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Dell Med’s chief surgical residency program is run by three women. PA G E 2

UT’s endowments provide longterm and reliable funding for the UT System. PA G E 4

New SXSW “Cannabusiness” track clears haze on growing cannabis industry. PA G E 8

Over 5,000 miles from home, the Turati twins are making their mark at Texas. PA G E 6

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Gov. Abbott appoints 4 new members to UT System Board of Regents

By Savana Dunning @savanaish

eilish o’sullivan | the daily texan staff Ayana D’Aguilar quit her internship with the UT Center for Women in Law because of the pervasive racism she experienced throughout her time there. Several women of color detail a history of racism, and the center is now being investigated by UT Law’s HR department and the Office of Inclusion and Equity.

At least seven women of color have quit UT’s Center for Women in Law following racist, ‘hostile’ comments from its executive director.

By Katie Balevic @KatelynBalevic

he University’s Center for Women in Law is facing complaints of racism from several employees who have worked there. In the last year, at least seven women of color have quit their positions.

“Racism really courses through the veins of that organization,” said

Ayana D’Aguilar, a former intern for the center. “It has a reputation for being what some have said is the ‘Center for White Women in Law.’” D’Aguilar, who identifies as Jamaican-American, said she quit her internship last semester earlier than expected because the work environment was hostile towards people of color.

“The day I left, I spoke with the executive director, Linda Bray

Chanow ... and I told her that the reason I was quitting was because of the underlying tone of racism in the office,” said D’Aguilar, an Islamic studies, South Asian languages and Plan II senior.

UT Law’s human resources department is conducting an investigation into Chanow’s behavior, as is the Office of Inclusion and Equity, D’Aguilar said. HR Director Cindy Story did not respond to requests

for comment.

“The Center for Women in Law takes allegations of misconduct seriously and remains dedicated to the advancement of all women in the legal profession,” UT law spokesperson Chris Roberts said in an email. “In order to maintain the integrity of the University’s investigative processes — and to

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed new regents to the University of Texas System Board of Regents this Thursday, according to the Office of the Governor’s website. Appointments are awaiting approval by the Texas Senate.

The Board of Regents is the System’s governing body, comprised of nine members from across the state. These members are appointed by the governor for six-year terms with one student regent serving a one-year term. They make decisions about academic, health and business affairs for all of the System’s institutions.

The newly-appointed members — Nolan Perez, Christina Melton Crain, Jodie Lee Jiles and Kelcy Warren — are all UT System alumni.

Perez is a previous Navy Medical Corps Officer from Harlingen, Texas, and is the CEO of Gastroenterology Consultants of South Texas. He is part of the Texas Medical Association, the University of Texas Foundation and the UT Austin Development Board, among other health and education organizations.

Crain, a Dallas attorney, is joining Regent Janiece Longoria as the only current non-student female regents. She is the founder and CEO of Unlocking DOORS, a societal reentry network for former convicts, and also serves as the prisoner

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Students, alumni question SXSW badge affordability

Officials take extra steps for SXSW safety

By Mason Carroll @MasonCCarroll

South by Southwest has officially begun, through March 17. Badges range from $375 for a discounted student pass to $1,650 for a discounted student pass, leading some past and present University of Texas students to question their affordability.

Scott Cobb, a 2014 alumnus of the radio-television-film program at UT, said he could never afford a SXSW badge as a student, instead buying $15 entry tickets to see some of the films.

“My most memorable experience with SXSW when I was in college was walking through the crowded convention center wishing I could afford to get into a panel,” Cobb said. “They have so many great panelists each year on film-related topics, and I would have learned a lot, but I never got to attend, so all I learned was how exclusionary for-profit cultural festivals are.”

Students who want to purchase the discounted tickets have to apply through the SXSW website with proof of current school enrollment. This year, student ticket prices are $425 lower than the $800 price of the past.

According to the SXSW 2018 demographics, 6 percent of SXSW attendees came from households that make less than $25,000 a year, while 37 percent came from households making more than $150,000.

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By Hayden Baggett @HaydenBaggett

Since UT’s spring break does not fall on the same week as South by Southwest this year, several city departments and government agencies are taking steps to combat a potential increase in traffic and crime in Austin during the festival.

The last time spring break and SXSW did not align was before 1997, according to UT’s academic calendar archive. In February, a slew of city officials gathered at a press conference and outlined safety measures that are in effect today through the end of the festival.

Bill Manno, Austin’s corporate special events program manager, said the city will see an extra 200,000 to 400,000 people throughout the nine days of the festival.

“This year we have a new challenge in that spring festival season and South by Southwest do not coincide with spring break,” Manno said at the press conference. “We also have the state legislature in session, so it’s a very busy time with lots of things going on.”

