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Surgeon General prescribes exercise By Areeba Khwaja @thedailytexan
The 19th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek Murthy, visited UT on Thursday with a call for action: Americans need to change their perception of health. Murthy challenged students to not wait until they have completed their education to take a stand. College students can speak out about issues such as stress, mental illness and nutrition. Through health activism, college students can call attention to important
issues and encourage others to speak out. “We have more resources and knowledge now than we have ever had before,” Murthy said. “What are we going to do with it? What ideals are we going to advance? What visions will we put forth?” Murthy explained how college students could implement his vision of prevention-based medicine. “Creating a preventionbased society is really the most important public health challenge we are facing right now,” Murthy said. “How do we shift
our society from having an almost entire focus on treatment to a focus on prevention?” Murthy said that students must ignore some negative stigmas that American society has always held against health. “Health has a branding problem,” he said. “The pursuit of health is not seen as exciting; it is seen as a route of pain.” Many Americans struggle to maintain their health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one third of U.S.
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The 19th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek Murthy salutes an audience of students at the SAC on Thursday afternoon.
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International relations and Arabic junior Ashley Choi, right, and sociology senior Elizabeth Kushnereit embrace after hearing that Choi was elected as a University-wide representative Thursday night.
CAMPUS ELECTIONS: UNIVERSITY-WIDE REPRESENTATIVES 1. Connor Madden, 2868 votes, 8.42% 2. Madison Huerta, 2842 votes, 8.34% 3. Micky Wolf, 2704 votes, 7.94% 4. Ashley Choi, 2494 votes, 7.32%
Architecture dean departs over campus carry ruling @caleber96
Executive alliance voting results delayed
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Campus-wide election results were announced Thursday night — with the exception of the Student Government executive alliance. According to the Election Supervisory Board and the Dean of Students, “the results of the Student Government executive alliance election cannot be certified due to pending actions on the part of the SG Assembly. The outcome of this race will depend on resolution of the assembly’s due process.” The Election Supervisory Board declined to add further comments beyond their announced statement. Tanner Long, SG Speaker of the Assembly and government senior, filed articles Thursday morning to impeach current UT Supreme Court Chief Justice Zachary Stone and to delay the results of the executive alliance announcement, pending
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5. Santiago Rosales, 2481 votes, 7.32% 6. Charlotte Fitzpatrick, 2109 votes, 6.19% 7. Danny McNamara, 1978 votes, 5.81% 8. Vignesh Ramdas, 1928 votes, 5.66%
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Growing up in a family of hunters, Frederick Steiner, dean of the Architecture School, got his first gun when he was 11 years old. “I grew up hunting,” Steiner said. “I grew up hunting rabbits and pheasants. My brothers and I hunted. My father taught us how to hunt. It’s part of why I enjoy the outdoors so much.” But Steiner doesn’t want those guns in his classroom — and that is why, in part, Steiner will leave UT for the University of Pennsylvania. Steiner said declining support from the state legislature, including the passage of campus carry, were factors that led him to consider other institutions last fall. “I didn’t feel [campus carry] was a law I agreed with and could implement,” Steiner said. “In the wrong hands, [guns are] quite clearly dangerous.” Steiner’s upcoming departure is the second highprofile instance of a faculty member who has decided to leave the university. Economics professor Daniel Hamermesh announced he was leaving last fall, and physics and astronomy professor Steven Weinberg said he would ban students from carrying buns in his classrooms. Steiner said other faculty members have confided to him that they are also considering leaving the University. “Many of the faculty and administrators at UT are constantly being recruited by other universities,” Steiner said. “[Campus carry] has been raised [as a concern] by people we’re trying to recruit and people we’re trying to retain. It’s a topic that wasn’t brought
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Amazon delivery center coming to Gregory Gym
Shelter seeks homes for rescued roosters
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Amazon announced Wednesday that Amazon@ UTAustin, the first Amazon pickup location in Texas, will open on campus this summer. Students, faculty, and staff will be able to pick up and return packages at the staffed 2,509 square foot space, which will be located in Gregory Gymnasium. A portion of the proceeds from purchases made at UT’s customized URL will go back to the school, said Deborah Bass, who works in public relations at Amazon.com.
Additionally, over two million products are eligible for free one-day pickup from this location when ordered by 10 p.m. the day before by Amazon Student and Prime members. “This collaboration with UTAustin will help make getting everything students need for life on campus more affordable and convenient,” Bass said. Jennifer Speer, associate director at the Division of Recreational Sports, said the center will be an especially valuable resource for students living off-campus, since it offers more versatile pickup hours than
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By Jasleen Shokar
One of the 26 roosters rescued from a cockfighting ring enjoys basking in the sunlight. The roosters will be ready for adoption starting March 8 at the Austin Animal Shelter.
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The Austin Animal Center will put 26 roosters rescued from a cockfighting ring up for adoption starting March 8. The birds were discovered after a call was made to the Travis County police department citing animal cruelty concerns. Officers were dispatched to a residence in Webberville, Texas, where many roosters lay dead, or injured. “It’s not something we encounter all the time, mostly because it is so secretive,” said Roger Wade, a Travis County sheriff’s senior public information officer. The owner of the property,
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Epifanio Cenobia Contreras, 43, was arrested on Feb. 14 and charged with a Class A misdemeanor for cruelty to animals.
