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Austin drag queen Celia Light visits McCombs to talk about personal branding.
Professors should review exam questions with students after each exam.
UT students get their Foot in the Door regardless of experience acting.
After battling leukemia, Andrew Jones returns to basketball with a career performance.
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SG proposes providing menstrual products campuswide By Neelam Bohra @neelambohratx
Anjitha Nair said she felt forced to drop everything when she got her period. “I was like, ‘Oh gosh, I need to use the restroom,’ and then I realized my period had come a few days early,” computer science sophomore Nair said. “I typically have a pad, but I wasn’t prepared, so I had to use toilet paper and run to my apartment.” To address this experience, the Women’s Resource Agency in Student Government proposed providing free menstrual products in bathrooms across campus at its meeting Tuesday. Last year’s SG administration passed legislation asking the University to provide free menstrual products and implemented a pilot program for this in the Texas Union and the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center buildings. Nair, an officer in the agency, said she did not consider using bathrooms in the WCP or the Texas Union at the time. Radhika Patel, a co-director of the agency, said she wanted to expand the program to all gender-neutral and women’s bathrooms in academic buildings across campus. “Often times, (people) are not prepared for it when they get their period in the middle of the day,” said Patel, an economics and math sophomore. “No one should have to leave class and go home and change. Their education should not be hindered by the fact they have to menstruate.” Alexzandra Roman, a co-director of the agency, said menstrual products
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U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, back, answers students’ questions during a talk in Robert B. Rowling Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Crenshaw discussed the highlights of America and gave students an insider’s perspective on Congress.
Crenshaw talks Congress Freshman U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw visits UT, discusses American patriotism, international policy, experiences working in Congress. By Lauren Grobe @grobe_lauren
.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw spoke to students on whether America is losing its patriotism and gave them a glimpse into the world of Congress on campus Tuesday. Crenshaw, R-Texas, is a freshman congressman who serves the 2nd District, which includes large parts of Houston. According to his website, he previously was a Navy SEAL and served in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was lost his right eye after being hit by an IED blast. In a full auditorium in Robert B. Rowling Hall, hundreds of peo-
ple listed to Crenshaw talk about how the political culture of America has lost the traditional values of its founding. “There’s a crisis of pride in our country,” Crenshaw said. “We’re losing this idea that we should be patriotic.” Crenshaw said many Democrats, such as former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, have noted America’s history with slavery and white supremacy. However, he said slavery doesn’t define the other ideals the country was based on. “You can separate the sins of America from the founding,” Crenshaw said. The event was hosted by UT’s College Republicans at Texas chapter, Young Conservatives of Texas
and the UT Center for Enterprise and Policy Analytics. Texas College Republicans president Mason Tyndall said Crenshaw was invited to speak to provide perspective on conservative Republicanism. “He’s a very entertaining speaker,” economics junior Tyndall said. “He’s a big name. We figured it would be a great way to shed light on conservative movements on campus.” Tyndall said the topic of Crenshaw’s presentation, “What Sets America Apart,” was chosen to highlight America’s accomplishments rather than its failings. “A lot of times these days, America is more (presented) as what isn’t great about it instead of focusing on S P E A K E R PAGE 3
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APD reports DWI increase on Halloween
was not concerned about the increase in DWI arrests, since the numbers fluctuate year to year depending on various factors. To keep trick-or-treaters safe, “This (Halloween) happened to the Austin Police Department have really good weather,” Jenconducted a No-Refusal Ininings said. “There’s a lot to do tiative on Halloween night and with the day of the week that it made more DWI arrests on the falls on. If you take a Halloween holiday than last year. that falls on a weekday, everyAPD detective Mike Jennings body’s got to work the following said the department enacts a day, it may not be as busy.” no-refusal policy on days when Jennings said one reason the the department believes drivers hours changed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. are more likely last year to 10 p.m. to drink. When to 5 a.m. this year officers want to was because of test the blood funding. Jennings alcohol content said if the initiaof a driver, oftive lasts for one ficers must obfewer hour, the detain a warrant partment can conto take blood duct more initiaor use a breath tives throughout test if the drivthe year. er does not give The totheir consent. tal number of A no-refusdrivers who al initiative is a gave consent MIKE JENNINGS public announceto be tested inapd detective ment made in creased this advance stating year from five APD officers will apply for blood to nine, according to APD press search warrants on suspects who releases. Jennings said the derefuse to provide a breath or blood partment has received more specimen as required by law, consent for blood and breath according to an APD press release. samples in recent years due to the “A lot of it is due to the amount no-refusal programs. of kids that are walking around “People have now come to unand the events that are going derstand that we have the abilion,” Jennings said. ty to obtain a search warrant,” According to the release, 12 Jennings said. “That message is arrests of people driving while starting to get out there. Your liintoxicated were made last Halcense is not suspended typically loween, and 16 were made this Halloween. Jennings said he D W I PAGE 3 By Lauren Girgis @laurengirgis
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People wait in line to vote at the Flawn Academic Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. City officials reported only 15% of Travis County residents may have voted in the 2019 general election.
