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UT alumna and longtime donor was honored at the White House on Thursday.

For students’ sake, professors should stop scheduling exams during odd hours.

Students discuss exploring gender identity and expression in college.

Men’s basketball falls to Georgetown in New York City for season’s first loss.

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A message from The Daily Texan’s managing editor By Catherine Marfin @thedailytexan

Each week, Texan staff members spend countless hours working to keep the UT community informed. We strive each day to make sure the stories we publish are accurate and balanced. We’ve always tried to be as transparent as possible in our reporting. In standing by this goal, I want to let our readers know about a situation that came to my attention this week regarding two of our stories. On Tuesday, the Texan staff was contacted by a spokesperson from the city of Austin with concerns regarding an article that had been published about sidewalk improvements in West Campus. Richard Mendoza, Austin Public Works director, and Karla Taylor, chief of staff for the Austin Transportation Department, were both quoted in the article, but both of these officials told our staff that they had never given an interview to that reporter. After an internal investigation into these allegations, our staff confirmed the reporter fabricated the quotes in that article and at least one other. That reporter, senior news reporter Sara Johnson, has been let go from the Texan effective immediately. In addition, our staff will be working diligently to verify all of the quotes in her published articles. The following articles have been retracted in print and online, and have been removed from our website: Nov. 5, 2019: “Planning Commission approve proposal for more high-frequency transit routes” Nov. 19, 2019: “Sidewalk ramp improvements coming to northern end of West Campus” Fabricating quotes — or any information in an article — goes against everything we stand for as journalists and as Texan staff members. From staffers’ very

Monarch Program looks to expand resources to undocumented high schoolers across Texas. By Laura Morales @lamor_1217

he Monarch Student Program, part of the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence, is revitalizing its efforts to reach out to high school students. The program aims to help students brought to the United States illegally as children apply for college, financial aid and housing. Nong Xiong, the Gateway program coordinator at the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence, said the program will offer guidance and resources to overcome the barriers students face because of their citizenship status.

Security number,” Xiong said. “Oftentimes, students are told they should be quiet about their status to not put themselves in situations where they could get deported. They have a lot of uncertainty with the future, and we are here to help guide them through that.” The program has worked with Austin high schools and is looking to partner with UT Outreach, a college readiness program, to aid schools across Texas. Patrick Patterson, assistant vice president at the Longhorn Center “Some students find out they for School Partnerships, the center has are undocumented when they said collaborated with the apply to college and realize Monarch Student Prothey don’t have a Social gram to guide students Security number.” at Juan Navarro High School in North Austin. NONG XIONG “As far as the college gateway program coordinator application process is concerned, the process is similar to all oth“Some students find out er students in terms of filling they are undocumented when in the application,” Patterson they apply to college and resaid in an email. “Of course, alize they don’t have a Social families are wary of submitting

information to government entities, so that is a major obstacle.” These students lauren ibanez / the daily texan staff are not able to apply for federal financial aid be updated every single month or study abroad. Those stuor year about their status is dents also don’t have a credit something that can make them score, which is often required feel hopelessness.” to lease an apartment. The Jamie Turcios-Villalta, only time they can get a job health and society senior, is or study abroad is if they have working with the Monarch protected status under TemStudent Program. She is also a porary Protected Status or the DACA recipient and said some Deferred Action for Childhood high school students she has Arrivals program, also known spoken with are under the imas DACA, which grants them pression they cannot go to cola two-year renewable work lege because of citizenship barpermit. These challenges have riers. She said being able to talk been even more pressing as about their status can be helpful the courts decide the fate of for students who have felt the DACA, which is involved in a need to hide their citizenship. federal case that was argued “We are meeting to talk at the U.S. Supreme Court last about this difficult conversaweek. Xiong said the students tion to have and how do we do she works with can feel isolatit without being too invasive ed on campus on top of all of but also allowing the students these obstacles. that autonomy to decide if this “The political climate is also is something they want to talk very bad for their mental health,” Xiong said. “Having to about,” Turcios-Villalta said.

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UT Senate unanimously passes resolution in support of renaming RLM building to PMA

Trudy’s on West 30th to remain closed for weeks following kitchen fire

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By Graysen Golter @graysen_golter

UT Senate of College Councils unanimously voted to support renaming Robert Lee Moore Hall to the Physics, Math and Astronomy building at its meeting Thursday. Robert Lee Moore, a former UT math professor, vocally supported segregation at UT and discriminated against black students during his nearly 50-year tenure at the University. The Senate resolution encourages all students, faculty members and staff to refer to the building as the PMA in official documents, such as class syllabi, to dissociate Moore’s well-documented racism from the building S E N A T E PAGE 2

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Natural Sciences Council member and resolution co-author Rory Malek explains a resolution to rename the Robert Lee Moore Hall to the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building.

