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The newly-elected Student Government Assembly convened for the first time. PA G E 2
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Bike lanes come to UT roads
pedro luna | the daily texan staff Thomas Fawcett, a staff member at the University of Texas, made good use of the new bike lane on Clyde Littlefield Drive Tuesday. The new lanes here may mark the beginning of more widespread implementation across campus in the near future.
First official dedicated bike lanes will be added to eastern edge of campus. By Nicole Stuessy @nicolestuessy
fter seven years of planning, a project to add the first official dedicated bike lanes on the eastern edge of UT’s campus is underway. Protected bicycle lanes on Manor
Road, from Clyde Littlefield Drive to Dean Keeton Street, have been a long-standing recommendation from the City’s 2014 Bicycle Plan. The City was able to move forward on the project following the 2016 Mobility Bond Program, said Laura Dierenfield, a active transportation program manager within the Austin Transportation Department. “We did a big participation process in the summer of 2017 called Walk + Bike Talks,” Dierenfield said. “This project is certainly one that was of a high need, and we were able to take it up soon thereafter with a public process and then work out how best to address the needs of people using the street.” Jeremy Hernandez, bicycle specialist for UT Parking and Transportation services, said in the past, sharrows, or lane markings used
on roads too narrow for separate bike lanes, have been added to campus roads. Parking and Transportation Services has been working with the Texas Department of Transportation and the City of Austin on this project to provide campus connection with bike lanes from the east side, Hernandez said. “The project was always planned to eventually add lanes,” Hernandez said in an email. “It will eventually continue and connect to Manor Road under I-35.” Once completed, the bike lanes are estimated to cost approximately $73,000 for painted lines and plastic delineators along the road to physically separate the lane from other traffic, according to the project website. Dierenfield said the Austin
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The original Austin Convention Center was considered the edge of the city when it was built in 1992 on the corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River, according to a recently released UT report. “The bulk of convention centers in this country are not very urban,” said Dean Almy, director of the urban design graduate program. “But that original convention center … now it’s the center of a really rapidly growing area.” The Center for Sustainable Development, a department of the School of Architecture, presented several different ways to develop the Austin Convention Center to City Council at the Austin Central Library Tuesday morning. The group did not provide any specific recommendations for future expansion, only projections and possible scenarios. Almy was the principal investigator in the study. He said he and a team of UT investigators conducted the study from scratch, which took over a year to research and develop. “We wanted to do it with no preconceived agendas,” Almy said. “It took us a long time to determine what we were going to look at in terms of best practices … also in terms of convention centers across the country.” A new CapMetro rail station broke ground last week on the
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Transportation Department will decide the level of separation for bike lanes based on how heavily utilized the area is. “This connection on Clyde Littlefield and Manor offers really important East-West connection for all ages and abilities,” Dierenfield said. “What we’re looking to do is try to provide that level of comfort to all people who are biking, scootering and getting to and from campus along that route.” Tristan Heinen, a member of the Campus Bike Alliance and the City’s Bicycle Advisory Council, said while this bike lane connection is nice for those cycling in that area, there still are not any safe biking connections for students living in other areas. “It doesn’t provide a connection
northern border of the convention center. A new Marriott hotel, set to open in 2020 according to Marriott’s website, is under construction across the street to the west. Research started last February and took around five months, Almy said. Almy and his team did walk-throughs of the convention center during large events to learn how the facility operated. His team also engaged with several public and private organizations associated with the Center. Almy said they discovered several fundamental problems, such as the facility’s loading bay being unable to accommodate larger trucks, as well as specific problems, like a lack of space to store chairs behind the scenes during banquets. One of the primary concerns for council member Kathie Tovo was whether any expansions would create a dead zone — an area that lacks activity compared to its surroundings — around the convention center. “We already have … (a dead zone) on one side,” Tovo said, referring to the east side of the convention center on Red River. “How can that be approached in a way that improves and really enhances downtown, rather than create distance?” Tovo, who represents the areas containing and surrounding the Austin Convention Center,
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Amidst prominent hookup culture, students, professor talk value of v-card By Celesia Smith @celsmit
As a population immersed in hookup, body count and flat-out sex culture, most college students see sex as a big deal. But despite the hype around sex in college, part of the student population continues to hold fast to their virginity. In the hypersexualized environment of UT, student virgins still face criticism for not having gotten laid. But while often stigmatized for such a personal decision, some students keep the v-card in their deck for reasons ranging from a busy schedule to a fear of sexually transmitted diseases. Business freshman Nikhil Baliga said he isn’t waiting until marriage for sex, but he wants his first time to be special because it is something to be fondly remembered. “It’s definitely an important part of someone’s life,” Baliga said. “Your first time is always special. That person is remembered. It’s like you’ll never forget who your high school prom date was. You’ll never forget who you had sex with for the first time.” Nancy Daley, psychologist and educational psychology senior lecturer, said the sex-centered culture of college campuses makes it difficult for virgins to come to terms with their choice. “It’s unfortunate that if you’re not sexually active, there (might be) something uncool about you (or) something wrong with you, in particular for males,” Daley said.
