SPORTS PAGE 6 Student referee talks intramural sports NEWS PAGE 2 APDÕs red-light camera program assessed TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 95 THE DAILY TEXAN Friday, June 25, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com FRIDAY Up against the wall, redneck mother Veteran Texas songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard plays the Cactus Cafe at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 at the door. The Dude Devin the Dude takes the stage at Lamberts Downtown Barbecue at 10:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30. Dinner and a movie Master Pancake Theatre takes on ÒThe Blind SideÓ at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at the Ritz at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $13.50. SATURDAY Keep Austin Weird The eighth annual Keep Austin Weird festival kicks off at 2 p.m. on the South First Street Bridge and includes a 5K run, as well as live music, food and vendors. Bad to the bone StubbÕs Bar-B-QÕs second round of celebrity-chef cookoffs begins at 8 p.m. at the Waller Creek Amphitheatre. Audience text voting decides the winner. WhoÕs the dummy now? Ventriloquist comedian Jeff Dunham cracks up the Frank Erwin Center at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $55. SUNDAY ÔGo Daddy-OÕ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy swings its way through a set at the One World Theatre at 6 p.m. Tickets start at $20. Inside In Opinion: Slow Simkins response tarnishes UTÕs image page 3 In Sports: Two Longhorns picked in the NBA draftÕs first round page 6 In Life&Arts: ÒAmelieÓ director releases a top-notch new film page 4 Quote to note ÔÔ ÒNot everyone who plays is always the best of athletes. But it seems as though they all have their moments.Ó Ñ Kyle St. Nicholas Intramural sports official SPORTS PAGE 6 City drives transit shifts forward Photos by Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff Above, Austin McDaniel leaves a City Council meeting on the expansion of bicycle lanes in Austin on Thursday. McDaniel is a member of The League of Bicycling Voters and relies on his bike for transportation. Below, Major Lee Leffingwell listens to speakers at Austin City Hall at ThursdayÕs briefing on the proposal to build a light-rail system in Austin. Bicycle boulevard, bondon City CouncilÕs agendain last session before break By Destinee Hodge & Michelle Truong Daily Texan Staff City Council convened for its last session Thurs¥day to discuss more than 150 items before a month¥long break. Council members spent much of the time discussing the Downtown Bicycle Boulevard, which is slated to begin construction in the winter, as well as the mobility bond that is part of the Austin Strate¥gic Mobility Plan. Bike Boulevard The Downtown Bicycle Boulevard saga pushed on and was arguably the lengthiest discussion at the meeting. Because of the varying opinions on the ef¥fectiveness of the plan, the discussion leading up to Thursday has been contentious at times. The plan, proposed by the Public Works Depart¥ment, is to have Nueces and Rio Grande streets spe¥cifically cater to bicycle traffic. From Third and Fourth streets to MLK Boulevard, the department plans to have more lanes for bike traffic as well as fewer stop signs and lower speed limits. ÒWe are considering looking at lowering the speed limit on Nueces as part of the staff recommendations,Ó said Annick Beaudet, project manager with the de¥partmentÕs Neighborhood Connectivity Division. ÒHowever, we didnÕt want to outright recommend it, as we will be looking at removing some north-south stop signs.Ó Beaudet stressed that because of the high UT and Austin Community College student traffic in the area, CITY continues on page 2 Rail system to be reviewed; ridership increase expected By Nolan Hicks ban rail system so far. The council will de-Daily Texan Staff cide whether to take the next major step, City planners told the City Council in starting the environmental-review process, its meeting Thursday that AustinÕs best for the urban rail system in December. long-term option to relieve traffic con-ÒWe have to find ways for people to get gestion in Central Austin is to build an into Central Austin,Ó Spillar said. urban rail system. He said that widening existing streets Mayor Lee Leffingwell and the council throughout Central Austin wasnÕt an op¥members were briefed during the meeting tion because there simply isnÕt any space by city transportation director Robert Spil¥lar on the progress of planning for the ur-RAIL continues on page 2 Campaign sheds light on light pollution By Shamoyita DasGupta Daily Texan Staff In an effort to help reduce light pol¥lution, the UT McDonald Observatory is launching a radio and Internet cam¥paign to educate the public about peo¥pleÕs effects on the night sky. ÒWhat weÕre doing in our campaign is trying to educate people to the prob¥lem,Ó observatory assistant director Anita Cochran said. ÒWeÕre utilizing our [radio] programs along with edu¥cation on the Web in order to sort of explain to people not only what the problem is, but how they can go about helping to alleviate the problem.Ó Light pollution is caused when ex¥cess lighting from man-made fix¥tures on the ground radiates upwards, drowning out the night sky. The light effectively prevents researchers from observing stars and other objects. While the observatory is located in one of the darkest regions of the country, West Texas, growing and glowing met¥ropolitan areas miles away are slowly shining away what it can see. ÒWhen light goes up into the sky, itÕs making the whole background lighter, so you canÕt see the stars,Ó Co¥chran said. Jose Castillo | Daily Texan file photo UTÕs McDonald Observatory, located in West Texas, is launching a campaign to increase public awareness of the causes and effects of light pollution. This light pollution can be caused crease their usability and save energy, by anything from lights on billboards Cochran said. pointing skyward to lights placed on ÒIf you focus the light downward peopleÕs property as a safety measure. Ñ which is where you want it, on the The best way to reduce light pollution ground Ñ not only does it not block is to point these lights at the ground instead of into the sky, which will in-LIGHT continues on page 2 Research measures impact of investment By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff UT has a leading role in testing a new federal pilot program de¥signed to create a scientific, quanti¥fiable measurement of the econom¥ic and social impacts of federal re¥search spending. STAR METRICS , or Science and Technology in AmericaÕs Reinvest¥ment: Measuring the EffecT of Re¥search on Innovation, Competitive¥ness and Science, is a data-compil¥ing program that will report the number of jobs created as a result of federal research spending at all universities. Susan Sedwick, co-chair of the STAR METRICS steering commit¥tee and director of UTÕs Office of Sponsored Projects, said the Uni¥versity became part of a working group of six universities that was established to develop a standard¥ized measure of the effects of feder¥al research spending, or phase one of the STAR program. Sedwick said the program is aimed at demonstrating the val¥ue to society of investments by de¥veloping a mechanism for demon¥strating matching data from institu¥tional administrative records with those on outcomes such as patents, publications and citations Ò[UT] is participating in the proof of concept Ñ we extract data from our systems and provide that to [STAR METRICS operators]. They import that data into their system, manipulate it and publish it into their reports.