f / > ./ -Y Page 5: Second season o f ‘M ad M en’ reintroduces show f o r first-tim e viewers T i T T 1 y T e x a n i vmg i he University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 ■ www.dailytexanonline com SlH MM > 8 U.S. Olympic basketball team gets to fíeijing f o r practice p Border wall questioned after Dolly South Texas officials w ant government to first rebuild levees in Valley By Teresa Mioli Daily Texan Staff The arrival of the 2008 hurricane sea­ son's biggest storm to date has South Texas residents and federal and local government officials talking about the construction of a border wall for a new reason: the security and stability of bor­ der towns during hurricane season. In the wake of Hurricane Dolly last w eek, Eagle Pass M ayor and Texas Border Coalition Chairman Chad Fos­ ter said the U.S. Department of Home- land Security needs to halt construc­ tion of the wall and instead concen­ trate on rebuilding levees in the Rio G rande Valley. Homeland Security's plan to erect a 14-mile "movable" fence made of con­ crete barriers and steel fencing along a portion of the South Texas border were m ade public in mid-July. The plans are pending approval by the International Boundary an d Wa­ ter Commission, made up of U.S. and Mexican officials w ho m onitor border conditions. The plan calls for the con­ struction of the fence in Rio G rande City, Roma and Los Ebanos. The commission will need to deter­ mine the requirements and work with Hom eland Security officials to decide w hether the fence can be rem oved in case of a hurricane, said comm ission spokeswom an Sally Spener. Foster said authorities w ould need to move the fence to facilitate the evac­ uation of hum an beings, livestock and wildlife before a hurricane moves in. "That doesn't sound very practical, but it does sound consistent to [Home­ land Security]," Foster said. Border levee c o n stru ctio n in th e hard-hit H idalgo County, w hich suf­ fered extensive dam age d u rin g the C ategory 2 hurricane, resum ed Sun­ day after flooding subsided, said G od­ frey Garza Jr., district m anager for Hi­ dalgo County Drainage District N o.l. The p u rp o se of levee recon stru c­ tion in Hidalgo is twofold: to prevent flooding from the Rio G rande River BORDER continues on page 2 Sc o o t a l o n g Public safety details night of mansion fire in report By Sean Beherec Daily Texan Staff The state departm ent guarding the Tex­ as Governor's Mansion the night it was gut­ ted by an arson fire released its final secu­ rity report M onday revealing how the d e­ partment responded and w hat issues should have been addressed. The Texas Department of Public Safety re­ port reveals the name of the trooper on duty the night of June 7 as John Esposito and de­ scribes the actions he took after hearing the alarm from the carriage house, the DPS se­ curity post at the mansion. The 16-page re­ port also features a section specifically d e­ tailing the policies and procedures troopers were' not following while watching over the mansion. According to the report, Esposito report­ ed to the mansion at 9:48 p.m. after w ork­ ing an eight-hour shift at the Texas State His­ tory M useum. Esposito showed the previ­ ous trooper on duty the hydrogen genera­ tor on his personal car before beginning his shift as the only trooper on the grounds. Es­ posito said he heard a fire alarm at 1:35 a.m., eight minutes after the state fire marshal re­ ported that a m an was seen on security vid­ eo throwing a molotov cocktail at the front of the mansion. REPORT continues on page 2 Zach Hennard works on the underbelly of a scooter during its repair at Scooter Revolution on North Loop. Scooter sales in Austin, nationwide on the rise By Erin Mutvaney Daily Texan Staff Finding parking spots near Sixth Street bars can sometimes prove to be an impossible task. But for biol­ ogy senior Eric Matthew Tsu, snag­ ging a spot is as easy as driving right up to the sidewalk in front of his fa­ vorite club and parking his scooter. Tsu arrives in style and with the satisfaction of knowing that his black vehicle gets 80 miles to the gallon. He fills up the tank, which is one-ninth the size of a mid-sized sedan's gas tank, every four days. "Riding scooters offers exposure to the city from a totally different point of view." Tsu said. "I'm more aware of everything around me when I ride my scooter. Plus, cut­ ting through the back streets when traffic gets bad is nice." Tsu is among the rising number of scooter owners in Austin and nationwide. Name-brand scooter sales in the U.S have risen 24 per­ cent in the first three months of 2008, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council, a nonprofit na­ tional trade association that repre­ sents motorcycles and scooters. Ann McSpadden, owner of Alien Scooters in Austin, said sales have tripled