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CITY CAMPUS Students in Groups split support in HD 49 race UT directory By Forrest Milburn & legislative aide and 2014 UT campaign.” Us endorsing him shows to the com- Caleb Wong graduate Huey Rey Fischer Fischer, a former UDems susceptible @thedailytexan won the endorsement from president, has been actively munity that all the stuff Huey has been UDems, while Austin ISD working alongside campus saying [about representing] students is, to scammers University Democrats and school board member Gina organizations to increase stu- Central Austin Democrats Hinojosa won the CAD en- dent voter participation. in fact, the truth. endorsed different candidates dorsement. UDems chose to endorse By Mikaela Cannizzo —Maliha Mazhar, @mikaelac16 for House District 49 on Sun- “The students are taking Fischer largely for his cam- Government senior day, establishing a divide in me to the Capitol,” Fischer pus outreach and positions Personal information avail- widely coveted support from said. “This is our opportunity on key issues such as sexual stuff Huey has been saying more than 200 endorsements able through the University’s two of Austin’s top Democrat- to really have youth repre- assault and student loan debt, [about representing] students from groups around Austin, online directory makes UT ic institutions. sentation heard in the pink UDems communications di- is, in fact, the truth,” govern- including her most recent students prime targets for scam With just two weeks of dome just a few blocks away rector Maliha Mazhar said. ment senior Mazhar said. from the Austin American- artists, according to UTPD po- campaigning left before early from the UT campus, and “Us endorsing him shows Throughout the primary lice officers. voting on Feb. 16, former it’s great momentum for our to the community that all the campaign, Hinojosa received page 3 HD 49 UTPD officer William Pieper said a recent scam affecting students begins with a NATIONAL fraudulent call from a phone number that appears to be from law enforcement. After convincing the student he or College cost plans differ in 2016 election she owes money to the government, the scammer directs the By Caleb Wong student to purchase a prepaid @caleber96 credit card and give the scam- STUDENT DEBT BY THE NUMBERS mer the card information. College affordability has “We’ve seen [the scam] now become an increasingly im- for more than a year, and with portant issue in the presi- tax season coming, we suspect dential campaign, but each The total student The student loan debt of more and more of these calls candidate has a distinct and loan debt in U.S. UT-Austin graduates averages will be sent to students,” Pieper different plan to tackle this amounts to said. “Because everything’s issue that many students $22,165 done over the phone, the callers face. $1.2 trillion can be anywhere worldwide.” Marco Rubio has dis- Pieper said easily accessible cussed his own college The typical student loan information in the UT direc- debt and the amount of monthly payment of tory, which includes student time it took to pay it off. UT-Austin graduates is emails, phone numbers and Bernie Sanders has railed home addresses, has provided against Wall Street at his $246 per month scammers with necessary rallies, promising a tax on tools to deceive students. To Wall Street speculation prevent this from occurring, to pay for free tuition at 40 percent Pieper recommends students public institutions. 71 percent of UT-Austin students take advantage of the opt- Maliha Mazhar, com- of college students receive federal loans out policy and restrict their munications director for graduate with debt available information. University Democrats, said “If students go online and the Republican emphasis restrict that information, the on cutting taxes is at odds scammers won’t have access with increasing access to and they should never receive higher education. She said Sources: collegesourcecard.com, whitehouse.gov, markethous.com the phone calls,” Pieper said. LOANS page 2 Infographic by Iliana Storch | Daily Texan Staff DIRECTORY page 2

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Research changes understanding of RNA

By Samah Khan UT graduate stu- @Samahk9 dent Brant Gra- cia is developing A new laboratory technique new laboratory techniques to that reveals the intricate work- further knowl- ings of genetic material is de- edge about the veloping at UT-Austin. UT structure of RNA. graduate student Brant Gracia His techniques researches how RNA mol- include rigorous ecules form functional shapes quantification Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff to improve researchers’ under- and tertiary structure modifi- Emma Dietrich will give a talk on spider silk at Science Under the standing of and ability to ma- cation. Stars at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory on Thursday. nipulate these molecules. RNA enables and controls the expression of genetic material in organisms such as Samah Khan UT alumna speaks on humans. Gracia’s research Daily Texan Staff on RNA has applications in potential of spider silk medicine, therapeutics and and potential applications Stovall leads a Freshman Re- is not only developing oligo- pharmaceuticals. of RNA by discovering that search Initiative (FRI) stream nucleotide (nucleic acid mol- By Danielle Ransom cause of its potential use in a Because RNA is a single- the secondary and tertiary that develops aptamers, ecule) tools that have very @thedailytexan variety of human products, but stranded molecule, it can structures could, in fact, be which are sequences of RNA beneficial applications to the because of its really interesting rearrange itself from its sec- induced separately. or DNA, to perform specific new world, but it is making Students may not be able and unique natural history,” ondary, linear structure into a “The immediate implica- functions. Stovall’s stream has fantastic scientists [who] will to swing through the city sky- said Emma Dietrich, a gradu- three-dimensional “tertiary” tions of my research are how designed therapeutic RNA be solving the real challenges line on spider webs, but they ate student in the UT Depart- structure that takes up space. to quantitatively dissect and sequences to target proteins we face today.” are one step closer to having ment of Integrative Biology. Previously, scientists believed understand molecules and involved in neurodegenerative Gracia has fulfilled Stovall’s consumer goods make out of Companies are in the early the secondary and tertiary their mechanisms,” Gracia diseases such as Alzheimer’s. prediction in a profound way: spider silk. phases of developing spider structures to be infinitely co- said. “By studying the details Stovall predicts that designing by founding UT’s scientific Researchers and biotech- silk products, but they plan to operative, meaning one struc- of these RNA structures, oth- an aptamer that stops these outreach organization, called nology companies have be- produce goods as soon as they ture could not occur without ers can hopefully come up diseased proteins from func- “Present your Ph.D. thesis to gun genetically modifying vi- figure out how to manufac- the other, according to the with clever ways to engineer a tioning could lead to success- a 12 year-old.” This program able organisms, such as goats, ture silk wholescale, according Proceedings of the National useful molecule.” ful medical and diagnostic ap- allows graduate students such to produce spider silk for to Dietrich. Academy of Sciences of the Gracia is not alone in his plications in the future. as Gracia to introduce K–12 consumer goods. Dietrich will give a talk on United States of America. endeavor to discover the dy- “I think that we are pushing students to the research tract “ Spider silk is simply a fas- Gracia contributed knowl- namic possibilities of RNA. the needle forward,” Stovall cinating material, not only be- SPIDER SILK page 2 edge about the behaviors UT research educator Gwen said. “I feel that our research RNA page 3

