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Students fear redevelopment of East Riverside will leave them without housing. PA G E 3

UT should help educate students on how to safely use ride share. PA G E 4

UT research team to explore colorism in Ghana over Summer. PA G E 8

Longhorns begin Big 12 Tournament play against Oklahoma State. PA G E 6

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Workday switch causes issues

Taller West Campus buildings add affordable housing By Jackson Barton @Jackson_Brton

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UT officials call the change a success, but some employees call it a ‘nightmare.’ By Chase Karacostas & Brenna Hinshaw @chasekaracostas @brenna_hinshaw

t’s affected every corner of campus, and few people have anything good to say about it. But for once, the grumbling isn’t about construction. It’s about UT’s switch to a new payroll system, Workday. Last November, UT completed its switch to Workday, a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Management system. Simply put, Workday is an online program UT now uses to manage things such as payroll, travel reimbursement, research grants and more. The cost to implement Workday was $72 million, according to UT officials. The switch from the last system, which was first built in 1972, was more than necessary, UT

faculty experts say. But it hasn’t been easy or mistake-free. Some employees have even called it “a nightmare.” The complaints have been widespread, from being paid late or underpaid to simply not understanding how to use it. Both students and faculty have been affected, and while UT offered Workday training, students and faculty complained about the timing of the trainings and being asked to attend them off-the-clock. The training was also not mandatory. Despite the problems, Dana Chapman, associate vice president for enterprise business Information and technology solutions, said the transition to Workday has mostly been a success, and her team meets daily to address problems they are constantly tracking across the entire University. An independent firm, KPMG, has also been evaluating UT since 2016 and called the switch

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“highly successful.” “Of course, they also say ‘Here are some things you can do better,’ because their whole purpose in being here is watching us,” Chapman said. “So yes, we think it went smoothly, but so did this independent group.” That doesn’t mean the transition has been simple. The Daily Texan previously reported complaints from students and faculty about the transition. Students working for RecSports reported issues that included having to approve time sheets several times, needing to badger managers when a time sheet was submitted and having several pay periods that had to be corrected with additional pay in the following cycle. For some, the problems with Workday have ceased but only after several months.

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New housing units in West Campus could soon rival the UT Tower and the State Capitol in terms of height, as long as developers add more affordable housing. Allie Runas, electrical and computer engineering senior, is a member of the The Central Austin Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee. The Central Austin Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee unanimously approved a plan to nearly double the allowed building height in inner West Campus Tuesday night. If developers reserve 10% of their housing units to anyone making less than 50% of the median family income in Austin, they can build up to 300 feet in inner West Campus. These housing units would be rented at approximately $603 per bedroom. The University Neighborhood Overlay, which went into effect in 2004, is a development plan giving West Campus developers incentives to provide affordable housing. Currently, the plan allows developers to build higher if they reserve 10% of their units for “low-income” tenants making less than 60% of the median family income in Austin. CANPAC’s amendments to the plan add another layer of affordability for tenants. The amendments would require 10% of their units to be reserved to people making less than 60% of the median family income and an additional 10% of units for people making less than 50%. Developers usually must provide a certain amount of

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UTPD monitors campus protests to ensure safety, protect free speech

By Libby Cohen @libbycohen211

angela wang | the daily texan file UT Police Department officer talks with two UT students during YCT’s rally in support of Brett Kavanaugh on Oct. 2. UTPD officers go through deescalation training, and UTPD will not engage unless there are security concerns or threats to student’s safety.

By Mason Carroll @MasonCCarroll

Four Texas State students were arrested last Wednesday during a protest on their campus. Similarly, UT saw multiple protests last week, and each time, the UT Police Department was standing by. UTPD does not engage at these protests unless there is a real security concern, Captain Chris Bonnet said. Each UTPD officer

participates in mandatory and supplemental training on de-escalating situations using verbal skills and active listening, Bonnet said. Officers will not step in unless there is a critical threat to safety or a security concern. “We really only get involved after individuals will disregard the instructions of University officials,” Bonnet said. “It comes down to us interacting with the students on a daily basis. That sets the tone for

how we interact with the students during a peaceful assembly or some kind of protest activity.” Bonnet said UTPD is content-neutral. Regardless of what a group is saying, as long as it is not illegal, they are there to protect students who want to peacefully protest and observe the event. “We’re just there to make sure that everyone has a right to engage in protected activities,” Bonnet

said. “Chief (David) Carter — one of the parts of his mission for us on these things is to defend the (First Amendment). The Constitution applies to everybody equally, whether they’re a student or not.” Police officers in Texas are known as Peace Officers. Bonnet said they take the job seriously of keeping the peace, so it’s important to start with the officers who are part of their team.

