Hockey coach supported by team while struggling with disease SPORTS PAGE 8 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, February 3, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com Calendar What Comes Next? The LBJ School of Public Affairs will host a panel discussion about what comes next for Egypt and Tunisia from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Bass Lecture Hall. ÔCome What MayÕ The Alamo Drafthouse will host a ÒMoulin RougeÓ sing-along at 7 p.m. and a can-can dance competition before the show. Tickets range from $12 to $44. Lunar New Year The Asian American Culture Committee will throw a Lunar New Year Celebration for the UT community from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Texas Union Ballroom. For a video sneak peek of the Lunar New Year festival, visit dailytexanonline.com ÔDust LaneÕ French composer Yann Tiersen will play at the Mohawk with Austin locals Mother Falcon. Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door, the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Today in history In 1959 Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ÒThe Big BopperÓ Richardson die in a plane crash. Campus watch Shooting Hoops Gregory Gym A UT staff member observed two non-UT subjects enter the building, without purchasing and day pass, and begin playing basketball on the second floor. During the investigation, the officers located the subjects, issued them written Criminal Trespass Warnings and escorted them from the area. Quote to note Ô Ô ÒAll I wanted to do was come to Texas. Texas was the end of the road for me. It was as high as IÕd dreamed, as far as IÕd thought.Ó Ñ Huston Street Former Longhorn pitcher SPORTS PAGE 7 Proposal may cut traffic, add tolls By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan Staff A new proposal may allevi¥ate some of the notorious In¥terstate Highway 35 congestion in Central Texas. The Interstate 35 Corridor Advisory Committee proposed switching I-35 with State High¥way 130 to relieve congestion dur¥ing a Texas Department of Trans¥portation meeting. It also recom¥mended adding a high occupancy vehicle lane and a tollway to I-35 and removing tolls from SH 130 and 45 Southeast. The Texas Transportation Commission created the Corri¥dor Advisory Committee in 2008 after demands for increased cit¥izen participation in the corri¥dorÕs development. The My 35 Plan proposal divides the Texas I-35 corridor into four segments with near-, mid- and long-term projects. The Texas Department of Transportation is now in the process of reviewing the commit¥tee recommendations. ÒThe advisory committee was responsible for going out and holding public meetings about the needs that a particular com¥munity or area wanted for I-35,Ó said TxDOT spokeswoman Kelli Petras. ÒEach segment committee tackled a smaller area tied togeth¥er with their local communities.Ó On Thursday, the commit¥tee recommended the addition of a 69-mile HOV lane and toll-way going each direction on I-35, from SH 45 SE to Interstate 10. It would occur within 10 to 20 years and cost between $6.2 and $8.85 billion. According to a TxDOT statement, in 2009 the Tex¥as Transportation Commis¥ sion committed approximate-the I-35 east-west split in Hillsboro. I-35 and expand it to 10 lanes if we ly $1 billion to Proposition 12, a Most of the funds have been exhaust-wanted to,Ó Petras said. Ò[I-35] has a highway improvement fund, and ed, but Petras said Proposition 12 very confined area with businesses.Ó nearly $135 million in federal stim-may fund some near-term projects if Ross Milloy, Austin-San Antonio ulus funding to expand I-35 to six they arw approved. main lanes between San Antonio and ÒItÕs not like we can just go out to HIGHWAY continues on PAGE 2 Undocumented immigrant numbers increase By Marty McAndrews to halt and reverse illegal immigration. climbed. It doesnÕt help that states are Daily Texan Staff The annual survey was made publicly passing or attempting to pass laws that accessible Tuesday. curtail the rights of immigrants.Ó About 11.2 million undocumented im-ÒThere are two kinds of issues facing Despite declines in key states like migrants lived in the United States in 2010 immigrants right now,Ó said Neil Foley, Florida, New York and Arizona, the im¥ Ñ up from 11.1 million in 2009 Ñ accord-associate professor of history and expert migrant population in Texas grew from ing to a Pew Hispanic Center report. on immigration. ÒThe first is that weÕre 2007 to 2010. The nonpartisan Washington, D.C., in the grips of the great recession right ÒTexas is one of the leading states Ryan Propes | Daily Texan Staff research group also found the number of now, and the U.S. economy is not able to in the creation of jobs for the recov¥undocumented workers Ñ 8 million by absorb as many workers as it once could. ery of the great recession,Ó Foley said. Firefighters work diligently to salvage residentsÕ prop¥ erty after a pipe froze and burst in the SoCo Lofts its count Ñ was unchanged from 2009, Immigrants come to the U.S. to work, so despite national and state-specific efforts itÕs no surprise that the numbers havenÕt BORDER continues on PAGE 2 development on South Congress Avenue. UT alumnus Charles Graham is moving from Texas to Philadelphia this June for Teach For America, where he hopes to help improve the educa¥tion system during his two-year commitment. Ashley Valenzuela Daily Texan Staff Illustration by Veronica Rosalez | Daily Texan Staff As a proposal to expand the I-35 corridor circulates, areas of unfinished expansion serve as reminders of what happens when projects go unfinished. Ryan Propes Daily Texan Staff Teach For America affords alumni chance to give back By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff In June, Charles Graham Jr. will leave his job at an Austin law firm and move almost 2,000 miles to Phila¥delphia to embark on a new teaching career. Graham, who received his government degree in Decem¥ber, will spend his first sum¥mer as a UT alumnus training for Teach For America. According to Teach For America, a program that signs recent college graduates to two-year teaching commitments at underprivileged schools, more of the programÕs teachers came from UT than any of the other 630 institutions in 2010. Graham said he is excited to be a part of such a com¥petitive institution, which accepts about 4,500 of its 46,000 applicants. ÒI always said that I wouldnÕt be a teacher,Ó he said. ÒWhen I decided to be a government major, people would ask, ÔWhat are you going to do, become a government teacher?