To help with the influx of people, Manno said the Austin Police and Fire Departments, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the

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Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on safety efforts.

Austin police chief Brian Manley said there are a number of concrete measures in place to prevent crime and elevate safety, including fully staffing the downtown patrol district.

“On top of the officers that we bring in to keep the festival safe, we will also bring in members of our special response team who specialize in crowd management,” Manley said at a

press conference.

Manley said No Refusal, a city initiative that expedites the warrant process for officers seeking to obtain blood or breath samples from suspected drunk drivers, will be active both weekends of the festival.

“We will also have both the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and APD patrolling the events — not only for general safety, but also for alcohol violations – in particular, minors in possession,” Manley said.

And with the Austin

serial bombings partly taking place during SXSW last year, Manley said APD is prepared to defend against a massfatality incident.

“We prepared for … what may occur and what has occurred in other communities around the country, and we have a response plan in place,” Manley said.

To control traffic, Austin Transportation director Robert Spillar said there are

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Women make up 35.7 percent of general surgical residents in the United States and Canada, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. However, this year, all chief resident positions at Dell Med’s surgical residency program are held by women.

During the fifth and final year of residency, surgical residents act as chief residents and serve as key leaders in the program, said John Uecker, program director of Dell Med’s general surgery residency.

This year, Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, Pamela Daher and Choyin Yvonne Chung are in charge.

Embracing diversity and tackling bias Born and raised in Bolivia, Pamela Daher moved to the U.S. when she was 18. She said there were many barriers she faced as a foreigner aspiring to pursue medicine.

“As a foreigner, getting into medical school in the states is extremely hard,” Daher said. “I had to apply to medical school twice and really struggled to prove myself worthy of being in this system.”

Daher said being a woman

has also impacted her experience as a surgeon.

“It’s a daily occurrence that most patients don’t think I’m their surgeon,” Daher said. “It’s not because they don’t think I’m capable, but it’s a mental structure most people have grown up with. When I say surgeon, people immediately think male.”

Brittany Bankhead-Kendall said she experiences this phenomenon frequently, which led her to conduct a study on unconscious gender bias in patients.

“We interviewed a bunch of surgical patients and found that even though patients said they had no preference for a female or male surgeon, they had an explicit preference for a male surgeon when tested for unconscious bias,” Bankhead-Kendall said.

As an Asian woman, Choyin Yvonne Chung said she has also experienced gender bias from patients.

“There are little comments that chip away at the professional confidence and persona that we’ve built up,” Chung said. “Even though I may not fit into a stereotypical appearance of what most people think a surgeon looks like, I am mature enough and confident in my skills that it doesn’t bother

me as much.”

Balancing family and the demands of a surgical career At five years, general surgery is one of the longest residencies, and the hours of training are much more involved, said Bankhead-Kendall, a mother of two.

“I quickly realized that if I had to be away from my children, I sure wanted it to be worth something,” Bankhead-Kendall said. “If you’re not doing something that completes you or something you enjoy, you’re selling yourself short.”

She said having children weighed on her decision to commit to the specialty.

“In academics, you’re only as good as the number of hours and publications you put in, and all of those take time,” Bankhead-Kendall said. “Early and to the middle of your career, you’re struggling with going home and helping your son with his homework or staying and writing that abstract one more time.”

The changing image of a surgeon Bankhead-Kendall said she hopes they are breaking the stereotype of what makes a good surgeon.

“You can have painted fingernails and still operate really

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representative on UT-Southwestern Medical Center Institutional Review Board.

Jiles is director of business development for Houston real estate company Transwestern.

He is a member of the UT-Austin Development Board and the UT Health Development Board, and was previously appointed to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which regulates all Texas public universities.

Dallas billionaire Warren is chairman and CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, a natural gas and propane transport company. He serves on the board of directors for UT-Arlington and is a member of the Texas Parks

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well,” Bankhead-Kendall said.

“All 3 of us have gone on spa days and talked about everything from dresses for an event to what happened last night in the (operating room).”

Having three female chief residents provides a unique dynamic, Bankhead-Kendall said.

“I think we are unlike any chief class in the country,” Bankhead-Kendall said. “We’re very different in terms of backgrounds and career goals, but we have this common desire to be great surgeons and care for our patients.”

Chung said one piece of advice for aspiring female surgeons is to find other women in their training and lift each other up.

“The network of female surgeons is powerful,” Chung said.

“We’re all in it together and we need to collaborate to get farther than where would be on our own.”

Next year, Bankhead-Kendall and Chung will start fellowships in trauma/critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, respectively. Daher will be doing a colorectal surgery fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

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joshua guenther | the daily texan file Gov. Greg Abbott approved four new regents for the UT System’s Board of Regents, the System’s governing body. These new members are replacing old members whose six-year terms expired earlier this year.

and Wildlife Commission.

