LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Unique ingredients make up The Peached Tortilla SPORTS PAGE 7 Swim team splashes off with Orange-White Meet TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 83 THE DAILY TEXAN Monday, October 4, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com TODAY The networks strike back Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, will deliver a speech about how old forms of media are surviving in a new world. She will also receive the College of CommunicationÕs 2010-2011 William Randolph Hearst Fellow Award from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Texas Union Ballroom. TUESDAY Be a karate kid The Karate Do Shotokai student organization will host an introduction night for students interested in beginning martial arts from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Texas Union Quadrangle Room. Legislative preview Hear about some of the major issues the 2011 Legislature will face at a joint conference sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Inc. from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Commons Conference Center. WEDNESDAY Money matter$ Get tips about how to fund your study abroad trips from 4 to 5 p.m. in BUR 216. The session will cover how to find the best funding options and how to calculate the Òreal costÓ of studying abroad. THURSDAY Drug war panel National Public Radio correspondent John Burnett will lead a panel on MexicoÕs drug war from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Texas Union Quadrangle Room. The lecture will focus on how journalists cover one of the most dangerous assignments in the world. FRIDAY ACL Spoon, The Strokes and Vampire Weekend will headline the first day of the Austin City Limits festival. The three-day event will feature about 130 bands at Zilker Park, and music starts at 11:15 a.m. Quote to note Ô Ò[Bringing people up and down with our music] offers the full spectrum of human emotion, and that includes discomfort.Ó Ô Ñ Guy Taylor Member of Amasa Gana LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Candidates compete for support of youth ÔHookÕ aims to raise White win may ride college-aged voters on young electorate By Audrey White By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Daily Texan Staff Voter registration for the fall elections closes today In the 2010 election, turnout of 18- to 29-year-old and the student campaign Hook the Vote is pulling voters could play a decisive role in the closest guber¥ out all the stops to make sure it reaches as many stu¥ natorial contest in 20 years. dents as possible. In 2006 and 2008, increased turnout among More than 20 student organizations will have younger voters helped propel Democrats nation¥ booths throughout campus from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. wide as they retook both the White House and both staffed with deputized voter registrars. Starting at houses of Congress. 7 p.m., the groups will host a five-hour registration But apathy among younger voters could imperil rally with live music, a popcorn bar from Cornuco¥pia and speeches from Austin City Council member Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan Staff Democrats nationally, said Cal Jillson, a political sci¥ence professor at Southern Methodist University. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White arrives at a town hall VOTE continues on page 2 meeting in east Austin on Saturday morning. WHITE continues on page 2 Sooners sting Horns as frustration mounts Lauren Gerson | Daily Texan Staff Texas senior defensive end Sam Acho, junior cornerback Aaron Williams and sophomore running back D.J. Monroe walk off the field at the Cotton Bowl after the LonghornsÕ 28-20 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. Williams played a stellar game on defense to lock down OU receiver Ryan Broyles but fumbled a punt in the final minutes that sealed TexasÕ fate. By Dan Hurwitz The slightest contact of the two bodies All three were physically removed from horn won this weekend. Daily Texan Columnist brushing against each other led to a minor the bar, which was at maximum capacity While fighting was probably not neces- On the patio of an uptown Dallas bar on brawl involving another Longhorn fan re-throughout the night. sary, there are legitimate reasons for Long-Saturday night, a young man with beer in peatedly punching the Oklahoma fan in the ÒIt was chaotic,Ó said bystander and Texas horn fans to be upset following SaturdayÕs hand dressed in Oklahoma crimson bumped head. A couple of tables flipped, sending business senior Mark Meaux. into a burnt-orange wearing male. drinks splashing onto others. But at least thatÕs one battle that a Long-LOSS continues on page 9 Mental illness walk combats stigmas By Mary Ellen Knewtson Daily Texan Staff When Sara Brown walked in AustinÕs first Na¥tional Alliance on Mental Illness Walk five years ago, she was a patient walking to put a face on brain dis¥orders, said Lou Ann Brown, SaraÕs mother. ÒShe was no different from you and me,Ó Lou Ann said. Sara benefitted from treatment and was able to live independently. She had a job and a boy¥friend, she said. Sara died in March, at the age of 30. Saturday morning, Walkers for Sara Brown was one of many groups raising awareness about mental illness and generating funds for NAMI Austin to aid families and individuals affected by mental illness. About 2,000 people walked in the 5K from the river to the Capitol and back. ÒThe NAMIWalk is a fun event thatÕs about seri¥ous business,Ó said NAMI Austin President Cathy Weaver. One in four Americans experience a mental health problem in any given year, and yet thereÕs still a stigma associated with it, she said. To combat this stigma, NAMI Austin works to provide accurate information about the realities of WALK continues on page 2 Jamaal Felix | Daily Texan Staff Alyssa Arizola, 7, marches in downtown Austin in sup¥port of mental illness education Saturday morning. Penguin fossil reveals colorful predecessor By Lauren Giudice ology professor at the University Daily Texan Staff of Akron, said the shift from the A fossilized penguin recent-color of the fossil to penguinsÕ ly discovered in Peru shows that current black-and-white features ancient penguins were much may have been caused by pred¥more colorful and twice as tall as atory pressures. The fossil, nick¥their modern descendants. named ÒPedroÓ by research- A paper co-written by UT pa-ers, lacks the countershading of leontologist and associate profes-modern penguins, which gives sor Julia Clarke in the journal Sci-them white stomachs and dark¥ence argues the change in colors er backs. occurred because of pressures Shawkey said modern pen¥from predators. guinsÕ shades helps them cam- The 36-million-year-old pen-ouflage so that when a predator guin, Inkayacu paracasensis, had is looking up at them, their white reddish-brown and gray feathers stomachs blend with the waterÕs and at 5 feet tall, stood twice the surface. But when a predator is height of the emperor penguin. above the penguin looking down Jakob Vinther, a doctoral stu-upon it, the penguin blends with dent in paleontology at Yale Uni-the ocean. He said the counter¥versity and co-author of the pa-shading adaptation probably oc¥per, said the reddish-brown col-curred about 2,300 years ago, oring of feathers is normally as-when seals and other predators sociated with juvenile penguins. began to emerge. Matthew Shawkey, a co-au¥thor of the paper and assistant bi-FOSSIL continues on page 5 2 NEWS Monday, October 4, 2010 VOTE: UT competes with other colleges to register students From page 1 er students to get registered and move toward voting on Election Randi Shade and U.S. Rep. Lloyd Day,Ó she said. ÒThen itÕs not your Doggett, D-Texas, both UT alum-parents fussing at you about get¥ni and former Student Govern-ting your registration done, you ment presidents. have other students talking to you ÒWe didnÕt want random polit-about it.Ó ical speakers; we wanted people To sweeten the deal, UT student who understand the importance groups are competing with nine of Longhorns getting involved in other Texas universities and the politics,Ó said Hook the Vote direc-University of Oklahoma to register tor Jimmy Talarico. ÒItÕs not about the greatest percentage of students parties or politics; itÕs about em-on campus. The losing universityÕs powering Longhorns.