Calendar Free Henna Students help drum up donations to aid flood victims in Pakistan by offering free henna tattoos for donors. Stop by in front of the FAC from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Craziest Cake Competition AustinÕs creative bakers compete for the title of the craziest cake. The competition is at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center from 7 to 10 p.m. and will offer free cake samples. RSVP by e-mailing rsvp@austinmonthly. com. Delfos Danza Contempor‡nea The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Department of Theater and Dance presents contemporary dance by Mexican choreographers V“ctor Manuel Ruiz and Claudia Lavista. Bass Concert Hall. 8 p.m. Tickets $24 to $36. DonÕt Do It Session covers the mistakes that lead to plagiarism and strategies to avoid it. PCL 1.124 from 10 -11 a.m. Study Abroad The Department of Spanish and Portuguese host an information session on study abroad opportunities for summer 2011. GAR 1.126 from 4 - 5 p.m. Today in history In 1846 German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered Neptune. Campus Watch Wrong Stall Goldsmith Hall A staff member reported seeing a manÕs hand and arms on the floor inside a womenÕs bathroom located on the second floor. UTPD officers investigated and found a man locked inside one of the stalls. The man left the stall and told the officers he was in the wrong bathroom. He was taken into custody for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing. Quote to note Ô Ô ÒWe want it to al¥ways fit that Ala¥mo South Lamar venue. ItÕs movies all day and parties all night; it was built upon that.Ó Ñ Tim League Director of Fantastic Fest LIFE&ARTS PAGE 11 Fantastic Arcade added to Festival Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff Tech director Kody McKay Sandel demos one of eight custom-made arcade-style games for the upcoming Fantastic Arcade at The Highball. By Allistair Pinsof much in the same way its big sister festival as an art platform; we wanted to put vid-Daily Texan Staff has for film. From Thursday until Sunday, eo games on a level playing field with film While Fantastic Fest continues to grow in the Highball ballroom will be packed full and celebrate indie game designers just attendance and influence, the curators are of developers, game enthusiasts and, most as we have with filmmakers,Ó said Tim turning their focus to something new this importantly, eight arcade cabinets custom-League, director of Fantastic Fest. year: video games. built for the show displaying the works of Not only will the designers behind Fantastic Arcade is a festival in its own independent game designers in attendance. right, celebrating the indie game scene ÒGaming has a second-tier reputation ARCADE continues on page 11 For more dt Weekend see page 12 Friendship from Navy raises $15m for building By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff About 40 years ago, a young Na¥val officer named William Powers Jr. was on a tour in Bahrain when James Mulva, the man who would become the chairman and CEO of ConocoPhilips, came to the island fresh from UTÕs Na¥val Re¥serve Offi¥cer Train¥ing Corps. On two different sides of the island, Powers and Mul¥va occa¥sionally James Mulva met each Conoco Philips CEO other at events during their tours. But eight years ago, it was at a Texas Exes event hon¥oring Mulva that UT President Pow¥ers recognized his old acquaintance. ÒWhen his video introduced him, went through his history and his tour in Bahrain, I was there, and all of a sudden it dawned on me Ñ I know Jim Mulva.Ó Pow¥ers said. Today, UT announced that Mul¥va and his wife Miriam donated a critical $15 million gift to help pay for a new liberal arts building opening on the East Mall in 2013. FUNDS continues on page 2 Student speaks out about mental health struggle By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff When UT alumna Sarah Martinez was a sophomore in high school, she thought she didnÕt need to sleep and became consumed with picking up every piece of trash she saw along the way home from school. At first she didnÕt know what was wrong with herself, but eventually she was diagnosed with three differ¥ent mental illnesses. Martinez was one of two speak¥ers at ÒIn Our Own Voice,Ó a pro¥gram where survivors of mental ill¥nesses spoke about the initial trau¥ma and recovery from their diag¥nosis. WednesdayÕs program was part of the larger Suicide Prevention Week sponsored by the Counseling Crime in Austin rising while national rates fall By Aziza Musa Violent crime, as defined by Daily Texan Staff the FBIÕs Uniform Crime Report-National trends show decreas-ing system, includes murder and ing rates for violent and property non-negligent manslaughter, forc¥crimes from 2008 to 2009, according ible rape, robbery and aggravat¥to recent FBI reports, but the city of ed assault. Property crime consists Austin saw increases in both. of burglary, theft, auto theft and ar- The FBI reported a 5.3 percent de-son. The statistics omitted arson be¥cline for violent crimes and 4.6 per-cause of citiesÕ different law enforce¥cent decline for property crimes, ment collection procedures and lim¥continuing a downward trend for ited data. three and seven consecutive years, Aggravated assault and robber¥respectively. ies were the most common violent Austin saw a rise of violent crime crimes nationwide and in Austin. by 2.3 percent, or nearly 90 instanc-Burglaries and thefts topped the es, and a rise in property crime by property crime list. 7.2 percent, or about 3,200 instances, According to the APD month¥according to the Austin Police De-ly reports in December 2009, the partmentÕs 2009 annual crime and traffic report. RATES continues on page 5 Austin and National crime stats Illustration by Veronica Rosalez | Daily Texan Staff and Mental Health Center. ÒIn Our Own VoiceÓ was an in¥teractive program, and audience members were encouraged to ask questions and offer feedback to the speakers. Marian Trattner, UTÕs Suicide Pre¥vention coordinator, said the event is one of the most personal of Sui¥cide Prevention Week. ÒWe hoped that people would leave informed and aware of the sensitivity of mental illness,Ó she said. ÒWe want them to be able to recognize warning signs and under¥stand that help is available.Ó Martinez, who is now a spokes¥woman for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, opened up about being diagnosed with bi-polar type I and schizophrenia, initially reject¥ing her medicine. ÒAt first I felt betrayed by my parents for taking me to a doctor, and I refused to take the medicine,Ó she said. ÒOnce I realized how scared my family was for me, I be¥gan willingly taking the medication HEALTH continues on page 2 Photo illustration by Jeff Heimsath New research suggests that men determine the length of their potential relationship with a partner based on whether they have more of an attractive face or an attractive body. Science says men like shapely ladies By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff It turns out men do prefer curves, UT researchers found Ñ but usually for casual rela¥tionships. Researchers discovered men determine whether a woman is a potential short-term physical partner or a long-term mate sim¥ply by examining her features, ac¥cording to a study released Mon¥day in the Evolution and Human Behavior science journal. A UT research team inter¥viewed 375 men and women and concluded that men cate¥gorize women with attractive, curvy bodies as short-term part¥ners, whereas a woman with a pretty face would more likely be considered for a long-term relationship. Psychology graduate student Carin Perilloux, a member of the research team, said while men fa¥vored an attractive face specifi¥cally in long-term relationships, women preferred attractive faces in both cases. Women made judgements based on the face 69 percent of the time for both short- and long¥term relationships in the study, but men based their choice on the face 75 percent of the time only for long-term mates, Peril¥loux said. Perilloux said that some in¥dication as to why a womanÕs body is more appealing to men for physical relations has to do with her bodyÕs indication of fertility. ÒStudies show that a womanÕs waist-to-hip ratio is a cue to her MEN continues on page 2 2 NEWS Thursday, September 23, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN FUNDS: Liberal arts, ROTC Volume 111, Number 73 25 cents to find ÔhomeÕ in center CONTACT US From page 1 Mulva said he has a special inter¥est in reserving teaching and train¥ing space on a floor of the six-sto¥ry building for all of UTÕs ROTC units, which were housed for de¥cades in the recently decommis¥sioned Russell A. Steindam Hall. Until 2013, the units will disperse to other buildings on campus as UT construction crews build the new liberal arts building Ñ not yet named Ñ on the site of Stein¥dam Hall. Steindam Hall was named af¥ter a UT ROTC graduate who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after his death, but the building will be torn down this semester. Mulva, a 1969 UT alum who earned bachelorÕs and masterÕs degrees in business administra¥tion finance, said his time in the Naval ROTC unit enhanced his educational experience and was important to his personal devel¥opment. The only way he could come to UT at all was through a Naval ROTC scholarship. After speaking with Powers throughout the year about the best way to financially bolster the University, Mulva is paying UT back. ÒWe felt that the ROTC units are such an important, historical and future part of the Universi¥ty that it would be very good if we could locate them in the new building,Ó Mulva said. The gift couldnÕt come at a better time, said Randy Diehl,      c dean of the College of Liber¥al Arts. The building is project¥ed to cost $95.7 million, and the gift made a huge difference in a difficult fundraising environ¥ment, he said. ÒItÕs not an exaggeration to say that the project would have been in some jeopardy had we not gotten the Mulva gift,Ó Diehl said. ÒIt helped us ensure that the building would go forward.