T I - - » * •• 2007 SPORTS NEWS W(*t Nil* possible summer threat AVAILABLE COPT Friday, June 20, 2003 Serving the community of The University of Texas at Austin since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com mmmmummmmi Strayhorn nixes proposed state budget Unbalanced budget is a first for Texas, says comptroller By Robert Inks Daily Texan Staff Texas C om p tro ller C arole Keeton Strayhorn said T hursday she w ould not certify the state L egislatu re's p ro p o sed b u d g et for 2004 and 2005. T he an n o uncem ent ad d s an elem ent of uncertainty to the U niversity's budget, which is due to the UT System today. In a new s conference Thursday, Strayhorn said the $117.4 billion budget passed by the Legislature cam e up $185.9 million short. "I have been in public office over a span of 30 years, and this is one of the m ost difficult m essages 1 have had to deliver," Strayhorn said. "This is the first tim e a Legislature has sent the com ptrol­ ler a budget that is not balanced." H ouse Bill 1 is the appropria­ that determ in es the tions bill am ount of m oney that all state institutions receive — including the U niversity — and none of these in stitu tio n s will receive new state funds until the com p­ troller's office gives its approval UT President Larry Faulkner said the University will stick by the general revenue given by the original bill — $242 million — and make adjustm ents based upon the final version of HB 1. "It's not practical to be very definitive about this right now," he said. in clause S trayhorn's rejection of the stae* budget came as a shock to law m akers, especially given a lo n g s ta n d in g the I eg islatu re's b u d g et bills that allows the com ptroller to sign off on a budget even if it has a short­ fall. The clause, know n as a "rider," gives the com ptroller the pow er to accept an unbalanced budget, and then to have the gov­ ern o r's office m ake across-the- board cuts to elim inate the gap. Strayhorn responded to ques­ tions about the rider by citing a line from the Texas Constitution that says that the com ptroller must send the budget back to the Legislature if it is found to be unbalanced. "The existence of the contin­ gent rider dix*s not solve the prob­ lem," Strayhorn said. "If the con­ stitutional process to be changed, it must be by constitu­ tional am endm ent voted on and approved by the people of Texas." With the Legislature already called to a special session begin­ is ning June 30 to discuss congres­ sional redistricting, eyes have turned to Gov. Kick Perry to see if he might change the focus to bal­ ancing the budget. But Gene Acuña, Perry's deputy press secre­ tary, said his office is trying to find ways to balance the budget with­ out having the Legislature meet. "O ptions are being discussed with the leadership, budget writ­ ers and law m akers to find a solu­ tion before June 22," A cuña said. See BUDGET; page 2 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION A SUCCESS Freedom parade attracts thousands to celebrate history By Claire Harfin Daily Texan Staff Mon* than 6,(XX) people g ath ­ ered in East A ustin T hursday for a celebration of em ancipation. The annual Juneteenth parade began on M artin L uther King B oulevard, m oved south on Chicon Street and ended with fes­ tivities at Rosewood Park. "This celebration is getting bet­ ter and better every year," said D onald Spence, chairm an of the Sm CELEBRATION, page 2 Above, sisters Taneolyn Avery, 24, front, and Jackie Avery, 23, back, ride atop cars as Miss East Austin and Miss South Austin in the Juneteenth parade down Martin Luther King Boulevard on Thursday. Left, among the many parade participants in Thursday's Juneteenth festivities, Lee Anthony Dawson, 7, drives a child size SUV with the GMC Trucking group. Photo» by Deborah Lyklns/ Daily Texan Staff INSIDE Waller Creek turtles moving up and out Reptilian friends o f the Key Office moved out construction By Lauren Charllp Daily Texan Staff For 10 years, Todd Yates spent part of his lunch hour feeding turtles in the small section of Waller Creek at 24th Street and San Jacinto Boulevard "Once I had all four of them up w ith their front legs on the con­ crete looking at me," he said. H e fed them chicken, balled- u p pieces of bread , leftovers from his office fridge in the Service B uilding — he even b ro u g h t leftovers from hom e. The turtles particularly enjoyed d oug h n u ts, according to m em ­ bers of the U niversity's Locks and Keys Service w here Yates w orks. At first, a ttr a c te d the food a ttra c te d sch ools of little perch, w hich in tu rn tu rtle s. Y ou'd catch a g lim p se of a big tu rtle , Yates said, an d a p a ir of jaw s w o u ld sn a p d o w n on th e fish. th e Eventually Yates was able to cajole the turtles to sw im right up to w here he sat. Yates cam e dangerously close to losing the turtles on Thursday, or so he thought. The stretch of bank w here they nested was cov­ ered by a new artificial bank, bricks m a d e of textured rock rather than the previous concrete overhang. Renovation began on the turtles' section of Waller ( reek last week while Yates was on vacation. The work is a pilot program for a larg­ er Waller C reek restoration project scheduled to begin in 2(X)4 under the sponsorship of the University's Environmental 1 lealth and Safety office. The project a im s to make the area more accessible to students, according to Erie Janssen, envi­ ronm ental health and safety director. It is also designed to protect the area from erosion. The new construction will stabi­ lize the creek banks and native grasses will be planted in the area soon. The creek runs through the heart o f cam pus, m ore or less Sn TURTLES, page 2 As part of the Waller Creek restoration project, limestone slabs have replaced turtle nests near 24th Street and San Jacinto Boulevard. Four tur­ tles from the habitat have moved on from their former home. ‘Alex and Em m a’ Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson team up this weekend in a new romantic comedy. SEE PAGE 10 index ........................... 3 World & Nation ........................................ 4 Opinion Inside News .................................5 Clássifieds.............................. 6&7 ........................................ 7 Comics S p o r ts .........................................8 Entertainment...................... 9&10 Weather High 93 Low 72 Mostly sunriy Volume 103, Number 159 25 cents Staff creates policy for grievances Some members worry new draft doesn 7 do enough for employees By Delaney Hall Daily Texan Staff A new staff grievance policy, in the works since the inception of the UT Staff Council tw o years ago, has been drafted and will proceed to President Larry Faulkner for evaluation and approval. The Staff Council approved the proposed policy, 38-18, d uring its monthly m eeting Thursday, with four m em bers abstaining from the vote. The new policy extends the period of time during which an em ployee can subm it a grievance against his or her supervisor, standardizes the time frames for parties at each level and creates a new position: the dispute resolution officer, w ho oversees and monitors all aspects of an investigation. Though the new policy passed w ith a majority of votes, m any council m em bers expressed reserva­ tions about the policy and com plained that it -.till favors the adm inistration and dries not provide for '■nough staff involvem ent and oversight. Kyle C avanaugh, associate vice president for hum an resources, and Frank Simon, chair of the Staff Council, began redrafting the current policy in January after Faulkner issued a directive asking them to revise the staff grievance procedure. I lowever, a better and m ore equitable grievance policy has been a priority of the Staff Council for m uch longer, Sim on said. "We've been working on this since December 7, since the council first began meeting. This was 2(X)1 the first issue of record for the council," Simon said. Simon said the council had drafted a solid policy. "If it g o e s into effect, it will represent som e really significant gains," he said. "It's not everything we want, but it's an im provem ent" See POLICY page 2 i U m 1 employees to lace layoffs and pay freeze Legislative budget cuts lead to reduced state funds to the University By Lomi Krlel Daily Texan Staff A lthough Texas' 2004 budget is s t ill up in the air, t h i s year's legislative session will affect m any Texas state em ployees, including the alm ost 11,000 statt m em bers at the University. Recent legislation that m ay m ean drastic cuts to em ployee insurance coverage, and anticipated cuts in state funding to the University, led UT officials to institute a pay freeze for all em ployees until at least next spring. The 50-percent reduction of m edical benefits for all state part-tim e em ployees, com bined w ith the delay in pay increases, m eans a drastic loss for state em ployees, said Caroline O 'C onnor, the legislative director for the Texas State Em ployee Union. "The budget w as balanced on the backs ot state and University em ployees," O 'C onnor said. OC onnor said since 1999, state em ployees have received only tw o $J(XJ-per-inonth, across the-board pay increases. O C o n n o i said both raises were accom panied bv insurance rate hikes. G re g Murphy, a Staff Council representative from the Red McC om bs School of Business, hoped the University could find a solution to soften the* reduc­ tion in insurance coverage At T h u rs d a y 's m onthly S tatt C ouncil m eeting, the new ch a irm an elect, G len Worley, m anager of library services, expected the next yeai to be difficult. "We know there will be* som e layoffs, and changes in insurance. There will be people looking to us to listen to their com plaints and issues," Worley said. Former Staff Council chairm an Frank Simon, w hose term officially ended Thursday, said d uring recent U niversity Leadership C ouncil meetings, Sm EMPLOYEES, page 2 FRIDAY JUNE 20 Final examinations for first-term twobour courses in the School of Law. Page 2 PageT wo Homeless seek relief on Internet CORPORATE AMERICA’S LEAST WANTED ATLANTA — inspired by the military’s card deck of most-wanted Iraqi war figures, two Atlanta men have created a deck of cards for America’s corporate villains. ‘The Stacked Deck’ features cari­ catures of Enron Corp.’s former CEO, Arthur Andersen’s former CEO and the guru of good things, Martha Stewart Friday, June 20, 2003 T h e D aily T ex \ n E-mail at library provides connection to friends, family By Todd Hilliard Daily Texan Staff Though they lack a physical residence, many in A ustin's homeless community still have an address. The Austin Public Librar)' provides free Internet access, and the homeless make up a large portion of those who log on. Some play games like chess while others conduct online job-searches, but the pri­ mary use is for e-mail. Nancy Byrd, a reference librar­ ian at the downtown branch for 17 years, said the library has always been a gathering place for the homeless interested in learning. "It's a free place they can be without being ostracized," Byrd said. "IPs not like if they went to the mall or someplace where security guards might hassle them." Bartow Walker, a 62-year-old homeless artist, said he thought use of the Internet by the home­ less had skyrocketed recently. "Go down there, everybody's playing chess," he said. "I've been playing for years, but now Yahoo! chess is so crowded you can hardly get on a table." Walker also said he thought e- mail provided an unprecedented service to the homeless. "It has literally connected everybody in the United States," Walker said. "I was able to find my sister in Abbeyville, La., who I hadn't seen in years." Mark Stewart, 36, agreed with Walker's comments. "E-mail is great because it's a permanent way I can be tracked down," he said. "I haven't paid a bill since 1997, but I know I can be found at this [e-mail] address. Leslie Hays, a volunteer coor­ dinator with AmeriCorps Vista at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, said ARCH helps individuals computer- learn skills. "We help them learn to do any­ thing productive," Hays said. "We teach them to use the computer as an educational tool for learning and communication — not for entertainment." Hays said she saw the Internet as a positive resource for the homeless and a way for many of them to get back on their feet. "People accomplish a lot in to here," she said, referring ARCH's computer lab. Stewart, who said he often uses the Internet to work out problems with old taxes — prob­ lems that he said "held him back" in the first place — said he thought the Internet would help .others avoid similar problems. "On the Internet, more people have an opportunity to get out there and learn from other's mis­ takes," he said. State comptroller rejects Legislature’s budget BUDGET FROM 1 Under law, June 22 is the last day the governor may sign bills. Acuña would not say what measures were being considered. suggested Thursday that a clerical error may be to blame for the discrepancy. legislator One Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, and Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, sent a letter to the comptroller's office Thursday morning pointing out a possible problem with HB 