LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Whiting out Labor DayÕs fashion faux pas NEWS PAGE 7 Austinites get prickly at annual cacti sale Weather Tropical Storm Hermine threatens Central Texas Central Texas faces heavy rains and potential flooding as Topical Storm Hermine made landfall Monday eve¥ ning, according to Nation¥ al Weather Service forecasts. Austin can expect two to five inches of rainfall, while some areas of Central Texas may receive up to 12 inches on Tuesday. Hermine, which made landfall on MexicoÕs northern gulf coast reached hurricane strength briefly. The Aus¥ tin area will likely see sus¥ tained winds of 10-15 mph with no serious gusts expect¥ ed, according to the National Weather Service. Ñ David Colby Calendar Breaking fast The Islamic Dialogue Group will host a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner in UTC 3.102 from 7:30¥ 9:30 p.m. ÔAhhhhhhhhhhÕ Terror Tuesday at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz presents the 1980 B-movie ÒHumanoids from the DeepÓ at 9:45 p.m. Tickets cost $1. ÔRight where I belongÕ Austin-based Toni Price plays the Continental Club at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $7. Campus watch Stop peepinÕ Goldsmith Hall A UT staff member reported a non-UT male subject was inside the womenÕs bathroom and had been in there for more than 30 minutes. The staff member stated the subject was standing at the stall door watching as females entered to use the facilities. During the investigation, the subject informed the officers that he was there using the facilities for its intended purpose. Crime Prevention Tip: Never let your guard down. Because there is a sign on the outside of the door denoting who is allowed in, this will not stop perversion. Today in history In 1996 Tupac Shakur is shot four times while on the Las Vegas strip. He died six days later of hemorrhaging. Quote to note Ô Ô ÒAlmost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.Ó Ñ Will Muschamp Defensive coordinator SPORTS PAGE 8 TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 86 THE DAILY TEXAN Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Undocumented UT grad dreams of recognition StudentsÕ sit-in appeals for opportunity, work eligibility after college graduation By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Today, JosŽ Torres-Don goes to court. He does so on behalf of a fight that thousands of students and activists are fighting Ñ one that he said is the difference between a full life and a wasted one. Torres-Don, who graduated from UT in May with a degree in govern¥ment, and four other undocument¥ed college graduates staged a sit-in on June 21 in the Washington, D.C. office of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to declare their undocumented status and demand that the Senate major¥ity leader put the Development, Re¥lief and Education of Alien Minors Act on the Congressional agenda this legislative session. A total of 22 students did the same thing in the offices of key legislators. The DREAM Act would provide conditional permanent residency and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented minors who have lived in the United States since at least age 15 and who either attend college or join the armed services for at least two years. The earliest version of the legislation appeared before Congress in 2001 Ñ despite consistent bipartisan support, it has never passed into law. The sit-in was the first time Tor-res-Don publicly declared his sta¥tus. The students face no charges from immigration officials, but 21 students were arrested for trespass¥ing and escorted out of the building when they refused to leave the of¥fice at the federal buildingÕs closing time, he said. One student left be- Austinites stretch their dollars Marcela Pineda | Daily Texan Staff Hundreds flocked to Whole Foods downtown for Austin Free Day of Yoga to get a taste of the popular aerobic exercise free of charge. Free yoga classes offered to community members over Labor Day weekend By Emily Sides Daily Texan Staff Churches, parks and even grocery stores morphed into make-shift yoga studios to offer free classes to Austin residents on Monday. Austin Free Day of Yoga started in 1999 to attract more people to the recreational activi¥ty. Since then, yoga instructors around the city have offered free classes over Labor Day week¥ends to show appreciation for their students. Russell Burns, one of the eventÕs coordi¥nators and a certified yoga instructor, esti¥mated that more than 4,000 Austinites par¥ticipated this year, up from only about 200 when it first began. Austin has the third largest yoga-practicing population behind New York and San Francisco, The try-it-for-free day began in Austin and has expanded to other cities, such as Dallas and Houston. Teachers offered beginner, in¥termediate and advanced classes for students to shop around. ÒThis is our gift to the Austin community,Ó said Mary Esther Middleton, event co-coordi¥nator and a certified yoga instructor. ÒWe want everyone of any physical background to find a yoga class thatÕs just right for them.Ó UT alumna Samantha Lipman attended a YOGA continues on page 6 fore officers made arrests. Torres-Don came to the U.S. with his family at age 4 and grew up with no assurance of being able to attend college. He and his sister are the only two of nine children in his family to do so. He said they knew they could not take the opportunity for granted and after a year at Texas Tech University, he came to UT in DREAM continues on page 2 TA positions decrease as department budgets drop By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Anya Vaverko, a photojournal¥ist who now lives in Nepal, all but ended her career as a UT graduate student last fall when she couldnÕt find work as a teaching assistant. When she learned her TA posi¥tion would no longer be available, Vaverko called everyone in her col¥lege for a job. No luck. Departments outside the College of Communi¥cation Ñ where she was studying photojournalism Ñ Òpractically laughedÓ at her when she contact¥ed them for a TA position, she said. They didnÕt have enough jobs for their graduates, either. After a long and unproductive search, she decided to move back to Nepal to pursue her career in journalism. ÒAt this point, IÕm not sure if I will ever really get that degree,Ó she said. Because of budget cuts effec¥tive in the 2010-11 biennium, many graduate students are facing the same situation. Graduate Student Assembly President Manny Gonzalez said the scarcity of TA jobs is one of the most important items that GSA will address this year. TA sala¥ries can no longer cover the cost of education, meaning graduate stu¥dents have to take out loans. De¥creasing the number of TA jobs can create further financial hurdles for grad students, he said. Although the number of Univer¥sity-wide TA appointments has not JOBS continues on page 2 Suspended police officer appeals for reinstatement By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff Former Austin Police Depart¥ment Officer Leonardo Quintana worked at several fast-food restau¥rants before finally settling on law enforcement in 1997 as a county corrections officer. Quintana later applied to APD and enrolled in the police academy. He graduated from the 32-week academy in May 2001 and, after six months, became a patrol officer covering the night shift in North¥east Austin. ÒI always had a plan of doing about 10 years on the street and try¥ing to promote,Ó Quintana said at a hearing on his petition for reinstate¥ment Friday. Quintana has been forced to put his plans on hold. In May 2010, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo fired Quintana for a driving while intoxicated charge in January. After the incident, Acevedo said Quin¥tana had too many lapses in judg¥ment during his career with APD. APPEALS continues on page 7 Bad moon risinÕ Anastasia Garcia | Daily Texan Staff Students hurry to class during FridayÕs showers. Stormy weather, and possibly floods, from Tropical Storm Hermine will arrive in Austin today. Stephanie Meza | Daily Texan Staff Delta Lambda Phi members Matthew Loaiza and Raul Zavaleta take their place at the wedding chapel. Carnival welcomes GLBT students Campus organizations host event to welcome incoming gay freshmen By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff A bounce house, bungee run and a Lady Gaga-themed photo booth created a whole new kind of Friday night outing at this yearÕs Queer Welcome Carnival. GLBT organizations around campus set up booths at the carnival in the RecSports Cen¥ter to recruit new members and enhance the sense of communi¥ty for gay students on campus. Music performance fresh¥man Christopher Acosta be¥came part of Queers for Pride after discovering it at the carni¥val his first year. ÒAs a freshman, not know¥ing people and being a self-pro¥claimed gay, coming here was awesome because itÕs like ÔWow, I donÕt know any of these peo¥ple but I feel a connection to all of them,ÕÓ he said. ÒI think itÕs very important.