Ó Several liberal arts depart¥ments, including Plan II, Lib¥eral Arts Honors, geography, linguistics, anthropology and sociology, will share space in the building. Diehl said liber¥al arts students have never had a home of their own to meet in and build a sense of commu¥nity, but the new building will have ample space for students to congregate, lounge around and study together. ÒVirtually every other college at UT has a space that students in that college can feel at home in and build a sense of community,Ó he said. Though he said he would be open to honoring Mulva in some way, how to do so is a decision left to the UT System Board of Regents and Powers. For UTÕs ROTC units, enroll¥ment has been increasing, but hasnÕt quite reached 1950s lev¥els, when students poured in after the war and into Stein¥dam Hall, said Maj. Jose Reyes, an associate professor at UTÕs Army ROTC. Reyes said he is thankful for ROTC alumni like Mulva who will enable the ROTC units to work togeth¥ er and provide space for the highly anticipated growth in enrollment and faculty. 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In order to make their deci-chology professor David BussÕ Air Force to have their good current fertility levels, so a high¥ sions, they were allowed to un-research team, said the male reproduced or republished in part or plus t/s workspace,Ó he said. ÒIf I er waist-to-hip ratio would mean cover only one box; either the tendency to be attracted to a in whole without written permission. could see him and meet him, higher fertility rates,Ó Perilloux face or the body. certain body type relates to cer¥IÕd give him a great big hug.Ó said. ÒCues that are associated The research determined tain evolutionary concepts.           with high fertility are not a con¥scious mechanism. It is a subcon¥scious method of attraction.Ó Participants were asked to look at an image and decide whether they would consider that most men opted to see the body in cases when the mate was to be considered for short¥term relationships, but when considering potential marriage partners, the box was removed ÒI would say that a male strat¥egy of searching for cues to im¥mediate fertility in a potential short-term mate, and cues to the long-term reproductive value in a long-term mate, would have TODAYÕS WEATHER High Low 89 74 this person for a one-night stand from the face. been favored by natural selec- I wonder if this is how a whale feels. or a marriage partner, but the David Lewis, a psychology tion,Ó he said. WANTED: TEXAS/OU TICKETS Downtown/1 mile from UT campus TOP PRICES, PAID IN CASH CALL NOW! 512.769.3361 What do you have to lose? Join a fun Weight Loss Challenge to help you reach your weight-loss goals! 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Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 09/22/10 Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m.Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Texan Ad Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m.Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. Deadlines Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) Wire Editor: Nolan Hicks WORLD&NATION www.dailytexanonline.com Thursday, September 23, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Violence rocks Middle East peace talks Crowds of Palestinians riot after shooting kills a man, complicating negotiations By Diaa Hadid & Josef Federman The Associated Press JERUSALEM Ñ Crowds of Pal¥estinian youths violently rampaged in east Jerusalem on Wednesday following the shooting death of a local man, clouding fragile peace efforts even as the Palestinian pres¥ident signaled he may back away from threats to quit negotiations if Israel resumes West Bank settle¥ment construction. At one point, Israeli riot police stormed the hilltop compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the No¥ble Sanctuary Ñ the most explo¥sive site in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the place where the last Palestinian uprising began al¥most exactly 10 years ago. That uprising Ñ which killed thousands of people over some five years of violence Ñ erupted af¥ter a failed U.S.-led peace effort at Camp David. WednesdayÕs out¥burst comes less than a month af¥ter the sides resumed peace nego¥tiations, at a tense moment when those talks are already facing pos¥sible collapse over IsraelÕs plans to end its 10-month slowdown of con¥struction in the Jewish settlements of the West Bank. Netanyahu said all along that the measure would end on Sunday Ñ and the Palestinians have threat¥ened to walk away from the talks if this occurs. The impasse and looming dead¥line have created a palpable tension that has built throughout the week. On Monday, IsraelÕs deputy pre¥mier made a public call on the Pal¥estinians to abandon their demand, casting such a move as a mutu¥al ÒcompromiseÓ in which Isra¥el might retain some of the restric¥tions. On Tuesday, IsraelÕs military chief warned that a collapse of the talks could well lead to violence. Meanwhile, the Israeli political system braced for either outcome. If Netanyahu backs down and ex¥tends the freeze, troubles with his pro-settler coalition partners are likely and he would have to per¥suade the centrist Kadima party to join the coalition. A glimmer of hope arrived from the United States, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas indi¥cated a possible softening of his po¥sition in a Tuesday night address. ÒI cannot say I will leave the ne¥gotiations, but itÕs very difficult for me to resume talks if Prime Minis¥ter Netanyahu declares that he will continue his [settlement] activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem,Ó Ab¥bas said, according to a transcript of the event obtained by The Asso¥ciated Press. The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations later said Ab¥basÕ comments had been miscon¥strued and Abbas was still ready to walk away. Clashes erupted in the Sil¥wan neighborhood shortly after a 32-year-old Palestinian man was killed by a private Israeli security guard watching over Jewish fam¥ilies in the area. About 70 ultrana¥tionalist Jewish families live in Sil¥wan, amid some 50,000 Palestin¥ian residents. Israeli police said the man, Samir Sirhan, had a criminal record and was shot overnight after a group of youthspeltedtheguardwithstones. But residents said that Sirhan, a fa¥ther of five young children, was un¥likely to have participated in the violence. They also noted he was killed at about 4 a.m., an unlikely time for stone throwing. After the shooting, rioting spread throughout Silwan and to the near¥by walled Old City, intensifying during the manÕs funeral. Young men and boys with their faces covered with T-shirts to avoid identification set fire to garbage bins and tires, send¥ing plumes of smoke across the crammed neighborhood. They hurled concrete chunks and rocks at paramilitary police and de¥manded revenge. ÒWe will defend you with our blood and souls, mar¥tyr,Ó protesters chanted. Police responded by firing off rounds of acrid tear gas, which wafted through the area. Police spokesman Micky Rosen¥feld said police moved into the dis¥puted compound after stone throw¥ers attacked Jewish worshippers at the adjacent Western Wall, the holi¥est prayer site for Jews. Eyewitnesses said the clashes were brief. Prominent preacher accused of child abuse By Errin Haines & Greg Bluestein The Associated Press ATLANTA Ñ As a Christian au¥thor, gospel singer and leader of one of the nationÕs best-known black megachurches, Bishop Eddie Long finds a wide audience for messag¥es such as marriage is Òbetween one man and one woman.Ó Those words hung heavy Wednesday over accusations that the TV preacher, a married father of four, used jewelry, cars and cash to lure three young men into sexual relationships. Lawsuits filed Tuesday and Wednesday say the young men were 17 or 18 years old at the time, enrolled in New Birth Mis¥sionary Baptist ChurchÕs ministry for teen boys. A lawyer for Long, who writes books on heterosexual relationships and has strong ties to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Õs family, adamantly denied the allegations. Few at LongÕs 25,000-strong church will discuss the situation, and the grounds were qui¥et Wednesday save for a small group walking in prayer. ÒI support and will stand with my bishop, but right now in the court of public opinion, it does not look good,Ó Lance Robertson said. ÒThis affects too many people. As the bish¥op goes, New Birth goes. He built New Birth.