facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, November 11, 2011 @thedailytexan >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com FRIDAY New York Times writer discuss Madoff fraud Through extensive writing and research, Diana Henriques has become an expert on the Bernie Madoff fraud incident, which involved one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history. She will discuss both the media and financial aspects. Join her from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the TNH buildingﾕs Francis Auditorium 2.114. Battle Hall turns 100 The Centennial Celebration kicks off at Jessen Auditorium at 5 p.m. and a reception will take place in the Architecture & Planning Library afterward that includes tours of this historical building and refreshments. Wizard World Austin Comic Con Join fans, celebrities and industry professionals for a weekend-long comic convention. The event kicks off at 4 p.m. today at the Austin Convention Center. Depending on what package you purchase, tickets range from $25-$150. Bob Schneider at ACL Live See Austin local Bob Schneider play Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater tonight at 9 p.m. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets range between $20 for balcony seats and $45 for a VIP meet-and-greet session. Today in history In 1918 Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies, bringing the fighting of World War I to an end at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Quote to note ﾔﾔ Weﾕve always set the bar high at Texas. Weﾕre not going to change that. And weﾕve told those guys that they came to the University of Texas because, you know, where our program has been, and we still want more. Thereﾕs no question. ﾑ Rick Barnes Menﾕs basketball coach SPORTS PAGE 7 Engineering students gotta go fast Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff Senior Micah Harbour sits in a formula car he has logged more than 400 hours building in a machine shop underneath the ETC building on cam･pus. Harbour is a member of UTﾕs student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers, which placed eigth out of eighty teams last June. By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff A student organization left most other schools in the dust after doing better than ever at an international car racing competi･tion this year. The Universityﾕs student branch for the Society of Auto･motive Engineers was created in 1981 and designs and builds a race car each year to enter into the Formula SAE competition. Formula SAE is the largest in･tercollegiate competition in the world and consists of 400 teams, team manager Mark Wise said. The team typically races every summer and will race in Nebras･ka in June this summer, he said. ﾒWith all of this buzz about Formula One going on, weﾕve got that here and weﾕve had it here prior to all that buzz,ﾓ he said. ﾒSAE is a student-run race team. Thereﾕs a team of Longhorn rac･ers, and I think itﾕs important for Students battle it out in real estate competition By Jody Serrano ed some of the most distinguished Daily Texan Staff real estate students from pro･grams across the nation, including Real estate graduate students the winners from the University of from 16 universities across the North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and country competed for cash priz-attracted leading corporate spon･es and top honors at the McCombs sors. Glenn Lowenstein, a partner School of Businessﾕ 10th annual Real at the Lionstone Group real estate Estate Challenge this week. This yearﾕs challenge attract- MCCOMBS continues on PAGE 2 Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff Real estate graduate students Brian Thomas, Jason Levine and Allen Logue finished competing in the 10th annual Real Estate Challenge on Thursday. The competition, hosted by the McCombs School of Business, featured sixteen teams from universities across the nation. Unknown environmental effects revealed through butterflies ed to show a broader perspective of By Omar Gamboa the problem instead of focusing on the Daily Texan Staff effects of weather or people as is usu- Studying the dispersal patterns of ally done. butterflies has led to ground-breaking ﾒThe news usually neglects biolog･research in understanding the biolog-ical impacts of climate change,ﾓ Ad･ical harm done by climate change, said vani said. ﾒI feel butterflies are so sen･biology graduate student Nikhil Advani. sitive, and we can gain so much in- With his research on the effects of global warming, Advani said he want-BUTTERFLY continues on PAGE 2 people to recognize that.ﾓ SAE allows students to net･work with employers in the auto･motive industry, said Micah Har･bour, team captain and suspen･sion lead. As suspension lead, he is in charge of anything involving the carﾕs suspension system. ﾒWe can apply what we learn in class and get some hands-on experience,ﾓ he said. ﾒItﾕs a fun way to get a learning experience with real engineering cases.ﾓ Other hands-on experienc･es offered by engineering orga･nizations include a group that builds small airplanes for compe･tition and a Rube Goldberg com･petition, which involves creating complicated systems to do simple tasks, Harbour said. At the Formula SAE competi･tion last June in California they placed eighth out of 80, which is the highest percentage theyﾕve ever placed, he said. CARS continues on PAGE 2 Students who served given benefit center By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff Campus resources for student vet･erans are getting a home today in a new student center dedicated to stu･dents who have served in the military. Juan Gonzalez, vice president for Student Affairs, will host the ded･ication ceremony for the Student Veteran Center for Veterans Day at 11 a.m. today for Veterans Day, and speakers at the ceremony will include congressional members. A reception for student veterans and an open house for the student body will follow. The center, which is located on the fourth floor of the Student Ser･vices Building, will help veterans transition from combat to the class･room, help establish a sense of com･munity and educate student veter･ans on their resources, said Assistant Dean of Students Latoya Hill. ﾒThis is a monumental event for the University,ﾓ Hill said. ﾒTheyﾕve put so much energy into making us a military-friendly school. This is another step in supporting those who have served.ﾓ Margarita Jimenez founded the Student Veterans Association with two friends when she started at･tending UT seven years ago after the three discussed the lack of veteran resources on campus, she said. ﾒWe were thinking about what was available to students and what we would like to see,ﾓ she said. ﾒWe wanted to have that same camarade･rie and connection with other veter･ans whoﾕve had other similar experi･ences as non-traditional students.ﾓ The Student Veterans Association VETERANS continues on PAGE 2 Penn State University firings rile campus By Jody Serrano Daily Texan Staff UT alumnus Brad Kurz was writing a paper Wednesday night when he heard Pennsylvania State Universityﾕs Board of Trustees had fired long-time football coach Joe Paterno. Moments later, Kurz heard a police officer pass by his room. ﾒHe said ﾔthere is a mob of stu･dents trying to break into the main building,ﾕﾓ Kurz said. ﾒHe came back a few moments later and said the students were heading towards Beaver Street, the main site of the protest [Wednesday].ﾓ Paternoﾕs dismissal and the sub･sequent student riots after the announcement made nation･al headlines yesterday night and spurred conversation on many college campuses. Kurz said stu･dents were in a state of shock that quickly turned to anger after the announcement, because no one had heard anything about it be･fore. Penn Stateﾕs Board of Trust･ees dismissed Paterno for failing ﾒThe feeling here is that ﾔJoe Paﾕ ﾒ is Penn State.ﾓ ﾑBrad Kurz, Penn State student to report rape accusations against his former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Kurz graduated from UT with a degree in psychology and liber･al arts honors last spring and cur･rently studies higher education administration at Penn State. Kurz said before he got to Penn State he would joke with his friends that Paterno was like a mascot they only let out for games. He said his perception of Paterno has changed since he got to Penn State. ﾒJust being around and seeing his impact, you have to grow close to ﾔJoe Pa,ﾕﾓ Kurz said. ﾒI donﾕt even know half of the stories, but what I do know is so impactful, so incredi･ble. Iﾕd be blind not to be impacted.ﾓ Kurz said although there is an ethical debate surrounding Pa･ternoﾕs actions, students still want him to stay. ﾒThe feeling here is that ﾔJoe Paﾕ is Penn State,ﾓ Kurz said. ﾒHe and have wife have created tradi･tions here and have given so much PENN continues on PAGE 2 Matt Rourke | Associated Press Penn State students and others gather off campus following the firing of football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach on Wednesday. BUTTERFLY continues from PAGE 1 PENN continues from PAGE 1 sight from it.ﾓ Advani said he attributes the use･fulness of focusing on the Glanville Fritillary butterflies to their limited dispersal abilities and takeoff temper･atures. This means the butterflies tend to not migrate because they lack flex･ibility and their bodies need to reach certain temperatures to be able to fly. However, to measure their temper･ature, a thermal photograph needs to be taken at the perfect time, which is a very frustrating pro･cess, but reveals how climate is changing the butterflies, Advani said. The point of measuring this is the hope that others will use the data to incorporate it to future spe･cies distribution models, Advani said. An accumulation of other such stud･ies would lead to better understand･ing rather than crude models that al･ready exist. Ecology, evolution and behavior graduate student Ben Liebeskind said he knew Advani as a good guy but not about what he does. He said he learned about the cool system of de･tailing precise effects of climate on a specific species that Ad･vani is working with. ﾒI think the value is that if you want to be making predictions, you have to mix physiology and climate,ﾓ Liebe･skind said. ﾒAnd itﾕs not just predicting, itﾕs about getting right down to it.ﾓ Professor Larry Gilbert, who has also worked with butterflies, said not even natural selection would help the butterflies survive if changes keep up. ﾒAs these populations may be pushed into extreme environments, theyﾕll begin losing numbers so that they just lose variation,ﾓ Gilbert said. The presentation was a part of the Science Under the Stars series, featuring graduate stu･dents interested in reaching out to broader audiences with the re･search they are conducting. Graduate student and event orga･nizer Eben Gering said hosting the events outdoors by the Brackenridge Field Laboratory gives the public the sense that science doesnﾕt have to be confined to the lab. ﾒWe have a couple of goals, specifi･cally to give grad students the oppor･tunity for outreach,ﾓ Gering said. ﾒOur education doesnﾕt really give training for public speaking.