Soccer team heads to San Antonio hoping to win a Big 12 title. SPORTS PAGE 7 facebook.com/dailytexan Wednesday, November 2, 2011 @thedailytexan >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com Perry, Cain neck and neck Herman Cain Rick Perry Poll shows the two Republican primary candidates are tied in Texas GOP Candiate GOP Canidate By Andrew Messamore ular online system called YouGov The margin of error in the poll was him. The wax and wane in the pop-UT Chapter. ÒRick Perry has per- TEXAS Daily Texan Staff Polimetrix, said government pro-listed at 3.46 percent, while for vot-ularity of Republican candidates formed poorly in the debates and fessor James Henson, director of the ers listed as Republicans the margin has created a current lineup thatÕs has doubled down on some policies REPUBLICAN POLL If the 2012 Republican prima-Texas Politics Project, who co-runs of error was 4.93 percent. very interesting.Ó that are unpopular among Texans. I ry were held today, Herman Cain the polls. While Perry remains a front-run-Cain has only recently been given donÕt think itÕs especially surprising and Gov. Rick Perry would be sta-According to the poll, Cain led ner, the fact that he is running into extensive media coverage following that Cain and Perry are at the top.Ó tistically tied among Republican pri-with 27 percent, Perry followed with such stiff competition in his own his 9-9-9 plan for a simplified, flat The results differ significant¥mary voters in the state of Texas, ac-26 percent, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul held state has intrigued pollsters, said tax and success in the Florida straw ly from polls taken earlier in the cording to an online survey con-12 percent, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Ross Ramsey, executive editor of the poll, and this surge appears to corre-year, when Sarah Palin was a popu¥ducted by the University and the Romney held 9 percent and former Texas Tribune. late with the results from the survey, lar candidate for the 2012 election, Texas Tribune. U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich ÒIt looks like the Texas governor Henson said. Ramsey said. The survey ran from Oct. 19 to followed with 8 percent. Michele is in a dead heat in his own state,Ó ÒI think Herman CainÕs appeal for ÒThere arenÕt a lot of polls going Oct. 26 and included 800 respon-Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Gary Ramsey said. ÒCain has risen from Republicans is that he seems to use on in Texas, so we do see a lot of dis¥dents from around the state. The re-Johnson and Rick Santorum each his performance in polls and de-common sense and straight talk,Ó tance [between poll results],Ó Ramsey sults were part of a much larger sur-received 2 percent or less, while 11 bates through October and vot-said Jenna White, chairwoman of vey of political attitudes using a pop-percent indicated they ÒdonÕt know.Ó ers have clearly taken a notice in the Young Conservatives of Texas Source: UT and the Texas Tribune POLL continues on PAGE 2 Calendar The Miles Davis Experience Miles Davis will be performing at the Bass Concert Hall, featuring a new multi media musical production. The event is from 8 to 10 p.m. and tickets range from $10-34. Avoiding Plagiarism The University Libraries are hosting a session that covers mistakes that can lead to plagiarism, strategies for avoiding these mistakes and practical techniques for using sources correctly. The course will be held from noon to 1 p.m. online at bit.ly/lib_plagiarism. Go hungry to feed others Join The Texas Muslim StudentsÕ Association to support the East African Famine Relief. Pledge to fast from 1-7 p.m. today, and sponsors will donate money towards the cause. It is located in the Student Activity Center ballroom, and there is a free dinner afterwards. Israeli Jewish/ Arab school students speak From 6-9 p.m. in JGB 2.218 today, hear both a Muslim and Jewish student recount the experiences they have had while attending the same multicultural high school. There will be a dessert reception afterwards. Today in history In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Quote to note ÒHonestly, youÕve Ô Ô got to have balls to do this.Ó Ñ Robert Camp Fire breather LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 INSIDE: Dia de los Muertos committee celebrates holiday through dancing on page 6 Playboy curator shares unusual career an estimated worth of more than $25 million. ÒBe patient,Ó Baker said. ÒBe open to new opportunities and donÕt as¥sume that all you can do is teach. Just be open to being a creative person in different ways than what youÕve tradi¥tionally thought you were supposed to do or were limited to doing.Ó Xochi Solis, program coordina¥tor for the Visual Arts Center, said the center wanted to feature Baker in the speaker series because the Art in Practice programÕs goal is to inform PLAYBOY continues on PAGE 2 Austin Water raises rates, utility costs up for some By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff In 2009, Austin Water lost almost $53 million in revenue because of in¥creased rainfall across Texas and low¥er consumption rates, said David An¥ders, assistant director of business sup¥port services for the utility company. In response, this Tuesday, Austin Water enacted the new fixed Revenue Stability Fee, which will cause monthly rates to increase based on the amount of water used, he said. ÒOur average customer consumes 7,700 gallons of water and 4,700 gal¥lons of wastewater [monthly],Ó Anders said. ÒCurrently, that costs the con¥sumer about $64.88. Under the new rates, it will rise to $72.67, which is about a 12 percent increase [per con¥sumer on average].Ó He said the fee will most sig¥nificantly impact consumers who use more than 15,000 gallons of water monthly. Director of residential facili¥ties Randy Porter said the Depart¥ment of Housing and Food Servic¥es would certainly be affected by an increase in rates. ÒUtility rates are obviously part of our expenses, and they factor into our anticipated costs,Ó Porter said. He said the department has been trying to limit water usage by replac¥ing all shower heads and toilets with low usage systems during any re¥modeling. He also said the depart¥ment tries to educate its residents about conservation. ÒWe implement a lot of conserva- WATER continues on PAGE 2 By Megan Strickland Daily Texan Staff Students should keep an open mind and be willing to think out¥side of the box when pursuing ca¥reers, said Aaron Baker, curator of the Playboy Collection. Baker spoke from experience at the Art in Practice series sponsored by the Visual Arts Center on Tues¥day. He detailed his journey from a post-graduate student working as a furniture mover to curator of the collection of all Playboy memorabil¥ia, including an art collection with Good reporting still works, former Post editor explains By Lydia Herrera Daily Texan Staff Despite technologies that have been recently introduced to journalism, basic reporting techniques have remained the same, and any one reporter can make a difference, said Leonard Downie Jr., former executive ed¥itor of The Washington Post. Downie discussed his expe¥rience working at The Wash¥ington Post during the Water¥gate scandal after a Tuesday screening of the film ÒAll the PresidentÕs Men,Ó hosted by the School of Journalism. The film, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, is based on the novel by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward which recounts their journalistic endeavors dur¥ing their investigation of the Watergate scandal. Downie worked for the Wash¥ington Post for 44 years and served as executive editor for 17 of those years. While he was exec¥utive editor, the Post won 25 Pu¥litzer Prizes. Downie now serves as vice president at large for The Washington Post. Downie said the report¥ing techniques used in the film are the same techniques some of the best reporters use now, which includes working sourc¥es from the bottom up, mak¥ing cold phone calls to see what DOWNIE continues on PAGE 2 students about different career paths in art, even unconventional ones. ÒThere are a lot of nuances of be¥coming a professional artist,Ó Solis said. ÒThere are a lot of strange jobs you pick up along the way.Ó Baker, who graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 1998 with a masterÕs degree in studio art, said he never expected to become curator of PlayboyÕs archive of 5,000 pieces of original art, 20 million pho¥tos, cartoons and editorial content. ÒI just kind of fell into this career by being open to different opportuni¥ties,Ó Baker said. ÒItÕs been a nice sur¥prise to go to school for a studio de¥gree and just assume I was going to make art and maybe teach and then fall into this weird career.