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CAMPUS SYSTEM Board upholds ESB decision in GSA race Dan Patrick criticizes UT By Cassandra Jaramillo court, arguing that his first were mentioned in Wilkey’s @cassandrajar hearing did not follow due complaint, were not invited tuition raise, process rules. In the first hear- to speak at the first hearing. After a nearly four-hour ing with the Election Super- “The first hearing was a process, the Election Over- visory Board, GSA President thorough grilling of 50 min- calls for cuts sight Board, which is the ap- Brian Wilkey filed a complaint utes,” Bhandari said. “The pellate court in the Graduate against Bhandari and Scott procedure is not being fol- By Caleb Wong Student Assembly, unani- for alleged improper use of lowed. It was not being fol- @caleber96 mously disqualified Sahil endorsement tactics in GSA’s lowed previously and it’s now High-ranking state officials Bhandari and Michael Scott Longhorn Cattle Call Face- not being followed now.” criticized recent tuition in- from the GSA elections on book event and violation of Barnes submitted a state- creases by UT-Austin and oth- Friday. The board also called email rules through listserv. ment through email to be er public universities in a letter for updates and clarifications Bhandari said the pro- read at the hearing and Ire- sent to public university presi- to be made in the campus- cedures were not followed ton offered to speak at the Mariana Gonzalez | Daily Texan file photo dents and chancellors Friday. wide election code. because Cattle Call event or- hearing electronically; both Due to an appeal from the Bhandari-Scott campaign, election “It is discouraging to see Bhandari submitted his ap- ganizer Michael Barnes and results for the president and vice-president of Graduate Stu- Texas higher education in- peal last week to the appellate worker Chloe Ireton, who GSA page 2 dent Assembly (pictured here) were postponed. stitutions seek to increase the financial burden faced by students and their families rather than developing methods to cut institutional FRAMES featured photo thedailytexan costs,” wrote Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Kel Seliger, chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee. The letter asks for universities to submit a detailed list of information on tuition increases, a history of tuition increases since the 2002-03 academic year, institutional plans to reduce student debt, four-year completion rates and financial aid received from state and institutional investments to Patrick and Seliger’s offices by March 31. The letter comes five days after the UT System Board of Regents voted to increase tuition at UT-Austin by a total of $304 a semester by fall 2017. Fenves acknowl- edged in a letter sent to students hours after the vote that a tuition increase was “not welcome news” for students and their families, but said the tuition increase will “help UT provide the first- class education the Texas Constitution mandates.” Both UT-Austin and the UT System said they would comply with the requests for information by state officials. “We appreciate the concern of Senate leaders and look forward to providing the re- quested information and con- Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan Staff tinuing the dialogue about the Business freshman Rena Li gazes up at a piece of art hanging from the ceiling at the Visual Arts Center in the Art Building on Friday night. The piece was part of the 2016 Senior Art Exhibition entitled “Now’s the Time” which showcases the work of graduating seniors in art history, studio art or visual art studies. TUITION page 2

CAMPUS CAMPUS UT service fraternity Best Buddies aims to end R-word usage runs largest Texas flag By Audrey Zhang Bill Seargant, a @thedailytexan member of the By Elizabeth Huang The largest Texas flag is UT Best Buddies @lizzthewiz brought out for every home Best Buddies kicked off program, explains football game by about 60 their Spread the Word to End how the R-word Weighing 450 pounds and members of APO. Cassie the Word campaign Sunday. has impacted stretching 100-by-150 feet, Isbell, classics senior and Best Buddies is an in- his life in a video produced by Best the largest Texas flag in the flag runner, said the crowd’s ternational nonprofit or- Buddies. The world calls UT-Austin home. response is what she loves ganization that works to video features The flag is maintained about running the flag. improve the lives of people testimonies from and presented by Alpha Phi “What I enjoy most with intellectual and de- various members. Omega (APO), a national, about running the flag is velopmental disabilities co-ed service fraternity. being down on the field, through volunteer work. “What makes [us] and when we open the The Spread the Word Screenshot from unique is the fact that we flag, hearing the crowd campaign is a movement “Together We Can also serve as a spirit group get louder, especially as we backed by the Special Erase the R-Word - here on campus because pull off one of our tricks,” Olympics to ask people to UT-Austin” we are responsible for Isbell said. stop saying the word “re- the World’s Largest Texas APO runs the flag across tarded.” Students involved member of Best Buddies, they are using these adjec- referring to someone as hav- Flag,” said Emily Hannon, the field, performing special in Best Buddies are paired said many people don’t tives to describe some of my ing an “intellectual or devel- a civil engineering and tricks at games. Some tricks with an individual that has realize how hurtful the R- best friends who have spe- opmental disability.” chemistry senior and Texas such as “The Cyclone” are in- an intellectual or devel- word can be. cial needs. The R-word de- The Spread the Word flag co-coordinator, in an tricate but visually appealing, opmental disability, and “When someone says the humanizes individuals with campaign, chaired by ac- email. “Through this, we Hannon said. spend time with them do- R-word as a synonym for special needs.” counting and computer are responsible for foster- “For the cyclone, a member ing various activities. dumb, stupid, slow, I take The word “retarded” is no science senior Frank ing Texas pride on campus Special education fresh- it personally,” Salinas said. longer used in a medical con- and in the community.” APO page 3 man Gracie Salinas, a “It makes me feel as though text, and has been replaced by WORD page 2 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Explore UT brings over Limited healthy food on Women’s basketball faces Kendrick Lamar releases Want to relive the 50,000 visitors to campus. campus is problematic. Baylor for a third time. untitled unmastered. high-flying kites at this PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 year’s Zilker Kite Festival? Apartment buildings opt Extreme views of candi- A ninth-inning meltdown Candidates use music to Check out our out of open carry. dates undermines politics. dooms baseball at home. convey political messages. video recap at PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 dailytexanonline.com PAGE 7 2

