, committee member and government freshman. “(Students) may not be required to take a language course, but this is just a good way to learn about the language and the culture and eat free food.” Around the World with AE had students talk to any professor from almost any language department in short, 30-minute sessions. After a session was over, students were able to talk to another department to get an idea of what specific language they wanted to add to their degree. “Though you can take language classes through tutoring outside of UT, we are mainly focusing on learning in the classroom here on campus,” said Midori Tanaka, lecturer in the Department of Asian

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Studies. “Whenever you are deciding what language to do here, you just choose the area or region (of the world) that you care about.” Tanaka said wherever students work in the future, it is helpful to learn a language. Several Academic Enrichment committee members said Around the World with AE

helps students who may be indecisive about what language they would like to start learning. “(Around the World with AE) is designed to be engaging with students from all majors on campus even if students are not in liberal

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arts,” said Hannah Hoang, committee member and international relations and global studies freshman. “Even if you are not looking to major or learn a language at the University, this is a good place to talk and introduce yourself to new people on campus.”

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University Democrats pull all-nighter to encourage voter turnout for 2019 election By Aria Jones @AriaJonesetc

University Democrats pulled an all-nighter to inspire students to vote in the 2019 elections, even though it’s not a presidential election year. “By doing this for all elections, it shows that every election matters,” classical studies sophomore Isabella Cadena said. “It’s not just presidential elections.” The event, called Voterama, began at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on West Mall, and about 20 participants waited until 7:30 a.m. Monday to be the first for early voting in the Flawn Academic Center polling location. The organization had board games, flag football and other activities planned so attendees wouldn’t fall asleep. “It just shows you how much we care about using and exercising our right to vote,” said Cadena, the organization’s campus director. “Other people are like, ‘Wow I admire them for that, and I respect them whether they’re Democrats or Republicans. They’re just young people who want to be active.’” Without a candidate to put a face on the issues, it can be hard to get people to vote for propositions, said government junior Eli Melendrez.

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“A lot of money is moving around, and I don’t think people understand,” Melendrez said. “It’s hard to make that connection between your tax dollars and your say and where it’s going, but these have ramifications for people.” This Novemember, Texas ballots feature constitutional amendments on income tax and cancer research funding, among others. House

representative elections and mayoral elections are happening across the state as well. Referencing Propostion 6, which would increase state funds available for cancer research, University Democrats president Joe Cascino said, “you could literally save lives with your vote.” “It’s very, very important that people are out and staying

engaged,” government sophomore Cascino said. “A lot of the local propositions affect our community and are important, so (we have to) keep people engaged.” Melendrez said by being politically active, he can inspire other people to get to the polls and vote. While he is registered to vote in Harris County, he wanted to show up and support his friends who

voted in the morning. Despite having a 9 a.m. class on Monday, Cascino said being the first to vote is important because it shows how much students care about community issues. “We like to show people in the political establishment that we care a lot,” Cascino said. “Even though we’re young people, we’re very, very invested in the future.”

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but it can always try harder,” Gallegos said. Susswein said the Cultivating Learning and Safe Environments report only has data on victims who reported an incident. Gallegos said students who do not know about campus resources are less likely to report. “Sometimes you don’t want to put a label on something because it makes it more real to you,” Gallegos said. “Being aware of the resources you have can make someone more confident in reporting.” Resources that exist outside of student organizations are not as advertised, said Sophia Santoyo, Voices Against Violence co-president and Interpersonal Violence Peer Support peer mentor. “People aren’t as aware of (Interpersonal Violence Peer Support) as they are of students organizations,” said Santoyo, a government and psychology junior. “You get videos on sexual assault and what falls under that, but you don’t get a sense of

any resources like Title IX.” According to the Cultivating Learning and Safe Environments report, 84% of cases where faculty or staff perpetrated sexual harassment occurred on campus, and 56% of cases where students perpetrated sexual harassment occurred on campus. The report said 68% of victims did not tell anyone about their incident before taking the survey. The Me Too Movement and the Brett Kavanaugh protests that occurred last fall have affected students on campus and more people have reached out for resources and help, Santoyo said. “So many people were actively seeking out resources and wanting to talk about that process and what they were feeling as they were seeing those demonstrations,” Santoyo said. Gallegos said more people coming forward about sexual assault helped her feel comfortable in reporting her own incident. “When I saw so many people talking about it, it was easier for me to talk about because it’s like strength in numbers,” Gallegos said.