Ó student body president will have The Hook the Vote campaign to pose wearing a T-shirt from the has distributed about 30,000 vot-winning school, and the photo will er registration cards this semester run in the Sierra Club newsletter. off and on campus, and groups Mayor Lee Leffingwell has de¥including University Democrats clared today AustinÕs ÒHook the and College Republicans have Vote Day,Ó a nod to the efforts of manned tables on the West Mall UT students. to register students. Local, state and national officials But today is the most impor-should recognize the efforts of stu¥tant day for the campaign, Talarico dent activists and support their said. On the final registration day success, Shade said. in 2008, Hook the Vote registered ÒIÕm always happy to do any¥about 5,600 students Ñ more than thing that inspires and encourages half of the 10,000 total students activism and community involve¥registered that year. ment on the part of UT students,Ó In Travis County, 18-to she said. 26-year-olds are the least likely Hook the Vote will continue to to be registered to vote, said Tra-reach out to students after today vis County Tax Office spokes-with speakers and public forums woman Tina Morton. The coun-to help make sure those who reg¥ty is dedicating resources to help istered actually go to the polls to ensure better voter registration vote during early voting from rates in that age group, especial-Oct. 18-29 and on Election Day, ly among college students. 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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 High Low 80 55 Tacoooooos! ¥ RECYCLE your copy of THE DAILY TEXAN ¥      c Caleb Bryant Miller |Daily Texan Staff Ira Poole, 80, listens as Sheila Green poses a question to Bill White at a town hall meeting on Saturday. WHITE: Democratic victory relies on voting groups From page 1 ÒTreatment works,Ó Weaver said. ÒRecovery is possible.Ó mental illness. They offer support The consequences of not seek¥groups and work with organiza-ing treatment can be severe, since tions like Austin Clubhouse to 90 percent of all suicides involve find resources for those affected. mental illness, Weaver said. What do you have to lose? Join a fun Weight Loss Challenge to help you reach your weight-loss goals! You could even win a cash prize if you are one of the top achievers in your Challenge! IN A 12-WEEK COURSE YOU WILL GET:                   Class size is limited, so call now and reserve your spot! Join the Challenge for only $39 What do you have to lose? To pre-register, or for more information, call: 512-386-5207 or visit www.khawellness.weightlosschallenge.com From page 1 Ò[The] concern is that young¥er voters and minorities will stay home, ceding the field to older, whiter, more conservative voters,Ó Jillson said. ÒObama has been try¥ing to combat that threat by hold¥ing rallies on college campuses.Ó A September poll, paid for by the largest daily newspapers in Texas, showed Perry leading White by seven points Ñ down from the 10-point spread dur¥ing the summer Ñ but only 8 percent of the electorate re¥mains undecided. With the race this tight and with so few undecided voters, the White campaign acknowledg¥es that turning out voting groups that lean Democratic, such as younger voters, will be key to any White victory. ÒTheyÕre extremely important,Ó White campaign spokeswoman Ally Smith said. The White campaign has been building an organization, which they claim spans 35 campuses in Texas, designed to help get stu¥dents involved in the campaign and serve as the apparatus for voter registration and early-vot¥ing turnout drives. ÒOne of our biggest challeng¥es is weÕre running in an off-cycle year,Ó said Rich Ramirez, state di¥rector of Students for Bill White. ÒFor a lot of students, itÕs harder for them to hear about Bill White if theyÕre outside of Houston or a more culturally diverse, political¥ly active campus like UT-Austin.Ó The Perry campaign is con¥testing the youth vote and be¥lieves getting younger conserva¥tive voters to the polls will be an important part of the governorÕs re-election effort, Perry cam¥paign spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said. Frazier said in addition to their own campaign organization on campuses, theyÕre also working with organizations such as Col¥lege Republicans. ÒYoung conservatives are more energized than ever be¥fore,Ó she said. WALK: Budget cuts threaten mental health services Weaver said budget cuts threat¥en mental health services in Texas and other states. Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, who helped to kick off the event, cited the fact that Travis County loses $700 million annually in lost wages and productivity, hospital¥izations and in the criminal jus¥tice system involvement because of a lack of proper treatment for mental illness. At the event, the mayor declared Oct. 2 ÒNAMI-Walks DayÓ in Austin. ÒFor many of us here, includ¥ing me, itÕs personal,Ó Leffingwell said. ÒWe need to make sure that organizations like NAMI have the resources they need.Ó Gov. Rick Perry walked as well, and commended participants be¥fore the walk. ÒShowing up here today is a good way to show your love for people who may have a long and dark journey in life,Ó Perry said. As of Saturday, the walk gener¥ated $172,286 Ñ 98 percent of the $175,000 goal. The final total will be released in December, Weav¥er said. This goal significantly in¥creased from last yearÕs goal of $125,000. COLLEGE STUDENT! Get a ÒBÓ (or higher grade) in every course! 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WEDNESDAY DRINK SPECIALS: $1.50 Lonestar $3 Sauza Tequila shots joeÕs bar & grill |506 West Ave. Wire Editor: Ashley Morgan WORLD&NATION www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, October 4, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN NEWS NJ university BRIEFLY Former chief of staff reveals remembers plan to run for mayorship CHICAGO Ñ Former White studentÕs life House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that heÕs preparing to run for in silent vigil mayor of Chicago, a position widely known as being one he From Wire Reports has long desired. The Associated Press Emanuel made the an-NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Ñ nouncement in a video post-Rutgers University planned a si¥ed on his website, Chicagofor¥lent vigil to remember a student Rahm.com. He had been care¥who committed suicide after his ful not to launch his candida¥sexual encounter was secretly cy from Washington and head¥streamed online. ed to Chicago immediately after The tribute to 18-year-old his resignation was announced freshman Tyler Clementi was by President Barack Obama held Sunday night on the steps of on Friday. Brower Commons, on the schoolÕs In the video, Emanuel said College Avenue campus in heÕs embarking on a ÒTell New Brunswick. It Like It IsÓ listening tourProsecutors say ClementiÕs of Chicago. roommate and another student ÒAs I prepare to run for may¥used a webcam to broadcast on or, IÕm going to spend the next the Internet live images of Clem¥few weeks visiting our neigh¥enti having an intimate encoun¥borhoods Ñ at grocery stores, ter with another man in his dor-L stops, bowling alleys and hot Lee Jin-Man |Associated Press mitory room. dog stands,Ó Emanuel said. Clementi, a promising violinist, The opening ceremony for the 19th Commonwealth Games was performed at a stadium in New Delhi, India, on Sunday. jumped off the George Washing¥ton Bridge into the Hudson Riv- Militants attack NATO supplies er three days later. His body was in Pakistan, leave two dead Fever plagues competitive games identified Thursday. Rutgers President Richard Mc- ISLAMABAD Ñ Police say Cormick says the vigil will be an suspected militants have at¥opportunity for students and staff By Chris Lehourites man Dr. Rajiv Saigol told The their departures to India until ish monarch and declared the tacked and set on fire at least 20 to come together and Òreaffirm The Associated Press Associated Press, adding that things improved. games open. oil tankers in Pakistan that were our commitment to the values NEW DELHI Ñ The cri-Gogoi could be discharged It was not immediately clear Indian President Pratib¥ en route to NATO and U.S. Games took another hit Sun-Dengue fever, a painful ill-ease at the village or before ished by saying, ÒLet the sis-plagued Commonwealth Monday evening. if Gogoi contracted the dis-ha Patil then spoke and fin¥troops in Afghanistan. of civility, dignity, compassion and respect.Ó The attack early Monday were declared open when an ening, is a viral disease that About 3,500 cases of dengue Outside the stadium, the day only hours before they ness that can be life-threat-moving in. games begin.Ó close to the capital Islamabad The vigil is the latest in a series of remembrances for Clementi was the third since Friday. been living at the athletesÕ bites. It has become an issue New Delhi this year, and seven city were mostly deserted after Indian team official who had spreads through mosquito fever have been reported in usually packed streets of the One of the main routes used that included the establishment of a Facebook group, In Honor of by Afghanistan-bound trucks Tyler Clementi. village was diagnosed with in the Indian capital this year of the afflicted have died, the the government ordered busi¥ has been closed for days af-On Friday, students wore dengue fever. because of the extended mon-Press Trust of India reported. nesses and markets to close ter three Pakistani troops were black and were encouraged to Ruptu Gogoi, a 30-year-old soon season, which increased Despite the latest setback, down for the day Ñ all part killed in a helicopter strike leave flowers or mementoes at official with the lawn bowls the amount of stagnant water the opening ceremony at the of the organizing committeeÕs by the military alliance in a a makeshift memorial for Cle¥ team, was admitted to the GB around the city. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium security plan. border area. menti. The Rutgers Glee Club Pant hospital in New Delhi on The athletesÕ village, which went ahead without trouble as International Olympic Com- Police officer Umer Hayat marched to the memorial and Saturday night and was said some described as uninhabit-thousands of dancers and mu-mittee President Jacques Rog¥ says two people were killed in performed a rendition of ÒRut¥ to have the disease Sunday. able late last month, was said sicians entertained the crowd ge, speaking to IndiaÕs Times MondayÕs attack. gers Prayer,Ó which is tradition- He is the first person affiliat-to have pools of water near-and the teams paraded in. Now news channel, said the The attackers opened fire on ally sung when an important ed with the games to contract by as workers struggled to Prince Charles spoke on be-tight security in New Delhi was trucks that were parked at a member of the Rutgers commu¥ the illness. get things finished on time. half of his mother, Queen Eliz-tough but fair. About 100,000 poorly guarded terminal before nity dies or a tragedy happens ÒI can confirm he has den-The unhygienic conditions abeth II, who did not make the police and military personnel setting them afire, he said. at the university. gue fever, but his condition is at the village even prompt-trip to India for the games. He have been deployed in the In¥ now stable,Ó hospital spokes-ed several teams to delay read a message from the Brit-dian capital for the games. Compiled from Associated Press reports            ' $  ( ! &'%  '#'%  "    ( %'%   '%   $%  '%'   '$ '  '$ ''   )'$%      !  # " 5IF%BJMZ5FYBOr5457r,739r5FYBT         5SBWFTUZr$BDUVT:FBSCPPL P 512.471.1865 visit us at WWW.UTEXAS.EDU/TSM  Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob OPINION Monday, October 4, 2010 Doug Luippold Dave Player THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY Endangered diversity By Charlie Saginaw Daily Texan Columnist A sluggish economy endangers one of the UTÕs greatest achievements of social justice, the minority-majority freshman class. Ac¥cording to enrollment figures released last week, the freshman class of 2010 is the most racially diverse in UTÕs history, with minori¥ty students outnumbering whites for the first time. But tuition hikes and financial aid cut¥backs threaten the diversity of our Universi¥ty with socioeconomic division. Now, diver¥sity is just as much an economic issue as it is a racial one. More than a statistic that lends prestige, the minority-majority freshman class repre¥sents a new chapter in UT minority race rela¥tions. No doubt, the UT administration will tout these statistics as a benchmark of prog¥ress and print colorful pie charts onto re¥cruitment pamphlets and post them on the University website. But given the Universi¥ty of TexasÕ uncomfortable history of institu¥tional Ñ and later defacto Ñ discrimination, the statistic indicates that UT educates a stu¥dent body as diverse as Texas. UT was not always as diverse as your sum¥mer orientation programs now suggest. Not until 1946 did the Supreme Court challenge Òseparate but equal,Ó allowing the first Afri¥ DonÕt punish local farmers By Kate Clabby Daily Texan Columnist In August, The New York Times reported that eggs contaminated with salmonella sickened more than 1,500 people. Five hundred million eggs were recalled, and the public became justifiably concerned about the safety of our food supply. Unfortunately, many consumer advocates point to Senate Bill 510, the proposed Food Safety Modernization Act, as a solution. If the bill becomes law, it will restrict our access to local food from small farmers while failing to address underlying problems that make industrial food so prone to contamination. The bill introduces national standards for produce safety, instructing the FDA to write new rules for farmers Òwith respect to growing, harvesting, sort¥ing, and storage operations, minimum standards re¥lated to soil amendments, hygiene, packaging, tem¥perature controls, animal encroachment and waterÓ for any crop that they deem Òhigh risk.Ó Small farms often plant different crops in the same field to improve soil fertility and provide natural pest control. If the FDA writes separate Òminimum stan¥dardsÓ for each crop, this kind of interplanting could become illegal. Rules about Òanimal encroachmentÓ could also endanger farmers who raise both animals and vegetables. Should farmers who pick produce to be sold within a few hours at their roadside stand be forced to invest in expensive refrigeration technolo¥gy? Does lettuce need to be wrapped in plastic? Of course, none of these rules have been writ¥ten yet, and thatÕs what makes SB 510 so danger¥ous. It gives the FDA new jurisdiction over farms that only sell to in-state customers without specify¥ing what will be enforced. There is language in the bill that instructs the FDA to consider the effects of their regulations on small and diversified farms, but no requirements that they offer different regu¥lations or exemptions. The FDA will likely use this same vague language to avoid any serious reform of industrial operations. Large agribusinesses run on principles that make them especially vulnerable to contamination. Take the case of laying hens. Producers squeeze as many hens as possible into as small a space as possible and feed them the cheapest food available. This creates malnourished animals with compromised immune systems, and when they inevitably get sick, disease spreads very far very quickly. The salmonella-con¥taminated eggs only came from two facilities, but the recall affected 13 brands. Any rule that would in¥terrupt this bacterial fast lane to your dinner plate would also hurt the producersÕ bottom lines, and the FDA is not willing to do that. ThatÕs why, though small farmers are protesting this bill, large agribusi¥nesses almost unanimously support it. What is more, current regulations could have pre¥vented the salmonella scare if they had been proper¥ly applied. The USDA found bugs, trash and large piles of manure in the facilities responsible for the contaminated eggs, and reports indicate that san¥itary conditions were ÒcriticalÓ in June and July. However, they failed to notify the FDA to shut down the operations. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana introduced an amend¥ment to the bill that would exempt producers whose gross adjusted income is $500,000 or less a year and those who sell 50 percent or more of their products directly to the consumer from new regulations. This amendment, which has not passed, would minimize the worst of the billÕs damage to small farmers. How¥ever, even with the amendment, the bill is too broad and too vague. It expands the FDAÕs power with¥out holding it accountable for using that power ap¥propriately. Some have suggested, for example, that the FDA could theoretically apply new Òminimum standardsÓ to seeds, which could limit the diversi¥ty of seeds available. I donÕt know whether the FDA would do this, but IÕm not willing to find out. Call Sens. Cornyn and Hutchison today and ask them to oppose SB 510. If Congress is serious about food safety, it needs to hold the FDA accountable for enforcing existing regulations. And if it determines that a new law is necessary, it should write one that specifies exactly what new powers and responsibili¥ties it gives to the FDA and that exempts small farm¥ers engaged only in intrastate commerce. Industrial food is dangerous. LetÕs not punish the farmers who offer safe alternatives. Clabby is an English senior. can-American student, Heman Sweatt, to en¥roll into the UT law school. Some 17 years later, The UT Board of Regents decided to al¥low the racial integration of all sports at the University; yet, it wasnÕt until 1969 that Ju¥lius Whittier entered a game and into histo¥ry as UTÕs first black football letterman. Sad¥ly, UT was the last footbal team in the South¥west Conference to integrate. In more recent memory, a firestorm of me¥dia coverage surrounded the renaming of the Simkins Hall dormitory this summer after a former law professor wrote a paper on the dorm namesakeÕs ties to the Klu Klux Klan. A quick glance at UTÕs past speaks to the sig¥nificance of how far UT has progressed with the enrollment of this yearÕs freshman class. Now, a stagnant economic forecast com¥bined with a 5 percent legislative budget cut threatens to scale