ﾓ money to charities. Everywhere you go, you see their names.ﾓ Rachel Perrotta, political sci･ence sophomore at Penn State, said students will hold a candle･light vigil for the victims of Jerry Sandusky Friday night. A group of Penn State alumni have also recently partnered with the Rape, Abuse and Incest Na･tional Network, an organi･zation providing support for victims of sexual abuse, with a goal to raise $500,000, one dollar for each of Penn Statesﾕ alumni, according to the orga･nizationﾕs website. Paterno released a statement Wednesday saying he was disap･pointed with the Board of Trust･ees decision, but he had to accept it. Before the Board announced their decision he said he would retire at the end of the season. ﾒThis is a tragedy,ﾓ Paterno said in the statement. ﾒIt is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.ﾓ Glenn Frankel, dean of the School of Journalism, said the only moment equivalent to the firing of Joe Paterno is when Mar･garet Thatcher stepped down as prime minister of the U.K. ﾒIt was a very sudden thing,ﾓ Frankel said. ﾒShe thought she was going to be there until the end, then the wise men of the Conservative Party came to her and told her ﾔitﾕs over.ﾕﾓ This sits very well with the modern American nar･rative that no institution can be trusted and everyone in authority is like the emperor with no clothes, Frankel said. ﾒAnyone or any institution that has power and authority over other people needs to be looked at and held accountable,ﾓ Frankel said. ﾒThat applies to Joe Paterno, Penn State, UT and any other institution.ﾓ Student Government pres･ident Natalie Butler said al･though she thought Paterno was a great football coach the inci･dent was tragic and she felt bad for all of the victims. ﾒI donﾕt think people in that position have a higher mor･al obligation,ﾓ Butler said in re･sponse to allegations that Pater･no should have known better. ﾒIt is unfortunate this is the way his career had to end.ﾓ Engineering senior Phillipe Brady said he always thought of Paterno as the grandfather of college football and a stand up guy. He said Paterno was to Penn State what Mack Brown is to UT ﾑ they represent all thatﾕs good at their university. ﾒI donﾕt think that would happen here, and if it did I donﾕt know what I would do,ﾓ Brady said. ﾒItﾕs frightening to see someone that good fall as far as Joe Paterno.ﾓ across, Matthews said. The team requires between $25,000 and $35,000 each year in order to en･gineer their car for the Formula SAE competition, he said. ﾒWe perceive this competition as the equivalent to a basketball game or a football game,ﾓ he said. ﾒYouﾕre asking a guy whoﾕs had football tickets for 33 years, so I would know.ﾓ student veterans to go to for direc･tion on issues such as mental health, finances and the GI bill, she said. ﾒI kind of had it easier than most veterans because Iﾕve been friends with [Margarita Jimenez] since we were in basic training,ﾓ she said. ﾒIt seems to me that the services being provided now have grown. 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Skyrim is here. connect with one another, so one of the most exciting aspects of the center is a TV lounge for veterans to relax and bond, Nesser said. ﾒA lot of us are older so itﾕs a place where we can go to talk to other veterans,ﾓ she said. ﾒItﾕs really important for the transi･tion that someone makes from a military environment to an academic environment.ﾓ MCCOMBS continues from PAGE 1 firm, said his firm sponsors the com･petition because the partners really be･lieve in the Real Estate Finance and In･vestment Center at UT and want to offer graduate students a real-life experience. ﾒIﾕm an investor nationally, and I think this real estate center has the potential to become the best in the U.S.,ﾓ Lowenstein said. ﾒWe espe･cially support it so the best real es･tate students from around the na･tion can come and compete.ﾓ Lowenstein said his firm plans to continue sponsoring the competi･tion in the future. Students in the challenge compet･ed in teams of six and had four days to analyze a case sponsored by in･vestment firm J.P. Morgan, identify the issues of the case and develop a solution. The teams then presented their findings in 20-minute Power-Point presentations to a panel of real estate executives who judged them on analytics, judgment and clarity of presentation, Lowenstein said. Thisyearﾕschallengeincludedteams from Duke University, New York Uni･versity, University of California at Los Angeles and University of North Car･olina at Chapel Hill, among others. Christina Griego, administrative associate in the Department of Fi･nance, said every school has to be invited in order to participate in the conference. She said McCombs chose their team through a specific application process. ﾒThe quality of the teams and the quality of the case is different from last year,ﾓ Griego said. Business graduate student Bri･an Thomas competed for UT in the challenge and said it was a great op･portunity to get hands-on expe･rience and get exposure to indus･try leaders. Thomas said his team worked on it every hour they could and that deal structures, under･standing of the other partiesﾕ inter･est and understanding of the finance market were major components in the competition. Although UNC-Chapel Hill took the grand prize, Thomas said all the teams brought different skill sets and perspectives to the case and that UNC deserved to win. ﾒIﾕm not disappointed,ﾓ Thom･as said. ﾒYou can spend a lot of time reading a book, but the only way to really learn is to experience it.ﾓ World&NatioN 3 Friday, November 11, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Austin Myers, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com NEWS BRIEFLY Iran leader issues stiff warning against first world provocations TEHRAN, Iran ﾑ Iranﾕs supreme leader says that if the United States and Israel attack Iran, Tehranﾕs re･sponse will be tough. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says such a strike would provoke Iran to re･spond with ﾒa strong slap and an iron fist.ﾓ His remarks were broadcast on Thursday by Iranﾕs state radio ﾑ two days after the U.N. atomic agency re･leased a report that for the first time said Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole pur･pose is developing nuclear arms. The report was the IAEAﾕs most unequivocal yet in suggesting Iran is using the cover of a peaceful nuclear program to produce atomic weapon･ry. Iran insists it is pursuing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. President Mahmoud Ahmadine･jad on Wednesday also slammed the IAEA report. Russia nears WTO membership after 20 years of big capitalism GENEVA ﾑ Russia cleared a ma･jor hurdle toward opening up its huge oil-driven economy Thursday, with negotiators agreeing to final terms that would allow it to join the World Trade Organization after an 18-year effort. Under the deal, Russians would be able to buy European-made cars and trucks, furniture, clothes and all sorts of consumers goods and industrial machinery at far lower prices. For their part, Russia would be able to sell its oil and gas more efficient･ly ﾑ and its steel industry would no longer be subject to Europeﾕs quotas imposed on non-WTO members. ﾒThat means, by definition, all as･pects of market access. Itﾕs about a 5 percent increase in European exports, just because of WTO accession,ﾓ Pe･ter Balas, the European Commis･sionﾕs deputy director-general for trade, told The Associated Press. ﾒIn these difficult economic times, itﾕs a substantive, positive effort.ﾓ Until now, Russia has been the only member of the Group of 20 lead･ing economies still outside the WTO. Once that is approved, Russia would become a WTO member 30 days af･ter it notifies WTO that it has rati･fied membership ﾑ presumably ear･ly next year. Economic outlook kind of bright despite weak labor market WASHINGTON ﾑ The outlook for American jobs and trade looked a little brighter Thursday, despite growing uncertainty overseas. The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell to a seasonally adjusted 390,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Thatﾕs the fewest since April. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $43.1 billion in September, its lowest point of the year, the Commerce De･partment said. Foreign sales of Amer･ican-made autos, airplanes and heavy machinery pushed exports to an all･time high. The data suggest layoffs are easing and the economy grew slightly bet･ter over the summer than the govern･ment had estimated a month ago. The reports ﾒare modestly strong relativetoexpectationsﾑencouraging confidence that the economy is gain･ing a bit of momentum,ﾓ said Pierre El･lis, an analyst at Decision Economics. The colonel comes back with more than his secret recipe LOUISVILLE, Ky. ﾑ A manu･script hidden for decades shows Colonel Harland Sanders was more than an entrepreneur with a special fried chicken recipe and a vision that helped create the fast-food industry. It reveals that the white-jacketed man had his eye on another lucrative mar･ket ﾑ celebrity food books. The recent discovery of the unpub･lished text shows that while Sanders was helping build Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global brand, he was recording his life and love of food for the world. The typewritten manuscript from the mid-1960s was found recently by an employee rummaging through KFCﾕs archives. The approximately 200-page doc･ument is full of homespun anec･dotes and life lessons. It also in･cludes a helping of his favorite personal recipes. Compiled by Associated Press reports Italy, Greece to replace leadership during crisis By Frances DﾕEmilio The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece ﾑ Europeﾕs financial crisis eased Thursday as Greece installed a respected econ･omist to replace its prime minis･ter and Italy appeared poised to do the same ﾑ both hoping that mon･etary experts can do better than the politicians who drove their nations so deeply into debt. The announcement in Ath･ens ﾑ coupled with the prospect that volatile Italian Prime Minis･ter Silvio Berlusconi will be ush･ered out soon ﾑ quieted market fears, at least for now, that turmoil in Europe could threaten the glob･al economy. But significant challenges re･main in both debt-heavy Mediter･ranean countries. Greeceﾕs new prime minister, Lucas Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, must quickly secure the cru･cial loan installment without which his country will go bankrupt before Christmas, and approve the EUﾕs $177 billion bailout deal. In Italy, lawmakers have to pass new austerity measures over the next few days. However, expecta･tions that respected economist Ma･rio Monti will lead an interim tech･nocratic government after Ber･lusconi goes helped lift the gloom. Monti, 68, now heads Milanﾕs Bocconi University, but he made his reputation as the European Union competition commission･er who blocked General Electricﾕs takeover of Honeywell. Still, the European Union warned that the 17-nation euro･zone could slip back into ﾒa deep and prolongedﾓ recession next year amid the debt crisis. The Europe･an Commission predicted