Õ and I al¥ways answered no.Ó University power plant guards against blackout By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff es, which usually last between 10 and 45 Colleges across Tex-minutes according to as closed Wednesday af-the Energy Reliabili¥ter severe weather con-ty Council, did not af¥ditions led to controlled fect UT because the Hal rolling blackouts, but C. Weaver Power Plant UT remained open be-supplies all the power cause it generates its the University needs. own power. ÒWe operate our own The Energy Reliability little grid,Ó said Kevin Council of Texas, which Kuretich, power plant manages the majority of associate director. ÒFor electricity in Texas, in-situations like this, it is structed state energy more reliable.Ó companies Wednesday Austin Energy spokes-to start rotating power man Ed Clark said the outages to make up for city has to reduce the the imbalance between amount of energy used the amount of ener-in order to meet the gy being generated and statewide emergency op¥ the amount of energy eration requirements. being consumed. ÒThat requires us to The University of Tex-shut down 20 to 25 cir¥as at Arlington, Texas cuits at a time, which State University and the serve 60,000-70,000 cus-University of Texas-Pan tomers,Ó Clark said. American were among The location of the the schools closed. Aus-power outage is deter- tin Independent School mined by utilities such District released a press as Austin Energy that statement reporting the provide electricity to cancellation of all after-residents in and around school activities. The rotating outag-WEATHER continues on PAGE 2 INSIDE: Check out winter fashion ideas on page 12 Graham is not unusual Ñ one in six of the programÕs participants say they never considered education before joining the Teach For Amer¥ica corps. He said he is look¥ing forward to learning about how to improve the nationÕs education system and hopes to take his teaching experi¥ence with him long after his two-year commitment. ÒMy long-term goal is to work in education policy, and I saw this program as a way to get in the classroom and see some of the problems of the education system firsthand,Ó he said. ÒI saw Teach For America as an opportunity to give back and reach future generations.Ò Graham plans to attend graduate school after his two-year commitment ends, which TEACH continues on PAGE 2 2 NEWS Thursday, February 3, 2011 Temperatures draw The Daily Texan Volume 111, Number 139 homeless to shelter Houston native Corey Re- CONTACT US spress found refuge from the cold Wednesday by spending the day Main Telephone: at the Austin Resource Center for (512) 471-4591 the Homeless. He was one of about 900 home- Editor: less Austinites who went to the Lauren Winchester center to escape from temperatures (512) 232-2212 as low as 18 degrees Fahrenheit. editor@dailytexanonline.com Respress became homeless al¥ most two months ago after he Managing Editor: moved to Austin and lost his job. Claire Cardona He started to utilize resources for (512) 232-2217 the homeless such as the ARCH managingeditor@ and the Salvation Army. He said he noticed a change in dailytexanonline.com News Office: the way homeless people were treat¥ (512) 232-2207 ed because of the extreme cold. news@dailytexanonline.com ÒThe Salvation Army usually kicks people out by 7 a.m. no matter Web Office: the weather, but they let us stay an (512) 471-7835 extra hour this morning,Ó he said. online@dailytexanonline.com ARCH shelter director Jim Cooley said the shelter expected Sports Office: to see about 200 more people than (512) 232-2210 usual because of the weather. sports@dailytexanonline.com ÒThis is the first time that itÕs been this cold since the building Life & Arts Office: Erika Rich |Daily Texan Staff has been here,Ó Cooley said. ÒIt is (512) 232-2209 About 900 homeless Austinites sought shelter at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless on Wednesday because of the extremely unique situation and will be for cold temperatures. In light of the freezing weather, many shelters allowed people to stay longer than usual. the next few days.Ó Photo Office: dailytexan@gmail.com (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com University contributes high number of volunteers to Peace Corps Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu By Emily Sides ing to the UT recruitment office. ply each year for more than dent loan debt by deferring pay-UT government professor Daily Texan Staff More than 4,000 former volun-7,000 positions in agriculture, ment or cancelling a percentage Bruce Buchanan said the Peace Classified Advertising: teers live in Texas. business, information and com-of the debt. Corps is an enduring legacy from (512) 471-5244 UT-Austin ranks No. 11 in Peace ÒWhen I got back [to the U.S. munication technologies, edu-ÒScience and basic health John Kennedy that shows the im¥ classifieds@dailytexanonline.com Corps volunteers in the large school from Armenia], I was over-cation, environment, health and knowledge is such an impor-pact of American