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CAMPUS Explore UT opens campus to public By Brendalys Lebron Students and @thedailytexan parents observe as under- Volume 116, Issue 115 UT welcomed over graduates in 50,000 visitors to campus the American CONTACT US on Saturday for its annual Chemical Society concoct some ice Main Telephone event, Explore UT. Explore UT, which is in its cream using Liq- (512) 471-4591 uid Nitrogen. In 17th year, offers potential stu- Editor-in-Chief it’s 17th year, Ex- dents, teachers and parents of plore UT brought Claire Smith students a chance to explore (512) 232-2212 over 50,000 visi- the campus and participate [email protected] tors to campus in hundreds of free activities. Saturday. Managing Editor Activities include tours, dis- Amy Zhang plays, lectures, hands-on proj- (512) 232-2217 ects and performances that managingeditor@ relate to various disciplines dailytexanonline.com across the University. Chris- News Office tine Sinatra, director of com- (512) 232-2207 munications for the College [email protected] of Natural Sciences — whose dean is chair for Explore UT Sports Office this year — said the slogan for (512) 232-2210 [email protected] this year’s event was “Discov- Justin Kong er What’s Next,” to put an em- Daily Texan Staff Life & Arts Office phasis on the learning aspect (512) 232-2209 of Explore UT. has to offer for a lot of these “Explore UT is a chance even high school students large-scale university. lifeandarts@dailytexanon- Director of Food Services students, and hopefully they for Texans to come discover or prospective students “This event has always line.com Rene Rodriguez said the get encouraged to attend any what’s next, and we at the have an idea of what a col- been called ‘the biggest open Multimedia Office event is an educational ex- kind of university. Everything University of Texas at Austin lege campus is like,” said house in Texas,’” Sinatra (512) 471-7835 perience for visitors. For Ex- they go through, even our din- are showing people a little biochemistry junior and said. “I think it’s more than multimedia@ plore UT, Rodriguez oversaw ing halls, they’re just really ex- glimpse of that,” Sinatra said. volunteer Taylor Doan. “You just an open house — we dailytexanonline.com the creation of special menus cited about the fact that they Many volunteers at the event don’t want to go in blind want people to come and see to cater to visitors as they ex- eat where the [college] students were UT students, who helped not knowing the campus or it, but we also want people Retail Advertising at information tables and pre- what we have to offer.” (512) 471-1865 plored every aspect of cam- eat, and where hopefully they’ll to really have that hands-on advertise@texasstudentme- pus — including dining halls. be in the future.” sentations across campus. Sinatra said Explore UT experience and that feeling dia.com “I think it’s a great event for Sinatra said young people “I think [Explore UT is] serves as an opportunity of discovery you get when the University,” Rodriguez said. from all over the state come important because students for individuals to expe- you come to a big university Classified Advertising “We get to showcase what UT to the event. like elementary, middle, rience the workings of a like this.” (512) 471-5244 classifieds@ dailytexanonline.com GSA continues from page 1 TUITION continues from page 1

The Texan strives to present were out of town the day of letter of resignation following needs of UT System institu- with students taking longer “We begrudingly accept all information fairly, the hearing. Bhandari said it the hearing. He said he wants tions and their students,” said to complete their degrees the tuition increase as a way accurately and completely. If we have made an error, hurt his first case to not have to take full responsibility of UT System spokesperson and incurring a greater to get the money that we let us know about it. Call Barnes’ statement read, but the GSA Cattle Call event that Karen Adler via email. amount of debt each year.” need,” Osterloh, a govern- (512) 232-2217 or e-mail Wilkey argued election code Wilkey described in his com- The letter points out that The legislature reduced ment and philosophy senior, managingeditor@ rules call for a written affida- plaint as being biased. the legislature increased funding to UT by $92 mil- said. “The number one op- dailytexanonline.com. vit and does not allow elec- “It’s a way for me to say I funding for higher education lion during the 2012-2013 tion would be the Texas legis- tronic correspondence. accept the decision,” Barnes during the most recent leg- biennium. While the leg- lature giving us more money.” Evan Ott, chairman of the said. “If I’m now on the re- islative session and said they islature has restored $50 This is not the first time Election Oversight Board, cord as holding a biased were “alarmed” that state million of that funding to Patrick has criticized tuition COPYRIGHT argued that only the direct event, then I want to take universities had increased or UT since then, a gap still increases. When the UT Copyright 2016 Texas name mentioned in the com- that bias with me.” were considering raising tu- remains. A tuition increase System considered a frame- Student Media. All articles, plaint must be present. The Election Oversight ition. Universities, the letter fills up some of the money work to increase tuition last photographs and graphics, both in the print and online “Campus -Wide Elec- Board wrote in its opinion it said, should develop methods in that gap, according to fall, he said higher education editions, are the property tion Common Code does strongly recommended sev- to “cut institutional costs.” the Tuition Advisory Policy institutions were funded at of Texas Student Media not require all members of eral changes be made to the “These increases, com- Committee website. “historic levels” and suggest- and may not be reproduced the responding party to be campus-wide election code. bined with excessive bonus Rachel Osterloh, presi- ed they look for alternatives or republished in part or physically present during the It called the code “complex programs, indicate that our dent of Senate of College to increasing tuition. in whole without written permission. hearing procedure, so Chloe and potentially confusing.” state universities have lost Councils and a member of “I encourage [the Board Ireton’s inability to be pres- The three-member board sight of their primary mis- the Tuition Advisory Policy of Regents] to remember ent physically at the hearing also wrote in its opinion that sion to provide a high quali- Committee, said the legis- that we must keep the cost was not a violation of the the code should be updated ty education at an affordable lature is hypocritical to ex- of college tuition at a level TOMORROW’S WEATHER Election Code because Sahil to define the rights afforded cost to Texas families,” reads pect UT to remain competi- that is within reach of all Bhandari was present,” Ott to those named in a com- the letter. “Student debt is tive without providing them Texans,” Patrick said in a High Low wrote in his opinion. plaint, have updates to details already at an all-time high, the proper funding. October statement. Barnes, who also led the that would provide an exam- 84 62 Legislative Affairs Committee ple to each class of violation Nick: *chuckles* as the director, submitted his and that more information should be provided at the candidate seminar for candidates and workers. David Engleman, chair of the Election Supervisory Board, This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25 said that last week’s votes in the GSA election are now allowed Permanent Staff to be certified and will be an- Editor-in-Chief ...... Claire Smith Associate Editors ...... Alexander Chase, Davis Clark, Mary Dolan, Mohammad Syed Managing Editor ...... Amy Zhang nounced Monday morning. Associate Managing Editors ...... Nick Castillo, Jackie Wang News Editor ...... Wynne Davis “The opinion was obvi- Associate News Editor ...... Natalie Sullivan News Desk Editors ...... Ellie Breed, Estefania Espinosa, Rund Khayyat, Catherine Marfin ously rather extensive,” En- Senior Reporters ...... Mikaela Cannizzo, Cassandra Jaramillo, Rachel Lew, Forrest Milburn, Caleb Wong Life&Arts Editor ...... Cat Cardenas gleman said. “It affirmed Life&Arts Associate Editors ...... Megan Hix, Katie Walsh Senior Life&Arts Writers ...... Chris Duncan, Elizabeth Hlavinka, Charles Liu our judgment, but it made Sports Editor ...... Jacob Martella Associate Sports Editor ...... Akshay Mirchandani several recommendations Senior Sports Writers ...... Daniel Clay, Tyler Horka, Michael Shapiro, Mark Skol Special Ventures Editor ...... Eleanor Dearman on election proposal. With- Special Ventures Writers ...... Nashwa Bawab, Marisa Charpentier, Aaron Torres Special Ventures Photo Editor ...... Jesús Nazario out commenting on spe- Science&Technology Editor ...... Ellen Airhart Associate Science&Technology Editor ...... Eva Frederick cific proposals, it’s a wel- Forum Editor ...... Walker Fountain Senior Opinion Columnists ...... Benroy Chan, Mubarrat Choudhury, Laura Hallas, ...... Noah Horwitz, Leah Kashar, Khadija Saifullah comed development that Copy Desk Chief ...... Kailey Thompson Associate Copy Desk Chiefs ...... Vera Bespalova, Nicole Farrell, Michelle Zhang the GSA Election Over- Design Editor ...... Iliana Storch Associate Design Editor ...... Kelly Smith sight Board is making