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Professors aim to start program to save students textbook costs. PA G E 2

UT introductory Spanish classes require too much experience. PA G E 4

San Antonio band hosts festival benefitting victims of sexual assault. PA G E 5

After meeting six years ago, two track stars continue their friendship through the sport. PA G E 6

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UT faculty works to reduce costs of course materials By Laura Doan @ledoan17

A committee of UT professors is trying to institute a program that has saved students millions of dollars on online course materials at other universities. If the program, called inclusive-access, is adopted, UT students taking courses requiring online texts or courseware will be billed during registration for those materials. Jen Moon, chair of the committee spearheading the effort, Technology-Enhanced Education Oversight Committee, said these materials will be highly discounted by publishers. “It costs the University nothing to participate,” said Moon, associate professor of biology. “The publishers are actually the ones taking the hit to reduce cost, and they see a benefit because they have a guaranteed population of students associated with the course (to buy those materials).” Moon said students at the University of Indiana saved $16 million in their course materials in the seven years following the program’s implementation, and students at the University of Alabama have saved $1.3 million since adopting the program in 2018. Moon’s goal is to institute a pilot test of inclusive-access by fall 2020, and she said she invites any professors with online materials to participate. “I’ve never met a professor who doesn’t want to save money for their students,” Moon said. “This is something wae’d all

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Landscape Services cleans up, prepares for graduation By Nicole Stuessy @nicolestuessy

Glitter and confetti are popular props to use in graduation photos, but the debris stays behind on campus grounds long after the photo shoots are over. UT Landscape Services will clean up the leftover debris from popular campus areas, such as Littlefield Fountain, Battle Hall and in front of the Tower, along with performing normal landscaping maintenance work to prepare for the commencement ceremony in May, landscape supervisor Michael Klemmer said. “Really from about now until graduation you’ll just see (pollution) happen in a handful of areas and the crews who work those areas pretty much know about it,” Klemmer said. “They just use a blower or pick it up. We do strongly encourage to not (use confetti) in photos because confetti makes its way into everything.”

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New housing policy disrupts graduate student living arrangements By Morgan O’Hanlon @mcohanlon

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eon Staines, his wife and young son moved from Mexico to Austin in 2017 in order for him to pursue his Ph.D. After spending nearly two years on a waitlist that’s currently 900 people long, they moved into Colorado Apartments in February. Now, along with 80 other households, they will be forced to move due to changes in University Apartments policies announced last month. “I have never been in a vulnerable position in my life until this moment,” Staines said. “The whole thing has been very aggressive … I don’t feel that we were included at all in this decision.” University Apartments is a group of three apartment complexes — Brackenridge, Colorado and Gateway — owned by University Housing and Dining and available to undergraduates, graduate students, their families and other non-familial registered guests. Previously, each of the three complexes accommodated a wide range of living situations, but the new UHD policies, announced on March 11th, would reorganize the residents. Under the new policies, families will be required to move to the Brackenridge complex, non-familial registered guests will no longer be permitted to live in University Apartments, and the Colorado and Gateway apartments will be rented out on a room-by-room basis to students only. These changes would create space in University Apartments for up to 190 additional UT student contract holders, according to UHD. UHD residence life director Mylon Kirksy has been working since the policy change announcement to negotiate the rollout of the policy changes through a series of meetings with tenants, student representatives and campus leaders. UHD said it is not open to delaying the process, however, after hearing complaints from residents, UHD released accommodations to the policy changes, including an option for student tenants who meet certain requirements to delay their apartment transfer until June 2020. The department will also provide additional means to financially assist residents who must make an apartment transfer. “We recognize that there are unique circumstances which may require exceptions not listed above so we will consider accommodations on a case-bycase basis,” UHD said in an email.

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Texas legislator challenges tuition deregulation By Katie Balevic @KatelynBalevic

As students face rising tuition, Texas legislators are trying to undo a previous law that deregulated tuition costs. The 2003 Texas Legislature passed a law deregulating tuition at Texas’ public universities, which allowed universities to set their own tuition rates without legislative oversight. State Rep. Mary González, D-Clint, said she was a student at the time and opposed the law. Now, she is trying to reregulate tuition with House Bill 132, which would cap tuition. “In 2003 … I was really passionate about tuition because I was a student, and I came to testify about the deregulation of tuition at the time and my concern for the impact on tuition,” González said at the House Higher Education committee meeting on Wednesday. “Now, as a student graduating this year with my Ph.D., I realize the impact that the deregulation of tuition has had on our state, so (House Bill) 132 is about reregulating tuition to create accountability and transparency to our taxpayers.” González said the state average for total tuition and fees has doubled since 2003, from $3,868 to $8,450. “Just graduating with a bachelor’s degree alone (is) an average of $30,000 (in debt) … which is over 70% of (recent graduates’) wages,” González said. “For students of color, this debt can average over 100% of their first term wages. We can no longer ask our students to go into debt.” Gabriela Garza, a UT alumna, said she followed in her parents

joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-Clint, introduces House Bill 132 to the House Higher Ed committee on Wednesday. HB 132 aims to undo previous tuition deregulation laws created in 2003 by establishing a tuition cap.