Ó When the U.S. Congress passed the American Recovery and Rein¥vestment Act of 2009, the $787 bil¥lion distributed across the country came with requirements for quar¥terly reports on how the money was spent and how spending trans¥lated into job creation. Congress spends more than $31 billion on research every year, and the idea of a quantifiable way to measure research spendingÕs effect on the economy came to the fore¥front of federal science policy soon after the stimulus bill was passed. Julia Lane, program director at the National Science Foundation, is now spearheading the effort to pres¥ent early STAR METRICS testing to the Federal Demonstrations Partner¥ship. Lane said before STAR MET-RICS, there was no empirical infra¥structure or any cumulative data on the impact of $31 billion in federal tax dollars spent on research. Early tests show that once re¥search administrators collect the existing, scattered data created by STAR continues on page 2 2 News Friday, June 25, 2010 The Daily Texan Volume 111, Number 17 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Ben Wermund (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Web Office: (512) 471-8616 online@dailytexanonline.com Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts Office: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Photo Office: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifieds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. CORRECTION Because of a reporting error, the NBA draft story on page six of ThursdayÕs paper should read Damion James entered his name in the 2009 draft but did not hire an agent. The Texan regrets the error. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 92 75 Note to self: GET NAKED. Red-light cameras see fewer traffic accidents By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff AustinÕs traffic collisions have been reduced in a flash Ñ a red¥light cameraÕs flash Ñ after the implementation of a 2-year-old safety program that is making strides to limit the number of collisions and fatalities that oc¥cur when people run red lights. Collisions are down in the 10 in¥tersections that have cameras, said Austin Police Department Lt. Bri¥an Gruetzner, the APD manag¥er of the ÒKeep Austin SafeÓ pro¥gram, which works with the mu¥nicipal court to run the cameras. ÒWe have so few locations, it would be unfair to compare all over the city,Ó he said. ÒBut we have averaged a 30-percent reduction in collisions in those intersections.Ó In 2007, the city estimated that more than 1,300 collisions were caused by drivers running red lights. Austin uses red-light cameras far less than many other cities in Texas. The Texas Tribune report¥ed cities in the state collected $62 million from traffic citations from cameras last year and more than $100 million since 2007. Austin contributed just $750,939 to that total, compared to Houston with $24 million and Arlington with almost $7 million. Reyne Telles, who manages the municipal court part of the pro¥gram, said that disparity comes in part because of the emphasis Austin put on safety, not on rev¥enue, when instituting the pro¥gram in 2008. This means vendor Redflex Traffic Systems from Arizona, the company that operates the cam¥eras and reviews infringements before sending them to APD for further action or dismissal, doesnÕt have an incentive to seek out more citations than it should. This results in more than 50 percent of potential violations being disregarded for exten¥ rail: Population density may increase with trains From page 1 to do so without seriously im¥pacting existing neighborhoods and businesses. As currently proposed, the system is projected to cost $885 million Ñ laying 33.8 miles of track, which would create two rail corridors link¥ing Austin-Bergstrom Interna¥tional Airport, downtown, UT and East Austin. ÒTrains are larger and more comfortable,Ó Spillar said. ÒCit¥ies that have replaced bus routes with urban rail have seen dra¥matic increases in ridership.Ó He said that installing urban rail systems will aid efforts to boost the number of people and increase the population density of Central Austin. ÒWeÕre encouraged by the work the city transportation department is doing,Ó said Charles Betts, executive director of the Downtown Austin Alli¥ance. ÒWe canÕt just do mind¥less sprawl anymore.Ó Betts said urban rail sys¥tems have been effective in promoting developments with a high population den¥sity in other cities where theyÕve been deployed. Ò[Urban rail] is an impor¥tant part of the cityÕs ability to increase population density downtown,Ó he said. ÒIt could go north all the way to the Tri¥angle [Residences] and south down Congress into [South Congress],Ó he said. ÒItÕs a sol¥id core.Ó Spillar said the plan was part of a larger regional effort to ex¥pand the availability of mass transit services, including Cap¥ital MetroÕs just-launched Red Line, which provides service to Leander, and the proposed Green Line, which would run to Elgin. uating circumstances, Telles said, such as turning right on red or having to move for an EMS vehicle. Each camera costs the city a flat rate of $4,870 per month to oper¥ate through Redflex, Telles said. ÒThereÕs a human element,Ó he said. ÒPeople think itÕs just a flash and a ticket.Ó A team of APD officers then re¥view the tapes and decide wheth¥er or not to issue a ticket. ÒWe review each violation thinking, ÔIf youÕre a patrol on the street, would you write a ticket?ÕÓ Gruetzner said. Revenue raised from the cam¥eras is split between the state, which takes half, and a traffic¥safety fund that is used to main¥tain street safety. Most of the cameras are posi¥tioned near Interstate Highway 35, with the most active intersec¥tion at I-35 and 11th Street, while some also monitor Lamar Boule¥vard and MoPac Expressway. city: Bond package to improve mobility From page 1 the boulevard is a particular advan¥tage in increasing safety. The department also allowed economist Angelos Angelou to speak on the effectiveness of the proposition. He vouched for the plan by drawing on success stories in California, Arizona and Oregon as case studies for the potential of the boulevard. Contention over the proposal comes mostly from business own¥ers who fear that diverting traf¥fic and possibly reducing parking spaces will reduce the number of customers they receive. Some busi¥ness owners also feel that the way the plan was proposed to them gave the impression that they were being taken advantage of. ÒWell, the initial circumstance that made us oppose it was the way it was handled,Ó said Monica Thomason, who owns a software company on Nueces Street. ÒWe found out through the newspapers that they were going to build it.