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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Volume 120, Issue 115

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Jesta’ Pizza re-opens after closing for renovations, offers customizable pizzas.

The Multicultural Engagement Center needs a larger space to best serve students.

Pokémon card unboxer says goodbye to YouTube to pursue business.

Women’s basketball looks for first win over No. 2 Baylor since upset victory in 2016.

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‘I’m so immensely proud of my transness’ How Sloan Touchet found health care built for him

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of The Daily Texan’s semester-long collaborative series, The Waiting Room, which explores stories of how health care coverage is impacted by identity. Stories will be produced in partnership with UT’s chapters of the Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Hispanic Journalists Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, as well as other organizations.

By Emily Hernandez @emilylhernandez

loan Touchet said he is the only transgender person he knows with a mostly positive health care experience. “I have been so lucky to have great health care,” said Touchet, a transmasculine queer person. “Every other trans person I know has some horror stories about doctors being very invalidating of gender.” Touchet, a Plan II and philosophy sophomore, said his queer parents ensured he received gender-related care from a trans-specific clinic at the

Children’s Medical Center Dallas, one of a handful of gender-affirming health care facilities in Texas. “Because my parents have been supportive, I think doctors don’t want to f--- with me, because if they f--- with me, my parents will stop taking me to them,” Touchet said. “When I first came out … I could tell (my pediatrician) didn’t super like it, but by the time I turned 18, she was cool.” For transgender people across the United States, accessible and gender-affirming health care is difficult to come by due to stigmas and financial barriers. One barrier is health insurance — 19% of transgender people don’t have

any form, according to GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Touchet said he considers himself unique due to his supportive family and health insurance. According to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey report, 23% reported not visiting a doctor due to fear of mistreatment. Of those who did see a doctor, a third reported at least one negative interaction, including refusal of treatment and having to teach providers about being transgender to receive proper care. Amanda Pollitt, a postdoctoral research fellow at UT, said LGBTQ+ people face higher risks for mental and physical health

issues because of their gender and sexual identities, citing the minority stress model. The model, developed by Ilan Meyer in 2003, explains how lesbian, gay and bisexual people experience greater stressors including discrimination, internalized homophobia, expectation of rejection and concealment. Pollitt said this theory also includes gender minority people, or people who do not identify with their gender assigned at birth. Touchet said he has been in therapy since sixth grade for general mental health, and he began gender-related therapy in high school with a therapist who works primarily with transgender people.

“Again, very lucky in terms of therapy,” Touchet said. “Everybody needs (therapy), but especially if you’re trans, because there’s a lot of trauma that comes with being trans, and you need to cope with that.” When transgender people receive gender-affirming treatment, GLAAD reports that suicide rates drop from 19%-29% to 0.8%6% after treatment. Pollitt, who is a bisexual woman, said LGBTQ+ youth face potential negative health impacts because of familial rejection. “Kids before college (are) dependent on their families for food (and) health care,” Pollitt said. R O O M PAGE 3

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Transgender students such as Sloan Touchet, a Plan II sophomore and Jester West resident assistant, have issues accessing health care and can face discrimination based on their identity.

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City implements new citation for failure to yield

Travis County voter turnout breaks records for Super Tuesday election

By Austin Martinez @austinmxrtinez

With drivers often failing to yield while turning at busy roadways, Noah Vaughan said they were hit by cars various times while bicycling. Vaughan, a UT alumni, said while bicycling around the crowded spaces of Austin is convenient, it is unsafe. With cyclists like Vaughan in mind, the city of Austin is now enforcing court appearances for drivers who fail to yield and cause crashes which result in bodily injury, according to a Feb. 25 press release. Now, Austin Police Department officers will document citations as failure to yield, failure to yield causing bodily injury

or failure to yield causing serious bodily injury. Jay Blazek Crossley, director of Vision Zero ATX, said the previous process for failure to yield citations allowed drivers to pay their citations online. The Austin Transportation Department, APD and Austin Municipal Court are partnering to enforce this new process for failure to yield citations. The process aligns with the city’s Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths and injuries, said David Gray, a community engagement specialist for Vision Zero. “The new process ensures that cases where drivers fail to yield C I T A T I O N PAGE 2

By Hannah Williford @HannahWillifor2

The primary elections brought record turnouts in Travis County as a majority of people voted on Super Tuesday rather than during the early voting period. Travis County totaled over 267,000 votes for Republicans and Democrats, according to the Travis County Clerk cumulative results. While only 5% of registered Republicans turned out for the election, 27% of registered Democrats attended. V O T E PAGE 2

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Jesta’ Pizza reopens with upgraded features, renovations after closing its doors spring 2019 By Dylan Rasbridge @dylanrasbridge

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Jesta’ Pizza, which makes personalized pizzas in Jester Residence Hall, celebrated its grand reopening Wednesday with free pizza and a prize wheel with vouchers for free food and drinks. The restaurant had its soft opening Monday and is now fully operational after being closed for renovations since spring 2019, said Rene Rodriguez, director of food service for University Housing and Dining. Customers can now go to the counter and choose between toppings, cheese, protein and sauce. The new model lets customers specify to the server what they want before the pizza is put in an oven for about five minutes.

