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A recent University study found that HPV is linked to head and neck cancer.

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UT pharmacy goes green

By Neha Madhira @nehamira14

UT President Gregory Fenves sent a campuswide email Sunday regarding safety near campus following the stabbing of two UT students last week. “Incidents like this serve as a reminder that we must remain focused on keeping members of the UT community safe,” Fenves said in the email. A woman was arrested last Thursday after police said she confessed to stabbing multiple people on 6th Street in downtown Austin, according to KVUE. David Carter, UT Police Department chief, confirmed Sunday morning via Twitter that two of the victims were UT students. Carter said in the tweet that UTPD notified the Austin Police Department and connected to Student Emergency Services to follow up on care for the second student. “Never hesitate to tell someone if u are assaulted,” Carter said in the tweet. “Police will always keep your identity confidential.” In the email, Fenves said he is working with Kevin Eltife, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, to obtain funding for additional UTPD officers, expanded patrols and upgraded security-related technology in West Campus. Fenves said he will have more details about this expansion in the coming days and weeks. In a tweet published Sunday, Carter confirmed UTPD would work to implement Fenves’ plan for increased security technology and expanded patrols in West Campus. Earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered for increased Texas Department of Public Safety patrols in a letter to the DPS director Steve McCraw following another series of stabbings in Austin. Abbott ordered the patrols to monitor within two blocks of all Austin state buildings, including the University. “I’ve heard urgent pleas by UT students about increasing lighting and security tools around campus,” Abbott said in a tweet Sunday. “I shared my expectations to UT leaders & expect results next month. Safety First.” Fenves also recommended in the email that students use the Night Rides program if they ever find themselves in an “uncomfortable situation.” The UT Night Rides program is a ride-hailing program provided by Lyft from the campus to students’ homes, according to the University’s Parking and Transportation Services website. “To our students, please take normal precautions and be aware of your surroundings when you go out — especially at night,” Fenves said. “In the days ahead, please be aware of your safety as you keep our injured students in your thoughts. Thank you to all who have expressed concern and support.”

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Forty Acres Pharmacy now uses QR codes to share medication information with patients. By Nataleah Small @nataleahjoy

orty Acres Pharmacy is cutting down on paper waste by printing QR codes with medication information on prescription receipts starting this semester. By scanning the QR code with their mobile device, patients will have access to videos explaining the proper usage and side effects of their specific prescription from the medication video library, MedsOnCue. This initiative is meant to provide patients with readily available, accurate medical information and help make UT a zero-waste campus, said Terry Weaver, chief pharmacist at Forty Acres Pharmacy. “It’s not intended to replace one-on-one consultation with the pharmacist by any means,” Weaver said. “This is just another way for them to have that information accessible to them after they leave

the pharmacy.” Kristen Ashley Garling, clinical assistant professor at the College of Pharmacy, said when a patient goes to the pharmacy for a new prescription, they receive a lot of information, including counseling from a pharmacist regarding dosage and side effects. However, patients forget 40% to 80% of the information they’re told, according to the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. “That’s where MedsOnCue is just an even bigger touch point that a patient can access at any time,” Garling said. MedsOnCue videos are offered in Spanish and English, Weaver said. From the video page, he said patients can contact the pharmacy directly if they have any questions. Patients can also program dose and refill reminders on their phone by using the page links, he said. Patients can still request a printed copy of their medication information, but Garling said

using the QR code to access information online will help decrease the amount of paper wasted by the pharmacy. She said the pharmaceutical industry is one of the highest waste-producing industries in the country. Garling said Walgreens Boots Alliance, the holding company for Walgreens retail pharmacies, has the only other zero-waste initiative she has seen. However, the alliance is looking at the warehouse side of pharmacies and not the storefront, Garling said. The company generated 670,000 metric tons of waste during the 2018 fiscal year, according to its website. “The store level is where you do get a lot of paper wasting and things like that because everything is manual, bottles are individual,” Garling said. “That’s a lot of plastic, the paper handouts, paper bags, things like that. That creates just tons and tons of waste.” Having MedsOnCue available to pharmacy patients will help

