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Kaplan survey sees increase in law applications possibly due to political climate. PA G E 2

West Campus needs more patrol officers to ensure safety in the area. PA G E 4

The Peach Tortilla expands rapidly in spite of chronic business closures. PA G E 8

Sprinter Jonathan Jones remains unphased before National Championships. PA G E 6

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elias huerta | the daily texan staff Brittany Speetles, mechanical engineering graduate student walks past the long line of posters, drawings and notes left on the hallway walls inside the Avalon Co-op on University Avenue where Speetles lives with 21 other students. The Avalon Co-op is set to permanently close in May, and a mixed-use development will take its place.

Avalon Co-op to close after 24 years North Campus co-op to close at end of semester, be demolished. By Jackson Barton @Jackson_Brton

he Avalon Co-op was the first place where Anna DePenning felt at home since leaving her childhood home. “This home has changed me so much and has built who I am as a person today, and there’s just so much love in the house,” said

DePenning, nutrition senior. “It makes me kinda sad to think that what I experienced, no one else is going to experience again.” The Avalon Co-op, home to 22 upper-division and graduate students, will close at the end of the semester. The North Campus cooperative living space was leased to Inter-Cooperative Council Austin, a nonprofit cooperative housing association, for 24 years. Property owner Washoe Company notified ICC Austin of the termination of the Avalon’s lease in early November. Washoe Company has secured demolition permits for all buildings in the Avalon Co-op, as well as all other buildings on the lots between 30 and 31st Street. “This is a sad loss for ICC Austin as a collective and an even sadder loss

for you — the members who have made Avalon their home and their community,” ICC Executive Director Ashleigh Lassiter said in a November email to Avalon residents. The Avalon Co-op consists of two buildings, plus a small two-person cottage. Residents share bathrooms, common living areas, a garden and prepare meals together. DePenning said the Avalon is more “mellow” than other co-ops. “It’s just a really tight-knit community, and I really like it,” DePenning said. “I often get stuck in little heart-to-heart conversations in the kitchen in the mornings when I’m just trying to make myself some coffee.” Residents are allowed to paint on the walls of the houses and have

created several large and colorful murals around the co-op. Cheyenne Costello, geography senior and Avalon resident, said the murals are like the mythology of the Avalon. “We refer to (the murals) like they’re their own entities,” Costello said. Lassiter said while the ICC is losing Avalon, the nonprofit is working on developing a new co-op, called Ruth Schulze, set to open this fall. “It’s the first time ICC has fully developed a co-op,” Lassiter said. “Most of these houses have been here for a long time. So we were able to purchase this property, and we’re building a new 34 member co-op.” However, Emily Brehob, Avalon resident and global policy graduate

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State senators request eating disorders study, hope to provide useful resources

Goodman-Jean executive alliance campaign fined

By Chad Lyle

By Hannah Ortega

To evaluate the prevalence of eating disorders and eating disorder-related deaths in Texas, two state senators filed a bill asking the Department of State Health Services to investigate the matter. According to Senate Bill 1145, the department would compile its findings in a report — which would include both statewide and national eating disorder trends — and provide a list of resources available to Texans with eating disorders. State Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, said he authored the legislation with his colleague, state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, to draw attention to an issue he feels is not adequately understood. “Despite the large numbers of individuals and families affected, people suffering from eating disorders receive less help than those suffering other dangerous and difficult health problems,” Johnson said in an email. “We aim to better understand this issue, so that we can provide better care to so many of our people, to reduce the risk among

Just hours after voting closed in the 2019 Student Government election, the Election Supervisory Board fined the Goodman-Jean campaign for campaign worker and financial disclosure violations. The Election Supervisory Board made their decision at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday. In its ruling, the board said the Goodman-Jean campaign failed to list the price for donated paint, disclose all active campaign workers and accurately label advertising material costs in their second financial disclosure. The campaign was charged $20 for the donated paint and received three fines of five percent on their total expenditures, one for each violation. The fines brought their total costs to 118 percent of the $511 spending limit. If this limit is exceeded by more than 120 percent, candidates are automatically disqualified. The financial disclosure and campaign worker complaints were filed by the Fanucci-Ivanova executive alliance campaign, and a hearing was held Tuesday night to discuss its merits.

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Presidential candidate Izzy Fanucci, Elena Ivanova, vice presidential candidate and Plan II junior, and campaign manager Ian McEntee represented the Fanucci-Ivanova campaign at the Election Supervisory Board meeting. Presidential candidate Camron Goodman, Amie Jean, vice presidential candidate and finance junior, and Juan Jose, treasurer and supply chain management senior, were present from the Goodman-Jean campaign. “The last financial disclosure and agent list uploaded by the Camron and Amie executive alliance did not list an up-to-date record of their agents nor workers,” said Fanucci, speech pathology and psychology junior. “Furthermore, Camron and Amie have placed a 8-foot plywood board on the 24th Street next to (the) Kappa Delta house. This is a double violation, as it is not reported on either financial record, and it has been out since the beginning of the campaign.” Goodman said he submitted his initial agent and worker list by the Feb. 21 deadline, though the list of workers needed an update. These updates were emailed to the Election Supervisory Board on Feb. 24.

