In a continued effort to prioritize higher education in this year’s legislative session, a group of six legislators are working to provide a tax ex-emption on certain textbooks.

Rep. Mary González (D-El Paso), Rep. Ana Hernandez (D-Houston), Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville), Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), Rep. Terry Canales (D-Edin-burg) and Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo), individually filed bills that would offer part-time or full-time students at accred-ited public or private universi-ties a tax exemption on text-books each semester.

If passed, each of the bills would set a time period dur-ing which students could purchase textbooks tax-free.

“As we discuss curving tu-ition cost and financial aid opportunities, it was impor-tant for us to look at the spik-ing cost in textbook costs that students have to purchase each year,” Hernandez said.

Canales, Hernandez and Schwertner’s bills set aside a week-long exemption period at the start of each semester. Zaffirini’s bill set aside 10 days, Lucio’s set aside one month and González’s set no time limit on the tax exemption.

Michael Kiely, course ma-terials director at University Co-op, said the first week of the semester is typically the busiest for textbook sales and said the store would support sales tax exemptions.

“I’m not entirely sure what

Four Texas lawmakers are making voter turnout among college students a priority by proposing bills that would make university-issued ID cards an acceptable form of voter ID.

The bills, filed in both the

House and Senate by Rep. Terry Canales (D-Edinburg), Rep. Celia Israel (D-Austin), Sen. Carlos Uresti (D-San An-tonio) and Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin), would allow stu-dents to present a university-issued photo ID as a valid form of voter ID.

A pitch pipe echoes through an auditorium. Elev-en students dressed in black and gold salwars and kurtas — loose clothing worn in South Asia — sway across the stage as a beatboxer emerges for a solo. Hum A Cappella is about to do what it does best: fusing American pop songs with Bollywood hits.

Hum A Cappella, UT’s only South Asian fusion a cappella group and second oldest a cappella group on campus, placed first at the national Anahat A Cap-pella competition in Novem-ber. The students competed against eight other South Asian groups from colleges across the nation. For eco-nomics sophomore Ruchir Elhence, the group’s finan-cial director, musical mash-ups were key to Hum A Cappella’s success.

After five months of tem-porary housing in Dobie Center and five opening-day delays — the latest of which was announced Fri-day afternoon — the only thing standing between Pointe on Rio leasehold-ers and move-in day is two incomplete sidewalks.

Friday afternoon, Pointe on Rio managers delayed move-in for the fifth time, promising residents the

building would open no later than Jan. 31. Residents had planned to move into the building Saturday.

In an email sent to lease-holders, management said the fire marshal and build-ing inspector declined to grant Pointe a certificate of occupancy because the building did not meet stan-dards laid out in the Amer-icans with Disabilities Act, which requires accessibil-ity to exit pathways. Two of the building’s wheelchair-accessible exit pathways

have not been poured with concrete because of weath-er delays. Pointe manage-ment said leaseholders are allowed to move in as soon as the building is certified.

Move-in was originally slated for Aug. 16, 2014, then pushed back to Oct. 15, Jan. 10, Jan. 17 and Jan. 24. Pointe management attributed those delays to ongoing construction and inspection problems,

Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School, called for a health care revo-lution in a speech Friday at the AT&T Executive Educa-tion and Conference Center.

Johnston said he hoped to build a new health care “eco-system” by shifting the in-dustry’s focus to developing innovations in education and information processing. He said the health care industry should adopt the Lean Start-up model, a plan that em-phasizes preventative health care measures.

“We need experts in health care redesign and people who understand population health,” Johnston said “We can be much more influential by coordinating not just with the physician community, but with the broader community to get it to move forward.”

Johnston said the health care system is outdated, with discrepancies between modern technology and the technology used in the health care field.

“Health care accounts for 18 percent of the U.S. econ-omy, and, yet, it’s powered by technology that’s really 50 years old,” Johnston said.

The McCombs Health-care Initiative sponsored the event. Edward Anderson, director of the Initiative and professor at the McCombs School of Business, said Johnston’s vision of coordi-nating health care with the community could lead to a technology boom in Austin similar to that of the 1960s.

“We have the potential for doing, here in Austin, what was done back in the late ‘60s with high-tech manufactur-ing,” Johnston said. “It did great things for Austin and put Austin on the map. I think we’ve got a good shot, particu-larly with this man and this

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Watson said his bill, if passed, would make voting more convenient for students.

“Those in control of the Capitol have created un-necessary burdens for folks who don’t already have an acceptable form of ID to vote,” Watson said in an email to the Texan. “This is an easy way to begin remov-ing those burdens.”