footsteps by getting a UT degree, but her parents paid about $3,000 for their tuition per year, while she has paid more than $8,000 every year. “I was not able to put myself through university the way that they were,” Garza said. “I am left with a significant financial burden of student debt postgraduation … I deeply believe that by making it more difficult to attain higher education and making it more expensive, we are limiting opportunities and making it more difficult for people to

achieve the American dream of having the opportunity through education to succeed and to have to achieve the life that they want to live.” Engineering Ph.D. student Samantha Fuchs said the problem persists for graduate students too. “At the graduate school level, the funds from my engineering department cover my tuition costs,” Fuchs said. “For other graduate students, they don’t necessarily have a well-funded department. They

wind up having to pay the tuition costs themselves, which means doubling up on loans from undergraduate and graduate careers, leaving them up to $150,000 in debt for fields that do not necessarily correspond to high salaries after completing their degree.” State Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, said he voted for tuition deregulation in 2003 and regrets it. “I wish I had the vote back,” Smithee said at the committee meeting. “It’s been a mistake,

and what it’s done is instead of forcing regents and administrators to live within a budget, if they need more money, they can just write the check by raising tuition … We’re going to make college education unaffordable for most Texas families, and that’s a real shame.” González said she hopes HB 132 passes, but one of her staffers, who declined to be quoted, said it may not happen because the bill lacks support from universities. HB 132 was left pending in committee.

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There are currently 700 registered guests living in University Apartments, 60 of whom are UT students. UHD said the policy change will not displace any UT students, and there will be enough space to accommodate any of those 60 students who want to become contract holders themselves. The remaining non-familial registered guests who aren’t UT students will have to move out by July 1, 2019. Mary Frances Lopez, a Ph.D. student in the department of Spanish and Portuguese, said she would not have come to UT if she’d known about the impending housing changes. She lives in a two bedroom apartment in Brackenridge with her cousin, a registered guest with no UT affiliation, with whom she splits rent. Now, her cousin will have to leave and Lopez will take on the full rent expense. “It felt like they forced me into a choice between my Ph.D. and supporting my family,” Lopez said. For residents like Staines, a lack of affordable housing options in Austin will force them to comply with changes, disruptive as they may be. The average cost of a one bedroom apartment in Austin is $1,354. The average cost for a one bedroom apartment at University Apartments is only $708. “This is really a cheap option compared to the rest of the city,” Staines said. “They know we are going to accept.” Throughout Austin, including University Apartments, the average cost of a one bedroom apartment increased by approximately 20% between 2016 and now. Graduate student hourly wages have only increased

by 1.7% since 2013, according to a survey of 694 graduate students conducted last year by the Graduate Student Labor Conditions Committee. The survey of graduate students also reported that 50% of those without a full tuition waiver and 30% of those with a full tuition waiver take second jobs in order to make ends meet. However, for some University Apartments residents, taking a second job isn’t an option. 80% of University Apartments contract holders are international students, whose spouses, or they themselves, may be limited in their employment options due to their visas. Nino Bariola, a fifthyear sociology Ph.D. student who currently lives in Brackenridge with his wife and young daughter, recently defended his dissertation and won’t be living in University Apartments next year. However, he helped organize residents into the Tenants Association on March 17 in response to the policy changes and has been coordinating its own meetings to push for a delayed policy implementation. He said students need to be properly considered in the rollout of new policies because of their disruptive effects. “I personally have been receiving phone calls (from tenants) saying, ‘This is really disturbing, this is making me depressed or anxious or having mental health issues in general,’” Bariola said. Bariola agrees with UHD’s goal to make housing accessible to more students, but said the current process has been tainted by miscommunication on the part of UHD. “To upset our living condition and to do so without providing research and data that someway shows that this will improve to us the livelihood of a lot of other students — that, to us, is very disturbing.”