Early Austin voters approve most amendments, reject local props By Victoria May @toricmay
Early voting totals showed Travis County voters are for nearly all the constitutional amendments on the ballot but against the two local propositions. Austin residents voted on two city proposals and 10 amendments to the Texas Constitution, includ-
ing Austin Convention Center additions, income tax protections and increased funding for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. According to the Travis County Clerk Twitter account, more than 68,000 people voted in the county as of 6:45 p.m. The majority of local early voters did not vote favorably for statewide Propositions 4 and 9 and citywide Propositions A and B, according to
early voting results on the clerk’s website. As of press time, final election day results were not available. Proposition 4 received 42.5% of the early vote and would make it more difficult for state legislators to enact an individual income tax. Proposition 9 received 33% of the early vote and would allow state legislators to create a property tax exemption for precious metals V O T E PAGE 3
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Rhie Morris said she slept outside a medical facility when she was homeless to make sure she didn’t miss an appointment for a stomachache. But after she missed the appointment and scheduled another one, she said she was not treated like a regular patient because she was homeless. “You just get looked through,” Morris said. “You are viewed as being a drug seeker. That is the first impression people get of you, meanwhile you are in agony or are very sick. You are treated as less than a person.” Morris is now a coordinator at LifeWorks for the Austin Youth Collective, a nonprofit organization that provides aid to 18- to 29-year-old people experiencing homelessness and housing instability. She said she is working with the Dell Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry to create “Voices from the Street,” an oral storytelling website designed to teach medical students about the experience of homelessness. Project manager Kathryn Flowers said she and her project team interviewed seven people who experienced homelessness in their youth to get a better understanding of homelessness. She said speakers in her class on understanding homelessness shared their experiences with her students and inspired her to create the project. “Storytelling is a deep-seated part of the human experience,” said Flowers, program administrator for the Integrated Behavioral Health Scholars program. “The heart of the tool is understanding what one person’s experience in life has been.” Flowers said the city of Austin Open Data Portal and the Dell Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry will link to the website in February. She said the website is organized into videos that deal with different subjects, including mental health, medical care and transportation. “You see someone panhandling on the corner, and you look away because it makes you uncomfortable,” Flowers said. “It’s a very common response, but I have learned through the process of talking to them just how dehumanizing that is for people. They said they feel that there is something so awful about them that their fellow human can’t even look at them.” Geography sophomore Uma Riddle said she
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perspective influences the way people interact with others, especially medical students who might treat someone experiencing homelessness in the future. “Maybe hearing a story like this stays in the back of their mind,” Morris said. “One day, when they are servicing a person who maybe doesn’t smell too great or has ratty clothes and lives out of the backpack they are carrying, they might stop to think, ‘This is a person. I should make sure to treat them right.’”
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Austin businesses want to build relationships with the University and understand how important sustainability issues are to the current generation, a UT official said Tuesday at a panel. “BASF, one of the largest chemical companies in the world has invested in our Green Labs program,” said Jim Walker, UT director of sustainability. “They are starting to invest in graduate students and undergraduate students because they know they are going to get hired and solve the problems that the old white guys who are in businesses don’t quite get yet.” The city of Austin and University executives discussed the future of sustainability in Austin at Robert B. Rowling Hall. Sly Majid, city of Austin chief services officer, said everyone has really gravitated toward environmental issues over the last couple of decades. “You think about the polar bear on the melting ice cap, but the roots of sustainability had more to do with thinking about the environment in terms of vulnerable populations around the world,” Majid said. Walker said although there is an internationally recognized natural gas power plant on campus, the University will face challenges if it keeps growing. “If there is growing on campus, a decision will happen of whether or not we expand our natural gas power plant or have a conversation
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From left, Meeta Kothare moderates a sustainability panel with Sly Majid, Austin’s chief service officer, and Jim Walker, UT director of sustainability, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. with Austin Energy,” Walker said. “We’re also looking into building our own sewage plant, so we can make our own reclaimed water.” Walker said University Housing and Dining is also a “big buying power” in terms of conservation. “Housing and dining on campus do 30,000 meals a day out of Jester and Kinsolving,” Walker said. “We should be thinking about where we buy our red meat and what other
proteins we sell. These things start to have a ripple effect on animal and human welfare.” Claudia Calderon is a member of Creators for Cause, which promotes sustainability on campus. Nutrition senior Calderon attended the panel Tuesday and said more students should be focused on sustainability. “It’s so great that we have these speakers coming to talk to us,” Calderon said.
