NEWS PAGE 5 Popular website springs marketing effort OPINION PAGE 4 Have we come to the end of the downloading era? TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 72 THE DAILY TEXAN Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar World AIDS Day The Health and Human Rights Working Group at the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will co-host the fourth annual World AIDS Day conference beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Texas Union GovernorÕs Room. Guest conductor Carl St. Clair, music director of the Pacific Symphony, will conduct a performance by the UT Symphony Orchestra from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bates Recital Hall. Student Tickets cost $5. Blonde Redhead The alternative rock band will play a show at La Zona Rosa with Olof Arnalds for $22. Doors open at 8 p.m. High Noon Talks Documentarian Patrick Fries will discuss his film about Vietnam vets and their families at noon at the Bob Bullock Museum. Today in history In 1955 Rosa Parks is sent to jail for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. Campus watch Bleed orange, cry maroon DKR Memorial Stadium UTPD found a female not affiliated with the University laying in a fetal position and yelling and crying. The woman became more emotional when she explained that she could not find her dad and her dad was mad at her for being an Aggie. The officers detected a strong scent of alcohol and noted other signs of intoxication.The subject was taken into custody for Public Intoxication and was transported to Central Booking. Occurred on: Nov. 25, at 7:43 p.m. Ô Quote to note ÒI always heard that wherever I was going to go, I was going to ride the bench all four years and never get a shot to play. They said IÕd go back home and just do what everybody else was doing. I wasnÕt going to let that happen.Ó Ñ Chassidy Fussell UT freshman guard SPORTS PAGE 7 Shereen Ayub | Daily Texan Staff Filmmakers Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mims discuss their nearly completed documentary ÒIncendiary,Ó which looks into the Cameron Todd Willingham case. The documentary focuses on WillinghamÕs controversial conviction and eventual execution. Exploringthe system By Aziza Musa UT filmmakers create documentary investigating flaws in Willingham arson case After facing closed doors, statewide traveling and long editing hours, a UT radio-television-film lecturer and UT alumnus are close to the completion of ÒIncendiary,Ó an independent documentary chronicling the aftermath of convicted arsonist Cameron Todd WillinghamÕs exe¥cution. Joe Bailey Jr. was a postdoctoral fellow at the UT School of Law working on a documentary about a Texas musician when he took Steve MimsÕ production course in fall 2009. After a class, Bailey and Mims started discussing death penalty and clemency in Texas. Both later read a September 2009 New Yorker article about Willingham, which spurred State may reduce programs lowering prison population By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Programs responsible for reduc¥ing TexasÕ prison population could be at risk in January as lawmak¥ers struggle to deal with the esti¥mated $25 billion shortfall in the state budget. State leaders have suggested that top state priorities be fund¥ed first, leaving criminal justice re¥form advocates worried there will not be sufficient money to properly fund probation and drug treatment programs. ÒWeÕre going to have a big bud¥get cut coming up, and itÕs go¥ing to be part of the discussion Ñ what are our priorities and where [money] is going to go,Ó said state Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Plano, vice chair of the Texas House Correc¥tions Committee. ÒItÕs a risk.Ó Madden said for the 2007 bienni¥al budget, legislators added about $240 million in funding for treat¥ment, probation and parole pro¥grams, allowing the state to save the $600 million it would have had to invest in the prison system. ÒItÕs smart to divert [some crimi¥nals] from prisons, where they cost us a lot of money, to communities where they cost us a lot less mon¥ey,Ó Madden said. ÒThey can do wonderful things, they can be tax¥payers instead of tax burdens.Ó Madden attributes the success of the reforms, which he developed alongside Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, to helping decrease Tex¥asÕ prison population for the first STATE continues on page 2 Michelle Malkin riles up audience over DREAM Act By Ahsika Sanders the DREAM Act Ñ coining the Daily Texan Staff phrase ÒIt ainÕt over till the alien Potential passage of the DREAM winsÓ Ñ to say that illegal immi-Act raised tension on campus Tues-gration is an issue of national secu¥day when the College Republicans rity. The act would allow undocu¥at Texas sponsored a talk by conser-mented immigrants who arrived in vative commentator Michelle Mal-the U.S. as minors to earn condition¥kin. al permanent residency after attend- What started out as a summa-ing college or serving in the military ry of topics discussed in MalkinÕs for two years. recent book, ÒCulture of Corrup-ÒIf you start undermining the tion: Obama and His Team of Tax rules of eligibility to get into the Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies,Ó end-military, youÕre going to lower the ed with a testy back-and-forth about quality of people [in uniform],Ó the DREAM Act in a crowded room she said. ÒIf you open your doors in San Jacinto Dormitory. Malkin took a clear stance against MALKIN continues on page 2 Courtesy of Joe Bailey Jr. BaileyÕs interest in filming the repercussions of the execution. In 1991, a Navarro County jury convicted Willingham of arson and murder for setting fire to his Corsicana home and killing his three daughters while his wife was away. He received a death sentence a year later. Prosecutors offered Willingham life in prison if he admitted he was guilty, but he refused and maintained his innocence. The state exe- DOCUMENTARY continues on page 2 SG finishes last meeting supporting gun control By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff In its last meeting of the semes¥ter, the Student Government as¥sembly passed a resolution in sup¥port of in-state tuition for undocu¥mented Texas residents Ñ reflect¥ing agreement with an existing law that allows undocumented immigrant students, and those in the U.S. under other types of visas who attend Texas high schools, to gain in-state tuition at Texas pub¥lic universities. The assembly also passed res¥olutions to support a gun-control amicus brief, to honor a former UT administrator in the naming of the new Student Activity Cen¥ter and to set its own February election dates. Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Hous¥ton, filed a bill in November that would counter the existing tuition law. The resolution gives repre¥sentatives the authority to lobby against RiddleÕs bill. Two undocumented students from the University Leadership Initiative came and spoke in sup¥port of the legislation, noting that they were able to attend UT be¥cause of the bill. According to the office of admissions, 376 students attended UT under benefit of the bill in the 2009-2010 school year. ÒTexas is a pioneering state in accessibility to higher education for immigrant students,Ó said civ¥il engineering senior Loren Cam¥pos, president of the University Leadership Initiative. ÒI encour¥age you to vote in favor of this res¥olution because [the bill] affects a lot of students here at Texas.Ó The assembly voted to sign onto an amicus brief from the Bra- SG continues on page 2 Journalist discusses role in war zones By Yvonne Marquez Daily Texan Staff Last spring, freelance jour¥nalist Anna Badkhen stayed with a family of 27 in Afghani¥stan. In their 17-bedroom home, she lived in a room next to the kitchen, where the women often made mantu, a large dumpling filled with lamb and onions. One Friday, she asked if she could help make the dish, and the women allowed her with hesitation to do the tedious job of shaping the clover-looking dumpling. On her first attempt, the women said BadkhenÕs man¥tu had floppy edges and did not use enough oil. Her second man¥tu won the womenÕs approval. ÒI thought, I have just been ac¥cepted into the tribe,Ó Badkhen said. Foreign correspondents are not going to stop war or injus¥tice, but they can write stories with compassion to show the human cost of war, Badkhen told a group of journalism students Tuesday. In her book ÒPeace Meals,Ó she gives multiple ac¥ IÕm an outsider and IÕm prepared to ÔÔ listen.Ó Ñ Anna Badkhen Freelance journalist counts of routine life in war-torn countries, focusing on food and other traditions instead of war coverage. ÒJust make it a human inter¥action,Ó Badkhen said. ÒBe in¥terested in what people have to tell you.Ó She said journalists are like therapists to people living in these areas because foreign cor¥respondents listen to traumat¥ic stories that people within the community do not share with each other. Everyone is hungry and poor and nobody wants to hear the neighbors complain, she said. ÒIÕm an outsider and IÕm pre¥pared to listen,Ó Badkhen said. ÒPeople want to talk. We want to share our grief and sorrow. Peo¥ple will open up to you because they have to.Ó Journalism professor Rosental Alves remarked that people out¥side the journalism field think journalists get rich writing about war or peoplesÕ misery. ÒItÕs interesting how people WAR continues on page 2 Michael Elliot Baldon | Daily Texan Staff Prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin waits behind a partition while UT government professor Daron Shaw introduces her Tuesday evening in the San Jacinto Multi-Purpose Room. 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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. CORRECTION Because of a reporting error, TuesdayÕs page-one article about the response of Koreans in Austin to military tensions on the peninsula incorrectly identified Liberty in North Korea as a former student group. The group is still active on the UT campus. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 66 40 BLAAAH IDK DFSDJFJ WAR: Unique topic engages students From page 1 think we are benefitting from a good story,Ó he said. Badkhen is one of several foreign correspondents that spoke to AlvesÕ international reporting class. Of all the guest lectures in AlvesÕ class, journalism junior Lynda Gonzalez found Bad¥khen the most interesting be¥cause she found a unique way to tell common war stories. ÒMost of our speakers have reported on war, but she found a way to humanize war using food,Ó Gonzalez said. ÒI hadnÕt gotten that from this Ryan Smith | Daily Texan Staff class yet Ñ you can [find] Journalist Anna Badkhen talks with professor Rosental Alves. Badkhen something that interests you spoke atUT on Tuesday about her latest book ÒPeace Meals,Ówhich recounts [even in war].Ó her travels through war zones and the meals she shared with people. SG: Assembly votes to rename activity center From page 1 dy Center to Prevent Gun Vi¥olence for the two court cas¥es. The brief provides informa¥tion to judicial officials regard¥ing two court cases Ñ one in Texas that would lower the age for a concealed handgun license to 18, and a national case that would lower the handgun pur¥chasing age to 18. Texas State UniversityÕs As¥sociated Student Government voted Tuesday to support ef¥forts to repeal a ban on con¥cealed carry of firearms on state college campuses. The UT assembly has previ¥ously voted in favor of maintain¥ing the concealed carry ban on college campuses. Graduate stu¥dent representative John Woods expressed concern that if those under 18 are able to purchase and conceal handguns, it would seriously increase the number of students eligible to carry in Tex¥as. A bill will come before the Texas House in the spring that would repeal the concealed car¥ry ban, so Woods said it is im¥portant to pay special attention to the two court cases. ÒThese cases are going to have a huge effect on who is carrying,Ó Woods said. ÒEven the pro-concealed carry people are confused because a lot of them like the licensing process and think that age requirement that we have is important. The TheyÕve done a good job preparing us for ÔÔ the Legislature and established opinions on major issues.Ó Ñ Scott Parks SG president NRA didnÕt consult with the concealed carry people before filing this.Ó SG entered into a 70-minute debate over a resolution that supports exploring the possi¥bility of naming of the Student Activities Center after Marga¥ret C. Berry, who is a UT alum¥na, former UT vice president of student affairs and has held several other positions with¥in the University administra¥tion and faculty. It eventually passed unanimously. ÒSG is the only place in the world where voting to possibly honor a great member of your community is more controver¥sial than illegal immigration,Ó said University-wide represen¥tative Jeremy Yager, who au¥thored the tuition resolution. The assembly has considered 28 resolutions and 16 bills Ñ in¥ternal rules-related legislation Ñ since taking office in April. SG President Scott Parks said he is glad the organization has pro¥duced so much legislation, es¥pecially resolutions focused on particular lobbying issues that they will advocate for before the Legislature in the spring. ÒTheyÕve done a good job pre¥paring us for the legislature and established opinions on major issues,Ó Parks said. ÒNext se¥mester, big state legislative is¥sues will take center stage. WeÕll have to be very active making sure we have resolutions ready to deal with unexpected issues that might affect students.Ó StAte: Probation facilityÕs funding cuts could cost more in long term From page 1 time in years, even though it has started to tick up recently. ÒIÕm guardedly optimistic that the leadership and a ma¥jority of the Legislature knows how successful the rehabilita¥tion [program] has become,Ó said Whitmire, who chairs the Sen¥ate Criminal Justice Committee. ÒItÕs reduced recidivism, itÕs en¥hanced public safety and itÕs very cost effective.Ó Whitmire said he hoped the programÕs success would protect it from being individually sin¥gled out by the Legislature for ad¥ditional cuts. He also said public safety should be exempt from the budget cutting process. The 2007 reforms created inter¥mediate sanction facilities for in¥dividuals who violate their pro¥bation or parole for nonviolent offenses, such as drug or alcohol abuse. These facilities provide a less expensive alternative to pris¥on and a place where a paroleeÕs supervising officer can intervene before problems worsen. ÒA lot of the violations are re¥lated to substance abuse prob¥lems,Ó said Ana Y‡nez-Correa, executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. ÒPeo¥ple who have a substance abuse problem will relapse. [Intermedi¥ate sanction facilities] are a part of the progressive sanctions con¥tinuum that aim to address the root causes of criminal behav¥ior. ItÕs for [probation violations] that arenÕt considered public safety threats.Ó Correa said that cutting spend¥ing on the diversion, treatment and counselling programs will increase the rate of probation re¥vocations, which will increase the rate of growth in the pris¥on population, dramatically in¥creasing costs to the state over the long term. mALKIn: College Republicans seek underrepresented perspectives From page 1 up to an untold number of peo¥ple who are illegal aliens, there is no way to regulate the legit¥imacy of potentially fraudulent documents.Ó Addressing a studentÕs question about MalkinÕs apparent disdain for immigration, the conservative author assured the audience that she is not anti-immigration. ÒThere is nothing wrong with immigrating legally, but there are people who want to come here to pursue the American dream and people who want to come here to destroy it,Ó she said. Despite her disagreements with Malkin, government junior Mi¥chelle Uche said she knew want¥ed to see the author for herself. ÒIÕve heard her before, and I knew she spouts off Republican and conservative talk, but this was even more than I expected,Ó she said. MalkinÕs comments about the DREAM Act grabbed UcheÕs at¥tention, like other audience mem¥bers who spoke up during the Q¥and-A session. ÒShe was talking about the DREAM Act as if sheÕs certain it was designed by Democrats to gain voters when it was Repub¥licans who came up with it in its early stages,Ó Uche said. Government senior John Chap¥man, spokesman for College Re¥publicans at Texas, said he was not surprised that people would disagree with MalkinÕs talk. He said they sought out Malkin be¥cause she takes a stance that is rare at UT. ÒWe know UT is a very liberal environment, so we want to make sure we bring as many perspec¥tives as possibleÓ he said. Chapman said the College Re¥publicans were glad to have Mal¥kin speak as they prepare to in¥crease their efforts to show Re¥publican support on campus. documentARy: Film exposes scientific mistakes of criminal justice system From page 1 cuted Willingham in 2004. WillinghamÕs surviving relatives have since petitioned to convene a special court of inquiry to remedy his reputation, which they say the caseÕs media attention tarnished. According to the petition, the pros¥ecutors used flawed science and a now-recanted statement from a former cellmate who said Willing¥ham confessed. ÒThat information never got to ÒThe thing thatÕs reassuring about it is that there are only a few things that could have been done differently that would make what happened to Willingham not hap¥pen any more,Ó he said. Mims said one of the challenges they faced was piecing the scenes together in a way that made the science entertaining. ÒItÕs like a gigantic jigsaw puz¥zle,Ó Mims said. ÒThe job of trying to get it down to Ñ right now, itÕs 108 minutes Ñ has been very dif¥ficult. ItÕs a balancing act to try to make it definitive so people can re¥ally understand the science, which in this case is really important, and still make it watchable and reputable.Ó Students in RTF lecturer John PiersonÕs advanced producing class saw parts of the film about three times throughout the semes¥ter. After critiquing the film, the students must now take on pub¥licity for the film. Ivete Lucas, an RTF graduate student, said the filmmakers approached the doc¥umentary in an unusual man¥ner by concentrating on the sci¥ence and the integrity of the criminal justice system. ÒWhen we think of science movies, we think theyÕre go¥ing to be impenetrable,Ó Lucas said. ÒThe filmmakers did a very good job of illustrating the con¥cepts the scientists were trying to explain, and the two main sci¥entists behind the investigation were interesting because they had different personalities. The film was entertaining because of his defense,Ó Mims said. ÒThereÕs a whole level of irresponsibility that made the whole thing the train wreck that it was. We wouldnÕt be talking about this at all if that pro¥cess had played out.Ó The film, scheduled to be com¥pleted on Dec. 9, concentrates on the forensics behind WillinghamÕs conviction, but also includes the legal and political aspects of its course of action. ÒThe justice-gone-wrong sto¥ry had been done and been done very well,Ó Bailey said. ÒThe is¥sue film of wrongful execution had played itself out in our culture over and over again, so what we thought was interesting was the science, folklore and emotion. ItÕs not often you seen that in an ani¥mated matter of life and death.Ó Mims said he and Bailey tried not to have an ax to grind and to make the film an examination of the cracks in the criminal justice system that contributed to Willing¥hamÕs execution. 