SPORTS PAGE 8 UT softball star known for her passion for pitching, 'goofball'personality LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Tattoo exhibit explores 'ink' culture NEWS PAGE 9 City taking action to curb drug cartel influe T h e D a i l y T e x a n Tuesday, April 6, 2 0 1 0 - Serving the University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 — www.dailyi TOM Hi< 7< EATHER Low Outgoing SG leaders offer perspectives By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The 2009-10 Student G overn ­ ment adm in istration can stand by a list of sign ifican t acco m ­ plishments, but there are lessons and ch allenges that the incom ­ ing adm in istration sh ould take to heart, said outgoing SG Pres­ ident Liam O'Rourke. President-elect Scott Parks and Vice President-elect M uneezeh Kabir, alo n g w ith the new a s­ sembly, take office today. O 'R ourke and ou tgoin g Vice President Shara Ma agreed that b ecau se the 2009-10 executive alliance and assem bly w ere the first adm in istration elected in­ d iv id u ally rather than u nder a ticket system , m em bers cam e in with m ore diverse goals, and as a result, there w as more debate about legislation. This y ear's as­ se m b ly co n sid ered 48 re so lu ­ tions, which are non-binding ex­ ternal legislation , and 18 bills, which concern the internal work­ ings of SG. " H a v in g b een p a r t of the [21X18-09] assembly, this year w as h ard er at the b eg in n in g ," Ma said. "But once we got the hang of it, I feel like it w as leagues bet­ ter than that assembly. The qual­ ity of legislation that cam e out w as tremendous." While cam paigning, O'Rourke and Ma vow ed to address afford­ ability, accessibility for p eople with disabilities, technology, aca­ demic service learning and lead­ ersh ip . The execu tiv e b o a rd 's g o a ls ou tlin ed in its strategic plan w ere safety, su sta in a b ili­ ty, establish in g a Week of G iv ­ ing that w ould celebrate and en­ courage philanthropy groups on cam pus, hosting a leadership re­ union and improv ing the culture and internal structure of SG. O 'R o urke cited acco m p lish ­ m ents that a d d re sse d each of these g o a ls. SG h elped d e v e l­ o p in t e r d is c ip lin a r y m a jo rs that focus on leadership, held a G O V ER N M EN T continues on page 9 Before w atching the gam e betw een Duke and Butler universities, Jaime Morales and other basketball fans participated in a 3-point­ er basketball tournam ent M on day at G regory G ym nasium . Catalina Padilla | Dally Texan Staff Texas gets into the NCAA spirit Student group hosts interactive watch party for tournament finals By Julie Bissinger Daily Texan Staff The sound of squeaking ten­ nis sh oes and bou ncin g b a s­ ketballs filled Gregory Annex Gym nasium as UT basketball fans took to the court M onday to honor the conclusion of this y ear's college basketball sea­ son. The Student Events Cen­ ter's Texas Sports Com m ittee hosted Bevo Ball, its first-ev­ er watch party to celebrate the N C A A m en's Basketball N a­ tional C h am p ion sh ip Gam e. T he ev en t a lso in c lu d e d a three-on-three basketball tour­ nam ent, aim ed to m irror the actual N C A A tournament, and a basketball skills competition. The students gathered in Greg­ ory's Gam e Room to watch the gam e between Duke and But­ ler universities. Duke won the dramatic gam e 61-59 after But­ ler m issed a last-second shot. The committee planned the event to honor M arch M a d ­ ness coming to an end and be­ cause basketball is such a pop­ ular sport at UT, said student affairs adm inistrator Daphney Bitanga. "[B e v o Ball] w a s the b ig thing they were w ork in g on for the spring," Bitanga said. In p rep aration for, and in honor of, the national ch am ­ pionship game, 16 teams com ­ p eted in the three-on-three tournam ent with gam es last­ ing eight m in utes each. The team s were divided into four BEVO continues on page 2 UT scores accounting honors in likeness of basketball bracket By Gabrielle Cloudy Daily Texan Staff U T m ay h ave lost in the first round of the N C A A tour­ n am en t for b a sk e tb a ll, but had the tournam ent been for accoun tin g journ al p u b lic a­ tions, UT w o u ld be ranked No. 1 overall. A c c o u n t in g f a c u lt y at B rig h am Y ou n g U n iv e r si­ ty did a stu dy by ranking the 64 colleges that played in the N C A A basketbaU tournament an d found that UT account­ ing research ers contributed m ost to accounting journals. The p rofessors m atched uni­ versities again st one another in brackets in the sam e w ay sports team s are matched to­ gether. "It w as more of a joke than an y th in g ," sa id Scott S u m ­ m ers, on e of fou r BYU a c ­ co u n tin g facu lty m e m b e rs who created the ranking. Sum m ers said that he and the other co-authors who cre­ ated the stu d y coun ted the num ber of articles from each school published in 11 select accounting journals. "We went back alm ost 12 years to journals since 1990," S u m m e rs sa id . "W e fo u n d that facu lty at U T p u t ou t more research than any other schools." D esp ite the fact that the m atch u p s were a m ock, the M cCom bs School of Business has one of the top accounting RANKING continues on page 2 SG President Liam O'Rourke discusses the fulfillm ent o f his cam ­ paign prom ises as his term draws to a close. Peyton McGee | Daily Texan Staff Rising GPAs cause speculation of ‘inflation’ The Numbers Source: 12th Day Student Demographics These graphs com pare the rising of UT student grade point averages despite the tapering off o f incom ing top -1 0 percent freshm en and the gradual decline in freshm an SAT scores since 2005. UT AUSTIN CUMULATIVE GPA 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 FRESHMEN GRADUATING FROM TOP 10% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 AVERAGE FRESHMAN SAT SCORE By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff A stu d e n t im p ro v in g his or her g rad es every year is alw ays a good thing, but grades im prov­ ing a cro ss an entire university each year for a decade starts to raise questions. At 3.09, the U T-w ide u nder­ g ra d u a te a v e ra g e GPA is the h igh est it has been in the last 10 years. The figure follows a long trend of an alm ost constant increase in the U n iv e rsity 's a v e rage GPA. The University-wide GPA in the fall o f 2000 stood at 2.92, result­ ing in a 5.7-percent increase over the decade. GPA increases are consistent w ithin in d iv id u al co lle g es, as well. The School of Architecture saw a nearly 10-percent increase over the decade, going from an average GPA of 3.14 in the fall of 2000 to a 3.46 in the fall of 2009. The C ock rell Sch ool o f E n gi­ n eering w itnessed the sm allest increase in overall GPA, going from 2.95 to 3.08 at a 5-percent increase over the decade. What is grade inflation? S o m e sc h o la rs label the in­ crease as "grade inflation." Hen­ ry Rosovsky, former Dean of Arts and Sciences at H arvard Univer­ sity, defined grade inflation in a 2002 report as "an upw ard shift in the grade point average of stu­ dents over an extended period of time without a corresponding in­ crease in student achievement." R o so v sk y cites the Vietnam War as the root of grade inflation in American universities because p ro fesso rs g av e higher g ra d es to ensure college students were protected from going to war. In his report, R osovsk y tar­ gets various Ivy League schools, including H arv ard University, where despite a decrease in the average SAT score of incoming freshmen, the percentage of stu­ dents who received A's more than doubled between 1966 and 1996. Stuart Rojstaczer, former Duke professor and renowned grade in­ flation critic, says som e professors give higher grades to receive more positive responses in the end-of- sem ester course instructor su r­ veys so they have a better chance of achieving tenured status. Tenure ensures a faculty m em ­ bers p erm an en t job security at the U niversity. O btain in g ten ­ ure can take up to seven years of service to the university. At UT, course instructor surveys are one variable in the tenure-granting process. It is considered along with a p ro fesso r's publications, grants and peer reviews. N ot all scholars are confident that grad e inflation exists. Alfie 85 75 65 55 - 45 12S0 £ § 1240 O - 1230 £ 3 1/1 9 1220 1210 Mayor’s Book Club picks UT professor’s latest novel By Audria Choudhury Daily Texan Staff For the first time, avid read ­ ers selected a UT faculty m em ­ b e r's book for the annual M ay­ o r's Book Club celebration. A ssista n t E n glish p ro fe sso r O scar C a sa re s w rote "A m igo - la n d ," w h ich w a s p u b lish e d in A u g u s t . Th e b o o k is se t near the Texas-M exico border, w here tw o estran g ed broth ers are given a chance to reconnect in their o ld a g e an d d is c o v ­ er the intricate fam ily history that b rou gh t them to the U n it­ ed S ta te s. The clu b w ill h o st even ts featurin g the novel this m onth, in clu d in g d is c u s sio n s h eld by pu blic lib ra rie s and a book signing. The novel primarily deals with a gin g and fam ily relationships, them es to which m o st readers can relate, C asares said. "We all have older relatives, and the question of aging touch­ es everyone, regardless of where w e are p r e s e n tly ," he sa id . "There are larger questions [ad­ d ressed in the novel] as to how we take care of our older family BOOK continues on page 2 G R A D E continues on page 2 Illustration by Thu Vo | Daily Texan Statt I 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Oscar Casares, UT professor and author of "Amigoland," takes a break from the ninth annual Mayor's Book Club. Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff TIP OF THE DAY PRESENTED BY I I I Y ou can w a sh m o st o f y o u r clo th e s in c o ld w a ­ ter. O n ly v e ry dirty item s - like th o se s m e lly old sw ea t socks - re q u ire clea n in g in hot water. mtwwwmwm \ T N E W S Tuesday, April 6, 2010 T h e D u n T e x a n Volume 110, Number 180 25 cents GRADE: SAT scores and average GPA divergent CONTACT US M ain Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor Jillian Sheridan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 ioanw@mail.utexas.edu Classified Advertising: (512)471-5244 classifieds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all infor­ m ation fairly, accurately and com plete­ ly. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-m ail managingeditoréUoilytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT C opyright 200 9 Texas Student M edia. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in th e print and online editions, are th e property o f Texas Student M edia and m ay not be reproduced or republished in part or in w h o le w ith o u t w ritte n permission. TODAY'S WEATHER From page 1 Kohn, ind ep endent sch o lar and critic o f U.S. higher education, wrote a 2002 article for the Chronicle of H igher Education in which he argued that not enough statistical information supports the claim that grades are rising artificially. He said changes in teaching, assessm ent, tutoring and course schedules are all possible reasons for the increase in grades over time. The numbers Since 1990, U T's average GPA has surged at a quicker rate than peer institutions Ohio State University, U niversity of M ichigan- Ann Arbor, The University of N orth Caroli­ na at Chapel Hill, the University of Califor- nia-Los Angeles and University of Washing­ ton, according to Rojstaczer's 2007 study. U nlike the av erag e GPA, the av erage SAT score for entering freshmen at UT does not follow a distinct pattern Since 2000, the average SAT score for freshmen has been as low' as 1225 in 2000 and as high as 1239 in 2005, w1th an average of 1231 for this year's freshman class. All figures are out of a 1600 possible total math and verbal composite. However, the U niversity has seen an in­ crease in the num ber of entering freshmen who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high-school class, with about 77 percent in 21X18 compared to about 46 percent in 2000. In com parison, the average GPA at Tex­ as A & M U niversity has seen only m od ­ est growth. According to Lane Stephenson, A&M 's director of news and information ser­ vices, the average university-wide GPA went from about 2.79 in 1998 to 2.88 in 2008. Unlike UT, the increase in the percentage Grade Inflation AVERAGE IN-RESIDENCE GPA (BY COLLEGE! 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ARCHITECTURE 3.14 3.20 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30 3.32 3.40 3.41 3.46 COCKRELL SCHL OF ENGINEERING 2.95 3.00 3.03 3.03 3.06 3.06 3.04 3.06 3.07 3.08 COMMUNICATION 3.0 2 3.07 312 3.14 3.15 3.17 3 15 3.15 3.18 3.18 EDUCATION 2.89 2.89 2 8 9 2.90 2.95 2.95 2.96 2.98 3 0 0 3.04 FINE ARTS 3.07 3.10 3.14 3.18 3.23 3.27 3.27 3.28 3.25 3.26 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.75 2.68 2.75 2.88 2.90 LIBERAL ARTS 2.79 2.79 2.83 2.88 2.92 2.97 2.96 2.96 2.97 2.99 3.22 3.25 3.28 3.32 3.35 3.38 3.36 3.35 3.36 3.38 2.83 2.86 2.87 2.89 2.91 2.95 2.94 2.93 2 9 4 2.98 3.09 3.13 3.10 3.12 3.21 3.25 3.27 3.30 3.32 3.34 PHARMACY 3.10 3.16 3.20 3.30 3.32 3.35 3.33 N/A N/A N/A SOCIAL WORK 2.93 2.94 2.91 2.92 2.99 3.00 3.02 2.94 3.03 2.99 UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3.09 UT AUSTIN 2.92 2.94 2.97 3.00 3.03 3.06 3.05 3.05 3.06 3.09 • Undergraduate Students Only Source: 12th Day Student Demographics JACKSON SCHL GEOSCIENCES MCCOMBS SCHL OF BUSINESS NATURAL SCIENCES NURSING of incom ing freshm en w ho graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class­ es is relatively small — from about 49 per­ cent in 2000 to about 54 percent in 2008. T h e issu e o f grad e in flatio n has been dealt with directly at U N C-Chapel Hill. A 2007 com m ittee report outlining grade in­ flation caused the university to flirt with im­ plem enting the Academic Index, a formula that takes into consideration how students do compared to their classm ates and would show up next to a student's GPA on his or her transcript. After strong student opposi­ tion, the initiative failed to pass the faculty council by three votes. The university's Ed­ ucational Policy Com m ittee is charged with com ing up with a new solution to com bat grade inflation later this month. Faculty reaction David Hillis, integrative biology profes­ sor and Faculty C ouncil mem ber, said he feels grade inflation has becom e a serious problem at UT and tends to hurt higher- achieving students more. "A GPA above 3.0 was once viewed as a point of distinction," Hillis said. "It is now simply average." Hillis said he is not sure whether the ef­ fects of grade inflation can be curbed but suggested putting more em phasis on peer e v a lu a tio n s or p o st-g ra d u a tio n a s s e s s ­ ments, in which students evaluate the class­ es which were m ost important to them af­ ter working for a few years. Economics professor Harry Cleaver said that although he does not know the causes of the overall GPA increases, he disagrees with the notion that professors would give high­ er grades in fear of negative course-instructor surveys. "For [a p rofessor's] evaluation to be an obstacle to tenure, they need to be awfully, awfully bad ," Cleaver said. "You get tenure based on your publications, and everyone knows that." C leav er said the con cern su rrou nd in g grade inflation has been around a long time and has been used in the past to determine faculty com pensation. He said that in the College of Liberal Arts, som e professors re­ ceived raises for being "grade deflators." "T h e assu m p tio n w as that if av erag e grades were going up, then the professor was going bad ," Cleaver said. "[There was] no assum ption that m aybe he or she was teaching better or anything. P eople w ho use the term 'grade inflation' are m aking an assumption about w hat's going on." BEVO: Watch-party games look to NBA, NCAA for inspiration From page 1 pointers. groups, w ith four team s in each g ro u p . E ach team p lay ed the other three team s in its group, and the team with the most points moved on to the final four. T h e B evo B all ch am p io n sh ip gam e w as p lay ed d uring h alf- time of the actual N CA A nation­ al cham pionship. U n d e c la re d fre s h m a n M a tt D ip ie tr o p a r tic ip a te d in th e three-on-three tournam ent w ith his team , the Flying Dragons. " I w a s th e f ir s t p e rs o n to sign up for the tou rnam ent last w e e k ," D ip ie tr o sa id . " I w as w alking to class and saw a table for this in front of G regory and thought it w ould be fun ." As part of the basketball skills co m p e titio n , stu d en ts co m p e t­ ed against each other to see w ho could m ake the m ost three-point shots in tw o m inutes. K inesiology ju nior G reg G o n ­ zales, one of the participan ts in the com petition, netted 21 three- " I 'v e b e e n p la y in g b a s k e t ­ ball for over 17 years," G onzales said. "M y dad is also a coach, so 1 learned a lot from him ." A shooting gam e called "Sh o ot­ in g S t a r s " a lso h ad s tu d e n ts com pete head-to-head w ith each oth er. T h e stu d e n t w h o m ad e shots from four m arked spots on the court in the fastest tim e was declared the winner. The committee found inspiration for this game from a similar skills com petition played in the NBA's All-Star Game, Florence said. Florence said the com m ittee hosts one big event each semester. 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P O Box D A u stin , TX 78713-8 9 0 4 , or to TS M B u ild in g C3 200 o r ca ll 4 7 1 -5 0 8 3 P O S T M A S T E R S e n d a d d re s s c h a n g e s to T he D a ily Texan P O B ox D A u s tin , T X 78713. 