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Monday, October 14, 2019
Volume 121, Issue 44
NEWS
OPINION
SPORTS
Texas’ offense falls flat against the Oklahoma Sooners’ new and improved defense.
A R I Z O N A’s sophomore album Aslyum tackles issues of mental health and heartbreak.
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New student-led publication aims to provide a creative outlet for students of color.
Forum contributors discuss the ongoing debate over decriminalizing homelessness.
SG
LIFE&ARTS
FOOTBALL
SG creates committee to advance past ideas, programs
ou leaves longhorns hurtin’
By Neelam Bohra @neelambohratx
Student Government established a Continuity Committee this semester to advance and maintain initiatives introduced during past administrations, starting with initiatives from last year. Student body President Camron Goodman and Vice President Amie Jean had the Continuity Committee as one of their seven platform points. Finance senior Goodman said the committee will ensure SG makes noticeable, long-term changes. “The turnover for SG is high,” Goodman said. “Next year, someone else will be talking about their ideas. That creates a notion in the student body like, ‘What does SG actually do? Do they create actual, tangible change?’ And we want to provide examples that we do.” Goodman said the committee will focus on ideas other administrations in SG did not finish. “We want to make sure there’s a legacy of ideas, because students voted for us and wanted us to represent them,” Goodman said. “Not just because of us, but because of our ideas and what we’re striving for. We want to make sure their legacy is being carried forward, not so much as ours.” Committee chairman Nicholas Senktas said the committee will consist of a chairman and five members, who will run four subcommittees that specialize in past initiatives of safety, health, student empowerment and logistics and systems. Senktas said the committee will first research important initiatives SG may have forgotten once an administrative term ended. He said it will first focus on programs such as providing free feminine products in buildings on campus, securing a permanent source of funding
joshua guenther
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Offensive lineman Sam Cosmi and Longhorn teammates console linebacker Joseph Ossai after their 34-27 loss to Oklahoma. The sophomore linebacker had eight total tackles and tied with linebacker Ayodele Adeoye for most total tackles on Texas’ defense.
Golden Hat shifts hands once again after Texas’ 34-27 loss to Oklahoma at the Texas State Fair. By Donnavan Smoot @dsmoot3D
very October, the Sooners cross the Red River to meet the Longhorns at the State Fair of Texas — regardless of statistics, human nature almost always finds a way to unleash chaos. Saturday was no different. It started long before the Sooners claimed the Golden Hat with a 34-27 victory — the Red River Showdown truly began when tempers flared as both teams headed to the tunnel during the pregame. The structure of the
Cotton Bowl, which opened in 1930, forces both teams to enter the field through the same tunnel — one way in, one way out. Sophomore linebacker Joseph Ossai was in the tunnel, getting into an explicit verbal spat with Sooners before warmups. Ossai had to be held back by teammates thinking he would try to fight the Sooner. All that animosity spilled out right before the game. Both teams came together in a scrum, resulting in a flag being thrown for “unsportsmanlike conduct” on both teams. By rule, this meant if any player received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during the game, it would count as their second, which would result in an automatic disqualification. “I don’t know who on our side was a part of that,” head coach Tom Herman said. “Certainly it’s not something that we condone. So I think when you do get in rivalry games like this, your emotions are going to be at an all-time high, and we’ve got to do a really good job of restraining our emotion to retaliate.”
Once the play started on the field, that’s when the true chaos began. Oklahoma was dominant in the first quarter, seemingly holding a clinic on how to effectively run the ball. Senior
quarterback Jalen Hurts had more rushing yards than passing, going wherever he wanted to on the field. F O O T B A L L PAGE 3
joshua guenther
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Oklahoma quarterback and heisman contender Jalen Hurts hops into the endzone. Hurts rushed for 131 yards on Saturday.
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CITY
UT builds accessible route, replaces stairs with ramps
Austin property crimes increase amidst nationwide decrease
By Laura Morales @lamor_1217
Project Management and Construction Services is building an accessible pathway between Inner Campus Drive and 21st Street, replacing some of the stairs with ramps in the area. Jill Stewart is the Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Committee chair at UT, and associate manager for the construction services. She said the services are designing a series of connected ramps and landings that will go between the Graduate School of Business building and the east side of South Mall. Stewart said the committee has allocated nearly $1.036 million for the project, but the committee will allocate more money if needed. Construction is expected to start in summer 2020, she said.
By Lauren Girgis @laurengirgis
eddie gaspar
/ the daily texan staff
Management information systems junior Frederick Langham Jr. walks up the stairs between Inner Campus Drive and 21st Street, where Project Management and Construction Services will work on replacing some stairs with ramps. “These streets link high student activity-focused areas with the central part of campus,” Stewart said. “Our goal is to get folks
of any mobility capability from 21st Street up through the sloped terrain with little difficulty.” Stewart said currently,
wheelchair users must go around the buildings or enter through the Graduate S T R E E T S PAGE 2
According to a recent Federal Bureau of Investigation crime data report, violent and property crime across the U.S. decreased from 2017 to 2018. While violent crime in Austin matches the national trend, property crime has increased. According to the FBI report, released Sept. 30, violent crime reports declined 3.3% nationally between 2017 and 2018, and property crime reports decreased 6.3%. According to the Austin Police Department 2018 Annual Crime and Traffic Report, violent crime in Austin declined 8% between 2017 and 2018, and reports of property crime increased 9% in the same time period. APD assistant chief Joe Chacon said the property crime
rate increase was driven by vehicle burglaries. According to the APD report, auto theft offenses increased by 22% from 2017 to 2018. “I can personally recount that car burglars go through neighborhoods, and they’re not breaking out windows any longer,” Chacon said. “All they’re doing is checking for door handles to see if the car is unlocked, because it’s a lot faster, it’s quieter and, honestly, people just leave their cars unlocked all the time, and so they’ll get in and they’ll take things and be in and out very quickly.” Chacon said it is important that drivers in West Campus lock their car doors to avoid auto thefts. Biology junior Zehra Naqvi said property theft is a big issue for students who live both on campus and in West Campus. F B I PAGE 3