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She estimates this will accurately and completely. student safety concerns, Ser- dents targeted by the scam pro- strides toward affordability Ted Cruz: cost $350 billion, financed By Rachel Lew If we have made an error, gio Cavazos, policy direc- ceed with the caller and end up with Congress’ help. Cruz said he wants to through $175 billion in @rachelannlew let us know about it. Call “In order to have a level (512) 232-2217 or e-mail tor for the Senate of College getting their money swindled, eliminate the Department block grants to the states, managingeditor@ Councils, said the Senate every student who receives a playing field, it seems as if of Education and grant increased state spending dailytexanonline.com. passed a resolution in Octo- call should file a police report education is the only way general-purpose education on education and fewer ber supporting an opt-in, as since more information allows to do that,” government funding to states. tax deductions for high- opposed to opt-out, policy for UTPD to better track and iden- senior Mazhar said. “I’d Cruz has not rolled out a income earners. Students, the directory. tify the suspects. rather my tax dollars go to full-fledged plan to tackle she said, would need to COPYRIGHT Cavazos, a government ju- Electrical engineering higher education.” college affordability. work 10 hours a week to Copyright 2016 Texas nior, said the opt-in option will sophomore Hannah Peeler Robert Guerra, com- “I had six figures in stu- graduate debt-free. Student Media. All articles, be similar to the current opt- said she recently dealt with munications director for dent loans. I just paid off “This is one of my big- photographs and graphics, out one, but will allow students this scam when a man called College Republicans, said my student loans five or six gest … priorities and I will both in the print and online to decide what information her and told her she needed to Republicans will manage years ago,” Cruz said in an be addressing it from the editions, are the property they want to publicize prior to pay a certain amount of mon- higher education costs bet- interview with the Skimm. first day I become presi- of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced it being published in the direc- ey to avoid being arrested. ter than Democrats would. “We’ve got to return to an dent,” Clinton said in a or republished in part or tory. After walking to the bank and “I think what it comes environment where small Facebook Q&A. in whole without written “We decided that we want- withdrawing $980, she was down to is a willingness on businesses are growing and permission. ed to take a proactive ap- directed to transfer the funds the left to throw money at flourishing and creating Bernie Sanders: proach, especially with all the at Speedy Cash while staying the problem and add more jobs and opportunities.” Sanders has the most concerns about campus safety on the phone with him the to the budget,” finance ju- sweeping plan of all the can- that have come up within the whole time. nior Guerra said. Donald Trump: didates: make tuition free at TOMORROW’S WEATHER past school year,” Cavazos After arriving at Speedy Here is an overview of the Trump said the federal public colleges. High Low said. “This will ensure that Cash, Peeler said employees candidates’ plans: government should not “Too many of our young students don’t have that sensi- informed her of the scam turn a profit off of student people cannot afford a col- 72 46 tive information easily acces- after asking her questions Marco Rubio: loan debt. lege education, and those sible to the public.” about why she was visibly up- Rubio is seeking to allow “That’s probably one of who do go to college are I need Cam to score right Cavazos said the resolution set. Peeler then hung up the graduates to pay off their the only things the govern- faced with crushing debt,” now so he can dab. is currently in the planning phone without providing any loans in proportion to their ment shouldn’t make mon- Sanders said at a forum last of the money or information incomes, according to his ey off — I think it’s terrible April. “This is enormously the caller was after, and later campaign website. He also that one of the only profit important if we are to re- reported the incident to the wants to allow individuals centers we have is student build our middle class and if Austin Police Department. to invest in college students’ loans,” Trump said in an in- we are going to be competi- This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25 “I’ve been called before tuition in return for a por- terview with The Hill. tive in the global economy.” and people have asked for tion of their future income. Sanders also wants to cut Permanent Staff my social security number “If I’m our nominee, how Hillary Clinton: student loan interest rates Editor-in-Chief ...... Claire Smith Associate Editors ...... Alexander Chase, Davis Clark, Mary Dolan, Mohammad Syed is Hillary Clinton gonna Managing Editor ...... Amy Zhang or my credit card informa- Last August, Clinton re- and allow students to refi- Associate Managing Editors ...... Nick Castillo, Jackie Wang News Editor ...... 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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Study: Human memory larger than once thought By Freya Preimesberger spatial information.” ed into a 3-D model, according @thedailytexan The brain’s storage capacity to Kinney. is dependent on the number The modeling revealed that Rats are not renowned of synapses and the power of the parts of the brain cells for their smarts. However, their connections. Synapses that the synapses connected rat brains recently helped are pathways that control how to had almost identical sizes. UT scientists make an im- chemical information is trans- Researchers suggested that portant discovery about mitted throughout the brain, the precisely similar sizes of human memories. and larger synapses tend to be synapses could be related to In a study published in the more successful at activating proper functioning and the journal “eLife,” neuroscience nearby neurons. Multiple syn- computational ability of the professor Kristen Harris from apses often form between brain hippocampus. the Center of Learning and cells; because these multiple Based on these reconstruc- Memory and collaborators synapses undergo the same ac- tions, researchers hypothesized detailed their discovery that tivity, they should all have the that total human memory the human brain’s capacity for same strength. capacity may actually be ten memory may be much larger The scientists remodeled times larger than they previ- than previously assumed. the rat brain sample using ously assumed. The sizes al- In order to find these re- serial section electron mi- lowed researchers to estimate sults, they took a small sample croscopy, which generates 3D that a single synapse stores an of brain tissue for computa- images using a scanning elec- average of about 4.7 bits. tional modeling and analyzed tron microscope. Because of this discovery, its synapses. “Brain tissue is bewilder- the total storage capacity of “All of the data are from a ingly complex, more so than the brain is now estimated tiny piece of rat brain, the size other organs,” co-author in petabytes. A single pet- Illustration by Victoria Smith | Daily Texan Staff of a red blood cell,” Harris said. Justin Kinney said. “To cap- abyte contains as much in- The scientists used a ture this structure accurately, formation as about 62,500 Improperly functioning with them when they die,” This information may also tissue sample from the we must examine it at the smart phones. In 2001, synapses are associated with co-author Thomas Bartol help scientists design more ef- rat’s hippocampus. nanometer scale.” the Internet stored about neurological diseases such as said. “Our discovery raises ficient computers, according “The hippocampus is cru- Electron microscopes are 295,000 petabytes, accord- Alzheimer’s. additional questions about to a release from the Salk Insti- cial for storing memory,” neu- capable of generating images ing to the journal Science “It is known that Alzheim- whether brain disorders in- tute. The brain’s precise synapse roscience associate professor with 2.3 nanometer pixels. The Express, but this storage er’s disease leads to loss of cluding Alzheimer’s disease sizes and computational ability Hiroshi Nishiyama said. “Hip- brain tissue was very thinly capacity was predicted to neurons and synapses, which might impact the precision of provides a model for more pre- pocampal neurons also encode sliced, imaged and reconstruct- grow greatly. take their stored information synapses’ sizes.” cise technology.