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For classified display and nationalclassified display advertising, call 471-1865. For classified word advertising, call 471-5244.Entire contents copyright 2008 Texas Student Media. Texan Ad Deadlines Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m.Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m.Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m.Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m.Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) NEWS BRIEFLY Austin progressing at faster rate than other post-recession cities AustinÕs progress since the reces¥sion is higher than any other U.S. metropolitan city, according to a Brookings Institution report re¥leased Tuesday. ÒGlobal MetroMonitor: The Path to Economic Recovery,Ó named Austin the 26th highest ranking city in the globe and first in the U.S., with a 3.2 percent post-recession in¥crease in employment and a 2.7 per¥cent increase in income for the cityÕs residents from 2009 to 2010. The global economic downturn of the late 2000s reached such a mag¥nitude that it is now known as the ÒGreat Recession,Ó according to the report. ÒBecause metros form the fun¥damental bases for national and in¥ternational economies, understand¥ing their relative positioning before, Board of Regents to consider athletic directorsÕ salary deals The UT System Board of Re¥gents will discuss new contracts for UT menÕs athletics director DeLoss Dodds and womenÕs athletics direc¥tor Chris Plonsky at their Thursday meeting. The regents set the salary for Uni¥versity System presidents and ap¥prove salaries for head coaches as well as athletics directors. Recom¥mendations for athletics salaries originate at the university level, said UT System spokesman Matt Flores. The discussions will take place in executive session and the regents during and after the Great Reces¥sion provides important evidence on emerging shifts in the location of global economic resilience and fu¥ture growth,Ó the report said. The report analyzed the econo¥mies of 150 metro cities worldwide during their respective pre-reces¥sion, recession and recovery periods from 1993 to 2010. The 150 cities ranked are Òloca¥tions for high-value economic activ¥ityÓ that Òpunch above their weight in national and global econom¥ic output,Ó according to the Austin American-Statesman. Istanbul, Turkey, ranked first in recovery, while Asia topped the list, home to 15 of the top 25 cities. The economic analysis of these cities stressed the importance of metropolitan areas around the globe, including Austin, and their influence on the worldwide economy. Ñ Allison Kroll will take any action on new con¥tracts afterwards in open session. ÒWeÕre not privy to any of the discussions prior to it taking place,Ó Flores said. Dodds arrived at UT in 1981 and led the program into the newly-cre¥ated Big 12 when it was established in 1996. The University turned down an offer to join the Pac-10 ath¥letic conference this summer after the University of Nebraska left the Big 12. His current contract, which ex¥pires next August, pays him $675,000. PlonskyÕs contract pays her $325,000. Ñ Andrew Kreighbaum www.chevron.com/careers Which Longhorn will find outthey can impact the worldÕsenergy future? Join us, and you will. Many University of Texas graduates have worked with Chevron to meet theworldÕs demand for energy. Chevron is working every day to responsibly explore,develop and supply energy that keeps the world moving forward. Discover whatitÕs like to be a key member of our team and work in an environment that rewardscollaborative thinking and innovation. Visit us at www.chevron.com/careers to Þndout when weÕll be on campus. Join us, and together we can accomplish great things. An equal opportunity employer that values diversity and fosters a culture of inclusion. CHEVRON, the CHEVRON Hallmark and HUMAN ENERGY are registered trademarks of Chevron Intellectual Property LLC. ©2010 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. All rights reserved. Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob OPINION Doug Luippold Dave Player QUOTES TO NOTE: EditorÕs note: On Monday, Nov. 29, 16 DREAM Act advocates staged a sit-in at the San Antonio office of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. The students have also been participating in a hunger strike since Nov. 9 to advocate Congress to pass the DREAM Act. ÒShe voted for the DREAM Act in 2007, and her constituent re¥sponses were always favorable. SheÕs only recently changed her tune.Ó Ñ Lucina Martinez, a womenÕs studies and Mexican American studies sophomore at UT-San Antonio. ÒI wish I had celebrated Thanks¥giving with my family and friends, but weÕll have our Thanksgiving celebration when the DREAM Act passes.Ó Ñ Felipe Vargas, doctorate candidate at Indi¥ana University, who is participating in a hunger strike to advocate for the passage of the DREAM Act. ÒI wish it didnÕt have to come to this, but we donÕt have any time to waste.Ó Ñ My Le, art and psychology sophomore at UTÐSan Antonio. ÒSenator Hutchison has been consistent and clear about her posi¥tion against the current DREAM Act legislation, particularly her concern that the current bill goes far beyond the intended group of children who grew up in the U.S. and attend primary and second¥ary schools here.Ó Ñ Statement issued by Sen. HutchisonÕs of¥fice in response to the sit-in. THE FIRING LINE DHFS should stay out of politics Many people may have been shocked at the recent full-page ad advertising a lecture on campus about President Barack ObamaÕs administration and its ÒCulture of CorruptionÓ in TuesdayÕs issue. I was not shocked by what you might expect. I was not shocked by the bright red menacing bold text at the top of the page accusing President Obama of being corrupt. I was not shocked at the clearly intentional unflattering photographs chosen to represent leaders such as Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. I was not even shocked at the paragraph of right-wing propaganda at the bottom of the page, accusing the Obama administration of nearly everything short of treason (that will be in the next ad). The thing that outraged me the most was in tiny letters at the bottom of the page, where it stated that this event was brought to you by the Division of Housing and Food Services. DHFS does bring in speakers from time to time, but I have never known them to help sponsor an event which seems to me, according to the ad, propagandized and hateful. IsnÕt DHFS the same entity that restricted the display of political signs in dorm room windows a few years ago? Why the sudden change of heart? This event was also hosted by College Republicans, which is the way it should be: A student-led initiative to bring the kind of speaker to talk about what is important to the group themselves. DHFS should not be sponsoring a speaker with such politically charged rhetoric that only reflects the views of one group on campus. DHFS represents all of the students at the University, and they should stay out of political discussions that do not have any affect on housing and food issues. Ñ Cody Permenter Journalism sophomore LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not nec¥essarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Me¥dia Board of Operating Trustees. THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY DonÕt download illegally By Marc Nestenius Daily Texan Columnist DidnÕt Napster teach people that illegal down¥loading is actually, well, illegal? Apparently not, considering FridayÕs news of The Pirate BayÕs failed appeals trial. Maybe the $4.2 million fine im¥posed by a Swedish court on three of the websiteÕs founders will serve as a stark reminder. The Pirate Bay (TPB) is the worldÕs most noto¥rious BitTorrent search engine and the 88th most popular website globally, according to Alexa Inter¥net, Inc., a web traffic tracking company. Surprised by the verdict, TPBÕs founders ironically dismissed any complicity in online music piracy. But by al¥lowing more than 20 million users to download movies, games and tunes without paying a cent, TPB has become a menace to artists and produc¥ers alike. UT students could soon feel implications from the trial. According to the Record Industry Associ¥ation of America (RIAA), our University is the big¥gest hotspot for copyright violations in the coun¥try. Many students have never heard of TPB, but other programs, such as LimeWire, KaZaa and Morpheus provide the necessary means for illegal downloading. Wiz KhalifaÕs new song, ÒBlack and Yellow,Ó is a real club-banger, but itÕs just not catchy enough to entice someone to cough up $10 for his CD, so why wouldnÕt someone use peer-to-peer (P2P) software to download the file free of charge? Painless copyright violations such as this could save a student a nice Hamilton to spend at Kerbey Lane, but thatÕs only if he or she gets away with the offense. Otherwise, the student would be charged at least $750, according to the Office of the Dean of Students. The same goes for Lady GagaÕs ÒBad RomanceÓ and Soulja BoyÕs latest ridiculous dance song, too. Of course no one would actually want to pay for any of Soulja BoyÕs music. But by illegally sharing his 14-track album, one could be forced to pay at least $10,500 in damages. Charges for petty shar¥ing can certainly add up quickly. Last year, a stu¥dent at Boston University was fined $675,000 for downloading and distributing more than 20 songs of four different record labels. With legal efforts against P2P sharing mount¥ing, UT students would be wise to choose to not engage in these illegal activities. Is it really smart to continue using LimeWire when its website says that since Oct. 26, the company has been under a court order to stop distributing its software? Since freshman orientation, UT students have been warned of the risks of illegal file sharing. But much like those from AlcoholEdu, the warn¥ings have long been forgotten. However, the Uni¥versity remembers its obligations