Ó Students attending the carni¥val had an opportunity to get information about organiza¥tions and services such as the Counseling and Mental Health Center, the LGBTQ/Sexualities CARNIVAL continues on page 6 2 NEWS Tuesday, September 7, 2010 6 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 62 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Sean Beherec (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Sports O¥ce: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Photo O¥ce: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com 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 managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 7581 ItÕs gonÕ rain! JOBS: Students depend on TA appointments From page 1 yet been announced, about a third of UTÕs academic departments in¥creased student to teaching staff ratios from 2007-08 to 2008-09. But student enrollment over the same years actually decreased by 0.2 percent, according to the Universi¥tyÕs Statistical Handbook. Graduate students rely on these jobs, which can pay anywhere from $17,500 to $38,000 a year, to help them avoid large student loans when they graduate. The College of Liberal Arts made cuts of 20 to 33 percent in each academic department for the same budget, totaling about $5 million in funds that pay lectur¥er, TA and assistant instructor sal¥aries. Also this year, the College of Communication cut at least nine TA positions. The Department of Art and Art History cut 10 percent of its TA budget. In the past, all 10 of the graduate students in the collegeÕs Studio Arts program enjoyed 20¥hour TA jobs. But this year the de¥partment was one of the hardest hit in the college, only able to fund one position. The department of Visual Art Studies and Art Edu¥cation has grown substantially, but because of budget constraints this year, the department can only fund three TA jobs. Faculty Council Chairman Dean Neikirk, professor of elec¥trical and computer engineering, said there have been substantial TA losses in his department over the past five years, which has af¥fected the type of homework he can assign to students. Neikirk said he would rather see the college spend more on TA sala¥ries, rather than increase his own. ÒI judge the quality of my life not just based on my salary, but on the quality of the [teaching] envi¥ronment around me,Ó he said. Last year, student loans amount¥ed to about 70 percent of the to¥tal financial aid given to grad stu¥dents. The average graduate stu¥dent leaves UT with more than $44,500 in student-loan debt, said Tom Melecki, director of UTÕs Of¥fice of Student Financial Services. Melecki said TA jobs are ex¥tremely important for gradu¥ate students to avoid debt after graduation. Others, however, canÕt even get loans. For many international grad¥uate students, working as a TA can mean the difference between stay¥ing in school or going home, said Daniel Ryan, a government gradu¥ate student from Argentina. Like many other international students, Ryan must use his visa to work in an academic job on campus, and retaining those jobs is extremely important for interna¥tional students. ÒIf I didnÕt have a TA appoint¥ment, I would have to go to my home country in order to work le¥gally,Ó Ryan said. Joseph Pierce, a Spanish and Portuguese graduate student, said the department cut 15 to 20 TA and assistant instruc¥tor jobs normally allotted to students from outside the de¥partment and that funding has been retained for nearly every Spanish and Portuguese stu¥dent. In addition, classes have been restructured to increase DREAM: Texas Rep. Doggett, Senators disagree on bill From page 1 the fall of 2007 and started work¥ing with the University Leader¥ship Initiative, a coalition of un¥documented students and allies that works for the legislation. An estimated 65,000 undocu¥mented students graduate from U.S. high schools every year, ac¥cording to the DREAM Act web¥site. As such, the DREAM Act is a necessity for friends and family who do not have the opportunity for education or employment, Tor-res-Don said. ÒThere is so much baggage that all of us as DREAMers are carry¥ing because we are never allowed to be free,Ó he said. ÒOne of the biggest things for me was going to the grocery store and my mom be¥ing in the passenger side, and ev¥ery time a police car would drive up next to us, feeling that fear from my mom. I realized things didnÕt have to be that way. It has been a journey of empowerment, a pro¥cess of figuring out that this situ¥ation is unacceptable and that we have the potential to really make a dent in the course that our lives are going to take.Ó Under state Senate Bill 1528, non-native students, including those who are undocumented or who are in the U.S. under specif¥ic types of visas, can attend Tex¥as universities at state tuition rates mated that about half were undoc¥umented students. ÒThere are students who come to UT, and it is my understand¥ing that when they cease being students, in some cases, they may not be eligible to stay and work,Ó said UT President William Powers Jr. ÒThat seems to be spending our resources to educate people and then losing the benefit of putting There is so much baggage that all of us as DREAMers are carrying because we are never ÔÔ allowed to be free.Ó Ñ JosŽ Torres-Don, UT graduate Courtesy of Anya Vaverko Anya Vaverko, a former teaching assistant and photojournalism grad student at UT, left school after losing her job to budget cuts. the amount of time spent in class and probably the quality of teaching, he said. ÒIn the end, itÕll be a better change for both instructors and for students,Ó he said. may be a strong year for Republi¥cans. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Tex¥as, said he sees the act as a neces¥sary step for Texas students, while Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Tex¥as, said she favors elements of the act but wants to see adjustments before it passes into law. ÒShould the DREAM Act come before the Senate this year, I be¥lieve we can have a constructive di¥alogue,Ó Hutchison said in a state¥ment. ÒHowever, the current pro¥posal by Senator Durbin, [D-Ill.], is too over-reaching, and significant changes would need to be made.Ó Senator John Cornyn, R-Tex¥as, spoke out against the DREAM Act in 2007, preferring that it be included at a later date in a more comprehensive immigration re¥form package. University Leadership Initiative President Loren Campos, a civil engineering senior, said students canÕt wait any longer. The group has its first meeting tonight to kick off a semester of activism for the DREAM Act, Campos said. In ad- NEWS BRIEFLY ÒNo RefusalÓ weekend leads to blood testing and arrests Austin police arrested 31 peo¥ple during the Labor Day ÒNo RefusalÓ weekend. Of those arrested, one sus¥pect had his blood drawn be¥cause of a prior driving while in¥toxicated charge and 11 refused to provide samples and required blood search warrants, said APD spokesman Cpl. Scott Perry. The Austin Police Department implemented the ÒNo Refus¥alÓ policy in October 2008 to re¥duce the amount of DWI charg¥es on high alcohol consumption nights. The policy also allows of¥ficers to obtain search warrants, which are signed by an on-call judge, to draw blood to test for intoxication if drivers refuse to provide breath or blood samples on their own. Last year, 26 people were ar¥rested during the Labor Day ÒNo RefusalÓ weekend, police said. Police mandated one blood sample and attained nine blood search warrants. Perry said that the evi¥dence from the nine individu¥als showed that 61 percent had a blood alcohol concentration of at least two to three times the legal limit, which is .08. The 2010 test results will not be available for a couple of weeks, Perry said. Ñ Aziza Musa Wells Fargo robbery marks AustinÕs twentieth of the year Austin police are investigating a bank robbery near 32nd and Red River streets that happened around noon on Saturday. According to police, a man en¥tered a Wells Fargo and demand¥ed cash from the teller. The sus¥pect did not display a weapon and no one was injured, police said. He fled by foot with an un¥disclosed amount of money. The suspect has a thin build and short, light brown hair, said APD spokesman Cpl. Scott Per¥ry. He said the suspect is approxi¥mately 5-feet-11 and unshaven. This incident marked the cityÕs twentieth robbery of the year. Police ask anyone with infor¥mation to call either the robbery tip line at 974-5092, Crime Stop¥ provided they can prove they have lived in Texas for at least three years. Upon graduation, the un¥documented students who make up the majority of those who qual¥ify under the bill have little access people in the work force if they want to be in the work force. The DREAM Act solves that problem, and thatÕs a worthwhile goal.Ó September is a do-or-die month for the DREAM Act, Torres-Don Wire Editor: Nolan Hicks WORLD&NATION www.dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, September 7, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Obama condemns GOP, Afghan dam sign of U.S. struggle proposes $50B stimulus Restoration of power plant needed to fulfill promises, delayed by Taliban attacks By Tony Perry Los Angeles Times Forward Operating Base Zee¥brugge, Afghanistan Ñ There may be no better symbol of American involvement in southern Afghani¥stan Ñ initial success, current frus¥tration and an uncertain future Ñ than the giant Kajaki Dam. Built in 1953 by the U.S. govern¥ment, the dam was part of a U.S. economic aid initiative that helped make the region the agricultural heartland of the sprawling country. Helmand became known as ÒLittle AmericaÓ as hundreds of American teachers, engineers and medical professionals lived in the region. But U.S. involvement in the prov¥ince ended when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. With the toppling of the Taliban in late 2001, the U.S. government Ñ principally the U.S. Agency for In¥ternational Development Ñ again turned its attention to Helmand. The agencyÕs most ambitious proposal Ñ with a price tag of more than $50 million Ñ was to re¥pair the two rusting turbines at the Kajaki Dam, install a third, and es¥tablish a network of substations and power lines in order to mas¥sively increase the supply of elec¥tricity for Helmand and Kandahar. The plan was celebrated by U.S. and Afghan officials as a way to spur economic growth and im¥prove the lives of tens of thousands of Afghans. But as the war drags into its ninth year, the Kajaki Dam up¥grade is indefinitely stalled and the road leading to the dam from the village of Sangin is controlled by the Taliban. In fall 2008, a convoy of 2000 British soldiers transported 100 tons of material needed for the third turbine. But the equipment, ti-poppy effort in Helmand by USAID in the mid¥dle of the last de¥cade, said he was stunned when he ItÕs such a massive learned in Decem-concession, not only of ber that the agency ÔÔ failure, but of defeat.Ó he once worked for had put the Kajaki Ñ Joel Hafvenstein project on hold. Former U.S. aid worker ÒItÕs such a mas¥sive concession, not only of fail¥ure, but of defeat,Ó nett, the battery commander. The two-lane road from the vil¥lage of Sangin to the dam is rough¥ly 25 miles. The Marines patrol those portions of the road closest to Sangin and to the dam but not the 15 miles in between. ÒWe just donÕt Republicans made clear that Obama should not expect any help from them. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the plan Òshould be met with justifiable skepticism.