CAMPUS Progressive Coalition. candidates will get a boost in HD 49 “With that coveted en- campaign operations from continues from page 1 dorsement, [CAD and their separate endorsers. Statesman and CAD. UDems] combine a lot of Mazhar said UDems will Student Government hopes to “With the important en- their war chests together be active on campus through dorsement of the Central and … go to many, many blockwalking, tabling and ad- Austin Democrats, I’ve won residents in Central Aus- vocating for Fischer until the establish startup workspace almost every Democratic tin,” said Taral Patel, Stu- March 1 election day. Club and labor union en- dent Government chief of The other candidates pres- By Rachel Lew dorsement all across the staff. “There’s a community ent at the UDems’ House pre- district,” Hinojosa said in a trust in the Austin Progres- view meeting on Jan. 27 were @rachelannlew statement. “I’m honored to be sive Coalition, which is also attorney Aspen Dunaway, the choice of so many diverse another reason why … by former NARAL Pro-Choice The Longhorn Entrepre- voters in District 49.” getting that endorsement, Texas counsel Blake Rocap neurship Agency (LEA) pro- In some cases, when both [candidates are] able to get and UT law professor Heath- posed Assembly Resolution 17 CAD and UDems endorse a huge amount of support.” er Way. Two of the candidates on Tuesday to build a collabora- the same candidate for a par- For HD 49, neither can- — attorney Kenton D. John- tive workspace for student en- ticular race, the two groups didate will receive the back- son and Matt Shrum — were trepreneurs to begin changing combine to form the Austin ing from the APC, but both not present. the world, one startup at a time. Xinyi Wang, director of LEA — a student government agency designed to provide resources for student entrepreneurs — said UT does not have the infrastructure to support these students. “Many other schools such as A&M, Harvard and MIT have a co-working space to collabo- rate on their startups, and it’s a bit crazy that we don’t have a space for student entrepreneurs,” said Wang, a business and psychology junior. Wang said a collaborative workspace for student entrepreneurs would facilitate conversations and allow students from different colleges to build a community. “The reason we think it’s necessary to have this co-work- Courtesy of Xinyi Wang ing space is because we want LEA director Xinyi Wang is working to create a collaborative to build a community around workspace for student entrepreneurs. entrepreneurship,” Wang said. “We’ve talked to administra- called ConcertCam, said he “We need a physical space to tion, and they say they would would use the space to find co- anchor that community and love to have this, but the Uni- workers for his business. foster that culture. Without versity is so packed that it’s “I’d hope to use it as a place that space, [the community] is hard to find space,” Wang said. to interview people who might very fragmented.” Mitch Chaiet, radio-tele- want to work on my startup Xavier Rotnofsky, student vision-film sophomore and with me,” Chaiet said. “You can body president and co-author student entrepreneur, said he rent a room in the library, but of the resolution, said LEA thinks the space will provide it’s just not the same as it would has made it a goal to create a and individual researchers have an alternative to the corporate be to talk in a space made collaborative workspace since genetically modified other or- business atmosphere. for entrepreneurship.” its inception. ganisms, such as goats and silk- “There’s a stereotype about Wang said the venue they “This is the next level for worms, to produce spider silk. [entrepreneurs] — college kids are hoping to create would fea- the agency to run successfully,” A company called Spiber, starting businesses in dorm ture open spaces for network- Rotnofsky said. “The purpose located in Stockholm, Swe- rooms — but having actually ing and creative collaboration. of this space is to bring students den, has genetically modified done that, it’s not a very con- “There would be no cubicles from across campus and disci- bacteria to produce the fibroin ducive place to do that,” Chaiet — mostly open space with plines to work on the startups protein that makes up spider said. “Having a centralized co- large tables, a couple of offices they’ve created. It’s an environ- silk. To do this, they took a por- working space where I could along the walls if people need ment for self-incubation.” tion of the gene sequence that have gone and met other fresh- more privacy, and a conference Because Austin is the home enables spiders to produce silk men my age starting startups room,” Wang said. of many startups, Rotnof- and cloned it into E. coli bacte- — not in a classroom or pro- Wang said LEA is in the pro- sky said LEA hopes to build ria. Spiber can produce bioma- gram setting, just people get- cess of talking to UT adminis- this space with support from terial silk in the forms of fiber, ting together having fun and tration to figure out logistics, local sponsors. film, foam and mesh, according working on their own stuff — but said the entrepreneurship Wang said the biggest ob- to their website. is the best organic way to find workspace would ideally be stacle in proceeding with the The Center of PostNatural a co-founder.” open before freshman orienta- resolution is the issue of space. History, located in Pittsburgh, Chaiet, who created an app tion is held in the summer. Pennsylvania, has genetically modified goats called BioSteel- TM Goats to do something that gap and to improve in- ing his undergraduate degree. RNA terest in science and research “I found out that I was re- similar, according their web-continues from page 1 site. The goats were genetically in general.” ally interested in the underpin- modified by transferring thein academia. It also helps grad- Gracia’s research on RNA nings of why something hap- silk-coding gene from the gold-uate students learn to com- also continues to gain mo- pens physically,” Gracia said. en orb spider into the goat’s ge-municate their research to a mentum, as he and his col- Gracia is thankful for his nome. This enabled the goat tonovel audience. laborators recently developed experiences at UT, including produce silk in its milk, which In a study conducted by a new technique called “rig- networking opportunities, scientists then harvested. Gracia and his team, the proj- orous quantification” to ac- knowledgeable professors and, “Now that researchers have ect made graduate students curately evaluate the RNA most importantly, the guid- come up with some new ways feel that they could commu- they study. This advancement ance he received from his ad- to produce artificial silk that arenicate their research more will allow researchers to ma- visor while learning newfound much faster and more feasible, successfully. nipulate genetic material with research techniques. I predict that in the next couple “I think there’s a huge com- greater precision than ever “I feel lucky to have the years, we will see a lot more munication barrier between and to fully comprehend the opportunity to learn these direct testing of silk clothes,” scientists and the rest of the molecules they study. things and to teach under- Dietrich said. world,” Gracia said. “It’s im- Gracia discovered his pas- graduates about my research,” portant for scientists to bridge sion for research while pursu- Gracia said. 4 OPINION