the eu･rozone will grow a pallid 0.5 per･cent in 2012 ﾑ much less than its earlier forecast of 1.8 percent. Europe has already bailed out Greece, Portugal and Ireland ﾑ but together they make up only about 6 percent of the eurozoneﾕs econom･ic output, in contrast to Italyﾕs 17 percent. Italy, the eurozoneﾕs third･largest economy, is considered too big for Europe to bail out. It has a mountain of debt ﾑ $2.6 trillion ﾑ and a substantial portion of that needs to be refinanced in the next few years. The 64-year-old Papademos, who also served as Bank of Greece governor, will lead a government backed by both Greeceﾕs governing Socialists and the opposition con･servatives until early elections, ten･tatively set for February. Many Greeks are angry after 20 months of government austerity measures, including repeated sala･ry and pension cuts and tax hikes to meet the conditions of the coun･tryﾕs first bailout. Despite the belt･tightening, the Socialist govern･ment repeatedly missed its finan･cial targets as Greece fell into a deep recession, amid rapidly rising unemployment. Papademosﾕ appointment fol･lowed 10 days of political turmoil triggered by Papandreouﾕs shock announcement that he wanted to put the latest European bail･out deal to a referendum. Fears that the agreement would be de･feated led to mayhem on interna･tional markets and angered both European leaders and his own Socialist lawmakers. African black rhinoceros extinct from hunting GENEVA ﾑ The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been de･clared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinocer･os are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a re･cent reassessment of the Western Black Rhino had led it to declare the species extinct, adding that the Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now ﾒpossibly extinctﾓ in the wild and the Javan Rhino is ﾒprobably extinctﾓ in Vietnam, af･ter poachers killed the last animal there in 2010. A small but declining popula･tion of the Javan Rhino survives on the Indonesian island of Java, it added. ﾒA lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts in many rhino habitats, interna･tional organized crime groups tar･geting rhinos and increasing ille･gal demand for rhino horns and commercial poaching are the main threats faced by rhinos,ﾓ the group said in a statement accompanying the latest update of its so-called Red List of endangered species. About a quarter of all mam･mals are at risk of extinction, IUCN said, adding that some species have been brought back from the brink with successful conservation programs. The Southern White Rhino numbered just 100 animals at the end of the 19th century, but has since flourished and now has a population of more than 20,000. ﾑThe Associated Press By Jamal Al-Jashini The Associated Press SANAA, Yemen ﾑ Gunmen in civilians clothes opened fire on an･ti-government protesters in Yemenﾕs capital, and tanks shelled residen･tial neighborhoods in another ma･jor city, killing a 13-year-old boy and leaving at least a dozen people wounded Thursday, witnesses and a medical official said. The attacks came as thousands of activists marched in the capital Sa･naa and in the central city of Taiz, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to face trial for his govern･mentﾕs crackdown on protesters. For nearly 10 months, protesters have filled streets and public squares across Yemen, calling for the oust･er of Saleh, who has been in pow･er for three decades. While Salehﾕs security forces have used dead･ly force to suppress the protests, in･ternational diplomacy has failed to resolve the crisis. The U.N. Secretary Generalﾕs special envoy to Yemen, Jamal bin Omar, arrived in the country Thurs･day to seek progress on a U.S.-backed proposal to end the crisis. The plan was put forward by Yemenﾕs power･ful Gulf Arab neighbors. Under the plan, Saleh would step down and pass power to his vice president in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Saleh has agreed to the proposal three times, only to refuse to sign at the last minute. Many Yemeni activists criticize the proposal for granting Saleh im･munity and allowing him to stay on as head of the ruling party. They complain that it falls short of the democratic reforms and new gov･ernment they want their uprising to achieve. Thousands took to the streets in Sanaa and Taiz Thursday to call for Saleh to stand trial for his govern･mentﾕs deadly crackdown. In Yemenﾕs second largest city, Taiz, tanks shelled residential neigh･borhoods, destroying several build･ings, and security forces opened fire on a protest in the cityﾕs center, kill･ing a 13-year-old boy and wounding nine others, a medical official said. The medical official spoke on condition of anonymity be･cause he was not authorized to brief reporters. 4 OPINION Friday, November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com THE FIRING LINE Uphold academic standards Samian Quaziﾕs suggestion in his column titled, ﾒInflate grades in STEM pro･grams,ﾓ that ran in The Daily Texan on Tuesday that professors should hand out higher grades in science classes is a request for deliberately dumbing down courses. Integrative biology professor David M. Hillisﾕ arguments in Thursdayﾕs firing line against grade inflation are sound, but more needs to be said on this is･sue. Students do not seem to realize that they grade themselves. Every semester, some of my best pull out way in front whereas others lag far behind. The result･ing gaps in student scores determine break points between letter grades. If we educators donﾕt uphold academic standards, who will? Eric R. Pianka Professor, Integrative Biology Living up to the Universityﾕs core values Although the Bastrop fires have faded from the headlines, students continue to work hard through relief efforts for those affected by the fires that caused property damages estimated at more than $250 million. Included in these ef･forts was a T-shirt fundraiser organized by the Senate of College Councils and the University Co-op. In just two weeks, with 100 percent of the proceeds from the shirt sales going toward the American Red Cross, the fundraiser was able to raise more than $9,000. Although the monetary value of the donation from the T-shirt sales pales in comparison to the generosity of many others, what stands out the most isnﾕt the amount of money raised but rather how quickly students came together to reach out and help those affected by the fires. Through their willingness to give back to those affected, Longhorns once again showed why they continue to change the world and truly live up to the Universityﾕs core values of leadership and responsibility. As a fellow student and on behalf of the Senate of College Councils, I want to thank Co-op President George Mitchell and the University Co-op for their par･ticipation and generosity with the fundraiser and thank all of the students who not only purchased a T-shirt but also participated in various other fundraisers, donation drives and cleanup efforts hosted by other organizations. Through the efforts and generosity of so many students and members of the UT community, Longhorns continue to show that we truly do care. Hannah Tucker Co-chair of Outreach and Development Committee, Senate of College Councils In waning hours, Paterno fumbles opportunity for a final lesson Joe Paterno, legendary head football coach of Penn Stateﾕs Nittany Lions, an･nounced Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the season amid a child abuse scandal that has rocked State College and captivated the country. ﾒThe Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my sta･tus,ﾓ the coach said in a statement, ﾒI want to make this as easy for them as I possibly can.ﾓ Paterno ﾑ who declined to notify police after being told that his friend, for･mer defensive coordinator and heir-apparent Jerry Sandusky raped a 10-year･old boy in the Penn State football facilities ﾑ believed that continuing to serve as the face of the university for five more Saturdayﾕs after facilitating the most devastating cover-up in sports history was somehow an appropriate response. Wednesday evening, Penn Stateﾕs Board of Trustees declined Paternoﾕs bizarre offer to finish the season and fired him along with the universityﾕs president, Graham Spanier. Paterno, until a week ago the most beloved coach in college athletics, preached integrity, honor and selflessness to his student-athletes for more than 40 years. After failing to protect an unknown number of young children from rape at the hands of his close friend in the football facilities where he ruled supreme, a quiet and immediate resignation seemed like a low hurdle and an opportunity to end his tenure with a scintilla of dignity. Instead, Paterno fumbled the opportunity to impart on his students a final les･son: Even in the face of great personal failure and disappointment it is possible to act with integrity and to take responsibility for oneﾕs mistakes. It is an unfitting end for a once-great teacher and coach. Michael Vitris Third-year UT law student In case of emergency By Helen Hansen Daily Texan Columnist If you were comatose in a hospital, wouldnﾕt you want your parents to know? Alarmingly, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) prevents hospitals from releasing any infor･mation about a patientﾕs condition to anyone if he or she is 18 years or older, including parents, unless the patient has signed a HIPAA authorization and Medi･cal Power of Attorney document. This form allows the patientﾕs parents or former guardian to access medical information about you. Giving your parents HIPAA authorization and Medical Power of Attorney lets them make health de･cisions for you if you are incapacitated. Your parents will be able to decide such important things such as whether to take you off life support or continue life･sustaining measures. J. Raymond Schiflett, the direc･tor of Legal Services for Students, encourages all stu･dents to sign a Medical Power of Attorney appointing someone as their agent, preferably someone near Aus･tin, calling the protection ﾒcommon sense.ﾓ However, there is little to no information about HIPAA authorizations and Medical Power of Attor･ney forms given to UT students. The information and help about the Medical Power of Attorney form is there if students actively look for it at Legal Services for Students ﾑ which does not do HIPAA authoriza･tions ﾑ but very few undergraduate students know that they need to look. Schiflett estimates that the of･fice does about 50 will signings a year, but most are for graduate students with a spouse and children. During orientation, the Dean of Students Office should conduct a short information session for un･dergraduate students and parents about these precau･tionary documents and the safety they promote. At the very least, a brightly colored flyer alerting students and parents to these headache-avoiding documents should be included in studentsﾕ orientation packets. When my parents had me sign all these documents last week, I wondered, ﾒWhy have I never been told about any of this before?