These new appointees would replace regents Sara Martinez Tucker, Jeffery Hildebrand, Paul Foster and Ernest

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ensure the privacy of any individuals involved — we cannot discuss any ongoing investigations.”

D’Aguilar said Chanow made racist comments and treated employees differently based on the color of their skin.

Chanow declined multiple requests for comment.

At one point during her internship, D’Aguilar said she opened up to Chanow about racism she had experienced, and said Chanow responded by telling D’Aguilar to “suck it up.”

“She said, ‘It is hard, and you’re gonna have to suck it up a lot of the time because you’re a black woman, and you’re just never going to really be comfortable in any work space,’” D’Aguilar said. “I was in shock, like ‘How is she saying this to me.’ She just legitimized that none of these institutions were built for me and will never be made for me.”

Chanow asked if it was really racism that was the problem, D’Aguilar said.

“She said, ‘How many of these issues

Aliseda. If confirmed by the Senate, Perez’s term would expire in 2021, and the rest of the new regents’ terms would expire in 2025.

you’re bringing up right now are because of racism or just your personality?’” D’Aguilar said. “This (felt) like ... an attempt to put the burden of the effects of racism on my shoulders.”

Public relations senior Tiffany Hammond also interned at the center and took over a fundraising project D’Aguilar had been working on before she quit.

Hammond said Chanow favored the project more once Hammond, a Latina who said she can pass as white, began working on it.

“All of the sudden it was this big project that Linda wanted to focus on in meetings, wanted to encourage me on,” Hammond said. “It felt so weird receiving those compliments knowing that Ayana had really set the foundation for that project, and while Ayana had done all the work for it ... she had not received the same compliments as me.”

Hammond said she quit her internship because Chanow is an “unfit” manager.

“From what I’ve seen, I can say (Chanow) is racist, and she has bias within her that she is not acknowledging,” Hammond said.

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designated rideshare pick-up and drop-off zones around downtown. Additionally, several downtown streets — including East Sixth Street and Fifth Street, parts of Red River Street and Rainey Street — will be blocked off and only accessible to pedestrians, Spillar said.

“We’ll be putting up barricades around this event to secure the event and keep many revelers as safe as possible throughout,” Manley said. “The scooters and bikes will not be allowed through the barricades.”

Manley said UT still being in session did not affect the

D’Aguilar said Chanow treated several women of color poorly, causing many to quit. “(Her behavior was) having a disparate impact on the women of color working there,” D’Aguilar said. “The fact that there have been women of color who quit after me ... shows that it’s not getting better.”

The center has lost interns before due to racism, according to a source who has worked at the center and requested anonymity for fear of retaliation.

“The talent that the Center for Women in Law has lost ... that’s not talent that the Center nor the law school can afford to lose,” the source said. “Those women are brilliant ... and to have that kind of intelligence, that kind of talent ... walk out the door because Linda Chanow is a horrifically inept manager at best, and a racist at worst, is a travesty.”

The source said the law school’s HR department has known about the complaints against Chanow since at least August 2018 when HR opened an investigation into Chanow and began taking statements from current and former staff at the center. Chanow herself has

overall approach to safety at SXSW. If spring break did align with the festival, Manley said APD would have these same resources in place. SXSW did not respond to The Daily Texan’s request for comment.

UTPD officer Jeanne Hall said the department will be completely staffed during SXSW, but the department does not expect crime from the festival to spill over onto campus.

“We actually won’t change our normal day to day procedures,” Hall said in a statement to the Texan. “As far as crimes or any other incidents, we really don’t see an influx during South by Southwest on campus.”

said she reports solely to the dean of the law school, according to the source.

“Linda Chanow is still sitting there,” the source said. “She’s still earning over (an estimated) $160,000 a year, and she’s still creating an environment that is hostile ... and perhaps illegal in its racial disparity.”

Law school dean Ward Farnsworth did not respond to multiple requests for comment. In an email sent to law students March 1 and obtained by The Daily Texan, he said the law school is responding to D’Aguilar’s concerns, which she voiced on social media in late February.

“The Center for Women in Law has a long track record of supporting women in their professional development, including many students from different backgrounds,” Farnsworth wrote. “A recent blog post some of you may have seen called attention to concerns about the center, including a complaint that has been made by an undergraduate who served there as an intern ... I just write to assure you that it has our attention and is being investigated in a careful and responsible way.”

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not able to afford to attend,” Cobb said. “That says a lot about Austin, and it makes me alternatively sad and angry.”

SXSW also has a discounted badge of $595 for professors to attend the four-day SXSW EDU Conference and Festival.

Radio-television-film professor Paul Stekler said some events are more accessible for students, but the actual conferences are where students can hear from real-world professionals.

