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Monday, October 28, 2019
Volume 121, Issue 54
NEWS
OPINION
SPORTS
Texas has been riddled with defensive issues. Against TCU, it was same song different verse.
Kanye’s Jesus is King is both self-serving and spiritual in approach.
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Culture Shock talent show brings African American student community together.
UT must provide more resources for genderqueer students and inclusive training for staff.
LIFE&ARTS
UNIVERSITY
FOOTBALL
longhorn letdown
Students protest professors guilty of misconduct By Lauren Grobe @grobe_lauren
eddie gaspar
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Junior wide reciever Jordan Pouncey and senior center Zach Shackelford exit Amon G. Carter Stadium after their loss to Texas Christian University. The former No. 15 team in the country has dropped out of the polls after the 37-27 loss.
After a 37-27 loss to TCU, Texas finds itself unranked in the AP Poll — a long shot from the Big 12 title. By Daniela Perez @danielap3rez
n the sea of purple on Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium, a TCU fan sported a white Longhorns jersey that was mangled with cuts on its shoulders and stomach. The
front of the shirt was covered in spray paint that had the appearance of purple blood. In a way, that jersey represented the Longhorns and their hopes for a Big 12 title after a 37-27 loss to the unranked Horned Frogs: mangled and battered. TCU quarterback Max Duggan had the best performance of his young career, but the Horned Frogs were also aided by the Longhorns’ severe offensive and defensive mistakes. “Obviously really disappointed in the red zone execution on offense,” head coach Tom Herman said. “Their quarterback, had a great game, made a lot of plays. The game went a bit differently than we had thought on that side of the ball.” Texas took an early lead after a field goal from kicker
Cameron Dicker during their first drive. Though they got on the board, Texas had four downs in the red zone, but they failed to get into the end zone. This trend followed Texas into the second quarter as the Longhorns failed to capitalize on a massive opportunity. With Texas and TCU knotted at 10-10, the Horned Frogs fumbled a kickoff return, which the Longhorns fell on just 26 yards away from the end zone. Texas could have stretched its lead to 17-10, but instead, Dicker lined up for another field goal — wide left. “We’ve been so good at scoring touchdowns in the red zone for three years here and credit to their defense,” Herman said. “Again, they didn’t do anything cosmic, and we’ve got to really analyze where we could have
gotten better down there in the red zone to punch the ball into the end zone.” However, even those extra points could not have tamed Ehlinger’s performance in the second half. Ehlinger finished with a 45.8% pass completion rate and a career high four interceptions. Three of his four interceptions resulted in 13 points for TCU with his fourth and final pick coming with one minute remaining, which all but ended the game. Senior center Zach Shackelford doesn’t blame Ehlinger for the interceptions, though, spreading the blame across the entire offense. “It’s not all him … He puts the F O O T B A L L PAGE 2
Chants of “Actions, not words” and “No excuses for abusers” echoed through the halls of the Tower during a sit-in outside the provost’s office Friday. Dozens of students at the Sit in for Student Safety protested English associate professor Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, integrative biology and philosophy professor, staying on the University’s spring course schedule after they were found guilty of misconduct by UT. Students lined up outside University Provost Maurie McInnis’ office door for six hours and held signs which read, “UT Austin promotes sexual violence” and “UT protects abusers.” A University investigation found Hutchinson violated the University’s sexual misconduct policy in 2018 for making sexual comments to students and failing to disclose a relationship with a graduate student. Sarkar was suspended for one semester in 2017 after a University investigation found he violated UT’s Title IX policies by making inappropriate comments to students , according to the Austin American-Statesman. Protest organizer Alyssa Ashcraft said students organized the sit-in to show the provost’s office how many students are concerned about faculty continuing to teach after being found guilty of misconduct by the University. “This is not something P R O T E S T PAGE 3
STATE
UNIVERSITY
Over half of Texas incoming freshmen not found college-ready
UT ranked No. 34 university in the world by U.S. News & World Report
By Areeba Amer @areeba_amer
Only 58% of first-time Texas college students were considered college-ready in fall 2018, according to a report presented at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board meeting Thursday. According to the report, 85% of students entering universities and 37% of students entering two-year colleges were considered college-ready. To be considered college-ready, students must reach minimum scores on their SAT, ACT, AP tests and other college level equivalents, said Suzanne Morales-Vale, the board’s director of developmental and adult education. If students do not meet the minimum scores, Morales-Vale said they must take the Texas Success Initiative Assessment, which tests reading, writing and math skills. She said students who score too low in a subject area within the assessment may have to take an extra year or more of developmental courses in that subject before enrolling in a college-level class. Board commissioner Harrison Keller said developmental education makes students pay for courses that may not advance their degree progress. “You may have to take and pay for and take out debt for essentially high school courses before you are even able to earn credit (toward your degree) at all,” Keller said. Morales-Vale said fouryear universities typically have
a larger percentage of students who are college-ready because they have stricter admissions standards. Morales-Vale said to improve college readiness, Texas institutions should implement co-requisite courses, which combine developmental education with the corresponding college-level class. For example, she said college-level math class may require a student to stay an additional hour to ask questions about the material and receive help. “After taking the developmental education courses semesters ago, now you’re in the college-level course,” Morales-Vale said. “Do you actually remember the material from previous courses? Those connections prevent students from getting behind.” Keller said while the co-requisite courses may be more expensive for the state to implement, it will be more costeffective for students. “It dramatically increases the amount the student is able to progress in their program,” Keller said. The 85th Texas Legislature passed a law requiring at least 25% of institutions to use co-requisite courses during developmental education by fall of 2018, and Morales-Vale said 75% of institutions should meet the benchmark by Fall 2020. She said in Fall 2018, institutions who met the benchmark had 26% more students considered college-ready than institutions who R E A D I N E S S PAGE 3
By Emma Gueorguieva @emmagueorguieva
U.S. News & World Report ranked UT as the No. 34 university in the world on its Best Global Universities list last week. The report considers 1,500 universities from over 81 countries and uses 13 indicators to measure regional and global research, publications and research collaboration, according to the website. UT was the only Texas university ranked in the top 100, according to the report released Oct. 22. The University also received top-50 rankings in 12 academic areas in the report, such as computer science, mathematics and electrical engineering. “This is very consistent with other global rankings we’ve seen ... so it’s not a surprise in any way,” University spokesperson J.B. Bird said. “(The ranking) really reflects the University’s stature as a research powerhouse.” Unlike the report released last week, a U.S. News & World Report released last month only evaluated undergraduate programs and ranked UT as the No. 48 university nationwide and the No. 14 public university in the country. Bird said the previous ranking did not reflect the strength of all of the University’s programs and schools. “I think the global
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ranking is reflecting the things that are really unique about UT: The strength in our research and professional schools,” Bird said.
Two other Texas universities were also ranked in the report, including No. 108 Rice University and No. 134 Texas A&M. Bird
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