idealism. category, with 77 alumni serving whelmed at all the choices at HIV/AIDS and youth and com-tant topic, but itÕs not taught very ÒItÕs putting American peo- The Texan strives to present all information on five continents, according to a American grocery stores,Ó said munity development. Spanish well,Ó said Jen Taylor, a UT alum-ple to work on serious problems fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know Peace Corps press release. Ben Callaway, UT Peace Corps and French are the most need-na who is applying to the Peace by people who are in significant about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail On the 50th anniversary of the recruiter. ÒI was used to going to a ed languages among applicants. Corps. ÒI feel like IÕve had a very need,Ó he said. ÒItÕs great public managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. global service program, UT ranks small shack and buying rice.Ó Students who participate may blessed life, and I want to do relations for the U.S. and great No. 1 in the Southwest, accord-More than 14,000 people ap-have options to alleviate stu-something meaningful.Ó experience for students.Ó COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of BORDER continues from PAGE 1 HIGHWAY continues from PAGE 1 Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or Corridor Council president ÒThe thrust in all of this is ÒTexas has more jobs for more peo-they will choose to leave of their other administrations have done in whole without written permission. and advisory committee mem-to keep I-35 flowing,Ó Milloy ple, not just immigrants.Ó own accords. before,Ó Norris said. ber, said another key suggestion said. ÒThese are mechanisms Foley said the decline in states ÒWe want to urge our legisla-For the law enforcement arm was developing a freight rail to by which you can regulate traf¥ such as Arizona and the increase in ture to work on comprehensive of Texas government, these num¥ TOMORROWÕS WEATHER alleviate the number of freight fic flow and ensure a minimum others, such as Texas, can be attrib-common sense legislation to en-bers are of no concern, said Maj. trucks on I-35, which has been speed through at least one lane. uted to interstate movement of un-sure the safety of our country and Mark Sawa from the Travis Coun¥increasing since the North WeÕre rapidly approaching a sit- High Low authorized workers as they seek out also to integrate those 11.2 mil-ty SheriffÕs Office. 31 American Free Trade Agree-uation on I-35 where you may favorable localities, not just a de-lion,Ó Campos said. ÒWe have no interest in enforc¥ 23 ment was passed in 1994. be looking at gridlock for much crease in immigration from Mexi-Tyler Norris, government se-ing immigration laws,Ó Sawa said. Milloy said the Federal High-of the day.Ó co, which Pew reports as dropping nior and chairman of the Young ÒImmigration laws are enforced by way Administration did a study This initial proposal also sug¥ from 7 million in 2009 to 6.5 mil-Conservatives of Texas, said he federal agents, and we do not nor of I-35 in 1999. The Austin cor-gests adding continuous front¥ ItÕs the %*#* tea! lion in 2010. also recognized a failure, espe-ever have we enforced immigration ridor was the most congested age road, improvements to U.S. Loren Campos, civil engineering cially in the attempts to close the laws. We enforce the laws of Texas, CORRECTIONS portion of the entire highway, 183 and I-10 and constructing senior and president of the undocu-southern border. and those responsibilities keep us according to the study. I-35 runs outer loops for New Braunfels mented student activist group, Uni-This need increases as violence very, very busy.Ó Because of a reporting error, TuesdayÕs Page 1 news story about assistant coach 1,565 miles from Laredo, Texas, and San Marcos. versity Leadership Initiative, said increases in Mexico, Norris said. He Roger Wade, the Travis Coun¥ salaries should have said the defensive these numbers reflect the ineffi-is not surprised by the increase in ty SheriffÕs Office public informa¥to Duluth, Minn. UT associate engineering coordinator is the only one to be paid ciency of the governmentÕs decision the number of immigrants. tion officer, said his office will not He said cars would move at professor Travis Waller said the less this year than last year. a consistent speed if a toll was proposal addresses problems of to counter immigration with attri-ÒI didnÕt expect this administra-participate in the 287(g) program, Because of a reporting error, TuesdayÕs tion. The policy of attrition makes tion to do anything but pay lip ser-which trains deputies to enforce the implemented. TxDOT tolls are the Òunusually congested corri- Page 1 news story about students transitioning to an all-electron-dorÓ with innovative and cut-life difficult for immigrants so that vice to the immigration problem as federal immigration code. studying abroad in Egypt should have ic process, eliminating the need ting-edge solutions. said Robin Gerrow was the vice president for toll booths. of public affairs. ÒI think itÕs pretty obvious both as a professional and for anyone that lives in the area This newspaper was printed with TEACH continues from PAGE 1 pride by The Daily Texan and that I-35 has continually gotten The Daily Texan Texas Student Media. more congested,Ó Waller said. some critics of the program argue make five-year commitments in-the field of education . ÒSomething major has to hap-could be problematic. stead of two, but this is just a stop-ÒIÕm going to continue work- Permanent Staff Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Winchester pen, and it has to occur in mul- Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Cardona Some criticize the program be-over for most kids,Ó he said. ing in education in some kind Associate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Cervantes tiple integrated projects.