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want to be looked down upon because of social norms,” Baliga said. “They don’t want to be thought of as like, ‘Oh, they
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113th SG Assembly holds first meeting, elections By Hannah Ortega @_hannahortega_
The 113th Student Government Assembly convened for the first time at a meeting Tuesday night. Members voted in elections for a variety of positions, including speaker of the assembly and financial affairs committee chair. Jakob Lucas, a government and religious studies junior, was nominated for and then voted the new speaker of the assembly, replacing neuroscience senior Ben Solder. Lucas said he wants to promote accessibility, retention, diversity and inclusivity. “A lot of people think that Student Government’s not transparent,” Lucas said. “I think it is pretty transparent. Our meetings are live-streamed, and our Google Drive is public. It’s just not a lot of people know about those resources, and that’s where accessibility comes in, so I’d like to get a better live-streaming option than someone’s phone … and (make) monthly roundtable meetings where we can talk about SG.” The assembly elected at-large graduate representative Connor Ellington to the position of rules and regulations committee chair. Vanessa Maria Cruz, University-wide representative, will serve as the student affairs committee chair. “I was so scared to even get started (in Student Government) that I didn’t really start until my second semester, and I noticed that that’s one of the biggest problems Student Government has,” nutrition senior Cruz said. “And especially now
mckenzie bentley | the daily texan staff Ben Solder, Speaker of the 112th Student Government Assembly and neuroscience senior (left) passes the gavel to junior government and religious studies major Jakob Lucas (right) at the first 113th Assembly meeting on April 2. Lucas was voted to be the new Speaker of the Assembly as members elected and filled a variety of positions.
that the majority of the sitting representatives are first term, we need to get excited and get confident early, and so that’s what I’m hoping to bring as a student affairs chair.” University-wide representative Michael Pontikes was voted academic affairs committee chair in an election against liberal arts representative Samuel Ng. For financial affairs committee chair, there were three nominees: business representative Isaac Mackzum, social work representative Brennan Caviness and engineering representative Zach Pisarski. No
clear majority prevailed in the first election, so members voted in a runoff election between Mackzum and Pisarski. Mackzum won the position. Pisarski was then nominated for governmental affairs chair, along with public affairs representative Christopher Matos and liberal arts representative Jordan Clements. Matos was elected to the position. Clements, University-wide representative Kerry Mackenzie, transfer student representative Colby Jaeger and University-wide representative Nora Balli ran for ethics and
oversight committee chair. A runoff election between Clements and Mackenzie took place, and Mackenzie was declared the winner. “As the ethics chair, I think my focus would not only be to make sure that everybody is living up to the highest standard of being a representative, but also that you want to,” said Mackenzie, a government and Plan II freshman. “Burnout is a real thing. (I want to find) ways that we can show up and really show out, to be enthusiastic about assembly and to be really passionate about the reasons
why we’re here. Additionally, several appointments took place. Ricky Cooks will be chief of staff, Jacqueline Briddell will be communications director, Nikita Telang will be advocacy director, Matthew Kenny will be financial director, Connor Alexander will be administrative director and Angela Kang will be a member of the President’s Student Advisory Council. Another council member appointment will come within the next few weeks, and student body president Camron Goodman will serve as the council’s chair.
