LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Outlawed form of meditation stresses moral health NEWS PAGE 6 Professor looks at ObamaÕs effect on Texas politics TOMORROWÕS WEATHER High 94 THE DAILY TEXAN Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar Cinco de Mayo Harry Ransom Center hosts a ÒCinco de MayoÓ Poetry on the Plaza event. HRC, noon to 1 p.m. End with a splash Splash Bash celebrates the end of the year with swimming, lunch and snacks. Gregory Gym Aquatic Complex, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sharing stories Nobel laureate and UT alumnus John Coetzee will speak about his time in Austin and his career as a writer. LBJ Auditorium, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mexican-American A panel discussion looks at the rich but often complicated history of Texas and Mexico from 1810 to 2010. Mexican American Cultural Center, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Music of the wind Performance by the Butler School of Music Wind Ensemble, Bates Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Dance, dance Longhorn Salsa offers free dance lessons. Texas Union Quadrangle Room, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Today in history In 1921 Coco Chanel introduces the legendary fragrance Chanel No. 5. Inside In News: Millionaire game developer shares dream of going into space page 6 In Opinion: Columnist takes a stance against students grading students page 4 In Sports: Cedar Park sports franchise shows off its hockey ÔstarsÕ page 8 In Life&Arts: H-Spot wants to show you ÒHow Players Do ItÓ page 14 Quote to note ÔÔ ÒIf she isnÕt squirming or slapping your hand away, take that as your cue to slip in.Ó Ñ Narrator of ÒHow Players Do ItÓ on anal sex LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Repurposing a downtown icon Photos by Peyton McGee | Daily Texan Staff Above, the Seaholm Power Plant in downtown Austin could be sold in as little as six months. Though the plant will maintain its exterior appearance, redeveloping the interior of the plant and the land around it will make renting the space to local organizations much less affordable. Below, the plant shut down 21 years ago but is expected to be converted into a multi-use district. Firm to buy defunct, historic Seaholm Power Plant amid criticism By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff Marked by its intimidating chimneys and art deco design, the industrial concrete building that sits on the north side of Lady Bird Lake will keep its iconic ap¥pearance. The inside of the decommissioned Seaholm Power Plant, however, will not. The power plant and the 7.8 acres on which it sits could be sold in as little as six months Ñ a short time compared to the 21 years it has been shut down Ñ to be redeveloped into a multi-use district that would include condos, a hotel and retail space, said John Rosato, principal of Southwest Strategies Group, the commercial real estate company buying the Seaholm District development. The plant itself will be turned into office space, retail shops and res¥taurants on the bottom levels and a special event center on the upper level. PLANT continues on page 2 Former solider appointed as next UT student regent By Shabab Siddiqui tem Board of Regents for the 2010-11 Daily Texan Staff school year. Kyle Kalkwarf may have a future as ÒOn behalf of the board, I would like a doctor and a past in the army, but to congratulate Kyle for his appoint¥for the present, he will serve in one of ment to the post of student regent,Ó the most prestigious student positions board chairwoman Colleen McHugh in the state. said in a statement. ÒWe look forward Gov. Rick Perry appointed Kalk-to working with him as we continue warf, a third-year medical student at to chart a course for excellence at each the UT Health Sciences Center at San of our 15 institutions.Ó Antonio, on Monday to serve as the fifth student regent on the UT Sys-REGENTS continues on page 2 University groups to work for climate, carbon plan By Audrey White and other resource use to develop a com-Daily Texan Staff prehensive and realistic plan for lower- In an effort to expand its commitment ing its waste and carbon output and in¥to sustainability, the University is devel-crease overall efficiency, sustainability oping a climate action plan that may in-director Jim Walker said. clude a goal of carbon neutrality. Carbon neutrality means that an entity Currently, University groups, includ-offsets all carbon production by reducing ing the Campus Environmental Center emissions, purchasing carbon equalizers and the presidentÕs Sustainability Steer-and initiating carbon-neutral projects. ing Committee are working with consul¥tants to consider its carbon, energy, water CLIMATE continues on page 2 Liberal arts chairs side with benefits for partners By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The 21 College of Liberal Arts department chairs official¥ly pledged their support for do¥mestic partnership benefits at the University in a resolution signed Monday. UT faculty, staff, students and administrators have grappled with questions about the benefits, which would offer expanded in¥surance options to the partners of GLBT faculty and staff. Daniela Bini, chairwoman of the Italian and French depart¥ment, headed the push to encour¥age other chairs to sign the reso¥lution. She said she was glad the chairs were unanimous in their support of the resolution. ÒUT had to start somewhere, and it is understandable that we would start in the College of Lib¥eral Arts because most of us do¥ing humanities research and teaching face these issues and discuss them and consider them maybe more than in other colleg¥es,Ó she said. Offering the benefits is both an ethical issue and a practical one, Bini said. ÒThere are candidates who have not accepted positions be¥cause we donÕt have these bene¥fits,Ó she said. ÒIf we want to be competitive with our peer institu¥tions, we have to have something like this.Ó According to a report created by the Pride and Equity Facul¥ty and Staff Association in April 2008, eight out of 10 peer institu¥tions provide domestic partner¥ship benefits. UT lawyers have previously said the University is tied by state insurance codes and cannot offer benefits to partners of GLBT faculty and staff. However, PEFSA member Dana Cloud said the University could create a blanket-benefits program BENEFITS continues on page 2 Mathematics professor receives award for excellence in teaching Faculty member given $5,000 for dedication to teaching profession By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff A University faculty member was among 15 professors across the state to receive an award for excel¥lence in teaching. Mathematics professor James Vick was the only professor at UT to receive the 2010 Piper Profes¥sor Award from the Minnie Ste¥vens Piper Foundation. The foun¥dation, based in San Antonio, awards $5,000 annually to profes¥sors in Texas for outstanding schol¥arly achievement and dedication to the teaching profession. The award was officially announced Monday. Vick said he knew he was nom¥inated in the fall but that the final selection came as a complete sur¥prise to him. ÒBeing nominated by the Uni¥versity was something I was very proud of because I know there are great teachers here on campus be¥ing considered, but I felt very good AWARD continues on page 2 Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Mathematics professor James Vick was awarded $5,000 for teaching excellence by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. Vick was among 15 pro¥fessors who received the Piper Professor Award. 2 NEWS Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 110, Number 201 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Jillian Sheridan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Ana McKenzie (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Web O¥ce: (512) 471-8616 online@dailytexanonline.com Sports O¥ce: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Photo O¥ce: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all infor¥mation fairly, accurately and complete¥ly. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 6394 Back that up. House of mirrors REGENTS: Regent-elect hopes to increase student involvement From page 1 The creation of a student re¥gent position for each of the stateÕs 10 public university sys¥temsÕ board of regents was signed into law in 2005, with the first regent appointed for the 2006-07 school year. The stu¥dent is appointed by the gover¥nor for a one-year term and has all the responsibilities and priv¥ileges of the other regents Ñ ex¥cept for the right to vote. UT System students inter¥ested in the position applied at the university level in Decem¥ber. The applications were sent to system officials, who selected applications that were then sent to the governorÕs office. Kalk¥warf, who could not be reached for comment, emerged as the fi¥nalist among five other applica¥tions that were considered by the governorÕs office. Kalkwarf, who hails from San Antonio, completed his undergraduate education at the U.S. Military Academy. While in the army from 2003 until 2007, he served as a tank¥platoon leader in Iraq and an aide-de-camp Ñ or personal assistant Ñ to a commanding general in Kuwait. He current¥ly serves on the Texas Army National Guard as a lieutenant captain in San Antonio while attending school. Kalkwarf is joined by Andrew Cobos of the University of HoustonÕs Board tained by The Daily Texan through the Texas Public In¥formation Act, he identifies re¥cruiting and retaining top fac¥ulty members, implementing honor codes at universities and establishing greater channels for communication between the student regent and students across the system as his three main priorities. On his application, Kalkwarf highlights a situation during his time in the Army, when he was asked a question by his general and did not know the answer. Ò[The general said to me], ÔKyle, you must always think ahead and not be afraid to ask difficult questions. Senior lead¥ers must know those answers so they can make the best possible decisions,ÕÓ Kalkwarf said in his personal statement. ÒSince then, I have followed his advice, and I will continue to ask difficult questions for students through¥out the System while providing information and recommenda¥tions to decision-makers.Ó Kalkwarf will replace Kar¥im Meijer, a fourth-year medi¥cal student at UT Southwestern Medical School and a UT alum¥nus. Meijer said he would ad¥vise the new regent to be aware of his special role. ÒThe opportunity to lead the University of Texas System is a wonderful experience Ñ but one that should come with re¥spect and humility for the po- PLANT: Student groups doubt affordability of renting space From page 1 The Texas Travesty, KVRX and Canvas for a Cause held an art, comedy and music show Friday at the plant, which is still city¥owned. The three student groups doubt the possibility of having another show like FridayÕs after the property falls into the hands of the developers. ÒRenovating this place and making it look nicer will make it more expensive to rent,Ó said Holly Griffin, the showÕs organiz¥er and a UT radio-television-film senior. Griffin, who founded Canvas for a Cause, a nonprofit UT stu¥dent organization focused on in¥creasing community engagement in the visual arts, said she was ex¥pecting to pay much more than the $500 rental fee. For the event, the organizations had to pay for a fire marshal, an event permit and insurance, in addition to pro¥viding their own generators since there is no electricity in the de¥commissioned plant. Despite this, Griffin said the venue was afford¥able, but added that it may not re¥main so for much longer. Ò[After the renovations], it will be geared toward a higher class, definitely not a student organi¥zation who doesnÕt have a lot of money,Ó she said. ÒIt will definite¥ly change the scope of things.