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I really like that you can add on whatever you like for no extra price.” GERARD SMITHWRICK complex coordinator

“Before, we used to use a sheet of dough,” Rodriguez said. “Now we actually press the dough out in front of the students, and we allow them to build their own pizza.” Rodriguez said UHD sought input from students and vetted the new operation design based on trendy Austin pizza restaurants. UHD held taste testings and took students to four Austin pizza restaurants to help develop Jesta’ Pizza’s

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Jesta’ Pizza holds a grand re-opening at Jester West Residence Hall on Wednesday. University Housing and Dining started renovating the pizza place in the spring of 2019. upgraded ingredients and optimize the serving line design. “The biggest trend is that people like to see what you’re doing … and being able to custom-make your pizza,” Rodriguez said. Gerard Smithwrick, complex coordinator of Moore-Hill and Creekside Residence Halls, built his own custom pizza at the opening. “I like that they went to Roppolo’s and Pizza Press,” Smithwrick said.

“They mirrored that customizable build-your-own pizza, and I really like that you can add on whatever you like for no extra price. I think students will really like it.” Neuroscience sophomore Adam Czernuszenko, who attended the opening, said he thought Jesta’ Pizza looks and tastes better than it did previously. “The pizza was great,” Czernuszenko said. “I like that it’s customizable and that instead of choosing from whatever

options, you can make your own. Plus, it’s relatively cheap.” Finance junior Aditya Shankar said that as a vegetarian, it is difficult to find food on campus. Jesta’ Pizza is now a new option for her, and she said she likes the new vegetarian option more than the previous one served before the restaurant closed for renovations. “This is easy to make vegetarian, so I appreciate that” Shankar said.

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and cause injury are seen by a prosecutor in the court and they’re subjected to a fine that’s more appropriate given the severity of the crash caused by their failure to yield,” Gray said. Fines up to $4,000 can be expected by drivers who fail to yield and cause serious bodily injury according to state law, Gray said. “Our hope is that by raising awareness about this process change, it will impact the behavior of every driver so that drivers are encouraged to follow the law,” Gray said. “Drivers who violate the law recognize there are consequences for severely

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Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said it was a record turnout, with a larger number of votes than in 2018 and in the Democratic primaries in 2016, where votes totaled around 230,000, according to the Travis County Clerk Official Results. DeBeauvoir said that while Travis County prefers to get about 60% of their votes in during early voting to avoid congestion, 124,000 citizens voted early for this election while over 132,000 voted on Tuesday. Super Tuesday traffic was prevalent at several polling locations like those at Randalls Grocery stores, where evening lines saw three-hour waits and the final ballots were cast at around 10:15 p.m., DeBeauvoir said. “By cramming everybody into … one, election day, and then at that level, after 5 o’clock, this just crushes the system,” DeBeauvoir said. “It’s like rush hour on a freeway … there’s nobody going anywhere, and no government can handle that capacity crushed in all at once.” DeBeauvoir said most of the time, lines at the UT locations of Perry-Castañeda Library and the Flawn Academic Center moved relatively swiftly and were aided by extra polling booths and checkin resources. “The UT students did a great job this time of sort of spreading themselves out and using all of the resources that county government provided,” DeBeauvoir said. “They only

impacting somebody’s life.” Gray said in 2019, about 16% of fatal and serious injury crashes were caused by failure to yield. Other driver behaviors causing a considerable number of traffic deaths and injuries are speeding, distracted driving and driving under the influence, Gray said. Vaughan said while they appreciate the new effort, they would rather see more promotion of driver safety education instead of what seems like further punishment for drivers. “I don’t think anyone before they turn right (while driving) is thinking, ‘Oh, I’m going to get a $4,000 fine if I don’t check my blind spot,’” Vaughan said. “It would be more effective to put up more

had wait times that were really noticeable during the last two days and then on Election Day.” During early voting, the PCL had 3,461 people vote while the FAC had 5,710. Although DeBeauvoir did not yet have official numbers on voter demographics, she said there was a noticeable turnout of young voters. “For so many years, we’ve tried everything we need to get 18 to 30-yearolds to vote, and they just would have none of it,” DeBeauvoir said. “Finally, they’re turning out to vote, so it’s pretty thrilling.” Chemistry graduate student Sarah Moor said she has voted in elections since she was 18 but started trying to vote in smaller races along with larger elections when she came to UT. She said she loves having voting locations on campus because it makes the process easier. “I was just talking to one of my graduate student friends, and she had to drive to one location, it was closed, (so then) she had to drive downtown,” Moor said. “I just bike everywhere, so I think it would be really hard for me to go elsewhere (to vote).” Radio-television-film junior Justin Powell voted on Tuesday at the FAC and said he waited about 20 minutes to get to the door. He said he was specifically drawn to vote by the Senate elections. “I vote in every election,” Powell said. “It’s just simply a thing that I’m expected to do. I don’t really have to think about if I should or should not vote.”