under the Digi¥tal Millennium Copyright Act, which requires UT to aid the RIAA whenever it has become aware of infringements. Many students have never known anybody who has been caught for downloading a song or two on LimeWire, so they comfortably share away. But what students probably also donÕt know is that their IP addresses are constantly tracked to moni¥tor misuse of online content. According to the Of¥fice of the Dean of Students website, the RIAA con¥tacts hundreds of UT students, many of whom are subjected to settlements starting at $3,000. Because of the ease of illegal file sharing, stu¥dents happily take the risks and come up with nonsensical excuses to justify their behavior. The Kings of Leon are rich enough to not even notice me downloading this song for free, right? And I al¥ready know where the proceeds from Amy Wine¥houseÕs latest track are going to, so by not paying her, IÕm actually helping her kick the habit. But a quick look at RIAAÕs website reveals that music piracy contributes to $12.5 billion in losses globally and 71,060 fewer jobs in the United States. Illegal downloading has crippled the record indus¥try, which will surely continue fighting piracy. Stu¥dents need to realize that these unlawful acts are becoming increasingly risky. ITS provides on its webpage a list of reliable programs to use for legal listening, ranging from iTunes to Pandora. Students should consider fu¥ture consequences of continuing to share files ille¥gally. And if this is still not convincing, just imagine how embarrassing it will be to have to pay a sev¥eral-thousand-dollar fine for downloading ÒTeach Me How to Dougie.Ó Nestenius is a mechanical engineering sophomore. A word of advice from graduate students By Pamela Sertzen and Jon Gehrig Daily Texan Guest Columnists Graduating seniors! As graduate students, we are taking it upon ourselves to educate you. In¥deed, we may not be the wisest of minds, nor the smartest, nor the cutest, nor the most talented and certainly not the most popular; however, we have lived. And we know the stresses that school can wreck upon you. There is no shame in taking time off. While your parents may frown, and those pes¥ky overachieving medical school friends might si¥lently disapprove, there is immense value in ex¥ploring what the world has to offer before return¥ing to the coal mines of graduate school. As Mark Twain said, ÒNever let schooling get in the way of your education.Ó Many whom have gone before you strug¥gled with just this. We know that we have. In the months leading up to graduation, we may have drunk a lot of beer and may have eaten a lot of BBQ at our respective schools. We were full of un¥certainty. Would we get jobs? Did we want jobs? How would we survive in the real world after 20 years of schooling? Did we want to survive? To tell you the truth, we didnÕt really know. We were at¥tacked from all sides: parents, relatives, long lost SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dai¥lytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submis¥sions for brevity, clarity and liability. cousins, friends and that strange man on the cor¥ner admonishing us for our lack of planning. Life was not easy. We were not fed with a silver spoon. In fact, we had to feed ourselves. After col¥lege, we set our gourmet preferences aside and fol¥lowed a strict diet of quesadillas and Ramen noo¥dles. Taking time off to follow our ÒdreamsÓ has taught us many things. It has taught us how to be human, how to love, how to put aside our petty differences and how to contextualize our current experience as academics. From AmeriCorps vol¥unteer to barista, what you do after college can of¥ten define who you are and what you are truly in¥terested in. Saving the money at our menial jobs to travel on our own provided us with rich insights, not to mention interesting parasites. It forced us to push our boundaries and discover what made us un¥comfortable, a feeling that was completely new to us. Being uncomfortable humbled us. We recog¥nized the vast wealth of people in the world and that everyone had something unique to offer. It al¥lowed us to realize that we had something genuine to offer the world that has given us so much. We didnÕt make much money at our jobs, but the experiences were rich and full of stories be¥cause they provided unparalleled access to real people. We learned to recognize our privileged po¥sition in society and that we should take advan¥tage of the opportunities offered to us. Our odd jobs taught us life skills; learning to tip, the impor¥tance of leaving the toilet seat down, maintaining calm in the face of opposition, that life should be full of laughs, that letting go is often the best medi¥cine and that no matter what has happened, at the end of the day, you are still surrounded by friends and family who care about you. There is no textbook path to life; no should haves, would haves or could haves. The decisions you make today are instrumental to shaping your life goals. We can only advocate for taking the time to breathe between academic realms because we have been in your shoes. The time that we took off provided us a unique lens with which to view the world, and it has allowed us to fully realize our potential as scholars. The dreaded blinking cur¥sor on a blank page is far less daunting than before because we are now guided by a purpose for our education that will allow us to realize all possible worlds that lie before us. Gehrig and Sertzen are first year graduate students in the Department of Geography and the Environment. They both took time off before starting graduate school. LONGHORN OF THE YEAR EditorÕs note: The following are excerpts of suggestions we have received for Longhorn of the Year. Read the full endorsements online at dailytexanonline.com. Sarah-Michelle Stearns Sarah-Michelle is a senior at UT and is very involved on campus. She is in Liberal Arts Honors with a double major in economics and english with minors in Spanish and Arabic. She is involved in Kappa Delta Sorority, president of Texas Wrangler Darlins (for the second year as she was president in 2008 as well), has been a Camp Texas counselor for two years, was the Membership and Community involvement Committee leader for Texas Exes Student Chapter last year, a member of Orange Jackets, PALS, Student Government, Campus Crusade and Dance Marathon. Off campus, she also helps lead a Girl Scout troop in Austin. Sarah-Michelle is very upbeat, always positive and very spirited. Sarah-Michelle is a great nominee for Longhorn of the Year and deserves this award. Ñ Heather Gascoigne Psychology sophomore Wesley Williams I believe Wesley Williams is a great candidate for Longhorn of the Year. Whether itÕs being a very active member of Best Buddies and organizing activities, such as a Halloween carni¥val, participating in the Longhorn Run, being a part of the 2010-2011 Student Government Assembly, being a member of the College of Undergraduate Studies Council, being an active member of College Republicans, participating in Hook the Vote, organizing Thank you UTPD after the shooting, participating in diverse cultural activities or just supporting the Longhorns whether they win or lose. Wesley has accomplished more in just his freshman and sophomore years of college than most students will accomplish throughout their college career. HeÕs always willing to help others and is an active member of our UT community with a great positive impact. Ñ Bailey Wind Undeclared freshman Wednesday, December 1, 2010 News State senator backs transparency By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Aus¥tin, argues a lack of transparency is a main cause of the stateÕs mas¥sive budget deficit. He proposed Tuesday an Òhonesty agendaÓ to create more accountability for leg¥islators by opening the budget to public viewing for five days be¥fore a final vote. Watson spoke to a crowd of about 50 people in the Dorothy L. Gebauer Building as part of the Texas Politics Speakers Series, which brings legislators and poli¥cy experts to campus throughout the year. ÒWe have a disaster of a bud¥get, but in my view, itÕs not entire¥ly a natural disaster,Ó he said. ÒIt is one where there have been prac¥tices that have led us to having a big chunk of the shortfall.Ó He said the lack of a definite number for the budget deficit, which has been estimated as high as $25 billion, is slowing discus¥sions of an appropriate response. But Watson said his honesty agen¥da will address the problem by cutting taxes and fees that are not spent on what they are designat¥ed for in the budget and would require the comptroller to issue more regular reports about the health of the stateÕs finances to the public. The proposal would also require that any new laws be paid for before taking effect. ÒThe truth of the matter is that for years those who have been in control of our budget have made promises to Texans that they would run government like a business, and they arenÕt,Ó Watson said. ÒThe current business model is failing, in my opinion, and the most obvious test of a business model is to look at its budget.Ó Holding elected officials ac¥countable for the failing process is a start to solving the budget shortfall, said government soph¥omore Kayla Bramble, who at¥tended the talk. ÒI think Sen. WatsonÕs plan is a start,Ó she said. ÒI donÕt think itÕs going to solve everything, but I think holding our elected officials to more accountability is a good beginning to the solution.Ó Solving the stateÕs budget defi¥cit will be the LegislatureÕs biggest priority next year and Watson will play a large role in the process, said Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at UT and an organizer of the event. ÒWe knew that Sen. Watson was attentive to higher education and would be central in the bud¥get process,Ó he said. ÒHeÕs been an advocate for higher education but heÕs functioning in a pretty tough environment.