Ó Bernstein said she didnÕt trust local authorities to investigate the claims. DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown has been a member of New Birth for more than 15 years and sits on the advisory board for LongÕs Longfellows Youth Academy. He said he would stand by the bishop and bristled at BernsteinÕs sugges¥tion that local authorities couldnÕt be trusted. ÒIt does not merit a dignified re¥sponse,Ó he said.                                               ! "        #  $%& '()       * 3  " +,(+,  + +* ++*  2 " +,(+,  + +* ++*  .//,-¥ 0   Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob OPINION Doug Luippold Dave Player THE DAILY TEXAN OVERVIEW A DREAM deferred Undocumented students and allies suffered anoth¥er setback on the path to pass the DREAM Act Tuesday night when the legislation was blocked in the U.S. Sen¥ate, after a Republican-led fillibuster . The act creates a path to conditional permanent resi¥dency for undocumented immigrants under the age of 36 who came to the U.S. before they were 16. To obtain residency, the immigrants must have attended college or served in the military for two years and be of Ògood mor¥al character.Ó The DREAM Act is important to consider in terms of so¥cial justice, but beyond that, itÕs also a crucial tool to con¥tribute to an educated work force, especially in Texas. Unfortunately, both U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, voted . The DREAM Act was tacked on as an amendment to a de¥fense spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, along with a provision repealing DonÕt Ask DonÕt Tell. Both senators avoided discussing the DREAM Act when justifying the filibuster; instead they just blasted the DemocratsÕ legislative tactics. Hutchinson criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for Òattaching important and unrelatedÓ issues to the legislation, and Cornyn called these legislative tactics an Òinsult to millions of Americans.Ó Both Hutchinson and Cornyn declare the necessity of comprehensive immigration reform, but their actions block¥ing the passage of the DREAM Act tell a different story. Af¥ter all, what could be a more solid first step toward reform¥ing the U.S. immigration system then offering the most ed¥ucated immigrants a chance to stay in the U.S.? Banned books In anticipation of National Banned Books Week, which will begin on Sept. 25 and last until Oct. 2, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has released its 14th an¥nual list of books banned by Texas public schools. In to¥tal, 87 titles were challenged by various school districts around Texas last year and 20 were banned. Among the books banned were two Judy Blume novels and a book from the Gossip Girl series. The greatest number of challenges came from near¥by Leander ISD, the same school district that refused to show its students a 15-minute speech that President Ba¥rack Obama delivered to schoolchildren nationwide to motivate them to pursue their education. Close behind Leander was Round Rock ISD which, as the report notes, had two cases at a middle school where a parent lobbied to get a book banned, but refused to read the book even in order to discuss the supposedly troublesome aspects of it with school administrators. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of book challenges occurred on the grounds of sex or nudity. Profanity and violence resulted in the second Ñ and third Ñ most chal¥lenges respectively. Beyond the obvious troublesome ramifications that censorship presents, the naivete that one must posses when deciding to ban a book is almost laughable. Quite simply, teenagers donÕt seek out fiction stories in order to get their fix of sex and violence Ñ they know the In¥ternet and television are far more efficient means of ac¥complishing that. Banning a book likely only succeeds in making children want to read them more in order to see what theyÕre missing. Thankfully, the number of books being challenged or banned in Texas schools has de¥creased steadily over the past four years. We hope this trend continues, as schools should be a forum where dif¥fering ideas are presented, not restricted. THE FIRING LINE Shocked and appalled I am so shocked by WednesdayÕs column, ÒTake responsibility for MexicoÕs tragedy,Ó that I hardly know where to begin. First, how did we Òcreate a neighbor so desperately poorÓ? I guess we went and pillaged them Poncho Villa-style. No wait, they did that. Well maybe we invaded them and overloaded their welfare sys¥ tem. Well no, another reversal. Ok, I know, we became the major¥ ity of offenders in their criminal system so that we sent their jails beyond capacity. No again! No, the only thing we ÒdidÓ to Mexico while there was spend money through tourism. I canÕt fathom the arrogant ignorance of this article. WhatÕs even better is that the writer would probably denounce the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as unjust while they seem to think it our responsibility to take care of Mexico. What a fool the author is and whomever would follow the line of (I hesitate to use the word) reasoning that the author used. I will conclude with this: Has the author ever used illegal nar¥ cotics? Because, if so, he is the one to take the blame. To accuse the American people who have spent billions in the fight against illegal drugs for damaging Mexico is to spit in the face of what we stand for. If you refuse to publish this, I expect an e-mail explaining why. ÑDaniel Horne Chemistry junior Stop financing the cartels I couldnÕt agree more with Jonathan RienstraÕs column in WednesdayÕs paper, ÒTake responsibility for MexicoÕs tragedy.Ó IÕve seen so many lives completely ruined by drug abuse and have heard of so many more lost due to drug cartel violence. To say that using illicit drugs is a Òvictimless crimeÓ is outrageous and absurd. As the old saying goes, ÒNo man is an island,Ó and those whose money has been financing drug cartel activities have the blood of innocent people on their hands. Illicit drugs are not worth it. They are not worth the danger they pose to the user, or to the innocent people who get in the way of the cartels. We are responsible for the bloodshed in Mexico simply because we have largely financed it. Mexico is not just some place where we go for vacations. For many, it is their home, their family. My best friend canÕt even go see her family in Mexico anymore because of how dangerous it is to travel there. When even the news media is having to pander to drug cartels because of the threat they pose to their staffÕs safety, things have gone much too far. I commend Rienstra for boldly speaking out as a voice of reason in this urgent and horrific situa¥ tion. ÑElise Frame Political communications freshman GALLERY Less fan cam, more Cronkite By Marc Nestenius Daily Texan Columnist When DominoÕs Pizza releases a new ad campaign that explains how much their pizza sucks, consumers fall to their knees in praise of the company. But when UT releases new ads, football fans almost throw their boots at the jumbotron in disgust. Now why would a stadium full of Longhorn lunatics be upset with a skillfully crafted commercial emphasizing the greatness of the University? Because Walter CronkiteÕs voice is missing, thatÕs why! Walter Cronkite, with his commanding and melodramatic voice, is as much a part of UT as the man who first mixed the color red with yellow. Cronkite was a writer for The Daily Texan, a radio and news personality and eventually became the Òmost trusted man in America.Ó But to UT football fans, Cronkite is much more than that; he is the general that rallies the troops at the end of every third quarter. For comparison, Leonidas had to yell, ÒThis is Sparta!Ó at the top of his lungs to spur a mere 300 Spartans into battle, but Cronkite needs only to gently advise Longhorns to ÒGet your horns up,Ó and 100,000 fans scream deafeningly. We have grown to expect his commercial at the same time every home game. It has become a tradition Ñ a DKR staple. Thus, the pulling of the Cronkite ad at the last home football game was upset¥ting to most and enraging for many. Certainly students have led protests, embarking on an aggres¥sive campaign to reinstate the ad and adopting the battle cry ÒWe want Walter.Ó Barbara Friend, a radio-television-film senior, created a Facebook group that currently has more than 1,500 members and it just hap¥pens to be named ÒWe Want Walter.Ó Ò[The commercial] has just embedded itself in the game-day tra¥dition,Ó Friend acknowledges. ÒThere is something about the energy of that ad that just lights up the crowd.