Ó light: Pollution obscures sky observation From page 1 At UT, members of the De-the public about how easi¥partment of Astronomy orga-ly light pollution can be re¥ out the light, but you can use a nize star parties twice a week, duced and prevented. lower-wattage light bulb to give where members of the pub-ÒOnce you get rid of light basically the same effect, so you lic view the skies from tele-pollution, itÕs actually gone. can save energy,Ó she said. scopes atop Robert Lee Moore ThereÕs no residual,Ó obser¥ ride: Cyclists make epic trek to Colorado mountain peak From page 1 and their hospitality keeps our teams alive. There is simply no way that we could make the trip if our hosts didnÕt provide food and shelter for us. In Oklahoma we faced head¥winds and crosswinds from the south, which came in handy as we turned north for Colorado. Since then, the wind generally has been in our favor. At the Colorado bor¥der, the team celebrated visiting its third state during the trip by climb¥ing all over the ÒWelcome to Col¥oradoÓ sign and taking a variety of pictures. Shortly afterward, we headed north to Springfield, Colo. Here, we stayed at Springfield High School, home of the Spring¥field Longhorns. It was nice to see Longhorn decor all around us. We finally saw the Rocky Moun¥tains as we road toward Pueblo, Colo., two days later. The next five days took us along the eastern edge of the mountain range. During that time, a group of team members at¥tempted the Mount Evans chal¥lenge, which consists of 72 miles of road inside the Arapaho Nation¥al Forest to the Mount Evans peak, rising about 9,000 feet over Denver at an elevation of 14,270 feet. The scenery was as awesome as you could imagine it to be. On one side, you could see flat earth strolling away, and on the other side rose ridge after ridge of mountains. All six Rocky Mountain Route riders who attempted the ride to the summit on North AmericaÕs highest paved road completed it. The climb to 14,000 feet was in¥credibly difficult, and our riders suffered multiple moments of ex¥haustion. Yet, like the cancer vic¥tims we ride for, we had to per¥severe. We put ourselves into a state of mind in which failure was not going to happen. Despite rest¥ing many times, we eventually reached the summit. Once there, we celebrated with enormous smiles and hugs, took our pic¥ture, loaded our bikes and drove to Boulder, Colo., to meet up with the rest of the team. By the end of that day, we had all accomplished something that we werenÕt sure was possible. Mobility Bond In response to overwhelm¥ing concerns about the growing traffic congestion in Austin, City Council discussed the almost $85 million mobility bond propos¥al that was revealed by city man¥ager Marc Ott earlier this month. Rob Spillar, the cityÕs Transpor¥tation Department director, pre¥sented detailed information about the proposed distribution of the funds to council members. The package includes improve¥ments for sidewalks, bicycle ame¥nities, trails and transit facilities. Spillar said that with regard to roadway projects, there will be significant investments in high¥way improvement, although the urban rail system is not part of the bond proposal. ÒBy 2015, once our pass-through finance project gets underway, we will soon have a continuous road¥way without stoplights from ap¥proximately where the road be¥gins at Oak Hill now, all the way to the [Austin-Bergstrom] Inter¥national Airport,Ó Spillar said. As a result of pass-through fi¥nancing being used for some of the projects, the contracts will be subject to the new Texas De¥partment of Transportation rules that put a 10-percent cap on the difference between contracted budget prices and the actual re¥imbursement a city receives for highway projects. One of the major questions asked regarding the bond was why the improvement of In¥terstate Highway 35 and Texas Loop Highway 1 was not includ¥ed in the proposal. Spillar said that because those roadways are managed by Tx-DOT, they would have to con¥tinue discussions with the de¥partment to implement changes. He said that a way of addressing the problem more holistically is to work with all the regions that have highways feeding into I-35, rather than adding a few lanes to facilitate more traffic. Star: Program totals growth data From page 1 mittee and associate vice president of research administration at the individual researchers, the pro-California Institute of Technology. gram can turn the large data Seligman said he has heard it could dump into a standardized report be by the end of the current year. in one hour and can create a jobs ÓWhen we get to phase two, we report in 24 hours. will be using information that identi- After phase one, the steering fies investigators, so thereÕs the whole Hall, which is one of the tall-vatory spokeswoman Rebecca This newspaper was written, committee will collaborate with issue of privacy and the federal re¥ est buildings on campus. Par-Johnson said. Ò[The campaign] edited and designed with pride The Daily Texan the universities to develop data quirements regarding information ticipants have noticed the det-is really about letting people by The Daily Texan and Texas Student Media. on the impact of research spend-and what can be released,Ó he said. tion has on their ability to see light pollution.Ó rimental effects light pollu-know how easy it is to prevent ing on social health, the environ-The program may give policy- Permanent Staff ment, the growth of the economy makers at the federal-, state- andEditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Winchester farther into the sky. The McDonald Observato- Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben WermundAssociate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francisco Marin Jr. and scientific knowledge by com-local-government levels a scien¥ Ò[Light pollution] kind of ry plans to use StarDate, a ra-Associate Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heath Cleveland, Douglas Luippold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Player, Dan Treadway pile information on patents, uni-tific approach to investing in re¥ washes out most of the sky, dio program that broadcasts News Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Claire Cardona versity-based business start-ups, search, he said. especially in the warmer-nationally about science every Associate News Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pierre Bertrand, Kelsey Crow, Cristina HerreraSenior Reporters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collin Eaton, Nolan Hicks publications and citations, student Ò[Congress] invests a tremendous weather seasons when our air day, and Universo, a Span¥ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Destinee Hodge, Michael SherfieldCopy Desk Chief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vicky Ho mobility and employment. amount of money in research and quality might not be as good, ish-language radio program Associate Copy Desk Chiefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elyana Barrera, Kelsey CrowDesign Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Olivia Hinton Cynthia Hope, assistant vice development, largely at universities, like on Ozone Action Days,Ó that broadcasts daily in Cen- Senior Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .Veronica Rosalez, Simonetta Nieto, Suchada Sutasirisap president for research at the Univer-and while we all think that itÕs in¥ said Lara Eakins, a laboratory tral America. It will air in- Special Projects Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .Thu VoPhoto Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruno Morlan sity of Alabama and STAR MET-herently a good idea, itÕs very hard and technical services super-formation on these stations Associate Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Gerson Senior Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tamir Kalifa, Mary Kang, Peyton McGee RICS steering committee member, to demonstrate that it makes sense visor with department. ÒEven from June 28 to July 4. In ad¥. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Derek Stout, Danielle VillasanaLife&Arts Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Lingwall said the variety of methods used to not just for being a good idea, but when weÕre looking through dition, it has created a video Associate Life&Arts Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madeline Crum compile existing data, rather than that it actually has a very positive the telescopes, we canÕt see a about light pollution that can Senior Entertainment Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Addie Anderson, Katherine Kloc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Lopez, Julie Rene Tran generating new economic data and and notable impact on the economy lot of faint objects.Ó be viewed at the observato- Features Entertainment Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate Ergenbright, Gerald Rich Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Hurwitz jobs reports, reduces the amount and on life in general,Ó he said. ÒRe- The observatory hopes this ryÕs website, mcdonaldobserva-Associate Sports Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Austin RiesSenior Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Will Anderson, Chris Tavarez, Bri Thomas of paperwork and makes the pro-search and development at a uni¥campaign will help inform tory.org. Comics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carolynn Calabrese gram less costly for university sci-versity, over the long haul, has an Multimedia Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan MurphyAssociate Multimedia Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carlos Medina Senior Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanna MendezEditorial Adviser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Warren Issue Staff Reporters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Truong, Shamoyita DasGuptaPhotographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caleb Fox, Erika RichSports Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naishadh BhonsleLife&Arts Writer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zach Miller Columnist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Jacob Editorial Cartoonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Murphy AdvertisingDirector of Advertising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jalah GoetteRetail Advertising Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brad CorbettAccount Executive/Broadcast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carter GossCampus/National Sales Consultant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan BowermanAssistant to Advertising Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C.J. SalgadoStudent Advertising Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kathryn AbbasStudent Advertising Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Ford, Meagan GribbinStudent Account Executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rene Gonzales, Cody Howard, Josh Valdez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron McClure, Daniel Ruszkiewkz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Phipps, Victoria KanickaClassified Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 6/25/10 Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m.Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m.Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 10 a.m. Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Heath Cleveland Doug Luippold OpiniOn Friday, June 25, 2010 Dave Player Dan Treadway The Daily Texan VIEWPOINT Pride and precedent ItÕs a little embarrassing to attend a University that is now na¥tionally recognized for having a dorm that commemorates a for¥mer Klansman, and itÕs frustrating that the name change had not been addressed sooner. Allegedly, the news about William SimkinsÕ KKK involvement wasnÕt a surprise to UT, and according to the UniversityÕs first of¥ficial response to the subject in May, it wasnÕt planning on chang¥ing the name. In a May 5 KXAN article, Leslie Blair, UTÕs associ¥ate director of communications, said, ÒWe feel that a better use of our time and money would be to continue to recruit and to pro¥vide programs that support more students, faculty and staff from populations underrepresented at the University and to further a climate of inclusiveness and cultural diversity that looks to the future instead of dwelling on the past.Ó Although changing the name of Simkins Hall Dormitory will not be cost-prohibitive, as was explained by the committee in TuesdayÕs forum, the University was worried that changing the dormÕs name would set a precedent Òthat could end up costing a great deal of money and time,Ó Blair said. It was only after a community outcry that the administration decided it would consider changing the name of Simkins Hall. Now, almost six weeks after the controversy started, we are awaiting the recommendation of a 21-member panel, which was created to advise President William Powers Jr. regarding the name change. But the administration should recognize how much its hesi¥tance to address race on this campus is really costing. By pre¥serving SimkinsÕ name on our campus, or even showing that itÕs a consideration, UT is doing everything but fostering inclusive¥ness Ñ itÕs alienating the majority of its students and the major¥ity of U.S. population. UTÕs slow response in considering the dormÕs name change sends a discouraging message to talented prospective students and faculty across Texas and the country. Most students or pro¥fessors would not want to be associated in any way with the Ku Klux Klan or an institution that has any connection with it, even if the relationship is symbolic. Those targeted by the terrorist or¥ganization Ñ any non-white ethnicity group, non-Protestant or member of the GLBT communityÑ would be especially appre¥hensive about attending a school that continues to host land¥marks named after prominent Klan leaders, such as Simkins. This debacle could have a significant effect on the Universi¥tyÕs recruiting, in-state and out-of-state. Honoring diversity and attracting talented scholars trump any financial costs associated with renaming Simkins Hall. If the administration valued diver¥sity as much as it claims, then the decision to change the dormÕs name would have been made long ago Ñ without negative press as a catalyst. The administration said the deliberative process is necessary to establish a precedent for this type of issue. What does it say about our University and its devotion to diversity if it must set a precedent for deciding whether or not it will continue honoring violent racists such as Simkins? Ñ Heath Cleveland for the editorial board THE FIRING LINE Gov. Perry has led Texas to prosperity In response to Professor David HerrinÕs call for new leadership, I ask: Why? Under Gov. Rick PerryÕs watch, the state has become a model of pros¥perity. Six out of 21 (nearly a third) of Òrecession-proofÓ cities are in Texas; 43,600 jobs were added in just the month of May, with 136,000 this year; and Texas has pretty much avoided any kind of real estate crash suffered by other states. Texas has consistently been pointed to as the best state to do business, and more people are moving into Texas than are moving out. Herrin goes on to claim that Perry has Òlost his authority he once had as a leader in education.