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Students in Epiphany play music for memory-loss residentts in care homes.

Students and activists reflect on the aftermath of town hall on sexual misconduct.

Students grieve mosquito fish named “Loompa” in viral funeral video.

Andrew Jones’ incredible first half isn’t enough to push Texas past in-state rival Texas Tech.

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Professor uplifts women in STEM

‘Kate the Chemist’, female students create chemical reaction on UT Tower steps for CBS’ morning show ‘Mission Unstoppable.’

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/ the daily texan staff

On left, Kate Biberdorf, an associate professor of instruction at The University of Texas at Austin, cheers with Danni Washington, a correspondent for CBS’s “Mission Unstoppable,” and over 60 other UT female scientists after setting off their first series of “thunderclouds” at the base of UT tower on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 8. The show features female STEM professionals, such as “Kate the Chemist,” to inspire young women to engage in the field. By Hannah Williford @HannahWillifor2

ssociate chemistry professor Kate Biberdorf and over 60 students set off a chemical explosion on the UT Tower steps for the taping of the CBS morning TV show “Mission Unstoppable” on Saturday. The students were all women studying STEM fields and helped generate a thundercloud explosion by dumping hot water into buckets filled with liquid nitrogen, which enveloped the students in a cloud of gas. Biberdorf said she hoped the taping of the TV show would empower women watching and diminish the stigma around women in STEM. “I did not have a female science mentor growing up,” Biberdorf said. “What is really important is I want to show everybody that you don’t have to be a dork or a nerd to be a scientist, you can just be a girl who likes explosions and fire and high heels, and that’s totally fine. But if they see it, then

hopefully they can be it.” CBS executive producer Anna Wenger found Biberdorf, popularly known as ‘Kate the Chemist’, on YouTube, from appearances on the “Today” show and through her online content where Biberdorf conducts education demonstrations featuring chemical reactions. Wenger said she has wanted Biberdorf on the show since its inception. ‘Kate the Chemist’ was actually one of the first people (I noticed) because you’re looking for people who grab the attention of the youth and grab the attention of the masses,” Wenger said. “Something like the thundercloud demonstration, that has such an exciting appeal to it, but also is deeply rooted in science, is just like the perfect thing for us to show to demonstrate a thermodynamic reaction.” Miranda Cosgrove hosts “Mission Unstoppable,” which spotlights women from around the country working in STEM fields and works to promote women in science, Wenger said. She said this episode will likely air sometime

in September. “Mission Unstoppable” recruited students for the taping through student organizations, such as Women in Natural Sciences, Bold Women in Chemistry and from Biberdorf’s classes. They arrived at 6:30 a.m. and stayed until noon, helping set up equipment and practicing the technique for conducting the experiment with buckets of water to safely use the liquid nitrogen, physics junior Danielle Maldonado said. “This was incredibly nerve-wracking for me because I have a little bit of mama bear feeling toward my students that were here,” Biberdorf said. “They were playing with hot water and liquid nitrogen, two things I tell them never to do, but now I’m saying do it and throw it near me, and they killed it.” Maldonado said the experience showed there is diversity in STEM jobs, so people interested in STEM-related careers can have representation. “It’s really great to be able to be here and know that maybe there’s a little girl out there

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Biochemistry freshman Karla Wasemann cheers with over 60 UT female scientists after setting off a second series of “Thunderclouds” for an episode of CBS’s “Mission Unstoppable” at the base of the UT tower on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 8. A “thundercloud” is thermodynamic reaction that creates a cloud of gas by mixing hot water with liquid nitrogen. who wants to be a scientist one day, and she sees all of these other groups of girls doing

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things like this,” Maldonado said. “If she says, I’m comfortable wanting to do science,

because there are people who look like me, that’s what makes it the most rewarding.”

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McCombs ranks in top 6 business UT names first cohort of Distinguished schools in U.S. for social responsibility Service Academy, recognizes 5 faculty By Anna Canizales @annaleonorc

UT’s Red McCombs School of Business was ranked among the top six business schools in the United States for positive social responsibility and impact, according to the 2020 Positive Impact Rating report for Business Schools. The Positive Impact Rating measures “how business schools contribute to solving societal challenges by energising the school and its culture, by educating current and future leaders

… and participating in the public debate,” according to the Positive Impact website. The report was released last month. The Positive Impact Rating, a Swiss nonprofit association, determined the ranking by sending out a survey to students at top business schools around the world to evaluate the school’s capacity to create a positive impact on the world, according to its website. In the surveys, students supported making sustainability and social impact training mandatory in curriculum and encouraged schools to bring

science and facts to the political debate, according to a McCombs website blog post. Jay Hartzell, Dean of the McCombs School of Business, said in a statement on the McCombs website that he is pleased with the positive energy and preparedness he sees in McCombs graduates. “As an academic community, we study, learn, and discover in a constant state of forward anticipation,” Hartzell said in the statement. M C C O M B S PAGE 2

