T h e D aily T e x —i * PO r\j £> >-* > i/i m T3 -1 tz! 2 O I» n on <: rs m x) O ¡-H > l/ i o i L I F E & A R T S P A G E 6 These waffles ain’t no i f r / t r r ' r r f r* r r r r~ SPORTS PAGE 8 Longhorn basketball player decides to transfer -Thursday, June 25, 2009 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.d c/i i\ j A s> -P* /EATHER Low x m O J> O o TEXAS 4 LSU 11 Longhorns gored in Omaha Yogurt Shop Two released from jail due to trial delay Prosecutors promise retrial as they hunt for a new third mystery suspect By Pierre Bertrand Daily Texan Staff Two men accused of raping and killing four teen­ age girls in an A ustin y ogurt shop m ore than 15 years ago were released from jail Wednesday. Robert S pringsteen and Michael Scott w ere re­ leased on personal recognizance bonds w hen Dis­ trict Judge Mike Lynch decided to delay Scott's capi­ tal m urder trial, initially scheduled for July 6. Springsteen and Scott w ere accused of the 1991 raping and m urder of four teenage girls in a yogurt shop off of A nderson Lane. The two m en allegedly set fire to the yogurt shop to cover their tracks and have been incarcerated since 1999. Springsteen was convicted and sentenced to death row in 2001, but was com m uted life in prison when a Suprem e C ourt ruling concluded that executing killers who were underage at the time thev commit­ ted a crim e was unconstitutional. Springsteen was 17 years old during the time of the murder. Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis C ounty District Attorney, expressed her reasoning in delaj ing Scott's trial in a w ritten statement. "Requesting a delay in the case was a difficult de­ cision but one that 1 believe is the best course toward an ultimate successful prosecution of this im portant m atter" Lehmberg said. S pringsteen and Scott w ere convicted in 2001 and 2002, respectn ely. Their convictions were over­ tu rn ed in an appellate court, and new D NA evi­ dence discovered in 2008 prom pted a new trial. The evidence collected from vaginal sw abs of the four girls in M arch of that year suggested that another unknow n male suspect w as present at the murder. The unknow n DNA sam ple forced prosecutors to delay Scott's trial. "We sought this testing because we have an on­ going duty and responsibility to use the most up-to- date science available to seek the truth in this and all the cases w e prosecute," Lehm berg said. "The reli­ able scientific evidence in the case presents one, and one only, unknow n male donor. Given that, I could not, in good conscience, allow this case to go to trial before the identity of this male donor is determ ined and the full truth is known." In her statem ent, L ehm berg stated she is con­ vinced the tw o released m en are responsible for the four deaths and remains com m itted to prosecutm g all individuals responsible for the deaths. But Joe James Sawyer, S p rin g steen 's attorney, claim s prosecutors coerced confessions from both his client and Scott and used those confessions as grounds for conviction. He said prosecutors have no evidence that placed both men at the scene. "The state never had any DNA evidence," Sawyer said. "They had no hairs. They had no fingerprints. They had nothing." Saw yer said state prosecutors accused S pring­ steen of rap in g 13-year-old A m y A yers, b u t the new DNA evidence suggests Springsteen did not rape the girl. "W hat that proves is unless he w as ejaculating someone else's sperm, he d id n 't rape her," Sawyer said. "The good thing about DNA, and the terrible thing about DNA, is that you can't contest it." Carlos Garcia, Scott's attorney, said he was pleased w ith the court's decision to release the tw o men but said he w ould have rather held a trial to finally ab­ solve his client. "I am 100 percent convinced that my client is in­ nocent," Garcia said. "Those boys had nothing to do w ith this case." Garcia said, despite the evidence suggesting Scott YOGURT continues on page 2 Texas shortstop Brandon Loy puts his head down in desperation after failing to get a hit in Texas' 11 -4 loss to LSU W ednesday night in Omaha, Neb. LSU s hitting overwhelm s Texas’ pitching to score 11 runs in CWS Final By Austin Talbert Daily Texan Staff O M A H A , N eb . — B ra n d o n Wqpkman w as the best pitcher for Texas on Wednesday. But he also found him self the losing pitcher, as Louisiana State scored five runs off only tw o hits in a sloppy sixth inning that sealed the Tigers' national cham pionship. The Tigers' imm ediate response, af­ ter Texas tied the gam e in the fifth, w as too m uch for the Longhorns to overcome. The team 's magical run end ed W ednesday night w ith the Tigers dogpiling at O m aha's Rosen­ blatt Stadium after the game. The cham pionship is the sixth for LSU, tying Texas for program s w ith the second-most baseball titles in history. "W hether it was the rally Friday in the bottom of the ninth, or today w hen we tie the gam e and they re­ spond w ell," said Texas coach Au- gie G arrido, "T hey d eserved the CWS continues on page 8 Paul Chouy | Daily Texan Staff UT loss stuns, silences local fans By Pierre Bertrand, Ben Wermund & Yijiao Zhuang Daily Texan Staff A full house at Cuatro's stared at the TV solem nly and nearly silent Wednesday night as the Louisiana State U niversity Tigers snatched UT's chance at a national baseball cham p io n sh ip . A p ro u d sc atter­ ing of "H ook 'em 'H orns" signs re­ mained in the air as the trophy was presented to the winning team. UT lost the final of three gam es after tying the championship series at one win each. "After losing the first gam e and w inning the second gam e in d ra­ matic form, it's a tough loss, but we battled all the w ay through," said Gordon Rosen, a 2008 UT graduate. R osen sa id he felt LSU ju st played a better game. "I think they are a better team of­ fensively, I think they had a better night," he said. "T hey played bet­ ter as a team." Rosen said he thought the Long­ horns suffered a couple mental break­ downs, which allowed LSU to get the upper hand in the final game. "I was very impressed," he said. "Once you tied it up, you think you have the m om entum , but they bur­ ied us again. Five runs is very hard w hen you have 12 outs left." Econom ics se n io r Alex Babar said he felt that UT's defense wore down. "The defense lost it halfway into the game when they gave up those LOSS continues on page 2 ^ew legislation to ease student credit debt Plan includes new limits on hanking fees, loans and student credit cards By Frank Morris Daily Texan Staff For college students, staying free from credit card debt has al­ w ays been an issue, b u t recent federal legislation m ay alleviate this problem. President Obama signed into law the C redit C ard A c c o u n t-, ability R esponsibility and Dis­ closure Act last m onth. The law is d e sig n e d p rim a rily to cut dow n fees associated with cred­ it cards and limit increases in in­ terest rates. But there is another provision that aims at increasing financial responsibility and d e­ creasing debt among young, col- lege-age people. A ccording to the legislation, b e g in n in g in F e b ru a ry 2010, credit card applicants un d er the age of 21 m ust either prove that they have enough financial in­ d ep e n d en ce to deal w ith debt or p ro v id e th e sig n a tu re of a g uardian or other ad u lt w ho is w illing to accept responsibility for debt. The m ajor pro b lem for col­ le g e stu d en ts w ith credit cards is the "buy now, pay later" sce­ n ario th a t lead s to lo n g -term debt. "A lot of people in their 30s go DEBT continues on page 2 Photo Illustration by Jordan Sm otharm on | Daily Texan Staff The major problem for college students with credit cards is the "buy now, pay later" scenario that leads to long-term debt. New legisla­ tion will require credit card applicants under 21 to prove they can deal with debt or provide the signature of som eone w ho can. y a LSU players high-five their fans after winning the College World Series on Wednesday night. UT fans had a much different reaction after the game. Paul Chouy j Daily Texan Staff Groups demand health insurance bill’s passage Voter ID block hindered childretts medicaid vote in regular session By Audrey Campbell Daily Texan Staff More than 50 agencies from across the state issued an open letter W ednesday d em an d in g Gov. Rick Perry include the Chil­ dren's Health Insurance Program on the agenda for the upcoming special legislative session. Signed by the Texas M edical Association, the League of Wom­ en Voters of Texas and Texans Care for Children, the letter calls for Perry to use the special ses­ sion as an oppo rtu n ity to com ­ plete unfinished state business they claim will have a profound effect on Texas children and fam­ ilies. The bill w o u ld p ro v id e 80,OCX) uninsured children access to affordable health care. "Texas has the h ig h e st rate of uninsured children of all the states," said Christine Sinatra, a spokesw om an for Texans Care for C hildren. "O ne in five kids doesn't have health insurance." T