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COLUMN Austin grows, diversity shrinks By Laura Hallas Daily Texan Senior Columnist Asian DIVERSITY IN AUSTIN @LauraHallas Asian 5% While Austin’s economic 6% As a city, Austin is topping the charts. growth has done great things In 2015 it was named Next Biggest Boom Town, Best City for Tech and even the Best for the city, we can’t allow it Large City to Live In. These rankings hold to come at the expense of the Hispanic true for all of Austin’s populations except Hispanic 31% White White one: African-Americans. small communities that have 36% 54% 50% Austin’s black population is suffering de- helped make the city so attrac- spite the city’s rapid expansion in every other measurement. From 2000 to 2010, Austin tive in the first place. experienced a 20.4 percent growth overall, African African while in the same time its black popula- professionals demand housing, driving up American American tion has experienced a net loss of 5.4 per- property values, and with them property 10% 2000 8% 2010 cent. And it doesn’t stop there. Of the top 10 taxes. When they later abandon the neigh- From 2000 to 2010, the African-American population in Austin fastest-growing cities in the U.S., Austin was borhood, the high prices remain. The situ- the only one to experience this, going from ation is made worse because Texas taxes decreased a total of 5.4 percent 15 percent to a projected 5 percent in just a property instead of income. The amount you Source: University of Texas few decades. pay varies with the value of your home. Resi- “If you think about it, it’s nothing new,” dents sitting on valuable land can’t resist the Infographic by Iliana Storch | Daily Texan Staff said Edmund Gordon, department chair of pull of cheaper and more spacious living in African and African diaspora studies. “Since suburbs like Pflugerville, so they leave. With Development Corporation. He said that while buy or rent property should make sure their times of slavery, blacks have been moved them move African-Americans’ businesses, the nonprofit has helped stabilize the neighbor- arrival doesn’t replace established communi- around Central Texas based on economic and churches and sense of community, which in hood’s black population, he has seen neighbors ty members — many young renters just don’t political processes.” turn deters African-Americans who are con- leave because of the shifting culture. realize the harm they cause. On a larger scale, Austin’s 1928 “Master Plan” relocated all sidering moving to Austin. “When you’re beside one of those [new de- the city and influential institutions like UT public facilities to what is now east of Inter- Even UT has contributed to the problem. velopments], they are huge; it’s pretty intimi- should join nonprofits in making affordable state 35 as a part of legal segregation efforts In the 1980s, UT began buying up land east of dating,” McCarver said. “Some of them have housing a priority. to concentrate the black population. Black I-35 for development, razing entire neighbor- towers, some of them have fences around With its rapid growth and rising status as households moved closer to the “Negro Dis- hoods to build university facilities. The con- them. How do you borrow a cup of sugar a city of innovation, Austin is once again un- trict” that held all of the black schools and flict came to a head in the Blackland neigh- through a fence?” dergoing a shift in its black population. This public parks. The segregation has survived borhood (named for its soil), where residents While Austin’s economic growth has done time, we need to provide as much support as into the present. Now, for the second time in banded together to protect their property. great things for the city, we can’t allow it to possible to preserve the history and heritage the last 100 years, Austin’s African-American Bo McCarver wrote his 1995 thesis on the come at the expense of the small communi- of African-Americans. This time, we have a community is undergoing relocation. “Blackland Miracle” and now serves as the ties that have helped make the city so attrac- chance to get it right. As Austin grows, students and young board president of the Blackland Community tive in the first place. Young adults looking to Hallas is a Plan II freshman from Allen.

COLUMN Hinojosa prepared to fight for HD 49 By Noah M. Horwitz Daily Texan Senior Columnist @NmHorwitz After being elected and re-elected a total of The voters in District 49 have a 13 times, longtime state representative Elliott great opportunity in Hinojosa. They Naishtat, D-Austin, shocked the local political community late last year by announcing can select the candidate who can his intention to retire. Naishtat represents the carry on Naishtat’s legacy on not state legislature’s 49th district, which includes the University’s campus and surrounding only advocating for their beliefs, neighborhoods. He leaves quite the legacy. but also implementing them at the As a Democrat, he has fought hard against the extremist positions and programs espoused State Capitol. by Republican leadership in recent years, including those supported by by Gov. Greg Ab- disproportionately carry criminal records bott and former Gov. Rick Perry. However, for life for personal drug possession. Young Naishtat’s talents also include his abilities to women have fewer options to make deci- work well with the other side of the aisle and sions about their reproductive health.” get things done, especially as the vice chair of A colleague on the editorial staff recently the Texas House public health committee. advocated for one of Hinojosa’s opponents, There is only one candidate who can properly pointing to his youth as evidence of his com- follow that legacy. Her name is Gina Hinojosa. mitment to the University and its students. Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan Staff Hinojosa, who until recently served as But a record is a much better tool to judge a Gina Hinojosa is a candidate running for state representative in House District 49. the president of the Austin Independent candidate. Hinojosa’s record proves she is un- School District’s board of trustees, has the doubtedly the right candidate for us. On the Dream Act may also be revisited by those wrong direction since I graduated from UT, requisite experience in politics and public school board, she was an instant leader and seeking its elimination. and it’s unacceptable.” service that her many opponents in the helped lead the fight against education cuts The voters in District 49 have a great Indeed, but I’d take Hinojosa’s comments Democratic primary for this legislative seat affecting students. opportunity in Hinojosa. They can select one step further. While most all of the Demo- simply do not possess. The next legislature is sure to bring about the candidate who can carry on Naishtat’s crats vying for this position recognize the “Once elected to the school board, I a diverse set of complex issues for legislators legacy on not only advocating for their be- problems, Hinojosa is the one who could learned of the continuum of issues that af- and constituents alike. UT is sure to be af- liefs, but also implementing them at the most effectively be part of the solution. fect young people in this state,” Hinojosa fected. With a possible Supreme Court rul- State Capitol. UT students should consider these variables said. “With the state’s record low invest- ing eliminating affirmative action here, the “Now students at UT will be forced into before casting their vote in District 49. Hino- ment in higher education, college is too legislature may very well be compelled to the dangerous situation that campus carry josa is the best suited to effectively defend us. often unaffordable. Young people of color revisit the Top 10 Percent Rule. The Texas will bring,” Hinojosa said. “We’ve gone in the Horwitz is a government senior from Houston.