“As a young filmmaker, it was really important to me to see people that were in the business and hear them talk about what they do and how they do it,” Stekler said. “I appreciate they have some discount for students, but it would be even greater if they had

more opportunities.”

A total of 289,000 people attended the event in 2018, according to a SXSW economic analysis.

Last year, the city made $350.6 million from the festival.

“Having an amazing festival in the same city as a really good film school is a wonderful combination of things,” Stekler said. “I hope as time goes on our students have more access to it because it’s a wonderful place to be.”

Radio-television-film sophomore Ziming Xie, who worked as a staff photographer at The Daily Texan last semester, got help from his parents to buy the student pass to attend the business and technology conferences at SXSW. Xie said his parents believe the price is worth it because it will be a good investment for Xie’s long-term education.

“I think the student pass is fairly priced for what it is

because the full price is highly outrageous,” Xie said. “You can really get high quality information from people who are good at what they do, and that’s not easy to find anywhere else.”

While Xie said he does not have to worry about the price of his ticket, he is frustrated SXSW is no longer during spring break because it makes it harder to attend everything he paid for.

“I think time is the biggest obstacle this year for students to participate,” Xie said.

Cobb said he thinks the festival could diversify its attentees by lowering the cost for anyone earning less than $25,000.

“It is important to have students involved in SXSW and other cultural festivals because students are people, and people should not be excluded from attending cultural events based on their income,” Cobb said.

carlos garcia | the daily texan staff SXSW attendees at Mashable House jump in a jumbo sized ball pit last year. Students struggle to attend the festival due to the high price of badges.

State lawmakers push bill to raise Texas tobacco age to 21

By Chad Lyle @lylechad

Last week, nine state senators filed a bipartisan bill to raise the age one can legally purchase and consume tobacco products in Texas to 21. Senate Bill 21 includes smoking products such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes and juuls.

SB 21’s primary author, state Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, is joined by Democratc state Sen. Kirk Watson, whose district includes UT-Austin, among others. A companion bill, House Bill 479, was filed in the Texas House of Representatives by state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond.

Under the bill, the sale of tobacco products would be regulated similarly to alcohol. It would require Texans provide identification at the point of purchase to prove they’re over 21. Alexandra Loukas, the principal investigator for UT’s Tobacco Research and Evaluation Team, said she approves of the policy.

“I think it’s a good idea because we know that policies impact behaviors, including tobacco and nicotine use,” said Loukas, a health education professor.

“Increasing the smoking age to 21 might decrease smoking rates, particularly among young adults.

This is really important because young adults, 18 to 24-year-olds, are now starting to initiate use of tobacco nicotine products at a higher rate than are adolescents.”

Loukas said preventing young people from taking up smoking would have long-term benefits for society at large.

“If we could curtail the use of these products at that age, that would be very beneficial at the individual level but also at the population level in terms of

saving money, saving years lost in productivity, all that kind of stuff,” Loukas said.

In a press release, Zerwas said he believes increasing the age of tobacco consumption would have far-reaching benefits.

“As a physician, the health-related importance of this proposed legislation can’t be denied,” Zerwas said. “As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, I’d also like to point out that (the bill) isn’t just responsible public health policy, but it’s also fiscally responsible for the State of Texas.”

Claudia Rodas, director of the Southern Region for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said policies like SB 21 help combat millions of dollars spent by the tobacco industry to attract young customers.

“The tobacco industry has spent such a significant amount of money marketing to our youth and young adults,” Rodas said. “In Texas alone, we know that they spend about $645 million, if not more, dollars targeting our young and youth adults. These type of policies are meant to counter those marketing tactics that we know that are used within the tobacco industry.”

As for SB 21’s effectiveness, Shelley Karn, the project director for the Tobacco Research and Evaluation Team, said people familiar with the issue expect it to be successful in decreasing the number of young people who consume tobacco products.

“We know that 90 percent of people start smoking before the age of 24,” Karn said. “I think that everyone behind the bill can vouch for the idea that it would be expected to help. We won’t know until it happens whether or not it will help, but we can assume that it will based on the evidence of when people start using tobacco.”

If SB 21 is passed, Texas will become the eighth state to raise the legal smoking age to 21.

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EDITORIAL

UT now has the second largest endowment in the country. What does that mean?

By The Daily Texan Editorial Board Last month, The Daily Texan reported that the UT system now has the country’s second largest endowment at $31 billion.

As the second wealthiest university system in the country, it’s easy to wonder why we still pay for transcripts, why we haven’t seen dorm renovations and why tuition rose last year.

The University is actually

the earnings are put toward the endowment’s purpose to better the University, and with time, the gift keeps giving. UT’s endowments provide long-term and reliable funding for the UT System.

Where does the endowment money go?