Ó Friend is pushing for the Cronkite spot to re-emerge during this SaturdayÕs game against UCLA. A ÒWe Want WalterÓ petition is al¥ready online, and a hard-copy one is in the works. Even alumni and Student Government are voicing their support for the movement. Many students curse and loathe the transition. Sure, the new ads have a picturesque background of campus and are voiced by UT alumna Barbara Smith Conrad. But they arenÕt inspira¥tional. They donÕt send chills down my spine. In short, they ainÕt no Cronkite. Seeking support, I contacted Erin Purdy, associate director of com¥munications at the Briscoe Center for American History. I figured if anyone were to be displeased by the new campaign shift it would be someone who works a good deal with the on-campus Cronkite ex¥hibit, ÒEyewitness to a Century.Ó ÒWe are certainly proud and honored to be the home of CronkiteÕs legacy here on campus,Ó responded Purdy. ÒBut we are also proud and honored to be affiliated with Barbara Smith Conrad.Ó That wasnÕt what I expected. I was hoping to hear faculty join the fans, but that wasnÕt going to happen. I only received infor¥mation about ConradÕs involvement with the University and The Briscoe Center, which produced an award-winning documentary about her life titled ÒWhen I Rise.Ó After a little research, I, on behalf of all the filled stadium seats, started to regret the intense negativity toward the campaign shift. To give a little history, Conrad was one of the first black stu¥dents at UT and was cast as the lead role in a University play op¥posite a white lover, until the racist culture of 1950Õs Texas pres¥sured her removal. Conrad was betrayed and her theatrical and musical ambitions were suppressed. Yet after decades of disillu¥sionment with UT, she is promoting the University that treated her with such disrespect. ConradÕs story of enduring societal pressure is just as inspiration¥al as fansÕ negative backlash is embarrassing. UTÕs history has too much to teach to focus on only one person, but so far the focus has been on whose ad will rally the most fans at a football game. So I re¥quest of my fellow students: Drop the hateful bashing of the new ads. Stop the ignorant name-calling of a narrator whom most of us know nothing about. Mrs. Conrad, we are honored to have you as our official spokes¥woman, as you teach us with powerful lessons. However, UT foot¥ball games need their general, and CronkiteÕs 30 seconds have be¥come a tradition. ÒWe Want WalterÓ offers a simple solution on its webpage: ÒLess fan cam, more Cronkite.Ó I agree. Why not honor them both by broadcasting Conrad to the world while bringing Cronkite back just once every football game? Nestenius is an engineering sophomore. GALLERY LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessari¥ly those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Tex¥as Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. EDITORIAL TWITTER Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twit¥ter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. RECYCLE Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange news stand where you found it. Thursday, September 23, 2010 NEWS Psychology Education Lt. Gov. candidate talks to UDems By Emily Sides Daily Texan Staff Linda Chavez-Thompson, the Democratic nominee for lieuten¥ant governor of Texas, picked cot¥ton alongside her family in West Texas from age 10 to 20. That experience, she said, pre¥pared her for a long career as a la¥bor and political activist. ÒI know what hard work is,Ó she said. ÒMy parents taught me that no matter how low or how dirty, do the job right.Ó Chavez-Thompson, who is fac¥ing three-term incumbent Re¥publican David Dewhurst, spoke to University Democrats at their fourth meeting of the semester on Wednesday. She said she remembers watch¥ing the Òboss manÓ yell at her father from his pick-up truck. Chavez-Thompson never found out why he was yelling, but she remembers her father Òliterally shrinking in shame.Ó ÒIt defines who I am, why I got involved. He was humiliated and embarrassed. I was 11 and thereÕs nothing I can do. When people donÕt speak up for themselves or canÕt, when people are put down so badly Ñ I made it my life to make things better,Ó she said. Chavez-Thompson started her career as a bilingual secretary for the Texas chapter of the Labor¥ers International Union of North America. She said she wants a comprehensive immigration re¥form policy and cited the Tex¥as economyÕs dependence on mi¥grant labor. University Democrats Presi¥dent Michael Hurta said she has a strong resume. ÒSheÕs been spending her entire life for workers. As young people about to enter the workforce, we need an advocate in state govern¥ment,Ó he said. Chavez-Thompson said that she wants to re-regulate tuition at receives grant to attract minority grad students By Amyna Dosani Daily Texan Staff In an attempt to combat the shortage of bilingual and ethnic minority child psychologists, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration award¥ed UTÕs Department of Educa¥tional Psychology the first Grad¥uate Psychology Education Pro¥gram grant. The $390,000 grant will be used to train nine graduate stu¥dents entering the two-year pro¥gram in integrated health care which aims to treat mental and physical ailments in a coordinat¥ed manner. Education pro¥ity of existing health and mental health care providers share neither this cultural nor linguistic back¥ground, creating significant barri¥ers to access to health services.Ó Along with child psychia¥trist residents, the trainees will attend a year-long seminar on models of integrated health care, multicultural services and fami¥ly-centered services. The program, which runs un¥til July 2013, aims to provide better health and mental care to underserved children and fam¥ilies by training psychologists in research-based, bilingual and bicultural coun¥seling, said Luis fessor Cindy Sandoval, who is Carlson, chair-one of three stu¥woman of the dents entering Department ...the culture plays a the graduate pro¥ of Education-huge role in how they gram this year. Government sophomore Lara¥al Psychology, ÒWhen you ÔÔperceive and receive mie Stroud, a member of Universi¥said problems talk to a Lati¥ty Democrats, said he agrees with in the classroom counseling.Ó no, the culture her education platform of not cut¥may be caused plays a huge role ting the education budget, but was Ñ Luis Sandoval by both learn-in how they per¥concerned that she did not outline ing and behavior Graduate Student ceive and receive specific goals to handle the $18 bil¥problems. counseling,Ó San¥ state universities, which has sky¥rocketed since the state legislature allowed universities to set their own rates in 2003. ÒI canÕt think of another ten years like this,Ó she said. ÒSo many things that affect the econ¥omy and donÕt help the average working families in Texas, thatÕs a very serious situation, whether we continue to spiral downward or build ourselves up.Ó care must treat the whole per¥son.Ó RATES: APD reports crime leveled off in past decade Texas ranked first in the num¥lion budget deficit. ÒHealth care in ÒI probably wonÕt support her the United States because she didnÕt give a thor¥has become quite ough answer [regarding the bud¥specialized, yet mental and get deficit],Ó he said. physical health are very inter¥related,Ó Carlson said. ÒIncreas¥ingly, we appreciate that health From page 1 northwest sector of Austin sur¥passed all sectors in crime increas¥es Ñ with a 45 percent increase in violent crimes a 15.8 percent in¥crease in property crimes. The sector, just east of Lake Tra¥vis, is outlined roughly by Ranch to Market Road 620, Burnet Road, Parmer Lane and Ranch to Market Road 2222. APD spokesman Cpl. Scott Per¥ry said the reasons for these crimes and the areas where they occur are unknown. ÒWhen police Chief Art Aceve¥do arrived in Austin, it was the newest and most accurate way to map crime and a better way for us to look at those patterns and react to them,Ó he said. ÒWhenever the officers see trends forming, they can determine where exactly we send personnel.Ó Despite the cityÕs rise in crime, APD reports show that both types of crime have leveled off in the last decade. From 2007 to 2008, violent crimes increased by 65 offenses and property crimes dropped by 652 offenses. ÒItÕs part of a larger trend that has been seen across the coun¥try,Ó said Mark Warr, a UT sociolo¥gy professor. ÒItÕll probably contin¥ue to come down because itÕs been doing so for the past three or four decades.Ó He said the aging population, improvements in police tactics and technology, and a decline in violence associated with drugs contributed to the steadying crime trends. ÒWe do know that we live in a society where many people are very afraid,Ó he said. ÒThe tragedy of that is that the world is a much, much safer place than people real¥ize. Every indication that we have is that Austin is a very safe place to live.