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Professor advocates for acceptance of students with Autism By Libby Cohen @libbycohen211
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This World Autism Awareness week, special education lecturer Lisa Sigafoos will lead her students in advocating for a welcoming setting for UT students with autism. “It’s a perfect chance to show my students how to help people understand who individuals with autism are for all of their differences about them that make them not typical to the rest of us but still productive citizens,” Sigafoos said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2018 approximately one in every 59 children were autistic. In Texas, this means approximately 493,000 people have autism, according to the Autism Society of Texas. Sigafoos said she wanted to spark conversations around autism by wearing blue and handing out fliers about the disability outside the George I. Sanchez Building on Tuesday. “There are more and more students with autism coming onto campuses, so we want them to feel accepted,”
amna ijaz | the daily texan staff Victoria Vasquez, left, joined other students in Professor Lisa Sigafoos’ class set out to spread awareness of Autism on Speedway Tuesday afternoon. They were handed small paper hearts with positive messages about Autism.
Sigafoos said. As a former teaching assistant, Sigafoos said she remembers having several students with autism at UT. From summer 2017 to spring 2018, the amount of students diagnosed with autism registered with Services for Students
with Disabilities increased 15 percent, according to the SSD website. Marissa Cole, special education sophomore, said participating in Sigafoo’s class campaign allowed her to be a voice for her peers. “There are students on campus that
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is also concerned with whether current attendance numbers warrant an expansion of the existing facility. The report includes projections on possible increased attendance after renovations due to trends in Austin’s economy and hotel market. Andre Boudreaux, Downtown Austin Alliance urban design and planning coordinator, worked on the report last year while he was a graduate student. Boudreaux said while the report was like a full-time job, it was also a passion project. “One of my goals was to … use architecture as a component in an overall urban design analysis,” Boudreaux said. “So in a way, this was a perfect segue into what I wanted to do as a career.”
The City commissioned the University to conduct the study in December 2017. Mayor Steve Adler said the City could and should consult the University with more projects going forward. “The University is one of the anchor institutions in our city, and the things that we do to improve the quality of life in this city improve the quality of life for students,” Adler said. “Frankly, it’s falling on the city to invite and to make better use of the resources and the potential and the expertise of the University.” With the study complete, the next steps fall on City Council. Boudreaux said he hopes the report and the years of research will allow City Council to go forward with confidence. “I hope it’s informative,” Boudreaux said. “It’s definitely not written as a document that’s meant to be shelved.”
have forms of autism, and I want to be supportive of them,” Cole said. “We are advocating for them, as they are going through the same things we are as students at UT.” Joy Alexander, interim executive director for the Autism Society of Texas, said she wants to see college campuses become a place where autistic people are supported. “I would like for there to be the necessary accommodations in classrooms, because I have a child on the spectrum and my child has aspirations,” Alexander said. “I would like for him to have the same opportunity everyone else has.” Sigafoos said training future teachers to be aware of their inclusiveness of all abilities in classrooms is a personal goal of hers as she and several family members have been impacted by disabilities. “I am a product of special-ed, and I had people along the way who didn’t realize my potential,” Sigafoos said. “I don’t want that to happen to other students, especially those with autism, where sometimes people don’t think they have capabilities when they really do.”
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for where the bulk of students live,” Heinen, a biology senior, said. “There is no safe bike route from West Campus to the UT campus. Not enough students use this route to make it a high priority for UT.” Heinen said he would like to see the University also put more effort into adding bike
impressed by people who hold true to their values and don’t succumb to social pressure. “(My friend) was wearing a ring of celibacy and my reaction (was), ‘Wait what? You’ve never had sex in college?’ But she went on to talk about her own beliefs,” Garcia said. “She was really passionate about waiting until marriage for sex. It’s really cool that she stuck onto her beliefs and didn’t let anyone else affect what she was thinking.” Daley said the best way for virgins to find comfort rather than embarrassment in their sexuality is to acknowledge it and be confident in the choices they made, similar to the way Garcia’s friend did. “Like any other aspect of sexuality, people starting to come out and own it and put it out there (will decrease the stigma). Students (should) say, ‘Judge me if you want to. I don’t care. It doesn’t bother me,’” Daley said.
lanes on busier campus roads, such as San Jacinto Boulevard or Speedway. “With the new lanes, you get a safe biking facility for two minutes of your ride, and then you’re sharing with buses and traffic again,” Heinen said. “It just feels a little bit like they’re checking the box on having bike lanes without actually taking a systemic and University-wide approach to the safety of students.”