By Hannah Williford @HannahWillifor2

Five faculty members were chosen to be a part of the first cohort of UT’s new Distinguished Service Academy, according to a Feb. 4 press release from the College of Education. The academy recognizes faculty members with excellence in mentoring and service, according to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Members will be appointed for five years, and the appointment will include a $5,000

annual stipend, separate one-on-one mentoring sessions from their salary, accord- through the year, according to ing to the website for the the website. Executive Vice President Reddick’s academic work has and Provost. focused on the importance of Members of the first cohort mentorships. He said advising is are associate dean for equity, one of the most important jobs of community engagement and faculty members, and he is excitoutreach Richard Reddick, phar- ed that it is receiving recognition. macy professor Carolyn Brown, “I’m happy to engage with biology associate professor Jen- folks who are curious or just nifer Moon, English professor don’t quite know why (mentorLisa Moore and Loriene Roy, a ing) is important,” Reddick said. professor from the Center for “I know for a lot of students who Women and Gender Studies. have marginalized identities, it’s Members will sponsor at a huge deal to find somebody least one workshop on mentorship per semester and offer DISTINGUISHED PAGE 2

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New organization creates art, music for care home residents suffering from memory loss By Austin Martinez @austinmxrtinez

Epiphany, a fine arts student organization, performs music and creates arts and crafts to connect with residents dealing with memory loss at care homes. Mia Orlandella, co-founder and director of external communications, said the founders’ experiences with their grandparents inspired the organization. Orlandella said music and visual arts stimulus has helped the founders’ grandparents with their memory and retention. “My grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s, randomly started spouting off a song that he remembered about a tree and related it to my grandmother,” German and finance sophomore Orlandella said. “This was a moment that was worth remembering because he tends to forget a lot. We want to create experiences like the one I had for other memory-care residents.” Zoe Howard, co-founder and social media director, said they created Epiphany as part of a class assignment that asked students to design a nonprofit

organization. She said their plan won funding to establish the nonprofit through Envision Austin Challenge, a UT liberal arts honors program competition. “From the first time we went to the care home to meet the residents, we knew that this was something we wanted to do,” said Howard, an English and rhetoric and writing sophomore. Orlandella said Epiphany chooses to perform music the memory-care residents know and love so they can sing along. “We play classic songs like ‘Home on the Range,’ ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and anything by Frank Sinatra,” Orlandella said. “It really brings them back to their past and remember the good old days when they can all sing along together.” Siddha Sannigrahi, co-founder and arts coordinator, said even if the residents do not participate in the activities, they seem to have just as much fun watching the interactions. “I really love the idea of using music and arts to build a community and using it to interact with the residents,” public health sophomore Sannigrahi said. “It

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gives us an opportunity to engage with a generation I personally haven’t engaged with in a long time.” Sannigrahi said the residents enjoy their visits so much that

they always have suggestions for future musical performances and activities. “The residents get excited when we come perform because a lot of them have spent their life

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going to orchestra concerts and other musical performances,” said Sannigrahi. “Being able to bring that back to them in their own care home is wonderful, and they appreciate it.”

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Public health sophomore Siddha Sannigrahi presents general information at the Epiphany organization meeting at Mary E. Gearing Hall. Epiphany conducts frequent visits to the Village Care Home to perform music and host arts and crafts for the residents.

Although Texas Democratic Party leaders worry a new system for reporting votes in Texas will delay final delegate counts on primary election night March 3, the Texas Secretary of State office said results will be reported on time. Concerns arose after the Iowa primary caucus’s new reporting app faltered, delaying election results for a week, with results finally tabulated Sunday. Glen Maxey, a Texas Democratic Party official, told the Texas Tribune on Wednesday that a Jan. 23 meeting with the Texas Secretary of State’s office revealed a new, digital counting system for the primary is not ready and would not be able to process the senatorial district data. Manny Garcia, executive director of the Texas Democratic Party, said in a statement that the results are even more important than in previous election years. “Texas is more important to presidential campaigns than ever before and could make or break campaigns,” Garcia said in a statement Wednesday. “The public deserves to see the vote and the delegate results on

