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College councils host activities for mental health awareness before finals.

UT students push for improved renters’ rights, sustainable housing in West Campus.

Popeyes chicken sandwich movement creator talks online trends with The Daily Texan.

Texas’ season ends with loss to bitter rival Texas A&M in first round of NCAA Tournament.

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UT produced over 1 million tons of carbon dioxide gas last year

City Council approves reccomendations allowing for increased building heights in West Campus.

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fter an Austin City Council vote late Thursday evening, buildings in inner West Campus will now be allowed to expand by 125 feet. The council voted 7-2-1 in favor of amendments allowing height increases in residential buildings in inner West Campus, which covers most high-rise apartments between San Antonio and Pearl streets from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to 26th Street. Buildings in the outer West Campus and Guadalupe areas will be allowed to expand by 25 feet. The Planning Commission previously approved amendments in August which would have expanded the boundaries of inner West Campus where height increases were the highest in the University Neighborhood Overlay, a four-section planning zone covering the entire West Campus neighborhood. However, the council adopted the staff recommendations, which did not include the expansion. “I hear the interest in more student housing,” City Council member Ann Kitchen said

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on her support for the staff recommendation. “(The Planning Commission recommendation) doesn’t tell us we’re going to get anything particularly affordable. I’d rather deal with that issue as part of any additional zoning people may want to come back with.” More than 20 West Campus community members spoke mainly in favor of the commission’s proposed expansion of the Inner West Campus area. University Democrats president Joe Cascino said he supported increased affordability in West Campus to accommodate more students with a desire to live in West Campus.

“The area suggested to be added is small, so it won’t significantly alter the character of West Campus,” government sophomore Cascino said. “It’s a natural expansion based on the physical shape and cultural character of the area.” Mark Walters, a principal planner at the city of Austin, said repeated zoning discussions between neighborhood groups in the area nine months ago motivated the amendment process. “Instead of doing one-off (amendments) all the time, they said, ‘Well, let’s look at this a little more comprehensively,’” Walters said. “We’ll

come up with a set of amendments, so that we can address these things.” Mike McHone, vice president of University Area Partners, said he is concerned about the expansion of the inner West Campus area, because it would create affordability issues for smaller housing cooperatives, or co-ops, against for-profit housing. “What (the expanded area) was set up to be is a reserved area where the heights were not allowed to go very high so that co-ops could afford to buy land they did not own and build units that they could operate at a lower rate,” McHone

said. “We’d also like to respect the historical buildings in that area and not surround them with big, tall buildings.” While the Planning Commission’s recommendation did not pass, council member Paige Ellis said she commended students who came to speak their minds to the council. “When we talked about Riverside, there were UT students who came to speak to us,” Ellis said. “That’s a value I want to champion. When young people come here and speak to City Council to say they’re not being brought in early enough in the process, that’s something we can learn from.”

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Nightmare in Ames haunts Longhorns By Daniela Perez @danielap3rez

The Longhorns’ special teams unit ran onto the field with a one-point lead, ready to block Iowa State’s game-winning kick and save their season. Plays earlier, sophomore defensive back Caden Sterns was called for pass interference — Texas’ second pass interference of the drive — to give the Cyclones a 15-yard boost to Texas’ 30-yard line. Texas’ Big 12 hopes were holding onto their last thread as the defense successfully bounced back from the penalties to force the biggest fourth down of the game. The Cyclones lined up for a 42-yard field goal with 2:16 left as the crowd at Jack Trice Stadium watched on. The Iowa State crowd erupted soon after when sophomore linebacker Joseph Ossai jumped through the Iowa State line before the snap, drawing an offsides penalty. The five-yard penalty not only gave Iowa State a first down, but also granted the Cyclones the opportunity to run the clock out before attempting the game-winning kick. “I think we just got a little too antsy with trying to make a play,” senior safety Brandon

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Austin City Council voted to approve amendments that will allow residential buildings in West Campus to be 125 feet taller.

Jones said. “And obviously it hurt us when we jumped offsides. It just moved them up from there.” It was a game-ending mistake. Iowa State extended its drive to the Texas 19, and from there, redshirt junior kicker Connor Assalley lined up for a 36-yard field goal with four ticks left on the clock. Four seconds later, it was 23-21 and the Cyclones stormed the field. Texas’ defense isn’t completely to blame for this moment. In fact, Texas was hindered by a lackluster offensive performance for the majority of the game. “Really, really poor performance by our offense in the first few quarters,” Texas head coach Tom Herman said. “You gotta really examine our game plan in the run game and our execution, but to not run the ball the way we thought we were going to was the biggest difference.” Texas’ offense rarely capitalized on its drives against Iowa State and trailed from the start after the Cyclones scored on their opening drive. Texas would go three-and-out in four of their seven drives F O O T B A L L PAGE 2

After including “supply chain emissions,” a report updated last week by the Office of Sustainability shows how many metric tons of carbon dioxide was recently produced by the University. According to the 2019 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report update, the University produced 1,076,486 metric tons of carbon dioxide during the 20172018 fiscal year compared to 612,000 in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. For the first time, the metric tons of carbon dioxide includes “supply chain emissions,” which accounts for emissions made by products and services the University purchases. The report also tracks emissions from University power plants, purchased electricity, transportation emissions and waste treatment emissions. Jim Walker, director of the Office of Sustainability, said the study will help the University understand its true environmental impact. “We want to look at the particular practices a particular supplier uses to produce something,” Walker said. “We are looking to favor companies that have better climate practices. The trick there is balancing what makes financial sense with environmental responsivity.” The Carl J. Eckhardt Combined Heating and Power Complex, the campus power plant, produced 227,000 metric tons of carbon in 2018, which is up 10,000 tons from 2014, according to the report. Walker said University Utilities and C O 2 PAGE 2

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Austin Public Health reports increased flu activity in Travis County By Graysen Golter @graysen_golter

Austin Public Health reported a slight increase in Travis County flu activity in a memo Wednesday, and is directing residents to available resources for getting flu shots. “It is not just about you,” Mark Escott, medical director for the city of Austin and Travis County, said in the memo. “It is about those around you who are at greater risk.” According to the memo, Influenza B is the most common version of the flu currently circulating in Travis County. The memo also stated that uninsured residents or those on Medicaid can find resources for where and how to receive flu shots on the city of Austin website, where Austin Public Health publishes the updated number of flu cases every Monday. Hailey Rucas, an infections disease epidemiologist at Austin Public Health, said she is part of the surveillance unit tracking flu activity in Travis

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County. She said the level of flu activity since August is slightly higher compared to last year, but the department will need more time to collect data to determine the overall trend. Rucas said Austin Public Health is currently notifying residents to encourage them to receive flu shots before

the situation gets worse. “It’s hard to say what it’s going to look like down the future,” Rucas said. “It might stabilize, but we don’t know what’s going to happen.” Melinda McMichael, interim executive director and chief medical officer at University Health Services, said