he h e a lth in s u ra n c e p r o ­ gram , also know n as C hildren's M e d ic a id , p r o v id e s p r i m a ­ ry an d p rev e n tiv e h ea lth care CHIP continues on page 2 N 2 N e w s LOSS: Students express disappointment, loyalty From page 1 five runs," Babar said, "I seriously thought they had a good chance to win tonight, but obv iously they came up short." UT business junior M allory Thomson said the team's journey was worth it. "I think we had a really, really great run since the regional and super regional," Thomson said. "I think we've done a great job since '05." David Kanewske, a government and plan I senior, said he has hope for the future. "I think we'll still do well next vear," Kanewske said. "I'm not sure which players will be back, but we have some young pitchers that should help us compete for at least a few seasons to come." The Longhorns were not the only Texans crossing their fingers at Cua- tro's Wednesday night. Wade Sims, a UT advertising graduate student and a Texas A&M alum, said it was unusual for him to be disappointed by a Texas loss. "I did go to A&M, but I was rooting for Texas tonight," Sims said. "I really wanted to see a clos­ er game." Despite Wednesday's loss, one Longhorn fan sum m ed up the evening's sentiments. "Regardless of whether we win or lose tonight, 'Hook 'em fuck­ in' Horns,'" he said while throw­ ing back a shot of Southern Com­ fort and lime. ON THE WEB: See video coverage of fans' reactions from Wednesday's game § dailytexanonline.com Texas players look on from the d u g o u t as their title hopes dw ind led du ring the loss in the final ga m e of the C olle ge W orld Series on W ednesday. Foundation pushes for greener energy sources s • • : • ■ . - V .J*® *• '■ - * sis i Paul Chouy | Daily Texan Staff COPYRIGHT By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff Even though the state's leg­ islative session came to a close, the CleanTx Foundation, a part­ nership of organizations in sup­ port of clean energy, continues to push for green policy advances in Texas. During the 2009 legislative ses­ sion, several political forces of­ fered their support for clean en­ ergy legislation b ut were u n ­ successful in getting the bills passed. M any bills filed d uring the session pushed for green ener­ gy, such as a "no regrets" strat­ egy for greenhouse reduction in the state, a loan program for solar power installation and a measure that would promote state agencies to use low-emissions and plug-in hybrid vehicles. David Brearley, technical ed­ itor of SolarPro M agazine, a t­ tended C leanTx's Post-L egis­ lative Panel on W ednesday to gain more information about the foundation's future legislative goals. "Without the legislative action on solar energy, Texas is m iss­ ing out on business opportunities with companies investing in solar products," Brearley said. He said there has been much discussion about making Austin a central location for clean energy, but it has yet to be acted upon. "The w indow of op p o rtu n i­ ty is closing for Texas to take ad­ vantage of federal stimulus funds by developing a solar industry," Brearley said. Jorge Moguel, who owns the lo­ cal company My Trade Training, which provides continuing edu­ cation and trains electrical engi­ neers, said a boost in the Texas so­ lar industry would provide new opportunities for people in the electrical field. "The solar market appeared to be a good opportunity to develop many new jobs, but unfortunately, the legislation failed to pass," Mo­ guel said. "I hope they can soon effectively push for solar energy advances." CleanTx panel m em ber John Pitts, vice president of develop­ ment at Simple Solar, said sever­ al factors contributed to the failure to pass legislation. "We can improve on comm u­ nication, and it is imperative that this industry has someone who is engaged in talking to legisla­ tors," Pitts said. "Also, several bills that were part of the conver­ sation failed because they were not yet perfect. They were good but could have been im proved upon." CleanTx regularly holds meet­ ings and educational seminars on clean technology to advance its development in Texas. Executive Director Melissa Rabeaux said CleanTx hopes to make a differ­ ence by continuing to inform peo­ ple on the benefits of green ener­ gy sources. Brian Lloyd (right), an advisor to Gov. Rick Perry, and Steve Taylor discuss the difficulties of p a ssin g solar energy legislation W ednesday evening at City Hall. Carson Werner j D aily Texan Staff Brearley said that it would be trade is coming one way or anoth- best to pass the legislation sooner er," he said. "Texas can do it their way and be proactive or be told rather than later. "Legislation on solar cap-and- what to do by the feds." rP H I? I A A IT V TTl? V A N edlted and designed with pride J. 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Sinatra said the rate of children without health insurance is high­ er in the Rio Grande Valley and border communities. She said ch ild ren w ith o u t health insurance often cannot go to the doctor when they are sick, and uninsured parents tend to W h e n yo u hove these program s w ith these artificial c u t-o ff lines, w e hear fr o m fa m ilie s w ho have to tu rn d o w n raises or d o n 't take n ew jobs j u s t so that th ey can hold on to their ch ild ren 's health coverage." C e n te r for Public Po licy Priorities, associate director — A n n e D u n k e lb e rg take their children out of sports and other extracurricular activ­ ities because they fear the possi­ bility of bankruptcy due to med­ ical bills. "The bill did get support from both sides, but it d id n 't make it over the hurdle," said Anne Dunkelberg, associate director for the Center for Public Policy Priorities. She said many Texans favor the children's health insurance mea­ sure because it provides help for families that cannot otherwise af­ ford private insurance. "W hen you have these p ro ­ grams with these artificial cut­ off lines, we hear from families w ho have to tu rn dow n rais­ es or d o n 't take new jobs just so that they can hold on to their c h ild re n 's h ealth coverage," she said. "It was designed to be something that people from both sides of the aisle could be comfortable with." Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said that at this time, the governor has not decided what issues will be put on th e special session's agenda. 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Friday 1 2 p m Monday. 12 p m Tuesday 12 p m YOGURT: Attorney: prosecutors will not back away From page 1 and Springsteen had no involve­ ment in the 1991 incident, prose­ cutors will not back away. "I think it's because they are too invested in their case," Gar­ cia said. "I think it's the same as the weapons of mass destruction bullshit against Iraq." No trial date has been set, and a hearing is expected to take place sometime in August. The two men have certain re­ strictions applied to their re­ lease. They cannot leave Travis County, cannot take any drugs, m ust routinely rep o rt to the court, must not carry w eapons and m ust not contact the vic­ tim's families. Thursday, June 25,2009 T h e D u l y T e x a n Volume 110, Number 16 25 cents CONTACT US M ain Telephone: (512)471-4591 Editor. 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All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAY'S WEATHER H ig h 105 L o w 75 I don't actually read stories. I just set a timer DEBT: Prepaid cards may be a solid alternative to line of credit From page 1 to apply for a credit card and have a lot of difficulty," said David Mills, a UT finance se­ nior. "They say, 'Man, I wish I hadn't run up all that debt in my early 20s.'" Mills said he thought that the act could help make sure the credit card companies "behave a little better." U niversity Federal C re d ­ it Union issues many credit cards to new and current UT students, but the company did not have an exact number on hand. "I know it's a lot," said Dan­ ny H u yn h, a credit u n io n spokesman. Som e stu d e n ts m ight be co ntent w ith shifting their debt responsibility to their parents. But some may be at­ tracted to prepaid, reloadable cards. These cards are not is­ sued by banks and do not car­ ry a line of credit. They are es­ sentially debit cards that are not connected to a bank ac­ count, and have useful fea­ tures such as direct deposit and ATM capability, said Jer­ ry Welch, chief executive offi­ cer of nFinanSe and an issuer of prepaid cards. "It's a w alking bank ac­ count," Welch said. "We believe that with this new legislation, pre-paid cards will become the plastic option of choice for 18 million college students." Som e UT stu d e n ts have much simpler methods of man­ aging their money. "I just take out $60 from the ATM at the beginning of the w eek and hold m yself to that," said Victoria H o p ­ per, UT plan II sophomore. "1 d o n 't really see the need for a card, unless I'm paying for something online." First storm of the season tapers off over Pacific T h e D ai ly T k w n Thursday, June 