The majority of UT System’s endowment is separated into two funds — the Permanent University Fund and the Long Term Fund. The remaining funds are divided into the Permanent

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pretty transparent about where their money comes from and where that large sum of money goes.

But few students understand the complexities of this system.

What is the endowment?

The Texas endowment dates back to 1876. At the time, the state set aside more than 1 million acres of Texas land to aid the development of the UT and Texas A&M University systems. The land generates revenue through leases of oil, gas and surface rights.

With the help of the discovery of oil and advancements in withdrawing it, the value of the fund drastically increased. Ten years ago, the fund was around $11 billion. Last year, that sum was $19.5 billion. Today, it’s second only to Harvard.

The distribution of this endowment is pretty straightforward.

A sum of money is gifted to the University and then placed into a pooled fund for investing. Only

eco-conscious UT has come under fire for refusing to limit oil and gas royalties or curb drilling on University land. Demands to cut ties with fossil fuel leave the administration in a tough position, given the benefits of this funding for the school.

How the University is funded, despite transparency on the administration’s part, remains murky to most students.

Funding is an inherently unapproachable subject for many students. But understanding how UT gets its money is the first step toward figuring out if this reflects our values as a university.

For many on campus, the environmental impact of fossil fuels outweighs any potential advantage of economic security for the school. For others, the benefits of a well-funded education make the environmental consequences worthwhile.

Student advocacy can make a difference in how the school comports itself, especially on topics as important as this one. But we can’t advocate for change if we don’t understand the system.

How does UT spend it?

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Where else does UT get funding?

UT receives funding from a variety of sources, ranging from research grants to athletics to gifts and, yes, tuition. A lot of UT’s funding comes from public sources, comprising 24 percent of UT’s total funding.

Twelve percent of PUBLIC SOURCES (HALF OF THIS IS THE ENDOWMENT) that money comes from endowments.

Tuition comprises 22 percent of UT’s funding, the second greatest source of income. The rest of the funding comes from smaller sources: 18 percent comes from grants and contracts, 16 percent comes from TUITION self-supporting units such as athletics, and 9 percent comes from gifts.

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Lack of EpiPens in residence halls puts students with allergies at risk

By Sanika Nayak Columnist

The University offers many services for physical safety, as well as health centers and mental health counseling. However, for those with severe allergies, on-campus dorms can present a safety issue. Although 23.3 percent of UT students report being diagnosed with allergy issues, the dorms on campus fail to be well-equipped for a possible allergy attack both in terms of resources and trained personnel. UT needs to better protect students with allergies by ensuring that every dorm floor has easy access to an EpiPen and trained resident assistants who are able to administer the EpiPen effectively.

According to business freshman Yash Purohit, who suffers from severe nut allergies, the lack of easy access to an EpiPen jeopardized his safety. Purohit, who accidentally tried a casserole with pecans in it while at a dinner, quickly became unable to breathe as the effects of his food allergy intensified.

“My friends were frantically trying to find a way to help,” Purohit said. “The RA on the floor didn’t have an EpiPen and sent us all the way down to the front desk. At the front desk, they couldn’t find an EpiPen, at which point the attack was so bad that my friends were forced to call paramedics.”

UT needs to make EpiPens easier to access in

dorms. Every RA should be properly instructed on how to administer the injection, a skill that could potentially alleviate dangerous allergy attacks early on. An EpiPen, which helps to reverse symptoms of anaphylaxis, can be instrumental in saving a person in the middle of an allergy attack. Since dorms already provide naloxone in case of narcotic overdose, they should also provide EpiPens in order to prevent potentially fatal situations.

“If the RA on the floor had been given an EpiPen in her room, the situation may not have gotten so out of hand,” Purohit said. “This is an extremely important issue that UT needs to prioritize and address because freshmen live in the dorms and deserve to have access to certain safety needs, which includes EpiPens.”

UT must make EpiPen administration an obligatory part of RA training in addition to keeping at least one EpiPen per floor of every dorm. One EpiPen at the front desk for an entire dorm building is not enough, as this can get misplaced or take too long to access. If each dorm floor was provided an EpiPen as well as a trained administrator, incidents such as Purohit’s could be handled immediately and more efficiently. If UT intends to protect its student body from potential dangers on campus, a new EpiPen policy is essential as it could help prevent allergies from posing a severe and potentially life-threatening safety risk to students.

Nayak is a communication sciences and disorders freshman from Austin.

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Not done just yet: Texas prepares for NCAA Indoor meet

angela wang | the daily texan file Sprinter John Burt races to the finish line in a hurdles race on at the 2018 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium on March 31, 2018. Burt, who also plays football, took home the Big 12 Championship in the 60-meter hurdles, and will be one of 11 Longhorns competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama this weekend.

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I believe in my training” Burt said.

