TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 85 THE DAILY TEXAN Friday, October 22, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com FRIDAY Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz and special guest N.E.R.D. perform at the Erwin Center. Tickets are $50, and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Classical vocals South Indian classical musicians Ranjani and Gayatri perform at the Texas Union Theater. Student admission is $10, and the show starts at 7 p.m. SATURDAY Life in rural India Pragya Bhagat and Nikhil Gulati talk about their journey from Austin to Shreeji ka Kheda, a small village in India, where they examined rural life in the worldÕs second most populous nation. Talk starts at 5 p.m. in ENS 115. Bloodsucker Award-winning opera ÒVampyressÓ, based on the true story of murderer Erzsebet Bathori, opens at the Vortex Cafe & Yard. Tickets are $30, and the show starts at 8 p.m. SUNDAY Halloween fun The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center hosts its fourth annual Goblins in the Garden family festival, which includes a pumpkin patch and face painting. Starts at 4 p.m. and tickets cost $8. Love potion The Butler Opera Center presents DonizettiÕs comic opera ÒElixir of Love,Ó about a poor peasant who sets out to woo the love of his life with the help of a magic potion. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. in the McCullough Theater, and tickets are $17 for students. Quote to note Ô ÒMost of the time Ô when people talk about corruption, they talk about large-scale corruption in politics and corporations. But weÕre all part of it too.Ó Ñ Enrique Chmelnik Co-writer of the film ÒAdi—s, Mundo CruelÓ LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Co-op asks faculty for on-time book lists By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff If all faculty submit their book lists to the University Co-op be¥fore the Oct. 31 priority dead¥line, the bookstore could save $250,000 Ñ translating into seri¥ous savings for students. When the store receives book requisition lists by that date, it helps store management deter¥mine how many books to buy back from students and gives the Co-op time to shop around for prices on used books from whole¥salers, said Chad Stith, direc¥tor of course materials. About 60 percent of faculty usually submit their requisitions on time. When the store gets book requests late, it doesnÕt buy as many books from students and ends up hav¥ing to buy a greater number of more expensive new books from publishers, so students lose mon¥ey in two ways. Ò[Prompt book list submis¥sions] can easily mean a quarter of a million dollars per semes¥ter in savings, because there are more used books at the Co-op and better payout at buyback,Ó he said. Business junior Chase Coving¥ton, a Student Government lib¥eral arts representative, is spear¥heading a letter-writing cam¥paign to encourage faculty to submit their lists on time. At its Oct. 12 meeting, SG passed a resolution authored by Covington to support efforts to increase timely requisition re¥quests. He has met with student organizations to ask their mem¥bers to urge professors to submit their lists on time during class, at office hours or by e-mail. Stith said when the inquiry comes from SG and other stu¥dents, professors know prompt submission of book lists doesnÕt only help the Co-op. After a sim¥ilar SG initiative in fall 2009, 102 more faculty members submitted their requisitions on time than in the previous fall. Covington said he hopes this year will be more successful and far-reaching. ÒThere is still a lot of room for improvement,Ó he said. ÒWe can institutionalize this so it happens every semester and it will be eas¥ier to implement.Ó Covington and other SG mem¥bers will distribute letters and e¥mails to department heads next week and continue to ask stu- TEXTBOOKS continues on page 2 Local economy wins big in football Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan file photo The Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial StadiumÕs 100,000 seats are nearly all filled at the start of the football game against UCLA on Sept. 25. Home games draw in revenue for Austin businesses, contribute to UT donations By Daniel Sanchez Daily Texan Staff L onghorn fans may not be sit¥ting where they thought they would be at the start of the sea¥son with a 4-2 record and a No. 19 ranking in the BCS, follow¥ing a surprising 34-12 loss to underdog UCLA and a mistake-filled loss to Oklaho¥ma, but win or lose Ñ home football games mean money for Austin businesses. In its home opener against the Universi¥ty of Wyoming Cowboys, Texas set an at¥tendance record of 101,339 Ñ the second largest crowd at Darrell K Royal-Texas Me¥morial Stadium ever, trailing the 2009 game against Kansas, which drew 101,357 fans. ÒThe way that we talk about it is we have eight Christmases,Ó said Brian Jewell, vice president of marketing of the Univer¥sity Co-op. ÒWe have one on Dec. 25 and then we have one every home game day.Ó During the weekend of the Wyoming game, the Co-op on Guadalupe Street turned in a six-figure profit, Jewell said. ÒNot only does it bring us sales but again, letÕs remember, every time we sell something, that gives us an opportunity to give back to the University,Ó Jewell said. ÒThatÕs really where the biggest impact eventually happens. The more you buy from us, the more weÕre able to give back in gifts, grants, rebates, scholarships, dona¥tions and those types of things.Ó A portion of these sales come from out-of-town alumni such as Matt Shaun¥ty, a 1992 graduate of the University from Houston. Shaunty said he has been a season tick¥et holder for 15 years. He took FOOTBALL continues on page 2 Quintana reinstated to police force By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff An arbitrator reinstated Austin po¥lice Officer Leonardo Quintana on Thursday after five months off the force following a drunken driving of¥fense earlier this year. QuintanaÕs indefinite suspension for the DWI was not appropriate be¥cause the discipline was not consis¥tent with those of other Austin Police Department officers who also were convicted of the same offense, wrote arbitrator Louise Wolitz. She reduced his suspension to 15 days. Quintana, a center of controversy after the May 2009 shooting of Na¥thaniel Sanders II, petitioned for rein¥statement after his suspension in May. In addition to the DWI charges, Quin¥tana faces two lawsuits related to his involvement in the shooting of the 18-year-old Sanders and 22-year-old Sir Lawrence Smith in 2009. ÒOfficer Quintana is reminded that he now has two 15-day suspensions APD continues on page 2 Leonardo Quintana Austin police officer UT program obtains grant for underserved students By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff A program to improve lan¥guage impairments of bilingual first grade students, initiated by UT speech-language researchers, received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. During the first year, research¥ers will work with 24 Georgetown students to test the effectiveness of the language intervention pro¥gram, which they believe will lead to increased English literacy. Pro¥gram instructors will teach bilin¥gual children devices to help them learn the basic phonics of English. Children who have language impairments have trouble prop¥erly structuring well-organized sentences and appropriately us¥ing words, said Lisa Bedore, an GRANT continues on page 5 News Friday, October 22, 2010 Wire Editor: Cristina Herrera World&NatioN www.dailytexanonline.com Friday, October 22, 2010 The Daily Texan Defense Department reinstates ÔdonÕt ask, donÕt tellÕ law By Anne Flaherty The Associated Press WASHINGTON Ñ The Defense Department on Thursday declared that ÒdonÕt ask, donÕt tellÓ is once again the law of the land but set up a new system that could make it tougher to get thrown of the mili¥tary for being openly gay. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday ordered that all dis¥missals under the 1993 law be de¥cided by one of the four service secretaries in consultation with the militaryÕs general counsel and GatesÕ personnel chief. Defense officials said the change was not intended to slow the rate of discharges. In his memo, Gates wrote that the purpose of narrowing those in charge was to Òensure uniformi¥ty and care in the enforcementÓ at a time of Òlegal uncertainty.