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Studying role of race in STEM By Tien Nguyen @tienjpg
For years, U.S. policymakers have called for an increase in the number and diversity of students pursuing STEM degrees and careers. Yet, STEM retention rates remain a public policy challenge. “Many college students … start out interested in STEM and then switch to something else prior to graduation,” said Melissa Williams, a professor at Emory University who studies the role of race in educational and career outcomes. “This problem happens across all racial groups, but it’s especially problematic for students with an underrepresented minority background.” In a paper published in 2018, Williams and UT psychology graduate student Julia George-Jones explored the effects of race-related physical appearance on STEM retention rates. Williams said we often think of race along with physical appearance — if you belong to a certain group, you should look like you belong to that certain group. However, reality is more complicated. “Some people’s race is easy to identify, and some people’s race is not,” Williams said. “Within a particular racial group, people vary in their physical appearance.” The study found the more typical a person looked of their racial group, the more likely people were to apply racial stereotypes of that group to them.
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Americans, researchers found participants were less likely to choose the more stereotypical photo as having more STEM ability. George-Jones said these assessments occur in real life and can be a factor in whether or not a student persists in getting a STEM degree. “Repeated interactions with individuals who react negatively to a student’s interest in
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pursuing STEM can impact that student’s confidence and belief that they can be successful in STEM,” George-Jones said. As the only black student in the Dean’s Scholars honors program at UT, physics freshman Julian Sennette said he has experienced stereotyping and said he believes this discourages minority students from staying in STEM. “I cannot count the number
of times people have downplayed my achievements into ‘it’s because you’re black’ or ‘affirmative action,’” Sennette said. “That plays a role in the imposter syndrome many of us face, as it’s very easy to internalize these things and feel as if we don’t belong.” The University is taking steps to acknowledge these issues in academia. The Women in Engineering Program began working with the College of
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Natural Sciences last fall to host Bias and Inclusion Workshops that open conversations about bias to students, program assistant director Ana Dison said. “We’re really focused on building inclusive environments in engineering and natural sciences,” Dison said. “If we can get the conversation going at the student level, then (students) are the ones that can impact the climate.”
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Right-leaning Muslims feel excluded in age of Trump
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When the topic of Republican Muslims came up in a majority-Muslim group chat of Pakistani UT students, multiple Muslims responded by calling Republican Muslims “Shayateen,” Islam’s version of the devil. Another reply said those Muslims need to be kicked out of the country. Muslims who hold conservative political views feel isolated from the liberal-leaning Muslim community, according to UT Muslim students. This has caused them to be wary of sharing their political views with their Muslim peers. “I don’t want to be called the devil by my own Muslim friends,” said Aman, who asked to be identified by only his first name out of fear of backlash. “It’s scary to put yourself out there because people automatically connect you to Trump and Islamophobia.” Aman said he leans more liberal but holds some conservative ideologies. Only 13 percent of Muslims said they leaned Republican or were Republican, according to 2017 data from the Pew Research Center. In the same study, Pew nfound President Donald Trump made 68 percent of Muslims feel “worried,” including 35
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percent of those who identified as right-leaning. People may be scared to express conservative views due to President Trump’s rhetoric, regardless of their race, said history professor Alberto Martinez. “(Conservatives) are literally hiding out of a kind of fear, even though they might even be in the majority,” Martinez said. “If anyone were to support Trump, then you risk being called sexist, racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, etc.” Out of the 128 Muslim candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, only three ran as Republican versus the 33 that ran as Democratic, according to Jetpac, an organization dedicated to increasing American Muslim political involvement. The rest ran as nonpartisan. “Trump has, more than any other politician, very explicitly gone after Muslims,” Aman said. “(Many Muslims think), ‘How could you support a man who is using your religion as a tool to advances on political agenda?’” Aman said a large reason he did not vote for Trump was due to his Islamophobic policies and rhetoric. “When you try and side with a party … that’s where you get into propaganda,” Aman said. “The Muslim ban and the Islamophobia are being manufactured by the Republican
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Party. I can’t agree with that as a Muslim.” However, biology senior Ali Shah said Trump’s rhetoric should not be considered as seriously as his actions. Shah identifies as a libertarian who has right-leaning positions. “You have to realize some things he says are just out of
ignorance,” Shah said. “It doesn’t mean anything.” Petroleum engineering senior Saad Awan said while he does not agree with the Republican Party’s Islamophobic rhetoric, he can understand where they are coming from. Awan said he is left-leaning but admires aspects of conservative ideologies.