Trudy’s Texas Star on West 30th Street is closed for several weeks due to a fire earlier this month. An accidental kitchen fire caused the restaurant to close two weeks ago. It will remain closed for at least another week, general manager Kris Peterson said. “We’ve been at that location for 42 years, so we’re like a staple landmark there,” said Peterson, who is also the operations manager of the Trudy’s company. “Lots of memories have been had there. People come back with their kids and show them where they went to

school. It’s very special to a lot of people. By the phone calls and all the emails that we get, we’re greatly missed, and we’re working fast to get back so we can be operating normally.” Peterson said he is not completely sure why the fire happened since the location is up to date on all regulations, but he suspects a spark ignited a buildup of grease in the restaurant’s smokestack and spread through the vents and to the kitchen. He said the damage could have easily been much worse had the Austin Fire Department not responded as quickly as they did. Peterson also said he will be working closely with the restaurant’s cleaning company to prevent T R U D Y ’ S PAGE 2

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UT receives $1.5 million TRIPODS award to establish integrative data science institute By Jennifer Xia @JenniferXia7

The University received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation award to establish a new institute built on data science. The Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science award will work toward bringing together the computer science, electrical engineering, statistics and math departments to work on foundational problems in machine learning, said Adam Klivans, computer science professor and co-author of the grant. Machine learning is the process by which a machine learns to perform tasks with little human intervention using data patterns. “It will be a hub for machine learning education on campus so people can learn the basics of algorithmic machine learning or more advanced things,” Klivans said. According to the National Science Foundation, the three goals of the institute are developing an algorithmic theory for deep learning, making machine learning robust and devising new methods using graph algorithms. The institute will soon have a website as part of the grant’s initial stage, said Sujay Sanghavi, electrical and computer engineering associate professor and a co-author of the grant. At the end

of the first three years, there will be a competition for a $10 million award, which would allow the institute to have its own physical space. Sanghavi said a large focus of the new institute is to provide more support for undergraduates such as those in the Machine Learning Data Science Club, which engages students from different disciplines in data science skills and techniques through workshops, corporate events and competitions. “So far, (the club) has minimal faculty support, but going forward, we want to help these students succeed further,” Sanghavi said. Having more computing power and better visuals from a more established institute would help the club create more tailored workshops, said Oishik Saha, chemical engineering junior and co-president of MLDS. The new institute also aims to engage women and underrepresented minorities. “We recognize (lack of diversity) is even a problem we have within our organization, so we’re glad it’s being identified at a higher level,” said Ryan McCray, computer and electrical engineering senior and co-president of MLDS. As the only female officer in MLDS, Aarushi Ramesh said she wants to see more women participate in their competitions and workshops. “Breaking those stereotypes in machine learning

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and UT. Resolution author Alcess Nonot said administrators have not yet heeded calls to rename the building, and students have started movements to rename it themselves. She said the legislation will make the issue more visible for students who are not in the College of Natural Sciences and show the efforts of organizations such as People for PMA. “The grassroots movement started way before we were involved,” said Nonot, a human development and family sciences and biology junior. “People for PMA and the PMA board for student advocacy are the ones doing this even though our council has this privilege to uplift their voices to administrators. But the credit should go to them.” Nonot said she recognizes legislative student organizations have addressed the issue before. “We chose to do it again to make it a formal request to all other college councils,” Nonot said. “We want to make the People for PMA movement known campuswide so all students refer to the building as PMA.” Physics graduate student Suzanne Jacobs represented People for PMA during the meeting. “(Robert Lee Moore) was an excellent math teacher, so they say,” Jacobs said. “But he was also extremely racist, refused to teach black students and ... we in the College of Natural Sciences thought we shouldn’t

have our building named after this man.” Jacobs said student advocacy has led to faculty and the dean of the College of Natural Sciences to refer to the building as PMA. “We will accept that it stands as RLM as an indicator of the politics of the University,” Jacobs said. “But we, as the student body, reject it.” Resolution author Rory Malek represented the PMA board for student advocacy during the meeting. “There’s no negative consequences here,” public health sophomore Malek said. “It’s just naming a building and fostering a sense of support ... and it’s not going to hurt anyone. I have no idea why it’s controversial to express support for other college students.” The resolution also supported adding more student representatives to the Campus Contextualization Committee, a committee UT President Gregory Fenves created after the removal of Confederate statues in 2017, according to the resolution. Resolution sponsor Maria Henriquez said the legislation helps her feel more empowered as an underrepresented minority in STEM. “Even though we can’t physically rename the building, just changing RLM to PMA is such a big symbol of the culture that needs to change,” said Henriquez, a math and chemistry sophomore. “I’m so glad People for PMA has provided a stance. Instead of waiting on faculty and administrators, we’ll just take it upon the student body ourselves.”

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similar incidents in the future. Peterson said the damages will cost roughly $100,000 to fix, and the location’s employees will continue to work at the other Austin locations. He said employees might have a difficult time working at the unfamiliar locations and plans to ease their burden by letting them have flexible hours. Accounting senior Tara Mehta said Trudy’s is important to her because it is her brother’s

job to be taken lightly. We are deeply disappointed that this situation occurred, but remain committed to our mission of seeking the truth, being transparent in our reporting, and publishing stories that are objective and factual. We will let our readers know the results of the verification process once it is complete.

favorite restaurant and a place that is accessible for UT students looking to eat Tex-Mex food and meet new people. Mehta said Trudy’s temporary closure saddened her because of her plans to have her first alcoholic drink there to celebrate her 21st birthday. “We were really looking forward to it,” Mehta said. “The fire actually happened two days after we took a different friend there for their 21st birthday. It’s always been a place that family and friends go eat dinner. It has some really good memories there.” Bodie Lowe, a public