Ó But what about the fact that financial aid levels have increased by 900 percent, public education funding in Texas has increased by 43 percent and the state has introduced performance pay for teachers? I would argue that PerryÕs leadership has proven to be beneficial to Texans. Furthermore, what we know of Bill WhiteÕs track record shows him leaving Houston in a financial crisis, giving advice to President Barack Obama on how to sell cap and trade and using his position as mayor of Houston to give business to (and benefit from) companies he has ties to. And this is just from what we have been shown, as he has yet to release his tax returns for all of his years in public service. So I close by asking the question: Why should we replace proven lead¥ership with a man who will not even show us where he made his mil¥lions during his years of public service? Ñ John Chapman Public relations director, College Republicans at Texas Advertising junior GALLERy LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Tex¥an are those of the editor or the writ¥er of the article. They are not necessar¥ily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dai¥lytexanonline.com. Letters must be few¥er than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity and li¥ability. REcycLE! Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan by placing it in a recycling bin or back in the burnt-orange stand where you found it. SUBMIT A cOLUMN The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Columns must be between 200 and 700 words. Send columns to editor@dailytexanonline.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability. GALLERy Give students a voice By John Alexander Lawler Daily Texan Guest Columnist As reported by The Daily Texan this week, looming alterations to the cur¥rent residential zoning of the University area Ñ including portions of West Cam¥pus and North Campus neighborhoods Ñ threaten to minimize the availability of Greek, cooperative and semi-dense housing. Besides a misunderstanding that the changes would affect a centrally located portion of West Campus known as University Neighborhood Overlay, or UNO, I am proud that The Daily Texan is bringing to light such a critical con¥versation going on within the Universi¥ty community. For those new to the world of zoning, its applicability to everyday life may be hard to appreciate at first. In fact, the zoning and ordinances that Austin uses have a dramatic impact on nearly every facet of an individualÕs day. The places we live, the paths we walk and even the food nearby is pre-determined by zon¥ing. Obviously, any changes to the laws governing an areaÕs zoning will impact its population. Of course, navigating the issues of zon¥ing, ordinances and city planning often requires a bit of bureaucratic background knowledge. In the case of a West Cam¥pus tenant such as myself, my duplex re¥sides in the central portion of West Cam¥pus, which is part of UNO. UNO, which will not be impacted by these changes, resides in the area overseen by the larg¥er West Campus association, Universi¥ty Area Partners (UAP). Next up the lad¥der is the Central Austin Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee (CAN-PAC), which serves as an umbrella advi¥sory board to the citywide planning com¥mission. The planning commission holds the ultimate authority to recommend ac¥tion to City Council. Changes to zoning, such as the ones be¥ing currently proposed, are complicated, easily misrepresented and require a bit of research and personal interest to tru¥ly grasp. ItÕs an intricate issue that requires criti¥cal thinking. But thatÕs what we students do on a daily basis during the school year, right? If anything, our classroom experience and firsthand knowledge of the area should be considered a double¥asset to discussions such as the zoning debate, right? Furthermore, we as stu¥dents make up the majority of the Uni¥versity-area population, so we should at least have the opportunity to generate a stance on the issue, right? Wrong. According to the City of Austin Plan¥ning CommissionÕs subcommittee on zoning and ordinances, the simple re¥quest of waiting to hear student opin¥ion about zoning changes was ignored. In a letter to the subcommittee from UAP, the West Campus neighborhood association Ñ which is composed of property owners, businesses, Greek life and church representatives Ñ request¥ed the city hold off on any action un¥til students had a chance to consider the options at hand. The city staff request¥ed the same action of the subcommit¥tee, citing the necessity to build a neigh¥borhood-wide consensus on individu¥al properties. These requests were over¥ruled, and now the planning commis¥sion, the rung on the ladder just below City Council for zoning issues, will hear the zoning proposals while students are gone for summer break. If you favor students having an active voice in how the community we live in is shaped, then I assume you are equal¥ly frustrated by not being given the time to organize ourselves and provide a thought-out response to the changes. It would be fairly simple for myself, or any student remotely involved with activism on campus, to charge into City Hall, pro¥claim a stance on the issue and deem it to be the best option for students. How¥ever, individual actions are nowhere near as effective as an organized response. Re¥gardless of where you may stand on the issue of zoning, the fact that students are not given a chance to respond is truly the controversy at play. This year, Student Government is tak¥ing a much bigger role in representing student concerns before the City Coun¥cil, neighborhood associations and the community at large. Please get involved with the different facets of municipal ac¥tivism SG is currently spearheading. Fur¥thermore, I implore you to contact city re¥lations co-directors Thaddeus Woody and Nicole Faulkenberg at utsg.cra@gmail.com for more information. Together, we have the ability to make a difference not only in the places we live but also in how the larger student voice is perceived. Together, students can. Lawler is an SG appointee to University Area Partners and a member of CANPAC. Higher-education