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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Volume 120, Issue 103
NEWS
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SG assembly introduces new legislation to establish scope of SG.
To all of UT’s custodial staff, construction workers, cafeteria workers and more: Thank you.
“(Un)divided” documentary features alumna and the power of civil conversation.
Driven by his upbringing, Smart has carried the ability to build relationships to each stop.
TRACK & FIELD
STATE
Worley suffers season-ending injury in Seattle By Alex Briseño & Marcus Krum
@alex_briseno @MarcusKrum
Texas junior Sam Worley sustained an indoor season-ending leg injury while running the mile at the Husky Classic in Seattle over the weekend, Texas Athletics confirmed to The Daily Texan. Worley took a fall in the seventh heat of the men’s mile and did not finish the race. The fall resulted in a fractured tibia and forced Worley to undergo surgery in Seattle. A UT spokesperson told the Texan the injury will “end his indoor season for sure” and that there is not a timetable for his return to the track. Worley later posted an injury update to his Instagram account. “Finally headed back to the ATX after fracturing my tibia while competing in the mile this past Saturday,” Worley said in the post. “Although this process has been difficult it’s been made so much better by the endless support, prayers and kind messages from family, friends, teammates, and the entire running community.” “I’ve only taken my first steps on the road back to running but the process is already looking bright thanks to all the people I’ve got in my corner,” Worley added. “Can’t wait to be back out there doing the sport I love.” Amid his third season as a Longhorn distance runner, Worley was quickly climbing the ranks amongst the most decorated runners in school history. In both the 2018 and 2019 Husky Classics, Worley set school records in the mile, becoming the first Longhorn to finish sub-3:58 in a first-place finish in 2019. The five-time All-American had just set a personal record in the 3000-meter run in his final race before the Husky Classic. A UT spokesperson said depending on the recovery process, Worley may choose to redshirt during the outdoor season.
KVUE hosted a debate between 11 of the 12 Democratic U.S. Senate candidates on Tuesday.
gabriel c. perez
/ the daily texan staff
Senate candidates face off Democratic candidates debate policies such as healthcare, marijuana and immigration. By Austin Martinez & Hannah Williford
@austinmxrtinez & @HannahWillifor2
.S. Senate Democratic candidates faced off at a debate Tuesday night on subjects including healthcare, marijuana and immigration. At the debate, hosted by KVUE, The Texas Tribune and KUT, 11 out of 12 candidates discussed policy issues and how they
will challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. The candidates in attendance included former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell, Michael Cooper, former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, Jack Daniel Foster Jr., Annie “Mamá” Garcia, Victor Harris, Mary “MJ” Hegar, Sema Hernandez, Adrian Ocegueda, labor organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez and State Sen. Royce West. D.R. Hunter, who is also on the ballot, did not participate in the debate. Viewers prompted candidates to discuss the legalization of marijuana, where most candidates responded positively to the idea. Cooper suggested the funds from legalization go toward education, rebuilding infrastructure and funding Medicare and Medicaid. Bell said marijuana would be an extraordinary cash crop for Texas farmers. “I absolutely support the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana on a federal level, and ensuring that we do attack this war on drugs head-on,” Hernandez said.
“(Charges have) disproportionately targeted communities of color.” Garcia said incarcerated people should be released for marijuana possession charges and tax revenue from marijuana sales could go toward social welfare programs. Debaters also discussed what immigration policies should be put into place. Harris said he would like to place more judges at the border to process people faster. “Immigrants are coming over here for a reason,” Harris said. “So what we need to do is not have open borders and not have closed borders, but controlled borders, where we challenge people to come in and process them properly.” Candidates were also asked to discuss how the Democratic Party could reclaim the title of the party for family values, which has often been associated with the Republican Party. West said Democratic D E B A T E PAGE 2
CAMPUS
CAMPUS
TX Votes holds breakfast before early voting to encourage turnout
Construction causes parking disruptions
By Michael Byrd @TheDailyTexan
Nearly a dozen students gathered at Kerbey Lane Cafe at 6 a.m. Tuesday for coffee, breakfast tacos and early voting. TX Votes, a student organization that focuses on helping people with the voting process, held a Breakfast and Ballots event on the first day of early voting. Following breakfast, TX Votes members walked with students to the Flawn Academic Center to cast their ballots for the Democratic and Republican primaries in Texas. TX Votes aims to help people with the voting process regardless of political affiliation or ideology, said TX Votes President Anthony Zhang. Zhang, a chemistry and public health junior, said the organization has never endorsed any ideology or candidate. “I feel like a lot of nonpar-
amanda saunders
/ the daily texan staff
To help students with early voting, TX Votes held a Breakfast and Ballots event and walked them to Flawn Academic Center to cast their votes. tisan organizations will sometimes endorse candidates or clearly push an (ideology),”
Zhang said. “We generally have more sway (than them) because we are sponsored by
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By Nataleah Small @nataleahjoy
Parking lot closures from construction on the new Moody Center multipurpose arena have led students with Class C parking permits to park further from campus on the other side of Interstate 35. Parking Lot 70 and parts of Lot 80, located south of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Robert Dedman Drive, have been closed since December 2019. According to the Parking and Transportation Services website, these lots were two of six lots on the west side of I-35 where students with C parking permits could park, and there are now 17 designated lots for these permit holders. Construction on the Moody Center is expected to be complete early 2022, PTS director Bobby Stone said in an email. Although Lot 70 will remain closed indefinitely, he
said portions of Lot 80 will reopen after the construction project is completed. “We will continue to update the campus community about this project and other projects that impact parking or traffic via email, website and PTS social media,” Stone said. PTS sold about 2,200 C parking permits to students last year, Stone said. According to the PTS website, C parking permits give students access to C lots and Longhorn Lots on the east side of campus. There are many spaces available for students to park in the Longhorn Lots on the east side of I-35, Stone said. Ricardo Ramirez, an electrical and computer engineering graduate student, who has been a C-permit holder for a long time, said it is very difficult to find parking especially after the lots have closed. P A R K I N G PAGE 3