UT alumna receives National Humanities Medal from White House By Brynne Herzfeld @brynneherzfeld

Teresa Lozano Long, a UT alumna and longtime donor to the school, received the National Humanities Medal in a ceremony at the White House on Thursday. The medal honors those who help deepen the public’s understanding of the humanities. President Donald Trump honored Long alongside best-selling author James Patterson, renowned chef Patrick J. O’Connell and The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank. “Teresa Lozano Long is an extraordinary philanthropist and supporter of education and the arts,” Trump said during the ceremony. “With her husband Joe, she has given over $130 million dollars to universities and cultural organizations in Texas.” Long was the first Hispanic woman to earn a doctorate in health and physical education from UT. The Institute for Latin American Studies was named after her in 2000. “Because of their major contributions over these last years ... we’ve created this incredible institute in our own backyard,” said Myra Leo, chair of the advisory council at the institute and a friend of Long. “We’re second to the Library of Congress in terms of collections.” Although Long began her professional life as a physical education teacher in the small South Texas town of Alice, she has a passion for art. Long previously served on the National Council on the Arts, which reviews federal grants for projects that

relations senior and tour guide for the University, said the restaurant is important to the city’s “Keep Austin Weird” culture and believes its friendly staff and atmosphere highlight the city’s welcoming nature. He said his memory of eating there with his parents while moving into the University as a freshman made it all the more devastating when he heard the news about the fire. “(The fire) was the first thing I read when I woke up (that day), and I was like, ‘This is the worst start to my day ever in my four years at the University of Texas,’” Lowe said.

Teresa Lonzano Long, the first Hispanic woman to earn a doctorate in health and physical education at UT, was honored at the White House on Thursday. promote public engagement with art throughout the nation, among other things, according to its website. Despite her history in supporting the arts and the philanthropic efforts of her and her husband, Long did not expect to receive the National Humanities Medal. “I was shocked,” Long said. “I don’t even know how they got my name.” In 1999, Long and her husband established the Long Foundation, an Austin-based nonprofit organization that collects art and educates the public, according to the

organization’s website. “They do a lot in the local Austin community,” Leo said. “They’re just so passionate and compassionate about everything that they do.” Long and her husband donate their money strategically, Leo said. They make sure the community has a vested interest in the causes the foundation funds, and the Longs want to see the outcomes of their donations. “It’s not about the names on the buildings,” Leo said. “It is about what’s happening to these individuals and helping them dream their dreams and reaching their dreams.”

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Trudy’s Texas Star on restraunt on West 30th street will remain closed due to an accidental kitchen fire damaging the structure.

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Local startups showcase products, services at venture expo

Texas bat populations threatened by deadly fungal disease, wind turbines

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Dozens of interested investors and representatives from 25 Austin-based companies mingled at a venture capital exposition by the McCombs School of Business Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs. “Companies from the UT and Austin innovation ecosystem came to the table,” said Mellie Price, director of JBTVL. “We’re highlighting some of the great work going on at UT and in Austin.” Twelve startup companies in Texas Venture Labs’ Accelerator Cohort each gave a three-minute elevator pitch about their products or services at the fall Venture Expo on Thursday in Robert B. Rowling Hall. The JBTVL Accelerator program pairs hand-picked companies with graduate students in the JBTVL Practicum program. These students work to solve problems that the company chooses during the semester-long program, Price said.

“For example, a company can say, ‘Hey, we need help with our go-to-market strategy,’” Price said. “Then the students will work on that with the company. It gives them hands-on experience and the opportunity to learn entrepreneurial skills.” Amir Bahari, CEO and co-founder of protein doughnut company Elite Sweets, said he found three issues within his company for students to solve, including working on the company’s demographic profile. “The students say what they want they want to do, and we say what problems we want to work on,” Bahari said. “Then we come to an agreement, and they work on that project and give us reports summarizing the problem.” The Venture Expo is a biannual event in conjunction with the Accelerator program. Price said past companies in the program have found success in part due to the expo. One of them was BeatBox Beverages, a company that makes alcoholic drinks aimed at parties and went on to raise money from

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more investors after the expo to get the company going. “There are a bunch of companies that have gone through the program that are still going strong,” Price said. The other 13 companies also had booths and were a selection of UT-based and Austin-based companies. Pocket Punch showcased their hand-held, all-in-one self-defense device at the expo. The device contains pepper spray, a safety alarm and a flashlight inside a pair of plastic knuckles. Co-founder Margy McCallum said the company, founded by five undergraduate seniors at UT, joined the expo after hearing about the event through their faculty sponsor. “We’ve showcased our product, and people have been interested and eager to learn more,” marketing senior McCallum said. “People have been enthusiastic about sharing ideas that have been interesting. We’ve been able to connect to people that could help us in the future. So it’s been pretty helpful but also just cool.”

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McCombs students and investors mingle with representatives from different startups at Robert B. Rowling Hall during the Venture Expo on Thursday afternoon.