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contribute to the University’s zero-waste initiative and help set a positive example for pharmacies across the country, Garling said. Haley Ngo, communication and leadership freshman, said having QR codes will help reduce waste by reducing the amount of paper stapled to the outside of the prescription bag. Ngo said if she didn’t know anything about a new prescription, she would watch the MedsOnCue videos. “I’m trying to get the most efficient information and see what I need as soon as possible so I know what I need to do,” Ngo said. Biochemistry senior Kenia Segura said she is “pro-green,” so having an electronic option is better than only providing paper information about medications. Segura said initiatives such as this have the potential to reduce waste, but only if multiple universities get on board. “If there’s enough universities or other institutions, it makes a difference,” Segura said.

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Rally for Life brings thousands, tripling from last year

UT researchers track sign language evolution

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By Neha Madhira

An anti-abortion rally brought thousands of people to march to the Texas Capitol on Saturday, days after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The Texas Department of Public Safety estimated over 5,000 people were in attendance, as opposed to roughly 1,500 last year. Speakers for the event included state and national representatives, local religious leaders and healthcare professionals. Similar rallies happened simultaneously across the United States, including in Washington where President Donald Trump gave a speech, the first time a U.S. president has spoken in person at the March for Life rally. The Texas Alliance for Life organized the rally in Texas, which was meant to send a message to elected officials about the demand for anti-abortion legislation, said Amy O’Donnell, the Texas Alliance for Life communication director. “It is our chance to show the media and our elected officials that Texas values life,” O’Donnell

A new study by linguists and biologists from UT and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History tracked the evolution of sign languages around the world over the past few centuries. The team tracked the evolution using phylogenetics, the study of the ancestral relatedness of groups of organisms. The study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science last Wednesday, grouped most sign languages into five main European sign language lineages. Linguistics graduate student Justin Power said scholars understand more about how spoken languages evolve than sign language since spoken languages receive more scientific attention. “Much less is known about how sign languages change over time,” Power said. Power said few studies have used language data to understand how sign languages relate to one another in terms of evolution. Power said the team used phylogenetic network methods to compare dozens of sign languages and identified five main European sign language lineages that dispersed to other parts of the world beginning in the late

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State Rep. Jeff Leach addresses the crowd at this year’s Rally for Life march. The demonstration brought around 5,000 pro-life supporters to the steps of the Texas Capitol on Jan. 25, 2020. said. “There are so many across the state that have taken part in (rallies) locally and come here on buses to take part. Texas really loves our babies and values life.” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy said he is attempting to pass several bills to defund and criminalize abortion providers in the U.S. House of Representatives. The “BornAlive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” would categorize those born out of an abortion attempt as legally human and

criminalize the physician who performed the abortion. The Texas House of Representatives passed a similar bill, “Texas Born-Alive Infant Protection Act,” during the legislative session last spring. “We want to make sure we are not using taxpayer dollars to convince women to have abortions as opposed to choosing life,” Roy said. “I am supporting the president doing that. Meanwhile, we R A L L Y PAGE 3

18th century. “The study sheds light on the origins and evolution of European sign languages,” Power said. Power said this study began by building an annotated database of 40 contemporary and 36 historical manual alphabets, which are a set of handshapes that represent a written alphabet. “The database helped us track the evolution of sign languages over the past few centuries, providing a clearer picture about the roots of the contemporary diversity of the sign languages in the study,” Power said. Based on the results, they grouped the sign languages in the study into five main European lineages, Power said. “In this study, we were looking mainly at sign languages that evolved in Europe and spread to other parts of the world,” Power said. “Of course, there are many other sign languages in the world that we did not include in the study for practical reasons.” Linguistics associate professor David Quinto-Pozos said this research allows people to consider how language change happens. “We do have some studies on the evolution of American Sign Language, and it’s probably the S I G N L A N G U A G E PAGE 3