Kristen Auerbach, deputy chief animal services officer, said some roosters were euthanized, while others received
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ELECTION RESULTS UNIVERSITY UNIONS
Campus E+E President Paul Mannie, 4813 votes, 74.49%
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Board of Directors Rahim Karim, 2673 votes, 23.43% Helen Lei Yang, 2156 votes, 18.9%
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Architecture Representative Greyson Rubin, 48 votes, 97.95%
Law Representative Andrew Parks, 36 votes, 100%
Business Representative Chase Bennett, 714 votes, 22.6%
Liberal Arts Representative Priya Suri, 709 votes, 13.4% Cameron Osmond, 667 votes, 12.61% Sebastian De Beurs, 576 votes, 10.89% Mackenzie Stuard, 570 votes, 10.77%
Katherine Harclerode, 563 votes, 17.82%
Vivianne Tu, 534 votes, 16.9%
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Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Alexander Chase, 7059 votes, 96.61%
Steven Santoyo, 708 votes, 41.89% David Maly, 635 votes, 37.57%
TSM Board / Moody College Place 2 Mary Dolan, 7028 votes, 97.09%
Education Representative Lindsey Pearlstein, 280 votes, 66.19%
UNIVERSITY CO-OP
Board of Directors Madison M. McDonald, 3379 votes, 27.19% J. Dylan Adkins, 3044 votes, 24.5%
Engineering Representative Faith Carter, 514 votes, 29.59% Matt Offill, 452 votes, 26.02% Jacob Read, 419 votes, 24.12% Fine Arts Representative Toni Lorene Baker, 159 votes, 98.14%
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Geosciences Representative Rio Mursinna, 63 votes, 100%
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tions of the Election Code,” Long said. Long said the impact of the court decisions could have affected the candidates’ abilities to campaign. “If that is indeed the case, the Court cannot retroactively go back and undue the harm of issuing the punishment,” Long said. “Thus, this election could have been impacted by an illegal act of the Court.” Executive alliance presidential candidate Kevin Helgren said he and his team were hoping the results would be announced. “We are disappointed that results were not announced, but we understand that Student Government is a process,” said Helgren, a neuroscience and psychology senior. Daniel James Chapman, executive alliance presidential candidate and economics and mathematics senior, also said he is disappointed that
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continues from page 1 most apartment and condo offices and will have more security. Gregory Gym was selected as the pickup spot because of its central location on campus, Speer said. Renovations will begin immediately, but they shouldn’t interfere with regular activities at the gym. The location may also benefit students seeking employment, as Amazon hopes to hire students to staff the space. Currently, processing packages for students living on campus is one of the many responsibilities of resident assistants and desk assistants working in the resident halls. Aaron Voyles, assistant director of Resident Life at Jester, said their procedures for handling packages will remain unchanged, but the volume of packages they receive may
Natural Sciences Representative
Mayra Sharma, 801 votes, 18.73% Uma Vaidyanathan, 761 votes, 17.8% Louisa Angly, 721 votes, 16.86% Alexzandria Wagner, 704 votes, 16.46%
Ramsey Hashem, 696 votes, 16.28% Nursing Representative Kelsey Mumford, 101 votes, 98.05% Social Work Representative Natalie Engel, 51 votes, 83.6% Undergraduate Studies Representative Griffin Olesky, 275 votes, 97.51%
executive alliance election results have been postponed. “I hope that the ESB and involved parties are able to sort this out fairly,” Chapman said. On Wednesday, the Graduate Student Assembly announced a similar delay in announcement of election results, until an appeals claim by Sahil Bhandari and Michael Scott can be processed. Biology senior Christina Depeña, who attended the announcement of election results, said she was specifically waiting for the executive alliance results and was disappointed about the delay. “I can’t imagine what is going through the minds of all the candidates right now,” Depeña said. “This was supposed to be over tonight. I am quite confused as to the reason why the delay is occurring. I know the process has to be fair and I do appreciate that, however ESB and [Dean of Students] should be transparent and let the student body know what is going on.” be affected by the new pickup location. “We’ve seen the amount of packages go up in recent years, in a large part due to Amazon,” Voyles said. “If this provides an alleviation of that and more options for students, we’re certainly supportive of it.” This program has already been implemented at five other universities. Speer said Amazon approached UT to explore this venture because of the large campus population, its location in a major city and its reputation as the flagship university of the state. “Gregory is a place that [students] come to anyway, so it’s just another convenient service that’s offered here,” Speer said. “I think everyone’s just really excited about this partnership. We’ve seen the success at other universities, and we think that UT’s going to be just as successful.”
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continues from page 1 adults are obese. But there is some good news. According to Murthy, even the smallest efforts can add up. Simple strategies, such as effective urban planning, can directly influence the lives of everyone in a community. “We have to recognize that health flows through every element of our society,” Murthy explained. “There is no such thing as a non-health sector, so why do we not choose to recognize that?” Brisk walking for 22 minutes a day can decrease risk of heart disease and diabetes significantly, according to the
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continues from page 1 Center, the remaining roosters are ready for adoption. “These birds have had a terrible life, and we are excited at the opportunity to give them a brighter future,” Auerbach said. “One of my favorite parts of this experience is when we get to bring the birds out into the sun. When they feel it on their backs you can see the look of happiness on their face — one even fell asleep because they were so relaxed.” The roosters will be available for adoption to any willing party. “They reach out for affection and are happy to be held,” Auerbach said. “They are often misunderstood, but they are like every other animal and are just as worthy of living with a family that loves them.” The city’s municipal shelter will provide resources and care information, according to
CDC. Yet, three out of every ten Americans don’t have access to a sidewalk, according to Murthy. “People get excited about the next innovative thing, but no one gets excited about a sidewalk,” Murthy explains, “A sidewalk is an important interventional public health tool.” Murthy has called on Americans everywhere, especially students on college campuses, to take charge. “Our best days in medicine and public health are in front of us,” Murthy stated. “And I want all of you to be the people who help us get there. Build a new future for this country that is grounded in a culture of prevention.”