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anthony mireles | the daily texan file Inclusive-access, a proposed program by a group of UT professors, aims to heavily discount required course materals for students by billing students during registration for those materials.

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rally around.” If UT institutes the program, the University Co-op could negotiate prices with the publishers. Cheryl Phifer, chief executive officer of the Co-op, and Michael Kiely, director of course materials at the Co-op, said they support inclusive-access. “We’re supportive of everything that’s good for students,”

Phifer said. “We’re excited about the idea of them bringing this to UT.” Moon said materials purchased through inclusive-access will be digitally available by the first class day, which could help students who normally delay in buying textbooks. “There have been a number of studies that show that for every week a student delays in getting the required materials, their letter grade drops an average of half a grade,” Moon said. Moon said students can

opt out of purchasing materials at registration, and any student who drops a class before the twelfth class day will be refunded. Business freshman Emily Zhou said she will buy her materials at registration if inclusive-access becomes available. “Almost half of my courses have had online textbooks so far or courseware that’s online,” Zhou said. “So, definitely if I could get that at reduced cost, that’d be nice.”

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Groups seek to honor cyclist killed in crash, call for change

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eddie gaspar | the daily texan file The Campus Bike Alliance is working to create a permanent memorial for Tony Diaz, the 39-yearold cyclist killed in a collision with a CapMetro bus on Jan. 28, after the University removed Diaz’s “ghost bike” from San Jacinto Boulevard.

The Campus Bike Alliance is also working with members of Student Government and the office of the Dean of Students to put up a permanent memorial Bike Austin sent a letter to the for Diaz, following the UniverUniversity calling for immediate sity’s removal of Diaz’s “ghost changes to San Jacinto Boulebike.” A ghost bike is defined by vard after the death of Tony Diaz, Macmillan Dictionary as “a bithe 39-year-old cyclist killed in a cycle which is painted white and collision with a CapMetro bus on left in a particular place in memJan. 28. ory of a cyclist who has “The University is very been killed.” saddened by (Diaz’s) fatali“I think it’s important ty,” said Jim Walker, Camto remind us that there pus Master Plan Advisory are things that the Unicommittee member. “We versity should be doing There are a lot of ways never want that kind of … to guarantee the safety thing to happen. When it they could do a tempoof students,” Lentz said. does, it … sharpens our forary fix that would allow “I think it’s good to have cus and the efforts that we a ghost bike there to rehave going.” a separate lane for cymind people that when The letter was sent on someone dies on the clists without having to behalf of 23 individuals street, it’s not just a numand groups, including reconfigure the ber. It’s something that Colton Becker, 2018–2019 has repercussions.” street entirely.” student body president, University spokesperson James Lentz, Campus Bike J.B. Bird said the UniversiJAMES LENTZ Alliance president, and ty is encouraging the CamCAMPUS BIKE ALLIANCE PRESIDENT Elizabeth Meuller, direcpus Bike Alliance to seek tor of the graduate proout a long-term memorial gram in community and street entirely.” for Diaz. regional planning. In 2013, the Campus Master “We were grateful to host The letter urges the Univer- Plan advisory committee created (the ghost bike) on a temposity to “consider immediate im- plans that included the addition rary basis,” Bird said. “It’s great plementation of protected bike that we have students that of bike lanes to San Jacinto Boulanes on San Jacinto.” are advocating for safety and levard. However, this plan has “(The University) should not yet been acted upon. honoring (Diaz).”

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make changes to make the road a safer street for students,” civil engineering senior Lentz said. “The best way to do that would be to have separate lanes for bicycle traffic. There are a lot of ways they could do a temporary fix that would allow a separate lane for cyclists without having to reconfigure the

received as much funding in grants as the other six faculty members in his department combined and published more articles than his five white colleagues who received an “exceeds expectations” score. However, he received a “meets expectations” merit score. “We are invisible, our accomplishments are invisible,” Gonzalez-Lima said. “What we concluded was that it is social capital and not merit that