25,2009 Hurricane season gets latest start in 40 years, makes presence known By L o re n a M o g u e l T h e A sso cia ted Press PUERTO VALLARTA, M exi­ co — The rem nants of Tropical Storm A ndres were d issip atin g over the Pacific on W ednesday after flood in g hom es and k ill­ ing at least one person on M ex­ ico's southw estern coast. A ndres briefly flared up into the Eastern Pacific seaso n 's first hurricane Tuesday, skirting the coast south of the tourist resort of Puerto Vallaría. The storm had wind strength of near 30 m ph and w as expect­ ed to d issip a te by W ednesday n igh t a s it m o v es furth er out to sea, the U.S. N ational H urri­ cane Cénter said. At 1 p.m. CDT, the storm w as centered about 145 m iles north­ w est o f C ab o C o rrie n te s and 175 m iles south east of the tip of Baja C alifornia, and m oving to the northw est about 15 mph. To the so u th , rain c a u se d flood in g M onday in the resort of A cap u lco that forced about 200 p e o p le to e v a c u a te their hom es. A fish erm an d row n ed w hen c h o p p y c u rre n ts o v e r­ turned his boat in a lagoo n in T ecp an de G a le a n a , betw een A ca p u lc o an d Z ih u atan ejo , a state police report said. A lig h t rain fe ll T u e sd a y n ig h t in P u e rto V a lla r ía a s to u rists em p tied b each es and retreated to hotel restauran ts. Port auth orities said the arriv­ al of a C arnival cruise ship w as resch ed u led from W ednesday to July 1. Late Sunday, A ndres becam e the first n am ed storm of the eastern P acific h u rrican e s e a ­ son , which began M ay 15 and en d s Nov. 30. It w as the latest arrival of a nam ed storm in 40 years. By Jim Davenport The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — After go­ ing AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednes­ day that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he w as having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his wife and four sons and said he will resign as head of the Re­ publican Governors Association. “ I've been unfaithful to my w ife," he said in a bom bshell new s conference in which the 49-year-old governor rum inat­ ed aloud with remarkable frank­ ness on G od's law, moral abso­ lutes and following one's heart. He said he spent the last five days “crying in Argentina." Sanford, who in recent months w as mentioned as a possible pres­ idential candidate in 2012, ig ­ nored questions about whether he would step down as governor. At least one state law m ak ­ er called for his resignation. As a congressman, Sanford voted in fa­ vor of three of four articles of im­ peachment against President Bill Clinton, citing the need for “mor­ al legitimacy." The affair is now over, Sanford said, describing the woman who liv es in A rgentina as a “ dear, A m an w orks on a sand scu lp ture o f the Virgin o f G u a d a lu p e on the beach as Tropical Storm A nd res m oves away from the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallaría, M exico on W ednesday. T h e rem nants of Tropical Storm A nd re s d issa p ate d over the Pacific after flo o d in g hom es and killing at least o n e p erso n on Mexico's southw estern coast. Miguel Tovar | A sso cia te d Press Governor found returning from Argentinean mistress TODAY at 1 pm! Tour the Red McCombs Red Zone and take a picture of the football field. Enter through Gates 14 or 16 (off 23rd Street) of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. LASP^T^ Get Into the Game. LONGHORN ALL-SPORTS PACKAGE Attend 2009-2010 UT Athletics home events (excluding post-season competition) Option to buy Football reserved season ticket and Basketball Stampede pass Call 512-471-3333 for more info. ONLY $70 per year! South C arolina G ov. M ark Sanford pauses to look at his notes as he adm its d u rin g a new s conferen ce W ed n esd a y to having an affair and that was the reason w hy he was in A rg en tina. M O M ary Ann Chastain | A sso cia te d Press d ear frie n d " that h e's known for about eight years and been rom antically involved with for about a year. He said he's seen her three tim es since the affair began, and his wife found out about it five months ago. "W hat I did w as wrong. Pe­ rio d ," he said . H is fam ily did not attend the news conference, and his wife Jenny Sanford said she asked the governor to leave and sto p sp eak in g to her two w eeks ago. The governor says he w ants to reconcile, and his w ife's statem ent said her h u s­ band has earned a chance to res­ urrect their marriage. STUDENT ORANGE BLOODS STUDENT ORANGE BLOODS: For the latest promos and ticket information geared towards UT Students, go to the SOBs Page under Fan Zone on TexasSports.com WORLD BRIEFLY Pakistan silence surprises after US attack on Taliban kills 80 ISLAMABAD — What ap­ peared to be the deadliest U.S. missile attack ever on Pakistani soil brought an unusual reac­ tion Wednesday in a country that has previously denounced such strikes as an affront to its sover­ eignty — silence. Tuesday's attack killed 80 peo­ ple, Pakistani officials said, but missed its chief target, Baitullah Mehsud. He is the country's top Taliban leader and its public en­ emy No. 1, accused of master­ minding numerous brutal opera­ tions including the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The seemingly accurate targeting appeared to point to cooperation between the U.S. military and Pak­ istani intelligence — despite Paki­ stani denials. This was possible because Mehsud — unlike some other U.S. foes in the northwest tribal region on the Afghan border — is so reviled in Pakistan. Missiles apparently fired by un­ manned aircraft first struck a pur­ ported Taliban training center in South Waziristan, then another bar­ rage rained down on a funeral pro­ cession for some of those who had been killed earlier. Mehsud attended the funeral in Makeen village, and panicky mili­ tants reported losing contact with the Taliban chief for a short time immediately after the attack, ac­ cording to radio intercepts cited by two Pakistani intelligence officials. Tiananmen Square participant arrested again, family not told BEIJING — A well-known Chi­ nese dissident who co-authored a bold political manifesto calling for greater freedom and an end to one-party rule has been arrested in an attempt to cow dissent ahead of the 60th anniversary of communist rule this fall. Liu Xiaobo was held by police at a secret location for more than six months with no formal notifi­ cation given to his family. Police finally delivered a written notice to his wife, Liu Xia, on Wednes­ day informing her that her hus­ band was arrested the day before on suspicion of "inciting to sub­ vert state power" and transferred to a Beijing city detention center. Liu, 53, is a former university professor who spent 20 months in jail for joining the 1989 student-led protests in Tiananmen Square. "I am sí) worried about him," Liu Xia said Wednesday, fight­ ing back tears. "I don't know how many more years he will be impris­ oned now." Com piled from Associated Press reports UT VARSITY REWARDS PROGRAM: Come to Texas Basketball games In 2009-2010 and get Hook'ed Up! Click on Varsity Rewards Program under Fan Zone on TexasSports.com for detailed information Wmv Get Involved with UT Athletics! Email SOBs@athletics.utexas.edu to find out how. 2009 Texas Football Season ticket information will be emailed in mid-June so check your university email frequently. O p i n i o n T u t D ai l¥ T kxan GALLERY in V e' dan Editor-in-Chief: Phone: (512) 232 .. 2 E-mail: editor@dai!ytexanonline com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard Roberto Cervantes Thursday, June 25, 2009 VIEWPOINT Sobering justice A federal judge at the height of Texas' legal system has given the time- honored tradition of im peachm ent an entirely new meaning. The U.S. House of Representatives last week unanim ously voted to im ­ peach Ju d ge Sam uel Kent, of the U.S. D istrict Court for the Southern Dis­ trict of Texas in G alveston, on four counts of sexually assaulting two fe­ m ale em ployees while in a drunken stupor and lying to federal in v esti­ gators about it. Kent, a graduate of UT and its law school, struck a plea deal in Febru­ ary on the eve of a trial concerning a total of six counts, including seri­ ous charges of sexual abuse. Had Kent been convicted on all counts ear­ lier this year, he could have faced life in prison, according to the New York Tim es. Instead, the 59-year-old judge pleaded guilty to one count of obstru c­ tion of ju stice in w hat his law yer, H ou ston atto rn ey D ick D eG u erin , called a "com prom ise settlem en t" for all parties involved. Last m onth, the jud ge w as sentenced to 33 m onths in federal prison and ordered to enroll in an alcohol abuse program . He reported to a M as­ sachusetts prison last w eek to begin serving his sentence. Though it seem s like m ost of K ent's legal troubles are settled for now, one of the most appalling rem nants of the entire m atter - second to the sexual assaults - rem ains unabated. As part of