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Students are shown waiting in line to vote on the last day of the midterm elections in 2018. After the Iowa primary caucus’s reporting delays, Texas Democratic Party leaders are worrying about potential reporting delays on primary election night. election night, and we urge the Texas Secretary of State’s office not to leave Texas voters and our nation in the dark.” Stephen Chang, director of communications from the Texas Secretary of State’s office, said in an email that the claims of delays are false because they do not plan to change the process. Chang said the office will publicly report votes for president at

the Senate district level “in the same fashion” as previous primaries with results coming out the same night as the primary. “Election night returns for the March 3 primary, including vote totals, will be reported in their usual manner and available on election night,” Chang said in the email. “Additionally, any allegations that delegate allocations will not be reported on election

night are categorically false.” University Democrats and other student groups registered 1,400 people to vote in the primaries on Feb. 3, which was the voter registration deadline for the upcoming primary. Alex Evans, communications director for University Democrats, said the members of her organization are not discouraged by the disarray within the state and

national party. “A lot of the time we can agree that there shouldn’t be an app to do what a human can do in a democracy,” Plan II freshman Evans said. “However, we are going to do everything we can to encourage people to vote even when it seems that there may be some disorganization or strife within the party.” Texas’ 254 counties report the data to the Secretary of State’s office. The voting distribution will be put into a mathematical formula to allocate the 149 democratic electoral delegates to Texas’ 31 Senate districts. The delegates will be proportionally distributed among the district based on candidates who receive over 15% of the vote in that district, according to a Texas Tribune article. Garcia said the Texas Democratic Party is assessing options to implement their own reporting system in case the Secretary of State’s office fails to release the result. “If we can confidently acquire and report in a timely manner election results by every category necessary to award delegate counts then we will do so,” Garcia said in the statement. “Transparency is our top priority. We will make further comments on our plans in the near future.”

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Thirty business schools worldwide were recognized by the Positive Impact Rating, but only six of those are in the U.S. The sample of students surveyed consisted of bachelor and master students from 21 countries in five continents, according to the website. Accounting sophomore Kevin Serrano said the community and supportive environment make the school a place that can have a positive impact on social responsibility. “My favorite part of McCombs, personally, is the fact that the teachers are really invested in their students,” Serrano said. “I feel like I’ve made a very personal connection with them that I’ve never had the privilege of being able to do in the past. Because of the relationship I have with them, I am able to learn so much from them.” The survey took into account the governance and leadership of the schools when determining the rankings, according to the McCombs

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blog post. Karen Chen, a business analytics graduate student, said career services and faculty regularly reach out to students to offer help and support. “McCombs does care for their students,” Chen said. Tatiana Wolfe, a supply chain management sophomore, said the supportive community comes from other students and counselors, who are always available to students for help with any kind of problem — from academics to mental health. “If you ever have any problems with anything, you can always go to someone,” Wolfe said. “We have events that have to do with mental health and how (students) are doing physically and emotionally.” Serrano said McCombs has provided him with valuable resources and networking opportunities. “I’ve been able to utilize all these skills that I don’t think I would be able to use at other schools,” Serrano said. “Here in McCombs specifically, I have been able to realize my limitations and also realize where my strengths lie.”

who’s got similar experiences to yours.” Reddick said much of his research has focused on mentors and students with different racial or gender identities, and he is looking forward to introducing these ideas to the board. Reddick said he has worked with others on board in the past for equity issues and is excited to hear about their styles and understanding of mentoring. “I adore this group of people I’m connected with now,” Reddick said. “These are people I’ve admired for years. … I’m like, ‘Wow,’ just to be in the same sort of category as them is amazing.” Reddick, who was an undergraduate student at UT, said mentors in his own life helped him through struggles, including earning a “D” during his second semester at UT. “When I was (at UT) I was really lucky to have excellent mentors,” Reddick said. “All these people at UT, sort of in my life, helped me forge ahead.” Reddick currently acts as an adviser for students in education, including education graduate students Jake Akin and Yvonne Taylor. Akin said Reddick seems to know someone everywhere, and if there is an issue that Reddick can not help with, he knows someone who can.

Associate dean Richard Reddick is one of five faculty members who were selected to be in the first cohort of UT’s new Distinguished Service Academy. The academy recognizes faculty members with excellence in mentoring and service. “He’s this powerful figure on campus,” Akin said. “He’s working on all these issues of social justice and inclusion during research … but then at the same time, you’ll go to the welcome party for your department, and he’s there playing bass and singing backup for a little punk rock band.” Taylor said despite being an associate dean, Reddick has remained accessible to students and

was someone that supported her in her decision to return to school later in life. “He’s both brilliant and accessible, and that’s not always common with faculty at his level,” Taylor said. “He’s passionate about students, and he’s passionate about higher education and its impact on the community in which it stays.”

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Disney’s approach to Latinx culture

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Angharad Valdivia describes the relationship between Disney and Latin American culture in her lecture, “What’s Up with Disney & Latinidad?” on Thursday. Her lecture is a part of the Latino Media Arts & Studies Speaker Series. Can you unpack that title a little bit?