Ó Website to award $5,000 to students in campus contest By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff While sites such as Bing and Google are marketing ways to make Internet browsing more specific, a popular website is capitalizing on the fun of surfing the Web. StumbleUpon.com caters to us¥ersÕ interests by providing pag¥es related to preselected topics. In an effort to further expand their popularity among college students, the site has launched its Stumble to Spring Break chal¥lenge, in which students get peo¥ple signed up on the site to com¥pete for up to $5,000 for a Spring Break trip. Mathematics junior Justin Lar¥kins said he Òfell in loveÓ with the site shortly after his first vis¥it more than three years ago. He said he found the contest one day while using the site and formed UTÕs team, ÒThe Others.Ó ÒFor all of us, StumbleUpon has been something weÕve been using for a long time, and which has al¥ways been there ready to some¥how send us somewhere which brightens our day,Ó Larkins said. ÒIf IÕm ever feeling down or bored or just want to spin the wheel of chance, I ÔstumbleÕ and every¥thing becomes right.Ó Andrew Dillon, dean of the School of Information, said sites such as Google yield results to user searches with no explana¥tion as to why Internet users of¥ten have to wade though links of no interest to them. ÒGiven the explosion of in¥formation available to anyone with a browser, new and im¥proved tools for supporting nav¥igation and personalization of in¥terest are demanded by users,Ó Dillon said. Dillon said he can not say ex¥actly how much more useful StumbleUpon may be than sim¥ilar tools but he anticipates many other sites with similar strategies to offer users content based on their preferences. ÒThe promise is that it will learn your interests and pref¥erences quickly by simple up/ down ratings you provide and similarly find people who share your tastes,Ó he said. StumbleUpon spokeswoman Katie Gray said the contest is the foundation of what she hopes will be a long-term effort to mar¥ket the company. ÒWe are in the process of cre¥ating an ambassadors program, so we are hoping the contest will grow into a more permanent po¥sition,Ó she said. Students participating in the ambassadors program will be paid promoters for the compa¥ny and market the site by distrib¥uting merchandise with the siteÕs logo to help spread the word. When founded in 2001, the site got off to a slow start, Gray said. She credits the recent rise in pop¥ularity to the companyÕs 2009 branch-off from former owners. ÒWe struck out on our own and started up again,Ó she said. ÒWe now only have about 60 em¥ployees, so itÕs an exciting time to be here.Ó The site now has more than 12 million users and anticipates more followers after the contest, which ends on March 1. More than 63 teams are currently par¥ticipating in the contest, includ¥ing two teams of UT students. Texas State pending concealed carry approval Childhood obesity By Allison Kroll rently allowed at 71 universities overwhelming against the idea of Jan. 11. Daily Texan Staff outside Texas, according to a state-concealed carry on campus.Ó The higher suicide rates among causes concern in Students at Texas State Universi-ment on Students for Concealed UT Student Government recent-college students is an important is¥ty may become the first in the state Carry on CampusÕs website. ly passed a resolution supporting sue when discussing the possibili¥to approve of legislative efforts to The vote at Texas State is a step the existing handgun ban on col-ty of concealed carry on campus, reverse TexasÕ ban on concealed forward, but should not be consid-lege campuses. he said. local communities carry on state campuses pend-ered a victory, said Kory Zipperer, ÒI donÕt agree that more guns ÒCompared to society at large, ing approval from the student vice president of UT Students for are the answer to safety prob-college campuses have a much body president. Concealed Carry. lems,Ó said UT SG President Scott higher cause for suicide,Ó Parks By Yvonne Marquez to be creative when it comes up The Associated Student Gov-ÒI donÕt like banking on univer-Parks. ÒWe need to be much more said. ÒUnfortunately, guns are Daily Texan Staff with solutions to fighting obesi¥ ernmentÕs 24-10 vote supports a sity government resolutions,Ó he thoughtful to the needs of our cam-very effective means for students This generation of American ty, including encouraging more proposed bill by state Rep. David said. ÒEach school is different and pus, and concealed carry will not to go about that. ThatÕs one of the children is expected to have a outdoor activities such as zip Simpson, R-Longview, that would will have a different idea on how help. More guns in civilian hands unique needs of college campuses shorter lifespan than their par-lines at Barton Springs. allow licensed owners to carry to go about the issue. If anything, will only complicate things.Ó that I hope will not be ignored. We ents because of their unhealthy Seven graduate students concealed handguns while on any their vote helps disprove the com-Parks said SG will lobby against should work to address the root of food choices and sedentary life-worked on a project for archi¥ public or private college campus mon theory put forth by the op-concealed carry in the upcoming the problem and keep guns out of styles, said several childhood tecture professor Talia McCrayÕs in the state. To obtain a state-is-position that college students are legislative session, which starts on college studentsÕ hands.Ó obesity experts Tuesday. Public Health & the Built Envi¥ sued handgun license, the licensee More than 30 of the Aus¥tinÕs board commissioners, along with other communi¥ty health experts, discussed some solutions the city can take to address the childhood obesity epidemic. ÒWe thought ourselves one of the fittest cities in the coun¥try, but we leave many behind in the process,Ó said city man¥ager Marc Ott in a video mes¥sage to the audience. ÒSolv¥ing the problem requires not only education but modeling our best behaviors and facilities to guidance.Ó The Mendez and Dove Springs neighborhoods in Aus¥tin have a higher concentra¥tion of obese children, which is strongly linked to families with lower socioeconomic sta¥tus, said Stephen Pont, medi¥cal director for Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity. Pont said some of the health consequences of childhood obe¥sity are sleep apnea, liver dis¥ease, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Obese teenagers are 13 times more likely to have a stroke in their lifetime and twice as likely to die before the age of 30, when compared to nonobese teenagers, he said. Pont said mental health con¥sequences of obesity are often overlooked. Depression and anxiety from the stigma of being obese take a toll on children. ÒChildren who are obese re¥ported that their quality of life were the same as children with cancer,Ó Pont said. Architecture professor Rob¥ert Paterson said Austin needs ronment class. They looked at the Dove Springs area and tried to understand the reasons why there was a higher concentra¥tion of childhood obesity, focus¥ing on factors such as food ac¥cessibility, parks and sidewalks. According to the study, resi¥dents in Dove Springs and sim¥ilar neighborhoods face dai¥ly concerns about crime that affects their amount of physi¥cal activity, said Andres Galin¥do, a community and region¥al planning graduate student. The neighborhoods have parks, but residents donÕt use them be¥cause they do not feel safe, he said. He said the class learned from focus groups with com¥munity members that the prob¥lem is they donÕt feel safe. ÒThey donÕt like to take their kids to the park because there are gangs selling drugs or fight¥ing,Ó Galindo said. must undergo background checks, training and testing. Texas State student body Presi¥dent Melanie Ferrari will make a decision today whether to pass or veto the resolution, said student body Vice President Colter Ray. The assemblyÕs approval came two weeks after they hosted an open forum to gather the opinions of students and faculty. ÒOverall, I am pleased to hear that legislation supporting so¥called Ôgun-free zonesÕ has failed to pass in the student legislature in Texas State,Ó said Jeff Shi, pres¥ident of UT Students for Con¥cealed Carry. ÒHowever, at this point, it is too early to tell how decisions on campus carry made by student legislatures from var¥ious universities in Texas will af¥fect the bill that will be a huge presence next semester in the state legislative body.Ó Licensed concealed carry is cur¥ YouÕre invited to THE GREAT TEXAS EXIT Located at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center Saturday, December 4th ¥ 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday, December 5th ¥ 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. CONGRATULATIONS, DECEMBER 2010 GRADUATES! Stop by your new campus home, the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, with your family and friends to take part in The Great Texas Exit. Held during commencement weekend, The Great Texas Exit provides new graduates and their guests a unique, central campus location to gather together and toast the future with a complimentary glass of champagne and snacks! Appearances by Bevo and Smokey the Cannon. No RSVP necessary, visit TexasExes.org for more information. RECYCLE your copy of The Daily Texan WOMENÕS BASKETBALL Small-town girl beats the odds at Texas Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com SPORTS THE DAILY TEXAN By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff The small-town basketball scene in Troy, Tenn., is not one that fresh¥man guard Chassidy Fussell says is easy to break out of. ÒNobody from my hometown has made it,Ó she said. ÒAnd they didnÕt think I could.