Ó Baker found there were no jobs available as an art instructor when he graduated and was working as a frus¥trated furniture mover when his wife convinced him to become an art han¥dler at an auction house, he said. Bak¥er said he rose through the ranks of the business and was an art appraiser when Playboy decided to auction off some of its collection in 2002. Baker formed a relationship with the retir¥ing curator during his evaluation of the Playboy works and was hired fol¥lowing the auction, he said. In the subsequent decade, Baker has cared for original artwork, edi¥torial content and interview mate¥rial from famous personalities, in¥cluding Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, Fidel Castro, Frank Sinatra, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kerouac, Ian Fleming, John Updike and Hunter S. Thomp¥son, he said. A posterity archive of Playboy memorabilia that includes a variety of objects including mem¥orabilia from the original Playboy mansion and Hugh HefnerÕs private jet is also under the control of Baker, he said. The short-lived 2011 television show ÒThe Playboy ClubÓ relied heavily on BakerÕs and his associatesÕ research in the posterity archive, as well as Hugh HefnerÕs personal col¥lection of 3,000 scrapbooks and per¥sonal comic strips to help find pieces from a certain era, Baker said. Studio art junior Rachel Wade said seeing the variety of ways Baker has utilized his art background was very beneficial to students. ÒIÕm learning a lot more about cu¥rating and auctioning,Ó Wade said. ÒHe was very personal and helped give advice to students on how we can get to have such a cool job like he has.Ó DOWNIE continues from PAGE 1 information can be found and knocking unexpectedly on doors of possible sources. ÒThe film is about how journalists do journalism,Ó said Glenn Frankel, director of the School of Journalism. ÒIt is the best American film ever made about the process of journalism, how reporters make progress, make mis¥takes, fight and work with each other and struggle with their editor.Ó The Watergate politi ¥cal scandal began June 17, 1972, with the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the attempted cover-up by the Nixon Administration, Downie said. Frankel said the film is a prime example of what oc¥curs when politicians abuse power and try to cover it up. He said the public must nev¥er assume people in pow¥er can be totally trusted be¥cause they can become lia¥ble to commit abuses with their influence. Downie said if people are blinded by whatÕs happening during a scandal, itÕs often¥times hard to find a way out. ÒHistory is a big river. It keeps on going and itÕs hard to capture what really hap¥pens, but the film does it well,Ó said photojournalism professor Eli Reed. ÒItÕs a good indication of what can happen if people in the press do something really right.Ó The media always needs to be vigilant, indepen ¥dent, evenhanded and en¥ergetic in order to find and expose abuses of power, Frankel said. 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 News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Multimedia O¥ce: (512) 471-7835 dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com Sports O¥ce: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Photo O¥ce: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Comics O¥ce: (512) 232-4386 dailytexancomics@gmail.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@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 LowHigh 4785 ÒWould you say IÕm a design beast?Ó WATER continues from PAGE 1 tion-type programs to try to keep our costs down,Ó he said. ÒAnd we are al¥ways looking at ways to limit our water consumption.Ó Juan Ontiveros, executive director of utilities at UT, said because these increases are targeted at large con¥sumers they will more greatly affect the University. ÒThe largest rate increases that we get are always in water and wastewa¥ter,Ó Ontiveros said. UT has been working hard to limit consumption, and through these efforts, UT consumes 17 per¥cent less water than it did in 2006, Ontiveros said. ÒThe University uses water for its cooling systems, and by capturing the condensation from [them], we have been able to save about 39 million gal¥lons of water,Ó Ontiveros said. ÒAddi¥tionally, the University makes all of its own electricity, and water is used in our energy manufacturing pro¥cess. Cleaner and more efficient en¥ergy production at UT means less water consumption.Ó He said the University has also made water conservation efforts such as shutting off campus fountains and limiting irrigation, but there is only so much the University can do to con¥serve water. ÒEven though we do a lot of things to reduce water consumption, the campus still uses a lot of water,Ó On¥tiveros said. ÒThere is not much else you can do when you have 70,000 people on campus.Ó Ontiveros said the Universi¥ty has a responsibility to use its re¥sources wisely, which it is seeking to uphold. ÒThe campus is trying to be a good steward and do the right thing,Ó Ontiveros said. ÒWe have al¥ways said that whatever we donÕt spend on utilities, we can spend on academics.Ó WORLD&NATION 3 Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Austin Myers, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com Marble stat- NEWS BRIEFLY ues of ancient In show of force in Egypt, Greek phi¥losopher Plato First ex-convicts released after are seen on a military jails activist blogger crack sentencing reductions plinth in front WASHINGTON Ñ Potentially of the Athens Academy, as the thousands of inmates who are be- By Hamza Hendawi the nation for decades. ing released early from federal pris- Greek flag flies. The Associated Press ÒI have serious doubts that the on because of an easing of the harsh military will hand over power to ci¥ penalties for crack that were enact- CAIRO Ñ Growing in confi-vilians,Ó said activist Ahmed Imam. ed in the 1980s. dence after eight months in pow-ÒThey will most likely choreograph The 1980s-era federal laws pun¥ er, EgyptÕs military generals ap-a scenario in which they will ap¥ ished crack-related crimes much pear more determined than ever pear to hand over power but will in more severely than those involv¥ to crush the protest movement that fact hold on to power.Ó ing powdered cocaine Ñ a practice ousted Hosni Mubarak and has The arrest of Abdel-Fattah has criticized as racially discriminatory turned critical of their rule. fueled accusations that the military because most of those convicted of This week, they detained Alaa is trying to sweep away the taint crack offenses were black. More re¥ Abdel-Fattah, a blogger whose ac-its reputation suffered from the Petros cently, the penalties for crack were Giannakouris tivism made him an icon of the an-bloodshed at the Oct. 9 protest that reduced to bring them more in line Associated Press ti-Mubarak uprising, and Ñ in an turned into EgyptÕs worst violence with those for powder. accusation that was derided by fel-since MubarakÕs fall in February. Some 12,000 prisoners are expect¥ low activists Ñ said he was to blame Troops stormed the protest outside ed to benefit from reduced sentenc¥ for stirring up violence at an Octo-the state television building. Video es over the next several years, with ber protest where 27 people were from the scene showed military ar¥ an estimated 1,900 eligible for im¥ killed when soldiers cracked down. mored vehicles barreling through By Elena Becatoros, Matthew There were also late reports gains seem to be fleeting. mediate release as of Tuesday. On At the same time, the military crowds and soldiers heavily beat-Craft & David Randall that Greek lawmakers dissented The Dow Jones industrial av¥ average, inmates will get three years leadership has been drumming ing and firing on protesters. The Associated Press from the plan, raising the possi-erage finished down nearly 300 shaved off their sentences. up an image of itself as the nationÕs The military later blamed the bility that GreeceÕs government points. It swung in 100 point foremost patriots, even as it steps Christians and Òhidden handsÓ for Defense lawyers for captives ATHENS, Greece Ñ The would not last until a confidence bursts throughout the day as in¥up moves to silence critics, lean-instigating the violence, denying its Greek government teeters and vote on Friday. vestors reacted to sometimes protest Pentagon policies ing on managers of media out-soldiers had live ammunition. markets around the world International creditors have conflicting headlines about the SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Ñ Law¥ lets to tone down commentary on On Sunday, the military ordered plunge after the prime ministerÕs demanded that Greece enact next steps in GreeceÕs long-run¥ yers appointed to represent some the army or ban particularly vocal Abdel-Fattah held for questioning stunning decision to put a hard-painful tax increases and drastic ning debt crisis. Treasurys and of the most notorious prisoners at critics from appearing on political for 15 days on suspicion of incit¥fought European debt deal up cuts in public welfare programs, other assets considered safe Guantanamo Bay accused the U.S. for a risky public vote. As law-and Greeks have shown their surged. The stocks of major talk shows. ing the rioting, damaging