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Three UT professors filed a suit against The Univer-sity of Texas and the state of Texas on Wednesday, argu-ing SB 11, known as campus carry, infringes upon their constitutional rights.

Professors Mia Carter, Jennifer Lynn Glass and Lisa Moore said the campus carry law, passed in 2015 and set to go into effect Aug. 1, would restrict the freedom of their classroom discussions and is too vague to be applied on such a large scale.

Max Renea Hicks, one of the attorneys for the plain-tiffs and a UT law graduate who helped draft the lawsuit, said the case seemed like a worthy cause and a worthy legal argument.

“Personally, it seems obvi-ous to me that forcing pro-fessors to allow guns in their classrooms seems like a fair-ly bad public policy,” Hicks said. “Lawyers are there to deal with what the laws say and I think there is evidence this public policy is inconsis-tent with the constitution.”

Hicks said what he be-lieves is most important in

this case is the unique posi-tion of the plaintiffs.

“Lawyers don’t matter, lawyers are just vehicles,” Hicks said. “The people that matter are the professors and the students they want to protect.”

Law professor Lucas Powe said he opposes the law, but not for the reasons the plaintiffs do.

“If I was a 30-year-old on the job market and had a choice between [UT] and something else, I would choose the something else,” Powe said. “I think it’s going to hurt recruitment.”

Powe said their First Amendment argument about the law restricting the ability of students to speak freely is interesting, but the second and 14th Amendment chal-lenges are wrong.

“The legislature doesn’t have to state any reason for a law,” Powe said. “I think the campus carry law is one of the idiot ideas an idiot

legislature comes up with, but they have the right to do it.”

Jordan Cope, international relations and global studies junior, said people may be less inclined to carry out a mass shooting if they know other students would be ready to retaliate.

Because UT is a pub-lic university, Cope said it is subject to all government laws.

“I don’t think there should be a legal exception to a public law,” Cope said. “You cannot just neglect state law.”

Cope said the claim in the suit that the existence of guns restricts free speech is false.

“We all know people have guns in Texas, and people still speak freely,” Cope said. “It is a bit of an exag-geration that we can’t speak about certain topics in class because someone may have a gun.”

Antonia Okafor, southwest regional director for Students for Concealed Carry on Cam-pus, said in a press release that the suit’s claim that cam-pus carry is “dangerously ex-perimental” is “laughable.”

“Licensed concealed carry has been allowed throughout most of Texas for more than twenty years, with no indica-tion that it has led to an in-crease in violent crime or gun accidents,” Okafor said.

Classics graduate student Tiffany Montgomery said the vast majority of Americans support common sense gun regulations, but the govern-ment hasn’t taken action. A CNN/ORC poll from June said 55 percent of respon-dents were in favor of stricter gun laws.

“The best solution for the immediate future is for our politicians to act like adults, lose the ego, and for once, put the American citizens first in this matter,” Montgomery said.

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Attorney comments on professors’ campus carry suitUNIVERSITY

By Jasleen Shokar@jasleenshokar

A peaceful Black Lives Mat-ter protest in downtown Dal-las was interrupted Thursday night by the sound of gunshots.

Around 9 p.m., shots were fired after demonstrators end-ed their protest for the deaths of two black men, Alton Ster-ling and Philando Castile, who were shot by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota last week.

Approximately 800 civilians and 100 officers were gathered, according to The New York Times, when the sound of shots fired caused people, includ-ing the officers, to scatter and take cover.

Twelve police officers were shot, five of which were fatally wounded. Two civilians were also wounded.

Dallas police chief David Brown said Micah Johnson, an Army veteran and Dallas resident, was the only gun-man. The police killed John-son during a standoff using a bomb-equipped robot early Friday morning.

In the minutes before John-son’s death, he told the police officers near him that he was upset about the recent shoot-ings of the two black men and “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” ac-cording to the Times.

Three other people have been taken into custody, but their identities and connec-tions to the attack have not been shared.

Tro’juan Henderson, eye-witness to the attack and par-ticipant in the rally, said the at-mosphere at the gathering was peaceful for both participants and police officers.