Auerbach. “They are going to need rehabilitation, they’ve been treated very poorly and kept in small cages,” Auerbach said. “They have only seen other animals when they were expected to fight them. If someone adopts them and it doesn’t work out we [will] allow them to bring them back and we will try again.” Keeping roosters as pets is not uncommon in other countries, Animal Protection supervisor Mark Sloat said. “Roosters do well being single-pet animals,” Sloat said. “I’ve known one owner whose rooster would sit with him while he drank coffee.” Most places in the country would have euthanized them, Sloat said. “It’s driven by the public’s concern for animals and the no-kill philosophy,” Sloat said. “We really need the public’s help with this — we want to save all that we can.”
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Researchers evaluate black representation in curriculum By Emma Acosta @CB_Acosta
Two UT staff members from the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis believe a more accurate portrayal of black history and involvement in the United States is needed in Texas and national curriculum plans and textbooks. Postdoctoral fellow Naomi Reed and research associate Karen Moran Jackson want to change the depiction of African Americans in Texas history books. Reed and Jackson said today’s textbooks look like they were written ages ago and focus primarily on the impact of white Americans. “I hope that people will realize that “multicultural” curriculum is nice in theory, but if the images chosen to represent people of color are just pathologic backdrops to white narratives then they are useless if not more damaging,” Reed said in an email. Reed and Jackson said they wrote about the need everyfor more black history in ve ac-textbooks because they rdingfelt the topic of what is missing from the curaboutriculum needs to be g, but out a ns, “A interool.” on especam-
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addressed. The two wrote about how Texas curriculum standards are adopted in a complicated process where recommendations by experts are not “binding or prioritized.” “I, and a lot of other people, argue that there needs to be more expert, and educator, input and review in what the standards of textbooks are,” Jackson said. “Their opinion should hold more sway than state board education’s.” Education associate professor Anthony Brown, whose research focuses on contemporary and historical issues concerning African American studies in school and society, said he believes including all the different race’s and culture’s histories into Texas textbooks would give a better and more diverse view of how America was shaped. Brown said students should know all the narratives associated with the formation and creation of today’s American morals. “[More narratives] gives you a much more accurate depiction of what we define as America,” Brown said. “We start citing people and their role in allowing America to truly
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live up to its ideals of democracy and equality. You almost want to be able to say Harriet Tubman and George Washington in the same breath.” Reed, whose current research projects aim to impact textbook reform, said she hopes to see a change in how black history is portrayed in Texas textbooks, but will remain persistent and active in trying to make changes until they happen. “I believe some sort of change will come soon,” Reed said in an email. “And if not, then the struggle continues.”
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Frederick Steiner is the Dean of the School of Architecture. Dean Steiner will leave Austin for the University of Pennsylvannia partly due to concerns with campus carry.
DEAN continues from page 1 up a year ago, but it is now.” Many faculty members have spoken out against campus carry since Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 11, allowing for the concealed carry of weapons on campus, last June. Both Gun-Free UT, a UT faculty group opposed to campus carry, and Students for Concealed Carry have said they may file litigation in response to UT President Gregory Fenves’ decision to adopt the recommendations of the working group, which recommended allowing guns in classrooms. Fenves said he is aware of the issue and said he is tracking the number of prospective faculty members and students who cite
campus carry as a reason not to come to UT. “I have to have an annual report [for] the legislature,” Fenves said. “I’ll let them know what that impact is.” When recruiting prospective faculty candidates concerned about campus carry, Fenves said he laid out the facts and the expectations for campus carry, stating that the number of concealed carry license holders is relatively small. “The question does come up,” Fenves said. “Once we lay out the facts and our expectations for safety, for most people, they factor that into their decision. For some, it has an impact — and for many, it does not.” English professor Lisa
Moore said she would comply with the law when teaching classes next fall, but said she fears campus carry will stifle academic freedom in her classroom. Moore said a Harvard professor withdrew from a search for a faculty position in the UT Women and Gender Studies department because of SB 11, as well as a prospective student from “one of the top [high] schools in the country.” “I will have to start each semester by telling students that I am not allowed to ask them not to bring their guns to class, and then outlining the reasons I would make such a request if the law permitted me,” Moore wrote in an email.
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Capital lacks local music scene By David Dam
Daily Texan Columnist @daviddamwrite
The City of Austin champions itself as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” touting popular national events such as the two weekends of Austin City Limits or next week’s annual South By Southwest festival. These festivals bring popular musicians and national figures — even President and First Lady Obama are using SXSW as a springboard for discussions on national issues. But behind these national stages, Austin’s musicians are struggling on the local level. According to a recent report from Austin Music People, an organization that advocates for musicians, the Austin music industry contributes $1.8 billion annually to the local economy, but the growth comes at a huge cost, over the last four years the music industry has lost 1,200 jobs and the annual economic activity of local artists, venues and businesses has declined by 15 percent. A pillar of Austin’s core identity is suffering, and the city must spearhead proposals to help these struggling local artists. The recent report’s findings of the struggle local artists face isn’t new, but they serve as an important reminder of how Austin’s artists have long been ignored. The Austin Music Census’ comprehensive report from last year details many of the known struggles in this year’s study. According to last year’s report, around
It’s about time city leaders tune into this problem. The resolution and its initiatives should be reviewed and, if feasible, implemented as soon as possible. 75 percent of Austin musicians have earnings far below the mean annual wage of the city. Paired with increased costs in living, Austin may no longer be a realistic place for local artists to reside. The fact that music culture may not be sustainable is an unfortunate blow to the city’s reputation as a hub for the arts. Business freshman Jesse Huang believes that local artists and musicians are integral to the city’s identity. “The charm of Austin’s music scene comes from the abundance of smaller music venues that frequently showcase local bands,” Huang said. “Local artists allow us to experience a unique variety of music that you wouldn’t get anywhere else.” A few days ago, Austin Mayor Steve Adler submitted a resolution urging the city manager to review a list of proposals to keep musicians in Austin, a vital step that has come way too late to save our musicians. Some initiatives under the resolution include encouraging music venues to add gratuities for musicians to the bills,
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protecting venues to prevent their displacement, and creating affordable housing for local artists. In a public statement, Adler said he believes local artists are just as important to the city as the larger, more popular music festivals. “The work they are producing is as vibrant as ever, but this city has never been more unaffordable for them,” Adler said. “And what do we ultimately gain if we get another weekend of the ACL Festival but we lose another Liberty Lunch?”