“(Islamophobic rhetoric is) also not their fault most of the time, because there is a huge part of Trump supporters who are uneducated about Islam,” Awan said. Sophia Shams, a government and economics sophomore, said she doesn’t really tell a lot of people that she holds conservative
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ideologies because of the relationship between Muslims and the Trump administration. “Especially being on the UT campus, it’s kind of weird because I know a lot of people expect me to be liberal since I’m Muslim and a woman, and that kind of fits the narrative,” Shams said.
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Texas Senate addresses student loans wrong By David West Jr. Columnist
UT will implement a new policy in 2019 requiring the University notify students once a year regarding how much they owe in student loans. As an individual who has taken out student loans and relies on them to help fund my education, I completely disapprove of these notifications. They are excessive and burdensome when the information needed to be financially informed is already available for students. At the same time, these notifications can be mentally exhausting for students. Senate Bill 0887, which the Texas Legislature passed in 2017, mandates that Texas schools of higher education send out debt notifications regarding loan accumulation to students annually in order to help them better manage their debt and improve financial literacy. “It’s a really great way to let students know ‘Here’s where you are right now in one single place’ — just to give them information about their debt on a regular basis,” said Ginger Gossman, the senior director of innovation and policy development for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Without question, all students who take out
student loans should be educated on the amount of money and interest they are accumulating from each loan taken out. However, there are several issues with the law. For one, this bill aims to provide financial literacy for students on a frequent basis when, in fact, this information is already accessible to students. When I sought to learn more about the student loans I took out and the debt I aquired, I took time to sit down, research my loan servicer and get familiar with the financial terminology. With this effort, I quickly became well-informed on how much I had accepted in loans and the rate of interest I would accumulate over time. Take it from me. The financial literature regarding debt is not at all hard to find. Considering this, students should not be burdened yearly by notifications from the University re-emphasizing how much they are collecting in student debt while they are still attending college. “It’s stressful of course — students have to focus, study, be prepared (for classes already), so if you (now) have in your mind ‘Oh I have to pay 54,000 in loans,’ it makes it complicated to be focusing (on school work),” said Rodolfo Sebastian, radio-television-film senior. Gossmman said this bill’s implementation is “not to discourage students” from taking out loans, but it may be doing just the opposite. Being constantly reminded that your debt is
increasing on a year-to-year basis while at the same time having to deal with the societal and academic pressures that come with being a college student is cruel and can contribute to increased stress and mental health issues. Gossman acknowledges that this “certainly can be (overwhelming).” “(You) are making decisions about loan debt (because) you want to complete your degree — at the same time you are making decisions about housing, transportation, what courses to take,” Gossman said. “You’re making a lot of critical decisions at the same time.” I understand what UT and other statewide educational institutions are trying to accomplish with the implementation of this bill, but this is not the correct approach. Students can and should seek information on financial stability as early as possible — they don’t need the University to consistently remind them. Instead, UT should either communicate to students the importance of financial literacy upon their arrival to the University through a comprehensive presentation or pressure the Texas Legislature to make the receiving of these notifications optional for students. West Jr. is a journalism sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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When becoming informed on political issues, it’s easy to focus on the big, national, attention-grabbing headlines. The Green New Deal. Tax policy. Health care reform. While those issues are important to discuss, students are often most affected by the legislation they don’t always hear about — legislation on a local and state level. If students want a say in how legislation affects their lives, they must keep up with local politics and reach out to their representatives. In late February, nine Texas lawmakers filed Senate Bill 21, which would raise the age to buy and consume tobacco products from 18 to 21. This bill includes e-cigarettes and Juuls, which have increased in use among teenagers over the past year. The bill was sponsored and cosponsored by 13 state senators, including Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, who represents the area surrounding the University. S.B. 21 would directly affect the hundreds of students at UT who are under 21 and use e-cigarettes. Bria Patel, a biomedical engineering freshman, said she doesn’t feel Sen. Watson is fairly representing students at UT. “The age shouldn’t be raised to 21,” Patel said. “If you can join the military, buy a weapon and vote, you should be able to buy nicotine.” According to a study done by the American College Health Association in 2017, 25.6 percent of UT students had smoked a cigarette and 16.9 percent had used e-cigarettes. However, that number is on the rise and it has become common to see students using Juuls or other vapor devices on and around campus. Because S.B. 21 affects a large number of UT students, the bill highlights the need for students to remain aware of local politics and engage with the political system. As a representative is meant to act in the
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interest of their constituents, it is important for students to communicate what their interests are. Students can interact with lawmakers through many different ways. For a comprehensive list, the Texas Senate provides a Citizen Handbook with information on how to engage with the legislative process. “How do legislators get ideas for changing the laws or creating new ones? From you,” the handbook states. The easiest method is reaching out to representatives directly through phone, email or letter. When contacting representatives, constituents are not just ignored. Offices will make note of the people they hear from and their position on a bill or issue. To find your representatives’ contact information, visit the Texas State Legislature website. Some representatives, including Sen. Watson, have a user-friendly email form on their website. The Citizen Handbook also recommends citizens “attend hearings on specific bills and register and/or testify for or against the bills.” At the hearing for S.B. 21, more people testified or registered in support of the bill than against it. With the Capitol building only blocks away from UT’s campus, students could have easily attended the hearing and tipped the balance of testimony in their favor. While the public testimony period for S.B. 21 has passed, students should consider attending hearings on issues they are passionate about in the future. And, no matter what, students can always contact representatives, visit their offices and tell their friends to do the same. Would you rather keep your e-cigarettes now, or fight for them after they’re taken away? When it comes to local legislation, don’t wait until it’s too late. Springs is a government freshman from Dallas.