“[Then] I heard shots, a lot of shots and we just tried to take cover, run, duck and

everything because we didn’t know where it was coming from,” Henderson said. “We started hearing officers yell-ing, ‘Get back, back up,’ and I hid behind a wall, me and a lot of people.”

Henderson said he thought the attack was over but more shots were heard a few minutes later, causing people to duck behind the walls again.

UT alumna Paige Schutze, also present at the rally, said the shooting was especially “unfair” because they were at a peaceful demonstration.

“My second thought was one that I did not expect, and one that will leave a lasting im-pression on me,” Schutze said. “I thought about the situation I was in, and how for the first time in my life, I understood to an extent the reality of what black Americans live with on a regular basis.”

Economics junior Cameron Maxwell, treasurer for Black Student Alliance and external relations for African Ameri-can Affairs, interns about one block from where the at-tack occurred. He said he was luckily home when the shoot-ing happened but found out about the incident through Twitter and was shocked at

the news. “I was overwhelmed and

disgusted pretty much be-cause one of my friends had invited me to go out to the rally but … I wasn’t able to go,” Maxwell said. “I very well could’ve been out there as well.”

Maxwell also said people shouldn’t make assumptions about an entire group of peo-ple based on the actions of one individual.

“Events like this do occur, but it’s not representative of a whole culture,” Maxwell said. “Hopefully when I get back to campus, everyone’s going to treat me the same and I hope that my African-American friends will look at our peers the same way.”

UT President Gregory Fenves sent an email Friday night to the UT commu-nity discussing the Univer-sity’s efforts to promote a diverse campus.

“With students returning to campus next month along with faculty members and staffers, I want to reiterate UT Austin’s strong commit-ment to fostering an inclusive educational environment in which all students feel they belong,” Fenves said.

Antonia Okafor, southwest regional director for Students for Concealed Carry on Cam-pus, said in a press release that the suit’s claim that cam-pus carry is “dangerously ex-perimental” is “laughable.”

“Licensed concealed carry has been allowed throughout most of Texas for more than twenty years, with no indica-tion that it has led to an in-crease in violent crime or gun accidents,” Okafor said.

Classics graduate student Tiffany Montgomery said the vast majority of Americans support common sense gun regulations, but the govern-ment hasn’t taken action. A CNN/ORC poll from June said 55 percent of respon-dents were in favor of stricter gun laws.

“The best solution for the immediate future is for our politicians to act like adults, lose the ego, and for once, put the American citizens first in this matter,” Montgomery said.

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Akshay Mirchandani | Daily Texan Staff Two squad cars parked outside of the Dallas Police Depart-ment act as a memorial to the five officers that died in Dallas.

There is something distinctly familiar about the anxiety we feel about autonomous vehicles taking over the streets. Either the reluctance to give up control or the fear that robots might behave in an unexpected manner, something makes us question every solution that self-driv-ing cars present. It isn’t really a surprise, then, that the recent tragic accidents involving autonomous vehicles have further hampered the confidence in allowing cameras and codes to drive our kids to school.

The challenges and concerns with autono-mous vehicles are clear. Less clear, however, is the potential they possess to save thousands of lives and billions in cost. Countless studies and reports have shown the various benefits that au-tonomous vehicles would have on both the econ-omy and the quality of life. Self-driving cars are expected to improve the fuel economy by over 30 percent and decrease congestion by up to 13 percent. They can also help save millions of lives.

In the United States alone, an average of 92 people die from car crashes every day. Autono-mous vehicles have the potential to cut the num-ber by 99 percent. The recent accident involving Tesla’s model S, although tragic, was the first such incident in over 130 million miles that Teslas have driven on autopilot. Google reports that in over a million miles that its self-driving car has driven, its only accident was down to a human error from another vehicle.

The evolution of self-driving technology has been dramatic, from science fiction to reality in the span of under a decade. But despite the many advancements, the biggest challenge for self-driving cars is what lies ahead. Maintaining the research momentum and convincing the people to trust the vehicles will be far bigger challenges to tackle. It is one thing to defy odds and create a marvel, but it will take something else entirely to

take it from the lab to the road. Automakers and state agencies have realized

that we stand on the cusp of a major change. They must also realize that it will take continued and strategic efforts to bring about that change. States need to act quickly and ensure that the vehicles do not face a regulation logjam. They must ensure that untested and underdeveloped technologies don’t harm people and property. Providing innovators with specified safe-testing zones where autonomous vehicles could be tested without fear of fatalities would encourage many tests and help gather more useful data.

Kara Kockelman, a professor of civil, architec-tural and environmental engineering who spe-cializes in transportation engineering, believes that Texas has been doing its part.

“Texas is in a good position: it is not limit-ing self-driving vehicles while allowing national agents to take the lead, so that states with differ-ent laws don’t stymie a single, national standard,” Kockelman said. “It is funding valuable research, including demonstrations. And Texas cities are cultivating relationships with AV providers like Google to ensure we stay in a lead position.”

Accidents like the recent tragedies can and should be avoided, but it is also important that caution doesn’t stymie innovation. Texas law-makers and the department of transportation must work together to define regulations for the in-progress technology. The tension between regulating and cultivating transportation inno-vation should be resolved quickly. The state must also attempt to educate the public about how the technology might affect their lives.

Accidents and errors will definitely impel auto manufacturers to exercise more caution. Tech-nology, as always, will scale the learning curve. As self-driving cars collectively learn from their mistakes, the technology will keep evolving. It is crucial, then, that humans keep pace with it.

Choudhary is a finance and civil engineering junior from Mumbai.

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Lawmakers must balance safety, innovation for self-driving cars

By Tejas ChoudharyDaily Texan Columnist

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HORNS UP: FUN IN THE SUN

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This week gave all sorts of reasons not to believe constitutional protections extend to all people. Black guns rights activists have rea-son to doubt that they can legally carry after the deaths of Alton Ster-ling and Philando Castile, the later of whom was shot after telling an officer he was legally carrying a firearm and reaching for his license. Just as #blacklivesmatter activists peacefully demonstrating in Dallas showed they and police could work together, an unaffiliated ex-ma-rine killed five cops and wounded seven others. Solving centuries of racial tensions will not happen overnight, but agreeing not to justify the shootings of innocent, nonthreatening people would be a start.

After two days of hundred degree heat last week and several more on the horizon, true Texan Summer is finally upon us. If you’re like us, you wouldn’t know this because up until the release of Pokemon Go, we’ve been inside, glued to our air conditioning units. But this game has convinced even the most lethargic of us to brave the ele-ments for upwards of six miles for a Pikachu. We don’t know if Mi-chelle Obama secretly commissioned this game to get us to exercise, but either way, it’s working. We’re ready to walk, bike and paddle-board across the city to be the very best that no one ever was.

When government sopho-more Victor To wanted to be an author, he wrote a novel. When he wanted to be a computer coder, he built his own social network. Now, he has decided to go into poli-tics — and he’s running for city council.

To is running for Place 2 on the Pflugerville City Council in a special elec-tion that will be held in August. To decided to run in May after he heard that the current councilman, Brad Marshall, was vacat-ing his spot to run for may-or. At 19 years old, To is the youngest candidate ever to run for the Pflugerville City Council.

“It’s important for young people to get involved,” To said. “People [have told] us since we were young, ‘You are going to be the leaders of tomorrow.’ I say to them, ‘Start acting like it.’”

To said he wants to advo-cate for responsible building and provide opportunities for residents to remain in-volved in their community as it expands. If he wins, he said he will also develop op-portunities for youth leader-ship and internships through programs like a mock city council or mock legislature. As a Pflugerville native, he

understands that stu-dents interested in gov-ernment do not have many opportunities to practice leadership.

“[Pflugerville] is start-ing to turn into this big city,” To said. “I’m a citizen here, [and] I have the right to drive the history of our country forward.”