In May, Student Govern-ment sent a formal letter in support of student IDs as a valid form of voter ID to the UT System Board of Regents. The System approved the letter as a legislative priority for the University. Chris Jordan, SG chief of staff, authored the letter and said he is ex-cited to see support for this initiative in the legislature.

“We’re not the first ones to say this is an issue,” Jordan said. “But we’re just glad to get the conversation started.”

In October, the Supreme

Court ruled in favor of Texas’ voter ID law, which requires voters have a state-issued photo ID to vote. Texas is one of seven states that requires voters to pres-ent photo IDs before cast-ing a ballot. Other states re-quest ID but do not require it, and 20 states do not re-quire any ID.

Under the current voter ID law, there are seven ac-ceptable forms of voter ID in Texas, including a Texas driver’s license and a con-cealed handgun license. Canales said most states that require voter ID also allow student IDs as a form of voter identification.

“Basically, this would be pushing conformity with the other voter ID states,” Canales said.

Israel said expand-ing voter ID to include student IDs is a secure and efficient way to increase voter turnout

among college students. “Those who suggest that

this is another opportuni-ty for fraud are incorrect,” Israel said. “All the infor-mation that we give to the county is double checked, and there has to be a reas-surance there, as we move through this process, that this is simply about cre-ating more opportunities to vote.”

History senior Max Pat-terson, director of SG’s Hook the Vote agency, said the use of student IDs as voter IDs would make voting easier for out-of-state students.

“For out-of-state stu-dents, if they don’t get an

election ID certificate or aren’t in the process of get-ting a new drivers license, they have to use their pass-port, which can be difficult if they don’t already have their passport at UT,” Pat-terson said.

Canales said he hopes the ability to use university-issued IDs as voter IDs will encourage college students to vote regularly.

“I think that if we do make it readily accessible through their student ID, we defi-nitely are not exasperating the problem,” Canales said. “We are actually creating more avenues for college-age students to vote.”

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although they have de-clined to provide com-ments beyond the emails sent to leaseholders.

Since August, would-be Pointe on Rio residents have been living rent-free in Dobie Center. Pointe management said tempo-rary housing in Dobie has been extended, and lease-holders who have made rent payments will be refunded from the previous move-in date, Jan. 10, until the actual move-in day.

Public health junior Os-car Gonzalez, a Pointe

leaseholder, said the Pointe management’s handling of the delays has caused him to reconsider renewing his lease for next school year.

“In terms of customer service, if it continues to be as horrible as it has been in the past, I would defi-nitely sign somewhere else,” Gonzalez said.

Tori Smith, social work senior and lease-holder, said she does not fault Pointe management for weather-related de-lays but thinks managers should have made move-in preparations sooner.

“I’ve been really frus-trated because … [manage-

ment] never notified any-one before the day they’re supposed to move,” Smith said. “Parents bring furni-ture and come up here and then have to leave. The of-fice is blaming it on the City of Austin when it should have been done seven months ago.”

In Friday’s email, Pointe managers said they would communicate any new in-formation to leaseholders as soon as it is received.

“We are working very hard to do anything and everything we can to make the transition into the build-ing as smooth as possible,” Pointe management said.

the impact of a sales tax ex-emption would have on text-book sales, but I can’t help but think it would be a positive thing for the consumer,” Kiely said in an email to The Daily Texan. “This is an initiative that would help lower the cost of course materials for stu-dents at UT, and the Co-op would be in favor of that.”

Canales said he hopes the bill will help more students afford day-to-day expenses while attending college.

“Education is the great-

est equalizer, so, essentially, what these bills do is they make education more afford-able,” Canales said.

Schwertner said passing a textbook tax exemption bill is “the least we can do” to aid students who are strug-gling financially.

“The fact is, the cost of high-er education is rising faster than Texas families can … keep up,” Schwertner said. “The price of tuition, fees and textbooks have all risen dramatically over the last decade, and, collectively, they are turning the dream of a college education into a nightmare for more and more

Texas students.”Since 1999, similar bills

have been filed in the State House of Representatives and Senate but failed to pass, with the last bill filed in the 83rd legislative session. Zaffirini said the bill failed because of concerns over revenue loss.

Zaffirini said her most re-cent bill will only apply to students eligible for financial aid — a factor she thinks will lessen the bill’s financial im-pact on the state and increase its chances of passing.

“In the past, we have heard opposition from certain mu-nicipalities that rely on sales

tax revenue from textbook sales,” Zaffirini said. “We are hopeful that they will be more amenable to this ses-sion’s revised legislation.”

Hernandez said she thinks lowering the cost of higher education is an opportunity for Republican and Democrat lawmakers to work together.

“There are so many issues we can work on in a bipar-tisan fashion,” Hernandez said. “I think this is one of them. We are interested in helping our college students not graduate with so much debt and making education more accessible to everyone.”

team, for making that happen again here in health care.”