his February plea deal, Kent agreed to resign from his o f­ fice in 2010 — a m ove that would allow him to collect his $174,000 annu­ al salary in prison. Since federal judges can only be rem oved from office through C ongres­ sional action, Kent continu es to receive his ju d icial salary. The ju d g e's conviction via im peachm ent would im m ediately force him off the bench and halt this gross iniustice. Kent, nom inated to the court by President G eorge H. W. Bush in 1990, must now face an all-but-certain conviction in the U.S. Senate. Influential senators from both parties - including Texas' own Sen. John Cornyn, a m em ber of the Senate Ju d iciary Com m ittee - have roundly de­ nounced the ju d g e 's action s and have called for a speedy trial, w hich will likely occur before the Senate recesses in August. Every dim ension of this case d istu rb s our sen sib ilities. The dam age done to our state and university will rem ain for years to come. K en t's actio n s have sham ed UT and its law school on the n atio n al stage. We are also rem inded of the urgent need to ad dress gender in ­ equality in w orkplaces across the state and nation — an issue h ig hlight­ ed in U T 's G ender Equality Task Force Report released last year. A ccording to the report, 14 percent of U T 's fem ale facu lty m em bers said they have been subjected to sexual harassm ent in the w orkplace. A culture in which sexual harassm ent is accepted or unreported — w heth­ er com m itted under the influence of alcohol or not — poses a danger to all of society. K ent's actions should remind the U niversity to place gender equity at the top of its to-do list in the fall. We are used to incom petent cronies and absent-m inded fools ruling in the political and legal circles in Texas. But Texans deserve federal judges of a higher caliber than Kent to hear cases that so often touch the core of crim inal and civil rights across the state. There is no doubt a sw ift conviction and the com plete revocation of all rights and p rivileges that com e w ith a coveted federal ju d geship are in order for Kent. The U niversity and the state can then m ove on. — Roberto Cervantes fo r the editorial board GALLERY Illustration by Edgar Vega Brack tract for the rest of us By Rebecca Counts Daily Texan Colum nist Troubling tim es are on the horizon for the Bracken- ridge Tract and the University. The Tract, which is owned by UT, is devoted to m ar­ ried student housing, renting for com m ercial and resi­ dential developm ent and the "Brackenridge Tract" field laboratory. Last year, the UT regents began to consider how they could more use out of the site. The architectural firm hired by the UT regents recent­ ly released its recom m en d ation s. The _____________ New York-based firm , Cooper, R ob ert­ son & P artn ers LLP, su g g ested b u ild ­ ing a student housing unit and either re­ ducing the lab to 56 acres or relocating it to another site. If it's relocated, the new field lab will most likely be in M cKinney Roughs, a park in Bastrop County. The biology d epartm ent has resisted any changes to the field lab since the re­ gents first began considering new plans. The integrative biology sub-field is the most highly regarded of U T 's life scienc­ es field s, according the A u stin A m eri- can-Statesm an. N ot h a v in g a s ig n ific a n t field lab w o u ld c e rta in ly h u rt th e p ro g ra m 's standing, not to m ention the University as a whole. There are also scores of pro­ fessors who have devoted decades to re­ search at the Brackenrid ge site — r e l o - -------------------- eating or m inim izing it w ould disrupt essential work. " J f im p lem en ted , e ith e r of the C o o p e r-R o b e rtso n plans would irreversibly dam age the teaching and re­ search program s, as well as the academ ic reputation, of the U niversity of Texas," biology professor David Hill- is said when the plans were released. "T hese plans are clearly not in U T's best interest." The biology d ep artm en t's com p lain ts that m oving the lab would hurt the U n iv ersity's m ission are valid — and th at's why the departm ent has nothing to w or­ ry about. It is clear to everyone involved how im p ortant the field lab is. After all, none of the plans being considered so far would do away with a field lab altogether A m ove to M cK inney Roughs m ight even allow' for m ore fu tu re expan sion than the Brackenrid ge Tract, which is currently surrounded on all sides by urban de­ velopm ent. The hourlong drive to the new site will be annoying, but not prohibitive. G raduate students and ad ­ professors will still have a site to pursue research mittedly a less convenient one. W hat m oving the lab will end forever is the ability of non-m ajor biology students to experience a field labo­ ratory setting. Alm ost every low er-division, non-m a- jor biology class makes at least one trip ____________ from the 40 Acres to the tract, if only for extra credit. What moving the lab will end forever is the ability o f non­ major biology students to experience a field laboratory setting. These excursions allow liberal arts and busin ess stud ents to develop the in ter­ disciplinary skills central to the goals of the recently inaugurated School of U n­ dergraduate Studies. But no lower divi­ sion class has the time to travel over an hour to a new site. According to the School of U ndergrad­ uate Stu d ie s' Web site, the goal of the core curriculum is to allow "stud ents to put their m ajor coursework into a broad­ er intellectual context and to understand how other d isciplines raise and answ er im portant q u estio n s." W hat better way to do that than to allow non-science m a­ jors to experience, if for only a day, what it is like to w ork in the stifling C entral -------------------- Texas heat observing ants' behavior? Th e re lo ca tio n of the B ra ck e n rid g e Field Laboratory would be a m inor setback for the De­ partm en t of Biology. Yet those who stand to lose the most — those of us who desire the interdisciplinary ed­ ucation the new core curriculum prom ises — have been largely silent on the issue. It's time for the rest of us to join the fray. Maybe pres­ sure applied by the University at large can achieve what the Biology D epartm ent has so far failed to do alone: Show the regents that educating is the goal of the U n i­ versity, not m aking money. Counts is a plan ll honors, business honors a n d history m ajor The future of textbooks By Drucilia Tigner Daily Texan Colum nist Amazon is now in the process of testing a Kindle proto­ type that will be adequately equipped for textbooks. For those of you who don't know, a Kindle is a hand­ held digital reading device created by Amazon. It is de­ signed to be lightweight, portable, and read like a book. The screen is intended to sim ulate paper, so it is not too hard on your eyes, and it has minor Wi-Fi capabili­ ty so you can buy a book off of Amazon and have it delivered to your Kindle in seconds. ------------------- I realize buying several textbooks I will probably never read again is killing trees. But those who are not quite ready for the eBook revo­ lution shouldn't stand up in arms yet. There are still some large kinks to be worked out before this device, or a sim ­ ilar one, can become mainstream and accepted on college campuses. Some campuses looking to make the switch are hear­ ing com plaints about a high degree of usage difficulty. Students have reported that it's harder to take notes, find your place while in class and generally make your way This nifty little contraption is getting a bit of a face-lift to be effective and use­ ful with textbooks. The screen will be en­ larged, and more advanced Wi-Fi technol­ ogy will be included. Users will be able to take notes on their books with the Kindle as well. Most importantly, books bought for a Kindle will be significantly cheaper than their physical counterparts. The Kindle is not just going to be easy on our backs and pocketbooks, but on the environm ent as well. College students purchase about "a tree per year" in text­ books, according to the Green Press Ini­ tiative. Over the past three years, the na­ tion's book publishing industry has con­ sumed an average of 20 million trees per year — and that's only accounting for books the printed in the U.S. If UT makes the transition to the Kindle, through the book. Forty percent of students at Northwest Missouri State University, which has tested the device extensively in a pilot program, said that they studied less because of the difficulty of using the devices, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. And certain subjects are a more feasible fit for the device then others. An English or history textbook can be adapted very eas­ ily to a hand-held device, but something like a calculus book or a colorful science book is a much different story. Here's to hoping the new Kindle will al­ leviate some of these problems. The bigger screen will make the books easier to take notes on, and the Internet ac­ cess will be a huge draw for all of us over­ ly interconnected college students. Over the past three years, the nation's book publishing industry has consumed an average o f 20 million trees per year. Regardless of your feelings about saving ------------------ books or the environment, you must admit the future of textbooks is inevitably upon us. Something that is sleek, portable and allows us to carry an entire library of books around with us daily will certainly catch on soon enough. After all, it didn't take much for us to be convinced that we needed our entire music library attached to our hips at every moment of the day. I hope that we will soon feel the same way about our book library. Tigner is a government and political com m unication senior ^ » r * * * * * LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Tex­ an are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT adminis­ tration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trust­ ees. All Texan editorials are written by the Editorial Board, the members of which are at the top right corner of this page. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-m ail Firing Lines to firin - g h n e@ dailytexan on lin e.com . The Tex­ an reserves the right to edit all let­ ters for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE! ly Texan. Please recycle this copy of The Dai­ or any electronic form of textbook for that matter, it will make a logical and essential step in maintaining the via­ bility of our planet. Admittedly, there is something to be said for holding a book in your hands. I am one of the first to feel a pang of regret with the realization we will, undoubtedly, stop printing books in the not-so-distant future. But when it comes to textbooks, that pang of regret is quieted when Thursday, June 25, 2009 Organization wants more Republican legislators By Toree Roy Daily Texan Staff More than 25 Republican members of the Texas [legislature and conservative s u p p o r t e r s gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel on Wednes­ day to announce the launch of GOPAC Texas, a political action committee that will strive to get more Republicans elected to the state Sen­ ate and House of Representativ es, "The goal of the organization is to recruit, train and fund Republican candidates to in­ crease the num ber of Republicans in the state House and Senate," said state Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford. King is also the chair of the political action committee, which is the first state chapter oí the national GOPAC organization GOPAC was founded in 1979 by former Delaware Gov. Pete du Pont. In February, King met with the leaders of the national organization and discussed cre­ ating the state organization. "GOPAC has a tremendous history of suc­ cess throughout the U.S.," King said. "We re just delighted to be affiliated with them. State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, said that the two-vote majority lead in the Texas House is too small, and the group may help lessen the gap by supporting and recruiting new Republican candidates. The H ouse is currently split closely at 76-74. "We have a healthy state because of the Republican leadership we've had in recent years," he said. The group hopes to raise a target mini­ mum of $4 million, which will go to help Re­ publican candidates in Texas. UT student organization Young Conserva­ tives of Texas also endorsed the creation ot the group, said Chairman Dustin M atocha. "We are fully supportive of any effort to increase the number of conservatives in the Texas Legislature," Matocha said. Jessica B. Colón, chair of the Young Repub­ lican National Federation, said the founda­ tion of the group comes at the perfect time. "I know with GOPAC Texas we will have Republican wins in Texas in upcoming elec­ tions," Colón said. The group continues support incumbent Republicans, but the primary goal is win­ ning new seats, King said. "We'll go out and solicit from like-mind­ ed people/ said Chad Wilbanks, former ex­ ecutive director of the Texas Republican Par­ ty. "People who believe in keeping Texas the number one place for business, wind energy and raising families." The group will research districts throughout Texas, identify target political races and talk to local Republican businesses in an effort to re­ cruit optimal candidates to run for office. King said the group will be an integral part of prom oting the views of the Repub­ lican Party. "If we're going to effectively continue to promote enterprise and other m ainstays of conservatism, then we need to increase the number of Republican officials in Texas," King said. State Rep. Phil King, middle, and fellow Republicans announced Wednesday the creation of GOPAC Texas. King is chairman of the group, which aims to recruit and support Republican candidates for the Texas Legislature. Mike Paschal | Daily Texan Staff New offices set up to advocate for families in CPS cases Interns from UT help assist poor families in disputes with state By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Ju d g e D arlene Byrne of the 126th D istrict C ourt a p p la u d ­ ed the creation the Travis Coun­ ty O ffice of Child R epresen ta­ tion and the Office of Parental Representation at an open house Wednesday. "A baby is born cocaine-posi­ tive at Brackenridge H ospital — the mom is positive at the time of birth a s w e ll," Byrne said . "Typically that would result in a call to Child Protection Services. That will result in this office, the Office of Child Representation, and more than likely the Office of Parental Representation being in volved with that parent and that child immediately." Byrne is the vice chair of the S u p rem e C o u rt of T exas P er­ m anent Ju d ic ia l C o m m issio n on C h ild ren , Youth and F am ­ ilies, which recently aw ard ed a grant to establish the offices. The shared goal of the two offic­ es will be to voice the needs of underrepresented children and p aren ts who find th em selv es entangled within Child Protec­ tion Services court cases. The ul­ tim ate vision is a fam ily unity built upon a safe environm ent that is socially and econom ical­ ly stable, Byrne said. Byrne said the grant will pro­ vide each office with $300,000 in their first year. They will apply for another $100,000 in the next year and an addition al $50,000 in the following fiscal year. "One, we are going to reduce the num ber of children in foster care by assistin g the fam ilies in healing them selves and com ing back together," Byrne said. Leslie Hill, the m an agin g at­ torney for the O ffice of C hild R ep resen tatio n , sa id the c a s ­ es the office encounters involve family complications. "T he cases we deal with are all a b u se an d n eglect a lle g a ­ tions," Hill said . "We w ill have c o n d itio n s w h e re [p a r e n ts ] can't take care of children. We have a lot of m ental health is­ su es, su b stan ce ab use and d o ­ m estic violence." To en su re that the p ro g re ss m ade by attorneys instills itself into the personal lives of their clients, each office w ill have a social w orker aided by UT in­ terns. Mary M ulvaney, a UT social work clinical professor, a ssig n s and supervises the interns, who w ill be able to a d d re ss issu e s troubling children and parents. "They need a lot of su p po rt, and our social work students are there to help them with w hatev­ er they need ," M ulvaney said . "If they need to be referred to counseling or if they need basic things like food or clothing, the students are there to be support. To m ake sure the fam ily is get­ ting what they need." Som e C h ild P rotection S er­ vices cases involve parents who feel their children were removed from their care w ith out a d e ­ q uately a sse ssin g one or both p a re n ts' ab ility to raise their children. The Office of Parental Representation aim s to ensure parents' rights are not forgotten and that their children are even­ tually returned to their care, said Stephanie Sm ith L ed esm a, the m anaging attorney of the Office of Parental Representation. Ledesm a said children require an established hom e with ad e­ quate support by parents. "Every child deserves perm a­ nency, safety and h aving their well-being m et," Ledesm a said. "We, a s an office, also believe that parents are in a unique p o ­ sitio n to d o that. S o m etim es they n eed e d u c a tio n , so m e ­ tim es they need case m an ag e­ ment, som etim es they just need a little extra hand. A nd m ay ­ be that extra hand is protecting their righ ts so all these things can come into place." Lamont Fisher said he became in volved with C PS a year ago T h e D a il y T e x a n Lamont Fisher and his daughter Tiana attend the open house for the Travis County Office of Parental Representation. Carson Werner ¡ Daily Texan Staff when his tw o d au g h ters were rem oved from his care after his ex-wife started ab u sin g d rugs. Soon after, his w ife b egan to fight for custody and m ade false allegations that Fisher w as also involved in drug use. Fisher said because L edesm a w as ap p oin t­ ed to his case, he w as able to re­ gain custody of his children. "Parents got to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough. I'm do­ ing the right thing. Don't judge me for w hat 1 did in the p ast. I'm going to fight for my k id s,'" Fisher said. 