reforms should be realistic By Susannah Jacob Daily Texan Columnist New York Times blogger and con¥tributor Stanley Fish had a few words to say about the allegedly nonpartisan think tank Texas Public Policy Foun¥dation, which has proposed a number of reforms to higher eduction. ÒRet¥rograde,Ó Òcockamamie,Ó ÒformulaicÓ and Òdumbed-down teachingÓ were some of the choice phrases Fish used to describe the foundationÕs sugges¥tions, which are backed by Gov. Rick Perry and enthusiastically embraced by Texas A&M University regents. The foundationÕs objective, which was originally introduced during a May 2008 higher-education summit at¥tended by Perry and 45 regents from Texas universities, is to return con¥trol of universities to Òthe customerÓ: students, parents and taxpayers. The think tank says there is little oversight of the money students and parents in¥vest in higher education, and their re¥forms will make the system more effi¥cient and transparent. One of the proposed reforms would award instructors with up to $10,000 based on anonymous student evalua¥tions, according to The Eagle. This re¥form in particular inspired the swift¥est rebuttal by Fish, who said educa¥tion is a utility that may not be im¥mediately recognized, unlike other goods and services. Identifying the crux of the issue, Fish said, ÒThey ac¥tively want their colleges and univer¥sities to be like car dealerships, with an emphasis on the bottom line, effi¥ciency and consumer choice.Ó And heÕs right. There is no real dis¥agreement about what the intentions of the reforms are Ñ just their con¥sequences. Reform backers see high¥er education as a business and believe their changes will increase efficiency and customer satisfaction. Conversely, Fish and other naysayers see the pro¥posed reforms as a perfect storm. The notion that college students could be equipped with the power to determine their professorsÕ salaries and tenure track is preposterous, and itÕs fright¥ening that Texas A&M has put this idea into motion. So far, UT regents havenÕt pushed the changes with the same forceful¥ness as their Aggie counterparts, but itÕs incorrect to assume UT may nev¥er be subjected to similar reforms. Re¥gardless, the purported practical im¥plications of the reforms Ñ good and bad Ñ are hard to entirely accept from adults so far away from their own col¥lege careers. On the touchy matter of the student¥evaluations reform mentioned above, Fish argues that college students lack the perspective to effectively evaluate professors. Perry and others argue that evaluations are necessary to make uni¥versities accountable for their spend¥ing. However, both sides are slight¥ly misguided in assuming all students take evaluations completely seriously. At the close of last semester, I was tasked with picking up student eval¥uations for my Music for Non-Majors class, distributing them to my peers and returning them to an administra¥tive office in the music building. I was the only one who showed up. I filled out my evaluation in a hurry and in typical fashion: checking off the boxes without too much thought and leaving the Òfurther commentsÓ section blank. If $10,000 was hinging on my response Ñ after all, I was the only one to fill out the form Ñ IÕd like to say I would have filled it out a little more carefully. Whether you support the reforms hinges on whether you believe that the consequences of treating the Uni¥versity as a business will be negative or positive. But when making such a determination, it is important to ask: ÒHow would this actually pan out?Ó My own reflection led me to skepti¥cism, not because students lack the ability to evaluate their college classes but because of the reality of my own experience in the music building, fill¥ing out a form alone and a little hap¥hazardly. Jacob is a history sophomore. Life&Arts Editor: Mary Lingwall E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 Life&Arts Friday, June 25, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com restaurant review jax neighborhood cafe CafeÕs sandwiches mix bland flavors, reasonable prices By Zach Miller Daily Texan Staff JAX Neighborhood Cafe, lo¥cated off 29th Street near Toy Joy, is one of the newest addi¥tions to the campus-area food scene. This eatery provides sandwiches, salads and pizza, as well as a wide assortment of alcoholic beverages. With the majority of its sand¥wiches priced at $5.95, JAX isnÕt a burden on the wallet. Unfortu¥nately, the quality of the food re¥flects the cost. The Italian Classic sandwich seems like a winner until the first bite. The sandwichÕs com¥bination of mortadella sausage, del oro salami, provolone cheese and chopped peppers didnÕt make for a pleasant eating expe¥rience. The meat was very thin¥ly sliced and didnÕt play a dom¥inant role in the flavor of the sandwich. The provolone could have been excluded as well. Only the roasted peppers suc¥ceed in adding flavor, albeit a very mild one. Only a small step better than something pre-made at the gro¥cery store, the sandwich didnÕt wHat: JAX Neighborhood Cafe wHere: 2828 Rio Grande St. Hours: Sunday-Friday, 11 a.m.¥ midnight; Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. web: jaxjoint.com offer quality or uniqueness. The Pollo Italiano chicken sandwich has the same bland taste as the Italian Classic but with some basil paste. It is fill¥ing and only $6, but the mellow peppers and basil flavor fizzle quickly and eventually fade out all together. JAX also provides a make-your¥own section, where you can build the sandwich of your choice for only $6. Compared to other sand¥wich shops, this is a good value for students on a budget. Although JAX does offer something for a wide range of patrons, its looks less like a suc¥cess and more like itÕs having an identity crisis. Many students arenÕt old enough to take advantage of the beer specials, and the skimpy, impractical menu isnÕt thor¥ough enough to please an old¥er crowd. By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff ÒAmŽlieÓ writer and director Jean-Pierre Jeunet returned to the U.S. screens this month with his sixth and by far most entertaining vaudevillian film, ÒMicmacs.Ó Drawing upon classic, come¥dic and creative minds such as Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, Jeunet offers a tantalizing visu¥al feast of comedy that seems as though it could have been co¥written by Charlie Chaplin and Rube Goldberg. ÒMicmacsÓ follows the un¥lucky and ordinary Bazil on a quest to get revenge on the two rival arms companies that have ruined his life. As a young boy, Bazil was orphaned after his fa¥ther accidentally stepped on a land mine. Later, Bazil himself was struck by a stray bullet to the head from a car chase. The Daily Texan festival preview cinema east Cinema East hosts film favorites By Addie Anderson Daily Texan Staff Every other Sunday, as the sun sets on a usually unused field be¥hind Baby Blue Recording Studio on East 12th Street, groups of film¥hungry Austinites gather with blankets, towels and baskets of food and drink for what becomes a miniature film festival at dusk. Cinema East, an ongoing film se¥ries featuring more than 15 of the yearÕs indie-film festival favorites, was conceptualized by Scott Jaw¥son and Maggie Lea. After witnessing the success of South By Southwest this year, Jawson and Lea decided to cre¥ate a film series that highlights the same caliber of entertainment without the financial burden or hectic schedule of a major film fes¥tival like SXSW. ÒWe wanted to make some¥thing that was just as accessible for film as it is for music,Ó Jawson said. ÒSomething that anyone can go to, easy to find out about and create the same experience people would get from a film festival, but for free.