Ahmed Riaz, creative di-rector at Frog Design Inc., said Johnston had a positive message that applied to a va-riety of Austin professionals, including those outside the health care industry.

“He’s in a position to actually change things in the medical world and has a plan to create a system that involves the com-munity,” Riaz said. “It really en-gaged Austin as a community and the society at large.”

Johnston, who begins his tenure at the Dell Medical School on March 1, encour-aged future medical students to facilitate health care inno-vation.

“We want the medical schools here to enable the entire community to start thinking about being partners, envision-ing better solutions and moving health forward,” Johnston said. “One of the best places to start that is here on campus.”

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Due to University-mandated budget cuts and a deficit within the College of Fine Arts, the school has been forced in the previous months to freeze admissions to some of its popular degree programs. The University’s musical theatre, music business and musical recording technology programs are among those affected. While this won’t affect students already in the programs, it will leave them inaccessible to fu-ture generations. The cuts have also eliminated ceramics and metal-working studios. In a city as arts-driven as Austin, the local community college shouldn’t be the only institution still ad-mitting to music business and recording tech-nology programs.

In an interview with the Texan in December, Fine Arts Dean Douglas Dempster noted that the freezing of the music business and record-ing technology programs was an unfortunate step toward a planned Center for Arts and En-tertainment Technologies. The center would offer a Bachelor of Arts and would include of-ferings in gaming, digital arts, art management and more. But Dempster is worried that further budget cuts and restrictions this year could re-sult in eliminations of more facilities and pro-grams.

And rightly so. The hedging of fine arts pro-grams as a result of budget restrictions is noth-ing new. When it comes down to it, degree programs in the arts are among the first to get slashed when funds are tight. But universities shouldn’t be so quick to axe arts programs. Even in times of fiscal austerity, universities should still fight to preserve programs in the fine arts.

The positive benefits of the fine arts are un-disputed. As a 2012 study funded by the Na-tional Endowment for the Arts found, at-risk high school students with no art credits were five times less likely to graduate from high school than their fellow students with art cred-its. While this doesn’t apply directly to a uni-versity setting, it is clear that the arts foster a positive outlook on education by means of self-expression and interaction with a final product.

So then it’s incredibly short-sighted that the only college music business and recording pro-grams in the “live music capital of the world” are

at ACC, which only offers associate’s degrees. There’s something to be said when a college in a city with SXSW, ACL and many businesses deal-ing with entertainment is forced to shut down its degrees marketable to this industry.

With the changing job market, most univer-sities, UT included, have put a new emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math at the expense of fine arts programs. The over-whelming demand for STEM graduates over-shadows the importance of the arts in the eyes of education officials. The world today needs scientists and engineers, but a greater emphasis must be placed on giving students as many op-tions as possible to pursue their passions.

The University of Texas cannot be a STEM degree factory. Due to budget cuts, the College of Fine Arts has been forced to freeze popular programs with fears of not having the means to reinstate them in the future. The college is at-tempting to move forward by means of upgrad-ing facilities and degree offerings, but cannot do so when they are struggling to stay afloat as it is. The University needs to start taking its fine arts programs more seriously.

Tuition rates at public universities in Texas are too high. Since the Texas Leg-islature deregulated tuition in 2003, the average tuition rate more than doubled in just 10 years from $1,934 to $3,951 per semester. This cost hit students hard, with the average student borrower in Texas now graduating with over $24,000 in debt, while over 40 percent of recent graduates make $25,000 a year or less.

Our public universities should be afford-able, so that it is not out of reach for those who need higher education the most. Our future students should not have to pay dou-ble or triple what we are paying now. Our Legislature made a mistake in 2003, but now, it’s time to fix it.

State Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-George-town, has filed Senate Bill 233 for the 2015 legislative session, which would limit tuition increases to the rate of inflation. In 2014, when former Gov. Rick Perry encouraged the Board of Regents to deny UT Austin’s proposed tuition increase, administrators at UT balked saying that they need tuition to at least keep up with inflation, or they would have to let people go. I think a good compro-mise would be to limit tuition increases to the rate of inflation.

Without this bill or oversight by the Board of Regents, average tuition at UT may double from $5,000 to nearly $10,000 a semester in 10 years if tuition grew at an average annual rate of 7 percent as it did from 2003-2013. Whereas with this bill, tuition of $5,000 a se-mester would only rise to slightly more than $6,000 (assuming an average inflation rate of 2 percent for the next 10 years). To put it into perspective, if tuition grew as fast as it has the last 10 years, a freshman who pays $5,000 a se-mester in tuition would pay $6,125 a semester

by senior year (increase of 7 percent a year). In comparison, under this bill, a freshman would only have to pay $5,306.04 a semester as a se-nior (assuming inflation rate of 2 percent).