Ó The historical power plant, built in the 1950s, was named af¥ter Walter Seaholm in 1960. Sea- CLIMATE: Students push for fast changes From page 1 Hundreds of universities across the country have made carbon¥neutrality commitments in the last few years, and Walker said this goal will likely be an impor¥tant element of any climate action plan. However, he said there are no current plans to sign on to the American College and Universi¥ty PresidentsÕ Climate Commit¥ment, a treaty that more than 600 college and university presidents have signed. ÒA lot of Universities have re¥sponded to the presidentÕs car¥bon commitment and selected a holm, who graduated with an electrical engineering degree from UT in 1920, began his career with the city in 1922 as superintendent of the Electric Department. In his 33 years working for Austin, Sea¥holm helped guide the water and power utilities through the Great Depression and the Colorado River flood in the Ô30s. The plant shut down in 1989 after its technology was deemed obsolete. The City Council ap¥proved the plantÕs decommission in 1996, and Austin Energy began the decommissioning process in 1999. The process, which in¥cludes replacing the roof, remov¥ing equipment and site cleanup, is not yet complete. After viewing proposals, the city selected the team led by Southwest Strategies Group in 2005 to sign an exclusive nego¥tiation agreement that prevent¥ed the city from looking at other proposals for the land. According to the agreement, the company will purchase the land as soon as the city finishes remaining work on the site, which includes envi¥ronmental cleanup. After three years, the City Council approved the companyÕs master plan for redevelopment and reuse of the Seaholm District. The redevelop¥ment is expected to bring in more than 200 jobs and more than $2 million a year in tax revenue, ac¥cording to the plan. While the city continues cleaning the site, it has been renting the pow¥ might work for UT, and then we will develop a timeline.Ó Many of the universities that have signed carbon-neutrality pledges, similar to the universi¥ty presidentsÕ commitment, have found challenges in developing long-term plans. ÒEverybody who pledges this grapples with achievability,Ó said John Gardner, the associate vice president for campus sustain¥ability at Boise State University. ÒThere are things to do, and they all cost money. ItÕs a challenge, but there are solutions.Ó Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday to support a er plant out to different entities, in¥cluding the UT organizations from FridayÕs event. The first event was a Rare Magazine-sponsored Austin City Limits Music Festival afterpar¥ty in October. Since then, the facil¥ity has been rented out to various organizations, including MTV, and is currently on lease to Paramount Pictures. The space will be available to rent out until it is sold, and the building will be available to rent out for events after renovation, Rosato said. ÒWe want whatever the market bears,Ó he said. ÒIf the market has a demand for downtown residen¥tial living, thatÕs really good for the city, financially. The more den¥sity you have downtown, the less urban sprawl you have, which is better for the environment.Ó But Ken Altes, founder of Friends of Seaholm and a UT graduate, said the cityÕs decision to sell the plant shows the city of¥ficialsÕ lack of vision and interest in community concerns. Addi¥tionally, Altes said there is no cer¥tainty as to what it will mean to continue leasing the power plant to organizations and companies for events. ÒWe want all the development around Seaholm to complement it,Ó Altes said. ÒNow Seaholm is in the service of all the other de¥velopments. It is a sellout. We thought it had the potential to be world-class Ñ a terribly exciting place. It just got perverted.Ó tious date for UT to strive for, and I think UT is capable of it,Ó said Andrew Townsend, one of the assistant directors of sustainabil¥ity for the center. ÒStudents are supposed to be progressive, and we want to send a mandate to the Tower that we want to do this as quickly as possible.Ó The center will work with the steering committee led by Presi¥dent William Powers Jr. to continue exploring UTÕs overall climate ini¥tiatives, Townsend said. He said he plans to continue working with a diverse group of students to devel¥op interest and perspective. That goal was inspired in part by former teaching at the University of Tex-ly, learn from him.Ó Wire Editor: Melissa Jacobs www.dailytexanonline.com Wednesday, May 5, 2010 WORLD&NATION THE DAILY TEXAN NATION BRIEFLY Times Square bomber caught trying to board New York plane NEW YORK Ñ Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen who re¥cently spent five months in Pak¥istan, was arrested on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction charges for trying to blow up the crude gasoline-and-propane bomb amid tourists and theatergoers Sat¥urday evening. He was in custody after being hauled off a Dubai-bound plane at Kennedy Airport that he had been able to board Monday night despite being placed on the federal Òno-flyÓ list. Authorities had planned to ar¥rest Shahzad, who had been under constant watch from mid-afternoon, at his Connecticut home, but lost track of him. Because Customs and Border Protection agents were on the look¥out for Shahzad, they recognized his name on a passenger manifest and ordered the flight stopped so they could arrest him. Attorney General Eric Holder said Shahzad has been providing valu¥able information to investigators as they sought to determine the scope of the plot. A court hearing for him was canceled Tuesday in part be¥cause of his continuing cooperation. According to the criminal com¥plaint filed in federal court in Man¥hattan, Shahzad confessed to buy¥ing the SUV, rigging it with a homemade bomb and driving it into Times Square. The com¥plaint says he admitted to receiv¥ing bomb-making training in Wa¥ziristan, Pakistan, a region where the Pakistani Taliban operates with near-impunity. The complaint charged Shahzad with trying to detonate a weapon of mass destruction, attempted car bombing and obstructing interstate and foreign commerce by trying to kill and maim U.S. citizens. In Pakistan, authorities said they had detained several people in con¥nection with the bombing attempt, although the FBI said it had no con¥firmation that these arrests were rel¥evant to the case. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the arrest should not be as used as an excuse for anti-Muslim actions. Ñ The Associated Press By Nicholas Paphitis The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece Ñ An¥gry Greek unionists took to the streets Tuesday to protest harsh austerity measures imposed un¥der an international bailout to save Greece from looming bank¥ruptcy, while financial markets were far from assured that the Û110 billion in promised loans could douse EuropeÕs smolder¥ing sovereign debt crisis. About 4,000 striking teachers and students marched in Ath¥ens to protest the cuts, carrying black flags, while some scuf¥fled with police. Earlier, about 100 Communist Party support¥ers broke through the gates of the Acropolis, the cityÕs chief ancient monument, and hung banners in Greek and English Greek bailout inspires angry citizens to protest reading ÒPeoples of Europe Rise Up,Ó to the bemusement of tourists. The cutbacks were announced on Sunday, as a precondition for the loans from the International Monetary Fund and the other 15 EU countries using the euro. Yet market reaction to the bailout deal was Òlukewarm at best,Ó said analyst Mitul Kotecha at Credit Agricole CIB Research. Euro-zone governments ran large deficits during the reces¥sion and financial crisis of the past two years. Fears that their economies will not grow fast enough to enable them to pay those debts have led markets to fear they will default. As a result, bond inves¥tors demand higher and high¥er rates of interest to lend to what are increasingly viewed as risky borrowers. EU spokesman Amadeu Al¥tafaj Tardio said the funds will be available on time, despite the complexities involved in 15 coun¥tries having to approve the deal. GreeceÕs center-left govern¥ment submitted draft legislation to lawmakers to save Û30 billion Ñ the countryÕs current budget deficit Ñ through 2012. The new Greek measures will cut deeper into pay for the coun¥tryÕs estimated 750,000 civil ser¥vants, reduce all pensions and fur¥ther hike consumer taxes. State employees, including school teach¥ers and hospital workers, began a 48-hour strike Tuesday, which led to several domestic flights by GreeceÕs Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines being canceled. Gay clergymen welcomed back to Lutheran church By Kate Brumback The Associated Press ATLANTA Ñ A gay Atlan¥ta pastor and his partner who have been at the center of a bat¥tle over the treatment of gay clergy by the nationÕs largest Lutheran denomination are be¥ing reinstated to the denomina¥tionÕs clergy roster, church offi¥cials announced Tuesday. The Rev. Bradley Schmeling and his partner, the Rev. Darin Easler, have been approved for reinstatement, the Chica¥go-based Evangelical Luther¥an Church in America said in a news release. The approval came roughly eight months af¥ter the denomination voted to allow gays and lesbians in com¥mitted relationships to serve as clergy, and just weeks after the ELCAÕs church council official¥ly revised the churchÕs policy on gay ministers. Schmeling, who serves as pas¥tor of St. JohnÕs Lutheran Church in Atlanta, was removed from the churchÕs clergy roster in 2007 for being in a same-sex relation¥ship with Easler. A disciplinary committee ruled that Schmel¥ing was violating an ELCA pol¥icy regarding the sexual conduct of pastors. Easler said he left United Re¥deemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota, Minn., in 2003 be¥cause he disagreed with the churchÕs policy and also be¥cause he wanted to minister to people in a hospital and hos¥pice setting. Easler was removed from the clergy roster in 2006 after hav¥ing been without a parish for three years, the church said. Schmeling said the reinstate¥ment is good news for others as well. ÒIÕm happy for the many people who always hoped to be ordained as pastors now have an open pathway before them,Ó he said. Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Roberto Cervantes Dan Treadway OPINION Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Lauren Winchester THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY ItÕs that time of the year when students grab their calculators, find their class syllabus in a disheveled stack of papers and look up their grades online to see exactly how well they need to perform on their final exams. You know the line: ÒIf I can get a [enter num¥ber grade] on the final, then IÕll end up with a [enter letter grade].Ó Though we invest so much in them, letter grades have come under harsh scrutiny time and time again by educators, administrators and students alike. Despite the criticism, letter grades still re¥main an extremely important aspect of aca¥demic evaluation. And while the current system is far from perfect, reform must be well thought out. One professor developed a way of assess¥ing letter grades that I hope will never catch on elsewhere. Cathy Davidson, professor of English at Duke, experimented with a new grading sys¥tem this academic year for her class, ÒThis is Your Brain on the Internet.Ó In DavidsonÕs class, studentsÕ grades are in the hands of their classmates. The students were evaluated on the basis of whether or not his or her completed assign¥ments were up to par, based on the judgement not of their professor but rather of their fellow students in the class. ÒI canÕt think of a more meaningless, superfi¥cial, cynical way to evaluate learning in a class on new modes of digital thinking Ñ includ¥ing rethinking evaluation Ñ than by assigning a grade,Ó Davidson said. ÒTop-down grading by the prof turns learning Ñ which should be a deep pleasure, setting up for a lifetime of cu¥riosity Ñ into a crass competition.