Ó After working in several event coordination and production posi¥tions, including Transmission En¥tertainment and the companyÕs annual music festival Fun Fun Fun Fest, Jawson felt as though he could actually pull off his SX¥SW-inspired idea. However, ex¥perience aside, Jawson felt that he needed someone a little more con¥nected to the film scene to help him recruit content. He immedi¥ately thought of Lea. ÒThe reason I approached Maggie in the first place is be¥cause sheÕs been to a lot of these bigger festivals and sheÕs more plugged into the film communi¥ty,Ó Jawson said. Movie review micmacs ˆ tire-larigot ÔAmŽlieÕ director comes back with ÔMicmacsÕ made the bullet Ñ located across from its rival, the weapons facto¥ry that made the land mine Ñ he enlists the help of his new friends to get revenge. However, thatÕs where some critics feel the movie is too shallow. ÒMicmacsÓ is not a dramatic tour de force like JeunetÕs World War I love story ÒA Very Long Engagement,Ó and itÕs definite¥ly not a darkly romantic post-Jeunet always sprinkles through¥out his films. From the Congolese ethnographer who scrambles up all the way to the literally explo¥sive finale, Jeunet provides one massive cinematic treat. Disregarding the filmÕs fanci¥ful nature, which may not be fa¥vored by more serious moviego¥ers, its R rating from the MPAA for Òsome sexuality and brief vi¥olenceÓ seems odd. DonÕt be Lea felt as though the job would be a perfect fit and eager¥ly accepted. ÒItÕs really fitting because itÕs what IÕve been getting into the past few years Ñ a lot of film stuff in the Austin film community, and a little bit outside of it,Ó Lea said. ÒI had gone to a bunch of festivals this year, and most of these films were screened at the festivals. It was a culmination of all of these other things I had been doing.Ó The film to be screened this week will be ÒThe Fearless Freaks,Ó a documentary about the band The Flaming Lips, directed by Bradley Beesley. Food and beverages will be served by Karibu Ethiopian Res¥taurant & Bar, MamaÕs, Frank and Daily Juice Foods, and the event is BYOB if youÕre over 21. There will also be a pop-up vintage boutique by Laced With Romance. wHat: Cinema East wHere: 522 East 12th St. wHen: Every other Sunday at 8 p.m. through September web: cinemaeastaustin.com adMission: Free The screenings are all ages, and there wasnÕt a particular age de¥mographic missing at the last screening, which pleased Jawson and Lea. The two anticipate the crowd growing as the series con¥tinues throughout the summer. ÒItÕs a good way for people to break into AustinÕs culture, you know, break into the community here,Ó Jawson said. ÒItÕs very easy, I imagine, to feel detached from the city if youÕre living on cam¥pus all the time, but this is a real¥ly great way to integrate yourself into the community.Ó Sex educator gets down, dirty with top 10 songs THE A-LIST By Mary Lingwall After graduating with a mas¥ter Õs degree in public health from Columbia University in 2007, Guli Fager had a very dis¥mal view of Texas. Known for failing abstinence-only sex-edu¥cation programs and a teen pregnancy rate constant¥ly hovering among ask and girls donÕt the top three in the want to tell,Ó Fager entire nation, Tex¥ said. ÒSo, then the as was never where guy just does what Fager thought she he thinks he should, would find herself. and then the experi- But after a job search that favored New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, she stumbled upon UTÕs sex-edu¥cation outreach supervisor posi¥tion. Now, Fager heads UTÕs sex education by training peer ed¥ucators, distributing condoms and counseling students. With years of sex education and outreach under her belt, FagerÕs musical tastes have obviously reflected some of the sexiest tunes, but she still counts her brother- and sister¥in-lawÕs, Asa and Dorthy Fag¥erÕs, self-recorded ode to their recently born daughter among the top 10 songs sheÕs listening to now. Her No. 8 pick Ñ Out¥kastÕs ÒIÕll Call Before I ComeÓ Ñ is especially interesting to the college crowd. ÒThis is a great song about sexual etiquette, [which is important] because guys donÕt want to ence turns out unsatis¥factory for everyone.Ó FagerÕs top 10 songs reflect a wide range of artists, from R. 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Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SPORTS Friday, June 25, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN IM SPORTS Intramural ref shines on the court and of f By Bri Thomas Daily Texan Staff The C-league softball team was down one run with two outs in the final inning as its last batter stepped up to the plate. The batter whiffed at the first pitch, which was lobbed right over the plate. The next pitch came; he swung and missed again for strike two. The outfield scooted in after wit¥nessing previous poor performanc¥es from this player. Then, with his eyes closed, the batter swung at the final pitch, only to hit the ball over the entire outfield and drive in two runs to win the game. The victors went crazy, and no one knew how it happened. Official Kyle St. Nicholas was as surprised as anyone else to see the championship game conclude in this fashion. ÒIt just reminded me how any¥thing can happen, and that the game is never over,Ó St. Nich¥olas said. ÒI really enjoyed be¥ing proved wrong, and some of the most enjoyable times reff¥ing are the ones like that where you get surprised.Ó St. Nicholas, an internation¥al relations senior, transferred to Texas from UTSA and decided to start officiating games to earn some extra cash. He has officiat¥ed every intramural sport UT of¥fers, from softball to pool volley¥ball, working his way up to be an intramural supervisor, who over¥sees and trains other officials. St. Nicholas now works in five dif¥ferent positions at RecSports in all, including one as a lifeguard. In the fall, St. Nicholas will serve as a program assistant, a promotion that will include more responsibilities, such as solving player conflicts and leading supervisors. ÒKyle is one of our best offi¥cials,Ó student employee supervi¥sor Darci Doll said. ÒHis strengths are his positive communication style, rules knowledge and his ex¥perience as a player. Our top of¥ficials are the students who work really hard for the players, and Kyle gives them the type of ef- Natasha Lee | Daily Texan Staff Intramural official Kyle St. Nicholas, an international relations senior, intently watches a volleyball match in Gregory Gym while refereeing for RecSports on Tuesday. fort he would expect when he is playing.