signage or protected bike lanes that are separate from the lanes of traffic.” Crossley said he hopes officers do not target certain neighborhoods and groups and instead focus on dangerous driver behaviors. He also said Vision Zero should be a top priority in transportation funding. “We’ve been bad at

enforcing dangerous behaviors in traffic in ways that generally led people to think it doesn’t really matter,” Crossley said. “It’s likely this failure to yield policy will lead towards a safer Austin.” Austin residents, students and visitors share a responsibility in keeping the city’s streets safe, Gray said.

“While the city does a lot, we can only do so much,” Gray said. “We encourage everybody to make sure you’re slowing down when on the roadways, put your phone in park while your car is in drive (and) look twice for others on the roadways. Make sure you’re doing your part to ensure everybody gets home safe.”

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University researchers work to improve Firefox browser security By Nataleah Small @nataleahjoy

University researchers from Texas and California are using the WebAssembly programming language to make the Firefox web browser more secure. Researchers from UT-Austin, the University of California San Diego, Stanford University and engineers from Mozilla, the company that developed the Firefox browser, are developing the WebAssembly application, according to UT News. “We really want to keep the people who use the browser secure, which means keep the number of bugs that attackers can exploit in browsers to take over my machine low,” UT computer science professor Hovav Shacham said. The programming language is being used to shift portions of the browser’s code into “secure sandboxes” that prevent attackers from exploiting bugs in a program’s code, Shacham said. “Secure sandboxes” isolate code that is used by the browser to perform specific functions away from private user data such as email passwords, said Shravan Narayan, computer science engineering graduate student at UC-San Diego. Programs such as JavaScript are written in code that include libraries, collections of prewritten code, that ,perform specific tasks such as font rendering and video decoding, Shadcham said. Programming languages din these libraries often include bugs abecause it is difficult to write perfect scode, he said. e “We sometimes take for granted the things that modern software can do,” Shacham said. “Displaying text in any language and script in the world Ior playing high-resolution videos are really miraculous.” If attackers learn about bugs in these libraries, Shacham said they can trigger the bugs and cause the program to perform

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“If you’re rejected by your family, you’re vulnerable because of that. The good news, though, is that for LGBT kids who go to college, there’s a support system … for the most part, like staying in the dorms (and) on-campus health.”

unintended operations, such as stealing passwords or taking over the browser. “Even in the worst-case situation by a browser crashes, that code would never have gotten your password,” Narayan said. Shacham said the researchers are using WebAssembly because the program was built to run web content faster than browsers written in other programming languages. He said WebAssembly modules were built with mechanisms that restrict the operations of the programs running inside of them. Deian Stefan, UC-San Diego computer science assistant professor, said the collaboration between researchers and Mozilla engineers has been successful. “They’ve been super helpful in terms of both guiding us but also putting manpower to help us integrate this thing,” Stefan said. The Mozilla engineers helped the researchers integrate the

application into the Firefox browser and solve problems over the course of the project, Stefan said. “They’ve been kind of giving us interesting problems and working with us to solve them, which is kind of different than you would get with a bunch of other companies that would not try to solve the problem with you,” Stefan said. This approach is currently being tested with one font shaping library in Firefox browsers for people who use the Linux operating system, Shacham said. He said if the initial test is successful, the application will eventually be expanded to Firefox users with Mac and Windows operating systems. “My personal hope is that if that goes well, then the Firefox people might consider using the techniques that we developed to add more libraries to the set that’s protected by this mechanism,” Shacham said.

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hormone therapy, but only half ever receive it. Touchet said he has had positive experiences when getting tested for STDs from UHS, but he believes this is because people view him as a cisgender man. “(UHS has) been pretty good about affirming my

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College of Education hosts mental health resource panel

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From left: Dean of the College of Education Charles Martinez, Assistant Dean Richard Hogeda, CARE counselor Danie White and Dr. Chris Brownson talk on a panel about stress, health and well-being on Wednesday.