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UT-San Antonio launched an initiative last week to teach students how to engage in disagreements respectfully. “Free speech and respectful discourse are completely consistent and important values of society and the University,” UT System Chancellor James Milliken said in a statement. The Respectful Discourse initiative promotes productive dialogue between students at UTSA by incorporating education on engagement and debate into current curricula, inviting guest speakers and training faculty in respectful discourse. The initiative was announced a day after the Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2100 aimed at protecting all forms of speech and expression on college campuses. Students can expect implementation by fall 2019. “One of the reasons universities are around is to address big, stinky problems in society and teach the next generation on how to do things,” said UTSA dean of libraries Dean Hendrix, who chairs the steering committee. “You have to place emphasis on this, because the students who will be able to have conversations with people who disagree with them in the future will be better off than people who run off of pure emotion.” The initiative’s website lists examples of respectful discourse, such as “(Avoiding) escalation to verbal, emotional or physical harm” and “(Assuming) a need to compromise and a willingness to do so.” Hendrix said it is designed to give students the tools to debate, but he is not concerned with the content of their arguments. “It’s not going to be issue-oriented. It’s much more meta, much more philosophical,” Hendrix said. “What we’re tackling is, can you come to the table in

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good faith? … Are you willing to change your mind? That’s good faith.” Hendrix said one reason the initiative was launched was to supplement students’ online experience with faceto-face conversations to help them disagree respectfully. He said traditionally-aged college students who grow up with social media can become “keyboard warriors,” unwilling to compromise. “When you’re in a bubble online and you’re spending what the average American spends online … adding discourse into that is threatening because you’re safe in the bubble,” Hendrix said. “That ends up having a lot of downstream consequences for our public square.”

UT-Austin spokeswoman Shilpa Bakre said UT currently does not have a similar program, but firstyear interest group leaders receive comparable training. “We are unable to speculate about future programs and can only speak to our current services,” Bakre said in an email. UTSA is currently rated yellow on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s website, which monitors individual rights and free speech at American colleges. This means they have at least one speech code policy that is too ambiguous. Laura Beltz, the foundation’s policy

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reform program officer, said the new initiative’s encouragement of productive disagreement is a step in the right direction, but UTSA should still protect disrespectful speech. The initiative is not a policy or rule, so it would not affect the school’s FIRE rating, Beltz said. “A lot of times, protests or things like that, demonstrations on campus, they aren’t going to be civil or respectful,” Beltz said. “Sometimes things can get heated, so it’s good to remind students maybe being respectful is the best rhetorical tool that you can use, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that speech that is disrespectful speech isn’t protected.”

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parking for every unit in inner West Campus, but the plan would eliminate this requirement entirely. Runas said the parking requirement currently reduces the amount of units developers tend to build. Mike McHone, who helped write the University Neighborhood Overlay in 2004, said the plan will encourage developers to move away from parking and reduce the amount of automobile traffic in West Campus. Other areas of West Campus defined by the plan, including Guadalupe Street and outer West Campus, will also see increases in allowed

Chard-Yaron said they had a full house. Johnson is pushing for a moment of silence on campus to provoke thought around these events. “A moment of silence in school is not to mandate any particular prayer but to have the ability to have every student have a moment of silence to think, to meditate, to contemplate, to pray,” Johnson said. “We want people to be a little more mindful of what is going on in this world and to increase acts of innocence and kindness, and that’s where we are focusing right now.”

building height if the developers opt to provide more affordable housing. Runas said some neighborhoods bordering the plan are worried about higher buildings encroaching on their property. “I think that some of the neighborhoods get really scared of height getting close to them,” Runas said. “But … if we’re thinking about this as a 15-year solution, I think we should be building the plan that we want in 15 years and not the plan that just needs to correct for what’s happened.” Runas said the University’s record-setting freshmen enrollment numbers as well as the recent luxury developments in East Riverside — which might dissuade

