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A partnership between UT and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation will provide certain incoming Pell-eligible freshmen with $20,000 in financial support starting fall 2020, according to a UT press release sent out Friday. The Dell Foundation will commit $100 million over 10 years to grant freshmen from families “with the greatest need” admittance into the Dell Scholars program, a scholarship and college completion program. “(The partnership) will reinforce our commitment to students and their families by providing them personally tailored support services to thousands of UT-Austin students along with life-changing scholarships for those with the most financial need,” UT President Gregory Fenves said. For Texas residents, the $20,000 will be added on top of the University’s Texas Advance Commitment, which guarantees financial aid to cover tuition and fees for families earning $65,000 or less each year. The Dell family and Fenves announced this partnership in the Perry-Castañeda Library on Friday. “Many of these kids are first-generation college students,” Dell Foundation co-founder Susan Dell said at the Perry-Castañeda Library reception event. “Their families are unfamiliar with how to navigate the landscape of upper education, and it’s been a struggle for a lot of them. It’s been very insightful for us to hear directly from the students what some of their challenges are in college.” These students will also receive support from UT for Me – Powered by Dell Scholars, a
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A fan reflects in front of the mural of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant on the back wall of Sushi Hi on Sunday. Bryant, his daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26.
Graffiti artists design mural on Guad for Austin community to mourn loss of Kobe, daughter Gianna. By Austin Martinez @austinmxrtinez
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o honor the lives of NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter
Gianna Bryant, local graffiti artists designed a mural featuring the father and daughter to provide the Austin community a place to pay their respects. Bryant and his daughter died in a helicopter crash which killed seven others in California last week. The mural, which took eight hours to complete, is located on the wall behind the Sushi Hi restaurant on 2912 Guadalupe St. Felix Jaimes, one of the mural’s artists, said the mural is bringing people together during a tragic time. “This mural, to us, is our
way of paying our respects to those in the accident who passed away,” Jaimes said. “Fan or not a fan of Kobe, everybody knows about him. He made a huge impact on a lot of people.” Biochemistry freshman Lorenzo Molina visited the mural on Saturday and said Kobe was a major influencer in his decision to start playing basketball as a kid. “It meant a lot to me because I didn’t think I was going to have anywhere to go to remember Kobe and what he’s done,” Molina said. “I’ve seen pictures of the murals that are in Los Angeles and New York but
His impact really can’t be calculated. This mural means a lot because he’s impacted an entire generation, basketball-loving or not.” LORENZO MOLINA biochemistry freshman
I didn’t expect one to pop up here in Austin, so I’m very grateful for this one.” Molina said although he is a San Antonio Spurs fan,
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Although students may receive a delivery confirmation from the company they ordered the package from, they can only access their packages after Jester Mail sends them a confirmation email. “Every year, there are more and more packages that come because we (order online more) instead of going to the store, so every year it’s just been increasing,” Castro said. Castro said Jester Mail cannot do
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Jester Mail Center backed up with books Students can expect delays on early semester shipments due to an increase in packages at the Jester Mail Center said JD Castro, the assistant director for residence life at UT. Jester Mail Center typically takes about an hour to process packages and email students for pickup but at the beginning of semesters, processing may take up to a day or more, Castro said. Many students order books for their classes, which end up at the few mail stations on campus. Jester Residence Halls accommodate roughly 3,200 students, so the Jester Mail works to process the 500 or more daily shipments, Castro said. Psychology sophomore Joiada Munoz said she was frustrated Jester Mail did not get her package processed after Amazon sent the delivery confirmation. “I’m new, so I don’t know how it works, but I was frustrated about not receiving my package in time,” Munoz said. “It’s different when you get it from Amazon directly versus getting it from the Jester Mail. Amazon tells you the exact date and time, and it’s usually dropped off then. You don’t have to deal with like a secondhand person.” Castro said Jester Mail doubles their staff at the start of the semester to help assign tracking numbers, log and handwrite names on packages and get them to students as fast as possible. “Students might be feeling that it’s especially backed up because they’re used to Amazon giving them a notification that it arrived that day,” Castro said. “But we still need to make sure that we process it through our system.”
