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Volume 121, Issue 57 LIFE&ARTS

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Students ‘Break the Silence’ by sharing stories of interpersonal violence.

UT should allow students to add their pronouns to the online directory.

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Pi Kappa Phi shuts down

UT responds to sit-in, concerns about faculty misconduct

After hazing new members to eat soup laced with cat food and milk mixed with laundry detergent, the Pi Kappa Phi chapter at UT is being suspended with chance for appeal. port June 12 from Student Emergency Services about a group chat where Pi Kappa Phi’s new member educator and other student leaders discussed hazing fall 2018 pledges, according to the disposition, which was obtained by The Daily Texan through a public information request. “We are working with the University of Texas at Austin with the reports on the chapter,” said Victor Tran, the assistant executive director of communication for the Pi Kappa Phi national organization. “As the investigation is ongoing, we are not able to comment further.” Members reported hazing activities such as active members forcing pledges to wear black bags on their heads and listen to “disturbing music” while driving them around campus for up to two hours as part of an induction process, according to the disposition. Pi Kappa Phi did not return a request for comment before publication. According to the disposition, new members were also placed in a room in

By Emily Hernandez @emilylhernandez

T’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity chapter hazed pledges by forcing them to eat soup laced with ghost pepper and cat food, according to a recent University investigation. The Office of the Dean of Students recommended a four-year suspension and a subsequent two-year probation last week for UT’s Pi Kappa Phi chapter for hazing violations. The fraternity still has the option to appeal the Dean of Students’ recommendations. Fraternity members admitted to hazing during the fall 2018 and spring 2019 new member induction processes, including forcing pledges to stand in ice while being interrogated by active members, according to a Student Conduct and Academic Integrity administrative disposition. Student Conduct received a re-

the fraternity house called the “Hazement,” a “small closet-type room void of light,” to do 30-minute wall sits and planks and complete a 500-piece puzzle while listening to loud electronic dance music under strobe lights. Pledges also participated in “Hell Week,” during which pledges had to run relay races between the fraternity’s house and an apartment building while chugging milk laced with substances, including laundry detergent and vinaigrette, according to the disposition. Other hazing activities included active members requiring pledges to run laps around the house, carry tobacco products and a green pen in University Coop bags and clean the fraternity house, according to the disposition. According to the disposition, the University’s Pi Kappa Phi chapter has been suspended for hazing violations twice in the past eight years. In 2011, the chapter entered a two-year mutual resolution agreement with the University after it was found to have subjected pledges to

forced physical activity, forced consumption of alcohol and servitude, according to the disposition. The chapter also served a year of probation in September 2016 after Student Conduct found members subjected pledges to forced physical activity. “Through the terms and conditions of the Mutual Resolution Agreement, the university provided the Pi Kappa Phi with the opportunity to create long-lasting change and prove that its inclusion as part of the Longhorn community could bring value to the campus,” the disposition reads. “Pi Kappa Phi, however, failed to incorporate the Mutual Resolution Agreement’s best practices into its culture.” After the chapter serves its cancellation term, it can be reinstated as a registered student organization if it completes current sanctions, including presenting future pledges with its history of hazing behavior and disciplinary actions and requiring future pledges to complete a hazing prevention education program.

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By Lauren Grobe @grobe_lauren

The University responded to student concerns about classes taught by faculty found guilty of sexual misconduct in a statement released on their news website Wednesday. Maurie McInnis, executive vice president and provost, said the University will be hiring an outside expert to review the University’s Title IX policies. She also said UT will release reports on Title IX matters more than once a year starting in January 2020 in accordance with state law. “We hear your concerns that faculty members who pose a safety threat to students should be removed from teaching,” McInnis said in the statement. “The students have raised many other concerns. We agree UT can do better.” McInnis said faculty who pose a safety threat to students or who engage in certain violations will be fired in accordance with University policies, and the University’s actions are tailored to reflect the violation. “Not all violations rise to a level that would justify termination,” McInnis said. “These sexual misconduct policies include a wide range of behaviors including the use of inappropriate of offending language.” Students organized a seven-hour Sit in for Student Safety on Friday in response to English associate professor Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, integrative biology and philosophy professor, being listed on the spring 2020 course schedule after both were found guilty of misconduct by UT. A University investigation in 2018 found Hutchison violated UT’s sexual misconduct policy 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

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After a recent University investigation found allegations of hazing, UT’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity to be suspended with a chance to appeal. Pending the option, the Office of the Dean of Students is recommending a four-year suspension with a two-year probation period. UNIVERSITY

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Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations to build new lab

43-year-old Mediterranean cafe to close permanently before Thanksgiving

By Neha Madhira @nehamira14

To celebrate the five-year anniversary of naming the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, the school will add a student advertising and public relations workspace to the Belo Media Center’s fourth floor. Construction on the agency, called The Lab, will begin this summer and will be completed in January 2021, according to a press release. Every student who graduates with an advertising or public relations degree must complete a capstone project in The Lab within their field of study, according to the release. The Lab was funded by Stan Richards, who contributed to a $10 million fundraising campaign in 2014 that funds the school that now bears his name, according to an older press release. “It is a great pleasure for me to be a part of this,” Richards said. “Being around the kids who are the future — there is this excitement and this energy that you all generate that is not available in any other place, at any other time and at any other school.” Joanna Sciarrino, school of advertising and public relations director and chair, said Richards collaborated with her on The Lab starting in early 2018 to give

public relations and advertising students more experience. Students in The Lab will complete work for clients, Sciarrino said. Sciarrino said the student agency will have a collaborative working space with open seating and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Richards said The Lab will purposely reflect the look of the Richards Group’s office, a