Majid said students should start with their personal definition of sustainability and bring that forward to preserve and change the environment. “We need to lift the thinking that sustainability somehow means you are lacking something,” Walker said. “It is shifting your thinking about whatever thing you do to why you care about it, and then feedback is created from that.”
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are not a luxury and the University should provide them in the same way it provides toilet paper. “People don’t menstruate for fun,” said Roman, a government sophomore. “The big hurry in making sure (menstrual products) are in all these places is about access to resources. It doesn’t make sense to make a student run across campus because they’re about to bleed through their pants.” Patel said access to menstrual products matters not only because of public health concerns such as urinary tract infections and toxic shock syndrome, but also because of physical and financial barriers. She said including menstrual products across campus would send a message about destigmatizing periods.
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Radhika Patel, co-director of the Women’s Resource Agency within Student Government, speaks to the assembly about providing free menstrual products in restrooms across campus on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. “Having pads and tampons throughout campus sends a message that the University cares about peo-
ple who menstruate, their health and their ability to take care of themselves,” Patel said.
Roman said implementation of this program would differ from last year because the agency has to
contact the administrators of each building. Sameeha Rizvi, an officer in the agency, said the legislation will make contacting administrators easier. She said the agency wrote the joint resolution so it will have to pass through SG, the Senate of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly. “(The legislation) is a tangible source showing the student body wants this, and it’s up to (the University) to do the right thing,” public health freshman Rizvi said. “We are supporting it and now it’s up to administrators to implement this.” Nair said the implemented legislation would have solved her problem. “I wouldn’t have had to go home,” Nair said. “I was going to go get lunch from my friends, but I had to cancel. I was like ‘Nevermind, I need to get a pad.’”
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Austin drag queen discusses personal branding By Cara Daeschner @CaraDaeschner
After watching the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a reality competition television show for drag queens, Celia Light knew she wanted to be one as well. “I saw these men in wigs doing what I always wanted to do,” Light said. “I wanted to be Beyoncé, but I did not know how that was possible as Christopher, which is my boy name. I figured out it could be possible as Celia.” Light, now an up-and-coming drag queen in Austin, performed at an event called “Personal Branding with Drag Queens” at the College of Business Administration on Tuesday. The event was hosted by the GLBTQA+ Business Student Association and focused on people’s desire to create authentic versions of themselves, association president Claire Levinson said. “When you are branding yourself, your name is everything,” Light said. “Whether it is your own personal name (or) your company name, it sends a message out to your audience before anything.” Integrated MPA junior Levinson said the association is focused on providing LGBTQ students and allies an inclusive space for workforce-based discussion in the LGBTQ community. Cuban singer Celia Cruz inspired Light growing up, and Light said she inspired her drag name. Light originally wanted to be called Celia Luz, which means light in Spanish, but worried that non-Spanish speakers would mispronounce her name. “So I was like, ‘Okay, it will just be
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Health and society senior Gabrielle Samaripa watches drag queen Celia Light perform a lip sync routine for the GLBTQA+ Business Student Association in the McCombs School of Business events room on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Light,’” Light said. “When I put that together, I realized what my name sounded like, and then I knew that had to be my name because … she may or may not be there, the cellulite.” Light said each drag queen has a unique characteristic that sets them apart from others.
“My thing is entertainment with comedy,” Light said. “I have a message, but mine is a lot (lighter) like having fun and being yourself.” Journalism junior Chris Barboza, who is also a drag queen under stage name Justice, said personal branding and drag performances are intertwined.
“When it comes to queer performers in general, I think the gatekeepers … have had a big say in who gets access to what kind of queer art you might be exposed to,” Justice said. “(In drag) it is well known that it is up to the drag queen to cultivate her own branding and her own space.”