Ó He said it would raise taxes while Americans are Òstill looking for the Ôshov¥el-readyÕ jobs they were prom¥ised more than a year agoÓ in the $814 billion economic stim¥ulus measure. That left ObamaÕs proposal with low, if not impossible, odds of be¥coming law this year. Administration officials said that even if Congress quickly ap¥proved the program, it would not produce jobs until sometime next year. That means the proposalÕs only pre-election impact may be a political one as the White House tries to demonstrate to voters that it is working to boost the economy and create jobs. The plan calls for rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads; building and maintaining 4,000 miles of rail lines and 150 miles of airport runways, and installing a new air navigation system to reduce trav¥el times and delays. which took five days to move, sits idle and the Chinese firm hired to install it has left Afghan¥istan, citing safety concerns. Joel Hafvenstein, whose book, ÒOpium Season: A Year on the Af¥ghan Frontier,Ó chronicles an an¥trying to position themselves for an assault on the dam. Three Ma¥rines have died; many more have been wounded. ÒSomething of significance hap¥pens every timeÓ the Marines leave the base, said Capt. Richard Stin- Hafvenstein said. ÒOver the previ¥ous six years, the U.S. and Britain made so many promises in Hel¥mand and Kandahar that relied on Kajaki electricity.Ó In three months, the Marines have had 50-plus skirmishes with Taliban fighters who appear to be have the force to do that,Ó Tharp said. ÒThe bad guys own that bat¥tle space.Ó More U.S. troops will be needed to secure the road, Tharp said, as well as an influx of Afghan securi¥ty forces and cooperation from vil¥lagers along the route.                . +- 5  3 442 2  2 54   3 4   6  . 5    7  8  "    5 1D#&? =: < 87 ::   <     ;   : ;< ;  <:      9911?<;   B          5 11D% ? =:9911      +2  A7< 3   < 5; <    5 3    -   @;: < ;;    !!!!1     B    ;  87!F *"    ' & $3 2   5  " A7< 35?  :  ?  ; '(-) -4 , 0"         87!7;   < '(-+ % 2 * . "!( )   :<?< :<   '(-& ,  1 040(("   :    ;<    < ; '(- % . / -  -2 040"        > < <?   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It proclaims the site as the headquarters of the Kajaki project and in the corner is a drawing of a symbolic handshake of friendship between the U.S. and the Afghans. By Darlene Superville The Associated Press MILWAUKEE Ñ A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would cost more than $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways Ñ in a speech coupled with a campaign¥season assault on Republicans. At a Labor Day speech in Mil¥waukee, Obama said Republi¥cans are betting that between now and the Nov. 2 elections, Americans will forget the Re¥publican economic policies that led to the recession. ÒThat philosophy didnÕt work out so well for middle-class fam¥ilies all across America,Ó Obama told a cheering crowd at a labor gathering. ÒIt didnÕt work out so well for our country. All it did was rack up record deficits and result in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.Ó He also acknowledged that the past eight months of modest pri¥vate-sector job growth hasnÕt been enough to bring down the unem¥ployment rate and seemed to ask the audience in Milwaukee Ñ and voters nationwide Ñ for patience. Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Heath Cleveland Doug Luippold OPINION Dave Player Dan Treadway THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY OVERVIEW State financial aid faces cuts On Monday, The Dallas Morning News reported that state-funded fi¥nancial aid for college students is set to drastically decrease for the up¥coming year in light of the impending budget cuts. The TEXAS grant pro¥gram was established in 1999 and currently provides aid for about 113,000 Texas students. Under the proposed cuts only one third of TEXAS grant applicants who apply for the grants would receive them. Tuition at both public and private universities across the state has con¥tinued to increase while, at the same time, funding becomes less accessi¥ble. Currently, only 28 percent of Texans hold a college degree, one of the lowest rates in the country, and the state has a vested interest in making higher education accessible to every citizen. Texans should have a right to pursue a college degree, especially con¥sidering the drastic impact that a degree can have on oneÕs life. Even re¥cent conservative estimates have calculated that over the course of a life¥time, a college graduate will earn about $280,000 more than a non-gradu¥ate. Current Texas residents deserve the chance to earn a college diploma without accumulating a lifetime of debt. Investment in higher education also has long-term benefits. An educat¥ed populace makes Texas an even more attractive location for businesses. As emerging industries place greater importance on education and train¥ing, a degree will become an even more necessary component of a quali¥fied job applicant. While the expected cuts are in many ways unavoidable, the Legislature should consider the consequences of further reducing financial aid, both on the current generation of college-bound Texans, and for the long-term health of the state. Capitol guards will carry M4 semi-automatic rifles Students interning at the Capitol will notice a slight aesthetic change when they return from the Labor Day vacation Ñ semi-automatic rifles. Part of a package of enhanced security measures in response to a Janu¥ary shooting, some state troopers around the Capitol now carry M4 semi¥automatic rifles instead of .357 magnum handguns, according to The Dai¥ly Texan. We worry how visitors to one of the cityÕs top tourist spots will respond to such intimidating weaponry, and we question the necessity of such a visible show of force. ÒWe hope the sight of the guns will help people feel safer,Ó Lisa Block, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety, said of the new weapons. But state troopers have carried visible firearms around the Capitol for years, so the sight of guns is nothing new. While an M4 semi-automatic ri¥fle looks more foreboding than a .357 magnum, that wouldnÕt deter some¥one irrational enough to threaten the Capitol in the first place. X-ray machines and bomb-sniffing dogs are reasonable security mea¥sures that can make Capitol workers and visitors feel safe Ñ without making the building feel like an armory. Trimming the tourism fund Gubernatorial candidates Gov. Rick Perry and Bill White have both identified the stateÔs tourism fund, which supports advertising and mar¥keting to promote state tourism, as a program that can be cut to reduce the projected $18 million state budget shortfall. The program, established in 1994, is funded by one-half of a percent of state hotel and motel tax revenue. Last year the tourism office spent more than $22 million to advertise Texas tourism throughout the country, ac¥cording to documents White gave to The Associated Press. White recently announced that, if elected, he would eliminate the fund; a drastic proposal in an effort to help close the budget gap. Perry, mean¥while, proposed cutting $6 million from the program. Given the current economic situation, budget cuts are unavoidable. The next governor will need to prioritize state programs and make cuts accordingly. However, while it is prudent to cut the tourism programÕs funding, it should not be eliminated entirely. Texas tourism is already disadvantaged because of the economic reces¥sion, but eliminating the fund would place an even greater burden on the already suffering industry. Moreover, the fund is expected to bring the state $60 million during the next two years. Tourism brings money not only to the hospitality industry but also to restaurants, retail shops and hundreds of other businesses across the state where tourists will spend money. Ultimately, tourism bolsters the state economy, through both direct revenue and taxes. While this may not be a priority in the immediate future, tourism should remain a part of TexasÕ long-term economic plan. Be involved in public service By U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett Daily Texan Guest Columnist My fellow Texas Longhorns, Welcome back to another exciting year at the University of Texas. Ev¥ery fall, my thoughts always turn to the 40 Acres and the thousands of stu¥dents who will start filling the class¥rooms and gathering in the West Mall. The University has been an impor¥tant part of my life almost since birth. I grew up in the shadow of the Tower and earned my first real paycheck as a summer dishwasher and errand-run¥ner for the botany department. Later, as an undergraduate in the School of Business and then as a law student, I met some of the finest people any¥where, including my wife Libby. I de¥veloped my inter¥est in public poli¥cy at the Universi¥ty, where I served as Student Government president. I will never forget my wonderful years at UT, and I hope your experience will be equally fulfill¥ing. You are attend¥ing one of the best universities in the world and living in one of the finest cit¥ies anywhere. I hope that, as a student, you will choose to become in¥volved with govern¥ment and public service. A wide range of community service opportunities are available, and philosophically di¥verse political organizations, both on campus and in the community, would be enriched by your involvement. Congress has a responsibility to make sure that higher education is affordable and accessible. The Stu¥dent Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which passed the House of Rep¥resentatives with my strong support, saves $87 billion during the next de¥cade, reinvests the savings in educa¥tion and helps pay down the nation¥al debt. The legislation represents one of the largest single investments in higher education, with $40 billion more put into Pell Grants. During the next decade, college students in Tex¥as will receive about $2.5 billion more in Pell Grants. This success builds on my efforts to support higher-education achieve¥ment by simplifying the student aid process and providing tax benefits to those seeking a degree. Each year, an estimated 1.5 million students de¥cline to seek the federal student fi¥nancial assistance for which they are eligible because the form is too com¥ plicated. Congress passed an amend¥ment I authored simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by re¥ducing the number of questions on the form and clarifying its instructions. The Doggett Amend ¥ment also strength¥ens student privacy by eliminating the need for schools to stockpile sensitive financial informa¥tion in order to ver¥ify the income in¥formation submit¥ ted on the FAFSA. To support students obtaining a de¥gree, I authored a tax cut of about $14 billion in the form of a ÒMore Edu¥cationÓ Tax Credit. For every dollar that you or your family spend on tu¥ition and instructional materials this year, you will get a dollar credit up to $2,500 on your tax return. I encourage students to get in¥volved as interns in both my Austin and Washington, D.C. offices. Please visit my website at www.house.gov/dog¥gett and click on Òconstituent servic¥esÓ where you can find helpful infor¥mation about internship opportunities and student aid. Fill out a survey on federal issues, subscribe to receive leg¥islative updates or send me an e-mail at Lloyd.Doggett@mail.house.gov. Whether itÕs at Project 2010, the ex¥ceptional day of community service UT students sponsor each spring, a Longhorn football game or Relay for Life in communities across Central Texas, I look forward to visiting with you. Listening to you is how your pri¥orities can become mine in Washing¥ton. I stand ready to assist you in mat¥ters of a federal nature. Have a safe, productive and memorable year here at UT! Hook Ôem Horns! Doggett represents TexasÕ 25th congressional district, which includes parts of Austin, in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has previously served as a state senator and a Texas Supreme Court justice. Be a Daily Texan columnist By You page have great potential to affect Daily Texan Columnist University policy. ItÕs no rare occurrence for Tex-Have something to say? 