Ó A crass competition? IsnÕt that the point of college? Competition is key in the academ¥ic world. Thousands of those draped in caps and gowns later this month will be Ñ or al¥ready have been Ñ denied admission to grad- Competition is key in the academic world. Thousands of those draped in caps and gowns later this month will be Ñ or already have been Ñ denied admission to graduate school because of sub-par grades. uate school as a result of possessing sub-par grades. Professors across the nation are com¥peting against one another to discover the next great scientific factoid or governmental theory. Furthermore, my many unemployed, recent¥ly graduated friends Ñ and the thousands of others in the same situation Ñ would be quick to testify to the hyper-competitive nature of the workforce at this time. I have accrued a mountain of debt to en¥sure that I learn something about the func¥tions of government and the practices of journalism from people who are actually ex¥perts in the field, and IÕm sure most Duke studentsÕ debts upon graduation will be much larger than my own. A professor deferring the role of evaluation to the students in the class is dangerous on many levels. Either a studentÕs peers will be tight-knit and favorably biased toward his or her work or, most likely, will be ultra-competi¥tive and unfavorably biased toward his or her own work. Has every single professor in the history of higher education evaluated all studentsÕ grades justly and without bias? Of course not, and my collegiate experience has not been ex¥empt from professor grading faux pas. But it has always been a comfort to know that my grades were being determined by someone who actually knew the material very well Ñ much better than my classmates and myself. Davidson told InsideHigherEd.com that she has worked hard to keep up with the studentsÕ evaluations and progress, which only makes her decision to defer her grading responsibili¥ties to students seem even more senseless. The letter grades we work for and receive in college are a big part of our lives, and their con¥sequences can follow us until the day we die. They are vulnerable to devaluation as is, so leaving them in the hands of untrained stu¥dents is the worst possible trend institutions of higher learning could possibly follow in re¥gards to grading. Avelar is a government and journalism senior. GALLERY SUBMIT A COLUMN LEGALESE SUBMIT A FIRING LINE The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are The Daily Texan welcomes letters to the ed- Columns must be between 200 and 700 words. Send those of the editor or the writer of the article. They itor. E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dai¥ columns to editor@dailytexanonline.com. The Texan are not necessarily those of the UT administration, lytexanonline.com. Letters must be fewer than reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit liability. Board of Operating Trustees. for brevity, clarity and liability. THE FIRING LINE A scientific imbalance I am writing in response to the recent article, ÒDiets aimed at fighting autism Ôflawed.ÕÓ The notion of combating autism with specialized diets has been under large scrutiny for a long time, and the work discussed in the article serves as an update to this debate. IÕm very glad that The Daily Texan chose to report on this Ñ all too often we see that Òcomple¥mentary and alternativeÓ medicines and treatments get the front page, while science that highlights flaws in these results is neglected. However, I take issue with the close of the article. The media is often under pressure to present Òbal¥ ancedÓ reporting Ñ which I believe is a good thing. The key question, however, is what Òbalanced report¥ ingÓ actually is. It is very easy to interpret this as Òreporting both sides of the story equally,Ó and while this may sound good in theory, in practice, both sides of an argument may not be inherently equal. Media can very easily create a false balance Ñ elevating the perception a weak, unscientific and/or poorly sup¥ ported argument by treating it as equal to good, well¥ supported arguments. In this spirit, the Texan chose to end the article with an anecdote of a parent with an autistic child. Although I feel compassion for the parent, and I am sure their intentions are sincere, the Texan created a false balance by starting with a science-based argument and ending with a laypersonÕs opinion. An emotionally driven personal opinion is not a retort to decades of scientific, peer-reviewed research. Although the Texan may not have intended to equate the two, tacking that anecdote on the end of an otherwise informative article only furthers confusion about what scientific evidence actually means. I hope in future scientific articles, Texan reporters will keep this in mind and consider consulting further experts in the field instead of adding a requisite Òtale from the other side.Ó Ñ Chris Lindner Astronomy graduate student $%     It takes a deep understanding of both personal investing and retirement planning to give higher education professionals like you the full picture. WeÕll guide you with the beneÞt of over 60 years of experience to help you create a more complete plan for your goals. Why settle for less?      For your convenience, weÕll come right to you at work     To review both your workplace and personal savings as part of a comprehensive plan #"   To choose low-cost investments, from bonds and annuities to stocks and mutual funds !      From retirement income planning to charitable giving and estate planning      Before investing, consider the fundsÕ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Contact Fidelity for a prospectus containing this information. 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Daily Texan Staff The film, titled ÒRichard A gaming millionaire who Garriott: Man on a Mission,Ó became the first American sec-encompassed GarriottÕs expe¥ond-generation space traveler riences from his childhood as shared his experiences of out-he grew up with an uncan¥er space on campus after the ny knack for developing vid¥screening of his documentary eo games in an environment of on Tuesday. astronauts. Although his near- Video game developer and sighted vision disqualified entrepreneur Richard Gar-him from being an astronaut riott, whose father was an as-early in his life, a few decades tronaut, introduced the film and an online-gaming dynas¥that captured his journey as a ty later, he was the first Amer¥private space tourist and an-ican second-generation space swered questions from audi-traveler. ence members in the Applied Before he could travel into Computational Engineering space, he had to go through rig¥and Sciences Building. The orous training and medical pro¥event, hosted by the UT chap-cedures, including emergen¥ter of the American Institute cy-survival training. The re-Being a civilian, Garriott had for people who have a dream his dream possible.Ó an electrical engineering major of Aeronautics and Astronau-turn was the riskiest part be-to pay a sum of $30 million for and real determination,Ó said Since his return, Garriott has at UT before dropping out to tics, included a screening of cause of the danger of entering the research and development Amanda Brown, associate di-been investing in companies pursue a career in video game the 90-minute documenta-the EarthÕs atmosphere in a tiny required to enable an ordinary rector for development in the that intend to make space trav-development. He is now one of ry that debuted during South capsule. person to travel privately into Cockrell School of Engineer-el affordable someday for ordi-the co-founders of Portalarium By Southwest illustrating the The film was the first to cap-space onboard a Russian Soyuz ing. ÒInstead of joining NASA nary people, and not just astro-Inc., a computer game devel¥efforts that culminated in his ture a return to Earth from rocket. and becoming an astronaut, he nauts, Brown said. opment firm that was formed 12-day trip to the Internation-space in a capsule. ÒThe film is very inspiring went a different way to make Garriott spent a few years as in 2009. ObamaÕs 2008 win may boost chances for Texas Democrats Minority vote to increase partyÕs support across the state, professor says By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff For both Texas Republican and Democratic candidates to win elections in the future, both parties must begin to make ad¥justments in a shifting polit¥ical landscape caused by de¥mographic changes throughout the state, said a visiting politi¥cal science professor Tuesday at Batts Hall. Richard Murray, a Universi¥ty of Houston political science professor and director of the UH Survey Research Institute, said that in the 1990s, some po¥litical prognosticators were cor¥rect to resign themselves to the fact that Texas would remain a red state for decades. But dra¥matic increases in minority votes and the 2008 candidacy of Barack Obama may give Demo¥crats more momentum in com¥ing years, he said. ÒWith Obama at the top of the ticket, Democrats substantially recovered Latino counties,Ó he said. ÒThis is a small segment of the state electorate Ñ itÕs only about 8 percent. But because itÕs different politically, itÕs impor¥tant to look at, and the Demo¥crats are going to have a future in statewide politics going for¥ward for the next 10 or 20 years. TheyÕve clearly got to do better with this segment than they did when Bush was president.Ó Murray said future genera¥tions of politicians in Texas will need to account for increased minority votes, which, depend¥ing on the issues, may swing their votes to either party. This ability to shift politically may affect the Republican PartyÕs hold on Texas in the future. MurrayÕs research looked at how the 250 Texas counties vot¥ed in 2008 compared to 2004 and 2000, Harris CountyÕs eth¥nically homogenous urban vot¥ing precincts and exit polling data from the elections to de¥termine ObamaÕs effect on Tex¥asÕ voting. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sen. John McCain won Texas with 55.5 percent while Obama won 43.8 percent. De¥spite ObamaÕs statewide loss, he narrowed the Democratic PartyÕs gap after Sen. John Ker¥ry lost Texas with 38.3 percent of TexansÕ votes in 2004 to for¥mer President George W. BushÕs 61.2 percent. Texas has the second-largest share of 2001-10 electoral votes, according to the Federal Elec¥tion Commission. TexasÕ grow¥ing population boosted its elec¥toral share past New YorkÕs, which had a larger share than Texas in 1991-2000. ÒTexas stands out as a unique red island among these largely populated and heavy electoral-vote states in that it did not vote for Mr. Obama,Ó Murray said. Murray said one reason why Texas is still red is the 110 rural counties, constituting 32 per¥cent of the statewide vote, that reflect a strain of conservatism with a racist element. Obama fared more poorly than John Kerry in these counties despite being a much stronger candi¥date, Murray said. But the bottom line for Dem¥ocrats in Texas is an improve¥ment, he said. ÒObama might have helped Democrats a little bit in state elections where they have a chance of getting beaten less badly,Ó he said. ÒItÕs fun this year because Democrats have the best candidate they can imagine to test this out Ñ Bill White, who is without a doubt the whitest guy in Texas.