Ó An athlete himself, St. Nicholas is often surprised by how some of the most surprising people ac¥complish amazing things. ÒNot everyone who plays is always the best of athletes,Ó St. Nicholas said. ÒBut it seems as though they all have their mo¥ments. Take the batter who won the softball game, for example. The student seemed quite unath¥letic, yet with a little luck, was able to win the championship, causing a huge uproar.Ó St. NicholasÔ own volleyball team made it to the semifinals this past year, and he hopes that in his last year at UT, he finally goes all the way. NBA Two Longhornsamong first pickedin basketball draft By Will Anderson Atlanta took Damion James Daily Texas Staff with the 24th overall pick, just By the time Washington the second time in Texas history opened the 2010 NBA draft with that two Longhorns went in the the first overall pick, it was most¥ly a formality that the Wizards would select John Wall. The former Kentucky point guard was pre¥dicted to go No. 1 since the end of the season. Avery Brad¥ley was the first Longhorn to go in this yearÕs draft when Boston se¥lected him 19th overall. Bradley left school early to join the NBA af¥ter an impressive freshman season that saw him earn Avery Bradley was the first Longhorn to go in this yearÕs draft when Boston selected him 19th overall. Bradley left school early to join the NBA after an impressive freshman season that saw him earn All-Rookie and All-Freshman honors in the Big 12. first round after Travis Mays and Lance Blanks both went in 1990. James set the all-time re¥bounding record at Texas and had the second-most double-doubles in school history with 55. With Bradley and James going in the first round, 12 Texas players have now been selected in the NBA draft since 1999. Former center Dexter Pittman did not go in the All-Rookie and All-Freshman first round but was predicted to be a honors in the Big 12. mid-second rounder. ÒIt seems as though almost ev¥ery championship game for ev¥ery sport comes at a high lev¥el of intensity, no matter what division is playing, MenÕs A or Coed C,Ó he said. ÒItÕs always great to see such athletic ability in recreational games.Ó According to St. Nicholas, many teams pass through intra¥mural sports simply to have fun. On the other hand, there are players within intramurals who shine and possess the skill to play at a lower college level but in¥stead chose to attend UT to pur¥sue academics. ÒItÕs nice to see that they havenÕt completely given up on sports and can still enjoy them,Ó he said. ÒThough their level of play sometimes seems unfair to play against.Ó After serving as an official for so long, the rules and regula¥tions usually come back to this student easily year-after-year, though there are still those nerve¥wracking moments. ÒBasketball is the hardest be¥cause in football, I can throw a flag and have time to think about what IÕm going to call,Ó St. Nich¥olas said. ÒBasketball is too fast¥paced for that.Ó With so much pressure, St. Nicholas said he always wants to make a strong appearance to re¥mind himself that heÕs a trained professional, but everyone slips up. ÒMy first year, I was reffing a WORLD CUP Italy goes down; Japan advances By Naishadh Bhonsle Daily Texan Staff Slovakia 3, Italy 2 As the defending world champion, Italy has been very disappointing so far in the World Cup, notching only two points from two draws. Its game against Slovakia was an easy game on paper, but in re¥ality turned into a struggle for the Italians, who found it hard to muster any creativity the entire tournament. The Slovaks took an unlike¥ly lead early in the game from R—bert Vittek, who received the ball after some casual de¥fending from Daniele De Ros¥si, and finished with a precise shot. The Italians seemed shell¥shocked, as it was the third straight game where they had gone down a goal early. As the pressure mounted, World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi brought on at¥tacking players in the second half to find the goal needed for qualification. Instead, the Slovaks doubled their lead in the 73rd minute through Vit¥tek again, who finished the first time after an accurate ball from Marek Ham¥¥’k. The goal meant ItalyÕs chances looked bleak, but it finally seemed in¥spired as Antonio Di Natale finished into an empty net to make it 2-1. Italy had another goal dis¥allowed and a ball cleared off, and it was Slovakia who put the game away on the 89th minute after substitute Kamil Kopœnek beat the Italian keep¥er to the ball to finish with his first touch. Italy fought back again after an exquisite chip from Fabio Quagliarella in the 91st minute. ItalyÕs inspired 10 min¥utes was not enough, though, as Slovakia held on for a his¥toric win that put it through to the next round and eliminated Italy. Paraguay 0, New Zealand 0 Paraguay needed a win to assure it the top spot in Group F and possibly a much more favorable draw for the next round. A win was equal¥ly important for New Zea¥land, which found itself in the unexpected position of hav¥ing not lost a game. The pres¥sure was on New Zealand to win as a draw would satisfy Paraguay, still earning it the top spot. Both teams had a num¥ber of missed opportunities as New ZealandÕs defense, led by captain and Blackburn Rovers player Ryan Nelson, stood strong. Shane Smeltz, who scored against the Ital¥ians in the last game, missed from outside the box in the fifth minute. Nelson Valdez and îscar Cardozo nearly scored before the half, and the second half producing more of the same disappointment. The game eventually end¥ed in a stalemate as Paraguay sealed the top spot in the group, and New ZealandÕs World Cup campaign ended undefeated and just one goal short of qualification. football championship when a player bobbled the ball in the in¥zone,Ó he said. ÒI said he caught it, causing this girl to get pissed. She started yelling and cursing, and I tried to calm her down, but it was funny. There are al¥ways frus¥trations.Ó Despite all the dis¥agreements, St. Nicholas is al¥most always thanked for his good work after games. ÒI totally understand when it doesnÕt happen, though,Ó he said. ÒIÕm competitive, too, but I just try to keep my cool.Ó Japan 3, Denmark 1 Both teams knew a win would seal the second spot in the group behind the Nether¥lands, with Japan in the more comfortable position of being able to draw and still advance. Japan hit Denmark early on a free kick from 30 yards out as Keisuke Honda hammered the ball from distance past Thomas S¿rensen. Thirteen minutes lat¥er, Japan won another free kick from a central position, and Yasuhito Endo curled the ball into the back of the net, mak¥ing DenmarkÕs job increasing¥ly difficult. The Danes got back into the game a little too late after Jon Dahl Tomasson converted his saved penalty on the 90th min¥ute to make Japan nervous in the last 10 minutes of the game. That was the idea, at least, but Honda, the man of the match, received the ball in the box, juked past a Japanese defend¥er and played an easy pass for Shinji Okazaki to finish into an open net. The game ended in JapanÕs favor, making it the second Asian nation to qualify for the next round. Its opponents will be Group F winners Paraguay. SIDELINE MLB Giants 5 Astros 7 Indians 3 Phillies 12 Twins 0 Brewers 7 Padres 3 Rays 5 Pirates 5 Rangers 6 Cardinals 0 Jays 5 WORLD CUP