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the University has had 13 students diagnosed with influenza since Aug. 26, while there were 16 cases in the same period of time last year. McMichael said the University has not yet had a large uptick in flu cases F L U PAGE 2

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Cyclone 39-yard line. Six plays later, the Texas offense was back on the bench after a failed fourth down attempt. “We had opportunities to make plays and we didn’t,” junior quarterback Sam Ehlinger said. “It’s hard to win a football game when you don’t make plays.” The Longhorns did show a glimpse of their offensive potential late in the second quarter. Down by 10 points with 47 seconds left in the half,

in the first half, finishing with only 33 rushing yards through two quarters. Texas’ defense gave the Longhorns an opportunity early in the second quarter after sophomore defensive back D’Shawn Jamison intercepted a pass from Iowa State sophomore quarterback Brock Purdy to put them on the

Ehlinger led the Longhorns on a five play, 30 second drive that ended with an impressive tiptoe catch from sophomore wide receiver Brennan Eagles. Texas wouldn’t get on the board again until the fourth quarter when they put together back-to-back scoring drives. On a risky fourth-and-goal call, Ehlinger scrambled past Iowa State defenders and hit redshirt freshman wide receiver Malcolm Epps in the end zone. Texas took its first lead, 21-20, with 5:37 left in the game.

The Longhorns’ final scoring drive ate 6:43 off the clock and, although the offense found themselves on the field once more with the opportunity to put the game away, they went three-and-out for the eighth time of the night. One punt and two penalties later, the Longhorns watched their Big 12 Championship hopes sail through the uprights with no time left on the clock. This loss not only kicks Texas out of the AP Top 25 poll, but

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UT’s National Deaf Center creates ASL-accessible game encouraging kids to level up and achieve milestones in the game immerses deaf youth in real-world situations where they will need to make decisions and advocate for their own needs. “The game teaches deaf people to know their rights,” Turner said. “They have a right to an interpreter (and) different accommodations in school. Some deaf students don’t know about these (accommodations), so we developed this game for deaf students to learn how to manage their lives.” According to the center, “Deafverse” is an accessible tool because it displays information in ASL, English text and English voiceover for people with varying ASL fluency. Center director Stephanie Cawthon said “Deafverse” also educates hearing people about the accessibility barrier the deaf community faces. “I use ‘Deafverse’ to prepare my students here,” Cawthon said. “They’re going to become special education teachers, and it’s like, ‘Hey, this could be one of your kids. You need to understand that this could be

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Deaf teenagers and educators can now play the first-ever American Sign Language-accessible video game this fall thanks to the University’s National Deaf Center for Postsecondary Outcomes. The choose-your-ownadventure game, called “Deafverse World One: Duel of the Bots,” educates deaf youth about how to advocate for themselves and increase accessibility in their daily lives, according to its website. The game consists of scenarios deaf teenagers might encounter in reality, such as needing to communicate without signing or watching a movie in theaters without captions, which the player must react to. “Deafverse” game developer Kent Turner said he created the game after effectively implementing video game strategies in his classroom while teaching at the Texas School for the Deaf. He said

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also marks the end of the Longhorns’ Big 12 Championship dreams and any hopes they had of appearing in a New Year’s Six bowl game. “Everytime we lose, I’m angry at myself,” Herman said. “As the head coach, you always wonder what you should have done differently. That’s for me to examine tomorrow. Right now, I hurt for our upperclassmen that aren’t going to experience the joy of winning a conference championship.”

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Energy Management has won awards for micro-grid efficiency, but is working with the Office of Sustainability to make the buildings on campus more energy efficient. Veronica Trevino, media manager for Financial and Administrative Services Communications, said Utilities and Energy Management set a goal in 2011 to reduce campus energy consumption 20% by 2020. The main campus achieved 20.8% energy reduction as of 2018, according to their website. Trevino said Utilities and Energy Management also has set a 2% Energy Utilization Index reduction goal,

which is a measure of the total energy consumed during the cooling or heating of a building. “The goal was defined by the Energy Management and Optimization team within UEM in 2017 to offset projected campus growth through improving energy use in existing building spaces, operations and processes,” Trevino said. Chris Hendrickson, one of the contributors to the assessment model, said unlike others, the model used by the office assesess the emissions generated by all components that go into making a product, as opposed to just the emissions from the product itself. “The supply chain is captured by dividing the economy into many sectors and then tracing all the

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inter-sector transactions,” Henrickson said. “Unlike manually constructed supply chains, which are typically pruned, EIO ends up with all the supply chain transactions.” Walker said the Office of Sustainability is looking to work with individual units of the campus to improve their consumer practice as part of the new master plan, which they are planning to update next semester. Walker said they will be using the findings in the report to shape the energy goals. “We are updating the Sustainability Master Plan next semester,” Walker said. “Part of that conversation will include, ‘Do individual units across campus want to look at their purchasing activity and see where they can be environmentally friendly?’”

but has often seen an increase when people come back after holiday break from communities with high flu activity. She said the University had many more cases in January and February of the 2017-2018 school year. McMichael said students should not wait to get vaccinated until later in the year, because the national formula for flu shots must change every year to accommodate for the mutations and variations of the virus. “In April, you’re not going to know if you have any flu vaccine left,” McMichael said. “(Waiting) is just not always recommended.” Researchers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center are using the supercomputer Frontera to help fight against viruses such as influenza, according to a press release. Peter Kasson, an associate professor at the University of Virginia, said researchers use Frontera to analyze the molecular composition and evolution of viruses. He said the supercomputer runs experimental simulations that help guide the creation of vaccines. “Frontera can execute the models much faster than prior supercomputers, extending the reach and accuracy of our simulations,” Kasson said in an email. “The influenza vaccine is the most effective way to prevent illness from the virus, and if we can design vaccines against new pandemic viruses, those will also be a key part of our defense.”

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hope that will translate to greater student engagement.” While Monday marks the first day of early voting for midterm elections, it also marks the first day the PCL would be used as the campus’ second polling location. The Flawn Academic Center served as UT’s only polling location since 2005, but increasing voter turnout since 2016 made wait times hours long. This prompted Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir to pass legislation to open the PCL as a secondary location with help from TX Votes, UT Democrats and State Rep. Gina Hinojosa. Maya Patel, TX Votes vice president, said voter turnout at

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$175 million renovation with add new screen and student seatings to DKR. PA G E 2

Texas defeat Fairfield, NC State, 6. Texas defeat Fairfield, NC State, advance to. PA G E 4

Longhorns soccer remain undefeated with golden goal to take down Baylor. PA G E 6

NEWS LIFE&ARTS UT is reaching sustainability Austin music community pays master plan goals faster than tribute to rapper Mac Miller with expected. PA G E 3 special event. PA G E 8

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U T System P D page 2 UT-Austin and other UT schools have partnered with General Dynamics Information Technology and numerous other entities under contract with the United States government, involved with carrying out President Donald Trump’s separation of immigrant children from their parents. UT-Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering has an ongoing research partnership with General Dynamics, specifically its Mission Systems program. This program includes creating cybersecurity technology and software architecture for aerospace engineering, said Patrick Wiseman, executive director of communications for the engineering school. The Trump administration in April implemented its “Zero-Tolerance Policy” that separated families illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, as parents were prosecuted and children put into custody. Media amanda saunders