Ó Still, the move puts the question of who can be dismissed from the service for being openly gay in the hands of just six people Ñ all of them civilian political appointees who work for an administration that thinks the law is unjust. Be¥fore ThursdayÕs order, the dismiss¥al of gay enlisted personnel could be done by any commanding offi¥cer at a rank equivalent to a one¥star general. The change follows an eight-day suspension of the ban after a feder¥al judge in California ordered the military to stop enforcing it. An ap¥peals court on Wednesday agreed to the administrationÕs request to a temporary stay of the court order, although that could be overturned too within a matter of days. The legal wrangling has left many gay troops uncertain as to whether they could still be kicked out of the service for speaking up. At the same time, some former ser¥vice members discharged for being gay have tried to re-enlist although the fate of their applications re¥mains uncertain. The Pentagon says it doesnÕt know how it will handle any cas¥es of gay troops who may have dis¥closed their sexual orientation dur¥ing the lawÕs moratorium or cases of gay troops who tried to enlist. Officials also say they donÕt know how many cases might present a le¥gal challenge. A senior official said the Penta¥gon Òwill evaluate each case, one at a time.Ó The official, who demanded an¥onymity in turn for speaking about the case, said the Pentagon believes that most gay troops stayed quiet during the week the ban was lifted because of warnings by gay rights advocates that they could still lose their jobs. The official also said that the By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea Ñ South Korean officials said Thursday that there have been continual movements of personnel and ve¥hicles at North KoreaÕs main nu¥clear test site, but ruled out the possibility that the country is pre¥paring its third atomic bomb test anytime soon. The assessment came shortly after the mass-circulation Cho¥sun Ilbo newspaper reported Thursday that Pyongyang may be preparing another nuclear test, citing ÒbriskÓ activities at its atomic test site in the northeast¥ern county of Kilju. The paper, citing an unidenti¥fied South Korean government source, said a U.S. spy satellite detected such activities and that North Korea could detonate a nu¥clear device in three months. The North may have intention¥ally let those activities be detect¥ed by the U.S. and South Korean authorities to force them to soften hardline policies and to wrest con¥cessions and aid, the paper said. The communist country may also be preparing a bomb test to bolster its military capability amid moves to transfer power from leader Kim Jong Il to his third and youngest son, Kim Jong Un, it said. South Korean officials, howev¥er, denied that the North was pre¥paring a nuclear test soon, saying personnel and vehicle movements have been continuously detect¥ed for more than a year at the site, where the North conducted two bomb tests in recent years. ÒNo concrete evidence that North Korea is preparing a third such a political case makes its way through the courts. President Barack Obama has said he supports repeal of the law, but wants Congress Ñ not the courts Ñ to decide its fate. He also has agreed to the militaryÕs request that it be given more time to imple¥ment any changes. But ObamaÕs decision to appeal the court order has put his civilian appointees in the awkward posi¥tion of defending the law just weeks away from congressional midterm elections. Several gay rights advo¥cates have said they are angry and frustrated with the administrationÕs handling of the case and with con¥gressional Democrats for not acting sooner to repeal the law. ÒIt canÕt be OK to be gay on Tuesday and not on Thursday,Ó said Richard Socarides, a former Clinton White House adviser on gay rights. ÒThatÕs no way to run a military.Ó Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob OPINION Friday, October 22, 2010 Doug Luippold Dave Player THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY ÔSupermanÕ comes to Austin By Brandon Curl Daily Texan Columnist The American dream is dead. This is perhaps the most heartbreaking revelation of ÒWaiting for ÔSuperman,ÕÓ a powerful documentary about the failings of American public education, which de¥buted in Austin last week. The film follows five children, whose futures hinge on winning a lottery to gain entrance to successful charter schools. With limited availabil¥ity, the schoolsÕ only fair recourse is to make the selection random. And so the fates of these young lives are left not up to merit or hard work, but rather to the arbitrary direction of a bouncing ball Ñ all of which is completely unfair and starkly un-American. For better or worse, Davis Guggenheim, ÒSu¥permanÕsÓ creator, distills the complex subject of education reform into a commercially digestible form. The problem, we are told, is that the ma¥jority of students in this country are failing math and reading. The causes are bad teachers and the unions that protect them. And, what solutions we have are to be found in the innovations of char¥ter schools. For the past two years, I worked at one such charter school. Like many students at this uni¥versity, I applied and was accepted into Teach For America (TFA) following my undergraduate years. Shortly after graduation I shipped out to Chicago where I would live, working in nearby Gary, Ind. The problem is real. Teaching middle school science, I experienced the seemingly intracta- Costly registration decisions By Carl D. Thorne-Thomsen Daily Texan Guest Columnist If youÕre a UT student, youÕll spend the next couple of weeks deciding your spring semes¥ter schedule. Like most students, youÕll prob¥ably be picking classes based on the professor or the average grades for the class. You might also be choosing classes to fill a degree require¥ment, get elective hours to graduate or just to pursue a unique interest. There is one unfortunate consideration, however, that IÕve noticed students take into account when scheduling classes: wheth¥er an upper division student should take an upper division class when he or she can get away with a lower division one. Thousands of upper division students enroll in lower di¥vision classes every year. WhatÕs so wrong with that? From a purely academic standpoint, upper division classes are designed for upper divi¥sion students and are intended to best chal¥lenge a studentÕs skills at that point in time. When a student takes lower division classes to either pad their GPA or fill their schedule, theyÕre depriving themselves of the education that was designed for them. There is another compelling reason to take upper division classes if youÕre an up¥per division student Ñ a system called for¥mula funding. The technical details of formula funding are complex, but the general idea is fairly easy to understand. Basically, the state gives the Uni¥versity money based on the number of cred¥it hours that are taught each year. This formu¥la is one of the UniversityÕs primary sources of revenue and helps to pay for our expens¥es, such as faculty and staff salaries. This sys¥tem is applicable because upper division class¥es are Òworth moreÓ in the formula, meaning we get more money from the state when a stu¥dent takes an upper division class as opposed to a lower division one. It is also important to note that the system works off the Òlowest common denominator,Ó meaning a lower division student taking up¥per division classes would still fall in the low¥er division bracket. This means that the best way for UT to qualify for the additional upper division funds is for as many students as pos¥sible to take upper division classes. Essential¥ly, upper division students that take lower di¥vision classes are depriving UT of funding. In the College of Liberal Arts alone, estimates put the amount we lose every year because of this problem in the millions. Now donÕt get me wrong, there certainly can be legitimate reasons for why upper divi¥sion students would take lower division class¥es, such as taking introductory classes to start an additional major or taking an interesting course that is only taught on the lower divi¥sion level. Too often though, the upper divi¥sion students that take lower division classes are doing it for the wrong reasons. Ultimate¥ly, itÕs costing us. So please, when you register for your class¥es, do your part as an upper division student and take the appropriate classes. If not for the fact that theyÕre designed for you, consid¥er at least that youÕd be helping out your col¥lege and our University. And lower division students, you can help, too. Try to take your lower division prerequisites now so you donÕt have to take them when youÕre an upper divi¥sion student. With recent budget cuts and ad¥ditional proposed reductions, itÕs important now more than ever that we show the Univer¥sity and Legislature that weÕre serious about our education. Thorne-Thomsen is the president of the Liberal Arts Council. ble achievement gap firsthand. Each August, my school set goals for proficiency in math and read¥ing. The percentages 73 and 71 were drawn large on posters in the teachersÕ lounge Ñ our targets under No Child Left Behind. In the months that followed, our scores would come back from the state. We were lucky to hit 50 percent, and some¥times the scores would go down. After my admittedly short time as a teacher, I am convinced that the most important factor for student success is, as ÒSupermanÓ suggests, teacher quality. It is not, as a Firing Line print¥ed in MondayÕs Texan advocated, Òweak parent¥ing.