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There are all sorts of animals living at UT, from the well-known turtles and squirrels to the less familiar, including bats and snakes. Carin Peterson, Animal Make Safe training & outreach coordinator, said seasonal animal activity is about to bring one of the busiest times of the year for wildlife calls at UT. “We respond to about 120 calls a year … about wildlife inside buildings,” Peterson said. “We also respond to calls about injured animals or baby animals found.” Peterson and her team keep track of wildlife and help trap and release animals that have wandered into buildings. About 90 percent of the time, Peterson said the animals are released back outside, but when there are injured animals or animals that need to be relocated, her team works with Austin Wildlife Rescue. “If (students) can assist an animal getting out on its own … then we want them to do that, unless there has been contact with an animal that is considered high rabies risk, which would be bats and raccoons,” Peterson said. While wildlife is spread out across campus, Peterson said interactions with wildlife tend to happen more frequently by Waller Creek. Peterson said they want students to enjoy the wildlife from a distance and not disturb the animals by feeding them. “We try to strike a balance between people’s safety and the animal’s home,” Peterson said. “We try to encourage people to look at them but not to touch. We want people to appreciate them and know that they’re here too.” Chemistry sophomore Gabi Boyle said

hannah simon | the daily texan staff Carin Peterson manages the Animal Make Safe program with UT’s Environmental Health and Safety department. Peterson responds to calls about wildlife that have gotten into University buildings or are found injured or trapped and often releases them outside in natural areas like Waller Creek.

during her freshman year, she used to take the long way to class just so she could see the turtles at the turtle pond. “My way of relaxing and taking care of myself is being outside and around nature,” Boyle said. “Just because we’re a campus and most of the people here are here to study doesn’t mean it’s not filled with the outdoors, and the animals still have a place here.” Biology sophomore Caren Elhenawy

said she also enjoys observing the animals on campus and said we have a part to play in taking care of them. Elhenawy said she has dissected a squirrel for a class and learned squirrels have larger livers to help handle the food people feed them. “I feel like especially this year there has been such (unpredictable) weather,” Elhenawy said. “We need to take (UT wildlife) into consideration more. I feel like we shouldn’t go around feeding them fries

and stuff because that stuff is not good for them.” Peterson said she knows the community wants to connect to nature, and she appreciates staff and student cooperation. “I am an animal lover,” Peterson said. “My background is in wildlife biology, so that’s what I’ve focused my whole career and life on. I’m definitely pro-animal, but I’m also pro-safety … (and) pro-appropriate animal management.”

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The Applied Research Laboratories at J.J. Pickle Research Campus is getting a new $40.4 million office building from a new contract with the United States Navy. “Several years ago … we concluded we were going to need a new office building because we were going to outgrow our existing facilities,” said Tim Hawkins, Applied Research Laboratories deputy executive director. “Our staff has been growing, our budget has been growing … and we perceive that growth will continue, and we need that new office space.” UT System Board of Regents approved the new office building for the laboratories during their meeting on Feb. 26. The laboratories are one of the Navy’s university-affiliated research centers, which means it conducts research for the Navy while operating for the public interest. In September 2017, Applied Research Laboratories signed a 10 year, $1.1 billion contract with the Navy, which increased the staff’s size. As a result, offices became overcrowded and some of the older equipment inside the laboratories needed replacement. “(The laboratories) management has been very successful in expanding the portfolio of

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research in the Department of Defense,” UT President Gregory Fenves said during the board meeting. “The amount of research we can do at (there) is constrained to the amount of space we have.” The laboratories, previously called the Defense Research Laboratory, signed its first contract with the Navy in 1949, Applied Research Laboratories executive director Karl Fisher said. After World War II, UT researchers started looking into acoustics and sonar technology. This new contract seeks to continue that research. “This contract provides research and development in the core competency areas approved by (the Department of

Defense) for (the laboratories), which include engineering, research, design development and test and evaluation of acoustics, navigation, command and control and warfare systems,” said Colleen O’Rourke, Naval Sea Systems Command spokeswoman, in an email. The laboratories conduct “dry research,” which uses computers rather than traditional lab tools such as Bunsen burners and beakers. “We’re talking basically computer labs,” Fisher said. “There’s lots of confusion that happens when you’re building things out here. The University thinks of chemistry labs, biology labs, things that literally have chemicals and fluids and

that require, from a building perspective, different safety protocols and systems. Really, by dry labs, what we’re talking about is a room that’s going to have computing equipment in it.” Both Fisher and Jim Shackelford, UT capital and planning and construction director, said the $40.4 million is on the cheaper end of UT building construction project price points. This is because the office building is on the Pickle campus, which is less congested than UT’s main campus and will be made with materials cheaper than the average UT laboratory, Shackelford said. “We have a very cost-effective design, and it’s an office