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Let’s get rid of group interviews By Neha Dronamraju Columnist

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UT should offer digital IDs as as alternative for students By Kisara Dang Columnist

I shuffled through my bag frantically for the fifth time that week, but my student ID was nowhere to be found. Instead, it lay forgotten on my desk — again. Physical identification cards are a nuisance. They are easily misplaced or stolen, wasteful and extremely impractical, especially considering many other universities have already transitioned to digital IDs. While UT does have a virtual ID option, it can’t be used to access buildings, buy food with meal plans or serve as a form of identification, rendering it useless. If you lose your physical ID, getting a new copy can be an inconvenient process and an unexpected expense. Students need functional digital IDs as an option for convenient access and use as well as peace of mind. “I’ve never really lost my phone, but I’ve had to replace my ID five times,” sophomore business honors Kirsten Wunrow said. “It’s inconvenient if I lose it because I can easily find my phone with an app. It’s not that I don’t want to carry around an ID, it’s that I misplace it so often.” Implementing digital IDs has been, and continues to be, a topic of conversation among students. Earlier this year, Abhirupa Dasgupta, columnist and neuroscience sophomore, argued that work on digital

ID technology could be outsourced to students to create a digital ID specific to UT. However, using existing technology would allow the University to provide students with digital IDs more quickly. Many universities, including the University of Oklahoma, have partnered with Apple to bring contactless IDs to campuses nationwide. Students can use their IDs from their Apple Watches and iPhones to access buildings and dining halls without fear of misplacing a wasteful piece of plastic.

While UT does have a virtual ID option, it can’t be used to access buildings or serve as a form of identification, rendering it useless.” Like putting your debit card on Apple Wallet, digital IDs would save time and improve security — physical IDs are more easily stolen than a digital copy. The University is in the process of “a multiphase software upgrade project for the campus security system,” said Melissa Loe, director of communications of Financial and Administrative Services at UT.

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The Electronic Physical Security System project started in September to replace the older system and its associated hardware. The project is anticipated to take two years, said Michael Martell, interim director of Data Centers & Electronic Physical Security Systems at UT. “The current system is aged and does not support the capability for a mobile credential on your phone,” Martell said. According to Martell, the project would potentially “support the use of a mobile ID down the road.” As the University currently works on replacing the older campus security system, it’s the perfect time for UT to consider digital IDs as a convenient option for students. However, digital IDs should serve only as an option, not the only means of identification. It can exclude students that do not have Apple devices, and students may still need a physical copy if technology systems go down. “I don’t want it to just be on the phone because my phone dies too often, but I think it would be a good backup option,” Wunrow said. With the new technological potential for digital IDs, recent student action and the fact that other universities, namely the University of Oklahoma, already have mobile identification technology, it is the prime time for the University to make the shift. Dang is a sustainability studies and business honors freshman from Kerrville, Texas.

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You can’t put introverts into a box. Not all of us are anxious, awkward or timid. But we all share one common grievance — the group interview. A large undergraduate population and equally large applicant pools for student organizations go hand in hand, and some organizations receive hundreds of applications. Group interviews make sense for scheduling purposes, but they limit a panel’s ability to assess all applicants equally and justly. UT student organizations should stick to individual interviews instead of mandating group ones, so they can understand all of their interviewees — introverts and extroverts alike. Sometimes you can identify an introvert and other times you can’t. In the first case, as it relates to a group interview, the introvert will be the quietest person at the table. While the extroverted applicants in the group are displaying their skills and social prowess, the introvert may sink into a corner and feel too awkward to get a word in. In this situation, the recruiters don’t get a chance to recognize the insight and value the introverted applicant has to offer. The second case may present itself like this: The introverted applicant will be acting exactly like their extroverted counterparts, but to reach this level of assertiveness, the introvert is putting on a show. The recruiter doesn’t get an accurate read of this applicant, as they are forced to act differently because of their surroundings.