back financial aid for a stu¥dent body struggling to pay tuition, includ¥ing the minority-majority of the freshman class. With more than 53 percent of under¥graduate students receiving need-based fi¥nancial aid, any cutbacks will hurt the ma¥jority of students Ñ and the diversity of our school. If needy students from lower income families cannot access these funds, subse¥quent incoming classes will become increas¥ingly socioeconomically stratified. There¥fore, in the face of budget cuts, the Universi¥ty should avoid dropping any programs en¥tirely and consider how all cuts will affect students in financial need. With the Texas Higher Board of Education proposing to terminate nearly 24,000 student grants across the state, the TEXAS Grants are the next victim on the chopping block. The TEXAS Grants tailor their funding to needy, academically prepared students. UT award¥ed nearly $30 million this fall in TEXAS Grants to more than 4,500 students, about 1,000 of whom are entering freshmen, ac¥cording to the office of financial services. Such cutbacks combined with the fact that the average student debt in Texas hovers at $19,591, deters first generation college stu¥dents from pursuing college degrees. In harsh economic times the University should strive toward twin goals: First, the preservation of racial diversity, and second, the representation of all income levels. The UT Board of Regents must decide if their commitment to diversity runs deeper than pamphlet rhetoric and into the pocket book. It seems that if the combination of tuition increases and financial aid slashing contin¥ues, the achievement of diversity is beset on all sides. Saginaw is a history senior. THE FIRING LINE A clarification I want to thank Jeff Shi for his generally thoughtful and mostly civil response to my Firing Line letter of Sept. 30, in which I related my feelings when the gunman, later identified as Colton Tooley, walked into the Perry-Casta –eda Library lobby. I concluded my letter by suggesting that the frightening and sad events of that day did not and do not provide sup¥port for legally allowing students to bring guns onto campus. I hope you will allow me to clarify just a couple of points. First, I confess to being dis¥turbed and, yes, offended by ShiÕs claim that I chose to put politics ahead of my concern for the safety of students. Nothing could be more insulting to an educator or further from the truth about the gamut of emotions I experienced throughout that day. My sense of thankfulness while still in the PCL lobby that nobody else had pulled out a gun derived from my fear for the safety of everyone in the lobby, including students, staff and myself. Second, it may not be important in the larger scheme of things but, contrary to ShiÕs assertion, I had no notion of turning my thoughts and feelings as the tragedy unfolded into a political debating point Ñ until I read in the media that public leaders from Gov. Perry to state Sen. Daniel Patrick were already doing just that. The fact that the politicians made their pro-concealed handgun state¥ments on the very day of the incident, a day during which they had been nowhere near campus, angered me (And, now that some time has passed I see some points in my own letter that today I would word differently). Finally, with respect to the more vitupera¥tive responses to my letter that Mr. Shi and other supporters of concealed weapons have posted to The Daily Texan website, in which both my manliness and my mental capacities are questioned, I would invite readers to ask themselves whether a willingness publicly to express feelings of uncertainty and fear along¥side anger and determination might, in fact, be an important part of manhood and, more crucially, of our capacity to connect with one another as human beings. Ñ Phillip Barrish Associate professor and director, lower¥division English program The Quiet Game In high school, I knew students who hid their sexual orientation for fear of being judged and/or rejected. It was all kept hush¥hush. And those who embraced it had to deal with others who didnÕt understand. For example, I remember this kid who tried really hard to fit in with the heterosexual norm. He would try to date girls to show the rest of the school that he was straight. But it didnÕt stop people from spreading rumors. A year later, he had come to terms with who he was, and he seemed much more at ease. But most students who were LGBT graduated without telling a single soul. To those of you who are LGBT, you donÕt have to hide it from me. I love you no mat¥ter who you are. And I dedicate this letter to Tyler Clementi, 18; Seth Walsh, 13; Asher Brown, 13; Billy Lucas, 15; and the many oth¥ers who have gone unreported. These kids died by suicide this past week because others teased them about their sexual orientation or invaded their privacy. Who else needs to die for homophobia and heterosexism to end? Ñ Marilyn Lopez History senior LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Monday, October 4, 2010 NEWS NEWS BRIEFLY Conference remembers Cold War; guests discuss effects on politics More than 40 years after the Cold War ended, the West is still Òhaunt¥ed by the habit of seeing red,Ó said John Kelly, an anthropology profes¥sor at the University of Chicago. Kelly, who was at UT on Friday as part of a Cold War conference, said the lingering divisions since 1989, which historians mark as the end of the war, have since created an East-versus-West mentality. ÒWho wrecked whose trajecto¥ry?Ó he said, referring to the East¥vs-West struggle for dominance. Kelly was a keynote speaker at the conference titled Cold War Cul¥tures: Interdisciplinary and Transna¥tional Perspectives. The conference brought 300 speakers from all over the world to discuss the Cold War and contemporary global politics. Event coordinator Katherine Arens, a Germanic studies profes¥sor, said the allocation of resources has been marked by Cold War poli¥tics, including transportation in Eu¥rope that encourages movement north and south. ÒOur geography is East vs West,Ó she said. ÒCertain things donÕt make sense because for 40 years, people, products and culture couldnÕt move freely. ItÕs changed the landscape of how we do everything.Ó Ñ Emily Sides Funeral held for Colton Tooley; no further information in case Family and friends of the UT gunman, Colton Tooley, attended his funeral services Sunday after¥noon. Funeral services took place at An¥gel Funeral Homes on South First Street, between Oltorf Street and Riverside Drive. Tooley, 19, came to campus Tues¥day with an AK-47 and fired several rounds on 21st Street near the Uni¥versity Catholic Center before tak¥ing his own life. Police locked down the campus for nearly four hours following the shooting and no one else was injured. UT Police Department and the Austin Police Department have not released any new information since the incident, but APD Chief of Staff David Carter will give a briefing during the Public Safety Commis¥sionÕs meeting Monday at 4 p.m. Ñ Aziza Musa State employees march for benefit increases By Shivam Purohit Daily Texan Staff Three hundred state employ¥ees carrying umbrellas marched to the north steps of the Capitol on Friday to rally for the use of the stateÕs Rainy Day Fund for increas¥ing state employee benefits. ÒItÕs raining, itÕs pouring,Ó mem¥bers of the Texas State Employ¥ees Union chanted Friday as they walked from Lavaca Street, where the unionÕs office is located, to the Capitol. TSEU outreach coordi¥nator Mimi Garcia said this rally was the beginning of the unionÕs General Assembly convention this weekend, which is the largest statewide labor conference of pub¥lic workers in Texas. The Rainy Day Fund is a pool of money from the stateÕs excess oil and gas revenues that Texas can access during budget short¥falls. To use the money, two-thirds of the state Legislature must vote in favor of it. ÒWe want the governor to open that up ... [and] fund real jobs and difference between the needs of economic justice,Ó Garcia said. students and those of state em- Garcia said Texas is experienc-ployees,Ó Lewis said. ÒWe op¥ing a projected $18- to $21-bil-pose tuition hikes and believe lion budget shortfall, and with-that the money that is raised out the support from the fund, the state could end up cutting about 10,000 jobs. ÒThis is serious, important stuff,Ó Garcia said, ÒWe need to work with state Legislature and come up with responsible options.Ó Derrick Osobase, the political organizer of TSEU, said that the rally was calling for prudent in¥vestment in public workers, pub¥lic higher education and better ser¥vices for needy Texans. ÒThis demonstration is to show the Legislature that we will fight for our services,Ó Osobase said. Senior radio-television-film lec¥turer Anne Lewis, who represent¥ed University employees in TSEU, addressed UTÕs budget issues at the event. ÒWe at TSEU care about pub¥lic education and we donÕt see a FOSSIL: Old feather record identical to modern birds From page 1 The researchers said the feath¥ers on the fossil served the same function as those on modern penguins, but were significantly different on the cellular level. ÒWhen we looked at the shape of the fossilÕs melano¥somes, which are pigment-con¥taining structures with mela¥nin, we found they were quite similar to modern birds,Ó Shawkey said. ÒBut the inter¥esting thing was that they were completely different from mod¥ern penguins.