“I was unaware that I had to re-list all my agents and workers if they had not been changed since the previous list provided,” finance junior Goodman said. “I thought it was just a spot just to update them. So it was my error, and I do understand the form, and I apologize for the misunderstanding.” In regards to the financial allegations, McEntee said the Goodman-Jean disclosures referenced a foam board rather than the plywood board on West 24th Street. Goodman said he “misphrased the (plywood) board” on his financial disclosure but has a receipt for the item. When asked by an Election Supervisory Board member why they waited until now to make a complaint about the plywood

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copyright jacobs architecture, and reproduced with permission Rendering of the new $40.4 million office building to be added to Pickle Research Campus for the Applied Research Laboratories. In 2017, they signed a new contract with the Navy that explained their staff size which necessitated the expansion of office space.

student, said the new coop might not fit every resident’s lifestyle. “The Ruth Schulze is

joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Camron Goodman, student government presidential candidate and finance senior, appears before the Election Supervisory Board with other members of the Goodman-Jean campaign at 11 p.m. on Tuesday night.

a substance-free co-op,” Brehob said. “People who don’t want to live in a substance-free co-op, that’s not an option for them.” Mike McHone, real estate broker who represents Washoe Company, said any

future development will be in accordance with the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. The plan lists the Avalon lot as a mixed-use zone, which could include an office, commercial business or

living space in a single development. McHone said he could not comment on future development plans for the lot. Like several other residents, DePenning and Costello are both moving

space which is less expensive than research lab space, typically,” Shackelford said. “It doesn’t have the typical requirements that a wet lab building would have on the main campus … We’re highly confident that we’ll deliver a project on time and under budget.” Construction will break ground in May and is expected to be completed in 2021, Shackelford said. “We’re hoping that we’ll able to continue our legacy of really excellent research in support of the Navy and the U.S. government,” Fisher said. “We’ll be able to fulfill the requirements for our contract and continue to be an integral part of the University.”

board instead of at the first financial disclosure deadline, the Fanucci-Ivanova campaign said they thought the board would be listed on the second financial disclosure. Additionally, McEntee said the campaign debated for six and a half hours over whether or not they wanted to make a complaint. “I want to ensure to all the campaigns and the Election Supervisory Board that we did not file this complaint maliciously or for any implicit personal benefit,” said McEntee, a humanities and sociology senior. “We have, however, realized repeating infractions of the rules that we have tried hard to follow, and we want to uphold the authority of these rules that we expect all teams to give equal acknowledgment. We believe we must safeguard the integrity of our guidelines in order to not set a bad precedent of apathy.”

to another co-op when the lease expires. “I definitely moved into a co-op because I really value community,” DePenning said. “(Costello and I) are going to be bedroom neighbors and share a wall.”

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RESEARCH

Drones assess UT water usage

Cockrell student’s drone study to change agriculture, landscaping. By Evan Hearn @EvanHearn5

s drone technology becomes more accessible, UT students and faculty are using the unmanned aircraft to change the nature of agriculture and landscaping. Marwan Madi, an electrical and computer engineering junior, has been utilizing drones in two simultaneous projects: one to improve the efficiency of University landscaping and the other to aid Texas farmers. Both initiatives make use of the drones’ ability to quickly cover large areas and capture light invisible to the human eye. “During the flight, the drone is taking a bunch of pictures,” Madi said. “A sensor compares the ratio of near-infrared to visible light, and based on that ratio, you can see how stressed the plant is, which may correlate directly to how much water it needs.” Markus Hogue, UT irrigation and water conservation coordinator, spent more than half a decade improving the University’s irrigation system. His work on the publicly accessible “Irrigation Dashboard,” which provides

amna ijaz | the daily texan staff Markus Hogue, UT Irrigation and Water Conservation program coordinator, and Marvan Madi, electrical and computer engineering junior, right, demonstrate the capabilities of drones over the LBJ lawn Wednesday afternoon.

information on water usage at the University, contributed to UT winning the 2017 Texas Environmental Excellence Award. Over the past year, Hogue and Madi have performed test flights over the turf surrounding the Thompson Conference Center and the LBJ Presidential Library, where 20 percent of the University’s water is used, said Hogue.