Group interviews make sense for scheduling purposes, but they limit a panel’s ability to assess all applicants equally and justly.”

Either way, we’re shortchanged. Biology sophomore Caroline Chessher relates to this experience. She felt frustrated after participating in a group interview for a spirit group. “I definitely had answers to the questions the interviewers asked, and I was proud of them,” Chessher said. “I just didn’t get an opportunity to share many of my thoughts because I was intimidated by the super outgoing and charismatic girls I was with, and I found it difficult to ease into the group discussion right off the bat.” Chessher did not get into the spirit group she applied to. “I definitely think it’s because I wasn’t assertive enough in the group interview,” Chessher said. Public health junior Preethi Kannan sees benefits to the group interview. She is a Peer-led Undergraduate Studying program coordinator, and she plays a large role in selecting student program facilitators out of each incoming class of members. “Group interviews are important because we need to see how well students can collaborate and express their ideas to other people,” Kannan said. “I think this is still inclusive of introverted applicants because we are also looking for facilitators who are really good listeners and can contribute to the conversation based on things they observed.” Listeners identify themselves when they speak up and contribute something based on their observations during the interview. While some student organizations may look out for listeners, they still don’t address the fact that their contribution has to be made in front of everyone, which can be an insurmountable roadblock for many introverts. If an organization is specifically looking for extroverts, then by all means be transparent about it and keep the group interview. But organizations that claim to value a diverse class of applicants should remove it from the selection process. Chessher and I are both introverts. While our shared identity manifests in different ways, we both relate to the fact that there is something uncomfortable and inauthentic about performing in a group setting. Introverts are complex, insightful and valuable to your team. Please give us a chance to demonstrate that without the pressure of a group interview. Dronamraju is a public health sophomore from Dallas. 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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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019

FILM

Director prioritizes diversity

Local director Meghan Ross advocates for inclusivity, incorporates comedy, grief in film ‘An Uncomfortable Woman.’ By Amarachi Ngwakwe @angwakwe

rom being talked over to being taken less seriously in the workplace, the everyday experiences as a woman are frequently frustrating and serve as the focal point in “An Uncomfortable Woman,” Austin-based director, writer and producer Meghan Ross’ debut film. The dark comedy short film follows Dylan, a young African American woman in her early 30s, through day-to-day life as she navigates different levels of grief and trauma after an untimely breakup and the death of her mother. After noticing a pattern in the way Lifetime movies portray women’s pain as a form of entertainment, Ross and her co-writer Sam Stepp decided instead to use dark comedy. They combined elements of drama and comedy to parody the tragic everyday moments women experience. “(In the movie) we have a lot of buildup and tensions throughout certain scenes,” Ross said. “You think something bad and really messed up is about to turn the corner, and then what turns the corner is a joke (or) a humorous moment that cuts out the tension.” Ross adds another twist to the film by reversing the traditional Hollywood trope of a white lead to a woman of color at the center of the film while a white woman plays her best friend. “(Growing up), I kept watching films

and TV shows where there is a white lead character that is the main subject, and the sidekick is a person of color who is just there to advance (their) storyline,” Ross said. “And it makes you feel like, ‘Oh, my voice isn’t as important, or my story isn’t as important.’” Radio-television-film freshman Divine Nwokoye said to get new, diverse stories in Hollywood, directors need to bring people on board who have experience with the type of stories they are trying to tell. “How are we going to have stories about these certain people if we’re not allowing these people to come forward and give it on their own,” Nwokoye said. Ross said “An Uncomfortable Woman” intends to showcase interesting female characters, but the story follows a woman of color because she wants to see a shift in representation in the media industry. To accomplish this, Ross added an inclusion rider to the production to assist in hiring the cast and crew. Inclusion riders ensure that production staff and roles are diversely casted. They are conditions in contacts that stipulate that a film must fulfill these criteria. Radio-television-film junior Namrata Prakash held a casting call for her short film “In Bloom” and said it can be challenging to assemble a diverse cast and crew without access to an inclusion rider. Prakash had to personally reach out to people to audition for her film to develop her own diverse ensemble. “Whenever you open up casting and crew calls, (if) you don’t specify ethnicity, you mostly get white people applying because demographics of Austin are that way,” Prakash said. Despite the additional effort to cast diverse teams and crews, Ross said it is important for people in marginalized groups to see themselves on screen. “It’s important to have people writing their stories because this industry has been dominated by one group for so long, and that’s why we only saw certain stories for so long,” Ross said. “Stories from different perspectives, gender identities and ethnic backgrounds are important so people know they have value.”