rec- Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff Senior Designers ...... Sammy Jarrar, Elizabeth Jones, Lillian Michel Video Editor ...... Hannah Evans ommendations for changes Dan Patrick speaks at a Ted Cruz watch party on Super Tuesday. Patrick expressed his dis- Senior Videographers ...... Charlotte Carpenter, Heather Finnegan, Monica Silverio Photo Editor ...... Rachel Zein in the election code.” approval of recent tuition increases in a letter addressed to public university presidents. Associate Photo Editor ...... Daulton Venglar Senior Photographers ...... Zoe Fu, Joshua Guerra, Gabriel Lopez, Mike McGraw, Stephanie Tacy Comics Editor ...... Melanie Westfall Associate Comics Editors ...... Lindsay Rojas, Victoria Smith Senior Comics Artists ...... Jason Cheon, Albert Lee, Connor Murphy, Isabella Palacios Social Media Editor ...... Akshay Mirchandani Technical Operations Manager ...... Tom Li Senior Tech Team Members ...... Adam Humphrey, Sam Limerick, Junyuan Tan WORD continues from page 1 Podcast Director ...... Anthony Green Associate Podcast Director ...... Lillian Michel Podcast Technical Producers...... Zeke Fritts, Sam Groves Long, kicked off Sun- bringing in people from Editorial Adviser...... Peter Chen day with a film screen- the community to start an Issue Staff ing and discussion about inclusive dialogue with Copy Editors ...... David Dam, Andrew Kirsop, Colin Traver CAMPUS Page Designers ...... Sonam Benakatti CAMPUS promoting inclusion. the audience.” Life&Arts Writers ...... Hunter Gierhart, Sebastian Sada Photographers ...... Mariana Gonzalez, Justin Kong, Mary Pistorius Boyce Gunderlach, a The campaign will con- Comics Artists ...... Lexi Acevedo, Laura Moyer, Chester Omenukor, Tín Rodriguez, Jessica Vacek Illustrator ...... Geo Casillas Name: 4478/Arbor Car Wash; Width: 19p4; Reporters ...... Elizabeth Huang, Brendalys Lebron, Zach Lyons, Audrey Zhang Buddy in the program who tinue through the week VIdeo ...... Jane Zeng Columnists ...... David Bordelon, David Dam Depth: 4 in; Color: Black, 4478/Arbor Car works with UT students, with tabling on the West Wash; Ad Number: 4478 said the campaign is a way of Mall, giving out pizza, speaking out. taking the pledge to stop Business and Advertising (512) 471-1865 | [email protected] “We want to get out there saying the word, and the Director...... Gerald Johnson Business/Operations Manager...... Frank Serpas III and explain how we feel,” opportunity to pie Best Account Executives ...... 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CITY Apartment complexes shoot down open carry By Zach Lyons open carry law could have a @iamzachlyons positive effect. “I do understand where Residential complexes people are coming from near campus have put out saying that [the law] not signs banning open carry safe because [guns] could firearms on their properties. accidentally discharge House Bill 910, which be- or get into the hands of came law Jan. 1, allows con- someone who shouldn’t cealed carry license holders have [them],” Long said, to openly carry their fire- “But at the other side, it’s arms. A provision of the in the hands of people law amended section 30.07 who have gone through of the Texas Penal Code, training, who have gotten making it a criminal offense a license to openly carry. to openly carry on a prop- I just think that we could erty which has posted a prevent crimes.” sign banning open carry in Still, Long said, it’s with- accordance with the code. in the prerogative of the Since the bill went into ef- complexes to turn away fect, a handful of apartment open carriers. buildings near campus, in- “While I fundamentally Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff cluding ones run by Rainer disagree with why they’re Members of Alpha Phi Omega present the Texas flag at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium prior to a UT football game Management and Marquis saying ‘no, you can’t carry it against Kansas in November. The flag, which weighs 450 pounds, is the largest Texas flag in the world. Management, have posted in there,’ I understand that is large-scale university. signs prohibiting open car- within their rights to be able continues from page 1 “This event has always APO ry on their properties. to say that,” Long said. been called ‘the biggest open Cody Bradford, a UT Advertising junior Brooks on each of the short sides of the end zone of the OU 17-by-30 yards, was present- ics Department. The Athlet- house in Texas,’” Sinatra alumnus and real estate Anderson said that a com- of the flag move towards side and pull the flag open, ed to Governor Price Dan- ics Department first asked said. “I think it’s more than agent with Twelve Rivers plex’s decision on open car- one another to “scrunch” covering the OU end zone,” iel by Mississippi Governor Texas APO to run the flag just an open house — we Management, said there’s a ry doesn’t really make him up the flag in order to Loper said. Ross Barnett at the end of the the following football season want people to come and see clear legal reason for land- feel more or less safe, and make it look like a circle,” APO is currently in posses- 1962 Cotton Bowl halftime at the 1962 Thanksgiving it, but we also want people lords and owners to consid- wouldn’t dissuade him from Hannon said. “The two sion of the world’s three larg- show. Daniel gave the flag game against Texas A&M, to really have that hands-on er adding such bans. Brad- living there. members, meeting at the est Texas flags, each used dur- to the Longhorn Band, who and APO has maintained experience and that feeling ford said property owners “Seeing a sign saying they middle, essentially hug ing different types of events. returned it to the University, and displayed the flag at of discovery you get when are liable for anything that were banning open carry each other very tightly The first flag, which was which gave it to the Athlet- University events ever since. you come to a big university happens on their property wouldn’t really change my while the flag is then like this.” and they often add firearm opinion either way,” An- spun a full 360 degrees.” storage restrictions or bans derson said. “I know there’s Other tricks are to a renter’s lease. probably gonna be people saved for special occa- “People have their right in some apartments who sions such as the Texas to bear arms,” Bradford said, have [guns], but I don’t vs. OU game, the only “But at the same time, their know if they necessarily event where “The Cor- RECYCLE rights are restricted when op e n c ar r y.” ner Open” is performed, your copy of they’re legally obligating Representatives of Mar- Lauren Loper, govern- themselves to a property.” quis Management de- ment senior and Texas Humans relations sopho- clined to comment, and flag co-coordinator, said. more Zachary Long said those from Rainer Man- “[For the Corner he understands people’s agement were unavailable Open,] we bunch the concerns, but he thinks the at press time. flag up in the corner

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Republican national security Name: PPD; Width: 29p6; Depth: 11 in; Color: Black, PPD; Ad experts oppose Donald Trump Number: - By Audrey Zhang The Republican party is going to bend @thedailytexan over backwards to prevent him from High-profile members of the getting the nomination. Republican national security community released a letter —Bruce Buchanan, Wednesday opposing Donald Government professor Trump’s presidential candidacy. The declaration outlined big impact in changing the opportunity they’re seeing,” objections to Trump’s foreign definition of the Republican Inboden said. “I understand policy, including his support party, or possibly splitting it and share those frustrations. I for trade wars, admiration of into two parts,” Buchanan just think Trump is the abso- foreign dictators and use of said. “The Republican party lute wrong answer for address- hateful anti-Muslim and an- is going to bend over back- ing those concerns.” ti-immigration speech. The wards to prevent him from Sammy Minkowitz, social members have united against getting the nomination.” and outreach director of the Trump, stating the GOP Inboden said the source of College Republicans, said stands for set values and not Trump’s appeal is disillusion- Trump is not representative