It’s about time city leaders tune into this problem. The resolution and its initiatives should be reviewed and, if feasible, implemented as soon as possible. Austin has no right to tout its status as the “Live Music Capital of the World” when it ignores the people that give it claim to this reputation. Until the day we hear that the conditions of local artists are improving, there won’t be any real music to our ears. Dam is a linguistics and Spanish freshman from Austin.
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Trump’s rhetoric has caused devastating effects By Khadija Saifullah
Daily Texas Senior Columnist @coolstorysunao
Just one week ago, three young AmericanSudanese Muslim men were shot execution style a few blocks away from Indiana Tech. This incident recalls to memory the painful murders of the three UNC students killed in the same way last year. People came together with the hashtag #OurThreeBrothers to call attention to the murders and, just as crucially, to the growing hatred toward Muslims in this country. On Wednesday night, a vigil took place in front of the UT Tower to mourn the loss of the three young men. The solidarity shown at the vigil for the three victims is an example of the fulfillment of the principle of diversity upon which this very country was founded. “About halfway into the evening I realized that Austin [Robinson] was sitting on the main mall steps, holding up a sign with Muhannad Tairab’s name,” said Myra Ali, an international relations and global studies senior in a Facebook post. “It was such a quietly powerful moment, and I realized that was exactly what I want from my student leaders... someone to be there for us in our most difficult moments. For just a second it wasn’t about campaigning or politics but just pure and simple solidarity and understanding.” Unfortunately, this is not a popular opinion in the Lone Star State. As a result of Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric, specifically his call for a ban on incoming Muslims, more people are beginning to believe that
From sporting heros in Muhammad Ali, to activists in Malcom X, to comedians in Hasan Minhaj, countless Muslims have been much more instrumental to this country than Trump has. Muslims pose more of a threat to society than a benefit. A recent February poll conducted by the University and the Texas Tribune indicates that support for stricter immigration policies is growing among voters in the state, most troublingly the fact that more Texans now support, than oppose, banning Muslims from entering the United States. Trump has fueled this changing public opinion by provoking fear and hate-mongering rather than evidence or reason. Immigrants, both legal and unauthorized, are actually less likely to commit serious crimes than native-born Americans, according to a report from the American Immigration Council. His comments about the removal of Muslims in America undermine reasonable attempts to productively maintain both American security and continued immigrant populations. Trump doesn’t seem to grasp his own country’s history and how many American achievements worth celebrating are the work of the kind of people – Muslims, Hispanics
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and others – he wants to keep out. Without Fazlur Rahman Khan, the “Einstein of structural engineering” who innovated the framed tube structure, some Trump’s very own towers could not have been constructed in the first place. From sporting heroes in Muhammad Ali, to activists in Malcolm X, to comedians in Hasan Minhaj, countless Muslims have been much more instrumental to this country than Trump has. He fails to even comprehend his own roots, since his lineage goes back to a German great-grandfather who
also immigrated to the United States. A quote on the website of our very own White House states “our American journey and our success would simply not be possible without the generations of immigrants who have come to our shores from every corner of the globe.” Instead of proposing to build walls and other barriers to close off immigrants, we should restore the principle that has defined this country since its founding — that it is a refuge for minorities. Saifullah is a nueroscience sophomore from Richardson.
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Dysfunctional election code requires revision By Abinav Kumar
Daily Texan Columnist @ImAbiKumar
Once charges are filed against the candidate’s campaign, the Election Supervisory Board is required by the election code to hold a hearing and rule on the charge as soon as possible. Over eight hearings were held since the campaign season started, the majority of them involving executive alliances. Unfortunately, the ESB relies on a terribly written election code littered with contradictory clauses and definitions. Organizations relying on the ESB ought to come together and overhaul the current election code. The Helgren-Kim executive alliance campaign faced several suits and every time the ESB ruled against them. Though the ESB did justify their decisions with the election code, Student Government’s Supreme Court overturned or made significant changes to each of those decisions upon appeal.