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reported children were held in prison-like cages and separated from their families for months. The Trump Administration and companies contracting with the government have received public backlash over their handling of the families. General Dynamics is one of the largest defense contractors in the country but also has done casework for unaccompanied minors since 2000 under its contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. The corporation released a statement June 19 on Twitter and said it is not involved in the family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border or construction or operation of detention centers. It has, however, profited off the influx of immigrant children being detained and has posted a flurry of job openings in the months since the immigration crisis ramped up, according to a Reuters report. Since 2006, the company has provided $1,709,723 to UT-Austin in

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was a 69.6 percent increase in the number of license applications issued per year by the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to DPS data. The only training required for LTC applicants in the state of Texas is a 4–6 hour class and 1–2 hours of range instruction. Cesar Gonzalez, an LTC holder who spent By Ross Burkhart over a decade as a Marine, said he’s satisfied @ross_burkhart with the level of training Texas requires for licensure but isn’t opposed to additional legislation regulating gun ownership. pedro luna | the daily texan staff here’s one question TexasSenior play- advertising major Max Harberg and senior finance major Lance of the Inter Fraternity Council give away water “I know that whatever regulation they Monday. This came after the city’s water boil announcement Monday morning, which left many students without pass, I’m going to pass that (requirement),” ers and coaches most frequently said Gonzalez, a Mexican American studies answered this week: How potable would water. senior. “I’m going to get through whatever this team respond after a win over USC background check they when a bigger, tougher opponent in TCU need, (and) I’m going was lurking ahead? Number of handgun license to still be able to carry To the delight of an exuberant Texapplications issued in TX my weapon.” as crowd, the Longhorns answered that In the two years since question by giving one of their most O P E N C A R R Y, campus carry’s impleBy Katie Balevic By Megan Menchaca complete, all-around performances in CAMPUS @KatelynBalevic @meganmenchaca13 mentation, organizations CARRY ARE recent memory. IMPLEMENTED such as Cocks Not Glocks Sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger IN TEXAS have all but disappeared took a knee on the final play as the rest from campus. Gun Free The City of Austin issued a boil water notice MonA citywide boil water notice has been issued for the first of the Longhorns walked onto the field UT signs remain in office time in the history of the Austin water utility. Here are some to celebrate the 31-16 win over the day No. 17following recent flooding, telling residents to windows on the South boil water before using it for drinking, cooking or answers to questions frequently asked by students. Horned Frogs on Saturday. The victory Mall — but maybe not for making ice. marked the program’s first three-game much longer. “The notice is being issued as the utility works to Why do I need to boil the water? win streak since 2014 and its first time With a stockpile of stabilize the water treatment system,” the notice said. After historic flooding in Central Texas, the water supply beating Top 25 opponents in consecutive dildos boxed up in her Boil notices usually only last 24 to 48 hours, but is now full of debris, silt and mud and requires extended weeks since 2008. parents’ garage, Cocks updates will be posted daily about the actions taken filtration by the city. These conditions are making it difficult “I think it’s a huge win,” junior safety Not Glocks organizer to treat the water and how long the advisory will last, for the water plant to filter the volume of water needed for Brandon Jones said after the win. “Me Ana López has passed the the notice said. By the end of the day Monday, the boil the entire city. UT student torch on to anti-gun acnotice escalated and the City urgently called for Although there is no evidence of bacterial infilpage 2 F O O T B A L L water ages 2017 tivists in other states and residents to limit their personal water usage. tration, Austin Water is advising residents to boil elias huerta | the daily texan staff is campaigning for Julie “Water reservoir levels are reaching minimal levthe water to ensure that it is safe to drink until Texas junior wide receiver Collin Johnson celebrates a 31-yard touchdown reception in Texas’ 31-16 victory over the Oliver, a candidate advoels,” the notice said. “This is an emergency situation.” further notice. TCU Horned Frogs. The Longhorns have now won three straight games to improving their record to 3-1. cating for gun control and Recent flooding caused high levels of silt to flow running for Texas’ 25th Congressional District. H O W T O page 3 N O T I C E page 2 STATE UNIVERSITY As López holds out hope for future political action, she remains worried about the presence of guns on campus. “It’s like saying that if you’ve got a scorpion in your bedroom, and if it hasn’t bitten you yet, than you might as well keep it in there,” López, a Plan II and health and society senior, said. “(O’Rourke’s) focus seems to whether to revise the auto-admit threshold is “The University is anticipating a simBy Katie Balevic Although Moore has hope for the future of By Chad Lyle @LyleChad @KatelynBalevic be on fighting for illegal immibased on application data. ilar number of Texas resident freshmen her lawsuit, Professor Lucas Powe, who teachgrants and forgetting the mil“The University of Texas at Austin annualadmission applications, and this cones classes on the First and Second Amendlions of Americans — you know, ly assesses historical application and enrolltributed to our decision to maintain the ments at UT School of Law, is doubtful of any Incumbent Republican Sen. Americans are dreamers also,” The University’s automatic admission ment rates to determine the automatic admit same automatic admission criteria,” lasting impact. Cruz said. threshold will remain at 6 percent for the percentage that will result in 75 percent of Wasielewski said. Even if the lawsuit was appealed to theTed Su-Cruz took on Democratic rival During a discussion about 2020-2021 application cycle, according to a the University’s Texas resident population Sydney Simmons, a former Texas resipreme Court, “there’s no way they’d hear it,”Rep. Beto O’Rourke for the first time Friday night in Dallas, marijuana legalization, which Twitter announcement last week. being automatically admitted,” Wasielewski dent, applied to UT even though she knew focusing on domestic issues O’Rourke supports, Cruz said Exercise science freshman Sanja Stojcic said in an email. she was not going to be in the automatic page 2 CAMPUS CARRY such as immigration. he thinks it should be decided at was automatically admitted when she apWasielewski said the University is exadmission threshold. CAMPUS the state level. plied to UT in 2017. Stojcic, who applied pecting a similar number of Texas resident KXAS political reporter Ju“I was in the top 11 percent,” said Simlie Fine, who co-moderated the “Legalizing marijuana is acwhen the threshold was still 7 percent, said applications. Last year, a total of 51,033 mons, now a biomedical engineering debate at Southern Methodtually a question where I think she recalls her high school friends who did freshman applied, according to the Texas ist University, posed the first reasonable minds can differ,” not qualify for automatic admission were Admissions website. A D M I S S I O N page 2 question of the night. She asked Cruz said. “I think it ought to more stressed about the application process O’Rourke about his support for be up to the states. I think Colthan she was. “Being auto admit was defihope that will translate to greater the PCL needs to be high in order “It really wasn’t until about By Savana Dunning ERSITY granting citizenship to Dreamorado can decide one way, and nitely a relief especially because I knew I was @savanaish student engagement.” for it to remain a permanent poll- 10:30 a.m. when there were any ers, undocumented immigrants Texas can decide another.” going to get into UT,” Stojcic said. “The auto While Monday marks the ing location. significant lines,” Dillard said. who were brought to the United When the issue of gun vioadmit percentage is small. It’s tiny. Because first day of early voting for mid“Polling locations are large “Even though it’s a midterm elecStates as children. O’Rourke aflence was raised, O’Rourke deit’s so small, other people had to worry about A line of students extended term elections, it also marks the costs for the county, especially tion, there’s an awful lot on the firmed his support and attacked scribed himself as a proponent it more than I did.” from the ballot boxes in the back first day the PCL would be used early voting locations, so they ballot, and we were expecting to current students offers an organizations that focus on Cruz for saying the United of the Second Amendment, but The automatic admission policy carries a of the Perry-Casteñeda Library as the campus’ second polling can’t justify the costs of having a have that turnout.” authentic perspective.” increasing racial and genStates should deport them. added he supports an assault stigma with it that causes some prospective to the metal detectors at the location. The Flawn Academic second location on campus if we Téya Kroeker, French and apEric Castle, business adder representation in the “The economists who’ve weapons ban. students to have low confidence about their entrance Monday as students Center served as UT’s only poll- don’t use it,” chemistry senior parel designs senior, said she did ministration graduate stu- said that we will business world, as well as studied it have “Weapons of war belong on applications, Stojcic said. participated on the first day of ing location since 2005, but inPatel said. not mind waiting at the PCL for dent in McCombs, actively of billions of dolconnecting current students loseishundreds the battlefield,” O’Rourke said. “(There is) that stigma around it,” Stojcic early voting. creasing voter turnout since 2016 Around midday, some students an hour and a half before reaching involved in many diversity with prospective McCombs lars to the negative if we deport “Not in communities, schools said. “And knowing that you’re not within “I think people are pleased made wait times hours long. This in line reported wait times at the the front of the line. initiatives in McCombs applicants, McCombs assisthem,” Eland Paso Congressman and churches.” that (top) percent, it is a lot more stresswith the new location,” said prompted Travis County Clerk PCL to be around an hour long. “Time went by really quickly, business schools across tant dean Tina Mabley said O’Rourke said of the Dreamers. O’Rourke also supports more ful. It does cause students to be more like, student body president Colton Dana DeBeauvoir to pass legislaKelton Dillard, temporary dep- and I think voting is super importthe country. “We Castle saidhundreds of milin an email. will gain thorough background checks ‘Yeah, we’ll see what happens. Like, I’m not Becker, who waited in line with tion to open the PCL as a second- uty county clerk in charge of the ant, so I’m down to wait,” Kroeker diversity is a lions buzzword “We find many prospecto the in positive if we keep for those who wish to purchase expecting to get in.’” vice president Mehraz Rahman ary location with help from TX PCL polling location, said he consaid. “If we want a government many workplaces. tive students want to know, a firearm. Cruz said an effecThe University follows Senate Bill 175, them here. Senator Cruz has for early voting. “It’s located Votes, UT Democrats and State sidered the turnout at the PCL to that represents the views of the “We’re finding that to…deport each and ‘Can I see myself here?’” promised tive way to reduce gun violence which requires 75 percent of the University’s conveniently next to a lot of the Rep. Gina Hinojosa. be moderate to high around mid- people, we’re not going to get that Mabley said. “Getting every single Dreamer.” in schools would be placing in-state admits be automatic acceptances, dorms in a very high-concenMaya Patel, TX Votes vice day even though turnout in the if we aren’t out here telling them firsthand accounts from D I V E R S I TCruz Y page said2 O’Rourke apmore armed police officers on according to the Office of the Executive Vice trated, central location, and I president, said voter turnout at morning was low. what we want.” pears to prioritize undocschool grounds. President and Provost website. umented imm immigrants over Miguel Wasielewski, executive director jeb milling | the daily texan staff American citizens. of admissions, said the annual decision on 2