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Lee Mackenzie, co-founder of Austin Bat Refuge, analyzes the wing of a northern yellow bat that was knocked out of a palm tree and attacked by a grackle. By Nataleah Small @nataleahjoy

Bats are one of Austin’s most iconic nonhuman residents, but their populations have been declining because of natural and man-made threats across Texas and the United States. White-nose syndrome and wind turbines are two significant threats to bat populations, said Jonah Evans, state mammalogist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. White-nose syndrome is caused by a fungus that infects bats during hibernation, said Fran Hutchins, director of Bracken Cave Preserve. He said when bats hibernate, they lower their body temperature and slow down their metabolism. The disease occurs when the fungus gets onto a bat’s body and acts as an irritant, Hutchins said. By waking up to deal with the fungus, he said the bat increases its metabolism to activate its

immune system. They end up burning off their fat reserves faster than they had planned when they wake up, and this causes them to starve to death before winter ends, Hutchins said. In other states, the tricolored bat has experienced declines upward of 90% due to white-nose syndrome, Evans said. Although the disease has not been detected in Texas bats yet, Hutchins said the fungus itself has been documented in 22 counties across the state. Wind turbines also kill many bats every year, said Dianne Odegard, co-founder of Austin Bat Refuge. Although it is unclear why bats are attracted to wind turbines, Odegard said the animals might see them as a place to roost. Bats die when they run into wind turbine blades or experience barometric trauma, Odegard said. When the blades move quickly, she said they generate zones of low barometric pressure that

damage the bat’s organs and kill them midair when they get close. There are not wind turbines in most of Central Texas, but bats that spend time in Austin often migrate and could be killed elsewhere. The most common species in Austin is the Mexican free-tailed bat, one of 33 species in the state. Bats only give birth to one or two bat pups per year, so Evans said it is important to study what negatively affects them because it is difficult to recover their population. To combat turbine deaths specifically, Evans said researchers at Texas State University tested acoustic deterrents mounted onto turbines that broadcast a high-frequency noise bats don’t like. By putting those devices on turbines, he said researchers saw bat collisions drop by 50%. “That’s just the very early stages of development,” Evans said. “This will likely get much better as the technology improves.”

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Schedule exams during class time for student well-being By Neha Dronamraju Columnist

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My day starts at 6 a.m and ends at 12 a.m. It is jam-packed with classes, office hours and other miscellaneous activities, and sometimes I have to block out extra time toward the end of it to take a midterm. Last fall, my general chemistry test time was 9:30-11 p.m. Taking a strenuous midterm at the tail end of a full day of activities is no easy feat. I found myself burdened with undue stress and chugging obscene amounts of coffee in anticipation of the test. I couldn’t focus on any of the other things I had to do earlier in the day. This was not healthy, and it didn’t serve me well in terms of academic success or mental well-being. UT should stop scheduling midterms at odd hours to preserve students’ emotional, mental and physical well-being. Instead of scheduling exams at night, the system should allow exams to be administered during class or over a couple of class periods if the exam is longer than the class period itself. Aidan Comiskey, Plan II and biochemistry sophomore, has to take his organic chemistry midterms from 7-10 p.m. “It’s really taxing to take (organic chemistry) so late, especially since it’s such a tough and stressful class,” Comiskey said. “I also have to miss part of a seminar that I really enjoy, which takes place from 6-7 p.m, and even when I’m there for the first half, I can’t pay attention because I’m so worried about the upcoming test.” Comiskey’s experience reflects the experiences of many undergraduates who are required to take large introductory STEM classes, as these courses often schedule midterms at odd hours. Jordan Johnson, academic affairs coordinator for the chemistry department, said the scheduling process starts with the professor setting specific exam dates. Then, he submits the time requested to the Office of the Registrar to reserve spaces for evening exams. He said the rationale for evening exams is that few students have classes after 5 p.m., so later exams minimize conflicts.

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Stop charging for claiming credit, relieve unfair financial burden By Jennifer Beck Columnist

Like many other freshmen at some point this semester, I recently logged onto the UT Testing and Evaluation Services website and began the process of claiming credits that I earned in high school. Little did I know, I would be paying hundreds of dollars to claim said credits despite having already paid fees to take the tests and send my scores to UT. After speaking with students from the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Michigan, Indiana University, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (among many other institutions), it seems that charging fees to claim credit is not a very common practice at large public universities in the United States — except for UT. To relieve unnecessary financial stress on students, UT should abandon its practice of charging students to claim credit hours for AP/IB, dual credit and non-UT college courses. Claiming even a few credits at UT will cost you, but the weight of these fees are felt most by those coming in with a lot of credit or

low-income students. UT charges a $10 fee per credit hour claimed, so most students end up paying $30 per course they’ve earned credit for. However, in some cases, like for foreign language courses, students may use one test score to claim as many as six hours, meaning they have to pay a $60 fee for one course.

Claiming even a few credits at UT will cost you, but the weight of these fees are felt most by those coming in with a lot of credit or low-income students.” Business freshman Ashley Wu said she had to pay nearly $300 in fees to claim credits she earned prior to attending UT. “We already pay so much for the actual tests and sending them to universities,” Wu said. “On top of that, making us pay for not only the credit, but also in some cases

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paying for an extra test to take a course we already have credit in — I believe (this) is unnecessarily excessive.” After two weeks of trying to get hold of UT Testing and Evaluation Services, I was unable to get a comment about why the fees are charged, where that money goes and why UT doesn’t follow its peers. The University should not be charging students for credit they have earned and already paid for multiple times. It is completely unnecessary and unfair. That being said, UT should remove this financial burden and immediately change their policy surrounding credit claiming, effectively removing all fees for students. A fee of a couple hundred dollars may seem insignificant to some, but to the 25% of students who struggle with food insecurity, those costs threaten their ability to feed themselves. And to students like me — one person in the 10.6% out-of-state population at UT — every fee, no matter how small, adds to the already colossal cost that is our tuition. It is time for UT to follow the example of other universities and relieve this unnecessary financial burden on students. Beck is a radio-television-film freshman from Park Ridge, Illinois.