he recognizes the large impact Kobe has had on the game of basketball. Molina said he witnessed this impact when he heard the entire crowd roar every time Kobe touched the ball during a game Molina attended as a fourth grader. “His impact really can’t be calculated,” Molina said. “This mural means a lot because he’s impacted an entire generation, basketball-loving or not.” Public health senior Kassa Kassahun said he was always amazed by Kobe’s talent when he
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Dell Medical School launched an initiative last week to prove shortterm intervention can lead to healthier eating habits and prevent obesity-related illnesses in preadolescent girls. The initiative is part of a larger UT program, Factor Health, which focuses on improving patient health through lifestyle changes that include healthy eating and exercising. The new program will partner with The Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Lone Star Circle of Care, said Mini Kahlon, executive director of Factor Health. In collaboration with these groups, Factor Health identified target areas where they can improve girls’ health within a six-month period and reduce health care costs, Kahlon said. “For health care payers … (insurance companies) are really driven by changes that we can make in less than two years,” Kahlon said. “To make
the business case, we must start with some of these shorter-term ones, and we believe the evidence is there now, more than there was before … that you can make these changes if you do it right in shorter-time periods.” Kahlon said the program will have regular checkups with test subjects where they will provide advice on lifestyle changes the girls can make at home. Although there have been mixed results on changing a young person’s health with shortterm intervention, other studies on the same issue tend to have more success when family participates, Kahlon said. Although Kahlon said most research done on obesity has been gender neutral, Factor Health decided to focus exclusively on girls because fundamental differences exist between men’s and women’s health. Kahlon said girls tend to gain weight and are exposed to notions of what their health should be during preadolescence. O B E S I T Y PAGE 3
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From left to right, Harsha Jagannathan, David Klingler and Manish Bhandari participate in a dodgeball game held during Sankranti, the “Harvest Festival,” at the Main Mall on Saturday. By Lauren Goodman
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all kind of grow together.” One booth at the center of the festival was a bonfire where students wrote down bad habits they wanted to overcome, and threw them into the fire. “(In Hinduism) fire is sort of like a purifying agent and the light the fire emits represents knowledge, removing darkness in general,” Ram said. “But it’s also supposed to burn away negativity.” Biochemistry freshman Stephanie Nuñez said the bonfire was her favorite activity at the event and believed that the event’s message was important to share. “It’s really important to have those conversations (about mental health) in
several spaces … to normalize talking about it and having that be a part of the daily conversation,” Nuñez said. “It’s really comforting and nice to see that organizations in the University have initiatives to focus on it.” Gunturu, a Plan II and philosophy junior, said the goal was to bring welcoming vibes at the beginning of the semester and to touch on a prevalent issue. To Gunturu, the theme “Always Forward” holds a special place in her heart. “It means overcoming obstacles by relying on the people around you,” Gunturu said. “Remembering the past but not letting it weigh you down.”
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UT community plans June PRIDE Pop-Up Institute showcase to network, stimulate LGBTQ research By Noah Rose @thedailytexan
Researchers, students and community members met on Friday to plan UT’s PRIDE Health Pop-Up Institute, a showcase that will take place throughout the month of June. The PRIDE Pop-Up Institute will feature renowned speakers, workshops and community-centered events, with the goal of drawing community members to the events, according to the Office of the Vice President’s website. The Pop-Up is hoping that networking across the academic environment and Austin community will stimulate new ideas for research in LGBTQ areas, according to the website. Organizers hope to have several events take place each week, including brunches, jack myer / the daily texan staff workshops and community en- Aliza Norwood, assistant professor at the Dell Medical School and organizer of the UT gagements, such as open mic Pride Pop-up, speaks to attendees at the UT Pride Pop-up kickoff meeting in the Peter nights. Topics for these events O’Donnell Jr. building on Friday. will encompass substance abuse, included open mic nights and a ing to create a gender-affirming “I really want to be clear that mental health and sexual health, story writing contest open to the we infuse health equity — look- clinic here at UT.” said Aliza Norwood, Pop-Up Austin community. Both UT faculty and ing at disparities along racial, Institute leader. Several researchers said they gender, age — to ask novel re- students participated in the Norwood said sexual and hoped to see specific workshops kickoff meeting. Several of the search questions and develop gender diverse people are on topics including stigma, inmost popular ideas students community-led interventions,” an underserved population tersectionality, substance abuse Norwood said. “(I’m also) hop- proposed during the event in central Texas.