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“It starts with recruiting and training folks who we think are going to be a good fit for our team and for our community,” Bonnet said. “Somebody who is comfortable interacting with students.” Delaney Davis, government and Spanish junior, said she has observed multiple student protests on campus. Davis said she feels safe during these events, and she understands why UTPD is at protests and events. “I think that we’re a college campus and … people definitely have a right to free speech,” Davis said. “I think the First Amendment is something important that should be protected, but I think there is a line between that and hate speech.” Hana Arriaga, international

students looking for affordable housing — are indications that demand for housing in West Campus will continue to increase. “I don’t see UT not growing,” Runas said. “People are going to have to go somewhere, and we’re one of the few neighborhoods that has a working affordability program.” The plan to amend the University Neighborhood Overlay must still be approved by City Council. Advisory committee member Mary Ingle said before the plan reaches City Council, it will go through several other city commissions. “This could take months,” Ingle said. “Sometimes it takes years. We’re hoping it

relations and global studies sophomore, said she believes police monitoring during protests is essential because UT is massive. Students should still be able to participate fully in protests, Arriaga said. “Being at college is a very transformative time in our lives as students,” Arriaga said. “I think being able to voice our opinions in a safe environment is essential to having that full college experience.” Bonnet is a UT alumnus and said he was able to engage in various protests and speeches when he was a student. This is one of the main reasons he wanted to work at UT, Bonnet said. “I know I speak for a lot of the department when I say we want young people today to continue to be engaged in what’s going on in our country, and we want them to do so in a peaceful and respectful way,” Bonnet said.

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A student employee for RecSports, Jane, told The Texan that while the problems with Workday only delayed her purchase of a plane ticket for an upcoming vacation, she knew of other affected students who needed the money for necessities such as rent or food. “Obviously it’s super inconvenient. When they mess up the pay, it’s just so much of a headache to go back and fix, and then I don’t even know what I got paid for,” Jane said. “For me, it’s really not as big of a deal as some of my peers, because they are using it to pay bills.” Another student, Catherine, who works two jobs at the University, described confusion over how her different positions were paid. One position was hourly, while the other was paid via stipends. For the stipend position, she had to submit a certain number of hours into Workday to get paid. But after the switch to Workday, the number of hours needed to meet the stipend’s threshold increased, resulting in her not getting paid for that job for several weeks until

she found the error. “There was just this whole entire miscommunication of how stipends work with Workday,” Catherine said. “It’s frustrating.” A faculty member in the College of Fine Arts also had issues with understanding how to use Workday. He said several UT officials offered him various ways to receive the training, but all options would be on his own time. However, Adrienne Howarth-Moore, interim associate vice president for human resources, said all approved training should happen during regular work time, and “off-the-clock work is not an appropriate work practice.” Patrick Forrest, a Workday expert, said it can take years before any institution can iron out the kinks. Forrest said Workday has also grown rapidly in recent years and called it a “shiny new toy” of the payroll industry, but this has created a shortage of people who know how to use it. Prabhudev Konana, information risk and operations management professor, said Workday has had a growing market in higher education in recent years.

Despite this, the depth of detail and configuration each institution needs to make a “smooth” transition looks rough. Chapman said her department expected a rough first year, but they prepared as best as possible. Across the University, hundreds of people were given the chance to test out Workday six months before it launched, and the program was run for more than a year sideby-side with UT’s prior payroll system to find issues before the final switch. Even with this preparation, Chapman said they have experienced issues with how to process retroactive pay, as well as finding the people who were underpaid, and making sure managers approved time sheets. Most of the problems, including retroactive pay, will be ironed out as her team and Workday roll out more improvements and fixes in the coming months. And with the last two pay cycles, Chapman said they began using a tool to override the need for supervisors to approve time sheets when they are forgotten. The University is also running “weekly on demand” pay, which allows them to retroactively pay employees as soon as

they find out there is an issue, rather than waiting for the next pay cycle. Chapman said while it is hard to learn and adjust to, Workday was the best option for UT, given its mobile app accessibility, ability to configure to each department’s needs and constant updates the company sends out to improve their system. Ultimately, Konana said UT needs to help “reset the expectations” of its employees with what the full processing of switching to Workday will be like, because problems were going to crop up no matter what. “If you ask me what the biggest problem was in the implementation, it was that there were very high expectations for the system,” Konana said. “And when things go wrong, you run into trouble … You are trying to change how the entire University operates.” Anyone who experiences issues with payroll or Workday can reach out to their department’s human resources manager, and there is also a helpline, 512-471-8802. Editor’s Note: The names of students in this article were changed for fear of alienating their managers.

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anthony mireles| the daily texan staff From above, the redevelopment of East Riverside Drive can be seen with the new Oracle campus and luxury apartments coming close to the affordable housing options southeast Austin has to offer.

Students worry redevelopment of East Riverside will leave them without affordable housing.