Two of the most prominent decisions overturned by the Supreme Court were ESB Resolution 2016-007 and ESB Resolution 2016-008. Both these cases accurately represent the disconnect between the Supreme Court and the ESB due to the election code. ESB Resolution 2016-007 dealt with the question of whether or not Kallen Dimitroff lied about her voting record. The ESB found no evidence of malicious intent and dismissed the case. The Supreme Court overturned the dismissal and levied a partial 24-hour moratorium against them. In ESB Resolution 2016-008, the Helgren-Kim campaign did not disclose their fine explicitly as they were required. The ESB placed a 48-hour moratorium and an additional fine on the campaign. The Supreme Court overturned the decision, citing the 2015’s “lunchablegate” decision and reduced the punishment to a smaller fine. Our broken election code prevents candidates from operating within confined and clear bounds and running a proper campaign
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without unintentionally breaking rules. ESB Vice Chair Zach Long said the break between the Supreme Court and the ESB can be attributed to the election code. “The election code is terrible,” Long said. “There are a lot of gray areas, a lot of ambiguities and lot of conflicting statements in it. We are literally just interpreting it differently, because there is so much room available to interpret it.” The code needs to be completely rewritten from the bottom up, but in order to do this all entities that rely on the ESB must agree through each of their unique internal processes on a new election code. The problem we face, however, is that not all entities desire the change. This results in the entity relying most directly on the ESB within Student Government to be left with most, if not all, of the conflicts and confusion. SG Chief Justice Zachary Stone says the code’s gaping holes affect the legitimacy of the election. “[The election code] probably makes the election worse than if some committee of people
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The code needs to be completely rewritten from the bottom up, but in order to do this all entities that rely on the ESB must agree through each of their unique processses... determines what’s fair and what’s not,” Stone said. “I’d advocate a complete restructuring.” The discontent is clear on both sides. The entities relying on the ESB need to recognize the necessity for this change and actually come together to create a real change. We need to push for actual reformation, since the election code directly impacts us as students, and we ought to express our discontent with the unfair carrying out of justice.” Kumar is a PACE freshman from Sugarland.
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MOVIE REVIEW | ‘WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT’
Fey’s humor drives journalism drama By Sebastian Sada @sseebbaasstian
For years, Tina Fey’s wit has doubled as comedy and commentary on pressing social issues. Her latest film, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” takes this comedy and commentary to the front lines, satirizing femininity, ambition and personal combat. Based on a memoir by Kim Baker, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” recounts a war correspondent’s experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Starring Tina Fey, the film showcases her fight to be heard amid battles with sexism, deceit and adjusting to a new environment. Baker’s experiences on the front lines, combined with those in the offices of sexist officials, unfurl with a tone of lightheartedness uncommon to films grounded in serious subject matters. From the start of the film, directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa showcase the turbulence of a career in war correspondence. Fey’s timeless charm breaks through to cre-
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continues from page 8 any other. Sports journalism professor senior lecturer Kevin Robbins said part of the Bulls’ success lied in
ate comedy in her grim environment, paving the way for a feature devoted to evading the brutality of OEF. Fey’s knack for self-deprecating humor persists amid patriarchy in Baker’s new workplace, dominating scenes shared with rival correspondent Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie). Her romantic experiences alone serve as some of the film’s most memorable moments, captivating viewers who are all too familiar with feeling physically inferior to others. Baker’s struggles to cope with the demands of her career provide viewers with good laughs for the duration of “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.” The introduction of hilarious co-workers — notably Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott and Billy Bob Thornton — enhances the humor embedded in Robert Carlock’s screenplay. Aided by the twists and turns that saturate Baker’s career, the film captivates viewers where other comedies have failed, immersing them in two hours of delightful satire and subtextual critiques. Perhaps the most in terms of the gender stereotypes, the misogyny.” The ‘90s also opened a space for female rappers, from Lauryn Hill to TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, to discuss feminism and sexism. But mostly, Watkins said, the music served as a medium for black voices to be heard. “[Hip-hop] certainly created a space and a voice in pop culture that had never existed for young African-Americans,” Watkins said. their demeanor. “Chicago was lucky to have a once-in-a-generation athlete,” Robbins said. “Jordan was the most compelling sports figure of the ‘90s and made the Bulls the most publicized dynasty I’ve seen.”
surprising thing about “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” is that it is far different from traditional comedies. Much of the film is drenched in drama, with Fey’s circumstances, rather than her character, functioning as frequent comic relief. This diversion from comedic power allows Fey to strengthen her repertoire, demonstrating her capacity for excellence in a role that is far more serious than usual. Her versatility is showcased in a wide variety of scenes, enabling her to deliver an excellent performance that is arguably her best to date. However entertaining the film may be, it bears the weight of significant flaws that undermine its capacity for greatness. Its most apparent flaw is its inability to maintain viewers’ interest, tiring audiences with its seemingly endless depictions of journalistic turmoil. The film is likewise burdened by its complicated, unclear plot, structured with sequences that bear little to no narrative significance. Though strengthened by witty dialogue, its screenplay fails to reward itself with a justifiable structure, alternating
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Actress Tina Fey embraces her best role yet in “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.”
between statements on sexism, the military and job security in an offbeat, and ultimately ineffective manner. Despite its remarkable cast, the film is encumbered by limited character development. Though interspersed with touching moments, the film forces most characters to fade out of focus in an effort to preserve Fey’s spotlight. As a result, her evolution from isolation to social inclusion receives inadequate attention, subjecting Fey to a narrative that prioritizes her personal efforts and
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continues from page 8 Radio-television-film sophomore Yvonne Borrego said she stumbled into ‘90s music on her own through streaming services. “The music now is more repetition and full of catchy phrases that don’t make sense,” Borrego said. “[In the ‘90s], they used more instruments.” Ph.D. candidate Brendan Gaughen hosts
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“Domesticated,” a KRVX radio show featuring ‘90s indie music. He said grunge and riot grrl have a continuing impact on today’s music. “There’s a lot of music out now that really sounds like different periods of the past,” Gaughen said. “Superchunk and Yo La Tengo are still around making music. A lot of them never went away and inspired younger people to create music with a similar sound.”
struggles rather than her relationships with other characters. Nevertheless, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” succeeds in bringing Baker’s war correspondence back to life. The memoir’s satire and subtextual critiques are well conveyed on screen, supported by witty dialogue, self-deprecating humor and dynamic performances from Fey and her co-stars. Flawed as the film may be, it pays tribute to the efforts of risk-taking journalists, situating humor in an otherwise serious, but enjoyable narrative.