Ó But for White to win, he will have to appeal to the Hispanic vote, Murray said. Wednesday, May 5, 2010 NEWS Seven UT faculty receive honor for teaching methods Academy distinguishes members with original classroom practices By Radhika Sakalkale Daily Texan Staff Seven faculty members were inducted into UTÕs Academy of Distinguished Teachers on Tuesday for implementing in¥novative teaching techniques in their classrooms. The academy, established in February 1995, recognizes Uni¥versity professors who are com¥mitted to providing a valuable and unique learning experience for students. Members of the academy serve as mentors to new faculty, participate in workshops and advise the president on the UniversityÕs instructional mis¥sion. More than 100 faculty mem¥bers have been inducted since the academyÕs inception. The inductees were trans¥portation engineering profes¥sor Chandra Bhat, associate so¥cial work professor Marilyn Ar¥mour, associate architecture professor Elizabeth Danze, ar¥chitecture professor Christo¥pher Long, psychology profes¥sor James Pennebaker, govern¥ment professor Daron Shaw and physics professor Greg Sitz. ÒI look at teaching as teasing students by exhausting them to think for themselves, intrinsically motivating them and giving them a good foundation,Ó Bhat said. Bhat said his teaching tech¥niques focus on integrating sus¥tainable engineering with trans¥portation in a way that will make transportation methods more en¥vironmentally friendly. Jeff LaMondia, an engineer¥ing graduate student and BhatÕs research assistant, said Bhat is sensitive to his studentsÕ perfor¥mance in class and wants to help them succeed. ÒAltruism is not the only reason that gets me passion¥ate about teaching,Ó Bhat said. ÒTeaching provides an oppor¥tunity for me to connect with young, dynamic minds. It helps me learn and innovate in research and adds structure to my life. It gives an inner peace and tranquility that few other activities do.Ó Each year, five to 10 members are inducted into the academy by a selection process that consists of an evaluation of the nomina¥tions for the year by students, fac¥ulty and campus administrators. The academy consists of approx¥imately 5 percent of the tenured faculty at UT. ÒIt is both an honor and respon¥sibility, and it pushes me to main¥tain standards of good teaching,Ó Armour said. ÒI attempt to teach in experiential and cognitive lev¥els so students examine areas that they havenÕt before and think critically about normative behav¥ior in society.Ó Social work graduate stu¥dent Lauren Bloom said she was touched by ArmourÕs style of teaching on the first day of class. ÒMy experience with [Armour] has been life-changing and has in¥troduced me to a new paradigm of learning,Ó Bloom said. The academy encourages hon¥oring excellence in teaching, en¥hancing teachingÕs effectiveness and creating a body of facul¥ty that is inspiring and can pro¥mote a sense of community at the University. ÒThe academy is a way to recognize and honor profes¥sors who were chosen as the best teachers on the UT cam¥pus,Ó said finance professor Keith Brown, who is a member of the academy. ÒItÕs probably the foremost teaching honor that can be bestowed on a fac¥ulty member at UT.Ó City uses award to create awareness, appreciation of local environment By Katherine Noble Daily Texan Staff Austin residentsÕ favorite trees will soon be getting more recog¥nition than the occasional hug. The city of Austin is accepting nominations for the fourth annual AustinÕs Tree of the Year Award. The Austin Climate Protec¥tion Program created the award in 2007 to raise awareness of the importance of AustinÕs urban forestry and to encourage pub¥lic participation in caring for the environment of the city, program staff member Leah Haynie said. Winners will be chosen for the best large and small trees as well as the best community tree. An event honoring the tree win¥ners will be held in October to kick off AustinÕs tree-planting season. Nominations will be ac¥cepted until June 30 and can be filled out online. Haynie said what makes a tree important to people is its connotations of community and its function as a gathering place for friends and families. ÒWe have gotten some of the most creative and even beauti¥ful nomination packets in the past,Ó she said. ÒPeople sub¥mitted pictures and wrote po¥ems and narratives about the treeÕs significance to them. Last year we got the coolest collage made up of pictures and a list of the activities the communi¥ty enjoyed under the tree. That kind of spirit is fundamental in a place like Austin.Ó Even the most creative nom¥ination cannot guarantee a tree the top prize, Haynie said. The four judges use a matrix scale to rate the tree on its aesthetics and biological factors. Last year the judges visited the sites of the 27 nominated trees and as¥sessed factors such as fortitude, uniqueness, health and how close it reaches the ÒidealÓ form of the species. ÒEnvironmental contests get people thinking about the role of nature in their lives,Ó she said. ÒAwarding winners pro¥motes proper tree care by show¥casing the outstanding results of nurtured and healthy trees.Ó Because the forests of the Tex¥as Hill Country surround Aus¥tin, the city boasts a variety of tree species, including elm, ce¥dar, hackberry, oak, crape myr¥tle and pecan. Last yearÕs large tree winner was a Bald Cy¥press located on Red Bud Isle, and the small tree winner was a Texas Persimmon located in Mayfield Park. To get better acquainted with the great outdoors and the vari¥ety of trees the region offers, Em¥ily King, a city arborist and Tree of the Year judge, encourages Austinites to take a trip to Zilk¥er Botanical Garden or the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. ÒBoth are killer tree-watching places,Ó King said. Sports Editor: Blake Hurtik E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SPORTS Wednesday, May 5, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN BASEBALL TEXAS 6, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 0 Another game, another win Moldenhaur, Lusson combine for 5 RBIs to give Horns 21st straight win By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff Texas head coach Augie Garrido stressed that his team should never have any expectations, should nev¥er expect an easy game and should never be satisfied. But for a team that has struggled in its mid week non conference games Ñ two loss¥es and three games won by just one run Ñ wrapping up its final Tues¥day game of the season with a 6-0 win over Prairie View A&M had to be a relief. ÒNo,Ó Garrido said when asked if the win was a relief. ÒThe only thing thatÕs comforting at the end of the day is the W. Then everyone is kind of satisfied.Ó Box scores turned into game recaps by software Daily Texan Columnist ItÕs never a good thing when BusinessWeek writes something about newspapers. Usually when the mag and like-minded publi¥cations discuss papers, itÕs about declining revenues, disappearing readership and newsroom layoffs. But, boy, did they churn out a disconcerting story on April 29, especially for sports writers like yours truly. Author Justin Bach¥man asked the terrifying ques¥tion: Are sports writers really nec¥essary? He asked this because of the new software technology being utilized by the Big Ten Network Ñ among others Ñ that turns a run-of-the-mill box score into a game story. ItÕs hard not to be im¥pressed. Just try to pick out which of these examples that Bachman provides was written by a com¥puter and not a human: A) ÒThe University of Michigan baseball team used a four-run fifth inning to salvage the final game in its three-game weekend series with Iowa, winning 7-5 on Saturday af¥ternoon (April 24) at the Wilpon Baseball Complex, home of historic WEB continues on page 10 Not even designated hitter Rus¥sell Moldenhauer was satisfied with his three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth. ÒIt wasnÕt too bad,Ó Moldenhau¥er deadpanned. Maybe TexasÕ lack of exuberance was because of the fact that it could only muster one run through five innings against a pitcher who en¥tered the game with close to a 5.00 ERA. But even with his high ERA, Garrido still had plenty of praise for Benjamin Blackburn. ÒTheir pitcher was legit,Ó Gar¥rido said. ÒHe had a good break¥ing ball and a good changeup. He located his fastball, he seldom got behind in the count. He did really keep us off balance.Ó The PanthersÕ righty was able to keep TexasÕ bats at bay until Mold- WIN continues on page 10 Bullpen shows its depth, pitches eighth shutout of the season By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff This Texas pitching staff might not be the best Augie Garrido has ever coached, statistically speaking at least, but theyÕre certainly good enough. Good enough to lead the nation in earned runs al¥lowed at 2.13. Good enough to carry a team to a 21-game winning streak. Good enough to pitch eight shutouts, even when the starting pitcher doesnÕt make it out of the fifth inning. That was the case Tuesday night as the Longhorns com¥pleted an otherwise unre¥markable 6-0 win over Prai¥rie View A&M. Starter Sam Stafford pitched only 4.1 in¥nings and turned it over to the bullpen in a three-pitch¥er, three-hit shutout. ÒThatÕs good. The best IÕve ever had is 1.55,Ó Garrido said about ERA. ÒBut it was BULLPEN continues on page 10 HOCKEY AHL finds success, passion in Texas By Johnie Glasenapp Daily Texan Staff CEDAR PARK Ñ Round Rock isnÕt the only Austin sub¥urb to have its own sports fran¥chise. Thanks in part to the Dal¥las Stars and the people of Ce¥dar Park, the Texas Stars hock¥ey team has become its own success story in more ways than one. On the ice, the Stars are in the midst of a championship run, currently trailing 2-1 the Chicago Wolves in the second round of the American Hock¥ey League playoffs. Off the ice, the team has consistently filled a brand-new arena and pleased fans. The process of moving the club to Cedar Park started in 2008 when DallasÕ minor league club, the Iowa Stars, was phased out. The city jumped at the opportunity to land the team. ÒOwnership dissolved, and prospects had to play else¥where,Ó Texas Stars President Rick McLaughlin said. When the vote was approved for the Cedar Park Center in 2008, it set in motion a success¥ful inauguration for the Texas Stars, which exceeded the ex¥pectations of ownership, coach¥es, players and fans. The atmo¥sphere of the crowds in the fi¥nal game of the season and during the playoffs has been electric. ÒItÕs really something spe¥cial, even unique and just a great atmosphere,Ó StarsÕ cap¥tain Landon Wilson said. ÒThe volume is right there with Winnipeg.Ó The passionate and Òeducat¥edÓ crowds, according to for¥ward Greg Rallo, have made for an easy and fun move for the players. And they are used to moving. The AHL is the final step to¥ward playing in the National Hockey League. Francis Wath¥ier, a forward out of Ontar¥io, Canada, has played for the StarsÕ organization since they were in Iowa. ÒYou have to be in that mind¥set to be able to move from place to place,Ó Wathier said. ÒIt goes with the job. ItÕs a blessing to be called up. Obviously, it is a dream come true to be play¥ing at the highest level.