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hen he saw the bloody knife, Sam Kellogg thought it was a prop in a protest. On the May 2017 afternoon when accused murderer Kendrex White killed one and injured three in an on-campus stabbing, Kellogg, now a government junior, was outside Gregory Gymnasium with his girlfriend. “Get your gun,” Kellogg remembers his girlfriend saying. Kellogg, who has spent nine years in the Marine Corps, had left his gun in his car that day. He’d recently moved to Austin and was unsure whether or not his Virginia Resident Concealed Handgun Permit was valid in Texas. The man with the knife ran past them and slashed someone sitting at a table nearby. That’s when Kellogg knew it was serious. Within seconds, the entire area in front of the gym cleared out and Kellogg did what he could to help in the situation: Call the police. He stayed on the phone until they arrived. “Had I had my weapon on me at the time, I think I would’ve been able to stop him at the food truck, and he wouldn’t have gotten any further,” Kellogg said. Kellogg now carries his gun to campus every day. He’s one of roughly 500 people estimated by the University to carry on campus. Texas requires License to Carry a Handgun applicants be at least 21 years old, making 48.2 percent of UT students eligible to obtain a license, according to 2017 census data collected by the University. Campus carry had been in place for over 20 years when Senate Bill 11 went into effect on Aug. 1, 2016, the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting. The new law allowed guns in all University buildings with some exceptions, including labs and certain professors’ offices. On the day of SB 11’s implementation, three UT professors filed a lawsuit against the University in an attempt to strike down the law, along with a wave of activism that overtook the campus. The lawsuit, brought by professors Lisa Moore, Mia Carter and Jennifer Glass, was blocked by a lower court, and that ruling was upheld on Aug. 16 of this year by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. With no word yet as to whether or not the professors will appeal to the Supreme Court, it looks like campus carry is here to stay. From 2015 to 2016, coinciding with campus carry and open carry becoming law, there

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New PCL polling location experiences long early voting lines A line of students extended from the ballot boxes in the back of the Perry-Casteñeda Library to the metal detectors at the entrance Monday as students participated on the first day of early voting. “I think people are pleased with the new location,” said student body president Colton Becker, who waited in line with vice president Mehraz Rahman for early voting. “It’s located conveniently next to a lot of the dorms in a very high-concentrated, central location, and I

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Along with officers wearing blue, black and white, the UT Police Department now has 11 officers patrolling campus in fluorescent yellow uniforms. UTPD previously had more than 50 security guards at various locations around campus, along with regular police officers. UTPD Chief David Carter said he made 11 of these guards into public safety officers by changing their titles and uniforms in early September to fit with the jobs of similar officers at other public universities. “Other universities have police officers and they have public safety officers, which are basically mobile security guards,” Carter said. “But we see them a little bit differently. Their primary mission is to be ambassadors and go out and be extra eyes and ears for the campus and UTPD.” Carter said these new officers respond to non-emergency alarms, collect lostand-found items, take police reports from students and answer questions. “They’re not police officers per se, but they are out there as community servants working to support our University and especially our students, as well as faculty, staff and visitors,” Carter said. “It’s healthy for students to see these officers out there and know that they can report things to them.” Because the officers are non-commissioned and are not licensed to be police officers, they do not have the ability to arrest people, carry a weapon or respond to emergencies on campus. Donald Smith, one of the public safety officers, said despite not being a commissioned officer, he still works to keep the University safe by easing the workload officers ByofLisacommissioned Dreher @lisa_drehers97 who are often preoccupied