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Johnson believes evening exams can be beneficial. “I would argue evening exams have a positive effect for students’ mental health,” Johnson said. “Exams are stressful for students regardless of when they’re scheduled. Evening exams are a huge help in one aspect of this — preventing students from feeling rushed to finish in a small amount of time. Another positive for the students’ testing experience is the ability to split into multiple exam rooms and sit in every other seat. Testing in the evening allows us to spread out and prevent students from feeling cramped and bumping elbows.” While Johnson’s perspective is valid, it does not represent much of the student body’s needs. Classroom space is not reason enough to neglect student well-being, and to address this, professors can reserve two classrooms for the testing day. If the class period time is a problem, tests can be spread over multiple class periods. This would be doubly beneficial because it will give students two separate opportunities to perform well. Students are struggling with evening exams. We are exhausted after long days and lack sufficient energy and mental capacity to successfully take the midterm that comes after. UT can take care of its students by striving to schedule exams during class periods and in multiple adjacent classrooms if more space is needed. This change would give all students the fair shot at academic success they deserve. Dronamraju is a public health sophomore from Dallas.

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adopted girl who celebrates her “Gotcha Day,” or the day her adoption was finalized, at a Chinese buffet that is overwhelmingly inauthentic. The film went on to win an audience award and a new talent award at the 2019 National Film Festival for Talented Youth. The film’s cinematographer, UT alumna Mariana Gonzalez, said shooting on 16 mm film was difficult because it does not allow for as many takes as a digital camera would. “We were filming inside of a Chinese buffet that was open for business, so there were so many moving parts,” Gonzalez said. “I (saw Wang) grow throughout production, juggling all these different aspects.” Another obstacle the film faced was the audience’s understanding of the story’s depth, both from a Chinese and American cultural standpoint. “I’ve been showing this to a lot of my Chinese friends, and they don’t necessarily understand the idea well because they don’t know the idea that a Chinese buffet in America doesn’t have real Chinese food,” Wang said. Zhixuan Li, producer of “Lucky Girl” and radio-television-film senior, said Wang pushed through the fear of cultural confusion to create a piece that was important to her. “As a director, (Wang) understands it’s important to be passionate about your film and tell

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side of myself,” Zamora said. However, Zamora said she sometimes finds herself explaining her identity to strangers. In some instances, she said the students she works with in an afterschool

“Lucky Girl” is a film by Sidi Wang, radio-television-film senior. what you want to tell and insist on your vision and then let it shine,” Li said. Wang said she is happy she

continued to pursue her film despite the challenges. While the film may not be directly relatable to a wide audience, she said it is impactful

for many. “During the festival, there were a lot of Asian American people coming up to me saying that they

can relate to the story even though they’re not adopted,” Wang said. “This story is about identity and who they are, and it reaches them.”

program refer to her as a boy because of her short hair and way of dressing. “The first few times, it’s funny,” Zamora said. “I understand that my look tends to be more on the androgynous side. I just don’t dress particularly feminine. But, after a while with kids and even with adults, it kind of wears you down because I’m constantly feeling like I have to

validate my identity.” Zamora said the constant questions sometimes cause her to question her form of gender expression all over again. She said over the summer she tried to grow out her hair, but she cut it again when she realized she was doing it for others rather than for herself. “Something as simple as (asking),

‘What are your pronouns?’ when you introduce yourself just removes any confusion because you can’t tell what someone’s identity is by just looking at them,” Zamora said. Sociology professor Gloria González-López studies women and gender. In her classes, she said she asks students to share their name and pronouns during initial

introductions. González-López said although conversations surrounding gender identity and expression are sometimes difficult to navigate, they are important. “It’s an opportunity to say, ‘This is who I am,’ and also not to make assumptions,” González-López said. “It is also a sign of respect, validation, visibility.”

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‘Physical’ Bears await in Waco

Texas football travels to face tough environment, stout Baylor defense at McLane Stadium By Daniela Perez @danielap3rez

he Longhorns are headed to Waco, Texas, to face the Baylor Bears in their penultimate game of the season. The No. 14 Baylor Bears are currently second in the Big 12 with only one loss to Oklahoma after blowing a 21-point lead in the second half. Baylor has a shot at redemption, and taking down the Longhorns will be another step toward the Big 12 Championship. While Baylor battles for a Big 12 Championship bid, Texas will be fighting to maintain the possibility of playing a marquee opponent in a bowl game. Yet the Bears are a standout in the Big 12 with solid defensive and offensive personnel. Like many teams this season, Baylor threatens to further expose issues in Texas’ defensive and offensive lines. “They have found a way at the end of games to make plays on both sides of the ball when