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T JFF.& T u r l ) \ m T k \ \ | ^ f .I "1 Life&Arts Editor; I e in Patter E-mail: lifeandarts#dai!ytexan Phone: (512) 232 22 ,Q wvw.dailytexanonline.com ‘Trouble bass lines activate dance floors By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff On one su rp risin gly chilly even in g this p ast March, while hordes of yuppies sw arm ed dow n­ tow n en m asse for South by Sou th w est, three friends and I drove toward Southeast Austin for a rave at a derelict warehouse. D Js who spann ed genres from Baltim ore bass to U .K. funky p lay ed until nearly 6 a.m . for a mostly drug-addled crowd of electro enthusiasts w ielding glow sticks. On the w ay there, A C Slater s "Banger," a track with the heav iest and w obbliest b ass I had ever heard, blew my car stereo speakers. Slater would later play at about 4 a.m. that morning. "D id n 't you read the disclaim er? If you listen to this song, we aren't responsible for dam ages," Slater said in an interview with the Texan. Slater — along with other fam ed heroes of the Trouble & Bass Collective, such as Drop The Lime and Star Eyes — will grace A ustin with his pres­ ence tonight at Beauty Bar. C o lleagu e and like-m in ded artist D rop The Lime, or Luca Venezia, form ed the Trouble & Bass Collective ju s t three years ago, earning accolades from the best in the b u sin e ss. Venezia, w hose extroverted speech and energetic style gets the dance floor shaking in no time, said the current tour has been nothing short of surreal. "We're in Atlanta's Little Five Points right now', getting som e grills on — jum ping jacks and shit," V ene/1a said, laughing. "But two nights ago, w e went for a late-night sw im in a Miami hotel, and we all had clow n costum es on. A C Slater did a back flip three stories off a balcony into the pool, a n d his m ask got cau gh t on the secon d floor, scared som e people. Security cam e, freaked out, but eventually w e got him to jum p in the pool with us and wear the m ask." With the Trouble & B ass crew, nights like this are a regularity and only echo the raw, unfiltered intensity' behind their bass-heavy dance music. But don't be quick to write their music off as sim­ ple "techno" as newcomers to the dance scene are apt to do. Drop the Lime's music, for instance, is an overwhelmingly diverse pastiche of genres cut up and pasted together into dance-invoking rages. "E ver since 1 started, I w as alw ays listening and DJing techno and house, and then I got into drum 'n' b ass," Vene/ia said. "I started to incorporate little punk influences for a while, then dubstep, two-step, jungle. It's what 1 grew up with, and it's what I love." H e said the m ainstream scene's m ove toward dance-influenced m usic is m ore apparen t than ever. "E v e ry b o d y 's com ing together right now — even hip h o p is in fluen ced , an d ev ery b o d y is m ix in g u p g e n re s," V enezia sa id . "In the fu ­ ture, p eop le will be m ixing and b len ding Balti­ m ore club with h ouse or m inim al and d u b step with b asslin e." Slater agreed, saying the evolution of his m usic is becom ing more eclectic with age. " It's h e a d e d to w ard h eavier, u n d ergro u n d soun ds. There's goin g to be an evolution in the next year — and the w ay trends com e and go re­ ally quickly — it just needs som e time to marinate and go through different ideas," Slater said. "The next thing you'll be seeing is bassv, wilder, more agressive and prim al electro." Rest assured that no m atter what genres Drop The Lime and the rest of the crew play at Beauty Bar, the result will still be a bass-pum ping night of heavy beat-drops and dance mania. Co u rtesy of Trouble a n d B a ss New York's Trouble & Bass Collective plays tonight at Beauty Bar. .MY IVIEW P eyton M e G e e | Daily Texan Staff Nutrition senior Kristin Kessler, co-fou n der of Waffles, talks with Alix U de lson on W ed n e sd a y n igh t at the fo o d stand. O w n e d and operated by tw o UT stu­ dents, W affles is a trailer located on the corner of 24th and San A n to n io streets. Students stand firm on waffle menu By Dan Leyendecker Daily Texan Staff F or m o st A m e r ic a n s t u d e n t s , "street fo o d " is a term reserved for hot dogs, snow cones, stale popcorn and any num ber of fried appetizers. UT students Young Park and K ris­ tin K essler seek to ad d Korean-style waffles to that repertoire. Their aptly n am ed stan d, W affles, open ed tw o w eeks ago on the com er of 24th and San Antonio streets. The en terp risin g stu d e n ts serv e m an y u n iqu e sp in s on the w affle concept, in clu din g A m erican , Bel­ gian an d K orean-style — their sig ­ nature H ouse Special. "[Seou l] is w here I first tried the street w affles which even tually be­ cam e the inspiration for our H ou se Special," K essler said . "Th ey w ere so delicious and such a convenient w a y to sn a ck on w a ffle s th at w e knew stu d en ts w ould accept them, and Austin is a very w elcom ing city to new and exciting food trends." The creation and im plem entation o f Waffles required a certain level of exertion. "It took a lot of w ork to fix u p our e m p ty c a rg o trailer b o u g h t from C ra ig slist into w h at it is now ," she said. "There were so m any different p e rm its an d lic en se s that w e h ad to get from the city. It took a lot of d ed ication an d sw ea t to fin ally be ready. A fter that, it w a s really ju st fin din g the perfect location, w here w e co u ld h av e a little freed o m in m ak in g the W affles stan d look just how w e w o u ld like it w h ile b ein g in the m idd le of a lot of p eo p le's ev­ eryday w alk." W hen a sk e d a b o u t the so rt of clien tele W affles a ttracts, K e ssle r stressed that the stand is not just for students seeking their late-night fix. "We also get adults, younger chil­ dren and fam ilies," she said. "T h at being said , a s college stu dents ou r­ selves, w e d o strive to be a college stu d e n t-frie n d ly p lace , h o p e fu lly w orking closely with m any of U T 's student organizations." In order to balan ce out the m ore exotic m enu, Young and K essler re­ cently ad d ed a new, m ore fam iliar item — the "French Style 'W affle,"' re p le te w ith N u te lla or b a n a n a s and usually followed by the phrase, " P s s t ... it's really a crepe!" "T h e crep e idea cam e from the fact that although w e love our w af­ fles and know they are su p er d e li­ cio u s," K essler said. "O u r p u rp o se is to serve desserts to passersby and the co m m u n ity o f W est C am p u s, and w e know how p o p u lar crepes are. That is how w e cam e up with the idea for ou r French Style 'Waf­ fle' — the qu otation s being im por­ tant because they really aren't w af­ fles, but w e w anted to find a way to incorporate them into our m enu.” W hen ask ed if this w as merely a sum m er venture, the team ^aid there are no sign s of slow ing down. "W e d o n 't p la n on go in g a n y ­ where," K essler said. "We would love to stay open in the fall and hopefully catch a whole new bunch of clients as people return for classes." Waffles is open iveekdays on the west corner of 24th and San Antonio streets. Hours are 9 a.m. -12 p.m., and 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. every day. Waffles has a fan page on Facebook, and can be found on Tioitter at ©austimvaffles. Controversial ‘2 Live Crew’ sampling changed music By Brad Barry Daily Texan Staff 2 Live Crew is one of the m ost con­ troversial bands of all time. Its sh o w s are co n stan tly bo y co t­ ted by all types of fam ily groups. The group has been sued by everyone from G eorge L u cas to Van Halen, and the sexuality and profanity on its third al­ bu m As Nasty as They Wanna Be w as so intense that record store clerks who sold the album in R orida were arrested on obscenity charges. But in m any of these cases, the con­ troversy w a s the result of a fight for freedom . 