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Cooper stars for shorthanded Longhorns at Bruzzy Challenge By Wills Layton @willsdebeast
While the top three players on the women’s golf team were preparing for a tournament at Augusta National, the rest of the team traveled to the not-as-renowned Lantana Golf Club in Argyle, Texas, for the Bruzzy Challenge. The tournament went just as one would expect with the Longhorns at less than full strength. Texas finished in a tie for seventh, a departure from the success of recent weeks featuring multiple top-three finishes and victories. However, freshman Hailee Cooper added to her already stellar season with a victory over the rest of the field by tying for first place in an impressive fashion. To end her round, Cooper needed to finish at three-under par, which would have required an eagle and a birdie over the final two holes. She did just that, sinking a 30-foot putt on the final hole to tie for the lead. “Obviously, it was a great
week for Hailee, particularly her eagle-birdie finish,” Texas head coach Ryan Murphy said. “She did a lot of things well the past couple of days
This is probably the top women’s golf tournament in the world right now. It’s such a great feeling to have all my work pay off.” EMILEE HOFFMAN FRESHMAN
and is very close to having it all put together where she wants it. There will be more to come from Hailee this season.” While Hailee was taking care of business in Argyle, the trio of Kaitlyn Papp,
Emilee Hoffman and Agathe Laisne practiced in Georgia for the upcoming Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which features a field with some of the top amateur golfers in the game. “This is probably the top women’s amateur golf tournament in the world right now,” Hoffman said. “It’s such a great feeling to have all of my work pay off. To be invited to this event is such an honor.” Papp, Hoffman and Laisne will make history on Wednesday and Thursday, as this is the first tournament of competitive golf ever played among women at the historic venue. “I think we’re all just super grateful to be the first women to compete at Augusta,” Papp said. “It’s something I never dreamt of as a kid that I’d be able to do it. To be able to say that I’m competing in a tournament at Augusta is an unbelievable feeling.” The golf team will reunite in time for the Big 12 Championship, which will begin on April 14.
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anthony mireles | the daily texan file Texas finished in a tie for seventh at the Bruzzy Challenge in Argyle, TX, a departure from the success of recent weeks featuring multiple top-three finishes and victories.
joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Texas A&M outfielder Cam Blake passes on the pitch as Texas catcher Michael McCann catches it. McCann finished the night with one hit and three RBIs, leading the late-game charge.