Being around the kids who are the future — there is this excitement and this energy that you all generate that is not available in any other place, at any other time and at any other school.” STAN RICHARDS

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A Mediterranean cafe just north of campus will close its doors after 43 years. Miltos Mediterranean Cafe, located at 29th and Guadalupe streets, serves pizza, Italian food and Greek food. Co-owner Edie George announced on Instagram last Wednesday the restaurant will close before Thanksgiving due to a downturn in customers. “We have had some very dedicated regular customers,” George said. “Making regulars out of customers, making them feel welcome, that’s always been an important part of the restaurant ... but we haven’t been able to maintain business the same way we used to.” George said the restaurant, owned by her family since 1977, always tried to stay connected to the area it served. She said the restaurant not only hosted live performances from local artists, but the restaurant also catered campus events. “The students have been the most enthusiastic group of people we’ve served,” George said. “People come back years later and bring their own kids here. We become a family tradition to them like the food here is for us.”

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Miltos, a popular Italian and Greek restaurant in North Austin, will be shutting down in November after 43 years of serving the Austin community. Along with pizza, Miltos also offers a full menu of Greek and Italian entrées and appetizers, according to the menu. Lecturer Bella Jordan said she teaches a European culture course and said serving the two cuisines helps students understand the relationship between Greek and Italian culture. “When most people think of Mediterranean food, they might have a vague idea about a pasta dish or meats, like lamb,”

Jordan said. “Greek food and Italian food are linked because of the cultures’ connections to the Roman Empire in history, but they are two different cuisines with their own elements of taste.” Radio-television-film junior Austin Rader said he has eaten at the cafe multiple times after someone first recommended it to him. “You can’t top a good pizza, and they definitely have good

pizza,” Rader said. “This was one of the places I went to with some people I met when I first came here, and even though those people have graduated and gone away, I was still able to go back and take younger students I made friends with there.” Rader said he felt disappointed that the restaurant will be closing, and he thinks whatever business ends up in C A F E PAGE 2

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Podcaster Kristen Meinzer speaks at National Young Women’s Day of Action Luncheon By Saachi Subramaniam @saachsub

Students and faculty ate lunch, spoke with peers and listened to a talk on representation for women of color in media Wednesday at the National Young Women’s Day of Action Luncheon. Nearly 50 students attended the talk at the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center in the North Ballroom. The keynote lecture and Q&A was presented by the Gender and Sexuality Center and the Center for Asian American Studies. Kristen Meinzer, podcast host and producer, spoke about issues she faced in her childhood and in the workplace during her keynote, ranging from being a Korean adoptee, to hate she received due to gender disparities in media. “Over the years, the opinions (of others) really bummed me out, and the fact is, they still do sometimes,” Meinzer said. “I’ve gotten better at knowing what criticism to take seriously and what criticism to ignore.” Meinzer said it is important to know that “your voice is a gift.” She said there is a the difference between constructive criticism for women in media, such as improving on scheduling and editing, and targeted criticism that leads to people complaining about her being a woman. Meinzer also said listeners have complained about her regional accent, her laughter and her tone of voice during podcasts.

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Kristen Meinzer, podcast host and producer, left, talks with alumna Melina Wikoff during the National Young Women’s Day of Action Luncheon Oct. 30, 2019. “I do all I can to elevate diverse voices like mentoring women, nonbinary people, people of color and booking diverse guests to appear on all of my shows,” Meinzer said. “This is something that a lot of content makers forget to do, and we can choose to have more diverse voices all of the time.” Silk Club, one of the main sponsors of the keynote, advocates for

Asian and Asian American identity for women, according to their Facebook page. “The only representation I had as a kid was Mulan,” said Sandra Tsang, Silk Club managing director and advertising sophomore. “In a predominantly white campus, it is important to have speakers here like Kristen Meinzer to empower and highlight marginalized communities.”

Liz Elsen, director of the Gender and Sexuality Center, said the center hosted the event to bring organizations together and give people the chance to meet each other. “UT is a huge campus and can feel a little isolating,” Elsen said. “We host events like this where students can come and work with different student organizations so (students) can find a connection.”

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Sexual assault survivors speak out, provide support By Anna Canizales @annaleonorc

Over a dozen students shared art and spoke about their experiences with interpersonal violence to heal and connect with others in a safe environment Wednesday night. Breaking the Silence, an annual event hosted by the student organization Voices Against Violence in Gregory Gymnasium, began with a resource fair and keynote speaker before opening the floor for students to share stories about interpersonal violence. Students and guests also shared poetry and songs relating to their experiences. Voices against Violence highlights the importance of mental health services on campus and provides resources for students who may be struggling, according to the Counseling and Mental Health Center website. The event, held during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, aimed to build a sense of community for people impacted by interpersonal violence on campus and provide an opportunity for allies to participate and show their support,

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policies by making inappropriate comments to students, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The protest organizers said they asked the University for a campuswide message about Hutchison and Sarkar and the removal of both professors from the course schedule. McInnis did not mention any specific faculty by name in her statement, and said the University does not publish names based on privacy concerns. “Our current policies have been based on federal and state privacy concerns and are broadly used in higher education,” McInnis said. “That doesn’t mean this is what we should do moving forward.” During the sit-in, Alyssa Ashcraft, protest organizer and government and humanities senior, said the University said