ﾓ By not introducing such important legal measures to us, the University does students a serious disservice. Get these documents drawn up. You could save your parents an unneces･sary legal headache later on, and you will ensure that you always have your parents to represent you in the chance that you cannot represent yourself. Peace of mind is at least worth a trip to the Legal Services for Students office. Hansen is a Plan II and public relations freshman. 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 Op･erating Trustees. Medical humanities make degree worldly 65 percent of about 130 students for medical school and 70 per･cent of about 20 students for den･tal school. ﾒBaylor has a much higher rate going into medical school, so weﾕre hoping [the rate at] UT will also in･crease,ﾓ Morton said. ﾒAnyone en･tering the health profession should practice the humanities, dealing with people and communicating.ﾓ Cell and molecular biology grad･uate student Kacie Gardella said she would have liked to have tak･en more than the two courses in the humanities she remembers tak･ing as an undergraduate student at Louisiana State University. ﾒThey were okay, but youﾕd just want to get them out of the way,ﾓ Gardella said. ﾒIts good to not stick to only biology. Medical schools want to see the character.ﾓ Biology professor Michael Singer said he went through college on the extreme oppo- By Omar Gamboa Daily Texan Staff To help pre-med, pre-dental and pre-pharmacy students make themselves more attractive to pro･fessional schools, the Senate of Col･lege Councils has proposed a cer･tification in the humanities, said Senate communcations director Michael Morton. Support for a medical humani･ties certificate program was signed by the Senate at its Nov. 10 gener･al assembly in an effort to increase the rate of pre-med students be･ing accepted to medical profession･al schools. UT already offers many of the courses that would be re･quired for the certificate, includ･ing Sociology of Health and Illness, Philosophy of Mind and Body and Global Health. ﾒThere will not be an increase in tuition because they are based off of courses already taught,ﾓ Morton site of what the said. ﾒIt is essen-Senateﾕs program tially drawing proposes. Hav･from different ing attended Ox･courses from UT ford, he said the I was educated at and designed to English educa･fit studentsﾕ Oxford and it was too tion system only needs.ﾓ allowed him to narrow. Morton said study zoology. By Megan Strickland on to do very productive work.ﾓ petitively before examinations. ﾒThe great thing about a universi･ ﾒ the new pro-ﾒI certainly Daily Texan Staff The difference between these two ﾒWhenever youﾕre trying to study ty education is that you get to study ﾑ Michael Singer, Biology professor gram wouldnﾕt would have liked categories of people lies in what Mark-for something, whenever youﾕre ever many things that you think you might affect teachers, to have learned ﾒ h u m a n i t i e s ,ﾓ Singer said. ﾒI The ability to succeed doesnﾕt nec-man calls ﾒsmart-thinkingﾓ or the trying to really understand it, the best not need but you can apply to differ･ essarily depend on intelligence, but ability to take a background of knowl-way to do that is to teach it to your-ent situations later,ﾓ he said. but might in･ stead fill up emp･rather the ability to think and apply edge and apply it in everyday tasks. self,ﾓ Markman said. Students will be required to use knowledge in a useful manner, said ﾒWe all have the basic tools that He said if they know the material innovative techniques and ﾒsmart･ psychology professor Art Marksman. are required to be smart,ﾓ Markman well enough to teach a lesson on the thinkingﾓ skills in the workforce, Markmanﾕs new book, ﾒSmart said. ﾒWhat makes one person better subject, they are probably more pre-Markman said. Thinking,ﾓ to be released in January than another in school or in work is pared than if they studied to regurgi-ﾒIn the end we are going to ask 2012, offers scientific evidence heﾕs not some aspect of the way your mind tate information. people to think for a living,ﾓ he said. encountered during his 20-year ca-works, but in the kind of knowledge Mechanical engineering fresh-ﾒOnce you graduate you are going to reer studying the human mind and you learn.ﾓ man Erissa Hinshaw said she could be put in a job where you are required solutions aimed at making people Markman has spent the past six see where this technique might come to think.ﾓ smarter, even though they may tech-years teaching ﾒsmart-thinkingﾓ tech-in handy. Hara Marano, editor-at-large of nically be of lesser intelligence than niques that help employees of com-ﾒIt would definitely help you un-Psychology Today, said she believes their peers. panies such as Proctor and Gam-derstand a concept better if you ﾒsmart-thinkingﾓ leads to innovation, ﾒIntelligence is usually this thing we ble become more effective problem-knew it well enough to tell a friend which in turn spurs job growth. try to measure with IQ tests,ﾓ Mark-solvers. In the book, he gives many how it works or what happened,ﾓ ﾒInnovation is the quality that the man said. ﾒThe thing about IQ tests of these problem-solving strategies, Hinshaw said. economy needs most right now,ﾓ Ma･ty seats. Bay-was educated at lor University, the Universi-Oxford and it was too narrow.ﾓ ty of Missouri and the Univer-Co-chair of the Senateﾕs curricu･ sity of South Carolina current-lum committee, Josh Fjelstul, said ly offer humanities certificates for meetings with administrators and pre-med students. deans of colleges could result in the According to the Senateﾕs num-implementation of the plan. bers, 58 percent of the 658 UT ﾒWe hope to see this certificate graduates who applied to medical program implemented as soon as school in 2009 were accepted and possible,ﾓ Fjelstul said. ﾒWe hope 47.8 percent of the 119 who ap-that this certificate program will plied to dental school were accept-help UT students interested in ed. Morton said the Senate hopes medicine, pharmacy, nursing and the new program will help UT get social work to differentiate them･ closer to Baylorﾕs rate of acceptance, selves as they apply to professional is that we know people who test very including a tip he said can benefit Markman said a diverse universi-rano said. ﾒWe canﾕt just be a country which is typically between 60 and schools and [look] for jobs.ﾓ well but donﾕt really do anything all studying students. ty background helps students form of consumers.ﾓ that interesting. You also have people Markman said often students study problem-solving and analogy skills who donﾕt test very well at all but go by poring over chapters and notes re-that will be useful later in life. SPORTS 7 Friday, November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Trey Scott, Sports Editor | (512) 232 2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com NCAA SOCCER TOURNAMENT TEXAS at No. 20 SOUTH CAROLINA Cummins leads Texas into first round of NCAA tourney UT faces tough test in Stanford, Goestenkors looks to win again By Stefan Scrafield Frank Erwin Center for a career at Texas, so they know Daily Texan Staff home opener in the teamﾕs what I want, what I need, 37-year history. what the expectations are.ﾓ Texas head coach Gail Despite tough competi-Gayle, Fontenette and Goestenkors will look to tion, Goestenkors and the Anderson, along with get to 5-0 in season open-Longhorns are confident in sophomore Chassidy Fus･ers when the Longhorns their veteran leadership to sell, were all starters on last take on No. 5 Stanford at get the season started on a WOMEN continues on PAGE 8 home tonight. winning note. It is the first time since ﾒIt starts with the three 2004 that the Longhorns, seniors that we have, Ash･who are ranked 24th, will ley Gayle, Ashleigh Fonten･open their season against ette and Yvonne Anderson,ﾓ a ranked opponent, and Goestenkors said. ﾒThose Stanford is the highest three have been with me ranked team to visit the through their careers and my SIDELINE NFL San Antonio police investigating possible Penn State allegations SAN ANTONIO ﾑ Penn Stateﾕs trip to the Alamo Bowl in 1999 has at･tracted the interest of Texas authorities amid allegations of child sex abuse in･volving a former assistant coach. San Antonio police Sgt. Chris Be･navides said Thursday his depart･ment is ﾒlooking into the possibility that an offense may have happenedﾓ while the football team was in town. Former Penn State coach Jerry San･dusky faces child sex abuse charges in Pennsylvania. A grand jury report says Sandusky took one boy he al･legedly molested to the game and threatened to send him home when the victim resisted his advances. The Alamo Bowl was Sanduskyﾕs last game at Penn State, where he coached for more than 30 years and was once the heir apparent to Joe Paterno. Paterno was fired for fail･ing to do more about an abuse re･port involving Sandusky. ﾑ The Associated Press Cowboys moving training camp after a year away from Oxnard IRVING, Texas ﾑ The Dallas Cowboys are working to complete a deal to return their training camp to Oxnard, Calif. Cowboys chief operating offi･cer Stephen Jones said Thursday that the team looks forward to go･ing back to California next year. The new deal would be for at least three years. The Cowboys have trained in Oxnard five times, the last in 2010 when they split camp between Ox･nard and San Antonio. Camp this year was in San Antonio. Dallasﾕ training camp has been in Oxnard or San Antonio since 2001. Jones says the Cowboys are explor･ing ways to have a continued presence in San Antonio. He didnﾕt say how. New Orleans spent a week in Oxnard for camp in August. Saints coach Sean Payton is a former Cowboys assistant. ﾑ The Associated Press Last season the Longhorns fin･ished on a sour note. Despite a strong performance by current senior Kylie Doniak that re･sulted in the Longhornsﾕ only score, they fell 3-1 to James Madison in the first round of last seasonsﾕ NCAA Tournament. This year, they face off against the Universi･ty of South Carolina Gamecocks at Stone Stadium in Colombia, S.C. The Longhorns will take the field at 6 p.m. this evening, itching to erase last yearﾕs early exit. Texas enters todayﾕs matchup with a season record of 11-8-1 and a Big 12 Conference record of 3-4･ 1. After upsetting Texas Tech in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament this past weekend, the Longhorns were sent home in the second round after a double-over- NCAA continues on PAGE 8 WOMENﾕS BASKETBALL No. 5 STANFORD at No. 24 TEXAS MENﾕS BASKETBALL TICKETCITY LEGENDS CLASSIC Freshmen will have to carry load until a leader emerges for Horns By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff The Texas menﾕs basket･ball team seems to go from one young team to another just about every season. The same holds true this year as Texas enters the 2011･2012 season with a corps of six freshmen and only three returning upperclassmen. Because of this, Texasﾕ 27-7 record last year doesnﾕt car･ry much momentum into this season, but donﾕt think for a minute that head coach Rick Barnes plans on letting off the gas. ﾒWeﾕve always set the bar high at Texas,ﾓ Barnes said. ﾒWeﾕre not going to change that. And weﾕve told those guys that they came to the Universi･ty of Texas because, you know, where our program has been, and we still want more. Thereﾕs no question.