By Grace Barnes @gebarnes210

Angharad Valdivia, a Latino/Latina Studies professor and media scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gave a lecture Feb. 6 titled “What’s up with Disney & Latinidad? Princesses and the Girls Who are Stuck in the Middle.” The talk was hosted by the Latino Media Arts & Studies Speaker Series at the Belo Center for New Media. For the past 20 years Valdivia has conducted research on Disney films, shows and characters and analyzed how Latinidad is represented by the company on screen and in the entertainment industry. Latinidad is a Spanish term used to describe the attributes shared by Latin American people and their descendants, commonly used as an academic term within Latino Studies. The Daily Texan spoke with Valdivia about her research and Disney’s tepid approach to representing Latinidad in its franchise. The Daily Texan: The title of your lecture is “What’s Up with Disney and Latinidad? Princesses and Girls Who are Stuck in the Middle.”

Angharad Valdivia: So that title is actually the name of a (Disney) show that’s been canceled with Jenna Ortega called “Stuck in the Middle.” It ran for three (seasons), and for Disney, that’s not unusual. The title (of the lecture) itself is indicative of the location of Latinos contemporarily in the body politic, in the U.S. and popular culture, and definitely within the Disney ecosystem. They are signing or representing an (intermediary) ethnicity between whiteness and blackness. DT: Disney executives have said that certain

princesses are “inspired by diverse Latin cultures and folklore,” but never explicitly said that they are Latina. Why do you think they are so hesitant to be specific?

AV: Disney is purposefully and very carefully

producing a very ambiguous Latinidad to court both domestic Latino audiences and the global brown audience, but not alienate the normative white audience. They see (this) as their main audience, despite demographic data that shows that globally there are far more brown

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people than there are white people. The way that they’re doing this is by putting out nearly imperceptible Latinas. There’s a lot of fear, and I think that has to do with contemporary culture. They’re not going to risk getting into some kind of political quagmire unless they try to lure in a bigger audience. As a result, Latinos are stuck in the middle. DT: What changes would you personally like to

see in the entertainment industry?

AV: There are these two ways of looking at Lati-

nos — they are always in families, or they just moved. The mass media covers Latinos as the internal foreigner or recent immigrants, and that’s just the trope that gets repeated generation after generation. It is a complicated thing that has been very difficult to change. I would also like to see a little bit more Latino labor (in the industry), just because people deserve to have jobs, and they deserve to have well paying jobs. I would like there to be less (precariousness) and media production, for there to be more inclusivity for all sorts of people, not just a particular gender and race in terms of having a great job in media.

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Following town hall, students reflect on problems with sexual misconduct policy By Julia Zaksek and Maggie Lazaroski Forum editors

After four protests, many meetings with administrators and UT faculty, and a public town hall event, they are still here. Professors convicted of sexual misconduct are still teaching at UT, and students still do not feel safe. Last semester, students organizers held four separate protests calling for the dismissal of two professors found in violation of sexual misconduct policy, Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, as well as greater transparency about faculty found in violation of misconduct policy and the disciplinary process. In addition to these protests, students entered Sarkar’s classroom during a

lecture, confronting him about his behavior. The Daily Texan began covering this subject in July of 2018 when Hutchison was allowed to continue teaching after being found in violation of UT’s sexual misconduct policies. Among this coverage, the Texan ran multiple editorials calling for administration to be more transparent, for the student body to continue their fight and for stricter misconduct policies. For months, students called for a town hall with administrators to voice their concerns and how sexual harassment, assault and coercion have affected their lives. On Jan. 27, UT administration finally held a town hall event. The small space and police presence, however, limited the town hall’s accessibility for many students. Non-answers and a lack of empathy from the administration left many students feeling frustrated and

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unheard, despite their months of organizing events and meeting with administrators. In this forum, former University Democrats community director and government sophomore Hector Mendez describes the fight to form the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct and students’ efforts to confront UT professors and administrators. Women’s and gender studies and advertising junior Lynn Huynh, government and political communications senior Alejandra Zuñiga, and mechanical engineering and government junior Shelby Hobohm of the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct also detail their motivations and experiences as protest organizers. As always, if you have any thoughts on this topic or any other, please feel free to reach out to us at thedailytexanforum@gmail.com

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Building the movement that caused protests, town hall