4/6/10 Texan Ad Deadlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday. 12 p.m. Thursday Thursday 12 p.m. Friday Monday, 12 p m Tuesday, 12 p.m Friday, 12 p.m. BOOK: Partnership cites community fellowship as goal From page 1 m em bers and what sort of place they hold in our lives." T h e M a y o r 's B o ok C lu b is a p a rtn e r s h ip b e tw e e n M a y ­ or L ee L e ffin g w e ll, th e A u s ­ tin P u b lic L ib rary sy stem and th e U T H u m a n itie s In s titu te th at aim s to p ro m o te read in g and to b rin g th e c o m m u n ity c lo s e r to g eth er. F o rm e r M a y ­ or G u s G arcia initiated the p ro ­ gram in 2002 after he and the library board learned that o th ­ er citie s w ere p a rtic ip a tin g in sim ila r cam p aig n s, said B re n ­ da B ranch, director of the A u s­ tin P u blic Library. She said the clu b has been successfu l every year it has run. C o m m itte e c h a irm a n B la ir Parsons said the annual event is m eant to engage Austinites of all ages in reading and exchanging ideas. "T he ultim ate goal is for peo­ ple to com e together with the ex­ perience of reading a book in di­ alogue and discussion," Parsons said. P arso n s said b oo k s are c h o ­ sen b ecau se of th eir broad a p ­ peal and local connection. A se­ lection com m ittee reads nu m er­ ous works and presents the top three picks to the library director, who then presents the final selec­ tion to the mayor. O riginally from Brow nsville, Texas, C asares graduated from UT and has been teaching in the English d ep artm ent since 2004. He said he returned to Austin af­ ter graduate school because of his fondness for the city. Casares said the novel was in­ spired by a dispute betw een his father and uncle over their fam ­ ily's origins. H is uncle's version of the tale claim s that their an­ cestor was kidnapped by Native Americans at a carnival in N orth­ ern M exico and dropped off in Texas to slow down the Mexican army chasing them. But Casares' father thought the story was the "biggest lie he had ever heard," he said. "[M y uncle's version] was the 'creationism story' for me grow ­ ing u p ," C asares said . "It w as right out of a m ovie." Leffingw ell said he continues the book club because of its suc­ cess in past years as a social and cultural experience. "[The book club] gives the op­ p o rtu n ity to m eet o th e r A u s­ tinites who are interested in the sam e th in g s you a re ," L effin ­ gwell said. RANKING: Joke competition reflects real achievements From page 1 schools in the nation, according to the P u b lic A cc o u n tin g R e ­ p o rt. T h e u n d e rg ra d u a te p ro ­ gram ranks No. 2 and the grad­ uate program ranks No. 1. Excluding 2008, the M cCombs School of Business has been the top-ranked school in the nation for Jillian Sheridan graduate placement since 1994. "W e reg ain ed the N o. 1 p o ­ s itio n b e c a u s e o u r p ro g ra m s and d ep a rtm e n t h a v e h is to r i­ cally been know n to be a very s u p p o rtiv e c u ltu re for te a c h ­ in g a c c o u n tin g ," said S te v e n K achelm eier, Randal B. M cD on­ ald Chair in A ccounting and ed ­ itor of T h e A ccounting Review, w hich was included in the orig­ inal 11 journals used to evaluate the schools. S u m m ers said th e in fo rm a ­ tion provided by the m ock re­ port is im p o rtan t for acco u n t­ ing stu d en ts and those getting ad v an ced d eg re e s lik e P h .D .s b e c a u s e th e y ca n a s s e s s the strength of schools' program s. NEW S BRIEFLY UTPD investigating possible suicide around Brazos Garage The University of Texas Police Department responded to emergen­ cy calls at 3 a.m. Monday stating a man's body had been found lying at the southwest comer of the Bra­ zos parking garage and that he was seemingly deceased. UTPD spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon identified the man as an 18-year-old UT freshman. Accord­ ing to the student's Facebook p ro file, he was a psychology major. Weldon said the Travis County Medical Examiner's office will deter­ mine the cause of death, but at this moment, UTPD is investigating the death as an apparent suicide. Chris Brownson, director of UT's Counseling and Mental Health Cen­ ter, said the "stressors" that students face, which may include relationship troubles, academic difficulties or fi­ nancial struggles, may lead to suicide. Whether or not one commits suicide varies from person to person, he said. "Help is available for them. Al­ though the stressors seem insur­ mountable, these are things that are happening in a moment in time," Brownson said. "The help that stu­ dents do seek can really help and make a difference. This is really treatable." Brownson said there is a 24/7 counseling line students can call at 471-2255. The center also provides individual counseling, group coun­ seling and psychiatric services. Beyond the University, if a person needs someone to reach out to, he or she can call the National Suidde Pre­ vention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. "Recognize when you need to get help and that you can no longer handle it on your own," Brownson said. "Seek the support of friends and family that you have a trusting and close relationship with. Things like that can be helpful as somebody is dealing with stressful or difficult times." — Bobby Longoria APPLICATIONS are being accep ted for the follo w in g student positions with T e x a s Student M ed ia Daily Texan Managing Editor, Summer 2010 Daily Texan Managing Editor, Fall 2010 2011 Cactus Yearbook Editor H ersh Verm a, p resid en t of the U niversity A ccounting A s­ sociation, a UT student group, said U T 's acco u n tin g classes p rov id e m ore of a ch allen g e for stu d e n ts th ro u g h grou p activities and casew ork. "T h ere is a lot o f h ig h -lev ­ el analysis," Verma said. "T he program takes acco u n tin g to a n o th er level. T h e ch allen g e is there. T h at's w hy we are so highly ranked." 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PPD 462-0492 Right now, PPD is looking for healthy and non-sm oking w om en ages 18 to 4 0 to participate in a m edical research study. The study will require the participants to have a BM I between 19 and 3 0 and weigh between 110 and 2 2 0 lbs. The study will require 2 weekends in our overnight research facility and multiple b rief outpatient visits. Study participants will receive up to $ 4 0 0 0 upon study Please call today to find out more. t.com www.dailytexanonline.com W o r l d & N ation Wire Editor: KelseyC r )w T h e I » m i s T e x a n 3 Tuesday, April 6,2010 Toyota to receive $16.4 million fine for vehicle recalls By Ken Thomas The Associated Press W ASHINGTON — The gov­ ernm ent is seeking to fine Toyo­ ta a record $16.4 million, accusing the Japanese auto giant of hiding a "dangerous defect" in its slow rep o rtin g of faulty gas p edals that have been blamed for unin­ tended sudden accelerations and motorists' deaths. The proposed fine, announced M onday by T ransportation Sec­ retary Ray LaHood, is the m ost the government could levy for the sticking gas pedals that have led Toyota to recall millions of vehi­ cles. There could be further pen­ alties u n d e r co n tin u in g fed er­ al investigations, and Toyota also faces p riv ate law su its seeking many millions more. Toyota M otor C orp. has re­ called more than 6 million vehi­ cles in the U.S., and more than 8 million worldwide, because of ac­ celeration problem s in m ultiple models and braking issues in the Prius hybrid. Docum ents obtained from the Japanese autom aker show that Toyota knew of the problem with the sticking gas pedals in late Sep­ tember but did not issue a recall until late January, LaHood said. The sticking pedals involved 2.3 million vehicles. "We now have proof that Toyo­ ta failed to live up to its legal ob­ ligations," LaHood said in a state­ m ent. "W orse yet, they k n o w ­ ingly hid a dangerous defect for months from U.S. officials and did not take action to protect millions of drivers and their families." Qerald Herbert I Asscx Jted Press Transportation secretary Ray LaHood has proposed a fine for Toyota's fault to report problems. previous record: In 2004, G ener­ al M otors paid a $1 million fine for responding too slowly on a re­ call of nearly 600,000 vehicles over windshield w iper failure. F o llo w in g th e re c a lls , th e T ransportation D epartm ent d e ­ m anded in February that Toyo­ ta tu rn over docum ents d etail­ ing w hen and how it learned of the problem s w ith sticking ac­ celerators and w ith floor m ats trapping gas pedals. NHTSA said docum ents p ro ­ v id e d by Toyota sh o w ed th e a u to m a k e r had k n o w n ab o u t the sticky p edal defect since at least Sept. 29, 2009, w hen it is­ sued repair procedures to d is­ tributors in 31 E uropean coun­ tries and Canada to address com­ plaints of sticking pedals, su d ­ den increases in engine RPM and sudden vehicle acceleration. For those reasons, LaHood said, the governm ent is seeking a fine of $16,375 million, the maximum penalty possible. That dw arfs the Toyota d id not say w hether it would pay the fine. The autom ak­ er has two weeks to accept or con­ test the penalty. Locals stand in the rubble of the U.S. consul in Peshawar, Pakistan, where car bombs and grenades exploded Monday. The attacks occurred a few hours after a suicide attack killed more than 40 people at a political rally also located in the region. Mohamm ad Sajjad | Associated Press Islamic rebels bomb US consul Car bomb, suicide attack leave about 50 dead after anti-US m ilitant strike By Riaz Khan The Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Is­ lamist militants unleashed a car bomb and grenade attack against a U.S. consulate in north w est­ ern Pakistan on Monday, killing four people and striking back af­ ter m onths of American missile strikes against Taliban and al- Qaida fighters in the region. Hours earlier, a suicide bom b­ er killed 45 people and w ound­ ed more than 70 at a rally by a secular political p arty in the n o r th w e s t s u p p o r ts re c e n t P ak istan i arm y offensives in the region close to Afghanistan, w here the United States is bat­ tling a related insurgency. T he a tta c k s fo llo w a lu ll in v io le n ce since the b e g in ­ ning of the year, illustrating the militants' resilience. Pakistani Interior Minister Re- hm an Malik said the Pakistani Taliban claim ed responsibility for the