eddie gaspar

/ the daily texan staff

Meghan Ross wrote, produced and directed “An Uncomfortable Woman,” a women-led production with an all women and people of color crew.

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Jean Poyer, Saint Martha Taming the Tarasque (detail), from Hours of Henry VIII, c.1500. Photography by Graham S. Haber. By James Robertson @jamespqrop

Dane Redman believes there is one thing that ties nearly every culture together — the presence of the dragon. Redman, an advertising senior who studied anthropology, said human’s fear of snakes points to the existence of a collective imagination that transcends race, nationality and creed in the collective symbol of the dragon. The Morgan Library and Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts depicting the monstrous, both known and unknown, are just some of the works students can expect to see at “Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders,” a new exhibit on display at the ‘Blanton Museum of Art beginning Oct. 27. “What we consider monstrous and what has been considered monstrous in the past certainly have consequences in our world today,” said Holly Borham, assistant curator of prints and drawings. Monsters in the medieval world served a variety of

purposes. Sea monsters warned away sailors from valuable fishing areas, dragons symbolized the strength of states and sirens demonized female sexuality. Artists of the time also sought to dehumanize other populations, depicting Jews and Muslims as monstrous. Louis Waldman, associate professor of art history, said monsters in art represent the tensions or happenings of the period in which they were created. “One of the arguments of this (exhibit) is that monsters are not just these things that exist out in the abstract to scare you,” Waldman said. “They have meaning, they symbolize power, (and) they exist in religious context right alongside sacred images.” Most of the works in the collection appear in illuminated manuscripts, books that recorded religious texts and prayers with hand-painted illustrations and decorations. Commissioned by nobility, these manuscripts displayed the wealth of its patron with gold and silver gilding. With the exhibition, Borham

will also showcase the pigments and tools that were used to create the manuscripts. While workshops used local materials such as sheep skins for parchment, they also imported pigments from around the known world. “The lapis lazuli stone, which when you grind it is called ultra marine, comes from Afghanistan,” Borham said. “These manuscripts are very global and without global trade, they wouldn’t look the way they do.” Another kind of manuscript, called bestiaries, acted as natural encyclopedias that depicted real animals and imaginary beasts side by side. For the average medieval person, the unicorn and the elephant both existed in the realm of possibilities of animals beyond Europe. “Each one of these animals (in the bestiary) had a divine lesson from God that was teaching you about an attribute of his,” Borham said. “Like the story that lion cubs are born dead and their parents lick them and blow breath on them and after three days they come to life. That is an allegory of Christ, so that’s a mixture of

truth and fiction and a religious idea all in one.” The tension between human and monster, imagination and science, sacred and hellish that existed throughout history are evident in each piece of the exhibit. The monster draws upon societal fears of the natural world, of divine justice and illustrates people’s fear of one another. “People are always among the most frightening monsters,” Waldman said. “In the minds of any society, we often project our fear of other people onto these fictive imaginary shapes and embody our fear of people.”

(Monsters) have meaning, they symbolize power, (and) they exist in religious context right alongside sacred images.” LOUIS WALDMAN art history associate professor