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Big 12 Tournament awaits Longhorns By Tyler Horka
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The Longhorns let an opportunity slip away from them Monday night. The 13th straight loss to Baylor crushed Texas’ chance to share a regular season Big 12 title with the Bears. But senior guard Celina Rodrigo said the team’s mindset hasn’t changed following its 74-48 demolition in Waco. “We are not going to let this loss tear us apart and lose our confidence,” Rodrigo said. “We are going to try to have the same confidence and energy as a team, and take that into the tournament.” The Longhorns (26-3, 15-3 Big 12) begin the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Saturday night against the winner of Kansas vs. TCU. If Texas wins its first two games in the tournament, it might see Baylor again in the title game. Texas fell to the Bears 75-64 in last year’s championship game. Junior guard Brianna Taylor isn’t thinking about last year, or even a few days ago. She said her focus is on the immediate future. “We look at it as a new season,” Taylor said. “From now on, we’re 0–0. We think of it as survive and advance. From here on out, that’s just the way it is.” It might be “a new season” for Taylor, but that
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didn’t stop Rodrigo from reflecting on what the Longhorns have achieved thus far. “It has been a phenomenal season that we have had,” Rodrigo said. “We have accomplished a lot of our goals and it has been a really great year for us.” The No. 6 Longhorns started the season ranked No. 12 but climbed to the
top 10 in week three and haven’t left. Texas secured a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament for the first time since 2004-2005 and tied the 2002-2003 team with 15 conference victories — the most in program history. The Longhorns already have two more wins than last year’s squad — a team that reached the Sweet 16
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where it fell to Connecticut, who eventually won the title. “The biggest improvement would probably be our team chemistry, on and off the court,” Taylor said comparing this year’s team to last year’s. “We’re so close right now; it’s unbreakable.” The “unbreakable” bond that Texas players share led to a 5–3 record against
ranked opponents this year. The three losses — one to Oklahoma and two to Baylor — came by a combined total of 57 points. “We’re definitely disappointed in our losses, and we wish that we would have a zero in that column,” Taylor said. “But we’re glad that it happened then, and hope that it doesn’t happen later on in March.”
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Bats stay cold as Texas falls to California 4-1 By Michael Shapiro @mshap2
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Senior center Cameron Ridley goes up to try and score the ball against Appalachian State on Dec.15. Ridley broke his foot in late December and hasn’t played a game since Dec. 19.
After broken foot, Ridley hoping for potential return By Akshay Mirchandani down abnormally on his @amirchandani41
Life turned on Cameron Ridley fast. One day, the 6-foot10-inch senior center was enjoying the best season of his career for a re-energized Texas squad. The next, he was trying to figure out what to wear while sitting on the bench for more than two months with a broken foot. “I went to the store, got some stuff altered,” Ridley said. “Obviously I didn’t have enough money for every game, but I made do with what I had.” Ridley fractured his left foot on Dec. 27 and had surgery on Dec. 29 — the last game he played was on Dec. 19 against Stanford. But as the Longhorns prepare to play Oklahoma State in their regular season finale, Ridley is hoping to return to action in the postseason. The injury happened in practice. He was coming off a screen he set for senior guard Javan Felix and was rolling to the bucket — a play the two have likely run countless times. Felix passed the ball to Ridley a little early, but he still went up to go get it, getting hit in the air and coming
foot in the process. He originally thought it was a rolled ankle, but a rude awakening was in store. “I got up, tried to walk it off and shot free throws because I got fouled,” Ridley said. “As I ran back down the court I was like ‘Coach, take me out of practice, because it hurts too bad.’” Life was good for Ridley early in the season. He had shed weight and worked on his conditioning in the offseason, and the results showed. Ridley was having a career-season, averaging 12.7 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game. Just like that, it all disappeared. “I know I had a good group around me that would help me with it, so I wasn’t really worried about it,” Ridley said. “But obviously when you’re taken away from the sport you love, you’re going to feel some kind of depression.” Meanwhile, Ridley worked to make sure the weight he lost in the offseason stayed off, working with strength and conditioning coach Daniel Roose and assistant athletic trainer Laef Morris on his rehab and conditioning.
“He’s actually in great condition, aerobic condition,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “But there’s difference between that and basketball condition. He’s done a really good job with our strength coach in terms of buying into what he wants him to do.” Ridley didn’t really think about how long the process to return would take, but he set his target return date for senior night. A doctor’s appointment last week ruled out that possibility, but Ridley has made progress. He is off crutches but still hasn’t been cleared to run or jump. Another doctor’s visit next week could determine if Ridley is able to return. Smart said he hopes to have him back within the next week or two, but it remains a waiting game. “When I do come back I want to be able to contribute to the team as much as I can,” Ridley said. “I know I’m not going to be at the level I was at before I got hurt because it’s a process. Whatever I can do when I do get cleared, I’m going to take full advantage of it.” It’s not time to put away those altered clothes just yet.