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attended Kobe’s games in Dallas. Kassahun said the new Austin mural serves as a physical reminder of Kobe’s legacy as an athlete and father. “To see that other people have the same love for him and will go out of their way to paint a whole mural for him is beautiful,” Kassahun said. “Hopefully, that mural will be there for as long as possible.” Business freshman Daniel Yznaga said the mural shows Austin has much love for Kobe and Gianna. He said he spent his birthday watching Kobe score 60 points during his last game, and it is his favorite memory of the NBA star. “He made a really big impact because everyone says, ‘Kobe,’ when they try to shoot
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and it just hasn’t been logged. We’ll definitely take a look into those … special cases and really make sure that we give a response back as soon as possible.” Castro said the busy season subsides in February, except for a short surge for Valentine’s Day. As of Friday, Jester Mail caught up with the week’s shipments and was processing packages within the day,
something,” Yznaga said. “He was great in what seemed like everything he did.” Mathematics freshman Chad Graham said he appreciates that the artists included Gianna in the mural. “Including Gianna is important because Kobe was more than a basketball player,” Graham said. “It shows that he was proud to be a #girldad.” Graham said the mural illustrates that people will admire Kobe for a long time. “It shows that he’ll always be here, and he’ll live in basketball for forever.” Graham said. “His work ethic, talent and everything he’s given to the world is not going anywhere, just like art won’t go anywhere. … His impact is bigger than LA, and it’s bigger than basketball. His death has affected the whole world.” Castro said. Undeclared freshman Anne Noon said her textbook was delivered to Jester Mail on Friday. The package became available for pickup on Tuesday. “We had assigned readings to start reading the introduction and the first chapter … and I wasn’t able to until I got the book, so I was doubled up on reading,” Noon said. “It was stressful, but it’s a small stressor that (made it) just a little overwhelming to have to catch up.”
harm reduction and how to deal with perceived perpetrators, such as police. Norwood said it is important to change the conversation around substance abuse because the discussion is polarized. Shilpa Rajagopal, a biology and marketing junior, said she decided to attend the kickoff because of its relevance to her research. “I’m working with a team of students to look at South Asian LGBTQ health needs,” Rajagopal said. “This seemed like an interesting opportunity to understand the major issues that are being discussed here in Austin.” Rajagopal said she came to learn from the researchers and likes how the researchers are taking initiative towards addressing the health disparities in Austin. “I’m just here to learn and kind of absorb from all these researchers,” Rajagopal said. Nima Rahman, a neuroscience and Plan II junior, said she was inspired by this kickoff event. “The coolest thing about this was that it was really open to anybody,” said Rahman. “It felt really interdisciplinary.”
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Employees receive merit award By Hannah Ortega @_hannahortega_
Andrew Mendoza said when his boss called him into her office, he figured there was a problem they needed to solve. Instead, he received news that he had won a Texas Parents Staff Merit Award. Mendoza, art director for both the Counseling and Mental Health Center and University Health Services, accepted the award at the Division of Student Affairs divisionwide meeting last week alongside Joan Long, clinical social worker and clinical team coordinator for the Counseling and Mental Health Center, and Rita Miller, director of data and analytics for the Vice President of Student Affairs Office. “It’s truly an honor,” Miller said. “I’ve known about the award for a long period of time, and it’s something that’s celebrated really greatly across the division. … The people who received it before me I have a lot of respect for. … So to be put in that category was an honor. It’s not a place that I’d put myself, so it’s nice that other people see it.” The award honors employees of the nine Student Affairs departments, which includes Texas Parents, University Housing and Dining and the
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From left to right, Rita Miller, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Soncia Reagins-Lilly, Joan Long and Andrew Mendoza. Miller, Long and Mendoza received the Texas Parents Staff Merit Award. Counseling and Mental Health Center. Texas Parents, the creators of the award, gives each of the winners $1,500 and a plaque. “This award was created … as a way of just showing
appreciation for the countless folks that are here on campus helping their students in ways that parents and families are no longer really able to because they’re not with their students on a day-to-day
basis,” Texas Parents director Susie Smith said. Students, faculty and staff were welcome to nominate an employee for the award by completing an application that asked how their nominee
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“With these girls 8 to 11, you’re not going to get much of a change unless the family really comes on board and is excited (and) doesn’t feel like we’re blaming them at all,” Kahlon said. “Often, families don’t engage because they feel like the first thing that happens is they’re made to feel bad. And so (we are) really finding ways that families can … get the support they need for their daughters.” Social work freshman
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influenced others to fulfill the division’s motto of “Living the Longhorn Life.” “The committee really tried to look at who was making an impact in that stance of helping people look at
Nuvia Cruz said she feels families would react to the program differently depending on family history with illnesses, such as diabetes, as well as cultural differences. “Family is an important factor,” Cruz said. “I’m Mexican. We don’t eat very healthy, so when we grow older, the majority of us suffer from diabetes, obesity, and it’s the same common illnesses found throughout the same culture. … If I were to decide to start a healthy diet, my family would bash that because they would think that I am not grateful for the food they cooked me
what does ‘Living the Longhorn Life’ look like, and how did they support it through their day-to-day roles and attitude?” Smith said. The three winners had a chance to speak in front of division’s employees at an award ceremony, and Long said she recognized her coworkers in her remarks. “It’s lovely to be noticed, but we work in teams so much here that it feels kind of weird to be singled out as an individual,” Long said. “When I spoke about receiving the award to the assembly, I very much wanted to talk about all the teams that I interface with because our senior administrators have done just a wonderful job setting up all these teams so that we can do our work.” Mendoza said working with students and hearing of their success after graduation makes a world of difference, and he has greatly enjoyed his time at UT since he started in February 1994. “I came here because I simply needed a job, and I was 24 years old and came in pretty much a shell of a person and (with) not much direction, but I knew I had skills, I knew I had talent,” Mendoza said. “And the people here at the time … they gave me the opportunity. They helped me make a career.”