2 Live C rew ruffled plenty of feathers with the lyrics of songs like "T h e Fuck S h o p ," "F ace D ow n, A ss U p," "P op That Coochie" and "M e So Homy." While it m ay seem gratu itou s, the court cases it sp aw n ed are landm arks in the fight for freedom of speech. The group has also consistently fought legal battles over American sam pling laws — at one point, winning a Supreme Court case against Roy Orbison's record label — blazing a path for the sample-filled songs hogging the radio today. T h ou gh 2 Live C rew h as p u sh ed boundaries for more than two decades, Fresh Kid Ice, one of the group's origi­ nal members, told the Texan the Miami- Co u rtesy of 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew plays to n igh t at M ohaw k. Fresh Kid Ice p rom ises new material for the show. based group is more interested in com­ forting than confronting. "O u r w hole goal when w e started w as to make good party m usic for peo­ ple to enjoy," he said. "Right now, we re in a recession, so p eop le w ant to go out and have a good time. That's what w e're here for, to give you that relief for a few hours — you can forget your problem s." 2 Live Crew w orks to facilitate that escape by m aking sure audiences hear the so n g s they know and love. Fresh Kid Ice forecasted the Austin show will have "a couple new things in there." "B u t w e know m ost of the people want to hear the classics, so we'll give them a lot of the classics," he said. "All the hits they want to hear, they'll hear." For many younger listeners, a knowl­ edge of those hits has come from a flock o f new er b an d s and rappers who are sa m p lin g the old er w orks of 2 Live Crew. W hen ask ed how it feels to be sam pled after so m any years of fight­ ing for sam plin g rights, Fresh Kid Ice laughed and explained that "sam pling show s that our m usic is still relevant to­ day and that w e've had some influence over som e of these groups." "It's a go o d thing," he said. "It's a form of respect." The resp ect that 2 Live C rew h as garnered in many w ays stem s from its m em bers' constant effort and energy. In an era when m any rappers mumble through live app earan ces, the group rem em bers in ord er to "m a k e goo d party m usic," there needs to be a par­ ty atm osph ere. T h ou gh it m ight not h ave sh on e th rough on the g ro u p 's 1990 live album (often considered the very first live rap album ), 2 Live Crew can w ork a crow d like only true vet­ erans can. Existentialism, minimalism, talent converge in East Austin production o f‘No Exit’ By Javier Sanchez Daily Texan Staff Existentialism confuses me. Yet, a s the theme of num erous philo­ so p h ical w orks, it is alm ost un ­ avoidable. But Bastion C arboni's take on Jean -P au l S a rtre 's "N o Exit" daringly contends with this concept. E a s t A u s tin 's D o m y B o o k s m ight not sound like the most ob­ v io u s p lace for live theater, but you'd be surprised with what you find here. Located on East C aesar C h av ez Street, it offers every al­ ternative, sub-cultured art book y o u 'v e ev er w an ted to d isp la y on a black Ikea coffee table. They boast a w ide selection of choices, from qu irk y trinkets to grap h ic novels to books on m odem art. The store is sp lit right do w n the m iddle into two sections. On one side, you can thumb through its book selection, and on the oth­ er, you can view whatever exhib­ it happens to be on display in the tiny gallery. For the p ast few w eeks, a mim- inalistic production of "N o Exit" has held the stage in the gallery. The p la y itself ta k e s p lace in a p u re w hite room with three in­ c o n g r u o u s c h a irs in the m id ­ dle. A bronze statue stares out at the au d ien ce, cloth ed only in a white sheet that covers its w aist. This is all that's needed to create the hellish d o m ain in w hich the ch aracters exist, or, in this case, cease to exist. What is p erh ap s m ost exciting about this piece is the w ay the ac­ tors utilize the d e a d sp a c e they are given. The sheer w hite never en gu lfs them. Instead, they stand contrasted with it — a blank p al­ ette for the fa n ta stic actin g to shine through. A fter each ch aracter is intro­ duced, the play quickly veers into treacherous territory: Each in d i­ vidual working to expose and de­ stroy the other. This is especially true for Inez (played by Jen Brown), the m ost p oison ou s of the bunch. Brow n's p ortray al of Inez is beyon d cap ­ tiv atin g . She co m m a n d s a tte n ­ tion with each calculated assault. The languid fluidity of her m ove­ m ents, her searin g eyes and the innocent quiver of her lips before she attacks all m ake for a beauti­ fully crafted dram atic in d iv id u ­ al. The interaction of the charac­ ters, a s well as the individual tal­ ents of the actors, contributes to the play 's strong core. It is clear director Bastion Car- boni had something in mind when producing this piece. He presents his u nfavorable characters while ask in g u s to com pare o u rse lv es to them , pick out our fau lts and im perfections. A tall order from such a tiny production. But I feel like this is a testam ent to live the­ ater in Austin. Even in the strang­ est of places, you really can find thought-provoking work. No Exit continues at Domy Books, with performances on Friday, Satur­ day and July 2, 3. Jen Brown, Helyn Rain M e sse n g e r and R om m e l Sulit star in Bastion Carboni's production o f "N o Exit." 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Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/learnmy xwords. Sales and Rentals fwe far One lues and Weds Thursday, June 25, 2009 Longhorns have a case of ‘too little luck, too late’ in crushing loss By Will Anderson Daily Texan Columnist W hat would you do if faced with the best offense in America? That's the question Texas head coach Augie Garrido had to an­ swer even before his team began the best-of-three cham pionship series this week. At first, it looked like he was going to micromanage his pitch­ ers, sw itching from R uffin to Wood to Jungmann to Dicharry in game one, playing the percentag­ es working the match ups, trying too hard to get ev­ erything perfect. But in Game 2, he sent Jungmann to the mound with all his confidence and let the fresh­ man pitch a full game that includ­ ed n in e s tr ik e ­ o u ts an d z e ro earn ed ru n s. It was a much more resp ectable p er­ form ance, and it forced a deciding rubber match. ------------------- Game 3 saw six different pitch­ ers for the Longhorns and an out­ come eerily similar to the one wit­ n e s s e d on Monday: Tigers jump to an early lead then Texas rallies, but cannot stop an onslaught from LSU in the later innings. It isn't immediately clear why the Texas b ullpen, usu ally so stout, was unable to weather the I.SL offensive storm last night. What is clear is that Dicharry and Wood were getting picked off by opposing hitters, and the Texas coaches responded too late with their changes. That's not to place the blame on A ugie, or to say it was his coaching that cost the Longhorns the CWS. As predicted, long ball couldn't sustain the Horns across an entire three-game series, their defense was good but not good en ou gh to c o m p lim e n t th e ir "sw ing-for-the-fences" attitude this week. Some will ask why he deviat­ ed from the game plan, but did Augie really have a plan to begin with? This baseball god, a verita­ ble sage, was more often than not dumbstruck in post-game inter­ views, baffled as much as we were as to how his guys continuously pulled victory out of defeat. Everything went out the win­ dow after C am eron Rupp and C onnor Row e hit that pair of h o m ers ag ain st -------------------- Arizona State. It was clear in the afterglow of that w arm , n in th -in ­ ning victory that T exas w as ju st about un-coach- able. But Augie sure trie d . He m o ti­ v ated h is p la y ­ ers, coaching un­ til the end. Even­ tually, you ju st ------------------- have to sit back and let the game unfold as it will. And maybe that was his game plan after all. As a veteran of this sport, the man knows when to al­ low his players the freedom to form their own destinies. In the end, it was the Tigers against the Horns on the field, and eventually the Tigers simply decided to outplay their burnt or­ ange counterparts. To no one's fault, not even Augie's, Lousiana State cashed in on its nine-year CWS drought with a stellar per­ formance that turned the Long­ horns from a team of destiny to just another case of too little luck too late. As a veteran o f this sport, I Augie] knows when to allow his players the freedom to form their own destinies. Texas catcher Cameron Rupp answers questions from the media on Wednesday after Texas lost Game 3 of the College World Series to LSU in Omaha, Neb. Paul C h o u y | D a ily T e xan S ta ff Smith elects to transfer from UT AUSTIN - Harrison Smith, Tex­ as' junior guard, will transfer out of the University this fall, head basket­ ball coach Rick Barnes announced Wednesday. Smith cited his desire for more playing time and a larger role on the team as reasons for leaving. The Houston native averaged 1.