Texas’ bats had refused to wake up through six innings against California on a sluggish Thursday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. But the Longhorns received a gift in the seventh. A pair of walks and an error at second base brought freshman third baseman Kody Clemens to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. The Longhorns looked primed to cut into the lead. But any threat of momentum was quickly crushed as Clemens grounded into a 5-4-3 double play. Texas ultimately fell to the Golden Bears 4-1. “We hit a lot of balls right at them,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “If they can get better at evaluating pitches and making contact, we’ll be alright.” Freshman pitcher Nolan Kingham struggled out of the gate on Thursday night, as the Golden Bears made strong contact in each of its first six at-bats. It looked as though Kingham’s day would be done in the first inning, as a rocket up the middle ricocheted off his knee. But the young right-hander stayed in the game after examination by trainers and drew a groundout to end the inning. Kingham worked out of another jam in the second. But the wheels came off for the redshirt freshman in the next inning, surrendering four hits en route to a 2-0 California lead. The Longhorns promptly executed a double
play to end the inning, but the damage was already done. “They just barreled everything up,” Kingham said. “I’m just trying to pitch to the mitt and get some out.” The Longhorns bats stayed as silent as the sparse crowd at the Disch through the first three innings. Golden Bears sophomore pitcher Jeff Bain shut down the Longhorns with quality command of the strike zone, producing a plethora of ground ball outs — seven in total. “We hit a bunch of balls on the ground that were hit really hard,” junior first baseman Kacy Clemens said. “Baseball’s a tough game, but we have to come back tomorrow with a lot of energy and punch [California] right back.” California continued to rack up the runs in the fourth. The Golden Bears’ base hit parade wore down Texas’ pitchers, with all 11 hits in the first four frames coming via the single. After the top of the fourth, it was 4-0 Cal. Texas failed to produce a run over the next four frames. The Longhorns got on the board with a solo shot from Kacy to lead off the bottom of the eighth, but that was all the Longhorns would get. They dropped the series opener 4-1, placing their season record at an even 5-4. Texas failed to produce at the plate on Thursday, but Garrido said he’s still happy with the Longhorns’ approach. “Hitting is the hardest thing of all,” Garrido said. “But once they get comfortable, they’re going to be a lot more consistent.”
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Freshman third baseman Kody Clemens swings at the ball against California on Thursday. The Longhorns lost 4-1.
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The then-No. 9 men’s basketball team beat Nebraska 7066 at home. Texas guard D.J. Augustin led Texas with 22 points.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Women’s tennis returns home
The Longhorns will return to Whitaker Courts to face No. 4 Michigan on Saturday after playing in four-straight matches away from home. Texas had a threematch losing streak while on the road, but finally got back in the win column after beating Princeton last Saturday in the Blue Gray Classic in Alabama. “I know our ladies are looking forward to getting back to Austin and playing some home matches,” head coach Howard Joffe said. The Wolverines are coming off a big win over then-No. 2 North Carolina, but the Longhorns, who are ranked No. 73 as a team, are undefeated at home and look to keep it that way. No. 9 Breaunna Addison and the Longhorns will likely have an advantage in stamina. The Wolverines will face Baylor on Thursday night before continuing south to face Texas. Michigan brings three nationally ranked players into the match, including No. 15 senior Ronit Yurovsky, No. 17 freshman Brienne Minor and No. 75 freshman Kate Fahey. The last time these teams matched up was in 2015, when Michigan defeated Texas 6–1. The Wolverines also lead the all-time series between the two 4–1. Play begins at noon on Saturday. —Aspen Detrick
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Lace up your high tops. Crank up some Nirvana. Break out the Scooby Snacks. With the Blanton Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Come As You Are,” bringing the 1990s back to campus, The Daily Texan explored the decade and everything that made it great. Boo-yah!
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Dynasties don’t come often in sports, but the 1990s provided sports fans around the country with historically significant teams. Chicago, New York and Dallas were lucky enough to be home to storied franchises in the NBA, MLB and NFL, respectively. The Bulls of the 1990s were, on paper, one of the most prolific dynasties that professional sports have seen. Winning six titles between 1991 and 1998, coach Phil Jackson’s Bulls livened the city of Chicago with their two three-peats. Of the six championship teams, The 1996 Bulls set the record for wins in a regular season by finishing 72-10. Led by shooting guard Michael Jordan after his season-long retirement and short stint in the MLB, the 1995 Bulls created a benchmark for success that teams have unsuccessfully chased. This season’s Golden State Warriors, however, have high hopes of beating the record as they are currently on pace to do so. Interestingly, Golden State is coached by Steve Kerr, a former Bulls player who hit the crucial go-ahead shot against the Jazz to win the 1997 NBA Finals. While Kerr hopes to continue the Warriors’ exciting season behind the play of reigning MVP Stephen Curry, this season’s success will likely not overshadow Michael Jordan’s stardom and the Bulls’ presence on the court. While the contributions of small forward Scottie Pippen, sixth-man Toni Kucoč and power forward Dennis Rodman were instrumental in the success of the dynasty, Jordan’s persona lives on more than SPORTS page 5
While modern charts are dominated by pop anthems and rap mixtapes, the alternative sounds of the ‘90s still have a firm hold on today’s youth, even though many weren’t born early enough to remember the heyday of Nirvana or Bikini Kill. English associate professor Neil Nehring, who teaches a class on popular music and youth subcultures, said while many millennials may not consider grunge artists like Pearl Jam and Nirvana innovative, they were different enough from the hair bands of the ‘80s to interest a new generation in rock music. “[Nirvana was] so huge that all the people saying [rock was dead] had to shut up — specifically Nirvana shut them up — because here was this vital music that melded metal and punk,” Nehring said. “There were a lot of alienated young people and it really appealed to them.” Grunge and riot grrrl emerged out of the Pacific Northwest, but riot grrrl set itself apart by focusing on bands with feminist messages, like Sleater-Kinney and Bikini Kill. “Young women found a point of injecting themselves into rock music with riot grrrl,” Nehring said. “It’s one of the few subcultures that had people organizing beyond the music.” GRUNGE page 5
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When Eazy-E or Wu Tang Clan’s RZA rapped, they took listeners to the streets and told them to pay attention. Rappers from East Coast to West Coast came onto the scene imbuing hip-hop with a message about the racial tensions that defined the ‘90s. Though the two hip-hop scenes were united in their message, rivalries emerged between the coasts, peaking during Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G’s infamous feud. In the West, rappers such as Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre epitomized gangster rap, with lyrics and funk beats that often glorified their drug use and violence. Rappers on the East Coast from Nas to Mobb Deep ushered in the East Coast Renaissance, known for it’s aggressive, hard-hitting style. Radio-television-film professor Craig Watkins and author of “Hip Hop Matters” said gangster rap and political rap were efforts to report what was going on in poor black communities. “Gangster rap was a window into the world of urban poverty,” Watkins said. “Groups are basically rapping about African-American history and social justice.” The rise of “reality rap” gave way to the trademark aggressive style of rap popular today seen RAP page 5 in artists like Kendrick Lamar.