Ó This is an extension of a tragically racist ar¥gument that proposes poor minority groups un¥derperform whites because of some sort of cultur¥al frailty. ÒItÕs not our fault that blacks trail whites in student achievement,Ó the logic maintains. ÒItÕs those neglectful, black parents.Ó Why teacher quality? I forgot to mention that there was one exception to my schoolÕs un¥derwhelming data. In my first year teaching, math scores for the eighth grade were actually great. In my second year, those scores reverted back to Ònormal.Ó What happened? The eighth grade math teacher switched to seventh grade. Can you guess what happened to those sev¥enth grade scores in the next year? They went through the roof. Despite working in the same school, for the same principal, around the same parents, and with the same students as underperforming teachers like myself, this math teacher excelled. That is to say, her students excelled. Unfortunately, attracting good teachers is easi¥er said than done. A recent report from The Wash¥ington Post references schoolsÕ inability to recruit the top tier of students to teaching. Currently, only 23 percent of new teachers scored among the top third of students taking the SAT or ACT as high schoolers, compared to 100 percent on com¥parable assessments for global education leaders such as Finland, Singapore and South Korea. Teaching, a relatively unselective profession of low pay and low prestige workers, is not go¥ing to entice the high-quality candidates we need in the classroom. This has been and con¥tinues to be TFAÕs greatest accomplishment Ñ changing the perception of teaching. Unfortunately, this outcome is both a blessing and a curse. Too many students are convinced to join TFA because of its reputation and its partnerships with investment banks and grad¥uate schools. When push comes to shove, these corps members produce less than adequate re¥sults or are pushed out of the profession. I know because I was one of them. When people ask me if they should join TFA, I tell them not to. I recount my seemingly end¥less horror stories and beg them, for their own sake, to reconsider. Then, if they decide to do it anyway, theyÕve done it for the right reason. ÒSuperman,Ó though flawed, captures the essence of our education crisis Ñ a desperate need for high quality teachers. To fill that void, TFA has helped to change the way we talk about teaching, but we must not lose sight of what that conversation is ultimately about: students. Curl is an advertising graduate student. GALLERY LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. Friday, October 22, 2010 News UT groups hold benefit concert By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff Students walking in front of the Tower on Thursday were treat¥ed to a performance by a group of brightly dressed traditional Latin dancers, one of several acts featured in the ÒMake It HappenÓ benefit concert. The UT Ballet Folkl—rico danc¥ers participated in the event to help raise money for Fernando Villa, an 18-year-old Travis High School graduate who underwent dou¥ble lung transplant surgery earlier this week. The organizers of ÒMake It Hap¥penÓ wanted to use music and dance to help raise the $26,000 to pay for VillaÕs medical bills. In ad¥dition to the UT Ballet Folkl—ri¥co, local Mariachi band Maria¥chi Corbetas performed during the concert. Pre-med junior Rodolfo Rodri¥guez and social work sophomore Juan Benavides co-hosted the con¥cert with Beta Upsilon Chi, known as Brothers Under Christ. Benavides said he was watch¥ing the news when he realized he knew Villa personally and was in¥spired to help. ÒWhen I saw it, I was like, ÔWow, I went to high school with him,Õ and I just couldnÕt believe it,Ó he said. Austin businesses have already donated about $7,500, and the ben¥efit concert raised $1,151, making the total $8,651 since ÒMake It Hap¥penÓ began. Rodriguez said he was more than happy to help when Bena¥vides asked him for support. ÒWe sat down and went through the process of figuring out what we could possibly do to have an impact,Ó Rodriguez said. ÒAfter a couple of weeks, we sent out the word that weÕd be having an inter- Board rejects idea to connect schools Texas Southmost College declines proposal to avoid loss of power to UT System By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff The governing board of Texas Southmost College in Browns¥ville rejected a proposal for a new operating agreement with the University of Texas at Brownsville on Thursday that critics said would have ceded too much local control to the UT System. The proposed operating pus since 1991, where students can transition from taking com¥munity college courses to enter¥ing a four-year degree plan with ease. Juliet Garcia, president of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, said over the years UTB brought $100 mil¥lion in state funds to the campus that also serves TSC commu¥nity college students and that the state dollars outweigh the debt owed. ÒAll buildings on campus are used by all students, so who owed who and how much rent?Ó she said in a statement. ÒRent owed was only $10 mil- Unless IÕm missing something, we have a four¥year university here already named UTB.Ó ÔÔ Ñ Juan Mendez, TSC trustee est meeting and thankfully people came out.Ó Biology freshman Juan Herre¥jon said he overheard talk about the benefit at a health profes¥sions meeting and knew he had to contribute. ÒWe are trying to save a human life, and thereÕs no greater reason to want to help out,Ó he said. Herrejon said he actively sup¥ports cancer awareness because the disease has directly affected people close to him. ÒLast year, one of my high school teachers that I was very close to died from breast can¥cer,Ó he said. ÒEver since then, IÕve paid more attention to how cancer affects people.Ó Grant: Study to examine targeted language, reading From page 1 associate professor in the Depart¥ment of Communication Sciences and Disorders and lead research¥er of the program. They also have a higher risk for difficulties in learn¥ing to read. Bedore said the study seeks to determine whether combining two historically separated facets of Eng¥lish will yield better results. ÒThe goals of the study are to de¥termine if greater gains in language skills can be obtained by target¥ing language and reading skills to¥gether,Ó she said. ÒWe are also in¥terested in exploring the extent to which children are able to transfer what they learned in one language to the other.Ó Elizabeth Pe–a, a communica¥tion sciences and disorders pro¥fessor, said the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act guar¥antees special academic services for all students with learning dis¥abilities, but bilingual literacy is rarely addressed. ÒIDEA provides language iden¥tification services for all children but there is a shortage of bilingual pathology, so it is also difficult to find professionals qualified in that area,Ó she said. Pe–a said their program is more of a systematic approach to address the language impairments of bilin¥gual students. ÒWe want this program to be more efficient and more effective,Ó she said. ÒItÕs developed using the latest research and we are taking a theoretical approach to make im¥provements.Ó Jennifer Hannah, a student teach¥er and applied learning and devel¥opment senior, said there is an ap¥parent need for improvement of bi¥lingual students in her third grade class at Andrews Elementary. ÒA little boy just transferred to my bilingual class and he is on a first-grade reading level,Ó she said. ÒI try to work on fluency when I work with him because he is learn¥ing slowly and he doesnÕt under¥stand a lot of what he reads.Ó Hannah said the program sounds like something her class and classes similar to it can take advantage of. ÒAny type of intervention is nec¥essary for bilingual students be¥cause language is a barrier that real¥ly affects the classroom,Ó she said. agreement would have com¥bined the four-year UT System campus and the neighboring community college into one le¥gal entity governed by the UT System Board of Regents. Rath¥er, the board moved to offer a counterproposal: Create a new entity called UTB/TSC but con¥tinue local oversight. Discussions of the operating agreement, which the UT Sys¥tem recently proposed, comes in the middle of a dispute between the two colleges over $10 mil¥lion that UTB owes in rent for the use of TSC buildings. ÒWithout the UT System, we wouldnÕt be here today,Ó said TSC board trustee RenŽ Torres. ÒWhile TSC collects local tax¥es, we, the Texas Board of Trust¥ees, should have a right in de¥termining the future of the Tex¥as Southmost College.Ó UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost have shared a cam¥lion, but dollars received by UTB was over $100 million.