“The dashboard pulls information out of our irrigation system,” Hogue said. “Our goal is to take the drones’ images, overlay the irrigation data and see where we can water less. Then we’ll extrapolate the data to the rest of the campus.” The project’s yearlong implementation phase will begin later this month, said Hogue and Madi. Also beginning later this

month, Madi hopes to help Texas farmers in El Campo, Texas, save money and increase yields with his company, Maverick Labs. Jimmy Roppolo, general manager of United Agricultural Cooperative, is one such farmer. Roppolo said while agricultural drone usage is common in the Midwest, it hasn’t found solid ground in Texas. But he said he is confident in the

technology’s possibilities. “They can fly two or three or four hundred acres in fifteen or twenty minutes,” Roppolo said. “We’ll be able to identify and monitor problems very quickly.” Madi, meanwhile, said he is eager to see how the year goes. “These guys need all the help they can get, and hopefully, we can do that for them,” Madi said. “I’m very excited.”

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Political climate may influence law applicants By Brynne Herzfeld @brynneherzfeld

A nationwide increase in law school applications could be linked to the political climate, according to Kaplan Test Prep survey results. The results of the 2018 survey were released last month and showed 87 percent of law school admissions officers cited the political climate as a key factor in the increase of applications in the past cycle. In addition, 45 percent of prelaw students reported the political climate impacting their application decision. “We saw a 10 percent increase (in applications) last year,” said Jeff Thomas, executive director of admissions programs at Kaplan Test Prep. “That’s the greatest year-overyear increase of applicants to law school that we’ve seen in over a decade.” Mathiew Le, assistant dean for admissions and financial aid for UT’s law school, said more students are talking about how the political climate prompted them to consider law school in their applications. “I think what this particular presidency has highlighted is the role that lawyers can actually play,” Le said. “People actually saw lawyers at the

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border and actually doing substantive work. I think that planted the seed.” As a student from Del Rio, Texas, a border town, law student Ruben Cardenas said the election of President Donald Trump helped solidify his decision to attend law school so he can help his community. “Every time I turn on the TV, there’s something about the border, and a lot of it I believe is just not true,” Cardenas said. “I know a lot of people back

home just don’t have the voice that they want. I can be a voice for my community.” Cardenas said even those who don’t hail from the border are searching for ways to help those along the border who need legal assistance, as he saw at an event where 70 UT law students did pro bono work at the border in January. “It was interesting to see so many wanting to help and so many wanting to get involved and to use their services and

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their knowledge to help the people along the border,” Cardenas said. “So that was a good thing.” However, Le points out that because the evidence linking the political climate to an application increase is anecdotal, it is hard to pinpoint the cause of the increase. “(The link) is really kind of difficult to capture in a data way,” Le said. “I think it’s a worthy question to ask prospective students.”

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vulnerable individuals and to identify where further research will be helpful.” Kim Gould, a licensed marriage and family therapist who practices in Austin and specializes in eating disorders, said eating disorders may be on the rise because of “diet culture.” “Most people don’t realize that we’re saturated in diet culture,” Gould said. “It’s anything in our society, whether that’s media, pop culture, magazines, Instagram, Facebook — anything that tells you how to lose weight, that you’re not good enough the way you are, essentially that being fat is bad or wrong.” Though Gould said she thought “diet culture” was an important factor in the development of eating disorders, she emphasized they stem from a variety of factors. “There are so many different ways to develop (an eating disorder),” Gould said. “It could be some form of trauma. Parents will bring their teen in and be like, you know, ‘He or she has an eating disorder, we want them to get better.’ But there’s typically always something either happening or that has happened historically in the

family system to (cause) the eating disorder.” Johnson said he and West have been collaborating on SB 1145 with a group from their district that seeks to prevent eating disorders from developing in young people and help those who already have them. “I’m proud to be working with The Elisa Project, an organization from Dallas that helps young Texans with eating disorders, to move this legislation forward and bring more awareness to this critical mental health issue,” Johnson said in an email. Though Johnson and West are first requesting a study with SB 1145, and not any policy changes yet, Josh Blank, the manager of polling and research at the Texas Politics Project, said it is not uncommon for studies such as theirs to lead to further legislation on an issue. “I don’t know exactly what the rate is at which studies then lead to legislation, but it’s not uncommon for the Legislature to take an incremental approach towards any legislation,” Blank said. The bill requests the findings of the study be made available to the Texas Legislature no later than Dec. 1, 2022.