Ó The AHL is not only the next step to the NHL, but it is a place to finish your hockey career. Rallo has played with former StarsÕ veterans Mike Keane and Brad Lukowich in his young career. For the play¥offs, he and the Stars had the fortune of playing with Dallas rookie Jamie Benn. ÒItÕs a great experience to play with guys you grew up watching,Ó Rallo said. No matter who played for the club this season, success has been a common thread. The Stars finished their first regular season with 99 points, good enough for third in the Western Conference and a home-ice advantage for the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. McLaughlin expected the Stars to make the playoffs, but not like this. ÒI did not expect us to get 99 points,Ó McLaughlin said. ÒI didnÕt expect 45,000 STARS continues on page 10 SIDELINE NBA Playoffs Atlanta 71 Orlando 114 Utah 103 LA Lakers 111 NHL Playoffs Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 0 San Jose 4 Detroit 3 F/OT MLB American League Toronto 8 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 1 NY Yankees 4 LA Angels 1 Boston 5 Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 3 Minnesota 4 Texas 6 Oakland 7 Tampa Bay 5 Seattle 2 National League Arizona 1 Houston 0 Atlanta 3 Washington 6 St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 2 F/10 Chicago Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 3 NY Mets 5 Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 9 Florida 6 F/12 SPORTS BRIEFLY Bradley hires agent as he looks forward to JuneÕs NBA Draft Fox Sports reported that Tex¥as guard Avery Bradley has hired agent Dan Fegan and will remain in the NBA Draft. He had until this coming Saturday to withdraw his name and return to college, but he chose to take his game to the next level instead. By opting for the NBA early, Bradley will miss ex-Findlay Prep teammates Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, who have both decid¥ed to play at Texas next year. Bradley had a solid, but not spec¥tacular, freshman season as he aver¥aged 11.6 points per game. Unfortu¥nately for the woeful Longhorns, he failed to match the impact perfor¥mances of contemporaries like Ken¥tuckyÕs John Wall and KansasÕ Xavi¥er Henry and struggled down the stretch. Ñ Laken Litman MenÕs, womenÕs tennis teams receive their NCAA seeding The football, basketball, base¥ball and volleyball teams are used to getting the publicÕs attention at Texas, but let it be known that the menÕs and womenÕs tennis pro¥grams are success stories as well. The men were regular-season and tournament Big 12 champions and have earned the No. 3 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament. They will host first- and second¥round matches, which start Friday, May 14, at UTÕs Penick-Allison Tennis Center. The Longhorns (25-2) will play UTSA in the first round on May 14 at 1 p.m. If Texas wins, it will play the winner of the Arizona-Minne¥sota game on Saturday, May 15. The winner advances to the Sweet 16, which will be at Georgia the following week. Texas has reached the national semifinals or better in three of the last four seasons and could win it all this year. The women earned a No. 16 seed in this yearÕs NCAA tourna¥ment and will play Wichita State in the opening round in Norman, Okla., on Friday, May 14 at 11 a.m. If the Longhorns (17-5) win, they will play the victor of Arkan¥sas and Oklahoma on Saturday, May 15 at 2 p.m. The winner of that match will then advance to the Sweet 16, which will also be played at Georgia. Ñ L.L. Wednesday, May 5, 2010 SPORTS WEB: Program doesnÕt produce quality writing From page 8 Ray Fisher Stadium.Ó B) ÒMichigan held off Iowa for a 7-5 win on Saturday. The Hawkeyes (16-21) were unable to overcome a four-run sixth-inning deficit. The Hawkeyes clawed back in the eighth inning, putting up one run.Ó C) ÒThe Iowa baseball team dropped the finale of a three-game series, 7-5, to Michigan on Satur¥day afternoon. Despite the loss, Iowa won the series, having picked up two wins in the twinbill at Ray Fisher Stadium on Friday.Ó If you picked B, you did better than me. But sports writers out there should breathe a bit easier. None of those snippets would be considered quality writing by any editor. The other two were writ¥ten by the schoolÕs sports infor¥mation directors (SIDs for short), the same folks who produce all of the content you read at Texas¥Sports.com, UTÕs athletic website. I think itÕs more of a reflection on them when itÕs nearly impossible to distinguish their work from that of a computer. Still, the magic is made possi¥ble by a five-month-old compa¥ny called Narrative Science, which licensed the technology devel¥oped by Northwestern Universi¥ty journalism and computer sci¥ence professors. They appropriate¥ly dubbed it the ÒStats Monkey.Ó While that moniker could easi¥ly be used as an accurate insult for many sports writers, it falls a bit short of the mark. It only takes a few basic journalism courses and a few times in the press box to figure out that quality sports journalism isnÕt found in the box score. More so than ever with the freedom of the Web, sports writing has grown from the box score and trended to¥ward analysis and, for better or worse, opinion. But that doesnÕt mean there arenÕt readers out there who pre¥fer the meat-and-potatoes style of writing that this software can ably provide. This affects school media relations departments and SIDs more than traditional journalists. ÒItÕs considerably less expensive for us to go this route than for us to try to have our own beat reporters at each one of these games,Ó Mi¥chael Calderon, Big TenÕs director of new media, told Business Week. ÒIn fact, it would be logistically im¥possible for us to do that.Ó For smaller schools with a tight¥er media relations budget, the soft¥ware could help shave some dol¥lars off the bottom line. At Tex¥as, where money flows seemingly endlessly down at Belmont Hall, it likely wouldnÕt replace any actual people and salaries. After all, Texas¥Sports.com has a former beat writer for the San Antonio Express-News (and a Daily Texan ex) editing its website. WhereÕs the fun in editing a robot? That statement cuts to the core of the problem of having comput¥er-generated sports stories. People read about sports for the same rea¥son they watch them: ItÕs fun. Even the blandest of sports recaps by The Associated Press, which ESPN and Yahoo! regularly use, have en¥tertainment in mind. After all, thatÕs why we sports writers get into the game. ThereÕs a reason why the rest of the news¥room calls the sports department the Òtoy departmentÓ of the paper. With sports, you get the freedom to try to capture the emotion and drama Ñ and countless other ele¥ments Ñ that get lost in basic news reporting. With the downturn in newspa¥pers, sports jobs are hard enough to come by without having to wor¥ry about robots and computers en¥croaching on your profession. When they can start writing sto¥ries with nuance, humor and dra¥ma, then weÕll be worried. WeÕve got enough on our plates as it is. NFL Rookies surprised by oddball questions By Barry Wilner The Associated Press Following the storm surround¥ing Dolphins general manag¥er Jeff Ireland asking Oklaho¥ma State receiver Dez Bryant if his mother was a prostitute, for which Ireland later apologized, NFL rookies at minicamps last weekend told The Associated Press they fielded some oddball inquiries from team executives before the draft. Bengals fourth-round pick Geno Atkins said one club asked him about his sexual orientation. ÒThe only unusual question I got was if I was straight or gay,Ó said Atkins, a defensive tackle from Georgia whose father, Gene, played 10 seasons in the league. ÒAnd that was about it. ÒÕMcDonaldÕs or Burger King?Õ I think ÔPillow or blanket?Õ was another one. Those were the strange, unusual ones I got. I was like, ÔWhat does that have to do with football?Õ I think they were kind of trying to loosen me up a little bit.Ó Or tighten him up. The inter¥views are designed to test a young playerÕs demeanor as much as a 40-yard dash is used to measure his speed. So potential draft picks have to be prepared for outland¥ish questions, even if they never get them. TheyÕve also got to be ready to get baited. ÒSome of the interviews were different,Ó said Cowboys second¥rounder Sean Lee, a linebacker from Penn State. ÒLike, I had one team that really came and criti¥cized me and the school I was at, and theyÕre really trying to just get you fired up. TheyÕre really just using different tactics to try to see you face adversity, how you react to somebody getting on you. ÒThat was probably the most unusual thing I had, somebody came at me and said, ÔIÕve nev¥er seen a guy from Penn State make plays.Õ Really, you just have to keep your cool and come back with passionate but respectful answers.Ó By Bob Baum The Associated Press PHOENIX Ñ The San Antonio Spurs need only look back a few days for a reminder that a Game 1 playoff loss in Phoenix is not the end of the world. ÒHonestly, weÕd love to have got that one to kind of get them on their heels,Ó Tim Duncan said after the Spurs practiced on Tuesday, Òbut we still have an opportunity to steal homecourt here tomorrow, and weÕre going to do just that. WeÕve got a lot of things to clean up. We feel if we do just that, we give our¥selves a real good chance.Ó A San Antonio victory in Game 2 Wednesday night would send the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series to San Antonio tied 1-1. In the first round, the Spurs lost Game 1 in Dallas, then won Game 2 and eliminated the Mavericks in six. The Spurs watched video of Monday nightÕs 111-102 loss and came away liking their Game 2 chances. ÒWe made so many mistakes,Ó Manu Ginobili said, Òbut at the same time, with all those mistakes, all those flaws we had, we were pretty close. ... We are optimistic in that regard. We can play so much better.Ó Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said ÒI donÕt knowÓ when asked if he would move Tony Parker into the starting lineup after the speed¥sterÕs big game off the bench Mon- Tom Pennington | Associated Press Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant is overcome with emotion with friends and family after being selected as the 24th overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of NFL Draft a couple of weeks ago. NBA SpursÕ mistakes can be fixed in time for Game 2 day night. Parker said an abrupt ÒnoÓ when asked if thought he would start. He has been coming off the bench since his return April 6 af¥ter missing 16 games with a broken bone in his right hand. George Hill has been the starter, but Steve Nash made Hill look like a statue early in Game 1. The SunsÕ playmaker made his first five shots and had 17 points by the end of the first quar¥ter. He finished with 33 points and 10 assists, the sixth Ò30-10Ó playoff game of his career. Parker has given the Suns fits throughout his career. He had 26 points in 35 minutes on Monday. ÒThey go up-tempo. There are a lot of possessions,Ó Parker said. ÒI like to play up and down. ThatÕs why I think IÕve always been very successful against them.Ó Ginobili said Parker Òis huge in this series because of the way he at¥tacks seams.Ó ÒIt also puts Nash in trouble, too, having to chase him,Ó Ginobili said. ÒSo we definitely need Tony a lot, but the same way we need every¥body else.Ó Nash had rested his strained right hip for three days, and was uncertain how he would feel when Game 1 tipped off. ÒI was a little nervous about it,Ó he said on Tuesday. ÒBut I felt great and I had no setbacks, so I am real¥ly excited about that.Ó Parker said NashÕs early offen¥sive assault was Òa little bitÓ of Ross D. Franklin | Associated Press Suns guard Leandro Barbosa shoots over Spurs center Tim Duncan during Game 1 Monday night. a surprise. Nash expects a much the Spurs, two of them at home. San more aggressive defense against Antonio still has another, ultimately him on Wednesday. more important, streak going. The Before MondayÕs win, Phoenix Spurs have won four straight play¥had lost three straight Game 1s to off series against the Suns. et of questions for players to an¥swer. That might lack the person¥al touch, but can be effective in its own right. The packets are where the dog¥versus-cat question often comes up. Generally, those questions are within the bounds of good taste. ÒNo, no. I didnÕt get any of that. That would be a whole en¥tire different level,Ó Lee said. Mississippi running back Dex¥ter McCluster, a second-round pick by Kansas City, did have one team go ÒAmerican IdolÓ on him. ÒOne coach asked me to sing,Ó McCluster said. STARS: Team is a good thing for Cedar Park From page 8 tickets, either.Ó Fans have come out in droves in large part due to the Cedar Park Center, which was completed in September and has also hosted large touring acts, including George Strait, Kelly Clarkson and Wilco. ÒThe team is a good thing for Cedar Park. The crowds are energetic and support¥ive,Ó StarsÕ fan Deahni Hen¥niger said. ÒWe have been to 11 games this year, and it has been fun for the whole family. This team is really pulled-to¥gether and very professional.Ó Stars coach Glen Gulut¥zan also credits the state-of¥the-art facility with much of his teamÕs success. After all, he likes playing regularly in front of crowds of 5,000 to 6,800 people. ÒIt is a great venue,Ó said Gulutzan, whoÕs in his first year as head coach of the Stars after six years with the Las Ve¥gas Wranglers. ÒIt was a great crowd for the first year. The front office deserves a lot of credit, along with the Dallas organization.