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said Sharon Hoefer, Voices Against Violence prevention specialist. “We always have clinicians from the Counseling and Mental Health Center (at the event) in case folks want to talk confidentially to someone, because we know that it can be a difficult and

heavy subject matter,” Hoefer said. Wlehdae Moore, an employee of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, spoke at the event about different forms of abuse, on-campus resources available to students and the disproportional amount of interpersonal

they would be sending out a campuswide communication regarding the sit-in by Monday. On Monday, University spokesperson Shilpa Bakre said in an email to The Daily Texan that the University would be releasing their statement through an editorial in the Texan, but Spencer Buckner, the Texan’s editor-in-chief, declined to run the full statement until a campuswide email was sent to the student body. The statement was sent to Buckner on Wednesday shortly before it was published on UT’s news website. Protest organizer Angela Kang said she was disappointed with the University’s response. “The letter is too little, too late,” biology senior Kang said. “They only found a smaller outlet to publish the letter, which demonstrably goes against their claim of dedication to transparency.”

After the student sit-in demonstration this past Friday, UT has responded to concerns about faculty misconduct with a letter on their news website.

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Richards lectured during her freshman advertising class. “He’s really talented, so the fact that he took time out of his schedule for us meant a lot to us,” Macnoll said. “I’m from Dallas, The Richards Group is in Dallas, and I’m excited because I feel like (the announcement) is really going to change the trajectory of everyone’s education in Belo for the better.” Sciarrino said while other schools have student agencies, none have made it part of their required curriculum. “This agency will have the opportunity to give students that experience of what is a creative agency,”

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AbsolUTe Pitch performs at the annual Voices Against Violence event, Breaking the Silence - Survivor Speak-Out, at Gregory Gym on Oct. 30, 2019.

abuse experienced by racial and ethnic minorities. Math senior Jai Nekkileru said he attended the event because he is on the board of executives for Not On My Campus, a sexual assault prevention student organization. “My friends who have participated said the biggest part of the healing process is being able to confront that history they have with issues like this,” Nekkileru said. “They all describe it as a very cathartic experience.” The event also featured an art installation called Visual Voices — an interactive project where students and volunteers could fold lotuses out of paper to symbolize healing. “A lot of people are afraid to talk about things that happened to them,” said biology freshman Grace Bynum, who volunteered at the event. “Once they get here and realize other people also have similar experiences, they’re less afraid.” Throughout Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Voices Against Violence also hosted other events, including an open house where students can meet peer supporters and a “Rally for Healthy Relationships” on West Mall, according to the Facebook page.

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Joanna Sciarrino, school of advertising and public relations director and chair, left, hugs Stan Richards after announcing the construction of a new workspace at the Belo Media Center’s fourth floor on Oct. 30, 2019. Sciarrino said. “We are a number one school, and we have to keep evolving. We have to keep doing things that make our students

be more competitive and better in the market than any other advertising and public relations school in the country.”

its place should be something useful for students. “I’d want either a new restaurant or maybe a little grocery store,” Rader said. “If there’s going to be something else going in there, I don’t want it to be something that looks nice but isn’t really worth it for me or my friends to go to.”

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George said she would not be opposed to starting a new business based on the emotional social media reaction to Miltos closing. George said she will announce the last day of business on social media, which will be difficult for her. “That’s been the hardest thing for me,” George said. “I almost don’t want to make the post when we’re ready, even though I know I have to. Once I do, it will just be too real.”

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Ransom Center obtains Essex witch hunts pamphlets By Carly Rose @carlyydrose

The Harry Ransom Center’s collection now includes an original document recounting the testimonies that lead to the execution of 100 women branded as witches in 17th century England. The pamphlet documents the start of the Essex witch hunts in 1645, where women were accused of witchcraft more than 40 years before the Salem Witch Trials. The pamphlet was designed to spark fear and outrage against the accused, said Aaron Pratt, the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts lecturer. “The history of persecution is something that is sadly timeless,” Pratt said. “This is a document that is thinking about how ... fears about people in a community can generate quite extreme behavior and can lead to death.” Pratt said the testimonies

included in the 44-page pamphlet describe the accusations against the so-called witches, including an 80-year old accused of engaging in a six-year intimate relationship with the devil. He said such “scandalous” claims were unlikely to have been believed by everyone, but they were enough to upend the community. “Once the witch hunt sort of gets off the ground in Essex, it seems to have this momentum, like it’s a ball of outrage and persecution rolling down the hill,” Pratt said. Pratt said Matthew Hopkins dubbed himself Witch-Finder General and led the persecution efforts with his assistant. He said Hopkins’ willingness to make up narratives and pressure people to confess gave him authority. Mechanical engineering senior Seth Husband said learning about the witch trials and men such as Hopkins is an important lesson. “I would say that (learning about the trials) can help prevent

this whole mob mentality (and) this piggybacking on an idea or cause without any sort of justifiable source,” Husband said. History professor Julie Hardwick said the pamphlet will be a great resource in her spring course Witches, Workers and Wives. The mass prosecution of the witch hunt is an important recurring historical phenomenon for students to understand, she said. “It really shows how there’s a kind of vulnerability in societies for this kind of prosecution to develop,” Hardwick said. “It’s really valuable for students to explore the phenomenon in itself … but also because of that vulnerability being embedded in all societies. That’s not something that just happens in some evil place far away.” The pamphlet is not yet cataloged, but interested students can contact Pratt to see it in the center’s Reading and Viewing Room.