since May. Alien Scoot- Vespa Austin on South Lamar remains stocked with scooters as sales increase throughout the U.S. in recent months. Bryant H**rtl«in Daily Texan Staff M a tty G raena | Daily Texan Staff Jamie Park, pre-computer science senior, classifies rocks for a geology class at the Jackson Geological Sciences Building Monday afternoon. University assesses space utilization of campus classrooms By Mackenzie Meador Daily Texan Staff Since the University's expansion of the original 40-acre main campus in the 1880s, UT officials have worked to improve space utilization of classrooms. "It's not a hot-button issue right now, but I could see it becoming an issue," said Kris­ ti Fisher, the director of UT's department for information management and analyses. "We have to keep a handle on enrollment and classroom management and make sure we maximize our use of lab space. It's a matter ¡ of efficiency." With a dense city landscape surrounding the main campus, UT finds itself in a situ­ ation similar to other urban universities SPACE continues on page 2 ers specializes in electric-powered scooters, Mopeds and bicycles. "Given how simple they are to use, the low impact to the environ­ ment and the low maintenance, they are a good choice," McSpadden said. "Also, they can be a lot erf fun." Scooter companies around Aus­ tin, including Vespa Austin, are re­ porting an increase in sales over the past few months, said sales manager Thovas Brown. "We were lucky we had a large stock because I know some stores ran out of inventory and were not prepared for the rise in sales," Brown said, in reference to the sharp sales increase the store had in April. Jon Elliott, owner of Total Rid­ er, a local motorcycle safety in­ struction business, said he wor­ ries about the safety of people who try to teach themselves how to use scooters without taking a course. Elliott said his location in South Austin hosts an average of 1,500 classes a year. The number has dou­ bled to 3,000 this year. Four more weekly safety instruction classes were added to the one weekly class because of the increased demand "Gas prices are obviously a part of this change," Elliott said. "They affect everything we buy. It's hard to argue with that." I n d e x >tume 108, Number 186 25 cents World & Nation........... 3 O p in io n ........................ 4 L ife & A rts.............. 5 Classifieds.........................6 Com ics. Sports ...7 .8 TODAY'S W EATH ER You ever try to put a 'fart' somewhere on the page? High 99 L o w IS M atty Greene | D a ily Texan Staff A man walks past vegetation that provides shade and reduces heat, at City Hall late Monday afternoon. The spanse of vegetation includes the roof, contributing to the building's high environmental certification. Study says green roofs are better insulators, more eco-friendly By Mackenzie Meador Daily Texan Staff The grass is sometimes greener on the other side of the roof. Green roofs are comprised of plants and soil rather than asphalt, gravel or shingles. But the environm entally friendly roofs vary in effec­ tiveness, according to a study from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Green roofs use plants and either soil or a man- made growing medium to cover and insulate homes, according to the center's Web site. The roofs include waterproofing and drainage layers. Roofs from different manufacturers differed in their effectiveness at retaining rain water and conserving energy when the Wildflower Center tested them, said Mark Simmons, the UT ecol­ ogist w ho led the study. The type of planting medium, which ranges from soil to man-made substances, used on the roofs caused much of the difference. Even less-effective green roofs make a dif­ ference, though. Compared to regular roofing material, green roofs do a better job of insulat­ ing buildings and lowering interior tem pera­ tures and energy costs, Simmons said. Green roofs also reduce rain runoff onto streets and in storm drains. It also reflects A u stin s love o f n atu re a n d em braces the Hill C ou n try . ” — Fred Fvins, man "A lot of cities are very interested in [con­ trolling storm water], especially those prone to flash flooding," said Simmons, the Wildflower Center's curator. "It's one of the biggest draws of green roofs." The Wildflower Center Web site includes a page in which visitors can view the current tem­ peratures inside experimental boxes with differ­ ent roofs, which receive heat from the sun. As of 5 p.m. Monday, the box with a green roof had a surface temperature of 93 degrees and an inter­ nal temperature of 108 degrees; the box with a traditional black roof, meanwhile, recorded tem­ peratures of 156 and 133 degrees, respectively. The rooftop temperatures of regular roofing material contribute to an urban "heat island ef­ fect," Simmons said, which causes urban