By Cameron Castilaw @CastilawCe

The College of Education hosted the first of three presentations about mental health and resources available to students and faculty on Wednesday as part of a new initiative by the college’s dean. The presentation focused on the stress, health and well-being of students, and a resource fair offered students more information about resources available to them on campus. Panelists included officials and a counselor from the College of Education. “Students don’t always know about the resources available to them,” said Yvonne Taylor, College of Education media relations contact. “Part of this (event) is to highlight what resources are available.” Charles Martinez, Jr., dean of the College of Education, said he cares about the well-being of students and how they handle stress

gender, but that’s also because I’m read as cis(gender),” Touchet said. “It’s easier to affirm a trans person’s gender if you don’t know they’re trans.” Touchet said he feels gender invalidation when people do not know he is trans because he

and other issues. “As a psychologist, this is a really big, important topic for me personally,” Martinez said. “I also happen to be the father of a 20-year-old sophomore in another university.” Chris Brownson, associate vice president for Student Affairs for the College of Education said the leading issues students are seeking help for are depression, anxiety and stress. He said the number of students seeking help from counseling services has gone up in the past decade. “(As a society) we haven’t embraced and begun to address on a larger level the things we need to do to stop this stress and anxiety and this loneliness and these feelings of depression,” Brownson said. “I think that’s the thing that I am really hopeful and optimistic (for) the next 10 years.” Panelists also discussed why they think more students are seeking help compared to past numbers. “I think what’s changed

has been shamed for his gender throughout his life. “I’m in a position now where I’m so immensely proud of my transness and the fact that I’ve done all this s--- that I’ve been able to do with the gender trauma stacked on top of it,” Touchet

is students are now more willing to come in and get support and talk about (issues),” Brownson said. “Some of that, I think, is because our counseling center has become a more diverse place.” Richard Hogeda, assistant dean for Student Affairs for the College of Education, said he hopes students who attended the panel will feel faculty are willing to help them. “One of the big takeaways is knowing where to turn to when (students) feel like there’s no one to turn to or understanding that within the college there’s connections and resources for them,” Hogeda said. Most students in attendance were from the College of Education. “This kind of conversation is so much what we talk about (in cohort discussions), and we’re all student teachers,” said Hadley Kopser, applied learning and development senior.

said. “Like, that’s impressive. That’s really f---ing cool.” Editor’s Note: For those seeking gender-affirming health care, resources and support can be found at the Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition and the Kind Clinic.

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The Multicultural Engagement Center deserves more space By Madison Goodrich Columnist

On the first floor of the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center, behind a wall of windows and woodframed glass doors, sits the Multicultural Engagement Center. Under the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, this center houses six agencies — Afrikan American Affairs, Asian Desi Pacific Islander Collective, Latinx Community Affairs, Native American and Indigenous Collective, Queer and Trans People of Color Agency and Students for Equity and Diversity. Each agency represents, supports and creates a variety of programs for the various student populations at UT. Due to the welcoming environment they’ve worked so hard to establish, the MEC is one of the only spaces on campus where students of color feel comfortable going to receive academic support, seek various leadership and educational opportunities or simply share laughs. As of fall 2018, UT reports that about 59% of the student population identifies as a person of color, up from 49% since the MEC was added to the WCP in 2011. MEC student adviser Krysta Chacon said from Nov. 4 to Dec. 9, 2019, around 1,500 students frequented the MEC. Due to the increased enrollment of students of color and the resulting increase in traffic at the MEC, the center should be given a bigger space to meet

the growing demands of the diverse student populations they serve. Student leaders within the MEC have held this sentiment for a long time and hope that the University will build or renovate the MEC to ensure students of color are given the adequate resources and space they need. Jordan Walters, history and African and African Diaspora studies junior, said the MEC needs more space for physical and inclusion reasons.

The MEC is one of the only spaces on campus where students of color feel comfortable going to receive academic support...” “I believe the MEC needs to be expanded both in terms of physical space and also the resources that we can provide,” Walters said. “There are a lot of communities that are not being recognized or represented on campus, and there are a few agencies that (we) have talked about including in the MEC, but we simply do not have enough space to do so.” Besides academic resources, the

MEC also serves as a social space where students are encouraged to gather and network with each other. A bigger space would allow students to socialize without disrupting those who need to use the space to study or hold meetings. Government sophomore Aisha Mahama-Rodriguez believes that more study space is necessary in order for the MEC to truly serve as an academic resource. “There’s only (one) central area for studying, and sometimes the MEC has an event going on, but you still need a space on campus to study (and) you don’t have that space,” Mahama-Rodriguez said. “I think it’s important to create more rooms and quiet areas in the space.” Buildings such as University Teaching Center and Waggener Hall are in need of renovations in the near future. The UTC was built in 1984 and Waggener Hall in 1931. Upgrades to these buildings could include the MEC and provide multiple floors, study rooms, offices and lounge areas to accommodate the around 30,000 minority students on campus. With about a 10% increase in the proportion students of color represent, UT needs to provide more resources and better facilities for these populations to grow. The first step to this is building a bigger MEC. Goodrich is a government and African and African Diaspora Studies senior from Dallas.