of for grandiose personalities. ment among citizens with the Republican party overall. Signers included William the current administration. “His offensive speech mis- Inboden and Paul Miller of “Trump has tapped into leads those outside of the the UT Clements Center for some legitimate, genuine frus- party to believe that the GOP National Security. trations a lot of Republicans supports and practices the William Inboden, a pro- have, especially working-class same offensive language,” said fessor in the Lyndon B. John- Republicans who are frus- Minkowitz, a government and son School of Public Affairs, trated by the lack of economic economics sophomore. said the collaboration was the result of many Republi- cans’ shared concerns. “I had worked on the Na- tional Security Council for President [George W.] Bush and the State Department under Secretary [Condoleez- za] Rice,” Inboden said. “So, I have a network of fellow Republican foreign policy practitioners. We had been having a lot of private dis- cussions about our growing concern about the Trump candidacy.” The letter exemplifies an emerging divide in the Re- publican party between the GOP establishment and Trump and his supporters. Inboden said Trump is both dangerous and unqualified for the presidency. “He veers between isola- tionism and wild military ventures,” Inboden said. “He talks about engaging in war crimes. He talks about killing the inno- cent families of terrorists, about extreme measures of torture.” Government professor and political independent Bruce Buchanan said a Trump presidency could have dramatic ramifications for the entire Republican party. There’s a chance that if he is successful in his quest for the presidency, he will have a 4 OPINION

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COLUMN UT food desert feeds unhealthy eating habits By Laura Hallas a challenge,” nutrition freshman Adelyn Yau said. Daily Texan Senior Columnist “I feel like if it were cheaper, when people looked @LauraHallas at their alternatives, all of the sudden they are a little more comparable.” College is a formative period for a lot of rea- The lack of healthy alternatives is particu- sons. It turns students into adults capable of do- larly harmful to freshmen. Most live on cam- ing adult things like living on their own, manag- pus and don’t have access to cars, limiting ing a budget and eating their vegetables. food choices to those within walking distance. But what happens when eating cheap When looking to eat between classes or study isn’t healthy? sessions, walking even a block can be a time UT and parts of North and West campus are drain. Furthermore, living on campus requires considered by the United States Department of a meal plan, so there is some degree of pres- Agriculture to be a food desert, “a low-income sure to buy food from say, a Jester convenience area where a significant number or share of resi- store, to avoid wasting money. dents is far from a supermarket.” For an urban Even among older students who have more area like Austin, that means being more than a mobility, the lack of fresh food nearby can be mile from a significant source of healthy foods, problematic. One of the unfortunate realities of like HEB or Whole Foods. fresh food is that it spoils quickly. Even when a Considering student living, it makes sense weekly trip to HEB is possible, there’s no guaran- that a university could be a food desert. We tee that produce will last through the week. Many vacate our dorms and apartments for several popular foods like berries, avocados and bananas months at a time, taking our (parents’) money can spoil within a few days. from grocery stores. This deters them from The University held its first farmers mar- opening near campus. Students are then left ket just last month, offering an ideal com- with small, convenient store type food vendors bination of fresh, local and cheap food. The that largely sacrifice healthy food for cheap event offered educational instruction on local, food. In the face of these conditions, students’ environmentally-conscious growing as well. Illustration by Jacky Tovar | Daily Texan Staff odd hours and low budgets force our hand to- Unfortunately, these one-off events do not ward poor dietary choices. amount to a long term solution. subsidize healthier take-out options, like salads, life-long eating habits during our time in col- “The markets are convenient obviously, so A more effective approach would be to and increase healthy food selection. Doing so lege, but the choices should be our own, not you try to utilize them as best as you can, but it’s tweak prices and selection to encourage would give healthy options a fighting chance limited by the food around us. kind of like making eating healthy even more of healthy eating on campus. The University could in students’ wallets and stomachs. We establish Hallas is a Plan II freshman from Allen.

COLUMN Extreme views threaten viability of party politics By Noah M. Horwitz that the Democratic Party is not socialistic. denigrate the free market, problems will be Confederates should have won the Civil Daily Texan Senior Columnist It is capitalistic. Its representatives in politi- sure to follow. War. Perhaps most shamefully, one in five @NmHorwitz cal office advocate for businesses and indus- And then there are the Republicans. I Trump voters in a recent poll voiced their try. While they support more regulation than honestly do not think anything about con- opposition to the Emancipation Proclama- The pundits have hailed it as the year of the the Republicans, the two parties are in basic servatism is intrinsically tied to racism, prej- tion. That was the document that banned outsider. Prognosticators and other soothsay- agreement on the economic system that this udice or xenophobia. That being said, the slavery, for the record. ers have predicted doom for this country’s country should support. two have been correlated pretty strongly for A lot of ink has been spilled on the per- major parties. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Ver- The parties are in agreement, but the a few generations. ceived extremism of the two parties. Make mont), who still represents his state in Con- voters are not. Recent polls have shown Past Republicans presidents, be them Nix- no mistake, lots of people on the right already gress as an independent, has made a splash in roughly half of Democrats are self-avowed on, Reagan or Bush, have shamefully pan- find the Democrats to be socialistic or even the Democratic primaries for president. Don- socialists, and — according to other find- dered to bigots using dog whistles and coded Marxist. Lots of people on the left already call ald Trump appears to be the probable Repub- ings — among Democratic voters 45 and language. Trump just uses a megaphone. As the Republicans openly racist. To some ex- lican nominee, despite having only cursory under, a similar number find socialism Paul Krugman at The New York Times has tent, I am sympathetic to that argument. experience in the party. more favorable than capitalism. repeatedly pointed out, many of these voters, But if people like Sanders or Trump win Why? I tend to think it’s because these men Sanders obviously isn’t a European-style who are disproportionately living in the old the nomination of their respective parties, appeal to their respective party’s base in a way socialist. He doesn’t want to nationalize in- Confederacy, probably aren’t too concerned it will get worse. The ugliest portions of the that the party “elites” and “establishment,” dustries or tinker with the means of pro- with eliminating the estate tax. two parties have been rightly ignored in the whatever those are, do not — Sanders to the duction. But the implications of his policies These aforementioned voters want to recent past by officeholders and influence- socialists and Trump to the racists. are frightening nonetheless. In a system ban Muslims from entering the Unit- peddlers. That all could change this year. I Any literate person should be able to ascer- where the officeholders, not just the voters, ed States and they want to close down hope it doesn’t. tain from platforms and policy prescriptions romanticize a failed economic model and mosques. Many think the aforementioned Horwitz is a goverment senior from Houston.