military government Tuesday of making it Activists worry the military property and assaulting on-du¥makers in Athens revolt and Eu-hostility to those measures in vi-banks, including Citigroup and impossible for them to do their jobs aims to hold power for as long as ty troops. If charged, he could face ropean leaders watch anxious-olent protests and strikes. JPMorgan Chase, were hit hard. by improperly reviewing all com¥ ly, the ripples reach Wall Street, If the European rescue falls The value of the dollar rose, possible to give itself time to cre-trial before a military court, where munications between them and ate favorable conditions for one of thousands of protesters and oth¥where investors unload stocks through and Greece defaults on and bond prices jumped so dra¥ their clients. its own or a civilian with military er civilians have been prosecuted and euros because of fear that its debt, the ripple effect would matically that analysts said they Lawyers for six of the Òhigh¥ background to run for president in recent months Ñ many ending the Greek turmoil will unleash be global. Europe could fall were stunned. Analysts said the value detainees,Ó including pris¥ in elections. In what many saw as with swift and harsh verdicts. financial chaos across the globe. into recession, hurting a ma-bond action reflected fears that oners facing war crimes trials for a trial balloon, posters went up At least 3,000 people marched The prime minister of Greece jor market for American ex-the turmoil in Greece would tear the Sept. 11 attack, sent a letter briefly last week in Cairo voicing through downtown Cairo on Mon¥said unexpectedly Monday that ports, and banks could severely at the fabric of EuropeÕs financial to a senior Pentagon official urg¥ support for the head of the mili-day to protest Abdel-FattahÕs arrest, he would put the European res-restrict lending. system and create a crisis that ing him to overturn what they tary, Field Marshal Hussein Tan-chanting ÒDown, down with mili¥cue plan to a popular vote, the It was only last Thursday that could engulf the entire European said were new policies that violate tawi, as a presidential candidate. tary ruleÓ and ÒAlaa, weÕre behind first referendum to be held in European leaders announced a Union, which together forms the attorney-client privilege. Tantawi and other generals on you, donÕt stop.Ó Abdel-Fattah, 29, Greece since 1974. deal that they believed would be worldÕs largest economy. The lawyers said in the letter that the ruling Supreme Council of was EgyptÕs first blogger activist, The plan requires banks that a turning point in the two-year ÒThis brings all of the con¥ officials are reading attorney-client the Armed Forces insist the mili-launching a blog years ago organiz¥hold Greek national bonds debt crisis. Banks agreed to take cerns about Europe back to the communications, which they assert tary has no wish to stay in power ing opposition to Mubarak. He has to accept 50 percent losses to bigger losses on Greek debt and front burner,Ó said Scott Brown, is illegal, violates legal ethical guide¥ and will not field a candidate in the been a vocal critic of the militaryÕs help keep the Greek econo-to boost their levels of cash, while chief economist at Raymond lines and will halt the war crimes presidential election, slated for late rule since MubarakÕs ouster. my afloat. It also beefs up a Eu-the European Union increased James. ÒIf this ends up turn¥ proceedings that are supposed to re¥ next year or early 2013. But activ-ÒThey want to hide the actual ropean bailout fund and re-the size of its bailout fund. Glob-ing into a financial catastro¥ sume soon at the U.S. base in Cuba. ists doubt it will willingly give up criminals,Ó rights lawyer and activ¥ quires banks to strengthen their al stock markets surged after the phe in Europe, then no one will the domination it has enjoyed over ist Gamal Eid said. financial cushions. plan was unveiled. 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We didnÕt choose to bring this to the campus.Ó Ñ President William Powers Jr. on the UT System Board of RegentsÕ decision to form a $10-million partnership with MyEdu, according to The Daily Texan. ÒAs voting rights experts have noted, the recent stream of laws passed at the state level are a reversal of policies, both federal and state, that were intended to combat voter disenfranchise¥ment and boost voter participation.Ó Ñ U.S. Reps. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on voter ID laws, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Laws requir¥ing voters to present government-approved ID have been adopted or are pending in 37 states, including Texas. ÒIf I run and I get elected, [my stance] will be partly my ideological thinking, but it will be partly what I am. We always oppose wrong ... When you do what is right, people know that.Ó Ñ Mansour El-Kikhia, chairman of the UT-San Antonio political sci¥ence department, as he considers the possibility of returning to his home country of Libya to run for president, according to the Houston Chronicle. El-Kikhia was exiled from Libya about three decades ago and has been back twice since the first rebellion broke out in February. ÒI guess you can do anything you want with a video and make it look any way you want, but I felt good, felt great. I think the message got across very well, so it was a good speech.Ó Ñ Gov. Rick Perry referring to his bizarrely energetic speech caught on video in New Hampshire last week, according to ABC News. ÒI was confused. I was coming back off days of being away and it was like, ÔWhoops, that wasnÕt good.Õ It has been stressful here with all these budget [cuts].Ó Ñ Jorge Posadas, director of student life at San Antonio College, apolo¥gizing for an email he sent to the editor of the schoolÕs student newspaper, The Ranger, that requested payment for giving a face-to-face interview, according to the San Antonio Express-News. 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 ad¥ministration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Op¥erating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Email your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all sub¥missions 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@dailytexanonline. 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 Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive up¥dates on our latest editorials and columns. RECYCLE Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. Republicans drawing groans on student loans By Samian Quazi Daily Texan Columnist At a time when nationwide, youth-led protests have focused me¥dia attention on college graduatesÕ mounting student loan burdens, Republican presidential candidates have begun addressing this is¥sue. Their attacks on the federal student loan program fail to pose coherent solutions. Republican frontrunner Herman Cain pointedly attacked federal student aid programs, arguing that Òpeople living within communi¥tiesÓ bear the ultimate responsibility of helping fund their studentsÕ college educations, according to Politico. Essentially, students from wealthy enclaves such as Westchester, N.Y., should have no issue soliciting financing, but where should students from lower-income areas miraculously find their own Daddy Warbucks? Perhaps Cain could pontificate about getting rid of federal stu¥dent loans at his alma mater, Morehouse College in Atlanta. Col-legeData.com tells us that a whopping 99.4 percent of Morehouse undergraduates applied for such aid, all of whom received it. And when the same site lists MorehouseÕs annual tuition at $23,520, who can blame them? Cain, who habitually touts himself as a self-made man and has said Òblame yourself Ó to Occupy Wall Street protesters for not being rich, fails to note that he went to college at a time Ñ 1963 to 1967 Ñ when tuition was comparatively far lower, even after accounting for inflation. Writing in The Black StudentÕs Guide to College Suc¥cess, Cain noted that he got a tuition scholarship to Morehouse for his first year, and Òwhen that ran out, the money my dad had been saving since I was in 10th grade kicked in along with money earned from part-time and summer jobs.Ó Could you find someone in your home community willing to help you pay for leftover costs? How about your father? Barring the fortunate few whose parents can cut such checks each semester, IÕd make a safe bet the thousands of us on financial aid would struggle under stagnating wages for college student jobs coupled with ev¥er-increasing tuition. What Herman Cain doesnÕt get is that we all work hard, yet industriousness alone doesnÕt cover the bills. Another GOP contender, Newt Gingrich, went even further by calling for the entire student loan industry to return to the private sector. But as MSNBC notes, Òprivate loans almost always cost more than government loans, and lenders donÕt extend the grace periods, deferments and other accommodations that are built into the feder¥ally backed loans.