Ó Modern penguins have scale¥like feathers that pack togeth¥er, streamlined. Shawkey said no one had looked at when this modification of feathers took place until this new discov¥ery. The scale-like feathers were present on the fossil. ÒThe kinds of feathers that we find on the fossil are exactly like the feathers we see on mod¥ern penguins, which are highly adaptive for swimming or flying though water,Ó Shawkey said. ÒTherefore, it presumably lived more or less the same way that modern penguins do.Ó Daniel Ksepka, a research assistant professor from North Carolina State Univer¥sity, said the actual feathers of the fossil are similar in size to normal penguins. ÒWe suspect maybe these big melanosomes can be related to protecting feathers against the wear and tear they get in the wa¥ter,Ó Ksepka said. The fossil was discovered near the Paracas National Reserve, lo¥cated along the eastern coastline of Peru, and is now at the Museo de Historia Natural in Lima. should go to the students, to¥wards more classes, smaller classes and better facilities.Ó Lewis said that TSEU would continue to work with the UT Stop the Cuts Coalition, a group of stu¥dents and faculty working to alle¥viate UT budget cuts. ÒThere is a sense of regrouping here as we work to create the na¥tional push for jobs and decency,Ó Lewis said. TSEU lead organizer Jim Bran¥son said that unions and such ral¥lies are critical to the progress of the country. ÒOur society is one that is all about accumulation,Ó Branson said. ÒWe are all about fairness.Ó Delegates will spend the week¥end building priorities for the leg¥islative session, where they hope to promote these solutions. Union President Judy Lugo said that TSEU will not stop un¥til society offers equal opportu¥nity, compassion and real assis¥tance to those who are ill, elderly or have disabilities. ÒWe are here today as a part of a national mobilization that will mark the rebirth of a great co¥alition that will stand and fight for the basic American dream,Ó Lugo said. Police examine teen suspectÕs death By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff Police are investigating what they believe to be the youngest suspect in an officer-involved shooting in Austin. Austin Police Department Officer Derrick Bowman fatal¥ly shot 16-year-old Devin Con¥treras on Friday morning af¥ter the teenager pointed a gun at him outside a South Austin Big Lots. Bowman, who has worked with APD for nearly four years, shot Contreras when the teen¥ager left the Big Lots near Wil¥liam Cannon Drive and Inter¥state Highway 35. Police said that when Contreras kicked open the storeÕs back door, Bowman commanded the boy to freeze and show his hands. ÒThe suspect, rather than complying, turned to the right and raised what we now know is a revolver that was fully loaded with five rounds of am¥munition,Ó said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo. ÒThe offi¥cer, upon the suspect raising his firearm in a threatening and menacing manner and direct¥ing it at the officer, discharged his service pistol, striking the suspect several times.Ó Acevedo said he could not confirm how many times the officer shot Contreras until the department receives the au¥topsy report. The officer saw a flash and believed Contreras fired two rounds, but upon re¥viewing the dashboard camera footage, Acevedo said the boy did not shoot any rounds. Police have since arrested a 19-year-old man, who offi¥cers believe was also burglar¥izing the store at the time of the incident. Officers found the second suspect near the crime scene and will not re¥lease his name until he is for¥mally charged, Acevedo said. Although the suspect was un¥armed, he was near firearms upon arrest, he said. Police are also investigating the role played by a 15-year-old boy who turned himself in to au¥thorities Friday, accompanied by his father. Two of the suspects are re¥lated, and police said there is reason to believe they were involved in burglaries in the area Thursday night. The sus¥pectsÕ relations and other in¥formation about the burglaries are still under investigation. ÒUnfortunately, young peo¥ple somehow get astray and they get involved in things they really shouldnÕt be in¥volved in,Ó Acevedo said. ÒA 16-year-old will pull the trig¥ger just as quickly as an adult. The age makes it a little more tragic for our officer who had to deploy deadly force. Al¥though I feel for the parents, I also feel for my officer who had to utilize deadly force.Ó EXPOSURE Monday, October 4, 2010 an affair to remember UT alumni Phillip Foster and Emily Obermeyer try to brace themselves while they whip around on the Love Bugs ride in a blur. Lauren Gerson Daily Texan Staff Angela Abitia, 8, gets ready to ride the carousel while her stepfather, Jose Lopez, balances his son Matthew, 2, on a racing horse. Lauren Gerson Daily Texan Staff Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com SPORTS Monday, October 4, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN OU reclaims Golden Hat as Texas falters By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff Oklahoma beat Texas because of at least a dozen mistakes Ñ Aaron Williams just so happened to com¥mit the last one. SaturdayÕs loss, the second consecutive for the once-mighty Longhorns, was another disaster that unfurled over the course of a warm, sunny afternoon in Dallas. With Texas deciding to scrap to¥gether a late comeback, Williams went to receive a punt that he couldnÕthandleÑitdroppedfrom his hands and cost the Longhorns a chance to tie the 28-20 game. Instantly devastated, Williams walked to the sideline in ago¥ny, but Texas head coach Mack Brown approached him with a simple message: ÒI made mistakes throughout the day, too,Ó Brown told him. ÒHe did not lose the game for us. ItÕs never one kidÕs fault when you lose a game that you play for four hours. He was one of the reasons we even had a chance.Ó Brown was right about Wil¥liamsÕ play. He relentlessly shut down Oklahoma receiver Ryan Broyles, whose 482 yards entering the game ranked second in the na¥tion. Williams was all over Broyles throughout the game and held him to just 36 yards. On one play that wouldÕve easily been a Top 10 play nominee, Williams was run¥ning full speed in coverage when he leapt backward and almost se¥cured one of the most acrobatic in¥terceptions in recent history. But just like the punt and the gameÕs ultimate decision, the in¥terception bounced out of Wil¥liamsÕ hands. After the game, his teammates made sure they let a tearful Williams know how much the game wasnÕt his fault. ÒYou just have to keep your head up, man,Ó running back Fozzy Whittaker told him. ÒThis one was VOLLEYBALL HuskersÕ front line proves too talla task in Lincoln By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff The Nebraska Coliseum in Lin¥coln is not typically somewhere you want to be if youÕre an opponent of the Cornhuskers volleyball team, and Texas dropped another road game Saturday as the short-handed Longhorns fell 3-1 to Nebraska. The No. 3 Cornhuskers defeated Texas 25-20, 20-25, 25-19 and 25-20 to re¥main undefeated in the Big 12 while the Longhorns fell to 8-5 overall and 3-2 in the conference. Nebraska finally reversed their recent fortunes against the Long¥horns as the Cornhuskers won for the first time in the last five meet¥ings. Last year, Texas defeated Ne¥braska all three times Ñ twice in the regular season and once deep into the postseason. However, this yearÕs youthful Longhorn squad could not pull off the upset in one of the toughest environments in college volleyball to play in. Junior middle blocker Rachael Adams led Texas with 15 kills Ñ she has led the Longhorns in kills in five of the last six match¥es Ñ as the team had three play¥ers with double-figure kills. Se¥nior outside hitter Juliann Fauc¥ette added 14, and junior outside hitter Amber Roberson chipped in 13 for the Longhorns. Texas freshman libero Sarah Palmer started the game for the ill Sydney Yogi and led the defense with a team-high 15 digs. The Long¥horns were also without freshman outside hitter Ashley Bannister. Despite a short bench, the Longhorns came out in the first set and traded points with the 14-1 Cornhuskers before Ne¥braska pulled away to win the first game 25-20. Texas came alive in the second set and jumped out to an early ad¥vantage, thanks to three kills by Adams. After the Cornhuskers came back to tie the set at 12, Tex¥as responded with a 5-1 run, and Faucette and Adams carried the Longhorns down the stretch to win 25-20 on a kill by sophomore opposite hitter ShaÕDare McNeal. But Texas came out after the in¥termission with three errors to fall behind Nebraska 8-1. The Long¥horns put together a 6-1 run later in the set to pull within five but they were unable to dig themselves out of the early hole and lost 25-19. Nebraska came out firing on all cylinders at the start of the fourth set and established an early lead and never looked back, handing the Longhorns their fourth road loss in five contests away from home. Texas returns to action Wednes¥day at 6:30 p.m. as they take on Colorado at Gregory Gymnasium. HornsÕ hopes dashed by penalties By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff The LonghornsÕ opponent this past weekend wore burnt orange and white, not red. Texas had nine penalties for 81 yards and that is what essentially propelled Oklahoma to its 28-20 win at the 105th Red River Rivalry. The first of many flags was thrown on the second play of the game when junior linebacker Keenan Robinson was penalized 15 yards for a personal foul. ÒThey called me for hitting a lineman who was coming at me near the pile while the play was still alive,Ó Robinson said. ÒThe play was still alive.