Ó Garcia said combining the university and the community college into a single legal enti¥ty would reduce the paperwork for federal financial aid and the Texas Higher Education Coordi¥nating Board. On Wednesday, several TSC trustees took to the Browns¥ville Herald to speak about the agreement. TSC trustee Juan Mendez said additional state funding result¥ing from the new agreement is essential for the college, but the colleges should have already been fully funded. ÒWhat has been pitched as an¥other benefit to TSC is that we would have a fully funded UT System school,Ó Mendez said in a statement to the Herald. ÒUn¥less IÕm missing something, we have a four-year university here already named UTB.Ó Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SPORTS www.dailytexanonline.com Friday, October 22, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN From South Africa to Austin 40 Acres serves as home to a diverse array of student athletes from across the globe Andersen teased for his accent, but starÕs top play is nothing to joke about By Wes Maulsby Daily Texan Staff At first, Jean Andersen does not seem any different than the other members of the Texas menÕs tennis team. The junior is trying to help lead Texas to another con¥ference championship and another trip to the NCAA Championships this spring. But what sets Andersen apart is the fact that he may have more in common with a member of the menÕs golf team than anyone on the tennis team. Andersen, like fellow junior Dylan Frittel¥li, hales from Pretoria, South Africa, and both are prom¥inent players for each team. ÒWhen I first got here, they were probably expecting a black kid,Ó Andersen said of his arrival on campus last January, where he helped Texas to win first place in the Big 12 Conference. ÒThey kind of made fun of my ac¥cent at first.Ó Andersen has gotten support from his teammates ear¥ly on in his career. ÒObviously, he speaks great English, but he comes up with some ridiculous pronunciations,Ó said senior Ed Corrie. Andersen receives encouragement from his team¥mates while trying to become fully acclimated with a more permanent life here at the University. However, heÕs not completely unfamiliar with life here; Anders- Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff en used to live in Austin when he was a kid, and his fa- An impressive resume, an email and a wish took Frittelli thousands of miles from home By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff Each time the golf team boards a plane to one of their tournaments, whether it be a flight to Chicago, Ill., or one to Columbus, Ohio, junior Dylan Frittelli has to listen to his fellow teammates complain. The flight is too long. Their legs are cramped. Airplane food sucks. Frittelli has no sympathy. ÒThe guys complain about our two-hour flight to Chi¥cago,Ó he laughs. ÒI tell them, ÔGuys, itÕs a lot better than a 23-hour flight to South Africa.Ó The first time he made the trip from his hometown of Pretoria, South Africa, to the states was in 1995, when he and his family went to Disney World. Frittelli could have spun in the tea cups until he was sick, flirted with Minnie, walked out of the Magic Kingdom with as many Mick¥ey ears as there are days of the year and even somehow managed to play golf with the Epcot ball; it still wouldnÕt have been the best trip to America heÕs ever taken. Fastforward12years.Itwasane-mailsentfromPretoria, South Africa, to Austin that started DylanÕs journey from the country of the vuvuzela horn to the land of the Long¥horns. His father, Raymond Frittelli, wanted the coach of a major college program to take notice of what his son had done on a golf course. So he wrote up a message and list¥ed accomplishments fit to impress: No. 1 in both the South African Amateur and Junior rankings, 44th in the Scratch Players World Amateur rankings and the South Afri¥can Junior Golf FoundationÕs Golfer of the Year for 2007. Sent. Some 9,156 miles away, head golf coach John Fields received the e-mail. He liked what he saw, especially where the e-mail came from. ÒIn that e-mail from DylanÕs father, the No. 1 thing that caught my attention was the fact that he was from South Africa,Ó Fields said. ÒThere have been many fine golfers from there and I had confidence that he could be anoth¥er one because of the success that South Africans have had playing collegiate golf in the past. That No. 1 ranking caught my attention, too.Ó Fields and the rest of the Frittelli family kept in contact. After DylanÕs junior year ended, he notified Fields that he would be competing in an upcoming golf tournament in San Diego and he was interested in taking an unofficial visit to Texas. Fields was on board. More than 1,000 miles away from Austin, Fields Ñ along with the rest of the golf world Ñ watched Frittelli win the 2007 Callaway Junior World Championship at fa¥mous Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif. That day at Torrey Pines signaled a new beginning for Frittelli, which he re¥fers to as his ticket to Texas. ÒCallaway was the first opportunity that I had to see him,Ó Fields said. ÒTo see him win that, it was very im¥pressive. A lot of great players, including South African FRITELLI continues on page 8 VOLLEYBALL Surging Horns put streak to test By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns have dropped one set in the last five match¥es. Some may forget that things looked much grimmer less than a month ago. Texas hopes to build on its five¥game winning streak as it hosts Kansas State tonight at Grego¥ry Gym. The team has won eight of its last nine matches, including five in a row at home. The team also started the week back in the top 10, after a four¥week absence. The Longhorns are ranked 10th in the country and second in the Big 12 behind Nebraska, holding one-game leads over Iowa State and Okla¥homa. The Longhorns face off against Kansas State for the second time this month after sweeping the Wildcats 25-21, 25-16, 25-12 in Manhattan. ÒOur offensive numbers have really grown,Ó said head coach Jerritt Elliot. ÒItÕs been great. Players have been stepping up and weÕve gotten a lot of good balance from our offense, [which is] a key for us to be successful.Ó The star of the Longhorns over the last few games has been ju¥nior outside hitter Amber Rob¥erson, who strung together a ca¥reer-high 19 kills to go along with eight digs and three blocks Andrew Torrey| Daily Texan Staff Rachael Adams prepares to lay a kill over a Colorado defender with the encouragement of her teammate Jennifer Doris. against Kansas on Wednesday. Roberson surpassed her previ¥ous career high of 17 kills, which she set last weekend against Tex¥as Tech. ÒSheÕs just got a lot more con¥fidence,Ó Elliott said. ÒYester¥day was probably her best match weÕve seen her play. She really kept them off balance all night long.Ó A major component of the teamÕs recent success can be at¥tributed to continuity, something the seemingly injury-prone Long¥horns have not enjoyed the lux¥ury of doing. For the most part, Texas has been able to stick with the same starting six in its lineup, along with freshman libero Sarah Palmer and senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson. The only exception in the last few weeks has been freshman setter Hannah Allison who re¥mains day-to-day. The team has not missed a beat with junior set¥ter and assistant co-captain Mi¥chelle Kocher stepping in. Koch¥er tallied a season-high 49 assists on Wednesday. Because of the game being STREAK continues on page 8 ther got his doctorate from UT. But despite his obvi¥ous connections, Texas wasnÕt AndersenÕs first colle¥giate choice. ÒHe was actually initially going to go to the Uni¥ versityofIllinois,andthereweresomeissuesthere,Ó said head coach Michael Center. ÒWe didnÕt know Jean really, and we got an e-mail from him that he was looking to go to school. I found out that he had ties to the University of Texas, and it just turned out to be a good fit for both of us.Ó Despite almost playing more than 1,000 miles away in Illinois, Andersen has quick- ANDERSEN continues on page 8 Mylan Torres | Daily Texan Staff Dylan Frittelli shows his balancing skills by perching a golf ball on the end of his club. Frittelli came to Texas a highly touted player. WOMENÕS SOCCER Texas squad set to kick of f against foes to the north By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Riding the momentum of a three-game winning streak, Tex¥as faces the meat of its Big 12 schedule at home this weekend against undefeated No. 5 Okla¥homa State and Oklahoma. Texas is currently in fifth place in the Big 12 at 3-2-2 and hopes to continue its recent midseason success. The team has an excellent chance of making the Big 12 play¥offs, which requires that they stay in the top eight in standings. The Longhorns hope to improve their seed this weekend. Last season, Texas lost to Okla¥homa State, 1-0, and beat OU in overtime, 2-1. Assistant coach Sarah Barnes said the end of the season is when you want the team to be playing their best. ÒThey have last yearÕs experi¥ences under their belt and then, obviously, we are toward the end of the season,Ó Barnes said. ÒThey just have a lot of games and a lot more experience.