Ó And loans for students operate differently than loans for home owners. Americans with toxic mortgages were able to walk away from foreclosed houses seized by their banks. A 2005 federal law pushed by Republicans made it virtually impossible to discharge private student loans in bankruptcy court. Translation? The folks who give you a private student loan are es¥sentially guaranteed to get their money back from you. If you canÕt pay private loans back, the IRS will take out a chunk of your pay¥check for your entire working life, and even draw from your Social Security checks, until the lenders get fully repaid. Of course, the law effectively encourages private lenders to offer you money, but youÕll have little recourse from debt relief upon graduation. Another Republican contender, libertarian Ron Paul, echoed GingrichÕs views on re-privatization, though Paul insisted such an effort to axe the federal student loan program would be gradual rather than immediate. Paul wrote in a USA Today op-ed last week that students would be most helped Òby eventually transitioning student aid away from the inefficient and ineffective federal gov¥ernment and back to local governments and private market-based solutions Ñ which simply work better.Ó Paul couldnÕt be more wrong. Unless you have an impeccable credit history Ñ few 18- to 22-year olds do Ñ youÕll probably need a co-signer such as a parent to get any attractive private loans. Federal loans, on the other hand, are open to all full-time students. Uncle Sam generally wonÕt consider you defaulted on those loans unless youÕve missed payments for more than nine months. Some private lenders, however, can con¥sider a borrower in default after the first missed payment, according to USA Today. Student loan reform should be a top priority for government in the next several years, at least because such debts are an in¥creasingly untenable burden on U.S. graduates. Republican can¥didates should face increasing scrutiny on their proposals that affect so many UT students. Quazi is a nursing graduate student. Managing jobs and debt from the desk of the president By Barack Obama The problem is there are some in Washington who nounced steps weÕre taking to make college more af-a simple fact sheet called ÒKnow Before You OweÓ so Daily Texan Guest Columnist just donÕt share that sense of urgency. ThatÕs why itÕs fordable and to make it even easier for students like you can have all the information you need to make been so disappointing to see Republicans in Congress you to get out of debt faster. your own decision about paying for college. ThatÕs Over the last few weeks, IÕve had the opportunity block jobs bills from going forward Ñ bills that in-Michelle and I know what it feels like to leave school something Michelle and I wish we had. to get out of Washington and talk with folks across dependent economists say could with a mountain of debt. We didnÕt These changes will make a real difference for mil¥the country about how we can create jobs and get our create millions of jobs though the come from wealthy families. By the lions of Americans. WeÕll help more young people fig¥economy growing faster. kinds of proposals supported by time we both graduated from law ure out how to afford college. WeÕll put more money This is a tough time for a lot of Americans, espe-Democrats and Republicans in the school, we had about $120,000 worth in your pocket after you graduate. WeÕll make it easier cially young people. YouÕve come of age at a time of past. of debt between us. And even though to buy a house or save for retirement. And weÕll give And when a big chunk profound change. The world has gotten more con-Now, the best way to attack our we were lucky enough to land good our economy a boost at a time when it desperately nected, but itÕs also gotten more competitive. And for economic challenges and put hun-jobs with steady incomes, it still took needs it. of every paycheck goes decades, too many of our institutions Ñ from Wash-dreds of thousands of people back us almost 10 years to finally pay it all ThatÕs not just important for our country right now ington to Wall Street Ñ failed to adapt, culminating to work is through bold action in toward student loans, off. It wasnÕt easy. Ñ itÕs important for our future. Michelle and I are in the worst financial crisis and recession since the Congress. ThatÕs why IÕm going to Living with that much debt forces where we are today because our college education gave Ò Great Depression. keep demanding that members of it isnÕt just painful for you to make some tough choices. us a chance. Our parents and their generation worked For the last three years, weÕve worked to stabilize the Congress vote on common-sense, And when a big chunk of every pay-and sacrificed to hand down the dream of opportunity you Ñ itÕs painful to our economy, and weÕve made some progress. But we still paid-for jobs proposals. And I hope check goes toward student loans, it to us. have a long way to go. And now, as youÕre getting ready youÕll send them a message to do isnÕt just painful for you Ñ itÕs pain-Now itÕs our turn. That dream of opportunity is what economy and harmful to to head out into the world, many of you are watch-the right thing for your future and ful to our economy and harmful to I want for my daughters and for all of you. And even our recovery. ing your friends and classmates struggle to find work. the future of our country. our recovery. in these tough times, we are going to make that dream YouÕre wondering whatÕs in store for your future, and I But we canÕt wait for Congress to know that can be scary. do its job. So where they wonÕt act, The truth is the economic problems we face today I will. ThatÕs why IÕve announced a Ò ThatÕs why weÕre making changes real once again. that will give about 1.6 million stu-In the weeks ahead, IÕm going to keep doing every¥ dents the ability to cap their loan pay-thing in my power to make a difference for the Ameri¥ didnÕt happen overnight, and they wonÕt be solved over¥night. But the fact that youÕre investing in your educa¥tion right now tells me that you believe in the future of America. You want to be a part of it, and you know that there are steps we can take right now to put Americans back to work and give our economy a boost. new policy that will help families whose home values have fallen refinance their mort¥gages and save thousands of dollars. We made it easier for veterans to get jobs putting their skills to work in hospitals and community health centers. And at the University of Colorado at Denver, I an¥ ments at 10 percent of their income starting next year. WeÕre also going to take steps to help you consolidate your loans so that instead of making multiple payments to multiple lenders every month, you only have to make one payment a month at a bet¥ter interest rate. And we want to start giving students can people Ñ including young people like you Ñ be¥cause here in America, when we find a problem, we fix it. When we face a challenge, we meet it. We donÕt wait. And I hope youÕll join me. Obama is the 44th president of the United States. Dr. Emerson Perin spoke Heart expert supports stem cell research at the AT&T Conference Center on By Sarah White thers all of these goals in the The fact that they each have varying Tuesday after- Daily Texan Staff Austin community.Ó functions complicates the research noon about Bales said as a leader in stem cell and treatment process as new dis¥ the function After the death of his father from research, Perin was well equipped coveries are made, he said. of stem cells in heart failure and diabetes, David to discuss this issue. Perin has been ÒFrom the standpoint of clini¥ modern medi- Bales began advocating responsi-an expert in the field of heart treat-cal use, we have found that we can¥ cine. Perin has ble stem cell research for the health ment, and he was the first investi-not even use embryonic stem cells confidence that benefits which it promotes. He is gator to be given permission by the because we cannot make them stem cell thera¥ pies will work now the chairman of Texans for Food and Drug Administration to stop growing,Ó Perin said. ÒScien¥ even though at this point, very Stem Cell Research, a charitable inject stem cells into the hearts of tists have discovered that all you pro-life foundation which encour-patients suffering from cardiac fail-get once you inject them is a bunch little is under¥ ages adult stem cell research. ure, Bales said. of tumors.Ó stood about Texans for Stem Cell Research During his speech, Perin said he He said even though new find¥ their proper sponsored a speech by Dr. Emer-had great confidence in the func-ings are being uncovered, scien¥ applications. son Perin, an expert in heart treat-tionality of stem cells. tists still know very little about stem ment through stem cell therapy ÒWe would not be here without cell therapy. Ryan Edwards at the AT&T Conference Center stem cells. There is not a doubt in ÒIn the nineties, we discovered that Daily Texan Staff on Tuesday. my mind that stem cell therapy will stem cells do not just exist in embryos ÒOur primary goals are to en-work,Ó Perin said. ÒHowever, the but also in adults,Ó Perin said. ÒBut this They are cells with proteins and and technology and their effects on nity,Ó Villalobos said. ÒBy providing courage collaboration between problem is that though it does work, is just a small portion of the discov-complex functions.