it matters to get the wins,” head coach Tom Herman said. “Their defensive front, two guys especially, 93 and 99, they’re guys that you’ve got to game plan for. They are real, real dudes that are going to be an issue, and we have to make sure we are buttoned up (in terms of) how we’re going to block them and who we are going to block them with.” Herman is referring to Baylor defensive tackles James Lynch and Bravvion Roy, two of many defensive leaders on the Bears’ roster. Lynch currently leads the Big 12 in sacks with seven and has tallied 52 total tackles this season. Roy follows closely behind with 45 total tackles. Both players will provide extreme pressure on Texas’ faltering offensive line. Baylor’s defense is strong on all sides as the No. 1 scoring defense in the Big 12. Similar to Iowa State, Baylor plays with a three-man front while dropping their defensive players into coverage. Herman said this poses some major problems for Texas’ passing game. “They’re not the biggest guys, but man are they physical, and they can run — really, really run — and will hit you,” Herman said. “Again, there’s eight of them back there with only three down linemen.” What makes Baylor lethal is its strength on both sides of the ball, especially on offense. Junior quarterback Charlie Brewer, brother of Texas tight end junior Cade Brewer, has shown steady improvement in his three

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years at Baylor. He has recorded 18 touchdowns for the Bears while rushing for 276 yards. Brewer is also a consistent passer, with 195 completions on 292 attempts. “I’ve been playing against him since high school,” Coburn said. “We lost to him in a playoff. He can run. He is similar to Sam. He can throw, he can

run, he is a very smart quarterback and they got a good one over there.” Brewer’s pass options are strong, especially in senior wide receiver Denzel Mims and sophomore receiver Tyquan Thornton. Containing Mims will be a challenge for Texas’ aching secondary, and his performance against Iowa State and

Oklahoma have been a factor in Baylor’s success. Although the Longhorns will play only an hour and a half from home, the Baylor atmosphere will be fierce. Against the backdrop of McLane Stadium, they will try to stay afloat against one of the strongest teams in their conference. “This conference is good,”

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With 14:47 remaining in a two-point game with the Georgetown Hoyas, junior guard Matt Coleman caught a swing pass from sophomore forward Gerald Liddell and sank a 25-foot three-pointer to give Texas a one-point lead. His uncontested knockdown continued a hot trend for Coleman on a night when everything seemed to fall. Coleman’s shot, a steady foot behind the NBA threepoint line at Madison Square Garden, marked his fifth three-pointer of the night, a career high for the senior point guard. The effects of that shot were erased just 18 seconds later when Georgetown’s junior forward Jamorko Pickett answered with a shot of his own, swinging momentum back in favor of the Hoyas. Minutes later, Georgetown rattled off a 12-0 run to take a commanding 62-52 lead with 9:48 remaining. For fans tuning in late, it seemed as if Georgetown had dominated the game for 40 minutes as a five-point halftime lead turned into an 8266 loss for the Longhorns. “We did not have that same aggressiveness in the second half as the first half,” Texas head coach Shaka Smart said. “The guys responded well in a

tight and sophisticated game at Purdue. We did not show that tonight.” Even with their crushing first loss of the season and second in two years as a ranked team, Smart still took notice of Coleman’s career night. While Smart seemed pleased with Coleman’s performance on the stat sheet in his career night, he said Coleman needed to get others involved. Smart said most of Coleman’s threes were on the back end of plays, adding that he “needs to create more for others” while calling on his team to do more offensively. “He is our leader and a guy like that needs to be our engine, but we need more than him scoring 22 points,” Smart said. “Guys need to do more offensively.” Across the court on the Georgetown bench, head coach Patrick Ewing and sophomore guard Mac McClung were pleased and encouraged by Georgetown’s resilience as it earned its third straight win over a ranked opponent, dating to 2017. “I think it’s just a part of growing as a team as the season goes along,” McClung said. Ewing was particularly delighted with his team’s second half defense, which held Texas to under 30% shooting.

Coburn said. “You see it every week. You never know the spectrum of a team. You just got to keep playing harder than the other opponent, and that’s how it is in this conference. This conference is really good. Every team is really good, so you just gotta hope that it’s better on your end, just keep playing hard.”

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Freshman linebacker Ayodele Adeoye and other Texas defenders follow Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson in Texas’ 27-24 win Nov. 9.

“I thought we did a much better job of defending the (three-point) line (in the second half),” Ewing said. Ewing, a former Knicks legend and Hall of Fame player, was welcomed back to the Garden with a warm reception from fans in attendance. With his team leading by double digits with fewer than three minutes remaining and Texas’ sophomore guard Courtney Ramey at the free-throw line, Ewing turned to face the crowd and waved his arms in the air. The cheers started out small at first, but gradually increased as the crowd applauded the Knicks legend, understanding the gravity of Ewing’s coaching performance in his return home. “It felt like it was back in the Knicks days,” Ewing said. “I just wanted my team to know that we have a lot of supporters here. I wanted them to stand up and be heard.” Friday night, Ewing’s Hoyas will take on the topranked Duke Blue Devils in the 2K Empire Classic championship while Texas will take on California in the consolation game. Even with the spotlight of a primetime matchup of perennial powerhouses, Ewing is still taking in the moment to coach in his old arena. “It’s always great to come back to New York,” Ewing said. “This is still my home.”