Ó Barnes said the underclassmen have stepped up and have been playing like upperclassmen. ÒWe played well early on [in the season] and I think we hit a little bit of a bump sort of midsea¥son and obviously we are hoping that we sort of have stepped past that,Ó Barnes said. That bump taught the team to keep moving forward and to fo¥cus on one game at a time. Both games this weekend will be played at home where the Longhorns have a 14-game win streak. Barnes said that statistic doesnÕt affect the team. ÒThey [the players] know that we tend to do well at home but I bet you they have no idea that itÕs a 14-game win streak at home. I donÕt think itÕs weighing on their minds at all,Ó Barnes said. She did say that being at home will make a difference in the teamÕs play. ÒWe love playing for our HOME continues on page 8 SIDELINE FOOTBALL PREVIEW NCAA Football Iowa State (3-4; 1-2 Big 12) @ No. 19 Texas (4-2; 2-1 Big 12) Date: Saturday Time: 11 a.m. On air: Fox WOMENÕS TENNIS ITA Texas Regional draws ITA Regional Championship When: Friday through Tuesday Where: Baylor Tennis Center - Waco NCAA MENÕS BASKETBALL ESPN/USA TODAY PRESEASON TOP 25 1. Duke (29) 772 2. Michigan State (2) 737 3. Kansas State 656 4. Pittsburgh 621 5. Ohio State 615 6. Villanova 552 7. Kansas 538 8. Purdue 521 9. North Carolina 467 10. Kentucky 449 11. Florida 424 12. Gonzaga 423 13. Syracuse 422 14. Baylor 362 15. Missouri 354 16. Illinois 329 17. Washington 307 18. Butler 245 19. Memphis 212 20. Tennessee 158 21. Georgetown 129 22. Temple 120 23. Virginia Tech 97 24. Wisconsin 91 25. Texas 89 MLB Phillies Giants 4 2 SF leads 3-2 Yankees Rangers What: Game 6 of ALCS When: 7:07 p.m. Where: Arlington TEX leads 3-2 JOKE OF THE WEEK: What do you get when you cross a tree with a baseball player? Babe Root. SportS Friday, October 22, 2010 Home: Longhorns hope to continue streak, rack up conference points From page 7 fans and we really like playing at home,Ó said sophomore midfielder Kristin Cummins. ÒWe play A&M next weekend for senior night, so that will be a very big game for us, too.Ó Junior Lucy Keith said the games this weekend will help them get Streak: TexasÕ consistency fuels winning ways From page 7 scheduled for today as opposed to the more typical Saturday, the Longhorns will look to adjust to a quicker turnaround. Roberson said the team will be approaching the game the same way. ÒA game is a game,Ó Roberson said. ÒYou still have to prepare and go through the same routine. ThereÕs not really much of a differ¥ence other than the time limit.Ó Elliott said the team will bene¥fit from already having played the Wildcats once, as well as coming off a string of good performances. ÒWeÕre pretty familiar with what theyÕre doing,Ó Elliott said. ÒTheyÕve made some minor ad¥justments and weÕll make some adjustments, too. More so this year, itÕs worrying about what weÕre do¥ing on our side of the net.Ó WomenÕs Tennis ÔBiggest tournamentÕ serves as real challenge points and good standings in the Big 12, but she understands how difficult the games will be. ÒIt is always a mistake to get too comfortable. We are feeling confi¥dent in ourselves and the way we play,Ó Keith said. ÒBut itÕs going to be a great game Friday and we have to just be really focused and ready to play with intensity.Ó She said part of the teamÕs growth is focusing on one game at a time. Confidence is important for this team, especially for two-time Big 12 defensive player of the week, goalkeeper Alexa Gaul. ÒConfidence is a big part of it,Ó Barnes said. ÒIf she gets one shutout, that helps and leads to another one.Ó Barnes said that the team is fo¥cusing on controlling play and maintaining possession. ÒWe are very focused this year and I think overall right now soc¥cer is the number one priority,Ó Cummins said. ÒLast year we ac¥cepted being OK, and this year we are striving to be great.Ó By Alex Endress Daily Texan Staff After recently finishing up a tough ITA All-American tour¥nament, the Longhorns are trav¥eling to Waco this weekend to participate in the ITA Regionals tournament. The team has high hopes for this weekend, seeing it as an opportunity to pick up some momentum as they head into the meat of their season. Ju¥nior Krista Damico and soph¥omore Aerial Ellis discussed how they plan on approaching this event. Damico fell two matches be¥fore advancing to the main sin¥gles draw of the ITA All-Ameri¥can event. She sees this weekend as a chance to turn the teamÕs luck around. ÒThis is probably our biggest tournament of the fall,Ó Damico said about the ITA Regionals. ÒI donÕt think any one of our play¥ers have been satisfied with their results yet. ItÕs been frustrating. Hopefully this is the tournament where we can all step up and do what weÕre capable of.Ó Ellis also competed in the ITA All-American tournament and started in the main singles draw. ÒI had a tough first round loss to Kristy Frilling (Notre Dame). SheÕs ranked No. 8 in the coun¥try and it was the first match, so I was pretty nervous.Ó After that she advanced all the way to the finals of back draw but suffered a defeat to Allie Will of Florida, ranked nationally as No. 4. ÒI canÕt complain too much about the tournament,Ó Ellis said. ÒIf IÕm going to lose, at least itÕs to good competition.Ó Damico and Ellis look to build on the success they had at the ITA Regionals last year. Damico defeated top-seed Lenka Broos¥ova of Baylor in the quarterfi¥nals, and as fate would have it, met up with Ellis in the semi¥finals. Ellis was the victor this time around. Ellis went through the tournament undefeat¥ed, ultimately grabbing the ti¥tle and an invitation to the ITA Indoor Championships. ÒThis event gives us another opportunity to get a lot of match¥es in and challenge ourselves against some of the best players in the country,Ó said head coach Patty Fendick-McCain. Ellis would earn a singles berth at the ITA National Inter¥collegiate Indoor Champion¥ships in November by getting to the quarterfinals of this event, by way of her singles ranking. anderSen: Junior feels at home with team From page 7 ly gotten very comfortable and has had little trouble getting settled into his new home here in Austin. ÒPeople here are very simi¥lar [to people in South Africa], it makes it pretty easy,Ó Ander¥sen said. His whole family still lives in South Africa, but that has not made Andersen feel any un¥ease about getting used to Aus¥tin. HeÕs had a lot of help from friends and coaches to make Austin his new home. ÒI never get homesick,Ó An¥dersen said. ÒSometimes I just want to hang out with friends, but I donÕt really feel like I want to go home.Ó The fact that the team is so multi-cultural has helped An¥dersen feel comfortable. ÒWeÕve got an eclectic group Ñ guys from all over the world,Ó Center said, referring to a Texas roster that includes players from England, India, Bulgaria, Texas and Colorado. So Andersen being from South Africa doesnÕt make him any different from any of the other guys on the team. ÒIt helps him by being around all the cultural differ¥ences,Ó Corrie said. When Andersen arrived on campus during the spring se¥mester of last season, he won his very first collegiate match, which would be the first of many wins for him. ÒHeÕs very aggressive at the net. He makes a lot of bold moves on the doubles court,Ó Corrie said. Corrie and Andersen began playing together to start this season, and theyÕve really start¥ed to mesh into an effective duo. His head coach also had some strong adjustments re¥garding AndersenÕs play. ÒHeÕs a super athlete and is an explosive guy,Ó Center said. ÒWhen he puts pressure on you and does it with consistency, heÕs really hard to beat.Ó Though heÕs only been around the program for a few months, he has already made strong impressions with those involved with the program. ÓJean is a very likeable guy, good fun, always very happy and positive, and heÕs great to have on the team,Ó Corrie said. Andersen knows he plays a key role on the team. But he can still count on his team to keep him grounded with such things as [reminding] him of his Af¥rican roots, and one particular mistake that Corrie described as the biggest blunder ever. Regardless of how theyÕre doing it, his teammates and coaches are making him feel at home, and in return, he will help the Longhorns in what the team hopes to be another suc¥cessful year. Frittelli: Golfer to represent homeland at amateur championships From page 7 Ernie Els, have won that tourna¥ment. After seeing him play in San Diego, I knew I wanted him to be a student athlete at the Universi¥ty of Texas.Ó A trip to Austin and a scholar¥ship offer were enough for Frit¥telli to commit. He liked the cam¥pus and took a special interest in the local golf courses. Considering he had only been a full-time golf player for about three years before committing to Texas makes it re¥markable how quickly Frittelli as¥cended into the upper echelon of the junior golf world. He was a four-sport athlete in high school, participating in field hockey, crick¥et, tennis and golf. ÒI went to a small private school on a sports scholarship,Ó Frittel¥li said. ÒI went and asked them if I could focus solely on golf rath¥er than continuing the rest of the sports, as well. They said no, so I picked up on a home-school pro¥gram and began traveling around to play in junior golf tournaments. I was constantly on the go.