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The Zilker Relays, an an¥nual charity event, featured a kids relay, free TacoDeli and live music as a kickstart to the fall season. Runners of all ages, grouped in teams of four, ran a leg of the winding 2.5 mile route through Zilker Park. Scott Kimbell, a 25-year-old Austinite, was part of a four¥man team that took home the gold medal with the winning time of 47 minutes, 12 seconds. ÒIÕm happy with how we did,Ó he said. ÒIt was a pretty smooth run for us.Ó Derek Yorek, Keith Pierce and Curtis Bixler rounded out the winning team, which typ¥ically competes in 10 events per year. They each run more than 10 miles a day and said they were excited to get on the course for the first official race of the season. While the Zilker Relays are not the most demanding or com¥petitive race Team Texas Run¥ning Company will compete in this year, it was important for the team to train in a race envi¥ronment, Kimbell said. Michael Madison, Ashish Pa¥tel, Kelly Simmons and Zeri¥hun Ayele, running for the Austin-based Gazelle Founda¥tion, finished in second place. The foundation is a charitable runnersÕ organization which works to improve living condi¥tions in Burundi. Announcer Logan Delaware said he has worked multiple races for four years with Aus¥tin Race Announcing and loves the unique atmosphere of the Zilker Relays. ÒItÕs incredible,Ó he said. ÒItÕs a party atmosphere. ThereÕs no other race like it in Austin.Ó The relays are funded by the Dick Beardsley Foundation, a non-profit organization that educates youth on the merits of living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. Beardsley, a former professional runner and 1981 London Marathon champion, founded the organization in Oc¥tober 2007 to help others over¥come their drug addictions. Once addicted to painkillers, Beardsley uses his experienc¥es in his motivational speech¥es, which he delivers for free at schools to warn young peo¥ple of the dangers of drugs and to remove the stigma that is sometimes associated with ad¥diction, he said. Foundation treasurer Jill Beardsley said she hopes the event increases the awareness of both the foundation and the issue of chemical abuse. Beardsley, a former Zilker Re¥lay competitor, said she feels a close tie to the race. ÒItÕs fabulous,Ó she said. ÒA great event to kick off the mar¥athon season.Ó places first known photo on display By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff The worldÕs earliest-known photograph will be on display at the Harry Ransom Center as part of the collection in the exhibit ÒDiscovering the Lan¥guage of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection,Ó which opens Tuesday. The collection is composed of more than 175 historical items and 35,000 images that show the development of photography from the earliest-known pho¥tograph to the mid-20th centu¥ry. Photography equipment, al¥bums and correspondences that al, which are extremely rare, said journalism professor Den¥nis Darling. The collectionÕs most prized possession is the worldÕs earli¥est-known photograph, ÒView from the Window at Le GrasÓ by Joseph NicŽphore NiŽpce, the French inventor of photog¥raphy. Darling said it is a must¥see for anyone interested in photography. ÒIf you want to get a good grounding on how photography evolved, the Gernsheim Collec¥tion is the exhibit to see,Ó he said. ÒThe photographs in the compilation are by big names who made pho¥tography what it is today.Ó These photo¥graphs are usu¥ally not available for public view because they are used for research, Darling said. Notable art¥ists whose pho¥tographs are in the collection in¥clude Lewis Car¥roll, Julia Mar¥garet Cameron, Roger Fenton and Henry Peach Robinson. ÒIt is important Scott Kimbell celebrates winning first place at the Zilker Relays moments before crossing the finish line. Derek Yorek, Curtis Bixler, and Keith Pierce were the other members of the winning team. document the history of pho¥tography will be featured in the exhibit. David Cole¥man, the cen¥terÕs curator of photography, said this col¥lection is more than just his¥torical photo¥graphs and ar¥tifacts. The sto¥ry of the in¥fluential cou¥ple that collect¥ed them is also available for public viewing. ÔÔThis exhibition gives people the opportunity to reflect on something we take for granted Ð photography.Ó Ñ David Coleman Ransom Center Curator of Photography ÒThis exhibition gives peo¥ple the opportunity to re¥flect on something we take for granted Ñ photography,Ó Coleman said. Helmut and Alison Gern¥sheim, the principle donors to the exhibit, began collecting photographs and artifacts af¥ter World War II. Coleman said that the GernsheimÕs collection is unique because they gathered more than just photographs. The exhibit includes early prints made on paper and met¥for people to get a first hand ex¥posure to the history of pho¥tography,Ó Texas Photography Club treasurer Abhishek Na¥karmi said. ÒEveryone should know how we got to this point in photography.Ó The exhibition opens today and runs through Jan. 2, 2011. The galleries are open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended Thursday hours until 7 p.m., and on Sat¥urdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.           Everybody counts on having safe, effective medicine for anything from the common cold to heart disease. But making sure medications are safe is a complex and careful process. At PPD,        to help evaluate medications being developed Ð maybe like you. 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ÒItÕs no secret that Austin of¥fers a creative, offbeat culture,Ó he said. ÒWe want to harness that.Ó Johns said the project will work to coordinate with members of the community. ÒItÕs a project to preserve the in¥tegrity of the area,Ó he said. ÒMy thought is that we need to be pro¥active and work with the existing residents.Ó The funding for the proj¥ect would come from the fed¥eral governmentÕs Brownfield grant, an investment intended for business, not housing, said Johns. The application period for the grant will begin in 30 to 45 days, when Austin will com¥pete with several other cities for the funds. East Austin resident Abby Kayl said any improvement to the neighborhood is welcome. ÒI think it would definitely benefit the East Austin area,Ó said Kayl, who works at Progress Coffee, a business in the affected area. ÒAnything that brings the community together.Ó While residents like Kayl may be excited about the prospects of bringing more art and music to the area, others are concerned that the areaÕs need for low-in¥come housing is being over¥looked. Mark Rogers, project director of the Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation, said an artist colony is not the best way to meet the needs of the ar¥eaÕs residents. The development corporation works to expand the availability of low-income hous¥ing in East Austin. ÒIt will cater to a demograph¥ic of younger, Anglo singles,Ó he said. ÒThatÕs not what the neigh¥borhood said they wanted.Ó The Plaza Saltillo District is a historically Latino neighborhood, Rogers said, adding that the cul¥ture could be lost to gentrification as property values rise. Johns said he is open to the idea of putting a Tejano-Latino spin on the artist colony to preserve the areaÕs history. Rogers said the opportunity to create more low-income housing may not come up again if it is ig¥nored now. ÒItÕs not just about race, but the culture and flavor of the neighbor¥hood,Ó he said. ÒYou donÕt get that in many other parts of Austin.Ó Strumming bass The G.O.A.T (God of All Texas) plays the standup bass on South Congress Friday afternoon. He regularly plays at local comedy clubs and dur¥ing the Pecan Street Festival. Ryan Smith Daily Texan Staff Divisive website gives attendance advice By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff A free service is now available to help students decide wheth¥er they can get by with sleeping through that troublesome 8 a.m. class every now and then. Skipclasscalculator.com is de¥signed to calculate the necessi¥ty of attending a given class. The website makes calculations based on a series of factors; such as the number of days a week the class meets, the proximity of the next quiz or test and the number of class days youÕve already missed. After filling out a brief question¥naire, the results pop up on the screen and inform you wheth¥er you should or should not skip class. Created by Jim Filbert when he was a student at Bowling Green State University in February, the websiteÕs popularity is growing. Jim Filbert, a web develop¥er who graduated in May with a degree in telecommunications from Bowling Green State Uni¥versity in Ohio, developed the site in February while still an un¥dergraduate when faced with the dilemma himself. ÒI was in college and one morning I woke up and I was trying to decide whether or not to go to class. I spent 20 or 30 minutes looking for a web¥site like it and I couldnÕt find it anywhere, so I decided to make it myself,Ó Filbert said. ÒIt was originally just a joke, but it end¥ed up getting a lot more traffic than I thought it would.