positions for deans, vice deans, associate deans and assistant deans, only 10 of these positions were held by Hispanics. There are only five Hispanic professors at UT Hispanic faculty members are the lowest paid faculty who are a department chair and have often been excludand only two Hispanic faculty ed from higher positions, serve as deans. Cañizares-Esaccording to an ongoing guerra also said endowed committee analysis. chairs have the highest staThe Independent Equity tus in the University, and Committee consists of eight there is only one Hispanic in Hispanic professors from the this position. College of Liberal Arts. His“When it comes to tory professor Alberto structures of power and Martinez, the commithierarchy in this Unitee’s chair, led the data versity, Hispanics are collection with history not only the lowest paid professor Jorge Cañizafaculty of the entire Unires-Esguerra. According I’m saying it’s not comversity, but they are the to their report, Hispanic ones who have the least plete, but I would also say faculty earned 4.6% less power,” Cañizares-Esthan their white counthat their data is good as guerra said. terparts in 2016. Gordon said the coman indicator of the things mittee’s The committee’s reinformation port focused on four collected is not official that we need to work departments in COLA: University data, so there anthropology, history, on, and that’s why we’re are some issues with it. sociology and psycholGordon said UT’s Counworking on them.” ogy. They found 69% cil for Racial and Ethnic of Hispanic professors Equity and Diversity FRANCISCO GONZALEZ-LIMA in those departments PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR is collecting data about were at the bottom of Hispanic faculty to make the salary scale, and recommendations to 77% of these profestruly determines your salaries the provost. sors were in the top 10 of the and your merit raises.” “I’m not saying that their most published faculty in The Office of the Executive data is not valuable, or I’m their departments. not even saying it’s wrong,” Vice President and Provost “The information we have Gordon said. “I’m saying it’s also reported 63% of Hispangathered is appalling,” Cañizanot complete, but I would also ic professors achieved tenure res-Esguerra said. “In short, say that their data is good as over the past ten years, which there is evidence of extensive an indicator of the things that is the lowest rate compared marginalization to Hispanics.” we need to work on, and that’s to other races. However, over To determine who receives why we’re working on them.” the past five years, 86% of salary raises based on merit, Despite this, Martinez said Hispanic professors achieved the psychology department the data showed Hispanic tenure — at the same rate as evaluates professors’ peforunderrepresentation was a white professors. mance through their Merit systemic problem. “The University has isReview Committee. Facul“It’s not individual … its sues to work on, but they’re ty members who receive an general and systemic,” Marnot straight forward,” said “exceeds expectation” score tinez said. “And only if you Ted Gordon, vice provost are suggested to the dean for prove that it’s general and sysfor diversity. merit raises. temic do people say ‘Oh wow, Recently, the commitPsychology professor it is a problem. We have to Francisco Gonzalez-Lima has tee discovered of the 130 deal with it.’”

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ALUMNI

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copyright urgent care for kids clinic, and reproduced with permission Two UT alumni expand their pediatric practice, Urgent Care for Kids, to address problems across Texas with emergency rooms lacking pediatric care providers.

UT graduates expand pediatric clinics, improve virtual platform By Benita Lee @benita-s-lee

The emergency room — often the first stop for parents when their children are sick — can be more than an hour away for residents in rural Texas. Additionally, these emergency rooms often aren’t staffed with pediatric providers. UT alumni Kevin Pearce and Brian White, who both graduated from the McCombs School of Business in 2004, founded Urgent Care for Kids in 2011 to solve these problems and plan to expand their business this year. “So here you are. You’ve got a kid, your most prized possession, who is sick,” Pearce said. “You don’t know why, but you have no real pediatric resources with which to use to make them better. We saw this missing void and said, ‘We could do this better.’” Urgent Care for Kids is currently adding to their pediatric clinics across Texas and improving their virtual platform, Pearce said. “Our whole role was to make a customer-focused, pediatric-specialized program that would help these children and families at the time when it mattered most to them,” Pearce said.

“As a part of that, we felt there were opportunities in the virtual care space to send the top-notch pediatric care in our clinics to the state of Texas.”

You don’t know why, but you have no real pediatric resources with which to use to make them better. We saw this missing void and said, ‘We could do this better.’” KEVIN PEARCE UT ALUMNI

Last July, Urgent Care for Kids started offering a service called Virtual Care for Kids, which allows a parent to video chat with a pediatrician, Pearce said.

Management senior Thalia Perez said this service makes health care more accessible to people who can’t take off work to take their children to a pediatrician. “People are really busy nowadays in our fast-paced environment, so it’s really hard to get to the doctor or make an appointment,” Perez said. Urgent Care for Kids is partnering with El Paso Independent School District through its virtual platform and will have the largest in-school telemedicine partnership in the nation, Pearce said. “(We) have the opportunity not only to build a neat business, but we have the opportunity to deliver a service to families in Texas, and hopefully throughout the nation, that is really impactful in their lives and their children’s health,” Pearce said. Finance junior Neha Grover said the atmosphere in the business school makes students want to improve themselves and benefit their communities. “I think (Urgent Care for Kids) is really awesome, and we have great grads that work really hard,” Grover said. “All our professors really motivate (us) to be what’s going to change the world.”