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Students discuss immigration, biculturalism on panel

Dell Medical School dean elected to Academy of Medicine By Raul Rodriguez @RaulRod800

d jack myer / the daily texan staff g tIsio Oguni speaks to students about her experience as an international student at UT at ”the Diversity Dialogue event in the Multicultural Engagement Center on Oct. 30, 2019. s he does not let people define who he is, he does. By Cara Daeschner “Because I make my own identity, it doesn’t @CaraDaeschner really matter if I go to Korea or stay here,” Lee n said. “As long as I have my passion and my d When traveling between South Korea and the dream … that’s what matters.” f United States, Yoon Lee faced questions of his Biochemistry sophomore Isio Oguni said they identity from people living in both countries. moved from Nigeria to America on a student k “When I go to Korea, people say, ‘Oh, you’re visa, which they said can make students feel like a ” American now. You act very different,’” said Lee, financial investment. , a management information systems senior. “And “Once my degree ends, I either apply for an e then now (when I) come to the U.S. … people say extension, which STEM majors get 18 months e ‘Oh, you’re a Korean.” and non-STEM majors get three … (or) leave,” e The Diversity Dialogue: Voices of Immigration Oguni said. “My friend, who is an RTF major, event was hosted by Students for Equity and Dishe’s like, ‘All I can get is three months. Withe versity event and held last night in the William C. in three months, I either find a job or leave t Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center in the Multithe country.’” cultural Engagement Center, shed light on some Oguni said they struggled to define what home s of the complexities of the immigration system, was for them. y its misconceptions and the hardships that come “I never really feel like I am at home,” Oguni t with being an international student. An audience said. “I don’t know what home is … despite me of around 20 listened to the discussion as part being here for 4 or more years… It’s that othering of the first event in a new series called Diversity that … permeates in my day-to-day life.” Dialogue, a series focused on engaging students Physics junior Obinna Akahara said it is a with social justice issues happening around blessing to be a part of two cultures. campus, according to the event page. “Sure, you don’t necessarily belong to this one Lee spoke during a student panel on the di- culture or the other culture, but you get the opverse experiences of immigrant students at the portunity to see things from different perspecUniversity. Lee, who was born in South Korea, tives,” Akahara said. “It gives you a different moved to the U.S. when he was younger and said perspective on life.”

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After serving as the first dean for Dell Medical School, Clay Johnston has received one of the most prestigious honors in the medical field. Johnston was elected into the National Academy of Medicine Oct. 21, according to a press release. The National Academy of Medicine is a nonprofit organization that brings together academics who wish to improve the health of people around the world, said Karen DeSalvo, professor of internal medicine. The organization elects no more than 90 regular and 10 international professionals each year, according to the website. “The National Academy addresses a lot of really important questions in the field, (and) now, I have a real seat at the table to help think through the areas they work on but also to contribute to their reports,” Johnston said. “I was honored and humbled to be a part of the organization. It was a really nice recognition of a lot of hard work.” Johnston graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Medical School and received a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley, according to the Dell Medical School website. He said he was elected because of his research on stroke prevention methods and his work as dean. DeSalvo, who was elected as a member of the academy last year, said the organization chooses members who have been nominated by

Clay Johnston, after serving as Dell Medical’s first dean was elected into the National Academy of Medicine on Oct. 21.

their peers. “The process requires a review of (nominee’s) academic credentials and contributions to the field,” DeSalvo said. “Members vote on whether the individual meets the scientific and ethical and other standards that the academy holds. It’s a wonderful acknowledgment of not only your work, but that your work is recognized by your peers and colleagues.” Johnston said he will attend the induction ceremony next year. As a member, he said he will have responsibilities that include being

on specific panels, attending the academy’s annual meeting and continuing to be an upstanding person in the field. Nursing junior Brett Bean said Johnston’s election to the academy is an indicator of the expertise the University has in its medical program. “The fact that UT medicine has someone like (Johnston) … it shows a lot about where we are heading considering the med school got started in 2016,” Bean said. “It’s a good showing for where UT medicine is at.”

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UT becomes the 20th university to join Aspire Alliance, aims to increase inclusivity among STEM faculty By Mariane Gutierrez @marianegtrz

To recruit a more diverse STEM faculty, the University joined 19 other universities in a three-year effort to change current faculty recruitment practices. The initiative, called Aspire Alliance, was created by an advocacy organization called The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities that advocates for public universities in the United States, according to their website. As a new member of the alliance, the University has pledged to change its faculty recruitment process after evaluating current STEM faculty hiring practices and identifying issues, according to a press release. The alliance aims to bring more women, members of minority racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds into the STEM field, according to advocacy organization’s website. Tasha Beretvas, senior vice provost for faculty affairs, said the University will initially focus on improving diversity among STEM faculty. If the initiative proves successful, the University will expand onto other academic departments, Beretvas said. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to network with our peer institutions,” Beretvas said. “While the focus is on our STEM teaching and learning practices, we plan that all our faculty and students will

benefit from this critical initiative.” The University will create a team that will perform an in-depth assessment of faculty recruitment, hiring processes and professional development to see what areas need work, said Travis York, assistant vice president of academic and student affairs for the association. “That allows us to then look for opportunities so that (universities) can hire, recruit and retain a more diverse faculty,” York said. According to the press release, a 2019 analysis conducted by the National Science Foundation revealed underrepresented minority faculty make up 9% of professors in STEM fields at most four-year universities. “(STEM) is an area of the institution where we see the most underrepresentation amongst faculty,” York said. “We know for underrepresented students, the more representation they have on their faculty … the better they do. We also know from (the National Science Foundation) that more diverse and inclusive faculty do better.” Psychology freshman Jasmine Elias said she is interested to see how the initiative will change female representation among STEM faculty at the University. “This is a good start in bringing more diversity to UT,” Elias said. “I’ve noticed there aren’t many female professors in my classes, and it’s a bit discouraging. I hope this brings attention to the issue, and minorities are given more representation.”