or I’m not thankful enough for the food that I have.” Public health freshman Ria Bhasin said instilling good eating habits at a young age is good for children. “Especially when kids are just forming eating habits, parents (and) even doctors can emphasize healthy eating, nutritious foods and avoiding fatty foods,” Bhasin said, “(But also) being careful at the adolescent age about body image and making sure that healthier habits are put in place — not shaming the kids for eating specific food.”
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Michael and Susan Dell announce their contribution of $100 million toward low-income UT students at the Admissions Center on Jan. 31.
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program designed to support students from low-income backgrounds. This program will provide financial aid to cover their cost of attendance along with a laptop computer, peer advising, textbook support and other academic services to help them complete their degrees, according to a UT press release. “The Dell Scholars program really changed my life,” said UT alumna Reina Olivas, who shared her experience with Dell Scholars at the announcement event. “To know that (the program) is going to be incorporated within the University, it’s
really going to change even more lives than what it’s currently been doing. The more students they can help, the better. Getting to the 90% graduation rate — it’s ambitious, but I know they can do it.” According to the release, the partnership is designed to close the gap in college graduation rates across income levels and help raise six-year graduation rates for Pell-eligible students from 73% to 90%. “We believe (raising the graduation rate to 90%) is an ambitious goal because if we look at, nationally, Pell Grant students graduate at far less rates than the average for college students,” Fenves said. “We have worked hard at UT over the past
six years to increase the graduation rates of all students, but especially students who have Pell Grants. We still have a big gap, and so our goal is to close that.” The University will add a new class of first-time college students every year and plans to maintain these services after 10 years by integrating them into UT’s Student Success Initiatives beyond 2030, according to the release. “(The program) is about providing meaningful support so they can unlock the incredible potential they have within themselves,” Fenves said at the event. “(Olivas) was one example of what we’ll now be able to do for thousands of UT students.”
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Dell Medical School announced Jan. 27 that it is partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area and other organizations to improve the health of girls in Central Texas. The program, part of Factor Health, aims to address obesity-related illnesses in girls.
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UT student saves woman’s life on Warren campaign trail By Katya Bandouil @kat372
What started as a typical day block walking and canvassing for the Iowa caucuses resulted in saving a life, a phone call from Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a lifelong friendship. Government junior Parisa Mahmud traveled to Iowa over winter break to canvass for the Warren presidential campaign with college students from all over the United States. While knocking on doors in Polk City, Iowa, Mahmud stopped Iowa resident Carly Routh from attempting suicide. Mahmud had only three houses left to canvass for the day. She was planning to stop by a house further away, but instead, Mahmud decided to ring Routh’s doorbell first. “Something in me was like, ‘I don’t really want to walk that way right now, so I’ll just hit this house,’” Mahmud said. After beginning her usual conversation about the Warren campaign, Mahmud noticed something wasn’t right with the woman who had opened the door. Routh’s breathing was abnormal and her responses seemed erratic, Mahmud said. “Parisa started her spiel about Elizabeth Warren and then she’s like, ‘A-, are you OK?’ And I said, ‘No I’m not. Can I have a hug? I need a hug,’” Routh said. Routh has veteran PTSD and anxiety. On that day, she
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independent musical versatility for the first time. The album takes a shift in tone with “We Made It,” a mellow pop song highlighting Tomlinson’s personal experience with fame and loss. During his One Direction days, the unique sound of Tomlinson’s bright and higher pitched voice often deemed him more unpopular than his boy band counterparts. With lyrics such as “‘Cause we made it/ Underestimated/ And always underrated,” Tomlinson references his experience, bringing an optimistic approach to an issue that clearly bothered him. Although the track is pretty linear without much of a climax, the emotional lyrics make up for the production flaws and result in an overall enjoyable song. Continuing with the song “Walls,” the album explores emotional depth with a slower, melancholy vibe. Upon the release of the music video for the song, fans began speculating “Walls” paid homage to Tomlinson’s boy band days