Ó He still is. At Texas, heÕs had the opportunity to go all around the country. Frittelli has been to more than 15 states in America. This weekend, the golf team travels to Florida to compete in the Isle¥worth Collegiate Invitational. Frit¥telli wonÕt be there. He has a 13¥hour plane flight to catch. ÒI was selected to represent South Africa at the World Ama¥teur Team Championships in Ar¥gentina,Ó he said. ÒItÕs definitely a huge honor for me to represent my country. Being acknowledged by them is a huge achievement in my books.Ó For one week in Argentina, FrittelliÕs efforts will be dedicat¥ed to his homeland. When he re¥turns to Texas, heÕll refocus on the collegiate season. He is a mem¥ber of No. 8 TexasÕ important trio: The grouping of him, senior Bob¥by Hudson and sophomore Cody Gribble that represent TexasÕ best shot at a national championship. ÒWe [the three] have to keep ourselves playing well,Ó Frittelli said. ÒIf we get a little bit of help from the other guys, weÕll defi¥nitely be in contention for the na¥tionals. But weÕre the main core of the team.Ó The way Fields says it, Frittel¥li is the guy that keeps the Long¥horns on track. ÒThe incredible thing about Dylan is that heÕs organized, ma¥ture and goal-oriented,Ó he said. ÒHis organized approach to suc¥cess has elevated the teamÕs suc¥cess. He has become a tremen¥dous leader and I think that comes from his worldwide experience.Ó Friday, October 22, 2010 Life&Arts FilM REViEW HereAfter Plot lines converge in EastwoodÕs film By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff Clint Eastwood films have be¥come something of a staple of the fall movie season, with the 80-year-old director methodically cranking out a film or two every fall. ÒHereafterÓ is a tender, mov¥ing film and EastwoodÕs first for¥ay into the supernatural genre, a quick recovery from last yearÕs underwhelming ÒInvictus.Ó ÒHereafterÓ focuses on three parallel storylines, the most prom¥inent starring Matt Damon as George Lonegan, a retired psy¥chic trying to lead a normal life af¥ter deciding his ability to peer into the afterlife is more of a curse than a blessing. Damon is at his most likeable here, playing an unchar¥acteristically affable character, and his story is the most recognizably relatable of the bunch. The most compelling storyline stars Cecile de France as Marie LeLay, a French news anchor who begins re-evaluating her life after almost dying in a tsunami. MarieÕs story is interesting but woefully underdeveloped, as she writes a novel about her near-death expe¥rience that the character tells us is far more important than the film ever makes it seem. Meanwhile, Frankie McLar¥en portrays Marcus, who loses his twin brother (George McLar¥en) in a car accident. MarcusÕ sto¥ry is heartbreaking and nuanced in all the right ways, and McLaren gives a sharp, sympathetic debut performance, but some clumsy di¥alogue and acting keeps it from being the standout. Most of the filmÕs problems come from Peter MorganÕs script. Morgan is a strong writer and ex¥cels at creating interesting charac¥ters and crafting small, intimate Mexico: Filmmaker attempts to transfer comedy across cultures From page 12 Seeing that the men, however, were more nervous than Zagha and trying to calm each other down, Zagha soon realized his captors were new to mugging. ÒI think it was their first time at this sort of thing,Ó Zagha said. ÒOne of them answered the phone and said, ÔHoney, IÕll have to call you back. IÕm working.ÕÓ Impatient and stuck in traffic, the robbers ended up kicking Zagha out of the car (but thank¥fully allowing him to keep his tapes) before driving off. The event inspired Zagha to take a humorous, yet realistic look at how far people will go in an economic downturn. ÒItÕs a movie that could hap¥pen anywhere because itÕs up to date with the economy, but it fits in Mexico a little better because people are used to hearing about absurd things,Ó Zagha said. In the beginning of the movie, a man attempts to kill himself by jumping into a lionÕs cage at the zoo. The lion lazily sleeps while zoo-goers act merely amused. Months after filming the mov¥ie, someone stole a chimpan¥zee from the zoo, Zagha said. Recently, someone was caught keeping a lion in his backyard, he added. Zagha said he wanted to cap¥ture the irony in life and see how the comedy translates to a foreign audience who comes from a different social and cul¥tural background. After çngel, the main charac¥ter, fails his job interview tests Ñ which include solving a Ru¥bikÕs Cube and estimating the number of tomatoes that can fit in an office, he turns to petty thievery, such as stealing pres¥ents at a childÕs birthday par¥ty or possessions at a communi¥ty pool. Or at least, he attempts to, but his motley crew of hood¥lums isnÕt exactly the most pro¥fessional of thieves. On top of his thieving woes, he canÕt keep an erection up, infuri¥ating his wife. Left in the dark about her husbandÕs unemploy¥ment, she remains engrossed in telenovela romances that her husband canÕt seem to provide. ÒThe idea of honesty is also something that gets questioned,Ó earned in a way that few happy endings do. Another refreshing aspect of the film is the absence of any discernible religious mes¥sage, with the afterlife portrayed as an unknowable mystery. ÒHereafterÓ probably wonÕt get much attention this Oscar season, and by next year, odds are itÕll be mostly remembered as another solid but inessential effort by Eastwood. However, itÕs a moving, endearingly im¥perfect picture and a memora¥ble addition to EastwoodÕs ex¥tensive catalog. Grade: B said co-writer Enrique Chmelnik, who was actually asked the toma¥to question at a real job interview. ÒMost of the time when peo¥ple talk about corruption, they talk about large-scale corruption in politics and corporations. But weÕre all part of it too.Ó Chmelnik asked, if someone steals one pencil, how is that person different from someone who steals a thousand dollars? ÒAsk anyone if someone gave them a million stolen dollars whether they would keep it or not,Ó Zagha said. ÒMost people donÕt have that opportunity, so un¥til you have the real opportunity to rob a shit-ton of money, you canÕt say youÕre an honest person.Ó The film premieres Friday at the Austin Film Festival. Rapper Eyedeabrought rhetoric,humor to hip-hop By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff On his final album, Michael Larsen, who performed un¥der the moniker Eyedea, wrote a heartfelt verse, ÒOn Sunday, October the Fifth, you took your last breath, and you will be missed.Ó Coincidentally, he was found dead in his home in Minneapolis on Sunday. At the age of 28, just one month shy of his 29th birthday, his death was sudden and untimely. Prelimi¥nary autopsies have not yet de¥termined the cause of death. Wit and rhetoric are not things generally associated with hip-hop. Neither are awkward white guys from St. Paul, Minn. On a multi¥tude of levels, Minnesota native Eyedea did not fit perfectly in the perceived realm of hip-hop. Iron¥ically enough, this aloofness base allowed him was how Eye¥ to nestle perfectly dea found his into the then-bour¥ niche within his Instead of EyedeaÕs geoning indie rap art of rapping, story being repeated scene in the Twin painting vivid pictures of emo¥ and interpreted Cities, induced by underground hip¥ tional distress, as by the masses, he hop staple and pi¥ well as exuber¥ himself gets to tell oneer Slug. Bring¥ ance amidst phil¥osophical mus¥ it on his records, in ing Eyedea onto his label, Rhyme¥ ings and rhetor¥ his own deep-rooted, sayers Entertain¥ ical questions emotional way. ment, Slug al¥ of the world lowed the artist to around him. flourish on the in- Although his die rap scene, fea¥ music main¥ly operated through his words, what Eye¥dea created was a full-blown assault on the senses and the mind that few emcees were able to recreate. Utilizing his gift of unparalleled wordplay, he entered the battle scene at the age of 15. Within two years he rose among the ranks of bat¥tle rap to the highest echelons, winning the coveted Scribble Jam title in 1999, which was quickly followed with wins at both the Rock Steady Anniver¥sary and HBO-sponsored Blaze Battle Chicago in 2000. On the battle stage, he demon¥strated a prowess unmatched by his peers, making otherwise great emceeÕs wither into embarrass¥ing messes with blocky and stale rhymes Ñ all induced by Eye¥deaÕs relentless and stinging im¥provised rhymes at speeds that cause most artists to record pre¥rehearsed verses. Sharp of the tongue and the mind, Eyedea left rap battling in 2001 to solely release records with his best friend and DJ since the age of 14, Gregory Keltgen, oth¥erwise know as DJ Abilities. His initial records meshed a combi¥nation of battle style with abstract emotional expression. He developed his sound over his career, eventually making a departure for the world of em¥cee battling, focusing more heav¥ily on a release of sentiment and thought then rhetorically tearing down hypothetical opponents and enemies from years past, as he did in his early work. This ul¥timately culminated in his latter¥most work, By The Throat, a heavy album which opens reflecting on the suicide of a close friend, whom he proceeds to reference in the al¥bumÕs final track, lacing the motif of loss throughout the record. After his movement away from the battle circuit EyedeaÕs abstract, philosophical rap turing him on var¥ ious tours and promoting him on his label. EyedeaÕs mother released a statement on his Facebook page; ÒIt is with great pain and sad¥ness that I tell you my son Mikey [Eyedea] has passed away ... At this time we kindly request your respect and our privacy as we process this devastating loss. We do, however, welcome your kind words, memories, and pos¥itive thoughts.