Some may argue that we don’t need this bill since the Board of Regents denied tuition in-crease for in-state students last year, but the Board of Regents consistently allowed tuition increases from 2003-2013. The Board of Re-gents is not held accountable like state legisla-tors. If your state legislator voted to increase your tuition, you can vote him or her out of office, which isn’t an option when the Board of Regents votes to increase your tuition. This bill will prevent the Board of Regents from allow-ing tuition to double, as it did from 2003-2013.

The UT System does not need increases in tuition above the rate of inflation. We are the third richest University system in the United States after Harvard and Yale, with over $20 billion dollars in endowment. UT Austin itself recently raised more than $3 billion from “the campaign for Texas.” All this is a lot of money. If our nearly 40,000 undergrads paid $10,000 in tuition a year that would only come out to $400 million. And a tuition increase of 7 per-cent only comes out to $28 million for under-grads. In looking at the big picture, raising tu-ition by more than the rate of inflation doesn’t help UT as much as it hurts students that may not be able to afford the increase or have to take on additional student loans.

The current tuition rate is already too high. Students are already graduating with too much debt, so we cannot allow tuition to increase as it has in the past. We have to prevent the past from repeating itself by giving current and future students the opportunity to have an af-fordable education. This bill will protect the students financially and make sure that those who need higher education the most can af-ford it.

Hung is a first-year law student from Brownsville.

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However competent a writer you are before you start at the Texan, your skills will grow more than you ever expected as a result of the job. At the Texan, you’ll learn through practice and example how to quickly produce intelligent, profession-al and compelling work on a deadline. The Texan provides the chance to hone ways of thinking that are different from what you’ll learn in a classroom. You’ll repre-sent something much bigger than yourself alongside some of the most talented and driven members of the UT community, while developing friendships with people who will both encourage and inspire you. The friendships you’ll make while work-ing toward a common goal will likely be some of your strongest.

As an opinion columnist in particular, you’ll have your views read, considered and critiqued by an audience of thousands on one of the nation’s biggest university campuses. You’ll choose your topic so you can find what’s important to you, and you’ll have a space to show the rest of the 40 Acres why your issue of choice should be important to all of us, too. As wide-ranging as your column’s impact can be, the words will be yours to show off, now and

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Obviously, this is a hiring pitch, but let it also serve as a word to the wise. The Texan is one of the largest and most award-winning student newspapers in America, and Texan staffers go on to great things in a multitude of industries. Many of them can attribute much of their success to their time here. Don’t let the opportunity go to waste.

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Oil is in a slump and, on its face, that’s a good thing for you and me. Low gas prices mean embracing the fuel extravagances of yesteryear, like leaving your car idling in the parking all night so it’s warm when you drive to class in the morning, or playfully splashing your friends with gasoline at the pump in front of the 7-11. However, there are two sides to every coin, and low prices on crude oil could mean problems for the upcoming state budget with very real implications for UT.

Oil and gas are a huge component of the Texas economy. Although the oil and gas sector accounts for less than 3 percent of Texas jobs, it drives around 11 percent of our economic output. The last major oil bust in the late 1980s demonstrated the devastating effect of cratering commodities on the broader economy when over 700 banks and thrifts failed, according to the Wall Street Journal. Although it’s unlikely we’ll see a repeat of that disaster, many of the same macroeconomic forces behind the bust are at play now. Expansion of oil exploration in West Texas and North Dakota’s Bakken forma-tion have increased domestic supply while inter-nationally a weakened OPEC has done little to reduce production lest they sacrifice their own market share. Abroad, tempered global growth and increased fuel efficiency has decreased de-mand. All of these factors converge to create the low prices that we see today and are creating a headache for not only oil companies, but also the state legislators who rely heavily on energy price projections to write their budget.

The unfortunate elected official whose most impactful decision will be guessing what oil prices will be over a particularly volatile peri-

od is Glenn Hegar, our newly sworn-in comp-troller. His office’s Biennial Revenue Estimate has to include a baseline guess of how much money will be available to the state for spend-ing over the next legislative period. Although a barrel of West Texas intermediate crude oil has plummeted from over $100 in May to less than $50 as of this writing, Hegar has project-ed prices to rise back up to between $65 and $70 on average over the biennium. This means reduced state revenue in the form of taxes on energy and the firms that produce it. This isn’t to say that Texas is expected to economically stagnate in coming years. The Dallas Fed re-cently predicted that the state economy will continue to grow by 2 to 2.5 percent, less than in recent years and not quite high enough to continue heralding the “Texas miracle.”