Ó society, said spokeswoman Faith not only information on these top¥experts, to promote discussion we understand very little about it.Ó eries that need to be made. It took us The talk was put on in conjunc-Singer-Villalobos. ics but also allowing experts an op¥about stem cell research and to Perin said there are many types of almost 100 years to discover exact-tion with the Austin Forum, a pre-ÒHaving an event like the Aus-portunity to network and collabo¥educate the public about the is-stem cells, including those found in ly how aspirin works. [Stem cells] mier monthly speaker series which tin Forum is essential to the fab-rate, this event really fills a niche in sue,Ó Bales said. Ò[The event] fur-bone marrow, hearts and embryos. are not molecules or chemicals. focuses on developments in science ric of UT and the Austin commu-the community.Ó Committees send budget proposals for three colleges By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff Members of three student committees submitted rec¥ommendations to their deans to suggest ways to best spend their collegesÕ budgets for this semester. The College of Liberal ArtsÕ and the Cockrell School of EngineeringÕs College Tuition and Budget Advisory Com¥mittees and the College of CommunicationÕs Student Is¥sues and Advisory Commit¥tee submitted the recommen¥dations. The liberal arts com¥mittee submitted its proposal on Oct. 11. The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee gave the College of Communication a proposal, which the SIAC en¥dorsed on Oct. 11, and the engineering proposal was giv¥en to its dean last week. TPAC must review all three of these recommendations and submit its amended ver¥sions to President William Powers Jr. by the end of No¥vember, said Michael Morton, spokesman for the Senate of College Councils. Then, Pow¥ers will send his revisions of the proposals to the Board of Regents who will make final tuition decisions, he said. ÒEvery CTBAC has their own process,Ó Morton said. ÒAll three of those schools have been meeting through¥out the semester and looking over the budget for their indi¥vidual colleges, deciding what their priorities are.Ó Each CTBAC and the SIAC are made up of representa¥tives from their colleges and focus on making the decided¥ly best choices for their col¥lege, Morton said. ÒLiberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl has been very support¥ive,Ó he said. ÒEngineering has been pretty much iden¥tical. I havenÕt really heard anything back about com¥munications, but I would say all of the feedback has been positive.Ó The communications pro¥posal was given by Com¥munications Dean Roder¥ick Hart for review by the SIAC, said chairwoman Jannah Deis. ÒWe looked over his pro¥posal and talked about it and came up with our endorse¥ment,Ó she said. ÒThereÕs a couple of points in there. We want more professors, more TAÕs, more advisers for stu¥dents at academic risk, spe¥cial programs and more online programs.Ó RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF THE DAILY TEXAN Commemorative day celebrated with food, dance By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan Staff Dia de los Muertos, the ancient Mesoamerican holiday honoring the dead, has become more com¥mercialized over time by Europe¥an influence, but its traditions can be revitalized and brought back to modern society, said Alejando Martinez Quiahutil, dancer of the Austin based Grupo de Danza Az¥teca-Chichimeca Tlaltecuhtli. Danza Azteca was one of many groups performing at the year¥ly Dia de los Muertos celebra¥tion joint-hosted by the Mexi¥can American Culture Committee and Sigma Lambda Beta frater¥nity Tuesday evening. The steps of Gregory Gym were lined with candles, skulls, colorful altars and pictures of deceased loved ones as a few hundred people enjoyed dances, ethnic food and reli¥gious performances by traditional groups such as UT Mariachi Bal¥let, Folklorico Mexikayotl and UT Ballet Fokl—rico. ÒWe want people to know the reasons behind the holiday and remove common conceptions,Ó said Maritza Rodriguez, chair¥woman of the Mexican Amer¥ican Culture Committee. ÒItÕs not just about death or another Halloween. ItÕs a time of remem¥brance, not mourning.Ó About 10 Latino, Greek and non-Greek organizations took part in the Dia de los Muertos cel¥ebration, each hosting their own altar and offerings for the dead ranging from apples to tradition¥al Latin meals such as tamales or rice and beans, said mechanical engineering senior Robert Jime¥nez of Sigma Lambda Beta. ÒThis was about creating a tra¥ditional community event that didnÕt just include Latino-based groups or Greek organizations,Ó Jiminez said. Participating groups includ¥ed Mecha, Sigma Iota Alpha, His¥panic Business Students Asso¥ciation and Alpha Epsilon Phi, a traditionally Asian sorority, among others. ÒA lot of our sorority sisters have Hispanic roots, and our so¥rority likes to get involved and learn about other cultures,Ó said physical culture and sports junior Alexis Wong. The festivities began with a tra¥ditional Aztec dance by Grupo de Danza Azteca-Chichimeca Tlaltecuhtli, honoring the origi¥nal elements of life as well as the founding of the Aztec nation. The dancers wore traditional feath¥ered headdresses called ÒcopilliÓ and rattling shell anklets known as ÒayoyotziuÓ as they danced to the rhythm of a single drummer before a crowd of about 100. The dancers usually perform at sites of traditional Aztec temples in Mexico, where spiritual power is heightened, Quiahutil said. ÒDia de los Muertos is a term the Europeans gave [this day],Ó Quiahutil said. ÒFor us, it has a different significance. This is a day where we remember those who brought us into this reality, not going door-to-door for candy. Death is a term that does not ex¥ist in our culture. Today is not a day of the dead but rather a day of commemoration.Ó Hundreds of thousands of items lay neatly organized in the Palm¥er Events Center, waiting for the weekend. Pre-war film camer¥as, golf clubs, mini-fridges for 70 dollars Ð all mint condition. Be¥ginning on Thursday for a select few and Friday for the general public, the 36th annual Settlement Home Garage Sale features an ar¥ray of items that has to be seen to be believed. ÒWeÕve had people out collecting things all year,Ó says Andi Kelly, public relations manager, Òwe go to estate sales, garage sales, and a lot of people donate to us as well. This event is massive.Ó So massive, in fact, that buyers fly in from overseas in search of something special. ÒThey come mostly for the fur¥niture,Ó Kelly said. All of the proceeds raised from the sale benefit The Settlement Home, an Austin organization that helps underprivileged girls find their feet. Last year, the ga¥rage sale took more than $750,000. The sale runs until Sunday and will end with a bang. ÒThe last two hours is a box sale. Shoppers simply buy a box and whatever they can fit inside is theirs,Ó Kelly said. ÒItÕs quite a sight.Ó NEWS BRIEFLY UN report finds environment getting worse, not better GENEVA Ñ The United Nations says humans are destroying the environment faster than they are learning to protect it. The U.N. Environment Program says the last two decades have been marked by a steady erosion of the planetÕs resources as the world population grows and becomes ever more urban. UNEP says fossil fuels are being used more efficiently and clean en¥ergy production is up sharply. Ñ The Associated Press KEYS TO THE GAME ¥ SOCCER HERE ARE TWO KEYS TO THE GAME FOR TEXAS VS TEXAS TECH. ¥BY ANTHONY MANNINO¥ STAT GUY Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff The Texas defense has been very effective this season at holding quarterbacks bellow their averages. Defense holding QBs under their average By Hank South Daily Texan Columnist TexasÕ 43-0 shutout of Kansas on Saturday marked its most impres¥sive defensive outing of the season and, arguably, the past decade. The Longhorns havenÕt kept a team off the scoreboard since 2005 against Baylor, the year they won the to 218 yards passing, 158 yards under his average up to that point in the sea¥son. While Texas lost the game, the defense proved it could hang with a top-tier passing offense. This past weekend, first-year de¥fensive coordinator Manny DiazÕs de¥fense held Kansas quarterback Jor¥dan Webb to 46 yards through the air, 155 yards under his average. DEFENSE continues on PAGE 8 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Return game gets a boost from Diggs By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Teams simply wonÕt kick to Fozzy Whittaker any more. Quandre Diggs is okay with that. Diggs returned two kick¥offs for 33 yards on Saturday against Kansas, who decided to let someone other than Whit¥taker beat them. Whittaker en¥tered the game with 100-yard touchdown returns in each of his last two games Ñ a school record. But as expected, the Jay¥hawks pooch kicked and angled the ball away from the senior. Now the onus is on freshman cornerback Diggs to keep the return game strong. Diggs and junior tailback D.J. Monroe will get more chances for kick re¥turns over the final five games of the season. ÒItÕs a great opportunity for me and D.J. to step up and try to get those guys to kick away from us also,Ó Diggs said. Diggs has returned 10 kick¥offs for 186 yards, including 121 against Oklahoma on Oct. 8. Monroe has four returns to¥ taling 61 yards. Diggs also had an intercep¥tion against the Jayhawks, his second of the year. Vertical passing game lacking Texas has found success on the ground in recent weeks, but the downfield passing game has taken a hit. Since assuming the start¥ing job against Oklahoma State, quarterback David Ash has completed just three pass¥es over 16 yards Ñ the dis¥tance the coaching staff consid¥ers an explosive play. Only one of those completions has gone to the LonghornsÕ big-play wide receiver, Mike Davis, with a 20¥yard connection against OSU. Texas steamrolled Kansas for 441 yards rushing and piled up 231 yards against the Cow¥boys, leaving few opportunities for Ash and Davis to complete long throws. But the two have stayed after practice to work on vertical routes and deep balls in recent weeks, typically work¥ing for 45 minutes after each dayÕs conclusion. Davis and Ash havenÕt estab¥lished the same rapport that the DIGGS continues on PAGE 8 goals on the season. Join us today at 4 p.m. for a live chat previewing SaturdayÕs game against Texas Tech bit.ly/dt_chat SPORTS BRIEFLY Former starting quarterback Gilbert transfers to SMU After a little more than two sea¥sons at Texas, Garrett Gilbert is transferring to SMU according to multiple reports. The junior quar¥terback was spotted at a Mus¥tangs practice the morning he an¥nounced he would transfer in Oc¥tober and will be eligible to play for them in 2013. Gilbert, who played in only two games this year and underwent season-ending shoul¥der surgery in September, can ap¥ply for a medical redshirt that will allow him to play a sixth season in 2014. A two-time state champion at Lake Travis and 2008 Gatorade Player of the Year, Gilbert start¥ed all 12 games last season and had a 7-7 record as a starter for the Longhorns. Freshman Texas wideout Jones elects to transfer Freshman wide receiver Chris Jones announced his intentions to transfer Tuesday, making a short¥handed receiving corps even thin¥ner. Jones was an all-state receiv¥er at Daingerfield twice and made 2010Õs ESPNU 150 list, coming in at No. 73. Regarded as the 11th¥best high school wideout by ESPN and Rivals.com, Jones becomes the third receiver to miss significant time this year. Malcolm Williams left the program in August for per¥sonal reasons and freshman re¥ceiver John Harris, who broke his foot in September, has not played in TexasÕ four games. ÒThis was a very tough decision, but I want to get closer to home for personal reasons with fam¥ily,Ó Jones said. ÒI appreciate ev¥erything from my teammates and coaches and IÕll always be rooting for them.Ó Ñ C.C. national championship. Despite the fact that the Jay¥hawks are Big 12 cellar dwellers, they came into the game with a re¥spectable offense that was averaging 30 points a game. So itÕs really no small feat that Texas held them off the scoreboard. We could see signs of an improv¥ing defense in mid-October when the Longhorns held Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden 8 SPORTS Wednesday, November 2, 2011 WOMENÕS GOLF Strong second round places Horns in first at home course Currently, Pressel is second place By Garrett Callahan Daily Texan Staff individually, only two strokes be¥hind FloridaÕs Mia Piccio. Senior The Longhorns couldnÕt have Nicole Vandermade also made it asked for a better second round to the top 10 as she tied for sixth as they finished Tuesday with an-place after a second-round score of other strong performance. Ju-73 (+1). Junior Desiree Dubreuil is nior Madison Pressel led the team not too far behind, as she is tied for with a score of 1 under par 71 13th after TuesdayÕs round of 3 over to give the Longhorns an eight-par, 75. To round out the Long¥ stroke lead in the Betsy Rawls horns lineup, juniors Katelyn Sep-Madison Pressel Longhorn Invitational. Texas now moree and Haley Stephens are tied Junior sits in first place going into to-for 33rd place with second-round dayÕs round eight strokes ahead of scores of 74 (+2) and 79 (+7), re¥second-place Florida. spectively. matched head-to-head with Pic-It has been 11 years since the Pressel has a chance to capture cio on the first tee to see who will Elisabeth Dillon |Daily Texan Staff Longhorns won their own tour-an individual tournament win, come out on top. Pressel is happy Freshman Quandre Diggs has gotten the chance to return kicks the last few games, and has done so at a good nament here in Austin. Veter-which hasnÕt been done since Jessi-with the teamÕs position going into clip of 18.6 yards a return on average, as teams are attempting to stay away from kicking to Fozzy Whittaker. an Coach Martha Richards said ca Reese captured the title in 2003. todayÕs final round. they want to focus on just playing The home course advantage didnÕt ÒI am excited. We are winning right now. mean much to her though as she by eight, and that is a pretty nice ÒIt has been a long time since just goes out and plays golf, Pres-margin to go into the last day,Ó DIGGS continues from PAGE 7 Texas has won the Betsy Rawls, so sel said. Pressel said. ÒWe will have a morn¥we would like to do that,Ó Richards ÒHonestly, I donÕt think about ing shotgun, so it probably will wideout shared with former things up for Davis in the ver-Shipley caught five pass¥ said. ÒBut more than anything, what it,Ó Pressel said. ÒYou come to ev-not be as windy. We will all have starting quarterback Garrett Gil-tical passing game, but the re-es for 57 yards before leav¥ we are striving to do is to play the ery tournament to win no matter to make some birdies in order to bert, but theyÕre working on it. sults havenÕt been there yet. HeÕll ing the game. The fresh ¥ best golf we can play. If we can do where it is.Ó keep that lead. We are right where ÒWeÕre on the right track, weÕre have an opportunity this week-man also rushed once for that, we are going to take care of our Texas is paired with Florida and we want to be. You could not ask clicking together,Ó Davis said. end, though, against a banged-seven yards. business, and the win will be a result Tulsa going into todayÕs shotgun for something better going into the Davis has seven explosive up Texas Tech secondary. Backup cornerback Leroy of that.Ó start and the final round. Pressel is last day.Ó plays this season in seven games, Scott was shaken up on a spe¥but only two of those have come Injured Horns expected to play cial teams play and did not re¥from Ash. Still, the sophomore The Longhorns beat Kansas turn, while starting corner Adri¥believes he will have an oppor-by 43 points, but several players an Phillips was held out with a DEFENSE continues from PAGE 7 tunity to get down the field as took a beating themselves. shoulder injury. However, OSU and Kansas are at 192 yards a game. the nation, giving up a stingy 104 teams start to bring extra de-Jaxon Shipley left SaturdayÕs Still, head coach Mack Brown two different spectrums in the col-LetÕs not forget about the front yards a contest. fenders closer to the line of game with a knee injury, but is expects all three to play against lege football world, the Texas sec-seven though. Coming off a week Right now, the Texas defensescrimmage to stop the run. listed as a starter this week. The Texas Tech. ondary held the Jayhawks to 374 where it allowed 202 yards and sits at No. 13 in the country (296 ÒNow itÕs time to air it out be-wide receiver felt discomfort in Phillips is listed as an Òei¥percent fewer yards. three touchdowns on the ground yards a game), a fair spot com¥cause teams are going to start his knee after a collision with a ther/orÓ candidate at right cor¥ÒWe were seeing the improve-to the Cowboys, the Texas front ing off the grueling mid-October biting down [on the run],Ó said Jayhawks defender while trying nerback with Diggs and is be¥ment in the last couple weeks,Ó Diaz line more than compensated for stretch the team faced. Texas Tech Davis, who has 27 catches for to catch a ball near the sidelines. hind safety Kenny Vaccaro at said. ÒWe had mainly been playing its dismal showing. The Jayhawks travels to Austin this Saturday 418 yards. The pass fell incomplete, but KU the nickel position. Phillips and passing teams, and last week we rushed for -2 yards on 20 carries. bringing with it the No. 8 total of-The LonghornsÕ dynam -was penalized for an illegal hit Diggs lead the team with two just hadnÕt seen that kind of run-To put that in perspective, Kan-fense in the nation (508 yards per ic rushing attack should open against a defenseless receiver. interceptions each. ning yet. It was nice to see our guys sas had been averaging 188 yards game) and the memory of a huge being disruptive and making plays a game, a statistic that would rank win against Oklahoma in Nor¥on the ball.