centers to be 2 to 10 degrees hotter than outlying areas. In addition to practical benefits, green roofs can also be aesthetically pleasing, said Fred Evins, Austin's redevelopment project manag­ er. Evins was heavily involved in the design of the Austin City Hall building, which features a green roof. "We were looking for sustainable strategies that would provide public spaces ... as well as landscaping that would help with the urban heat island," Evins said. "It also reflects Austin's love of nature and embraces the Hill Country." The building's roof is irrigated by an under­ ground stream the building team discovered while working on the parking garage, Evins said. Green roofs include native plants, trees and shrubs, which can provide animal habitats. Austin City Hall earned a gold certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which is distributed by the US. Green Building Council. The building was also rec­ ognized this summer with a 2008 award of ex­ cellence in intensive institutional design from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. TUESDAY, JULY 29 ,20 08 Last class day for nine-week classes. Last day to drop a nine-week class PageT wo UT cites higher ed inflation for tuition increase Too bad the firefighter with the stream couldn't go in. T h e D a i l y T e x a n TOMORROW'S WEATHER Low 75 High 98 OOk By Erin Mulvaney Daily Texan Staff The 3.6 percent rise in inflation for the cost o f runn ing higher e d ­ ucation institutions fell below the C onsum er Price Index for the first tim e since 1995. W hether or not that m ean s the University will see future increas­ es or decreases in tuition costs de­ pend on the econom y, said Kevin H egarty, U T vice p resid en t for fi­ nancial affairs an d chief financial officer. T h e U T S y ste m B o ard o f R e­ ge n ts a n n o u n ced on M arch 26 a 5 percen t tuition increase for the next tw o years. " A s for the tw o y ears after this cycle, w e h a v e no id ea h o w tu ­ ition will lo ok ," H egarty sa id . "It d e p e n d s on the econom y. It d e ­ p en d s on w hat inflation co sts are like at that tim e." In 2006, the Tuition Policy A d ­ v iso r y C o m m itte e , m a d e u p o f U T stu d e n ts, d e a n s, facu lty an d ad m in istra to rs, su g g e ste d a tw o- y e a r cy c le fo r tu itio n c h a n g e s, w hich H eg arty sa id h e lp s to p ro­ tect stu d e n ts from price increases in the m arket. T h e h ig h e r e d u c a tio n in d e x , w h ic h m e a s u r e s in f la tio n fo r higher ed u catio n institution s an d accoun ts for increased d e m an d in facu lty sa la rie s a n d facility co n ­ struction, w a s cited by U T officials as one of the m ain reason s for this y e a r 's tuition in crease. H eg arty said the index is a direct reflection o f w hat it co sts to run u n iversity b u sin e ss, in clu d in g salaries, utili­ ties, en ergy -u se an d all a d m in is­ trative costs. The index sh ow ed a 3.4 percent in crease for the 2007 fisc a l y ea r an d 5 p ercen t rise in 2006 d u e , in p art, to H urricane K atrin a, ac­ cordin g to index consultants. State c o n trib u tio n s to the U n iv e rsity h a v e in creased by 1.8 p ercen t in 2008, H egarty said. L a rr y T a v are s, c o n su lta n t for the H igher Education Price Index, said co sts for salaries m ay increase b ecau se the high price o f g a s an d fo o d w ill force co n su m e rs to ask for raises. M o re th an 60 p e rc e n t o f the U n iv e r sity 's b u d g e t is d e v o te d to labor co sts, w h ich w o u ld only rise with salary increases, H egarty said. The costs of benefits, such as health care, h a v e risen d ra stic a l­ ly in the last fiv e y ea rs, H eg arty said. "W e w a n t th e b e s t a n d th e brightest teach in g h ere," H egarty said. "S o w e are forced to increase sa la rie s a n d b e n e fits to k eep u p with the com petitive job m ark et." LOBBY LOUNGING BORDER: Plans for building ‘movable’ fence pending From page 1 an d to act a s a b a rrie r to secu re the U .S. border. U n d er the Secu re F ence A ct of 2006, H o m e la n d S e c u rity called for the co n stru c tio n o f 22 m iles o f v e h icle an d p e d e s t r ia n b a r ­ rier in H id a lg o C o u n ty , a c c o rd ­ ing to the H id a lg o C o u n ty Web site. O p p o se d to a b o rd e r fence, the co u n ty w o rk e d to co n v in ce the federal gov ern m en t to recon­ struct the existin g w e ak lev e es to serv e a s an altern ative barrier to an actual fence. H o m e lan d S e c u r ity a c c e p te d the d eal an d the co u n ty an d d e ­ partm en t finalized a levee recon­ struction agreem en t in w hich the fed eral go v ern m e n t w ill fin ance 65 percent o f the project, acco rd ­ ing to the co u n ty's Web site. G a rz a sa id the recon stru ction p roject c le ars the flo o d p la n se