decided she was going to take her own life. “(That day) I made a decision that I (couldn’t) get through (the day),” Routh said. “When I got to that thought process, in that very second, is when my doorbell rang.” Mahmud sat inside with Routh for 30 minutes until one of her friends arrived so she would not be alone. “If Parisa had not been at my house at that exact moment, I would not be here today,” Routh said. “Whatever you want to call it — fate, the universe — she was there at the exact moment that I needed her most.” Mahmud had trained through the Counseling and Mental Health Center Peer Educator Program for three semesters prior to her trip to Iowa. Mahmud said personal experiences and official training about mental health awareness gave her the guidance to handle this situation. At the nightly debriefing, Mahmud shared this story with her fellow campaign staffers. “There couldn’t have been a better person to knock on Carly’s door that day,” said Caroline Bollinger, a campaign staffer from Mahmud’s team. Upon Mahmud’s return to Austin, the Iowa state director for Elizabeth Warren’s campaign heard about what happened. And soon, so did Elizabeth Warren. When an unfamiliar number called Mahmud, she almost didn’t respond. She assumed it
when a brief scene showed the singer alongside what is perceived to be shadows of his former bandmates. Singing, “These high walls never broke my soul/ and I watched them all come fallin’ down,” Tomlinson might be referring to the end of his boy band journey, successfully playing on the nostalgia of his fans. As the song progresses, the instrumentation that is built up steers it into a powerful rock ballad, making the weight of the lyrics and melody feel equally balanced for a beautiful and moving result. Concluding with “Only The Brave,” a laid-back approach is taken in the two minute finale of the album. Tomlinson channels a Beatles-esque sound with an interesting voice filter, making the song sound like it is playing off a record player. With a thick English accent, singing lyrics such as “I never cared for love/ It’s the church of burnt romances/ And I’m too far gone to pray,” Tomlinson keeps the song minimal with a slow guitar accompaniment. The song feels personal but underwhelming all the same, a lyrically nuanced track that isn’t met with enough character to
was a telemarketer. But when she picked up, it was Elizabeth Warren calling to thank her for her courage in that moment and her dedication to the campaign. After receiving the call, Routh and Mahmud’s canvassing team in Iowa encouraged her to share the full story on Twitter. Shortly after sharing, it went viral on Twitter. “Parisa, I think about you every single day! I am so incredibly thankful that you knocked on my door and the exact moment you did otherwise I would not be here,” Routh tweeted. “I am so thankful for your grace and love and kindness during one of my darkest moments. Everything happens for a reason!” Nearly a month after their meeting, Mahmud and Routh continue to stay in touch through Snapchat and occasional FaceTime calls. “I am so damn thankful for her, and the people in my life are thankful for her,” Routh said. “(Parisa’s) got a lifelong friend out of this, whether she likes it or not.” Mahmud said she is taking this experience to strengthen her mental health advocacy and be an active bystander in future situations. “All these people are calling me a hero, but I don’t really see myself as that,” Mahmud said. “I keep saying to people I hope that anyone would do what I did in that situation.”
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UT student Parisa Mahmud holds a Warren pamphlet on the campaign trail in Iowa.
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“I really look forward to creating (a community) and sharing my passion with other people and (getting) to know them better,” Wilhite said. “Hopefully, they’ll meet new people and make new friends.” Viering said he’s excited to share a sport he loves with his peers at UT. “I think it’ll bring the
community a sense of home,” Viering said. “I played it back in high school and playing it here just brought back memories. I think Aidan (Wilhite) and I are really excited to share that with UT’s campus.” Spikeball is about more than just playing the game, Wilhite said. “It’s more than just getting together and someone wins and someone loses,” Wilhite said. “It’s about making new relationships.”
Campus Coupons copyright 78 productions limited, and reproduced with permission After years of delay, Louis Tomlinson finally released his first ever solo album, Walls.