Ó Growing up in her close-knit community meant that the peo¥ple rarely saw town members break free from its tight grips. Most adults went on to work local, small-time jobs, but Fussell would not let herself get stuck. ÒI always heard that wherever I was going to go, I was going to ride the bench all four years and never get a shot to play,Ó Fussell said. ÒThey said IÕd go back home and just do what everybody else was doing. I wasnÕt going to let that happen.Ó The naysayers continued to pester her but did not see all the countless hours of extra work Fus¥sell put into honing her game. ÒGrowing up in my small town, there wasnÕt much competition to help me grow as a player. I need¥ed to find other ways to work,Ó she said. ÒI went to Chicago and worked out with Michael Jor¥danÕs trainer for a few days and did some hard NBA workouts. He was straight business when we worked out and pushed me to best player that I could be.Ó Work wasnÕt the only thing that brought Fussell to Texas. There was a little bit of luck in¥volved. The rising freshman star By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff Last SaturdayÕs three-point win over Rice was exactly what the Longhorns needed, according to Rick Barnes. ÒThat game was good for us,Ó the Texas head coach said on Mon¥day. ÒI think being in a close game Ñ at no point in time in that game did these guys panic.Ó Whatever the Longhorns were expecting against Rice, they were treated to a lesson in clock man¥agement as the Owls matched them shot for shot and made the most of each long possession over the weekend. Barnes hopes his team has learned from that experience as No. 19 Texas (5-1) faces the South¥land ConferenceÕs Lamar Cardi¥nals (4-2) on Wednesday night in the Frank Erwin Center. The LonghornsÕ biggest prob¥lem against Rice was an inability to adapt against the OwlsÕ match¥up zone. Texas had to settle for was almost looked over when it became time for her to promote herself to recruiters. ÒTexas was at the Blue Star Basketball Camp, but the re¥cruiters were there to see some¥one else,Ó she said. Ò[Assisant] coach [LaKale] Malone turned around and glanced and saw my jump shot, and thatÕs when then she first took notice. After that, they followed me and gave me a call. I never even thought IÕd be able to make it to a school 12 hours from home, I never thought it would happen.Ó Fussell is the only starting fresh¥man for Texas in a squad made up of a majority of first-year play¥ers. She is averaging more than 17 points a game, and if hustle points were taken into account, she would be high in the national spotlight. In only her second week of colle¥giate competition, she earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors. Unlike her recruiting for¥tune, FussellÕs stats havenÕt just appeared by chance. ÒI just feel like I had to step up coming in. One of my goals com¥ing in was to get a shot to play as a freshman. I didnÕt want to sit on the bench,Ó she said. ÒIÕve put in a lot of work. I shot two extra hours a day during the summer; I shot a thousand jumpers a day. Now that IÕm starting, I need to maintain that effort.Ó Fussell, who models her game after WNBA star Candace Parker, said she is driven by two goals: to be the best player she can be and perimeter shots, a strategy which limited the team to 20 points in the first half and nearly led to the first home loss of the year. ÒWe need to be able to adjust,Ó said Texas guard Jai Lucas. ÒWe need to be able to move to the next thing with no hesitation, to com¥municate and have patience.Ó The team doesnÕt practice much against the zone, according to Lu¥cas, and it showed versus the Owls. Luckily for Lucas and the rest of the Longhorns, Lamar mostly runs a full-court pressure defense that relies on man-to-man coverage. That could play into the LonghornsÕ strengths: post up abil¥ity in the frontcourt and strong in¥dividual defenders. ÒYou just have to focus on de¥fense,Ó Lucas said. ÒFor some reason, when you talk about de¥fense I donÕt think any player gets excited.Ó The Cardinals are fresh off a 118-69 win over St. GregoryÕs and have scored 90 or more points in a Texas guard Chassidy Fussell, right, is leading the entire team with 18 points per game. to be a role model to young fe-want to be that one.Ó male athletes. America, she said, Head coach Gail Goesten¥is enamored by the LeBronÕs and kors has described Fussell as Dwayne WadeÕs of the world, but fearless among other positive she wonders how girls can be-superlatives. lieve in themselves to succeed if ÒChassidy is very successful they can not find successful fe-at this level because she is tough male athletes to relate to. physically and tough mentally.Ó ÒI donÕt do this only for my-Goestenkors said. ÒShe probably self, I donÕt do this for the adults. takes more charges than anyone I do it for the kids, especially for on the team. She likes the phys¥the girls,Ó she said. ÒThere arenÕt ical contact, which is good, be¥many girl idols for younger fe-cause that is what we are going male athletes to look up to and I to see the rest of the way.Ó VOLLEYBALL Elliott has revamped squad ready for NCAA tournament By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Columnist Jerritt ElliottÕs resilient bunch is the hottest team on campus. They have the best record of any Texas team sport over the past four years and enter the NCAA tournament this Friday with the ninth overall seed having won 15 straight. This season, Elliott avoided the national championship game hang¥over that plagued the football pro¥gram in 2010. After coming with¥in one point of winning the 2009 NCAA tournament, the Texas vol¥leyball team rebounded nicely this year and ElliottÕs squad has trans¥formed itself into a more balanced unit. Unlike head football coach Mack Brown, Elliott and his staff have been able to adjust their game plan to a new-look team. When the Longhorns take the court at Gregory Gymnasium in the first round of the NCAA tour¥nament, against in-state opponent UTSA, they will do so having not lost in just over two months, with the teamÕs last defeat on Oct. 2 on the road against Nebraska in a hos¥tile environment. But after falling to the rival Cornhuskers, the Longhorns re¥grouped and ran off an impres¥sive stretch of games, including eight sweeps and avoiding the game four times this season, com¥pared to the LonghornsÕ single 90-point game. But the Texas defense has held every opponent under 85 points, even in an overtime victory against 20th-ranked Illinois two weeks ago. ÒDefense wins games,Ó said guard Cory Joseph. ÒIf we can take care of that, then the other details ... will take care of themselves.Ó Joseph would know. The first¥year Longhorn started his sixth straight game for Texas on Satur¥day and is likely to be in the first five against Lamar because Barnes believes the young man is a reli¥able one-on-one defender. Along with fellow freshman Tristan Thompson, the two rook¥ies are first and second in minutes on the team by a wide margin. ÒThey play, they have a great motor,Ó Barnes said about his freshmen. ÒTheyÕve earned the time that theyÕve had.Ó Barnes said Joseph Òhas settled decisive fifth set in each contest. No. 6 Texas made its presence felt in the Big 12Õs season awards, which were announced on Mon¥day. Senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette was named the Big 12 Player of the Year, becoming the second Longhorn in as many years to win the honor. Elliott shared Coach of the Year honors with Ne¥braskaÕs John Cook, his third career selection and first since 2007. ÒIÕm just really honored, I was really shocked when I found out,Ó Faucette said. Faucette also earned All-Big 12 first team honors for the fourth straight year, showing why she is the most dominant Texas athlete on the 40 Acres. Junior middle blocker Rachael Adams joined Faucette on the first team Ñ both were unani¥mous selections Ñ and senior mid¥dle blocker Jennifer Doris and ju¥nior outside hitter Amber Rober¥son received honorable mentions. As the tournament gets under¥way, thereÕs still a bad taste in the mouth of the Longhorns, who were on the brink of a champion¥ship last year when they suffered a heartbreaking loss to Penn State. ÒI still have that in the back of my mind,Ó Faucette said. ÒWe still feel like we have some unfinished busi¥ness and itÕs going to be tough road, tougher than weÕve ever had since IÕve been here. But it will be fun.Ó With the No. 3 seed in the tournamentÕs Austin Regional, MENÕS BASKETBALL Horns preparing for Lamar after lackluster outing versus Owls Aggies heading to Cotton Bowl on six-game winning streak Texas A&M has accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl. The 19th-ranked Aggies will learn on Sunday which team from the Southeastern Conference they will play. It will be Texas A&MÕs first appearance in the game since 2005 and their 12th overall. Texas A&M (9-3) enters the game with a six-game winning streak and a victory in the game would give the Aggies their first 10-win season since 1998. Senior linebacker/defensive end Von Miller, who grew up in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto, says he is excited to play his last game Òin my backyard.Ó The 75th edition of the game is set for Jan. 7 with a 7:27 p.m. kickoff. Ñ The Associated Press downÓ in his role while Thomp¥son, who leads the team in blocks and steals, is now a player Òpeople are going to game plan for.