Ó ber of uninsured children and 47th in the amount of per capi¥ta mental health funding. Because 35 percent of Tex¥as residents speak a language other than English, with 86.4 percent speaking Spanish, bi¥lingualism was a top priori¥ty when choosing the trainees, Carlson said. ÒTexas has a substantial Mex¥ican-American population and a large Spanish-speaking popula¥tion,Ó Carlson said. ÒThe major¥doval said. ÒYou have to diagnose and treat them according to their culture,Ó he said. They will also participate in preparatory training in chil¥drenÕs services the first year in the Dell ChildrenÕs Hospi¥tal and the Texas Child Study Center. In their second year, they will provide child psycho¥logical services in communi¥ty health centers in the Central Texas area. Kiara Alvarez, who will enter the program this year, said itÕs a challenge to work in so many systems, like schools, hospitals and agencies. ÒYou need to respect the needs of the child while also respect¥ing the systems youÕre work¥ing with,Ó she said. NEWS Thursday, September 23, 2010 UT starting move to new data center, aims to up security By Matthew Stottlemyre Daily Texan Staff UT has completed a new $32 million data center, which will house network systems like Blackboard and the University e-mail servers. The data center will begin op¥eration in October and officials would not specify the location of the new center. The center will allow depart¥ments within the University to house their network systems in a central- Hegarty also said the old data center, located in the Service Building on 24th Street and San Jacinto Boulevard, was subject to safety hazards because of several nearby gas lines. Building the new center was a Òsafety issue for running the cam¥pus,Ó Hegarty said. He said that as departments consolidate to the data center, managing their computer re¥sources should be less expensive over time. The new ized, secure data center and protected will include environment, climate control said Kevin and fire sup-Hegarty, Uni-pression sys¥versity vice ItÕs a good opportunity tems. Access president and ÔÔ to the build¥ for them to ... free up chief financial ing will be re¥ valuable space that might officer. stricted. ÒItÕs a good be used for other needs Charles Mi¥opportunity for chael Cun¥ and reduce their cost.Ó them to con-ningham, di¥solidate to the Ñ Kevin Hegarty, rector of Uni¥data center and versity Data University vice president free up valu-Centers, said able space that the center will might be used charge a fee to for other needs and reduce their cost,Ó he said. Lisa Wright, a senior technical communicator at Information Technology Services, said small¥er systems like testing servic¥es for the center will be moved to the beginning of October and all major systems, such as Black¥board and the University-wide e-mail system, will be relocated in December when UT is closed over winter break. Students should not notice a disruption during the transi¥tion period. ÒIf we do it right, it should be a non-event,Ó Hegarty said. He said $32 million is a relative¥ly small price to pay to replace the existing center, which was not up to todayÕs standards. co-host servers from different de¥partments in the University. He said the fees are to recover oper¥ation costs and will be subsidized by the University. Cunningham said the cen¥ter was built to address a Ògrow¥ing demand for newer and hot¥ter servers and faster applications that require extra bandwidth.Ó Wright said the main benefit to the University is that UT will now have redundancy in its net¥works. She said systems, such as Blackboard, wonÕt have to be shut down for maintenance and will be protected from failure caused by power loss. Last August there was a system failure on move-in weekend, forc¥ing them to use pen and paper, Wright said. Slimming down unhealthy habits By Mary Ellen Knewtson Daily Texan Staff State health leaders and research groups are preparing for the legis¥lative session in January by coordi¥nating efforts and raising the issue of obesity to key lawmakers. Leading health experts worked to combat the disease at the Capitol on Wednesday at the third annual Texas Obesity Awareness Week. About 30 percent of Texas adults and children are obese, according to information from the UT School of Public Health. Representatives from three state health organizations presented in¥formation about child obesity pre¥vention and physical fitness to a crowd of about 145 people. High profile audience members included state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Aus¥tin, and former Texas Commission¥er of Health Eduardo J. Sanchez. ÒObesity is a matter of what you eat and how active you are,Ó said Marcia Ory, a Texas A&M Health Science Center professor and rep¥resentative for the Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evalua¥tion project (T-COPPE). To maximize the amount of phys¥ical activity in a typical school day, T-COPPE supports Safe Routes to School, a program dedicated to in¥creasing the number of students who walk or bike to school rather than ride in a car or bus, Ory said. To orchestrate change in transpor¥tation patterns, T-COPPE is focus¥ing on ways to engineer a safe en¥vironment in which parents are more likely to let their kids walk to school, she said. ACTIVE TEXAS 2020 combines the efforts of different disease-pre¥vention organizations and aims to provide community leaders with the information they need to im¥plement policy, said community health specialist Donna Nichols. ÒYou have to have the evidence to be able to say to the communi¥ties across the state ÔThese are the things that work,ÕÓ she said. Harold W. Kohl, a professor at the UT School of Public Health and an ACTIVE TEXAS 2020 rep¥resentative, said about 50 percent of men and women in the state are not meeting the physical ac¥tivity guidelines. ÒThe prevalence of Texans who meet minimal physical ac¥tivity guidelines is, in my mind, unacceptably low,Ó Kohl said. ÒName any other disease or out¥come where the prevalence is 50 percent and there would be ac¥tion everywhere.Ó The Partnership for a Healthy Texas conducts research about the issues surrounding obesity and advises key committees in the state legislature on public health and obesity prevention, said Car¥rie Kroll, partnership chairwoman. The partnership worked to require physical education for every stu¥dent in grades K-12. ÒThe group has worked,Ó Kroll said. ÒWe have been able to pull it together and make some differences.Ó SPORTS Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com Thursday, September 23, 2010 DALLAS HOUSTON Tale of two cities the city itself doesnÕt even want these teams. If they were so proud of their city, Dallas would have put its football and baseball stadiums within the city limits. Dallas does not have four major sport fran¥chises. Last time I checked, Ar¥lington is a good little drive from Dallas. When you think about it, Dallas really only has one sports team Ñ the Mavericks. Oh, did I forget the Stars? ThatÕs because in Texas, hockey isnÕt a sport. wants their teams in the city. Re¥ liant Stadium, Minute Maid Park and the Toyota Center are all too much better. The city final¥ those respects. Last time I checked, America was supposed to be the easy part of their 2010 schedule, the Cowboys lost to both the Redskins and the lowly Bears. The Texans, in case you didnÕt know, are 2-0. They have the most underrated quarterback with Matt rivalry will be on full-blown display this Sunday at noon when the Cow¥boys travel to the rainforest to take on the Texans. Dallas has started with a lousy 0-2 record, whereas Houston has looked as impressive as itÕs ever been in its eight short years of ex¥istence, starting out 2-0. The game is no gimmie for the Cowboys, but win or lose on Sunday, Dallas will still reign superior to Houston. ban for example, played classy roles on Entourage mul¥tiple times? What other city can say that it had sports superstars, like Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin, compete on Dancing with smack dab in the middle of town. The Texans donÕt play in The Wood¥lands and the Astros donÕt play in Sugar Land. Fine. I will admit that Houston sports have struggled in recent years. But Dallas hasnÕt been Dallas boasts four pro sports teams, Red River Rivalry By Laken Litman Daily Texan Columnist EditorÕs Note: With SundayÕs NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, The Daily Texan has chosen to settle the debate on which city is top dog in the Lone Star State. Who would you take, Yao Ming or Dirk Nowitzki? Andre Johnson or Tony Romo? Hunter Pence or Josh Hamilton? Will the rivalry ever be settled? The opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of the paper. Houston celebrates its local franchises, annual Rodeo By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Columnist Year Mavericks Rockets 2006 4 0 2007 3 1 2008 3 1 2009 2 2 2010 2 2 Year Cowboys Oilers/Texans 1974 10 0 1979 24 30 1982 37 7 1985 17 10 1988 17 25 1991 23 26 (OT) 1994 20 17 2002 10 19 2006 34 6 Year Rangers Astros 2006 4 2 2007 2 4 2008 3 3 2009 1 5 2010 1 5 SPORTS Thursday, September 23, 2010 VOLLEYBALL By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Texas finally addressed its road troubles Wednesday night, defeating Missouri 3-1 (25-27, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21) to give the Long¥horns their first victory away from home this season. Senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette paced Texas with a match-best, season-high 22 kills and four blocks as the 12th ranked Longhorns climbed out of an early hole to down the Tigers in four games. FaucetteÕs 22 kills were one shy of a career-high. Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott was proud of the hard work his team has put in recent¥ly and said the victory was a big gain for the program. ÒOur girls have been really fighting hard to get better at building trust,Ó Elliott said. ÒI really liked our demeanor and our overall performance as a group.Ó Texas got off to a slow start, dropping the first game. But Faucette had five straight kills in the second game to take Texas to an early 10-7 lead. After the Tigers rallied to tie it at 13, the Longhorns settled down and re¥grouped, winning three straight games to improve their record to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12. Faucette stepped up in a big way for the Longhorns after struggling during the teamÕs recent losing streak. ÒYou go through a lot of adversity as an athlete and she has been battling,Ó Elliott said. ÒShe has been focused and bought in and it is really nice for her to have a big match like this. Hopefully she can continue to ride this high as our whole team contin¥ues to change and come together.Ó Junior middle blocker Rachael Adams had another strong performance for the Longhorns, finishing with 13 kills and a team-leading .500 hitting percentage. Ad¥ams also had a match-high six blocks. Texas won despite making 23 errors to MissouriÕs 21. The Longhorns were more precise with their attacks and finished with a .293 hitting percentage while the Tigers were limited to a .221 clip. With the victory, Texas extended their win¥ning streak against Missouri to eight match¥es and have not lost in Columbia since 2006. The Longhorns now lead the all-time series record 19-10. After dropping three matches in a row, Texas has rebounded with victories in their last two contests. The Longhorns will have a week off be¥fore returning to action against 11th ranked Iowa State Sept. 29 at Gregory Gymnasium. SIDELINE WHAT TO WATCH College Football No. 19 Miami at Pittsburgh Date: Tonight Time: 6:30 p.m. On air: ESPN SPORTS BRIEFLY Texas football announces series against Maryland starting in 2017 The Texas athletic department announced on Wednesday a future football home-and-home series with ACC opponent Maryland, beginning with a 2017 game in Austin before the Longhorns visit College Park in 2018. The Longhorns lead the all-time series 3-0 with the last meeting a 42-0 victory for Texas in the 1978 Sun Bowl. Texas faces the Terps on Sept. 2, 2017 and also plays at Southern Cal on Sept. 16 of that year. This series is the most recent in a string of non-conference opponents scheduled by the athletic department this fall. In August the University announced a home-and-home series against USC in 2016 and 2017, plus a trio of games against Notre Dame, including two in Austin. 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By Destinee Hodge Daily Texan Staff Three liberal arts professors challenged conventional lecture¥based teaching methods at ÒThe Future of Higher Education,Ó a fo¥rum that marked the mid-point of Liberal Arts Week. The forum featured senior history lecturer Penne Restad, rhetoric and writing lecturer Al¥ice Batt and humanities profes¥sor Larry Carver. All three professors spoke about unique approaches that they take to teaching, emphasizing group work and interactive assignments. They said their methods engage students and encourage them to be active participants in the learn¥ing process. Batt and Restad spoke about the effectiveness of creating a smaller setting by assigning group work. ÒI really enjoy seminars, because ÔÔ ItÕs when students master the material for themselves and invest in the material for themselves Ñ then it becomes alive.Ó Ñ Larry Carver, humanities professor The Liberal Arts Council hosted the panel discussion as part of a celebration of pro¥grams and opportunities avail¥able in the college. ÒItÕs important for us as students to take our education into our own hands and not to rely totally on the professors and the staff and admin¥istration of the University,Ò said humanities senior Shelby Carval¥ho, vice president of the council. Journalism sophomore Mi¥chael Morton, a spokesman for the Senate of College Councils, which sponsored the event, said the new techniques teachers use to engage students directly re¥flected the theme for the weekÕs festivities Ñ the past, present and future of the college. ÒAt events like these, we get to see how teachers have already integrated technology into the classroom,Ó Morton said. Lecture examines innovations of Spanish architect Guest shares revolutionary building techniques from Mexico as part of centerÕs plan to bridge disciplines By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff Architecture professor Juan Ignacio del Cueto, from the Universidad Nacional Aut—no¥ma de MŽxico, discussed the contributions of Felix Can¥dela, a 20th century Spanish¥born architect famous for his innovative roof-building tech¥niques in Mexico, in a lecture on Wednesday. Ignacio del Cueto was invit¥ed to speak at the University by the School of Architecture and the Teresa Lozano Long In¥stitute of Latin American Stud¥ies. He specializes in foreign architects who work in Mexico and began studying CandelaÕs work in 1998. Candela almost single-hand¥edly began building thin con¥crete shells for roofs, accord¥ing to associate professor of architecture Juan Miro. Can¥dela was able to build thin¥ner roofs because the double¥curved structures based on hy¥perbolic parabolas were inher¥ently stronger than surfaces with single curves. ÒThese structures were in¥credibly efficient because they could cover huge spans with very thin concrete, therefore using very little material,Ó Miro said. In his lecture, Ignacio del Cueto said the reduced amount of material lowered construc¥tion costs. ÒCandela [had] the very good fortune to have very good workers at a cheap cost,Ó he added. Ignacio del Cueto said the thin roofs can create problems when water permeates the concrete to rust the underly¥ing steel mesh. To his knowl¥edge, none of CandelaÕs build¥ings have suffered irreparable earthquake damage. He said his university has a preserva¥tion group oriented around CandelaÕs work and empha¥sized the importance of main¥taining and restoring the his¥torical structures. ÒIt was a technology in the Ô50s that now is lost,Ó Igna¥cio del Cueto said. ÒThat hap¥pened because they stopped to build concrete shells and no¥body follows CandelaÕs way.Ó Candela, who lived in Mex¥ico between 1939 and 1970, built his most famous works around Mexico City and the surrounding area between 1950 and 1970. He also built structures in other Latin American coun¥tries, Europe and the United States. In 1958, he helped build the Great Southwest Industrial Park in Arlington, Texas. Miro said the event aligns with the School of Architec¥tureÕs goal to become a leading institution in the study of Latin American architecture. Gail Sanders, program co¥ordinator for professional de¥velopment seminars at the Tereza Lozano Long Insti¥tuteÕs Mexican Center, said the center often partners with outside departments to bring speakers to campus. ÒWe want to promote the study of Mexico as broadly as we can on campus,Ó she said. ÒThat way, we reach different students, we reach different faculty.Ó Mariel Bouffier, an urban studies sophomore with a mi¥nor in architecture, said she was somewhat familiar with CandelaÕs work because she is from Mexico City and has seen buildings he designed. But she said most of her classes in urban studies fo¥cus on European and Ameri¥can architects. ÒIt would be nice if they had more lectures on other artists from Spain or Mexico, because they are also impor¥tant,Ó she said. [they] are really intimate little places where everyone puts their elbows on the table and they talk,Ó said Restad, who received a $250,000 grant from the DadsÕ Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship in dents in the center aisle as he ex¥plained his theory of student in¥volvement with course materi¥al. Carver, the director of the Lib¥eral Arts Honors Program, teach¥es a course on the rhetoric of great 2004. 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Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the country, cele¥brates horror, science fiction, action and cult films by presenting eight days of premieres, themed par¥ties, special screenings and exclu¥sive events. Taking place largely at Alamo DrafthouseÕs South Lamar loca¥tion, the festival has been touted as the Comic-Con of film festivals. However, itÕs known for a tight¥knit community atmosphere that puts it in sharp contrast with the mammoth that is Comic-Con. To preserve the intimate setting, Fan¥tastic Fest caps attendance and fo¥cuses on a core audience thatÕs pas¥sionate about genre films. ÒPart of the charm of the festival is that it is relatively small enough to feel like youÕre a part of a com¥munity,Ó said Tim League, director of the festival. ÒWe want it to always fit that Alamo South Lamar venue. ItÕs movies all day and parties all night; it was built upon that.