attack. The strike against the consul­ ate in Peshawar city was the first direct assault on a U.S. mission in the country since 2006. Officials said the four attackers in two ve­ hicles hoped to breach the heav­ ily fortified com pound and kill people inside, but they caused only minor damage. Last w eek, W aliur R ehm an, a senior m ilita n t com m an d er warned the insurgents were pre­ paring more strikes. "We know our enemy and will target its installations and facil­ ities for which our special wing is fully ready," he said in an in­ terview in the tribal regions near­ by P eshaw ar. "P ak istan h as in itiated arm y action in trib ­ al areas to please America. Now the w hole of Pakistan is like a battlefield for us." Shortly before M onday's a t­ tack, a suicide bom ber struck a rally held by a Pashtun nation­ alist party in Lower Dir to cel­ e b ra te th e g o v e rn m e n t-su p - p o r te d p r o p o s a l to c h a n g e the nam e of N orth West Fron­ tier Province to K hyber-Pakh- toonkhwa, said local police chief Mumtaz Zarin Khan. "A police official spotted the bom ber a second before he ex­ ploded," Khan said. "The official shot at him, but by that time, he had done his job." The frequency of m ilitant at­ tacks in Pakistan over the last three months dropped compared to the final quarter of last year, but experts have cautioned it is too early to say if the insurgents are in retreat. "It seems that those who have been d isru p te d or d ism antled and den ied space in the Wa- ziristan region finally m anaged to reorganize themselves at least for these attacks in Peshawar," said Im tiaz Gul, director of the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad. 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"I d o n 't think it can b e s u s­ tained any longer." would lose. Daily Texan C olu m nist D e fo rd said in a re p o rt for N a t io n a l P u b ­ lic R a d i o t h a t a m a t e u r i s m as w e k n o w it m ay c ea s e to exist, giv e n the recent c la ss-ac- tion l a w s u it h e a d e d b y f o r m e r U C L A b a s ­ ketball star Ed O 'B a n n o n a g a in s t the N C A A for u s i n g f o r m e r p l a y e r s ' i m a g e s and l i k e ­ n esses in v id eo gam es. Players w ho h a v e yet to l e a v e th e ir c o l l e g e s and u n i v e r s i t i e s see their im ages used constantly in college sports m arketing today. D eford cited the pro fessio nal statu s o f te n ­ nis and the O l y m p ic a th le te s as e x a m p le s of a m a t e u r is m 's e v en tu al end in c olle g e sports. T h e g r e a te s t p ro b le m 1 see in this p o te n tia l s it u a t io n is w h e r e e x a c tly the m o n e y w o u ld c om e from. W ith a t h l e t e s ' s a la r i e s a d d e d to the p a y ­ roll, th e p r o f i t a b il i t y o f U T 's a t h l e t ic s p r o ­ gram w o uld b e su cke d dry. Few in stitu tio n s of h ig h e r le arn in g h av e a c o m p a ra b ly stro ng ath le tic s p ro g ra m , so it could m e a n th e end of th e ir a th le tic s p ro g ra m s . L o s in g c o m p e t i ­ tors is bad for any sport, and if many schools are fo rced to d itc h a th le tic p r o g r a m s d u e to the c o s t s a s s o c ia t e d w ith p a y in g a th le te s, it would pre v e n t said a th le te s fro m c o m p e tin g at the college level, w hich is a prerequ isite for alm ost every professional sport. M o re importantly, President William P ow ers Jr. said in his blog, "T ow er Talk," that athletics contributes $12 million to U T 's overall e c o n o ­ my, so a loss in the a th le tics p ro g ra m w o u ld be d e v a s t a t i n g to the i n s ti t u t i o n . If c o l l e g ­ es and u n iv e rsitie s w e re re sp o nsible for p a y ­ ing their stu d en t athletes, e v er y o n e inv olv ed A way to save college sports is to allow s t u ­ d e n t a t h l e t e s to re c e iv e e n d o r s e m e n t d e a l s from corporate sponsors. M ichael P he lp s is not a s et-fo r-life m illio n a ire b e c a u s e U .S . S w i m ­ m ing is o o zin g w ith money to blow. Phelp s re­ ceives e n d o rse m e n t deals that keep him h e a v ­ ily paid and happy for com petin g in a sport. A ll o w i n g s t u d e n t a t h l e t e s to r e c e i v e e n ­ d o r s e m e n t d ea ls w o u ld e n s u re th e fu tu re of co lle g e s p o rt s and b e n e fit s c h o o ls b y g iv in g players an incentiv e to stay in college longer. In a 1999 in te rv ie w with Ch ris R ock, no w - retired N B A star A llen Iverson explained w hy h e c h o se to le a v e G e o r g e t o w n e a r l y for the N BA : "I go t tired o f com ing hom e and seeing m y m o m 's liv ing c o n d itio n s, and 1 got to go b ack to a nice d o rm and eat three tim es a day," Iverson said. " It w a s rough w a t c h in g her go through that." This is the reality for m any student athletes in the N C A A . T h e o p p o rt u n it y to b e t t e r the lives of their loved ones w ith a sa la ry s u p e r ­ sedes their desire to receive an edu catio n and develop their craft. A llow ing stud en t athletes to make e n d o rse m e n t deals would w o rk w o n ­ ders for all parties. It w o uld be n ic e for c o lle g e a t h le te s to a l ­ w ay s re m ain a m a te u rs and play for the lo ve of the gam e, but the reality is that there is way m o r e to it th a n ju s t s im p le fun a n d g a m e s . " A m a t e u r i s m is lik e c o m m u n i s m , " D e f o rd said. " It lo ok s so go o d on paper, b u t it is i n ­ herently unfair, and it just d o esn't w o rk in the real w o rld ." Avelar is a government senior. C o l l e g e s t u d e n t s a c r o s s t h e n a t i o n fin d t h e m s e l v e s able to get a t a s te of r e a l-w o rld w o rk respo nsib ility w hile e n jo y in g nice c o m ­ p ensatio n. Paid in te rn s h ip s and pa rt-tim e re­ s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t p o s it i o n s allo w s t u d e n t s to get a g lim p se of the w o rk force, as well as the salaries, they may one day acquire. H owever, for the th o u sa n d s of stu d en t ath ­ letes in the U.S., any c o m p e n s atio n for the time and e n e rg y they p u t into p r e p a r in g for their po te n tia l ca re e rs as p ro f e s s io n a ls is g ro u n d s for disqualification. N u m e r o u s cases have o c ­ curred in w hich a stu d e n t a t h le te 's a m a t e u r ­ ism w as co m p ro m ise d , and as a result, pe n al­ ties were handed to the players and the insti­ tutions responsible. T h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f a t h l e t e s at D i v i s i o n I N C A A p ro g ram s getting paid to particip ate in a thletics h a s long b e e n a p o p u la r topic. L e g ­ e n d a r y s p o r t s w r i t e r F r a n k D e fo rd b r o u g h t up that to p ic d u rin g his s p e e c h at the Texas U n io n on T hu rsday , p re d ictin g that the next g re at c h a p t e r in U .S . s p o r t s will be w r it t e n w h e n s t u d e n t a t h le t e s are c o m p e n s a t e d for their services. T h o u g h c o l l e g e a t h l e t e s t y p ic a ll y get r e ­ w a r d e d w i t h a free e d u c a t i o n , D e f o r d sa id that they are un fairly e x p lo ite d for their t a l ­ ent while c olleges, un iv ersities and c orp o ra te spo nso rs reap all the benefits. " It is an in d efen sib le and in to le rab le s itu a ­ GALLERY 4 Tu esday, April 6. 2010 VIEWPOINT Hurting higher education L ast w e e k , u n iv e r s it y p r e s id e n t s , p r o ­ v o sts and p r o fe s so rs from a d o z e n states g a t h e r e d in U T S y s t e m o f f i c e s to d i s ­ c u s s t h e d e c l i n e o f f e d e r a l a n d s t a t e research funding. M em bers of the A ssociation of Public and L and -G ran t Univers ities, w hich sponsored the meeting, drafted a p a p e r outlining the declin e of funding for public research insti­ tutions and ideas to make them viable. T h o u g h the p a p e r fo cu se s on tre n d s in state g o v e r n m e n t s as a w h o le , their fin d ­ ings are a p p l i c a b l e to U T and T exas. For e x a m p le , Texas h a s fo llo w e d the n atio n al trend of red ucin g ap p r o p ria tio n s to h ig h ­ er education, e v en as enrollm ent b allo ons. A ccordin g to the state c o m p tro lle r's office, " F ro m fiscal years 2002 to 2007, the Texas state b u d g e t w as cu t in te rm s of real d o l­ lar, per-student funding for universities by 19.92 percent." T h e s e n u m b e r s and t re n d s , w h ile d is ­ cou rag in g enough on paper, do not exist in a bubble, and m a n y stud en ts feel them di­ rectly — often in the form o f rising tuition. T hese b u d g e ta r y gap s affect a u n iv e r s i­ t y 's c o m p e t it i v e n e s s as w ell, the a s s o c ia ­ tion p o in ts out, by d ecre a sin g the nu m b e r o f tenure-track faculty positions available; h in d e r in g the d e v e l o p m e n t of n ew ideas, degree prog ram s and initiatives; and m a k ­ ing it incre asing ly d ifficult for a scho o l to retain top faculty. But as Texas p u b li c u n iv e rs ity o ffic ia ls are devising new strategies to ask la w m a k ­ ers for research funds, the state is facing an $11 b illion -$1 5 b illio n b u d g e t shortfall for 2012-2013. Gov. Rick Perry re p e a te d ly touts Texas' relatively strong economy, but he has done little to c all a t t e n t i o n to th e s t a t e 's b u d ­ getary w o es — e xce p t w