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Don’t be ashamed of failure, use it as opportunity to grow By Elena Pacheco Columnist

Regardless of where they are in their college journeys, many students have high expectations for themselves and their futures. To many, an acceptance letter from The University of Texas entails the ability to pursue new challenges and explore a variety of opportunities. As UT students, we pursue prestigious internships, join multiple student organizations, load our schedules with challenging classes, partake in difficult research and constantly add more and more to our already-lengthy to-do lists. It seems like everyone is pursuing a political internship in Washington, D.C., or working on some groundbreaking scientific research that could cure diseases or starting up a company from scratch. It is wonderful to have such high expectations for ourselves and to be ambitious enough to aim to make significant changes in our community. However, such a competitive environment can eventually leave students questioning why they are not doing as much as their peers or why they haven’t achieved as much. Often times, we end up feeling dissatisfied with ourselves for not having a perfect GPA or even for making simple academic mistakes. It seems as if in our haste to achieving our goals, we have left no room for errors. That mentality is detrimental for our well-being and self-worth. I used to be a pre-med student in the College of Natural Sciences because I thought medicine was exactly what I wanted to do. However, I was discouraged when I didn’t do well on exams or got rejected from certain internships. Eventually, I started realizing that not only did I not enjoy my courses, but I was also pushing aside interests like reading and writing in order to pursue a career I saw as more respectable. I thought it would be the end of the world if I stopped pursuing a pre-med track. I was devastated and still feel embarrassed to admit how

many times I retook chemistry. Fortunately, with the help of my adviser, I’ve started to realize that there is nothing wrong with failure, rejection or even admitting when something is not for you. We tend to see successful people only as that: successful. Yet, chances are they’ve been told “No” countless times. Local author and high school teacher Richard Z. Santos and I had the pleasure of conversing about his journey as an author. Before working as a teacher, Santos worked in politics in Washington, D.C. He described it as intriguing and energetic, a setting in which you are constantly in action. Even though he had a great experience, Santos said politics sometimes wore him down and even left him feeling burnt out. After several years of working in D.C., Santos went back to school and received his Master of Fine Arts. During that time, Santos worked on his first novel “Trust Me,” which he explained was edited many times and rejected by multiple literary agents. “I was about to call it quits,” Santos said. It wasn’t until the publishing house Arte Público Press expressed their interest that he decided to “give it one more shot.” Despite many rejections, Santos was still able to publish his book, and he didn’t allow those rejections to discourage him. His novel “Trust Me” will be out in March and is available for preorder. He has even finished writing a second novel, “Every Family Is A Conspiracy Theory,” and is currently working on a third. It is a stressful time in which we tend to view mistakes or rejections as having immense magnitude. Considering the amount of talent within UT, it can be difficult to avoid comparisons and to wish we were like somebody else, but it is important to remember that you are doing just fine and no amount of distinction or awards make you more worthy. Pacheco is an English sophomore from Edinburg, Texas.

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Professors must provide detailed course breakdowns By Ishan Shah Columnist

When my differential equations professor rattled off a list of calculus topics we should be familiar with on the first day of class, I panicked. While I was aware of the necessary prerequisites, I didn’t know about all of the specific topics I was supposed to already understand coming into class. I had just taken the prerequisite course the previous semester, so I was able to manage the transition. However, because not all students take classes in the same order, many of my classmates who took the course semesters or years earlier were scrambling to relearn material they hadn’t looked at in months. To ease this transition, it’s imperative that professors provide students with course breakdowns that detail class topics along with corresponding prerequisite knowledge students should already have. Elliot Lopez-Finn, an art history graduate student and Introduction to the Visual Arts instructor, includes lecture topics and relevant readings in her syllabus. “A lot of giving that information up front is focused on making things clear ahead of time so that for students … all the standards and the expectations are clear,” Lopez-Finn said. Lopez-Finn said students should have all “actual details (about the course) as far in advance as possible because that gives everybody at least the chance to try to work ahead.” If more professors followed a system similar to Lopez-Finn’s, it would be far easier for students to look ahead and see what topics they need to brush up on before class.

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Instead, many professors operate on the assumption that students remember details from all of their prior classes. This is an unfair expectation. The reality is that students may choose to hold off on specific classes for later semesters, may not be able to secure a spot in high-demand classes or may even be transferring in from different colleges. This means there can be entire semesters between when students are taking classes and their prerequisites. Additionally, because professors often don’t collaborate with their peers when creating course curricula, there can be an imbalance in what topics are more heavily emphasized in each professor’s section of a course. This can lead to disparities in what students retain and are expected to learn in their classes. To improve on these issues, professors should elaborate on course topics in the syllabi, inform students of specific topics to brush up on and make class requirements clear ahead of time. Mechanical engineering freshman Peter Mathews agrees that having a more concrete course breakdown would not only make it easier for students to follow along, but would also hold professors to a higher standard. “Too much confusion arises from vague and structureless syllabi,” Mathews said. “Having a set, more detailed syllabus will help them stay more on track.” UT professors do a lot for their students already, but by giving students more detailed information about their classes, they can enhance student learning even more. I hope that by fall 2020, more professors will implement this change to make education more straightforward for all. Shah is an electrical and computer engineering freshman from Plano.