ﾓ Heﾕll be asking for that ﾒmoreﾓ to come from his three returning players, ju･nior point guard JﾕCovan Brown, and senior forwards Alexis Wangmene and Clint Chapman. Brownﾕs role is ex･pected to expand the most, especially on offense. Re･cently named as one of the five 2011 preseason all-Big 12 Conference team mem･bers, Brown averaged 10 points a contest last season and was the teamﾕs best free･throw shooter in only about 22 minutes of action. ﾒ[Brown] has had a great offseason. Heﾕs got himself in the best shape heﾕs ever been in,ﾓ Barnes said of his start- MEN continues on PAGE 8 MEN continues from PAGE 7 Cowboys giving up big plays to opponents ing guard. ﾒHeﾕs emerged as the lead･er of this team, and we know he can score. Weﾕre going to count on him to score. Heﾕs going to be a marked man wherever we go play.ﾓ Brown wonﾕt be the only guard on the court. Of Texasﾕ six freshmen, four of them are guards who are ex･pected to get significant amounts of playing time, and though they are raw, Brown thinks theyﾕve pro･gressed very fast. ﾒWhen [the freshmen] got here, they were far from where we want･ed them to be,ﾓ Brown said of the youngsters. ﾒBut theyﾕve gotten bet･ter in practice and learned the speed of the college game. Theyﾕve buck･led down and really learned to pay attention to the details.ﾓ The four guards ﾑ Myck Kabongo, Julien Lewis, Sheldon McClellan and Sterling Gibbs ﾑ are joined by first･year forwards Jaylen Bond and Jon･athan Holmes. Kabongo, the teamﾕs self-proclaimed prankster, was high･ly recruited out of high school and is expected to make an immediate im･pact. A native of Canada, Kabongo played with former Texas basketball standouts Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson in his high school days. The Longhorns will welcome Bos･ton University into the Frank Erwin Center on Sunday for their first game of the year. BU, 21-13 last season, is led by John Holland, who averaged 19 points and six rebounds last year. The Terriers are an early dose of strong competition for the young Longhorns, but Barnes said he likes scheduling tough competition be･cause he thinks Texas can handle it. On Sunday, heﾕll know for sure. WOMEN continues from PAGE 7 yearﾕs team and will be expected to needed. Sheﾕs also become a bet･contribute on and off the court ear-ter passer. So weﾕre excited about ly on in the season. her progression.ﾓ ﾒI think weﾕve all been want-The Longhorns also got some ing more, and theyﾕve really made good news off the court on Thurs･a great commitment and become day when high school stand･great leaders,ﾓ Goestenkors said. out Empress Davenport signed The three her letter seniors, who of intent to each played in play at Tex･all 33 games as, start･for Texas last ing in 2012. year, averaged Davenport, I think weﾕve all a combined 31 a guard, is points, while been wanting ranked No. Fussell led the 70 in the team in scor-more, and theyﾕve class of 2012 ﾒ ing, averaging by ESPN really made a 16 a game. Hoopgurlz. Fussell, who ﾒEmpress great commitment was named to is a tremen･the Pre-Sea-and become dous athlete son All-Big 12 and one of team, is expect-great leaders. the best de･ed to lead the fensive play･ ﾑGail Goesteakors, Head coach team on both ers that Iﾕve By Steven Hawkins The Associated Press IRVINGﾑ The Dallas Cow･boys defense is suddenly getting run over. Rob Ryanﾕs group was the leagueﾕs top rushing defense only two weeks ago. Then LeSean McCoy of Philadelphia ran for a career-high 185 yards ﾒThatﾕs probably the positive thing about it is because the things we are messing up on can be corrected.ﾓ Dallas has gone from allowing only 70 yards rushing per game to 100, now 10th in the NFL. ﾒWe didnﾕt go from 1 to 32. So, weﾕll be fine,ﾓ James said. Coach Jason Garrett believes the Cowboys (4-4) just have to James said. ﾒHeﾕs mobile. Heﾕs the real deal. Heﾕs a full pack･age. We have our work cut out for us because weﾕve given up a couple of 100-yard rushing games, so weﾕve got to hone in on what we need to do defen･sively. We have to stop the run to give us a chance to win.ﾓ Jackson also has 30 catches for 391 yards, and is the first Buffa-Cowboys Stadium was built, and last February he got tickets for the Super Bowl there for his par･ents, who still live nearby. Lee, who is also the Cowboysﾕ leader in interceptions and fum･ble recoveries, practiced Thursday for the second day in a row wear･ing a big cast to protect his wrist. ﾒWeﾕll just evaluate him as he goes. We feel like heﾕs practiced against them and Seattleﾕs Mar-improve their execution. lo player since Thurman Thom-well the last couple of days, heﾕs ends of the court this year. ﾒSheﾕs im- ﾒ seen in a shawn Lynch followed with his ﾒThere have been some plays as with 1,100 yards from scrim-certainly trying to get acclimat･long time,ﾓ first 100-yard game in nearly that teams have run against us, mage in the first eight games of ed to playing with that thing,ﾓ Goesten･three years. but weﾕve defended those runs a season. Garrett said. ﾒWeﾕre hopeful heﾕll proved her kors said. ﾒWhen youﾕre doing well and you donﾕt give up 100 yards, then you do, you have to pay attention to that,ﾓ linebacker Bradie James said. ﾒWe have to definitely con･centrate on that and try to fix it.ﾓ After allowing only 418 rush･ing yards the first six games, the Cowboys have allowed 401 the last two ﾑ both coming when Dallas lost leading tackler Sean Lee, who dislocated his left wrist at Philadelphia and then missed the Seattle game. Maybe they just had a couple of bad games. ﾒThings that are fixable,ﾓ linebacker Anthony Spen･cer said after watching film. SPORTS BRIEFLY Kicker placed on injured reserve, Cowboys re-sign offensive guard IRVING ﾑ The Dallas Cowboys placed kicker David Buehler on injured reserve Thursday because of a right groin injury, ending his season. throughout the year as well. Itﾕs not the first time weﾕve seen that,ﾓ Garrett said. ﾒThe thing that makes us feel good is weﾕve defended the run really well for a large portion of the sea･son. Weﾕve just got to get back to doing that.ﾓ And fast, with Buffalo (5･3) and Fred Jackson, the NFLﾕs third-leading rusher, heading to town Sunday. Jackson already has five 100･yard rushing games this season, and his 803 yards trail only Mc-Coy (825) and Chicagoﾕs Matt Forte (805). ﾒThe best rusher in the game right now, Action Jackson,ﾓ ﾒHeﾕs really explosive,ﾓ Spencer said. ﾒWhenever he has the ball in his hands, heﾕs a threat of scor･ing. Weﾕve definitely got to keep him under wraps.ﾓ This is also trip home for Jack･son, who went to high school in Arlington and grew up in a neighborhood that is no longer there. The area is where Cow･boys Stadium now stands. ﾒIt was a lot of fun. We were young kids playing football out in the middle of the street,ﾓ Jackson said. ﾒItﾕs a completely different place than what I grew up in. So it will be a lot of fun to get back.ﾓ Jackson has been back since continue to get comfortable by weekﾕs end and be ready to go.ﾓ Since there is no tackling in practice, the Cowboys wonﾕt get to see how Lee will be able to handle that wearing the bulky protection until he gets into a game. There are also the limita･tions on how he will be able to use that hand to shed blockers or grab loose balls. ﾒYou make your best assess･ment of the situation, factoring in what heﾕs been able to do in the past,ﾓ Garrett said. ﾒYou watch him this week in practice, what kind of guy is he, how does he look. You put it all together and you make your best judgment.ﾓ game,ﾓ Goestenkors said. ﾒSheﾕs more fit than she was last year. And she was in good shape last year, but she wanted to get quick･er. Sheﾕs much quicker. She made a commitment to the defensive end of the floor, which is what we ﾒShe loves to pressure the ball, push the ball in transition and her high energy will fit in well with our running and pressing style of play. Sheﾕll be an asset to our program and will commit to ﾔTexas toughness.ﾕﾓ NCAA continues from PAGE 7 time loss to second-ranked Oklaho･ma State 1-0. At the conclusion of the tour･nament, junior midfielder Kristin Cummins was the only Longhorn named to the Big 12 Tournament team. Against Texas Tech, Cum･mins scored the Longhornﾕs lone goal and secured a spot against Oklahoma State in the semifinal round. Cumminsﾕs goal was the only goal scored by the Longhorns during the tournament. The Longhorns have been seeded against 22nd-ranked South Caroli･na and will meet them for the first time in school history. The Game･cocks are 15-6 on the season and 9-2 in SEC Conference play. Texas holds an all-time re･cord of 18-7-4 over teams in the SEC. This season, they defeated Georgia 3-0 on the road. In what might seem like a good omen for the Longhorns, the Bull･dogs turned around and beat the Gamecocks in double-overtime later in the season. With the exception of the 2009 season, the Longhorns have been invited to the NCAA Tournament each season since 2001. This ap･pearance marks their 10th appear･ance in 11 years. After a spell from 2001-2003 where the Longhorns fell in the first round of the tournament, Texas holds a 4-2 record in first･round matches. The move came a day after Bue･hler re-aggravated the injury in practice. The kickoff specialist had been back for only two games af･ter missing the previous four. ﾒWe felt like it was important･for us to give him a chance to come back and kick, so we were very patient with him,ﾓ coach Ja･son Garrett said. ﾒIﾕm not so sure that he was completely healthy.ﾓ After Buehler was limited in Dan Bailey took over kicking field goals. Bailey has made 20 of 21 at･tempts, including his last 19 in a row for a Cowboys rookie record. Buehler, a third-year player from Southern California, was 24 of 32 on field goals last season, when he had 22 touchbacks on kickoffs. He led the NFL with 29 touchbacks as a rookie in 2009, and had nine on 18 kickoffs this season. While Garrett liked having the feel like Buehler would have time to get fully healthy this season. ﾒWe just feel like itﾕs going to take him much too long to come back,ﾓ Garrett said. ﾒStart factoring in how long heﾕs going to be out, how many games weﾕve got left, we felt like that was the best decision for our team.ﾓ Dallas also re-signed guard Daniel Loper, who had just been released Saturday. kickoff specialist, the team just didnﾕt ﾑ The Associated Press Texansﾕ running backs give team solid one-two punch @dailytexanonline.com STORIES VIDEOS PHOTO GALLERIES & MORE For WEB ExclusivE training camp by the injury, rookie HOUSTONﾑ The Texans al･ready knew they could depend on Arian Foster. Turns out they can rely on Ben Tate, too. Houston (6-3) has won three in a row heading into Sundayﾕs game at Tampa Bay (4-4) and is the only team with two running backs among the leagueﾕs top 10. Foster, last yearﾕs leading rusher, ranks eighth with 656 yards and By Chris Duncan Daily Texan staff Need to have your wisdom teeth removed? Donﾕt go to the ring. We have a research study. Right now, PPD is looking for qualiﾞed participants for a post-surgical pain relief research study of an investigational medication. Surgery for qualiﾞed study participants will be performed by a board certiﾞed oral surgeon. Receive up to $500 upon study completion and the surgery is performed at no cost. For information, call 462-0492 Text ﾒPPDﾓ to 48121 to receive study information Tate is right behind him in ninth with 623. ﾒIt just makes the team stron･ger,ﾓ coach Gary Kubiak said. ﾒMore guys contributing makes the team stronger, continues to push everybody to a new level and thatﾕs what weﾕre trying to do right now.