Ó Unfortunately for Robinson, replays showed that he pushed an OU offensive lineman in the back away from the tackle. As the game went on, Tex¥as sunk deeper and deeper into penalty debt. Three penalties kept Oklahoma scoring drives alive and five either came on third down or second-and-long situations. If it had not been for those silly mistakes, the Longhorns would have gained prime field position on a few potential game-changing downs. For example, at the start of the third quarter when Texas was down a somewhat man¥ageable 21-10, freshman de¥fensive end Jackson Jeffcoat rushed off the edge to tackle OU quarterback Landry Jones, causing him to fumble on his down 22-yard line. TexasÕ of¥fense rushed the field to set up for a first down, but the offi¥cials called the play back, stat¥ing that senior defensive end Eddie Jones Ñ who had actual¥ly recovered the fumble Ñ had FLAGS continues on page 9 MENÕS SWIMMING Orange-White Meet kicks off year By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff The last time the swim team competed together, they were on the highest stage in college swim¥ming competition Ñ the NCAA Championship. On Friday, the atmosphere was much lighter at the annual Orange-White Meet. Although it seems virtually impossible to get better after win¥ning the 2009 NCAA title, head coach Eddie Reese believes there is still room for improvement. ÒOur goal every year is to find a way to get better,Ó Re¥ese said. ÒWe have such good swimmers and if they get better we are always in competition to be in the top three or four plac¥es in the NCAA.Ó In FridayÕs casual meet, the Longhorns appeared poised to begin another run at a repeat. Se¥nior Scott Jostes, who won the 200 yard and 100 yard freestyle races, and junior Drew Livings¥ton, who prevailed in both div¥ing events with a score of 370.50 in the 1 meter and 344.32 in the 3 meter diving, had the most im¥pressive results. The final event of the meet was the 400 yard freestyle re¥lay. The Orange ÔAÕ team, Patrick Murphy, Dax Hill, Donald Sut¥ton and Neil Caskey, was victori¥ous over the White ÔAÕ team with a time difference of .30 seconds. With a strong group of swim¥mers and divers returning, loss¥es of seniors such as Hill Taylor, Ben Van Roekel and Alan Maher are difficult to overcome. ÒThere is no way you can replace seniors,Ó Reese said. ÒYouÕve got to come up with a different identity almost because were going to be a lot different ORANGE continues on page 9 SIDELINE SOCCER Texas Kansas 01 Read more Texas soccer @dailytexanonline.com WHAT TO WATCH NFL Monday Night Football New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins Date: Tonight Time: 7:30 p.m. On air: ESPN LONGHORNS IN THE NFL Michael Huff, S 8 Tackles 1 Pass Deflection Jermichael Finley, TE 4 Catches 36 Yards 1 TD Michael Griffin, S 6 Tackles 1 Interception Phil Dawson, K 3-3 FG 2-2 XP AP Top 25 Poll - NCAAF on all of us, not just you.Ó When Williams emerged from the locker room to face the ca¥cophony of the pesky post-game questions, his backfield teammate safety Blake Gideon stood beside him in his defense. Gideon even found a way to get Williams to crack a smile. ÒYou see, Aaron was just expect¥ing me to block the punt,Ó Gide¥on said jokingly. ÒSo after I wasnÕt able to pull that off, it threw him off a bit. ItÕs really all my fault.Ó It was the first step in forget¥ting the play that could have easi¥ly rocked WilliamsÕ confidence for a long time if not for his support¥ing teammates like Gideon. FALTERS continues on page 9 EXPOSURE Monday, October 4, 2010 Lauren Gerson | Daily Texan Staff OU defensive linebacker Travis Lewis shows off the Golden Hat to Oklahoma fans after winning the Red River Rivalry 28-20 against Texas. RED ALL OVER OU wins annual trophy at Cotton Bowl   With hopes of bringing UT fans back to life, chemical engineering senior Linda Conway plays ÒDeep in the Heart of TexasÓ in the fourth quarter.       ""      !"!"                           )-)'&#*$0+$&/3)%&0   !    !!         !    !       /&%&)3&2.1- 1(&4/01+-,1(     !                  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For the first time in 10 years, Texas will not have a little number next to its name in the sports pag¥es and on ESPN denoting its na¥tional ranking. The good news is that it is im¥possible for the Longhorns to lose this upcoming Saturday, as they have no game scheduled this week. FLAGS: Opportunities surpass offense all game long From page 7 been offsides prior to the snap. ÒIf we get that fumble at the 22¥yard line, thatÕs a first down with momentum,Ó said head coach Mack Brown. ÒI liked our chances there.Ó The momentum pendulum al¥most swung TexasÕ way again in the fourth quarter until Jeff¥coat received a personal foul for an apparent retaliation that gave the Sooners a first down on third¥and-20. SoonersÕ running back DeMarco Murray would later score on a 20-yard run, widening the score to 28-10. ÒThe [penalties] were killers,Ó Brown said. ÒAbsolute killers.Ó After the game, Brown said he wasnÕt going to judge or com¥ment on any of the calls until he The bad news: An away game against No. 7 Nebraska is right around the corner Ñ a game that could very likely be a third straight loss. The Longhorns havenÕt lost three consecutive games since the 1999 season when Mack Brown Ñ only in his second season at Texas Ñ had very few gray hairs. Last time Texas had suffered three defeats in as many games, fans may have been a little more relieved than upset after they had just survived the Y2K scare on Jan. 1, 2000, which was also the date of TexasÕ 27-6 loss to Arkansas in the 2000 Cotton Bowl. This time around, the mood on campus wonÕt be so great. The loss to UCLA on Sept. 25 created more of shock for fans as they had to come to terms with the fact that watched film. preparation, which is surprising ÒI canÕt comment on them,Ó for a unit that was ranked as the he said. ÒIÕm going to go home nationÕs best last season and is and watch them and see wheth-coached by a coordinator as ac¥ ÔÔ When you have a close game like this, it comes down to inches and we just didnt get the inches.Ó Ñ Mack Brown, head coach er [the penalties] were there ... but complished as Will Muschamp. I wonÕt make excuses. They called ÒI guess it was lack of disci¥them on us and thatÕs what it is.Ó pline,Ó said junior defensive tackle Penalties are a result of lack of Kheeston Randall. ÒPeople make their team Ñ which they love so much Ñ isnÕt what it once was. Following SaturdayÕs loss to Okla¥homa, the only noise made on a deserted Texas campus came from the bells in the Tower. Since that season in 1999, Tex¥as football has been synonymous with winning. They have won at least 10 games in nine of the 10 seasons since then. They have won a national championship and two Big 12 championships. They have put more players in the NFL than any other university. But today, the Longhorns are a 3-2 football team. A repeat trip to a national championship is out of the question. A Big 12 Champion¥ship is becoming more and more in doubt. Peeking ahead at the upcoming schedule, it now appears that no game is an automatic win. Instead of looking ahead to the Rose and Fiesta Bowls, should we be look¥ing into getting tickets to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Sta¥dium? I hear New York is a little chilly in late December. Or, dare I say, is it possible for the Long¥horns to not be involved in the postseason at all? Well, that may be pushing it a little too far, but for now, things are grim in Austin. IN YOUR OPINION In the wake of the second loss in a row for Texas football, can the Longhorns stage a comeback and salvage the season? @dailytexanonline.com mistakes and after a mistake we just have to go out and try to put the fire out.