successfully compensate the calamity for a satisfying ending to the album. Though some songs are certainly repetitive and a little flat, Walls is a beautiful and honest album that proves Tomlinson is deserving of his place in the music industry. With satisfying instrumentation alongside consistently
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
BASKETBALL
Ramey saves the day for Texas
Ramey’s pair of late 3-pointers lifts Texas past Iowa State in a must-win game for the Longhorns. By Stephen Wagner @stephenwag22
ourtney Ramey is no stranger to pressure. The sophomore guard from St. Louis has faced it all season from his coaches, from his teammates and from himself. Saturday afternoon, with Texas struggling to overcome the hump of Iowa State’s seemingly unbreakable lead, Ramey met pressure and rose to the occasion once again as the Longhorns beat Iowa State 72-68. In the final four minutes of the game, Ramey ignored the lackluster first 36 minutes and carried his team when it needed him the most. Ramey had been more or less absent through the beginning of the game, as his stat sheet read. Until the 12:19 mark in the second half, Ramey’s stat line was riddled with zeros — zero points, assists and rebounds. The only part of his stat line that didn’t have a zero was his two turnovers. “I think my teammates just got to me, just staying in my ear and keeping that confidence in me,” Ramey said. “(But) I’ve got the most confidence in myself.” His confidence showed late in the second half as the sophomore scored all of his
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Sophomore guard Courtney Ramey hit two late 3-pointers Saturday to preserve the Longhorns NCAA Tournament hopes. Above, Ramey takes Kansas point guard Devon Dotson off the dribble in their matchup on Jan. 18. 14 points, thanks in large part to the spark freshman guard Donovan Williams and junior guard Matt Coleman provided. Williams tied his career high with 13 points and three 3-pointers. “Donovan (Williams) was making plays, Matt (Coleman) was making plays, so I didn’t want to be that one guy who was just sticking out and just not doing anything,” Ramey said. “I just wanted to step up.” Ramey stepped up in a
huge way, drilling two 3-point bombs late in the game to return control of the game to Texas for the first time since the opening minutes. The first brought Texas within two points for the eighth time of the second half, something Texas had seen before but hadn’t been able to overcome. Nonetheless, it still brought the Frank Erwin Center to its feet. The second, two minutes later, sent the Longhorn crowd into a frenzy as it
handed Texas its first lead since the seven-minute mark of the first half. “Courtney had a phenomenal second half,” Texas head coach Shaka Smart said. “When the game’s not going perfect for you individually, you don’t have time to feel sorry for yourself. We wouldn’t have won the game without him.” Freshman forward Kai Jones would stretch the lead with a pair of free throws, and Williams would seal the deal with a two-handed slam.
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With the win, Texas’ NCAA Tournament hopes are preserved — for now. Most college basketball experts still have Texas listed on the outside looking in. “Our guys have some really big goals, and one of their goals is they want to play in the NCAA Tournament,” Smart said. “To do that, you’ve got to go grab some of these games.” The tournament is a personal goal for Ramey, who earlier in the year said that he
didn’t come to Texas to win the NIT, which the Longhorns did last year. In order to do that, Texas is going to rely on more performances like he showed Saturday. “He’s not yet the person or player that he’s going to end up being at the end of the road, and he’s even going to need to grow after that,” Smart said. “Our emphasis to (Ramey) is to try to help him be in the best place he can be in the moment to grab hold of the opportunities he has.”
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Longhorns lose fifth straight against Bears By Robert Trevino @robtrev22
The five-game winning streak that brought the Longhorns into arguably the biggest home game of the year came to a grinding halt Friday night. The No. 2 Baylor Bears stormed into Austin and topped Texas 64-44, leaving head coach Karen Aston’s team shell-shocked. Even with the highly touted Bears coming to town, there was an air of hope in the Frank Erwin Center Friday evening, as Texas had climbed out of a 1–2 conference hole by rattling off five straight wins and beating No. 1 Stanford at home earlier in the season. That hope only intensified after the Longhorns held serve early on, with the score tied at 11 at the end of the first quarter. “I thought that our team was ready to play,” Aston said. “I think that the first half was an indicator of that. I thought our defense was really, really good in the first half.” Then the Bears turned on the jets with an 11-4 run in the last five minutes of the second quarter to take a five-point halftime lead. Then came third quarter’s knockout blow, which saw Baylor outscore Texas 23-5 as the Longhorns went 2-of16 from the field. “I feel like we took a lot of 1-on-1 shots … which really hurt us,” sophomore center Charli Collier said. “We didn’t really play as a team, and that really hurt us. We just weren’t a team tonight and it showed.” A sizable Baylor crowd was in attendance for the battle of I-35, a situation that the Bears have now won 21 times out of their last 22 meetings with the Longhorns. The Waco crowd had more to cheer about than
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Perrennial powerhouse Baylor proved too much for the Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center on Friday. Above, sophomore center Charli Collier attempts a jumpshot. their Austin counterparts, as the Longhorns shot 24.6% from the field and saw key players produce their worst offensive games of the year statistically. Senior forward Joyner Holmes, second this season for the Longhorns in scoring average, had just four points. Collier, who is averaging just under 14 points per game, could only muster three points on 1-of-10 shooting.