Ó The website receives between 500 and 800 hits a day, Filbert said. After spending June through Au¥gust reworking the site, a new website was launched in August Ñ just in time for the new school year. He said responses to the website have been mixed, partic¥ularly among professors. ÒProfessors are split. About half think itÕs funny and the oth¥er half think itÕs stupid,Ó he said. ÒI get e-mails expressing a strong dislike, IÕve gotten pretty much as close to a death threat as you can get. I just wish people had a better sense of humor.Ó Despite the mixed feedback, the website is doing relative¥ly well for itself based on the ex¥panding calculations per day, Fil¥bert said. He said he has had to do little in the way of advertising and the number of users contin¥ues to grow. YOGA: Lessons focus on physical, emotional state of participants CARNIVAL: Festival aims to provide helpful presence From page 1 Research Cluster, the Gender and Sexuality Center and the Queer Students Alliance. ÒIÕm a transfer student and I just started here, so the carnival is a chance to feel out the LGBTQ community on campus,Ó said ju¥nior Madison Whitlow. ÒIÕve al¥ready signed up for many e¥mailing list things so I will be suffering the consequences of coming to this for many months. ItÕs a positive consequence, itÕs networking.Ó Part of the Texas Civil Rights Project, Safe Schools was one of the many groups that took the carnival as an opportunity to re¥cruit new volunteers. The proj¥ect focuses on ending bullying of GLBT students in junior high and high schools. Students such as theater freshman Kelsey Rondeau took the carnival as an opportuni¥ty to meet other students like themselves. ÒIÕm here to have fun with people of my own kind. My fa¥vorite part is definitely the bun¥gee run. IÕve done it like three times, itÕs so legit,Ó he said. Rondeau attended the carnival with theater freshmen Matt Hill and Sarah Marcum. Marcum said she was a straight ally but took the opportunity to support her friends by attending the carnival. ÒIÕm here to support some of my best friends in the world,Ó she said. ÒIt definitely proves a point of how welcoming UT is and itÕs so fun just to come in here with your friends and you donÕt have to separate whether youÕre gay, straight, it doesnÕt matter at all. ThatÕs whatÕs fun about it.Ó From page 1 surgeries she turned to yoga to cures everything.Ó ÒIt has a mental and emotion-ÒPeople in the West or those stay in shape. Ashley Hartley, owner of Em-al release to help deal with lifeÕs who have never tried it assume Hatha Flow class at Dharma Yoga on ÒI like it because it keeps my power Yoga and certified yoga in-problems calmly.Ó yoga is about physical flex-Monday. Hatha Flow coordinates body strong and centers my structor, also started practicing af-At the kick-off festival on Sun-ibility,Ó said Keith Kachtick, RECYCLE inhaling and exhaling while mind,Ó Lipman said. ÒNo mat-ter a series of injuries left her in day, about 16 instructors taught founder and director of Dhar¥ your copy of moving through poses. Lipman ter what your ailment, if you need of a safe workout. yoga on the Whole Foods patio. ma Yoga. ÒItÕs neither prerequi- THE DAILY TEXAN practiced ballet for more than 15 canÕt sleep, youÕre not flexible, ÒI started power vinyasa yoga The silver chairs had been moved site nor goal. Traditional yoga years and after a series of back you canÕt focus at work, yoga and totally fell in love,Ó she said. to make room for the yoga mats. is meditative.Ó APPEALS: Punishment doesnÕt fit the crime, Quintana claims From page 1 Quintana appealed for reinstate¥ment as an officer this summer, leading to a two-day hearing last week that chronicled his history of violations. In 2006, Quintana was charged with one count of criminal trespass. He was in a five-year, Òhot-and¥coldÓ relationship with a female of¥ficer at the time. He testified that the couple had booked a reservation for a cruise trip but he wanted his tick¥et back after an argument. When she blocked access to her home, he pushed his way inside. Acevedo issued him a 15-day suspension, but Quintana appealed and said he was not trespassing. Acevedo later reduced the punish¥ment to a written reprimand. QuintanaÕs second violation came in May 2009, when he was on patrol in East Austin and spotted a car reported at crime scenes in the area. He testified that he was wait¥ing for backup and did not turn on his dashboard camera because he didnÕt want to alert the suspects. He fatally shot 18-year-old Nathan¥iel Sanders II out of what he said was self-defense. The former officer served a 15¥day suspension for not activating his camera. Following the shoot¥ing, Quintana said he drank near¥ly every day. ÒI felt really terrible about it,Ó he said. ÒMonths after the shoot¥ing, I was having a really hard time sleeping. I was basically drinking to self-medicate.Ó QuintanaÕs latest violation was a DWI in January 2010. Driving from a friendÕs house with a female pas¥senger, he crashed his car in a Lean¥der neighborhood. His blood alco¥hol content was twice the legal lim¥it at the time of the accident. He realized that he had an alcohol problem prior to the DWI, he said. City attorney Michael Cronig said it was significant that Quinta¥na knew he had a drinking prob¥lem before the accident. ÒLenny Quintana is not the vic¥tim here,Ó Cronig said. ÒHe knew that everything he did would be subject to scrutiny. He told the chief two times that he would not be in trouble again, and he could not keep that promise.Ó QuintanaÕs defense attorney, Tom Stribling, said the city has not established a true reason for sin¥gling out Quintana for indefinite suspension. ÒThatÕs really not why Officer Quintana was indefinitely suspend¥ed,Ó he said. ÒIt was for poor judg¥ment in cases that arenÕt even some¥thing the chief can discipline for.Ó Hearing examiner Louise Wolitz will make a decision on QuintanaÕs reinstatement by Oct. 20. Quintana said the punishment of termination from the force was excessive compared to pun¥ishments for other officers with DWI violations. ÒI think IÕve been a positive member of this department since I started, and I think I can be a pos¥itive police officer if IÕm given the opportunity,Ó he said. Plant sale and show draws crowd Low-maintenance cacti sought by consumers during weekend event By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of cacti and succu¥lent plant aficionados packed the Zilker Botanical Garden to browse and buy the thousands of plants on display during the Austin Cac¥tus and Succulent SocietyÕs annu¥al fall sale and show. The society, which promotes the interest in and study of cac¥ti and other succulents, has or¥ganized the event since the ear¥ly Õ90s. This Labor Day weekend, 11 vendors from Central Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico at¥tended. ÒItÕs been a very good week¥end,Ó said society treasurer Rob¥ert Barth, a retired UT zoology professor. ÒSaturday was a zoo. It was packed with people all day. People were lined up at 10 a.m. to get in here.Ó Shoppers included collectors, the curious and those simply looking for a plant that doesnÕt require much care, said Daniel Perry, a succulent plant and cacti vendor from New Mexico. ÒThere are the people who are tired of watering grass and want to plant hearty cacti or some¥thing so they donÕt have to wor¥ry about it freezing in the winter,Ó he said. ÒThen there are the col¥lectors; people who like growing weird and unusual things.Ó Succulents are plants that have a mechanism for retaining water to survive in arid temperatures. They include Ñ but arenÕt limited to Ñ cacti, which are identified by their spines and are only native to the Americas. There are many thousands of different species of succulents that can be found all over the world. The plants on display ranged from locally grown cacti to exot¥ic succulents from Africa and oth¥er parts of the world that look like alien plant life. Austin-based illus-trator Ryan Durney said he showed up for the uncommon textures and shapes unique to each plant. ÒTheyÕre so unique,Ó he said. ÒIn the kind of work that I do you can take the texture of the skin and just remember it and use it in artwork. Nothing else on the planet looks like this stuff.Ó Perry noted that shopping for water-retaining plants can be ad¥dictive, regardless of a custom¥erÕs prior knowledge. ÒIÕve had people who came in yesterday and bought a few plants, came back today and bought a few plants and IÕll prob¥ably see them again,Ó Perry said. ÒThey keep thinking of that one that they should have bought.Ó Austin resident Beverly Boger came to see what was going on and left with a box full of plants to decorate her house with. ÒIÕm not even sure what I bought here,Ó Boger said. ÒUn¥der 20 bucks and IÕve got a whole new thing going on.Ó Students to bike 4,500 miles to raise cancer awareness By Jake Alford ing money, awareness and inspi-starting the school year makes her As an applicant vying for one of captured the attention of the Austin-ing the riders with new suits. Daily Texan Staff ration for those affected by cancer miss riding. roughly 50 remaining spots for the based consulting firm Sense Corp, a ÒThe Texas 4000 has set a stage Applications for the Sense Corp worldwide, said advertising senior Nutrition senior Cristina Marti-summer 2012 ride, Martinez has a company founded by UT alumni. that will grow beyond our wild-Texas 4000 for Cancer team are Ashton Dippel. nez, who applied for the 2012 team, long road ahead of her. Applicants Sense Corp CEO Keat Wilkins est imaginations, to even a nation¥now available for the 2012 summer ÒTexas 4000 was the most in-said former ridersÕ accounts of the must apply two years in advance, said he was first attracted to the idea al stage,Ó he said. ride. The Texas 4000 is a bike ride in credible, life-changing experi-ride have piqued her interest. with fundraising and training lead-of young students willing to work Next year marks the first year of which cyclists trek cross-continent ence that I have ever had and I ÒIt seems like such a moving ex-ing up to the race. Riders are re-hard for a cause. He is impressed a partnership between the organi¥from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska. would not change any of it for the perience, knowing that youÕre doing quired to log more than 1,500 miles with the groupÕs success and sees zation and Livestrong, profession- The team consists of UT students world,Ó she said. something so hard not for yourself, on a bicycle for the entire year pre-no indication of it losing momen-al cyclist Lance ArmstrongÕs foun¥from disparate backgrounds that A cyclist from last summerÕs butforsomethingbigger,ÓMartinez ceding the 70-day summer ride. tum, he said. Since 2006, his compa-dation that raises money for cancer all share the common goals of rais-Texas 4000 team, Dippel said said. ÒI want to be a part of that.