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Half-marathon runners provide tips on how to train for The Longhorn Run By Jennifer Errico @errico_jenny

Time is the enemy as the Longhorn Run approaches. On April 18, the 5K and 10K run around campus will draw both students and Austinites to race to the finish line. With around six weeks left, there is still hope to maximize training to reach the finish line. The Daily Texan has compiled a list of advice on how to train to attain success. Start slow Katherine Babcock, an undeclared freshman and half-marathon runner, said developing a running habit starts with building the body up to avoid burning out, so it’s important to start out with low mileage at a slow pace. An example would be running one to three miles at a pace where a conversation can be held with someone, she said. Babcock said the body needs time to get accustomed to running and building endurance, otherwise injury is likely. Felicia Calo, an applied movement science senior and member of the Longhorn Run Committee, said the committee provides four training events for participants to get

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seventh-season member of the Cherry Bombs derby team and said joining the team has increased her confidence off of the track. “I had the courage to demand a raise, which I would have never done before joining TXRD,” Johnson said. Roy and Johnson each said roller derby has been a trans-

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them motivated for the run. The first event, held on Feb. 24, was endurance training and included an obstacle course and a 3-mile run around campus, Calo said. The next training event is speed training and will take place on March 10. “The training events are designed to help runners get prepared to achieve their goals, as well as bring everyone together as a community,” Calo said.

Maintain a schedule that includes a variety It’s a common misconception that when training for a race, one should only run. Babcock said different forms of cardio, such as cycling and swimming, can also improve cardiovascular endurance while reducing impact on joints, which helps to prevent injuries. Babcock said she suffered two different stress fractures in one year from continually implementing running workouts, so now she includes a variety of cardio into her training. Additionally, Calo said focusing on other fitness components such as strength and speed can improve running time. She said strength workouts are important

formative experience and that the confidence gained on the track translates into everyday life. They said they’ve gained qualities like endurance, courage and stamina as a result of competing. Roy said the discipline and tenacity she gained from derby encouraged her to re-evaluate her life and make some changes. “Derby gave me the strength to get out of a bad relationship and really focus on finding myself,” Roy said. “Everyone

things interesting. Babcock recommends implementing interval training on Mondays and Wednesdays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Babcock recommends continuous training by running three to five miles to build and maintain your pace. It’s also important to plan recovery days into the training program. Babcock said she carves out a day, usually Friday, where she either rests or does yoga for stretching and muscle recovery.

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changes when they start skating, no matter their reasons.” Cherry Bombs member, Elena Streuding, known as Legz on the track, said despite the competitive nature of the sport, she has met her best friends at TXRD. “We get angry on the track, but we try to leave the frustration out there when the bout is over,” Streuding said. “At the end of the day, there is a lot of mutual respect.” Through rigorous training, hard falls, and literal blood,

the body through the last minutes of the race. When implementing run-

sweat and tears, Baker-Hobbs said the Texas Roller Derby League offers a community unlike any in Austin. “When you grow into that person you become on the track, it builds you up in real life,” Baker-Hobbs said. “I’ve also learned a lot of life lessons, like being patient with people and understanding that we all learn in different ways. Derby has really brought together a really strong community of people.”

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South Africa, Brazil, pretty much everywhere.” Alison Wilkes, arts and entertainment technologies senior, came across Fawcett’s YouTube channel two years ago during the winter break of her sophomore year and was one of the first to purchase a Laughing Pikachu Pack. “I’m not even going to open (the package),” Wilkes said. “It’s just going to be like her last legacy of that channel. Her impact is substantial and her leaving is

Sleeping and eating right Nathan Hardham, chemical engineering freshman and half-marathon runner, said getting 9-12 hours of sleep a night is important in the repair of muscle tissue while training. “The training that you’re doing is so intensive, you’re literally destroying your body, so you need sleep, otherwise your body doesn’t heal,” Hardham said. Hardham also said eating around 1,000 calories of carbs both two days before and the day before a race increases glycogen stores, providing runners’ muscles with enough energy to sustain them until they cross the finish line.

also substantial.” Fawcett said when she first started her videos, she was embarrassed because she was one of few female PokéTubers. Now, she said she wants others to embrace their unique quirks and interests. Fawcett’s videos always ended on the same words that are printed at the bottom of her Laughing Pikachu Packs, and serve as a reminder of the legacy she left behind: “Don’t ever be ashamed to be you, because you are your own type of beautiful.”