Geography senior Kate Shirley said she thinks seniors should look into using other environmentally friendly props, such as bubbles, in their photos. “Glitter is really bad for the environment, and it’s really easy for glitter to get from the front door of Battle Hall to the Waller Creek watershed,” Shirley said. “It’s so easy to just not do it.” Confetti or glitter that makes its way into Littlefield Fountain is filtered out of the water, said Laurie Lentz, communications manager for Financial and Administrative Services. This task is performed by Zone 4 maintenance, a unit within the facilities services department. “They have a very fine net that they use to scoop out

that debris in the fountain,” Lentz said. “Things left behind like bottles or cans are recycled, and then the rest goes in the trash.” Lentz said maintenance crews will also recirculate the water in Littlefield Fountain to prevent algae growth from turning the water green. “They don’t use chemicals to clean any of the fountains,” Lentz said. “For commencement and certain other special events, they actually turn on the fountains so that you have (the water) spray into the air.” Klemmer said tree trimming is another important part of preparing for commencement to ensure branches aren’t blocking the audience’s view of the ceremony. “Every year we know, ‘OK, they’re going to set up a big stage here, or they’re going to put up a big screen here,’” Klemmer said.

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“That’s all pretty much the same thing every yaear because those trees grow back and so we just clear those things back.” Around spring break every year, Klemmer said Landscaping Services will block off the South Mall lawn to ensure the grass looks good in time for commencement. “If we didn’t do that, it would just get used so much that the grass would just simply never grow,” Klemmer said. “It would just get beaten down.” While this prevents students from being able to study on the lawn during nice days, Shirley said she understands why Landscaping Services plans ahead. “The grass needs a little bit of downtime,” Shirley said. “It’s disappointing for students, but if we want to have beautiful lawns, it’s just part of maintaining the University.”

nikita sveshnikov | the daily texan staff A sign lies amid the glitter outside Battle Hall. Although signs have been taped outside the building in attempts to discourage glitter throwers, they have been continually ripped down by students.

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UT Spanish classes require too much experience By Isabella Waltz Columnist

On my first day of SPN 601D, the professor walked into the classroom speaking rapid Spanish. I felt my anxiety rising as I realized I had no idea what she was saying, despite the years of Spanish I’d taken in high school. She switched to English to explain some pivotal information about the class, including the alarming statement that this was the most English she would ever speak. This turned out to be mostly true, though she spoke slowly and was patient when we needed her to repeat things or explain them a different way. Despite my initial anxiety, I was able to fall back on some of the vocabulary and grammar I learned in high school to get through the course. However, my classmates who didn’t take Spanish in high school had to work much harder to keep up. While immersive teaching styles work for some students, it can cause those with no exposure to the language to feel discouraged about their ability to succeed in the class. For these students, a slower-paced introductory course would be less overwhelming and more effective. The first course in UT’s Spanish track, SPN 601D, is a rigorous introductory course that aims to

cultivate linguistic competence. While the course has no prerequisites, its fast-paced nature can intimidate students lacking prior knowledge of the language. Many students hear about the difficulty of the course from their friends and opt to take easier online classes through other colleges to get their language requirement out of the way. Advertising sophomore Marty Abell opted to take Spanish online after hearing about the program’s difficulty. “My roommate is taking Spanish through UT,” Abell said. “I’ve heard her complain many times about the complexity of the course and how it forces her to neglect her other classes.” If the Spanish department were to offer a separate introductory class for students with no previous language experience, it could encourage more students to take Spanish at UT. While in-person classes pose certain challenges to students, they result in a more comprehensive understanding of the language after completing the lower-division track. “I have not learned a lot in my (online) course, because there are always tricks to make it easier and skip through the curriculum quickly,” Abell said. “I would definitely sign up for an introductory course if UT offered it.” Spanish lecturer Rose Potter believes students are more likely to achieve proficiency by taking classes in-person. “Learning a language is communication,”

said Potter. “Communication requires interaction with other human beings. Communication with a machine can be convenient, but you’re not going to get the same support, the same level of nuance.” Introducing an accessible in-person class would encourage more students to reap the benefits of learning a new language face-to-face. This lack of motivation to learn an additional language extends far beyond UT. According to America’s Modern Language Association, the overall number of students at American universities enrolled in language courses has been steadily falling since 2009. “It’s an enormous loss for us as a nation that we have so many students who are monolingual and monocultural,” said Potter. “It doesn’t matter what job you have, if you’re bilingual, you’ll have more opportunities. When you learn another language, your world doubles.” If students without prior knowledge had the opportunity to take an introductory Spanish course that catered to their lack of experience, they would feel less intimidated by UT’s demanding program. This way, more students would feel confident that investing time and effort into their Spanish coursework would result in highly valuable personal growth. Waltz is a radio-television-film senior from Dripping Springs.