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Pre-med students would benefit from mentorship By Abhirupa Dasgupta Columnist

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UT Police should increase patrols in West Campus By Henry Corwin Columnist

Around 1 a.m. in spring 2018, I was walking back from the PCL with my friend. As we were walking on Guadalupe Street, a woman called for our attention. Hysterically crying, she asked if we could call her an Uber, promising not to hurt us. It was dark outside, and I couldn’t see the details of her person too well, but from a distance, it looked like she was hiding one of her arms under her shirt. I was concerned she had a weapon. I whispered to tell my friend, and we sprinted all the way back to our apartment, not stopping until we reached the lobby. Even though West Campus is technically not on the UT campus, the University should do more to ensure the safety of students who live there. This can be achieved by implementing more security and police officers to patrol the West Campus area. West Campus safety can be a tough thing for the University to tackle because of jurisdictional differences between the UT Police Department and the Austin Police Department. According to Jimmy Johnson, the assistant vice president for Campus Safety, UTPD has very little jurisdiction past Guadalupe Street. “As we start getting in areas that are past (Guadalupe Street), we really don’t have that jurisdictional responsibility,” Johnson said. Despite limited jurisdiction, UTPD can still respond to any violent crime reported in West Campus, said

UTPD officer Andrew Converse. According to Converse, there are also some UTPD officers who patrol all of West Campus. “Especially on night shift, we’ll have officers get out, park near (Guadalupe), just walk around the vicinity,” Converse said. “(They) say hi to people (and) check in with the businesses.”

The University needs to work with UTPD to increase patrolling of the area and allow students a greater feeling of safety and security.” The work the University campus safety team and UTPD have done to improve safety in West Campus should not be understated. Education and increased lighting are a few ways safety has improved, Johnson said. Despite these enhancements and the patrol of some UTPD officers, many students still feel unsafe walking through West Campus at night. Emily Rosuck, an international relations and global studies sophomore, said she has had several scary encounters in West Campus, including a stranger licking her

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ear and a man trying to take food from her. “I’ve been approached multiple times, and it’s scary,” Rosuck said. “I feel like I need to be on high alert when I’m walking around West Campus.” Rosuck said West Campus could function in a similar manner as 6th Street, where police officers patrol the area primarily to deter crime. “There are always policemen on 6th Street, and they’re not necessarily there to (arrest people),” Rosuck said. “They’re there to prevent things from happening.” Some may argue the University does not have a major responsibility to ensure students are safe off campus. However, the enormous size of UT’s student body, coupled with limited space on campus, leads to many students living off campus. Unlike many other colleges across the country, not even freshmen are guaranteed a living space on campus, and as a result, 82 percent of students live off campus. “It’s not like all the students could live on campus … there’s not enough housing,” Rosuck said. “By default, (students) have to live in West Campus.” Because many students are forced to live off campus, the responsibility to ensure student safety in West Campus falls heavily on the University. The University needs to work with UTPD to increase patrolling of the area and allow students a greater feeling of safety and security. Corwin is a journalism sophomore from Long Island, NY.

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Pre-medical undergrads are in the middle of a crisis — depression and anxiety threaten the present and future mental health of pre-med students. The establishment of a mentorship program between undergraduates and students at Dell Medical School would help curb the anxiety that plagues the pre-med community at UT. Throughout their time as undergrads, premed students have to do a lot to build their medical school applications. They must satisfy prerequisites required by med schools, in addition to classes required by their majors. They must maintain near-perfect grades in all of these classes — 31 percent of accepted applicants to Texas medical and dental schools had GPAs in the 3.91–4.00 range, with the average accepted GPA at 3.69. They must accomplish all of this while studying for the MCAT, working on research, volunteering around the community, shadowing doctors and seeking out leadership positions on campus.

Talking to medical students could also alleviate some of the insecurities and anxieties pre-med students harbor about their prospects . . .” With all of these responsibilities demanding most, if not all of their time, it’s no wonder pre-med students report some of the highest rates of major depressive disorders in undergraduates. Nicole Delgado, a pre-physician’s assistant student, recounts her struggle to find balance within such a rigorous academic culture. “You need to shadow, you need to get perfect grades,” biology junior Delgado said. “I think it’s really hard for the average or even above-average student to do all these things and maintain a good, healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally.” While resources such as the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center and the Health Professions Office are widely available to premed students, Delgado cites her peers as the most valuable resource. In the same vein, she thinks a partnership with students from Dell Medical School would be a tremendous asset to all pre-health students on campus. “For pre-med students, having a mentor who has been through the process … and achieved the goal you’re trying to achieve is helpful in so many ways,” said Zaara Qasim, a medical school student. Talking to medical students could also alleviate some of the insecurities and anxieties pre-med students harbor about their prospects and potentially give them a roadmap to follow as they navigate the complicated med school admissions process. Qasim, who is involved in existing mentorship programs at Dell, believes medical students could benefit from the mentorship as well. “Personally, I do it because it reminds me why I got into medicine … At the core of it, you’re helping people and that is why we go into medicine — to help people succeed.” Qasim co-chairs the mentorship committee of Making Equity Standard in Healthcare, an organization that aims to support underrepresented students in medicine. They host open houses that allow pre-med organizations to tour Dell Medical’s facilities and have conversations with medical students about the medical school admissions process. Such a program undoubtedly supports premed students, but a one-on-one mentorship would be an even greater asset. The administrations at both Dell Medical and the University would need to demonstrate a significant commitment to a project like this for it to work. More importantly, med and pre-med students would have to maintain consistent meeting times in order to foster a meaningful mentorship experience. As Qasim says, “the sense of fulfillment” that both sides would feel as a result of the mentorship should be enough to get the ball rolling. Dasgupta is a neuroscience freshman from Plano.