If state legislators decide to reduce higher education funding, this could lead to a bigger tuition bill for students, just as happened in the 2012-2013 biennium when former Comptroller Susan Combs underestimated revenue. In addi-tion to relying on state revenue to pay for the portion of the higher education budget covered by the Legislature, the state’s Permanent Uni-versity Fund is an endowment contributing to the support of schools in the University of Texas System and Texas A&M University System, as provided by the state’s 1876 Constitution. The fund’s assets include billions in financial assets as well as 2.1 million acres of land (and mineral rights) located primarily in West Texas.

Falling oil prices and decreasing returns from the West Texas oil wells could squeeze the Sys-tem as well as other areas of state government that rely on expensive black gold. Some politi-cians are already having to cope with the reality that low oil prices mean under-delivering on the important tax-cutting promises that won them their seats. Incoming Lieutenant Gover-nor Dan Patrick had been cheering on the cam-paign trail that school property tax cuts could be made a reality, but massive moves like that would require much more money this session to be feasible.

Like real relationships, our relationship as students with low gas prices is complicated. Any benefit we get at the pump also has very real implications about how much we have to pay for school. Maybe the Board of Regents will decide in the future that tuition will go up again. In the meantime take advantage of the good prices and finally take that road trip to Marfa you’ve been putting off for so long.

Matula is a finance senior from Austin.

Jessica Lin | Daily Texan Staff

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Horns look to weather stormBy Peter Sblendorio

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Texas loses another recruit.

Four-star quarterback Zach Gentry announced Saturday he has decommit-ted from Texas and decided to play at Michigan.

Gentry, listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 230 pounds, is ranked as the No. 4 pro-style quarterback in the nation according to Rivals.com. Gentry, one of Char-lie Strong’s prized recruits for 2015, has now become one of Jim Harbaugh’s key commitments.

In his junior year at El-dorado High School in Al-buquerque, New Mexico, Gentry completed more than 55 percent of his pass-es, while throwing for 1,587 yards and nine touchdowns in just nine games.

Gentry’s decommitment marks the second time a Texas recruit has flipped commitments in as many weeks. Four-star defensive back Tim Irvin changed his commitment from Texas to Auburn on Jan. 18.

With this latest loss, the Longhorns now have 23 commits in their 2015 class. —Aaron Torres

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In its first match of the season, Texas women’s tennis took an early 2–0 lead over DePaul after doubles, but the Blue Demons rallied back, closing the gap to 2–1 during fifth singles. Freshman Ryann Foster defeated DePaul junior Ana Vladutu (3–6, 7–5, 6–1) to take a 3-1 lead, before the Blue Demons evened out the match in the third and fourth singles. With Texas tied going into the last match, freshman Danielle Wagland defeated DePaul senior Rebeca Mitrea (6–7, 6–1, 6–2), safely secur-ing the Longhorns’ victory.

Vanderbilt sophomore Sydney Campbell defeated

junior Breaunna Addison (6–2, 6–2), the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year, help-ing the Commodores sweep the Longhorns.

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No. 17 Texas fell 75–62 against No. 11 Kansas on Satur-day — the team’s second home loss in the first half of confer-ence play. This defeat puts the Longhorns at 3-3 in Big 12 play before their upcoming trip to Ames, Iowa, to take on No. 9 Iowa State on Monday. Here are a few notes from Saturday’s loss:Isaiah Taylor has returned

Since suffering a broken left wrist, sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor hasn’t looked like the player who was torching teams as a freshman last year — at least not until Saturday. Tay-lor finished the night with 23 points on 8-of-17 shooting. He fearlessly attacked the rim and, from the beginning, looked in control of the game. He also added five rebounds, while committing just one turnover.Texas’ poor shooting

It’s hard to win games when the team can’t shoot, and that’s what Texas head coach Rick Barnes had to work with Sat-urday. Texas finished just 3-of-18 from deep, and that’s not even counting the number of long two-point jump shots that couldn’t find the bot-tom. Junior guard Javan Felix, one of the Longhorns’ better

shooters, shot 0-of-6 from the field. Sharp-shooting recruits Kerwin Roach and Eric Da-vis can’t hit the 40 Acres soon enough for Texas fans.No help from the bench

At the beginning of the sea-son, Barnes’ team looked like one of his deepest yet. On Sat-urday, the bench had 8 points — all from freshman forward Myles Turner. Felix had zero. Sophomore guard Kendal Yancy had zero. Junior center Prince Ibeh had zero. Kan-sas, on the other hand, had 31 bench points.

“We were a deep team to-day,” Kansas head coach Bill Self said. “Eight guys that really contributed.”