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Put our gender pronouns in UT’s directory By Abhirupa Dasgupta Columnist

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Your name, your email, your phone number, your major, your classification, your blood type, your star sign, your Hogwarts House — sometimes it seems like all this information is available on UT’s online directory. And yet, the University neglects to give students the basic right to identify their personal pronouns. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 allows UT to display certain student data online without the student’s permission. The University classifies many aspects of personal information as directory information, including but not limited to name, major and classification. It doesn’t seem logical to me that a student’s information can be defined as directory information that’s available en masse, but not the pronouns they identify with. Many of us may take our personal pronouns for granted, but our transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming peers don’t have this choice. As it exists now, the directory doesn’t take the importance of pronouns into consideration, leaving these deeply personal and meaningful identifiers up to assumption and guesswork. In order to foster an atmosphere of inclusivity for students whose pronouns may not fit into the socially “acceptable” binary, the UT directory should include an optional field for pronouns on every student’s profile.

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Science core requirements need more flexibility for students By Jennifer Beck Columnist

Unlike many other public universities, UT requires its students to take nine hours of science and technology courses to fulfill core requirements for any undergraduate degree. Additional core requirements are in place for different colleges, but whether you’re studying vocal performance, accounting or anything in between, you must complete at least nine hours of science and technology courses. Requiring students — especially those whose majors are unrelated to science or technology — to fulfill nine hours of those courses is incredibly restrictive and prohibits students from taking courses relevant to their majors and interests. Furthermore, requiring six of those nine hours to be in the same discipline significantly limits students’ flexibility in their schedules. Lowering the hours and adjusting the disciplinary limitations in the science core requirement would allow students more flexibility in their schedules and freedom to pursue their interests. Hillary Procknow, director for the Core Curriculum and Texas Success Initiative, said the majority of UT’s core requirements are state-mandated. The state of Texas requires a 42 hour core curriculum, with 36 of those hours determined by the state. Those 36 hours include six hours of history, government, communication and science and

three hours of humanities, creative arts, social and behavioral sciences and math. “There are an additional six hours that each institution can decide are required for every student,” Procknow said. “In the case of UT Austin, our additional hours are for the Signature Course and three additional science and technology hours.”

For many UT students, the science courses they are required to take are not relevant to their area of study.” For many UT students, the science courses they are required to take to fulfill core requirements are not relevant to their area of study. Nine hours of science serves as an obstacle for students who wish to take courses related to their major, minor or interests. “I get being well rounded, but out of the other things we’re required to take — its disproportionate,” public relations freshman Kendyl Loper said. Not only is nine hours of science excessive as it is, but six hours in the same subject, the Part I of the science and technology core requirement, can hinder student success, especially for those

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whose prior credits don’t necessarily align with the material in UT’s science courses. “I think (Part I) is super restrictive,” Loper said. “You can’t do what you want.” Loper was able to claim geology credit with her AP Environmental Science score coming out of high school. To fulfill her six hours for Part I of her science and technology core, Loper can either take the second geology or take six hours under another Part I discipline. Like many students, Loper is worried about finishing her science core at UT, as what she learned in high school does not necessarily correlate with the material in UT’s science courses. UT should adjust the science and technology core requirements to better reflect the needs of students. To do this, UT should remove the two-part structure which requires nine hours. The requirement should be six hours of science and technology and the choice of which courses to fulfill those hours with should lie solely with the student. Students should be able to take three hours under one science discipline and fill their remaining three hours with another science discipline if they desire. Further, the choice of course to fulfill those remaining three hours required by the state should be at the discretion of the student. Altering this requirement will allow students from all majors, especially those in non-STEM majors, to pursue their own interests. Beck is a radio-television-film freshman from Park Ridge, Illinois.

This small change would help in making UT more inclusive and supportive of its students.”

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Students have the option to update their email address and phone number online. They also have the option to restrict the information on the directory. This implies that students already possess at least some degree of control over their displayed information, and the process of adding personal pronouns doesn’t have to be any different. The added pronoun field can also be optional so that students who don’t feel comfortable sharing their pronouns won’t have to. This small change would help in making UT more inclusive and supportive of its trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming students. “From talking to friends that are transgender or gender-nonconforming, (misgendering) does seem to be a prevalent issue,” Plan II and government sophomore Isaac James said. “It’s something that’s important to keep in mind, especially when we’re trying to foster an inclusive educational environment for all students regardless of gender identity.” James, co-director of the UT Queer and Trans Student Alliance, believes that the addition of the pronoun field to the directory would succeed in normalizing the conversation about gender fluidity and make LGBTQ students feel more comfortable at UT. Curran Nault, artistic director and board president for OUTsider, a local nonprofit that celebrates LGBTQ media and art, agreed. “If you’re a trans student, (a pronouns field) sets up from the beginning that ‘This is a place for me,’” Nault said. Cisgendered students would benefit from this addition as well. Adding a pronoun field to the information already displayed would further allow students to establish authority over their personal information. If someone I had never met was using information from the directory to reach out to me, I’d like them to know my pronouns so I’m not just a name and a major with an email address. And as a journalist, I know I would be able to avoid confusion if I didn’t have to take my best guess at someone’s pronouns and instead had that information readily available. “Including pronouns in the UT directory would be both a technological and a cultural shift the University would need to research, in part to determine if it would be a practical and impactful way to further achieve broad goals of creating a diverse and inclusive campus,” University spokesperson J.B. Bird wrote in an email. While I understand that a change like this does require deliberation by the University, it’s disappointing that they consider the conversation around personal pronouns — an integral part of a person’s identity and the way they present themselves to the world — a “cultural shift.” It is the responsibility of the University to take all their students’ needs into consideration regardless of whether or not it achieves their “broad goals.” Of course there are logistical questions that the University would have to evaluate before implementing this measure, but I think the benefits to LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming students are self-explanatory and worth the effort. It’s a small step but adding a pronoun field to the directory would go a long way in ensuring that every Longhorn feels like they belong to the herd. Dasgupta is a neuroscience sophomore from Frisco.