Ó Texas, which last defeated La¥mar 96-82 in 1995 and leads the all¥time series 4-0, will get a chance to iron out the post-Rice wrinkles to¥night at home against one of the SouthlandÕs top teams. The Rice game was a test for the Longhorns but theyÕre confident the close call will prepare them for whatÕs to come. ÒYou always want a game like that just to test you,Ó Lucas said. Life&Arts Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Video game ReViews Rock Band 3, dJ HeRo 2 Music-based releases hit high notes By Allistair Pinsoff Daily Texan Staff Rock Band 3 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) ThereÕs a reason people donÕt learn instruments after enter¥ing adulthood: ItÕs frustrating. Hitting dead notes, forgetting chords and picking the wrong string creates a sort of self-loath¥ing that few can ignore and overcome. The announcement of Pro Mode for ÒRock Band 3Ó has made many nonmusically¥gifted music lovers giddy be¥cause it lets players learn songs note-by-note on advanced in¥struments (25-key keyboard, a 17-fret/102-button guitar, or a drum kit with additional cym¥bals). None of this would matter if it didnÕt work, but Harmonix has crafted the most polished software and hardware to meet the rhythm music genre yet. The hardware is where the real investment is being made in this package, going as high as $300 if you want the game, Pro guitar and keyboard Ñ this isnÕt even mentioning the yet-to-be-released Fender Mustang guitar. However, the Pro guitar and keyboard have MIDI output that should make you feel a little less guilty about your investment. The Pro gui¥tarÕs 102 buttons seems robust, but all it takes is one broken but¥ton to sour the entire experience. After sliding down the neck and hammering notes for hours, your fingers will be taking a lot more damage than the instruments. Nothing has gone overlooked in the gameÕs presentation and design. Everything from cre¥ating your dream rock outfit, learning a song you love sec¥tion-by-section (including in¥dicated finger placement) and a great soundtrack (from The White Stripes to The Smiths) makes ÒRock Band 3Ó one of the best experiences youÕll have with games this year. Even set¥ting up and switching control¥lers/instruments has become a breeze in this iteration. Learning guitar in ÒRock Band 3Ó is much like losing weight in ÒWii Fit.Ó ItÕs not an exact replica of physically doing the act away from the TV, but it makes some¥thing so intimidating into some¥thing immediately fun and re¥warding. Grade: A DJ Hero 2 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) Where ÒDJ HeroÓ felt like a DJ simulator in search of an identity, its superior sequel embraces hip¥hop and arcade-like gameplay. A game like this succeeds and fails by its soundtrack. Thankfully, there is nothing here as disastrous as the Third Eye Blind and Jack¥son 5 pairing from the first game (in fact, there are no rock songs at all). The soundtrack is much more consistent in quality but lacks the standouts that Daft Punk and DJ Shadow provided. DJ Jazzy JeffÕs nostalgic hip-hop mix and Dead¥mau5Õs mellow trance mix are the standouts here, but there are oth¥er pleasant surprises youÕll discov¥er as you play through the gameÕs new Empire mode. The addition of freestyle mix¥ing and song-specific samples are great, but the rewind mechan¥ic still mars what is an otherwise excellent product. Its fun to spin the table to rewind a song, but itÕs aesthetically unpleasing to play through a section of a song twice. Unfortunately, itÕs necessary if you want to score higher Ñ what this game is all about. Grade: B Studying with turtles BooK ReView THe empeRoR of all maladies Author traces history, progression of cancer By Christopher Nguyen Daily Texan Staff In a time when celebrities, public service announcements and doctors bombard us about prevention and treatment of can¥cer, itÕs unfathomable to think that merely a century ago, can¥cer was hidden and secretive. This evolution of cancer aware¥ness is one of the points in Sid¥dhartha MukherjeeÕs new book ÒThe Emperor of All Maladies,Ó which has a modest goal: to doc¥ument the history of cancer. He does so in great detail, but most astonishing is how Mukherjee takes a seemingly dull topic and turns it into a captivating look at a disease that kills 600,000 signed anything they could to its origins. Each century, with improved technology and new information on cancer, the treatment changed. Nonethe¥less, legitimate progress to¥ward ending cancer was slow. By the turn of the 1900s, as vac¥cines helped to virtually erad¥icate polio and tuberculosis, doctors and scientists began waging a war on cancer that continues today. Mukherjee in¥tercepts the book with stories from his time with patients as a medical resident in Boston. Although much of the prog¥ress toward eliminating can¥cer has been positive and tre¥mendous, Mukherjee does not into cancer. Still, it is not a text¥book. ÒEmperorÓ is subtitled as ÒThe Biography of Cancer,Ó and thatÕs how he treats cancer: as a person with a story to tell. In his crisp, focused writing, Mukher¥jee connects all the disparate parts of cancer into a narra¥tive, understanding that much of the past gave way to future breakthroughs. By pacing the stories of cancer research with a thriller-like urgency, he cap¥tivates readers even with eso¥teric terms. Moreover, his per¥sonal anecdotes lend the book an intimacy and ground the book to what is at its core is a human struggle. Although, as Mukherjee Americans annually. let his book fall into a saccha-notes, cancer in many of its Mukherjee spares no point rine, uplifting tale. Instead, he forms is far from being erad¥in the history of cancer, begin-uncovers the struggleÕs nuanc-icated, accurate and truthful ning with its first mention in a es, detailing the petty rivalries, knowledge allows the path manuscript of Hippocrates and the ignorant confidence of the toward reaching that goal. ending with the scientific dis-medical establishment and the Mukherjee contributes his part coveries of the human genome naive, wishful thinking of the to the cause with ÒThe Emper¥in cancer cells. Initially seen as cancer movement. 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ThereÕs apparently a plot spearheaded by a half gi¥ant named Cool George Herc to bring down the godlike Mosfet Warlock (who looks like the aliens from ÒFantas¥tic PlanetÓ) involving the im¥pregnation of a hypnotized Lady Minirex with the seed of some Demon Lord Jelly¥fish. All of which is depicted in graphic detail in the first book, but only now are the readers learning why. But, hey, one of the characters, Jim Bored, was introduced to us in the first book and has a prominent role in this third volume, is literally a hole in the ground, which he may or may not be at the bottom of. All the erotic scenes in the se¥ries Ñ while yes, very sexy Ñ are tinged with a frightening violence. But the same could be said of other more inno¥cent things, like a six-pack of cola, which is a morphed alien artifact. This sense of danger behind the childlike drawing style (think Henry Darger crossed with Marcel Dzama, both vi¥sual artists) is what makes ForguesÕ art so compelling. Or rather, so appealing Ñ Forgues has a way of drawing expressions and faces that is endearingly comical and em¥pathetic. The characters are all approachable and warm, and you can feel no animos¥ity toward any of them from the artist. When heÕs not do¥ing sequential work, Forgues does drawings and paintings, most of which feature charac¥ nielsen: Actor dies with family by side From page 12 Naked Truth,Ó which was published in 1993, and a tril¥ogy of instructional golfing videos that blended Niels¥enÕs bizarre sense of humor with his passion for golf¥ing. He received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1988, and was a no¥table supporter of the Better Hearing Institute. Nielsen was admitted to a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., hospital earlier this month for treat¥ment of a staph infection. He contracted pneumonia while in the hospital, and died at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. His nephew, Doug Nielsen, called ters in the midst of complet¥ing some activity. Some of them are standing guard in front of a stylized entrance. In ÒPowr Mastrs,Ó it feels the same way; the characters seem to guard a secret of being. To find out more information or to purchase ÒReview of Powr Mastrs 3,Ó go to the publisherÕs website at pictureboxinc.com. What I Did By Jason Norwegian cartoonist Ja¥son has recently been rere¥leasing previously published graphic albums in hardcover omnibus volumes of three to four works apiece. The latest volume, ÒWhat I Did,Ó col¥lects some of the artistÕs first translated works. Jason, who has been pub¥lishing his work since the Õ80s, publishes his comics in France, based out of Mont¥pellier. His comics are con¥sistently funny and heart¥felt, but tinged with a par¥ticular brand of melancholy. The stories are usually tragi¥comic, and are told with characters that are usual¥ly anthropomorphic animals (he seems to favor dogs and birds). Fantagraphics Books has been putting out his stuff in North America since 2001, and since 2009 theyÕve been reprinting select graphic al¥bums, some otherwise out of print, in a smaller, hardcov¥er format. Their names are ÒLow MoonÓ and ÒAlmost Si¥lent,Ó and theyÕre great intro¥ductions to JasonÕs work. The new collection, ÒWhat I Did,Ó takes the first three albums Fantagraphics trans¥lated and published in Eng¥lish. The first piece, ÒHey Wait ...Ó is a real heartbreak¥er. It tells the story of a boy and his best friend as they have adventures relatable to any childhood, but in a magi¥cal realist world that perfect¥ly translates a childÕs sense of wonder. Then a terrible accident throws everything into a CJOB radio station that afternoon and confirmed that Nielsen had died with his wife and friends by his side. Nielsen is survived by his fourth wife, Barbaree Niels¥en, and his two children, Maura and Thea Nielsen, from his marriage to his sec¥ond wife, Sandy Ullman. astray, and the boy grows up in a collision course with guilt-ridden oblivion. The second album, ÒSshh¥hh!