Ó Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viviana Aldous cause its participants leave the A 2008-09 Urban Institute of way, but I donÕt think I can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Luippold, Dave Player News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lena Price Waller said if transporta¥classroom after their commitment study shows that corps members be the strongest advocate of ed- Associate News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Will Alsdorf, Aziza Musa, Audrey White Senior Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Melissa Ayala, Allison Kroll tion is made easier on I-35, it is up and pursue other careers, have positively impacted student ucation by staying in the class¥ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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ÒIn its initial conception, itÕs a woman Kaitlin Gastrock. make effective improvements.Ó Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Heimsath Associate Photo Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Gerson, Danielle Villesana Senior Photographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Torrey, Tamir Kalifa fantastic idea, because they are ÒOur alumni, inspired by their Graham said he hopes to instill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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The program will provide Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Anderson Associate Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Hurwitz c lem is that they attract teachers to to expand opportunities for kids him with weeks of training, prep- Senior Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andy Lutz, Trey Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Senior Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janese Quitugua Editorial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Warren tions as a Òtemporary agencyÓ and na and current corps mem-ÒI know itÕs going to be a hard Volunteers plus t/s Òperpetuates the cycleÓ of under-ber in Atlanta, has taught kin-job, and I think that if I can do this, qualified teachers in underprivi-dergarten and first grade since then I can do anything,Ó Graham leged schools. joining the program in 2009. said. ÒIÕm not going to shy away Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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WEATHER continues from PAGE 1 the Austin area. snow in Austin from Thursday Economics sophomore Tyler night to early Friday morning. Rohde said the rolling black-ÒOn Thursday, we are look¥outs prevented him from get-ing at mostly cloudy, high near ting his work done. 30 Fahrenheit, north wind 15 ÒI am usually stretched for miles per hour [and] a chance time during the day because I of snow flurries in the after-do a lot and with 30 minutes noon,Ó Lenz said. out, thatÕs a lot of typing I could Lenz said there is little chance have gotten done,Ó Rohde said. of precipitation as the weekend Although the rotating outag-rolls around, with high temper¥es ceased Wednesday afternoon, atures expected in the 50s or the Energy Reliability Council 60s Fahrenheit. It is important recommended residents con-for people to stay aware of the serve as much power as possible latest weather updates because and said in a press release that another arctic front is moving rolling blackouts are a Òstrong into the Austin area, Lenz said. possibilityÓ today. ÒPeople who plan on being National Weather Service me-outside [for extensive amounts teorologist Mark Lenz said he of time] need to dress in layers,Ó predicts a 30-percent chance of Lenz said. World&NatioN Thursday, February 3, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Ashley Morgan, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com NEWS BRIEFLY Northeastern Australia struck, battered by powerful cyclone CAIRNS Ñ A massive cyclone struck northeastern Australia ear¥ly Thursday, tearing off roofs, top¥pling trees and cutting electrici¥ty to thousands Ñ the most pow¥erful storm to hit the area in near¥ly a century. The eye of Cyclone Yasi roared ashore at the small resort town of Mission Beach in Queensland state, battering the coast known as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef with heavy rain and howling winds gusting to 186 mph. The extent of property dam¥age across Queensland was un¥known just before dawn because it was still too dangerous to venture very far outside homes and evac¥uation centers, with strong winds and torrential rain continuing to batter towns. ÑThe Associated Press Agreement prevents false tax returns from federal prisoners ALBANY, N.Y. Ñ A new agree¥ment aims to stop federal prison¥ers from filing for and collecting millions of dollars in bogus tax re¥funds from their cells. Pressure from U.S. senators in New York, Ohio, Minnesota and Florida in January led to an agree¥ment signed Wednesday between the Internal Revenue Service and the federal Bureau of Prisons to break down bureaucratic and reg¥ulatory barriers to end the prac¥tice. The memorandum of under¥standing struck between the two agencies overcomes legal obstacles to their efforts and paves the way for states to make similar agree¥ments that apply to their prisons. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minne¥sota said the agreement effectively cuts through red tape to Òstop fel¥ons from scamming the system.