Aggies escape victorious after comeback effort stalls By CJ Vogel @cjvogeldt
Experience is the best teacher. On Tuesday night, the Longhorns were taught a lesson. The youth of the 2019 Texas squad was put to the test against No. 9 Texas A&M, which resulted in the Aggies leaving Austin with a 9-6 victory. Pitchers Owen Meaney and Donny Diaz were responsible for six runs in just four combined innings. Diaz’s runs were the result of two walks and a botched line drive by left fielder Eric Kennedy. “The difference in (tonight’s) game was they are more experienced than we are in some areas,” head coach David Pierce said. “Our young guys got exposed a little bit tonight, and the one thing I will definitely say for this team is they are not going to give in. We just got to get better. We got to (be) cleaner, and when we do that, we are going to be a really good ball club.” The Aggies led the
Longhorns 7-1 heading into the sixth inning of the non-conference matchup at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Over the next three innings, they quickly saw that lead evaporate. Texas cut the lead to 7-6 and had the tying run on third base but failed to tie the game. As a result, Texas A&M left Austin with a 9-6 victory and bragging rights for the next year until the two teams meet again. “It’s easy to pick (the young guys) apart afterwards,” Pierce said. “But it’s not like they’re not trying, and it’s not like they’re not learning from it. They’re just young.” The never-say-die approach for the Longhorns that has been so commonly displayed in ball games this season was once again showcased in front of a single-game record of 7,952 fans at the field, surpassing the mark set on March 16 against Texas Tech. “It was an electric night,” Pierce said. “For both teams, it was a fun night as far as electricity in the building.” Playing in an atmosphere
like Tuesday’s will only help the Longhorns’ younger players be ready for when the games truly begin to matter. Even though Texas has gone through a funk over the last seven games, there is no sign of uneasiness in the locker room according to right fielder Austin Todd. “We kind of feel like it’s a roller coaster throughout the game,” said Todd, who finished 3-4 at the plate with two doubles. “I know one thing, we’re never going to back down, and we’re always going to compete until the last out, which we always have.” Despite the loss to perhaps the biggest rival the school has, it’s important Texas turns around quickly and gets ready for Big 12 play which is set to resume this Friday. “It’s one midweek game. I mean, it hurts, but at the same time we can’t let it affect us,” Todd said. “We got a big conference series against Baylor this weekend, and we got to regroup this week and practice and just go out and compete.”
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019
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TCU avenged, title bound In their third meeting, Texas avenges TCU to advance to NIT Championship. By Steve Helwick @s_helwick
ess than one month ago, TCU stormed into Austin and terminated Texas’ March Madness hopes with a surprising 69-56 thrashing of the Longhorns. That loss sent Texas into the NIT, but along the way, the Longhorns received a chance at revenge. TCU triumphed in Fort Worth and in Austin, but the NIT Semifinal in New York was a different story. In the rivals’ third meeting of the season, Texas finally bested TCU and ended the Horned Frogs’ season in a 58-44 win. At the same time, Texas head coach Shaka Smart and the Longhorns punched their ticket to Thursday’s NIT Championship, where they’ll battle Lipscomb for a banner-raising opportunity in Madison Square Garden. “I want to coach them one more game beyond tonight, and we just don’t want it to end,” Shaka Smart in a postgame interview with Texas Sports radio. “I thought our guys did a good job of being aggressive, confident and loose as I asked them to be. So now we got a heck of a Lipscomb team that we get to play on Thursday.” With the realization that every game could be their last donning burnt orange and white, Texas’ two seniors sustained their tournament success. Shooting guard Kerwin Roach II pitched in 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting, scoring most of his points on strong drives to the rim. Power forward Dylan Osetkowski nearly recorded a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. When TCU attempted to assemble a late comeback and pulled within 11, Osetkowski shut down the Horned Frogs’ hopes with a three
joshua guenther | the daily texan file Shooting guard Kerwin Roach II drives to the basket during Texas’ 68-55 win over Colorado in the NIT Quarterfinal round. Against TCU, Roach finished with 22 points and three rebounds in his penultimate game as a Texas Longhorn.
from the wing as just 2:29 remained in the contest. “I mean, one-for-four from three, that was the first time realizing how many threes I took. I think every one is going in when I shoot it,” Osetkowski said on his clutch three. “It felt good. All four of them felt good, but thankfully that one went in and put this one away.” The Longhorns’ defense forced TCU to its worst half of the season offensively. TCU missed 16 of its final 19 shots in the first 20 minutes, registering a season-low 17 points in a half. Many of the Horned Frogs’ possessions that didn’t end in missed shots resulted in turnovers or offensive fouls. Texas’ relentless defense, combined with Roach’s finishing ability, bolstered the Longhorns to a 31-17 halftime lead. “Every time down the floor after they scored, we talked about, ‘We need a stop. We need three stops in a row,’” Osetkowski said on Texas Sports radio. “On the defensive end, we did a great job of that tonight.”
They kind of took it to us from the 3-point line in transition both games, so we just wanted to make sure that we eliminated that this time.”