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“In Search of Darkness” is a documentary that details the rise and impact of 1980s horror films. Over the four-hour run time, director David A. Weiner conducts interviews with a vast array of horror filmmakers and fanatics to discuss the absurdities and cultural impact of the horror genre and showcases archive horror footage against a retro score. The Daily Texan spoke to Weiner about the documentary process, memorable interviews and the modern state of the horror genre. Daily Texan: The documentary has a runtime of over four hours. How did you go about pre-planning the process? Can you talk about the pre-planning process before you began to shoot this extensive documentary?

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and I) created this time line where each year we’re going to cover a bunch of films. I expanded that structure by having these chapters in between that (give) a little more of a broader context. By outlining a narrative that way, you can write questions ahead of time.

DT: What was it like interviewing such high profile horror directors like John Carpenter (“Halloween,” “The Thing”) and Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator,” “From Beyond”)? DW: There’s one part of me that’s

a professional interviewer, and there’s one part of me that always will be a die-hard fan. I geek out, and I freak out when I land the interview. And I geek out, and I freak out once it’s in the can, and they’ve walked away on it. But in between, I’m a person who’s done this many, many times. I used to

interview (guests) on Entertainment Tonight for 13 years. I ran “Famous Monsters of Filmland” magazine as the executive editor in 2015 and 2016. I also interview people and write pieces for “The Hollywood Reporter.” I’ve interviewed everyone from Keanu Reeves to William Shatner, so I had the experience of doing it. DT:

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It was wonderful to get to have Larry Cohen. I think there’s a whole generation that is oblivious to how amazing he was in genre filmmaking. Not just horror, he did a lot of cop dramas, sci-fi horror. He was all over the map and did really great stuff the way he wanted to do it. He died only about two and a half months after we interviewed him. It’s really sad, but it was a privilege to be able to go to his house and not only interview him, but he showed me

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his monster closet. In his home, he has this monster closet, which has a bunch of props from (his) movies. I got to look at that stuff and play with some of that. It was a real, real blast. DT: What are your thoughts on the modern state of the horror film industry? DW: I think horror is much more

accepted now than it was back in the ‘80s. Producers want to plunder the gold of horror movies, especially because you could produce something on such a low budget and get such a handsome return. Sci-fi, fantasy and horror are the biggest moneymakers now. I think filmmakers are given a more substantial budget and marketing budget to make some really interesting and great movies. I’m a huge fan of everything from “Stranger Things” to “Midsommar” and “Hereditary.”

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The Turati twins and other international players have laid the tracks for future success for the Longhorns. By Nathan Han @NathanHan13

he script couldn’t have been written any better. Senior twin sisters Anna and Bianca Turati from Barzano, Italy, won their first doubles title together Saturday at the H-E-B Women’s Pro Tennis Open hosted at the Texas Tennis Center, beating junior teammate Fernanda Labraña from Santiago, Chile, in the process. The next day, Anna and Bianca met in the championship round of the singles portion of the tournament. They played a grueling marathon match that lasted over two and a half hours before Bianca eventually took the singles title with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory. The title sweep in front of the home crowd was a statement win for Bianca, and a last tuneup for Anna before she competes in the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships on Nov. 6. The tournament is also a sign of how much the program has grown in recent years with the aid of international talent. When head coach Howard Joffe took over the program in 2015, he inherited a team that had fallen on hard times. The team struggled to maintain a .500 record across the prior two seasons, missing the postseason after both following years of competing for

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Senior twin sisters Anna and Bianca Turati stand with their hands across their hearts near the flag of their native Italy. The duo would win the doubles section of the tournament and would face each other in the championship of the singles section, with Bianca taking the title. Oct. 27, 2019 Big 12 and NCAA titles. But Joffe has led the team back into contention, winning the past two Big 12 regular season titles, the first time in nearly 20 years Texas has won back-to-back conference championships. The newfound success has led to success on the recruiting trail as well, particularly with international players. “My intention is to recruit the very best players in the world,” Joffe said. “I’m not thinking about country when I recruit — I’m just trying to recruit the very best.” In his five years with the

program, 31 of the 44 roster spots have been filled by an international player, nearly double the amount of international players that filled the roster in the five years before he took the helm. Texas has been led in the past few years by the Turati twins. Bianca held the No. 1 ranking in collegiate tennis as a sophomore for three months, a feat no Longhorn had achieved for 23 years. “We’re the only country that has a very sophisticated and organized collegiate system where you can still try to develop your game and

become a pro in the world of tennis,” Joffe said. “So the difficult part of the pitch is when they ask, ‘How can you do both?’ Often it requires an official visit to see the training conditions and the actual stuff here on campus.” Another talented international player on the team is Labraña, a Santiago, Chile, native and standout player on the team. Joffe saw her playing at the French Open Junior Championships in 2017, and told himself that he had to have her on his team. Like the Turatis, the highly recruited Labraña

was torn between going pro and going to college. Her visit to Texas helped sway her decision. “All the help we’re given — the facilities, the coaches, all the support. I just saw it all and said, ‘I have to be here,’” Labraña said. “It was such a tough decision between going pro and coming here, but ultimately getting a degree and an education just meant so much to me.” This season, five out of the seven players on the roster are international players. The two Americans on the roster are both freshmen, as Joffe VOLLEYBALL