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Todd leads with veteran mindset Austin Todd brought a new mindset into his senior year. Now he’s the best hitter on the team. By Nathan Han @NathanHan13

hen senior outfielder Austin Todd returned to campus in the fall, Texas head coach David Pierce didn’t think he was mentally ready for the 2020 baseball season. The right fielder was one of the team’s reliable players in 2019, leading the team in RBIs and starting almost every game. But it took an infusion of youth and the sobering realization that it was his last year for Todd to get back on track. “I thought he took off this past summer because of some injuries and kind of just checked out of baseball,” Pierce said in a press conference. “He’s a big fisherman, and there’s medicine to that. But I think that once he got on campus around a lot of this youth and realized that we’ve got a chance to win, he really started embracing his senior year.” This season, Todd hasn’t just been on track. He’s been on fire. Through 13 games, the Round Rock High School alumnus has reached base safely in every game, hitting an impressive .351 and leading the teams in runs as the

leadoff hitter. It’s a big jump in production from his 2019 season and an impressive start to the season that led Pierce to say that Todd is the team’s best hitter a couple games into the season. “When you look at him top to bottom, as a runner, as a guy that can handle the bat in the short game or a guy who can drive the ball in the gap with power, I think he’s our overall best player,” Pierce said. At the plate, much of his improvement has come from a change in his mindset, which became clear after Todd worked past a string of frustrating luck that plagued him early in the season. Against Lamar and against Boise State, Todd hit multiple hard-hit barrels that either went straight to opposing fielders or fell victim to impressive defensive plays. “I can’t control some of the things that happen when I put the ball in play,” Todd said. “But I can control having good at-bats, seeing pitches well. That’s the only thing I’m focused on, just play good defense, win games and have good at-bats. Whatever happens, happens. I’ve kind of always had that mentality, but really coming back this senior year it set in and it really hit home.” That mentality has resonated with the younger players as Todd has embraced his role as a senior and veteran leader on the team. “He’s gotten past the fact that he didn’t get a hit in that at-bat or had a poor night,” Pierce said. “He knows that he’s good enough to be back in the lineup, and … he’s really gained some leadership from it and a lot of respect

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Senior outfielder Austin Todd makes contact with a pitch during Texas’ 8-6 loss to Arizona at UFCU DischFalk Field on Tuesday night. Todd has reached base in all 13 games so far this season. from his teammates.” And while redshirt junior infielder Cam Williams might hold the nickname “Uncle,” Todd isn’t immune to passing down his own old-man wisdom. “I told the freshmen, ‘This stuff, it goes by so fast. You blink, and you’re going from a freshman to a senior,’” Todd said. “It feels just like yesterday when I was running out on

opening day against Rice my freshman year.” He played his first opening day against Rice, and the senior’s journey came full circle when he played his last opening day against the Owls as well. “I didn’t sleep very well that night because I knew it was my last opening day in the orange and white,” Todd said. “It was kind of bittersweet, but I’m going to go out

there, I’m going to go play and I’m going to have fun. Treat it as if this is my last time playing baseball because I don’t know what’s going to happen after this year.” Todd has become one of the best players on this Texas team and in the Big 12 because he’s treated his senior season as if it’s his last. The ironic part is that he’s played so well, it might not be.

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Longhorns seek signature road victory over No. 2 Baylor Bears By Myah Taylor @t_myah

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Senior guard Sug Sutton drives past a defender during the Longhorns’ 69-51 loss to Iowa State at the Frank Erwin Center on Feb. 12. supporters witnessed their team blow Texas out 64-44. The Longhorns were pummeled in January because they

crumbled in the third quarter and were never able to fully recover. On Thursday night, they’ll have to play a full 40-minute game if they want a

and Collier) moving the best that we can so that at some point maybe we can take advantage of some paint opportunities.” Aston will also expect more from her guards this time around. Much of the inefficiency in the post came from the guards’ inability to create off the dribble and make plays for the rest of the team. But improvement at the guard position has been ever-present in players such as freshman Celeste Taylor, who has taken the load off of veterans on the team in recent matchups against TCU and Oklahoma. “We’ve gotten a lot better as far as playing as a team,” Sutton said. “I think our chemistry is getting there and we’re starting to peak at the right moment. I just think that we watch a lot of film. We know where to get the ball and where our best shots are. … I think we have a really good game plan going into this game, so I’m really excited.”