Ó They may end up thanking them with a Calder Cup Ñ there couldnÕt be a better way to christen the new arena and team. WIN: Offense adjusts to slower pitch base as a pinch runner for Kevin From page 8 Keyes, who had singled into right enhauerÕs sixth-inning home run. field, Lusson took a 2-1 count for Blackburn had a slower speed and a ride over the right field fence to tricky changeup that took the most give him his ninth dinger of the of the Longhorns two at bats to season and Texas, a 6-0 lead. figure out. ÒActually, I was looking to hit the ÒObviously [heÕs] a little slow-ball opposite field,Ó Lusson said. ÒI er pitcher than weÕre used to,Ó made an adjustment; I scooted up. Moldenhauer said. ÒWe finally, af-I was looking away, but he left one ter most of the guys had their sec-up, and I just turned on it.Ó ond at bat, said, ÔOK, we need to Lusson and Moldenhauer Õs do something different here.Õ A lot combined five RBIs provided of us started moving closer to the plenty of support for a pitching box to kind of speed it up.Ó staff that lowered the team ERA What worked for Moldenhauer, to an impressive 2.13. It also also worked for Kevin Lusson in pitched the teamÕs eighth shut¥the bottom of the eighth. out of the season, and its sixth With his brother Kyle on first of the streak. Most teams begin the inter¥viewing process at the NFL com¥bine in February, when a player might meet with a dozen or more clubs in one day. ItÕs a monoto¥nous process for the collegians, and sometimes just as tiresome for the front office executives con¥ducting the sessions. Still, there is a certain protocol, something Ireland admittedly vi¥olated with Bryant, who was sus¥pended for most of the 2009 sea¥son for lying to the NCAA about his activities with Deion Sanders. ÒMy job is to find out as much information as possible about a player that IÕm considering draft¥ing,Ó Ireland said in a statement. ÒSometimes that leads to asking in-depth questions. Having said that, I talked to Dez Bryant and told him I used poor judgment in one of the questions I asked him. I certainly meant no disrespect and apologized to him. ÒI appreciate his acceptance of that apology, and I told him I wished him well as he embarks on his NFL career.Ó Others embarking on NFL careers said they experienced nothing like the Bryant-Ireland incident. ÒIÕve never been asked any¥thing like that,Ó added guard Jacques McClendon, Indianap¥olisÕ fourth-round choice out of Tennessee. ÒYou just know these teams want to get whatever in¥formation they can. If theyÕre go¥ing to invest that kind of money in me, then you have to be coop¥erative with the process.Ó The process includes more than a quick Q and A. Players under¥go all kinds of mental and psy¥chological tests, too. They might meet with a dozen members of an NFL team, from scouts to coach¥es to general manager Ñ perhaps even the owner in the cases of the Cowboys and Jets, for example. Teams also send along a pack- BULLPEN: LonghornsÕ pitching staff only allows three hits in shutout That was a triumph for came in after one of those hits only 3 to Oklahoma, with two From page 8 Stafford, who battled back af-in the fifth, pitched 3.2 innings shutouts). in Division Two and a lot dif-ter walking two in the inning of one-hit ball before handing Since the winning streakÕs ferent opponents.Ó to last 4.1 innings, a career the ball over to Hoby Milner start on April 1, Texas has al¥ TuesdayÕs victim, the Pan-high, a week after going only for a perfect ninth. lowed more than three runs thers, werenÕt much of an op-one against UTSA. ÒItÕs amazing. Our pitching only three times, but two of ponent to the hottest team in ÒHeÕs been able to get out of staff has been awesome this them have come on Tuesday the country. Prairie View, part that; you just have to have the year,Ó Carrillo said. ÒItÕs excit-nights against nonconference of the Southwestern Athlet-courage to sit through it,Ó Gar-ing to see what we can do as a opposition and without the es¥ic Conference, dropped to 12-rido said of leaving Stafford staff when everyone is throw-tablished arms of Taylor Jung¥30 on the year. They didnÕt put in. ÒYou would assume, and ing well.Ó mann or Cole Green on the hill. up much of a fight, gaining that always bites you, that ThatÕs been the case late-But there was no danger of just six base runners. youÕre going to score a lot of ly. The shutout comes on a Panthers scoring spree last Their one threat, loading runs [against Prairie View], the heels of a series sweep night as Carrillo and Milner the bases in the third inning but same old Tuesday.Ó of Baylor that saw Texas al-shut the door. with one out against Stafford, From that point, the Panthers low only four runs in 32 in-So while GarridoÕs 1.55 ERA was quickly extinguished on managed only two base hits in nings, and that wasnÕt even might be out of reach, little a shallow fly out and one of the remaining five innings. Re-the best pitching performance else is for the best pitching StaffordÕs seven strikeouts. liever Kendall Carrillo, who of the year (they allowed staff in the nation. NEWS Wednesday, May 5, 2010 ÒOur governing documents and NEWS BRIEFLY operating procedures are out of date; they are not very functional, and they really need to be reformed. SG passes resolution to include For instance, our branches of gov¥student involvement in budget ernment have not been looked at in In its last meeting of the semester a long time,Ó Talarico said. ÒIn order Tuesday night, Student Government to be able to tackle student issues, addressed several pieces of legisla¥ we have to make sure our own tion, including a resolution in sup¥ house is in order.Ó port of student involvement in the The executive board also an¥budgeting process and a bill to cre¥ nounced its decision to create a ate an Internal Reform Task Force $4,000 scholarship by paring its that will help streamline SGÕs con¥ own stipends. They will award the stitution and bylaws. academic and financial need-based The budget resolution urges the scholarship next spring. administration to consider student ÒWe decided to take away some voice in budgetary decisions that of our stipends and give back affect student affairs. It parallels a to students in an effort to follow Senate of College Councils resolu¥ through with our platform that in¥tion passed Thursday that asks for cluded both affordability and acces¥student input in academic budget¥ sibility,Ó external financial director ing decisions. Nell Swanson said. ÒSenate has the academic affairs Ñ Audrey White expertise, but a lot of these budget UTÕs Honor-A-Nurse program cuts are going to affect student af¥fairs, and we want to be involved supports nursing students in that,Ó said University-wide rep¥ UTÕs School of Nursing is hold¥ resentative Natalie Butler, who au¥ing the Honor-A-Nurse program this thored the legislation. month to raise money for nursing The Senate and SG may work to¥students while honoring those who gether to present a united force for have made a difference at the Uni¥ student action in budgeting discus¥versity and within the greater Austin sions, Butler said. community. The 11-student-member Internal The program supports studentReform Task Force, approved and scholarships at the nursing school byappointed at TuesdayÕs meeting, taking each donation and placing it will spend the rest of 2010 carefully in the student scholarship fund. Eachexamining SGÕs constitution and by¥of the honored nurses will receive alaws to cut inconsistencies and su¥personalized card and will be recog¥perfluities to make SG a more ful¥nized on the nursing schoolÕs web¥ly functional and efficient body, SG site, in its electronic newsletter andPresident Scott Parks said. on the schoolÕs alumni network Fa-Executive director Jimmy Tala¥cebook page. rico said problems with SGÕs gov-Lindsey Becker, development as¥erning prevent it from serving stu¥sociate for the School of Nursing,dents most effectively. For exam¥said the program was a great wayple, graduate student representative to provide funding for students and John Woods noted that the Judiciary celebrate national nurses month at Committee, a committee that is sup¥the same time. posed to be appointed by the first ÒThis is a relatively new program, Monday in May according to the SG Constitution, has not been ad¥ and we had pretty good success with dressed. The commission is intend¥ it,Ó Becker said. ÒItÕs a fun thing for ed to consider cases of constitution¥ the school to do. Every single dol¥al violation. lar that we raise during the month of The commission was never May will go toward the scholarship formed under the 2009-10 admin-fund, and this will benefit students istration and was not formed un-very much in a good way.Ó der the 2008-09 administration until This is the programÕs second year. summer, Vice President Muneezeh Each donation made will be consid-Kabir said. Parks said he is working ered a tax-deductible gift and will be with administrators to establish it as listed on the Honor-A-Nurse website. soon as possible. Ñ Priscilla Pelli Bruno Morlan | Daily Texan Staff Attendees of the annual Environmental Trade Fair and Conference at the Austin Convention Center examine a Smart CarÕs miles-per-gallon average and manufacturerÕs suggested retail price Tuesday afternoon. Green fair promotes companies By Hannah Jones ing environmental companies managing oil spills, environmen-dustry for over 18 years, the in- Daily Texan Staff and green products, is one of the tal engineering and water-quali-dustry has changed so much,Ó Dozens of rows of information-biggest in the nation put on by a ty testing. Torres said. ÒI have noticed an in¥al booths as well as a state-of-the-state government. Environmen-ÒThe conference is more meant crease in attendance at the confer¥art, green-friendly tractor filled the tal companies set up informa-for professionals, but it is also im-ence, hopefully due to the econo-Austin Convention Center for the tion booths so customers and the portant for the public to want to my. The economy drives a lot of annual Environmental Trade Fair public can become familiar with come to the conference,Ó Claw-the business and the amount of and Conference. their businesses and purchase son said. clients who need our services.Ó Hundreds of environmental their services. Some companies represented Chris McDonald, a sales mem¥companies met in Austin to sell Staff of the environmental com-at the conference, such as Dallas-ber of Houston-based Gas and their products and network as mission also held classes and based Cactus Environmental Ser-Supply, said the green movement part of the conference, the largest workshops throughout the day on vices, provide a full line of mainte-has affected the industry since the of its kind in Texas. a wide variety of environmental nance and hazardous-waste trans-movement has become more pop- The trade fair and conference, subjects from air quality and eth-portation options for schools and ular. hosted by the Texas Commis-ics to water-quality planning and other clients. ÒThe environment industry and sion on Environmental Quali-waste transportation. Vicki Torres, customer service this show [have] been going on for ty, started at the convention cen-Commission spokesman Terry manager of the company, said a while,Ó Morton said. ÒThe green ter on Tuesday and will continue Clawson said the conference gath-one of its services provides waste movement has recently become through today. ers all companies and organiza-management for public school more mainstream, and more peo- The conference, which is pri-tions that protect TexasÕ environ-and hospital laboratories. ple are interested in helping. ItÕs marily geared toward promot-ment and provide services such as ÒSince I have worked in the in-taken a long time to get here.