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The films of the 1990s were defined by an emphasis on the real and the spectacular. During the decade, independent films, such as “Pulp Fiction,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Fargo” experienced considerable box office success. Radio-television-film professor Kathryn Fuller-Seeley explained the Hollywood conglomerates wanted to cash in on the profitable indie scene, developing independent studios such as Sony Pictures Classics and Fox Searchlight to produce their own arthouse pictures. “The market started to fall apart when too many indie films became expensive to make, so the major studios closed their indie divisions,” Fuller-Seeley said. “[Now] the smart money is instead going to edgy cable TV series and web series.” The modern blockbuster also arrived with Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” which brought the dinosaurs back from extinction with lifelike computer-generated effects. A slew of expensive, CGI-heavy summer pictures followed — the welladvertised “Independence Day,” the misguided remake of “Godzilla,” the cheeky “Men in Black” and the abysmal “Armageddon.” Then there was the phenomenon: James Cameron’s “Titanic,” which earned an unprecedented $2.1 billion at the box office. The tragic, epic romance launched Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into superstardom and won a record 11 Oscars, tying with 1959 historical drama “Ben-Hur.” Fuller-Seeley attributed the success of “Titanic” to its appeal to women. Many of today’s biggest filmmakers made their mark during the ‘90S. The Wachowskis blew audiences away with “The Matrix,” Michael Bay wowed with “The Rock,” David Fincher asked what was in the box with “Se7en” and Quentin Tarantino delivered a gripping crime story in “Reservoir Dogs.” The ‘90s set the stage for the new millennium, establishing a new age of blockbusters, creating the foundation for our current TV landscape and bringing the film industry ever closer to making our fantasies even more real.
The fashion of the 1990s hearkens images of Liv Tyler circa her role in “Empire Records” dressed in oversized flannel, scuffed Doc Martins and faded ripped denim. Gold Reebok hi-tops, black opaque leggings and over-sized band T-shirts crowded the streets with a new minimalistic take on fashion, compared to the more ornate and showy trends of previous decades. Recognized as the anti-conformist fashion era, casual chic and grunge fashion soared in demand and alternative rock and hip-hop brought an unkempt, oversized fit to the forefront of ‘90s fashion. Textiles and apparel senior Marisa Garcia said the grunge era has remained a huge inspiration to her personal aesthetic. “I associate that style with rock and metal music I liked from that era like Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins and Blink 182, so it’s not just a fashion trend, it was part of a scene that is nostalgic to me,” Garcia said. While UT textiles and apparel lecturer Ockhee Bego agrees that icons like neon-wearing Will from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” impacted the trends of the time, she attributes the casual, free-form style of the ‘90s to the economic turnaround. “Fashion has a lot to do with the economy,” Bego said. “The ‘90s was when everything started to come back around. People got more comfortable with themselves, and they didn’t want to be restricted in any way at all — freedom.” This carefree attitude and individualized expression translated to flowy babydoll-cut dresses paired with white slouch athletic socks and bold, geometric prints. Though not quite FASHION page 5
The ‘90s brought about a new era of comedy, especially in television. Although the majority of current UT students were born in the latter half of the ‘90s, the influence of the decade on comedy did not go unappreciated by millennials. “I think the most important contribution the ‘90s had to comedy was its ‘Saturday Night Live’ lineup,” radio-televisionfilm sophomore Will Conant said. “The transition to people like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Chris Rock and David Spade brought a much edgier feel to popular comedy.” While “Saturday Night Live” was using sketch comedy to introduce new approaches to conventional humor and catapulting cast members into super stardom, shows like “Seinfeld” were breaking new ground for the traditional sitcom. “‘Seinfeld’ did something completely new by giving people a show that wasn’t ending each episode with a resolution to a conflict and moving forward with an overarching COMEDY page 5
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As Republican and Democratic presidential candidates move further away from center, it’s easy to look back on the more bipartisan politics of the ‘90s as part of a “golden decade.” Brendan Gaughen, an American studies professor and Ph.D. student who teaches a class dedicated to the ‘90s, said the resurging nostalgia for the decade may say more about today’s affairs than the past. In this year’s presidential race, an increasing number of voters are lending support to anti-establishment candidates such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Gaughen said the trend represents a slow shift away from the more moderate political leaders of the ‘90s.
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“Politics became a bit more polarized in the decade,” Gaughen said. “Generally along party lines, people become more liberal or conservative and those polls move further away from each other.” While young people in particular are drawn to these campaigns, English associate professor Neil Nehring, who teaches a class on youth subcultures, said many of the underlying causes important to young voters are the same today as they were 20 years ago. “Young people are always worried about their economic futures,” Nehring said. “In 1991, they were talking about young people wondering, ‘What’s out there for me,’ and that certainly hasn’t changed.” When it comes to the issues themselves, today’s candidates in both parties acknowledge policies that took root in the ’90s, such as President Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill, may require a second look. “There was definitely an increase in mass incarceration in the ’90s, particularly among populations of color,” Gaughen said. “I think we’ve definitely seen a resurgence in activism on that front with groups like Black Lives Matter in the past few years.”