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game last sea­ son and had a 12-point performance against Oklahoma State on Feb. 28. When Smith decided to come to Austin in 2006, he was the No. 96 national prospect on the Web site Rivals.com. Smith's exit comes as a group of talented guards makes its way to the 40 Acres, including ESP- NU's No. 1 prospect, Avery Brad­ ley. Bradley averaged 19.1 points and 2.9 assists per game for Find­ lay Prep High School while lead­ ing the Pilots to an undefeated re­ cord and a state championship this year. Barnes also has verbal commit­ ments from highly recruited guards from the 2010 and 2011 high school classes. Arizona's Daniel Bejara- no has said he will play for Texas in 2010, and Houston-born shooting guard Sheldon McGellan has ver­ bally committed to play for Barnes in 2011. — W ill Anderson r i i W I * I T * e D a il\ T f a a ' Sports Editor: Aust n Talbert E-mail: sports@dailytexaf*online com Phone: (512) 232-2210 wvvw dailytexanonhne.com Burnt orange blood, sweat and tears Longhorn center fielder Conner Rowe strikes out swinging in the last out of Game 3 in the College World Series championship series. LSU defeated Texas 11 4 for the championship. Rowe had two strikeouts in the game, and the Longhorns left 11 players on base in the loss. Paul Chouy | Daijy Texan Staff Texas’ championship hopes disappear as Tigers score 7 unanswered By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff O M A H A , Neb. — It ended with a whimper. There was no last stand, no ovation from the crowd as one last swing of the bat threatened to rew rite this story one more tim e. Instead, there w as only the inevitable heartbreak, slow­ ly closing its grasp around the dream season and p u llin g it down to reality. T h e n th e r e w e re t e a r s . Choked back and hidden away under sweat-stained, burnt or­ ange hats, wiped away on dirt- covered sleeves. They looked on , h o p e le s s and h e lp le s s , as Louis C olem an threw one last disappearing slider. They looked on as gold and purple stream ers covered the infield and Louisiana State University was crowned the new king of college baseball. In a season filled w ith im ­ p o ssib le co m eb a ck s and h e ­ roic p erform ances, the Long­ horns finally ran out of m agic, one game short. With slumped shoulders and reddening eyes, they battled again st the odds one last tim e, but found only zeros littered on the scoreboard that finally read: LSU 11, Tex­ as 4. All along, their run to a na­ tional cham p ion sh ip seem ed im p o s s ib le , p ro p e lle d by a p itch in g sta ff fu ll o f so p h o ­ mores and freshmen and an of­ fense that cou ld n 't score with the big boys of college baseball. Yet when the dust and con­ fetti settled, the Longhorns held the title in their sights, only to see it slip away. "1 d o n 't think we lost this tournam ent," said Texas head coach Augie G arrido, fighting back tears of his own after the game. "L SU w on it. They did everything they needed to beat us, tw ice. They deserve to be champions." Indeed, the Tigers took Tex­ as' best punch but stood tall. They roughed up Texas closer Austin Wood twice. They came back to claim a win in gam e one after allow ing five homers and trailin g by tw o w ith one ou t left. They overcam e tw o poor starts from aces Coleman and A n th on y R an aud o, se e ­ ing Texas' best rally and com ­ ing up with a little bit of their own magic. A long the way, there w ere m istakes. The norm ally sure­ handed H orns made an error in every game of the champion­ ship series. G arrid o's gambles — the engine that pushed Tex­ as to Omaha — backfired, with pitchers being pulled for inef­ fective relievers and pinch hit­ ters failing to produce in vital spots. "I'm not going to be willing to pick our team f ap art," G ar­ rido said. "I don't like to take credit for the good things play­ ers do, and I'm not going to take the blame. They beat us." So as the eyes of Texas shift to next year, the Longhorns are left to deal with today. For se­ n ior stalw arts Travis Tucker, M ichael Torres, Preston C lark and Wood, there are no m ore tomorrows. With tears w elling in their eyes, they exchanged hugs and goodbyes in the dug- o u t w ith th e ir now fo rm e r teammates. "W e're here for each other," Tucker said. "It's been amazing, everyone pulls for each other, we love one another." It was a fun ride while it last­ ed, but after a while, all good things must come to an end. CWS: Horns unable to prevent offensive onslaught From page 1 championship." Workman picked up Texas after starter Cole Green struggled through the first two innings. The Tigers tagged G reen, ra ck ­ ing up five hits and four runs in the first two innings. One Tiger, right fielder Jared Mitchell — the College World Series' Most O utstanding Player — dem olished Green in the first and set the tone for LSU's cham ­ pionship win by crushing a three-run line- drive hom e run just inside the right-field foul pole. "Jared's homer in the first got our wheels g o in g ," said LSU firs t b ase m a n S ean Ochinko. "W e got on them quick, got our wheels spinning." But Workman stopped the onslaught, put­ ting in three scoreless innings. It gave Texas, down 4-0, after the first two innings, a chance to rally. And with LSU ace Anthony Ranuado struggling, things were starting to turn Texas' way yet again. But the Longhorns made a habit of strand­ ing runners on base in the first two innings, leaving a total of 12 on Wednesday and com­ ing up empty after loading the bases in the first inning. The Longhorns finally scored in the third, on a Cam eron Rupp ground- out, and loaded the bases yet again when Ranaudo walked three straight batters, the last of which forced another run in. Yet, Texas was unable to fully capitalize, and Brandon Loy grounded into a force out to kill the rally, leaving three more runners on base. In the fourth and fifth, it was more of the same as Texas stranded another run­ ner in each inning. "If you're talking about the six runners that didn't score, that could have changed the m om entum ," G arrido said. "I'm not willing to pick our team apart. They beat us. They did what they needed to do to win the game." Even as Texas stalled, Workman kept the feisty Tigers grounded, and finally Texas re­ sponded. After Rupp led the inning off with a single, Kevin Keyes, who struck out with the bases loaded in the first, smashed a two- run game-tying homer. It was the first non­ solo homer Texas hit in the entire cham pi­ onship series. "We just tied it up, we were excited," said second basem an Travis Tucker, who was 2-for-5 with a double and a stolen base. "We just came back, and we thought we'd keep rolling." But the Tigers, as all cham pions do, re­ sponded. Immediately. In the sixth, M itchell struck again and leaked a leadoff walk out of Workman. It was the beginning of the end as Texas' en­ tire season. -The past three weeks of magic all collapsed after W orkm an's walk to the Tiger speedster. Looking for the go-ahead run, LSU cen­ ter fielder Mikie M ahtook squared around to bunt to advance Mitchell. Instead, on an attempted pitch-out, Texas catcher Cameron Rupp fumbled the ball, allowing Mitchell to move to second. M ahtook would jump all over the m istake and drive M itchell in on a double to right center giving LSU a 5-4 lead. In cam e Austin Dicharry for Workman. The Tigers looked to sacrifice again, and an­ other Texas mistake kept the LSU rally alive, as Dicharry failed to get an out. A deep Derek H elenihi fly ball scored Mahtook from third. After the second out and a walk from Dicharry, Texas reliever Austin Wood came in to face the string of Tiger lefty power-hitters. But Wood struggled for a second time against LSU, beaning Ryan Schimpf to load the bases. He followed by plunking Dean to bring in another Tiger run. Ochinko fol­ lowed w ith a single driving in tw o more runs, and LSU took a 9-4 lead. The Tigers never looked back. "Sean is a clutch hitter," said LSU coach Paul M ainieri. "I said before the gam e, I liked O chinko against Wood in a critical situation." The response stunned Texas. "We took their first punch, and punched back," Clark said. "But they punched hard­ er. They took it to another level, and we couldn't get another rally going." For a season full of magical moments — the 25-inning win, the eight-run com eback in the bottom of the ninth capped with a w alk -o ff grand slam , the w alk -o ff walk against Southern Miss in extra innings, 10 unanswered runs to beat Arizona State af- Paul Chouy | Daily Texan Staff Texas third baseman Michael Torres watches as LSU's Sean Ochinko rounds the bases to increase LSU's lead on Wednesday night. ter being down 6-0, two homers in the bot­ tom of the ninth for another walk-off win — the sixth-inning collapse was a tough way to end. "Llonestly, I don't know what happened," Clark said. "I don't think the pitchers were uptight, but they weren't able to put balls in places they normally do." For Clark and fellow seniors Wood, Tuck­ er, M ichael Torres and Keith Shinaberry, who made his first CWS appearance pitch­ ing 1 1 / 3 innings while only allow ing one hit, it was a tough way to end their Long­ horn careers. But they will never forget the magic of the last three weeks, and few that witnessed the string of improbable events ever will. "It has been unbelievable," Clark said. "It has been everything I have ever dreamed of as a ball player. But to come this far and fall this short, it hurts that much m ore." Junior guard Harrison Smith will not return to the men's basketball team next year. He averaged 1.9 points per game last season. Bryant Haertlain | Daily Texan Staff LOOK FOR FRIDAY'S SPECIAL EDITION "EXTRA BASES"FOR MORE COVERAGE OF TEXAS' RUN ATTHE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES