@thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, October 6, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar Michael Ian Black The comedian and writer known for his deadpan comedy will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Texas Union Ballroom. For an exclusive interview with Black, check out Life&Arts page 14. Ally Carnival StandOut will host a carnival in Gregory Plaza to promote awareness of queer issues from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information visit their Facebook group at http://www.facebook. com/texasstandout. Thriller Michael Jackson might be gone, thatÕs no reason not to sing along to some of his greatest hits at the Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek. Show starts at 7 p.m. Degree Forum In response to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board consolidating and eliminating Òlow-producingÓ degree plans, the Liberal Arts Council and Senate of College Councils will hold a forum beginning at 5 p.m. in the Gebauer Building Third Floor Conference Room. Today in history In 1889 The Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Paris. Inside In Editorial: ItÕs Oct. 6 and OU still sucks page 4 Quote to note Ô Ô ÒSomething that doesnÕt get the at¥tention that I wish it would is my work in the burlesque. I do a very classic bur¥lesque show, where itÕs sexy but IÕm not giving away the store, you know?Ó Ñ Michael Ian Black Comedian LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Former Longhorn quarterback to transfer Bird Caviel speaks before a meeting of the General Assembly for Occupy Austin outside City Hall on Wednesday evening. The General Assembly, a leaderless decision-making group, met on the eve of Occupy Austin to discuss logistics for the occupation. Austinites rally, ÔoccupyÕ City Hall Some inspired by Occupy Wall Street march, others question goals By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff The Occupy Wall Street move¥ment, which began in early Sep¥tember in New York CityÕs Zuccot¥ti Park as a protest against politi¥cal and economic corruption, has been steadily gaining momentum and has spread throughout the na¥tion and all the way to Europe. The movement finally reached campus with yesterdayÕs student walkout. AustinÕs own demonstration, Occu¥py Austin, will begin today at City Hall at 10 a.m. Thousands have said they will attend the protest via the Occu¥py Austin Facebook page, a num¥ber that Lauren Welker, an Oc¥cupy Austin spokesperson, called unprecedented considering much of the planning didnÕt begin until about two weeks ago. Welker said a core group of about 20 people, with Apple co-founder, innovator dies at 56 By Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Jobs died Wednesday, Oct. 5, of pancreatic cancer, Apple an¥nounced. Jobs stepped down from his role as CEO of Apple in Au¥gust, and the newest iteration of the companyÕs popular iPhone, the iPhone 4S, was revealed yesterday by new CEO Tim Cook. Jobs, who co-founded Ap¥ple with Steve Wozniak in 1976, was perhaps the most high-pro¥file and influential celebrity CEO since John D. Rocke¥feller. After being fired in 1985, Jobs returned to the comput¥er company in 1996 and ush¥ered in a wave of advancements that would forever change how an entire generation of consumers would think about an enormous amount of help from others, used Twitter, Facebook and Livestream Ñ social media tools that have become a staple of pro¥tests and revolutions worldwide Ñ to get things moving. ÒThe idea sparked,Ó Welker, a geological sciences graduate stu¥dent, said. ÒIt was like Ôwhy not?Õ ItÕs not just New York thatÕs affected by Wall Street; itÕs all over the nation. ItÕs here. Why donÕt people go out to the streets and protest whatÕs going on? We canÕt all afford to fly out to New York.Ó Occupy Wall Street, now in its third week, has had a few run¥ins with the New York Police De¥partment, including a controver¥sial mass arrest of approximate¥ly 700 when protesters took to the Brooklyn Bridge and disrupt¥ed traffic, according to a report by the Guardian. Welker said that they have been working with Aus¥ its relationship with technology and media. In 2001, under the guidance of Jobs, Apple released the first-gen¥eration iPod. It was a thick, brick¥like device that had a low-resolu¥tion black-and-white screen and five gigabytes of storage space. At the time, it was only compatible with Macintosh computers and re¥tailed for $399. Ten years later, the current iPod model, the fourth-generation iPod Steve Jobs, who co¥founded Apple in 1976, died Wednesday from pancreatic cancer. Courtesy of Associated Press Touch, is comprised of a glossy touchscreen display, can hold up to 64 gigabytes of data, can record and play back high-definition vid¥eo and features a front-facing cam¥era for video conferencing over the Internet. IPods currently make up 78 percent of the portable music player market share. The speed at which new devel¥opments came from Apple under JOBS continues on PAGE 2 because I love the University of Tex¥as and have had a great time playing there,Ó Gilbert said. ÒI canÕt thank all of my teammates and everyone at Texas enough for all of their support.Ó Gilbert won a four-man competi¥tion for the starting quarterback job this offseason, beating out sopho¥more Case McCoy, freshman David Ash and freshman Connor Wood, who has since transferred to the University of Colorado. Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff tin police to make sure incidents like that donÕt happen. ÒWe donÕt want to break the law,Ó she said. ÒThatÕs not the purpose.Ó The purpose of the protests, which have spread from New York City to Los Angeles to Austin and scores of cities in between, is a lit¥tle harder to pin down, much to the annoyance of people who do not see the purpose. At the movementÕs core, Welker said, is the discontent that many Americans share for po¥litical and economic corruption on national, state and local levels and the corporate influence that holds sway over many elections and pol¥icy decisions. She said people are angry about how these issues are affecting so¥ciety and particularly the lives and well-being of those that call them¥selves Ôthe 99 percentÕ Ñ people who OCCUPY continues on PAGE 6 He went 13-for-23 for 239 yards is a terrific young man, and we are and a touchdown in TexasÕ season very appreciative of everything he opening win over Rice but could has done for our program. Whatev¥only lead the Longhorns offense to er school he decides to go to will get one first down in five drives a week a guy who will work as hard as any¥later against BYU. Gilbert was re-one and compete both on the field placed by McCoy in the second and in the classroom.Ó quarter and did not play at all when Although he has not chosen a Texas faced UCLA. new destination yet, Gilbert was re¥ ÒWe talked about his decision, portedly in Dallas on Wednesday and we all fully support him,Ó head coach Mack Brown said. ÒGarrett GILBERT continues on PAGE 2 National protests spread to campus By Nick Hadjigeorge Daily Texan Staff A group of approximate¥ly 40 students met at South Mall on Wednesday at noon and held signs advertising Occupy Austin while chant¥ing slogans like Òmoney for jobs and education, not for wars and occupation.Ó Occupy Austin student¥outreach coordinator Jona¥than Cronin said both social media and traditional tactics played a role in advertising WednesdayÕs on-campus dem¥onstration, called a walkout, in which student participants were encouraged to leave class in order to promote the cause. Inspired by the ongoing Oc¥cupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City, ac¥tivists have been organizing and preparing for the Occu¥py Austin protest, set to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at Austin City Hall. The Occupy Austin pro¥tests are based on the same message of criticizing the American financial indus¥try through tactics similar to those being used in New York Pre-med junior Joe Gailey stands in the South Mall on Wednesday afternoon as part of Occupy AustinÕs campus walkout. The walkout was a preview of ThursdayÕs protest that will take place at City Hall. Transfer students not factored into graduation rate statistics By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff The UT System measures effi¥ciency by calculating the number of students who complete a degree ex¥clusively at specific institutions, but this approach does not account for transfer students. State pressure is on public uni¥versities to improve efficiency by increasing the number of students who receive degrees in four years or less, said UT-El Paso president Di¥ana Natalicio. She said an alterna¥tive to using graduation rates as a metric is tracking studentsÕ prog¥ress through different institutions to determine the number of students who complete a degree. Natalicio said last week that 70 percent of the students who grad¥uate from UTEP do not count in graduation rates because they did not attend the university from the beginning of their higher education experience. ÒSo much of what is happening right now in the name of productiv¥ity and efficiency comes from a mis¥understanding of whatÕs happening on the ground,Ó Natalicio said. In 2006, 11 percent of UTEP stu¥dents graduated in four years, ac¥cording to a UT System document. Natalicio said some UTEP students transfer from the university to UT Austin or universities in New Mex¥ico and California. Based on grad¥uation rates transfer students would not factor into the efficiency fig¥ure for the UT System institution in which they are enrolled. ÒWhat we see is a population of students who have a different goal, to use the enrollment at UTEP as a stepping stone,Ó Natalicio said. Natalicio said students who RATES continues on PAGE 2 City and will continue until no longer necessary, accord¥ing to the website. Finance lecturer David Miller attended the walk¥out and spoke with students about how to refine their mes¥sage and participate in a suc¥cessful protest. ÒThe students at UT should use their passion and intel¥ligence to put forth positive and creative proposals,Ó Miller said. ÒThe key is to find a so¥lution to all of these problems you are talking about instead of just listing all of them.Ó Geography junior Landre Wilson said he learned about the walkout while in class and learned of the Occupy Wall Street protests from the website Reddit. Wilson said he plans to attend the Occu¥py Austin protest. Kirsten Bokenkamp, Com¥munications coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said her orga¥nization hopes to educate stu¥dent protesters on their rights and responsibilities while they WALKOUT continues on PAGE 6 Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff This time last month, he was firm¥ly entrenched as TexasÕ starting quar¥terback. Now, Garrett Gilbert is leav¥ing the Longhorn football program. The embattled junior quarter¥back has elected to transfer after a little more than two seasons at Tex¥as. Gilbert was 7-7 as the Longhorns starter and threw for 3,301 yards, 13 touchdowns and 23 interceptions while at Texas. But after getting re¥placed against BYU after throwing first-quarter interceptions and un¥dergoing season-ending shoulder surgery 10 days later, Gilbert an¥nounced Wednesday that he had taken his last snap at Texas. He has received an unconditional release from his scholarship but has not de¥cided where he will transfer. ÒThis was a very difficult decision 2 NEWS Thursday, October 6, 2011 The Daily Texan Science instructors to study organisms in Arctic Ocean during summer Volume 112, Number 53 CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Viviana Aldous (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Lena Price (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ 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 2011 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. TOMORROWÕS WEATHER High Low 92 70 IÕm a f@*#ÕinÕ Warrior! By Jennifer Berke Daily Texan Staff Three UT science instructors plan to spend the summer avoid¥ing oil spills and direct interferenc¥es with the natural ecosystem while studying sediment samples in the Arctic Ocean. Marine science professor Ken Dunton will lead a group of 10 re¥searchers in a study about the Han¥na Shoal ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern coast of Alaska next summer. The study will be conducted over a five-year period, during which Dunton and his team will attempt to understand why the northern Chukchi Sea is such a productive area. The team will be measuring wa¥ter current on the seabed, as well as the fluidity and temperature changes in the water and the or¥ganisms living on the seabed. Dun¥ton said the group received a $5.6 million grant from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regu¥lation and Enforcement in order to complete the study. Dunton said the system supports a high level of productivity based on the large number of organisms. ÒOur main objective is to gain a better understanding of the bi¥ological, physical and chemical processes at work in the northern Chukchi Sea and the role of those processes in regulating extremely high productivity of that system,Ó Dunton said. ÒThe great variety of organisms that inhabit the north¥ern Chukchi Sea shows that is a highly productive ecosystem. It is a place of congregation for organ¥isms of all different troughs.Ó Dunton also said the group is in¥terested in whether or not climate change affects the ecosystem, as well as diversity in the seabed. Susan Schonberg, a Marine Science Institute research scien¥tist associate who will accompany Dunton for the study, said she has been working in Alaska for more than 30 years, and the area they will research is especially rich in species diversity. ÒFrom sampling in summers 2009 and 2010, we found an area around Hanna Shoal, located in the northern Chukchi Sea, to be a rich ecosystem,Ó Schonberg said. Steve Lanoux, assistant direc¥tor of the Marine Science Insti¥tute in the College of Natural Sci¥ences, will also join the group of researchers. Lanoux said the team will use a variety of methods to collect their information. He said the group will use base¥line data to continuously analyze the section of water they plan to explore and determine what type of outside influences affect the sea. GILBERT continues from PAGE 1 morning watching a Southern Methodist University prac¥tice. Gilbert, who will continue to take classes at Texas this fall, could fit in well at SMU. Griffin Gilbert, his younger brother, is a high school se¥nior and will be playing in nearby Fort Worth when he suits up for Texas Christian University next year, and SMU head coach June Jones runs an offense that showcases its quarter¥back, allowing him to throw 30-40 times per game. Should Gilbert eventually enroll at SMU, he would face his brother when the Mustangs play TCU on Sept. 29 next season. ÒI just think IÕm at a point in my life where I need a fresh start,Ó Gilbert said. ÒIÕm excited to focus on getting my shoul¥der back to 100 percent and to decide where my next step will be, but I will always be thankful for my opportunity at Texas and be pulling for all of my friends and family in the LonghornsÕ program.Ó A two-time state champion at Lake Travis, Gilbert was one of the most highly touted players coming out of high school in 2009, checking in as the second-best quarterback pros¥pect, according to Rivals.com and ESPN. He spent most of his freshman season backing up Colt McCoy, but after the all-American went down with a sting¥er in the 2010 national title game against the University of Alabama. Gilbert stepped in for his first meaningful play¥ing time as a Longhorn and delivered two touchdown pass¥es to Jordan Shipley, bringing the Longhorns to within three points of the Crimson Tide in the fourth quarter. But Gil¥bert committed turnovers on each of TexasÕ final three pos- Elisabeth Dillon |Daily Texan file photo sessions, and Alabama triumphed 37-21. Garrett Gilbert attempts a pass during the LonghornsÕ 34-9 win over Rice on Sept. 3. Because of the promise he showed in that game, expec¥tations were high for Gilbert and his team coming into the their first losing season since 1997, with Gilbert throwing 10 bert is done at Texas. Whether he will be remembered for his 2010 season as Texas found itself among the top five teams in touchdowns and 17 interceptions. valiant effort against Alabama or for a poor 2010 season re¥the preseason polls. But the Longhorns posted a 5-7 record, After a tumultuous beginning to his junior season, Gil-mains to be seen. This newspaper was printed with THE DAILY TEXAN pride by The Daily Texan and Texas Student Media. 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Pick up an application at the Hearst Student Media building (HSM), 25th and Whitis Ave, Room 3.304, or print a application from our website: http://www.utexas.edu/tsm/ Deadline is noon on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Apply today! dent for media relations at UT-Ar-sured to reflect these paths. lington. She said this improves stu-ÒI think that universities have dentsÕ transfer experience into the changed,Ó Sullivan said. ÒThere are university and will hopefully lead more options.Ó JOBS continues from PAGE 1 JobsÕ command helped create a cul¥ture of commerce that values im¥mediacy. In addition to its nearly annual refreshment of its product lines, which includes iPods, laptop and desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones, the launch of the iTunes Store in 2003 dramatically shaped how the entertainment in¥dustry entered the digital age. More importantly, Jobs made the crucial distinction that entertain¥ment and technology are inherent¥ly tied to each other by the Internet. ITunes was a bold reversal to the pervasive digital piracy of the Õ90s and early Õ00s Ñ its massive suc¥cess (iTunes is now the largest and highest-grossing music retailer in the world, with more than 16 billion downloads) proved that consumers are more than willing to pay for dig¥ital content when the program is at¥tractively designed and easy to use. Design and ease of use became the guiding modus operandi for Apple under Jobs to reach great creative and financial success. The iPhone, perhaps JobsÕ greatest and most influential creation, has de¥fined the mobile device market¥place since its release in 2007. Its sleek, intuitive design, user-friend¥ly interface and unshakable cool¥factor has become the standard for consumer electronics. But the largest reason for the iP¥hone and AppleÕs success is JobsÕ careful construction of his compa¥nyÕs emotional narrative Ñ he made computers and phones feel human. 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RECYCLE ¥ your copy of The Daily Texan World &NatioN 3 Thursday, October 6, 2011 | The Daily Texan Klarissa Fitzpatrick, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com By Angela Charlton The Associated Press NEW YORK Ñ Unions joined the long-running protest against Wall Street and economic inequal¥ity Wednesday, with their mem¥bers adding protesters in a Man¥hattan march as smaller dem¥onstrations flourished across the country. Protesters in suits and T-shirts with union slogans left work early to march with activists who have been camped out in Zuccotti Park for days. ÒWeÕre here to stop corporate greed,Ó said Mike Pellegrino, an NYC Transit bus mechanic from Rye Brook. ÒThey should pay their fair share of taxes. WeÕre just work¥ing and looking for decent lives for our families.Ó The protesters have varied causes but have spoken large¥ly about unemployment and eco¥nomic inequality and reserved most of their criticism for Wall Street. ÒWe are the 99 percent,Ó they chanted, contrasting them- NEWS BRIEFLY Israeli scientist receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry JERUSALEM Ñ When Is¥raeli scientist Dan Shechtman claimed to have stumbled upon a new crystalline chemical struc¥ture, colleagues mocked him, in¥sulted him and exiled him from his research group. After years in the scientific wilderness, though, he was proved right. And now heÕs received the ul¥timate vindication: the Nobel Prize. The lesson? ÒA good sci¥entist is a humble and listening scientist,Ó Schechtman says. Clinton rebukes lack of U.N. member support for Syria SANTO DOMINGO, Domin¥ican Republic Ñ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Chi¥na and Russia are in the wrong af¥ter vetoing a U.N. Security Coun¥cil resolution condemning Syria for its brutal crackdown on pro-re¥form protesters. Clinton says TuesdayÕs defeat¥ed resolution means the Security Council failed in its responsibili¥ty to maintain international peace and defend civilians. Without mentioning either coun¥try by name, she criticized Russia and China on Wednesday for fail¥ing to stand with SyriaÕs protest¥ers for a single day in a single city, while they brave the streets every day to voice their opposition to Bashar AssadÕs regime. Clinton also criticized countries still sending weapons to the Assad regime as they are used against in¥nocent men, women and children. ÑCompiled from Associated Press Reports. selves with the wealthiest 1 per¥cent of Americans. Some of the union mem¥bers traveled from other states to march. Karen Higgins, a co-president of National Nurses United, came down with a group of colleagues from Boston. She said they had seen patients who skipped impor¥tant medical tests because they couldnÕt afford them. ÒTax Wall Street,Ó she said. ÒThose who make all the mon¥ey need to start paying their fair share.Ó The Occupy Wall Street protests started Sept. 17. Since then, hun¥dreds have set up camp nearby in Zuccotti Park and have become increasingly organized, lining up medical aid and legal help and printing their own newspaper. Several Democratic lawmak¥ers have expressed support for the protesters, but some Republi¥can presidential candidates have rebuked them. On Tuesday, CBS reported that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called the protest Òclass warfareÓ at an appearance at a Florida retirement community. Activists have been showing solidarity with movement in many cities: Occupy Providence. Occu¥py Los Angeles. Occupy Boise. Many of those protesting are college students. Hundreds walked out of classes in New York, some in a show of solidarity for the Wall Street movement but many more concerned with worries clos¥er to home. Protests were sched¥uled at State University of New York campuses including Albany, Buffalo, Binghamton, New Paltz and Purchase. Some protesters were recent graduates looking for work, in¥cluding Rachelle Suissa, who held up a sign in Manhattan that read: ÒI have a 4.0 GPA & $20,000 in debt. WhereÕs my bailout?Ó The 25-year-old Brooklyn wom¥an said she has applied for at least 200 jobs and is finding it difficult to remain optimistic. ÒI donÕt understand whatÕs going on here,Ó she said. 4 OpiniOn Thursday, October 6, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com lucy griswold | Daily Texan Staff ItÕs Oct. 6 and OU still sucks In the spirit of our friendly rivalry with the University of Oklahoma, the editorial boards of The Daily Texan and The Oklahoma Daily have exchanged editorials. In anticipation of SaturdayÕs football game, both editorials are running in Austin and Norman today. Oh you sweet, stupid OU, Looks like we have a pretty tough game university only survives by stealing from Tex¥coming up. I mean, facing an experienced as, we look forward to the announcement of quarterback is daunting enough, but when OUÕs own cable channel and all the exciting you add the best wide receiver in the na-potential content it will air. WeÕre sure ÒTeen tion into the mix, weÕll really need to be at WifeÓ and ÒSister SwapÓ will hit home with our best to pull out a win. But enough about the locals. Oklahoma State. This weekend weÕre playing In the meantime, a lot has been made of your team, which means itÕs that special time the potential profits surrounding conference of year where we travel to Dallas to eat fried realignment. With our sister school A&M food, mingle with your fans and ask, ÒWhat is moving to the SEC to do whatever it is they that smell?Ó do over there, the future of the Big 12 is un¥ ThereÕs no other way to put it: Last year we certain at best. were a pretty bad team, But weÕre glad Texas and OU but anomalies do hap¥ have stuck together. I mean, itÕs pen. After all, Landry so hard to find a good plumber Jones has all his teeth. these days. WeÕre coming into the ThereÕs just something en¥game as the underdog, dearing about our rivalry, You need us, just like but we think that we something that weÕre glad wonÕt may just have the squad every underdog needs fall prey to conference realign¥to pull the biggest up-ment. We canÕt quite put our set since your university an opponent who clearly finger on it. Maybe itÕs the way Ò was accredited. OU fans sounds like Lou Holtz outmatches it Ñ you Remember that time after their third corndog (re-Colt McCoy and Jordan know, like Rocky Balboa member, chew!). Or perhaps Shipley beat you guys a itÕs the way your caravan of and Apollo Creed or the lot? Yeah, weÕve got an-mobile homes will triple the SAT and you. other one of those. Sorry. Dear Longhorn fans, ItÕs early October, which means itÕs U-Verse, DirecTV and Dish Network want once again time to leave that insulat-nothing to do with enthralling programming ed bubble of pompous pretension you such as ÒRewind with Mack Brown,Ó ÒGame call a state capital for a trip to the Red Plan with Mack BrownÓ and ÒLonghorn Leg- River Rivalry. ends,Ó Mack BrownÕs roundtable discussion ThatÕs right, hipsters, itÕs time to wax that program with a rotating selection of paroled ironic mustache, point the olÕ fixed-gear bicy-Longhorn greats. cle north on I-35 and get ready for a frenetic But what would the shortsighted pow¥ weekend spent sipping wine coolers under ers-that-be at every major cable pro¥ the bright lights of Dallas. vider in the nation know about quality Most of all, itÕs time to prepare yourselves programming, right? for the dejection youÕll feel Saturday after-Yes, the network has been a topic of heated noon after once again having your asses hand-debate across Big 12 country, but in Nor¥ ed to you by a better-coached, man, weÕre proud to say more talented team in crimson we havenÕt had many and cream. complaints, even when it We Sooners love everything came to plans to air high¥ about the lead-up to the Red school football highlights River Rivalry. The anticipation and thus gain a potential felt in Norman is akin to how ... We think itÕs quaint leg up in recruiting. youÕd feel Christmas Eve if you Up here in Sooner knew youÕd be waking up the the Longhorns enter country, itÕs clear you next morning to compete with guys need all the help you Ò SaturdayÕs matchup your slower, weaker and less-can get when it comes to attractive sibling for presents. keeping your best pros¥ undefeated ... But as we all know, a trip pects from wising up and to the big game is about more donning crimson when they graduate. population of every town with than an athletic competition Congratulations on fi-a Cracker Barrel on I-35 this for both universities. nally ending your nine-weekend. Or it might just be For Longhorn fans, itÕs the Ò WeÕre confident the tradition of a team that year BCS bowl draught by winning the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, which is fit¥ ting because your state Ò that adorable face Bob Stoops opportunity to mingle with has won seven national makes when heÕs confused. your grotesque brethren at the worldÕs largest championships and seven Big 12 champion¥ LetÕs just face it: WeÕre in a gathering of the fat and the stupid, otherwise ships north of the Red River stacks up rather symbiotic relationship. Sor¥ known as the Texas State Fair. nicely against a television network nobody happens to have all the flavor and personality of a tortilla chip. We used to say jokes such as ÒWhy canÕt Sooners eat cereal? (Because they always choke in bowls!)Ó But weÕll cut that out now you guys are legitimate again. UConnÕs Division I, right? From the vantage point of those stuck in Norman-Bosnia-Herzegovina, things in Aus¥tin must seem amazing, but the truth is times are as tough here as they are anywhere else in the nation. Recently our newspaperÕs head¥lines have been dominated by talks of state funding and budget cuts. Now we donÕt mean to confuse you Sooners so let us explain. ÒBudgetsÓ are a financial planning device used to manage your money. ÒMoneyÓ is that green stuff that you leave at casinos. Luckily, we found a new alternative source of revenue by establishing our own UT-cen¥tric television network, which will bring in $300 million from ESPN. Knowing that your ry, big word, let me explain: You need us, just like every underdog needs an opponent who clearly outmatches it Ñ you know, like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed or the SAT and you. And UT needs OU just like every small town needs an addict loitering outside the corner store, serving as a cautionary tale for parents to tell their children: ÒDo your school work so you donÕt end up like olÕ Rhett over there.Ó Are we forgetting something? LetÕs see: Dental hygiene, Rhett Bomar, ESPN deal. Oh yeah! You suck. And now if youÕll direct your attention to the other side of the page, enjoy this yearÕs winning entry in the annual Pottawatomie County essay contest titled ÒThings we looked up about UT on Wikipedia.Ó Ñ The Daily Texan Editorial Board For Sooner fans, thereÕs the opportunity to laugh in your faces as you experience heart¥wrenching sorrow and shame on your own native soil. See? Good times all around. On a more serious note, we Daily staffers are glad conference-realignment talk seems to have settled down for the moment and the fate of this great rivalry no longer seems to be in jeopardy. As much as we dislike your fans, your excrement-orange attire, your governors¥turned-presidential-candidates both past and present and your stateÕs unjustifiably inflated sense of importance in a national context, we hated the thought of not being able to tell you as much to your faces at least once a year. Yes, despite your best efforts to submarine an entire conference with the vainglorious Longhorn Network, it appears the powers¥that-be at Time Warner, Comcast, AT&T is watching. Regarding your teamÕs play four games into the season, we think itÕs quaint the Long¥horns enter SaturdayÕs matchup undefeated after refusing to let losing to Iowa State be¥come a pattern. We were worried for you; we really were. Keep up the good work, and you may even return to a bowl this year. Why, we donÕt think a trip to the New Era Pinstripe or Ñ dream big Ñ perhaps even the Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl is out of the realm of pos¥sibilities for your unlovable, ragtag group of underachievers. Best of luck Saturday, and we know we speak for all of Sooner nation by saying itÕll be a pleasure to see your half of the Cotton Bowl empty out once your overmatched team fails miserably and the game gets out of hand. Boomer Sooner! Ñ The Oklahoma Daily Editorial Board legalese Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. sUBMIT a FIRINg lINe Email your Firing Lines to firingline@daily¥texanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. sUBMIT a gUesT colUMN The editorial board welcomes guest column submissions. Columns must be between 600 and 800 words. Send columns to editor@dai¥lytexanonline.com. The Daily Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity, brevity and liability. edIToRIal TwITTeR Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twit¥ter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. WALKOUT continues from PAGE 1 protest Thursday at City Hall. goal of the general assemblies ÒWe are recommending that is to construct a platform that people document their interac-reflects the grievances of peo¥tions with city officials, make a ple in Austin as well as support record of who they spoke with the Occupy Wall Street protests. and what they were told, keep The general assembly meetings copies of all permits and rele-use a consensus-based process vant documents,Ó Bokenkamp in which the audience partici¥said. ÒWe are reminding people pates by approving or rejecting that they are free to take photo-the presented proposals, ask¥graphs or videos of groups, in-ing questions and reminding the cluding the police.Ó speaker to speed up their pro- Cronin sent out a Twitter an-posal. TuesdayÕs general assem¥nouncement Sunday regarding bly meeting dealt with many is¥the walkout, in addition to an-sues such as organizing the sup¥nouncing it at a Tuesday night ply of first aid, preparing for general assembly meeting. possible arrests during the pro- The logistics and goals of test, organizing transportation the demonstration have been around the city for protesters the focus of Occupy AustinÕs and organizing educational pre¥general assembly meetings, sentations for people to learn which began last Saturday eve-about the movement. ning and extended through ÒThe process is tedious, but Wednesday evening. weÕre trying to figure out why David Ring, the represen-weÕre all here,Ó Ring said. ÒWeÕre tative for Occupy AustinÕs lo-here to make a difference and to cal action committee, said the get this protest off the ground.Ó Diana Pate, right, rallies protesters dur¥ing the Occupy Austin campus walkout on Wednesday. Pate said she attended the protest in order to become Òpart of the solution to cor¥ruption on Wall Street.Ó Lawrence Peart Daily Texan Staff OCCUPY continues from PAGE 1 donÕt, according to People for the American ture the frustration while being mindful of Way president Michael B. Keegan in an ar-the diversity of opinions with the groupÕs ticle for the Huffington Post, have access to mission statement that was presented and 25 percent of the nationÕs earned income and passed out at Tuesday eveningÕs general as¥40 percent of its wealth, which is held by 1 sembly at City Hall. About 100 Austini¥percent of the country. Accusations such as tes, old and young alike, attended the meet¥these have prompted counter-accusations of ing where protest logistics were worked out. Ôanti-capitalism,Õ ÔsocialismÕ and declarations It was the sixth general assembly since last of class warfare from some, especially on the ThursdayÕs kick-off gathering at Ruta Maya far right, but Welker said that isnÕt the case. where about 500 people attended. The mis¥ ÒWe love America,Ó Welker said. ÒThatÕs sion statement reads: one thing I think is really important that ev-ÒWe stand in solidarity with our brothers eryone should understand. This is a Ôstop and sisters who occupy Wall Street and oc¥screwing usÕ movement.Ó cupy around the world. We are dedicated to ÔStop screwing us,Õ however broad or vague non-violently reclaiming control of our gov¥a charge, hasnÕt failed to resonate with those ernments from the financial interests that o who are taking to the streets. The protesters, have corrupted them. We demand that our Welker said, know that the current situation public servants recognize the people are the Òneeds to change.Ó supreme authority.Ó ÒI would describe [Occupy Wall Street] as According to the Mission and Values an expression of frustration, of unhappiness group, one of 30 sub-groups that Occupy with political and economic systems,Ó said Austin is divided into for organization and journalism professor Bob Jensen. ÒItÕs not efficiencyÕs sake, the aim of the statement simply a critique of an individual politician was to balance inclusivity with specificity. or an individual CEO. ItÕs a recognition that ÒWeÕre very much about involvement,Ó our economic and political systems are fun-Welker said. ÒItÕs important for all the ÔOccu¥damentally broken.Ó piedÕ movements across the nation to stand For its part, Occupy Austin tried to cap-in solidarity. In Austin, we hope to make it look as inviting and inclusive as possible.Ó With such a large number of people in¥volved, protesters have had difficulty in coming up with petitions and goals. This conundrum, despite the movementÕs inten¥tions, has led to ambiguity Ñ for better or for worse. On one side, people see the protestersÕ amorphous agenda not as a sign of uncer¥tainty but as reflective of a predicament too complicated for any one demand to ad¥dress. Welker said the name ÔOccupy Wall StreetÕ says it all Ñ no specifics necessary at this point. ÒI think the idea behind the movement is pretty clear,Ó Welker said. ÒIt didnÕt start off as ÔOccupy Central ParkÕ or ÔOccupy Union Square.Õ ItÕs Occupy Wall Street. In the broad scheme of things, itÕs a movement based off of the financial corruption of our govern¥ment and corporate greed. ItÕs to get the con¥versation started. ThatÕs the point Ñ right now, thereÕs not even a conversation.Ó But for many, including some of the orga¥nizations and political entities that the pro¥testers are confronting, the lack of specif¥ic demands has led to criticism and confu¥sion. There are those who write the Occupy protests off as little more than, as Fox News recently opined, Òanother disorganized and liberal whinefest.Ó Others, while not dismis¥sive, are treading cautiously. Austin City Councilman Chris Riley said that heÕs not sure what shape the groupÕs ob¥jectives will take or how events will unfold over the coming days. ThatÕs not to say the city council isnÕt paying attention, he clari¥fied. Riley said that people taking part in the democratic process is a good thing. ÒIÕm interested to see what goals emerge from this process and how the individu¥als involved plan to achieve those goals,Ó he said. RileyÕs outlook rings true with many would-be protesters, too. Laurel Sullivan, a local biologist said that sheÕs interested to see what Occupy AustinÕs goals are before she lends her support. ÒPolitical discussions can go on for cen¥turies,Ó Sullivan said. ÒAnd thatÕs healthy. But for me, to have a protest, it seems there should be goals. I donÕt really have time to come march around because IÕm pissed off.Ó Occupiers sympathize with views like Sul¥livanÕs. After all, they also realize that eventu¥ally, theyÕll have to answer the Òdemand for demands,Ó said Kate Houston, a philosophy senior. Houston, who plans on protesting downtown, said that for now, actually going out and doing something rather than just talking is good enough for her. But without concrete goals, she acknowledged, the move¥ment risks fizzling out, or worse, getting co¥opted by someone who could use Occupy Wall StreetÕs energy for its own gain. ÒIÕm just worried that the same thing is going to happen that happened with the Tea Party,Ó Houston said. ÒLike a mainstream media outlet or political pundits taking over rather than it staying a grassroots move¥ment. I really hope it doesnÕt. I guess time will just have to tell.Ó Jensen agreed that energy without di¥rection has an expiration date, but that doesnÕt mean those who are on the fence about helping should sit back and wait to see what happens. ÒIf it doesnÕt go beyond where it is, yes, it has a limited shelf life,Ó Jensen said. ÒBut thereÕs no reason that the people involved in it canÕt make decisions about where they want to take it. And thatÕs not something to predict, thatÕs something to be part of. ItÕs better to lend oneÕs energy.Ó Nonprofit gets grant to assist homeless By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation is attempt¥ing to prevent homelessness in Austin through a $50,000 grant to the nonprofit organization Green Doors. Green Doors strives Òto end homelessness and poverty hous¥ing for those working to achieve in¥dependent living in Central Tex¥as,Ó according to the groupÕs web¥site. Those who qualify for the pro¥gram include the disabled as well as residents earning less than $22,150 a year Ñ 30 percent of the areaÕs me¥dian family income. The corporation chose Green Doors to receive the grant because of the support it offers residents, said executive vice president Liz Bayless. The funding will provide help for 60 residents of Green DoorsÕ perma¥nent supportive housing by financ¥ing renovations for the interior and exterior of the apartments. ÒGreen Doors has been able to as¥sist individuals and families strug¥gling with or at risk of homeless¥ness by providing quality afford¥able housing,Ó Green Doors execu¥tive director Frank Fernandez said. ÒUnfortunately, funding for sup¥portive services has greatly dimin¥ished at the state and local level. This grant from TSHAC will allow us to continue to meet the needs of our residents.Ó Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a longtime supporter of Green Doors, participated in the presentation of the award. Watson said help must be giv¥en to those with financial struggles because poverty is Ògetting close to home.Ó ÒIn these tough times we for¥get that our very close loved ones Ñ family members, friends and neighbors Ñ are sometimes just a step away from economic troubles,Ó Watson said. Bayless said on any given day, there are about 5,000 homeless peo¥ple in Austin. ÒThis can seem overwhelming, but through programs like Green Doors we are working toward a so¥lution,Ó she said Bayless said the renovations fund¥ed by the grant help residents who cannot afford remodeling live in a more comfortable environment. ÒWhen we came [to Trea¥ty Oaks Apartment Complex] it was not in good shape,Ó Fernan¥dez said. Ò[Green Doors] put in new floors and light fixtures and is working on a garden.Ó Bayless said corporation mem¥bers were excited to present the award to Green Doors and to pro¥vide healthier living accommoda¥tions for residents. West Campus to expand student housing opportunities for fall 2013 semester By Allie Kolechta profit, she said. and four-bed units, and will con-ÒPricing will be competitive,Ó ry Committee. An August discus-will choose to follow the require- Daily Texan Staff ÒItÕs kind of a low-risk, low-prof-tain a structured parking garage he said. ÒWeÕre not going to over-sion regarding affordability in the ments. Providing affordable hous¥ it endeavor for us,Ó she said. ÒWeÕll and a swimming pool, said Gene price the complex while other new West Campus area among groups ing through the realty group is ac- A total of 622 new beds will be always own the land and the better del Monte, director of construc-buildings are going up as well.Ó such as CANPAC resulted in a tually better in terms of affordabil¥available to students in West Cam-news is that weÕre not putting our tion and development for Educa-The project is one among sev-compromise with city commis-ity than it would be if the Universi¥pus for the fall 2013 semester, ac-own funds into the development. tion Realty Trust, Inc. The project eral new complexes being built sion members. If the compromise ty had chosen to build the complex cording to an official from the There will probably be a mod-will have 613 beds for undergradu-or already built in West Campus is approved by City Council, new independently, Donovan said. UniversityÕs realty group. est return, but itÕs a low-risk one, ate students, graduate students and that are particularly tall, includ-complexes will have to contribute ÒI believe that theyÕre going The site, located where the which is really important to us.Ó faculty, he said. ing 21 Rio and The Castilian, del more to the affordability funds to comply with the University 120-year-old Wooldridge Hall The group plans for the UT In-Construction on the project is Monte said. and provide more beds at lower Neighborhood OverlayÕs require¥stood until this summer, will con-ternational Office, formerly in scheduled to begin this month, The University will lease the rates than before. ments,Ó he said. ÒI feel good about tain a high-rise apartment com-Wooldridge Hall, to relocate to the and the complex should open in land out to the realty group and The University is exempt from the fact that theyÕre going to fol¥plex built by Education Realty first floor of the complex, which is August of 2013, del Monte said. building the facility will like-city zoning restrictions and could low the requirements like oth-Trust Inc., said Amy Wanamak-required by the University Neigh-Although pricing will not be de-ly be costly, said Brian Donovan, choose to ignore affordability re-er developments in West Campus er, director of campus real estate. borhood Overlay to be reserved termined until later in the building a member of the Central Austin quirements if officials wanted to, instead of taking advantage of the While the University will continue for office or retail space, Wana-process, it will be based off of pric-Neighborhood Planning Adviso-but Donovan said he believes they option to ignore them.Ó to own the land, the building will maker said. ing in other comparable apart¥ TEE OFFGOLF TOURNAMENT CHALLENGE STARTS HERE www.utrecsports.org FOOTBALL NFL prospects roam secondary Young cornerbacks preparing to play on Sundays continue proud tradition of first round selections By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Saturday isnÕt the only time to watch Texas defensive backs in ac¥tion. They also shine on Sundays. The Longhorns have 47 players on NFL rosters, the most of any program in the nation. And 10 of those players are defensive backs, all tutored by secondary coach Duane Akina. ThereÕs a reason Texas is known as ÒDBU.Ó Akina has another boatload of pro prospects at his disposal this season, even after three were se¥lected in last AprilÕs NFL Draft. Sophomore cornerbacks Adri¥an Phillips, Carrington Byndom and freshman Quandre Diggs have filled the void left by Aar¥on Williams, Chykie Brown and Curtis Brown. And this trio will join their DBU brethren in the NFL sooner rather than later. ÒWeÕve got some playmak¥ers back there,Ó Akina said. ÒWe guessed right on them.Ó Byndom and Phillips played primarily on special teams in 2010 but understood their time would arrive this season. And theyÕve taken advantage of every moment, combining for three in¥terceptions in four games. ÒI had to come in and do a good job of taking the role from the guys who left last year,Ó Byn¥dom said. ÒKnowing I was going to enter this season as a starter af¥ter splitting reps last year made me step it up.Ó Of course, it helps to have ten NFL players to learn from, includ¥ing DiggsÕ older brother and San Diego Charger, Quentin Jammer. ÒThose guys were great men¥tors to me,Ó Byndom said. ÒThey taught me a lot, all the little details, things that people had helped them with.Ó This week, the Longhorns sec¥ondary will face its toughest chal¥lenge yet against OklahomaÕs high¥powered offense. Indirectly, theyÕll go against the Sooners defensive backs, a unit that refers to itself as ÒThe Sharks.Ó So what does the Texas bunch call itself? THE STAT GUY Sooners will test Longhorns defensive backfield By Hank South Daily Texan Columnist Playing in the secondary is like running a track meet. Playing in the secondary against Oklahoma? An Olym¥pic track meet. As a cornerback or safe¥ty lining up opposite Landry Jones and his battalion of re¥ceivers, the game play can be somewhat intimidating. Oklahoma receiver Ryan Broyles has already hauled in 38 receptions for 476 yards and six touchdowns. Add a recent¥ly healed Kenny Stills, and the Longhorns could possibly be ÒWe just go by the fact that DBs are the moneymakers; we make the money,Ó Phillips said. ÒItÕs DBU, we have to keep the tradition alive.Ó Texas has two players who chose the ÒMoneymakersÓ over the ÒSharks.Ó Freshman Josh Turner and sophomore Demarco Cobbs were the No. 1 recruits in Oklahoma the last two years, but both committed to UT over OU. And for good reason. ÒJosh was well aware of our secondary tradition here, and that was very appealing to him,Ó Akina said. ÒJosh really knew a lot about us, knew about Aaron Ross and Michael Huff and had followed us closely.Ó While Cobbs has since tran¥sitioned to linebacker, he was in¥strumental in prying Turner from the Sooner state. ÒDemarco had a real posi¥tive experience here,Ó Akina said. ÒOur players are the ones that re¥cruit for us.Ó Ross and Huff were teammates on the 2005 National Champion¥ship team, and both were first¥round picks. When Akina scans the practice field these days, he sees several players who will earn NFL paychecks in the near future. ThatÕs why he stresses versatili¥ty when evaluating recruits, not¥ing that pro teams value prospects that can play multiple positions. ÒThatÕs what weÕre constantly looking for,Ó he said. Phillips epitomizes all that Aki¥na covets. HeÕs already started at corner, split time at safety and ex¥celled as a nickel back Ñ all this from a first-year starter. This group is young but poised. No corner has started more than four games in his career, but they all play the part of a wily veteran. ÒEven though weÕre young, we donÕt worry about age at all,Ó Phil¥lips said. ÒIf you can play, you can play, and thatÕs all that matters with Coach Akina.Ó This group can certainly play Ñ on Sundays. Brown deserves credit for turnaround By Trey Scott Daily Texan Columnist With all the recent praise for the flashy new coordina¥tors Bryan Harsin and Man¥ny Diaz, it seems like weÕre forgetting somebody pretty important. DoesnÕt Mack Brown de¥serve more credit? Not only has the head coach been open to a multitude of new philosophies Ñ trick plays before the OU game? Ñ he has also kicked his tradi¥tional thinking to the curb. facing the most talented wide receiver tandem in the country. The Texas secondary is a mix of both veterans and inex¥perienced players. Sophomores Carrington Byndom and Adri¥an Phillips, junior Kenny Vac¥caro and senior Blake Gide¥on anchor a defense allow¥ing 14.75 points per game. Not only will they have to deal with Broyles and Stills, but thereÕs also a pretty good quar¥terback looking to pick them apart: Heisman Trophy candi¥date Landry Jones. Interesting¥ly enough, Texas faced a simi¥lar situation seven years ago. In 2004, sophomore Aaron Ross, juniors Cedric Griffin and Michael Huff and senior Phil¥lip Geiggar were members of a Texas defense that was allowing 11.75 points a game. Oklahoma quarterback Jason White, who won the Heisman in 2003, had multiple all-American receivers backing him. The Sooners were ranked No. 2 at the time, while the Longhorns sat at No. 5 in the USA Today rankings. And who said history doesnÕt repeat itself? LetÕs take a look at how the 2004 Longhorns per¥formed in the passing game. White completed 14 of 26 passes for 113 yards and two in¥terceptions. While the end re¥sult Ñ a 12-0 loss Ñ wasnÕt what the Longhorns were OU continues on PAGE 9 There was once a time when Brown preferred not to play freshmen. Let me rephrase that. There was once a time when Brown absolutely, resolutely did not play freshmen. It cost him, too. The best example of this was when Brown elected to not give Cedric Benson the ball against Oklahoma in 2001. The pres¥sure would be too big for the freshman, Brown thought. If youÕre trying to put that gaffe in context, itÕd be exact¥ly like if he held star running back Malcolm Brown out of SaturdayÕs contest. But only if Malcolm Brown goes on to win two Doak Walker Awards and gets drafted in the top 10 of the NFL Draft. Texas gained a mere 27 yards rushing that day and lost 14-3. Current-day Mack Brown has given Malcolm Brown 67 carries in four games. Score one for progress. How about another anecdote? In 2003, Texas reeled in the consensus No. 1 player in the country, Vince Young. Mack Brown welcomed Young to BROWN continues on PAGE 10 SIDELINE MLB PLAYOFFS WHAT TO WATCH MLB PLAYOFFS TWEET OF THE DAY SPORTS BRIEFLY Texans preparing to move on without injured wide receiver HOUSTON Ñ The Houston Tex¥ans think they are well-equipped for life without Andre Johnson. The All-Pro receiver will miss SundayÕs game against Oakland and an unspecified amount of time after a minor procedure to repair a right hamstring injury. Coach Gary Kubiak said the Tex¥ans will be Òmissing a heck of a playerÓ against the Raiders, but he is confident there is enough offen¥sive firepower to make due. ÒWhen AndreÕs on your team, everybody tries to take him away,Ó Kubiak said Wednesday. ÒLike I said, we canÕt replace Andre. WeÕve got to, as a group, try to replace all the production that he adds on the field. That means everybodyÕs got to pick it up, and weÕll have a chance to prove it.Ó Johnson was hurt in the second quarter of SundayÕs 17-10 win over Pittsburgh. Kubiak said he would not put a timetable on JohnsonÕs re¥turn after TuesdayÕs procedure. ÒAll the information weÕre get¥ting moving forward is very posi¥tive,Ó Kubiak said. ÒWeÕre not put¥ting any timeline on anything right now. We just know everything went well. The doctor feels good about it, Andre feels good about it.Ó Jacoby Jones will move into John¥sonÕs position on Sunday. ÑThe Associated Press VOlleyball Texas 3, Texas a&M 0 Eckerman, Allison instrumental as Longhorns sweep Aggies ÒWhen we play calm and we Horns coming together the game. UT finds offensive rhythm play together everything goes with season in full swing, er than the previous two and The third set was much clos¥ thanks to improved serves, well, so that really helped with showcase strong defense was tied 13-13. But the Long¥ our attack tonight.Ó beats A&M in straight sets Allison wasnÕt the only player by Bell and senior outside hit¥ horns fought back and kills who contributed to the Long¥ by lauren Giudice by Chris Hummer hornsÕ excellent passing dur¥score to 20-18. The Longhorns Daily Texan Staff ter Rachael Adams brought the Daily Texan Staff ing the game. The whole team No. 10 Texas took down Tex-eventually won the set 25-23. was very cohesive in moving as A&M in three sets at Grego-ÒOverall, I thought we played A great kill is always the ball around on the court. ry Gym in a game that proved really well in games one and impressive. On almost every possession, TexasÕ ability to play as a team two,Ó said head coach Jerritt El- But during the LonghornsÕ the Longhorns were able to at¥and defend. liott. ÒWe just kind of let them victory over rival Texas A&M tempt a kill on the second pass, The Longhorns, specifical-back in with some errors, but on Wednesday, the assist was which is always the first plan ly freshman outside hitter Ha-it was nice to see us kind of be the real X-factor in the game. of attack in volleyball. ItÕs rare ley Eckerman, dominated the tested in game three and see Texas had 38 assists in one to see it work so often, but the first set. Eckerman had a .556 how we respond.Ó night, with 36 of those coming TexasÕ players certainly didnÕt hitting percentage and had six The teamÕs blocking and de¥ from sophomore starting setter complain. kills in the set. fense was very strong through- Hannah Allison. While 36 as-ÒI liked our attack a lot,Ó said A kill by Eckerman gave the out the game, especially in the sists is an outstanding total for freshman outside hitter Khat Longhorns a 9-4 lead. A cou-first set. Allison said Texas a setter, AllionÕs passing real-Bell. ÒI just kept laughing in¥ple of key blocks by sophomore studied A&M very well and the ly made the teamÕs attack flow side because I was like just hit Hannah Allison helped give Longhorns knew what needed well on the court. on two, is this really going to the Longhorns a 19-14 lead. to be done to stop them. ÒHannah did a really nice job work again, and we just beat The Aggies couldnÕt come back ÒItÕs almost like when you tonight, our serving was good,Ó them on two, so it was really and blocks by sophomore out-play great defense it gets you said head coach Jerritt Elliott. fun.Ó side hitter Bailey Webster and in a rhythm,Ó Allison said. ÒItÕs Allison was setting the ball All of the Longhorns out-Eckerman helped finish the making a great play defensive¥ perfectly for her hitters, and side hitters had a great night at set 25-15. ly to make them change what combined with her passing, the net attacking thanks to the The Longhorns took an early their doing which helps us get the Longhorns achieved a solid quality setting. Bell had 12 kills 5-4 lead in the second set, but in a rhythm.Ó .349 hitting percentage on the along with a high hitting per¥the Aggies came back and tied Elliott said there were too night. Allison had a direct part centage of .611. Webster had the score 8-8. A strong run by many errors in the game, but in almost every Longhorn kill, 10 points of her own, hitting the Longhorns and an ace by he is happy with how the team assisting in 12 of the 14 kills in .421, and freshman Haley Eck¥junior ShaÕDare McNeal gave is playing. the first set, 13 of the 14 in the erman finished the night with e the Longhorns a 14-8 lead. The ÒWeÕve got a lot of new play¥ second set, and 11 of the 14 in ight kills. Longhorns didnÕt look back ers out there,Ó Elliott said. the third and final set. ÒThe errors that we had were and a kill by freshman out-ÒWe donÕt have any pin play¥ ÒI think the attacking went just two or three in a row in the side hitter Khat Bell ended the ers that have a lot of experi¥ really well, but I think that re-first two games but other than set 25-19. Bell had a .611 hit-ences. Ultimately, the players ally started with the pass,Ó said that our hitters were very effi¥ting percentage and 12 kills in are improving.Ó sophomore Bailey Webster. cient,Ó Elliott said. tional championship event, junior Daniel Whitehead was unable to hold off Okla¥homaÕs Peerakit Siributwong, falling in straight sets. Sophomore David Holiner and fresh¥man Soren Hess-Olesen also compet- ITA All-American tournament in Tulsa ed in the hopes of making the main dou-The Longhorns will hit the courts again on Wednesday. bles draw. The duo needed two wins yes-on Oct. 22 at the ITA Texas Regional Cham-Needing just one more win to earn a terday to net a spot in the draw but lost pionships in College Station. spot in the main singles draw of the na-a close set to Colin Hoover and Alex-Ñ Lauren Jette ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. 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C L ASSIFIEDS OU continues from PAGE 8 hoping for, the defensive backs showed promise. Huff led the Texas sec¥ondary with fifteen tack¥les, including an impressive eleven tackles unassisted. He also picked off White. Grif¥fin added eight solo tack¥les including one tackle for a loss. Ross compiled five tackles, four of which were solo, and deflected a pass. Geiggar, the Blake Gideon of the 2004 secondary, racked up 11 total tackles, includ¥ing six solo stops. Geiggar also wowed fans by forcing and recovering a fumble. Overall, it was a solid per¥formance by a secondary not expected to have a great showing against White and future NFL receivers Mark Clayton and Travis Clayton. In fact, OklahomaÕs only touchdown on the day came from the teamÕs backup run¥ning back, Kejuan Jones, in the fourth quarter. ÒWe knew that Jason White wanted to go to Clay¥ton,Ó Geiggar told the Texan. ÒOU had the No. 1 offense in the country, and we held them to only six points un¥til late in the fourth quarter. What was key for us was that we all were on the same page in the back. Huff and I had our best games in this game, we had a good connection back there, and we trusted each other.Ó There are many similari¥ties between this weekendÕs Red River Rivalry and the one in 2004: the age spread, the combined talent on each squad and the teamsÕ re¥cords and rankings. Safe to say, weÕve seen this before. ÒThe secondary now is not only athletic, but they are smart too,Ó Geiggar said. ÒThey played well last week, so IÕm sure that will car¥ry over to this week. Duane Akina is a great [defen¥sive backs] coach, and heÕll have those guys ready this week. IÕm looking forward to watching my Longhorns play and definitely rooting for my DBs.Ó They match up well. Age is not a factor. It all comes down to knowing what Okla¥homa wants to do and mak¥ing plays. TeNNIS Texas falls just short in tourney David Holiner returns a serve in a recent match for Texas. Fanny Trang Daily Texan Staff and let him run loose. In turn, Young encouraged Brown to loosen up: 50 Cent became a regular on the coachÕs iPod, practices were more upbeat, and the team started winning the big games and having more fun. That led to a Rose Bowl win over Michigan, which car¥ried over to a national champi¥onship season. ÒI needed to do a better job of looking into these kidsÕ lives and learning more about whatÕs important to them,Ó Brown said at the time. Something changed last sea¥son, though. Brown seemed miserable. He snapped af¥ter the Iowa State game, say¥ing, ÒCanÕt trust your team, canÕt trust your coaches when theyÕre not getting things ready to go so you gotta go back ev¥ery day and try to look at ev¥ery little thing and figure out where you can help them.Ó Maybe the 28-21 home loss to the Cyclones Ñ and all the other losses last year Ñ was the eye-opener Brown need¥ed. He proved this past off¥season that his loyalty only stretched so far, bidding adieu to punching-bag offensive co¥ordinator Greg Davis and other assistant coaches. New guys such as Harsin and Diaz are getting a lot of cred¥it right now (and rightfully so), but they wouldnÕt be here had Brown not seen the light. As we look back upon the first third of the season, itÕs easy to get caught up in some tanta¥lizing storylines: the transfer of Garrett Gilbert, the emergence of Malcolm Brown, the alterna¥tion of quarterbacks, the blitz packages of Diaz and the trick¥ery of Harsin, and even the de¥cision by one store to mark down the price of the jersey of one particular player, prompt¥ing an unbiased and informa¥tive story to be published in one school newspaper, which led to much hand-wringing, scolding and tsk-tsking. Also, this just in: Jaxon Shipley is really good. ItÕs all polarizing, but none of it is as relevant as the change of character Mack Brown has undergone. His team is unde¥feated and finally blowing peo¥ple out. HeÕs already claimed revenge over two schools that beat the Longhorns last year. Finally and maybe most im¥portantly, heÕs having a blast. ÒIÕve enjoyed the four wins this year as much as I have in a long time,Ó Brown said. ÒAnd thatÕs why IÕm happier, and things are better in my life.Ó SUDOKUFORYOU 1 5 9 7 2 3 1 6 6 2 4 3 7 5 5 1 4 4 6 2 7 3 4 4 7 1 6 2 6 8 3 YesterdayÕs solution SUD OKU YOU 8 3 2 6 4 9 5 7 1 6 1 7 8 5 3 9 2 4 9 5 4 7 2 1 3 8 6 5 7 9 1 8 4 6 3 2 3 2 6 9 7 5 1 4 8 1 4 8 3 6 2 7 5 9 2 8 1 5 9 7 4 6 3 7 6 3 4 1 8 2 9 5 4 9 5 2 3 6 8 1 7 Asian presence in fashion design rises Sacramento to construct $1 billion terminal By Shreya Banerjee Daily Texan Staff Asian-Americans are moving into the design sector of the fashion agen¥cy, according to a guest presentation sponsored by the Center for Asian-American Studies. The Center for American Studies and the School of Human Ecology also assisted in welcoming Asian-American author Thuy Linh Nguy¥en Tu to the UT campus. Tu gave a presentation of her book, ÒBeautiful Generation,Ó detailing AsiansÕ jour¥ney through the fashion design sec¥tor Wednesday at Painter Hall. Tu began researching the Asian movement in fashion as a gradu¥ate student at NYU in the Õ90s. She said she began to notice Asian cul¥ture in mainstream culture and the introduction of Asian retail shops in New York City. Tu said she found that these shops were run by Asian women, and the manufacturers were Asian as well. ÒIt is often depressing to look at a dress and think of who made it,Ó Tu said. Asians now make up 40 percent of students at Parsons School of De¥sign, and Asian fashion designers such as Jason Wu have made a name for themselves in fashion, Tu said. However, many of the earlier Asian fashion designers did not go to fash¥ion school and learned how to sew from family members, she said. ÒMany of these designers feel in¥clined to fashion because they have family in it,Ó Tu said. Tu also discussed the unique Ògift economyÓ present in the Asian sec¥tor of the fashion industry. An ex¥ample, of this is when a seamstress comes into an Asian designerÕs store and asks for work in exchange for a gift of some sort, she said. ÒBeing Asian is like a secret weap¥on,Ó Tu said. ÒMany of these people think of you like a daughter.Ó Tu discussed how several of the designers she interviewed found it difficult to work with Asian seam¥stresses because they would ask de¥signers to set their price, rather set¥ting a base price themselves. She said seamstresses would also give advice on how to create the gar¥ment instead of directly following the designersÕ blueprints. ÒThis type of stereotypical barter¥ing forces the designer to realize how much the clothes are worth,Ó Tu said. Tu said her research showed that although it is perceived as a negative aspect for Asian designers to have a background in garment work, it is actually beneficiary once they begin to design clothes. ÒI hope this gives students a con¥text of immigration and how Asian-Americans can be a part of this in¥dustry,Ó said Nhi Lieu , American and Asian-American studies asso¥ciate professor. ÒThe connection of design to garment-making wasnÕt apparent before and it is interesting to see how it applies to Asians.Ó The seminar also reinforced the pride to be Asian for many stu¥dents, psychology senior Tiffany Chen said. ÒThis seminar is definitely dif¥ferent compared to other semi¥nars I have been to,Ó Chen said. ÒIt even made me question if I should take a risk and be in the fashion industry.Ó By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ñ Sac¥ramento International Airport is scheduled to open a $1 billion ter¥minal Thursday, replacing a struc¥ture that is four decades old with a building that is designed to be a striking entrance to CaliforniaÕs capital region. The $6 million in public art in¥cludes a distinctive centerpiece that is certain to generate atten¥tion, a suspended-in-air, 56-foot¥long aluminum red hare leaping into a suitcase that dominates the glass-and-steel entryway. ÒPeople will remember this air¥port,Ó said construction worker Monique Hawn. The terminal is among the larg¥est construction projects in Sacra¥mento CountyÕs history and creat¥ed 2,400 jobs during the 2 ¥¥¥ years it was being built, the heart of a re¥cession that has left state and re¥gional unemployment hovering around 12 percent. The new terminal concourse is designed to expand the airportÕs capacity to 16 million passengers a year, a surge that had been ex¥pected in about a decade, coun¥ty Airports Director G. Hardy Acree said. Those expectations have been downsized with the recession. The economy contracted just before groundbreaking in 2008, and the annual passenger count fell by nearly 2 million, from nearly 11 million in 2008 to 9 million last year. What had been a nearly $1.3 bil¥lion project shrank to $1 billion af¥ter officials delayed construction of a hotel and parking garage. In¥stead, they built a terminal with walls designed to be expanded as the airport grows. The airport, the fifth busiest in California and 39th busiest in the nation, expects to return to its 2008 passenger peak in five years. Officials said it will not hit its ex¥pected capacity until sometime late in the next decade. Passengers and airlines will pay for the new terminalÕs construc¥tion costs over time. An existing $4.50 ticket sur¥charge and revenue from park¥ing fees will pay half the cost of building the terminal. Another 26 percent will come from fees airlines pay to use the airport. The balance comes from several sources, including federal grants and fees paid by rental car com¥panies and restaurants and shops inside the terminal. The airport is negotiating with airlines who are upset that the fee they pay for each passenger has risen significantly to help pay for the new terminal and as subsidies from other airport users have end¥ed since 2009. Southwest Airlines, which ac¥counts for 55 percent of all Sacra¥mento flights, paid a fee of $6.05 per passenger in 2008, but is pro¥jected to pay $16.15 next year and $19.67 by 2013. ÒIt really does put tremendous pressure on our ability to be suc¥cessful and maintain profitabili¥ty in Sacramento,Ó said Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins. The airlines and airport are ne¥gotiating lower fees, likely made up by spreading the increased cost to other users, including passengers. Amanda Thomas, the airportÕs deputy director for finance and administration, said airline fees in¥dustry-wide account for just 4 per¥cent to 6 percent of airlinesÕ oper¥ating costs. Moreover, the airlines helped design the new terminal, she said. ÒItÕs not as if weÕve gone forward with this project without their in¥put,Ó Thomas said. Numerous airports have ex¥panded or replaced aging termi¥nals in recent years, and some of those also had to scale back their original plans when the recession hit, said Chris Oswald, a vice pres¥ident with Airports Council Inter¥national-North America. SacramentoÕs new terminal re¥places the airportÕs original one, which will be demolished, and in¥cludes the latest security upgrades. In the new terminal, passen¥gers will walk through next-gen¥eration scanners that present a modest, chalk-outline view of travelers instead of showing actu¥al body contours. Passengers will be directed in part by the distinctive artwork that officials hope will leave a lasting impression on visitors. ÒThe rabbitÕs diving down to a suitcase,Ó said Shelly Willis, pub¥lic art director for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, which coordinated the terminalÕs 12 art pieces. ÒItÕs obvious youÕre supposed to go down there to re¥trieve your bags.Ó Some of the pieces are meant to symbolize aspects of CaliforniaÕs Central Valley, home to the larg¥est freshwater delta on the West Coast and a major stop for mi¥grating water fowl. A luminescent flock of san¥dhill cranes flies over interna¥tional passengers toward the exit, subliminally showing visitors the direction to go. A 30-foot chan¥delier in the shape of three in¥tertwining Valley Oak trees is designed as a natural gathering place and is visible throughout the concourse area. ÒThis is certainly a palace,Ó said Hawkins, the Southwest spokes¥man. ÒItÕs kind of that new car smell Ñ times 1,000.Ó Sitting between San Fran¥cisco and Lake Tahoe, the Sac¥ramento airport also acts as a gateway to Sierra skiing and Northern California wine coun¥try. Officials at Squaw Valley USA touted the new terminal in their recent announcement of an expansion, which is part¥ly an attempt to attract more visitors who see the Tahoe area as a destination resort. Aeromexico, Alaska, American, Frontier, Hawaiian, Horizon, Jet-Blue and Southwest moved to the new terminal, with Continental/ United, Delta and US Airways re¥maining in what had been the air¥portÕs main terminal. The airport plans a 4 a.m. Thursday ribbon-cutting ceremo¥ny at the automated people mov¥er. Then three flights are sched¥uled to depart at 6 a.m., the first to leave the new gates. thursday, October 6, 2011 Life& Arts 13 BLACK continues from PAGE 14 Photo courtesy of Fisher Creative Image GroomStevePoland,right,andbrideCarynHallockduringtheirweddingceremonyinBuffalo,N.Y. Robert Palgutt, center, a friend of the bride and groom, got ordained online in order to perform their ceremony and read the nuptials from an iPad. Couples intertwine weddings, technology NEW YORK Ñ As her grand¥father sat pleasantly perplexed at her wedding, Lauren Barnes reached into the recesses of her strapless white gown, whipped out her iPhone and accepted her groomÕs Facebook relationship changetoÒmarried.Ó ÒNothingÕs official,Ó she said, Òuntil itÕs Facebook official!Ó In todayÕs $78-billion-a-year business of getting hitched, so¥cial media, mobile tools and on¥linevendorsareabundanttoof¥ferthehappycoupleextrafun, savingsandconvenience,though most of the nationÕs betrothed arenÕtreadytocompletelyletgo of tradition. ForStevePoland,31,inBuffalo, N.Y., it was the whole shebang for his Sept. 10 wedding. ÒWe used the Twitter hashtag Ôpolandwedding,Õ our nuptials were readfromaniPadbyourfriend, who got ordained online, and our weddinginviteswereprintedby the hip Us.moo.com as postcards that we mailed out,Ó he said. According to surveys by the magazine sites Brides and The Knot, tech is on the rise in the world of weddings, with 65 per¥cent of couples now setting up special sites to manage RSVPs, stream video of the ceremony and reception and keep guests in the loop. One in five couples use mobile apps for planning. That includes chasing down vendors and virtu¥ally trying on and locating dresses. Seventeenpercentofcouplesuse social media to plan, shop or regis¥ter for gifts, along with sharing ev¥erydetailonline.About14percent to 18 percent of brides buy a dress online, according to Brides. Alexandra Linhares, 23, just movedto Marietta,Ga., but sheÕs getting married in April back home in Highlands Ranch, Colo. She and fiance Bradley Garritson, 24, are taking care not to gush too much to their hundreds of Face¥bookfriends. ÒThere are a lot of people I work with on Facebook and who follow me on Twitter,Ó Lin¥hares said. ÒWe donÕt want to hurt anybodyÕs feelings.Ó But apps and online services have saved her life, logistically speaking. ÒWe have a private Facebook group that we use to communicate with everyone in our bridal par¥ty since weÕre all in different states and countries,Ó she said. Linhares found her gown with the help of an app. She and Gar¥ritson rely on Skype meetings to interview vendors. TheyÕre keeping track of RSVPs on their phones, along with the usual tangle of deadlines. And theyÕre using an app to keep track of their budget. Such tools can be a godsend, so long as older or not-so-techie folk arenÕt stranded on the wrong side of the firewall. ÒBut that list of people is shrinking fast,Ó said Anja Winikka, site editor for TheKnot. Before the ceremony, Williams had sent his bride a Facebook re¥quest to change his relationship sta¥tus to Òmarried to Lauren Barnes.Ó Oncetheywerehitched,sheac¥cepted using her iPhone Ñ at 5:48 p.m. to be exact. There was a flurry of ÒlikesÓ from gathered guests and the masses in cyberspace. But not grandpa, who still man¥aged to have a good time. ÑTheAssociatedPress UT STUDENT TICKETS ONLY $18! Get Yours, in Person, Starting 1 Hour Before Each Show Time! A fun way to fulfill your ÒIntro to Theatre!Ó Have Issues,Ó ÒEd,Ó ÒThe State,Ó ÒStellaÓ]. I imagine it gets incred¥ibly disappointing. Do you think that making fun of that is thera¥peutic for you? Black: You just go with what youÕve got. It would be stupid of me to not acknowledge the fact that I canÕt keep a television show on theairbecauseIcanÕt.[Laughter]I mean, maybe I shouldnÕt be high¥lighting it as much as I do, but I find it entertaining. Failure is a lot funni¥er than success. DT: You took a cross-country trip with Meghan McCain this summer for a book you two are working on, correct? Black:Yeah. DT:Howdidthatcomeabout? ItÕs a really interesting and unex¥pectedcombination. Black:Well, weÕre two very dif¥ferent people who didnÕt really know each other. We had met very briefly. Then I had the idea that we should write a book together. IÕve always been interested in politics, and sheÕs obviously involved in politics. I wouldnÕt say IÕm politi¥cal in the same way that she is, but I thought the two of us could have a story to tell, which is the story of twopeoplewhohavenothingin common traveling the country and trying to figure out what we love and hate about America. It was amazing. We were in an RV for a month, and we traveled all over the country. We met a lot of people, did a lot of talking and a lot of lis¥tening, and a lot of going to strip clubs and having a great time. DT: I have to ask you about your podcast with Tom Cavanagh [Mike and Tom Eat Snacks] because IÕm an avid listener. How did that come about? Did you decide to do a pod¥ ÒGOSLING DELIVERS A WHITE-HOT BURN OF A PERFORMANCE.Ó Ð Ann Hornaday, GOSLING MESMERIZES.Ó Ð Peter Travers, ÒGOSLING CRANKS UP THE INTENSITY.Ó Ð Betsy Sharkey, Ð Jessica Wedemeyer, RYANGOSLING NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS EVERYWHERE CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES cast first and then decide it was go¥ingtobeabouteatingsnacks,or did you just really feel the need to find a way to talk about food in some way or another? Black: IÕm actually driving on my way to record the podcast as we speak. The way it came about was Tom, who I was on a TV show with called ÒEd,Ó had stayed in touch liable snack. And yet when you eat them critically, as I have learned to do, it turns out theyÕre terrible. DT: YouÕre really active on Twit¥ter. You had a kind of faux Twit¥ter war with LeVar Burton [for¥mer host of ÒReading RainbowÓ], and you even started a Twit¥ter campaign to become the spokesperson for with me and we have Taco Bell. Does that For the full interview always wanted to with Michael Ian just happen out of do something to-Black visit boredom, or ... ? gether, but itÕs very Black: Yes, thatÕs ex¥ bit.ly/ hard to get people actly right. ItÕs out of dt_lifearts towriteyouchecksto do something in show business. So finally, we were just like, ÔFuck it, letÕs do some¥thing on our own.Õ And we decid¥ed the easiest thing to do would be a podcast, which requires very little in terms of budget and in terms of time. And the idea of doing a pod¥cast about snacks just seemed like a really fun thing we could talk about and that we both enjoy. Everybody lovessnacks. DT: Exactly. WhatÕs been the most surprising snack to you, ei¥therinthatyouÕvebeensurprised at how much you liked it or by how much itÕs disappointed you? Black: I was surprised at how shitty Combos are. Combos, in my mind, have always been a very re¥ boredom.ItÕsoutofbore¥dom, narcissism, despera¥tion, suicidal impulses, fear. DT: How much of the stand¥up youÕre doing on your cur¥rent tour can be found on your recent Comedy Central special ÒVeryFamous?Ó Black: Verylittle.Ifyou come to the show and youÕve seen the spe¥cial, youÕll see almost nothing thatÕs thesame. DT: Does your routine change during the course of your stand-up tours? Black: It changes constantly. IÕm always changing things, shuf¥fling things around, putting in new things and taking out old things. Constantdevolution. Ian Saunders. Photo: KirkTuck.com Book & Lyrics by STEVEN SATER Music by DUNCAN SHEIK 1891: Frank Wedekind writes SPRING AWAKENING. The Book was BANNED by German authorities. 1999: SPRING AWAKENING is launched as a hit musical and WINS 8 TONY AWARDS ... BROADWAY HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME! Contains mature themes and brief nudity. Arrive Early and Enjoy Cool Places to Eat and Drink Within Walking Distance of the Theatre! ÒThrilling!ÓÒBest Musical!Ó Ð Austin American-Statesman Ð The New York Times Performances: Tuesday thru Saturday at 8 PM & Sunday at 2:30 PM ZACH is centrally located at the corner of Riverside Dr. & S. Lamar Blvd. FREE PARKING! You can visit ZACH via Cap Metro Busses #3, #30 & #338 Go to zachtheatre.org for show info, video, photos & more! *Offer good with valid Student ID. Questions? Just call us and weÕre happy to help. Tickets: 476-0541 x1 ¥ zachtheatre.org Join ZACHTheatre on Facebook and Twitter 14 Life&Arts Thursday, October 6, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Aleksander Chan, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Austin Yoga Festival offers more than just stretches By Rachel Perlmutter Daily Texan Staff When yoga instructor and UT graduate Russell Burns decided to realize his vision of directing Aus¥tinÕs first yoga festival, he did not expect his initially small, Satur¥day afternoon venture to snow¥ball. Now, the full two-day event will feature live music, free health screenings and various vendors seeking to embrace and promote the yoga culture he wanted to share with the city. Saturday marks the first Aus¥tin Yoga Festival at Fiesta Gardens. The event will include roughly 50 yoga classes varying in style, four live music performances and lec¥tures ranging from health and nutrition to philosophy. Though the current schedule boasts a vast range of activities and vendors, Burns did not originally have plans for such a large scale venture. ÒOriginally, I thought I would have a few classes out underneath the shade of the trees over at Zilk¥er Park at one of the picnic ar¥eas on a Saturday afternoon,Ó said Vurns, who got a spot at the park approved for his plans. After posting a flyer on Facebook, many yoga studios, instructors and merchandise vendors expressed in¥terest in becoming involved. ÒI went back to the city, and they said I couldnÕt have the space any¥more because I had too much go¥ing on,Ó Burns said. ÒSo they told me I had to rent a park.Ó In addition to from local yoga studios and instructors, Burns was approached by other interested parties, most of whom were also yoga teachers. The face painters, massage therapists, musicians and almost everyone involved all teach some form of yoga. ÒCertainly, once we realized this was happening, we tried to stick with it, but it kind of just came to¥gether that way,Ó Burns said. On Saturday, a bus sponsored and run by AARP and Wal¥greens will be on site to offer free health screenings, including blood pressure, glucose, bone density and various other tests to festival attendees. BurnsÕ in¥tention for the festival is to draw in Austinites who arenÕt familiar with yoga but also to discuss the different aspects of yoga besides physical exercise. ÒWhen I started doing yoga at a local gym, it was definitely just for the exercise, and they never discussed any other aspects of it,Ó Burns said. Burns began practicing yoga after an injury left him unable to continue running. While Burns says spiritual and emotional components are key to yoga, he says many instructors are uncomfortable, avoiding the subject entirely in their classes. ÒIt seems that many places are apprehensive about discuss¥ing other areas of yoga, about the way you treat yourself or the way you treat other people,Ó Burns said. ÒAnd I think we should be comfortable address¥ing those things.Ó It was important to Burns to en¥sure all aspects of yoga were rep¥resented at the festival so that the community would have an oppor¥tunity to learn about all facets of the practice. Steven Ross, found¥er of East Side Yoga, is one of the sponsors for the festival and is per¥sonally teaching a workshop on slow movement Ñ a style of yoga he plans to advocate. ÒOur society is so fast, and you never get a chance to stop,Ó Ross said. ÒBy actually slowing things down, restoring senses from all the craziness, you can slow your mind and begin to feel a calm softness, but it takes effort Ñ youÕre not just lying there doing nothing, youÕre moving.Ó According to Ross, the festival is much deeper than similar events in other cities around the U.S. ÒItÕs not just going to a bunch of classes, doing some crazy pos¥es and leaving,Ó Ross said. ÒItÕs a way to understand the mind, calm the mind and bring peace within, and I think Austin re¥flects yoga in that respect.Ó The festival will also benefit Capital Area Food Bank of Tex¥as, Yoga Care Foundation, Ama¥la Foundation and Community Yoga Austin. With the live mu- WHAT: 1st annual Austin Yoga Festival WHERE: Fiesta Gardens (2101 Jesse E. Segovia St.) WHEN: Oct. 8-9 WEB: http://www. amalafoundation.org/ TICKETS: $25 a day, $40 for weekend sic and food vendors, Ross ex¥pects the event to be as lively and fun as it is calm and restorative Ñ something he says appeals to the Austin spirit. ÒMost cities have a conference, which sounds a bit dull,Ó Ross said. ÒWeÕre having a festival, and I think that speaks volumes.Ó WHAT: CultureMap Austin Launch Party WHEN: Thursday, October 6 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Pine Street Station, 1101 East 5th Street CoST: Free, Send RSVP to RSVP@ Culturemap.com The newest addition to the cityÕs entertainment media network is digital magazine CultureMap Austin. TonightÕs party will have live music from local band Crooks and DJs from Dub Academy and Texas Pro DJ, Sky Candy Black and Black Widow Burlesque and drinks and food. WHAT: Toro Y Moi with Unknown Orchestra and Bass Drum of Death WHEN: Saturday, October 8 at 8 p.m. WHERE: Mohawk Outdoor Stage CoST: $14 in advance, $16 at door Toro Y Moi is bringing its lo-fi sound to the MohawkÕs stage Saturday. With electronic artists Unknown Orchestra and Bass Drum of Death on the poster, there is no debate that itÕll be a dancing night. WHAT: Texas vs. Oklahoma Football WHEN: Saturday, October 8 at 11 a.m. WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz CoST: Free, but guaranteed seat with purchase of $5 food voucher The Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz are offering their comfy seats for free to watch the game. WHAT: B.B. King w/ Leon Russell at ACL Live WHEN: Sunday, October 9, doors open at 6:30 p.m, show at 8 p.m. WHERE: ACL Live CoST: $51-$81 The King of the Blues will performing for ACL Live, singing classics such as ÒHow Blue Can You GetÓ and ÒEveryday I Have The BluesÓ Sunday. ComEdIAN INTERvIEW AlBum REvIEW Michael ian Black Odd sOul Poker-faced comedian Michael Black to perform in Austin New Orleans-based band sticks By Katie Stroh Daily Texan Staff Comedian, actor and writer Mi¥chael Ian Black will be bringing his brand of delightfully deadpan comedy to UT tonight and to the Mohawk tomorrow night. The Daily Texan spoke with Black about snacks, the art of burlesque and his chronic difficulty keeping a television show on the air. The Daily Texan: So weÕre a uni¥versity publication, and while you were in college, you co-found¥ed the improv group that would eventually come to be known as The State with guys like Ken Ma¥rino, David Wain and Michael Showalter. What about the college atmosphere do you think can con¥tribute to sketch comedy? Michael Ian Black: Well, specif¥ically with The State, we all were at NYU, and we were all in per¥forming arts in one way or anoth¥er, and we didnÕt know each other. We were freshmen. There was some desire from a lot of people to join a sketch comedy troupe, but there re¥ally wasnÕt one there that was open to students. So a guy who was a year older than us started one, and we all joined. The fact that we were in col¥lege was great because that pret¥ty much was our social life. That was what we did. We worked on our sketch comedy troupe when we werenÕt in class, and we became great friends as a result. DT: Do you do a lot of college shows? Black: I do a fair amount of col¥lege shows, yeah. DT: What attracts you to them? Is there an atmosphere on campus that stands out in com¥parison to other shows you do? Black: The best thing about do¥ing college shows is they pay in¥credibly well. They pay very, very well. So itÕs a joy to come and make some money. ThatÕs my fa- WHAT: Michael Ian Black at UT WHERE: (UNB) Ballroom in Texas Union WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7p.m WEB: http:/www.utexas.edu/ universityunions/calendar/ event/1986/ TICKETS: Free with Student I.D. WHAT: Michael Ian BlackÕs Black Is White Tour` WHERE: Mohawk WHEN: Friday, Oct. 7 at 8p.m. WEB: mohawkaustin.com TICKETS: $17 in advance, $20 at the door vorite part of the experience. That said, college audiences tend to be really enthusiastic and young and looking for something fun to do, so yeah, itÕs great to go to colleg¥es and hang out with students and get their take on whatÕs going on in the world. DT: Do you think your sketch comedy background helps when youÕre doing stand-up? Black: My sketch comedy back¥ground was very, very helpful when making the transition into stand-up comedy. Jokes are just jokes, you know? The form is a little different, and the way you present it can be different, but the structure of comedy remains the same, and it translates. DT: YouÕve had an incredibly diverse range of projects youÕve worked on: stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, voice-over work, books, even childrenÕs books. What, at this point, stands out to you as something you hold dear or that youÕre proud of? Black: Well, something that doesnÕt get the attention that I wish it would is my work in the bur¥lesque. I do a very classic burlesque show, where itÕs sexy but IÕm not giv¥ing away the store, you know? IÕm always holding something back. DT: Oh, yeah. YouÕve got to keep some mystery. Black: ItÕs retro. IÕm showing skin, but IÕm not showing all the skin. I wish more people paid at¥tention to my burlesque work. DT: WhatÕs a medium you havenÕt worked in or you feel you havenÕt worked in enough that youÕd like to try in the future? to blues roots in recent album has a diverse music scene that is kept alive by bands like Mutemath. The groupÕs music is like a New Orleans brass band in that every song march¥es on with conviction and pride, striking the hearts of many like the artists before them. Some songs are reminiscent of the days of Detroit and Motown Records (ÒCavalriesÓ moves like Stevie Won¥derÕs ÒDo I DoÓ during the bridge, but with a dash of Cream psychede¥lia), while others deliver with a rock ÔnÕ roll attitude that reflects classic act Rolling Stones (ÒOne MoreÓ be¥gins like the StonesÕ ÒSympathy For The DevilÓ with its tribal sounds and primitive atmosphere). The strength of the album is in its structure. It remains coherent largely because of the fact that each song seg¥ues into one another, the transitions smooth and powered by the bandÕs un¥yielding intensity. The only real com¥plaint is the final song ÒIn No Time,Ó which picks up momentum halfway through but strays from the albumÕs psychedelic path. Overall, the band keeps things intact while also display¥ing a level of musicianship that has be¥come much more cohesive since their previous album, Armistice. Odd Soul is a testament to the work of Hendrix, Clapton, Arm¥strong and many other musicians considered legends. It is an album that shows MutemathÕs ability to em¥ulate their influences and apply their own musical backgrounds, resulting in a strong album that is fresh, live¥ly and different. Black: I think IÕd like to work in the medium of successful tele¥vision show. IÕve already worked in the medium of television show but not in the medium of success¥ful television show. IÕd like to work in that medium. The kind of me¥dium where you show up and peo¥ple say, ÔOh, youÕre doing a great By Eli Watson Daily Texan Staff New Orleans rock collective Mutemath has done what many oth¥er artists have failed to do: stick to their roots. Remaining true to their jazz-laced, groove-driven breed of alternative rock, Mutemath returns with a strong, well-rounded delivery with Odd Soul. From the very beginning, Odd Soul is a locomotive fueled by a near¥perfect combination of Jimi Hendrix¥influenced guitar riffs and Mitch Mitchell-esque drumming. The al¥bum is similar to HendrixÕs Are You Experienced in the way that the cre¥ativity is constantly flowing and there is an underlying cohesiveness that keeps every blues-laced chord pro¥gression and drum fill intact. The title song opens with a 1960s swagger that exudes groove. Vocalist Paul Meany sings ÒIÕm an odd soulÓ over hard riffs sprinkled with Clap¥ton-like bravado. ÒBlood PressureÓ begins with a calming xylophone, but its soft and resonated sound is then struck down by screeching guitar from Todd Gummerman. The bluesy shuffle provided by drummer Darren King pulsates with merciless tom hits and lightning-fast drum fills, each cymbal hit coinciding with a hard strum from Gummerman. New Orleans is a city of music. From the ragtime compositions of Dixieland trumpeter Louis Arm¥strong to the southern hip-hop sounds of Master P, New Orleans job. LetÕs keep you on the air for several years.Õ DT: I know thatÕs become kind of your thing Ñ poking fun of the amount of shows youÕve been involved with that end up getting cancelled [ÒMichael and Michael BLACK continues on pAGE13 Odd Soul Mutemath Genre: Alternative Tracks: 13 For those who like: Jimi Hendrix, Cream Grade: A¥