Ó NOW LEAS- SEEKING EARN $1000-PRODUCT GETTING BARTENDERS ING IN NORTH 2/2/834sqft$1200/31stSt, PART TIME $3200 DEVELOPMENT MARRIED NEEDED NOW PRE-2/2/880sqft $1250/21stSt, WORD OF CAMPUS MotherÕs Helper for en-A month to drive our GROUP SOON? 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Itseeksunspecifiedmonetary damages on behalf of three clients in¥volved in drunken fights with cast member Ronnie Magro. On Friday, Superior Court Judge Joseph L. Foster denied a motion to dismiss the claim that the defen¥dantsÕ conduct violated New JerseyÕs racketeering statute. An MTV spokeswoman has not returned messages seeking comment. Ñ The Associated Press From page 14 toward men (usually older men, I might add), Penfield decided that somethingneededtobedone. ÒI started wondering if we could make something more appealing tothisgeneration,ÓPenfieldsaid. ÒThe key was to provide as much cover-to-cover instruction that not only put guys at ease without anx¥iety that they were knowledgeable butgavethemspecificthingsthey could be like, ÔOK, this is going to make my night better and her night better,anditÕsgoingtobefun.ÕÓ While the narration is done in a stereotypical ÒbroÓ fashion, the bulk of the video seemed to sug¥gest an overwhelmingly pro-fe¥male pleasure agenda, which im¥pressedme. The ÒbroÓ style of ÒHow Play¥ers Do ItÓ makes it very accessi¥ble to college-aged males; there isaheavyuseofinformalslang andhumor,butitisnÕtdoneina cheesy,kitschyoroffensiveway. And even though the movieÕs titlecontainsthewordÒplayer,Ó the overarching theme of the vid¥eo seems to be how to make a girl want to have sex with you again later on. While sex is usually mar- HUMP: VideoÕs anal sex scene lacks female perspective DAFA: Followers faced torture, harassment in China for beliefs From page 14 local practitioner, can relate to the conditions Zhiwen Wang cur¥rently endures. The Chinese gov¥ernment imprisoned him in 2001 for six years in the Sihui Prison in the Guangdong Province for his beliefs. Benson followed the rumors that FalunDafaprovidedpractitioners with numerous health benefits. He hoped that practicing would cure his chronic ulcer and insomnia. A yearÕs worth of practice later, Ben¥son claims that the energy eradi¥catedhisillnesses. ÒAfter one year of practicing untilnow,Ihavenevergottena fever, never a cold, no illness,Ó Benson said in Mandarin Chinese throughtranslatorYiChin.Ò[This health] is based off my experience incultivation.Ó When the Chinese government outlawed Falun Dafa, the police threatened Benson and forced his boss to fire him. Benson was out¥raged and traveled to Beijing to appeal the violation of his rights, andaftermultiplecaserefusals, the government sent Benson to a detention center for torture. ÒI would show you the scar, butIcanÕttakeoffmyshirthere,Ó Benson said, describing his prison experiences, which included ner¥vous-system-damaging drug in¥jections.ÒThepoliceevencoerced other inmates into sexually ha¥rassingme.Ó His family did not escape the harassment either. The Chinese governmentrefusedhiswifeAnna Yu the permission to give birth to theirnow9-year-oldson,William Yu. Anna traveled away from lo¥cal hospitals to give birth, but the governmentofficialsstillrefused to register the young boy. Benson saidthateveninAmerica,William tremblesatthewordÒpolice.Ó By July 2007, the government releasedBenson,andheescaped with his family to Thailand, where the United Nations helped him findahomeinAustin. Thinkingbackonhispaperwork, Benson recites the police accusa¥tion:ÒYoupracticeFalunDafa.Ó ÒFalun Dafa helped me be a good person, so I must protect [the practice],Ó Benson said. ÒThere is such a great level of gratitude that practitioners will step forward to protect Falun Dafa and [founder] LiHongzhi.Ó Wen Chen, the owner of Drag¥favorite Veggie Heaven, and his wife and daughter have been in¥                  2010 The University of Texas at Austin               !       ! .+ # '+!+.( &+, )/' '+.&+0 +,.+ # . ' * ,.+%.*+.* '#/'+ &+0,,)'#  0')),.+ # &+0 & 0'))'.+  #' 10'+'*!..")&) + .)' *!+.( &+, )/' '+0 3.))"+ 0 &+0 + 0.'   &++ ' ,,)'# 0')),.+ #0  &+0 & 0'))'.+ '*!..") &) %' . '+$+.* ./')")  000    #+* + #  &" ' +$2# +. *')-  '+ .%' . '+$+.*.-   + '%&  danknight@mail.utexas.edu. SESSIONS Production Journalism Workshop Workshop July26-30 August2-6 WHEN 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. WHERE TSTV/KVRX 2500 Whitis Ave. ofÞces/studios The University Hearst Student of Texas MediaBldg EXTRAS INCLUDED Lunch,T-shirt LUNCH Mix of bothhot and cold lunches (ex. sandwiches or pizza)              keted to men as a quantity-over¥qualitygame,ÒHowPlayersDoItÓ isclearlymorefocusedonquality. ÒI try to avoid anything along those classical paradigms,Ó Pen¥field said about the pro-woman undercurrent of his male-market¥ed video. ÒI think if itÕs great for women, itÕs great for guys. If itÕs great for guys, itÕs great for wom¥en. One of the points we make throughout the film, throughout thevideo,islike,ifyoumakeita better time for her, itÕll be better for both of you Ñ and I think thatÕs straight-upcommonsense.Ó Some of the best parts of ÒHow Players Do ItÓ are the ÒPAcade¥myÓ scene, which covers female anatomy,andÒthetwinsÓscene, covering everything boob-relat¥ed. Having two calm-yet-flirty girls inform through showing and telling is probably one of the best ways to get young guys actually informed on exactly where the clit isandhowitshouldbefondled, so ÒPAcademyÓ gets a definite A¥plusfromme. ÒThe TwinsÓ was actually just as entertaining as it was informa¥tive Ñ narrated by two smooth¥talking and hilarious dudes who actually seem to know what they volved with the Austin Falun Dafacommunityforthreeyears. Anewspaper advertisement about theqigongsparkedtheircuriosity, followed by an interest in the sur¥roundingpoliticalcontroversy. After practicing, Stacy Chen, Wen ChenÕs daughter and manager of Veggie Heaven, said that her moth¥erÕs chronic shoulder pain was al¥leviated. But more importantly, the practice stirred their need to defend fellowpractitioners. ÒEveryone [who practices] feels itÕs their responsibility to stand up,Ó Stacy said. ÒWe feel itÕs our duty to let people know whatÕs goingoninChina.Ó From theirAmerican homes, Benson and local practitioners, such as the Chens, work to end the persecution. The Chens have visited Washington, D.C., to speak with senators and repre¥ sentatives about the situation. This March, their efforts were re¥ warded:TheHousepassedH.R. 605, calling on the Chinese Com¥ munist Party to stop the persecu¥ tion, imprisonment and torture ofFalunDafapractitioners. Semple and Benson stress that the conflict between the Chinese CommunistPartyandFalunDafa come from ideological differences. ÒWe promote truthfulness, compassion and tolerance,Ó Ben¥ son said. ÒThe bad people donÕt like the good people. There will always be conflict.Ó    are talking about, they frame their suggestions as dude-to-dude in¥formal advice instead of official expertinstructions. Whilegirl-on-girlcunnilingus, the climax ofthe ÒPAcademyÓ scene, is a great educational tool to keep guys interested in learning about female anatomy, I was not impressedwiththeanalsexscene. ÒIf she isnÕt squirming or slap¥ping your hand away, take that as your cue to slip in,Ó said the vid¥eoÕs narrator during the Òass fin¥geringÓ instructions. And while I fully support the dissemination of information on anal pleasure, I am not convinced that H-Spotuti¥lized enough female perspectives on the subject. And since the vid¥eo tailors itself to female pleasure, I think that a womanÕs perspective is absolutely imperative for Vol¥umeIIoftheseries. For example, the video cites Òcandles, music and a bathÓ as some options that might help a fe¥male newbie at anal sex to relax enough for anal penetration. But any woman who is actually tak¥ing it up the butt would laugh be¥cause romance wonÕt help an anus relax Ñ but a vibrator on the cli¥toriscan. Which brings me to the most important reason why a womanÕs perspective would have made the anal segment of ÒHow Players Do ItÓ more effective: Successful and pleasurable anal sex for a woman who is not already well-versed in the activity is almost always based on how prepared and comfortable she feels in the situation. What be¥ing prepared actually means is having a conversation about anal sex so that the woman can get her¥self comfortable with the idea of analsex. Besides, I think it would be re¥ally hot for a guy to listen to a real woman (not a porn star) honestly and explicitly describe how anal sexcanbenotonlyÒsuccessfulÓ (i.e. not painful) but also really pleasurableforher. Overall, I think ÒHow Players Do ItÓ is a noble effort to educate young men about sexual pleasure while also empowering them to be self-confident. The perspective of the video was as refreshing for being non-judgmental as for be¥ing down-to-earth (no stereotypi¥cal porn-style moaning here). But I might have to staple an anal ad¥dendum when I give the video to my dude friends. PWN: Archivistsaimtodocument, preserve game history for public From page 14 graduate.Ó Rangel is an extrovert who contradicts common percep¥tions of game designers, who are often portrayed as anti-so¥cial geeks in the media. The same can be said of most of the group, whose members gleeful¥ly interject in conversation and offer opinions that are often hu¥morous and brutally honest; for example, an intern with Gendai Games came by to display his iPad game, which EGaDS end¥lessly jeered at during the pre¥sentationÑallingoodfun. YouÕd be hard-pressed to find a group of UT students so happy toworkfortheexperiencealone, and anyone of any experience lev¥el can join if they can pay their dues, whichrun $25per year or $15 per semester. ÒWe get a lot of people that donÕt know the first thing about making games,Ó Rangel said. ÒWeÕre in a stage where we are getting more experienced mem¥bers Ñ senior members Ñ who have actually done internships and jobs, so now wecan be men¥tors to the younger ones.Ó While Rangel and his fellow EGaDS members attempt tocon¥jure up the big game ideas of to¥morrow, itÕs Zach VowellÕs job at the UT Videogame Archive, along           !  " #  $ # #  %   &      '        (  #         )  "       )   #     *+,- . '     %/ 010,2  3 3 4   3 3    4 !  with intern Matthew McKinley, to collect and archive the games of yesteryear. ÒAs an archivist, my prima¥ry role consists in preserving and making accessible documenta¥tion that will facilitate historical research [and other scholarly re¥search] on video games and the video game industry,Ó Vowell said. ÒWe would also like to pro¥mote the need for such research and histories.Ó Housed within the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History on the eastern edge of campus, the archive houses in¥ternal design documents, con¥ceptartandgamesthemselves. Some of these games date back to the early Ô80s, when devel¥opers packaged and shipped gamesin Ziploc bags.The bags were undoubtedlypreferable in the eyes of the archivist, who must find space for PC games of the early Ô90s that were shipped in large cardboard boxes, which could have held the collected works of Shakespeare in addi¥tiontothegames. ÒThe trick will be for archives and libraries to replicate the ROM [ÒReadOnlyMemory,Óoradata file copy of a discÕs or chipÕs con¥tent] communityÕswork orcol¥laborate in some way,Ó Vowell said. ÒEither way, you cannot rely on the original media and hard¥ware because they will all even¥tually break, and the game will not be preserved.Ó The UT Videogame Archive isopentothepublic,offeringa unique, local resource for game fa¥natics and scholarly research. The archive plans to expand through local developer game and docu¥ment donations as well as volun¥teer support fromstudentsin or¥ganizingthecollection. While there are bigger ques¥tions regarding how AustinÕs many gaming communities will grow, the question Vowell is more interested in answering is why the archiveÕs 30-year histo¥ry has been so poorly document¥ed prior to his project. ÒMost likely, though IÕm only speculating here, it took so long because video games were not regarded as worthy of serious study,Ó Vowell said. ÒGamesÕ es¥calating cultural and economic impact has changed that attitude formanypeoplerecently.