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Texas takes on Oklahoma in Norman to end season By Isaac Gutierrez @byisaacg

After a heartbreaking loss to No. 17 Texas Tech last week, Texas soccer enters the final game of their regular season against Oklahoma in pursuit of a bounceback performance. The loss against Texas Tech was particularly rough for Texas. They lost 2-1 in overtime — for the second time this season — on their Senior Day. The loss was also the second loss to a ranked opponent this season following a loss to No. 18 Oklahoma State several weeks ago. “I’m sorry that it didn’t turn out differently today,” head coach Angela Kelly said after the loss. “Those kinds of games are just gut-wrenching. It’s going to be a hard one to swallow.” While the loss may be disappointing for the coaching staff and the players, the carousel doesn’t stop turning for Kelly and the Longhorns. While the loss bumped them from a top-two seed in the upcoming Big 12 Soccer Championship tournament, a win will secure them a top-four seed, and a chance at moving back to the No. 2 seed with a little luck and help from other Big 12 teams. “You just have to have resilience and perseverance,” Kelly said. “Very rarely does it go your way in life. You find success when

it doesn’t go your way and you continue to battle and fight, and that’s what I impart to my players at Texas.” Texas will travel to Oklahoma with the level of confidence and resilience they have been preaching all season, but it won’t be easy to close out the regular season with a win. While Oklahoma may be just 8-7-3 on the season, the Sooners have a history of performing well against Texas at home. The Longhorns have not won in Norman, Oklahoma, since Oct. 24, 2014. The Red River Rivalry component of the game cannot be understated as these types of games tend to draw the best out of both teams. On a more positive note, Texas is currently undefeated on the road in Big 12 play, sitting at 3–0. There is some reason for optimism that the Longhorns can end the season with an unblemished road record. The Sooners are not coming into the game with momentum. They are coming off of back-to-back losses and will be fighting to avoid a third straight loss to cap off a disappointing season. Though they haven’t found as much success as other teams in the conference this season, Oklahoma was able to earn draws against the top-two teams in the conference, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, early in the season — both of which defeated Texas. The match against Oklahoma will take place Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m., and will be broadcast live on FOX Sports Oklahoma.

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was able to add Lexi Ryngler from Calibasas, California, and Gabby Cusano from Austin, Texas, to the team. “One of the things that has changed just a little bit is that we have gotten the commitment of a couple of American kids,” Joffe said. “There’s been a lot more interest here in the (United) States as our program has started to get stronger. (The Turatis) have been great ambassadors.” While Joffe tries to prepare for the Turati’s departure, he’ll have his strong international track record coupled with strong domestic performances to show new recruits.

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Senior Cyera Hintzen plays aggressively against a Texas Tech defender on Oct. 27, 2019. Hintzen has played a large role in the team’s success this season.

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Senior outside hitter Micaya White celebrates with sophomore teammate Logan Eggleston after a win against Texas A&M on Sept. 23, 2019. By Clark Dalton @Clarkdalton1T

What a week it’s been for the Texas volleyball team. After defeating the former No. 1 team in the country in straight sets last Wednesday against Baylor and following that up with another sweep on the road against Kansas, the Longhorns took over as the No. 1 team in the AVCA rankings. The team had several reasons to be confident heading into the midweek match against Texas Tech. Texas was undefeated in Big 12 play heading into the second half of conference play, while Tech has struggled to stay afloat with a record of 4-4s. Given that the Longhorns had only dropped a single set since mid-September, it appeared that the team would bring the pain against Tech. The Red Raiders put up a good fight in the first set, using a tight defensive strategy to limit the Longhorns’ effectiveness on offense. Head coach Jerritt Elliott called a timeout midway through the set to game plan with his team. The timeout worked, as Texas responded on the first point out on a kill executed by senior outside hitter Micaya White. The team was able to tie the game at 15 points and held on for the first set victory. The set was an embodiment of the efficient offensive play that the Longhorns have touted all season long. The team had to perform at the highest level against Baylor, and that level of play seemed to have carried over into the first set. The second set started with a forceful run by the Red Raiders led by junior middle blocker Allison

White. Allison helped provide stability to a team fighting to find a rhythm. A quick five-point start to the set gave Tech the advantage. However, the mid-set comeback has been a staple for Texas, and that was no different in the second set. The experience and talent on the team combined with a penchant for resilient play allowed the team to fight back. The combined effort of Micaya and sophomore setter Jhenna Gabriel helped propel the team forward. The defensive strategy of the Red Raiders continued to cause the Longhorns issues. Coupled with a strong serving performance by sophomore setter Alex Kirby, Tech was able to wrestle back the lead. Texas was being forced to prove why they are the No. 1 team in the country. Propelled by sophomore middle blocker Brionne Butler’s two blocks and a sophomore outside hitter Logan Eggleston kill, the Longhorns regained the lead and would pull off another set victory. The team was one set away from an eighth consecutive sweep over a Big 12 opponent. In the final set, the Longhorns jumped out with six straight points, eager to finish off the match. Tech continued to frustrate on defense, continually coming back from deficits and challenging Texas to put them away. The team was happy to oblige. They would win the third set, earning their eighth straight sweep and their tenth straight victory. After losing to an unranked Rice team in five sets, the team has been proving every week just how talented they really are. Improving to a 15-2 record with the win, the Longhorns will next face West Virginia on Sunday at home.