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The University Panhellenic Council is launching a new task force and set of initiatives to diversify Greek life and make sorority recruitment more accessible. The council’s president Evana Flores said the executive board began their efforts in response to a Campus Climate Response Team meeting after UT Police Department removed masked protestors carrying torches from the Main Mall in November 2017. “They were asking us what we were doing to educate our members about white supremacy and making people allies,” advertising senior Flores said. “We set out to write a statement from that point owning up to the issues in the past and the issues currently going on and actual ways of amending it.” Starting fall 2019, the counpedro luna | the daily texan staff cil’s executive board will include Senior advertising major Max Harberg and senior finance major Lance of the Inter Fraternity Council give away water a vice president of diversity and Monday. This came after the city’s water boil announcement Monday morning, which left many students without inclusion. Business sophomore potable water. Eliana Schuller currently works on the new diversity and inclusion task force and is applying for the position. “It’s important that we address these issues on a chapter level within our community,” Schuller By Katie Balevic By Megan Menchaca said. “My biggest idea is to cre@KatelynBalevic @meganmenchaca13 ate more programming that is both engaging and informative to change the overall culture without The City of Austin issued a boil water notice MonA citywide boil water notice has been issued for the first making it seem too forced.” day following recent flooding, telling residents to time in the history of the Austin water utility. Here are some The new task force will overboil water before using it for drinking, cooking or answers to questions frequently asked by students. see each chapter’s diversity edmaking ice. ucation programs. Schuller said “The notice is being issued as the utility works to Why do I need to boil the the water? task force is committed to stabilize the water treatment system,” the notice said. After historic flooding in Central Texas, the waterand supply promoting inclusivity integBoil notices usually only last 24 to 48 hours, but is now full of debris, silt andrity, mud and requires extended despite a history of segreupdates will be posted daily about the actions taken filtration by the city. These conditions are making it difficult gation and intolerance among to treat the water and how long the advisory will last, for the water plant to filter the volume of water needed for the notice said. By the end of the day Monday, the boil the entire city. S O R O R I T Y page 3 water notice escalated and the City urgently called for Although there is no evidence of bacterial infilresidents to limit their personal water usage. tration, Austin Water is advising residents to boil “Water reservoir levels are reaching minimal levthe water to ensure that it is safe to drink until UNIVERSITY els,” the notice said. “This is an emergency situation.” further notice. Recent flooding caused high levels of silt to flow

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underrepresented or identify as women, Latino, African-American and Native American, McCombs spokeswoman Catenya McHenry said in an email. This is almost five times as high as the percent of underrepresented students 10 years ago, and a 6 percent increase since last year. Increased diversity can be credited to strong partnerships with national

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West Campus offers convenient housing, but student tenants often misled, misinformed By Julia Zaksek Forum editor

After their first year, many UT students choose to live off campus. Apartments in West Campus are popular. They’re close to main University buildings and popular restaurants, there’s a short commute to class and West Campus is considered one of the centers of UT social life. While Austin residents have raised concerns about urban planning and space in downtown areas, West Campus’ high-rise style apartments continue to provide a growing student population with convenient places to live.

West campus’ proximity to UT encourages students to bike, walk or bus to class, cutting down on traffic and car emissions. However, while West Campus has taken steps to ensure accessibility and sustainability, there are still many improvements that need to be made. Some streets lack adequate bike lanes, constant construction causes lane closures and transit delays and many students face unfair housing practices. Students are often overcharged and misled. Most students have little knowledge about finding an apartment for a good price. It’s easy for a landlord or realty company to advertise good prices for quality units and uniformed students to take them at their word. If they’re being misled, they most likely won’t know how to file a claim against their landlord.

West Campus offers students opportunities to live near campus in sustainable, urban housing. However, West Campus can still improve by making apartments more accessible, affordable and convenient for students. In this forum, Plan II and biochemistry sophomore Aidan Comiskey discusses how many students face unfair housing practices when they live in West Campus and urges students to organize for improved rental rights. Civil engineering senior Kevin Quist explains what sustainability housing looks like and how West Campus can make changes to become more sustainable. As always, if you have any thoughts on this topic or any other, please feel free to reach out to us at thedailytexanforum@gmail.com

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Exploitation is ingrained into American higher education. College students are regularly recruited to work, unpaid, under the guise of “gaining experience.” 18-year-olds can be forced to choose between putting themselves in tens — and sometimes hundreds — of thousands of dollars in debt or going into a workforce that will not value labor despite the skills they already have. Graduate students are often expected to teach, despite being paid stipends that don’t cover living expenses. The commodification of college students isn’t restricted to an academic setting, however. The need that students have for housing allows corporations and landlords to wield the naivety of young adults against them. Around UT, this manifests itself in the shady housing practices that have come to typify West Campus. While landlords are often exploitative no matter where they are, there are a few aspects of West Campus leasing that make renting here particularly daunting. First, the West Campus leasing schedule puts renters at a severe disadvantage by forcing students to decide where they want to live for the next year in the early fall. For freshmen who just arrived on campus, this creates a particularly frantic housing search, not even taking into account that these students have just moved from home. Even for students who may already be living off campus, in many instances the early leasing schedule forces tenants to choose whether or not they want to re-sign before they’ve had a chance to acclimate to their apartments. As a result, the stress of finding housing can goad people back into their leases, despite the rate increases that many apartments impose between years. Even aside from these factors, early leasing allows complexes to raise rent throughout the leasing period as they have more time to do so — and the stage at which students become desperate for housing is often many months before complexes become desperate for renters. The combination of this West Campus housing rush and the naivety of students, many of whom are renting for the first time and must search for apartments on their own, allows landlords to

inflate rent and to write unfair provisions into leases. These are rules uncommon outside of student housing. For example, some West Campus leases allow landlords to enter apartments for inspections or tours without prior notice. Aside from lease clauses, landlords can allow unsavory conditions to develop, knowing that students don’t have the power to challenge them. Landlords realize that, in many cases, students won’t challenge them. There’s little need to fix broken amenities or to clear out infestations, both of which would diminish their profits. What would be the point if students don’t force them to respond? Even outside of legality issues, every aspect of living is turned into an extra charge. Want to live above the 7th floor? That’ll cost extra. Do you have a pet? You need to pay for that, too. While these experiences may not be uniform throughout West Campus properties, there is commonality in that students are often charged for little things that should be a given when it comes to housing. But these charges aren’t so little when added. And while some students may be able to afford the economic blows that renting often entails, many can’t. This problem isn’t getting any better. Corporations continue to buyout affordable housing in West Campus and demolish it to build luxury properties. Austin City Council approved the construction of the Domain in Riverside, displacing many students from one of the few areas with plentiful affordable housing. Renting practices aren’t improving while the stress on the system increases. It’s time for students to band together to advocate for our rights as renters. A student tenants’ council would allow for collective action against predatory landlords, ensuring that the concerns of students be addressed. In the meantime, the Austin Tenants Council advocates on behalf of renters throughout the city. The University also offers free legal advice to current students. In many cases of landlord misconduct, a letter from a lawyer is enough to correct the issue. Students are constantly under attack by our housing institutions, making the University less accessible than it already is. It’s time for us to fight back. Comiskey is a Plan II and biochemistry sophomore.