Ó    Guilt-Free  !" 1$%$)1-&!0  !" #&/0'&(*&. +&300,",4 ,4 #0'!0 !.&&+2())&     Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Wednesday, May 5, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN H-Spot aims to improve college sex with how-to By Mary Lingwall Forty-nine percent of female stu¥dents at UT fake orgasms, accord¥ing to a study conducted by H-Spot. com, a burgeoning website dedi¥cated to informing college-aged males about having better sex. H-Spot conducted surveys and in¥depth interviews with sexually ac¥tive students at UT, the University of Southern California, University of Notre Dame and Harvard Uni¥versity, to get a feel for the level of sexual satisfaction and confidence of college students. Unsurprisingly, H-Spot found out that college sex isnÕt usually the best sex. According to the website, there are three main reasons why college students tend to settle for medio¥cre sex. One, Òchicks lieÓ and fake orgasms to make dudes feel better; two, most mainstream sex guides ÒsuckÓ; and three, Òguys are idiots.Ó Instead of letting us flounder in a wasteland of unsatisfying sex, how¥ever, the young go-getters over at H-Spot decided to use their infor¥mation to make college sex better Ñ they produced their own how-to porn video, ÒHow Players Do It.Ó So I watched it. My overall assessment of ÒHow Players Do ItÓ was that it is pret¥ty great. While itÕs not necessar¥ily something I would watch for pleasure Ñ with midday lighting and music reminiscent of an old¥school video game Ñ it is definite¥ly a video that I would suggest to curious friends. This is exactly what Paul Pen¥field and associates at H-Spot were thinking when they launched the project. After noting his own and othersÕ dissatisfaction with the re¥dundant and unhelpful sex advice proffered by popular menÕs maga¥zines and an aversion to the over¥dramatized and depressing look of mainstream sex guides geared HUMP continues on page 12 EditorÕs note: This is the fourth in a five-part series that focuses on AustinÕs video game industry: the history, the creators, the fans and the culture that surrounds it. By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff There was once a place called the Òvideo arcade,Ó which con¥tained gamer culture in its es¥sence. Kids and adults alike gath¥ered around the latest video games with excitement, and competitive players traded tips with one an¥other. Since the demise of the ar¥cade in the U.S., itÕs become more difficult to find like-minded gam¥ers in Austin. Five years ago, UT game fanatics walked across Gua¥dalupe Street to blow off steam at EinsteinÕs Arcade. Now they meet in empty lecture halls and dorms to discuss, play and create games. Longhorn Awesome Gaming started as a Hill Country Bible Church UT group but has since broadened its focus to bring to¥gether all UT students who love gaming, regardless of their back¥ground or religious interests. ÒSince IÕve always enjoyed video games, I figured I could get along with other people who did as well,Ó said Taylor Schilling, found¥er and ex-president of the group. ÒWe started out by going to other group events, like the [Electronic Game Developer Society] meetings [and] Guitar Hero tournaments in the honors quad. The following spring, we started playing with the idea of forming our own group. Eventually we got organized and proactive enough to make [Long¥horn Awesome Gaming].Ó Like board games and sports, which Longhorn Awesome Gam¥ing members also play together, video games can often breed high¥ly competitive environments that could work against the groupÕs mission to Òpwn social barriers and allow people to build rela¥tionships over a common inter¥est,Ó but the group feels they have found ways around this issue. ÒI remember the first time we played Capture the Flag in ÔHalo 3,ÕÓ said Jeff Saniuk, Longhorn Awesome GamingÕs current pres¥ident. ÒThe teams were arguably super lopsided, and the game turned out to be a miserable affair, with one team getting absolute¥ly obliterated. WeÕve gotten better about balancing teams in compet¥itive game types because tempers can and have flared. Otherwise, we stick to a host of goofy, relaxed game types such as ÔInfectionÕ and ÔJuggernautÕ where, in my opin¥ion, everyoneÕs a winner because it is trashloads of fun.Ó While Longhorn Awesome Gaming members are happy enough to be able to play games, the Electronic Game Developer Society members (EGaDS, as they call themselves) hope to some¥day design games for a living. For now, theyÕll settle for making free games with the hope of landing a summer internship. EGaDS meet twice a week to discuss and de¥sign games, often pulling in de¥signers from local game compa¥nies to offer advice. ÒEvery week, we try to get in¥dustry speakers here from devel¥opers in Austin from a variety of disciplines: programming, art, producers, stuff like that,Ó EGaDS President Ruben Rangel said. ÒWe try to educate our members in their respective areas and tell them how they need to prepare to get into the industry as soon as they PWN continues on page 12 Banned practice focuses on inner peace, moral health Practitioners of Chinese meditation battle history of persecution, oppression By Victoria Heckenlaible Daily Texan Staff Meditation, inner peace and energy have turned into health¥culture catchphrases, but for many in the United States and China, the phrases are a remind¥er of a large, persecuted practice Ñ Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa started as a qigong, a Chinese meditative practice promoting health. The founder, Li Hongzhi, saw a flaw in main¥stream qigong practices; the exer¥cises emphasized physical health while ignoring moral health. So, Hongzhi instated three ideals in his practice: truthfulness, com¥passion and forbearance. ÒFalun Dafa brings more [of] the heart-mind character togeth¥er,Ó said Greg Semple, an Austin resident and five-year practitioner of Falun Dafa. ÒThe whole system is brought together to be healthy.Ó On July 22, 1999, the Chinese Communist government out¥lawed Falun Dafa for teaching fal¥lacies and disturbing local peace. Practitioners began to be harassed, tortured and imprisoned. Just six years earlier, the government had helped popularize the exercise at a health expo, but when tens of thousands flocked to a move¥ment with a spiritual emphasis, the Chinese government changed its mind. ÒSome truths can only be per¥ceived [from a spiritual angle],Ó Semple said. Ò[There is] not a con¥flict between Falun Dafa and sci¥ence Ñ rather, different purposes.Ó The Chinese government did not recognize this spiritual angle of life and instead declared Falun Dafa as illegal, punishable by im¥prisonment and torture. The gov¥ernment saw Falun Dafa as a su¥perstitious practice. The five exercises are designed to channel an energy called Òqi.Ó Each hand motion purposive¥ly pushes the energy in, out or around the body. The different steps cause different effects on the body, and ultimately upon com¥pletion, brings a practitioner clos¥er to the ideal state. Every Sunday morning, Austin practitioners congregate by Lake Austin to seek moral and physi¥cal cultivation. A cheap speaker sounds the imperial Chinese gong, and a crisp male voice instructs young children and ambiguously aged adults to take the first stance Ñ Liangshou Jieyin. The members place their palms on top of each other, thumbs touching, creating an oval. They keep the elbows and underarms open to allow the energy to flow throughout the body. Practitioners continue through the five sets as dedicated joggers and Sunday walkers pass by, not expecting that this benign commu¥nity has connections with prison¥ers in Chinese government deten¥tion centers. Among those imprisoned is UT civil engineering alumna Danielle WangÕs father, Zhiwen Wang. Zhi¥wen Wang, then a railroad engi¥neer, became outraged by the Chi¥nese governmentÕs violation of the practitionersÕ rights. He advocated through local petitions and news¥papers, until their apathy drove him to lobby high-ranking Chi¥nese officials in Beijing. His persistence led to impris¥onment, followed by torture. Since Zhiwen WangÕs 1999 de¥tention, Danielle Wang works tirelessly to free her father, peti¥tioning U.S. politicians and hu¥man rights activists. Her now 60-year-old father is still impris¥oned in China. Having moved to the Unit¥ed States last year, Benson Yu, a DAFA continues on page 12 Drugs not a factor in HaimÕs death By Robert Jablon The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Ñ Actor Corey Haim died from pneumonia com¥plicated by an enlarged heart and narrowed blood vessels, while drugs found in his system played no role in his death, the Los Ange¥les County coroner said Tuesday. Haim, 38, died of natural causes from Òcommunity-acquired pneu¥moniaÓ that damaged his lungs, according to an autopsy report. Low levels of eight drugs, in¥cluding both prescription and over-the-counter medications, were found in his system along with marijuana, coronerÕs spokes¥man Craig Harvey said. ÒBut nothing was at a level that would have contributed to his death,Ó Harvey said. They included tranquilizers and some common cold and flu medications, such as ibuprofen and a cough-suppressant, the re¥port said. Haim, who had struggled with drug problems throughout his life, died March 10 after collaps¥ing in his motherÕs apartment. Haim was ill with flu-like symp¥toms before his death, and police said he was taking over-the-coun¥ter and prescription medications. ÒThe pneumonia is what killed him,Ó Harvey said. California Attorney General Jer¥ry Brown said in April that Haim employed Òdoctor shoppingÓ to obtain 553 prescription pills in the two months before his death. Brown called Haim Ñ the star of 1980s films such as ÒThe Lost BoysÓ and ÒLicense to DriveÓ Ñ a poster child for prescription drug abuse. He said Haim obtained powerful sedatives such as Va¥lium and Xanax and painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin. However, no Oxycontin was found in his body, Harvey said. He noted that HaimÕs heart was abnormally large and factored in his death. ÒHis heart was 530 grams. The average normal heart weighs 300 grams,Ó Harvey said. Haim also had damaged lungs and arteriosclerosis of his coro¥nary arteries, with some vessels 50-percent and even 75-percent blocked. Haim also had an en¥larged liver. Harvey said it was unclear how long Haim had suffered from the medical problems or the pneumo¥nia or whether earlier treatment might have saved him. The report said that Haim had been feeling ill two days before his death and had a fever and severe cough. The report said he stayed in bed all day March 9 and his moth¥er gave him tea, vegetable soup, Robitusson, Tylenol, Advil and Zophren. He appeared disoriented and collapsed to his knees at about 12:30 a.m. the next day. ÒHis mother helped him back into bed. His body began to shake in all directions and his eyes rolled back. His mother called 911,Ó ac¥cording to the reportÕs synopsis. He stopped breathing and his mother performed cardiopul¥monary resuscitation until para¥medics arrived. Haim was pro¥nounced dead in an emergency room at 2:15 a.m. OÕBrien elected to Kennedy Library Foundation BOSTON Ñ Late-night TV talk show host Conan OÕBrien is joining the board of directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Board Chairman Kenneth Fein¥berg announced Tuesday that the former NBC ÒTonightÓ host and co¥median was among six new mem¥bers elected. The Brookline native and Harvard graduate joins a group that includes Viacom Inc. Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone. The foundation also announced the election of Ray¥theon Chairman and CEO William Swanson as board vice chairman. Each year, the foundation hon¥ors public servants with its ÒProfile in Courage Award,Ó named for the presidentÕs 1957 Pulitzer Prize-win¥ning book. Ñ The Associated Press