h e n he d em a nd e d that state a gencies, in c lu d in g UT and o t h ­ er p u b lic u n iv e rs itie s, d e v is e pla ns to cut their b ud gets by 5 percent. At a rib b o n -c u ttin g c ere m o n y for a new m an ufacturing plant last month, Perry said that Texas has " w o r k e d hard to create and p re s e rv e a jo b - fr ie n d ly e c o n o m ic c lim ate , where in novatio n is rew arded and e m p lo y ­ ers have the best c hance to s ucceed ." T he e co n o m ic c lim a te m a y be fa v o rab le to p r i v a t e - s e c t o r jo b s , b u t it is d e c i d e d ­ ly less fav o rab le to higher ed u c a tio n — to Texas' detriment. T h e a s s o c ia t i o n n o te s that a d e c l in e in state fu n d in g re su lts in a " r a p i d l y d im in ­ ish ing ability to com p e te head to head with private univ ersities for the best faculty and students, [and] o n e has to worry that som e d e c l i n e in th e q u a l i t y o f t e a c h i n g a n d / or re se arch at p u b lic re se a rch u n iv e rsitie s m a y be in the o ffin g." And U T does h a v e the ability to c on trib ­ ute to the e co n o m y: For exa m ple, the U n i­ v e r s i t y c re a te d 10 s t a r t - u p c o m p a n i e s in 2008, a c co rd in g to T he C h ro n icle o f H ig h ­ er E d u catio n, th a n k s in p a rt to a fo cu s on c le a n energy. W h i l e th is s t a t i s t ic s h o w s the ability of research to foster in n o v atio n and g e n erate r e v e n u e that is be ne ficial to the U n iv e rs ity a n d the state, it also h i g h ­ lights w hat could be at risk from declin in g state support. As la w m a k e r s b e g in to f o rm u la te b u d ­ get cuts, w e urge them to keep in mind the im p o rta n ce of p u b lic research un iv ersities and not to co n tin u e the d etrim e n tal trend of u n d e rfu n d in g the institutio ns that ulti­ mately benefit the state. — Lauren W in chester f o r the editorial board Austin's ozone pollution problem and w an t to get rid of lo w er -a tm o - sphere ozone. M o b il e s o u r c e s lik e c a rs p r o b a ­ bly p ro d u c e the m o st u r b a n ozone, d esp ite la rg e c o n tribu tion s by d a y ­ t im e p o w e r plant e m is s io n s . P o w ­ e r p l a n t s te n d to b e l o c a t e d f a r ­ t h e r fro m p e o p le than , say, traffic in d o w n t o w n A ustin , so the health im pacts o f the car-related o zo n e are d is p r o p o r t io n a t e ly high re lativ e to its volu m e. But b ack to A ustin 's big issue this year. The EPA designates regio ns as attain m e n t or no nattainm ent zones: N o n a t t a i n m e n t m e a n s t h a t a r e ­ g i o n 's p o l l u t a n t le v e ls are h ig h e r th a n a h e a l t h -b a s e d s t a n d a r d , and b e in g d e s ig n a t e d a n o n a t t a i n m e n t z o n e m e a n s g e t t i n g p e r m i t s for t r a n s p o r t a t i o n p ro je c ts is d if fic u lt and fe d e r a l f u n d in g for ro a d s and high w ays is often reduced. A u s t i n b a r e l y r e a c h e d a t t a i n ­ m e n t la st year — s n e a k i n g u n d e r the wire. In A ug ust, that standard is going to be tightened. It's pretty cle ar that Austin is going to have a hard time staying in attainment unless drastic measures are taken. ozone th a t's form ed , w hich is good news for Austin. O n the other hand, high tem peratu res exacerbate it. O z o n e is g e n e r a t e d d u r i n g th e day, s in c e p h o to n s (s u n lig h t) need to react w ith c h e m i c a l s in the air, w h ic h m e a n s th a t as t h e d a y s g e t longer, the polluting im pact of d riv ­ ing, w e e d -w h a c k in g or o th e r c o m ­ bustion-related activities during the day g e ts w o rse. C h o o s i n g to d riv e at night can help. A s w i t h p r o p o s e d g r e e n h o u s e gas e m is s io n lim its b a s ed on p r o b ­ able n e g a t iv e h e a lt h e ff e c t s , Texas has o p p o s e d the new h e a lt h - b a s e d ozone standard as bein g too e x p e n ­ sive. T h e Texas C o m m i s s i o n on E n ­ v ironm ental Q uality cla im s that the p roposed tighter standard is overly protective of health b e cau se the EPA stud y a s su m e s that p e o p le are o u t ­ side m o r e than they actually are. So ju st as long as you stay in sid e all s u m m e r — w h e r e o z o n e le v e ls can ac tually be higher than they are outsid e b ecau se h igh -vo lta ge e q u ip ­ m e n t l ik e p r i n t e r s a n d c o p y m a ­ c hine s ge n e r a te o z o n e and b e ca u se in door air quality is b arely re g u la t­ ed — yo u 'l l be fine. scientists with the C lean Air Scie n tif­ ic A dvisory C o m m ittee u n a n im o u s ­ ly re co m m e n d e d a tighter standard. C h o o s i n g to set the c u r r e n t lim it re p res e n te d the first tim e a u n a n i ­ m o u s C o m m i t t e e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was d isregarded since its e sta b lish ­ m e n t in 1977. So the p u sh to set a l o w e r lim it is not a n e w th in g . In fact, the World Health O rganization r e c o m m e n d s a sig nificantly stricter limit b e considered unhealthy. We d o n 't settle for such lax p o l ­ l u t i o n s t a n d a r d s fo r w ater. W h y is a ir p o l l u t i o n not tre a te d m o r e seriously? T e x a s c o m m u n i t i e s and o t h e r s across the cou ntry cla im that tighter standards are unreasonable because they p u t m o st of the U nited S tates i n to n o n a t t a i n m e n t . P e r h a p s tha t s ay s m o re a b o u t the health o f our air than about the un reasonable ness of o u r standards. M a y b e th e EPA s h o u ld p r o v i d e m o r e g u i d a n c e ab o u t gettin g back to a t t a i n m e n t levels, but c osts and w idespread unhealthy levels o f p o l­ lution should not c ha ng e A m e rica n health-based standards. So w h a t c re ates o z o n e ? H u m i d ­ ity a c tu a lly red uces the a m o u n t of D u r i n g the la s t a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , when the curren t sta n d a rd was set, Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student. A u s t i n f a c e s c h a l l e n g e s r e l a t ­ ed to o zo n e p o llu tio n as the E n v i ­ r o n m e n t a l P ro te ctio n A g e n c y p r e ­ p a r e s to f i n a l i z e n e w r u le s th is season. O z o n e season in Austin lasts from A p r i l F o o l s ' Day u n til H a llo w e e n — b u t this year particularly, o z o ne is n o t going to be that funny. A u s ­ tin h a s b e e n te e terin g on the edge of n o n c o m p lian c e with federal stan­ d ard s for ground-level ozone po llu ­ tion for years, and the EPA intends to lo w er the limits in August to b e t­ ter reflect s cientific evid ence about the point at w hich o zo ne causes hu ­ m a n health problems. S o m e t h i n g t h a t ' s i m p o r t a n t to k e e p c l e a r h e r e : T h e e f f e c t s of g r o u n d - l e v e l o z o n e a r e n o t the s a m e as those of u p p e r-atm o sp h e re o z o n e . G r o u n d - l e v e l o z o n e m ak es s m o g ; u p p e r-atm o s p h e re o zo ne pre­ v e n t s c a n c e r - c a u s i n g u l t r a v i o l e t ray s fro m re a c h in g p e o p le . We try to p ro te c t u p p e r -a t m o s p h e r e ozone THE FIRING LINE There are m aterial reasons for race-based admissions at UT I take issue with the editorial board's suggestion in Monday's overview "The O bam a administration sides with UT admissions" that the inclusion of race in admissions is one that is merely politically expedient for UT. The board implied that if it weren't for politicians using "diversity in admissions" to cater to voters, it wouldn't be necessary at all. This highly cynical take delegitimizes the very real motivations that these "politi­ cians" may have. It also implies that the University itself would not focus on promoting diversity if it didn't have to. It is correct that in a perfect world, diversity on our college campus would be a non-issue. But the imperfection of the world isn't in politics but rather in the empirical fact that past and current discrimination still affects underrepre­ sented communities in a very real way. The use of red lining — a practice through which many realtors histori­ cally kept minorities from moving into white neighborhoods — prevented minorities from building wealth and living in areas where they could receive quality education. Allowing for the consideration of race simply makes our admissions standards mirror that of the real world, where race is a factor. In the future, I hope the board takes positions on merit instead of seemingly placing the blame on "politicians" in order to not take a principled stand and draw ire. — C had Stanton G overnm en t sen ior SUBMIT A COLUMN The editorial board welcomes guest col­ umns. Columns must be between 200 and 700 words. Send columns to editor@daily- texanonline.com. The Texan reserves the rigl to edit all columns for clarity and liability. L E G A L E S E Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor or the writer of the ar­ ticle. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operat­ ing Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to finngline@dai texanonline.com. Letters must be fewer than words. The Texan reserves the right to edit f brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE! Please remember to recycle this copy of The Daily Texan by placing it in a recycling bin around campus or back in the burnt-or­ ange stand where you found it. Tuesday, April 6, 2010 N K\\ s 5 APD: Crime not a factor at relays By Bo bby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Thousands of athletes and fans flooded the UT cam pus for Tex­ as Relays this weekend, and de­ spite the stigma that the event has been associated with increased public disturbances, A ustin Po­ lice Departm ent officials said the event was "uneventful" in terms of criminal activity. "N o th in g cau sed us to raise an eyeb ro w ," A PD Cm dr. John R om oser said. "E v ery th in g was sm o o th and e a sy and n o t as crow ded as w hat it has been in the p ast." A PD spokesw om an Anna Sa- bana said Sixth Street had a to ­ tal of 18 arrests betw een Friday and S atu rd ay nights. Saturd ay had seven arrests, including three public intoxications, two failures to obey a law ful order, one as­ sault and one theft. Bill M anno, A PD com m an d ­ er of special events and parks, said the arrests on Sixth Street w e re low in c o m p a r is o n to e v e n ts lik e M ard i G ra s and South By Southw est. A photographer for The D ai­ ly Texan noticed an APD helicop­ ter flying above Sixth Street, as well as SWAT officers on rooftops overlooking the area. Manno said there might have been officers on the rooftops observing pedestrian and car traffic and that there was a helicopter flying above downtown to observe traffic congestion. "A ctually, we had som e tech­ nology we w ere testing on the h elico p te r that w as p ro v id in g a live feed, and we w ere using it to see how far back the traf­ fic was backed up," M anno said. "W hether it be pedestrian or ve­ hicles — ju st to see how every­ thing was working." The to tal a tte n d a n ce at F r i­ day and S atu rd ay 's relays w as 14,000 and 2 1 ,000, re sp e ctiv e ­ ly, said Jerem y Sharp, m edia di­ rector for the Texas R elays. Six th o u san d sev en h u n d red a th ­ letes attend ed the relays across the four days, and the M ike A. M yers stadium was filled to ca­ pacity Saturday. "W e have never had any vi­ Austin police officers survey the crowd on East Sixth Street on Saturday du ring Texas Relays weekend. Austin Police Departm ent increased its presence in intersections a lon g Sixth Street over the weekend. Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff olence or theft or anything that could be considered a crime at the relays," said Rachel M cGruder, assistant events m anager for the Frank Erwin Center. The relays attract college and h ig h s c h o o l a th ­ letes from around the nation, as well as their fam ily and friends. The increase in youth culture has, in the p ast, d riv ­ en som e b u sin e ss e sta b lish m e n ts to close shop early — most notably H igh­ land Mall. The mall closed early on Sat­ urday d u rin g last year's relays as a re­ sult of what last y ear's m anage­ ment had said was a lack of secu­ rity and APD presence. After a backlash from com m u­ nity m em bers claim ing the mall closed for racial reasons, Austin City Councilw om an Sheryl Cole met with N A A CP A ustin Presi­ dent Nelson Linder, APD officials, the Highland M all m anagem ent and other stakeholders to discuss how to better welcome visitors. Last year, H ighland Mall had no police officers monitoring the surroundings, as opposed to hav­ ing officers stationed around the mall in years p r i o r . T h e d is c u s s io n s held last year r e s u lte d in APD units be­ ing assigned to th e m a ll this year and also to public e v e n ts , lik e U rb a n M u ­ sic F e stiv a l, in the dow n­ town area for crowd management. Rom oser said he oversaw ap ­ proxim ately 40 officers w ho han­ dled traffic control and parking- lot security at the mall on Satur­ day. H e said not a single arrest w as m ade and that there w ere no disturbances. The less congested crowd was an anom aly com pared to other N othing caused us to raise an eyebrow ." — John Romoser APD commander years, Romoser said, and w heth­ er or not this signifies a change in trends will not be evident until next year's relays. The event staff typically only receives heat-related calls, said B rian W om ack, a s sista n t a th ­ letics d irector for facilities and event operations. U T P olice D epartm ent C h ief R o b ert D ah lströ m said U T PD m ade no arrests and that there were no issues throughout the en­ tirety of the Texas relays. He said in his four years of exp erience at the University, there has nev­ er been reason for students to be concerned about criminal activity on campus during the relays. D ahlström said the largest is­ sue U TPD has to deal with dur­ ing relays w as related to p ark ­ ing and traffic issues. " T e x a s R e la y s , to th e U T c a m p u s, is ju s t a n o th e r larg e e v e n t th a t h o p e fu lly e v e r y ­ b o d y e n jo y s and c o m e s b a c k n ext year for," D ahlström said. "W e have had b asically zero is­ su es w ith the relays, o ther than there bein g a lot of p eo p le ." Human rights symposium takes action against abuse By Katherine Noble Daily Texan Staff The White Rose Society is host­ ing its fourth annual human rights symposium this week in an effort to raise awareness about current geno­ cides around the world and to en­ courage students to take action. This year's symposium, "Action or Apathy: The Struggle for H u­ man Rights," focuses on the geno­ cide in Darfur and on the human rights abuse taking place in the Re­ public of the Congo and Burma. The symposium events take place at 7 p.m. every day through Thurs­ day. T he society w orked to find speakers with unique stories who can give names and faces to geno­ cide statistics, society chair Katie Malaspina said. Sym posium chair Rachel Hirsch said the hu m an rig h ts sy m p o ­ sium w as organized w hen soci­ ety m em bers saw how many stu­ dents were unaware of genocides taking place today. "T h e sym p osiu m and action booths exist to m ake students re­ alize that solutions to global con­ flicts are not only abstractions," Malaspina said. A s p a rt o f th e sy m p o siu m , Agga N ya, a m onk who escaped from Burma to Thailand and now lives in New York, spoke Monday night about his involvement in the 2007 Saffron Revolution in Bur­ ma. The revolution began as a se­ ries of peaceful m arches led by monks in response to military op­ pression. The Burmese military re­ gime, which has ruled the country since 1962, launched major counter­ insurgency cam paigns to oppress pro-democracy protests. According to the society, though many people are aware of the rev ­ olution, few know about the ongo­ ing abuse of many of Burma's eth­ nic groups. A buses include rape, forced migration and the accumu­ lation of the largest number of child soldiers in the world. M ore than 3,500 villages have been burned, and m ore than 650,000 citizens have been displaced. "In our country, there is no jus­ tice, no freedom ," Nya said. M ichael Haack, the campaigns coordinator for the U.S. Campaign for Burma, said the human rights violations in Burma may fall un­ der the category of crimes against humanity or war crimes. The cam ­ paign is working to have the U .N Security Council establish a com ­ mission to address the question oi possible international crimes. The society started as a Holo- caust-aw areness group named af­ ter the W hite Rose Society formed by stu d en ts in M unich, G erm a­ ny, w ho w ere later beheaded foi their anti-N azi affiliations during World War II. A g g a Nya, a m onk leader during the 2007 Saffron Revolution, speaks at the H um an Rights Sym posium , hosted by the W hite Rose Society. Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Stafl A Friend Dies. Who Cares? Toxic drinking is an e p id e m ic on c a m p u s e s all acro ss A m erica. It m e a n s co n su m in g so m uch a lc o h o l the drinker passes out. But w hile “sleeping it off,” the victim may b e quietly dying. W hen you c o m e right down to it, students th em selves are the b est o n e s to tackle this problem . So, in growing num bers, Stony B rook students have jo in ed togeth er in the Red Watch B an d m ovem ent. Working with experts, they fine-tuned a c o u rs e in te c h n iq u e s to h an d le th ese a lc o h o l e m e rg e n cie s. Red Watch B and m e m b e r s c a n a ct fast, w hen every s e c o n d c o u n ts.T h ey know the qu ick steps they c a n take to re scu e a passed-out student from a drinking death, and c a n im m ediately su m m o n professional help. Everyone co m p letin g the c o u r s e is given the distinctive red w atch for identification. S in c e its in cep tion at Stony B rook University in March 2009, approxim ately 40 s c h o o ls acro ss the cou n try have signed on to im p lem en t this lifesaving program. To prevent toxic drinking deaths, go to redwatchband.org ST#NY BÏW&K STA T E U N IV E R S IT Y O F N EW Y O R K 5 N K W S Tuesday, April 6,2010 International students increasingly apply to American graduate schools By Aziza M usa Daily Texan Staff According to a report released today by the Council of Graduate Schools, the num ber of interna­ tional students applying to grad­ uate schools across the U nited States is increasing, and UT's pre­ liminary data reflects this trend. The report contains information regarding applications submitted by international students to U.S. g rad u a te schools. The council, in its mission to