Barnes couldn’t say the same.Kansas’ ball security

While totaling 13 assists, Kansas committed a surpris-ingly low three turnovers — more impressively, the Jay-hawks didn’t have any in the second half.

“Our offensive efficiency was the best it’s been all year,” Self said.

Texas didn’t turn the ball over much either — just nine times — but the Jayhawks didn’t need to rely on Texas turnovers to get points on the other end. They were working the defense with the pass and using the middle of the paint

to get where they wanted.Feed the bigs

“I’m disappointed in the fact we settled for so many jump shots,” Barnes said.

And that pretty much sums up his frustration with Texas’ inability to feed the post. It took seven minutes for Texas to even get a touch to a big man down low, which is what it should be doing all game long. Junior center Cam Rid-ley ended with just four shot attempts. For the Longhorns to beat high-quality oppo-nents, they need to get the ball down low, and Taylor knows it.

“We got to do a better job of feeding the post,” Taylor said.

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Earning a bid to the ITA National Indoor Cham-pionships, the men’s ten-nis team improved its re-cord to 4-0 and won its 20th consecutive home opener Sunday.

The Longhorns started off slowly — losing two of their three doubles match-es — but they were able to cruise to a 4–1 win against No. 49 Minnesota on Sat-urday. Texas picked up two singles wins over ranked opponents and an upset when junior Nick Naumann defeated No. 117 freshman Felix Corwin 6–2, 6–4.

The doubles struggles continued Sunday, as No. 34 Florida State earned the doubles point, creating an early 0-1 deficit.

Freshman John Mee earned Texas its first point after defeating Florida freshman Terrance White-

hurst 6–2, 6–1, but the Longhorns fell behind again after Florida redshirt fresh-man Jose Gracia defeated junior Michael Riechmann 6–3, 6–4.

A pair of wins from se-niors Søren Hess-Olesen and Adrien Berkowicz gave the Longhorns their first lead at 3–2, but the Seminoles evened the score when Florida junior Michael Rinaldi defeated senior Lloyd Glasspool, 7–5, 6–4.

With a bid to the ITA National Indoor Champi-onships on the line, Nau-mann battled back from a set down and defeated Florida senior Cristian Gonzalez Mendez 6–7, 7–5, 6–1 securing a 4–3 win for the Longhorns.

“Nick has just been a warrior for us,” head coach Michael Center. “I just

kept telling him, ‘You’re tougher, you’re tougher. Just keep going and keep competing,’ and that’s what he did. And to win decisively in the third set like that, after the first two were so close, shows his determination.”

Texas will return to ac-tion Saturday against Southern Methodist Uni-versity in Dallas as a part of the ITA Kick-Off event.

It was loud at the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday — really loud.

Music blasted at every break. Balloons fell from the ceiling and Texas’ mascot, Hook ’em, rappelled from the rafters right before tip-off. Fans erupted as Texas scored the first three bas-kets of the day.

By the end of the game, though, the Kansas side was making all the noise with a 75–62 win over the Longhorns.

And now, with two home losses in conference play, No. 17 Texas’ dreams of a Big 12 title are already in serious jeop-ardy. Because of the loss, Texas dropped to 3-3 in conference play, good for just fifth place in the Big 12. The Longhorns now sit two games behind confer-ence-leader Kansas, and they’ll need to be close to perfect down the stretch for a chance at the regular-season title.

“At this point, we have to take it one game at a time,” se-nior forward Jonathan Holmes said. “You can’t really look at the big picture. If we take one game at a time, I think every-thing will take care of itself.”

It doesn’t get any easier for Texas, as it travels to Ames, Iowa, to play Iowa State on Monday night. The Cyclones

are 10–0 at home and handed the Jayhawks their only Big 12 loss of the season last week. Led by junior forward Georges Niang, Iowa sits two places above the Longhorns in the conference, having won four of its first five Big 12 matchups.

Texas struggled a lot down the stretch in its loss to Kan-sas — something it can’t afford to do against Iowa State. The Longhorns settled for outside jump shots instead of driv-ing the ball inside and taking

advantage of its size. The Jay-hawk guards, however, had little trouble navigating the Texas defense and getting into the paint late in the second half, leading Kansas to convert seven dunks/layups in the final 10:04 of game.

“Our guard play’s got to get better,” said Texas head coach Rick Barnes. “It’s plain and simple. We’ve got to get better guard play.”

Sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor, on the other

hand, played well for Texas on Saturday and is expected to produce Monday. Taylor led all scorers with 23 points on 8-of-17 shooting, as opposed to junior guard Javan Felix, who was scoreless on 0-of-6 shoot-ing, and junior guard Demar-cus Holland, who tallied just 6 points.