Ó ÑThe Associated Press A pro-government demonstrator and anti-gov¥ernment pro¥tester argue in Tahrir Square, the center of anti-govern¥ment dem¥onstrations, Wednesday. Several thou¥sand support¥ers of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-govern¥ment protest¥ers. Laurent Cipriani Associated Press Supporters of Egyptian president respond to protests with violence By Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press CAIRO Ñ Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into CairoÕs central square Wednesday on horses and camels brandish¥ing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an or¥chestrated assault against protesters trying to topple EgyptÕs leader of 30 years. Three peo¥ple died and 600 were injured. The protesters accused MubarakÕs regime of unleashing a force of paid thugs and plain¥clothes police to crush their unprecedented nine-day-old movement. The clashes marked a dangerous new phase in EgyptÕs upheaval: the first signifi¥cant violence between government support¥ers and opponents. Some of the worst street battles raged near the Egyptian Museum at the edge of the square. Pro-government rioters blanketed the rooftops of nearby buildings and hurled bricks and firebombs onto the crowd be¥low Ñ in the process setting a tree ablaze in¥side the museum grounds. Plainclothes po¥lice at the building entrances prevented an¥ti-Mubarak protesters from storming up to stop them. The two sides pummeled each other with chunks of concrete and bottles at each of the six entrances to the sprawling plaza, where 10,000 anti-Mubarak protesters tried to fend off more than 3,000 attackers who besieged them. Some on the pro-government side waved machetes, while the squareÕs defenders filled the air with a ringing battlefield din by banging metal fences with sticks. In one almost medieval scene, a small con¥tingent of pro-Mubarak forces on horseback and camels rushed into the anti-government crowds, trampling several people and swing¥ing whips and sticks. Protesters dragged some riders from their mounts, throwing them to the ground and beating their faces bloody. The horses and camels appeared to be ones used to give tourists rides around Cairo. The protesters used a subway station as a makeshift prison for the attackers they man¥aged to catch. They tied the hands and legs of their prisoners and locked them inside. The battle lines at each of the entrances surged back and forth for hours. Each sideÕs fighters stretched across the width of the four-lane divided boulevard, hiding behind aban¥doned trucks and holding sheets of corrugat¥ed metal as shields from the hail of stones. WednesdayÕs events suggest the regime aims to put an end to the unrest to let Muba¥rak shape the transition as he chooses over the next months. Mubarak has offered nego¥tiations with protest leaders, but they have re¥fused any talks until he steps down. As if to show the public the crisis was end¥ing, the government began to reinstate Inter¥net service after days of an unprecedented cutoff, and State TV announced the easing of a nighttime curfew. your e-mail address to our list and we will send you the opportunity to up to 50% off of local businesses it with your friends and save even more 60% off Hypnosis from Subscribe at deals.dailytexanonline.com Open 2 Transformation! 4 OpiniOn Thursday, February 3, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Lauren Winchester, Editor in Chief | (512) 232 2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com OVERVIEW A never-ending deficit? In case you havenÕt heard enough bad news about the budget, hereÕs another nugget: The budget woes will never end. Perhaps ÒneverÓ is an exaggeration, but the news from the office of Comptroller Susan Combs is that a $10-bil¥lion budget shortfall will reappear session after session until legislators get their acts together. ItÕs called a struc¥tural deficit, and we can blame it on the underperform¥ing business tax and the costly 2006 property tax swap, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The fail¥ure of the business tax is costing $2 billion per year, and the property tax is losing us $1 million annually. So even when the economic downturn is finished, there could still be some budget issues Ñ and that means instead of just swinging the budget ax over and over and cutting funds to public education and mental health care, legislators need to come up with a way to gener¥ate revenue. You know, like raising taxes. Or legalizing gambling. But nothing could be so loathsome to a Re¥publican lawmakerÕs ear. So far, their plan is to just keep cutting and cutting and cutting. More money for UT athletics Given UTÕs obsession with football, it should surprise absolutely no one that Mack Brown will give $3.7 mil¥lion in raises to his mostly-new coaching staff this year. Why wouldnÕt eight of his nine assistant coaches de¥serve bonuses? TheyÕll do such great work out there on the football field, teaching those boys how to run and tackle or whatever. At least, thatÕs what weÕre assuming, since six of them have never even coached here, but letÕs give them the benefit of the doubt. ItÕs not like weÕre in a recession. Or suffering through state-imposed budget cuts. Or proposing to gut our eth¥nic and gender studies centers. Everything is just fine in the burnt orange land of UT, and our only concern is more football. At a press conference, Brown defended the raises, as if he had to. ÒI thought we got exactly what we wanted. I think we got the best coaches possible for Texas,Ó Brown said. Texas fight! The backlash against the raises is so predictable: All those people who care about academics at UT will be so angry that Mack & Co. are rolling in dough while students are being forced to graduate late because re¥quired classes have filled up. But look on the bright side. You can attend more football games during your extra semester. Besides, nerds, UT athletics was totally generous and handed out a full $5 million last year to academics. It made $143 million in the 2009-10 school year, so you guys should be pretty happy about its