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Texas locked down the paint and forced poor shot selection from the Horned Frogs. TCU ended the night shooting 28.3 percent from the floor. The Frogs’ front court of Kouat Noi, JD Miller and Kevin Samuel combined for just 11 points on 5-of-22 shooting. Desmond Bane, responsible for ending Texas’ March Madness dreams with a 34-point outing on March 9, led TCU with a team-high 12 points. “It’s our third time playing them. There’s not too much else that we don’t know about each other,” Osetkowski said. “They kind of took it to us from the three-point line in transition both games, so we just wanted to make sure that we eliminated that this time.” One of 10 college hoops teams still alive, Texas advances to its season finale against Lipscomb — a team Texas defeated 80-57 last season at the Erwin Center. Tipping off at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Texas is focused on shipping hardware back to Austin as it hunts for its first NIT championship since 1978.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019
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Making bug-munching mainstream Austin nonprofit Little Herds may make eating insects more appetizing. By Molly Bolf @mollybolf5
rom kombucha to poke bowls, Austin residents have a history of embracing long cherished ingredients from other cultures and not letting go. The future of eating bugs in the U.S. is near, and it may just get its start in Austin, said founder of nonprofit Little Herds, Robert Nathan Allen. Entomophagy, or the eating of insects, is popular everywhere else — to be specific, 80 percent of the world’s population — and America is late to the party. Austin’s unique and diverse population of students, entrepreneurs and food enthusiasts means it could be one of the first cities to seriously engage in bug munching. Allen’s nonprofit Little Herds is dedicated to educating future generations on using bugs as an economically and environmentally friendly source of nutrition. Austin is the perfect starting point for normalizng insects, Allen said. “Austin is a very health conscious, environmentally conscious city,” Allen said. “There’s foodies eager to branch out, and incredible chefs that draw inspiration from cuisines all over the world. There’s also an intrepid entrepreneurial community here.” Anthropology senior Andrés Garza said he was introduced to eating insects by his social circle – friends and coworkers from backgrounds where dishes with insects aren’t uncommon, such as Mexico and Korea. “I enjoy snacking on grasshoppers. They can be (flavored) salty or spicy, have a lot of protein and they’re
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good for you,” Garza said. Garza said he hopes more people will give insects a chance and understand why it’s been a staple in so many cultures. “Eating bugs is often seen as a sign of poverty. People think, ‘They eat insects because they have nothing else to eat,’” Garza said. Garza said this assumption leads Americans to think that eating insects is a dirty, unappetizing last resort, exclusively for people in developing countries. Allen said this stereotype is far from the truth. “In many countries, Thailand for example, insects are considered a delicacy and cost more than animal products,” Allen said. “Pre-Hispanic
civilizations like the Aztecs, Toltecs and Mayans revered insects as a specialty — more valuable than chocolate or spices.” Allen said he expects insects to be the new normal by 2050. “My grandparents considered sushi dangerous and disgusting, because it was raw fish, and that was considered common sense,” Allen said. “My parents’ generation considered sushi to be for special occasions. My generation is able to get sushi 24/7 at HEB now.” Business senior Dan Martinez said he was initially hesitant to try insects but has changed his outlook. “I realize now (my hesitance) was my own egocentric notions of what food should be,” Martinez said.
Neuroscience senior Ally Frybach was introduced to crickets in snack form while attending a bug-eating festival. Frybach, a vegan, said although she believes insects are a good alternative to animal products, she does not wish to incorporate insects into her diet for ethical purposes. “Insects tend to be more expensive, I didn’t enjoy eating them and I don’t need it as a protein source,” Frybach said. For those who eat animal produce regularly, Allen said using insects as a nutrition source can be a significantly more humanitarian alternative to livestock. Farming insects can improve the livelihoods of the people farming them, alleviate environmental stressors and offer a humane alternative to
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the manner in which typical livestock are raised and butchered, said Allen. “There isn’t a natural or painless way to butcher animals, as much as we can try. But with insects, we simply lower the temperature and let them expire as they do in nature,” Allen said. Austinites looking for a sustainable snack are a short drive away from cricket protein bars, spiced whole crickets, Oaxaca-style grasshoppers and more. Aspire Food Group of southeast Austin farms crickets for tasty snacks available at HEB, and most natural grocery stores frequent insect products as well, Allen said. “You shouldn’t limit yourself to what you’ve had,” Martinez said. “Otherwise, you’re eating the same things over and over your whole life.”
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