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found in state depositories. Proposition A received 35.5% of the early vote and would require voters and a supermajority of the Austin City Council for the use of city-owned land for sports and entertainment facilities. Proposition B received 42.7% of the early vote and would require voter approval for certain Austin Convention Center additions and limit hotel tax revenue used for the improvements. Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said around 800,000 residents in Travis County are eligible to vote, but she was expecting 15% to make it to the polls during Tuesday’s general election. The expected 15% turnout would reflect a 2% increase from 2017’s constitutional amendment elections. DeBeauvoir said this election was the first time Travis County residents could use new voting systems, which are multilingual and have touch screens to increase voter accessibility. “I am thrilled with the public response to the new voting system,” DeBeauvoir said in a statement. “We look forward to seeing more of our neighbors at vote centers throughout the rest of the day.”
On Election Day, Travis County voters were able to vote at any of the 155 locations offered by the county, including an on-campus location at the Flawn Academic Center. TX Votes President Anthony Zhang said lower turnout for local elections is always expected. “It’s probably not a pretty thing to say, but if I’m being completely real here, the local elections are inevitably going to have a lower turnout,” chemistry junior Zhang said. “But, it’s important to vote in these elections because all of these local (proposals) are going to personally affect you to a greater extent, as opposed to national elections.” Zhang said the organization offers multiple incentives to encourage voting, such as including students in a game that predicts which proposals would pass and giving out white roses to voters on Tuesday. Interpersonal communications freshman Sampreeti Bingi said outreach by student organizations made her feel compelled to vote. “This is my first time being able to impact the place I’m living in, and I want to be able to make meaningful change,” Bingi said. “Before coming to UT I didn’t know too much about voting, but since coming here, I’ve made friends who help me get informed and encourage me to go to the polls.”
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what is good,” Tyndall said. Crenshaw said Congress is not the romanticized workplace on television and can be hostile and frustrating. He compared two political TV shows, “The West Wing” and “The Campaign,” and said the political debate in “The West Wing” was unrealistic because in reality, people are less polite. “We all love the ‘The West Wing,’” Crenshaw said. “That’s not real life though.” Crenshaw said he believes Israel is the most important United States ally in the Middle East. During the question and answer portion, some audience members criticized his view on Israel. In response to the critcism, Crenshaw said “crybabies” existed on both the left
and the right. According to the Houston Chronicle, Crenshaw has drawn criticism from both the far left and the far right because of his more moderate positions, such as his opposition to an assault rifle ban but support for red flag laws. “For everybody else in the audience that isn’t a part of this small group, you’re seeing a fringe on the right that we do not associate ourselves with,” Crenshaw said. Tyndall said the disruptive members were part of an unwelcomed group and did not represent their organization. After answering a question from a student, Crenshaw said there was a culture of “victimization” in America. He said this makes it difficult to determine when real oppression is occurring versus when someone is “just triggered.” “I don’t just make fun of the left being triggered,” Crenshaw said. “We have them here, too.”
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for as long a period of time if you provide a consent breath of blood sample.” Chemistry junior Nina Thomson said she is not as worried about drunk driving in West Campus since she sees more Lyfts and Ubers. “I would be more worried about people getting on scooters drunk, because most
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Health Professions Office must publicize guidance for students with disabilities By Neha Dronamraju Columnist
Pre-meds are stereotypically highstrung, competitive and annoying — notoriously the type of people who won’t stick their foot out to trip you, but won’t help you up when you fall either. Within a cohort that’s already exclusive, students with physical and intellectual disabilities often feel isolated and lost. As a pre-med student myself, I’ve seen this firsthand. The Health Professions Office, a pre-health-specific advising center, should capitalize on their partnership with Services for Students with Disabilities and host and advertise more public workshops on how disabilities play into health-oriented careers. These workshops will provide an opportunity for students to gather information and promote the notion that the Health Professions Office works to disseminate information to the pre-health community. The Health Professions Office is a resource available to all pre-health students, serving more than 4,000 students on campus. The health professions counselors are trained by Services for Students with Disabilities to address all students’ needs, and they are aware of the intricacies of navigating a disability in a health care setting. Lesley Riley, director of the Health Professions Office, said the office can offer more guidance if a student
divulges their disability. “We can help students assess their ability to meet the essential functions required by each health profession,” Riley said. “Essential functions are the basic activities that a student must be able to perform to complete the professional school curriculum. Many disabilities can be and are accommodated by health professional schools.”