generosity. And athletics gives a whopping 10 percent of its licensing revenues back to the school. Ten percent! ThatÕs like a whole tithe. Sure, President William Powers Jr. was quoted in the Austin American-Statesman on Wednesday as saying that budget cuts are threatening UTÕs Òfirst-classÓ uni¥versity status, but letÕs not lose sight of whatÕs really im¥portant: football. lEgalEsE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the ar¥ticle. They are not necessarily those of the UT admin¥istration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. gallERY Dear Texas, donÕt ruin voting By Michael Hurta Daily Texan Guest Columnist On election days, pesky students shout at you as you pass through the West Mall, hoping their pestering will lead you to vote. Some of you are groggy, having just woken up and darting to class. You barely remembered your homework before you walked out of the door, much less an ID. In such circumstances, you should go home after that boring biology lecture, pick up something to prove you are who you are and then go to your polling lo¥cation. And vote. But that scarcely hap¥pens Ñ I know because IÕm one of those annoying election day politicos. The sta¥tistics on how often we vote, meanwhile, look equally dismal. I support this paperÕs editorial position against the voter ID bill, SB 14, which re¥cently passed through the Texas Senate, but the House will ignore The Daily Tex¥an here. The billÕs proponents are too nu¥merous, and theyÕre armed with a reason¥able argument. They have a noble goal: to enhance the safeguards to democracy, insisting that current law does not ad¥equately protect against voter fraud. Ideal democracies, however, also allow easy ac¥cess to their citizens, but the current ver¥sion of SB 14 creates hassles aplenty for the Texas voter. What can you use as proof of identi¥fication? You may present your driverÕs license, personal identification card or concealed handgun license Ñ so long as the Department of Public Safety is¥sued it to you. If youÕve traveled abroad, you probably have a U.S. passport, which would work. And two other documents pass: a U.S. citizenship certificate or a U.S. military ID card, so long as they include your photo. Oh yeah, your proof of iden¥tification would no longer prove your identification if it expires. The short list leaves out two forms of ID that many students rely upon. A UT ID would fail, even though it includes a photo and is distributed by a Texas agency. Non-Texas driverÕs licenses wonÕt pass either. To top off the major inconveniences, legal experts say voters might get turned away if their Òacceptable form of photo identificationÓ has an address other than their voter registration address. So, if your driverÕs license lists your parentsÕ Dallas home but you decided to vote in Austin, you might be out of luck. During Senate hearings, activists asked for clari¥fication with this potential problem but received no useful information. Sen. Leti¥cia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, offered an amendment to require that the Voter ID only be used as that Ñ to identify the voter (without consideration of his or her address). The Senate rejected the amend¥ment. Thousands of UT student voters, if not most of them, might lack proper identifi¥cation to vote under Senate Bill 14. ThatÕs a sham and a mockery of our democracy. Luckily, the House of Representatives may still amend Senate Bill 14. Let us hope that it does. For starters, represen¥tatives should consider Van de PutteÕs amendment or similar changes. Then, allow more documentation; what about any state-issued photo ID (including our student ones)? Appreciation would fol¥low anything easing the difficulties cur¥rently imposed by this bill. In a country that depends on democracy, choosing whom to vote for should be a hard and thought-provoking decision, but voting itself should be easy. Dear Texas: donÕt ruin it. Hurta is a government senior. gallERY Write for the Texan By You Daily Texan Columnist Have something to say? Say it in print Ñ and to the entire campus. The Daily Tex¥an Editorial Board is current¥ly accepting ap¥plications for col¥umnists and car¥toonists. WeÕre looking for tal¥ented writers and artists to provide as much diversi¥ty of opinion as possible. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to apply. Writing for the Texan is a great way to get your voice heard. Our columnistsÕ and report¥ersÕ work is often syndicat¥ed nationwide, and every is¥sue of the Texan is a histori¥cal document archived at the Center for American History. Barack Obama may not be a frequent reader, but a copy of the Texan runs across UT President William Powers Jr.Õs desk each day, and the opin¥ions on this page have great potential to affect University pol¥icy. If interest ¥ed, please come to the Texan of¥fice at 25th and Whitis streets to complete an application form and sign up for an inter¥view time. If you have any addi¥tional wques¥tions, please contact Lauren Win ¥chester at (512) 232-2212 or editor@dailytexanonline.com. You can be a Daily Texan columnist or cartoonist. Your words can be here. Respected reporter, editor remembered By Marty McAndrews Daily Texan Staff Sam Kinch Jr., Dallas Morning News reporter and former editor for The Daily Texan, died Tues¥day. Kinch, 70, suffered from pancreatic cancer. Austin American-Statesman col¥umnist Dave McNeely remembers his 50-year-long friendship with Kinch, which began at the offices of The Daily Texan. ÒHe became editor in 1962. The next year, he had me covering Tex¥as Legislature,Ó said McNeely, whose column on Texas government and politics is carried in several Texas newspapers. ÒHe was one of three appointed editors that year. He was the first; I was the second. I wouldnÕt be covering Texas politics today if it werenÕt for him.