POINT COUNTERPOINT New Facebooks reactions give Facebook reactions deserve users better shot at empathy thumbs down in response By David Dam way. Forty-four percent of Facebook users By David Bordelon system to include other emotions only reduc- Daily Texan Columnist “Like” content at least once a day, com- Daily Texan Columnist es the human experience of sharing legitimate @daviddamwrite pared with only 31 percent who comment, @davbord emotion, while simultaneously hurting those and 19 percent who send private messages who receive no acknowledgment. Facebook has over one billion active us- at least once a day. “Reactions” caters to Imagine a world where the extent of human The problem with the new system of “Reac- ers, but until recently, they could only express the substantial amount of users who click emotion is encapsulated in six words: like, love, tions” is that both posters and reactors experi- their reactions through the “Like” button. This the button, and this allows them to have a haha, wow, sad, angry. Imagine that to express ence a false sense of shared emotions. Emptily iconic “thumbs-up” symbol is too ambiguous wider range of expressions. these venerable emotional states one merely clicking “Sad” on a melancholy post or mind- to convey how people react to posts. With Whether you “Love” or are “Angry” at this has to click a button which adds a little face on lessly clicking “Love” on a celebratory one re- Facebook’s recent release of “Reactions,” the new addition, “Reactions” is a feature that fits a screen. Imagine then the complete satisfac- duces the human act of sharing emotion to one company took a positive step toward captur- a social media website, where people use it tion one receives from having shared the full of detachment. I see something sad, and I click ing human emotions. to share and react to content. Emotions can- gamut of human emotion online to one of their “Sad” merely because that’s the “right” thing to With “Reactions,” users can express their re- not be replicated accurately, so social me- “friends” — this is the emotional world that do, not because I am genuinely sad or because actions through emotive icons such as “Love,” dia websites are not the best medium Facebook is creating. I empathize. “Haha,” “Wow,” “Sad,” and “Angry,” in addition to convey sympathy. But for those Recently, Facebook revamped Worse still, clicking “Sad” may give me a to “Like.” These icons are accessible by hovering of us who want to try our best in their “Like” system, now called false sense of fulfillment that I shared emotion over the original “Like” button where a menu expressing appropriate reactions, “Reactions,” to include the above- with someone when all I have done is clicked a featuring the emotive icons will pop up. Us- “Reactions” is a positive step to- mentioned emotions. Zuckerberg button. These emotions need more than a mere ers who dislike this addition can simply press ward that goal. stated the company was click to be truly expressed. In a way, clicks try “Like” without having to go through the menu. Dam is a linguis- looking to increase to quantify an unquantifiable phenomenon — Other users are less excited about Face- tics and Spanish ways of expressing what exactly does five “Sads” even mean? book’s new addition, claiming that these freshman from sympathy — a The blandness of the old “Like” system was emotive icons can be exploited or have the Dallas. noble approach. exactly what made it superior to the complex- potential to portray false empathy. This is the However, ity of the new “Reactions.” However, even the reason why Facebook decided to leave out expanding the “Like” system devolved into searching for potentially insulting or mean buttons such bland “Like” validation. A post’s number of likes became as “Dislike,” which is ambiguous and can be almost directly tied to the poster’s self-worth. exploited by cyberbullies. “Reactions” takes that principle and exac- However, there is always a chance that a erbates it. To receive no “Likes” for a picture bully could “Haha” a post that was meant to be of your food is annoying, but to receive no sad. This problem is not unique to Facebook’s “Sads” for a heart-wrenching post about your “Reactions,” as these mean individuals can al- dying grandma is horrifying. ready bully others’ posts. For those of us who Thus, “Reactions” hurts everyone. It hurts plan to use such reactions appropriately, they those who deludedly believe they’re expressing are an important addition that allows us to empathy and those who unfortunately receive choose suitable reactions to friends’ contents. none of that faux-empathy. I would recom- In addition, false empathy is not isolated to mend doing away with all “Reactions,” “Like” Facebook’s “Reactions.” For an individual to included. To avoid this mess of reducing the truly convey sympathy, a personal message, primal, beautiful phenomenon of emotion into or even in-person talk, is the best way to do clicks, pixels and empty-headedness, I would it. Social media will never capture person-to- recommend showing genuine care for friends person interactions that can imitate interac- by writing comments, making phone-calls or, tions done in real life. God forbid, face-to-face communication. While commenting would be better than Bordelon is a philosophy sophomore from clicking a button, Facebook is not used that Illustration by Melanie Westfall | Daily Texan Staff Houston.

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Q&A Film producers discuss Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups’

By Sebastian Sada Emerson College News: @sseebbaasstian Why did you decide to produce this film? This month, Terrence Ma- SG: For me, every time I lick’s latest film, “Knight of start to wrap myself in one of Cups,” will receive nation- Terry’s ideas and work through wide distribution and mark the process of making the film, his first release since 2012. I can’t help but relate it to my Despite its 2016 release date, own life, and I start looking at the film spent several years where the meaning in my life is. in pre-production, faced si- That’s one of the exciting things multaneous production with about Terry’s films — that they “Weightless” — Malick’s next speak to a multitude of people project — and endured two … and encourage you to look years of post-production inside. I find that very exciting. before premiering at the Berlin International Film ECN: What is your style Festival last year. This week, of producing when working The Daily Texan sat in on a with Terrence Malick? conference call with ten uni- SG: What we do when versity newspapers and three we work with a director like of the film’s producers — Terry … is learn their pro- Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green cess — how they tell their and Ken Kao — to gauge the stories and what their priori- producers’ thoughts on their ties are — and make sure that latest venture. we’re answering it when we’re putting the production plan Beyond the Graphite: together. Our responsibility What were some interesting is to raise money and oversee surprises you encountered the business side, but also to Courtesy of Broad Green Pictures while making this film? work with Terry on all parts “Knight of Cups” filmmakers worked on back-to-back Terrance Malick projects, first filming “Weightless” in Austin before shoot- Sarah Green: A thun- of [the film]. We have to be ing “Knight of Cups” in L.A. derstorm on a day we were sure we’re aligned in terms of counting on natural light. understanding what the vi- project, “Weightless,” influ- Cups,” only to come back and The Columbia Chronicle: everybody’s ideas are appre- Those will throw you for a sion of film is, what his vision ence “Knight of Cups”’s pro- finish prep in Austin. It did Would you say that, in work- ciated. By way of that, people loop and you have to think is, and how that’s supported. duction cycle? affect our financial structure ing on this, those involved in definitely learn … something about ways to protect the It’s quite different working SG: Basically, we had to because we tried to choose the production grew as much new about their craft, and actors and the camera while with Terry because his pri- build work for both films into [crew members] who were as the film’s characters do? that goes for every single de- living with what the day orities are different from any the production plan. We were interested in both so that there Nicolas Gonda: People partment. That’s one of the is giving you, because you other director’s. based in Austin at the time, so would be no competition be- do find that actors working great things about the pro- only have so many days [in we were able to prep “Weight- tween them — so that every- on a Terrence Malick film cess. It’s not just a personal which to shoot]. That comes The Daily Texan: How less” first — at least in part — one would understand that have had a singular experi- experience for the audiences, up on every set. It’s kind of did back-to-back produc- and then go to Los Angeles what was good for one film ence. It’s an extremely col- but one for the people who a given. tion with Malick’s next to prep and shoot “Knight of was good for the other. laborative environment, and took part in making the film.