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The Longhorns had their first home meet of the season Thursday and took full advantage of it. Texas swept the men’s one-meter podium. Junior Jordan Windle won with 402.15 points, while senior Jacob Cornish placed second and freshman Andrew Harness was third overall. Windle took the lead in the third round with a dive that had a 3.3 difficulty rating, the most difficult of the competition, and never looked back. Windle said that he decided to do the 3.5 pike in the final. “I’ve been working on it (the dive) for a few days and I stayed confident,” Windle said. Windle is an NCAA champ, but diving coach Matt Scoggin thinks even more is on the horizon. “There are no limits (for Windle),” Scoggin said. “He really can become as great as he’s willing to train and dream.” Windle has been backing up Scoggin’s beliefs, now 7–0 this season and a twotime Big 12 Diver of the Week. Scoggin talked about keeping Windle healthy and

managing his load. “Because he trains so hard if you keep him healthy for a long period, he can’t help but getter better,” Scoggin said. Scoggin has also had to apply that mentality to the rest of the team. Texas senior Reed Merritt dove while wearing support tape on his lower and mid-back en route to a seventh-place finish. Senior Grayson Campbell scratched from the one-meter dive with an AC joint strain after the injury flared up earlier this week. In the women’s three-meter dive, Longhorns placed first through fifth, led by senior Alison Gibson who finished first with a score of 382.90. “I’m just really having fun with it,” Gibson said. “I want to make the most of this time that I have (at UT), just let go and dive the way I can dive, and we’ll see what happens.” Also on the women’s side, sophomore Paolo Pineda finished second on the back of a strong third-round dive that elicited a whistle and fist pump from Scoggin on the sidelines. Freshman Janie Boyle was the last Longhorn on the podium, placing third. Texas will try to continue to feel the energy and its momentum into the weekend and retain its undefeated record this season.

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Junior guard Matt Coleman drives to the basket in Texas’ 70-56 win over Prairie View A&M on Nov. 15. Coleman had 22 points in the loss to Georgetown on Thursday.

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Junior Jordan Windle performs a dive Thursday. Windle won the men’s one-meter dive with 402.15 points.

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Students talk gender expression UT students share their experiences presenting their gender identity and how doing so can be both challenging and rewarding.

identities. She said by talking with close friends and family and seeking counseling at the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, she was able to explore her gender identity. When she came out as transfeminine after identifying as cisgender male for the first 19 years of her life, Flores said she received an outpouring of encouraging messages. “I had like 100 people messaging me like, ‘Oh my God, you look so beautiful,’” Flores said. “Then my friends who have me on social media asked me my pronouns, my name (and said) ‘What do you prefer?’ (and) ‘You look amazing.’” Flores said it’s important for people to feel free to question their gender identity and experiment with their expression. Like Flores, Alma Zamora, radio-television-film sophomore, said she found her preferred way of presenting herself by exploring her gender expression. Zamora began experimenting with her gender expression in junior high and tried both hyper-feminine and hyper-masculine ways of presenting herself. She said she later realized she was happiest when she explored both her feminine and masculine sides. For her, that means having short hair and dressing in loose dress shirts, colorful fabrics and the occasional dress or skirt. “I found this nice, happy medium where I was still embracing the masculine side of myself and then also embracing the feminine

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ngel wings and skirt in hand, Angel Flores gets ready to go out to a Halloween party. She takes some pictures with friends and posts them to Twitter after getting enough courage from compliments. She then adds a caption, where she reveals her journey in exploring her gender identity and includes her preferred name, Angel, and pronouns, she/her. “I haven’t smiled that wide before in my entire life,” Flores said. “That experience made me feel very validated.” Gender expression is one’s outward presentation of themself and how it may correlate to their gender. Each person is different, and identity and expression often, but don’t always, intersect. Kinesiology junior Flores said it wasn’t until college that she was exposed to different gender

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RTF student earns awards at national film festival for ‘Lucky Girl’ By Catherine Cardenas @c_aaattt

“Lucky Girl” is a coming-of-age film that follows a nine-year-old girl struggling with cultural identity in a foreign world. When Sidi Wang created this film for her undergraduate

thesis project, she treated it as an apology to a girl she knew at 15. Wang, radio-television-film senior, moved to the United States from China at 15 and lived with a host family. Wang said the family had previously adopted two girls from China, one of whom was very sensitive and emotional. She never understood why until her

host mother told her a story of a common supermarket occurrence. “An old Chinese lady in the supermarket would come up to (the girl) and tell her, ‘Oh, you should know how lucky you are to be adopted to this family,’” Wang said. “I suddenly understood that feeling she has. Most of these comments are actually

coming from people like me from China thinking that she is lucky to be adopted to the States. Obviously, she’s lucky, but nobody should tell her that to her face.” Wang decided to use this experience as inspiration to create a film about a young