3588 — a comprehensive transportation bill Perry signed into law just hours later — that had a projected expen­ diture of more than $200 million. The bill says the money was to be spent in 2004, but Krusee said that year should have been 2006. Strayhom dismissed Krusee's proposed solution a few hours later. "This letter has no impact whatsoever. I am bound by the Constitution to evaluate bills as passed and enrolled," she said in a statement. Some lawmakers have been quick to highlight another inter­ esting note. "$185.9 million is less than one- tenth of one percent of the budg­ et," Bob Richter, press secretary to House Speaker Tom Craddick, pointed out. "I bet we could round off to the nearest dollar and come up with that amount." The cement UT Staff Council drafts grievance policy 30UTS on, orcing the turtles out Simon pushed the proposal through the council meeting quickly, allowing little time for members to review the new pol­ icy or ask questions. through said Katherine Guajardo, a council member and coordinator for the Department of Computer Services. Cavanaugh said the emphasis of the new procedure is on con­ flict resolution at the lowest level possible, through mediation. POLICY FROM 1 it," Simon strongly encouraged the council members to vote "yes" and send the draft along. "I encourage you all to for­ ward it to the president so he can put it through an evaluation. If we vote it down, how long will it be before we can submit another proposal? I worry we'll damage our credibility with the adminis­ tration," Simon said. Some council members expressed displeasure with the short period of time they were given to read through the draft and to decide whether to pass it on to the president or continue with the redrafting process. "In the space of 20 minutes, we have to decide whether it goes forward or not? Everyone in the room owes it to the people they represent to read this thoroughly. I'm sorry if I'm gumming up the works, but if we could just look Others expressed concern that there were few substantial changes to the existing policy and that it failed to address some of the original concerns voiced by council members. "There's no equity in this process. We're still not getting what we really need," said J.R. Schlesinger, of the physical plant. "There's still no peer involve­ ment," added Jan Ballard, finan­ cial analyst with the Thompson Conference Center. Simon, however, contended that small steps must be taken, and Cavanaugh explained that Faulkner established certain parameters for the revisions. Originally, the council had hoped to create the position of ombudsman to oversee the griev­ ance procedure, but Faulkner squelched the idea. "The things we wanted and didn't get, we're just not going to get at this time," Simon said. The new dispute resolution officer position, touted by Simon as one of the most significant gains in the new policy, will be a position housed in the human resources department. "The DRO is sort of like an ombudsman, " said Cavanaugh. The DRO differs from an ombuds­ man, however, because it is a part of the Staff Council instead of an independent entity. the Under revised policy, employees will have 10 days instead of five to submit a griev­ ance. The dean, director or designee who receives the com­ plaint will have 10 days to respond to it. Some council members seemed disgruntled, but voted for the proposal anyway. "I don't think we can get any­ thing better," Simon said, "but we've made some important gains." Freedom celebration unites more than 6,000 CELEBRATION, FROM 1 Juneteenth committee. Spence said this year more participants were involved than in past years. The parade fea­ tured 75 different groups, and there were more than 40 vendors in and around Rosewood Park. Dating back to 1865, June­ teenth is the oldest known cele­ bration of the end of slavery. It was on June 19 of that year that the Union soldiers, led by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston with news that the war had ended and the enslaved were free. Texans have celebrated free­ dom on this day every year since, and on Jan. 1, 1980, Juneteenth became an official state holiday. Laura Am m er attended the event Thursday for the first time and brought her three daughters. "I think it is important that my girls recognize that they are here because of something significant that happened in our history," she said. Barbara Weakly, an East Austin resident, said she has come to the parade for as long as she can remember. "Juneteenth means getting together with all our black people and enjoying ourselves," Weakly said. Although most attendees were black, all people were welcome to celebrate African- American freedom. come "We all just come together as friends," said Danny Arnold, an East Austin resident who has attended the event for more than 30 years. "There is no color barrier on having a good time," he said. Austin East Side Story, an after-school enrichment program for families, organized band par­ ticipation in the parade. The organization also sponsored six other Juneteenth parades this week. "We think that Juneteenth reflects the sacrifices that have been made over the years," said Larry Jackson, executive director of Austin East Side Story. "If young people truly understand where they came [from], then they will have a better perspec­ tive of responsibility and their future." Proceeds from the event went to the Greater East Austin Youth Association, a nonprofit organi­ zation that helps raise funds for children's sports groups. Make the Texan work for you. 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More likely they are com­ m on snapping turtles, said Travis LeDuc, assistant curator of herpetology at the Texas Memorial Museum. "Snappers are awfully cool turtles," he said. "I've got two of them at home. They'll eat any­ thing. They're like little garbage disposals." Or big garbage disposals, like the Waller Creek male. "He was like this big," Yates said and made a wide circle with his arms. Lee Hart, a locksmith in Yates' department, agreed. "His head was like the size of my fist. He's huge," Hart said. Workers at the site h ad n't heard any particular turtle direc­ tives, though they indicated that the turtles had moved on from their former home. "We rescued every animal we could. We worried about the big turtle, but he got the hell out of Dodge," Janssen said. that Patti Tate, a safety specialist with the EHS who spent a lot of time on site at 24th Street and San Jacinto Boulevard, con­ turtles had the firmed indeed left of their own volition. the big machinery would go in, the turtles would take off," she said. "W hen all the vibrations stopped, they would crawl back in the area." "When Yates was relieved to hear that the world was not short for turtle lives. "That was our main concern, that they were blocked in," he said. "They're my buddies." CORRECTIONS POLICY The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail man- agingeditor@dai!'J'texanonline.com. (^arrangements | In plants. I fresh flowers, balloons I and morel ■ •delivery ■available CASA VERDE FLORIST _ J ___ . G; I 4 5 1 - 0 6 9 1 * j 18 0 6 W . 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"When that slips away, it's not good." In further efforts to reduce layoffs, the University instituted a Voluntary Retirement Incen­ tive program to all eligible employees. Simon said as of Monday, 134 people out of the 493 people offered early retire­ ment had accepted. M arsha Correira, a senior administrative at University Health Services, is one of those 134. assistant "I was made a generous offer to quit," Correira said. "Of those who were offered it, if we don't accept it, there is no guarantee that we won't be laid off." A change in insurance policy for retired staff was also immi­ nent, Correira said. Previously, if a staff member retired at the minimum age of 55, with a mini­ mum five years of service, the University would continue to pay their medical insurance. At Thursday's meeting, Simon said employees hired after Sept. 1, 2003, would have to accrue more time before qualifying for this coverage. Thursday's meeting also saw the hurried approval of a new staff grievance proposal. This proposal was the first point of order of the staff council, and has seen two years of deliberation. Although several staff raised concerns that the new policy did not differ greatly from the old one, Murphy said that anything was better than the current sys­ tem. "A lot of staff don't trust it much," Murphy said. "This has been going on for years and years and nothing has really changed. If this is what it takes, it's a good start." 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The department released a wanted poster with the men’s names and photographs but declined to make any offer of rewards for information leading to their capture. Mexican soldiers and army offi­ cers play a large role in anti-drug enforcement, and several have been convicted in the past of turning sides and taking money from traffickers. But the Zetas, based in the bor­ der state of Tamaulipas, would apparently mark the first case of a criminal organization based mainly on deserters. The soldiers were formerly stationed in the border region as part of elite rapiddeployment forces. Turkey p « e s human rights reforms to sweeten EU bid ISTANBUL, Turkey — Parliament passed sweeping human rights reforms Thursday, including allow­ ing wider Kurdish broadcasts, in a bid to improve Turkey's chances of joining the European Union. Turkey wants to open entry talks with the EU by the end of next year, but the group has said Turkey must carry out more dem­ ocratic reforms, such as granting greater rights to its estimated 12 million Kurds. The legislators approved the reforms despite concern by Turkey's influential military that they might benefit Kurdish rebels who waged a 15-year battle for autonomy in the southeast. The lawmakers dropped an anti­ terror law that had authorized prison sentences of up to three years in prison for speaking out in favor of Kurdish separatism. The reforms also extended broadcasting rights in Kurdish to private radio and television chan­ nels. Turkey's parliament last year allowed limited Kurdish broadcasts on state TV. The state also dropped a prohi­ bition against Kurdish parents from giving their babies Kurdish names. Iranian protesters arrested to stop self-immolations PARIS — Paris police rounded up nearly 100 members of an Iranian exile group Thursday to stop them from setting fire to themselves in protest of a French crackdown on their organization. One woman who burned herself a day before died of her injuries, officials said. Three people from the group, the Mujahedeen Khalq, doused themselves with flammable liquid and set themselves on fire in Europe on Thursday — two in Rome and one in Bern, Switzerland. That raised the group’s number of self-immola­ tions to seven, even as its lead­ ers appealed for a halt to the practice. The Mujahedeen Khalq has been protesting in the streets of Paris and other European cities since French police mounted raids Tuesday on their headquarters and other offices. The French government said the raids were intended to stop the group, fiercely opposed to the Muslim clerical government in Iran, from attacking Iranian diplo­ matic missions in Europe and elsewhere. The Mujahedeen Khalq has denied the allegations. Two U.S. soldiers injured, one dead from latest attack BAGHDAD, Iraq — A rocket-pro­ pelled grenade slammed into a U.S. military ambulance Thursday, killing one American soldier and wounding two others, the latest in a series of attacks on U.S. per­ sonnel or their offices. The ambulance was transporting a wounded American soldier to a medical facility when it came under fire on a highway about 20 miles south of Baghdad. The wounded soldier being transported was not the one killed, said Capt. John Morgan, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad. The casualties were members of the 804th Medical Brigade, and their identities were being withheld pending notifica­ tion of relatives. The wounded were taken to the 28th Combat Army Support Hospital in southwest EÍaghdad. It was not immediately clear if the ambulance was traveling as part of a convoy or if fire was returned. Three mortar shells exploded Tuesday outside a coalitiorvrun humanitarian aid office in the town of S a marra, north of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi bystander and wounding 12 others, hospital officials and U.S. officers in the town said Thursday. No American forces were hurt. The military ini­ tially said the attack happened Wednesday. Compiled from Associated Press reports STOCK WATCH Page 3 W o r l d & N a t io n U.N. asks Iran to submit to nuclear search - 114.27 ♦NASDAQ DOW JONES 9,179.53 Closing Thursday, June 19 1,648.64 - 28.50 Friday, June 2 0 , 2 0 0 3 T h l D a il y T k x a n \ By Danica Kirka Associated Press VIENNA, Austria — The U.N. atomic watchdog challenged Iran Thursday to prove it does not have a nuclear weapons program but rejected Washington's effort to bring the matter before the U.N. Security Council. Both Washington and Tehran declared victory. In a statement endorsed by the United States, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it expected Iran "to grant the has agency all access deemed neces­ sary" to defuse suspicions that clandestine a Tehran weapons program. The agency urged Iran to allow more inspec­ tions and to stop enriching nuclear fuel. Tehran insists its program is intended to produce electricity. Iran's nuclear chief welcomed the IAEA statement, saying it reflect­ ed "our correctness and the fail­ ure of the United States." But President Bush's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said the IAEA had reinforced Bush's statement that he and other world leaders would not tolerate nuclear weapons in Iran. to "Iran needs comply. Otherwise the world will conclude that Iran may be producing nuclear weapons," Fleischer said. IAEA experts should return to Iran next month for more inspec­ tions — the first test of Tehran's willingness to comply. IAEA D irector G en eral, M o ham ed E lB aradei, u rged Iran to be "fu lly tra n sp a re n t." During the IAEA meeting, the United States ratcheted up the pressure on Iran, previously char­ acterized by Bush as part of an "axis of evil" with North Korea and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The United States wanted the IAEA to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. That would make it possi­ ble to send the matter to the Security Council for possible action. Instead, the agency "urged" intrusive to allow more Iran inspections. The American am bassador to U.N. agencies here, Kenneth Brill, said he was "very satisfied" with the IAEA statement. The United States had demanded Iran submit to more thorough inspections after what it called a "deeply troubling" agency report. Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, says the country is pre­ pared to allow unfettered IAEA inspections as long as the interna­ tional community recognizes the country's right to acquire peace­ ful nuclear technology. Violence joins destruction of first occupied outpost By Ravi Nessman Associated Press JERUSALEM — Hundreds of angry, screaming Jewish settlers fought with Israeli troops on a West Bank hilltop Thursday when the military tore down a tent camp, the first populated outpost targeted under a U.S.- backed peace plan. Settlers set fire to underbrush and threw purple paint on the windows of armored bulldozers as the troops approached. When the soldiers began tearing down the four filthy tents, the settlers hollered battle cries and charged, trading blows with them on the dusty hilltop. Earlier in the day, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in an Israeli grocery store, killing the owner, despite an intense push by Palestinian and interna­ tional leaders to persuade mili­ tant groups to end attacks. Secretary of State Colin Powell was headed to the region Friday to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an effort to salvage the peace plan. He condemned the bombing, saying "such acts of ter­ rorism are committed by people who don't want to see two sides living side by side in peace." Stopping Palestinian attacks on Israelis and taking down the unauthorized outposts are key elements of the first phase of the U.S.-baCked "road map" to Middle East peace, a three-step plan launched June 4 that envi­ sions an end to more than two- and-a-half years of violence and creation of a Palestinian state by 2005. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers and police sent to dismantle the West Bank settlement outpost of Mitzpeh Yitzhar got into bloody fistfights with settlers Thursday after about 200 people from near­ by settlements converged on the hilltop. They blocked the road with cars, burning tires and sharp objects. They then grappled with soldiers and police who began ripping down the tents. The hundreds of paratroopers and police on the hilltop were armed only with the knives they carried to remove the settlers' tents. About 30 people were hurt on both sides, none of them seri­ ously, and Israel Radio said 15 people were arrested. The year-old outpost, with four tents and two buildings, had about 10 residents and was founded by a 22-year-old. Indications show gentle change in U.S. economy By Meg Richards Associated Press NEW YORK — A key predictor of economic activity rose sharply in May, fueling hopes for an eco­ nomic rebound, though econo­ mists cautioned that it will take a few more months of positive read­ ings to inspire the business confi­ dence needed for full recovery. "Everything is pointed in the same direction, but except for the leading indicator, none of it is pointing too hard," said Standard & Poor's chief economist David Wyss. "We may be turning the comer, but we're taking it awfully wide." The Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 1.0 percent in May to 111.6, the New York-based Conference Board said, higher than the 0.6 percent rise analysts had expected. The forecast followed encour­ aging news from the Labor Department that unemployment benefit claims had declined by a to seasonally-adjusted 13,000 421,000, a five-week low. Another new survey showed rates on 30- year mortgages remained at record low levels, holding steady at 5.21 percent. The Conference Board index measures where the overall U.S. economy is headed in the next three to six months. It stood at 100 in 19%, its base year. The sharp in May followed 18 increase months of little movement. "The Leading Economic Index finally points to a recovery," said Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein. "But the dangers pres­ ent in the first five months of the year have not disappeared com­ pletely. Chief among them is a lack of business confidence." Eight of the 10 indicators that make up the leading index rose in May, including stock prices, real money supply and consumer expectations. "We'd like to see a few more months of positive readings before we can say that the econ­ omy is accelerating in a sus­ tained way," said A.G. Edwards & Sons economist Patrick Fearon. "It's a little early to break out the champagne." The employment market con­ to worry economists. tinues Although claims have fallen, they are still above 400,000 — a level associated with a weak job mar­ ket. But the declines have raised hope that the pace of layoffs may be stabilizing. Stocks fell Thursday as investors sought to preserve profits from previous rallies. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 114 points at 9,180. The broader market also retreated. The Nasdaq composite index fell 29 points to close at 1,649. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 15 points to close at 995. Counterfeit bills drive mass exchange Bulllt Marquez/Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi women count their money after changing their new 10,000 dinar bills into smaller denominations at a bank in Baghdad, Thursday. Iraqis, worried about fake 10,000 dinars trooped to banks in Baghdad to change them into 250 dinar bills, the more popular denomination in the market. Pier Paolo Cito/Associated Press Iraqi soldiers scuffle with Jewish settlers trying to prevent troops from dismantling the settlem ent outpost of Mitzpeh Yitzhar near the Palestinian West Bank town of Nablus Thursday. Angry settlers got into fist­ fights with soldiers trying to dismantle the outpost. Israel dismantled 10 uninhabit­ ed outposts last week. The settlers immediately began working on the foundations of two tents that had been tom down. "This is our land, our home," said Yosi Peli, a settler from the nearby Yitzhar settlement. About 220,000 people live in settlements authorized by the Israeli government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many are just across the line in the West Bank and are basically suburbs of cities like Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. NATION BRIEFS Committee votes to reinstate media ownership restrictions WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee voted Thursday to restore ownership restrictions that limit how media companies can merge and grow, aiming to counter a Federal Communications Commission deci­ sion to relax the rules earlier this month. The proposed legislation would roll back changes allowing individual companies to own television sta­ tions reaching nearly half the nation’s viewers and combinations of newspapers and broadcast sta­ tions in the same city. The bill also would change radio ownership rules in a way that could force companies to sell stations. While passed by a bipartisan majority on the committee, the bill faces an uncertain future in the full Senate and a big obstacle in the House, where Rep. Billy Tauzin, R- La., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sup­ ports the changed media rules. McDonald’s to stop giving growth antibiotics to animals CHICAGO — McDonald’s Corp. said Thursday it is directing its meat suppliers worldwide to phase out the routine use of growth promoting antibiotics in animals because of concerns that the practice lessens the drugs' effectiveness in humans. McDonald's is the first major fast- food chain to take such a step. The decision by the world's biggest restaurant company came after a year of consultations with environ­ mental, science and consumer groups that had pushed for cut­ backs. Those organizations hope the move by one of the largest meat buyers marks a turning point in the way U.S. farmers raise animals. White House makes sweeping changes to EPA assessment WASHINGTON — The White House directed a major rewrite of an assessment of climate change, removing references to health and environmental risks posed by rising global temperatures, according to internal draft documents made pub­ lic Thursday. According to EPA officials and inter­ nal documents obtained Thursday, most of the original section on cli mate change was scrapped after the White House directed significant changes and deletions that empha­ sized the uncertainties surrounding the climate change debate. The changes demanded by the White House were so extensive that the climate section “no longer accu­ rately represents scientific consen­ sus on climate change," according to an April 29 EPA staff memo. Compiled fro m A ssociated Press re p o rts We ve Worked It All Out...And Here's The Student Solution! We have the perfect financial solution for students just like you. From eChecking accounts, discounted student loans, campus ATMs, Internet banking 24/7, to Cash and Check Cards. It’s all wrapped up in the Student Solutions Account...the smart way to do your banking with an account designed especially for students. Out These Student Solutions Account Features eChecking Student Checking Student Loans- With a 2 . 7 5 % Rate Reduction 28 campus area ATMs Cash 1 Check Card Credit Card Free internet Banking Two Branches Near Campus Nationwide Shared Branch Network lMho ei PINION T i n D u n T t \ \n Friday, June 20, 2003 Page 4 VIEWPOINT Noted in passing... AN O F F N IA í TLR TO DONORS: D ear alumni, boosters and other friends o f the University, You may have heard recently about a little budget crunch w e're dealing with right now'. Even though tuition deregula­ tion passed, the econom ic clim ate here at the University isn't looking much rosier. Since the Legislature seem s hell-bent on taking the "state'' out of "state university," your dollars are becom ing that our im portant University remains one of the best in the country. in ensu rin g increasingly We're appreciative of what you've already done — we really are. Through April 2003, the "We're Texas" campaign generated ov er $1.3 billion in donations. I his kind of support is incredible but we just have two tiny little requests to make. 1. A lthough the U niversity as a w hole is hurting, som e individual d epartm ents are doing quite well. Som e of them, like the Red M cC om bs School of Business, are the ones that tend to churn out the w ealthy graduates. (In the last five years, for exam ple, the business school has raised m ore than $140 m illion.) It's more than understandable to support o n e's ow n college or departm ent, but w hen that departm ent is already w ell-provided for, there are good reasons to con­ sider d onating unrestricted funds, not the least of which is that one d ep artm en t's badly needed dollar is m erely a drop in the bucket at another. Now w e're not asking you to stop donating to the business school, only to keep in mind that whatever level of excellence individual departments possess, the University will largely be judged on its quality as a whole. Unrestncted donations can be used to improve the University in the areas where improvement is most needed and maintain the University's first-tier status. The collective approach works, iust look at the athletic departm ent's fund raising through the Longhorn Foundation. Its dollars are not earm arked for a specific athletic program. In turn, the entire athletic program benefits from the generosity of donors. The sam e philosophy should take hold when donating to the academ ic com m unity o f the University. Unfortunately, the U niversity's multibillion-dollar endow ­ m ent fund is not as im pressive as it seem s — not only must the Perm anent University Fund be split with other state institu­ tions, but the extrem e size of the University m eans that there are many sm aller institutions around the country with consid­ erably larger per capita endow m ents. In this new reality of a spend-thrift