Students struggle to gain UT’s attention on sexual misconduct

By Lynn Huynh, Shelby Hobohm and Alejandra Zuñiga

outrage would be enough to finally get UT administration to take the concerns of the protesters seriously. Flash forward to December 2019 when the UT’s handling of cases of sexual miscon- Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct was fiduct is yet another example of how the ad- nally formed. It had been a monumental effort to get to this point. After a third sit-in, ministration has failed to live up to their own UT administration finally resolved to host a code of honor. forum on the issue of sexual misconduct that As UT President, Greg Fenves stated at the would take place on Jan. 27. Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct public While many were skeptical of how this forum Jan. 27, “We have failed you.” would turn out, the general atmosphere in After learning that UT decided to keep two the air was hopeful that finally UT adminprofessors who were found guilty of sexual istrators would address misconduct, it was clear the concerns of students to students that there had who had made tremento be an effort to push the dous efforts to establish University to hold facula dialogue with the coty who have violated UT alition organizers and policy accountable. I hoped the comUT administration. The first of the sit-ins It is unfortunate that afthat the students who munity’s outrage ter this forum things have would come to form the would be enough to not changed as many stucoalition hosted was an dents hoped they would. important moment that finally get UT adminAssociate professor Colekicked off the fight that istration to take the man Hutchison and prowe still see ourselves concerns of the fessor Sahotra Sarkar in today. are still teaching courses This was a big event. protesters seriously.” at UT. From what I had been told by older students, not It is a shame that it has much action had ever been taken so much to just get taken by UT when students voiced concerns the ear of UT administration. Many have about sexual misconduct. had to sacrifice their mental health and As other sit-ins occurred in later weeks, I academics to get some semblance of atcould tell that there was a mounting tension tention from UT’s administrators. It is my that would inevitably lead UT to take action. hope that UT can learn from this experiThrough my position as communications di- ence and see that the concerns of students rector of University Democrats, I made sure are important. to publicize the efforts of this first sit-in, inUT’s slogan states, “What starts here cluding the image of all of the handwritten changes the world.” The students of the Cosheets of paper denouncing the Provost. alition Against Sexual Misconduct have cerOn Nov. 8, 2019, the sit-in group for tainly been living up to that, starting change that day was threatened with arrest by the that will make UT a much safer college. provost’s office and UTPD. I knew that Mendez is a government sophomore and this escalation would lead to serious re- former communications director for Unipercussions. I hoped the community’s versity Democrats.

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We planned a protest, and it worked. From the first night we got together, we all knew what we wanted: accountability, transparency and action to protect students from faculty and staff guilty of sexual misconduct. For the past two months, our lives, our organizing and our values have bled into each other until we could not discern where we began and where our mission to fight sexual misconduct ended. We spent too many nights staying up until 2 a.m. working on action plans, too much paper printing out over 1,000 signatures on our petition and too much money on early morning bagel runs before our 8 a.m. meetings with administrators. In between our jobs, internships, classes and extracurricular commitments, we fit in time to put our heart and souls into something we weren’t sure would achieve anything. But it did. We’re getting there, and this is what it looked like. Lynn: At every protest or action, we end with one thing to remind ourselves why we do the things we do: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” — Assata Shakur. I am here because we will win, because we love each other, because we have nothing to lose but our chains. Shelby: This movement is a collection of small moments: frantically running across campus for a last minute video interview, texting 24/7 about new meetings and ideas, and participating in a teach-in with amazing queer, Black organizers are just a few that come to mind. But more importantly, it’s about the people.

Cooking and sharing food at a self-care event ahead of the forum and checking in with each other through text and in person are just a few of the things that have kept me going. This is more than just a few events or angry students — it’s a community that will not stop until we win. Ale: The town hall took so much of our time. Student organizers were caught up in meetings with administrators where most of our suggestions were ignored or vetoed without much notice. While it was powerful to have over 390 students, staff and faculty show up, share their questions and stories, and show their dissatisfaction with our “No” signs, it was also deeply disappointing to see how little the panelists seemed to care. Just to be clear: this is not our job. In a perfect world, we’d choose to spend our hours elsewhere — at the PCL cramming for our finals, wasting money we don’t have on snacks from 7-Eleven and food truck dinners, making stupid 6th Street memories that we’ll wake up having forgotten the next morning. In a perfect world, we don’t have to beg the school that has promised to protect us to actually protect us, listen to us, care for us— they would just do it. In a perfect world, issues regarding gendered violence, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and abuses of power would not exist. But this perfect world does not exist right now, so we fight for one. We organize protests, we write policies and we demand change. We start by imagining the future we want to live in, and then we build the movement to make it happen. Huynh is a women’s and gender studies and advertising senior, Zuñiga is a government and political communications senior and Hobohm is a mechanical engineering and government senior. They are all members of the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct.