Often, pre-health students who live with disabilities don’t know they should disclose them to the Health Professions advising team.” Useful resources to help students with physical and intellectual disabilities exist, so why don’t many of these students know about them? The answer comes down to publicity. Often, pre-health students who live with disabilities don’t know they should disclose them to the Health Professions advising team. Sometimes they don’t know which questions to ask, or that they can even seek advice concerning their disability. A sophomore who requested to
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remain anonymous so as to not divulge her disability status expressed surprise when I informed her of the Health Professions Office’s services. “I definitely struggle a lot to keep up with the demanding work that the pre-med track requires, and I’m scared that if I’m already struggling now, I won’t be able to keep up in med school,” she said. “My disability hinders me in more ways than one, and I’m glad I know now that the Health Professions Office can guide me on how to work that into my career goals.” The student said had she known about it, she would have taken advantage of this resource long ago. As pre-meds, we’re implicitly told our future careers are rife with great responsibility. We’re responsible for real human lives and we’re responsible for conducting ourselves in a professional, stable and compassionate manner to save the lives we’re handling. A visible or invisible disability can plant a seed of doubt and shake our confidence when handling this massive responsibility. The Health Professions Office offers great resources to deal with and overcome that doubt, and pre-health students should know about these resources so they can take advantage of them. The office can better reach the pre-health community by offering and publicizing more workshops about navigating disabilities in the health care industry. Dronamraju is a public health sophomore from Dallas.
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When I walked out of my first neuroscience midterm, all the emotional tension I had over the previous weekend manifested in my limbs, and it seemed like I dragged myself home more than I walked. As dreary as I felt, though, I walked out of that exam feeling confident. I knew I had mastered the material my professor had talked about in class. I knew exactly what my weaknesses were and what I still needed to study. I had never felt that way coming out of an exam, and I know why this one was different. Right after the exams had been turned in, my professor, Michael Mauk, went over all the answers immediately following the exam. As I reflect on this experience, I can’t help but feel frustrated that this was the first time in college that a professor went over the answers to a midterm exam. In some of my other classes, we went over the exam in discussion sections almost a week after the test. Other professors posted answer keys with only the answers highlighted or filled in. I can appreciate how stressful professors’ lives can be, but this simply isn’t enough to help students succeed. Professors should consider taking class time to review the answers to midterm exams. There’s scientific evidence supporting that revision of answers to tests optimizes the learning process. “Neuroscience actually tells us that when we go to sleep, we consolidate long-term memories. So if you have all this information about the test and what your answers are, you’ll consolidate that into your memory of the material,” said neuroscience graduate Rachel Langan, who was a teaching assistant for Mauk’s class for three years. “We want you to consolidate the answers that are actually correct so later it’s not as hard to rebuild a new memory on top of an old, wrong one.”
There’s scientific evidence supporting that revision of answers to tests optimizes the learning process.” Plan II and neuroscience sophomore Julia Mitterer-Claudet thinks she has personally benefited from Mauk’s policy of reviewing answers right after the final. “It’s like (a) built-in review because when he goes over the answers, it solidifies my understanding and lets me know what I need to restudy,” Mitterer-Claudet said. Of course, I understand that many professors cannot feasibly implement the same policy that Mauk has. Organic chemistry tests, for example, are anywhere between two and three hours long, and I can’t imagine that anyone would want to stick around and go over answers after one of those exams. There are plenty of other options, though. “I would totally go to a review session after an exam because it’s helpful to have (the professor) explain anything you’re confused about,” said Mitterer-Claudet. Additionally, professors or TAs can upload short videos to Canvas in which they explain the test answers and go over the key concepts each question was meant to test so that every student has access to detailed, accurate information. I know I’m asking a lot of professors who are already overworked and tired, but tangible benefits come from this kind of policy. Mauk started implementing his revision policy a few years ago, and since then, Langan has noticed a significant improvement in students’ understanding of the course material. “It’s really popular,” Langan said. “Students themselves come up to me or Mauk and report that this is really helpful.” Some may say that this is the exact reason why office hours exist, but what about the students whose class schedules conflict with office hours? And why should a professor have to review the same questions over and over when they could just go over questions once for all their students? The science is there. The results are there. The tools are there. All that’s left is for professors to take the leap and start going over test material with their students. Mitterer-Claudet said it best: “If exams are a way to test your understanding and how you’re doing in a class then it shouldn’t be just something you take and move on. Taking that extra step to go over the exam makes (tests) a productive means of evaluation instead of just a grade in the grade book.” Dasgupta is a neuroscience sophomore from Frisco.