Legislature, the University relies on your dollars more than ever before to maintain its standard of excellence, which brings us to our second re q u e st... 2. Cave more. Please — there are still a few buildings that aren't nam ed for anyone yet. horns up, horns down Augie Garrido and the Longhorn baseball team: Though the boys of summer didn't take home the trophy this year, they still knocked off FSU and Miami twice, garnering Garrido the record for career wins in the process. Cutco cutlery: Just because the Austin job market is lacking doesn’t mean you can steal our fellow students’ souls and integrity by forcing them to hawk knives that no one really needs anyhow. EDITORIAL BOARD Editor Kevin Kushner Associate Editors Remi Bello Jay Blackman Bob Jones Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. CONTACT US Editor: Kevin Kushner (512) 232-2212 edftof@dailytexanonline.rn Managing Editor: P Ryan Petkoff (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2206 news@dailytexanonline.com Features Office: (512) 471-8616 features@dailytexanonline.com Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Entertainment Office: (512) 232-2209 entertainment@dailytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512) 471-8618 photo@da i lytexanonline.com fr 0-03-8 Copy Desk: (512) 4768147 copy@dailytexanonline.com THE FIRING LINE Dear Mayor Wynn Amid rumors that the newly con­ stituted council will revisit and weaken the Smoke-Free Austin Ordinance, I’m writing to ask [Mayor Will Wynn] to allow the ordinance to stand as passed by City Council. Where matters of public health are in opposition to financial profit, it is the duty of those in public office to protect public health. The scientific research documenting the delete­ rious effects of repeated expo­ sure to second-hand smoke is indisputable. Please act to maintain the high­ est standard of public health pro­ tection. In other cities, it has been found to be a positive move for business, as well as for public health. Nancy Toelle Austin resident Expensive carving Gov. Perry’s call for a special legislative session on June 30 is an unconscionable act. He and other Texas Republicans are determined to carve Texas up like a turkey, no matter how much money it costs taxpayers. I have read estimates that this special session could cost up to $1.7 million. Our state is broke, workers are being laid off and school tuition is going up. I bet some uninsured children and poor elderly people could sure use some of that $1.7 dollars. But I guess if they know that the money will be spent to make Tom DeLay and Karl Rove happy, they will bear their poverty with a smile. Gale Hathcock U T staff Profiling breeds hatred Wednesday’s Viewpoint, “ Racial profiling politics’’ brought up some dark aspects of the way the new post-9/11 world is form­ ing with the same divisions and attitudes that led to the tragedy in the first place. If implemented, the policy probably would decrease the type of racial profil­ ing that has been written about in studies all through the 1990’s, and that cities like Baltimore have suffered from for years. The irony in this is that the “national security” clause will enable the government to target those that it considers terrorist threats: Muslims. We have replaced one type of profiling with another; the same discontent and stigm ati­ zation that blacks feel from current racial profiling will now be felt by M uslim s. It is a great move by the mas­ ter politician, Bush. He brings the black voters into the fold by this policy that benefits them on face; but the profiling of Middle Easterners will continue, ju st more “ Us vs. Them ” ontology to feed hatred. Allowing any kind of profiling to continue will cause whites, blacks, Muslim s, Christians, politicians and every­ one else alike to suffer the con­ sequences of the hate it breeds. This attitude will only promote feelings of persecution that lead to violent action, but since when does the United States learn from it’s mistakes? Ian Alexander Government freshman Would Bush take me out too? In the build-up to war, the Bush administration did its best to present Iraq as a clear and present danger to the United States, with a fearsome arsenal of biological and chemical weapons that could spell doom to our entire way of life (Note: some artistic license taken, but then again, it requires some artistic license to describe a balsa wood, remote-con­ trolled plane as a threat to the United States). Now that the war is won, the admin­ istration maintains that the possibility that Saddam might be able to one day produce WMDs is a sufficient con dition to warrant an invasion. Look at my major! I might be incubating all sorts of nasty things in my apartment right now! At what point, though, is it justified for the government to bust into my apartment and take me out? I’m certainly not shedding tears over the downfall of the Hussein regime, contrary to what die hard conserva­ tives would have you believe about every liberal who dares to speak ill of Bush’s Iraq policy. However, the ends, in this case, do not justify the means. Bush's lies have killed 185 (to date) of our brave soldiers, and between 5,500 and 7,200 innocent Iraqi citizens. The Bush administration’s lies led to the deaths of more innocent people than perished on Sept. 11, 2001. If there were justice in the world, George Walker Bush would be an “unlawful combatant” incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay. Erik Weathen/vax Biochemistry and mathematics senior Show me the money If you are interested in the debate on taxes, I urge you to visit www.irs.gov to really see who pays how much. Look for individual tax sta­ tistics by size of income. According to IRS tax return statistics for 2001, two percent of families make an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of greater than $200,000, they account for 22 per­ cent of the nation’s income and pay 41 precent of the collected taxes (at an average tax rate of 27 percent). The bottom 52 percent of families fil­ ing returns make an AGI of less than $30,000 they account for 14 percent of the nation’s income and pay five percent of the taxes collected (at an average tax rate of less than five per­ cent). As Matt Bachop said on June 19 (“Dollars still rest with elite”), the poor do pay taxes, but without the “rich elite” there wouldn’t be much money to spend. Jon Olson Faculty SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-mail your Firing Line letters to flrlngllne@dailytexanonllne.com Letters m ust be fewer than 250 w ords and should include your major and classification. The Texan reserves the right to edit all letters for brevity, clarity and liability. Students unite: save the printed course schedule By Colin Walters Daily Texan Columnist As UT stud ents prepare their class sched u les for sum m er and fall sem ester registration, they need to be aw are of a great change in the wind. Beginning in the spring sem ester of 2004, there will no longer be printed cou rse schedules. If you have in you r possession a fall 2003 cou rse schedu le, consid er y ou r­ self lucky; it was the last print­ ed on e. T h e su m m er 2003 cou rse sched u le was not print­ ed at all. It w as the first to exist entirely online. to stop Ih e d ecisio n the presses was not a light one. The O ffice of the R egistrar m ade the a n a lo g -to -d ig ita l ju m p a fter much consu ltation with each of the co lleg e's dean of stud ents. But w hy? Prim arily, the UT ad m in istra­ tion blam es the recent budget shortfall at the U niversity and state level. C o u rse sch ed u le printing costs for all sem esters — six individual printings per fiscal year — are typically cov ­ ered with state appropriations. The U niversity claim s it nixed p rin tin g to save m oney on paper. The University's second reason is simply paperwork reduction. Although it might seem like a great idea on paper, it is impossi­ ble to flip through the online schedule and put stars and aster­ isks next to highlighted courses with ABCs and l-2-3s for all that complicated algorithmic folly of making "ideal schedules" and "contingency plans" the inevitability of closed and restricted courses. Students just end up writ­ ing it all down by hand or make printouts. Either way, it ends up getting printed. for The third reason the University gives is the actual reduction in purchase volum e of printed schedules. With the advent of online course schedules, some students simply decided not to purchase a printed one. That is to be expected, though. One option cannot be added w ithout a decline in purchases of the other; that is simple math. But it does is no not mean dem and course schedules. there for printed that The final reason involves accu­ racy. It is true that there could be hundreds of changes by the time the course schedule hits the presses and gets into students' hands. For the most part, how ev­ er, the course schedules are accu­ rate and convenient. Surely, it is understandable online updates to the course schedule can be made at any time and thus be available to students almost immediately. However, most stu­ dents, including me, use the online course schedule only as a supplem ent to the printed one. that The printed course schedule is as im portant a piece of UT history in the stu d en t's exp eri­ ence as is the diplom a that will one day grace his or her wall (h o p e fu lly printed d ip lo m as w ill not becom e online d ip lo­ m as). It is ch ock-fu ll o f vital in form ation: phone nu m bers; the Un iversity ca len d a r; fee e x p la n a tio n s; access p eriod s; course offerings; departm ental inform ation; blank class sch ed ­ ule p lan n in g sh eets and a U niversity map. On the first day of classes, and m any tim es throughout the sem ester, stu­ d en ts w alk around cam p u s w ith the back page map folded ov er as m eans of finding b u ild ­ ings on cam pus. from c o u rse s c h e d u le 's role as an all-in - one U n iv ersity resou rce, there is so m e th in g to b e said fo r its u n d e n ia b le fu nction as an a ca ­ d em ic ad v isor of sorts. Ask y o u rse lf how m any tim es you flip p ed the co u rs e sch e d u le and took a cla ss in th ro u g h A sid e th e to sto p on an o th er co lleg e or d iscip lin e ju st b ecau se you ran acro ss it in the p rin ted cou rse sch e d ­ u le, ju st b eca u se y ou r thu m b h a p p e n e d th at pag e? H ow m any of you even ch an g ed y ou r m ajor b ecau se o f th at class? You can n o t flip p a g e s o n the o n lin e co u rse sch ed u le. S e ctio n s o u tsid e of o n e 's search for classes u s u a l­ ly rem ain h id d en in a cry p tic lin k or in a co lleg e w ith w h ich one is u n fam iliar. As a student, I look for bea­ cons at the U niversity — sign­ posts to guide and illum inate my path through my collegiate journey. Every semester, I look for giant piles of course sched ­ ules in the University C o -o p 's foyer. I look for people sitting under trees, drinking coffee and flipping through their g u id e­ book to each semester, feeling the paper betw een their fingers, sniffing p rin te d -b o o k aroma and connecting with a that giant university packed into one book that fits in their hands. The course schedule should only become a relic when it is retired to a shelf after a semester is over — as an indicator of passage of one chapter as a student at the University of Texas at Austin. You should feel strongly about this, and if you do, then it is your job to help save the printed course schedule. If you want to help bring im m inent extinction, there is a way. The Office of the Registrar has set up a Web site at ivunv.utexas.edu/stu- den t! registrar/form s/cscom men ts.ht ml for students to voice feedback on the issue. If enough responses are received, printing will resume for spring 2004 and thereafter. It is up to you, the students, to make your voices heard. it back from Save the course schedule! Walters is an English sophomore. Vacuum of power problematic in the new Iraq By Mustafa Tlrmizi Daily Texan Colum nist It that is w ithou t d ou bt Saddam Hussein was probably the worst m enace in the M iddle East. However, was it prudent to rem ove Saddam and his pow er such stru cture w ith sp eed ? A m enace to his people and neighbors, Saddam would cer­ tainly have kicked the bucket eventually, his death prom pting once obscure Iraqi patriots to rebel against Sad dam 's succes­ sor. Now, how ever, there's a pow er vacuum in Iraq. In 25 years, H ussein initiated two M iddle Eastern wars, both of w hich caused m isery and suf­ fering to both his people and im m ediate neighbors, but an Iraq w ithout Saddam and his Baath regim e seem s to have exchanged evil for chaos. The daily attacks on Am erican sol­ diers, prevailing law lessness in Iraqi cities and em erging ethnic tom p lexities of Iraq will render the im m ediate region unstable. Iraq's unity is threatened as well — it is in dire need o f a strong dom estic leader who will clam p dow n on ethnic unrest. M eanw hile, the inability of the United States to resolve lead er­ ship issues will quickly irritate the population. In retrospect, this could be the very end that Sad dam H ussein m ight have w anted: His disappearance, the w anton attacks on forces in Iraq, law lessness and the lack of evi­ d en ce of w eapons of