By Maria Mendez

ani Kidane found a letter posted on the door of her East Riverside apartment March of 2018. “It was taped to my door, and it was talking about something like connectivity to the Oracle Campus,” said Kidane, a UT Health Science Center at Austin graduate student. “I read it and I was like, “what?’ and then I didn’t think too much about it because, you know, I was just confused.” But then Kidane saw videos from Defend our Hoodz, an anti-gentrification community organization, explaining that a rezoning application had been filed to change the Town Lake apartment complex into a high end housing, retail and office space. That’s when Kidane began to worry. “I started to find out more and more, and I was like ‘Wow, this is really scary,’” Kidane said. With a pending rezoning application for Town Lake and four neighboring student apartment complexes a year later, Kidane and roughly a thousand tenants are still anxiously waiting to learn about the future of their housing on East Riverside. East Riverside has long served as an affordable housing alternative to West Campus. But the Riverside area, located southeast of UT and near downtown in the historically black and Latino East Austin, is undergoing a redevelopment process that UT students fear will eliminate its affordable housing.

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As The Daily Texan first reported in April 2018, the letter Kidane received was to inform her and her neighbors that Nimes Capital — which owns the land on which the Town Lake, Ballpark North and the Quad apartments sit — was seeking permission from the City of Austin to rezone and ultimately redevelop them into a mixed-use building project. The rezoning request has been postponed

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indefinitely because of ongoing city reviews, including a traffic study, said Scott Grantham, the city case manager for the application. A community meeting, which was marked by protests, was held this March, and Grantham said the request is now estimated to reach two public hearings in June and August. The Austin City Council is ultimately in charge of final approval. The rezoning of the area as a mixed-use project would allow Nimes Capital and its partner Presidium Group to carry out their vision for what they call 4700 East Riverside, formerly known as Project Catalyst, beginning in 2022. Michael Whellan, the attorney for the project, said 4700 East Riverside would add park space and “a mix of housing, retail, restaurants, offices, medical offices and a hotel.” The 97-acre project, neighboring the Oracle Campus, could increase the current 1,308 apartment units into 4,709 multi-family units, according to the rezoning application. And Whellan said the project would add income-restricted housing for lower-income residents not present in the current apartments. The project could provide between 400 to 565 income-restricted units for rental rates estimated at $900, Whellan said.

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When neuroscience junior Jessica Meza first read an article detailing the proposal in 2018, she panicked. Meza moved into a room in Ballpark North, for which she said she pays $450 per month, after her freshman year because she could no longer afford an on-campus dorm. “I don’t know where else I would want to move or could move,” Meza said. Meza joined Defend Our Hoodz, which has mounted multiple protests against the project over the last year. “It’s not for us,” Meza said. “(Developers) are gonna say, ‘Oh, you know, its development, it’s going to make progress … But the reality is — sadly, these ideas of revitalization or development — it’s never really for the people

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that live there currently.” Developers say because the apartments primarily serve students, who often lease rooms for a couple of years, the project wouldn’t displace long-time residents like other developments have in East Austin. However, Meza said she knows residents who aren’t current students, including her sister who graduated from UT years ago and still lives in Quad West. Mike McHone, a long-time West Campus realtor, said the increasing affordability of West Campus brought on by the City’s 2004 University Neighborhood Overlay plan used to force Riverside apartments to have more competitive pricing. “What has happened in response to UNO, is that units in Riverside have cut their rates to compete,” McHone said. “But at some point in time, they can’t cut their rates anymore, and more of those projects are being redeveloped to other uses.” Kidane, who lived in West Campus as an undergraduate thanks to scholarships, said her current income and financial aid no longer allow her to afford an apartment in West Campus. Neuroscience junior Desiree Ortega lived in West Campus when she first transferred to UT in 2016, but then the first-generation college student’s mother lost her job — just as her dad worked a second job to support her. So, Ortega moved to Ballpark North, where said she is able to pay about $200 less than her West Campus lease. After facing an assault in her apartment complex last fall, Ortega said she hopes to leave the area but has been limited by her budget. “I want to leave, but I can’t because I can’t afford anything else,” Ortega said.

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‘It’s inevitable’

Jake Wegmann, a community and regional planning assistant professor, said the redevelopment of Riverside, including project East Riverside 4700, may be unavoidable. “I think it’s inevitable,” Wegmann said, explaining that the market will drive the direction of redevelopment in the area. To cope with the rising cost of living, Grantham said the city plans to use a $250 million bond to help implement a Strategic Housing Blueprint for the development of new and preservation of existing affordable housing. UT may also need to step in and offer more affordable housing options if it hopes to serve students from lower-income backgrounds, Wegmann said. “In many ways, UT is a leader in student diversity and inclusion, but I think Austin’s getting so expensive that housing is becoming a threat to that value,” Wegmann said. If the rezoning is approved, Whellan said long-time residents impacted by the first phase of development would be given the “opportunity to move into other Quad complexes scheduled for later redevelopment.” Qualified longterm residents will be given priority to move into the first income-restricted apartments, Whellan said. But Kidane said she fears the looming redevelopment of her apartment complex will eventually spread and hurt neighboring residents of East Riverside. “It’s just an affordable place to live,” she said. “So if this isn’t here, my goodness, where are they going to go?” News reporter Jackson Barton contributed reporting to this story.