“I know if I go out there and do what I’m supposed to do, I’ll do well ... My goal is to make the final. If I can place, then that’ll be a good day for me.”

Unlike Burt, 4x400-meter relay runner Kennedy Simon said she is feeling the butterflies in her stomach as her first NCAA Indoor Championship race nears. Her goal is to not let her youth be a roadblock.

“It’s my freshman year,” Simon said. “Even though I’m younger, (I’m trying to) not compete like I’m younger.”

Flannel, a freshman who’s quickly become a sprinting phenom for the Longhorns, won the Big 12 Championship in the 200-meter sprint. Still, she has mixed emotions about her upcoming nationals appearance.

“I’m confident but I’m nervous at the same time,” Flannel said. “I’m just excited to be there ... It’s a good opportunity and I just want to have fun while I’m there.”

Head coach Edrick Floréal also talked about the meet and his confidence in Texas’ ability.

“I think our women have a

really good chance,” Floréal said.

“I mean, if we can go be in the top 10, that would be very commemorable. I think the men have a better chance to be in the top four. Hopefully we can get a trophy. The guys are a little bit older ... Some of our key players are used to being in the championships, so they’ll be able to handle the pressure a little bit better.”

The Longhorns will conclude their indoor season Friday and Saturday when they compete at the NCAA Championships in Birmingham, Alabama.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

Doubles trouble WOMEN’S TENNIS

anthony mireles | the daily texan staff Anna and Bianca Turati, left to right, pose for the camera on March 7 at the Texas Tennis Center. The junior duo opted to come to Austin to pursue degrees in Exercise Science and Physical Culture & Sports, respectively instead of professional careers in Europe. As doubles partners this year, the twins have accrued a 4–1 record and Texas a No. 6 ranking.

Italian-born Turati twins join forces to form Texas’ next doubles juggernaut.

By Clark Dalton @Clarktdalton1T

onsistency has been hard to come by for the Texas women’s tennis team in the past. But two years ago, it was able to find it in a pair.

Anna and Bianca Turati, two highly touted juniors on the Texas tennis team, were born

within six minutes of each other just outside the middle of Northern Italy. During their childhood, the duo blossomed in a unique household which featured a father who was a professional skier-turned-dentist, a sister that was savvy in business and a mother who vehemently encouraged them to strive for excellence every step of the way.

“We had a great relationship with our family growing up,” Bianca said. “It was a trio between us and our sister who is graduating soon. We idolize our father since he was a sports star. Mom served as the guide who always pushed us in school and gave us the best advice. Everybody did their part. We got very lucky with our family.”

From the time they were six years old, the twins spent countless hours crafting their

backhands and forehands side by side. The constant routine eventually brewed a sense of healthy competition.

“We would compete for every little thing, whether it was our grades or who should make the bed or clean the kitchen,” Anna said. “That competition drove us to the point where we are now since we always made each other better on the court and knew how to support each other when one of (us) was struggling.”

The fierce match-point battles after school produced an ambition which paralleled their skill, posing a huge problem for opponents. Eventually, Anna and Bianca became two of the most talented amateurs on the European circuit as each garnered international attention, combining for 104 wins in singles play.

The victories also caught the eye of head coach Howard Joffe who was looking to revitalize the Longhorns after missing multiple NCAA Tournaments despite having scholarship players.

Although Anna and Bianca had the opportunity to turn professional after competing in Italy, they decided to enroll at Texas two years ago to earn their respective degrees.

“It was either Texas or go pro, but getting the degree was important,” Anna said. “We loved the campus and felt it would only delay going pro by a few years, and would help us in the future since there is always something to do.”

Although their freshman year was challenging as the two faced language barriers before learning English, the shared difficulties between the twins relieved the

pressure of finding success in an unfamiliar place.

The twins’ fortitude has sculpted one of the most sensational combinations in collegiate tennis.

Making the Big 12 All-Freshman Team was just the start as the Turatis became a huge factor for the Longhorns last season. The sisters propelled Texas toward a No. 6 ranking — its highest since 2005. The Longhorns also captured their first Big 12 regular season title since 2003, a Big 12 post-season title and a Sweet Sixteen appearance.

This season, Anna and Bianca are 4–1 in doubles play, but winning an NCAA Championship still remains their ultimate goal.

“Bianca and Anna have blazed their own trail,” Joffe said. “But both share the heart of a lion, allowing them to treat every match like it’s an NCAA Final.”

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Less than 10 months in, Berry’s impact showing on offensive end

By Robert Larkin @ r_larkintexas

Before every game, Neill Berry finds the third chair on the Texas bench and takes his seat. The 36-year-old assistant coach is close enough to advise head coach Shaka Smart during the game and only a few seats away from his players so he can share his wisdom if he needs to.