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Students should drink more water By Henry Corwin

have severe effects on how people feel emotionally. “(Dehydration) doesn’t just (affect) how you’re thinking, but also how you’re feeling in terms of Feeling fatigued, unhappy or anxious? While mood,” O’Malley said. these may sound like a normal part of the college Anxiety rates increase when it gets hot. This experience, you could just be dehydrated. is caused by chemicals in the brain being off-balWith summer approaching, Austin is beginning anced and affecting mood, which is partially a to get hot. When it gets hot, it’s important to drink result of dehydration. water. But are UT students drinking enough of it? Journalism sophomore Lydia Wagner said Health authorities recommend drinking at least that while she makes a conscious effort to stay eight cups of water each day. However, after asking hydrated, it is not always easy. She encourages 34 random students, I found 58.7% of them drink others to make sure they stay hydrated because less than the recommended eight cups. The Instishe recognizes the effect dehydration can have on tute of Medicine recommends men drink 13 cups mental health. of water each day and women drink nine, which “It’s really hard to stay hydrated as a college stuwould put this percentage even higher. dent because you’re constantly running around,” Moreover, 75% of Americans experience Wagner said. “Being dehydrated is just one more “chronic dehydration,” and in a study published (way) that college students don’t need to make their by Health Promotion Perspectives of 245 undermental health worse.” graduates, students consume O’Malley said that the far less fluid than the daily Longhorn Wellness Center recommended average. has partnered with the Office Students need to drink an of Sustainability to get more adequate amount of water water bottle filling stations Dehydration does each day because of the negaacross campus, which protive physical and mental health not just affect people motes both sustainability effects of dehydration. and hydration. She also said physically - it can Dehydration has been the Center provides educaknown to have physical efhave severe cognitive tion on hydration through fects on the body. Headpeer education workshops. effects.” aches, nausea and fatigue are But it doesn’t matter what some common symptoms steps the University takes of dehydration. if students are not using Dehydration does not just affect people physiavailable resources. cally — it can have severe cognitive effects. A study Carrying around a reusable water bottle and by the Georgia Institute of Technology found tracking hydration by setting a goal are two ways that dehydration can affect people’s attention, students can stay hydrated, according to O’Malley. coordination and ability to problem solve. She also stressed that drinking water is not the This study found that participants made more only way to get hydrated — eating fruits and vegerrors in attention-related tasks as the amount of etables is another great way to maintain hydration. water they received decreased. With these accessible ways to stay hydrated, Dehydration can also affect your energy level, students can easily increase their water intake. which may surprise some students, said Brittany “Just like eating a balanced diet and getO’Malley, assistant director of prevention at the ting enough sleep (is important), hydraLonghorn Wellness Center. tion is just as healthy of a habit to build and “When people are thinking about energy, maintain,” O’Malley said. they’re thinking about maybe sleep or food, but hyThe effects of dehydration aren’t always dration is a part of that as well,” O’Malley said. “Beobvious. However, they can build up and be ing a college student, having energy to complete devastating. Don’t forget to drink enough all the things that you need to do in your life to be water daily. successful is important.” Corwin is a journalism sophomore from Long In addition to brain function, dehydration can Island, NY. Columnist

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MUSIC

San Antonio band combats sexual assault

Proceeds from sleep well.’s music festival go to Rape Crisis Center. By Thomas Galindo @bubbagalindo