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pedro luna | the daily texan staff Pitcher Shealyn O’Leary whips a pitch en route to a no-hitter during Texas’ 9-1 victory against Longwood on March 6, 2019 at McCombs Field. O’Learly was the Texas first pitcher to throw a no-hitter since Blaire Luna threw one in 2013.

O’Leary’s no-hitter powers Longhorns past Longwood By Marcus Krum @marcuskrum

When Ki’Audra Hayter lined a triple down the right field line to beat Longwood 9-1 in a runrule finish, it did more than just start a new streak for a Texas team that had been coming off back-to-back losses. Hayter’s hit also played a part in sealing history for pitcher Shea O’Leary, as it capped off the freshman’s dazzling no-hitter in the second of Wednesday’s two wins. “I have no words to explain it,” O’Leary said of her emotions after the historic performance. “I’m just overjoyed right now and just kind of taking it all in.”

While she made it look easy, the no-no was no cakewalk for O’Leary, who picked up her sixth win of the season. She got into trouble in the first after a runner reached on an error then advanced all the way to third on a sacrifice bunt. The run scored on a grounder to first, but despite giving up an unearned first-inning run, she didn’t panic. “She just seems unfazeable,” Texas head coach Mike White said. “She has the same expression on her face. She gave up a run in the first inning … still, she never changed anything.” On Wednesday, O’Leary was nothing if not efficient. She got ahead in counts and

attacked the strike zone, forcing hitters to swing at her strong fastballs. In her five innings of work, she threw just 40 pitches, an astounding number for a complete game. “She just kept attacking the hitters,” White said. “She just got right after them. That’s pretty confident pitching, and that’s exactly what we try to preach, is attacking hitters early.” The pitching gem from O’Leary overshadowed what was another outstanding performance from pitcher Brooke Bolinger in the 8-0 win in the first game. Bolinger threw a complete game of her own, pitching five shutout innings and allowing just three hits.

“Just going five innings each, that was a bonus,” White said. “It enabled us to save some arms here as well, because we’ve got a pretty big weekend coming up.” Yet the team needed some kind of spark in the early goings of game one. Several mental mistakes in the first couple innings prompted an animated talk from White to the team midway through the second frame. The Longhorns responded perfectly, scoring at least two runs in each of the final three innings. “He said that we weren’t really switched on yet, and we weren’t really mentally in the game yet,” said second baseman

Janae Jefferson, who finished with five hits and three RBI in the two games. “That was the biggest thing. We knew that we weren’t really all the way there just yet.” It didn’t take long for Texas to rally, and rally it did, winning the two games by a combined 17-1. As the temperature in Austin looks like it’s finally beginning to rise, it looks like the Texas softball team is heating up right along with it. “We’re starting to really build our confidence,” O’Leary said. “Definitely with the no-hitter and the shutout from Brooke … Just going out there and having fun, we’ll just keep building our confidence from here on out.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019

TRACK & FIELD

From Barbados to Birmingham Upbringing, demeanor fuels Jones ahead of NCAA title meet. By Brooke Nevins @brooke_nevins

or many student athletes, entering the college scene means adjusting to unprecedented crowds and expectations compared to those in high school or club sports. But before sprinter Jonathan Jones ever stepped foot on a collegiate track, he was already performing in some of the world’s biggest competitions. Before sporting burnt orange and white, Jones made waves in the Caribbean and in Europe wearing the blue and yellow of his home country, Barbados. Now, the effects of representing his country at a young age are unfolding with success on the collegiate stage. Following the Texas Tech Shootout in February, Jones was named the Big 12 Conference Men’s Athlete of the Week for a second time after winning the 400m while setting a Barbados National indoor record, the second-best time in school history and the second-best time in the world this season. “When I was recruited, I was getting known back home and across the Caribbean,” Jones said. “Just coming here and doing well, especially as a freshman, I guess people would be trying to say, ‘He’s the next whatever.’ Well, me, I couldn’t care less. I just want to have fun and enjoy the journey.” To some, Jones’ attitude contradicts his level of success. Many athletes work tirelessly for years with the hopes of taking their talents to a collegiate level. It’s the dream of millions, yet so few are able to achieve such goals, and an even smaller number ultimately represent their country on a world stage. By the age of 19, Jones accomplished both. “It’s an honor,” Jones said. “Every

copyright texas athletics, and reproduced with permission Sprinter Jonathan Jones has traveled across continents for sprinting events. But as the Longhorns travel to Birmingham for the NCAA Championships, the freshman faces a new challenge.

time I got a medal and could raise my flag, I always felt proud. Even if I didn’t get a medal … I was still proud as ever to be wearing the national gear. When you can get a medal and you can be showcased in front of all the other Caribbean Islands and other countries, I can’t even describe it.” Jones, who was raised by his grandparents, said they have played a crucial role in supporting his career. Since his childhood, their emphasis on his effort over his accomplishments serves as the foundation of his focus. “My grandmother would never say, ‘Did you run this time, did you win?’”