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Rodrigo leads Texas to title game LAKERS By Tyler Horka @TexasTy95 WARRIORS Beating a team three times in the same season is a tall task, no matter the sport. Texas accomplished that feat Saturday night in its win over MLS Kansas. The Longhorns accomplished the task yet again FC DALLAS Sunday afternoon with a 67-51 win over No. 22 West Virginia. The game went Texas’ way PHILADELPHIA from the start. An early 11-0 run gave the Longhorns an eight-point lead in the game’s opening minutes, and they never looked back. NHL “I was extremely pleased with the way we started the STARS game,” head coach Karen As- ton said. “Our team seems to feed positively off of having SENATORS fast starts and good starts.” Texas held a 38-23 lead at halftime and led by as many as 25 late in the third quarter. West Virginia would crawl to within 14 with just over two minutes left as Texas en- Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff dured a fourth quarter scor- Senior guard Celina Rodrigo has led the Longhorns in scoring in both conference tournament games. She scored 13 points to lead ing drought that lasted nearly Texas over Kansas on Saturday night, and scored 12 more against West Virginia to push her team to the conference title game. eight minutes. TOP TWEET But a long jumper from well,” Rodrigo said. “Coach percent from the floor. 74-48 in Waco. Aston said three-for-three. freshman forward Jordan has been mentioning to us we The victory sends No. that Texas has to do a better But the only number that Javan Felix Hosey put Texas up by 16 need to play freer and not as 8 Texas to the conference job scoring to have a chance matters for Texas is one. The @JavanFelix3 with 1:59 left in the game, tense, so that’s what we’ve been championship game against this time around. Longhorns have dropped thwarting any chance at a trying to do here lately.” No. 4 Baylor tonight at 8 “You know they’re re- 13 straight games to Baylor, Be thankful for what Mountaineer comeback. Rodrigo was one of four p.m. Texas fell victim to ally good,” Aston said of the but all the painful memo- you have and you’ll Senior guard Celina Ro- Longhorns to score in double Baylor twice in the regular Bears. “I think that to be able ries from past defeats can be drigo led Texas in scoring figures. Senior center Imani season, getting outscored by to beat Baylor, you have to erased with one victory. end up having more. for the second straight game Boyette had ten, and sopho- a combined 39 points in the compete for forty minutes.” “Obviously the next step is If you concentrate on with 12 points on four-of- more guards Brooke McCarty two matchups. Like Texas, Baylor is two- you want to win a champion- what you don’t have, five shooting, including two- and Ariel Atkins added 11 The conference champi- for-two this year when trying ship,” Aston said. “And to win you will never have of-two from beyond the arc. apiece. Boyette bounced back onship game comes exactly to beat a team for the third a championship right now in enough “When our energy is good, from a four-point performance one week after Baylor dis- time in one season. If Baylor the Big 12, I mean, that goes we all feed off that and we play against Kansas by shooting 50 mantled Texas by a score of beats Texas tonight, it will be through Baylor.”

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Ninth-inning collapse SPORTS caps unsuccessful series BRIEFLY Multiple Longhorns By Michael Shapiro couldn’t hold on. win Big 12 awards @mshap2 After Clemens’ drop, Cali- After lifting the Long- fornia’s lead runner dashed horns from a bubble team So much for silver linings. toward the plate, beating the to a solid No. 5 or 6 seed Despite dropping the open- throw at home by a hair. The in the NCAA, senior cen- ing three games of the weekend collapse was complete. ter Prince Ibeh and junior to California, Texas seemed “Things didn’t bounce the point guard Isaiah Taylor poised to end the series on a way we wanted them to,” ju- received recognition for high note Sunday, entering the nior designated hitter Tres Bar- their efforts from the Big 12. top of the ninth up 7-2. rera said. “There are going to Ibeh was named the But the Longhorns fell apart be some growing pains with conference’s Defensive in the ninth, sending the game this team.” Player of the Year, while to extras tied at 7-7. The Long- A barrage of singles in the Taylor was named to the horns eventually lost 10-7 in eleventh gave California its first team All-Big 12, the eleven innings, completing the first lead of the game. The Big 12 announced Sunday. Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff four-game sweep for Califor- Bears took a 10-7 lead it would Ibeh, a six-foot 11- Freshman guard Kerwin Roach throws down a two-handed dunk against Oklahoma on nia. It marked the first-ever never relinquish, as Texas went inch center, stepped up Feb. 27. Roach scored 15 points against Oklahoma State on Friday night. four-game sweep in the Long- down meekly in the inning’s after fellow senior center horns’ 122-year history. bottom half. Cameron Ridley went “I’m not sure I love baseball,” The Longhorns’ inabil- down with a broken foot head coach Augie Garrido said. ity to field the ball cost them in practice in December. Roach takes over late to lead “It’s really cruel. It’s a tough throughout the weekend, most He settled in to the start- mistress, boy.” notably in Sunday’s ninth in- ing role, averaging four Kacy Clemens seemed to ning. Texas ended the series points, 5.2 rebounds and Longhorns to 20th victory blow the game open in the fifth. with four errors, and many two blocks in 30 games. With men on first and third, other makeable plays that were Ibeh broke out in the By Jacob Martella basket, allowing Oklahoma been really good at slashing the junior first baseman tat- missed, leading to additional last week of January, aver- @ViewFromTheBox State to take a 13-9 lead. and making plays and he fin- tooed a California fastball, un- runners on base. aging 15 points and 10.5 The Longhorns eventually ished them off,” head coach leashing it over the right field “I don’t know why [we’re rebounds against TCU Kerwin Roach Jr. and grabbed a 27-23 lead, but Shaka Smart said. “So that fence. The three-run shot was struggling],” Barrera said. and Vanderbilt. He’s the the Longhorns struggled missed their last four shots was huge for us because we Clemens’ second of the series, “If I had the answers I’d tell third player in Texas histo- through the first 35 minutes of the half to let the Cowboys had some guys who didn’t and his sixth RBI of the season. you. But we’ve got to keep ry to win the award, join- Friday night. even the game at 29 going particularly have their best But Texas’ lead wouldn’t last. moving forward.” ing LaMarcus Aldridge Texas was shooting 37 per- into the break. offensive games, so for him to California started the ninth The Longhorns slumped to and Doğuş Balbay, and cent from the field, buried Foul trouble ruled the sec- step up and give us 15 points inning rally in seemingly in- the locker room as California also made the conference’s neck deep in foul trouble and ond half for the Longhorns. is really big.” nocuous fashion. Two singles stormed the field at the conclu- All-Defensive Team. tied with an Oklahoma State Texas picked up six fouls in Meanwhile, the defense started the frame, but were sion of the contest. Garrido ad- Taylor was the only team that came in with just the first three minutes of the made sure the Cowboys followed by two consecutive dressed his team for 50 minutes Longhorn to make any of three wins in Big 12 play. half, but Oklahoma State weren’t able to