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Student body president Camron Goodman and vice president Amie Jean plan to emphasize their UTxYou platform while continuing the work of previous student body leaders this semester, according to a letter Goodman posted to social media last week. The Jan. 21 letter covered Student Government leadership’s main goals for this semester, including projects from previous semesters such as the Continuity Committee and SGConnect. Each of these initiatives was created to connect the student body to SG leaders and expand representation for students, finance senior Goodman said in the letter. The Continuity Committee was originally created to continue work on initiatives from past SG leaders. One of the committee’s goals is to provide free feminine products on campus, an initiative which began during the 2018-19 term but has been adopted by Goodman and finance senior Jean. “A lot of frustrations students have with SG is they say that SG doesn’t do anything,” Goodman said. “Sometimes, a lot of the initiatives we set forth take longer than a year.” Jean said the committee is trying to make SG legislation last semesters after the original drafters

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Student body president Camron Goodman posted a letter on social media Jan. 21, 2020, covering Student Government leadership’s main goals for the spring semester.

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Austin City Council’s College Student Commission met Jan. 24, 2020, to discuss improvements to CapMetro’s accessibility and establish food pantries on all campuses. The commission’s purpose is to discuss issues relevant to college students. By Hannah Williford @HannahWillifor2

Austin City Council’s College Student Commission discussed possible recommendations to improve transportation and food accessiblity near Austin college campuses Friday. The commission brings together students from the University of Texas at Austin, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin Community College, St. Edwards University and Concordia University to discuss issues pertinent to college students. Youth services coordinator Dionte McClendon said this school year’s commission, sanctioned by the Austin City Council, will focus on the accessibility of Capital Metro and establishing food pantries on all campuses during their spring session. “What we do is basically focus on how to

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are going to keep trying to push common sense legislation.” This rally also comes after a Trump administration decision on Wednesday to refund Texas women’s health programs. The Obama administration removed funding for women’s health in Texas in 2012 after the Texas Legislature excluded Planned Parenthood from its Healthy Texas Women program because of the group’s affiliation with abortion providers. The Texas Horns for Life and University Catholic Center members attended the rally. Texas Horns for Life president Cassandra Guardiola attended the protest in Washington, D.C., with advocacy organization Texas Right to Life. She said

make Austin more equitable and more college friendly,” McClendon said. “(There are) five institutions of higher learning here in the city, and we want to combat certain issues to focus on affordability, student rights and a plethora of other things.” At the meeting, commission members discussed the need for more accessible and safe bus stops at campuses such as Huston-Tillotson and St. Edwards. While UT students can use their school ID to ride CapMetro buses for free, St. Edwards does not provide a bus pass for its students. Other colleges have outdated and uncovered stops, said UT commission representative Matthew Barron. “One issue Huston-Tillotson University is facing (is that) they don’t have a bus stop that has a shelter on it,” McClendon said. “So when the weather is not as friendly … that can be pretty hard when you’re waiting on the bus.”

she was struck by the diversity of the people at the rally, as opposed to the traditional perception of people supporting the cause. “When I was on the Supreme Court on the steps, I got to join with these pro-life organizations who associate with people who you wouldn’t traditionally consider pro-life people,” marketing senior Guardiola said. “These were people who were also atheists and members of LGBT community, and they were rallying together to support the pro-life movement.” Joseph McConnell, Longhorn Catholic Council president, said he wants to start a conversation around the issue on campus. “A lot of people are passionate about this cause,” marketing junior McConnell said. “People should be ok with talking about it, not in an aggressive way, but having open conversations about it and why people should care.”

UT commission representative Wendy Rodriguez said she commutes to her classes via CapMetro and has experienced safety issues, such as lights being off when she arrives at her station late at night. She said she wants to talk to students from other colleges to understand the main issues student riders face. “Step one is surveying students about their experiences … and what they want to see improve,” said Rodriguez, a communication and leadership junior. “Making sure that all students, regardless of campus resources that they have at their own school, are able to take part in riding the bus.” The commission is also focusing on creating on-campus food pantries for students who cannot afford to eat enough daily and making the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, accessible. “We’re focusing on making sure that students,