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BASKETBALL

Pay to Play to reshape NCAA

California’s Fair Pay to Play Act will allow athletes to profit off of their name, image, likeness. By Wills Layton @willsdebeast

n Sept. 30, California Gov. Gavin N e w s o m signed Senate Bill 206, otherwise known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, into the law. This law is in direct opposition to NCAA bylaws, which prohibit college athletes from profiting off of their name and likeness. For years, the debate over student-athlete compensation has been a thorn in the side of the NCAA. Players have directly contributed billions of dollars in revenue for universities, television companies and various advertisers who place ads in stadiums and on uniforms. SB 206 is the first bill to promise players a seat at the table. “It was just a matter of time before that was coming,” Texas basketball head coach Shaka Smart said. “The challenge we have right now is that any sport in college operates under an amateur model that was developed many generations ago that might

joshua guenther

/ the daily texan file

Fans rise to their feet for player introductions before a Texas basketball game. Texas center Jaxson Hayes was drafted eighth in 2019, the third straight year a freshman Texas player has been drafted in the first round. not necessarily make the most sense for today. The NCAA and the powers that be have really tried to hold onto that model because it works for certain people.” One popular argument against the Fair Pay to Play Act is the amount of standing benefits players receive, claiming that full scholarships and stipends are enough to satisfy player needs. But some say this does not fairly compensate a player for their time and energy expended on a daily basis or for the ridiculous sums of money universities and others make off of their performance.

“I think people get confused,” freshman g uard Donovan Williams said. “The first thing people will say is that athletes don’t need it because they get a free education (and) this and that. I don’t think they understand the rigor that student-athletes go through. Having to wake up early, having the responsibility of going to practice and school is an everyday process. It’s a lot of hard work both physically and mentally.” Another argument against the newly-passed law is the recruiting implications that schools could face. Schools with larger pools

of resources would be at an advantage over smaller schools in smaller markets. With the recruiting rules already strictly enforced, the extra complications from paying players could cause major headaches. “How that relates to recruiting is going to be fascinating,” Smart said. “We have very strict recruiting rules, so if I ran into a recruit at the mall, I’m not even allowed to talk to him. Once you introduce this likeness stuff it’s going to be interesting to see what happens.” Between lucrative TV deals, advertisements and ticket sales, the NCAA

annually clears nearly $1 billion from the March Madness tournament. “TV companies pay billions of dollars and billions of people watch us,” Williams said. “People are allowed to make sporting bets on college games. People can profit off of our team and how we play but we can’t profit off of ourselves? It’s a lot of different angles and they all have value, but it’s a very hard topic to handle.” There are concerns that change should not be made by individual states and should instead occur at the national level due to the confusion that could

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VOLLEYBALL

Longhorns avoid meltdown, but defense proves cause for concern

Longhorns set sights on top-ranked Baylor By Clark Dalton @Clarktdalton1T

anthony mireles

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Texas head coach Tom Herman addressed the media Monday to discuss Texas’ buzzer-beating 50-48 victory over Kansas and secondary struggles. By Donnavan Smoot @Dsmoot3D

Texas avoided catastrophe Saturday, escaping with a 5048 win in one of its worst defensive performances of the season. The Longhorns left relieved, but acutely aware of the issues they need to fix — specifically on defense. “I would say (defense is) everything,” head coach Tom Herman said. “I mean … if it were that easy, it would be fixed tomorrow, but it’s not.” While a win is a win, a narrow buzzer-beating field goal against Kansas, which began the night as a 21-point underdog, is a bright and flashing warning sign. Herman acknowledged the disgruntled Texas fans who expressed concerns after the nail-biting victory. “(They) should be (upset). We have standards at the University of Texas that we need to play up to, and we didn’t on that side of the ball,” Herman said. “Are we happy to win the game? Absolutely … They don’t count them any different, but we expect to play much, much better, especially defensively.” To call this season rough for the Longhorn defense is an understatement. Texas stands in

eighth place out of the 10 Big 12 teams in scoring defense and last in pass defense, allowing at least 30 points to each Power Five opponent it has faced through seven games. The safety position, much like the running back position earlier in the year, has been decimated with injuries. Senior safety Brandon Jones went