COLUMN Worst of politics surface in Iowa caucuses By Reagan Stuart by coin toss, 60 people seemingly disappeared caucus indicated that somehow Marco Rubio, cifics of their platform need not be discussed. Daily Texan Columnist when it came time to count the votes. With a who finished third, was the real winner. This Just as during the lead-up to the Super Bowl @RealReaganStu race this close and this contentious, the flaws inconsistent coverage only serves to confuse we heard backstories about players from each became frustratingly evident. the public, crediting the candidates who fit team, the election is being depicted as a com- In shades of Florida in 2000, Monday The fact that supposedly democratic elec- the role the media wants while ignoring the petition between personalities, not a question night’s Democratic Iowa Caucus revealed tions were decided by nothing more than actual results. over the future of government. that the voting process in the country does 50-50 chance is hardly democratic. It is a cry Journalism professor Robert Jensen says However, politics is not just for sport. Lives not always run as smoothly as we would like for the modernization of the voting process. that the media’s coverage is biased in favor do not hang in the balance of the 2016 Super to imagine. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clin- Surely the United States, proclaimed defend- of Clinton. Bowl. The outcome of this election will have ton finished a mere 0.3 percentage points er of democracy around the world, can spare “From coverage throughout the nomi- real consequences for millions, perhaps bil- apart, the closest finish in the history of the the resources to invest in the most modern nating process, it’s clear that mainstream lions, of people. The media’s portrayal of the party. Like the start of a football game, coin voting system. corporate/commercial journalists are more events as high drama obscures the fact that as tosses decided at least seven precincts. One As if the implementation of the voting comfortable with Clinton than with Sanders,” American citizens we are tasked with choos- cannot help but wonder if this is a signal of weren’t bad enough, the mainstream media’s Jensen said. ing the person best equipped to head our gov- larger issues. treatment of it was even worse. In the con- The desire to create a narrative structure ernment for the next four years. If we wish The problems do not end there. There was fusion and aftermath of the caucus, the me- fits the media’s goals. Focusing on campaign to be responsible voters, it is best to disregard the media’s ambiguity about events on the dia’s tendency to support the “establishment” strategy and momentum allows the media any talk of momentum or strategy, and focus ground, leaving election watchers across the candidates was very clear. CNN loudly pro- to create whatever story they’d like. Clinton on the actual substance that the candidates country in a state of confusion, and further claimed “Hillary Clinton wins Iowa caucus- is portrayed as the chosen leader, having pa- very willingly provide. undermining the public faith in the main- es,” when in reality she barely edged Sanders. tiently waited her turn. Rubio is the young, Stuart is a Plan II and business honors soph- stream news. In one of the precincts decided Simultaneously, coverage of the Republican energetic upstart with bright ideas. The spe- omore from Lubbock.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS Longhorns shut out Roadrunners to win second-straight at home

By Aspen Detrick Katie Poluta. @A_dtrick14 The Longhorns swept UTSA (3–3) in singles The Longhorns had no with No. 16 Addison, Wa- problems cruising to a sec- gland, Groenvynck, Po- This is Texas’ second- ond straight home win, luta, Roldan and fresh- shutting out UTSA 7-0 Sun- man Chelsea Crovetti all straight shutout after day afternoon. beating their Roadrunner last Wednesday’s 7-0 Texas (3–1) took the opponents. doubles point, winning Addison won her first set sweep over Incarnate two of the three matches. against Karaklis 6-3. After Word. The 28th-ranked doubles losing the first game of the tandem senior Breaunna second set, Addison over- Addison and sophomore took Karaklis in the follow- horn senior then got Dani Wagland defeated ing five games to win the a third-set win after a Miriam Canudas and Jaco- second set and match. hard-fought battle. bea Junger 6-3. Senior Lana Addison, a two-time This is Texas’ second Groenvynck and junior All-American, is now 19-2 straight shutout after last Neda Koprcina posted a in singles. Wednesday’s 7-0 sweep 6-2 win over Nicole Kara- Hallgren squeaked out over Incarnate Word. klis and Alena Shichkova. a first-set win 6-7 against The Longhorns travel Lina Hallgren and Charleen Groenvynck, but Groen- to Houston to face Rice Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff Tiwari beat Texas fresh- vynck followed with a 6-1 on Saturday at George R. Senior Breaunna Addison won in straight sets to help the Longhorns earn their second- men Daniella Roldan and second set. The Long- Brown Tennis Center. straight home win. Addison now boasts a 19-2 singles record.