Ó Five years ago, the organization ny has been a relay sponsor, provid-research and treatment. Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, September 7, 2010 SPORTS THE DAILY TEXAN Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff Junior Keenan Robinson picks up the ball after forcing a turnover in the LonghornsÕ opening game against the Owls. The linebackerÕs versatil¥ity on Saturday helped UT come out on top. Texas looking ahead after Rice By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff In the Texas locker room af¥ter SaturdayÕs victory over Rice, there were mixed emotions about the defensive performance. Players joked about the scold¥ing they knew was coming and how bad they would proba¥bly look on film. With sever¥al dropped interceptions, mental errors and near-miss plays, they knew they didnÕt live up to the established Texas standard. While the Longhorns accom¥plished some of the goals they had entering the game, they fell short on many others. They aimed to force three turnovers and allow less than 13 points, two goals that were ÒalmostÓ met. ÒAlmost only counts in horse¥shoes and hand grenades,Ó said defensive coordinator Will FOOTBALL Brown to build on teamÕs weaknesses, strengths By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff Cody Johnson sprained his an¥kle on the second play of Satur¥dayÕs game but didnÕt tell the coaches until after the final whis¥tle because he wanted to play. ÒI asked him why he didnÕt tell us, and he said, ÔIÕve worked too hard to be the starter and I donÕt want to lose it,ÕÓ head coach Mack Brown said of Johnson. Johnson didnÕt want to appear weak. But as his ankle swelled throughout the game, it was hard¥er for him to plant, cut and take ad¥vantage of goal line situations Ñ like the one on the LonghornsÕ opening drive where Johnson was dropped back for a loss of four yards on fourth and inches from inside the one. Because of JohnsonÕs injury and sophomore TreÕ Newton scoring three touchdowns Saturday, New¥ton has earned the No. 1 spot on the depth chart this week. If John¥son hadnÕt been hurt, Brown isnÕt sure if Newton would be starting against Wyoming this week or not. ÒItÕs hard to say because [John¥son] only played two healthy plays,Ó Brown said. ÒI appreci¥ate the fact that he tried to be so tough. Most players will tell you pretty fast [that theyÕre injured].Ó Brown liked the way his trio of running backs played and noted that Saturday was the first game since 2005 Ñ the year Texas won the National Championship Ñ that he had three backs run for more than 50 yards each (Johnson had 63, Newton had 61 and Fozzy Whittaker had 51). To run or to pass? That is the question The reason Texas ran for the majority of their offensive plays on Saturday was to experiment with the ground game because Rice was a team they could take risks against. The LonghornsÕ run¥ning game is not as advanced as their passing game, which is why theyÕre working on it more. ÒThe message seems to be weÕre going to line up in a wishbone and run it every play,Ó Brown said. ÒWeÕre not. We want to run it better. We will be balanced. WeÕll try to be 50-50, run and pass. We were not Saturday, but thatÕs what weÕre working on.Ó The Longhorns want to be bet¥ter at the end of the year than at the beginning, so a playbook dump of chiseled passing plays in the sea¥son opener might have ruined their chances. Brown wants to build upon his teamÕs weaknesses before showing off all of its strengths. Thickening the defensive line Defensive Coordinator Will Muschamp has talked about strengthening the inside of his defensive line in the tackle po¥sition next to veteran Kheeston Randall since last spring, but he BROWN continues on page 9 Muschamp. Linebacker Keenan Robinson had a hand in both of the forced turn¥overs. During the first quarter, he dropped into coverage to intercept a pass from Rice quarterback Taylor McHargue. Midway through the second quarter, defensive end Sam Acho sacked McHargue for a loss of 11 yards, forcing a fumble that Rob¥inson picked up and returned for a 10-yard touchdown. VOLLEYBALL Coaches praised RobinsonÕs versatile play on the field and he received dozens of congratula¥tory text messages from friends and family after the game. Texas didnÕt force any other turnovers after RobinsonÕs plays, falling short of the goal. As far as keeping Rice under 13 points, that goal slipped through the fingers RICE continues on page 9 SOCCER Weekend wins keep Longhorns undefeated By Jon Parrett Daily Texan Staff Texas used a strong offen¥sive surge and a shutout this weekend to grab two wins at home and move to remain un¥defeated on the young season. The wins came against Navy and UC Riverside, two teams the Longhorns (4-0-1) should beat, but wins at home against lesser opponents is what Tex¥as needs if they hope to get to the NCAA tournament. In their first five games, the Longhorns have out-shot their opponents 89-40, but had struggled to find the back of the net until Friday nightÕs five-goal foray against Navy. Head coach Chris Petrucelli has concerns about the Long¥hornsÕ inability to finish their scoring chances, but likes how aggressive they are in work¥ing opposing goalkeepers. ÒWe could be a little smart¥er about how we shoot and where we shoot, but the fact that weÕre getting to [the] goal is big for us,Ó Petrucelli said. The Longhorns are already halfway to their goal total from a year ago, thanks to the unrelenting pressure theyÕve been able to put on opposing defenses. TexasÕ offense wasnÕt expected to be this high-pow¥ered coming into the season, but many of the young play¥ers have stepped up. Redshirt freshman Leah Fortune and sophomore Hannah Higgins have led the LonghornsÕ attack up front, and are first and third WEEKEND continues on page 9 Lauren Gerson | Daily Texan Staff Sophomore ShaÕDare McNeal remains determined despite TexasÕ loss to Illinois in FridayÕs match. Young team pulls out 1,000th win By Andy Lutz Daily Texan Staff At a time like this, after a mile¥stone such as the 1000th win in Texas volleyball history, itÕs im¥portant to look back at histo¥ry and see what brought the team success in the first place. At this past weekendÕs Time War¥ner Cable Texas Invitational, fans learned a lot about the new Texas squad and how theyÕre a notably different team from last yearÕs national champion runner-up Longhorns. Despite Texas taking two of its three matches of the tournament victoriously, many weaknesses were exposed and doubts raised. ItÕs not yet clear whether this yearÕs squad can be placed in the same upper echelon that the 2009 Longhorns were most definitely a head honcho of. ItÕs not to say that head coach Jerritt Elliott does not have the same caliber of high¥quality, talent-laden, team-focused players as he did a year ago. There is just something missing. Last year, whenever adversity arose or a questionable call was made by a side judge or head of¥ficial, senior setter Ashley En¥gle would always step in with¥out hesitation and get the rest of the team fired up and moti¥vated to rise above the competi¥tion. Freshman Hannah Allison has stepped right into EngleÕs po¥sition and been one of the most, if not the most, vocal leaders on the squad in situations where the Longhorns start to lose their edge or confidence. But as just a fresh¥man, itÕs hard to imagine Allison leading the way vocally for Texas YOUNG continues on page 9 FOOTBALL COLUMN Gilbert too dependent on running By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Columnist Texas will have to throw the ball eventually, and there is no bet¥ter time to start than in these puff non-conference games the Long¥horns have scheduled this season. Running the ball is great, and Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff there is nothing wrong with Tex- Quarterback Garrett Gilbert runs with the ball to avoid throwing as choosing to hand the ball off versus Rice in this weekendÕs season opener. to one of three backs a little more often than last season. But a time will come when Garrett Gilbert will need to take a few consecu¥tive snaps from the shotgun and throw the ball downfield. Come Oct. 2 at the Cotton Bowl when Texas is down four with three minutes left and 80 yards away from a touchdown, they will need Gilbert to lead the team downfield; not Cody Johnson or TreÕ Newton. Games against weaker oppo¥nents such as Rice and Wyoming should be used as a training tool for Gilbert and the Texas offense to improve on their passing game. If Gilbert makes a mistake against Wyoming and throws an interception or two, thatÕs fine. The Longhorns have a good enough team Ñ and defense Ñ to hold the smaller teams or even keep the score close. What happens when the Long¥horns face an opponent that shuts GILBERT continues on page 9 SIDELINE NCAA FOOTBALL Navy Maryland 14 17 Boise State Virginia Tech 33 30 LONGHORN SPOTLIGHT Kristen Cummins Position: Midfielder Height: 5-foot-5 Class: Sophomore Hometown: Lewisville, TX Cummins scores first of career at earned midfielder position Sophomore midfielder Kris¥tin Cummins may have earned the first goal of her career in SundayÕs 1-0 victory against UC Riverside, but the midfielder from Lewisville earned her spot as a starter a long time ago. Cummins started in every game last season Ñ the only fresh¥man to do so Ñ and has fought to stay in that spot. ÒWe shifted her a little more for¥ward this weekend than she has been playing,Ó said coach Chris Petrucelli. ÒWe know that sheÕll push up in the box and put her body on anything. It is good to see her get rewarded.Ó With four shots on goal this sea¥son, Cummins has already matched her total from last season, including the game-winner on Sunday. Ñ Emily Brlansky TRIVIA TUESDAY Which UT athleteÕs father is the only player in NFL history to be a member of five straight Super Bowl teams? Answer: Garrett GilbertÕs father, Gale, went to the Super Bowl with the Bills SPORTS BRIEFLY Wyoming football players involved in fatal car accident University of Wyoming fresh¥man linebacker Ruben Narcisse was killed Monday in an early morning car accident. Three other members of the UW football team were in the vehicle: freshman receiver C.J. Morgan, fresh¥man cornerback Trey Fox, and red¥shirt freshman linebacker J.J. Quinlan. The Colorado State Patrol said the accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 287 about six miles south of the Wyoming border. Col¥orado State Patrol spokesman Sgt. John Hahn said that alcohol and drugs were not a factor in the crash. Narcisse and Morgan were tak¥en to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo. Fox and Quin¥lan were treated and released from Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Lara¥mie, Wyo. ÒItÕs a terrible tragedy and a terri¥ble loss,Ó said coach Dave Christens¥en. ÒOur focus now is helping our team and staff deal with this tragedy.