Ó Fantastic Fest is notorious for its outlandishly bizarre lineup of groundbreaking movies; ÒThere Will Be Blood,Ó ÒZombieland,Ó ÒPanÕs LabyrinthÓ and ÒThe Hu¥man CentipedeÓ have all been fea¥tured in the past. Attendants can expect to revel in days of films, parties and events sure to delight enthusiasts of the macabre. ÒOh yeah, weÕre definite¥ly pretty weird,Ó League said. ÒWe strip out anything that isnÕt exciting or strange.Ó This year, highlights of the festi¥val include red carpet gala screen¥ings of highly anticipated films like the English-language remake ÒLet Me In,Ó claustrophobic thrill¥er ÒBuriedÓ and prison drama ÒStone.Ó Directors and stars of the films, including Ryan Reynolds, Edward Norton, Matt Reeves, Ro¥drigo CortŽs and John Curran will be in attendance at their respective filmsÕ screenings. Additionally, a partnership with IFCÕs genre label, IFC Midnight, will bring U.S. debuts of Philip RidleyÕs Faustian thriller ÒHeart¥less,Ó Abel FerryÕs mountain climb¥ing horror flick ÒHigh Lane,Ó Josh ReedÕs beastly ÒPrimalÓ and Simon RumleyÕs uncompromising ÒRed White & BlueÓ to Fantastic Fest. All four films will screen at the festival, and IFC will make them available via cable-on-demand through ma¥jor cable providers including Time Warner and Comcast. A spin-off festival called Fantas¥tic Arcade will run alongside Fan¥tastic Fest and will feature up-and¥coming independent video games. The Highball ballroom is poised to become a retro-style arcade out¥fitted with a host of cutting-edge games available for play through¥out the festival. ÒTim League wanted to have video games as a part of the festi¥val for quite some time,Ó Fantastic Arcade curator Mike Plante said. ÒIt made perfect sense to work to¥gether. Fantastic Fest is already the right vibe and crowd.Ó ARCADE: Video game designer, filmmaker join forces to discuss respective mediums From page 12 seven of these games (ÒMachinariumÕsÓ creator wonÕt be in attendance) be presenting their game in live commentary sessions, but the Highball will also be hosting various game designers of up¥coming games in the venueÕs nine karaoke booths. The disco ball will still be turned on in the booths, but instead of singing to Cyndia Lauper youÕll be able to play and discuss upcoming games with their developers, includ¥ing the people behind much¥anticipated games, such as ÒSuper Meat BoyÓ and ÒCom¥ic Jumper.Ó The latter game comes from an Austin devel¥oper. The festival is putting a lot of focus on local talent. ÒAustin is a great hub for the fest and for the video game world. And any festival thrives by working with local talent and crowds. I canÕt real¥ly imagine this fest in another city, we are really lucky,Ó said Mike Plante, artistic director and festival coordinator. Plante has been working with film festivals for a while, including CineVegas and Sun¥dance, but this is the first time heÕs attempted some¥thing with a dedicated focus on video games alone. In the case of Sundance, he said that itÕs difficult because film go¥ers are often too busy to come to the interactive side of the festival. A parking lot is the only thing separating the Highball and Alamo Drafthouse, the main venue for the films, but Arcade has more than proxim¥ity on their side. The festival will also feature parties, tour¥naments and panels, some of which skirt the line between video games and film, such as the Machinima panel that will discuss the merits of using game engines to create films. The ÒJonathan Blow and Nacho VigalondoÓ panel, however, brings a video game designer (ÒBraidÓ) and film director (ÒTimecrimesÓ) to¥gether to discuss their respec¥tive mediums and, judging by their recent projects, each oth¥erÕs obsession with time. ÒWe like all this stuff, so why shouldnÕt it all be in the same room? The connec¥tion between the art, film and game worlds is already there, with all the aspects of cre¥ativity,Ó Plante said. ÒI think making situations where these types of pursuits meet is rad.Ó Passes range from $10 to $60 depending on access priv¥ileges and days of attendance. They can be purchased online at fantasticfest.com or at the South Lamar Alamo box of¥fice. The event is all ages until 6pm (18 and up). WHAT: Fantastic Arcade WHERE: The Highball WHEN: September 23-26 HOW MUCH: $20 for Single Day pass, $60 for VIP WEB: www.fantasticfest.com/ arcade MOVIE: Spike Jonze views commercials as art, abstains from product placement in ÔIÕm HereÕ From page 12 said UT film professor Charles Ramirez Berg, when asked about the issues brought to light by corporations funding films. ÒThe Nazis paid if you wanted to make a movie back in Germa¥ny. ItÕs always someoneÕs money being used. A vodka company is just like any other company that funds a movie.Ó Today, product placement per¥vades every movie. Hollywood films subtly insert the products of brands like Coke and Pizza-Hut into their charactersÕ hands. In JonzeÕs latest film, Absolut Vodka chooses to forego any in¥film presence, other than having their logo featured prior to and after the picture. Even so, the question per¥sists: is this Spike JonzeÕs per¥sonal piece of art that is funded by Absolut Vodka or is this Ab¥solut VodkaÕs corporate brand¥ing that is merely developed by Spike Jonze? The answer isnÕt an objective one. Advertising itself is an art, re¥quiring the creative talents of copywriters and graphic art¥ists to convey images and depict vivid stories, something Jonze Ñ who has directed commercials for a whole host of companies including Adidas, IKEA, and The Gap Ñ wholly agrees with. ÒSpike respects the medium [of advertising],Ó said Matt Bi¥jarchi, executive producer of ÒWhere The Wild Things Are,Ó on fastcompany.com. ÒHeÕs one of the few people that see commer¥cials as an art, and his ad work is every bit as discerning as his features.Ó That being said, even in this case, if ÒIÕm HereÓ is an ad, it could still be considered art. But a new problem stems from this. Is it ethical to advertise to con¥sumers if they donÕt even realize they saw an ad? In theory, label¥ing the distinction between ad¥vertisement and completely free art with no desire to sell a prod¥uct seems easy enough, but in actuality, itÕs not. Operating under a premise that establishes product place¥ment as non-free art would mean that films like Quentin Taranti¥noÕs beloved classic ÒPulp Fic¥tionÓ would be considered noth¥ing more than an advertisement. Vince and JulesÕ conversation about a ÒRoyale with cheeseÓ is nothing more than an ad for a McDon¥aldÕs quarter¥pound burg¥er in France. There is no yardstick to determine to what extent a piece of work qual¥ifies as an ad. ÒIÕm HereÓ itself comes off as completely free and unbiased. Spike Jonze pours himself into his work Ñ now displayed on a screen for your viewing plea¥sure. At the end of it all, a cat¥egorical qualification isnÕt even necessary. All art is designed to convey some kind of message; itÕs up to the viewers to make their own decisions as to what that message is and how to re¥spond to it. JonzeÕs ÒIÕm HereÓ will be shown tomorrow at the IFC Center in New York, and on¥line at imheremovie.com. Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 Thursday, September 23, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN Vodka tops bourbon as AmericaÕs favored drink THIRSTY THURSDAY By Gerald Rich Whether youÕre tossing a bot¥tle of Taaka into some murky fruit punch or going for a classier marti¥ni, vodka has had a strong hold on the American liquor market for the past 35 years, despite the backlash from contemporary cocktail cul¥ture because of its neutral flavor. VodkaÕs ascension began just after Prohibition was repealed Ñ Americans have only legally been able to make and sell vodka state¥side since Õ33. The liquor of a Rus¥sian winter managed to become popular during the height of the Cold War. So how is it that wholesome red-blooded America turned away from their native drink, bourbon, for this patently Russian liquor? First off, there are many miscon¥ceptions about vodka. Put down your fruity vodka mixes and forget about it being made from potatoes Ñ most brands use grains now. No one is entirely sure whether vodka was first made in Russia or Poland. ÒThereÕs been lawsuits that have been going on for something like 30 years as to who can claim the bragging rights,Ó said Gary Kelle¥her, master distiller for Dripping Springs Vodka. ÒThe last court finding said it was Polish, but there has been a countersuit so this could go on for a long time.