t forth by the International B o u n d ­ ary an d W ater C o m m issio n . H e sa id the coun ty is w o rk in g on the face o f the le v e e s a n d is not b reak in g them dow n . In c a se o f an in c o m in g flo o d , he s a i d th e c o u n ty is g iv e n a 72-h ou r n otice to re b u ild the le­ v e es to pre-reconstruction co n d i­ tio n s. T h e co u n ty fo llo w e d th is p roced u re in p rep aratio n for D o l­ ly a n d then clo se d the area for a co u p le d a y s, he said . T he N a tio n a l O cean ic a n d A t­ m o sp h eric A d m in istra tio n 's C li­ m a te P r e d ic t io n C e n t e r s a i d there is a 65 percent ch ance o f an ab o ve-n orm al A tlan tic h u rrican e se aso n in 2008. Troy K im m el, sen io r lecturer in U T 's D e p a rtm e n t o f G e o g ra p h y a n d the E n v iro n m e n t a n d ch ie f m e teo ro lo g ist for C le a r C h an n el in A u stin , sa id activity in the A t­ lantic B asin in crease s d u rin g the m id d le an d latter p art o f A u g u st an d into Septem ber, w hich is the m o st a c tiv e m o n th fo r tro p ic a l cyclones. COPYRIGHT permission. Copyright 2008 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student M edia and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in w hole without written saw the FUNNIEST thing on www.dailytexanonline.com t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f i e x a s a t A u s t i n UT visit­ ing scholar Guoliang Xu reads in the Connector Lobby between the A.C.E.S. building and Taylor Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The oil and collage paint­ ing behind him, entitled "Veronica," is by artist Dan Rizzie. Bryant Haertlein Daily Texan Staff REPORT: Name of trooper on duty revealed From page 1 A D P S co m m u n ica tio n s o p ­ e ra to r c a lle d the fire d e p a r t ­ m ent at 1:46 a.m . after sp e a k ­ ing w ith E spo sito , tw o m inutes after a citizen called 9-1-1 to re­ p ort a fire at the m a n sio n , a c ­ co rd in g to the report. Th e first firem en a rriv e d on the scen e a m in u te a fter the c o m m u n ic a ­ tions op erator called. N o d is c ip lin a r y actio n w ill be taken a g a in st E sp o sito , said A llan P o lu n sk y , P u b lic S a f e ­ ty C o m m issio n ch airm an . The state fire m a rsh a l co n tin u es to investigate the m an sion fire. A ccordin g to the report, new tro o p e rs p a tr o llin g the m a n ­ sion w ere not given instruction on h o w to o p e r a te the m a n ­ sio n 's m u ltip le se c u rity c a m ­ era s, bu t in ste a d d e p e n d e d on ex p e rie n c e d tro o p e rs to sh o w th em h o w to u se the c a m e r ­ a s d u rin g the m an sion ren ov a­ tio n s. T ro o p e rs w ere a ls o not m a k in g re g u la r fire w atch p a ­ trols a s re q u ired a n d w ere not reportin g w h en fire a la rm s oc­ ca sio n a lly w en t off, a cco rd in g to the report. E s p o sito sa id h e h a d n ever c o n d u c te d a fire w atch p atro l d u rin g his 16 sh ifts at the m an ­ sion . The fire w atch lo g listed E sp o sito 's sign atu re four tim es, bu t E sp o sito d e n ie s ev er sig n ­ ing it, accordin g to the report. T h e re p o r t a ls o d e t a ils the a c tio n s o f a " p e r s o n o f in ter­ e s t" p re v io u sly d e scrib ed d u r­ in g a P u b lic S a fe ty C o m m is ­ sio n m e e tin g in Ju n e b y S g t. M ich ael E scalan te, a D P S s p e ­ cial c r im e s in v e s t ig a t o r w h o a lso a u th o re d the fin al report. Th e m an w a s seen by a p la in ­ c lo th e s A u s tin p o lic e o ffic e r w a lk in g fro m the n o rth sid e o f th e m a n sio n to h is c a r at the co m e r o f 11th an d G u a d a ­ lu p e stre e ts, m a k in g a U -turn an d d riv in g e a stb o u n d on 11th Street. A cigarette lighter from the m a n 's ca r w a s d isc o v e re d on the g ro u n d a n d co n fiscated a s evid en ce. CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Leah Finnegan (512) 232-2212 edi tor@dailytexanonline. com Managing Editor: Adrienne Lee (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512)232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Web Office: (5 12 )47 1-86 16 online@dailytexanonline.com Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com SPACE: UT registrar responsible for general-use rooms From page 1 aro u n d the n ation : m a x im iz in g lim ited acreage. A lth ough sp ace utilization had a p ro m in en t p la ce on the a g e n ­ d a at th e S o c ie ty fo r C o lle g e an d U niversity P lan n in g's a n n u ­ al co n feren ce la st w e ek , F ish er m aintains that sp ace utilization is not a problem at UT. In 2007, the T exas H ig h e r E d ­ u c a t io n C o o r d in a t in g B o a r d ran k e d U T third in the state in te r m s o f the a v e r a g e h o u r s a w eek that cla ssro o m s are in use. Th e