In addition to Texas’ shoot-ing struggles, the Longhorns abandoned their inside game late. Texas stopped feeding the ball inside to junior center

Cam Ridley and the rest of the big men, a game plan the team featured heavily in their last two games. Relying on the outside game proved to be un-successful for the Longhorns, who connected on just 3-of-18 three-pointers in the game — and 1-of-8 in the second half.

“We’ve played enough games now that we should un-derstand what our identity is,” Barnes said. “We better play that from the very beginning, and we didn’t.”

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Adding spices to a dish is the equivalent of a professor giving students extra credit just for showing up to class: It requires little-to-no effort and makes everything better.

Before stocking up and maintaining a spice collection, there are a few tips and tricks to keep in mind. Spices should be stored in airtight contain-ers in dark, cool places and tossed out when their scent disappears — about a year at max for most dried herbs and spices. With the exception of pre-made spice blends, which are perfect for the beginner cook, avoid buying jars of individual spices.

Buying in bulk is economi-cal because it makes it eas-ier to pick an exact amount. Whole Foods, Central Mar-ket and H-E-B all have bulk spice sections where plastic bags are filled and weighed before purchase.

When cooking, keep in mind that fresh herbs will pack more of a punch than dried herbs. Fresh herbs, like most produce, aren’t always in season, and that makes their dried counterparts more useful. For both dried herbs and dried spices, you’ll only ever be operating on the teaspoon scale.

Even dishes that require minimal effort, such as dips and sauces, can be elevated by simple seasoning tricks.

Simmering brings out the spices’ flavors more than gar-nishing the dish immediately before serving, so it’s crucial to stir in bay leaves or cumin near the beginning of the cooking process for dishes such as lentil and stews.

For the most boring of dish-es — roasted vegetables, for instance — spice blends are a perfect, easy fix to really bring out flavor. One such magi-cal and efficient spice blend is za’atar.

Za’atar, a Middle Eastern spice blend that has a base of sumac and sesame seeds, can transport you out of West Campus during your dining experience and make the most simple dishes into something everyone can enjoy.

Spice up simple dishes with flavorful dried herbs, spices

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By Elisabeth Dillon@thedailytexan

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Elisabeth Dillon Daily Texan Staff

These golden za’atar roasted vegetables with

quinoa are easy to prepare and full

of flavor, thanks to za’atar, a Middle

Eastern spice blend.

Daulton VenglarDaily Texan Staff

Liliam Aviles, Pamela Morales and Yesenia Mondragon are all undocument-ed UT students that rely on HB1403. House Bill 1403 allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition prices instead of the higher out-of-state prices.

“At Anahat, you want to show diversity, so you want to show Hindi as well as English,” Elhence said.

This semester, the group is focused on promoting its fourth album, “Humsafar.” Released in December, the album is available on both Spotify and iTunes. “Humsafar” is a Hindi term that means “journey” and “companionship.” The group fused songs from all different genres, such as pop, indie, hip hop and rap, with Bollywood songs. With mashups of American songs such as “Love the Way You Lie” and Bollywood songs such as “Guzaarish,” manage-ment information systems senior Aneesha Mayekar — Hum A Cappella’s cap-tain — believes the album reflects the group’s musi-cal evolution.

Hindi a cappella groups first began in the U.S. in 1996 with the cre-ation of Penn Masala — the South Asian a cappella group at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania. Several other groups have sprouted up over the years, but Hum A Cappella, which

began in 2001, was the first group in Texas. Spring se-mester tryouts for female singers and beatboxers will take place Monday and Tuesday.

The name “Hum” means “us” in Hindi. Pranav Bhamidipati, external di-rector and biology and Plan II sophomore, said the group allowed him to find a community outside of classes.

“When we’re backstage, we’re joking around with each other and taking pic-tures. We’re enthusiastic and have a really good dynamic,” Bhamidipati said.

Nishant Gupta, musi-cal director and chemical engineering and computer science junior, said Hum A Cappella quickly became a source for friendship and support after he joined fresh-man year.

“It’s great to be able to share something that we are all passionate about and re-late to one another through music,” Gupta said.

Over the years, the group has performed at weddings around Dallas and Houston and at showcases on cam-pus such as Texas Review

and Jhalak. Members also sang at a Be the Change rally and at benefit shows for groups such as Chi-na Care Foundation. On Feb. 14, the group is host-ing an event on campus called Riyaaz, where South Asian a cappella groups from colleges across Texas will show off their work. Bhamidipati said that the best part about perform-ing is the excitement the audience provides — when Hum A Capella practices three times a week, the en-ergy level can’t compare, he said.

“A big part of our per-formance is reacting to the crowd and picking up their energy,” Bhamidipati said.