After being inspired by the material he learned in his high school U.S. history class, To said he decided to pursue a career in poli-tics during his junior year. During his senior year, his government teacher, Kyleen Dobbs, solidified his dream by encouraging him to run for the council position.

“[I] could tell from the moment I met him that he was going to be a star,” Dobbs said. “It was a very intense course, and I believe in rigor. Victor met me every step of the way [and] was enthusias-tic from the get go.”

Dobbs advised To to get involved with his com-munity as much as pos-sible by attending city council meetings and lo-cal events. She said she thinks his candidacy will inspire other millennials to become more active in their governments.

“What 19-year-old gets to meet city council members and really talk about things that matter?” Dobbs said.

“He gives me hope that there are kiddos out there that are going to lead. Whatever he does, I’m proud to have been his teacher.”

Jim McDonald, who is also running for Place 2 on the city council, said he hopes Pflugerville citizens vote for the candidate they choose based on the whole person. As an IT profes-sional, he said he doesn’t see himself as a politician, and instead bases his cam-paign on his involvement in the community, partic-ularly through the Home Owners Association, the Rotary Club and as a mar-tial arts instructor.

“We’ve got a veteran run-ning, a land developer run-ning, a college student and an IT guy,” McDonald said. “I think the citizens should look at the experience that all of these candidates bring and make a decision based on that.”

To said his strengths lie in his candidness and

compassion. Because he has not been involved in politics before, he said he doesn’t have ties to interest groups and can better serve the citizens’ needs.

This summer, he also began an intern-ship with the Hill Country Cam-paign Academy, which teaches students cam-paign and po-litical strate-gies. But so far, To said his campaign has been pure-ly grassroots, with friends and volunteers helping out. His favorite part about the campaign has been meeting the citizens of Pflugerville.

“It’s a reminder of why I’m doing this,” To said. “People have issues, and it’s my job to be able to make their life better.”

PFLUGERVILLE’S FRESH FACE

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By Elizabeth Hlavinka@hlavinka_e

While some students spend summer relaxing or taking classes, sophomore Victor To is running for city council.

It’s important for young people to get involved. People [have told] us since we were young, ‘You are going to be the leaders of tomorrow.’ I say to them, ‘Start acting like it.’

—Victor To,Government Sophomore

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Former, current Longhorns qualify for Summer OlympicsBy Leah Vann

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The Olympic trials showed the Longhorns had a vari-ety of talent with qualifiers in shot put, sprints, distance and hurdles.

Sunday, the final day of com-petition, saw former Longhorn Ashley Spencer qualify for Team USA after a second place finish in the women’s 400-meter hur-dles. In addition, Texas rising-senior Byron Robinson took second in the men’s 400-meter hurdles to punch his ticket to the 2016 Olympics.

One of the highlights from earlier in the trials was

former Longhorn Ryan Crous-er’s performance in the shot put. Crouser has ties in the throwing field — his father and grandfa-ther competed in the Olympics as throwers. Twenty-thousand fans had their eyes on the Or-egon native in the men’s shot put final. Within two attempts, Crouser took the leading mark of 22.11 meters to make the Olympic team.

“This was really my first big shot put competition,” Crouser said. “I’m just happy to make the team and even happier to walk out of here on top.”

Six days after the men’s shot put competition, former Long-horn Michelle Carter grabbed

Pu Ying Huang | Daily Texan file photoRyan Crouser attempts a shot put at the 2014 Texas Relays. Crouser won the men’s shot put competition at the 2016 Olympic trials last week, clinching a spot on Team USA’s roster for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

another Texas-title in the shot put. Carter approached her final attempt in fourth-place, but saved her best attempt for last with a mark of 19.59 me-ters to take the top spot for the Olympic team.

“Anything can happen in this competition,” Carter said. “Team USA is the hardest team to make so you can never take these meets lightly. Each spot is earned and I earned my spot tonight.”

Recent graduate Morolake Akinosun took the track for the short sprinters. She improved in each round of the 100-me-ter, clocking in at 10.99 seconds in the preliminaries and 10.97

seconds in the semifinals. She reached her new personal best in the finals at 10.95 seconds — which ranked fourth at the trials.

“I feel incredible. I picked the perfect time to have [per-sonal records],” Akinosun said after the final. “I would have loved to have done it at the NCAA three weeks ago, but I think that I’m happier with this performance in doing it here now.”

Akinosun qualified as an alternate for Team USA. But she still hopes for a spot on the 4x100-meter relay team, which will be announced Monday.

Another Longhorn made the cut on the trials’ second day. In her first Olympic tri-als, former Longhorn Marielle Hall clocked in at 31:54.77 in the 10,000-meter to secure her spot on the Olympic team.

“I’m really proud to repre-sent everyone who has gotten me here at the Olympics,” Hall said. “I watched [Crouser] win the shot put last night. Texas is tradition. That’s the slogan. That’s the tagline.”

The athletes that quali-fied will go on to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Texas head coach Mario Sategna will travel to Rio as an assistant

with Team USA, and now some of his former athletes will join him.

“This meet shows with our current student-athletes as well as our Texas Exes what The University of Texas provides,” Sategna said. “It doesn’t mat-ter if it’s the Ryan Crouser’s or the Michelle Carter’s, the sup-port they receive when they come through those doors, it’s like an Olympic Train-ing Center on the way to not only elevate yourself to the Olympic Games but also most importantly to getting a great degree that can take you any-where in America and provide you opportunity.”

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My roommate came home the other day and devoured all my leftover pizza. Unbeknownst to her, I brought it home a week ago! I was grossed out that she ate something so old, but she said that since it was refrigerated, it’s all okay. Am I just being a germaphobe?

— Sal ManillaSal, you have a right to

be disgusted. Every year, 48 million people are infected with foodborne illnesses, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion — that’s one in every six people.

While everyone should make it a priority to wash, cook and store foods prop-erly, those with weakened immune systems, such as young children, el-derly people and pregnant

women, should be extra care-ful. Read on to keep yourself (and the people you cook with and live with) safe.

Your roommate may have conducted the “smell test” before helping herself to your leftovers. As a college student myself, I totally understand how leftovers can be forgot-ten in the back of the fridge. But just because there is no colorful growth or appalling odor, does not mean that the food is pathogen-free. Toss the refrigerated to-go box af-ter three to four days.

Was your pizza in the fridge or left out on the counter? Foods kept between 40 and 140 degrees are more apt to develop pathogens. In fact, this range of tem-peratures is referred to as the “danger zone.” A single bacterium can multiply to trillions between these two temperatures, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Food should

not be left in the danger zone for more than two hours. This time is reduced to one hour if the temperature is over 90 degrees — such as potato salad at a picnic. And heads up — more than a third of Americans keep their refrigerator higher than 40 degrees, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — time for a fridge thermometer!

While I’m on my food safety soapbox: Wash your hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds be-fore eating and preparing food. If numbers aren’t your thing, sing “Happy Birthday” twice. Wash your hands again after touching trash, raw meat or your pets. Additionally, make sure that cooking utensils and cutting boards are clean. A huge source of bacteria: the instrument doing the scrubbing itself. Sponges should be cleaned

daily — throw them in the dishwasher or microwave a damp one for one minute.

Fruits and vegetables — even those that you peel — should be washed and scrubbed before consump-tion. Farming, harvesting, storage and transportation methods could have ex-posed your food to bacte-ria. No need for soap — but do make sure to cut off any rotten or bruised areas.

The way you organize your grocery cart is an-other marker of your food-safety-savviness. Re-member to separate, don’t

contaminate! Raw meats and eggs should be kept away from other items in your shopping cart and refrigerator. Their juices could leach onto ready-to-eat foods and cause cross-contamination. Raw meats should have separate cut-ting boards and utensils — so don’t chop produce on the same plate you used

when you seasoned your uncooked ground beef.

If you are reading this article while eating lunch, I apologize. Maybe I should have prefaced it with a dis-claimer. But, I’m certain you have become more (bacterially) cultured, and will never look at food storage and preparation the same way again.

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