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Instituting pronoun policy would promote acceptance, benefit students By Julia Zaksek Columnist

Your professor is calling out names for attendance. You wait with a culminating sense of dread. The professor calls out what they think is your name. You cringe inwardly and raise your hand. Your professor, looking at the attendance sheet, ignores you. The student beside you, trying to help, calls out, “She has a question.” Your stomach twists. That’s not right either. Your professor looks up and students turn. All eyes are on you. You lower your hand. “Never mind.” UT has a diverse student body. Students at UT may identify as transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming or in other ways that do not fall within the strict male/female binary. These students might not use the name that’s listed in UT’s official student registry and they may not use pronouns that match the sex marker listed. Thus, what may seem like an ordinary roll call can be stressful and uncomfortable for students who do not identify with the information the official UT record lists. If students want professors to use their correct name and pronouns, they often have to correct their professor. In the bustle of classes, students may not have the opportunity to speak privately with their professor or even feel comfortable doing so. In order to create an inclusive environment for all students, UT needs a system that allows students to

inform their professor and peers of their pronouns without drawing unwanted attention or alienation. “Correcting pronouns is always terrifying,” psychology junior Sam Sanders said. “I’ve never corrected pronouns because it’s always terrifying.” Sanders said while they wish professors and students would take their correction in stride, correcting pronouns often leads to intrusive questions, unwanted attention and even mockery from other students. “One time when I was working on campus in the summer, one of my coworkers was talking about the (writein) pronoun option on a form, and he was making fun of it saying it was ridiculous,” Sanders said. “I don’t trust cis(gender) people to have the right reaction when I correct them.” Sanders said instances such as these make them hesitant to correct others and single themselves out. There are several ways students could indicate their pronouns to their professors. Many small- to medium-sized classes include an icebreaker at the beginning, allowing students to say their name and major. Asking students to also say their pronouns in these small class settings would allow transgender and gender non-conforming students to share their pronouns without feeling alienated. “I always try to ask students for their pronouns in my gender studies classes,” lecturer Susan Somers-Willett said. “Often, the rosters that we receive do include a gender marker, but there’s only two markers, and that doesn’t honor the

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full range of gender identity across our student population.” Somers-Willett said that while an icebreaker may work for a smaller class, it’s harder to accommodate larger groups. However, professors with larger classes could ask students to write their pronouns down on a signin sheet or when filling out a survey in Canvas. “I really support asking for pronouns, and I go by cis(gender) pronouns,” said Claire Eckardt, a human development and family science freshman. “Regardless of how I or others identify, I think that every student deserves to feel safe on campus and included.” Adopting a policy that requires all students to share their pronouns will ensure students don’t feel alienated from their peers. “Anything less than a policy for everybody is going to single trans people out and make it weird for them,” radio-television-film junior Alison Richman said. Asking students to share their pronouns gives them the freedom to comfortably express their identities. “I think it’d be a good blanket policy, so we as faculty don’t assume who our students are,” Somers-Willett said. Professors asking students for their pronouns would make campus classrooms safer, more accepting and more inclusive for students of all genders and gender expressions. Zaksek is a Plan II and women’s and gender studies freshman from Allen.

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Earlier this year, Samantha Josephson, a 21-year-old college student from South Carolina, did exactly what nearly every college student will do at some point in their college career: She called for an Uber after a night out with friends. But she got into a stranger’s car she thought had arrived to take her home. That car was not her Uber, but rather a violent predator who kidnapped and killed Samantha. The tragedy inspired students on her campus to start a public safety campaign for students, suggesting people ask ride-hailing drivers “What’s my name?” to ensure they are who they claim to be. UT students are not safe from this threat, either. Earlier this year in Austin, two men were attacked and robbed by a fake Uber driver when they were being picked up on 6th Street.