Ó But the fire held a steady flame throughout the game, be¥cause even despite the penalties, Texas still had chances to win but didnÕt capitalize. In the last minute of the fourth quarter, junior linebacker Emmanuel Acho caused Landry Jones to fumble a second time in OU territory. But before any Longhorn could snatch the foot¥ball, it bounced out of bounds. The ball rolling just inches out of reach was indicative of the LonghornsÕ entire day. ÒWhen you have a close game like this, it comes down to inches and we just didnÕt get the inches,Ó Brown said. FALTERS: Breaks fall OklahomaÕs way as comeback falls short From page 7 ÒHeÕs always there to pick me up whenever IÕm down,Ó Wil¥liams said. ÒThrough good times and through bad.Ó Of all people, Gideon knows WilliamsÕ pain. Two years ago, he let an easy interception slip through his fingers in a loss at Texas Tech that ultimately cost the Longhorns a shot at the national championship. But Gideon got over that missed opportunity and Williams should, too. ItÕs downright silly to blame Williams for SaturdayÕs loss. Do¥ing that assumes that TexasÕ of¥fense wouldÕve somehow been adept enough to march 50 yards down the field, score a touch¥down then successfully pull off a two-point conversion in less than one minute. Please. This was the same offense that ORANGE: New captains headline charge for national title repeat From page 7 than we were last year,Ó New captains and now seniors Bryan Collins, Jim Robertson and Scott Spann will look to keep the tradition alive. ÒThe only goal is to find a way to get better Ñ thatÕs the way its supposed to be in whatever you do,Ó said Reese. ÒWhatever you did this year find a way to get bet¥ter the next year.Ó SophomoreNickDÕInnocenzo, winner of the two individu¥al medleys of the day, said the team enjoyed coming back and wouldnÕthave scoredatouchdown without two explosive plays from running backs D.J. Monroe and Cody Johnson. It was the same of¥fense that couldnÕt keep pace with how fast the once-heralded Tex¥as defense was letting Oklahoma score. Not to mention, Texas had a chance to secure a fumble inside OklahomaÕs 10-yard line just two plays before the muffed punt, and penalties on the defense prolonged the SoonersÕ drives on third downs all game long. Put this one on anyone but Wil¥liams. To steal an old team adage, if the rest of the team would have been as consistently good as he was on Saturday, they wouldÕve been great. ÒSomething that we donÕt do here at Texas is lose,Ó said defen¥sive end Eddie Jones. ÒWe have to find a way to go back and change these two losses and turn them into victories.Ó swimming together again after their break. ÒWe are going to get through the season and when it comes down to it weÕll be ready and I think thatÕs what were all looking forward to is being able to come back and hope¥fully repeat,Ó said DÕInnocenzo. And despite losing so many se¥niors, DÕInnocenzo still believes the team is very strong. ÒWe lost a big chunk of our team,Ó DÕInnocenzo said. ÒBut I feel like we always do every year and we gain a big chunk back. So I donÕt think we are put down by it at all.Ó THE DAILY TEXAN C L ASSIFIEDS ATTENTION BARTENDING! GARRISON VETERANS $300/DAY $595 ALL If you are a veteran who POTENTIAL BROTHERSBILLS PAID was denied a waiver of No experience neces¥tuition under the Texas Studio. Clean! Walk to IS HIRING! sary. Training provided. Hazlewood Act at a publicschool, 30th & Speedway. 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COMICS Monday, October 4, 2010 Monday, October 4, 2010 LIFE&ARTS MUSIC: Group offers emotional range From page 12 one of AustinÕs best underground labels, that will soon change. The Daily Texan sat down with Amasa GanaÕs Guy Taylor, Joe Ja¥cobs, Adam Jones and John Rob¥erts Ñ Chris King was touring in Europe at press time with his oth¥er band, This Will Destroy You Ñ where we discussed audience alienation, using sound samples of exorcisms and how the evolution of technology has impacted mod¥ern experimental music. The Daily Texan: So what ex¥actly is ÒAmasa GanaÓ? Guy Taylor: ItÕs Aramaic. It means to give thanks continual¥ly, or good tidings, and itÕs used in Rastafarian services actually. It was a big hit in the Õ70s by a certain band, but we thought it sounded cool. DT: I noticed your fellow la¥belmates Pure Ecstacy plugged your song ÒDolvenÓ on their Al¥tered Zones guest blog post. I listened to that song on the way here, and there was this surreal moment getting lost in the dark suburbs and ÒDolvenÓ playing softly in the background. What kind of emotions or ideas drive Amasa GanaÕs music? GT: I think it would be an under¥statement to call us, like, Òdark am¥bient,Ó because weÕre trying to in¥corporate an overwhelming sense of discomfort and contrast that with dreamy, melodic parts with lots of textures. I think the goal is to bring people up and bring them back down and make them feel uncomfortable. [Laughs] I guess thatÕs weird, that weÕre trying to make our audiences feel alienated. Joe Jacobs: I think thatÕs why ambient music has such a narrow audience. But actually making it nastier, you have a lot more peo¥ple that may be able to access it Ñ people that donÕt necessarily want to relax or calm down. GT: Right, I think that even like the way a lot of metal bands try to take it to the extreme with just a bass guitar, drums, bass and vocals, and weÕre trying to incorporate almost everything we can think of. DT: Back to what you were saying about bringing people up and then making them feel uncomfortable, I know what you mean. I actually enjoy that process of going up and down Ñ I think people like it because it lets a person live vicariously through the music. GT: Right, it offers the full spec¥trum of human emotion, and that includes discomfort. JJ: And fear. And even fun things can involve fear and pain. ItÕs like being drunk. There are certain aspects of it that might not be enjoyable. DT: On the more tangible side of things, what sorts of things inspire Amasa GanaÕs music Ñ books, other bands, movies, etc.? GT: We all listen to a lot of the same stuff and love a broad range of stuff, but I think weÕre compa¥rable to Colleen, Stars of the Lid, Lustmord, Aghast. DT: What do you think in¥spires the aesthetic behind Amasa GanaÕs music? Adam Jones: Well, I guess my vision for Amasa Gana is all types of ambient, experimental and noise music within the same project, be¥cause I really like a lot of different types of experimental music thatÕs nonmelody-, nonrhythm-oriented, everything from Stars of the Lid to Merzbow; from pretty to harsh. But we also never want to leave the lis¥tener bored, so we try to make con¥tinuous music that has movements and emotion and tone, music that can be minimal at times but still sound like a full band when we want it to. I guess the mantra of the whole project is Ôless is moreÕ and trying to create a constantly chang¥ing tonal set. Sort of like traveling through an ever-changing land¥scape, you know? But at the same time there are some things that will never happen in Amasa Gana, like ... a chorus, you know? John Roberts: WhatÕs cool is that we never really talked about the idea of Amasa Gana. We nev¥er really asked this question of our¥selves, weÕre all on the same page and we have this kind of tacit un¥derstanding of what weÕre doing. DT: What do you think is re¥sponsible for this shared un¥derstanding? GT: I got initiated into exper¥imental music mostly through Warp Records with bands like Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Autechre. AJ: I would definitely say that weÕre influenced by a lot of the old¥er stuff Ñ John Cage, for example. For all of us here in high school, bands like Stars of the Lid or Merz¥bow or Oval. A lot of the stuff off of Kranky Records and I guess what¥ever interesting experimental stuff was going on the late Õ90s. JJ: And a lot of stuff on Constel¥lation records. I think it was how amazing bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Do Make Say Think were. [bandmates agree] AJ: I think that caused us to look toward the past more and to get into krautrock and prog and oth¥er experimental music, like Bruce Haack and a ton of other people that are more obscure. And learn¥ing the evolution of technology to learn more about the nature of ex¥perimental music itself. JR: We like the contrast between using analog sounds and innova¥tive digital sounds with folk in¥struments Ñ micÕed-in folk instru¥ments, using toys as instruments, even. EverythingÕs fair game, really. AJ: No matter what instrument there is, thereÕs probably a cool way we can use it in this band, whether using it in a way it isnÕt intended to be used or using dif¥ferent recording techniques the way we want to. Also, just making loops of stuff or just manipulating the whole process of making mu¥sic with any particular instrument. JJ: We use a lot of