U n iv e rsity fell b eh in d UT- S a n A n to n io a n d M id w e s te rn S ta te U n iv e rsity , w ith each o f U T 's 442 c a m p u s classro o m s b e­ in g o c c u p ie d an a v e r a g e o f 38 hours each w eek. It is the U n iv ersity re g istra r's responsibility to m an age the U ni­ v e rsity 's g e n e ra l-p u rp o se c la s s ­ room s. H erm an F resh, a ssistan t director o f inform ation m a n a g e ­ m ent an d a n aly sis, sa id the U n i­ versity h as lim ited sp ace resourc­ e s but is able to m an age the space well. "I ch eck to m ak e su re th at a dep artm en t isn 't h o ld in g on to a room that on ly h as a few c la sse s per day," Fresh said. "If they are, I can call the departm en t and en­ c o u ra g e them to op en the room to general u se. We h ave to d o the b est w e can w ith the lim ited re­ sources w e h ave." T h e re g is tr a r a s s ig n s gen er- a l-p u r p o se c la ssro o m s c a m p u s- w id e , w h ile in d iv id u a l d e p a r t­ m e n ts " o w n " oth er ro o m s a n d can a s s ig n them sp e c ific a lly to their professors, Fresh said. Fresh u se s the U n iv e rsity 's o f­ ficial sc h e d u le to se e h o w often each classro o m w ill b e u se d for fo rm al c la sse s in the u p c o m in g sem ester, he said. Fresh then a n ­ a ly z e s the d a ta d u rin g the fall, w hen the U n iversity's enrollm ent is highest, to get the b est picture of how the classroo m s are u sed . M an y factors affect how m uch e ac h c la ss r o o m is u s e d , F re sh sa id , from the ro o m 's siz e to the a v a ila b le te c h n o lo g y , su c h a s co m pu ters or projectors. "M o st of ou r room s, after 7 or 8 p.m ., are used for a variety o f stu ­ d en t activ ities," Fresh sa id . "It's not form al u se so it's not accoun t­ ed for in our system , bu t m o st of o u r c la ssro o m s are h e a v ily u ti­ lized at all h ours o f the d a v " C 0 R R E C T I 0 N S In the caption for Friday's story "Regents O K sale of oil, gas drilling leases,"the person nam ed in the photo should have read Regent James Dannenbaum . In the July 24 story "After first year, Acevedo receives praise, critique," Lt. Carlos Botello should have been referred to as president of A m igo s En Azul Austin Hispanic Police Officers Association. Also on July 24, the last sentence in the viewpoint "A raise should be earned"should have read,"With crime in Austin a ta n all-time high and our police force under investigation by the U.S. Departm ent of Justice..." The Texan regrets the errors. T h e D a ily T e x a n Texas Student Media. 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Under the law, individuals or organizations engaging i hazing c o u ld be su bject to fines and charged with a criminal ottensc. According to the law. i person can < i mmit a hazing offense not only by engaging in a hazing activity, but also by soliciting, directing, encouraging, aid­ ing or attempting to aid another in hazing; by intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly allowing hazing to occur: or by failing to report, in writing to the Dean o f Students ot another appropriate official o f the institution, first hand knowledge that a hazing incident is planned or has occurred. The fact that a person consented to 01 a. quiesccd in a hazing activity is not a defense to prosecution for hazing under this law. In an effort to < m outage reporting ot hazing in, idents, the law grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to any person who reports a specific- hazing event in good faith and without malice to the Dean o f Students or other appropriate official o f the institution and immunizes that person for participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from Itabiliry that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result o f the report. Additionally, a doctor or other medical practitioner who treats a student who may have been subjected to hazing may make a good faith report ot the suspected hazing activities to police or other law enforcement officials and is immune from civil or other liability that might otherwise be imposed or incurred as a result o f the report The penalty for failure to report is a fine o f up to $1,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both. Penalties for other hazing offenses vary according to the severity o f the injury whit h results and include fines from $500 to $10,000 and/or confinement for up to two years. HAZING DEFINED The law defines hazing as any intentional, know ing, or reckless act, occurring on or o ff the cam pus o f an education al institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student, that endangers the mental or physical health or safety o f a student for the purpose o f pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, h o ldin g office in, or m ain