m ass destruction, the very criterion on which the war w as launched. For all we know, he could have hidden his W M Ds hundreds of feet beneath the Iraqi desert. The man seem s to be playing a taking crafty m edia g am e, advantage of the fact that his foes are leaders of dem ocratic countries, and thus answ erable to their constituents. The cur­ rent situation in Iraq is already causing dom estic political prob­ lem s for Tony Blair. resurgence A nother disturbing factor is the ,of. religious extrem ism in Iraq. It seem s quite a paradox that w om en could the current m ove about freely in an Iraq w ith the Baathists in power. U nder circu m ­ stances, it is increasingly dan­ gerous for women to work and travql alone. W hen Saddam , whose Baath Party was decidedly secular, found himself in a politi­ cal vacuum, he often laced his speeches with religious rhetoric to garner Middle Eastern sup­ port. In an increasingly right- w ing society, p o w e r-sta rv ed dissidents could use the sam e to inciting religious rh etoric am ass popular support for bat­ tle against Am erican forces. This would be a public relations fias­ co and could play on the m inds o f M uslim s everywhere. The vacuum created w ith the exit of the Baathists forces Iraqi people to look towards another id eology un der w hich they cou ld be governed . Such an opportunity could be, and prob­ ably is being, exploited by the extrem ist right w ing in Iraq. The inability of the Iraqi's in exile to produce a political fig­ ure w ith u n iform p op u larity w ithin Iraq contributes to the problem. Once again, it seems Saddam is doing what he is best at: sur­ viving. There are ominous signs that he still has a psycho­ logical clamp on Iraqis. This is turning into a war of attrition with a hidden and unseen enemy stalking the Iraqi urban Iraqi centers. Undoubtedly, people w ill, once again, pay the price ju st as they did during the sanction years. The regim e change w as supposed to bring succor and relief, but, ironical­ ly, the lack of essen tials still con tin u e. M oreover, la w le ss­ ness and rand om looting are now an added m isery in their bleak lives. It is pointless to suggest elab­ orate "ifs" and "buts." The real­ ity on the ground is that uncer­ If tainly prevails Americans leave too quickly, they risk the chance of not doing a job well enough, and if they leave too late, they risk get­ ting bogged down. Iraq. in Tirmizi Is an economics senior. Charles Shaw, an environm ental health technician, collects a mos­ quito trap that was set up Wednesday night at the Austin Police Academy. The mosquitoes will West Nile virus. Photos by Deborah Lykins/Daily Texan Staff be taken back to the lab and tested for N kws t Page 5 West Nile returns as a summer threat Friday, June 20, 2003 BRIEFS Arrests made in opsrstion OT M M gM INUHIURMM I m f Austin police arrested two women Thursday for allegedly operating a human trafficking and prostitution ring. Search warrants are further issued in six locations where ille­ gal soliciting was conducted, including Albania Way, Avenue A, North Lamar Boulevard, West Koenig Lane, Great Hills Trail and Jollyville Road. Adam Shaivitz, an APD spokesman, said that 51-year-old Jhming Ji and 27-year-old Liya Ding are believed to be the lead­ ers of an organization that smug­ gles Asian females into the coun­ try and forces them to work as prostitutes. In February, APD began “Jade Chameleon,” an operation created to track the ring. Complaints from neighborhoods in central Austin helped identify several houses that are used for suspected pros­ titution purposes. In the past few months, the operation gathered 40 statements from witnesses who were seen leaving those houses. “The investigation will continue,” Shaivrtz said. — Shelley Li-Hua Shan UT alumnus chosen as new White House press secretary UT alumnus Scott McClellan will become President Bush’s new press secretary next month, according to numerous national media outlets. Outgoing press secretary Ari Fleischer announced his resigna­ tion in May. McClellan currently works as principal deputy press secretary at the White House. He first joined the Bush team in 1999, serving as deputy communications direc­ tor for then-Gov. Bush. He stayed with the president through the 2000 presidential campaign as traveling press secretary. McClellan, son of Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, graduated in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Liberal Arts. — Daily Texan Staff Unemployment rates up from last month, last year Texas unemployment rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.8 percent in May, and manufacturing jobs fell to their lowest level since 1992, the Texas Workforce Commission said Thursday. The May unemployment rate was up from April's 6.6 percent and also higher than the 6.4 per­ cent figure of a year ago. The unemployment rate, the most widely watched measure of the Texas job market, was adjusted for seasonal patterns in hiring and fir­ ing. Most economists believe the adjusted figures give a better read­ ing of the job market. The Workforce Commission said without adjusting for seasonal pat­ terns, the unemployment rate jumped from 6.2 percent to 6.5 percent in May. The number of working Texans rose by 7,500, but the unemployed increased by nearly 35,000 — a larger-than-usual increase in the number of unemployed for May. — Associated Press UT System vice chancellor to retire after 40 years Shirley Bird Perry, vice chancellor for development and external rela­ tions for the UT System, will retire after more than 40 years with the system and the University. Chancellor Mark Yudof called Perry “one of the UT System’s most knowledgeable and trusted administrators.” “Her contributions to the daily operations of the UT System, as well as to planning for its long­ term vitality, will be missed beyond measure," Yudof said in a prepared statement. As vice chancellor for develop­ ment and external relations, Perry directed fund-raising operations, public affairs activities, manage­ ment of estates and trusts and event planning. Before joining the UT System, Perry was vice president for devel­ opment and University relations. Her retirement will be effective March 1, 2004. — Will Krueger Attorney generate office indicts first sexual predator Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced his office's first indictment in an effort to prosecute sexual predators who operate through the Internet. Investigators with the attorney general's Internet bureau arrested James Steven Thornton Jr., 27, of Lampasas on May 10. Thornton was charged with criminal solicita­ tion of a minor. Thornton, a threetime felon, allegedly set up a sexual encounter in Austin with a lSyear-old girl he met online. “Cyber criminals who prey on chil­ dren, our most innocent citizens, will learn the hard way that their actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Abbott said in a statement. The attorney general's Internet bureau is responsible for appre­ hending Internet predators and those who engage irr criminal activity involving child pornography. — Will Krueger Two Texas cities already report virus cases in animals B y Claire HarHn Daily Texan Staff If s beginning to look a lot like summer — and mosquitoes are out in full force. This time last year the pests were at the center of a West Nile Virus outbreak across the coun­ try. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4,156 cases were reported nation­ wide including 284 deaths. In Texas there were 202 cases, including 13 deaths. in 2002, "This year we started early in our surveillance to get a grasp on it," said Chris Robles, manager at the Animal Control Center, which is responsible for monitoring the virus and running tests on animals from across Texas that might carry the virus. The virus is carried by birds, mainly blue jays, crows and hawks. Mosquitoes bite the infected birds and transfer the virus to mammals, most often to horses and humans. According to the CDC, West Nile Virus has been detected in humans, horses, birds or mosqui­ toes in 44 states and the District of Columbia. "But the virus can infect almost anything — from alligators to zebras," said Jerry Wash, Texas Department of Health public health technician. So far this year in Texas, two horses have tested positive for West Nile Virus in Van Zandt County east of Dallas, and six birds have tested positive in and around the Houston area. "This year we haven't done much testing yet," said Wash. "Travis County found positive birds and horses last year, so you know it is there." Bob Flocke, Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services spokesman, said he has no doubt that West Nile is present in Travis County. "Just because we haven't detected it doesn't mean it's not there," he said. ^ ---------------------- Flocke said it is important to take precautions such as eliminating any standing water around the house. "There are hundreds of mosqui- to eggs in only a tablespoon of water," Hocke said. He also suggested wearing long sleeves, staying inside and using insect repellent that cor. tains the chemical DEET. Staying in good shape will help an infected person overcome the virus, Flock said. "It can be a serious illness and can cause death, but at the same time it could do nothing," said. "It depends on the overall health of a person." ‘ir r S f ||l|p I I he I P i j f - ________________________yf Perry signs bill to address Texas transportation issues sions. Repeat driving while intoxi­ cated violations result in addition­ al fines up to $1,500, with all the money going toward Texas trau­ ma centers. Perry said the transportation law and another he signed last week that aims to lower malprac­ tice insurance rates will take pres­ sure off emergency rooms. "People who are injured in trau­ matic accidents in the state of Texas are going to be substantially better served in the state because of these two pieces of legislation," Perry said of the $1 billion in new fines the state expects to reap in the next five years. Current methods to keep traffic citations off insurance records, such as deferred adjudication or defensive driving classes, also will keep tickets off the point system, Delisi said. For instance, a driver could be hit with five qualifying tickets in three years — as long as three of them are spaced a year apart from one another — and avoid the trauma fine by taking a defensive driving class once a year for as little as $25. Still, officials are confident there will be enough repeat-offenders to fill the till. And if the fear of added fines actually results in better driv­ ing officials said the correspon­ ding reduction in wrecks will lessen dem and on emergency rooms, which accomplishes the same goal. Bill includes new road construction, stricter traffic fines By Associated Press HOUSTON — Gov. Rick Perry had a busy hand Thursday as he signed into law three very differ­ ent bills affecting practices of Texas lawmakers, state trans­ portation issues and a university's moniker. A law that regulates the ethics of state lawmakers will take effect on Sept. 1, stiffening identifica­ tion requirements for people making campaign contributions and requiring the mandatory dis­ closure of legal referral fees that lawyer lawmakers make and receive. It also requires stricter require­ ments to identify campaign con­ tributors and calls for public offi­ cials to report the cash they have on hand, rather than just contribu­ tions and expenditures. Also effective Sept. 1 is a law that changes Southwest Texas State University to Texas State University-San Marcos. But the straw that broke the budgef s back is a sweeping trans­ portation bill that broadens the state's ability to build trade corri­ dors and improve urban mobility while forcing chronic traffic repeat- offenders to fund trauma centers. Unintentionally, the new law also helped turn the overall budget into roadkill when state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn later Thursday refused to certify the biennial spending bill. "No single issue is the ultimate margin," Strayhorn said, though the transportation bill was the only spending measure she mentioned specifically, blaming a last-minute change that moved $236 million out of the genera] fund. The state budget ended up $185.9 million short, she said. During a signing ceremony of the transportation measure in Houston — minutes before Strayhom's announcement in Austin — Perry brushed off a question about the possibility of a budget rejection and concen­ trated on lauding the new law and the legislators who crafted it. "To die people who are tired of in traffic, choking on sitting exhadst fumes, help is on the way," Perry said. He added that if voters in September approve a proposed constitutional amendment author­ izing short-term borrowing for transportation projects, the state could raise up to $6 billion for roads, rail and other items to get people and goods moving. House Bill 3588, shepherded by Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, and Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, immediately with took effect Perry's Thursday. Speaking at the TranStar Center, a mission control-like facility that monitors traffic conditions across the Houston area, Perry ticked off the law's other points: approval •Funds for Perry's "Trans- Texas Corridor" project, which envisions major roadway and rail trade arteries crisscrossing the state while avoiding major cities, which he said should keep dan­ gerous materials out of the densest population centers. •Allows the state to buy options on rights-of-way before a route is approved, which Perry said will help reduce land specula­ tion around such projects. Also, the transportation departm ent can now set aside lands for envi­ ronmental remediation of con­ struction projects. •Gives new oversight powers for the Texas D epartm ent of Transportation, allowing expand­ ed financing options for projects like a proposed tollway that will back expansion of the notoriously jammed stretch of Interstate 10 between Loop 610 and the Fort Bend County line. 16-mile Harris County Judge Robert Eckels said groundbreaking on I- 10, known as the Katy Freeway, will be later this month. "Tools provided in this legisla­ tion will let us do these partner­ ships we have not been able to do in the past," Eckels said. The new funding m echanisms should allow road crews to finish in about seven years w hat might have taken 15 under the tradi­ tional pay-as-you-go system that was abolished Thursday. An aspect of the bill written by Dianne Delisi, R-Temple, forces drivers who rack up at least three major moving violations, such as speeding more than 10 mph over the limit or running a red light, to pay $100 more to renew their licenses. Under the new points system, drivers causing two wrecks also face the same penalty, and tíre fines escalate with more tickets or colli­ So far no mosquitoes that have been trappe and exam­ ined have tested posi­ tive for Wes Nile Virus. Last year in Travis Count one man, or blue jay and 12 horses caught the mosquito- transferred disease. Seasoned teachers help newbies learn the ropes By Tracy Dang Daily Texan Staff New teachers got a chance to meet with more experienced col­ leagues and learn from the veter­ ans' experience Thursday at the Thompson Conference Center as the Teacher Induction Education and Support Program held its third Novice Teacher Colloquium "This was excellent prepara­ tion," said Michelle Drake, who graduated from the UT College of Education last spring. "I learned the life-saving s k ills of teaching and heard testimonies from tea», ti­ ers who have succeeded and from teachers who have dropped out." began colloquium Thursday morning with guest speaker Susan M. Johnson, who is working on a Harvard research study called The Project of the Next Generations of Teachers. The The study focuses on the best way to recruit, support and retain a strong teaching force in the next generation of teachers. It also examines the studies of hiring practices, alternative teacher cer­ tification programs, new teach­ ers' attitudes toward careers and their experience with colleagues. "The only way we're going to make the schools better is to make the teachers better," said Jodie Hint, TIES coordinator. "We need to keep them in there longer so they can get really gcxxl at ¡teaching]." TIES was established by the College of Education four years ago to provide support, guidance and job-embedded professional development for UT graduates through their first years on the job. The program prepares novice teachers, as well as thov in train­ ing, to become administrators, principals and superintendents. "The education theories you learn in college are just theories," said Gavino Barrera, an English teacher at Johnson High School. "The foundation of good teach­ ing comes from actual good to great experiences." Those who attended the forum then introduced themselves and broke1 into groups to discuss comments and concerns about teaching methods. "Most kids find textbooks to be very boring, and they get little meaning out of it," said Martin Conrady, who teaches govern­ ment and economics at Taylor 1 ligh School. "Textbooks are lim­ teachers shouldn't iting, and teach straight from a textbook. They have to know what they are teaching." Other is s u e s included commu­ nication between districts and schools and between teachers and students. "We're like salespeople," said David Mai Roberts, who teaches M emorial at tifth-grude Interm ediate School in New Braunfels. "You're com peting with TV and games, and vou have to frame the knowledge in a wav kids will want to buy it. You need to invest in the people." World-renowned Zen teacher M S h e n g Y EN A S T E R Will speak of inner peace in daily life Speech is in Chinese with free English translation fridayjune 20 7:30pm-9;30pm (walk in) “Living Chan (Zen)* UT Austin Burdine Hall (BUR) room 106 Any questions, please contact hao@mail.utexas.edu or 479-6962 M aster Sheng Yen, lineage m aster o f tw o major C han (Zen) traditions, holds a doctoral degree o f Buddhist .Literature from Rissho U n iversity, Japan. H e has taught Buddhism and led more than 9 0 m editation retreats in the U S since i9 7 o , and has b een invited to lead retreats in 20 countries. In Taiwan, his seven-day retreat usually enrolls 1000 people, and his speech aitracts over ten thousand people. H e is renow ned for his humor, com passion, and w isdom that transform p eo p les lives. He has w ritten m ore than 100 books, many o f them trans­ lated in to a dozen languages. 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W/D Connections $650 2-1 North Campus $695 2-1 West Campus 2-1 Cute Hyde Park 2-1 Townhome 2-2 All Bills Paid $699 $745 $980 $950 22 LARGE, Gas Paid $1000 SHUTTLE free (able, Gates $395 EFF 1 I Gales, Pools 2-1 BEST DEAL $435 $535 2-2 Gales Fiee Cable $615 2 2 W/D Connects $780 3 2 BIG, FREE Cable $895 WE SI CAMPUS efficiency, 621 W 31st $425 Small I bed room in 4plex by intramural held, *350 899 9492 THE PLACE TOTIveT Gated community I block from UT ond Barslll Freshly renovated A newly remodeled pool EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE CHEAP RENT!!! Call Voya geur Apts 453-8652 Today! APARTMENT/CONDO TOR rent w/ loft 500 sq/ft West Reserved parking Campus space Perfect roommate plan No pets smoking *650/mo 2 10-3 79 9528 No LE M ED APARTMENTS 1 200 W est 40fh Street 2-1 $699, 1-1 $499 Central. No application fee Free gas, free cable 1 MONTH FREE! 4 5 3 - 3 5 4 5 J395/MO hr 1 BD/1 BA month free Easy occess to Hwy 183, *99 move-m 339- 6961 or cell# 461 6103 1/1 WEST Campus North Campus condos *70a*950 Walking distance 2/2 West Campus North Campus walking distance * I 300-$ 1600 4/2 house North Campus Close Shuttie $2100 June, July, August availability Coll Steve 779 8941 QUIET STUDIO apt (mint condi lion) in beautiful Hemphill Park Deck/spo attached 5 mm. walk to UT $500/mo utilities incl 494-0851 ENFIELD CHARMING com- mumty 1/1 $475 2BD starting only $725 Hardwoods in se lect units Gas cooking/heat­ ing, hot water paid APT HQ 512 442-9333 SHUTTLE STEALI Available for now and August Washer ond dryer m unit! 1/I s only *490, 2BD s *675 Microwave, fit ness, sec gates, pool APT HQ 512 442 9333 HYDE PARK specials Charming Efficiency only community 1/1 s $550 $375. 2BD's $710 Hardwoods m select units Gas cooking, hot water and heating paid, pool, laun­ dry APT HQ 512 442 9333 SUBLEASE WILDWOOD Quiet 1/1 on UT shuttle route W/D connection, vaulted ceilings, fir place $440/mo 512-785- 6104 SU BLEA SE LARGE A U G D EC C A M P U S $600 713-515-1880 1/1 APT 3M I N O RTH OF (lAM AR@ AIRPO RT) DEPOSIT) (N O W E S T C A M P U S /S H U T tT e ROUTE 9 or 12 month lease on 2 bedroom units Small community , modern nteriors, parking. onste w /d 2204 San G ab nei C o l1 today 4764)11 1 As» about move m speoals SPACIOUS 2/2, W/D WALK TO UT Croix Condo #204 $1325 Evergreen Properties 331-1122 2/2 BATHE 1 block to campus. 1081 sq. ft. $1500/mo. Orange Tree Apis Bid E #12. Evergreen Properties 331-1122. WEST CAMPUS 715 W 22nd 1/2 Street Large 1x1.5 loft Great for 2 students W/D, mi­ crowave dishwasher 1 parking spot $950/mo Available late August 322 9292 COZY CONDO ^ 2206 Nueces 2 blocks from UT Rent $599, plus one month deposit ¡512)836-2089 HYDE PARK Contemporary 3 bedrooms & 2 baths Garage CACH W/D, big poo! $1650 3464)729, 779-4994 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T O W N H O U SE full size washer/dryer, microwave, private courtyard, very nice $1450. W A U G H PROP. 451-0988 REDUCED 3/2.5 Townhome, 1600 sq ft, 2-car garage, tennis courts, pool, FP, enclosed at­ rium, UT shuttle, $900 Summer Special 6934)169. WINDTREE! 106 E 30th Nice 2x2 pool, cable, walk UT * 1100 Front Page 480-8518 HYDE PARK Oaksl I 14 E 3 I st’ Large lx l, WD, FP, $750 Front Page 480-8518 K)INT, WEDGEWOOD, many others 2/2, W/D, fireplace, pool. *1050+ PMT Terne and Kathy 476-2673 TREEHOUSE, ORANGETREE, Sunchase 1/1's, all amenities PMT Terne and Kathy 476- 2673 SUM PICKIN'S 3/2 units. North and West Campus, starting $1500 up PMT Terne & Kathy 476-2673 UT 3BR Condo Close to everything on bus route Mopoc at Far West, W/D, basic cable and roodrunner included female roommate *425/bedroom + 1/3 utilities *425 deposit No pets/no smoking Contact Bill Patterson 713-907-9066 $550 I c, : 48C ATTENTION BAi Cute 2/2. 10 m wosher/dryer $650* Aportmr- 9556 LUXURY FOR less cute 1 / I covered parking washer/dryer, small community Summer $350, fal *650 Apartment Finders 3229556 9 MONTH LEASES AVAILABLEi I & 2 bedrooms West & North Campus All prices Apartment Finders 322 9556 NORTH CAMPUS LUXURY 2 2s for fall! Washer/dryer and ar cess gates $ 1245 Apartment F.nders 322 9556 UNEXPECTED VACANCY Eff 4 blorks UT, courtyard, CACH *4 50/mo 909 W 23rd 480 09/6 h'RFAT DEA! I < heapesi 1 BR Wnst Campus *5fX), *525 C ampus Condos 4/4 4800 ( 11EÁPES T 2BR LOE IS W«s' 1905 San Gobnel Campus $700 2815 Rio Grande $/95 C.ompus Condos 4/4 4800 PRE-LEASE WEST CAMPUS Studtos A 1 bedrooms from $475 Most utilities paid Lease directly from owner & gel a groat deal Wesfstde Group Owner/broker 499-8013 LIVE O N W e st 6th St. UT Shuttie picks up at building Large 1 bd from $550 2 bd. from $750 Great pool over looking 6fh St lease direct1/ from owner save time & money Wests.de Uroup Owner/Broker 4 9 9 8 0 1 3 LANDLORD SEEKS handyman/gardenei to do light work os a hode-out for port al rent on an efficiency 4 blocks UT 909 W 23rd 4800976 |A F S Í2109 Rio Grand* 3 2 2 - 9 5 5 6 w w w . a u s a p i . c c M m GREAT NORTH Campus loca­ tion Spacious I I s and 2-1's move in Now ot in August 51 2 4724893 PRELEASE NORTH CAMPUS Studios & 1 bedrooms from *475 Most utilities paid lease directly from owner & get a great deal Westside Group Owner/Broker 499 8013 HYDE PARK CONDO! 1 /1, W / D connects, small fenced yard, hard tile floors $595 480-9353 APARTMENT CENTRAL W E S T C A M P U S C O N D O ! 1 / I , washer/dryer, balcony, covered parking, Bay windows, only $ 6 0 0 1 APARTMENT CENTRAL 480-9353 LARGE EFFICIENCY, W/D, free June, no deposit no application *ee covered parking * 5 14/mo 797-6864 free ONE BEDROOM with small toff (historic tri-p:ex) Ceiling fans, wrap-around porch, 12 feet ceiling *590/mo 468-2309 HYDE PARK 1 BR Eff *400/m+ elec Summer rate or $475-foll rate 4! 03/4105 Speedway Mgr 454 3449, 478-7355 370 - Unf. 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E F F . & 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 B D R M A P A R T M E N T S S t a r t i n g i n $ 4 0 0 s a s m l e N o w P r e • Gated Community • Student Oriented • On UT Shuttle Route • Microwaves • Water & Sand Volleyball • Lofts W/Fans • 5 Min. to Downtown • Free Video & DVD Library • Spacious • Basketbal 444-7536 ‘ h HQiNT &QUrH «■ P O IN T S O U T H R w i t e f O ffic e : 1910 WUbwcr—k 2520 Quarry Road #103 » ffl. - , J0 Y *L V 2 Uni9Me covered parking, pool $1100 979-877-4406 Owner/Agent BEAUTIFUL 2 2 W/BAICONY 5 mm/UT shuttle Gated com­ W/D munity, *975/month+water paid Available immediately! 1-877- 458 2405 Ext 36021, (352)375-6996 GREAT CONDOS Low prices. 2-2 $995, $1100 Huge Cen­ tennial 2-2 *1500 Campus Condos 474-4800 2/2 CONDO West Campus, 2- blks to UT, W/D/dishwasher, twe parking spaces fireplace Reduced $ 1400/mo Avail-Auq 4 1 3-7645 O RA N G ETREE 2/1 *1495 TREEHOUSE 3/2 w/ 2 ca' garage *1500 W EST C A M PU S 4-5 BDRM house 1104 W 22nd 1/2 St *2750 Meisler Leasing 443-2526 •vww austinusa.com G R E E N W O O D T O W E r T 2/1 All Utilities Paid!!! 1 block to campus, Spectacular Views of The Famous I T T O W ER from this 6th floor condo This is a deal at $1 175. Tom 512-626-7393 METRO REALTY Condos for Pre-Lease Dominion 2 2 $ 1200 Orange Tree 2 2 5 *1 400+ Pecan W alk 4-2 $ 2 ’ 00+ Salado PI 1-1 $650+ Winchester 2-2 $ i 200 W est University PI 2-2 $1300 Enfield Place 3 2 $1700 G azebo 1-1 $650+ Graham Place 2-1 $1000 Red River Eff $525 Seton 1-1 $950 W edg ew o o d 1-1 $700 Wesfvtew 2-2 $ 1300 W ith many others too! 479-1300 www.utmetro.com 4401 SPEEDWAY 1/1 condo On site laundry, near UT, Avotl now $4951! Beck & Co 474-1470 7801 SHOAL Creek #257 1/1, Pod, onsite laundry, near Draft House, Available now $52511 Beck & Co 474-14/0 M i HALF OFF first month's rertfl Preleasing homes for fall 2 6 bedrooms. Great location & pn cesl 474-4484 No Agents JE F F E R S O N 2802 Efficiency $425 A vailable 7/1 Beck & Co. 474 1470. 