counter. outs. Up 7-2 with the outs, the following Saturday’s loss, but the three All-Big 12 teams But then, Roach took over. couldn’t take advantage. The The Longhorns kept the wheels fell off. took little time on Sunday. with his first team selec- The freshman guard scored Cowboys missed five of their ball out of Oklahoma State’s Three singles accompanied “This is obviously the most tion. Taylor averaged 15 nine of the Longhorns’ final first seven free throws. Leyton Hammonds’ hands. by a walk brought the score difficult game of all to lose,” points and 4.8 assists per 14 points as Texas finished But Roach, who didn’t The sophomore forward kept to 7-6 Longhorns. California Garrido said. “But in reality, it game this season, but was the regular season with a score in the first half, made the Cowboys in the game freshman infielder Ripken was a much better game. We slowed last week by a nag- 62-50 win — the team’s 20th sure that the Longhorns with a game-high 20 points Reyes grounded a ball deep did much better offensively and ging foot injury. victory this season. took advantage of Oklahoma but couldn’t put up a shot in in the hole, which was fielded looked a lot more like ourselves.” Freshmen guards Ker- “All I know is that I had State’s missed opportunities. the last 6:45 as the Cowboys by shortstop Bret Boswell. Bo- Garrido is ever the optimist. win Roach Jr. and Eric my team behind me,” Roach With the Longhorns up failed to score in the last four swell fired the ball across the But Sunday was nothing short Davis Jr. rounded out said. “Coach [Shaka] Smart 50-48 and struggling to minutes of the game. infield to first, but Clemens of a meltdown, end of story. Texas’ haul in the Big 12 kept saying keep attacking, break away, Roach finally The Longhorns finish the awards by being named so it gave me a lot of confi- broke serve, driving to the regular season with 20 wins to the Big 12’s All-New- dence and made me go.” basket for a layup to put for the 16th time in the last comer team. Roach led The Longhorns failed to do Texas up by four. Under a 17 years. the Longhorns to a win much in the early part of the minute later, he dished the Texas will face Baylor on Friday night against game to shake off the disap- ball down low to senior Thursday at 11:30 a.m. to start Oklahoma State, scoring pointment of Monday’s blow- center Prince Ibeh, who fin- the Big 12 tournament. The nine of the team’s last 14 out loss to Kansas. Senior ished it off with a dunk and Longhorns and Bears split points. Davis, like the rest guard Demarcus Holland put a three-point play. the season series, with Baylor of the freshmen, strug- the Longhorns on the board Roach then scored the blowing Texas out 78-64 in gled to find consistency, 88 seconds into the contest — next seven points, including the last meeting on Feb. 20. but posted double digits compared to over six minutes a three-pointer with 1:40 “Our guys have made in points in four–straight against the Jayhawks — but left to put the game away for progress, we’ve had some games in late February. that was it for the highlights the Longhorns. He finished really big wins and now it’s Texas opens the Big 12 in the first half. with 15 points. about making sure we go up Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff tournament against Baylor Up 7-5, Texas entered a “He hit a couple of re- to Kansas City playing our Junior first baseman Kacy Clemens attempts to make contact on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. four-minute span with one ally big outside shots and he’s best basketball,” Smart said. with a pitch against California. —Jacob Martella COMICS 7

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NATIONAL Candidates’ music choices impact race minimally By Hunter Gierhart the movement.” @HeartGears In comparison, Hillary Clinton’s official Spotify As the 2016 presidential playlist, released last year, race rages on, the remain- doesn’t contain a single ing candidates are doing folk track or anything be- everything they can to win fore 1999. Of the 13-track over voters, turning playl- playlist, 12 of the songs are ists into political strategies. from this decade, with the While Democrats Hillary sole exception being Jen- Clinton and Bernie Sand- nifer Lopez’s 1999 hit “Let’s ers compete for the nomi- Get Loud.” nation, a stark distinction The song the Clinton appears between their cam- campaign has gravitated paign’s music choices. to the most, however, At his rally in Austin on has been Rachel Platten’s Saturday, democratic can- “Fight Song.” The song has didate Bernie Sanders uti- been used for her rallies on lized The Trammps 1976 the campaign trail, nota- standard, “Disco Inferno,” bly after her Feb. 1 victory which features the notori- speech in Iowa. ous line “Burn baby, burn,” Government graduate — a play on Sander’s cam- student Bryan Milward, paign catchphrase, “Feel who attended a Clinton the Bern.” Other choices rally last Monday, said he included Willie Nelson’s thinks that her campaign 1980 classic “On the Road hasn’t done as good of a Again” and a live perfor- job of utilizing music as mance of Woody Guthrie’s her husband President Bill folk song “This Land Is Clinton did in 1992. Illustration by Geo Casillas | Daily Texan Staff Your Land.” “President Clinton had a Government and history signature soundtrack with Assistant government She said Donald Trump political consultants who Adele pulled the plug on freshman Max Pearce, at- Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Don’t professor Bethany Albert- is using his music selec- tell me what kind of mu- their usage after footage tended Sanders’ rally last Stop Thinking About To- son said while music choic- tions to distance himself sic is acceptable, and if circulated of “Skyfall” and week. He said the perfor- morrow,’ and that set the es are important, they’re from the establishment. you’re offended that’s “Rolling In The Deep” be- mances from local musi- tone for his campaign,” not dominating factors in Utilizing songs like Bruce your problem.’” ing used at Donald Trump cians and the rally play- Milward said. “Hillary swaying voters. Springsteen’s “Born In The The rest of the Repub- campaign events. list made the event an is trying to reinforce her “It’s easy to put together U.S.A.” and Twisted Sister’s lican candidates however, “A lot of the musical enjoyable experience. message with ‘Fight Song,’ some songs; I don’t think “We’re Not Gonna Take have been playing it safe, choices are very vanilla, “It served to remind us but she needs a stronger candidates do it thinking It,” Trump emphasizes his Albertson says. Drop-out they’re designed to not of- of the numerous injustices song to do so.” this is how they’re going to political positions. candidates Mike Huckabee fend anyone,” Albertson in America and why we While Sanders utilizes win voters,” she said. “That “His rallies are the and Chris Christie both said. “On the other hand, were at the rally in the first older hits, Clinton’s music being said, I think that anti-political rally,” Alb- utilized Adele’s nine-week we have really political place,” Pearce said. “The is noticeably younger, a when it’s done really well, ertson said. “It’s also his No. 1 single “Hello” for music that’s meant to chal- music did go a long way to- difference that is amplified music can help convey a way of saying ‘I’m going parody videos. Adele songs lenge us, and that’s not wards provoking an emo- by Clinton’s noticeable lack message or set a tone for to be a normal candidate, were a popular choice anywhere on [this year’s] tional response towards of millennial support. a campaign.” I’m not going to listen to amongst the GOP until campaign trail.”