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FILM REVIEW: ‘HORSE GIRL’

‘Horse Girl’ romanticizes mental illness New Netflix addition underwhelms with lackluster portrayal of struggles and hallucinations. By Noah Levine @ZProductionz

s the credits roll on Jeff Baena’s “Horse Girl,” it becomes very apparent that all the film did was showcase a girl struggling with mental illness and then end her story in a worse state than it began. Now streaming on Netflix following its Jan. 27 Sundance premiere, “Horse Girl” follows a woman named Sarah whose experience of unusual lucid dreams lead her to question the limits of reality. As Sarah (Alison Brie) begins to ponder the existence of aliens, clones and dimensional traveling, the world around her begins to close in. Brie, who also co-wrote the film, portrays an authentic and soft-spoken character with her dialect and physical acting. Her unfiltered and vulnerable performance allows for strong audience sympathy. Though Brie portrays the character effectively, the writing itself does not do her story justice. The biggest issue with the story featured in “Horse Girl” is its muddled portrayal of mental illness. While the plot starts off with a tame inclusion of these elements, it becomes clear about midway through that Sarah’s mental struggles are the basis of her character and the focus of the story, rather than simply an

Actress Alison Brie stars as Sarah in an American drama film, “Horse Girl” now streaming on Netflix. In this scene, Sarah awakens from a sleepwalking incident. element of the plot. As Sarah hallucinates supernatural occurrences, the people around her experience life as it usually occurs, leaving them questioning her sanity. The audience is also left questioning the source of her hallucinations — mental illness or alien interference? Neither is ever confirmed. Sarah’s hallucinatory sequences are romanticized with angelic visuals and music, culminating in a final experience that leaves the audience with more questions than answers. Perhaps if the film clarified whether

Sarah’s hallucinations were not hallucinations after all or if her situation was appropriately dealt with and resolved, the film may have succeeded to a larger extent. When a film has a grounded and reality-based protagonist who damages her relationships greatly throughout the runtime, audiences expect to be rewarded with a sensical catharsis or conclusion, regardless if it is negative or positive. No one wants to sit down to watch a likeable character destroy positive aspects of their life because of mental struggle.

Sarah’s grapple with mental illness is a crutch in telling a story that is intended to be artsy and ambiguous. Her hallucinations and episodes of confusion are played for shock value and mesmerizing visuals. The struggle itself is used as a possible red herring against the existence of the supernatural. This element is poorly utilized, portraying a stereotyped view of what it means to be mentally ill and experience symptoms that alter perceptions of reality. It serves not to tell a convincing story, but to mask an uninteresting one in pretentious

self-importance. The film’s side characters and technical aspects are the only sufficient aspects of the film. Played by Debby Ryan, Molly Shannon and John Reynolds, Sarah’s various acquaintances offer empathy in the beginning, but as her narrative intensifies, many of these standout characters are thrown to the side. The editing, cinematography and soundtrack all work together to create a quick-moving and visually engaging experience. The neutral low-contrast lighting grounds the story in reality, while the eerie

camera techniques convey a sense of uncanniness. “Horse Girl” succeeds in its overall visual style and performances, but its unethical portrayal and inclusion of mental illness feels very out of line and romanticized leaving viewers unsatisfied, exploited and uncomfortable.

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Longhorns continue to tumble

Red Raiders stomp out Andrew Jones’ monster first half, dominate Longhorns in Austin. By Stephen Wagner @stephenwag22

o say that college basketball is unpredictable would be an understatement. It’s so unpredictable, in fact, that a Texas team that suffered a 38-point loss nearly three weeks ago in West Virginia can pull together a 12-point halftime lead over national runner-up Texas Tech — and still lose 62-57 in Austin. And they almost pulled out the victory on the back of a 23-year old sophomore in his first season back since winning his battle with leukemia. Andrew Jones, who underwent his last treatment in September, hasn’t slowed down since he returned to the court. The redshirt sophomore guard is averaging 10.6 points per game on the season, a slight step back from the 11.4 points he averaged in his last full season with the team. But Saturday afternoon, Jones was back to being the excited and confident kid able to put his recent struggles behind him. “Even though we didn’t make shots in Kansas, the confidence has never left,” Jones said. “I was fortunate to hit a couple of good looks in the first half. I just have to continue to be consistent.” Jones exploded for 16 points in the first half, nearly

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outscoring Texas Tech’s 19 points and accounting for more than half of Texas’ 31. His second half, and Texas’, was a different tale. The Longhorns’ once comfortable double-digit lead was erased midway through the second half as the Raiders battled back to tie the game at 41. Jones only hit one of his six shots, leaving Texas without his production for the final 13 minutes. He didn’t attempt a shot in the final six minutes.