an Antonio band sleep well., comprised of students from different Austin-area universities, came together to combat sexual assault in San Antonio’s music scene. For the second year in a row, lead singer and journalism sophomore Andrés Garcia organized Besito Fest, a music festival in his hometown to raise money for the Rape Crisis Center of San Antonio. Besito Fest will take place May 30 at the Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex in San Antonio. Garcia said this idea came from observing the city’s music scene. “The San Antonio music scene has been very messy,” Garcia said. “Recently, a bunch of artists were outed as abusers and rape sympaeddie gaspar | the daily texan staff thizers in the scene. We would canAndrés Garcia of sleep well. (Mark Fountain, Dominic Gomez, Andrés Garcia, Marco Martinez, Ricky Olivarez) has conceived Besito Fest to raise funds for the Rape Crisis Center of San Antonio. cel shows because we didn’t want to be on bills with them.” around San Antonio at Besito Fest well. drummer, said this event is “We want to transfer who we This issue inspired the first creating and maintaining safe are as a collective into who we are spaces in the scene.” who will be able to keep the monimportant in establishing a status Besito Fest, where all attendees online,” Garcia said. This diverse lineup has included could be comfortable and not worey they make from sales. These quo for music festivals. The band will release their first many of Austin’s top local bands ry about their safety. To ensure the “The mission of it is so are separate from the fundraising such as last year’s headliner pop studio album later this year and show will be a safe environment, aspect of the festival. Dominic important,” Fountain said. “I bouncers will be briefed with a list band TC Superstar. This year’s Gomez, Southwestern University know concert venues have some of have launched a GoFundMe page to collect donations to profesheadliners are indie pop band the of abusers and abuse apologists the highest rates of sexual assault sophomore and bass player, said sionally record in a studio. Marco to whom they should deny en- irons and alternative rock band among anything in the country. this helps to promote local artists. Martinez, St. Edward’s University try. Garcia said exclusion of these Wrongbird. Garcia said all the artIt’s really bulls--- because a place “It’s definitely a worthy cause, abusers and apologists is import- ists are aware of the cause that the freshman and sleep well. guitarist where there’s music should be the all the proceeds from tickets sales ant to the event. and keyboardist, said they want to show benefits. go to Rape Crisis Center of San safest place on earth.” “The fact that artists continue bring their performance energy to “When we pitch Besito Fest to a Antonio, but then all artists are alWhile the indie pop band is to get booked that have a track re- band that we want to book, we say, the recordings. lowed to keep 100% of their sales largely focused on putting together cord of abuse or sympathy to abuse “When we do songs live, we ‘You’re not getting paid for this, as well,” Gomez said. “Not only a good show at Besito Fest, Gar- have new layers that you don’t protecting abuserswill isn’t keep right,” you andconnected this is why,’” Garcia said. “A Texasand Student Media cia said their stage presence isn’t Garcia said. “A big reason that hear in the recordings and sound good amount of the time they’re does it support local art, but then with daily links to the news, sports and culture a concern for them. They want to we’re doing Besito Fest is to prove cool about it. It’s really cool of you’re also supporting a cause that, better,” Martinez said. “We want stories shaping the community. be able to have the same presence to promoters that you canUT book for the most part, is overlooked.” to take the time to create somethem to play a show for free.” in their digital music that they a very diverse cast of artists and thing we can be proud of as There will also be local Mark Fountain, Southwestern merchants and art vendors from University freshman and sleep do onstage. a group.” still draw an insane crowd, while

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TRACK & FIELD

Track stars’ friendship goes the distance

Worley, Rogers reflect on six-year friendship as season winds down. By Myah Taylor @t_myah

hen distance runners Alex Rogers and Sam Worley first met, they didn’t know that they would both find a home at Texas — or that they would become best friends. The story of Rogers and Worley’s friendship began in the fall of 2013 when the two were cross country teammates at Canyon High School. However, they didn’t instantly connect. Rogers, then a junior, was the team’s top runner. Meanwhile, Worley, a freshman, was developing as an athlete and pursuing other interests. Their differing skill and commitment levels hindered their interaction. “I was not as good as Alex was my freshman year,” Worley said. “We were in different pace groups. … Outside of running, I was also in band and doing other things.” As time progressed, Worley’s abilities, as well as his relationship with Rogers, strengthened. Once Rogers realized that Worley shared a similar competitive mindset, he wanted to keep the younger runner in his orbit. By the fall of 2014 the friendship solidified when the duo started running together on the weekends. On their runs, Rogers and Worley talked endlessly. After finishing, they always grabbed breakfast. Before races, they would meet at the ice baths. Worley would bring oatmeal, and Rogers would bring bananas and chocolate milk. They’d mix up the ingredients for a prerace meal and later have a final moment together ahead of each meet. Through their friendship, Worley gained a role model, and Rogers gained the brother he never had. “Once we clicked together, that was it,” Rogers said. “I had him, and he had me. … It was really just us against whoever wanted to come our way. But he’s obviously outgrown (the little brother role) — he’s a grown man now!” After graduating from Canyon in 2015, Rogers continued his athletic career at Texas while Worley remained in New Braunfels, completing high school. The friends were not as close as they had been once Rogers started college, but they spoke occasionally and always supported each other whenever

copyright ben crawford, and reproduced with permission Texas track athletes Sam Worley (left) and Alex Rogers (right) have been friends since their time together at Canyon High School in New Braunfels, Texas. When Worley committed to run at Texas, Rogers said it was “probably the best news I’ve ever gotten.”