Raising awareness of basic safety tips could prevent tragedy, so UHS should create a program to teach students about ride-hailing safety.” UT should use the AlcoholEdu program to raise awareness of this issue and to ensure students know how to prevent this kind of crime. Uber includes safety tips for identifying drivers on its website, but most students likely won’t encounter this page on their own. Mandy Colbert, health promotion coordinator for University Health Services, said UHS does not collect any data on student awareness of ride-hailing safety and doesn’t include specific training for ride-hailing in their programs. However, they do offer guidance on alternative ways to get home safely at night. “We talk about UT Night Rides and the bus,” Colbert said. “We don’t have anything specific about ride-sharing after a night of drinking, but we talk about general safety.” Since ride-hailing safety has only become a prevalent issue in the last few years, it is understandable that it wasn’t incorporated into the program earlier. However, the fact that people are being kidnapped and even killed in a scheme that can be prevented by checking a license plate or asking for your name means UHS should work to integrate at least a small section on basic ride-hailing tips into their mandatory alcohol education programs in the future. Drew Poovey, electrical and computer engineering senior, occasionally uses ride-hailing apps to ride home at night. He always checks the model of the car and the license plate listed in the app to make sure it’s the right car. However, he notes that not all students may have this awareness. “Especially when they are inebriated, I assume a lot of students are less aware and probably do not check if all of the information matches,” Poovey said. Buses are not always available, and Lyft itself is part of UT’s night transportation programs. This means there is a chance someone using a service offered by UT could become the victim of a violent crime. Raising awareness of basic safety tips could prevent tragedy, so UHS should create a program to teach students about ride-hailing safety. Govil is a computer science and government senior from Austin.

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KVRX Fest combines headliners from Austin, across country By Thomas Galindo

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Austin-based band Blushing likes to blur the lines of their music in regard to genre. They are often categorized as dream-pop, and have an early-90s influence. They avoid playing their softer songs on stage and lean toward jamming out with their dreamy, but dirty sound to keep the audience engaged. Blushing will be performing at 7:10 p.m. on Saturday at Symphony Square.

In KVRX Fest’s inaugural showcase, local artists and featured headliners from around the U.S. will bring their act to the Live Music Capital of the World. The festival will take place Friday and Saturday at Cheer Up Charlie’s and Symphony Square. There are 40 bands set to perform, with 24 of them based in Austin. Here are six of the artists, local and featured, who will be there this weekend.

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1. Frankie Cosmos

New York City-based indie-pop band Frankie Cosmos is the main headliner for the event. The group consists of four members and is led by the soft-spoken lead singer Greta Kline. Attendees should expect an intimate show from the lyric-heavy pop rock band. They will perform Saturday at 10:20 p.m. at Cheer Up Charlie’s on the venue’s outside stage.

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KVRX Fest brings a lineup that includes local and national artists.

2. Fat Tony

Fat Tony is a Houston-based rapper who now lives in Los Angeles. He describes his music as underground, punk, pop and most importantly, meant for everybody. Attendees should expect an honest, passionate, humorous show, and to hear innovative music that strays away from the trends of modern hip-hop. The rapper will perform at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday at Symphony Square.

3. Indoor Creature

Austin’s Indoor Creature describes themselves as an indie-pop or pop-fusion band. The group consists of four members, and their performances frequently feature saxophone and guitar solos and elements of jazz-fused pop music. Their sound most

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TC Superstar is a local Austin band made up of UT alumni. They formed at UT as a dance-pop band between a lead singer, guitarist, keyboard player and dancers who were in the UT Dance department. Their performances consist of creative pop music and lead singer Connor McCampbell dancing in sync along with the onstage choreographed dancers. TC Superstar will be performing at 11:50 p.m. on Saturday on the outside stage at Cheer Up Charlie’s.

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Why Bonnie is an Austin-based indie-rock/indie-pop band which aims to put on a candid, simple

performance at their shows. Blair Howerton, the band’s lead singer, said they like to have fun and keep things honest with their audience. The band consists of five members and often draws comparisons to bands like The Cranberries and Stereolab. Why Bonnie performs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday at Symphony Square.

Other notable Austin acts include Mamalarky, who performs at 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, and Big Wy’s Brass Band, who performs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, both on the outside stage at Cheer Up Charlie’s. The other featured headliners include Palm, Drab Majesty and Omni. This combination of local bands and those from around the country will certainly be a treat for Austin’s music lovers.