advance g radu­ ate education, began studying in­ ternational graduate adm issions trends in 2004. "After the Patriot Act passed, there were a large num ber of de­ clines in international applica­ tions and en ro llm en t because of visa delays, so ou r m em ber schools asked us to take a closer look at adm issions trends," said council spokesman Stuart Heiser. "Because [international graduate students] are such a large po p u ­ lation, it's im portant to look at the trends." As the first phase of its three- part plan, the council conducted an annual survey, which contains a prelim inary count of in tern a­ tional applicants to U.S. graduate schools. In June, the council will receive the final count and a pre­ view of admissions offers made to international students. The coun­ cil w ill obtain and evaluate the number of adm itted international students who enroll in U.S. grad­ uate schools. At UT alone, the rate of interna­ tional students applying to grad­ uate school increased by nearly 1 percent, or 550 students, from fall 2009 to fall 2010, said Pat El­ lison, associate director of adm is­ sions and assistant dean of grad­ uate studies. As of press tim e, 10,750 international students have applied for the up­ com ing sem ester. T his n u m b e r ac­ counts for nearly 42 percent of all grad­ uate school ap p li­ cations, excluding the School of Law. UT is one of the to p 10 u n iv e r s i­ ties in th e c o u n ­ try to enroll inter­ national g rad u a te s tu d e n ts , H e ise r said. In tern atio n ­ al stu d e n ts m ade up about 26 p e r­ cent of the g rad u ­ ate school population at the Uni­ versity in fall 2009. Overall, inter­ national students comprise about 16 percent of all graduate students in the United States, he said. UT graduate applications also th e m i r r o r e d fin d in g s of the report, which in­ d ic a te th a t in ­ ternational stu ­ d e n t s a p p l y m ostly to en g i­ neering, p h y si­ cal sciences and business grad u ­ ate programs. The C ockrell School of Engi­ neering has the highest num ber of international applicants since F eb . 15 w ith about 4,400, Ellison said. Natural sciences follows w ith 1,800 inter­ national applicants, and business comes in third with 1,500 interna­ tional applicants. According to the report, the m a­ jority of the international ap p li­ cants come from China, India and South Korea. The trends suggest increases in applications from Chi­ na and India but decreases from South Korea, the Middle East and Turkey from 2009 to 2010. "China has been greatly increas­ ing its num ber of college grad u ­ ates, so there's an ever-grow ing pool of prospective graduate stu­ dents," H eiser said. "A lso, the Chinese economy has been grow­ ing so quickly that now, m ore students can afford to study in the U.S." Heiser said the specific reasons for grow ths in som e countries and declines in others remain un­ known. He said it is im portant to keep in m ind that an increase in applications does not necessarily equate to an increase in interna­ tional student enrollment. D arren Kelly, g ra d u a te s tu ­ dent in kinesiology and com mu­ nications director and external vice president-elect of the G rad­ uate Student Assembly, said the increase in international student applications for U T's g raduate school reflects well on the Univer­ sity and bodes well for students' cultural understanding. "W e're living in an in creas­ ingly globalized society," Kelly said. "We celebrate sim ilarities, but we also celebrate differences. Those differences are w hat make us unique and w hat make those opinions valid. It's im portant to be able to u n d ersta n d perspec­ tives of different cultures because it helps us learn more about other people and ourselves." W e're liv in g in an increasingly globalized so ciety . " — Darren Kelly KÜEHTUESDA1 COUPONS J M hU M M SO A Y COUPONS SPRING SPECIAL Large 1 Topping Pizza Carry Out |i i S P R I N G S P E C I A L ! 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O ther successes included the Green F u n d re fe re n d u m th a t p a s se d in the student-w ide general election in March; a letter-writing cam paign that encouraged professors to submit their textbook requisitions on time to save the Co-op and students money, lead­ ing to a 5-percent increase in on-time requests; and the creation of several stud ent advisory com m ittees to give students access to the adm inistration and to create o p p o rtu n ities for ser­ vice learning, Ma said. O ne of these com m ittees w orks directly w ith In­ form ation Technology Services to in­ crease stu d e n t in p u t on technology development and programs. O 'Rourke said there is still w ork to be done in areas such as leadership and affordability, especially during a time of budget cuts. One of the m ost con­ troversial topics of this year 's SG and across cam pus w as tuition policy. In March, the Board of Regents approved a nearly 4-percent tuition increase each year for the next two years, a move first proposed by the Tuition Policy A dvi­ sory Committee. O 'R ourke sat on the com m ittee and stood by its propos­ al. He also publicly supported keeping the committee's meetings closed to the public and to The Daily Texan. But O'Rourke said he and other exec­ utive board members m ade substantial steps toward affordability for students, including the textbook requisition cam­ paign and long-term proposals about ways to lower costs in the future. "I d o n 't think people understan d w hat a 2-percent cut means, and with the fact that we're going through a bud­ get exercise for 8-percent reductions, I d o n 't think the University yet knows what that means," he said. Executive board members and rep­ resentatives criticized the assembly for spending too much time considering bills that affect the internal structure of SG, such as their absence policy and the legislation regarding the Speaker of the Assembly — a position SG voted against creating that w ould have put m ore distance between the executive board and the assembly. "A lot of times, it seem ed like the assembly was just sitting in front of a mirror saying, 'Does this set of inter­ nal rules make our butt look fat?"' said Alex Ferraro, an outgoing University- wide representative. "To some extent it was necessary, but we took it too far in this assembly." Despite the high volume of legisla­ tion, 10 students random ly surveyed on campus by The Daily Texan all said they knew little or nothing about the activities or accomplishments of SG. "I do n 't have plans to join SG, but I wish I knew w hat was going on or what they did," said biology freshman Noelia Garza. "The only time I've seen them was when they were giving out fliers during elections." Every stu dent has the right to d e­ mand accountability from SG, Ma said, but she encouraged students to remem­ ber that major platform goals, such as affordability, can't be accom plished overnight. "I'm so grateful that we had this chance to serve stu dents," Ma said. "It's not w ritten that way in the plat­ form or our executive goals packet, but that was always our main goal." By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Austin has recently been des­ ignated as a key dty for drug traf­ fickers erf Mexican cartels, accord­ ing to federal authorities, and as a result, several agencies are teaming together to combat the potential influence cartels may have on local gang members and the violence associated with the drug war. Austin's location along Inter­ state Highway 35 — a key corri­ dor for drug transportation into the country — makes it a sec­ ond-tier city in terms of the dis­ tribution of drugs from Mexico, said Greg Thrash, Austin's Drug E nforcem ent Agency agent- in-charge. State, local and federal author­ ities met with the Austin Pub­ lic Safety Commission on Mon­ day to discuss Mexican cartels and the increasingly violent drug war that may result in collateral damage to the Austin area and Texas overall. A fter passing the border, drugs go through staging cities such as Austin, where the leaders of the cartels dictate the transit and distribution of the drugs and revenue, Thrash said. "We are concerned about col­ lateral dam age — collateral vi­ olence that occurs as a result of trafficking," Thrash said. "We are not seeing a major increase in vi­ olence related to the cartels, but we should be fearful of it — we should be aware." The A ustin Police D epart­ ment, the DEA, the Department of Public Safety and the FBI each gave presen tatio n s M onday i T h e D a i l y T e x a n Í M \ - J APD Lt. Randy Pogue greets law enforcement officers at City Hall prior to an Austin Public Safety Commission m eeting con­ cerning cartel activity in Mexico and how it may affect the Austin area. Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan Staff concerning the growth of orga­ nized crime and the distribution of narcotics. The increase in violence over the past several years is a result of the six major cartels of Mex­ ico com bing forces into sepa­ rate groups that fight am ong each other, Thrash said. Of u t­ most concern is the alignment of the Gulf Cartel, La Familia Cartel and the Sinaloa group, which has formed together to combat Los Zetas. Because of the high volume of drugs that come into and through Austin, the city has been desig­ nated a High Intensity Drug Traf­ ficking Area by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Thrash said. The designa­ tion will give more resources to Travis County to aid agencies to fight drug trafficking together. Included in the discussion was Austin's gang population which, although it is only at street lev­ el and primarily commits low­ er-level narcotics possessions crimes, may be potential targets for recruitment by cartels seek­ ing enforcers or distributors, officials said. APD Cmdr. Chris Noble said Austin has a gang population upwards of 2,000 people. The Austin Regional Intelli­ gence Center, a central data-col- lection agency that is currently in development for Austin, may help identify those threats and is­ sues related to gangs and cartel activity, Carter said. "You have to worry about peo­ ple that are not directly involv ed or that may want to emulate some of that behavior or seize other opportunities," Carter said. "We have concerns and the point is what we don't want to happen in Austin are the things that you are seeing now in area like El Paso or Laredo. We don't want to see that organized criminal activity be re-routed to Austin." Chuck Young, founder and treasurer for Texans for Account­ able Government, said the policy so far may be misconstrued by law enforcement officials to go beyond investigations rooted in criminal activity. "If you are not dealing with som ething that's rooted in a criminal predicate, why is this information even on the table?' Young said. The privacy policy of the cen­ ter is still subject to change based on discussions with APD and ad­ vocacy groups, Carter said. Hi said that on May 27, the inter-lo­ cal agreement, which is an agree­ ment that must be approved by the agencies participating in the center, will be presented to the City Council for the establish­ ment of the center. 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Originally p art of a South By Southwest event, "Art For Life," along with a retrospective of Gove- nar's films, was organized by Bless and Texas Folklife. Texas Folklife brought Govenar to Austin to expose the community to his work, which usually focuses on Texas folklore and tradition. "H e's a really im portant folk- lorist for the state of Texas. He has been w orking for over 30 years docum en tin g Texas traditions. He's been very active in Texas and very im portant in getting Texas culture noticed," Bless said. "We thought it was really important [to bring Govenar to Austin] because, oddly enough, Texans don't get to see his w ork very much." After trying to bring G ovenar to Austin on previous occasions, Bless w as very excited to finally host an event for him. "It was a very fun and unusual opportunity to do this, and we've had some very mixed reactions to the tattoo photos," she said. "We're in South Austin, and there's a tat­ too shop right next door. It seemed like the South Austin crowd would probably enjoy it." "Art For Life" will be featured in the Texas Folklife gallery until April 16. The gallery is open Mon­ day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. If that's not weird enough, the 22-track concept album ab o u t Imelda Marcos, the form er first lady of the Philippines, features a different guest vocalist on almost every track. Most of these sing­ ers are female, and Byme himself only sings on two songs. The album plays like some sort of a disco-funk opera. The tone of the music is dominated by Slim's dance-heavy production, which contrasts strangely w ith the nar­ rative, melodic female vocals. The pairings usually work out well; singers such as Santigold fit right in on their respectiv e tracks On the other hand, some of the songs are overwhelmingly forget­ table. For example, Tori Amos, a great artist in her ow n right, just d oesn't fit in on "You'll Be Tak­ en Care Of." One of the tracks on w hich Byrne sings, "A m erican Troglodyte," is eerily reminiscent of David Bowie's 1997 flop, "I'm A fraid of Americans." This is a strange thing to be reminded of, but it essentially sums up the feel of the entire album — strange. Byme does m anage to effec­ tively tell Marcos' story through the album 's lyrics. W ithout pre­ vious know ledge of the subject matter, listeners can easily, get the gist Byme focuses on her poor upbringing, then her ascent into fame and fortune, and turns it into a pow erful, universal story about love. Overall, Here Lies Love does not live up to its grand aspirations. It's uncertain w hat motivated Byme to undertake this project — or what he'll do with it. It seems like it could be the setup foT a m u si­ cal. Regardless, Byme solidifies his reputation for doing the unexpect­ ed. The album is an interesting, al­ though far from exceptional, con­ tribution to his discography. Grade: C — John Meller David Byrne &Fatboy Slim Here Lies Love Don't listen to Here Lies Love ex­ pecting it to sound like anything David Byrne has done before. If you do, you w on't be disappoint­ ed, but you might be confused. Here Lies Love is a collabora­ tion between Byrne, best known for his work with Talking Heads, and Fatbov Slim — yes, the guy w ho's most famous for those two inescapable dance hits from the late '90s, "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You." Two "Art For Life" photographs hang on the w all at the Texas Folklife Museum in South Austin. O a n ie la T ru jillo | D a ily T e x an S ta ff ALIENS: Substandard writing dooms ‘V’ From page 12 to fi°w together. With "V," that's mg woes. But this is the same ac- tress that played Juliet in "Lost," and not the case. It's hard to watch the show w ithout thinking of every- there sure as hell wasn't talk of bad Furthering the problems for "V" thing in term s of story structure acting then. 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Don't get me wrong, I still have a hard tim e w atch in g the former with­ out thinking of it as an "X-Files" copycat, but the writing and sto­ rytelling on the show is superb, and slowly but surely, I'm getting hooked. As for "V," well, that's a different story entirely. ------------------- Based on a miniseries from the 1980s, "V " is now in a long-run se­ ries format and details the arrival of a group of aliens — known as "the visitors" — who claim to be here to help the human race. Oi course, as time has gone on and we've learned a little more aboul the aliens, we know that isn't true. The visitors want humans for something. We just haven't found out what exactly that "something" is. There's nothing wrong with the story itself; it made for an in­ triguing miniseries the first time around, and with the updates ot _____________ modem technol­ ogy, it looks just fine. The show's main problem — and it's a big one — is the writing. The dialogue is ripe with exam­ ples of mistakes you leam to stay away from on the first day of a writ­ ing class. The talk is stiff and unnatural, and speech­ es are so riddled with cliches that you'd think the actors are simply reading Hallmark cards on screen This is a shame, because some ol the ideas the show is trying to ex­ plore aren't all that bad. ALIENS continues on page 11 The show's main problem — and it's a big one — is the writing. Sarah Rucker, Texas Folklife's program and events manager, stands in front of the gallery's current exhibition, "Art For Life."The display features p h otograp h s by Alan Govenar of interesting and intriguing tattoos. Tattoos create living sculptures By Sarah Pressley Daily Texan Staff Snakes slither across shoul­ ders and tribal bands wrap around biceps. Horses rear and gallop across backs and chests, while cowboys in fur chaps pose mid-torso beneath block letters. This is all part of "A rt For Life," an exhibit of tattoo pho­ tographs by Alan Govenar cur­ rently show ing in the Texas Folklife gallery. Govenar, a folklorist, w rit­ er, photographer and filmmak­ er, began photographing tattoos when he was a junior at Ohio State University. "A t first, I was drawn to tat­ toos because I felt they were so misunderstood as an art form," Govenar said. "W hat attracted me to the tattoos in the exhibi­ tion was their originality in the way they were placed on the body, how the body becomes a living sculpture." For Govenar, these photo­ graphs are more than just art. Each im age hold s a sp ecial memory for both the artist and the subject. "E ach photograp hic series has its own integrity," Govenar said. "Each photograph result­ ed from an experience that was, [at] once, engaging and com ­ pletely memorable." The photographs in the gal­ lery range from a nearly life- sized image of a man whose body is almost fully inked, to closer im ages of lim bs d ec­ orated in d ifferent styles of tattoo artwork. One of the images, a photo­ graph of Captain Don Leslie, portrays the circus perform er standing in front of an old post­ er and displaying the swords he swallows for the crowd's en­ tertainment. Leslie appears to be ornately tattooed from the neck down. "I just think it's a great pho­ tograph. I just love it. The color and everything about it is pretty wonderful," said Nancy Bless, the executive director of Tex­ as Folklife. "There's sort of the nostalgia of the old painted cir­ cus backdrop he's standing TATTOO continues on page 11 Elizabeth Mitchell stars in A BC's sci-fi series "V," which suffers from poorly written d ialogu e a nd predictable plots. Photo courtesy of V Better clinic. Better medicine. Better world. 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