taining m em bership in any organization w hose mem bers are or include students at an educational institution. Hazing includes but is not limited to: A. any type o f physical brutaliry, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing o f a harmful substance on the body, or similar activity; B. any rypt o f physical activity, such as sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, or other activity that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk o f harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student; C. any activity involving consumption of food, liquui, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance which subjects the student to an unreasonable risk o f harm or which adversely affects the mental or physical health of the student; D. any activity that intimidates or threatens the student with ostracism, that subjects the student to extreme mental stress, shame, or humiliation, or that adversely affects the mental health or dignity o f the student or discourages the student from entering or remaining registered in an educational institution, or that may reasonably be expected to cause a student to leave the organization or the institution rather than submit to acts described in this subsection; E. any ac tivity that induces, causes, or requires the student to perform a duty or task which involves a violation o f the Penal Code. UNIVERSITY DISCIPLINARY RULES This law does not affect or in any way limit the tight o f The University to enforce its own rules against hazing. Rules and Regulations ofthe Board of Regents of ¡he t imoersity of Texas system Set tes A0101, Num ber 2, Section 2.8, provide that: (a) Hazing with or without the consent o f a student is prohibited by the System, and a violation o f which prohibition renders both the person inflicting the hazing and the person submitting to the hazing subject to discipline. (h) Initiations and activities by organizations may include no feature that is dangerous, harmful, or degrading to the student, and a violation of this prohibition renders both the organization and participating individuals subject to discipline. DANGEROUS OR DECKA1) 1NG ACTIVITIES Activities whnh under certain conditions constitute acts which are dangerous, harmful, or degrading, in violation o f subsections 6-303(b)(3) and 11- 804(7) o f the Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities include but are not limited to: Calisthenics, such as sit-ups. push-ups, or any other form of physical exe • Lineups for the purpose of tntrrrog.ttmg demeaning or mnmuiattng Total or partial nudity at any time, The eating or ingestion of any unwanted substance. ¡he wearing or carrying of any embarrassing, degrading, or physuaUy burdensome article, Paddle swats, Throwing any substance nee on a person. Any form of individual Consumption of alcohol beverages accompanied by either threats or • Transportation ami abandonment (road mps, kidnaps, walks. ndes, drops); • Confining individuals in an area that is umomfortable or dangerous (hot box effect, high temperature, too small), • Any type of servitude that is of personal benefit to the individued members • Wearing of embarrassing or uncomfortable clothing • Intentionally messing up the bouse or a room for clean up. • Demeaning names. • Yelling or screaming, and • Requiring boxing matches or fights for entertainment Pushing, shoving. kling or any other phystcal contact, • Assigning pranks such as stealing, painting objects, harassing other organizations, DISCIPLINED ORGANIZA HONS INCLUDING THOSE! In accordance with Ttxas Edmalign < ode Section 4 1.936(c) requirements, the following organizations have been disciplined for hazing or convicted for hazing on or off cam pus during the preceding three years: A bsolute I c x u t ‘ Conditional registration a a lp h a K a p p a I M ia Phi Penalty issued April 25, 2 through April 26, 2007) K appa Phi G am m a So r la m b d a Phi I p iilo n Penalty issued Dei ember. Suspended through ¿Jet en O m eg a Phi G a m m a * Conditional registration is Ph. K a p p a Pm limalty issued February 7. through hebruary 6. 2ÜÜ& (May 19. 2009) *spended through April 25 2006; iSobatton welled through December 19. 2011; ffoobation through December 19. 2013 m riled through htbruary 6 200 > through hebruatry 6. 2009) Suspended S i g m a A l p h a F p a ilo n * Conditional registration is foe (5) years (Apnl 7, 2013) S i g m a ( J u * < onditumai registration is two (2j yean 'May 16 2010) Sigm a G am m a R h o Sorority, Int.. * C onditional registration is one (1) year (Juh 16 2009) Sigm a P h i < >mega 1 Probation through December 31 2006J Silver Spu rs * (onditumai registration is three (3) yean (May 19. 