2017, Jack attended an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and flew solo in a small aircraft. Without a set route, Jack flew from Port Aransas, Texas, to Oshkosh in five days. Along the way, Jack said he met people in the pilot community who hosted and served him. “I was amazed at the community of pilots who wanted to help a young guy make his way across the country,” Jack said. “If I hadn’t met a lot of those people, I wouldn’t have made it there.” Despite his aunt, a United Airlines pilot, warning against landing at Midway because of its busyness, Jack landed the small plane at the Chica-

go Midway International Airport. Walker said this landing impressed him because Midway is one of the busiest U.S. airports with mostly commercial airliners. “It takes a lot of guts to fly into a place like that in any airplane,“ Walker said. “Much less a small lightweight airplane that only flies 90 miles an hour.” Despite these obstacles, Jack continues to fly, often taking friends in his plane around Austin. Jack said he enjoys bringing friends along because flying has become routine for him. “Whenever I take people flying with me who have never been in a

small plane or any plane, it allows me to experience that newness of flight with them all over again,” Jack said. Since his parents financially support his and his brother’s college education, Jack works as a track coach to afford flying costs. From connecting with unlikely people to providing a window for experiencing the world, Jack said God put flying in his life for a reason. “Flying has taught me a lot about myself and what life is and is not about,” Jack said. “I’m not sure what the future of flying looks like for me, but I know it’s a part of God’s plan for my life.”

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Texas eyes end to Big 12 title drought Big 12 Tournament begins on the diamond in Oklahoma City. By Marcus Krum @marcuskrum

t’s been 14 years since Texas Softball claimed a Big 12 Tournament championship. And for the first time in years, the Longhorns will head into the postseason as true contenders for the conference title. Two weekends ago, Texas fell in a three-game sweep at the hands of Oklahoma. After the Sooners finished the regular season undefeated in conference play, the Longhorns ended up in third place at 12–6 in Big 12 play. Despite a decline in hitting over the last several weeks of the season, the Longhorns are optimistic they can take advantage of their chance to contend for a conference championship this weekend. “We’re all excited,” first baseman Lauren Burke said after the win over Baylor on Sunday. “Everything’s starting to come together really well for us. (The sweep of Baylor) was a great way to end conference.” The Longhorns know what their identity is. The backbone of this team has never been its ability to hit the ball out of the park. It’s been relying on their three stellar starting pitchers, each with ERAs below 2.50, while doing enough

blaine young | the daily texan staff Pitcher Miranda Elish winds up for a pitch at Red & Charline McCombs Field in Austin. The junior Oregon transfer guided the Longhorns to a third-place regular season finish in the Big 12, posting a 1.71 ERA and 188 strikeouts in her first year with Texas.

offensively to get the job done. Over the second half of the season, Texas has done just that. “We’re one of those teams. I think we’ve been winning, but we haven’t been clicking on all cylinders,” Texas head coach Mike White said. “I know we can play better than what we’re doing. At times, we play great defense. (Last) weekend, we played very good defense. No errors in two games. We pitched very well — we have the staff to do that.” That’s what White has brought to the table this

season: a superb knowledge of pitching. Starting pitchers Miranda Elish, Shea O’Leary and Brooke Bolinger have been as good as any rotation in the conference this season, in large part due to White’s expertise. Offensively, however, Texas has stuck with the old adage of “quality over quantity.” The Longhorns have struggled at times to put together big innings but have been able to come through with some hits in big spots. This was on full display in the regular season finale, as

Burke and outfielder Kaitlyn Washington came through with big hits to push the Longhorns past Baylor (18–31) with a three-run rally in the fifth inning. However, White knows as the competition gets stiffer, Texas’ previous best will not be enough. “We’ve got to hit under pressure,” White said. “We’ve got to have that from the start, not wait until the fourth or fifth (inning). We’ve just got to string hits together.” Its ability to hit in key spots has been the life and death of

Texas this season. In an early season series with Oklahoma State, the Longhorns’ first opponent this weekend, Texas dropped the first two games and lost in shutout fashion both times. With a must-win matchup against the Cowgirls looming Friday in Oklahoma City, it’s time for the Longhorns to rely on what they do best: let Miranda Elish get her job done in the circle, and manufacture enough runs to send themselves through to the conference championship game.

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The strong performances from Texas Rowing continued over the weekend with its defeat of No. 6 Ohio State. The Buckeyes are considered in the upper echelon of rowing teams around the country, as they have won the last six Big Ten titles. These two teams also have some shared recent history, as Texas finished ahead of the Buckeyes in the 2018 NCAA Championships to take third, while Ohio State finished in sixth place. For the first time all season, Texas swept its opponent. Longhorns head coach Dave O’Neill emphasized the importance of the victory and how impressed he was with the team’s progress throughout the season. “Winning these four races against Ohio State

on their home course is certainly a big accomplishment. We have a ton of respect for their program, and today shows the progress we’ve made,” O’Neill said. Nevertheless, the victories were not earned without difficulties. The race was almost derailed due to predicted floods and was moved up a day earlier than its original scheduled time of Saturday. Ironically, Columbus faced some of the same weather problems as the Longhorns back home, but the team was able to prevail and “make the most of it,” despite only having a few hours notice before the races began, O’Neill said. The first eight had another strong performance, finishing with a time of 5:54.50, just over five seconds faster than the Buckeyes. “The first eight has made some good improvements, and they showed some decent speed today,” O’Neill