ﾓ Foster and Tate have both run for more than 100 yards in two of the last three games. Foster has been getting slightly more carries each game, and averages 4.3 yards per rush. Tate is averaging 5.7 yards per carry, No. 1 in the league among backs with at least 100. ﾒI donﾕt think we talk about it,ﾓ Tate said. ﾒI just kind of know heﾕs a competitor, and he knows Iﾕm a competitor, so itﾕs not any･thing that needs to be said. We just go out there and show it by touching the ball and try to out･do the guy who just touched it before you.ﾓ With Kubiak splitting their car･ries, the two have learned to work together on the sideline. ﾒEvery time I come off the field I talk to him, just to kind of see what he sees and what he feels,ﾓ Foster said, ﾒbecause we are both kind of going through the same thing. So itﾕs good to kind of get little bits of infor･mation. I try and share everything I know with him and vice versa, so itﾕs a good thing we have going.ﾓ Itﾕs evolved almost by neces･sity, as both backs coped with early-season injuries. Foster was bothered by a left hamstring strain through much of training camp and early in the reg･ular season. Tate, a second-round draft pick in 2010, sat out last sea･son with a broken right ankle, so he was eager to show what he could do in the pros. The former Auburn star rushed for more than 100 yards in Houstonﾕs first two games and immediately gained the confi･dence of his teammates. ﾒWe knew what we had in Arian last year and what he was able to do,ﾓ tight end Owen Daniels. ﾒItﾕs been impressive to see Ben come out. Iﾕll be the first to tell you, I didnﾕt ex･pect this out of him this year. Heﾕs worked his butt off and been really unselfish about playing.ﾓ When Tate was sidelined with a groin injury, Foster ran for 155 yards in a victory over Pittsburgh. Once they were both healthy, Ku･biak saw no reason not to play them together. ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the ﾞrst day of publication, as the publishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect THE DAILY TEXAN insertion. 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We wel･ 5:30 T&Th starting Jandonors from all races & come you! www.christ-education levels. Minori-2012 for 2.5 year old syk. Earn an income you de-CALL 512.471.5244 centeraustin.com orties especially welcome! gmL@gmail.com serve, self-service to submit Ad Company looking for at dailytexanonline.comonline trainers. Flexible x ID 2860257 hours, work from home. www.2dreambigger. com Kabongo to play crucial role for Longhorns By Matt Warden Daily Texan Staff Perhaps the best pure point the Longhorns have seen since T.J. Ford, freshman Myck Kabongo has a chance to completely change the style of Texas basketball if giv･en the chance. The Breakdown: Kabongoﾕs best attribute is his explosive speed. He gets from end to end in a heartbeat and has the agility to blow by any defender. Add this to his excellent ball-han･dling, and you get a guy that can potentially make any opponent look stupid. Kabongo has slick handles, as he comfortably drib･bles with both hands and could be described as a ﾒball-on-a-stringﾓ ball handler. Although he can get a little flashy with this at times, it plays to his advantage more often than not. Floor Vision: A player that sees the floor ex･tremely well, Kabongo displays an innate ability to find open team･mates anywhere on the court. His can penetrate into the lane past defenders to provide many op･portunities to drive and dish on a consistent basis. If his teammates can take advantage of opportu･nities on the perimeter, Kabon･go has a chance to get 10 assists a night. Kabongo has a very high bas･ketball IQ, playing well beyond his years. His ability to make good decisions has made him a top point guard prospect in the class of 2011. Although he is a bit more turnover-prone than some would like at this stage, he possesses the ability to make the right decisions any time he wants. ﾒIﾕm an extension of the coach,ﾓ he said. ﾒMy job as a point guard is to facilitate. Iﾕm trying to get my teammates in spots to score and make their jobs easier.ﾓ Lockdown: He is an excellent on-ball de･fender with the ability to be a true lockdown defender if he puts his mind to it. Any basketball fan would enjoy watching him on de･fense, as he constantly puts him･self in the right spot to disrupt the movement of the ball. Charismatic: It should be noted that Kabon･goﾕs best attribute could very well be his personality. He is consid･ered a tremendous leader, both vocally and by example. Itﾕs al･most impossible to find any film of him losing his composure, which should translate into much success at the next level. ﾒIﾕm calm, but on the courts I know the fine line between having fun and taking the game serious･ly, and I take the game very seri･ously,ﾓ he said. Flaws: The only true flaws that can be seen in Kabongoﾕs game are his inconsistent jumper and small frame. When Kabongo fills out his frame, he will be an above-av･erage finisher as the extra strength would allow him to not shy away from contact inside and allow him to finish more on his own rather than dishing when bigger defend･ers step up in the lane. Much like any novice college player, Kabongo has an incon･sistent jump shot that will only get better with practice. His shot seems a bit flat, but he shows the ability to knock down shots if defenders decide to sag off of him enough. If he adds muscle to his frame and develops a consistent jump･er, he could easily turn from an average scorer to a virtually un･guardable player at the point guard position. His ceiling: While Kabongoﾕs game is very hard to compare to any current or former star point guard, his game seems most comparable to Mike Conley of the Memphis Griz･zlies ﾑ a true floor general with the quickness and intelligence to get past any defender, and a tru･ly intelligent all-around defender, one with the ability to make any team better. Transcendent: Kabongo should fit in well with the scheme of defensive-mind･ed Rick Barnes, but if Barnes is willing to let Kabongo play at his own tempo, the Texas team could quickly turn into a fast-break and attacking team that will look to score the majority of their points in transition. Much like T.J. Ford was able to control the tempo of a game, Kabongo has the talent ﾑ and most important･ly the speed ﾑ to dictate the pace of any game. If Kabongo is given the right amount of freedom, fans could witness the start of an era of Texas basketball that is more ex･citing than any before: Run-and･gun offense at its finest. ﾒWhenever you push the ball up, itﾕs a great thing,ﾓ Kabongo said. ﾒItﾕs to my advantage; I love playing fast.ﾓ Woods atop leaderboard, continuing to improve By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press SYDNEY ﾑ Tiger Woods walked off golf course to see his name atop the leaderboard Friday in the Australian Open. Even more pleasing to him was the way he got there. If it holds up at the end of the day, it would be his first time in the lead after any round since the third day of the Chevron World Challenge last year, and the first time against a full field since his last win two years ago in the Australian Masters. Woods was tied for the first-round lead at The Barclays last year. ﾒI really played well,ﾓ Woods said. ﾒEven though I shot 5 un･der, it felt it could have been 8 or 9 deep.ﾓ Peter OﾕMalley is a member at The Lakes and birdied his last two holes for a 66. OﾕMalley is mem･orable to some golf fans in the United States as the No. 64 seed who beat Woods in the opening round of the Match Play Cham･pionship at La Costa in 2002. Robert Allenby, who has played with Woods many times over the years, saw a game that was starting to look vaguely familiar. ﾒProbably in the last six months, thatﾕs the best Iﾕve seen him play,ﾓ Allenby said. ﾒIﾕve seen him at his absolute best ... that was a different human be･ing. Heﾕs on his way back, thatﾕs for sure. ﾒI think where he is right now is good enough to win. I think youﾕll find if he keeps going the way he is going, heﾕll win over the weekend.ﾓ Woods has hit plenty of crisp shots, but if there was one that showed an increasing confidence in his swing, it came toward the end of the round on the par-5 eighth. He was in the middle of the fairway, 280 yards from the hole and facing a 15 mph wind. The shot was pure, a bullet with the slightest fade to skirt a bun･ker and roll onto the green. ﾒI hit that good,ﾓ Woods said. ﾒIt was a slightly hanging lie and I had to start it at the bunker and just hammer it. It slid about 3 yards. That was the best shot Iﾕve hit the last couple of days.ﾓ Woods still didnﾕt take advan･tage of the all the par 5s, failing to make birdie on No. 11 and No. 17, and having to settle for one when he missed a 10-foot eagle putt on the 14th. And he finally made a bogey on the 30th hole of this tournament with a drive into a dune, and an approach that left him a bad angle to the green. He followed, however, with a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 4 that broke some 6 inches at the end and caused Woods to let out a little emotion, tapping his fist to･ward the ground. His only oth･er mistake was a stinger 3-iron into the wind on the sixth that turned just enough to catch the sand amid more dunes. A large crowd that packed into the knolls and dunes became louder the longer Woods stayed atop the leaderboard, and even some of the tournament officials appeared to get wrapped up in the day. At one point, they had his name spelled simply ﾒTigerﾓ on a leaderboard. For Woods, it was a strange sight. ﾒIt feels good,ﾓ he said of his name listed first. ﾒIt feels good to be there playing properly.ﾓ He says he has not forgotten how to win, and that includes the understanding that the tour･nament is not even halfway over. ﾒIﾕve got two more days to go, bro,ﾓ he told one reporter. ﾒI may not have the lead.ﾓ 4 BLOCKS FROM CAM-PUS Classic 2 bedroom 2 bath loft style apartment, 1300 a month, One year POST-ABORTION COUN-SELING No judgment. No religious afﾞliation. No pressure. Share what you want, take what you need. Free. 219-789･4355 Medical Imaging facil･ity is looking for a part time patient coordina･tor to work afternoon/ evenings & Saturday. Exceptional customer service experience is a must. Knowledge of in･ nasts and cheerlead･ers to coach gymnas･tics classes. Beginner through team levels. Part time hours. 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With a small piece I canﾕt really ceptable by consumers and brought the Doty Fine Daily Texan Staff make long movements.