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extending the approval (age) to 45 for girls, but when they realized there was an association and we could prevent head and neck cancers in boys, (the range) expanded to include both men and women.” The vaccine is administered through a series of three shots over six months if the patient is 15 or older and two shots if they are younger than 15. University Health Services provides the HPV vaccine to students, including those who are already sexually active. Chow said the number of cancers found to be linked to

whatever background they come from, have access to food,” biochemistry senior Barron said. “(Students) make it to college in general, and they just don’t have enough enough money to have a meal every night, and honestly it’s just terrible … UT included. I was one of those students at one point.” To combat this issue, commission members said they are creating a plan with their respective universities for a food pantry or food trucks, as well as reaching out to companies such as H-E-B for funding and donated food. “Some students, while they have money to pay their tuition or rent, they might not have enough money to actually get three whole meals in a day and have to make that sacrifice of eating once a day, which is not healthy,” Rodriguez said. “We really want to make sure students have that opportunity and don’t have to not eat to survive on campus.”

HPV has increased, but the amount of people being affected is small. “Head and neck cancer used to be a huge issue, but it’s slowly decreased over time,” Chow said. “Globally, we are looking at 3% of cancer being head and neck cancer, and only a small portion of those are (HPV-related) cancer.” Dr. Lauren Thaxton, obstetrician gynecologist at the UT Health Austin Women’s Health Institute, said she recommends women receive a pap test, which tests sample cells from the cervix to detect abnormalities. “Patients find out they have HPV through routine

screening,” Thaxton said. “Part of pap testing now includes testing for HPV and particular testing for the high-risk strains of HPV that we know are most likely to lead to cancer.” Pre-nursing freshman Sophia Marioni said college students should be open to talking about the risk HPV carries. She said it is not only important to take action once the virus becomes aggressive but also before it is in your system. “HPV is a subject that we should get more people to talk about because we are at an age where we are sexually experimenting, and not a lot of people like to be open about it,” Marioni said.

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language we have studied the most,” Quinto-Pozos said. “(The phylogenetic approach) is unique in a couple ways because it’s a newer way of looking at language change, but also it’s looking at (signed languages) through the lens of the finger-spelling system.”

Quinto-Pozos said he tries to say “signed languages,” instead of sign language because multiple sign languages exist. “When I write about signed languages in my own work, every time I refer to American Sign Language, I try to be specific about it,” Quinto-Pozos said. “This is because it helps people alleviate the myth or misconception that there is one sign language.”

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Johann-Mattis List, a Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History researcher, said he hopes the study inspires young scholars to study their workflows, learn from them and make them better. “(The research) is challenging and fascinating,” List said. “It was a very pleasant collaboration experience for me showing how important it is to work across disciplines.”

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Texas’ Kathryn Gillespie, Julien Alfred and Micaiah Harris each broke personal and school records in the Longhorns’ trips to Boston and Albuquerque, New Mexico, this past weekend. Texas’ men’s and women’s teams are both currently ranked fourth nationally.

Longhorns win 6 events in record-breaking weekend in Massachusetts, New Mexico By Garrett Hayes @GarrettHayes__

After two days of competition in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Boston, the Texas track and field squads found success in living up to each of their No. 4 rankings. While the distance runners traveled up to New England for the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic, the rest of the athletes traveled to New Mexico to compete in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational. In totality, the Longhorns won five individual events and

a relay, breaking three school records in the process. Friday’s competition saw two school records set for the Longhorns. Junior sprinter Micaiah Harris competed in the 200-meter dash, winning with an NCAA-leading time and Texas record of 20.53 seconds. Graduate student distance runner Kathryn Gillespie continued this success in the mile competition, where she recorded a time of 4:34.64, placing fourth overall and beating the previous school record by over four seconds. Texas would break the third school record in the 60-meter dash Saturday when sophomore sprinter Julien Alfred

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followed up her preliminaryleading time of 7.13 seconds. She met expectations and then some in the final. The sophomore ran a schoolbest 7.10-second 60-meter, finishing only behind Nike athlete Mikiah Brisco’s winning time of 7.08 seconds. Alfred’s time leads the NCAA and vaults her to No. 2 in the world rankings for this young season. Alfred continued to shine, winning the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.50, ranking third-best in the NCAA. Alfred’s talents as a young member of the squad aren’t unnoticed by Texas head coach Eldrick Floréal. “Alfred really made a huge

impact on the team right away,” Floréal said in an interview near the end of the outdoor season. The success wasn’t over for the Longhorns by a long shot. Sophomore sprinter Kennedy Simon won the 400-meter dash with a personal-best NCAA-leading 52.70-second run, and senior Elena Bruckner won the shot put by over five feet. The men’s team saw another victory from junior thrower Tripp Piperi. The 2019 outdoor shot put champion didn’t disappoint as he threw 19.95 meters — fourth overall in the NCAA so far. On the cross-country side,