Ó Texas is scheduled to play Wyo¥ming on Saturday at DKR Memori¥al Stadium. ÒOur hearts pour out to the Uni¥versity of Wyoming communi¥ty, its football program and espe¥cially the families involved,Ó Tex¥as head coach Mack Brown said in a statement. ÒOur thoughts go out to RubenÕs family, and we pray for them and the families of the injured young men.Ó Ñ Austin Laymance Tuesday, September 7, 2010 SPORTS BROWN: Horns learning to grow from mistakes From page 8 still doesnÕt have his go-to guy. Junior Tyrell Higgins, sophomore Alex Okafor and redshirt freshman Calvin Howell will rotate in next to Randall by committee because they have not yet separated themselves from one another. ÒI donÕt think thereÕs anybody distancing themselves through the production of the first game,Ó Muschamp said. ÒIÕd prefer to have a guy step up, but we donÕt have that right now. I do think weÕre getting positive production, so IÕm not disappointed. ThereÕs just not enough of a difference in those three guys right now.Ó To add some leadership and ex¥perience to the mix, Muschamp will add defensive end Sam Acho to the inside for a number of snaps. RICE: SaturdayÕs poor defense an inaccurate depiction of team From page 8 of the Texas defense in the last sec¥onds of the game when a muffed punt set up excellent field position for the Owls, who scored their sec¥ond touchdown of the game. The first touchdown was an even bigger fluke than the second. McH¥argue barely got off a pass that was tipped by safety Blake Gideon and miraculously landed in the hands of receiver Randy Kitchens for a 47¥yard touchdown. That score came with just four seconds remaining in the first half. ÒThat ball shouldÕve been bat¥ted away,Ó said head coach Mack Brown. ÒIÕm glad it happened then rather than [in] a close game because weÕll learn from it.Ó The other two dropped inter¥ceptions by cornerbacks Aar¥on Williams and Chykie Brown could have easily turned into de¥fensive touchdowns. Brown, who had just learned of the passing of a close uncle before the game, re¥ceived some pardon for the play. Muschamp has a unique way of dealing with his defensive backs on dropped interceptions. ÒPlay the next play,Ó he tells them. ÒThereÕs nobody more dis¥appointed than they are. IÕve nev¥er understood the coaching point, ÔCatch the ball.Õ You think they meant to drop it? TheyÕre hurting more than anybody.Ó But flukes or not, those close plays led to RiceÕs 17 points, the most the Owls have scored on Texas since 1998. Texas allowed RiceÕs offense 219 yards, something theyÕll look to improve this Saturday against Wy¥oming. Several players indicated on Monday that theyÕll be hungri¥er to send a message that the Texas defense in the opener isnÕt an accu¥rate depiction of their potential. ÒCoach Muschamp always says, ÔPull the trigger, be a hero, make a play,ÕÓ Acho said. ÒWe didnÕt real¥ly do that against Rice, but weÕll start over this Saturday and really try to put it to Wyoming.Ó YOUNG: Players step into leadership roles after losing valuable seniors From page 8 all year, especially with this up¥coming weekendÕs competition at the Nike Volleyball Big Four Classic, hosted by the Univer¥sity of Florida, and the full slate of the Big 12 left on the schedule. Still, Elliott realizes the invaluable worth of Allison to his team. ÒHannahÕs special,Ó Elliott said. ÒShe gets even more competitive when the stakes are raised and I think sheÕll continue to play at a high level in intense situations like [the five-set Long Beach State match].Ó Communication on the court is an aspect of the game that has been emphasized and delivered upon in ElliottÕs grand scheme, yet there still seems to be prob¥lems with passing tempos and hitting rhythms, as showcased in TexasÕ lopsided 3-0 loss to then-No. 5 Illinois on Friday. Typical¥ly, struggles in these parts of the game are a sign of early season rust, while the players are still getting fully acquainted with each other. All-American senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette has always been a very outspo¥ken leader and a true captain of her squad, but recent struggles with her hitting and timing have appeared to curtail her vocalism in recent matches. Still, it is very early on in the season, and with matches against No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Stanford and No. 4 Florida looming on this weekendÕs agen¥da, Faucette and the Longhorns might not need anyone to re¥mind them that the level of op¥position is as high as ever. If Texas communicates well, improves its timing and learns lessons from its first home loss in nearly two years, it has a le¥gitimate chance to take home the first-place trophy this weekend in Gainesville. GILBERT: Texas quarterback must change it up, work out the kinks From page 8 down the run? Are they not go¥ing to let Gilbert throw the ball? Against Rice, Gilbert attempt¥ed 23 passes. In the previous three seasons, Colt McCoy threw the ball fewer than 23 times in only three games Ñ including his first¥quarter exit against Alabama in the BCS National Championship. This type of radical change on offense not only prevents Gilbert from gaining experience, but it also completely modifies the way that the rest of the offense is used to playing. Receiver James Kirkendoll caught only one pass for five yards in the LonghornsÕ 34-17 win against Rice on Saturday. He spent his last three seasons run¥ning routes nearly every play, and is supposed to be TexasÕ go¥to receiver this season but ended up being used as a blocker. Same goes for Malcolm Wil¥liams, who in his freshman year had 182 receiving yards in a sin¥gle game Ñ more than the to¥tal amount of receiving yards against Rice. On Saturday, Wil¥liams led Texas with four catch¥es for 77 yards including the lon¥gest play of the game, a 47-yard completion from Gilbert. But even that deep pass, one of GilbertÕs few throws of more than 20 yards, was underthrown and Williams was forced to settle for a first down, rather than what could have been a touchdown. Gilbert left multiple pass¥es short for incompletions, or forced his receivers to make dif¥ficult catches and not get any yards following the reception. Sooner than you think, Tex¥as will face an opponent that will take advantage of GilbertÕs poor accuracy. He needs to be able to work out these kinks immediately so that once Oklahoma, Nebras¥ka or even Texas Tech come call¥ing, Gilbert will have everything down and be ready to move the ball 40 or 50 yards into field goal range for a last-second kick. In January, Gilbert had his shot to lead his team down the length of the field with three minutes left and a national championship on the line. He failed. If the play calling stays the same in these next couple games, Gilbert once again wonÕt be ready when the time comes. The time is now. Throw the ball. WEEKEND: Strong offense should push team past tough stretch From page 8 hornsÕ back line, and so far the move has helped the Longhorns on the team in shots, respectively. hold their opponents to less than The defense was supposed to a goal per game on average. be TexasÕ strongpoint, but so far The next four games will be this season it has just been good, TexasÕ toughest stretch in their not great. Petrucelli has expressed schedule. The Longhorns travel to a need for shutouts, which ac-Virginia this weekend to play both counted for almost half of the Virginia and William & Mary, and teamÕs nine wins last year. The then host BYU on Sept. 20. How Longhorns were finally able to they play against those three accomplish that Sunday against teams, especially this weekend on UC Riverside. the road, should be an indicator of ÒWe canÕt keep giving up goals. how well Texas will perform dur¥ItÕs going to come back to bite us ing conference play Ñ they start eventually,Ó Petrucelli said. their Big 12 schedule at Nebraska Petrucelli moved Lucy Keith on Sept. 24. If the Longhorns can from midfielder to center at the stay undefeated heading into con¥beginning of the season to add ex-ference play, a deep postseason perience and height to the Long-run could be possible. 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This, in essence, is what makes ÒLou¥ieÓ this summerÕs best original series. ItÕs as hilarious as it is heartbreaking and often both at the same time. Louis C.K. rode the late-90s stand-up comedian gravy train to its final destination: the self¥referential sitcom. Unfortu¥nately, ÒLucky LouieÓ (2006) only aired for one season on HBO and didnÕt get much attention from critics or LOUIE continues on page 13 COMING SOON The SUPER TUESDAY COUPON section on the TSM iPhone App ItÕs FREE SUPER TSM The Daily Texan Just show the coupon from the iPhone TSTVNo need to clip anymore coupons! KVRX to redeem the offer. The Cactus And, share them with your friends! Texas Travesty SUPER SUPER SUPER NOW OPEN (512) 374 - 9745 1000 E. 41st St. Austin,TX 78751 onsitecellularrepair.com 20% 20% OFF Show UT ID $100 OFF OFF PHONE orders over $10 9/28/10       REPAIR FREEDIAGNOSTIC       2522 GUADALUPE 6619 AIRPORT BLVD Limit one per customer SUPER WEDNESDAY IS COLLEGENIGHT! 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Every epi¥sode seems to have two main plotlines. They donÕt always connect narratively, but the segments always juxtapose nicely. Take the ninth episode in the series, ÒBully.Ó It begins with a hilariously awkward setup in which Louis is bul¥lied by high school jocks while on a date. It ends with Louis begging for mercy, much to his dateÕs dismay. The episode then transitions into Louis fol¥lowing the bully home in an effort to tell his parents about the kid they raised. It ends in a place far more profound than where it began, but thatÕs not to say there werenÕt a cou¥ple of funny moments along the way. Despite starting as a series with a $200,000 pilot, ÒLouieÓ has attracted a number of ce¥lebrities that have contribut¥ed solid performances. 