MOVIE REVIEW | ‘MILES AHEAD’ ALBUM REVIEW | ‘UNTITLED UNMASTERED.’ Kendrick Lamar asserts his rap dominance in new album By Chris Duncan and “King Kunta,” two of @chr_dunc the most powerful tracks on TPAB. The lack of editing Kendrick Lamar is known and production that went for his unapologetically dar- into untitled unmastered. ing music that contemplates makes the album feel un- modern racial tensions, de- polished but personal at the pression and materialism, same time. UNTITLED UNMASTERED. but on his new album un- A few songs on this re- Genre: Hip-hop/Rap titled unmastered., the enig- cord will sound familiar matic rapper cuts loose. to dedicated K-Dot fans Tracks: 8 During the media circuit because of their television Rating: 8/10 for his critically acclaimed debuts, which were blends album To Pimp a Butterfly, of several of these tracks. Courtesty of Bifrost Pictures Kendrick Lamar performed However, the album ver- out of line and dance with Don Cheadle soars and stumbles in his directorial debut “Miles Ahead,” the nonlinear on various television shows sions feature significantly the star, I could never end biopic centered around jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. such as “The Colbert Re- cut-down instrumentation, a career if it never start,” port,” “The Tonight Show” directing attention toward hearkening back to his mas- and even the Grammys. But, Lamar’s words rather than sive verse in “Control” and instead of sticking to the the overall feel of the song. showing how much fun Don Cheadle’s directorial debut track listing, Lamar occa- It’s in those words that Kendrick can have with his sionally performed energet- Lamar shines. Whether it’s music. ic untitled demos that didn’t his spiritual message that Although production of paces well, but leaves miles to go make the cut for To Pimp a emphasizes the importance several songs on this album Butterfly. On Friday, eight of is kept to a minimum, sev- By Charles Liu session. A series of events of humanity’s unity, or per- those demos were formally sonal confidence, Kendrick eral moments shine through @CharlieInDaHaus causes the recording to fall released as the compilation restriction. During the al- into greedy hands, forcing weaves his words with such album untitled unmastered. bum’s fourth track, Lamar Don Cheadle makes Davis and Brill to track flow to assert himself as the This album is not a full- advocates free thinking as his directorial debut with it down. Interspersed best lyricist in rap music fledged commercial release he whispers messages to “Miles Ahead,” an impres- throughout their quest are today. During the seventh — its artwork is generic, fellow Top Dawg Entertain- sionistic, nonlinear biopic flashbacks that delve into track, Kendrick drops a each song is named by track ment artist SZA, who repre- about Miles Davis, a jazz Davis’ creative process “MILES AHEAD” bomb when he raps, “You number and date recorded, sents the black community trumpeter considered to and his relationship with niggas fear me like y’all fear and every song reeks of in the song. Quiet bass riffs be one of the most innova- dancer Frances Taylor Running Time: 100 minutes God, You sound frantic, I demo tape material. At the are scattered throughout the tive musicians of the 20th (Emayatzy Corinealdi). Rating: R hear panic in your voice, end of the project’s sec- Just know the mechanics song, with ambient noises century. A prominent fig- As the star of “Miles Score: ond track, Lamar pauses, and synths only finding ure in the development of Ahead,” Cheadle injects of making your choice and then asks who’s playing the their place in the song dur- cool jazz and bebop, Da- confident flash and atti- writin’ your bars, Before you drums on the upcoming re- vis’ early success paved tude into his performance. be disappointed — Char- poke out your chest, loosen cordings of “Mortal Man” LAMAR page 5 the way to drugs, alcohol He emulates the musi- lie Parker and several of your bra, Before you step and health problems. cian’s raspy voice, and he Davis’ other collaborators “Miles Ahead” finds looks the part when his fail to make appearances, Davis (Cheadle) during Davis performs on screen. and Gil Evans only gets a the late 1970s, a period in He and McGregor have few lines of dialogue. which he withdrew from some memorable back- As the director of the public eye and stopped and-forths; sometimes “Miles Ahead,” Cheadle working. He’s a Howard funny, sometimes somber. displays good instincts, Hughes-esque loner who Corinealdi makes an im- but he also succumbs to spends his days languish- pression as the lovely Tay- unrefined impulses. ing in darkness and listen- lor, but the writing doesn’t Some of his stylistic ing to music. One day, his give her character much choices are good. A mem- quiet existence is inter- of a personality. orable transition between rupted by Rolling Stone Written by Cheadle and the periods of Davis’ life reporter Dave Brill (Ewan Steven Baigelman, “Miles has his older self open a McGregor), who claims Ahead” vacillates between literal door into his glitzy, he’s there to chronicle Da- heavy and light. There’s dreamy past. Another vis’ comeback story. strong character work in — the blast of a trumpet For Davis, coming out the “present day” story, suddenly becomes the of his rut will prove no but the flashbacks lack in- sharp report of a pistol. easy task: he’s more con- sight into Davis’ abuse of These little moments keep cerned with collecting Taylor and fail to explore the nonlinear narrative his retainer from Colum- the reasons for his decline. flowing, and to Cheadle’s bia Records and keeping Those looking for an in- credit, the pacing never Courtesy of Run the Trap the studio away from a depth look at Davis’ rise Kendrick Lamar’s surprise release untitled unmastered. sounds more like To Pimp a Butterfly recording of a rehearsal to prominence will also MILES page 5 outtakes than fresh material.