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freshman Crayton Carrozza is making waves during his first year at Texas after a strong cross-country season in the fall. Carrozza made a seamless transition from the outdoor season to indoor and posted a mile time of 3:59.82 in the men’s mile in Boston. With this time, Carrozza becomes the fifth-fastest Longhorn to ever run the event and the sixth Longhorn to run the mile in under four minutes. “Crayton’s this phenomenal talent,” Floréal said. “We didn’t even think we were going to use him in cross-country, and he ended up being one of our best guys.”

Finally, senior Destiny Collins, Gillespie, sophomore Valery Tobias and senior Alexandria Cruz worked together to bring home the team’s final victory in the women’s 4x800meter relay in Boston. While the school record-breaking performances from Alfred, Harris and Gillespie certainly stole the show for Texas, the Longhorns have a lot to be proud of in bringing home five individual event victories and a relay victory. After a great showing this weekend, the Longhorns are poised to carry this momentum as they approach the Houston Invitational and Razorback Invitational next weekend.

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Courtney Ramey, above, struggled throughout Saturday afternoon as the LSU Tigers handed Texas its third straight loss. The sophomore guard finished with just two points and five fouls.

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Longhorns’ late rally isn’t enough to push Texas past Tigers in 7th annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. By Stephen Wagner @stephenwag22

haka Smart didn’t get the result he wanted in the win column, but he seems to have finally found some semblance of passion — something that was absent in Texas’ 38-point loss Monday. Saturday afternoon’s heartbreaking 69-67 loss showed

the best of both worlds of this season’s Texas Longhorns. After facing a 10-point deficit at the end of a listless first half, Texas showed the passion, grit and tenacity that was unseen throughout the beginning of the season. Texas nearly overcame two frontcourt injuries — one from a starter — a 16-point second half deficit and a swathe of LSU fans at the Frank Erwin Center as its late rally came up just short against the Tigers. “It’s disappointing, but we dug ourselves in that hole,” junior guard Matt Coleman said. “There’s nobody to be mad at but ourselves. It’s a 40-minute game, so we have to do that for 40 minutes.” With “L-S-U” chants trickling throughout the crowd in a mostly silent arena and a 16-point deficit with less than 15 minutes left, Texas understood the urgent

need for a run. “When you get behind, sometimes you find yourself in a situation of, ‘Hey, there’s nothing left to lose, I’m just going to go after it,’” Smart said. “When our guys lose themselves completely in the fight, in the plan and in each other, that’s when we have that (aggressiveness).” And so the Longhorns began a no-holds-barred, cutit-loose run, playing with a sense of reckless abandon and desperation. They did so by playing how Smart knows best — with a “havoc” defense that Smart made famous in his days as the head coach at VCU but hasn’t yet been seen at Texas this season. The Longhorns went on a massive 22-6 run over a 10-minute stretch to claw their way back in front for the first time since the 16-minute mark in the first half. It was punctuated by a Coleman three, which gave the Longhorns

a two-point lead that nearly blew the roof off the Erwin Center. “The biggest thing is the mentality and mindset … changed in the second half when we got down,” Smart said. “It’s about the mindset. It’s about how aggressively you play.” But just as the Tigers had done in each of their last five games, they found ways to make plays late. A turnaround post hook from sophomore forward Darius Days and a transition layup from freshman forward Trendon Watford would put the Tigers back up a pair with less than two minutes remaining. Texas wouldn’t see the lead again. Sophomore guard Courtney Ramey’s 3-pointer clanked off the rim, pinning Texas’ hopes on a defensive stop. The Tigers responded by putting the ball in the hands of their best playmaker, senior guard Skylar Mays. Mays