“I was getting pretty good looks. I just couldn’t buy a bucket,” Jones said. “I just didn’t hit shots.” Texas’ offensive struggles weren’t limited to Jones. The Longhorns turned the ball over nine times in the second half, more than twice the amount they did in the first. Against a defensive-minded team like Texas Tech, turnovers were a luxury the Longhorns couldn’t afford. “When you’re fortunate enough to have a big lead, any-

thing can happen. We’ve all been on those sides of games,” said Chris Beard, Texas Tech head coach. “Sometimes when you’re down, you just keep chipping away.” With Jones effectively silenced for the second half and Texas’ offense bleeding turnovers, Matt Coleman understood the need for a spark and some second-half aggression. Coleman assumed the offensive reins, scoring or assisting on 15 of Texas’ 26 points after

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Texas has proven itself as a stout rebounding team through the first 22 games of the regular season. Whether it’s offensive and defensive rebounding or even rebounding from a loss, the Longhorns always seem to land on their feet. Sunday afternoon, nine days after a blowout home loss to No. 2 Baylor, Texas rebounded once again, giving a strong defensive performance en route to an 81-66 win over Texas Tech. Tech jumped out to a fast start, seizing a six point lead after the first quarter. But Texas rebounded in the second, shaking off the cobwebs and went into the half down by just one. “We’ve been off nine days, so I kind of expected a little bit of game rust,” head coach Karen Aston said. “And that’s sort of what it looked like early in the game, but I thought that the energy defensively changed.” Senior guards Sug Sutton and Lashann Higgs took the leadership role on Sunday at the United Supermarkets Arena. Sutton led the team with 20 points while Higgs came off the bench and scored 14 of

her own. “We had to reassure each other that runs like this happen in games and you just can’t falter,” Higgs said on the team’s mentality after being down early on. “(We) told each other that as long as we get the stops, that’ll create the energy offensively, and that’s what happened.” The energy in the building was different on Sunday afternoon, as the game was Texas Tech’s annual Play4Kay Pink Game, which benefits the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and is a game that Tech has hosted since 2007. “I appreciate the community and the support for this game. It means a lot to me anytime that I’m a part of one,” Aston said after the game, who lost her mother to cancer last year. “It’s really something that’s important to me, and it’s important to Lashann (Higgs too). And I appreciate what the community does to support this game and this cause.” The key for the Longhorns, apart from Sutton’s 20 points, was on the defensive end, where the Lady Raiders’ offense struggled aside from senior forward Brittany Brewer’s 23 points. “The key to really defending a post player like (Brewer) that can step out and

halftime, although it wouldn’t be enough to overcome the Raider Power that had infiltrated the Erwin Center. “We just (weren’t) raising our level to meet our competitor’s activity,” Coleman said. “They raised their level, so we have to raise ours even more.” Texas’ second consecutive loss deals a serious blow to its NCAA Tournament hopes. After losing its fourth game where it held a halftime lead, Texas is quickly running out of

opportunities to prove itself a tournament team. “We talked about (the importance of winning) a lot coming into this game, particularly with Texas Tech being one game ahead of us in the standings,” Texas head coach Shaka Smart said. “Our guys are very aware of where we stand and what we need to do.” When asked about what his team needs to do to cling onto a quickly fading tournament spot, Smart said, “Just win.”

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Sutton, Longhorns blow past Texas Tech in Lubbock By Robert Trevino

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Andrew Jones’ team high 16 first half points weren’t enough as Texas dropped its second consecutive game to Texas Tech. This marks the second straight game that the Longhorns have squandered a halftime lead.

do a lot of different things is just to keep them guessing, whether there’s going to be a double-(team) or not,” Aston said. “We didn’t really want to risk the double-teams because of the way they’ve been shooting the ball. I’ve seen the 20 threes on film, that was enough for me.” The Lady Raiders set a Big 12 record with 20 3-pointers earlier this month in a blowout win against Oklahoma, proving the Longhorns’ opponent was more than capable of big things if given the opportunity. But Sunday afternoon, Texas made sure its opponent never got that opportunity. An impressive run by Sutton from just before the end of the third quarter into the beginning of the fourth quarter sealed the game. “I thought that the difference in the game was our defense, because we knew that this was going to be a tough game,” sophomore center Charli Collier said. “It’s never easy playing (in Lubbock), and we knew that they were dedicating this game to a lot of people that are fighting cancer, so we knew it was a special game for them. We just had to come ready and be prepared.”

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Senior point guard Sug Sutton’s repertoire was on full display in Texas’ 81-66 win over the Red Raiders on Sunday. The senior’s 20 points were a team high, shaking off any rust left over from a blowout loss to Baylor on Jan. 9.