MEN’S TENNIS TRACK & FIELD Texas goes 1–1 against two ranked teams Okolo records world-leading By Alana Kaufman 6-3, giving Cal a 4-0 win. @akauf810 “We were in position [to time as Longhorns dominate win] on a lot of courts, but Texas finished the week- we’re just having a hard time By Leah Vann ters with freshman Teahna son finished second in pole end 1–1, taking a loss against finishing these matches,” @Vanntastic_Leah Daniels taking the gold with vault, behind Kansas’ Casey No. 24 California and beat- head coach Michael Center a time of 23.98 seconds. In Bowen, with a personal best ing No. 18 Stanford. said. “We’re competing with After taking last week- the 200 meter special invite, of 5.33 meters. On the track, In doubles play, Cal the teams but have to find a end off, the Longhorns’ senior Morolake Akinosun junior Byron Robinson con- clinched the win despite Tex- way to get it done in the end.” track and field teams fin- took second place with a tinued the 400 meter domi- as evening the score 1-1 after On Sunday against Stan- ished the weekend strong time of 23.50 seconds, just nance with a first-place time senior Michael Riechmann ford, Texas took a quick lead with four wins and eight behind Ashley Spencer. of 46.74 seconds. Junior and sophomore Adrian Ortiz when Ortiz and Riechmann runner-up finishes at the Senior Melissa Gonzalez Senoj Givans clocked in Husker Invitational. grabbed the women’s third 6.68 seconds to take silver edged junior duo Filip Ber- edged senior duo Nolan Harrison Scott Texas women dominated gevi and Florian Lakat 6-2. Paige and Maciek Romano- Freshman gold with a personal best in the 60 meters. Texas and Cal split the wicz, 6-3. Stanford re- the meet with three first- 1:33.78 in the 600 meters. Junior AJ Bailey placed first two sets in five of the six sponded by clinching third match in three sets. With the place and two runner-up The relay team of fresh- third with a time of 21.20 matches in singles play, but doubles with a 7-5 win. Ju- score tied at 3-3, Ortiz went finishes. Senior Courtney men Raquel Tjernagel and seconds in the 200 meter Cal took another win after nior George Goldhoff and head-to-head with senior Okolo finished with the Zola Golden and sopho- special invite. The men defeating Texas. Freshman redshirt freshman Julian Nolan Paige. In a three-set highlight of the meet, clock- mores Caitland Smith and also finished the meet with Harrison Scott fought hard Zlobinksy secured the dou- tiebreaker, tied at 6-all, Paige ing in a world-leading time Ariel Jones concluded the a second-place finish in against third-ranked junior bles point for Texas with a approached the net with a of 51.16 seconds in the 400 meet with a runner-up fin- the 4x400 meter special Andre Goransson in three 6-4 win. forehand, and Ortiz lobbed meters. Okolo edged out ish in the 4x400 meter re- invite with the team of ju- sets, but Goransson came Stanford quickly rebound- him to end the match, clinch- former teammate and Nike lay, second to Kansas State’s niors AJ Bailey, Robert out ahead taking the final ed and took a 3-1 lead. Texas ing the win for Texas 4-3. athlete Ashley Spencer by team of four All-Americans. Uhr, Christopher Irvin and set, giving the Golden Bears rallied back after Scott edged The Longhorns return four-tenths of a second. The men saw victories Derrell Manhertz. a 3-0 lead. Ortiz pushed his sophomore David Wilczyn- to action against Rice on The Longhorns also saw both on the field and on the Both teams will be back match to a third set but fell ski and Zlobinsky won his February 21st. dominance in the 200 me- track. Senior Reese Wat- in action this weekend.

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The last four games have BRONCOS gone as well as the Longhorns could have hoped. Texas has won each of those four games — including a road win at No. 15 Baylor — and most bracketologists have them as nearly a lock for the NCAA tournament. NCAAM But now the schedule takes another step up. The Long- SMU horns will face six ranked teams in their final eight games, including tonight’s USF game against Oklahoma on the road. “We are confident as a team right now, but we are not sat- isfied and we are not going to ease up,” junior guard Isaiah IOWA Taylor said. “We know that we have a tough stretch of games coming up, and we are ILLINOIS looking to go in and just compete in every game.” The Sooners won’t have a No. 1 next to their name at Mike McGraw | Daily Texan Staff game time after losing 80-69 Junior guard Isaiah Taylor dribbles the ball against Texas Tech on Saturday. Taylor said that he is confident that his teammates at Kansas State on Saturday, will compete in every game despite facing a stretch of six ranked opponents in an eight game span. but they will have a Buddy Hield. The senior guard, game, helping Oklahoma to a big shot, they make them.” a quarterback,” Smart said. two of those wins have come considered one of the best in a Big 12-leading 85 points The Longhorns counter “When he plays with poise, on the road. the nation, sits ranked sec- per game. with Taylor, who’s on pace for he’s really, really good at mak- Both Taylor and senior TODAY IN ond in the country with 25.6 Head coach Shaka Smart a career year. Taylor is aver- ing that read, as good as any- guard Javan Felix said those points per game and first said the way Hield, Woodard aging 15.3 points per game one I’ve coached.” wins give them confidence to HISTORY with a 51.1 percent 3-point and Cousins play off of each and has scored in the double While the Lloyd Noble spring the upset, but Taylor shooting percentage. other makes it much harder digits in all but five games Center hasn’t been kind to the said they “know it’s going to Hield, however, doesn’t do to defend. this season. Longhorns in recent years — be a dogfight.” it alone in the Sooner back- “They’re all older,” Smart But Taylor’s passing has no one on the team has won “Regardless of what kind said. “They’re all very, very also improved, dishing out 5.1 in Norman — they come into of number they have by their 1986 court. Junior guard Jordan Woodard and senior guard confident and they play to- assists per game, including 17 the game with confidence name, we’re just going to come 5’7” Spud Webb Isaiah Cousins are both in gether. [Woodard and Cous- in the last two games. in facing ranked opponents. out every game and compete,” of the Atlanta the top 10 in the conference ins], they make big shots. “He does a great job sur- Texas is 4–2 this season Taylor said. “They’re a good with 13.7 and 13.4 points per Every time Oklahoma needs veying the floor, almost like against AP Top 25 teams, and team. We’re a good team too.” Hawks wins the NBA Slam Dunk BASEBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | NO. 6 TEXAS 65 - 49 IOWA STATE Competition. Texas weathers Cyclones behind Atkins’ career game TOP TWEET Timothy Cole Jr. By Tyler Horka Atkins, however, stepped up @Timbo_Cole30 @TexasTy95 where Taylor left off, finishing the game with a career- “Since Demarcus The Longhorns looked high 22 points and 11 re- “It took a lot, if not Ware used to play to be in trouble early in the bounds. for the Cowboys, third quarter. “It took a lot, if not ev- everything, out of us it’s almost as if Iowa State had taken its erything, out of us today today to get this win.” first lead of the game, senior to get this win,” Atkins told the Cowboys are in Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff center Imani Boyette sat on Fox Sports after the game. —Ariel Atkins, the super bowl too Junior pitcher Josh Sawyer pitched four innings without the bench with foul trouble “I was just trying my best to Guard #imnotserious” giving up a hit on Saturday against the Texas alumni team. and junior guard Brianna get the best shot I could for Taylor had just left the court my teammates.” fidence in myself coming off with a lower leg injury. With the Longhorns the injury.” Sawyer shuts out former But No. 6 Texas fought down 29-33 in the third Boyette, the Longhorns’ back, outscoring the Cy- quarter, senior guard Celina leading scorer at 12.8 points Longhorns in exhibition clones 25-12 over the next Rodrigo passed up a wide- per game entering the eight minutes to take a 47- open 3-point attempt and matchup against the Cy- SPORTS By Daniel Clay has been working out with 39 lead early in the fourth instead found Atkins in the clones, finished with zero @dclay567 the Texas team throughout quarter. The team never paint for a layup plus a foul. points in 18 minutes before BRIEFLY the offseason. looked back on its way to a The three-point play brought fouling out. She still brought Junior pitcher Josh Sawyer “I should have had him in 65-49 victory. Texas to within one, 32-33. down eight rebounds to help Women’s golf sits threw four innings of no-hit the second [at bat] too,” Saw- The Longhorns (21–1, Texas regained the lead the Longhorns out-rebound second after one