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usage. Per person, residents of dense cities like Paris use significantly less energy to get around than sprawled places like Houston. What’s clear is that urban density is crucial to building an energy Sustainability. It’s the spirit of the times and efficient planet. The zoning laws — laws that govern what can be it resonates particularly strongly with college students. But what does a sustainable city look like? built where and how — that overlay West Campus Solar panels on every home? Electric, autonomous have also emphasized creating a pleasant streetcars running down glow-in-the-dark highways? scape. For example, new buildings must include I’d argue, probably not. To me, a sustainable 12-feet-wide sidewalks, maintain street trees and provide trash cans and benches. world is right on our doorstep — a glimpse into a Furthermore, new parking garages are required sustainable world is our beloved West Campus. So, what makes Austin’s student neighborhood to be at ground level and be accessibile — which is a model for sustainability? Well in short, it’s all why we have a Pluckers on Rio. As opposed to another urban form where we about density, mixed-uses and walkability. all jostle in metallic boxes, competing for limitWest Campus hits all three and our lifestyles ed road space, getting road rage at strangers we revolve around using the can only honk at, the urban form greenest modes of transof West Campus is much healthier portation — walking, cyand humanistic. cling and transit. And Is West Campus a perfect even when West Campus example of sustainability? Not residents do use a car, the quite. I still have gripes and wish trips are generally short there was a bike lane on 24th to So what makes and therefore have lessconnect the Rio bike lane with er carbon emissions than Austin’s student campus. I wish there was some suburban trips. neighborhood form of rent control and more Our neighborhood’s uraffordable housing. Prices for ban form has encouraged a model for susstandard apartments such as us to lead greener lifestyles, tainability? It’s all studios or two bedrooms can without even making us be steep, costing more than an about density, work for it. That is, it’s easy apartment would in other areas to live sustainably in West mixed-uses of Austin. Campus and that’s a real And I also think that havand walkability. success in a society that’s ing some office buildings would seemingly paralyzed by the help the street shops in the environmental crisis. neighborhood. Several busiBut how sustainable is nesses have folded this year the West Campus area realalone near West Campus, most notably on The ly? I made a Qualtrics survey that probed student Drag. While students may like these shops, transportation patterns. due to limited student budgets, they are ofBased off of 95 respondents, I found that about ten not able to frequent them enough to keep 80% of all trips to and from the University are made on foot, by car 3%. Of West Campus residents, only them in business. But most of all I wish there was a block which about 60% of people have a car with them, and when drivers do drive, they tend to drive about 1.3 was designated as a park so that we could all get some fresh air and space when we inevitably hours per week. Compare that to your average Austinite’s need it. If West Campus’s future includes these things I think that it would become the model 8.7 hours per week. This research is in line with urban neighborhood in the state. global research connecting population densiQuist is a civil engineering senior. ty with drastic drops in transportation energy Contributor

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Longhorns beat Prairie View A&M in tune up before trip to NYC to take on Georgetown, possibly Duke. By Wills Layton @willsdebeast

ig 12 play does not start until the new year, so the goal for a school like Texas is simple: escape from the nonconference schedule without suffering a résumé-altering loss. The Longhorns have survived a couple of close calls already this season, with the latest occurring against Prairie View A&M. Through the first half of the game, the performance on the court was very similar to those of the first three games of the season. The Longhorns struggled to create any separation against Prarie View A&M early on, as their sputtering offense starkly contrasted their aggressive defense. Texas held on to a four-point lead at halftime, mirroring the score at halftime against California Baptist University earlier in the week. “We want our defense to be our anchor,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “You know,

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Wildcats’ three-point shooting total with nine of its own. However, the Longhorns were less efficient on 26 attempts

these last two games we’ve scored 26 points in the first half. But our defense has allowed us to have a lead going into halftime both times.” Redshirt sophomore guard Andrew Jones continued his strong start to the season in the first half, chipping in 10 points and an assist. His return to the roster after recovering from leukemia has given the Longhorns a valuable option to go to on offense. He finished the game with 15 total points. The game continued to be close throughout the start of the second half. Failure to generate offense with Jones off the floor continued to be a problem for Texas, while continued effort on defense kept Texas in the game.

When we went up to Purdue, our guys really stepped forward with the challenge. We’re going to have to do that again in New York.”

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Redshirt sophomore guard Andrew Jones goes up for a shot against the Panthers on Nov. 15, 2019. Jones has been a crucial contributor on offense, allowing the rest of the offense to thrive when he is on the floor.

Sophomore guard Courtney Ramey was held without a single point in the game, a departure from his career high-tying performance Tuesday where he scored 19 points, including 15 in the second half. Freshman guard Donovan Williams helped pick up

the slack, dropping 13 points in the contest in addition to four steals. “Coach (Luke) Yaklich and coach Smart have been talking to me since the summer to work on my defensive game,” Williams said. “I just take what they say and do it to the best of my abilities — whatever I can do to help Texas.” However, Texas began to score when Jones returned to the floor. The defensive

attention Jones attracted afforded fellow guards such as juniors Jase Febres and Matt Coleman more opportunities to exploit the defense, and they capitalized on them while the Panthers fell deeper into foul trouble. “We just wanted to come out more aggressively,” Jones said. “We played a little timid and shot a lot of threes in the first half, so we decided to play to our advantage, get stops and continue to pound

the ball into the paint.” The Longhorns did not look back after earning a 10-point lead with about 13 minutes left in the half and went on to win the game 70-56. Texas leaned on its defense and on Jones just enough to start the season with four straight wins, allowing the Longhorns to gain momentum before an important return to New York City. Texas has been gaining valuable minutes on the floor

and has shaken off the rust of the offseason in the past four games. The defense is hitting its stride, and the offense is beginning to wake up just in time for Madison Square Garden matchups against Georgetown and possibly No. 2 Duke. “We’ll review a bunch of the areas that we fell,” Smart said. “When we went up to Purdue, our guys really stepped forward with the challenge. We’re going to have to do that again in New York.”

compared to Arizona’s 21, and a few shots came at a time when Texas’ chances of coming back were slim. The Wildcats’ shooting attack may have fizzled out in the second half, but their physicality didn’t. Neither did their

leading scorer, junior guard Aari McDonald. The Longhorns’ leading scorers, Collier and Holmes, combined for 28 points. Meanwhile, the Arizona guard scored 44 points — 22 points in each half — all by herself.