We didn’t really play as a team, and that really hurt us. We just weren’t a team tonight and it showed.” CHARLI COLLIER sophomore center
Collier has been a bright spot on the Texas team, especially during the impressive conference run that the Longhorns were on before Friday night. As such, the Bears honed in on her defensively, making sure nothing came easy for the sophomore from Mont Belvieu, Texas. “I wasn’t surprised by
how (Baylor) played Charli (Collier),” Aston said. “She’s been really, really good in the last several games. I’m not surprised at all by how they guarded her, I’m just surprised that we didn’t move the ball better and share it more.” Sharing the ball was indeed a problem for the Longhorns, who finished with just three assists. That paled in comparison to both Baylor’s 16 and Texas’ season average of 14.1. “Three assists in a game? That tells it all,” Aston said. “I mean, who would’ve thought (we’d have only) seven turnovers? I’d be jumping up, doing backflips up here with seven turnovers … (but) when you have three assists and seven turnovers, you’re just throwing up stuff.” With a team like Baylor — who is now 19—1 with the only loss coming to No. 1 South Carolina — “throwing up stuff” is not the way to offensive success. And on Friday, the No. 2 Bears showed why. “I did think that we were prepared today,” Aston said. “I was a little fooled by this one because I thought we were prepared. I really did. There’s sometimes … they surprise you with things or whatever. There’s nothing surprising to me about what they did, at all.”
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Texas’ three-game stretch against the top teams in the Big 12 is a prime opportunity for the Longhorns to snatch an NCAA Tournament résumé-building win.
Longhorns remain poised ahead of rematch with Kansas By Stephen Wagner @stephenwag22
You don’t have to tell Shaka Smart how important Texas’ next three games are. The Texas head coach regularly discusses Big 12 standings and NCAA Tournament hopes with the team. Currently, Texas is 4–4 in conference play and sits at fourth in the Big 12 without a win over a presently ranked team. Its only win over a ranked opponent, a 70-66 win over then-No. 22 Purdue in early November, has proved meaningless to Texas’ tournament hopes as the Boilermakers have struggled to stay above .500. Now, Texas is gearing up for its toughest three-game stretch of the year. The Longhorns travel to Lawrence, Kansas on Monday before home matchups against top-ranked Baylor and defending Big 12 champion Texas Tech. “We always want to take one game at a time,” Smart said. “But there’s a heck of a stretch coming up … and what you have to do is be the best team you can possibly be.” But for now, sophomore guard Courtney Ramey and junior guard Matt Coleman are
just focused on the next goal: upsetting the third-ranked Jayhawks in Lawrence for the first time since 2011. “The whole mentality that we must take for every game is just taking it one game at a time and not putting anybody above anybody,” Ramey said after Saturday’s 72-68 win over Iowa State. “Iowa State was our Kansas (Saturday), and Kansas is going to be Kansas on Monday.” When Ramey says, “Kansas is going to be Kansas on Monday,” he means that Kansas is going to be what it’s been for 15 of the last 17 years — the crown jewel of the Big 12. The Jayhawks have traditionally dominated the conference — and Texas. Since the Big 12 was formed in 1996, Kansas has won either the regular season conference title or the Big 12 tournament every year except four. Texas has only won nine matchups ever against the Jayhawks. This season has proven no exception to Kansas’ traditional blue-blooded basketball dominance. The Jayhawks have won nine of their last 10, including a 66-57 win over the Longhorns in Austin last month. Texas jumped out to an eight-point first quarter lead
in the team’s last meeting with Kansas and tied the game with five minutes remaining. But turnovers, a passive offense and overall lack of shot-making in the final minutes plagued the Longhorns in the loss. But Smart and the Longhorns have learned from their shortcomings in their last matchup. In each of its last two wins, Texas found ways to make plays and execute in the final minutes. “In (Austin), when we were really assertive and aggressive on offense in the first half, we really got in a flow,” Smart said. “But the key is more us, who we need to be and what’s the best version of us.” Texas’ last win over Iowa State did wonders for the team’s confidence after bringing the Longhorns back to .500 in conference play. Going into Kansas, Coleman said the team has a better demeanor, swagger and confidence and understands how important each game is to Texas’ tournament hopes. “The next week of the Big 12, the schedule we have, (the key is) taking one game at a time,” Coleman said. “If we play together, we finish and execute down the stretch, it’s anybody’s game.”
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Billie Eilish is tormented by night terrors in her music video “bury a friend,” edited by John Paul Horstmann.
Music video editor talks Billie John Paul Horstmann, Eilish’s video editor, reveals what it’s like to work with her, gives students filmmaking advice. By Noah Levine @ZProductionz
illie Eilish’s newest music video, “everything i wanted,” released Jan. 23, has already garnered over 29 million views. Music video editor John Paul Horstmann (“everything i wanted,” “bury a
friend,” “xanny”) spoke with The Daily Texan about collaborating with the singer and his experience in filmmaking. The Daily Texan: How did you
end up working with Billie Eilish?