Ó it in the top 30 today. Defen-man. The Red Raiders are for real, Freshman cornerback Quandre sive ends Alex Okafor and Jack-so it should be a good test for the Diggs added to his ÒDiaper DandyÓ son Jeffcoat silenced their critics improving Texas defense. ¥ RECYCLE resume with his second intercep-who were saying they werenÕt get-ÒThey can stretch you vertical¥tion of the season, while the rest of ting to the quarterback enough, ly down the field, and of course, the secondary broke up three pass-registering two of the LonghornsÕ theyÕll have you spread out so YOUR COPY OF es. Overall it was a performance three sacks. After holding the Jay-they can stretch you horizontal¥ that places the Texas pass defense hawks to negative yards, the rush-ly as well,Ó Diaz said. 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C L ASSIFIEDS SHOWS continues from PAGE 12 an affluent suburban neighbor¥hood after George finds a box of (unopened) condoms in Tes¥saÕs bedroom. Its send-up of suburbia in the five episodes aired so far is pretty rote Ñ isnÕt there anything more clever to say about the suburbs other than that itÕs run by a mob of prescription drug-addled soc¥cer moms armed with SUVs and PTA meetings? The show is far better at pluck¥ing one of those housewives out of her McMansion and human¥izing her: Cheryl Hines (ÒCurb Your EnthusiamÓ) plays the sweetly self-aware Dallas, who can laugh at her press-on nails and take them utterly seriously all in the same turn. No, the oddest thing about the otherwise standardly operat¥ed ÒSuburgatoryÓ is the impecca¥ble chemistry between the showÕs father-daughter protagonists. George and Tessa are cribbed from the post-ÒJunoÓ era of over¥ly smart teens and sardonic dads, but Sisto and Levy play off each other remarkably well, and their relationship, full of sarcasm, play¥fulness and heart, is what makes the show enjoyable. At times, though, the partner¥ship is... too good. Weird incestu¥ous overtones occasionally wash over the duoÕs scenes, and those moments pull you out of the ex¥perience of watching the show. When George kisses Tessa on the forehead, it comes off as bizarrely Freudian. ÒSuburgatoryÓ is funny enough that brief moments of dis¥comfort are permissible. For now. On ÒHappy Endings,Ó moments of pure oddity are encouraged. In its second season, this comedy centered around six Chicago late 20-somethings is like a wackier, goofier version of ÒFriendsÓ that isnÕt afraid to go to weird plac¥es for a joke. In a recent episode, for example, Jane (the brilliantly manic Eliza Coupe), tracks down the child mothered by her donat¥ed eggs and ill-advisedly attempts to lure a little girl into her car with candy. That the show managed to pull off a child predator gag with¥out a hint of creepiness is a testa¥ment to its unwavering principle to stick to the logic of its world Ñ as long as everything makes perfect sense to its characters, it doesnÕt necessarily have to make sense to us. The show wouldnÕt work with¥out its cast of seasoned come¥dy actors. Placed in a room to¥gether, they bounce one pop culture-inspired riff off another long past the point most shows would take them; no other show would see a screeching rendition of Natalie ImbrugliaÕs ÒTornÓ set at a motorboat trade show all Suburgatory When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays Network: ABC Grade: B Happy Endings When: 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays Network: ABC Grade: B the way through. Perhaps as a way to be more palatable to a wider audience, the showÕs kookiness has actual¥ly been reigned in since its first season. This is most noticeable in Max (Adam Pally), who was for¥mally the showÕs caustic, jerky right hook but is now just com¥fortably zany. ItÕs interesting to watch ÒSubur¥gatoryÓ and ÒHappy EndingsÓ in their intended order with ÒMod¥ern FamilyÓ in between. They donÕt seem to fit together in terms of tone or theme (in fact, they all couldnÕt be more different from each other), but they hold their ratings across the time period pretty consistently. In the season of comedy revival, weirdness has found its place. GAME continues from PAGE 12 fights a boss. The dungeon is pop¥ulated with classic enemies such as Skulltula, those bony spiders that hang around on webs, and Stal¥fos the ill-tempered skeleton sol¥dier, but their fighting styles were anything but typical. Instead of the same predictable swordplay and at¥tack tactics in previous games, the bad guys react to LinkÕs moves and players will find themselves having to actually block and parry strate¥gically with the remote. The boss battle with Lord Ghi¥rahim Ñ an elegantly creepy fellow with a long tongue that he flaps around Gene Simmons-style when he gets annoyed Ñ started out fun but became a little repetitive. The fight felt a little more scripted than the dungeon gameplay, with Ghi¥rahim using the same moves such as grabbing LinkÕs sword and trans¥portation moves over and over again. But the intense, horror mov¥ie-meets-philharmonic orchestra soundtrack, the detailed graphics and that unique, beautiful feeling that overwhelms you when Link grabs hold of the heart contain¥er at the end of the battle generally make up for the repetition. ÒSuper Mario 3D LandÓ release date: Nov. 13 system: Nintendo 3DS ÒSuper Mario 3D LandÓ puts a huge emphasis on the 3D, which adds a lot to a franchise that, if it were any other, would have been played out a decade ago. Really, how many lands, worlds and galaxies can one moustached plumber explore before players say enough? Ap¥parently, with this new game, thereÕs room for one more. The demo version felt com¥fortably familiar, with plenty of question mark blocks to head¥bump, meat-head Goombas to squash and even the reappear¥ance of the raccoon-styled Ta¥nooki suit Ñ absent from Ma¥rio games since 1988Õs ÒSuper Mario Bros. 3Ó for the NES. The well-known Mario envi¥ronment is enhanced by the Nintendo 3DSÕ 3D capabilities, which makes the 3D worlds of ÒSuper Mario 64Ó and other older games look like ÒPong.Ó Beyond just making the landscapes pop with color and depth, the 3D elements actu¥ally figure into the gameplay. Players can use the 3D per¥spective to find blocks that need smashing and power-ups that need grabbing that they arenÕt able to see in plain-Jane 2D. Of course, for any¥one who feels a bout of mo¥tion-sickness coming on, the third dimension graphics can be conveniently lowered or even switched off completely by turning a dial on the side of the 3DS. TYCHO continues from PAGE 12 with the late Arnaud Mercier, an artist he admired. Ò[Mercier] was how I got my name,Ó Hansen said. ÒHe shot ISO50 film on lomo cameras.Ó Mercier, formerly of inter¥active creative agency Area 17, helped Hansen in his initial ex¥perimentations with design un¥til his death in September. ÒHe really helped me. Back when I was starting, I emailed him a bunch asking him how he did all of these things [in design],Ó he said. In spite of his adeptness at design, Hansen has since halted his freelance design work as ISO50 in favor of the Tycho project. ÒI stopped doing freelance about four years ago to focus on the shop and all that stuff. Anything I do design wise is driven by Tycho.Ó HansenÕs retooled focus has paid off immensely. Dive, his latest album, is by far his best, both in terms of quality and re¥ception. The ambient electron¥ica instrumentals manipulated by a guitar give the listener the closest feeling they will ever have to lounging around on an intergalactic space beach. Dive is also compelling in that it represents HansenÕs most varied piece of musical work. His last release, Past Is Prologue, might sound like a bunch of rehashes of the same core to those unfamiliar with electronica. Dive is friendlier to the listener in that regard. People have taken notice, with Spin Magazine stream¥ing the album in its entirety and is contemplating coming to Austin for SXSW. ÒWeÕll most likely be at SXSW. I definitely want to come back to Austin. ItÕs been a long time,Ó he said. PYRO continues from PAGE 12 not become flammable until they are turned into an aerosol, which makes it safer than lamp oil and other fuels. And if Camp makes the switch to food¥based fuel, the cost will be dramatically cheaper. A bottle of lamp oil costs about $12. During a performance, Camp finds that he can go through an entire bottle. He keeps his practice time to a minimum to avoid making his hobby more costly than it needs to be. Though fire breathing is a dangerous hob¥by to take up, Camp has always been cau¥tious. He has never been seriously injured but knows people who have been. Their in¥juries are a reminder that if he is not careful, he could easily suffer an injury of his own. But no matter the risk, Camp plans to continue to practice fire breathing until it is no longer fun for him. ÒI just love fire,Ó Camp said. ÒItÕs just a lot of fun to play with.