“Aari was really good today,” Aston said. “(There was) nothing we could do with her at all. We tried several different things, but we didn’t have an answer for her.” As the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, “U of A!”

chants erupted from the stands as Arizona fans and players celebrated the victory. Texas, however, was left in a state of confusion about what had just happened and how to move on from it. “We could’ve shown a lot

more and I think we’re capable of a lot more and we weren’t able to show it tonight,” Holmes said. “I don’t really know why. I can’t really give you the true answer. We’ll figure that out in the next couple of days.”

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Senior forward Cyera Hintzen dribbles the ball in between Texas Tech defenders on Oct. 27, 2019. Hintzen was the leader of the team this season, and helped the team make the NCAA tournament.

Texas A&M ends Longhorns’ season

Texas lost in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament 4-1 to A&M, ending its chances for a title. By Aneesh Namburi @AneeshNamburi

ince Texas A&M left for the SEC in 2012, both Aggie and Longhorn fans alike have clamored anytime the two teams

face each other on the field. That day ended up being Friday. The Longhorns and Aggies battled in the first round of the NCAA D1 soccer tournament, where Texas’ season ended with a 4-1 defeat. Friday’s match opened up rather optimistically for Texas, as redshirt junior forward Cydney Billups scored the game’s first goal in just the 7th minute. At the time, it may have seemed like a blessing for the Longhorns, but it was the start of a match trend that proved to be Texas’ downfall. “Obviously, scoring early was great, but there was just a shift in play,” Texas head coach Angela Kelly said. “Our game is transitional where these shifts

do take place.” After that first goal, A&M stifled the Texas offense, specifically in the first half. After getting three shots off in the first seven minutes, the Longhorns were only able to muster three more for the rest of the half. That aforementioned open game swung the match in favor of the Aggies, who were able to attempt 27 shots to Texas’ 17. “We just happened to turn the ball over, and they just took advantage of those opportunities. Credit to A&M — they took their chances obviously very well,” said Kelly. “It seemed like a match that could have been 10-8. It was back and forth, with loads of shots from both teams. I think we had

chances that we wish we could get back.” In the 72nd minute, the Aggies put the game out of reach, scoring their fourth goal of the match of a Texas deflection. Rather than accepting defeat Texas spent the last 20 minutes of the match frantically fighting, looking to, at the very least, make the final score closer. “I thought we battled. I appreciate the response from our squad, and they made a choice, hence doubling the shot production,” Kelly said. “You have choices: you either respond or you don’t. In our game, it just takes one goal. Even when it was 4-1, a chance at a second goal makes it much

more interesting.” After the loss, Kelly was understandably disappointed,

It was back and forth, with loads of shots from both teams. I think we had chances that we wish we could get back.” ANGELA KELLY texas head coach

not just for the end of her eighth season as Texas’ coach but also for the seniors whose

collegiate careers ended on Friday. “My thoughts are honestly with our seniors,” Kelly said. “This senior class is special, as they all are. Lots of people who have given everything they could have for this program.” Texas ends the season with a record of 11–8–1. Wins against the likes of Washington, Kansas and Oklahoma provided highs, but a multitude of crunch time losses kept this team from reaching its peak. Losing eight seniors — including Cyera Hintzen, Atu Mshana, Emma Jett and Cydney Billups — hurts, but Texas will look to continue their recent success in pursuit of a fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2020.

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Longhorns look for answers following loss to Arizona By Myah Taylor @t_myah

In basketball, teams either live by the three or they die by the three. Bloodshed was absent in Texas’ physical Sunday matchup against Arizona, but the Longhorns were still destroyed by the Wildcats’ aggressive shooting attack early on. Arizona shot daggers from the three-point line in the first half as Texas fought for dear life. Ultimately, the blows were ones the Longhorns couldn’t recover from, as they fell to the reigning WNIT champions in a game that saw them outscored 8358 at the Frank Erwin Center. “I’m somewhat surprised and puzzled … at how we’re approaching the start of games and our lack of aggression,” Texas head coach Karen Aston said. “But again, I thought Arizona really, really came out and shot the ball well early.” Texas won the tipoff to start the contest, but not much else went its way for the rest of the first half, which was characterized by poor shooting and turnovers the Wildcats converted into points. Shortly after the Longhorns gained possession to start the game, senior point guard Sug Sutton dribbled down the court only to be ambushed into a corner by a sea of red. Arizona’s size and defense proved too much for Sutton whose pass to a teammate

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Senior guard Sug Sutton attempts to dribble around a defender against Northwestern State on Dec. 29, 2018. Sutton, an established veteran player on the team, will be instrumental this season for the Longhorns as they try to turn their season around. was intercepted by a Wildcat. “Credit to that defense,” Sutton said. “They packed the paint really well taking away our post players, taking away drives. So that led us to a bunch of turnovers.”

In subsequent plays, Arizona capitalized off these mistakes by shooting threes, making threes and repeating the cycle. The Longhorns showed some signs of life in the

second half following their abysmal start. Three-point shots from Sutton and senior forward Joyner Holmes, as well as a couple from sophomore center Charli Collier helped cut the deficit in the

second half. But their efforts weren’t enough as defense continued to be an issue deep into the second half. “As much as it looks like our offense is our problem, the fact that we can’t get

consecutive stops is a bigger problem for us right now,” Aston said. “I think we’re really struggling defensively.” Texas eventually tied the BASKETBALL

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Behind Popeyes’ infamous tweet “ ... y’all good?”: Social media strategist discusses the viral Popeyes chicken sandwich tweet.

sold out nationwide, prompting the company to relaunch the product two months later. Part of this hype can be credited to Angela Brown, GSD&M social media strategist for Popeyes’ Twitter. Brown sat down with The Daily Texan to discuss her experience working on the twitter account. Daily Texan: For a time, there seemed to be a chicken sandwich war occurring on social media. Why do you think Popeyes’ campaign stood out amongst other restaurants online?

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ith two words, the social media team at Austin-based advertising agency GSD&M sent the internet into a frenzy about the new Popeyes chicken sandwich. Excitement over the product made Popeyes the center of attention on Twitter. In the midst of the hype, Chick-fil-A tweeted, “Bun + Chicken + Pickles = all the (heart) for the original.” Popeyes responded and tweeted “...y’all good?” The tweet went viral with over 320,000 likes. Within a week, the sandwich

Angela Brown: I think the extra power we had was that our campaign pretty much had the full force of black Twitter behind it. You have Chick-fil-A, who is known to be more conservative, they’re anti-LGBTQ. The product is good, but the brand is not as favored among people. So they don’t necessarily have a strong community behind them who can sway media. DT: What was your response when you realized the tweet had gone viral? AB: We look at our social performance report every month.