John Paul Horstmann: There’s
a wonderful (visual effects) house called Ingenuity (Studios), and (Billie Eilish has) done her last few videos there. I was just there one day working on something else, and they’re like, “It’s Christmas, nobody’s available. There’s an artist that needs a video.” I had heard of (Billie), but I didn’t realize she was about to become so huge. It was the greatest time. I worked with Michael Chaves on “bury a friend.” He planned everything to the tee in terms of the timing of the lights and stuff. Then the video came out, it was like, boom, millions of views.
I was (editing) it over Christmas. Like, literally while I was with my family, and they’re like, “What are you doing?” I’m like, “Trust me, this is gonna be great.” How does the collaborative process work between you, Billie and the rest of the production team?
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work with somebody that has a very clear vision and accomplishes things and gets things done in a way that moves the influence. I feel like you could be on the most difficult job working with the best people and it’ll feel easy. DT: How did your relationship to
to a teacher being like, “You should apply for an internship in LA. I know one.” Because of the training I had, when (the internship) said, “What film school do you go to?” I was like, “I didn’t go to film school, but me and my friends, we made our own.” They’re like, “You’re in.” Any advice student filmmakers?
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program at the University of Pittsburgh, so we just started doing it ourselves. Weirdly, that was the secret sauce. Actually learning how to do film is just (through) practice, not taking classes or watching every other obscure French film. I didn’t know how to edit at all, but we had all these projects and somebody needed to edit them. I started teaching the other students, and that led
ever about branding. Branding yourself, like, “What do you do?” So when you first start out, a really important point is try everything. Try directing a short, try being a (production assistant), try working in editing, try doing visual effects. Then you’re eventually going to have to pick something. Your niche is what you’re going to be branded as.
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Louis Tomlinson drops first solo album, ‘Walls,’ satisfies long-awaiting fans
Students spike down homesickness, start Spikeball team
By Avery Wohleb @averywohleb
For the first time ever, Louis Tomlinson has released a solo album. On Jan. 31, Tomlinson dropped Walls, a record consisting of 12 emotional and catchy songs. In 2010, Tomlinson began his rise to fame as a member of One Direction, a
highly successful boy band that quickly gained a global fan base. For a period of time after the band split in 2015, Tomlinson remained the only former member who had not released a solo album of his own. After years of delay, Tomlinson has released his solo album, and it is worth the wait. The album opens with “Kill My Mind,” a drum-heavy track that immediately sets
the tone of the record to follow. Repeating, “You kill my mind/ Raise my body back to life,” to a catchy melody, Tomlinson flourishes in his exploration of his new, personal sound. Though slightly repetitive, the fun and buoyant beat is a stretch from Tomlinson’s previous singles, fully introducing his W A L L S PAGE 5
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Members of the Spikeball club play on Speedway as students walk by. Though usually played on grass, Spikeball is versatile and can be played on nearly any surface. By Catherine Cardenas @c_aaattt
The smell of sweat and the sound of laughter radiated through the air as the ball hit a low net on the ground. This two versus two game brought a sense of familiarity to friends on campus. The game is Spikeball, where two sets of partners play against each other and try to hit a ball into a net near the ground without the ball touching the floor. If the ball does touch the ground, the other team scores a point. UT students Aidan Wilhite and Vincent Viering decided to bring the club to campus after playing together throughout high school. “Now we play with our roommates and have such a great time,” finance sophomore Viering said. “We really wanted to bring that to UT. It’s very simple — there’s a few technicalities, but nothing you can’t figure out in two minutes.” The simplicity of the game allows for more accessibility among players, making the game more fun to play, said Wilhite, a radio-television-film sophomore. “If you’re trying to play baseball, everyone’s doing a different job, has a different role, has
to know different skills,” Wilhite said. “Spikeball only requires four people, and you all do the same thing.” Viering said Spikeball is unique due to the intimacy of the game, which allows people to work closely together in small teams. “You’re working with just one other person against two other people,” Viering said. “You really get to know the person you’re playing with, and I think that’s what makes this sport special.” Zachary Zurita, a human dimensions of organizations sophomore, was recruited to the team by his friends. Zurita said he was attracted to the sport due to its low-intensity but highly amusing nature. With the game being played in such small groups, it allows players to get to know each other and form friendships. “It’s just a really casual game,” Zurita said. “(It’s) something that you can take to the park and just hit around, you can really do it anywhere. It’s really fun, and it’s something that you can do to bond with somebody.” Having just founded the organization this semester, Wilhite said he is excited for it to grow and expose Spikeball to UT. S P I K E PAGE 5