ball. “Augie Ball” made a re- yer said. “It’s always fun going 10–1 Big 12) had an entire and maintained it through- the Cyclones 52-33. Texas round week off before traveling to turn to Disch-Falk Field to the out there with those guys.” out the fourth quarter, but has out-rebounded 20 of the Women’s golf ended Ames, Iowa. Head coach tune of four runs. At the plate, the Longhorns the Cyclones pulled to with- 22 opponents it has faced the first round of the Karen Aston said playing In the end, the Longhorns returned to the small-ball play in five with less than five this season. UCF Challenge in second away from home is a tough walked off the field as 4-0 win- that Garrido favors. Texas’ first minutes remaining. The Longhorns return place at 11-over-par after task, despite the Longhorns’ ners. But that score didn’t mat- three runs came on balls that Atkins, who was starting home to face No. 25 Oklaho- 18 holes. perfect 9–0 record in true ter on this day. failed to get out of the infield. a game for the first time this ma State (17–4, 7–3 Big 12) Junior Haley Mills led road games. Instead, Saturday afternoon The game also allowed a season after offseason ankle on Wednesday. The Cow- the Longhorns with an “I can’t discount the fact was about celebrating Texas newcomer with family ties to surgery, answered once girls are coming off a 71-69 even par 72 to tie for third that we have players that baseball’s past and giving the the program to burst onto the again for the Longhorns victory over No. 20 Oklaho- place. Sophomore Sophia may have a mental block current Longhorns a history scene for the Longhorns. with another old-fashioned ma in Norman. Schubert finished tied for with some of these road lesson with the annual alumni Freshman infielder Kody three-point play. She said Aston said she knows how twelfth with a 2-over 74. games,” Aston said. game. Clemens, whose father Roger that there was a gap in the big each game is in confer- Freshman Maddie Luit- Taylor had just six points “One of the things they pitched for the Longhorn middle of the Cyclones’ zone ence play. wieler carded two birdies, and three rebounds in ten learn is more about the tradi- team that won the 1983 Col- defense that she exploited. “I think the one thing but her double bogey on minutes of action before tion of the school,” head coach lege World Series before em- “My teammates kept tell- that came out of this is that hole 12, along with four injuring her lower right leg Augie Garrido said. “Getting barking upon a Major League ing me, ‘flash middle, flash they may now understand bogeys, left her with a 76. while playing defense. into conversations around the career, showed potential with middle,’” Atkins said. “It’s you can’t lose your focus,” As of Sunday night, Sophomore guard Ariel batting cages from the play- a 2-for-4 day with a run scored going to give me more con- Aston said. junior Julia Beck sits just ers, it gives [the current team] and an RBI. one shot behind Luit- a sense of confidence and a The newcomer showed wieler with a 5-over 77. sense of belonging and some off his speed on a ringing She carded three birdies, excitement about the journey double into the left field gap, but her six bogeys and that’s out in front of them.” and got the chance to join his one double held her back. Major leaguers like Drew brother, junior first baseman Senior Tezira Abe strug- Stubbs and Cameron Rupp Kacy Clemens. gled to play consistently took to the field for the alumni “It’s awesome just to be with eight bogeys and team, while minor leaguers around him all the time,” Kody two double bogeys. She’s Ben Johnson and Brooks Mar- said. “I look up to him. He’s my sitting tied for 78th, and low returned to Austin for the brother and he teaches me a will have her work cut out first time as visitors. bunch of stuff about the game.” for her to climb back up But it was the current Long- The Longhorns open up the the leaderboard. horns who stole the show. season with a three-game se- Houston currently Facing off against profes- ries against UNLV beginning leads all 18 teams at sionals boosted the Long- Feb. 19. Garrido said the em- 7-over while Missouri’s horns’ aggressiveness and pro- phasis leading up to the start Michelle Butler and Tu- vided the young Texas team of the season will be on getting lane’s Emily Penttila share with some exciting moments runs across the plate. the individual lead with a against professional level com- “Over the next ten days of 1-under 71. petition. The fun started in the practice we want to put an The second and third first at bat of the game when emphasis on offense and run rounds of the UCF Chal- Sawyer struck out Stubbs, a scoring,” Garrido said. “[We Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff lenge will be held today former Texas Ranger and for- want to] find more ways to get Sophomore guard Ariel Atkins drives against an Oklahoma defender on Jan. 23. Atkins and Tuesday. mer Longhorn co-MVP who bases that lead to runs.” had a career-high 22 points on Saturday. —Rosalyn Barnett COMICS 7

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FILM Females, minorities underrepresented in films By Sebastian Sada @sseebbaasstian

After decades of limited on-screen opportunities, Hol- lywood’s leading ladies have risen from gloved housewives to gun-slinging heroines. However, despite rising representation, equality on screen — particularly for minorities — remains restricted. Advertising sophomore Lo- rena Pena said the older she got, the more she realized representation of minorities was lacking. As a Hispanic woman, she said she found herself un- able to relate to the characters on screen, especially when Hispanic women on-screen were sexualized. “I definitely think [the lack of Hispanic representation] really affects a girl’s self-esteem,” Pena said. “The character’s physical features can make you feel like you don’t look the right way when you don’t see any actresses with your nose, your skin color or your body type. [The movement] is about representing women … but it’s also about representing all women.” Traditionally, attempts at di- Illustration by Jason Cheon | Daily Texan Staff versification have been encum- bered by the need to appeal to Force Awakens” represent a Martha M. Lauzen indicated candidate in media studies, women should include actress- conversation about the repre- male audiences. While female shift away from vulnerabil- that minorities make up 26 said she attributes this ethnic es of various ethnicities. sentation of women in film. protagonists faced forces of ity and overt sexualization of percent of female characters, disparity to the marketabil- “The rise in quantity of fe- According to communica- evil, the actresses embodying women. Their influence has who in turn collectively make ity associated with white leads, male action heroes is a position studies freshman Julia them faced far worse oppo- been boosted by critical and up only 30 percent of speak- even in nontraditional roles tive,” Howell said. “Those who O’Hanlon, representation in nents — sexual objectification commercial success, which, ing characters in films. Female like Furiosa and Rey. are helping to push for this cinema can influence viewers’ and stereotyping. Lead charac- combined with other heroines protagonists lead 12 percent of “Writers have got to make the change are going to take that perceptions of race and gender. ters like Barbarella and Elektra breaking boundaries on screen, films, and most are portrayed argument [for representation] as the stepping stone toward a “I want young girls to under- lacked the agency that charac- has prompted the develop- by white actresses. The lack of in [executives’] terms, usually wider spectrum of represen- stand that they can be success- terized traditional male heroes, ment of more female-driven ethnic diversity among hero- capitalistic terms,” Howell said. tation that will more closely ful and be a woman of color at and other femaile characters action flicks. ines poses a serious issue for “It’s a fundamentally different reflect the world in which the same time,” O’Hanlon said. were merely trophies for men. However, amid this emer- Hollywood, whose efforts to world for [women] of color in we live.” “There are so many fantastic Recently, the tables have gence of female action stars, portray powerful women have the film industry.” Amid efforts to increase actresses who are women of turned. Characters like Furi- one group of women remains thus far been limited for wom- While Howell said the rise in roles for women, hindrances color, [but] it’s going to take osa in “Mad Max: Fury Road” unaccounted for: minorities. en of color. heroines is indicative of prog- like marketability and white significant pushing to get them and Rey in “Star Wars: The In 2015, a report by Dr. Charlotte Howell, a Ph.D. ress, cinema’s representation of partiality continue to provoke into the spotlight.”