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One of Sug Sutton’s favorite memories on the Texas women’s basketball team came during her freshman season when the Longhorns defeated No. 2 Baylor in Waco. The senior point guard and her team haven’t beaten the Bears since that matchup in February 2017, but they hope to come full circle with a win when they travel up Interstate 35 to face the reigning NCAA Champions on Thursday night. “It’s really hard to win in Waco,” Sutton said. “They have a really good fan base. It’s always a packed house when we go in. … When we go into Waco, we just gotta play as a team and come out really hard.” When Texas last played Baylor in January, a significant amount of Bears fans made the trip to Austin. Despite the Longhorns’ competitive first half, Baylor

chance to upend the Bears. “We’re playing a team that if you don’t play every second of the game at a really high level, then it can snowball very quickly,” Aston said. “We have to, not only on Thursday, but get to this point where that’s how we’re playing all the time if we want to advance in any kind of tournament.” Baylor’s head coach Kim Mulkey relished the fact that her team shut down Texas’ dominant post duo in senior forward Joyner Holmes and sophomore center Charli Collier. Holmes put up just four points, and Collier finished the night with three. “They have a way of doing that to most everyone,” Aston said. “They’re terrific shot blockers, they have depth. And I think that is what is significant for them right now is that their depth enables them to be very aggressive on the boards. We’re going to have to reverse the basketball some and in particular just try to get (Holmes

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Fan sells custom Pokémon cards

Former YouTuber Hanna Fawcett creates Laughing Pikachu Packs to continue her channel’s legacy of inclusion. By Kate Williams @kwilleliza

annah Fawcett hoped to break the s t e r e o type that all Pokémon fans are young boys. Now, she’s taking a break. On Feb. 8, the supply chain management senior said farewell to her YouTube channel, Laughing Pikachu, where she unboxed Pokémon cards. Fawcett told her 183,000 subscribers that she is leaving to pursue her passion for business full time. She also left her fans a memento to commemorate her time on YouTube: The Laughing Pikachu Pack, a customized card pack created by Fawcett. Fawcett started her YouTube channel in 2015, her junior year of high school, after discovering Pokémon card unpackings online. What started as a

hobby soon brought Fawcett internet attention. “I didn’t tell anyone about the channel or that I was making videos,” Fawcett said. “I went back like a month later, and there (were) like 100 subscribers out of nowhere.” As her popularity skyrocketed, she said she found her platform to be a great way to inspire others. “I was inspired by other people who like collecting Pokémon cards, and I just wanted to encourage people to start collections of their own or continue to build off of their existing collections,” Fawcett said. Although she no longer makes videos, she hopes to continue to impact the Pokémon community, which is why she made the Laughing Pikachu Packs. Laughing Pikachu Packs are a special project Fawcett created for her fans. The unique packs are $50 and come with 10 cards: three real cards from her personal collection and seven other assorted customized cards, including a signature Golden Laughing Pikachu card. The card packs are not affiliated with Pokémon or Nintendo, and the custom cards are not tournament legal. Instead, Fawcett said she created these packs to be a special addition to her fan’s collections. “I had this idea of taking

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Supply chain management senior Hannah Fawcett closed her YouTube channel, Laughing Pikachu, after five years of unpacking Pokémon cards. As a parting gift to her fans, she created a custom card pack named in honor of her channel: The Laughing Pikachu Pack.

some of the cards from my collection and putting them into packs and making them available to my viewers so that my collection could live on through others,” Fawcett said.

Fawcett collaborated with custom-card creator Hunter Angell, better known as ZabaTV on YouTube, to create the packs. Angell said the creation of the Laughing Pikachu Packs was no small

feat. He and a small team worked to design, package and distribute customized cards for the project. They created 250 packs and have sold almost half of them to fans

all over the world. “The furthest I think we’ve sent one is Malta,” Angell said. “Other than that, we’ve sent packages to Sri Lanka, P O K É M O N PAGE 5

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Texas Roller Derby League gives members confidence, community By Hannah Heckman @semi_secure

The Texas Roller Derby League consists of Austin’s most cutthroat women. According to the derby’s website, the league is

made up of five teams and was born out of the punk scene in Austin’s Red River District in 2001. In roller derby, five women from each team are on the track at a time. Each woman is on a pair of roller skates and goes counter-

clockwise on the track. They each have a specific job dedicated to getting the team more points, which are won when a member of one team laps a member from the opposing team. Laura Roy, also known by her derby name “Dy-

ers Eve,” is a member of Holy Rollers and said all the women in the league come from different walks of life.” “We’re a little wacky,” Roy said. “We have teachers, engineers, I work for the city and (my teammate

Kassie Baker-Hobbs) is a bartender. TXRD is definitely a melting pot.” Roller derby’s punk culture differentiates it from most sports. On the day of the competition, also known as “bout day,” it is common to see the competitors in

fishnet tights and war paint. Hundreds of folks fill the Palmer Events Center each bout day. For Baker-Hobbs, this makes all the bumps and bruises worth it. “The people who come out to see us make me love what I do,” Baker-Hobbs,

aka Break ‘N’ Bake, said. “Kids think I’m just the coolest and come up and ask me for an autograph. No one does that while I’m bartending.” Jenna Johnson, aka Milla Juke-a-Bitch, is a DERBY

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