Ó When anthropology junior Amanda Bullwinkel first arrived at UT, she had heard about the fire breathing going on at the 21st Street Co-op but did not believe it until she saw it with her own eyes. ÒAustin is this weird place,Ó Bullwinkel said. ÒBut I definitely did not expect to go to a party and see someone spinning fire around like that.Ó Camp plans to keep the fire breathing spirit alive at the 21st Street Co-op. At the moment, he is the only person there who knows the craft, and at 25, Camp plans to move out soon. ÒI absolutely have to teach someone,Ó Camp said. ÒI canÕt leave the co-op without teaching someone.Ó on its website. At the moment, Hansen re¥mains busy with his tour with the Swedish electronica group Little Dragon and has ambi¥tious plans for the re-release and cataloguing of his past de¥sign work on his website. Additionally, he plans for forthcoming remixes from the album outside of the one al¥ready released by Teen Daze tin. Visit rednovalabs. YOUNG com to learn more about ENTREPRE¥the company. NEURS Earn an income you de¥serve, MOTHERÕS HELP/AFTER- Company looking forSCHOOL P/T 3-4days/ online trainers. Flexible week. Care for one child, hours, work from home. supervise homework and drive to swimming www.2dreambigger. practice. 512-762-3301 com 12 LIFE&ARTS Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Aleksander Chan, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232 2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Spinning, breathing fire no simple game for student hoping to share knowledge By Jessica Lee Daily Texan Staff When Robert Camp was a child, he did not listen to his parents when they told him not to play with fire. Instead, he held a lighter up to the couch when no one was around just to see what would happen. The self-proclaimed ÒpyroÓ has since turned his fire-loving ways into something more socially ac¥ceptable: fire breathing. Camp is not the only one who is happy that he managed to figure out a way to take some- TV REVIEWS Fall sitcoms getting weird to grab laughs By Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff The most prevalent trend to emerge from the new fall televi¥sion season is that, by and large, network sitcoms have made a rat¥ings comeback. Most of the new programs to have been picked up for full, 22-episode seasons are sitcoms with respectable au¥dience draws, which include ÒNew GirlÓ starring Zooey De¥schanel and ÒUp All NightÓ with Christina Applegate and Will Arnett. Easily lost in the profu¥sion of on-air comedies are two irreverent, offbeat little shows that bookend the unquestion¥ably populist ÒModern FamilyÓ on ABC. Design work on hold for creative force behind Tycho By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff TychoÕs west coast-inspired electronic music elicits a grainy, almost detailed image of a beach. Sacramento native Scott Han¥sen, who writes and performs electronic music under the mon¥iker Tycho, named after the 16th-century astronomer, has been creating atmospheric elec¥tronica music way before Toro y Moi and the rest of the synthed¥out, Õ80s-esque chillwave move¥ment took place. Hansen grew up listening to lots of folk music, and later drum and bass, before finally hearing more mellow, nondance music and electronic artists like Boards thing generally frowned upon and turn it into something worth smiling about. His par¥ents are glad to see that their son is no longer pulling fire-re¥lated pranks such as dipping his fingers in rubber cement before lighting them on fire. ÒThe first time my parents saw me fire spin and breathe, they actually commended me on doing something pro¥ductive with my pyromania,Ó Camp said. It all started when Camp, a pre-nursing student at Austin Community College, moved into the 21st Street Co-op in 2009. He noticed someone prac¥ticing fire breathing and spin¥ning outside and immediate¥ly took an interest in the hob-by. Within a month, Camp was practicing the craft on his own. Fire breathing involves spit¥ting a mist of lamp oil or oth¥er non-volatile substance into the air before setting it on fire, creating a fireball. Before creat¥ing the first fireball of his own, Camp practiced spitting water in the air to make sure he had the technique correct. In or¥der to avoid the flame burning a breatherÕs face, the fluid must be spit at a 45-degree angle. ÒHonestly, youÕve got to have balls to do this,Ó Camp said. Along with fire breathing, Camp also spins fire using a 6-foot contact staff. The ends of the staff are set on fire before Camp spins the staff in the air as well as allowing it to come color-like graphics to resemble im¥pressionistic art Ñ it really puts the Wii MotionPlus system to work. When ÒThe Legend of Zelda: Twi¥light PrincessÓ was released in 2006, there were some grumblings about its neglect of the WiiÕs motion capa¥bilities, but this latest game address¥es those complaints in a big way. When you hold the Wii Remote to the right, Link holds his sword to the right. When you slice horizontally, so does Link. And when you hold the remote in the air, wait for a mo¥ment and then jab it forward (care¥ful not to put your hand through the TV screen Òand end up on You-Tube,Ó said the Nintendo represen¥tative who was manning the trail¥er), Link duplicates the motion and shoots a beam of energy into what¥ever youÕre aiming at. The gameÕs demo version al¥lows players to control Link while he rides on a bird (a new feature of the game), explores a dungeon and GAME continues on PAGE 11 ÒSuburgatoryÓ and ÒHappy Endings,Ó both on tonight, are more modestly rated than some of the comedies picked up with bigger stars but have, nonethe¥less, found decent enough fol¥lowings that the network recent¥ly ordered additional episodes of each. While both shows are ar¥chetypal, they are leavened by a decidedly weird tone Ñ itÕs in¥teresting that audiences are will¥ing to embrace them regardless. Of the two, ÒSuburgatoryÓ is closest to a traditional sit¥com. Set in suburban upstate New York, Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy star as father-daugh¥ter duo George and Tessa, who move from New York City to SHOWS continues on PAGE 11 Dive Tycho Genre: Electronica/IDM/Down¥tempo For those who like: Boards of Canada, Com Truise, Telfon Tel Aviv of Canada and DJ Shadow. This eclectic mixture of influences combined with his design back¥ground created a unique founda¥tion for Hansen to begin making music. Hansen combines intri¥cate IDM beat patterns that are far too complex to dance to with a palate of wonderfully intrigu¥ing instruments and samples to create a final product that is very surreal and immersing. A good portion of this has to do with his use of a guitar, an instrument generally not associated with electronic music. ÒI realized, songwriting-wise, you just kind of fall into this dogma of the visual patterns of a keyboard,Ó Hansen said. ÒWhen I sit down with [a keyboard] I feel like IÕm looking at it too much. With a guitar you get forced into writing new patterns.Ó Scott speaks with a mature California surfer drawl, laced with an ever-so-subtle child¥like enthusiasm about his art, of which he produces plenty. In ad¥dition to writing and performing his music, he creates the posters for his shows, as well as curates his popular music and design blog, ÒThe Blog of Scott Hans¥en.Ó Hansen originally began his professional foray into art un¥der the pseudonym ISO50. He adopted the name after talking TYCHO continues on PAGE 11 into contact with his body. ÒIt is a matter of being consciously aware of what your body does and how the staff reacts,Ó Camp said. ÒItÕs all physics.Ó Recently, Camp has be¥come weary of the ultra-pure lamp oil he is currently using as fuel. Though the lamp oil is non-volatile and is widely rec¥ommended by the fire breath¥ing community, Camp worries about the effects it may have on his health. He plans to start using food¥based fuel, which includes every¥day products such as cornstarch, non-dairy creamer and pow¥dered sugar. These products do PYRO continues on PAGE 11 By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff NintendoÕs silver, Mario-and-Zel¥da decorated trailer has been zigzag¥ging across the country since Sep¥tember, showcasing upcoming ti¥tles such as ÒSuper Mario 3D LandÓ for the portable Nintendo 3DS and ÒThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordÓ for the Wii. On Tuesday, it made its way to Austin and media people interested in trying out the games were invited to climb inside the plush, surround¥sound equipped trailer and do just that. The Daily Texan also took the games for a spin. ÒThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordÓ release date: Nov. 20 system: Wii The new Zelda title not only looks fantastic Ñ Shigeru Miyamo¥to, who created the ÒZeldaÓ fran¥chise, reportedly wanted the water-