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Balancing exams, clubs, friends, payments, work and staying healthy can be tricky for college students. Oftentimes, self-care and enrichment fall to the back burner in the chaos of a busy schedule. Podcasts are an easy way to practice selfcare, develop healthy habits, learn new things and take a mental break. The Daily Texan compiled a list of five podcasts to help students stay on top of current events, discover new health and wellness tricks, get inspired by powerful women, manage money better and learn fascinating new sides to subjects that would otherwise stay hidden. The Daily
From The New York Times, these 20-minute episodes are posted five days a week, with each iteration focusing on a current event or news topic. Host Michael Barbaro provides an overview of the issue before launching deeper into more fascinating, minute details, often with the help of stakeholders and journalists with expertise in the area. This podcast is perfect for any student who wants to be globally and politically aware, but doesn’t always have time to peruse a newspaper. “The Daily” balances big topics at the forefront of news with compelling individual stories, so students can become more educated and empathetic citizens. Hint: This isn’t just for journalism majors! Listen at nytimes.com.
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This podcast makes selfcare easy by providing listeners with engaging tips and strategies for improving study routines, sleep habits and general health and wellness. Instead of offering generalized life advice, “Tiny Leaps, Big Changes” offers specific, day-to-day solutions for the overwhelmed student. For students looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle or who are just starting out, “Tiny Leaps, Big Changes” can help turn minor adjustments into life-changing developments — one day at a time. Available on iTunes. Bad With Money
Adulting is hard, and for many students, college is the first time they are faced with the challenges of money management. On “Bad With Money,” comedian and New York Times best-selling author Gaby Dunn explores the overlaps of finance and social justice through funny, relatable conversations. Joined by musicians, financial psychologists and even her parents, Dunn discusses the control money has over people’s lives, making “Bad With Money” anything but a mind-numbing financial advice podcast. For those who have ever worried about how much they’re making, saving and spending, this podcast is ideal. Available on iTunes.
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Last, but certainly not least, “Freakonomics Radio” promises a fascinating and enjoyable study break by exploring
everything listeners thought they knew, but didn’t. This podcast tackles subjects such as Hollywood’s gender discrimination problem, the economics of sports gambling, and what Nancy Pelosi, Serena Williams and Taylor Swift
have in common. For students interested in the hidden economic side of things, give it a listen on the way to class, or during a study break. Listeners are left feeling smarter after every episode. Listen at freakonomics.com.
from his time as an undergraduate Longhorn, Meneses’ legacy lives on. He said he can trace his continued affinity for theater-mak-
ing to his time with Foot in the Door. “The community spirit of what I do is probably the most rewarding part,” Me-
neses said. “It’s a real joy to work on a play and be in rehearsals. You make it together, which is for me very satisfying, very fulfilling.”
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medians to entrepreneurs. Listeners will learn about the inspiring stories of interviewees and their personal takeaways. For any student looking for a daily dose of female badassery or just good career advice, look no further. Avail-
in eighth grade and is cast as the upcoming male lead. “I was nervous because I was going to be an English major when I went to college, and I was
thinking, ‘How am I going to be a part of drama?’” Bryant said. “I decided to audition for Foot in the Door — and I’m glad I did.” Now many years removed
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Redshirt sophomore Andrew Jones dribbles against a defender in Texas’ 69-45 win over Northern Colorado on Tuesday night. Jones took the court for the first time in two seasons after battling leukemia.