I would say (defense is) everything. I mean … if it were that easy, it would be fixed tomorrow, but it’s not.” TOM HERMAN

football head coach

down for the last seven minutes leaving Texas with inexperienced backups in its defensive backfield, although Jones is expected to be available for TCU. But injuries are no excuse for the fifteenth-ranked Longhorns, who still have five regular season games on their schedule. And with the Big 12 schedule

be caused by a patchwork of state laws. Several Power Five conference commissioners have spoken out against SB 206, including Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “The schools in our conference and those throughout the United States seek national recruiting and a national competitive environment that can only be accomplished with fair and uniform rules and policies,” Bowlsby said in a released statement. “The passage of SB 206 will negatively impact the universities in California and will undermine the unique American collegiate model that has been an enormous source of opportunity for millions of young student-athletes.” On the opposite side, there has been plenty of vocal support from basketball legends such as Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and LeBron James to politicians such as Senators Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy. The times are changing in NCAA, and some believe that pushing the envelope is the right way forward. “We need to stay current with what’s happening,” Krzyzewski said during Atlantic Coast Conference Media Day on Oct. 8. “I’m glad it was passed because it pushes the envelope, it pushes the issue. We’ve had our heads in the sand a lot for college. We’re not good game planners for the future. We’re reactionary.”

proving itself to be consistently challenging, Herman doesn’t believe time is on their side when it comes to preparing a largely inexperienced defense. “Our job is to defeat human nature every day as coaches,” Herman said. “And human nature, if you’re a young player on defense, is to say, ‘Well, I’m young and I’m just trying to figure this out Coach.’” Sophomore defensive back Caden Sterns still isn’t close to making a return to the field. Senior safety Chris Brown is in the same boat, which leaves sophomore safety DeMarvion Overshown and captain Brandon Jones as the starters. However, both Overshown and Jones were limited in practice due to injuries. Both are expected to play, but it leaves another question for Texas to answer in Fort Worth. As Texas moves on to TCU, it has to find a way to have the defense be one of the reasons for success rather than succeed in spite of it. “I think we’re confident. I think you always worry that if you don’t evolve, the teams are going to catch up, so to speak,” Herman said. “So I don’t think pressing the reset button is necessarily always the answer.”

When Texas volleyball head coach Jerritt Elliott took the podium on Monday, he spoke with a particular vigor — and for good reason. The Longhorns have had five consecutive wins in straight sets and are turning their sights on their impending clash against No. 1 Baylor. “We’re excited to be back home,” Elliott said. “We’re looking forward to a really good matchup. We have a ton of respect for what Baylor head coach Ryan McGuyre has done over there. Obviously they have been pretty special.” Texas and Baylor currently sit atop the Big 12 as the last teams undefeated in conference play. The Longhorns high-powered offense has averaged 14.3 kills per set, while the Bears have won 14 of their 16 matches in straight sets. Even though Baylor has been dominant in 2019, they have struggled historically against Texas at home, losing 43 consecutive matches in Gregory Gymnasium. “I don’t think any team is unbeatable,” Elliott said. “We have the pieces to put up a good fight, and we’re excited to have that opportunity.”

We have the pieces to put up a good fight, and we’re excited to have that opportunity.” JERRITT ELLIOTT volleyball head coach

The matchup also marks an opportunity for both teams to broadcast their talents in the Big 12, due to it being a nationally highlighted matchup. “Sometimes our conference doesn’t get as much respect early on,” Elliott said. “To me it’s great. This is what our conference needs. It’s resume building for our ultimate goals.” Winning on a national stage and potentially solidifying a resume for the NCAA tournament adds a great deal of motivation for both teams. Texas is looking to tap into the emotion as a boost. “I think they will be fired up,” Elliott said. “I think they’re ready for this emotional excitement, that release of energy and to play as one.” This won’t be an easy task against Baylor’s talent, boasting multiple players who have been awarded with Big 12 Player of the Week. However, the Longhorns also have multiple players who boast the same accomplishment, specifically Skylar Fields. “You can see the improvement rate from her,” Elliott said. “We’ve been working with her on picking the right spots with her eyes. It is hard to learn, but I like what I’m seeing.” Texas has also started to add more emphasis on their defense, which is starting to trend upward. The Longhorns recorded 38 digs in their last match against West Virginia. “We’ve had a big focal point on our defense.” Elliott said. “We have obviously been getting a rhythm offensively, but we’ve been shifting to the defensive side, and we put some stretches together.”

joshua guenther

/ the daily texan file

Texas freshman Skylar Fields’ (5) performance on the season has garnered generous compliments from head coach Jerritt Elliott. Texas plays No. 1 Baylor this week.

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