Ó Even in his final moments, Eye¥dea still had several projects. Ac¥cording to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, his mother said that he had finished a new Face Candy al¥bum (a musical side project of his) in addition to a book of poetry. Even in all of his success and glory, Eyedea never achieved the mainstream notoriety of many of his peers, living in the shadows of former battlers-turned-celebrities such as Eminem. But perhaps it is all for the best; instead of EyedeaÕs story being repeated and interpret¥ed by the masses, he himself gets to tell it on his records, in his own deep-rooted, emotional way. THE DAILY TEXAN C L ASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS 560 Public Notice itÕs tHe end 530 Travel Transportation COLLEGE SKI & Breckenridge ¥ Vail ¥ Keystone Beaver Creek ¥ Arapahoe Basin BOARD WEEK of tHe World breckenridge but only as weÕve come to know it. 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On the oth¥er hand, MorganÕs script is what makes GeorgeÕs storyline stand out, especially in DamonÕs hand¥ful of scenes with Bryce Dallas Howard (in a surprisingly small role). The moments these two share are wonderful, with an ob¥vious chemistry and subtler mel¥ancholy undercurrent that is equal parts acting and writing. However, much of what makes the film work lies on the shoulders of Eastwood, who kicks things off with a fantas¥tic opening scene depicting the tsunami that almost kills Marie. The set piece is delivered with a disaster movie flair thatÕs usual¥ly reserved for Roland Emmer¥ich films and is one of the sin¥gle best sequences Eastwood has ever been responsible for. The rest of the film is deceptive¥ly understated, with the struc¥ture and story of a Hollywood Oscar-bait tearjerker, but saved by its heartfelt execution. When the three stories inevitably con¥verge, itÕs without much fan¥fare, presented with a quiet re¥straint and emotional honesty that makes the final moments, which could have easily strayed into maudlin sappiness, feel COMICS Friday, October 22, 2010 SUDOKUFORYOU 5 6 2 9 8 2 4 9 2 6 5 4 8 5 4 2 9 6 5 8 2 7 9 2 6 3 YesterdayÕs solution OKU YOU 5 6 7 2 4 9 3 8 1 8 2 9 6 1 3 4 5 7 1 3 4 5 7 8 9 6 2 9 8 5 1 2 4 7 3 6 2 7 3 9 8 6 5 1 4 6 4 1 7 3 5 8 2 9 3 5 6 4 9 2 1 7 8 7 9 8 3 6 1 2 4 5 4 1 2 8 5 7 6 9 3 Friday, October 22, 2010 Life&Arts 11 1 F EVENT PREVIEW LIVESTRONG CHALLENGE Runners, bikers to support cancer patients in fundraiser 90 miles. Livestrong banner unites UTÕs East Asian-interest fra¥nonprofit organizations ternal organization Omega Phi Gamma will be participating in to raise awareness, funds the 45-mile ride with a seven-By Danielle Wallace to-eight-member team. The pro-Daily Texan Staff cess, which begins with raising Austinites can prepare to $250 in funds per rider, was tak¥be engulfed in a sea of yellow en a step further as members this weekend as one of Amer-dedicated time and resources icaÕs most well-known cancer-to raise additional funds to do- WHAT: Livestrong Challenge Series WHERE: Austin Convention Center, South 1st Bridge and Dripping Springs Middle School WHEN: Today-Sunday WEB: http://www.livestrong.org/ Take-Action fighting groups brings its larg-nate to the organization. They those dealing with cancer, but est fundraising event to the city. also raised awareness about can-also those fighting the disease The Livestrong Challenge Series cer and those who have been di-themselves. Cancer survivors kicks off today with Livestrong agnosed through their Lives-will be participating in events Village, a collective of nonprof-trong weekend, with events that alongside supporters, and even it health and wellness groups, ranged from attending a speech children in active treatment will and will offer walks, runs and given by Armstrong to fundrais-join in for the marathons via bike rides over the course of the ing parties at Pluckers. pedicab. weekend in honor of survivors, The fraternity has raised more ÒThe yellow mileÓ will mark a loved ones lost to cancer and than $5,000 in donations for the celebration of the achievements those still fighting the fight. Lance Armstrong Foundation of the children, who will be each One of four cities across the over the last two years of its work be greeted at the finish line with nation in which the challenge is with the organization, with this a flood of yellow-clad support¥to take place, Austin boasts be-year marking its third, in support ers and a yellow rose to com¥ing the last starting line for the of the organization that provides memorate their success. annual event, as well as being a forum for those who have been Even those who have not pre¥the headquarters for the group diagnosed with cancer. viously registered to partake in founded by Texas native and sev-ÒThereÕs a good sense of the weekend can involve them¥en-time Tour de France winner achievement,Ó said James Han selves in joining the ranks of oth-Lance Armstrong, whose fight Yu, treasurer of the fraternity. ers coming together in support and survival against testicular The 45-mile team is composed though SaturdayÕs 5k walk/run, cancer created the basis for the of a mixture of students new to with chances to register carry¥organization dedicated to raising the challenge rides as well as ing over into today. Others can funds and providing open infor-more experienced participants, attend the Livestrong Village to¥mation for people whose lives all with one common cause in day as well as the post-ride par¥have been affected by cancer. mind: to show their support ty to be held at Dripping Springs One of the main events of for those whose lives have been Elementary School. While regis¥the challenge, held in conjunc-touched by the disease. tration is essential for partici¥tion with the Ride for the Ros-ÒI havenÕt been directly af-pation in the ride itself, visitors es weekend that celebrates the fected by cancer, but my friends are still welcome to take part in top fundraisers for LivestrongÕs have,Ó said Tri Le, biology se-the festivities as well as cheer on cause, will occur in the form of a nior and Omega Phi GammaÕs participants. multi-distance bike ride through president. ÒI want to show them Le emphasizes that the most the Texas Hill Country of Drip-that IÕm here for them.Ó essential part of the Livestrong ping Springs, a 30-minute drive The Sunday Livestrong Chal-Challenge Series weekend will from the city. It is here that par-lenge Series rides, as well as the be simply the supporters who ticipant teams will ride out the 5k run/walk to be held on Satur-attend Ñ riders and non-riders distance they have pre-selected, day, will feature not only those alike Ñ to show the affected that ranging from 10 to as many as hitting the streets to support they are not alone. fEsTivAL: Dancer struggles to meet Proper stretches help prevent injuries expectations of lead in ÔBlack SwanÕ HEALTHY HOOK By Addie Anderson Stretching is the starting point for most workouts and pre-sport activ¥ities, but the elementary school P.E. class stretches that persist through high school sports may be wrong. In 2007, The IDEA Fitness Journal linked pre-exercise stretching to few instances of injury prevention and identified its negative impacts on exercise performance. The type of stretching the article refers to is static stretching, a com¥mon form of stretching in which a person is stationary and is, for in¥stance, touching his or her toes for 20 to 30 seconds. However, in their article, Andrew Clark and Peter Twist argue that people who per¥form light cardiovascular activity followed by static stretching or sim¥ply stretch statically may be failing to effectively warm up for the de¥mands of their chosen work out. For example, stretching ham¥strings and biceps while standing in a stationary position is not go¥ing to help an athlete get ready for movements such as dodging an¥other player on the soccer field, pivoting on the basketball court or bench pressing heavy weights. Clark and Twist, along with many other exercise experts, recom¥mend a dynamic warmup focus¥ing on movements that a person will use in the particular work out they will be performing. Concen¥trating on controlled movements of those muscles in ways they will be used after warming up will help increase their range of motion and will enable the exerciser to be¥gin the workout at a high intensity with lower risk of injury. ÒDynamic stretching works on elasticity,Ó said Dixie Stanforth, a personal trainer and professor of ki¥nesiology and health education at UT. ÒWeÕre trying to move through big full ranges of motion under con¥trol at the front end of the workout cause weÕre trying to become more elastic and to open up the joints to get as much movement, range¥wise, out of the muscle.