ﾓ back to retailers for resale at a dis- Arts building Winn uses long movements with a counted price. on Thursday Taylor Winn, a 2011 graduate, said stick coated in metallic paint to make He said this allows him to use un･ evening. Winn, he may never again utilize the ceram-twists, turns and designs that stretch usual colors in his work that he might who graduated ics skills he built while working to-the length and width of the works on otherwise overlook. Occasionally, re･ from UT last ward his degree in studio art, but he top of layers of paint poured direct-furbished paint is cast off because spring with a degree in will continue to pursue painting large ly onto large expanses of canvas. In-itﾕs chemical composition is wrong, studio art, will have his work abstract expressionist pieces, a field spired by the work of Jackson Pol-which can backfire, Winn said. he neglected to study while at UT. lock, they retain the distinct traits of Winnﾕs paintings typically take displayed until Nine large pieces painted by Winn, Winnﾕs personal style that has devel-over a month to dry, but his parents December 16. measuring up to 7 feet by 14 feet in oped since he began painting large have been very supportive in allow･size, will be featured in the FAB Gal-works in 2005 after initial encourage-ing him to utilize their garage to cre･lery, a student run space in the Fine ment by a high school art teacher. ate and store over 200 pieces of work, Arts Building designated to feature ﾒIn the beginning, I looked at a lot he said. student, faculty and alumni work, of Jackson Pollockﾕs work,ﾓ Winn said. ﾒMy parents have really let me de･ elisabeth Dillon until Dec. 16. Taylor said Thursday ﾒOver time as I made my own paint-stroy the garage,ﾓ Winn said. ﾒThereﾕs Daily texan staff night he didnﾕt think UT would have ings Iﾕve developed my own style. Iﾕve paint everywhere really.ﾓ allowed him to express himself fully found things I like to do and tech-Winnﾕs mother, Elizabeth Winn, buckets of paint and giant canvases Moving the work for a show or sale is a to realtor John Kovas, who attended at the exhibitﾕs opening. niques I donﾕt like.ﾓ who helps her son stretch his canvas･ torn up and stretched out. Itﾕs a won-monumental task, Winn said. the gallery. ﾒThe reason I didnﾕt study painting Winn said the majority of painting es said she disagreed. derful space.ﾓ ﾒWe have to rent a huge 24-foot truck,ﾓ ﾒIﾕm very impressed by it,ﾓ Ko･at UT is because I didnﾕt believe they a work is complete within 15-20 min-ﾒItﾕs not torn apart,ﾓ Elizabeth Winn The space also contains hundreds Winn said. ﾒYou canﾕt even fit them in vas said. ﾒA lot of times I see art would let me do large pieces,ﾓ Winn utes, although each piece contains said. ﾒItﾕs just been re-characterized of huge concrete mixing tubes that the back of a pick-up truck. Some can like this and I just shake my head, said. ﾒI feel really restricted by small between 10 and 15 gallons of paint. and re-purposed. Itﾕs a cool space to store the pieces, Winn said. The pieces weigh as much as 200 pounds.ﾓ and say ﾔWhy did they even both･pieces. If I stretch a 3-by-3 I feel real-Winn said he uses refurbished paint, look at. Obviously thereﾕs paint every･ are stored carefully until Winn shows Despite the transportation difficul-er?ﾕ but not this time. I would have ly constricted. Itﾕs really gestural what which is paint that was deemed unac-where. Thereﾕs shelves and shelves of them at galleries or sells them, he said. ties, the largeness of the art appealed it in my home.ﾓ Movie RevieW Like Crazy Like Crazy Drake Doremus Romance film Genre: romance Runtime: 90 minutes For those who like: showcases Blue Valentine, Once young actorsﾕ Grade: A- Anton Yelchin, versatility left, and Felicity Jones, right, play star-Daily Texan Staff By Alex Williams crossed lovers in the roman･ tic drama ﾒLike Crazy.ﾓ Romance has always been hard to nail down in film. Not to say that Hollywood doesnﾕt try, with what feels like a new Kate Hudson movie every week that inevitably climaxes with an inappropriately public proclamation Photo Courtesy of eternal love, but these romantic of Paramount comedies are often more about mo･mentary infatuation than something final shot. of the leadsﾕ chemistry, but itﾕs always substantial. Realistic portrayals of nu-Any romantic film depends on the hard to ignore the understated Jen･anced, adult relationships are much chemistry between its leads, and itﾕs nifer Lawrence, who brings a quiet, harder to get right, and only a few clear that Yelchin and Jones have it sad resignation to her role as Jacobﾕs films have managed to do so in recent in spades from their very first scene off-and-on stateside girlfriend. Alex memory. Thankfully, ﾒLike Crazyﾓ is together, a just slightly awkward first Kingston and Oliver Muirhead bring one of those films. date in a coffee shop. Every scene with welcome comic relief as Annaﾕs par-Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin are the two is a highlight, and even when ents, and their scenes over the course star-crossed lovers Jacob and Anna, a their characters are apart, both young of the film are invariably among the pair of college kids who fall in love just actors excel at showing the pain of an filmﾕs best. as Annaﾕs student visa is threatening to aching heart. ﾒLike Crazyﾓ is a film in which its expire. When Anna bucks the system Jones in particular stands out in biggest moments are played with the and decides to overstay her welcome an absolutely knockout performance. same small delicacy as its most dis･in the States for a few more months Her Anna is all giggle and charm un-posable ones. It slowly becomes clear with Jacob, the consequences put an til it comes time for Jones to do some that as great as the characters are to･ocean between the couple. dramatic heavy lifting, and when gether, theyﾕre also becoming in･Long-distance relationships are she does, she effortlessly breaks your creasingly trapped ﾑ first by the cir･rarely depicted on film, simply be-heart, especially in a teary late-night cumstances of their relationship and cause it doesnﾕt make a ton of sense phone call to Jacob in the middle of then by each other. Itﾕs a bold move to make a love story where your ro-the film. Jones is so good here that to make a romantic film where the mantic leads donﾕt share much screen she almost makes Yelchin unlikable central relationship is the veritable time, but ﾒLike Crazyﾓ pulls it off as their relationship starts to fray, and antagonist, and yet Doremus pulls it spectacularly. The film manages to her performance here should get her off with his strong direction and the avoid, and even subtly mocks, many some awards attention if thereﾕs any help of his two fantastic leads. Itﾕs this tropes of the romance genre, and di-justice in the world. However, Yelchin boldness and refusal to adhere to the rector Drake Doremusﾕ natural, evoc-is strong, too, his big, alien-esque eyes confines of the romantic genre that ative direction takes small jabs at the portraying an uncertain pain and ma-make ﾒLike Crazyﾓ stand out, and itﾕs audience as well. Doremus makes turity that makes him relatable, even the great, irresistible chemistry be･great use of emptiness in his frame, if his characterﾕs actions donﾕt always tween Yelchin and Jones that makes often keeping the characters separat-rub you the right way. it one of the most purely affecting ro･ed by the camera even when theyﾕre The supporting cast barely regis-mantic films in years, and absolutely together, all the way until the gutting ters thanks to the fireball intensity worth seeing. SKIN continues from PAGE 12 sible going into the film. Scientist Robert Ledgard (Antonio Ban･deras) lives a subdued life, giving presentations about a synthetic, hyper-resistant skin heﾕs manu･factured using means that may be less than ethical and tend･ing to house guest/prisoner Vera (Elena Anaya). Robertﾕs servant, Marilia (Marisa Paredes), goes about her tasks quietly while try･ing to stifle her own conscience about the obvious immorality of Veraﾕs captive status, but when her son Zeca (Roberto Alamo) pays a fateful visit to the fami･ly home, Robertﾕs carefully con･structed house of cards starts to collapse. While all thatﾕs outlined above sounds relatively innocuous, if not a bit odd, be assured that Almod要ar has crafted a delight･fully weird film here, the intrica･cies of its plot slowly revealing The Skin I Live In Pedro Almodovar Genre: Phychological horror Runtime: 117 min. For those who like: talk to Her, Dead ringers Grade: B+ themselves to the audience. Alm･od要ar makes every revelation land with just the right amount of dramatic weight and keeps the film from getting too ridiculous or serious. Banderas is currently pack･ing multiplexes with families ea･ger to hear him lend a voice to the precocious ﾒPuss in Boots,ﾓ but his work here is the exact op･posite. He delivers a creepy yet suave performance; apppropri･ate, as he is one of Almod要arﾕs oldest collaborators. Banderasﾕ intensity is nice･ly balanced by Anayaﾕs enigmat･ic work as Vera. Until we learn Veraﾕs backstory in an extended flashback in the second act, Ana･ya is forced to play things quite mysteriously, which she does well, but truly begins to shine in the filmﾕs back half. For those new to Almod要ar, ﾒThe Skin I Live Inﾓ would make as good a jumping in point as any. The film is filled with strong composition, good performanc･es, and he impeccably meshes his images with Alberto Iglesiasﾕ memorable score to create a deep･ly creepy and hugely entertaining horror film. HARRY continues from PAGE 12 SPACE Tour (short for StarKid Pre･carious Auditory Concert Experience) will feature songs from ﾒA Very Potter Musicalﾓ and its sequel, as well as its other musicals ﾒMe and My Dickﾓ and ﾒStarshipﾓ being sung by familiar fac･es like Richter and Lauren Lopez, who played Draco Malfoy in ﾒA Very Pot･ter Musical.ﾓ The troupe will be performing some songs originally composed by StarKid co-founder Darren Criss, who is now a member of the cast of ﾒGlee.ﾓ Criss got his start with StarKid by playing Harry Potter in ﾒA Very Potter Musi･calﾓ and the sequel. This has brought a lot of attention to thegroup as a whole. Theysell T-shirts, their music on iTunes and DVDs of their musicals. They have 78,000 fol･lowers on Twitter and an extremely devoted fan base, but Richter does not feel like the group dynamic has really changed despite the success. ﾒYes, thereﾕs a lot of stuff we do at this point that has more money behind it, and thereﾕs a bar set with everything we do,ﾓ Richter said. ﾒBut I donﾕt think as performers or friends or anything, thatﾕs really affected who we are as a group.ﾓ By putting ﾒA Very Potter Musicalﾓ up for free on YouTube, they made a popu･lar musical theater experience available to anyone with a computer. The mu･sical quickly gained two million views and today the StarKid YouTube chan･nel has over 99 million views. Musicals like ﾒWickedﾓ are usually only avail･able at established theaters with tick･ets priced anywhere from $30 to $60. ﾒItﾕs hard for people to see really cool, exciting new theater nowadays,ﾓ Lopez said. ﾒSo itﾕs cool to be able to bring [the･ater] to light and show people itﾕs not as inaccessible as they once thought.