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Andrew Jones returns to basketball with career highs, after a long battle with leukemia. By Stephen Wagner
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hen Andrew Jones connected on a running layup with 2:47 left in the first half, it was worth more than the two points added to the scoreboard. Jones, who missed most of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons due to his battle with leukemia, played significant minutes for the first time since December of 2017. His 13 first-half minutes Tuesday night totaled more
than the redshirt sophomore received in 2018-19, when he appeared in two early season games. “Sometimes in life when you’re dealt a tough hand, it’s really all about how you respond,” Texas head coach Shaka Smart said. “For the past almost two years, that’s what Andrew (Jones) has had to do.” Although Jones’ entry into the game was without announcement as he subbed in during a TV timeout, the sparsely populated Frank Erwin Center erupted for its largest applause as Jones scored his first points in the Longhorns’ 69-45 blowout win over Northern Colorado. But a double-clutch layup wasn’t all Jones had in his pocket. Jones exploded for a career-high 20 points on 8-13 shooting, including 4-5 from beyond the arc in 29 minutes. Smart even called Jones the best offensive player of the night, but wasn’t surprised after working with him for the past few months. “I was actually really emotional the first time he went in the game,” Smart said. “To have gone
through the journey he’s gone through with the approach that he’s had, I’m really excited about that.” For the first time in 23 months, Andrew Jones looked like his old self. Even as Matt Coleman brought the ball up in the second half, Texas’ band repeatedly chanted, “We love Andrew!” The fans were determined to see more from Jones. “(With) Andrew being out for so long, people kind of forgot about him,” sophomore guard Courtney Ramey said. “He’s going to wake them up, and he’s going to help our team out a lot.” Jones caught fire for 12 points in the first eight minutes of the second half sending the crowd into a frenzy. “I was just glad to be able to step out on that court (without) restrictions,” Jones said. “Right now, my job, my focus for this team is to be a spark no matter what.” Ramey, whose second career double-double
was overshadowed by Jones’ career performance in his first game back, thought it was particularly special to see such a performance after nearly two years away from the game. “(His career performance) proves the type of player he is,” Ramey said. “I just want to see him keep growing.” Jones, as promised by Smart, performed like a top six lineup player should and proved his ability moving forward through the rest of the season. But having a top scorer back and readily available is worth more to Smart than just a moral boost; it gives Smart the option of playing four guards in his lineup, a style he is excited about. “I’ve always liked playing (with four guards),” Smart said, noting Gerald Liddell’s positional flexibility once he returns from concussion protocol. “We haven’t really had the personnel for it (in the past).” Regardless of what game-planning decisions Smart makes moving forward, make no mistake: Andrew Jones is back.
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Williams overcomes nerves, impresses in Texas debut By Wills Layton @willsdebeast
The Longhorns’ season opener against Northern Colorado was the start of many things: the 2019-2020 season, head coach Shaka Smart’s fifth year with the team and the freshmen’s careers at Texas. In a game that saw the Longhorns start the season 1–0, one freshman in particular had a performance he will always remember. Houston native Donovan Williams scored a quick six points with his first career field goal, three-point shot and free throw all happening
in the first 12 minutes of the game. Guard Williams also added his first career block on an impressive defensive play towards the end of the half. He was the only freshman to score in the game for the Longhorns. Each of the freshmen came to Texas for various reasons. For Williams, the opportunity to play close to home was something too good to pass up. While he held offers from schools like Arizona State, Georgia and Miami, the Longhorns offered something the other schools couldn’t. “I’m big on family,” Williams said. “Most of my family is from Texas, so I grew up being a Texas fan. My mom and my dad and all my immediate
family can come see home games and away games since the Big 12 is pretty near Texas. So the decision for me was really easy.” Another element of recruiting that struck a chord with Williams was the close bond he formed with Smart throughout the process. The coach’s commitment in helping Williams achieve his goals made the decision that much easier. “My job is to help them accomplish their goals,” Smart said. “We tell them during the recruiting process that if you choose Texas your goals become our goals.” One of Williams’ goals was to suit up for the Longhorns and contribute
early in his college career. Before the game, the freshman said his adrenaline was flowing, which forced him to cope with something unfamiliar: nerves before a college basketball game. “Before games, I like to be really calm,” Williams said. “I never want to be too amped up because your mind goes everywhere, especially if it’s a big game. Your adrenaline is already going to be rushing so for me I feel like I play better when I can think better and my head is more clear.” In the months leading up to the start of the season, Williams had already started to turn heads with his
ability to find the basket. While still needing to adjust to the pace and physicality of the game, the talented freshman is well on the way to becoming a regular contributor. “Donovan is a great scorer,” sophomore guard Courtney Ramey said. “He can score with the best of us. I think his biggest thing is the physicality, he’s young and needs to learn to be more physical.” While Williams only played for about 17 minutes in the game, he still contributed to the season opening victory, scoring eight points in his career debut. His early performance gave fans a window into the start of a promising career in Burnt Orange.