We’ll measure what’s doing well on each platform and lean more into whatever content is performing the best. So when we tweeted this, we were like, “Let’s see if it outdoes our best-performing tweet. When the numbers started rolling in, that’s when I was like, “Oh, we might have done something here. Like, there’s something going on because this is really hitting right now.” DT: What surprised you about the process? AB: For me, the unexpected thing was that we sold out two month’s worth of product in like a week. I really don’t think that’s happened (before). With social media being as powerful as it is now, the positioning that people and brands take (can) help sell our product. DT: You recently spoke in California at Brandweek about the Chicken Sandwich Campaign. What were the major points you shared with the audience? AB: The hype was organic. We noticed that our fans were starting this conversation between us versus Chick-fil-A because they weren’t (supporting the same)

Angela Brown, social media strategist for Popeyes’ Twitter, said an “insecure” Chick-fil-A tweet opened the door for Popeyes’ new chicken sandwich to go viral on Twitter. values of the company. The louder they kind of got about their stance on anti-LGBTQ, the louder our fans got about how we were the better sandwich because we were without the homophobia. Chick-fil-A, feeling the heat from us as a competitor, led to the insecure

FILM REVIEW | ‘FORD V FERRARI’

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Lady Antebellum’s new album ‘Ocean’ explores emotional hardships By Nataleah Small @nataleahjoy

James Mangold’s racing biopic is an exquisitely crafted film that’s lovely to watch unfold. Bale channels his British roots for his complex role as an English driver who cares for more than just fixing cars and speeding down long stretches of road. Damon delivers his lines in a Texas twang, smooth as butter on a fresh batch of hot biscuits. He might as well be saying: “You all may go to hell, and I will go to the racetrack.” Josh Lucas portrays Ford executive Leo Beebee as a bonafide a--hole that makes you want to never buy a car from Ford Motor Company ever again. He comes off as sly and grimy, exactly as he should. What gives this film the chef’s kiss of pura perfezione — Italian for “pure perfection” — is not the sexy cars or diverse camera angles. It’s the makeup. They got every detail right, down to the grit under every last fingernail. Bale’s neck is sunburnt red and his fingers are greasy with castor oil, even after he’s done working in

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weighed heavily on that because a lot of times black Twitter does not get the credit they deserve for all the moments that they make happen. A lot of trends are taken from black Twitter, and then taken to other platforms (and) brands (and) communities (who) are not black.

ALBUM REVIEW | ‘OCEAN’

‘Ford v Ferrari’ brings strong performances from A-list actors Director James Mangold takes audiences to the race track with unprecedented finesse in his film “Ford v Ferrari.” It’s not dark or gritty like other racing biopics. Rather, “Ford v Ferrari” is delicate in every detail and word. Mangold takes racing and turns it into an art, with the driver as a calculated painter and castor oil covering his hands instead of acrylics. The narrative follows the true story of car designer Carroll Shelby’s (Matt Damon) and race car driver Ken Miles’ (Christian Bale) attempt to partner with the Ford Motor Company and defeat Ferrari at the Le Mans, a 24-hour race in 1966. This story is absolutely beautiful to watch, mesmerizing even. It’s a shame humans have to blink. The color scheme of navy blues against unsaturated yellows and cherry reds is entrancing, especially when coupled with touches of golden sunlight in almost every daytime scene. Every second of the film feels meticulously crafted. It helps that the setting is gorgeous. The wide open land and expansive sky gives a Western feel with horsepower instead of horses. Set design both on and off the track do an excellent job of teleporting the audience to the 1960s, a time where offices had minibars and people listened to races on radios. The picturesque spaces are commanded by tasteful performances from Bale and Damon.

sub tweet. This conversation happens without us. We didn’t initiate it. We didn’t create it. (Another) point we made was that black Twitter made this pop. They took something that we as a brand saw the (as a) competitive moment and they made it a cultural moment. We

the garage. It’s the mark of a true driver. The film did have a slight bump in the road when it came to score. It incorporated rock ‘n’ roll, country and jazz to give off a cool, American vibe, but there are times when it feels like a television drama score, not that of a feature film. This is made up for by revving engines and subjective sound that draws the audience into Miles’ headspace. Unlike the drivers in “Talladega Nights” or “Rush,” Miles has the headspace of a driver with vision. He’s like Mangold, someone who can see the bigger picture of it all and make it happen.

It’s been two years since Lady Antebellum released new music and the band’s latest album is well worth the wait. On Nov. 15, the country music group released its eighth studio album, Ocean — the band’s first under Big Machine Label Group. Ocean contains a conglomeration of emotionally charged ballads, honkey-tonk dance jams and pseudo-hymns that are a few “hallejahs” away from being included in a nondenominational worship service. Over the 47-minute runtime, the band takes their time to explore a bevy of lyrical themes. To their credit, each song is honest and emotionally self-aware. The album’s tone is positive and hopeful. Although the artists sing about melancholy topics like alcohol abuse, emotional detachment and missing their families on tour, each problem is coupled with a solution. In an interview with People magazine, singer Charles Kelley said the song “Be Patient With My Love” was written to his wife during a time when the artist struggled with drinking and his spirituality. The sobering lyrics of the first verse, “Mighta drank too much wine/Mighta said

somethin’ that/I just can’t take back” are paired with the chorus’ healing message, “‘Cause I’m comin’ back/ Back to my senses/ I’m comin’ back/ Like holy redemption.” The problem-solution lyrical strategy gives the song a mature sound. Unlike so many singers that spend four minutes wallowing in selfpity without any indication that they plan to take action to correct their mistakes, Kelley admits to his shortcomings, asks for forgiveness and outlines how he intends to change. However, not every song is equally well written. One problem with waiting two years to release an album is that, by including a song like “You Can Do You” in 2019, it seems like the band is out of touch with the times. The lyrics, “You can do you, I’ma do me/ We all came here for the same thing/ We’re all living in the land of the free” sound like a weak attempt at inclusivity. The song paints a picture of a diverse group of people gathering in a bar to have a good time. The lyrics imply that the band is giving this seemingly diverse hypothetical audience permission to party the way they prefer. It neglects to consider that their listeners already have agency to express themselves how they want. It’s not a bad message, but when straight, white country singers use the

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metaphor of a bar party to promote a message of diversity and inclusion — regardless of intent — the tone seems a bit fake. It seems like they’re attempting to monopolize on a sentiment that is now widely accepted and is no longer new or novel. The song is fun and upbeat, but Ocean wouldn’t have suffered if it were cut. Overall, Lady Antebellum fans will enjoy this album because it stays true to their original sound while expanding on the band’s lyrical storytelling abilities. The greatest country music writers are some of the best storytellers. They are able to harvest their most intimate experiences and deepest emotions, refine them into songs and present them to the listener as a banquet of music. Ocean possesses a level of vulnerability and openness that can be difficult for a well-established group to achieve. If the album is an offering of emotion, listeners should come for the savory, high-energy numbers and stay for the sweet, quiet moments where the performers wear their hearts on their sleeves.

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copyright big machine records, and reproduced with permission Lady Antebellum released their eighth studio album on Nov. 15. Ocean is comprised of emotional ballads and energy-infused dance numbers.