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Hiyori Kon wrestles gender norms Netflix’s new documentary “Little Miss Sumo” may be short at just a19 minutes, but the film packs a powerful punch. By Aimée Knight @aimeeknight321

ith a condensed run time of 19 minutes, director and cinematographer Matt Kay crafts a visually stunning ode to the sport of sumo wrestling, and a winning testament to Hiyori Kon, a young woman trying to revolutionize the gendered perceptions of a traditionally male sport. “Boys can aspire to be professional wrestlers,” Kon tells the audience at the beginning. “They can easily see a future in sumo. After elementary school, girls tend to quit. There weren’t that many wrestlers little girls could look up to.” Kon, a 20-year-old sumo wrestling prodigy, is on a mission to become what she never had as a role model growing up — a professional female sumo wrestler. The national sport of Japan, sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling. It is fought in a ring known as a dohyō, where wrestlers lose if any part of their body, except the soles of their feet, touch the ground, or if they step outside of the ring. Steeped in tradition, it’s a tough, physical whirlwind of a sport. In Japan, where traditionally only men practiced sumo, women are banned from

Netflix’s new documentary “Little Miss Sumo” may be short, but it packs a powerful punch. competing professionally. “The ideal woman is modest and walks three steps behind the man,” Kon said of Japanese gender norms. “She’s not supposed to be visible.” The documentary makes sure Kon is anything but invisible. “Little Miss Sumo” combines a voice-over with dynamic footage of Kon’s sumo wrestling prowess, placing her front and center. The audience is given a front row seat to bear witness to her athleticism. The structure weaves together shots of her working out in the gym, practicing with other competitors in the dohyō and the culmination of her hard

work as she competes in the Sumo World Championships in Taiwan. Kon is a commanding subject. She is bubbly, quick to joke about her weight and incredibly committed to her cause. While watching seals play at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Kon tells her friends, “we have the same body fat percentage.” Early on, the audience watches grainy home video footage of an elementary school-age Kon competing and consistently winning in a montage of youth sumo competitions. “Little Miss Sumo” brings the point home that this sport is — and has been for almost her entire

life — central to her identity. A sport that may not be readily perceived as graceful is portrayed in a surprising light through the strategic use of slow motion. Using this technique, Kay captures the intensely physical moments of sumo — bare feet struggling for traction on the sandy dohyō floor, collisions of heads to chests and ripples of flesh meeting flesh — in a manner that brings beauty to an otherwise fast-paced, full-contact sport. Coupled with a haunting original score by Kwes, “Little Miss Sumo” illustrates sumo wrestling in an unexpectedly cinematic way.

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“The Terminator” is back, yet again. Since 1984, the Terminator films have been set in a dystopian universe where the remnants of the human race unite to form the Resistance and battle the self-aware artificial intelligence system, Skynet. Terminators are members of the Skynet military that are set to destroy human targets. “Terminator: Dark Fate” picks up where the second film left off. Two decades after the T-800 terminator murdered her son, Sarah Connor is still seeking revenge. She meets Grace, an augmented super soldier, and the two join forces to protect the future leader of the Resistance, Dani Ramos from the nearly indestructible Rev-9 terminator. The film opens on Halloween, a fitting date for the dystopian tale, and stars franchise favorites Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton as T-800 and Sarah Connor. The sixth iteration of the killer-robot franchise,

probably didn’t need to be made. Plot-wise, there’s nothing new about robots going rogue or humans utilizing massive amounts of artillery to take down a product of their own creation. The film’s action scenes are fast-paced and engaging. The accompanying CGI effects were detailed and well executed. But it’s 2019, well-rendered films aren’t difficult to make. There’s nothing new about daring stunts executed at a breathless pace tied together by loose bits of stern dialogue and kitschy comedic one-liners. The Terminator movies have a set formula for raking in the dollars. They’re packed with enough action to keep the audience awake and step far enough over the border of the improbable for people to genuinely worry about technological threats taking over the world any time soon. That formula applies to every action movie. That isn’t new. However, the film’s deeper thematic elements make it more interesting. As the story unfolds, Sarah, Grace and Dani travel from Mexico to

Texas to meet T-800. Along the way, they are stopped by border patrol, housed in a detention center and steal weapons from the United States military. The film doesn’t make any explicit statements about international politics, but it almost doesn’t need to. But the setting alone appears to be a commentary on the current state of immigration. When the three women are thrown into the detention center, they are surrounded by men, women and children stored in metal cages. The attitudes of the border patrol agents in charge of processing the immigration and asylum claims are disinterested at best and aggressive at worst. It’s telling that the main characters didn’t need to be stored in a high-security prison, the cells on the border more closely resemble a jail than a humane transitional facility. The film also touches on many emotions despite the absence of a romantic subplot. At the start of the film, Rev-9 murders Dani’s father and brother. She is unable to R E V I E W PAGE 5

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As the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise, “Terminator: Dark Fate” tackles the age old formula of killing robots and saving the world with a new approach that is female-forward and politically tactful.