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Stubb’s holds Gospel Brunch bash Stubb’s Bar-B-Q hosts Gospel Brunch while guests fill their plates with Southern cuisine. By Aimée Knight @aimeeknight321
ive gospel music fills the dining area at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q as guests pile their plates with Southern-style grits, fried catfish and the venue’s beloved brisket. Every Sunday, this premier spot in Austin’s music and food scene trades beer for breakfast and gears up to host their Gospel Brunch — a morning of comfort food and harmonies straight from the heart. Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, named for founder Christopher B. Stubblefield, first opened in Lubbock in 1968. It quickly became the epicenter of an explosive music scene, hosting performances by the likes of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. Although the Lubbock location has since closed, Stubblefield’s legacy lives on along its Red River Street location, opened in 1996, where Stubb’s BarB-Q has since housed music, barbecue and weekly Sunday Gospel Brunches. Maria Curbajal, a server at the venue, said Gospel Brunch was borne from Stubblefield’s relationship with his faith and from a desire to provide space for local artists to perform. “He was a big churchgoer, and he always liked local bands and artists,” Curba-
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Bells of Joy performs at Stubb’s Indoor as part of the Gospel Brunch luncheon and concert series on Nov. 3, 2019. jal said. “The outside shows are usually where all the big bands play, but the inside shows are for the locals, for the Austinites.” While serving in the Korean War, Stubblefield oversaw the preparation of meals for up to 10,000 troops and gained the respect of his peers for his esteemed culinary skills — skills he brought back to Texas. Curbajal said Stubblefield had always been known for
his barbecue, but he wanted a bigger place to host visiting friends and to showcase local music. Stubb’s Bar-B-Q is most commonly known for its large outdoor venue that hosts touring artists year-round. Gospel Brunch takes place just next door, in a smaller bricked building. This past Sunday, Austin-based gospel group Bells of Joy serenaded guests at breakfast. “A lot of people have nev-
er heard of quartet-style Southern gospel,” said Julia Magness, UT alumna and one of Bells of Joy’s lead singers. “Stubb’s offers locals and tourists both a wonderful dining experience but also an uplifting musical experience.” Taken by Magness’ vocals, Bells of Joy adopted her, and she’s been singing with them for about a decade. Although Magness now lives in Memphis, Tennessee,
she returns to Austin once a month to sing with the group at Stubb’s and enjoy Texas-sized barbecue. In attendance on Sunday, Nov. 3, was the last original founding member of the gospel group, 89-year-old A.D. Watson. Originally from Sealy, Texas, Watson said the group has been performing at Stubb’s in Austin for over 10 years and music has been a part of his life for as long as he can remember.
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“It started with my mother,” Watson said. “My mother taught (me and my siblings) how to sing. When I was young I was a drummer on the tub.” Although he no longer performs with the group, Watson still comes to Stubb’s to listen and support. “This is sacred music, and (Bells of Joy) are keeping it alive,” Watson said. “It’s from the heart.”
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When Tony Meneses came to UT, he had no idea that the theaters group he formed would leave a lasting legacy for students 14 years later. In 2005, Meneses founded Foot in the Door Theatre, an entirely student-run drama organization on campus. The group puts on at least one show per semester, with all elements staged and executed by members. Meneses, who attended Julliard after graduating from UT, said the group primarily attracts students who did theater in high school and loved it as a creative outlet but may not want to pursue it as a major. “It was great community building at such a big institution like UT,” Meneses said. “It’s a very good practical education on what
it actually takes to mount a show. You have to deal with the nitty-gritty stuff like budgets and space rental. It’s fun, but it’s a lot of work.” Meneses said he was known in the Liberal Arts Honors Program as the “theater guy” and was approached by college faculty to start the group. In the spring of 2005, Foot in the Door staged their first production, and they’ve been active at UT ever since. Now, the group has their sights set on an upcoming production of “Much Ado About Nothing.” Rohan Teredesai, radio-television-film junior and Foot in the Door’s interim executive producer, said the group still aims to create “stress-free theater for the enthusiastic nonthespian.” That is to say, students participating don’t need to have extensive knowledge of acting prior to joining.
“We’re providing a space for students to do theater without having to compete with people who are trying to do it professionally,” Teredesai said. “In that same vein, we’ve had students who start off in Foot in the Door and then make the jump to adding a theater major.” Allison Hardin, an environmental science sophomore, is the director for the upcoming Shakespeare production. She said the group is open to receiving new members of all skill levels. “In high school theater, it was kind of similar (to Foot in the Door) because it was just the same class every four years, so we become this tight-knit group,” Hardin said. “But we’re always looking for new members.” One new member this year is English freshman Daniel Aaron Bryant, who T H E AT E R
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English freshman Daniel Aaron Bryant rehearses a scene with International Relations and Global Studies senior Becca Wrench (middle) rehearse for Foot In The Door’s upcoming production, “Much Ado About Nothing” on Oct. 25, 2019.