2011). lesas Spirits * < onditumai registration is one (1) year (Maty 19 2009) * «notaré eta Mutual Agreement Penalty issued September 15, 2005 Suspended through December 31 2005; For furthet information or clarification o f probationary member activities, contact Student Activities and Leadership Development (SALD ) in the Office o f the Dean o f Students (D oS ), Student Services Building (SSB) 4.400, 512-471-3065. For the deaf/hard o f hearing, Video Phone: 1-866-329-3986 Wire Editor: Ashwini Salpekar www.dailyiexanonline.com W o r l d & N a t io n T h e D a il y T e x a n Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Suicide bombers kill 57 Shiite pilgrims in Kirkuk By Kim Gamel The Associated Press BA G H DA D — S uicide b o m b ­ ers, including at least three w om ­ en, struck Shiite pilgrim s in Bagh­ d ad and K urdish protesters in the n o rth ern city of K irkuk on M on­ day, killing at least 57 peo p le — a brutal rem inder that m ass gath­ erings rem ain vulnerable despite vast im provem ents in security. The attacks cam e even th o u g h the U.S. has step p ed u p efforts to recruit and train w om en for Iraq's p o lice force a n d e n list th e m to join Sunnis fighting al-Q aida. In­ su rg en ts increasingly use fem ale b o m b e rs b e c a u s e th e ir b illo w ­ ing black robes easily hide explo­ sives and they are less likely to be searched. U.S. m ilita ry fig u re s sh o w at least 27 fem ale suicide bom bings this year, com pared w ith eight in 2007. M o n d a y 's attack s ta p p e d into tw o different sets of fears. T h e th re e n e a rly s im u lta n e ­ ous bom bings in B aghdad u n d er­ m ined public confidence in recent secu rity gains th a t h av e ta m p ed d o w n se cta rian b lo o d sh e d . The attack in K irkuk, 180 m iles to the north, show ed that ethnic rivalries can tu rn into m ass slaughter in a city that is hom e to Kurds, Turko- m en, A rabs and other minorities. T he U.S. m ilita ry b la m e d al- Q a id a in Ira q for th e B a g h d ad bom bings. It w as still investigat­ ing the K irkuk attack, u nderscor­ ing the m ore com plicated n ature of the tensions there. But city po­ lice spok esm an Brig. G en. Sarhat Q adir said the terror netw ork w as behind that attack as well. T h e B a g h d a d b o m b in g s left piles of rubble and shattered glass on the streets alongside crum pled cars a n d sa n d als from p anicked pilgrim s, m any of w hom had slept at rest areas before rising at daw n to begin their annual m arch to the g o ld e n -d o m e d sh rin e of Im am M oussa al-Kadhim. H ospital em ergency room s w ere overw helm ed w ith bloodied vic­ tims, including a young boy w ith a bandaged head w ho sucked on a pacifier as a m an held him. "I h ea rd w o m en and children cry in g a n d sh o u tin g an d I saw b u r n e d w o m e n as d e a d b o d ­ ies lied in p o o ls of blood on the stre e t," M u s ta p h a A b d u lla h , a 32-year-old m an w ho w as injured in the stom ach and legs, said from his hospital bed At least 32 peo p le w ere killed and m ore th an 100 w ere w o u n d ­ ed, Iraqi police and hospital offi­ cials said. It w as the deadliest a t­ tack in the capital since June 17, w hen a tru ck b om bing killed 63 people in H urrivah. In a throw back to more violent tim es, the Iraqi governm ent cre­ ated a 24-hour curfew in B agh­ d ad , b an n in g all vehicle m o v e ­ m ent starting 5 a.m. Tuesday. The attacks in the capital began at about 7:15 a.m ., w hen three of the w om en detonated their explo­ sives belts in quick succession less V i r g i n u n v e i l s G a l a c t i c p l a n e High gas prices put pressure on farmers A woman injured in a bom b attack is treated in a hospital in Baghdad Monday. Three suicide bombers and a roadside bom b struck Shiite pilgrims, killing at least 24 people and w ounding 72. than half a mile apart. T he b o m b e rs w e re w a lk in g am ong pilgrim s stream ing tow ard the g o ld en -d o m ed sh rin e of the eight-century im am . The shrine, th e focus of a major Shiite festi­ v al this w eek, gives its n am e to the northern neighborhood of Ka- zim iyah that s u r r o u n d s it. Iraqi se c u rity forces h a d d e ­ p lo y e d a b o u t 200 w o m e n tins w eek to search female pilgrim s in K azim iyah, but the attack s took p lace a lo n g th e p ro » » su m six miles southeast of the shrine. Adil at-K h azali A s s o c ia te d Press NATION BRIEFLY Worsening U.S. bridges need $140 billion for major repair PHILADEI PHIA — At least $140 billion is needed to make major repairs or upgrades to one of every four U.S. bridges, trans­ portation officials from states across the country said in a re­ port released Monday. State officials said bridge re­ pairs are just one element ot a pressing need for more feder­ al funding to improve the coun­ try's deteriorating transportation infrastructure. "We need federal intervention, and federal intervention at a big level," Gov. Ed Rendell said after