ﾓ Though the internet productions have earned Team StarKid a lot of at･tention, neither Richter or Lopez think they will stop doing live performances. ﾒ[Live performances] are where a lot of the spark from our shows come from. A lot of that chemistry you witness be･tween us on stage comes from live per･formances,ﾓ Richter said. ﾒI donﾕt think thatﾕs an aspect weﾕll ever want to lose.ﾓ Lopez said with every project the group does become more efficient and cohe･sive, but their sudden Internet fame is a bond that really connects Team StarKid. ﾒWe were kind of thrown into this ac･celeratedpaththatkindofexplodedout of nowhere,ﾓ Lopez said. ﾒSo weﾕre all kind of closer because we shared that.ﾓ The characters played by Rich･ter and Lopez and the rest of Team StarKid are what Richter calls ﾒexag･gerated versionsﾓ of themselves. Rich･ter described playing Ron as tak･ing the book character to a severe ex･treme in regards to his personality and relationships to other characters. ﾒI mean, ﾔA Very Potter Musicalﾕ we did in like a week. So there wasnﾕt a lot of time for really deep character analysis or anything,ﾓ Lopez said. ﾒI mean that character is a joy to play. Heﾕs a silly yet a very, hopefully, endearing character.ﾓ It is thanks to these first charac･ters and the positive reactions re･ceived from the fans that Team StarKid has had such success. ﾒWe wouldnﾕt have done anything else after that because we were all kind of going our separate ways,ﾓ Lopez said of the musical. ﾒSo the fans have really made it possible for us to stick together.ﾓ As much as they owe to the fans, Lo･pez and Richter would not give any･thing away about the tour just yet. The show will be their shortest yet, com･pared to the usual three or three-and･a-half hour shows on YouTube. The show will be StarKid classics, Rich･ter said, including songs like ﾒGrang･er Dangerﾓ and ﾒKick it Up a Notch.ﾓ ﾒThe only thing we were told to expect [about touring] is that we are going to hate each other by the end from living on the buses,ﾓ Lopez said. ﾒSo Iﾕm hop･ing that doesnﾕt come true.ﾓ Though Richter and Lopez are excit･ed to meet all of the fans and new faces that have never seen a live Team StarKid performance, the fame is not some･thing either of them are used to just yet. ﾒI think we all feel lucky to be able to do what we do and to be able to do it so early in our careers,ﾓ Richter said. ﾒBut weﾕre all going, ﾔWhat the hell are we doing? Who do we think we are going on this month long tour?ﾕﾓ 12 LIFE&ARTS Friday, November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Aleksander Chan, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com By Elizabeth Hinojos Third Coast Coffee are success-riculture, coffee prices decreased economy. How is it that coffee Daily Texan Staff ful roasters in Austin that follow in October due to an increase in shops and roasters are thriving in unique methods which cater to coffee supply from Colombia, the midst of a recession? It seems Austinites have shown their its customers tastes. Brazil and Vietnam. coffee would be a commodity cut･ affinity for specialty coffee and Faced with coffee prices that Whether itﾕs the community ap-back, as food prices climb, but in･ a particular local appeal which were the highest in 34 years, peal, the trade policy or the meth-stead, the countryﾕs coffee-drink･ has maintained the demand for those who seek their caffeine fix od of roast, Austin is turning to ing population has maintained coffee outlets. Progress Cof･ spent a trying summer: Accord-its local coffee outlets for a fresh its demand and Austin parallels fee, Texas Coffee Traders and ing the U.S. Department of Ag-cup of joe despite the cash-crunch this phenomenon. Austin has a number of local coffee outlets that specialize in roasting their own beans, providing much needed caffeination for countless Austinites. Some popular local roasters include, from left, Third Coast Coffee, Texas Coffee Traders and Progress Coffee. PROGRESS COFFEE Thereﾕs personality and char･acteristics to each cafe, each cup and each environment which people seek and find comfort and sociability in, Joshua Bingaman, founder of Progress Coffee said. Bingaman, a former San Fran･ciscan, chose the east side as a location for Progress Coffee be- TEXAS COFFEE TRADERS THIRD COAST COFFEE WHAT: Progress Coffee WHAT: Texas Coffee Traders Owner and founder of Texas Cof- At Third Coast Coffee, consumer fee Traders, Robert Beall also estab･ education is at the base of their busi- ADDRESS: 500 San Marcos St. ADDRESS: 1400 E. 4th St. lished his coffee roaster in East Aus･ ness model. Employee Luke Auld- HOURS: Mon. -Fri. 6:30 a.m. -7 tin. After running a coffee roaster Thomas said Third Coast educates HOURS: Mon. -Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. p.m. Sat.-7:30 a.m. -7 p.m., Sun. ･ in Moscow for five years and open- Sat. 10 a.m. -3 p.m. consumers on the origin of coffee and 7:30 a.m. -5 p.m. ing a coffee roaster in Montana in the ﾒmany impacting steps during the ROASTING METHOD: ROASTING METHOD: 1981, Beall started Texas Coffee coffee-making process.ﾓ The compa- Air Roaster Barrel Roaster Traders when he moved to Austin ny gets its product from farmers that NAME: Third Coast Coffee ADDRESS: 4402 S. Congress Ave #109 HOURS: Weekdays (except Wednesdays) 9 a.m. -6 p.m. ROASTING METHOD: Drum Roaster cause of its resemblance to San barrel roasting,ﾓ Bingaman said. Texas Coffee Traders brought a fee taste, including the quality of ronmental sustainability. portant and huge global trading sys･Franciscoﾕs Mission District. The Because of the partnership with level of awareness to coffee roast-the soil, the location where cof-ﾒCoffee is a huge part of the global tem,ﾓ Auld-Thomas said. coffee shop then became a pio-Whole Foods Market, Binga-ing that Austin had yet to see, fee plants grow and the plantsﾕ el-economy,ﾓ Auld-Thomas said. ﾒWeﾕre Compared to Bingamanﾕs and Beallﾕs neer for East side development. man was able to produce a qual-Beall said. ﾒThere was coffee be-evation. ﾒBetter coffee grows above capitalists, and in this economy, you method of roasting, Jose Lozano, own･ ﾒI knew what I wanted and en-ity that was ﾒpleasing to the pal-ing roasted but the knowledge 3000 feet and lower quality grows need a good product in order to suc-er of Third Coast, decided a drum visioned it growing,ﾓ Bingaman ate in Austin.ﾓ and base was lacking.ﾓ below that.ﾓ Texas Coffee Traders ceed and make a large social impact. roaster would be the best alternative to said. ﾒEvents became large and ﾒThe barrel roaster draws more Beall uses a fluid air bed roast-uses coffee beans from plants at You have to be able to provide some-roast the company beans. Auld-Thom･we had to hire management be-focus on the kind of bean and its er, where streams of hot air con-both elevations. The higher-quali-thing good.ﾓ as said people can think of a drum cause of the art shows, film par-quality,ﾓ Bingaman said. A bar-vectively whirl beans around in ty coffee beans are considered the The companyﾕs interest in the glob-roaster as a ﾒrotating pizza oven.ﾓ A set ties and concerts.ﾓ rel roaster is a fuel-burning unit a circular motion. According to companyﾕs specialty coffee. al economy stems from its involvement of ceramic tiles run along the bottom of As Progress grew, Bingaman which features a firebox insulat-Beall, the air bed roaster is the Texas Coffee Traders has grown in Cooperative Coffees, a collective of the roaster, which are heated by a gas had the opportunity to expand. ed to keep outer temperatures most practical method to roast substantially and provides its coffee 24 roasters in the United States and flame, and both the height and air flow The owner was approached by cool while allowing for strong specialty coffee, making a variety to the UT campus, including cafes Canada. The co-op maintains on-the-of the roaster are adjustable. ﾒThe roast-Whole Foods Market to start a cokingenergywithintheoven of light to dark coffee available in the Robert Lee Moore Hall and ground relationships with coffee farm-er itself has a large drum which tumbles roaster. ﾒI was importing coffee itself. ﾒIt allows for attention to to customers. the LBJ Law School. The company ers from around the world. coffee through while evenly dispersing from roasters across the states smaller quantities of beans roast-Beall said the company controls also delivers its coffee to local res-ﾒYou can be a small local roaster and the heat throughout the entire batch that were doing the older artisan ed by hand.ﾓ nearly all elements that affect cof-taurants and coffee shops. be an actively involved part of the com-of beans.ﾓ in 1993. practice equitable trading and envi-munity but still be linked in to an im- Illustration by Betsy Cooper Theater group breathes new life into hits on first tour ever By Sarah-Grace Sweeney Daily Texan Staff Team StarKid, a Chicago-based theater troupe originally started by a group of theater students at Universi･ty of Michigan, decided to do some･thing unique with one of their origi･nal musical productions. After work･ing with writers to create ﾒA Very Pot･ter Musical,ﾓ the group uploaded the production online, not expecting the millions of views and Internet fame that followed. ﾒA Very Potter Musicalﾓ is a musi･cal parody of the ﾒHarry Potterﾓ nov･els by J.K. Rowling. The idea came from a set of jokes written by Nick Lang, Matt Lang and Brian Holden who went on to write the musical. The musical features the key characters like Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Her･moine Granger, but combines the sto･ry with original music, choreography and jokes. It has not been performed live for most fans because no one expect･ed it to be more than just friends put･ting on a play. However, with the groupﾕs first and almost completely sold-out tour underway, it has clear･ly become much more than that. MOVIE REVIEW THE SKIN I LIVE IN Body horror flick has intriguing plot By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff ﾒThe Skin I Live Inﾓ inhabits a very dark and depraved corner of the horror genre, the body horror film that directors such as David Cronenberg made famous. Generally obsessed with the human body and ways that it can be horrifically dis･torted to gain groans from an audience, the genre was spotlighted earlier this year with ﾒThe Human Centipede II.ﾓ But ﾒThe Skin I Live Inﾓ manages to put that film to shame with its restrained, careful･ly executed story of a scientist consumed by a very strange obsession. Trying to solve the puzzle director Pedro Almod要ar has assembled for his audience is one of the greatest delights of ﾒThe Skin I Live In,ﾓ so itﾕs best to know as little as pos- SKIN continues on PAGE 11 WHAT: Team StarKidﾕs the Space Tour WHERE: Antoneﾕs WHEN: Nov. 12, 2:30 p.m. WEB: teamstarkid.com TICKETS: Sold Out ﾒYou go into things with expecta･tions, and this whole situation is a perfect example [that] you canﾕt,ﾓ said Joey Richter, a member of the troupe who starred as Ron Weas･ley. ﾒItﾕs going to happen the ways itﾕs going to happen and thatﾕs really exciting.ﾓ Team StarKidﾕs tour, called The HARRY continues on PAGE 11 POP indexindex