1304 ROBERT E Lee 3/2 5 Duplex Beautifully remodeled, concrete/ stained |acuzzi carpet Beck A Co 474 I 470 380 - Furnished Duplexes NEAR UT Law School Partially 2BD/2BA, CACH, furnished W/D September Until $790/mo 346X3729 or 779 4994 390 - Unfurnished Duplexes PRE LEASE FOR AUG UST UT intramural area. 3/3, all appliances including W / D , new carpet, kitchen & all baths hied $1500 3 / 1 , alt appliances, W / D connections $ 1 125 N o pets 4 Ó 7 - 1 8 4 1 CLASSIC I930S house 1/! apt 807 E 30th very nice re­ model CACH, larae r tchen owner maintains yard avoilooie 6/1, $925 472 2123 www barkleyinve5»ments com I940'S 2/1 on quie' street t e tjatt ceili ng Ook floors fans, "ees lots of windows Available 6-1 3904 Wrght- wood $925, 472-2123 www borkiey rves'-ients-corr TARRYTOWN H U G E 19 4 0 'S 1/1 s m 4-pi ex I ! windows gigontic shored hocryard (space (or garden) friendly community New carpet, viryi & wood b'irdi Very P’O ' exterior great mside1 Cats welcome) Pnce reduced to $650 2300 Eriheid Matthews Properties 454-0099 731-6799, roiioterfjpyahoo com GREAT DEAL WEST CAMPUS large 2/1 in 4-pSex. a! opp CA/CH, g a t / water pato large pc+0, nc VV/D cor r*e!.i'Oei PETS WE LCOME *695 I $900 kail /eo 'lj La Paloma, 1108 W 22nd Matthews Propecnei 454-0099 731-6799 ro iotexatyanoo com all c e n tra l 3/1 5! UNIQUE' fue- C A C H , tile, ploce, Summer/$ 1 200, Eaii/ $ l3 0 o ! no smokers 4796’ 53, 658 4 / 5 7 , 302-06 j o appliances, Italian NICE, PROfESSIGNAL duple! 2/2 Mam tss appi , granite hardwoods, w/d, pets ok, close to campus 374 030 0 $ 1100/mo NEAR DOWNTOWN GÍÜm 3/2 duplex, r*i,ghborhood carport, W/D room Available now $9 50/mo Call Chad 585-0800 TibR/lBD, HARDWOOD floors" CACH, »lichen appliances, walk to UT shuttle very clean! Avail­ Contact 7 /1 able iuctiie@mail utexas edu J HYDE PARK BEAUTIFUL LARGE 3/2/1, DECK TREES HARD WOODS, N EW APPLIANCES, W/D, CACH, C-EANS GA RAGE, YARD. NON-SMOKERS $ 1475/MO AVAILABLE 7/1 280-5477 5207 AVENUE H, back house" 2/1, new construction, new ap­ pliances, W/D, dishwasher, CACH $1 100/mo, carpet available July 1, 454-6901 AVAILABLE N O W BD $695 $-1800 for 24 hour infor­ mation call 477-LIVE or online www 477-lfVE com Í-5 SPACIOUS HOUSE 4BD/2BA Shuttie near Cameron Rd $ 1300/mo No pets preferred Available August 933-0826 2 HUGE houses, 4/2, CACH, hordwoods, real nice, CR shut He, 1507 $1800/$ 1400 Northridge Alan 626-5699 VERY NICE, updated 4BR/2BA w/2 huge living areas & wood deck & fenced yard Pets OK, DSL includes W/D $1600 5304 Middale Near 51 st & Berkman 422-7140 setup, METRO REALTY Houses for Pre-Lease M any with hardwoods June and August 2003 901 Newman 5/4 *2500 2304 Leon 1-1 *600 704 West 32nd 21 $1000 807 East 45th 2-2 $ 1200 1905 David I I *625 706 West 32nd C 11 $600 3203 Guadalupe $650 1020 Ellmgson 4-2 $2100 2840 San Gabriel 3-2 *2 100 2905 Robinson 4 2 *2400 310 Franklin 4-2 $2100 5200 Lera Lynn 3-1 $ 1500 M any others tool 479-1300 www.utmefro.com remodeled Approx 1600 sq.ft LARGE NEWLY house 305 West 38th. Call Sam 947- 7653 JB Goodwin PRE LEASING! I! 106 Franklin 4/2 5/1, $2000 Wood floors in entry and living room Lee Properties, 835-4890 ext 1 1 NEAR UT 3-2 w/CACH, fenced Yard On Cameron Road Shuttle 1423 Berkshire Available 7/1 431-2336 or 657 7171 PRE-LEASING FOR Fall semester Nice 3-4 bedroom homes. Stu­ dent rates Great locations! Call 657-7171 or 626 5699 HYDE PARK house for rent. 7 bedrooms, 3 living rooms, 4 5 boths Newly reconstructed 4521 AvenueF $4100 Immedi­ ately available 845-1780 805 Nile, Í975/MO, 3/2 $400/mo Austin, CACH, park, trees, 466-0339 10-minutes efficiency East fence, UT to LAKE AUSTIN 3/3! Near Hula lift boat dock with Hut Furnished Optional! Available 7/15. Í3500/OBO 327 3770 i ? H * E *31 * 2 / j ” ''hardwood floors, conn , fence. w/d $1095, Available 7/1 Beck & Co 474-1470 2800 FRENCH Place 2/2+, all hardwoods, appliances, beautiful home, remodeled, Available 7/12 Beck & Co 474 1470 $2200 4 2 1 - R oom » R O O M M A TE NEEDED! Sublet, awesome 2-2 avail now through Aug 151 Large bedroom walk in closet plus bath, share furnished living room & kitchen. $475 All bills but electric included 689-7303, 699-7462 FEMALE FOR spacious furn d rm m quiet 3/2/2 with a/c, a/d , private bath 5.5 miles to UT. $450 abp $225 dep Avail 8/1 Contact Mary 929-3341 maruca@ix. netcom.com 4 2 6 Fum ifthed R oom » GIRL, W ANNA STAY AT HARDIN HOUSE FOR FALL 2003? Discount available! Janie * * * 817-926-4014 * * * NO PARENTS NO ROOMMATE NO CURFEW Come see what you're missing ot Cdlege Park- Contessal Call 1 -800-476-Dorm or cf.eck out www.contessadorms.com PRIVATE ROOM WEST CAM PUS CENTRAL AIR REFRIGERA- TOR MICROWAVE INTERNET KITCHEN SUMMER SPECIAL FROM $330 00 477-5941 4 3 5 - C o-op » SHORT WALK UT Quiet, not, smoking Seven members Hard wood, large windows Private bedroom, PSl ready! $345 yi ¡+$1/5 meals, bills) 474 2618' www 602elmwood com share both d a s f i f i a d # c o n t i n u e d o n # w n e x t p a g e . 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Tejada homered and set a career-high with five hits and Eric Byrnes and Eric Chavez each had three-run homers as the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers, 9-2 on Thursday. Tejada has been working with a pitching machine that throws sliders, under the direction of new hitting coach Dave Hudgens, before every night game during the Athletics’ current 12-game homestand. He was hitting 4-for-35 (.114) during this home stretch before Thursday. “I really know I can hit,” said Tejada, who batted .308 with 34 home runs and 131 RBIs during his 2002 AL MVP season. “I’ve been working on my hitting and there are a lot of games le ft It doesn’t matter what happens in the past,” he said. “I’m seeing the ball better. It’s all about confidence Rangers star Alex Rodriguez left with a bloody nose in the seventh inning after being hit by a throw when Mark Ellis stole second. Ellis arrived ahead of the throw and Rodriguez dropped his glove as if to make the tag, but the ball hadn’t arrived yet. The throw struck the shortstop in the nose. Rodriguez was tended to on the field by trainer Jamie Reed, then left the game. “It hit me pretty square into the right nostril,” a groggy Rodriguez said after the game. “It was really blurry. I remember Jamie asking me a few questions. I was in a daze.” Rodriguez told manager Buck Showalter he was OK. “There’s a little swelling and you can see the stitches [from the ball],” Showalter said. “It was bleeding pretty good. He’s pretty woozy. I don’t know what his rec­ ollection of it will be.” Mark Mulder (104) pitched seven strong innings as the A’s won their sixth straight game, matching their best streak of the season. He gave up 10 hits and two runs, striking out three with no walks. Manager Ken Macha hopes Mulder will be an All-Star selection. “I’m not even worrying about it,” Mulder said. “I didn’t walk anybody. I’m proud of that. I’ve been walking too many. I gave up a lot of hits, but that's better than walks.” The defending AL West champi­ ons have put together back-to- back sweeps for the first time this year, and they host the reigning NL champion San Francisco Giants in a three-game weekend series starting Friday. Texas dropped to 2-14 In June and has lost 16 of 18, including 12 straight on the road. — Associated Press season begins ... and no student season tickets. 71days until football DROP US X LINE Have feedback, opinions or sugges­ tions for DT sports? By all means, tell us about it We encourage letters from our readers. Here's how we can be reached: ■ E-mail: sportsOdailytemnonllne.com ■ Voice: 512-232-2210 ■ fo e 512471-2952 ■ Postal: PO Box D, Austin TX 78712 M a tt G riffin Sports Colum nist Baseball stays fun with new matchups Major League Baseball's sev­ enth annual stretch of interleague games ends with three more days from Friday to Sunday, which gives baseball fans one last time to argue whether it has been good or bad for baseball. Baseball purists argue that there are good reasons that baseball never both­ ered with interleague play prior to 1997, but they are the ones who already missed out on some potentially great matchups. Why were Cleveland, Detroit and Boston fans punished so as to never to see Willie Mays or Stan Musial? American League fans deserve at least the opportunity to go see Bonds and Sosa, and baseball should do whatever it can to allow fans to see its stars. For every Jeff Bagwell there are teams like Detroit, and the only Tiger people care about seeing swings a golf club. The truth is that interleague play provides a much-needed breath of fresh air to baseball, a sport whose regular season can d rag longer than any other's. While the quality of matchups vary (just as they do during regu­ lar play), the games always have a better entertainment value for the novelty of a different team. Teams in the same division play each other 19 times a year, and th a ls far too much without some different teams thrown in. Take for instance the sequence of events that took place during baseball's most electric inter­ league matchup of the season — Yankees vs. Cubs. set rematch They're two of the most recog­ nizable teams on the planet, yet they haven't played each other in more than 60 years. The much- anticipated the nation's eyes on Wrigley Field for New York's first visit to the Friendly Confines since 1938. Sammy Sosa's corked-bat inci­ dent was in full swing and rival­ ing that was Yankees' ace and former Longhorn hero Roger Clemens' bid for his 300th career victory against fellow strikeout artist Kerry Wood. The nationally televised series generated the most excitement that baseball has enjoyed in 2003. Fans will remember Clemens at Wrigley and also the Houston Astros no-hitting of the Yankees with six different pitchers, and events like these occur thanks to interleague play. While some of this season's early interleague matchups were less appealing than Sosa against the Yankees, there were several solid, playoff teams going head- to-head, giving us perhaps glimpses of October. Perennial playoff team s like the Braves squared off with the A's and Mariners, and Torn Hunter the budding young Twins played Barry Bonds' NL champion San Francisco Giants, who also visited the up-and-coming Kansas City Royals. The Yankees and Cardinals rank one and two in all-time titles, respectively, and Clemens finally got No. 300 against the Cards in the Bronx. So before the baseball dinosaurs mortify interleague by referencing "the good ol' days" for the 8,793rd time, they should ponder this: When interleague resumes today baseball will be better off than it would without it. Also because of regional rivalries that have been created as a result of interleague. Friday, the Yankees and Mets will hook back up, die Cubs will take on the Chicago Sox, the A s and Giants will battle for the Bay and the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays will fight for bragging rights in Canada and the Battle of 1-45 heats up again when A-Rod and the Rangers take on the Astros. The is not real question whether it's good for the game, but rather why did baseball ever go w ithout it? Friday, June 20, 2003 K M F K T 4 I \ M l.N T ‘Hulk’ a monster hit of a movie By Aohofc Chandra Daily Texan Staff The Incredible Hulk has alw ays been a n anom aly in the superhero p an theon. Created for M arvel C om ics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1962, the H ulk's roots were orig­ inally derived from the m onsters o f fiction such as Frankenstein and Dr. JekyU and Mr. Hyde. The Hulk w a s not a character that rescued babies from burning buildings, but w a s a a m an who tried to contain his an g er and the beast within try­ ing to find solitude. This w as hardly a character that you could cheer for a s much as Spiderm an or C ap tain America. H i i.k SlARRINC: Brut »- Barm, Jennifer ( Vmrwlly P lR K iT H ) Bv: \ ng than an Throughout the years, the H ulk w a s sh a p e d by a number o f com ic book w riters — making him no m o re instrum ent o f d e stru ctio n w anting to be left alone, to Peter D avid's am azin g run on the comic which explored the significance of the Hulk in var­ io u s fo rm s as part of his hum an • counterpart, Bruce Banner. It w o u ld seem like an alm ost im p o ssib le task to bring the green goliath to the big screen. W hat stu ­ d io w o u ld invest in a film that w o uld h ave sum m er audiences cheering for a mindless beast that d estro y s buildings or even worse, a full-length feature on the con­ tem plation of a m an's fragm ented psych e? O nly an acclaimed artist like A n g Lee and his accom plished p ro d u ctio n team could bring together a project of such incredi H is w ork ble proportions. on "C ro u ch in g Tiger, H idden D rago n " w as a watershed in m o d ­ em epic action m ovies that could both d e ligh t an audience with still high -fly in g effects while telling a go o d story. His previous w ork on film s like "The Ice Storm " dem on strated his ability to deal with characters that have difficulty m an ifesting their emotions. The "H u lk " is the story o f Dr. Bruce Banner (Eric Bana ), a genet­ ics scientist who is trying to com e to grip s with something inside him on which he cannot put a finger, and his father Dr. David Banner (N ick N olte) is looking to see the completion of hi* life's work. At the outset of the film, 30 years before its events, D avid Banner car­ ries out his im m une experim ents on himself and genetically passes his work to his son. After the gov­ ernm ent sto p s h is work, he is thrown in jail and separated from his son. 30 y ears later, Dr. Bruce Banner (now know n a s Bruce Krenzler), along with fellow scientist Betty (Jenn ifer C o n n elly ) are R o ss w orking on experim ents sim ilar to those that the father he thinks he never knew w orked on. After an experim ent g o e s awry, Banner is irradiated with gam m a rays that unlock som eth ing that has alw ay s been inside o f him. When Banner ge ts angry, his inner rage is personified, and he turns into a 15-foot-tall green monster, invul­ nerable to m ost anything, with extraordinary skills. Banner m ust deal with his rage and com e to grip s with his p ast in ord er to deal with the m onster inside him. At a running time of nearly tw o and-a-half hours, "H ulk" can be seen both as an accomplishment and as a failure. FicJde sum m er audiences may be put off by the fact that the monster doesn't appear for over an hour. Com pared to last year's Marvel blockbuster, "Spider- M an," "H u lk " is m uch slow er paced and is not nearly as exciting but even the most fidgety of movie­ goers will be more than satisfied with the action-packed last 40 min­ utes, which break down barriers in filmmaking and set a new standard by which films o f this sort should be judged. The Hulk is as much, if not more, of a character study as it is an action film; children on sum m er vacation m ay not be up for watch­ ing a character deal with his repressed em otions and paternal For these that issues onscreen. enjoy film s that delve lit o the deep, dark com ers of the human soul, "H u lk " can be much more satisfying. A ng Lee and main screenwriter Josh Sch am u s have crafted an extremely subtle story about two people dealin g with issu es of fatherhcxxi and how each recon­ ciles those issues. Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross is the unappreciated daughter who has succeeded in the avenues she has chosen, but can do nothing to gain the attention of her father — General Thunderbolt Ross, played to perfection by Sam Elliott. Ross finds a kindred spirit in Banner, a man repressing his Ijocal L iste n in g Cruiserweight “Hutk" premiere» today The Incredible Hulk has been trans­ formed into theaters with the help of CGI. “Hulk" is the latest Marvel Comic to hit the big screen. P h o to c o u r te s y of U n iv e rsa l S tu d io s Burton film s, produced a m ore su b d u ed arrangem ent this time. B e sid e the m u sic d u rin g the op en in g credits, his instrum en­ tals d o little to a d v a n c e the m ovie, but d o not detract from it. Fan s of the com ic m ay be d is­ m ayed by the liberties that the film m akers chose to take with the H u lk 's lore. The highly go ssip e d of H ulk d o gs, while not a p p ear­ ing in the comic, serve a p u rp ose in the film and don't detract from the overall m ythos. A m ajor problem is that D avid Banner is established a s a super-pow ered the know n ch aracter A bsorbing M an even though it is not explicitly stated in the film. This plot turn is unnecessary and hinders the film 's climax. a s Stu d io executives are hoping that the color of the su m m er of 2(X)3 will be green. M arketing for this film ran ges from fast-food prom otions to D V D s of the old TV show, to the best toy on the market in years — 1 lulk hands. Although the studio m ay not have gotten a m ovie that su m m er film goers m ay return to, they have received a film fhat m aintains the genius of A ng I,ee as an artist and places comic book m ovies on a higher plateau as films. mem ories to escape his past. All the actors here d o a wonderful job and infuse vitality into characters that com e with 40 years of comic book history. d esign er Production Rick Heinrichs and editor Tim Squyres d o an aston ishing job editing "H u lk ." The scenes slide, dissolve and fade into each other som e­ w hat like reading through a comic book. A t som e points, there are u p to five scenes within scenes in m ul­ tiple picture window s, not unlike a comic book page, each interacting with each other in such a candid w ay that no one could accuse the film of being pretentious. O ne asp ect that m any w ere w orried ab o u t in the m onths lead in g up to the release o f "H u lk " w as the look o f the m on­ ster. It is hard for any team, even those at ILM, to bring a 15-foot tall green m onster to life and m ake it interact with an actual environment. Skeptics will say that the H ulk pales in com pari­ son to G ollum from the Lord of the Rings, which is true, but for the H u lk 's p u rp ose in the film, as a grunting outlet of rage, the C G I is exceptional. Danny Elfm an, best known for his quirky m usical scores in Tim By Max Harger Daily T exan S ta ff there are E sse n tia lly , tw o ty p e s o f college m usic lovers: th o se w h o defin e th e m se lv e s th ro u gh en d le ss stacks o f C D c a se s (o r m ore likely, through g ig s o f M P 3s), an d those w h o p ick u p g u ita rs and m ake m u sic for th e m se lv es. The m em bers o f C ru ise rw e ig h t are of the latter variety. T h e ir ta sty bran d of fem ale- fr o n te d p o p - p u n k h a s g a r ­ n e re d n o t o n ly local r a d io a tte n tio n , th ese A ustin M u sic N e tw o rk d a r lin g s a lso re ceiv e d a ir p la y o f their liv e in C en tral P a rk p e rfo rm a n c e from m u sic t e le v is io n ste p c h ild M uch M u sic. C ruiserw eight built their fan b ase over the last few y ears d u r­ ing the time in which vocalist Stella and two o f her band m ates w ere full-time stu den ts at UT. The band played v ariou s cam p u s even ts and the obligatory Sixth Street venues before a second- p lace Jester " Ja m fe st" battle o f the b a n d s effectively netted them a 40 Acres Fest slot op en in g for headliners 8 finish the in 1 /2 S o u v e n irs an d M ed esk i Martin and Wood. The Fall o f 2001 found them on stage for the D ep artm en t P sy ch o lo gy o f C om m en cem en t after stu d e n ts voted for a C ruiserw eight per­ form ance rath er than a g u e st speaker. Recently, the band h as been hard at w ork refining their riff­ laden p op , tracking a new album with the help of N ew Jersey pro­ d u c e r (B u rn in g A irlines, Jaw box). A lso in the w ork s is the release o f a sp lit EP to be sh ared with D yn am ite Boy in the fall. Ja y R o b b in s Umy Maxwell, Stella Maxwell and Dave Hawkins of Cruiserweight play Emo’s. P h o to c o u r te s y o f C ru iserw e ig h t Tonight will be the last chance to catch the b an d before they set ou t on a tour o f the M idw est. C ru ise rw e ig h t will be p lay in g the early sh o w at E m o 's with S te re o ty p e rid e r, B ig w ig , an d D a lla s' C h o m sk y sh a rin g the bill. Dallas rock band Chomsky plays Emo’s tonight By Stefanle Satterwhite D u C Í a I a m I a f i Daily Texan Staff be fo r It w o u ld be a wise move for all of y o u to p lan to be at Em o's this the early show . e v e n in g C h o m sk y will b low in g through the Hill Country to kick u p so m e tum blew eed and sp lash th in gs aro u n d . If you h av en 't seen C h o m sk y in action before y ou are in for the banana sp lit o f rock sh o w s. If you have, you too are in for the banana split of rock sh ow s. T h e few m onths h a v e la s t fo u n d C h o m sk y in M iam i, F lo rid a sip p in g on pina co lad as, reco rd in g ro lle rb la d in g , th eir for A e z ra re co rd s. T o help keep th in g s and fir st albu m t -t u n d er control and on sch ed u le in the stu d io is G ary Katz. K atz p ro d u ced m ost o f Walter Becker an d D onald F ag en 's early co llab ­ oration s. "[T h e record] will con­ tain an en han ced p ress kit of so m e sort. This in the p ast has h ad live footage com bined with in te rv ie w s and m u sic. It's a thing that A ezra d o e s on all of their releases." track s Fan s can look forw ard to a from fe w re-reco rd ed their tw o p rev io u s releases "A Few P o ssible Selections For The S o u n d track O f Your L ife " and "O n w a rd Q u irk y S o ld ie rs" as w ell as a h an dfu l o f w ell-crafted n e w for p o ssib le a lb u m titles, there is an ever g ro w in g list on I he C h om sk y tu n es. A s sh o w s th is y e a r: "W e're not m ak in g ex cu ses; w e're m ak in g a record." w eb board in clu din g "C h o m sk y B u rg e r," C h an n el " C le a r A p p r o v e d ," "P u n c tu a l R o ck ," "C h o m sk y — M en in T igh ts," "D en to n C a llin g " and "T h ere 's N o Place Like N o a m ." So far, n othing is official w here titles are concerned. Th is is C h o m sk y 's first ou tin g since they h ave been in the stu ­ dio and the first tim e for so m e of the new so n g s to be h eard live by their fan s acro ss the South an d u p the West coast. A fter being pen n ed u p in the stu d io for m onths these b oy s ou gh t to be ex p lo d in g with en ergy and b u bblin g with antics to keep the a u d ie n c e en tertain e d th ro u gh the night. A final note to those in w ith d raw al d u e to the lack of ^ A A v HIGHLAND 10 35 & MIDDLE FISKVILLE RD • 512 - 467-7305 WITH STUDENT ID ALL SH O W S DUMB AND DUMBERER 12:30 2:35 4:40 7:00 9:05 (PG13) 2 f AST 2FURI0US 12:00 2:20 4:40 7:15 9:40 (PG13) FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY 12:45 2:45 4:45 7:05 9:10 (PG) FINDING NEMO 12:00 2:15 4:30 7:00 9:20 (G) THE HULK 12:30 3:30 7:00 9:55 (PG13) THE HULK 1:00 4:15 4:40 7:30 10:30 (PG13) ITALIAN JOB 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:30 10:00 (PG13) ALEX A EMMA 12:15 2:35 4:55 7:15 9:35 (PG13) HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE 12:15 2:45 5:15 7:45 10:15 (PG13) RUGRATS GO WILD 12:00 2:00 4:00 7:00 (PG) BRUCE ALMIGHTY 9:00 (PG13) Sfcowtimes good 6/20-6/26 • Visit os of www.golaxytliMtros.coiR June 19-20 JANES BOND OOUSlEJHrURE G O L D F I N G E R 7:15 pm Thum A 9:80 pm Fm I IT H U N D E R B A L L l 9:45 pm Thum i 7:15 pm Fm FII1MBUIIT M¿5T«KS»V > ►■ « * » m • lftap«r»mowMt.«ra “ a c o n w i t h i n a c o n w i t h i n a . w a t c h i n g t h i s f i l m is c o n . l i ke o b s e r v i n g a c h e s s g a m e in w h i c h al l o f t h e p i e c e s a r e in p l a i n v i e w b u t o n e p l a y e r h a s f i g u r e d o u r a w a y t o c h e a t . ” Chi c ago Sun-Times 112 W I 1 I 7 A B E T H 3 2 G 2 6 2 9 6 0 9 W 2 9 T H 4 7 8 6 3 2 5 Friday, Monday-Thursday (2 40) 6 45. 9 50 Saturday & Sunday: (11:30, 2 40) 6 45, 9:50 RAISING VICTOR VAR6AS criday, Monday-Thursday (2:10,4 50) 7:20,10 00 Saturday & Sunday: (11 50. 210,4:60) 7 20,10:00 SH0WTIMES VALIO FRIDAY JUNE ?0 - THURSDAY JUNE 26 b .n q j-ti S h im tim es .n i . L A I I W I I I A K K ' > I ( 1 I C 21st t Guadalupe • (512) 472-FILM 1 w w w . L a n d m a rk T h e a t r e s . c o m “DYNUIIC...SIUIIY... It ym'rt not yet Mittii vitb Uriel tredy-ye» ill be.’ -I) Weegir, l i l l f CUM >*{u i m u rn the HARD WAY Friday, Monday- Thursday (2 20,4 40; 7 10, 9.40 Saturday & Sunday (11 40, 2 20. 4 40) 7 10 9 40 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! fc u r » r F o n c i o N ■ A N U i i A m ■■■ m N o w h e re A f r i c a Friday Monday & Tuesday, Thursday (2 30) 6 30, 9 30 Saiurday & Sunday (11 20 2 30) 6 30, 9 30 Wednesday (2 30) 9 30 1; Page 9 AROUND AUSTIN WEEKEND, FROM 10 LA ZONA ROSA: Despite the odd-sounding name, Hairy Apes BMX are actually pretty dope. The band mixes funk, jazz, drum- rvbass and a wealth of other styles into one eclectic improvk sational soup. You can bear wit­ ness to how well these guys rock a party Friday night. Spoonfed Tribe and DJ Trey Lopez open. EM O’ S: If you’re in the mood for som e feel-good mall punk, check out Bigwig along with local stars Cruiserweight and Dallas-natives Chomsky playing the early show at Em o’s tonight. Saturday, Emo's hosts I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness CD release party. (That has got to be the best band name ever!) That's the late show, if you get there early you can check out emo-rockers Brandston playing the early show with Air Tight Alibi and PARK. Maybe you should just hang out at Em o's all weekend. Stick around until Monday to see the infectiously poppy The Stereo, along with [daryl], Tickertape Parade and Sam e Day Service. STUBB’s INSIDE: You may rec­ ognize 12 Stones lead singer Paul McCoy from Evanescence's immensely popular "Bring M e To Life" single. Check out M cCoy’s first love, 12 Stones, along with Social Burn and Double Drive playing a 101X sponsored gig Friday night. THE VIBE: Saturday, the Vibe will host a special CD release party for Canvas, with DJ Govinda, Nevolution and DJ Basho opening. CARLOS ’n CHARLIE’S: This popular Lake Travis hangout will be the spot for Cross Canadian Ragweed’s first Sand Blast on Lake Travis. C arlo s’n Charlie’s suggest you get tickets in advance, available at all CD Warehouse stores around Austin. This should be one hell of a day out on the lake, with Billy Joe Shaver, Larry Joe Taylor and a lot more opening. Isn't it cool how country singers always have three nam es? RED EYED FLY: Friday it’s Gahdziila Motor Company, Gunship 6 66 (from Japan) and more. Saturday Podunk head­ lines with local rockers Damesviolet opening. Sunday Red Eyed Fly hosts a battle of the bands, featuring eight bands performing from 6 to 11 p.m. MERCURY: Gold Chains and Stars as My Eyes (think under­ ground hip-hop for indie rock dorks) rock the Mercury tonight. 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