the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Of­ ficials released the report. The report cited Federal I ligh- way Administration statistics that 132,000 out of the nation 600,(XX) bridges are either struc­ turally deficient or functionally obsolete. The $140 billion price tag was derived by multiplying the to tal num ber of square meters of the problem bridges by the aver­ age cost per square meter, in 2006 dollars. The "Bridging the Gup" report was released just days before the first anniversary of the Aug. 1 bridge collapse in Minneapolis that killed 13 people. Tvpically built to last 30 years, the average U.S. bridge is 43 years old and needs to be soon replaced, according to the report. C o m piled fro m Associated Press reports QUOTE OF THE DAY %y house is about 100 yards fro m some Jire right now a n d that's fr e a k in g me out. J o h n R o m e r o d u r i n g o b r e a k f r o m d i g g i n g t r en c he s a n d c l e a r i n g br ush as a w il df ir e c a m e c l o se r to his M a r i p o s a . Calif, h o m e . By Eileen Aj Connelly The Associated Press N EW YORK — F ranca Tan- tillo p u ts rising fuel prices in the sam e category as the sprin g tim e hail storm that w iped out p art of her straw berry crop. Both cut into the profit she makes at the farmers m arkets she sells at in N ew York City, about 135 miles south of her farm. Like Tantillo, m arket farmers na­ tionw ide face exponentially rising costs for fuel, fertilizer and anim al feed that could force them to hike prices that are already often higher than grocery stores. It couldn't come at a worst1 time for farm ers; th eir custom ers are also feeling squeezed by inflation. Tantillo estim ates about half the money she takes in on a given day at the m arket now goes to cover costs related to transportation. She drives a van that carries less but is more fuel efficient than her old p an­ el truck. She even skipped an entire m onth of selling in the city because she d id n 't think the returns would be worth the expense. "I'm a sm all grow er," she said recently, as she stood at her table laden w ith $4 quarts of straw ber­ ries and other p roduce from her "Berried Treasures" farm in Cooks Falls, N.Y. "A nd I'm trying not to raise prices." Farm ers have alw ays faced an a rra y of u n c o n tro lla b le factors like pests and w eather that can af­ fect their income, b u t this year fuel prices have joined the list. Rising oil and natural gas prices have hit farm ers in m yriad ways: dram atic cost increases for fertiliz­ ers and anim al feed; higher charg­ es for plastic su p p lies for green­ houses an d irrigation system s for fields; larger energy bills for heat­ ing greenhouses and soaring prices for diesel used to fuel farm equip­ m ent and the trucks that carry their products to the markets. Even the plastic bags they put their products in are more expensive this year. 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Order online at upuzzles.cc.T______________________ 2 * b e i f e u r H a r k S i m e s Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0624 1 2 3 7 10 11 12 13 Across 1 Give a heads-up 5 Prefix with - syncratic 9 Valuable violin 14 Coup d'___ 15 Birth place 16 French-speaking African nation 17 Hotel offering 19 Asteroid's path 20 Number of coins in the Fontana di Trevi? 21 Bow-taking occasion 23 In an obvious way 25 Early sixth- century year 26 Charisse of “Singin’ in the Rain" 27 Blown away by " (Paul 32 “E s o Anka hit) 35 Love, Italian- style 36 Pal of Tarzan 37 Poker face 41 Mathematical proof letters 42 Novelist Zola 43 Armchair athlete’s channel 44 In a calm way 46 Grier of “Jackie Brown” 48 Devoured 49 Dress store section 53 Cinema ottering 58 Final: Abbr. 59 Like some committees 60 Flintlock need 62 Actress Aimée 63 Earth sci. 64 With “and” and 47-Down, Lawrence Welk's intro 65 Like ground around a tree 66 “Coffee, Tea V ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 14 17 20 23 37 41 44 59 62 65 67 Something you can do to the starts of 17-, 21- , 37-, 53- and 60-Across Down lntemet-on-the- tube company, formerly Pong maker Motel posting To th e ___ degree “If asked, yes" Bride’s worldly possessions 7 “S in c e You Baby” (1956 hit) 8 Syllables before “di” or “da” in a Beatles song 9 Has a tough time deciding 10 Friend of Peppermint Patty 11 “Waterloo” pop group 12 Slave away 13 Part of I.S.B N Abbr. 18 Frozen dessert chain 22 Start of a challenge 24 Desktop graphic 27 Adequately, and then some 28 Seconds and then thirds 29 Place for a lectern 30 Each 31 Neighbor of 38- Down: Abbr 32 Patio parties, briefly 33 General Robt. 5 15 | 1 18 21 ■ 35 38 39 I 24 26 I 45 X 32 33 34 36 28 29 30 31 46 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 9 16 19 22 25 _ ■ 40 4 J I 61 I r P u zzle by B a rry C . 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