Ó Stanforth said that dynamic warmups are designed to produce Òstability with mobility.Ó Having spinal stability during movement is essential for injury prevention and also for optimal performance. Although high school teams may still do static stretching before practices and games, many college teams follow the expert-recom¥mended dynamic stretching before games. Sarah Barnes, an assistant coach for the UT womenÕs soccer team, says before games the play¥ers use dynamic stretching. ÒA wide range of stretches are used,Ó Barnes said. ÒDynam¥muscles, and it doesnÕt make sense to lengthen the muscles before you work out, which is when youÕll be contracting the muscles for a peri¥od of time. ÒAt the end of the work out, it makes sense to stretch stati¥cally because you want to make sure youÕre leaving with at least as much length as you walked in with,Ó Stanforth said. ÒAnd since Now that I do yoga where you flow into positions, I can touch my toes.Ó ÔÔ Ñ C.J. Hall, Kinesiology senior ic stretching, where you hold for a short period of time before repeat¥ing the movement, helps players to prepare for the kinds of movements theyÕll make in the games. For soc¥cer players, calves, hamstrings, quads, groin and hip flexors are im¥portant areas on which they focus.Ó After games, the players use static stretching topromote recovery from muscle soreness. Static stretching is not a bad thing; itÕs just not the way to begin a workout. Stanforth said that static stretching lengthens the youÕve been contracting or shorten¥ing the muscles during the work¥out, thereÕs a chance that youÕve lost a little bit of that length, so you want to get it back. Static stretching is one effective way to get it back.Ó Kinesiology senior C.J. Hall said since beginning a dynamic stretch routine through her hot yoga class¥es, she has found much more flex¥ibility, strength and improvements in other areas of physical activity. ÒIn high school, in cheerleading, before cheering we would do the From page 12 best of his career. ÔBlack SwanÕ When: Wednesday, 7 p.m. Where: Paramount Theater Darren Aronofsky is respon¥sible for one of the best films of the last decade (2008Õs ÒThe WrestlerÓ), and is notorious for coaxing phenomenal, career-de- normal, sit-on-the-ground straddle stretches,Ó Hall said. ÒNow that I do yoga where you flow into posi¥tions, I can touch my toes. IÕve nev¥er been able to touch my toes be¥fore. It helps with flexibility. IÕve noticed my running has improved Ñ IÕve been able to run farther.Ó Some runners may argue that they donÕt need to do a dynamic warmup in three planes because theyÕll just be moving in one: for¥ward. However, dynamic war¥mups incorporating the three weak links of the body Ñ the foot and ankle, the hips and the thorac¥ic spine Ñ in the three planes (back and forth, side to side and rotation¥al) can help in other aspects of your life. Stanforth believes that training should be connected to your whole life, not just to your 60-minute workout. So even if youÕre mov¥ing in one direction with the same movements for an hour working out, you may need the flexibility that dynamic stretching gives you in other aspects of your life, from picking up and slinging a heavy backpack onto your back to dodg¥ing a dog on the running trail. ÒI think because when we think about exercise, we tend to isolate it, like, this is the work part of my day,Ó Stanforth said. ÒAnd, for me, fining performances out of ac¥tors (Mickey Rourke in the same film). Here, he directs Natalie Portman as a ballerina strug¥gling to meet expectations in her challenging lead role in ÒSwan Lake.Ó Given that Portman has consistently struggled to meet expectations throughout her own acting career, she couldnÕt be a better fit for the material. IÕm thinking, how do I train peo- ple for function in everything that JOIN ZACHTheatre ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER they do?Ó Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 Life&Arts Friday, October 22, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com The Daily Texan EvEnt prEviEw Austin Film FestivAl Alumnus draws on real-life experience of crime in Mexico By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff WhatÕs a recently fired, down¥ on-his-luck man in Mexico City to do when his wife just bought a car he canÕt afford and no one will hire him? He can choose to get involved with a gang of amateur thieves and steal a lion from the local zoo to hold for ransom. This is precisely what happens in ÒAdi—s, Mundo Cru¥elÓ (Goodbye, Cruel World), the latest film directed by UT alum¥nus Jack Zagha Kababie. Although the premise seems absurd, the story is based on ZaghaÕs real-life experiences and what he calls Ònormal eventsÓ in Mexico. ÒMexico City is a crazy place,Ó Zagha said. ÒAnd [the] coun¥try itself [is] a place that artists and writers go to because there seems to be a surreal magic that surrounds Mexico.Ó Seven years ago, Zagha had been in Mexico City to edit a film. While walking up to the editing studio with his tapes in hand, two men stopped him by pointing a gun to his head and demanded everything he had. When that wasnÕt sufficient, they forced him into his own car and ordered Zagha to drive to an ATM and empty his bank ac¥count. MEXICO continues on page 9 Jono Foley | Daily Texan Staff UT alumnus and filmmaker Jack Zagha Kababie screens his film ÒAdi—s Mundo CruelÓ (Goodbye, Cruel World) this week during the Austin Film Festival. The filmmakers inserted several real-life anecdotes that they experienced. Themes of religion, money present at Austin Film Fest By Alex Williams & sations with famous people in the chelle Williams, ÒBlue ValentineÓ ic downtown and starring Ben Af-Directed by UT alumnus Storme Where: Paramount Theater Priscilla Totiyapungprasert industry, including Randall Wal-has been earning rave reviews all fleck and Tommy Lee Jones, ÒThe Wood and filmed in and around Director Danny BoyleÕs eclec- Daily Texan Staff lace, the man who penned ÒBrave-year for its depiction of a self-de-Company MenÓ is a film for our Austin, ÒParadise RecoveredÓ stars tic career continues this year Film directors, screenwriters, heart,Ó and ÒBlade RunnerÓ writ-structing marriage. Gosling and Wil-times, much like last yearÕs out-Heather del Rio as Esther, a reli-with Ò127 Hours,Ó the true story producers and movie aficiona-er David Peoples. Former UT stu-liams are solid performers who can standing ÒUp in the Air.Ó Recent-gious fundamentalist excommu-of mountain climber Aron Ral¥dos will convene in Austin this dent and director Robert Rodri-handle the heavy material, and this ly named as the festivalÕs Center-nicated from her church. Religious ston, who becomes trapped un¥weekend for the 17th annual Aus-guez is also scheduled to appear. may be your only chance to see the piece Film and presented by di-estrangement is always a com-der a fallen boulder and (spoil¥tin Film Festival. The festival was film: The MPAA recently slapped rector John Wells, ÒThe Company pelling theme, and the filmÕs in-er alert) is forced to cut his arm the first of its kind when it began it with an NC-17 rating, the kiss of MenÓ has been drawing attention triguing trailer makes it stand out off to escape. Boyle, who direct- Top 5 Films to See: in 1994. This year the event spans death for most independent films. at film festivals all year. among the festivalÕs Austin Screens ed ÒSlumdog Millionaire,Ó is ex¥eight days, showcasing films from category, a collection of films direct-pected to garner another Oscar both established and rising film-ÔBlue ValentineÕ ed by Austin filmmakers. nomination for his work here, ÔThe Company MenÕ ÔParadise RecoveredÕ makers. The festival also hosts a and star James FrancoÕs perfor- When: Friday, 9:30 p.m. When: Saturday, 6 p.m. When: Sunday, 4 p.m. four-day conference that includes mance has been hailed as the Where: Paramount Theater Ô127 HoursÕ Where: Paramount Theater screenwriting seminars, topics for Where: Rollins Theater, Texas Starring Ryan Gosling and Mi-Dealing with the recent econom-When: Tuesday, 7 p.m. budding filmmakers and conver-Spirit Theater FESTIVAL continues on page 11