Jones said. “She would just ask, ‘How do you feel about your race?’ I don’t have to worry about living up to anyone’s expectations because I never had to do it before, and I won’t start now.” While the biggest challenge for Jones’ grandmother, Ruthshield Broomes, was buying equipment and gear for him to practice in, she chose to value his character over the outcome of his performances. “I am most proud that Jonathan is a kind person and treats everyone the right way,” Broomes said in an email. “I have placed Jonathan in God’s hands and have faith that he will make it

because of that.” Texas track & field head coach Edrick Floréal has also recognized Jones’ rare, carefree nature and believes he is so successful because he “takes it one race at a time.” “He has absolutely no worries,” Floréal said. “He tells me that his job is just to show up and compete and my job is to figure out the rest. He doesn’t put one millimeter of burden on himself that he doesn’t need to.” With the NCAA Indoor National Championship meet in Birmingham approaching, Jones doesn’t need any

extra pressure. On Friday, he will look to become the second Longhorn in school history to win a national championship in the 400m. But even with the prospect of surpassing his previous mark and achieving the world’s best time, Jones is the most competitive when an even greater reward is at stake. “We have chocolate that (the coaches) give out to the best athlete of the week, and even for that I’m super competitive. I want to win,” Jones said. “There’s options. I usually go for the Kit-Kats.”

BASEBALL

Texas makes west coast trip to face top-10 Stanford Cardinal By CJ Vogel @cjvogeldt

Less than one week after sweeping a three-game series with then-No. 2 LSU, the Texas Longhorns will face another top-10 matchup in Palo Alto for a meeting with No. 6 Stanford. While the sweep against LSU was a very strong inclination of Texas’ ability to compete with the best teams in the nation, there is still more Texas head coach David Pierce wants to see from his team when playing ranked opponents. “I want to see us go out there and play clean defense, and really attack the strike zone,” Pierce said. “If we do that, it gives us a chance to be very competitive (in the series).” Texas struggled with both aspects of the game Pierce mentioned in the series with LSU. The Longhorn defense accumulated eight errors and the pitching staff walked 13 Tigers in the three-game series alone. Despite much room for improvement on the defensive side of the ball, the Texas offense has been clicking, having scored 27 runs during its current four-game win streak. But the matchup with Stanford’s pitching staff could be the toughest test of the season yet for the Longhorns. After all, the collective ERA of the Cardinal staff is an impressive 2.46. “We know that they have some power arms and we’re looking forward to it,” said

right fielder Austin Todd, the reigning Big 12 Baseball Player of the Week. “As a hitter you want the best of the best coming at you (because) it really tests you. So it’s great, I love the competition.” Texas is quite familiar with the power arms of Stanford with the two teams having met for a four-game series in each of the past two seasons. Texas is a combined 2–6 in those games. Despite the previous lack of success against Stanford, pitcher Blair Henley believes this year’s series could end in a more favorable result for Texas thanks to the depth and production provided by the 2019 newcomers. “We have six or seven freshman (in the bullpen). The first week we threw 16 guys, and they all did well,” Henley said. “It’s good to know that everyone in the bullpen can come out and give us a (scoreless inning).” Playing Stanford on the road has not been an easy task for any team over the past two seasons. Stanford has a combined record of 57–13 at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond. This weekend’s trip out west will be the Longhorns second true road series of the year since the season opener in Lafayette, Louisiana on Feb. 15. The Longhorns are returning to Palo Alto for the first time since Pierce’s second season as Texas’ head coach in 2017 when Stanford won three of four games in the series. “That’s one of the toughest places we go every single year,” Pierce said. “We’re going to have to be good to do well out there.”

eddie gaspar | the daily texan file Head coach David Pierce speaks with the media on March 3, 2019. Pierce and the Longhorns are coming off a weekend sweep of the No. 2 ranked LSU Tigers.

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FOOD

‘Mecca of food’ opens new bar

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| the daily texan staff

Nine years since its founding, The Peached Tortilla has expanded from a food truck to a bar on West 6th Street.