Ó The first vodka that entered the U.S. was Smirnoff. Bought by Ru¥dolph Kunett from the Smirnov family who fled from the Red Rev¥olution to France, the drink had a hard time breaking into the Amer¥ican market. It wasnÕt until Ku¥nett threw in the towel and sold it to the president of Heublein Inc., John Martin, that the drink really began to take off. Martin quickly took the flavor¥less and odorless spirit to Ken¥tucky and marketed it as Òwhite whiskeyÓ or Òwhite lightning,Ó which is slang for Òmoonshine,Ó liquor distilled without a license. ÒIt did relatively well in the state of Kentucky because thereÕs a long history of white lightning,Ó Kelleher said. ÒThe people of Ken¥tucky came from generations of moonshiners so [when they saw Smirnoff] the people said, ÔWow, legal moonshine!ÕÓ But that was just Kentucky. Wanting to move onto the nation¥al liquor scene, Martin began a massive marketing campaign rid¥ing into the golden age of adver¥tising in the Ô60s to make vodka look exotic. The now-classic cock¥tail, the Moscow mule, began as a marketing scheme. Like most cocktail invention stories, Martin was sitting in a bar with his good friend and his friendÕs girlfriend, both of whom were struggling entrepreneurs. His friend had a warehouse full of unsold copper mugs while the girlfriend had a truck full of gin¥ger beer. Martin took his vodka, mixed it with the dry ginger beer, some simple syrup, a pinch of lime and then put it all in a copper mug to produce a Moscow mule. While the word ÒmuleÓ does ac¥tually refer to cocktails made with ginger beer because of that slight ginger burn you get in the back of your throat, the copper mug and lime lack any substantial history or reasoning and give it a certain mystery. Couple the somewhat unusual cocktail with years of advertising, ads including figures like Woody Allen and James Bond, and the li¥quor was a hit. Vodka also received an extra bump because of its purity. To be called vodka in the U.S., the liquor must leave the distillery at a minimum of 190 proof, or 95-percent alcohol. Vodka and all distilled liquors are originally made from a fer¥mented mix of either grains or po¥tatoes. Fermentation means yeast is added to the grains or potatoes that will then eat the sugars with¥in the starches and carbohydrates. The yeast bacteria will then excrete alcohol and carbon dioxide. Distilling involves boiling the fermented mix, trapping the alco¥hol that steams off, then cooling it to make a purer alcohol. Ò[VodkaÕs] low level of fusel oils and congeners Ñ impurities that flavour spirits but that can contribute to the after-effects of heavy consumption Ñ led to its being considered among the Ôsaf¥erÕ spirits, though not in terms of its powers of intoxication, which, depending on strength, may be considerable,Ó Pamela Vandyke Price wrote in her ÒPenguin Book of Spirits and Liqueurs.Ó So while people claim you wonÕt have as bad of a hang¥over, itÕs those same congeners and impurities that give vodka a flavor profile. For instance, you canÕt have a good scotch without impurities Ñ if you go to Rus¥sia or Poland youÕll find vod¥kas with beautiful subtle flavors Ñ the U.S. started out requiring vodka to be odorless and flavor¥less, a requirement thatÕs subjec¥tive and impossible to enforce. Higher quality vodkas are ei¥ther purer or have very nuanced flavors. Both are labor intensive, which contributes to the price, but a good vodka can be worth it. FILM PREVIEW ÒIÕM HEREÓ MovieÕs funding criticized By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff Filmmaker and auteur Spike JonzeÕs (ÒBeing John Malk¥ovich,Ó ÒWhere The Wild Things AreÓ) most recent work, a short film titled ÒIÕm Here,Ó is set for limited release today. What is particularly intrigu¥ing about JonzeÕs latest project in comparison to his past works, is that it functions as more than just a film. Funded entirely by Absolut Vodka, the film has been sub¥jected to a quick maelstrom of controversy from the blogo¥sphere. Is it just a 30-minute commercial? Does overarching corporate influence compro¥mise the art? These questions are not new, and this is not the first occurrence of this particu¥lar instance. ÒIÕm HereÓ tells the story of two crudely constructed robots, living in some near-future sce¥nario, who fall for one another. Their love, however, must strug¥gle through tribulations, techni¥cal malfunctions and bodily in¥juries. Having already garnered critical attention at the Sun¥dance and SXSW film festivals, among others, the film has at¥tained a high level of merit. Jonze isnÕt the first director to be questioned for corporate in¥fluence Ñ in 1999 Martin Scors¥ese released a documentary en¥titled ÒMy Voyage to ItalyÓ that received a large sum of funding from an Italian design corpora¥tion. ÒMovies are expensive, and someoneÕs always got to pay,Ó MOVIE continues on page 11 EVENT PREVIEW FASHION Tribeza offers insight on style industry By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff Nipping at the heels of the sec¥ond annual Austin Fashion Week, Tribeza MagazineÕs Seventh Style Week kicked off on Tuesday and will showcase UT textile and ap¥parel seniorsÕ designs this week¥end. Tribeza aims to share some industry knowledge with up-and¥coming UT designers with a panel discussing the ins and outs of the fashion world. In addition to the first annual MenÕs Fashion Show, which took place Wednesday night, the se¥niorsÕ designs will be showcased in the General Admission lounge of the Bob Bullock Museum on Friday before the main event of the fashion show. ÒThis isnÕt a situation that has occurred in the past,Ó said Eve Ni¥cols, a senior textiles and apparels lecturer and sponsor of the Uni¥versity Fashion Group. ÒThe de¥signers have a huge spring show in April, but they arenÕt able to interact because itÕs such a large event. Many of the designers will have also just come back from fashion internships and will be very happy to talk to people and share some of their inspirations behind the designs.Ó The show will feature garments and jewelry from C. Jane boutique on the Drag, Adelante Boutique, Eliza Page, The Garden Room Boutique, Julian Gold, Missbe¥have, PeytonÕs Place, Saks 5th Av¥enue, Underwear and ValentineÕs Too. Special student tickets are $25 while general admission is $30. ÒThe past yearsÕ Style Weeks have always brought in a large crowd, and this yearÕs event will be unique because of the ven¥ue, the Bob Bullock Museum,Ó said Lauren Smith Ford, editor of Tribeza Magazine. ÒThe muse¥umÕs grand columns and marble floors, along with our decor de¥sign, is an ode to the feel of Paris fashion week.Ó Students can also go to Adelan¥te Boutique on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. for ÒSketch,Ó a free panel dis¥cussion with various designers, stylists, fashion show producers and style writers around town. ÒItÕs an opportunity to interact with a number of different people in the industry here,Ó Nicols said. ÒAustin now has become such an exciting fashion center. Last yearÕs show, [Austin designers] were shown alongside Paris designers. WeÕve had students up in New York this summer saying, ÔEvery¥oneÕs talking about Austin.ÕÓ WHAT: Tribeza Style WeekÕs Fashion Show WHERE: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum WHEN: 7:30 - 11 p.m. HOW MUCH: $25 students, $30 general admission WHAT: Sketch WHERE: Adelante Boutique 1206 W. 38th St. #4104 WHEN: 9:30 p.m. HOW MUCH: Free Wearable Art Forget BYOB, this Friday itÕs BYOS (Bring Your Own Shirt) to the PRINT + addiction ÒNegative SpaceÓ party. Featuring designs by the famous graphic designer Bobby Dixon, eight new designs of DixonÕs Òwearable artÓ will be available to take home. WHAT: Negative Space WHEN: Friday, 6 p.m. WHERE: Industry Print Shop 2593B East 6th St. WEBSITE: www.printaddiction. blogspot.com Odd and Obscure Wine Tasting Sure, youÕve heard of Merlot and Chardonnay, but have you heard of Jasci Atteso Pecorino? To test your mettle as a wine connoisseur, or just to try something new, head to Oddball and Obscure Wine tasting for a selection of Italian and French wines that venture away from the tradition. WHAT: Oddball and Obscure Wine Tasting WHEN: Friday, 4 Ð 8 p.m. WHERE: East End Wines 209 Rosewood Avenue TICKETS: Free WEBSITE: www.eastendwinesatx .com Ballet Austin presents ÒCarminaÓ & ÒKaiÓ Inspired by the forbidden longings of 13th century monks, Stephen MillsÕ interpretation of Carmina Burana is more than just a ballet. Featuring 100 members of the Grammy-nominated Conspirare choir and music from the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the unique ballet captures the ache for freedom and expression. WHAT: Ballet Austin presents ÒCarmina BuranaÓ WHAT: Ballet Austin presents Carmina ÒBuranaÓ and ÒKaiÓ WHEN: Friday, Saturday 8 p.m. and Sunday 3 p.m. WHERE: Long Center for Performing Arts TICKETS: Prices vary WEBSITE: www.balletaustin.org Grand Opening of Visual Arts Center The College of Fine Arts will celebrate the grand opening of its new Visual Arts Center with events Friday through Sunday. The party begins Friday night with a Òstimulating mix of festivities, libations and music from alumni DJs MenRGÓ as the centerÕs five galleries will be open for touring, according to the collegeÕs website. WHAT: Grand Opening Celebration Weekend WHEN: Friday 9 - 11 p.m. WHERE: Visual Arts Center TICKETS: $30, free with UT ID WEBSITE: www.utexas.edu/ finearts/vac/