effects, so sometimes you canÕt always tell what an instrument is, especial¥ly since a majority of our tools are hidden on the stage. JR: ThereÕs a real effort to kind of obfuscate the original sound source. Even playing the viola Ñ I play the viola Ñ it doesnÕt sound like a viola, because IÕm not trying to play it in a traditional way. AJ: We also like the idea of do¥ing field recordings. ThatÕs defi¥nitely a lot of what we grew up on, like Fennesz. GT: For a lot of my solo stuff, I like the idea of taking Pierre SchaefferÕs concept of taking found sounds and incorporating that as a textural element in music and even in melodies. We like to take samples from old sci-fi and horror films, exorcisms, cult followers ... DT: Where would you go about getting that sort of thing? GT: A lot of morbid research. JJ: Not a lot of that on peopleÕs iTuneÕs libraries. Not like you could find that on Soulseek. [everybody laughs] AJ: To some degree, itÕs some¥thing that might appeal to people who have a darker tendency to music. A Study of Self and Others continued From page 12 Consequently, there is only the knowledge that the experiment is over. I would like to note that for some, this knowledge was fore¥shadowed, or at least support¥ed, by evidence that was signifi¥cant and refused the denial of its existence. If an individual was of this persuasion and believed that an experiment can only ex¥ist for as long as there is an en¥vironment for it to be conducted in, this individual would be sat¥isfied; there is tangible proof of this environment no longer ex¥isting. My laboratory is almost entirely demolished. The elec¥tricity has been turned off and the only light extant is provid¥ed by a naked window, previ¥ously outfitted in an expensive black suit. The floor is the op¥posite: initially meant to be kept clean and absent of dangerous obstacles and obstructions, it is now so littered in broken tools, supplies unused, and displaced notes that it is difficult to navi¥gate what seems to be a nonex¥istent path to the exit, or real¥ly anywhere. The lab is also va¥cant; the only life is mine, is me. All of my aids have left. Some slipped out after the first mal¥function of a microscope, others slammed the door behind them after a tense field study, the rest tudes. It is this, and I am subject to it; chained in an underground cell, encompassed by destruc¥tion; and all the while subject to the spears of public and popular opinion. I have been in this state since the end of the experiment, Courtesy of Claudine Lucena ing faith) and refuses to be si¥lent. This letter is proof that this friendly, benevolent voice is tak¥ing hold of my ears. It is with the end of this ex¥periment, its lack of conclu¥sion, and its enslaving results ÔÔMy laboratory is almost entirely demolished. The electricity has been turned off and the only light extant is provided by a naked window, previously outfitted in an expensive black suitÓ resigned when the experiment lost its reputation as being legit¥imate. The order of these events is not instantly procurable to me, and I am too lazy to search my notes for the information. Now, please allow me to find my way back to the tracks and my place on the train. My desti¥nation is close ... Indeed, the experiment has ended. It is undeniable and wields the power of multi¥whenever that was, and I am be¥coming aware that I cannot sur¥vive much longer. Soon I will disappear, conquered in body and mind, and soon after reap¥pear as a piece of the great, ugly sculpture of the masses. With this rising awareness, the voice of my conscience calls louder to me, to take action and free my¥self. It draws from fact and fic¥tion (fiction meaning truth, truth meaning beliefs, beliefs imply¥that I find myself intensely desirous to begin again. That is to say, I desire the confi¥dence and self-assurance that I am who I am and that that is okay. Peace out, fuckers. To submit work, please e-mail it to dailytexan@gmail.com. All prose submitted should be under 2,000 words and poetry should be a col¥lection five poems or fewer. Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, October 4, 2010 LIFE&ARTS THE DAILY TEXAN Band lights up Austin underground A Study of Self You really have to hand it to the Light Lodge label for bringing a previously unknown Austin un¥derground scene to the fore. Along with the nocturnal mur¥murs of Sleep Over, the retro-fu¥turistic bleeps and bloops of SUR-VIVE and the ghostly reverb of Pure Ecstacy comesAmasa Gana, a five-member band that makes ce- ON THE WEB: rebral, glow¥ing ambient Listen to Amasa music. Gana With less @myspace. than a year com/amasa¥ under its belt, gana Amasa Gana has yet to formal¥ly release their music, but with last weekÕs EmoÕs show with virtuo¥so experimental artist Fennesz and Light LodgeÕs burgeoning status as MUSIC continues on page 11 and Others LONGHORN CHRONICLES By Michael Baldon EditorÕs Note: This is the fourth in¥stallment of a prose and poetry series featuring UT students, faculty and staff. ItÕs been a week since a day since a year since a day that I stepped into a new mind. This mind was one of confidence, self-assurance that I was who I was and that that was okay. I recognized my weaknesses and my faults and my strengths and my merits. I embraced them. I was open and engaging. And so I experimented. Today the experiment has Shiyam Galyon | Daily Texan Staff ended. I donÕt know when the Guy Taylor and John Roberts of Amasa Gana immerse themselves in the studio next to the rotating headpiece end took place, and I donÕt that appears at each show. The band aims to juxtapose dreamy and uncomfortable textures in their music. know that I ever had a hypothe¥sis, so my conclusion stands de¥void of speculations either con¥firmed or disproved. No, I nev¥er had a hypothesis. But I did have beliefs and hopes. Not so much about what this experi¥ment would provide or what it would achieve, but about my fundamental freedom to engage in an experiment. Throughout the experiment, I took notes and observations, written down or otherwise recorded, things essential to any experiment. But when looking over them, there becomes evident a definitive blank expanse concerning the subject. The notes, while phys¥ically desisting, include no de¥scription of an end. They ob¥serve and describe and record but they lead to no greater, overarching idea or theme. Sim¥ply put, they do not provide the capacity to draw a conclusion. continues on page 11 Peached Tortilla fuses Southern, Asian cuisine on lively Sixth Street By Sara Benner look to anyone else for guid-miliarity, as if he were talking Daily Texan Staff ance,Ó he said. about an old friend, fluidly recit- Mirroring the lively atmo-I was greeted upon arrival by ing the ingredients from memo¥sphere of Sixth Street itself, Aus-an enthusiastic and overwhelm-ry. I was less impressed with the tinÕs latest addition to the food ing line. But as my mother said, vegetarian option, a corn tortilla truck scene, The Peached Tortilla, ÒAnything worth waiting for re-stuffed with simple yet textur¥packs culinary clout with an atti-quires patience.Ó And boy, this ally appealing squash, red pep¥tude of playful individuality. Of-truck is worth the wait. pers, onions and crunchy pe¥fering a fusion of Southern and The barbecue slider was the cans, topped with a refreshing Asian cuisine such as flavorful ta-best thing IÕve had all week. The dollop of basil aioli. Perhaps itÕs cos, succulent sliders and Belgian warm, juicy brisket paired beauti-because IÕm not a vegetarian, fries, this food truck has the fla-fully with the smoky-sweet peach but the flavor of this taco fell a vor and quality that would make sauce and the crunchy yet creamy bit flat in comparison to the ro¥any restaurant envious. texture of the jalapeno slaw gave bust slider that preceded it. Owner Eric SilversteinÕs enthu-it a gentle spice that coerced me My only other critique is that of siasm for food is contagious. back into the dreaded line for portion size. The tacos and slid¥ ÒWe wanted to be perceived round two. ers are on the small side, but for a as playful and different. WeÕre The second time around, Sil-few dollars per taco and many af¥not recreating a concept. WeÕre verstein introduced me to the fordable combos, itÕs a complaint being ourselves and we donÕt Southern squash taco with fa-that can certainly be overlooked. With unconventional items such as banh mi sliders (their best¥seller) and Southern squash tacos, The Peached Tortilla has strategi¥cally positioned itself for great fu¥ture success. Grade: A WHAT: The Peached Tortilla WHERE: Sixth and Nueces streets by the Star Bar for dinner Friday night; 24th and San Gabriel streets by Freewheeling Bicycles on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan Staff The Peached Tortilla owner Eric Silverstein serves tacos to attendees of the trailerÕs Sept. 25 grand opening behind Star Bar on Sixth Street. WEB: thepeachedtortilla.com