dribbled the ball out to midcourt for an isolation play, inviting Coleman to dance one-on-one. Mays got the best of Coleman. The senior guard took a pair of dribbles, put his head down and drove strong to the rim. The referee signaled for a blocking foul on Coleman, sending the Erwin Center into a frenzy. Mays calmly converted his free throws to put the Tigers up four with less than a minute left. Following a jumper from Coleman and a quick foul, sophomore guard Javonte Smart iced the game for the Tigers from the line and give the Longhorns their third straight loss. With the Longhorns’ season quickly fading away, redshirt sophomore guard Andrew Jones understands the need for a quick turnaround. “We need to put it all together,” Jones said. “It’s a long season, we still have enough time to flip the script, but we need to do it now.”

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Longhorns holster Cowboys for fourth straight win By Myah Taylor @t_myah

After three quarters of turnovers and missed opportunities in the paint, Texas women’s basketball rallied late to defeat Oklahoma State 6156 in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon. “We struggled the majority of the game just finishing around the rim,” Texas head coach Karen Aston said. “We just missed a lot of bunnies, I thought, that kind of toyed with our confidence in this game.” The Cowgirls could have put the Longhorns away after the early mistakes alone, but sophomore center Charli Collier wasn’t going down without a fight. Collier made three shots from beyond the arc, scoring nine of Texas’ 15 first quarter points. Oklahoma State struck first in the second quarter as Texas failed to convert shots into points and pick up offensive rebounds. During one stretch, none of the Longhorns could produce. Senior point guard Lashann Higgs missed a shot. Then Collier and senior guard Jada Underwood missed some of their own. Later on, sophomore guard Audrey Warren reignited hope with a steal and an open court to the basket. But with a defender on her trail, Warren missed the shot. Eventually, sophomore guard Joanne Allen-Taylor ended Texas’ second-quarter scoring drought with a much-needed 3-pointer. The stretch of sloppy offensive play kept Texas in that hole in the first half. “I really thought our bench won the game for us because they gave us plays when the other (players) were either

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Sug Sutton, above, pulls up for a midrange jumper on Nov. 20 2019’s game against the UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros. The sensational senior guard chipped 12 points, six rebounds and six assists against Oklahoma State on Saturday. struggling or in foul trouble,” Aston said. “They kept us in it.” High-pressure defense from senior point guard Sug Sutton resulted in a Cowgirls turnover that was gifted back by Texas’ carelessness with the ball on the subsequent play. Oklahoma State stole and scored, but the Longhorns persevered. Yet late in the third, junior

forward Vivian Gray began to heat up and make shots for Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls led 50-42 entering the fourth quarter — the largest lead of the game. “We knew (Gray) was going to hit shots, so we just had to lock in and try to defend everybody else on the team,” Sutton said. “She’s been on fire all

conference, so we just had to play defense as a team and continue to rebound and do the small things.” Sutton led the charge in the fourth, scoring quickly on two layups. Then, as turnovers began mounting for Oklahoma State, Texas came storming back to pull within two. But Gray and her teammates

continued to do damage, extending the Cowgirls’ lead to six with six minutes to go. Freshman guard Celeste Taylor fought back to cut the deficit to four, and then Collier saved the day yet again, sinking her career-high fourth 3-pointer of the game. On the next play, Taylor stole the ball,

scored and drew a foul to give Texas the 56-54 lead that the Longhorns would hold on to, improving their conference record to 5—2. “We won the game on the defensive end,” Sutton said. “It wasn’t on the offensive end. So we just had to stay patient on offense and let everything come to us.”