one of them had a big race. Sometimes, Worley would come to Austin to visit with Rogers and his Longhorn teammates. The visits made it easier for him to commit to Texas once it was time to sign. “I had already been coming up to hang out with the team, so I knew I already had a family (at Texas),” Worley said. “The guys on the team were super awesome and welcoming and kind of accepted me as their own. I knew it was because of the friendship I have with Alex.” Rogers was ecstatic when he got the call from Worley about the signing, describing his friend’s commitment to Texas as “probably the best news I’ve ever gotten.” Once Worley arrived at Texas, Rogers gained his best friend and some new competition all in one. Both members of the sub-four minute mile club,

the two are elite athletes driven by their intense will to win, so whenever Rogers and Worley are racing against each other, their friendship is pushed aside for a few minutes. “In the race, I want to beat (Worley). I know he wants to beat me,” Rogers said. “There’s no ‘Ahh, I’ll let him get this one.’ Nah, I’m gonna try to get mine as long as I can. But it’s all love.” Worley echoes Rogers’ sentiment. When it comes to races, winning comes first for him. But no matter the result, he always supports his friend. And they both love seeing each other run fast. Although running at Texas has taken up a lot of their time together, Rogers and Worley still make room for fun. After the JDL DMR Invitational in February, they were on the hunt for some dinner. Valentines Day was just one day earlier, so when they went to a nearby grocery store, they left with

a cookie cake that had the words ‘Be Mine’ written on it. They jokingly posted a picture of themselves together with the cake before devouring it. But these special moments may be ending soon. With Rogers’ graduation approaching, his days at Texas are numbered, raising questions about his future and how his friendship with Worley will be maintained. Whether or not Rogers will leave to run with a professional team or continue training with Texas is uncertain. But Worley will be supporting him either way. For now, they’re just enjoying the time they have left and remaining hopeful that their friendship will go the distance. “Leaving really sucks … but (our friendship) is like one of those things where you can pick up where you leave off,” Rogers said. “Things will be the same eventually. Distance — it doesn’t really matter too much.”

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Longhorns look to snap 15game losing streak to Sooners By Sydney Tasman @sydneytasman

Texas has welcomed a number of talented teams to Austin this season but none quite like the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners. The Longhorns have lost each of the last 15 meetings with Oklahoma. Their last win against the Sooners was five years ago to the day — a 9-0 shutout on April 18, 2014. “There’s a lot of situations where there’s teams that have dominated other teams for however many years, and sometimes you just gotta say enough is enough,” outfielder Reagan Hathaway said. “We’re tired of getting beaten by them. It feels like our time, and we’re just gonna go out there and play our game.” Historically, Texas has been unsuccessful when facing top-ranked opponents, holding just a 4–15

mark against such teams all-time. To change that, Texas head coach Mike White is approaching the series one game at a time. “It comes down to who plays best on the day,” White said. “Obviously Oklahoma is loaded with talent. … They hit well, they got a great fielding percentage, they got deep pitching, but we don’t have to beat them in all three games. … If we get one, then we go for two. We can’t try and win all three at one shot, so it’s one pitch, one out at a time, and that’s what we gotta do.” Entering Thursday’s series opener, Texas is 7–3 in the Big 12 and 36–9 overall. In the past, White has credited some of these victories to his team’s capitalization on its opponents’ mistakes. But he also knows if the Longhorns aren’t careful against the country’s top team, they could easily face the same fate. “We got to execute most of the games that we have

won by big margins, and we’ve done so because the other team has made errors — either walks, errors (or) mental mistakes,” White said. “That’s how we’ve run ruled teams. Oklahoma will do the same thing to us if we do those things. … We keep those things to a minimum, then we have a chance in every game, and that’s our goal.” The rivalry has been a highly anticipated series for many Texas players who are looking forward to redeeming themselves after years of losses to the Sooners. Their first opportunity of the weekend will begin on Thursday at Red & Charline McCombs Field. “I’ve been looking forward to this series the whole entire season,” Hathaway said. “It’s gonna be one of the craziest series I’ve ever been apart of in my whole career here, and I’m really excited to see what we can do in that type of environment.”

joshua guenther | the daily texan file Outfielder Reagan Hathaway swings at a pitch during the Longhorns’ 10-0 victory against Texas State on April 3. Texas begins their three-game series against Oklahoma on Thursday.

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