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said following the event. While the second eight’s race was relatively closer, the unit still won commandingly with a time of 6:05.30, almost three seconds ahead of Ohio State. The same could be said for the first four, which crossed the finish line at a time of 6:44.90. Arguably the biggest surprise of the day was the second four, which not only beat the first four’s time by over the three seconds, but finished the race almost 12 seconds ahead of Ohio State. O’Neill certainly took notice of the second four’s dominance. “They established a solid lead early and never let up,” O’Neill said of the second four. “They pushed to the very end, and that result was certainly noticed.” While the Longhorns have this weekend off, their next race will surely not be out of their minds as they are preparing for the Big 12 Championship on May 18.

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Students explore colorism in Ghana Team wins research fund, heads to Ghana to study skin tone favoritism. By Abby Hopkins @abbyhopkins_

n Ghana, women of color are bleaching their skin despite the country’s ban on the products. This practice is one manifestation of how colorism is impacting the world. A team of students — Timia Bethea, Christina Cho, Vida Nwadiei and Rebecca Chen — will explore colorism, a form of racial discrimination based on skin tone favoring lighter-skinned features, in Ghana this summer through a research project called The Color Complex. Funded by the President’s Award for Global Learning, the team will conduct research in Ghana from May 27 to August 5, interviewing with students at the University of Ghana about their experiences with colorism, particularly pertaining to hair and skin. Bethea, an international business junior, developed the idea through conversations with friends and researching skin bleaching in Ghana.

jamie powers | the daily texan staff A team of UT students will research the effects of colorism, a form of racial discrimination based on skin tone favoring lighter-skinned features, in Ghana this summer.

“I (had) heard about skin bleaching but never realized how big of an issue it was,” Bethea said. “Why are people who are not as close to America so affected by westernization and also not realizing they, themselves, have that battle?” The Color Complex is one of seven groups selected for the President’s Award for Global Learning. Students formed teams, selected one of seven regions and chose a

topic to research. UT Deans chose a project from each region to fund. In preparation for the trip, the team conducted interviews at UT with African American and Asian American students in spring 2019. By comparing the experiences of UT with Ghanaian students, the team will research different manifestations of colorism and use the data for other creative projects. Chen, an advertising junior,

said the UT interviews helped her connect the issue to her own experiences and redefine for her what it means to be American. “Being American isn’t a race — it’s an ethnicity,” Chen said. “That’s often why white people are confused on what their culture is because looking American doesn’t mean you’re white.” Nwadiei, an exercise science junior, said while the team

understands colorism within their own communities, they want to learn how it impacts others as a global issue. “Colorism plays out in Southeast Asia (and) Latinx communities,” Nwadiei said. “With our research now at UT, we streamlined it to help our time line, but it is a bigger issue for all communities of color.” Cho, an international relations and global studies senior, said she believes the team won the award because as women of color, colorism is personal to each team member who has dealt with its effects. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, we’re going to save the world,’” Cho said. “We’re doing this to save ourselves, too. We’re trying to understand ourselves.” Cho said the team hopes to understand how societal standards impact women’s self-perception of capability when entering the professional world or seeking marriage. As colorism often impacts women’s self-perception, Bethea said the issue is not only about beauty but also value. “If you believe you’re not even valuable in your own uninhibited state, you’re trying to achieve something that’s never going to be achievable,” Bethea said. Whether or not the project tangibly resolves the issue, Bethea said they aim to have a positive impact on the “phenomenon.” “You can’t change (colorism) in one setting or swoop, even with this project,” Bethea said. “My change might cause another catalyst. It’s all a stepping stone.”

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copyright rankin white, and reproduced with permission Since he was 13, Jack Bane has flown planes and continued to overcome any obstacle to pursue his passion, aiming to earn his commercial pilot license before summer 2019.

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Nothing can stop Jack Bane from pursuing his passion to fly planes — not parents, money or flying 2,400 miles solo in a small aircraft. Since he was 12 years old, Jack, now a biology and

Spanish sophomore, has overcome numerous obstacles to fly planes. Although he hasn’t flown much recently, he aims to earn his commercial pilot license next month to work as a pilot for a skydiving company this summer. Although Jack always found planes interesting,

he said he caught the flying “bug” at 12 when his uncle, a United Airlines pilot, took him flying and let him control the plane for the first time. “Ever since I got to experience what that felt like to be in the sky and in control

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