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efore there was Jendy’s, Speedway Mall and Kins Coffee at UT, there was John and Charlotte Henderson. UT alumni John and Charlotte tied the knot over 80 years ago and are currently recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living married couple in the world. The Daily Texan sat down with John as he looked back on his time as a student and as the oldest living former Longhorn football player. The Daily Texan: What are your main memories of your life as a student at UT? John Henderson: I have some fond memories (from) when I was at UT. I came here as a freshman in 1932. I lived in (student housing) across the street from Gregory Gym, and the people living next door had chickens and a cow in the backyard. Today, you couldn’t imagine a chicken and a cow near Gregory Gym. 1933 was the first year that I was eligible (to play football). Clyde Littlefield was the head football coach at that time. In 1934 in zoology class, we were seated alphabetically in a lecture room. It turned out Charlotte sat right in front of me. I could look over her shoulder. She was a cute little chick. We got acquainted in

John and Charlotte Henderson are pictured at the Longhorn Village in Texas in 2019. They are the oldest living married couple in the world, according to Guinness World Records. that class, and then we finally had a date. DT: What was life for you and Charlotte like after graduation? JH: At graduation we talked about maybe getting married, but those were the (Great) Depression days, and we didn’t have any money. Charlotte taught school, and I coached and taught in Port Arthur, Texas, for three years. In the meantime, I talked Charlotte into getting married. She was shy and didn’t want a

big wedding. We got married on Dec. 22 in 1939 around noontime, and we had two witnesses. We spent our honeymoon in San Antonio. After that, we moved into a garage apartment in Baytown. That was when (World War II) broke out, and they weren’t building houses then, so we spent the war years stuck in a garage apartment. DT: How did you end back up in Austin? JH: We said all these years when I retired, we would

move back to Austin. We didn’t know when that would be. In the meantime, I did retire, but we were having such a good time with our friends doing a lot of traveling, mostly cruise ships. Europe, Asia, South America — we loved making new friends. And as our traveling mates died off, we’re the last couple to be living. They’re all gone. We traveled together just by ourselves for several years before we moved to Longhorn Village. We had to stop traveling when

we moved here because once you reach past that century mark, things change. DT: What advice would you give students on living a long and happy life? JH: Take life in moderation. Don’t overdo it. Strive to make tomorrow a better day than today. You have to give and take in marriage — one person can’t dominate. You have to be equal and share and work together. Never go to bed at night with a chip on your shoulder. Smooth things

out today and don’t put it off until tomorrow because it may expand and get worse. I think the best thing you can do is be good mates and work together because you can’t do it alone. DT: What is your favorite thing about Charlotte? JH: We just liked to do the same things together, and we liked being together. That just expanded into real love of one another and the life that we would live. We never wanted to change.

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Filled with magic, mischief and, strangely, singing, Netflix original “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” has returned for an action-packed third season. Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) returns as the spunky, stubborn witch she is. This time, she’s tasked with the biggest challenge she’s ever faced: being Queen of Hell. Similar to the first two seasons, this season follows Sabrina’s attempts to keep a balance between her mortal life and the time she spends at the Academy of Unseen Arts with all of her witch friends. However, her plans are derailed when she is forced to take the position of Queen of Hell. Now trying to split her time between being a normal teenager, completing her witch studies and reigning over demons, Sabrina’s life is all too confusing. In the third season, several characters mention that their beloved Greendale is located down the road from Riverdale, making it clear that the shows take place in the same universe. The name dropping of Riverdale is abrupt, but mentions of a diner with great milkshakes and the Southside Serpents creates a fun inside joke for those familiar

with both shows. In true “Riverdale” fashion, this season also includes more musical numbers than ever before. In order to try to bring normalcy into their lives, Sabrina and her best friend Roz (Jaz Sinclair) decide to join the cheer team. Instead of cheering, the routines are composed of musical numbers, which typically star Sabrina and Roz. The performances seem random and terribly unrealistic, but create a stronger connection to its sister town of Riverdale. Ultimately, the musicality doesn’t fit with Sabrina’s aesthetic. In addition to musical numbers, some new characters have come into Sabrina’s life to make things more complicated, if that’s even possible. Sabrina’s reign as queen is challenged by the devilishly handsome Prince of Hell, Caliban (Sam Corlett). The underlying chemistry between the two characters drives Sabrina’s quest to keep her throne. Caliban is dangerously charming — enough to make the viewer question his intentions. Their witty banter is refreshing, and their flirty, competitive nature leaves viewers wondering if there’s a romantic future for the pair. While the preceding two seasons of Sabrina felt like they were trying too hard to be edgy, season three of Sabrina has

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