Longhorns dominate season-opening tournament

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Senior star Miranda Elish was totally dominant in the season-opening Texas Classic. Elish recorded 18 strikeouts while knocking in 17 runs and bombing a grand slam. By Seth Forman @thedailytexan

Not only did the No. 6 ranked program win all six games of the Texas Classic tournament by an average of more than 11 runs, but Texas didn’t play a single game into the seventh inning. Texas simply looked dominant this weekend with six run rule victories and a combined scoreline of 78-8. No one story dominated the tournament, either — players from the top to the bottom of the roster came out and showed why No. 6 Texas is ready to be a national contender. It started with the stars from last year. Senior pitcher Miranda Elish, junior shortstop Janae Jefferson and junior catcher Mary Iakopo all picked up even better than they left off after last year’s postseason run. This weekend Elish led the way with a ridiculous 17 runs batted in, seven runs and four homers, including a grand slam. She was equally dominant on the mound. The senior struck out 18 and allowed

two runs in 10 innings. “I think she hit like .811 and (had) two wins,” Texas head coach Mike White said. “It was incredible what she did. (To have 17 RBIs), I mean that’s tremendous.” Elish was not the only veteran standout. Jefferson batted .625 with two stolen bases and 11 runs. Iakopo managed eight RBIs and four runs. Senior pinch hitter Kaitlyn Washington managed to bat .600 for three runs and six RBIs. Sophomore pitcher Shealyn O’Leary allowed only six hits and one run in ten innings. But as impressive as Texas’ seniors were, freshman pitcher Courtney Day’s performance was the biggest surprise to White. The bright-eyed freshman owned her first taste of collegiate action, hitting .636 with five RBIs while striking out two in five innings of work. “She certainly came out and did a good job this weekend,” White said. “And then pitching, She surprised me pitching. She’s a very quick learned … really good at

making adjustments.” Fellow freshmen pitcher Grace Green, infielder Camille Corona and infielder Alyssa Popelka also earned their stripes at the Classic. Popelka closed the first six games with an impressive five runs, two RBIs and a stolen base. Corona had three runs and five RBIs, and Green batted .667 with two runs. Although Texas didn’t play any ranked opponents in its opening tournament, fans should be nothing short of impressed by the results. “It feels really great to come out like that,” Elish said. “It’s something you want to carry with yourself and with the team throughout the rest of the season … but nope, you just gotta stay in the moment. You can’t dwell on how good or bad you did this past weekend, we just have to move on game by game.” Next the Longhorns will travel to Mexico for the Puerto Vallarta Valley Challenge where they will take on California Baptist on Thursday.

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Fish funeral unites students Beloved fish, Loompa, swims along in students’ memories after funeral garners national attention.

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When Loompa the mosquito fish arrived on campus with Paige Stetson in August 2019, he was just another fish in the sea. Now, Loompa is swimming among viral videos. Loompa, survived by his brother, Oompa, died over winter break while in the care of one of Stetson’s friends. While it initially started as a joke, Stetson and her friends returned to campus, removed Loompa from the frozen pen box he had been placed in and began planning a funeral. The funeral took place Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Honors Quad Courtyard with roughly 275 people in attendance, and even more tuned in to the Twitch livestream. “Right after we put up the flyers, there were people talking about it everywhere like, ‘Oh, there’s a girl who lives in Blanton whose fish died,’ and it’s like, ‘Oh, that’s me,’” said Stetson, a Plan II and neuroscience freshman. “It was kind of interesting to hear the kind of commotion it caused.” Stetson’s RA, business and math sophomore Robert Deacon, organized the event and even got funding for the funeral from the University after the event was approved by University Housing and Dining. Deacon said in order to receive funding, the event had to have an educational aspect. “The lesson (plan) to be taught alongside Loompa’s death was that we would learn how to grieve,” Deacon said. The group was given $75 for the funeral, which was spent on Swedish Fish, Goldfish and Mountain Dew. These were Loompa’s favorites, said Janelle Mendoza, a studio art freshman who helped organize the event. The funeral included multiple eulogies and performances, such as a rendition of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song “Shallow,” performed by biochemistry freshman Jaden Salvatus. “(The lyrics) said ‘Tell me

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something Loomp/ Sorry you died in this world of doom/ Look around you’ll see all these people here who love you fishy,’’’ Salvatus said. “I may not have reached the high notes, but I think I reached Loompa’s heart.” Salvatus said he arrived late to the funeral and was shocked

at the number of people he saw there. “Walking in through these gates, I just saw a huge crowd of people dressed in black,” Salvatus said. “That’s when I found out this was way bigger than expected.” The funeral also included a

rendition of “The Eyes of Texas,” renamed “The Eyes of Loompa.” Loompa was carried in a casket made of a pen box and chopsticks and cremated in a grill rather than buried. “When we lit the fire, ‘See you Again’ by Wiz Khalifa started playing and everyone sang

along to it and waved their phones back and forth,” Mendoza said. “I thought that it was a magical display of solidarity amongst everyone.” Economics freshman Lana Murphree helped plan the event and said it made her happy to see the UT community

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come together. “I’m glad that we could get UT funding for something some people may say (is) weird, but ultimately awesome,” Murphree said. “I can’t wait to tell my kids this story, they’ll probably be sick and tired of hearing it.”

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