Berry arrived in Austin less than 10 months ago, but his voice already carries weight.

Hired in May of last year, the Madison, Mississippi native serves as the Longhorns’ second assistant coach and is tasked with the usual expectations — recruit well, help in game preparation and maintain good relationships with players.

But most importantly, Berry serves as a fresh voice for an offense that has struggled mightily in Smart’s first three seasons.

“When (Smart) was looking for someone for this position, he wanted someone who could help on that side of the ball, but also someone who was well-rounded,” Berry said. “I think the biggest thing that I’ve been able to bring is a fresh voice, just a little different perspective on things.”

According to KenPom.com, the Longhorns ranked 49th, 177th and 89th in adjusted offensive rating in seasons before Berry was hired.

katie bauer | the daily texan file Assistant head coach Neill Barry encourages his players from the bench in Texas’ 86-69 win over Iowa State on March 2 at the Frank Erwin Center. Berry has been instrumental in improving Texas’ offense.

He’s been called upon to fix the problem.

He built a close relationship with Texas’ guards to better understand what they see on the court and provides new ideas on how to space the floor and what the offense can do differently.

While the Longhorns’ 201819 season has mostly consisted of battling mediocrity, the offense has made great strides. In the same KenPom ratings Texas’ offense currently sits at 19th in the nation, the highest rank in Smart’s tenure.

Berry has been a big factor in that.

“He’s constantly evaluating what we’re doing on that end of the floor and giving me feedback, and he’s very passionate about it,” Smart said. “He’s got a fire inside about playing the game of basketball the right way. Sharing the basketball, moving the ball. He’s given me a lot of good stuff.”

The move to Texas wasn’t an easy decision. Like most college basketball coaches, Berry bounced around to find jobs with stops at Western Kentucky, South Carolina and High

Point University.

In 2015, however, Berry and his wife found a place they loved at Iowa State. He and his family loved Ames, and Berry himself admits that he had no plans to pursue a different position.

That changed when Texas called last spring with an opportunity he didn’t think he could pass up.

“I always thought Texas is one of the ten best jobs in the country,” Berry said. “It was going to take a special

opportunity to leave and we felt that was here.”

What pushed the job over the top was Berry’s close relationship with associate head coach Darrin Horn.

When Berry was just a cleancut aspiring young coach living in Hammond, Louisiana, Horn gave him his first job as a graduate assistant, and later assistant coach when Horn was head coach at Western Kentucky. The two later worked at South Carolina, but split up after they were both fired.

Horn personally called Berry when the Texas position opened up last year and thought he would be a good fit. And after seeing him work with the team this season, Horn firmly believes his protégé and friend has what it takes to become a college head coach.

“He’s very positive at all times, really good work ethic, brings great energy to others,” Horn said. “It’s been fun for me to watch him continue into the coach he is today. He’s ready to be a head coach. There’s no question about that.”

The fire to become a head coach still exists inside Berry.

It’s his ultimate goal. Right now though, he’s focused on the present and helping his team become better.

“I definitely have aspirations, but I’m very grateful for the opportunity here,” Berry said. “If (a head coaching job) is meant to be, it’ll be.”

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

SXSW

SXSW hosts panels on cannabis New SXSW track discusses the budding opportunities in cannabis industry.

By Celesia Smith @celsmit

s state laws about marijuana progress in the Unites States, investors, businesses and cannabis-savvy individuals have high hopes for a cannabis industry movement deemed the “Green Rush.”

South By Southwest, not one to be left behind the curve, upgraded cannabusiness from a mere trend to a full track for 2019. From March 14–16, SXSW will offer sessions that explore cannabusiness and how it intersects with sustainability, wellness and more.

The sessions will be open to all SXSW badgeholders.

Entrepreneurs already in the cannabusiness space said it was only a matter of time before SXSW included cannabusiness as a track.

Robert Flannery, founder and CEO of Dr. Robb Farms, said it fits in well into SXSW culture.

“SXSW has always been a place for forward-thinking individuals to come together and discuss what’s going on in their worlds,” Flannery said. “Cannabusiness is absolutely perfect for that.”

Flannery is speaking in a SXSW panel about starting a cannabusiness as well as a session about

emerging cannabis consumers. He said he wants to break the cannabis stereotype and showcase its health benefits.

“Ultimately, cannabis use is medical use,” Flannery said.

“More and more people are purchasing cannabis because they want to feel well. (They) buy microdoses that aren’t meant to get you high. They’re for anti-anxiety and anti-insomnia.”

Other cannabusiness sessions involve discussions on cannabis and health as well, but from a different standpoint.

Lauren Bille, co-founder of Cycles+Sex, a digital center for reproductive and sexual health, is speaking in a session called “Sex, Health and Cannabis.” Her session will include examples of sexual health issues that can be addressed with THC or CBD doses.