MUSIC MUSIC The Who impresses with two unique rock albums By Chris Duncan Who’s Next @chr_dunc The Who Live at Leeds, arguably Tommy the greatest live rock al- The Who bum of all time, followed After their first concept Tommy; but The Who, album, The Who Sell Out, and more specifically Pete The Who declared them- Townshend, never stopped selves a pop art group, liv- writing music. His sequel ing a consumerist lifestyle to Tommy, titled Lifehouse, instead of the popular hip- was in the works for a year pie culture. However, the until Townshend suffered band’s guitarist, Pete Town- a nervous breakdown, re- shend, quickly abandoned sulting in the brand new that idea once he met Me- effort of Who’s Next. her Baba, an Indian spiri- During the recording tual master who inspired of this record, Townshend Townshend to compose his developed an infatuation first rock opera. with synthesizers, which Tommy tells the story of can be found all over the a deaf, dumb and blind boy album adding texture and and his struggles to com- force to every song. This municate with the world. is a loud and boisterous Written almost entirely by album, and it captures Courtesy of Getty Images Townshend, the double LP each member of The Who Zachary Cole Smith and the rest of DIIV spent three troubled years developing Is the Is Are, but their hard work shows in a is complexww yet never at their finest; drummer memorable project. loses sight of the pop melo- Keith Moon exercises dies and lyrics that inspired no restraint, bassist John The Who’s earlier work. Entwistle plays infectious DIIV upgrades sound with second project This record was quickly bass lines, and Roger Dal- hailed as The Who’s main- trey never sang better in stream breakthrough upon his life. By Chris Duncan and hypnotic experience. far back in each song’s mix. IS THE IS ARE its release, with critics heap- Combined, all of these @chr_dunc Production is the core of These buried vocals could be Genre: Dream Pop ing praise upon the album’s outstanding efforts make any DIIV record, and Is the Is enticing to some, but for most Tracks: 17 conceptual narrative. Al- Who’s Next stand out Since the group’s first world Are doesn’t skimp in that area. listeners, Smith’s cryptic mes- Rating: B though its critical standing amongst a sea of tremen- tour in 2013, DIIV has lived a Every track has so many layers sages and occasional vocal has diminished in the years dous rock operas and troubled existence with can- of instrumentation, it’s almost highlights will go unnoticed after its release, Tommy still concept albums as the celed tours, drug addictions difficult to listen to all 17 songs due to the album’s mixing. Any longtime fans of DIIV holds up as one of the most band’s best. and arrests plaguing the group’s in a row. There are dozens of Smith’s lyrical content also will find exactly what they’re influential albums of its day. Tracks to listen to: success. After attending rehab nontraditional rock choices, in- suffers from brevity at times, looking for in Is the Is Are — a Tracks to listen to: “Baba O’Riley,” and focusing on his music, cluding a distinct pop structure mainly during “(Napa),” when minimal shoegaze sound high- “Christmas,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” DIIV frontman Zachary Cole and influences from post-punk Smith repeats variations of lighted with twangy guitars “Pinball Wizard,” “Won’t Get Fooled Smith composed the group’s on several songs and even krau- “you will rise” throughout the and enough reverb to sustain a “Go To The Mirror!” Again” mesmerizing second album, Is trock on their song “Valentine.” song. Smith does have his shin- note for an eternity. This record the Is Are. Almost every song has its ing moments lyrically, though, shows why DIIV is the defini- Hailing from Brooklyn, New own highlight, whether it’s a especially during the album’s tive modern shoegaze band. York, DIIV found its initial suc- distinct beat or an infectious best track, “Valentine,” when he However, vocals are still cess with 2012’s Oshin, a record bass groove. The most obvious sings, “And how many weeks forgone in many songs for a which focused on a dream pop improvement on DIIV’s sound, have passed, and if I’m still more holistic and encompass- and shoegaze sound. Jangly however, is its pop influence. who I was last,” referencing his ing aural experience. Naysayers guitars, immense reverb and Smith and guitarist Andrew struggles with addiction. might appreciate the additional murky production dominated Bailey bring a lighter mood and Clocking in at over an hour, focus on each track’s instru- the album, but the entire expe- easy-to-follow sound to some one full listen to Is the Is Are mental core, but Is the Is Are rience lacked a core element — of the better songs on Is the Is is long, but in the end, it’s an certainly won’t convert anyone something to drive each song’s Are, including the project’s lead overall fulfilling experience. from hating the group to loving melodies home. On Is the Is single, “Dopamine,” and its Although some tracks tend to it instantly. Are, released Friday, Smith 13th track, “Healthy Moon.” blend together due to repetitive Is the Is Are has a better finds that key component, Although the group did beats and an obvious formula, overall experience than Oshin, bringing in solid guitar riffs to hone in on each song’s melo- this album feels like one fluid but still lacks a well-rounded Courtesy of Friedhan Von Estorff accompany each song’s instru- dies with lead guitar lines, statement rather than a collec- sound to make it the peak of Who’s Next displayed The Who at their finest, with each mentation and provide a full Smith’s vocals still sit extremely tion of songs. DIIV’s potential. band member at their own individual peak.