Japanesesouthern fusion, The Peached Tortilla, adds a bar location on 6th Street. By David Antonino @dantonino2

rowing up in Japan, Eric Silverstein gained an appreciation for local cuisine. After settling in the American South, he decided to combine Japanese cuisine with the flavors of traditional southern cuisine. Silverstein founded The Peached Tortilla after trying his hand

practicing law for three years. He said he had lost his passion in being a lawyer and decided to turn elsewhere to find purpose. “I wanted to get away from my lawyer career,” Silverstein said. ”I wasn’t passionate about it.” Silverstein turned this into a business with The Peached Tortilla food truck but said it was not an easy way to make money in the fast-moving environment. After a taxing start in the business, Silverstein handed over food truck operations to Gilberto “Beto” Solis, now operations manager for both brickand-mortar restaurants. Solis said it was not much easier for him, either. “(A food truck is) everything you expect from a kitchen but also with a very limited amount of space,” Solis said. “(You are trying) to pump out crazy amounts of food from such a small space.” Silverstein and Solis said the truck was hard to maintain but it was still

very fulfilling. The Peached Tortilla then ventured into catering, eventually moving to a brick-and-mortar store so Silverstein could focus on the food. He decided to open the first brickand-mortar store on 5520 Burnet Rd. in 2014. “I have a food truck manager. The operations of a food truck are very different than the operations of a restaurant,” Silverstein said. “A very different level of experience required.” Jenna Paul, general manager of the Burnet Road location, began as a server and worked her way up. She said the tight-knit relationship between the staff inspired her to stay with the company as it continues to grow. “In the moment, it is a rush, but at the end of the day, I love that feeling,” Paul said. Silverstein said they have a good amount of regular customers as well as avid food fanatics. Ben Grantham, an avid foodie, said he started going to The Peached Tortilla six months ago.

“There is good food, a good location and a good time (here),” Grantham said. Solis values positive customer opinion and recognizes that to stay competitive, they must continually update their menu. They do this with a different specialty taco offered every Tuesday. These additions add to what Solis dubs “a mecca of food.” “Austin has been growing significantly in that area, so you really need to stay innovative,” Solis said. Silverstein continues to expand the business, with an airport location, bar on West 6th Street and Peached Social House amongst the additions. Despite rapid expansion, Silverstein said he remains committed to his passion and is always working on new food items. “(Our company has) been built on getting people aware of it and having a product people want, with a core team that is good to grow,” Silverstein said.

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“Captain Marvel” had a big weight on its shoulders. It’s the first Marvel film in the 11-year-old comic film series’ to feature a superheroine lead. But no worries — this film soars. The film starts with Vers (Brie Larson) living among the Kree and training with Yon-Rugg (Jude Law), the leader of a top Kree military team called Starforce. She has no recollection of her past, only a mysterious figure (Annette Bening) who is somehow the key to her memories. The first 30 minutes give us the film’s tedious backstory, setting up a battle between the Krees and shapeshifting Skrulls lead by Talos (Ben Mendelsohn). It’s formulaic Marvel groundwork that can drag if you already know the Marvel Cinematic Universe and bores if you’re a casual movie-goer. It’s not until Vers crashes down to Earth that “Captain Marvel” kicks into gear and most importantly, when Vers, as known as Carol Danvers, meets Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). The fact that Larson and Jackson are stars doesn’t need explanation but putting those two together is genius. Danvers and

Fury are the buddy-cop duo we never knew we needed, providing great laughs and surprising heart. The whole cast shines. Lashana Lynch and Akira Akbar as Maria and Monica Rambeau are warm and fantastic. Mendelsohn is hilarious, Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva is sharp-witted, and how can we forget Goose the cat, the ultimate scene-stealer. One of the beautiful things about this film is its female characters, although it’s unfair to say Marvel doesn’t have good female characters. Most recently, we’ve gotten Okoye, Shuri and Nakia in “Black Panther” and Scarlet Witch and Black Widow have been in previous Avenger films, but “Captain Marvel” shows something different — a truly developed female friendship between Maria Rambeau and Danvers. As Danver’s fractured memories slowly coalesce, you see flashes of their deep bond throughout the years. Lynch is a star, and she and Larson become the emotional center of this film. Most of “Captain Marvel” follows a formula a lot of Marvel films fail to escape, but this film digs deeper. There is something intrinsically special seeing someone other than a white male take up the mantle of a superhero.

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The layers created within this film provide a new norm for superhero movies: that women can lead their own films just as well. There is one scene where a male character is constantly telling Danvers to prove herself, to tone down her powers and fight him fairly. Then there is another where a man tells her to smile more, as if a smile would make any difference. This depth makes “Captain Marvel” larger than just a hero film. Superheroine personalities and stories are growing wider, a sentiment Larson helps bring to life as Captain Marvel. Where Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman” shows us grace and fascination, Larson’s Marvel emotes a demure sarcasm and grit. There’s variety to our superheroines. In the film, Danvers says “this whole time I’ve been fighting with one hand behind my back. Let’s see what I can do with both.” That rings true as “Captain Marvel” lets its women shine higher, further and faster than any other Marvel movie. Hopefully, it continues that way.

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