“We see cannabis as a tool to help you with your own embodiment,” Bille said. “When cannabis is used as a tool, it can help you with feeling good in your own body, understanding your own body (and) being closer to listening to your body.”

The Green Rush is not confined to the health and wellness space, however.

Derek Smith, executive director for the Resource Innovation Institute, a nonprofit that works to advance a resource-efficient future for cannabis, is speaking at a cannabusiness session on sustainability. “(Cannabis) is an incubation platform for new technology that will influence the agriculture of the future,” Smith said. “(It influences) hyper-efficient controlled environments that we’re beginning to see in vertical farms (in) the food industry, and even regenerative soil practices.”

Smith said he has never seen

nikole pena | the daily texan staff SXSW recently added three days of programming for economic opportunities related to cannabis. The new cannabusiness track will explore the new industry and how it intersects with sustainability, wellness, culture, sex and more.

a bigger opportunity to scale sustainability than in cannabusiness. He said he’s excited to get SXSW guests interested in this opportunity.

“It’s a microcosm of the opportunity to create a more just and sustainable model for how any industry can operate,” Smith said. “(The

speakers) completely welcome audience participation and are super jazzed about interacting.”

Some of those audience members could be UT students. Business honors sophomore Riley Steward said the novelty of the track might entice students and become a discussion topic.

“(Cannabis) is a popular topic in student culture right now not necessarily because it’s a big industry in Austin, but because it’s a popular conversation point,” Steward said.

“It’s good marketing. People will be more interested in SXSW when they hear about the track and want to learn about it.”

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5 can’t-miss female-directed films heading to SXSW festival @savannahjai

This year’s South by Southwest shows an impressive amount of female directed films, from narrative to documentary.

Women and Hollywood reports that 60 percent of films set to premiere at SXSW are either directed or co-directed by women.

With the film festival fast-approaching and with so much to do, it may seem overwhelming to pick out which movies to see. So, to help pick out a schedule, The Daily Texan has put together a list of a few female-directed films premiering at SXSW.

Booksmart

March 10, 9:30 p.m.

Paramount Theatre “Booksmart” marks actress Olivia Wilde’s first directorial feature and is the only female director whose film is premiering under the Headliners section of the fest. “Booksmart” follows the story of two studious teenage girls played by Kaitlyn Dever and Ladybird’s Beanie Feldstein. Before their high school graduation, the pair realize they’ve missed out on years of fun and try to fit it all

into one “Superbad” style night.

The film’s cast is a star-studded affair featuring Jessica Williams, Billie Lourd, Lisa Kudrow, Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte.

Go Back To China

March 9, 2:00 p.m.

Stateside Theatre “Go Back To China” is a semi-autobiographical film written and directed by Emily Ting.

Starring YouTube star Anna Akana as Sasha Li, “Go Back to China” tells a story of self discovery as Li goes from rich and spoiled to broke and getting a job at her father’s toy company.

This film delves into many endearing themes, such as family and self-actualization, while also providing an “honest look at the human cost of things that are made in China.”

Yes, God, Yes

March 8, 9:00 p.m.

Stateside Theatre “Yes, God, Yes,” debuted as an 11-minute short film in 2017, premiered at various festivals and garnered critical acclaim.

Since then, writer and director Karen Maine has created her first feature film off of the same premise and name. “Yes,

God, Yes” the movie, still stars “Stranger Things’” Natalia Dyer as a Catholic teenage girl who discovers masturbation during an AOL chat in the 2000s. This coming-of-age film is already being regarded as an important film about teenage sexuality, and it premieres on March 8 during SXSW.

Body At Brighton Rock

March 8, 11:30 p.m.

Alamo Ritz This year’s SXSW is no stranger to horror and mystery — from “Us” to “Pet Sematary,” consider adding “Body At Brighton Rock” to the watch list. Directed

by Roxanne Benjamin, “Body At Brighton Rock” tells the suspenseful story of Wendy, a parttime state park employee who one night stumbles into a terrifying journey, isolated deep within the forest. The world premiere of this thriller is being shown in the Midnighters section of the fest.

We Are The Radical Monarchs

March 10, 2:45 p.m.

Alamo Ritz Premiering in the Documentary Feature Competition, “We Are The Radical Monarchs” is

copyright ‘yes, god, yes,’ and reproduced with permission The Daily Texan rounded up some of the most anticipated films directed by women heading to SXSW this week.

directed and produced by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, a well-regarded documentarian. Her latest film follows a group of young girls known as the Radical

Monarchs, an organization created by two queer women of color.

Knowlton filmed “We Are The Radical Monarchs” in Oakland and shows the transition of this

group before and after the 2016 presidential election, where the girls fight for trans rights, protecting the environment and disability justice.

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