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Here are some helpful dos and donÕts to wearing white during the fall season. One versatile, white garment that can easily fit into any sea¥sonÕs wardrobe is the white but¥ton-down shirt. Paraded this sea¥son in collections including Brit¥ish line Thomas Pink and Yves Saint Laurent, this simple yet so¥phisticated mainstay can be worn dressed up or down. For a casual look for women and men, wear the shirt tucked in or loose with a pair of fitted dark denim or black jeans. Finish the look with some oxfords or canvas sneak¥ers. For women, tousling hair to give body and volume or twist¥ing hair into a side fishtail also gives a clean finish to this clas¥sic look. To take the white but¥ton-down to a fancier note, wom¥en can wear it with a camel-col¥ored circle skirt or a pair of high¥waisted navy trousers. For men, khaki or dark trousers can dress up the simple shirt. 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Comic explores pop culture through offbeat art, story Autobiographical series twists cultural icons into neurotically original take By Ao Meng Daily Texan Staff Ever since Toronto-based car¥toonist Michael Deforge first burst onto the alt-comics scene in 2009 with ÒCold Heat Special #7,Ó bloggers and critics have hailed him as the next big thing. With the first issue of his annual pam¥phlet ÒLose,Ó he again proves himself worthy of the hype. The cover of ÒLose #1Ó is an auto-portrait of the cartoonist, his expression disgruntled and his face a scarred landscape of disintegrated and degenerat¥ed images of dripping oil and geometric fractals. This will set the stage for the content within, which is heavily autobiograph¥ical, both in theme and execu¥tion. The framing narrative of Ò#1Ó is the story of Nesbit Lem¥on, a Òguardian elfÓ who refus¥es to do the ÒItÕs a Wonderful LifeÓ routine with a depressed cartoonist because of a bureau¥cratic name mix-up and thus fails to prevent the cartoonistÕs eventual suicide. When Nesbit goes to God to complain about the confusion, he is hurled into Cartoon Hell as penitence for his insubordination. Deforge recently won the 2010 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent for ÒLose #1Ó at the Museum for Comics and Cartoon Art, an award from a jury of distinguished Canadian artists and critics. Really, itÕs no wonder as to why Deforge is a cartoonistÕs cartoonist. Operat¥ing with an easy slickness that belies his immense talent and skill, Deforge draws from an eclectic mix of influences rang¥ing from serialized newspaper craftsmen like Jim Davis of ÒGar¥fieldÓ and Scott Adams of ÒDil¥bert,Ó to the manga of Rumiko Takahashi and Osamu Tezu¥ka. He even goes as far as name checking alt-comics masters Gary Panter and Matt Groening in an inspired sequence set at a bar in Hell, which features icon¥ic characters like Astro Boy and Dick Tracy puking as they lose relevance and meaning in to¥dayÕs throwaway culture. DeforgeÕs mastery over their iconography allows him to twist and distort these pop-culture touchstones through his own personal neurosis. At one point, characters like Garfield and Cathy literally spill their guts like a ruptured Christmas Day MacyÕs Parade balloon, the air Ñ and entrails Ñ gushing out of their hollow shells. A show¥stopping Calvin and Hobbes nod will take your breath away, not only in its flawless execu¥tion but also in its grinning¥doofus sincerity. Astream-of-consciousness roll¥er coaster ride through DeforgeÕs vibrant imagination, ÒLose #1Ó is beautifully done. It says, with a deft and steady hand, to watch out and take notice. The second issue of ÒLoseÓ has since come out, a departure from the stream¥of-consciousness style of the first issue to a more focused narrative about schoolyard loneliness and alien invasions. Grade: A All of Michael DeforgeÕs work can be found on his website at www.kingtrash.com. Lose, both the first and the new second issue, can be purchased through www. AdHouseBooks.com. CD REVIEWS Sixth record proves pop still has pulse By Christopher Nguyen worries. Daily Texan Staff In ÒU Should Know,Ó Robyn hi- Doomsayers of the state of pop lariously tweaks history by mak¥music may prophesize the end of ing herself the protagonist during the world because of the emer-important events, bringing down gence of Ke$ha, but they donÕt Nixon during Watergate, for ex¥have to look too far for a savior ample. As if that werenÕt enough, in Robyn. She has the ironic fool-she raps to the songÕs frantic beat ishness of Lady Gaga without the with Snoop Dogg. Their duet is bombastic intentions, the nonsen-strangely harmonious. sical playfulness of Ke$ha and Although ÒU Should KnowÓ the distinctive voice of Christina exemplifies the ease with which Aguilera, without the nauseating Robyn adapts to different vocal runs. genres, the entire album repre- Even in her presentation of new sents her versatility, from the material, Robyn perfects the for-Ô80s kick-drum machine beats mat by choosing to release three of ÒIn My Eyes,Ó to the M.I.A¥eight-song albums in one year. In-inspired, dance funk of ÒCrimi¥stead of one drawn-out album of nal Intent.Ó ÒHang with MeÓ recounts the filler, Robyn gives listeners quick Under the sweeping, classical healing process of unrequited shots brimming with hits. violin crescendos in ÒIndestructi-intimacy over towering, glitter- Now, after fans have had time ble,Ó Robyn puts together words ing synths. It has easily taken its to digest Body Talk Pt. 1, Robyn to make them sound natural, place as the albumÕs highlight. serves up a second shot with Body even beautiful, that would other-Body Talk Pt. 2 can almost be Talk Pt. 2. Whether it was inten-wise sound jarring. seen as Robyn indirectly taunting tional, the second part is the pep-Although most of the songs current Top 40 singers. As long as pier sibling to its moodier, sol-are heavy on four-on-the-floor she continues with this level of emn predecessor. Although that beats, Body Talk Pt. 2 has its share quality, pop musicÕs doomsday may indicate an emotional void, of tear-inducing moments. Con-wonÕt occur any time soon. RobynÕs wit and confidence are tinuing in the same vein as Part For fans of: Lady Gaga, Lily Al¥strong enough to mollify such 1Õs ÒDancing on My Own,Ó len, M.I.A. StevensÕ sound driven by eclectic mix By Frankie Marin ic Kitty called the EP a Òdra- Daily Texan Staff matic homage to the Apoca¥ HeÕs written an orchestral lypse, existential ennui and masterpiece about the Brook-Paul SimonÕs ÔThe Sounds of lyn-Queens Expressway. HeÕs Silence.ÕÓ titled a track after a seri-On the 17-minute epic ÒDjo¥al killer clown. He famous-hariah,Ó a seemingly endless ly committed himself to writ-ode to gospel rock replete ing an album for every state with experimental guitar so¥in the U.S. after admitting it los and choir vocals, Stevens was a promotional gimmick shifts the focus away from his in 2009. songbird vocals and creates Sufjan Stevens, needless an atmosphere of nearly de¥to say, has a penchant for pressing introspection. odd behavior. But on All De-StevensÕs ability to create lighted People, an EP in name a compelling mix of classical only (the run time is about music with a pop twist hasnÕt 60 minutes long), Stevens declined in the last few years, trades in goofy antics for a and All Delighted People is ev-melodies and haunting har¥serious, introspective and idence that we have yet to see monies. often dark look inside him-his best. ItÕs a delicate, wa-For fans of: Andrew Bird, self. StevensÕs label Asthmat-fer-thin masterpiece of folky Bon Iver, Joanna Newsom Retro funk elements, fresh guest vocals expand appeal of dark dance music EP By Frankie Marin and accessible: pop songs for Daily Texan Staff the casual funk listener. For the myriad of bands The title track brings on gunning for a resurgence in Compton rapper MC Eiht for Ô60s surf pop (Best Coast) and some mediocre rhymes, but girl group harmonies (Dum D‰M-FunK himself shines in Dum Girls, Tennis), itÕs almost the spotlight as the sultry cen¥unnatural that D‰M-FunK terpiece of the song. ÒKill¥would jump in with his brand dat a.k.a. KilldatmuthafuckaÓ of Ô80s neo-funk. shows off Steve ArringtonÕs With elements of dark hip-classically funk vocals and hop, Prince-era funk and lush production, making for Chromeo-style synth, D‰M-an infectious groove. FunK has crafted a solid EP. On ÒHow It Be Between Three out of four songs on You and Me,Ó sexy wah-wah the EP have already been re-guitar and murky bass, com¥leased on the L.A. producerÕs pounded by D‰M-FunKÕs sig-Toeachizown series from last nature vocals, make for a five¥year. But what makes this EP and-a-half-minute ode to sex-listeners already familiar so great is that heÕs tweaked ual longing. with his work may be taken the songs and added guest D‰M-FunK experiments aback by his sudden change vocals, making what was for-with some new outfits in this in direction. merly repetitious dance music groundbreaking EP, and they For fans of: Madlib, Nite into something more visceral suit him well, but long-time Funk, Hudson Mohawke InterpolÕs latest rock album goes back to its roots with huge payoff for fans By Neha Aziz mentation and romanticism. Daily Texan Staff ÒTry it OnÓ differs im- American rockers Interpol mensely from the other tracks have released their new self-on the album. The song be¥titled album. Hailing from the gins with a piano instead of a alternative rock scene of New guitar. Front man Paul BanksÕ York City, they have three soft vocals give the song a prior albums under their belt. heartfelt tone, straying from Turn on the Bright Lights, re-the edgier vocals on other leased in 2002, put the band tracks. on the musical radar, but the The track ÒMemory ServesÓ albums Antics, in 2004, and is bursting with guitar rock. Our Love to Admire, in 2007, The song starts as a steady made them a household name. march consistently playing Interpol is the bandÕs moodi-the same chords and finishes est album yet: reminiscent of with an unexpected, intricate their freshman effort, though piano finale. a departure from the upbeat As a whole, their latest tone and style of Antics and outing is more experimen-in love with Interpol in the Our Love to Admire. This al-tal and orchestral, but echoes first place. bum combines heavy guitar the darker emotions ex-For fans of: Silversun Pick¥riffs and string instruments pressed on their first album, ups, Sounds Under Radio, to create a sense of experi-reminding fans why they fell The Strokes