While some members have prior performance experience, other mem-bers of Hum A Cappaella are singing on stage for the first time. Mayekar said being a part of a perfor-mance is always the most satisfying part.

“The most rewarding thing is performing and being able to share what you sing and what you made to a big audience,” Mayekar said.

Golden Za’atar Roasted Vegetables with Quinoa

Ingredients:- 1 large butternut squash- 3 medium carrots- 1 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed- 2 small golden beets- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt- 1/4 teaspoon pepper-1 heaping teaspoon za’atar- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil- 3 cloves garlic, minced-1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed- 2 cups water

Directions:- Preheat oven to 425 de-

grees. Peel and de-seed the butternut squash, then cut into cubes. Slice carrots into rounds, then peel the beets and cube.

- Place all vegetables onto a large sheet pan, and add olive oil on top. Us-ing your hands, toss the vegetables in the olive oil to coat thoroughly. Spread vegetables into an even layer on the pan, then sprinkle salt, pepper and za’atar over top.

- Place in the oven, and bake for about 45 minutes, tossing halfway through

with a spatula, until golden. - Meanwhile, heat olive

oil, garlic and quinoa in a medium saucepan over medium heat for about two minutes to get toasty. Add water, and let come to a boil. Immediately reduce heat to low, and cover saucepan.

- Let cook 15 minutes, then turn off heat and let sit for 15 more minutes with the cover remaining on.

- Remove vegetables from oven. Portion and place qui-noa in the bottom of 4 bowls (add optional green onions for garnish), and then por-tion out vegetables on top. Serve and enjoy.

One day after the start of the 84th Texas Legislative Ses-sion, lawmakers and students from across Texas gathered to rally in support of the Texas Dream Act.

The 14-year-old bill allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at any public university in Texas if the stu-dents have lived in the state for three years before graduating high school. Now that Gov. Greg Abbott is in office, some students and legislators say they fear the Dream Act is in danger. On the campaign trail, Abbott said he would not dissuade the legislature if it chooses to repeal the act.

Rhetoric and writing fresh-man Liliam Aviles, an un-documented student, made it clear she believes the Texas Dream Act is a misleading name; she prefers to refer to it by its legislative title, HB1403.

“The Dream Act doesn’t ex-ist,” Aviles said. “The act would be a path to citizenship, and that’s not true with HB1403. The term ‘Dream Act’ is under-stood as something bigger.”

Aviles said the state’s Dream Act is often confused with the federal DREAM Act, an entirely different national bill that was introduced in 2001 but never implemented. The federal act would provide a path to citizen-ship for undocumented youths who arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16 and have com-pleted at least two years in the

military or a four-year college.Republicans such as Lt. Gov.

Dan Patrick have threatened the Texas Dream Act several times since it was first imple-mented in 2001. Patrick, who believes the act gives an unfair advantage to undocumented students when applying to col-lege, made its repeal a staple of his campaign platform. Biolo-gy freshman Pamela Morales, who is undocumented, said she believes that argument does not hold weight.

“Some people like to say that we’re just here because of

the bill,” Morales said. “That it’s incentive for people to come here. That isn’t true. We were raised as Texas residents. We got the grades. We did the work. I feel like I need to fight to prove that. I’m here be-cause I want to work; I want to contribute to society.”

HB1403 opened doors for undocumented students by lessening their financial bur-den. Without in-state tuition rates, tuition for undocument-ed students would have nearly quadrupled. Business fresh-man Yesenia Mondragon,

who is also undocumented, said she supports the bill but acknowledges its limitations. Mondragon said she first en-countered those limitations when applying to college.

“I actually wanted to go out of state,” Mondragon said. “I wanted to learn more about other people, get a dif-ferent perspective on things, but, because of my situation, I couldn’t qualify for scholar-ships or federal grants.”

Mondragon said her un-documented status did not severely limit her experiences

until she entered high school. “I feel like being undocu-

mented as a kid doesn’t really affect you,” Morales said. “It isn’t really something your parents discuss with you, but, when other friends or classmates start getting their driver’s licenses or looking at different colleges, it really starts to hit you.”

Although their undocu-mented status occasionally presents these three girls with challenges, they said the sac-rifices their parents made mo-tivate them. Another source of motivation for Aviles was

a college preparatory class. Beyond encouraging her to improve organizational and academic skills, the program inspired Aviles to continue her education.

“That class encouraged me to overcome the circumstances that set me apart,” Aviles said. “I started to realize I had op-tions, which is something my parents didn’t have. They didn’t have the chance to do what I’m doing, so, for me, my situation isn’t an excuse. It’s a chance to do something my parents couldn’t.”