Ó is a collection of word¥less strips about a bird in a tweed jacket, and his tribula¥tions as a character through life. He finds and loses love, children and on more than one occasion meets a violent end. The strips delicately and comically depict the absurdi¥ties of modern existence Ñ the feeling of invisibly drift¥ing through the lives of oth¥ers, the night after getting dumped, wasted on cheap liquor, fantasizing ill-fated scenarios for the ex and her new lover, the joy and pains of single parenthood Ñ all told in a powerful minimalist art style, sticking to the six panels-per-page grid format with religious adherence. ItÕs something about the way his characters stand, or may¥be the boldness of his pan¥el frames, but JasonÕs use of empty space says mountains without the need for words. The last story, ÒThe Iron Wagon,Ó is an adaptation of a Norwegian mystery novel. In this story, Jason reveals anoth¥er common motif in his work Ñ his love of genre fiction and movies. HeÕll frequently refer¥ence Buster Keaton, spaghet¥ti westerns or the old-school Universal monsters. In this story, Jason lays on the film noir elements to create a psy¥chological mystery centered on a writer living in the coun¥try, whose rich friend has just been murdered. The murder¥er might be the ghost of an an¥cient landowner who hated everything so much he built a wagon completely out of iron, just to torture the hors¥es who had to pull it. ThereÕs femme fatales, a shrewd de¥tective and vengeful ghosts. ItÕs great stuff, and like all of JasonÕs stuff itÕs deeply humanist. For more information or to purchase ÒWhat I Did,Ó go to JasonÕs website at catswithout¥dogs.blogspot.com. exhibit: Theatrical artist emphasizes visual aspects within the avant-garde, challeng- From page 12 ing conventional staging meth- Since print media is not as dy¥namic or flexible as theatrical performance art, the exhibition is not meant to encompass the but to provide a mere glimpse into the creative workings of a ÔÔartistic processtheater artist. The exhibition is meant to whole of WilsonÕs artistic output provide an example of the ÒPrint-making is not the medi-Ñ Kathleen Brady um for which Wilson is known,Ó Stimpert Brady Stimpert said. ÒThe exhi- Blanton spokeswoman bition is meant to provide an ex¥ample of the artistic process, of how the artist arrives at a fin¥ished product.Ó ods of the Western theater world. Stylistically, Wilson works Wilson emphasizes the visual as¥pect of theater, using precisely choreographed movement, flow¥ing lighting sequences and visu¥ally interesting props to define his productions. His visual focus on theater makes WilsonÕs non¥performance work perfect for ex¥hibition at the Blanton. Those interested in both the vi¥sual and performing arts will rel¥ish the chance to experience the influential dramaturgeÕs creative process. ÒHopefully weÕll be able to provide a small glimpse into the mind of such a prominent cre¥ative figure,Ó Brady Stimpert said. ext 113 Saturday-Weddinginstal- SYSTEMS MARKETING PAID IN-lations and tear downs. ADMIN/DATA- TERN Wedding Event Weekday-assist design-Company needs highly ers. starts at $9.00. Prefer BASE DVLPER skilled and driven mar-experience. Clean driv¥ near UT. Troubleshoot,keting associate during ing record. Heavy lifting. document, backups, weekdays. Email resume Email Resume:carrie@ programming, security, to carrie@ßorafetish. ßorafetish.com 512-293-database development. com. 512-293-9686 512-9686 512-293-9686 512- FileMaker exp. a plus. 293-9686 512-293-9686 293-9686 512-293-9686 Flexible hours, casual 512-293-9686 512-293-9686 dress, small ofÞce, ben¥ eÞts if long-term. www. LawyersAidService.com Apply online! Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 Wednesday, December 1, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.comLife&Arts The Daily Texan ComIC booK REvIEW powr mastrs 3, what i did Simple art tells powerful story By Ao Meng is an artist both immediately white photocopier. ItÕs mini¥ energy, ready at any moment Daily Texan Staff accessible yet strangely alien. malist, but undeniably organ¥ to move and enter that curi- Powr Mastrs 3 His artwork is all done in pen¥ic, as ForguesÕ characters all ous state of European ligne¥claire comics, where they sud- By C.F. In the third volume of what is planned to be the six-part series ÒPowr Mastrs,Ó Provi¥dence-based artist C.F. touches on graphic sexual fantasy and pure comics abstraction with his simple yet powerful pen¥cil art. Christopher Forgues, better The Story of ÒPowr MastrsÓ is obtuse, so much so that the title itself hasnÕt been yet explained. denly exist as an amorphous form that delineates rapid mo¥tion. Starting with the sec¥ond volume in the series, there are sudden brief stretches of watercolor. It only adds to the psychedelia. The story of ÒPowr Mas¥trsÓ is obtuse, so much so that the title itself hasnÕt been yet known by his initals C.F. or by cil, then crudely inked by run¥seem to be relativistic variables his musical stage name Kites, ning it through a black-and¥on the edge between mass and COMIC continues on page 11 Stage director shows work in four acts Robert WilsonÕs vast range of expertise to be shown in theater-style exhibition By Katie Stroh Daily Texan Staff Renowned stage director Rob¥ert WilsonÕs work spans count¥less media; a UT alumnus and Texas native, he has worked as a director, set designer, play¥wright, choreographer, sculp¥tor and sound and lighting en¥gineer. Starting Dec. 4, the Blan¥ton Museum of Art will open ÒPerspectives: Robert Wilson in Four Acts,Ó an exhibit which will demonstrate the breadth of Wil¥sonÕs expertise. Wilson will be celebrated at the BlantonÕs 2011 gala, and the exhibition will provide a glimpse at the massive body of work that earned the honor. ÒIt seemed timely to share some of the works that are al¥ready part of the BlantonÕs col¥lection,Ó said Blanton spokesman Brady Dyer. The exhibit is divided into four Òacts,Ó reflecting the theatri¥cal nature of WilsonÕs work. Two suites of prints (Acts I and II), stage design plans (Act III) and documentary video (Act IV) will showcase WilsonÕs revolutionary vision for EuripidesÕ Greek trag¥edy ÒAlcestisÓ and the Italian op¥era it inspired. Robert WilsonÕs career is both expansive and influential. Most¥ly well-known for his collabora¥tion with composer Philip Glass on the acclaimed opera ÒEin¥stein on the Beach,Ó the two art¥ists pushed the boundaries of a rigorously traditional theatrical form. For example, the show is five hours long without intermis¥sion, and audience members are encouraged to walk in and out of the theater at will. Blanton spokeswoman Kath¥leen Brady Stimpert explained the importance of WilsonÕs work in the theatrical world, as well as the purpose of ÒRobert Wilson in Four Acts.Ó ÒRegarding WilsonÕs influence, in terms of sets, costumes, make¥up and staging, Wilson is a revo¥lutionary,Ó she said. ÒHis style is very atypical and impressionistic. No one before him had done any¥thing like it. ÔEinstein on the BeachÕ in particular changed the way peo¥ple viewed opera and what could be defined as an opera.Ó EXHIBIT continues on page 11 WHAT: ÒPerspectives: Robert Wilson in Four ActsÓ WHERE: The Blanton Musem of Art WHEN: Dec. 4th Ð March 13 2011 WEb: blantonmuseum.org TICKETS: Free to members, UT ID holders, and children under 12. $9 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for youth ages 13-25. ÔAirplane!Õ star remembered for roles in TV, film ÔThe Naked Gun,Õ various comedies made Leslie Nielsen an acting legend By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff ÒAirplane!Ó star Leslie Nielsen passed away Sunday in Florida at the age of 84. Of¥ficial reports have confirmed his death was a result of com¥plications from pneumonia. Nielsen was born in Regi¥na, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1926, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He land¥ed his first television role in 1948. Nielsen quickly became a television staple, and made his film debut in the 1956 mu¥sical ÒThe Vagabond King.Ó For his second film, Nielsen starred in the 1956 cult clas¥sic ÒForbidden Planet,Ó one of his most prolific roles. After this, Nielsen stuck mostly to dramatic leading roles, capi¥talizing on his good looks and charm in films such as 1972Õs ÒThe Poseidon Adventure.Ó In 1980, Nielsen moved onto comedy when he was cast in the classic parody film ÒAirplane!Ó Nielsen is argu¥ably the most memorable part of the film, and his role was immediately iconic thanks to his hilarious, deadpan deliv¥ery and memorable dialogue like the line line ÒI am serious ... and donÕt call me Shirley!Ó The film was one of the most successful films of 1980 and remains a commonly quoted comedy masterpiece. Because he had played mostly serious roles up to this point, NielsenÕs role in ÒAir¥plane!Ó was a significant de¥parture for the actor, but was the beginning of a reinvention that continued with the short¥lived television show ÒPo¥lice Sqaud!Ó Nielsen played Lt. Frank Drebin, a bumbling, oblivious police officer and possibly his most beloved role. Though ÒPolice Squad!Ó was swiftly cancelled, it was resurrected as 1988Õs ÒThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!Ó and its two se¥quels. Nielsen starred in all three films. By this point, Nielsen had crafted a distinct comedic per¥sona. His Dr. Alan Rumack in ÒAirplane!Ó and Lt. Frank Drebin were both hilariously idiots, prone to one-liners and slapstick. This departure from the stoic heroics of his earlier roles came to define the rest of NielsenÕs career. Capitalizing off the suc¥cess of ÒThe Naked GunÓ se¥ries, Nielsen then starred in a series of similar spoof films such as 1995Õs ÒDracula: Dead and Loving It,Ó and 2000Õs Ò2001: A Space Travesty.Ó These debuted to increasing¥ly disappointing box office re¥turns and critical reviews. His next success came with 2003Õs ÒScary Movie 3.Ó According to IMDB.com, NielsenÕs final role was a cameo in the upcoming comedy ÒStonerville.Ó Among NielsenÕs other achievements are a comedic, mostly fictional autobiogra¥phy titled ÒLeslie Nielsen: The NIELSEN continues on page 11