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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 water? the task force is committed to stabilize the water treatment system,” the notice said. After historic flooding in Central Texas,inclusivity the water and supply promoting integBoil notices usually only last 24 to 48 hours, but is now full of debris, silt and rity, muddespite and requires extended a history of segreupdates will be posted daily about the actions taken filtration by the city. These conditions it difficult gation are andmaking 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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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 By Ross Burkhart early September to fit with @ross_burkhart the jobs of similar officers at other public universities. “Other universities have here’s one question Texas playpolice officers and they have ers and coaches most frequently public safety officers, which answered this week: How would are basically mobile secuthis team respond after a win over USC rity guards,” Carter said. when a bigger, tougher opponent in TCU “But we see them a little bit was lurking ahead? differently. Their primary To the delight of an exuberant Texmission is to be ambassaas crowd, the Longhorns answered that dors and go out and be extra PROJECT question by giving one of their most eyes and ears for the campus complete, all-around performances in and UTPD.” recent memory. Carter said these new officers respond to non-emerSophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger gency alarms, collect losttook a knee on the final play as the rest and-found items, take police of the Longhorns walked onto the field reports from students and to celebrate the 31-16 win over the No. 17 answer questions. Horned Frogs on Saturday. The victory “They’re not police offimarked the program’s first three-game cers per se, but they are out win streak since 2014 and its first time there as community servants beating Top 25 opponents in consecutive working to support our Uniweeks since 2008. versity and especially our “I think it’s a huge win,” junior safety students, as well as faculty, Brandon Jones said after the win. “Me staff and visitors,” Carter said. “It’s healthy for stuF O O T B A L L page 2 dents to see these officers elias huerta | the daily texan staff out there and know that they Texas junior wide receiver Collin Johnson celebrates a 31-yard touchdown reception in Texas’ 31-16 victory over the can report things to them.” TCU Horned Frogs. The Longhorns have now won three straight games to improving their record to 3-1. Because the officers are non-commissioned and are not licensed to be police ofSTATE UNIVERSITY ficers, 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 FISCAL YEAR 2018 works to keep the University “(O’Rourke’s) focus seems to whether to revise the auto-admit threshold is “The University is anticipating a simBy Chad Lyle By Katie Balevic safe by easing the workload @LyleChad @KatelynBalevic be on fighting for illegal immibased on application data. ilar number of Texas resident freshmen reported children were held in of Lisa commissioned officers By Dreher grants and forgetting the mil“The University of Texas at Austin annualadmission applications, and this con@lisa_drehers97 prison-like cages and separatwho are often preoccupied lions of Americans — you know, ly assesses historical application and enrolltributed to our decision to maintain the ed from their families for months. Incumbent Republican Sen. Americans are The University’s automatic admission ment rates to determine the automatic admit same automatic admission criteria,” Thedreamers Trumpalso,” Administration and Ted Cruz took on Democratic Cruz said. threshold will remain at 6 percent for the percentage that will result in 75 percent of Wasielewski said. T PSystem D page 2 companies contracting with the UT-Austin and other UUT rival Rep. Beto O’Rourke for the During agovernment discussion about 2020-2021 the University’s Texas resident population Sydney Simmons, a former Texas resihave received pub-application cycle, according to a schools have partnered with General first time Friday night in Dallas, marijuana legalization, announcement last week. being automatically admitted,” Wasielewski dent, applied to UT even though she knew lic backlash which over their Twitter handling of Dynamics Information Technology 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 the families. and numerous other entities unsuch as immigration. he thinks it should be decided at admitted when she apWasielewski said the University is exadmission threshold. General Dynamics is was one automatically of the der contract with the United States the state level. plied in to the UT in 2017. Stojcic, who applied pecting a similar number of Texas resident “I was in the top 11 percent,” said Simlargest defense contractors government, involved with carrying KXAS political reporter Julie Fine, who co-moderated the “Legalizing marijuana ac-has done when the threshold was still 7 percent, said applications. Last year, a total of 51,033 mons, now a biomedical engineering country but is also casework out President Donald Trump’s sepdebate at Southern Methodtually a question I think she recalls freshman applied, according to the Texas for where unaccompanied minors sinceher high school friends who did aration of immigrant children from ist University, posed the first reasonable minds can differ,” not the qualify Admissions website. 2000 under its contract with U.S. for automatic admission were A D M I S S I O N page 2 their parents. question of the night. She asked Cruz said. “IOffice think of it Refugee ought to Resettlement. more stressed The about the application process UT-Austin’s Cockrell School of O’Rourke about his support for be up to the corporation states. I think released Colshe was. “Being auto admit was defiathan statement Engineering has an ongoing research granting citizenship to Dreamorado can decide way, and and said nitely June one 19 on Twitter it aisrelief not especially because I knew I was partnership with General Dynamers, undocumented immigrants Texas can decide another.” going to get involved in the family separations atinto UT,” Stojcic said. “The auto ics, specifically its Mission Systems who were brought to the United When thethe issue of gun vio-border or admit percentage is small. It’s tiny. Because U.S.-Mexico construcprogram. This program includes creStates as children. O’Rourke aflence was raised, O’Rourke deit’s so small, other people had to worry about tion or operation of detention centers. ating cybersecurity technology and It has, profited off the influx firmed his support and attacked scribed himself as ahowever, proponent it more than I did.” software architecture for aerospace ofAmendment, immigrant children beingThe detained engineering, said Patrick Wiseman, Cruz for saying the United of the Second but automatic admission policy carries a and hasan posted a flurry of job openexecutive director of communications States should deport them. added he supports assault stigma with it that causes some prospective

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