Ó McNeely and Kinch continued their friendship well into their pro¥fessional and personal lives. When Kinch was living and working in Washington, D.C., McNeely earned a Congressional Fellowship that brought him and his family to D.C. across the courtyard from Kinch and his family. ÒWe would go on family outings together: me, my wife and my three daughters, and him and his wife and children,Ó McNeely said. The pair reunited again in the Texas press corps, Kinch with The Dallas Morning News and McNeely with the Austin Amer¥ican-Statesman. McNeely said he remembers Reporter and former Daily Texan editor Sam Kinch Jr. is remembered by colleagues after dying from pancreatic cancer Tuesday. Courtesy of the Kinch family KinchÕs irreverence, work ethic, out¥going personality and dedication to his field. ÒHe very much believed in the no¥tion that journalism was integral to running a democracy, that this is how a people should govern them¥selves,Ó McNeely said. Kinch also founded Texas Week¥ly, an influential newsletter on Tex¥as politics. In 1998, Kinch sold the weekly to Ross Ramsey, managing editor of the Texas Tribune and con¥current editor of Texas Weekly. ÒSam was something of a one-man show,Ó Ramsey said. ÒSince his work with the Texan, he had a fu¥ture in journalism. We would al¥ways see each other in the press corps where we got to know one an¥other, and then he became a great reporter in Dallas.Ó Kinch also authored ÒTexas Under a Cloud,Ó the first book about the 1972 Sharpstown stock fraud and banking scandal that rattled the Tex¥as government. S. Griffin Singer, senior lecturer at the journalism school, remembers Kinch from when they worked to¥gether at The Dallas Morning News, where Kinch was a part of the Aus¥tin bureau while Singer was on the metro desk. ÒSamÕs dad was a longtime Capitol Bureau reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,Ó Singer said of Sam Kinch Sr. ÒLike father, like son.Ó Kinch is survived by his wife, Lilas, his two sons, Sean and Ashby, his daughter Keary and six grandchildren. Jose Lopez harvests the neglected pecan crop at the cor¥ner of West Sixth Street and Oakland Avenue outside a pair of design boutiques despite the freezing weath¥er. He uses a hat to carry the haul of pecans. Ryan Propes Daily Texan Staff Students protest community college cuts at Capitol By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff Temperatures in the teens and strong winds didnÕt stop the crowd of more than 500 students that rallied at the Cap¥itol in response to the proposed 30-percent budget cuts for com¥munity colleges in Texas. ÒWe have 50 community college districts, and this will impact all of them,Ó said Dr. Reynaldo Garcia, president of the Texas Association of Community Colleges. Students and faculty mem¥bers wore buttons contrast¥ing the 30-percent budget cut with the 20-percent increase in the enrollment rate at com¥munity colleges. Spokesman for the associa¥tion Steven Johnson said the aim of the event was to create awareness of the role that com¥munity colleges play in higher education and an opportuni¥ty for students to speak to the Legislature about how the bud¥get cuts are affecting them. ÒThe other concern is that the budget shortfall cuts em¥ployee health care reimburse¥ment significantly, and it cuts retirement, which is going to impact faculty and the ability for colleges to both hire and re¥tain new faculty,Ó Johnson said. Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, spoke about what legislatures are doing for community col¥leges in Texas. ÒThe muscles of higher edu¥cation are our community col¥leges,Ó Branch said. With 800,000 students en¥rolled in community college across Texas, Branch said they are going to watch the budget cuts closely and work with their local communities. ÒWe are going to try and get enough funding so you still have quality faculty and curric¥ulum in place,Ó Branch said. Tanner Dewald, vice pres¥ident of off-campus activi¥ties at Blinn College in Col¥lege Station, addressed the stu¥dents and said their legisla¥tures know about the impact community colleges have on the stateÕs economy. ÒWe are here to personalize that data. We are here to make it more than just about num¥bers,Ó Dewald said. Froylan Silva, financial aid adviser at Victoria College, said one-third of their students rely on some sort of financial aid. He said the budget cuts warrant many serious dilem¥mas for students. ÒObviously, taxes have to be raised, and the tuition has to be raised. It affects not only the college but it reflects negatively on the community,Ó Silva said. Dustin Kinsey, a gener¥al studies major at Southwest Texas Junior College, said some students donÕt have any options other than to attend a community college. ÒIf they cut the budget at our school, half of our [students] canÕt attend anymore because majority of them are on finan¥cial aid of some sort,Ó he said. John E. Roueche, director of the Community College Lead¥ership Program at UT, said many community college lead¥ers believe that the current bud¥get cut being proposed penaliz¥es the institutions unfairly, a contrast to a demand from the state to increase enrollment at community colleges. However, the budget cut will drastically impact the en¥rollment rate, requiring ef¥forts from a variety of groups, he said. ÒOur own UT System is working diligently to increase the number of transfer students from community colleges to all the campuses in the UT sys¥tem,Ó Roueche said. Outstanding Student and Cactus Goodfellow Awards The Cactus Yearbook is soliciting nominations for their Outstanding Student and Cactus Goodfellow Awards. For your convenience, we have placed the nomination forms on the Cactus web page: http://www.utexas.edu/tsm/media/cactus/ All rules and instructions are included, so all you have to do is either print the nomination form or pick up one at the William Randolph Hearst Building (HSM), 25th and Whitis Avenue, Room 3.304. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 25th. Send us your applications today! If you have any questions, please call 471-1084 for more information. By Mary Ellen Knewtson over a longer span of time. tized, Harper said Corpus Christi res- Daily Texan Staff ÒThereÕs a real art to display in some idents have been able to call the Har-A traveling photographer with an of these places,Ó Coleman said. ÒYou ry Ransom Center and help identify unknown identity captured Great De-can really see what life was like back buildings and their relatives. pression-era Corpus Christi in a set of then. A lot of things are very similar Harper expects many kinds of 473 photographs that the Harry Ran-to now. scholars to appreciate the new avail¥som Center has been unveiling over While the photographerÕs name is ability of these pictures, including the past two months. not known, photographic archivist those interested in the history of Cor- The TexTreasures grant funded the Mary Alice Harper said the lifestyle pus Christi, American studies or the effort to convert the previously inac-typical of a traveling photographer al-Great Depression. cessible glass negatives of 1934 Corpus lowed them to be independent finan-After viewing the collection, histo-Christi businesses into a digital format cially and personally. ry professor Emilio Zamora said the viewable by the public, said photog-ÒIt was very appealing to some peo-photographs provide an abundance of raphy curator David Coleman. They ple,Ó she said. ÒTo pack all your gear historical information. were previously too fragile to display, and drive all over the country with no ÒThe images underscore the fact he said. boss, no time card to punch.Ó that Corpus had either already recov¥ ÒOn a broad scale, they represent this Harper said that this photogra-ered or that they did not suffer like the tremendous slice of history, almost like pher made a living by arriving at rest of the country,Ó he said. ÒNo two a time capsule,Ó Coleman said. businesses in the town, taking pic-locations are going to manifest the A photographer donated the tures and offering to sell prints to same effects.Ó negatives to the Ransom Center af-business owners. Because of the im-He cited the evidence of agricul¥ter another Corpus Christi photog-promptu style in which the photog-ture, grocery, dry goods and automo¥rapher gave them to him, Coleman rapher worked, his photos portrayed bile stores as signs of a healthy busi¥said. He said the collection was shot life truthfully, she said. ness environment. These signs did not in about a month, which makes it ÒNo one had time to clean up,Ó surprise him, he said, because of the unusual compared to other collec-she said. robust regional economy centered on tions of the era, which were formed Since the images have been digi-farming cotton. City of Austin tops ÔBest of Õ awards By Mary Molly Moore ÒIf it were just a beautiful city, business consciousness, which is Daily Texan Staff weÕd be San Francisco,Ó she said. important if a company is looking ÒWhereas in Texas, you have a to move,Ó Kerr said. Austin was selected as Òone highly diverse economic sector.Ó Many have. Giants like Dell, of the best places to live and This call for diversity first rang Google, Whole Foods, Apple and, work in the U.S.Ó by Business in 1986, when an economic slump most recently, Facebook have es-Review USA. coerced the move from an oil¥ tablished offices here. Also boom-Austin has been the belle of and-real-estate to a technology-ing are small businesses, which the media ball, named the Best based economy. But with the dot-in defiance of tradition, share Performing Metro in the Re-com burst in early 2000, it became a symbiotic relationship with covery by the Brookings Insti-apparent there was still work to the corporations. tute, sixth Smartest City in the be done. ÒIn fact, they are the incubators Nation by CNNMoney and one ÒThe idea was to diversify the of great minds,Ó Epstein said. ÒOf¥of eight cities selected by Busi-business sector as well as within the ten, our Fortune 500 companies ness Review USA as the Best tech sector itself, placing more em-draw the talent to Austin, and then Places to Live and Work, to phasis on clean energy, biomedical once they are in this creative, lu¥name a few. research and recently the develop¥crative environment, they are able ÒBut really, the big story is Tex-ment of medical devices,Ó said Bev¥to come up with business ideas of as,Ó said Louise Epstein, the entre-erly Kerr, the vice president of re-their own.Ó preneur in residence at the Mc-search at the Austin Chamber of But there is more to Austin than Combs School of Business. Commerce. ÒThatÕs also when the just low unemployment rates. Epstein cites TexasÕ right to business community decided that ÒThe energy of Austin Ñ both work and lack of a personal in-a concentrated effort on economic come tax as reasons why the state development was necessary.Ó warm and vibrant Ñ the music, the has continued to prosper. Couple The next move of the Cham-outdoors, the laid-back friendliness of the people all make Austin a place those with the job cushion provid-ber was to set up a marketing team ed by the presence of the govern-who would begin work on brand-IÕd never want to leave,Ó said Laura ment and a vibrant cultural scene, ing Austin as a desirable place to Lewis, a studio art freshman at UT. and it becomes clear why Aus-do business. ÒYou can get a job anywhere, tin is at the forefront of an already ÒIf we are raised in the mediaÕs but anywhere is not Austin,Ó powerful state. consciousness, we are raised in the Epstein said. Grad student wins renewable energy award By Victoria Pagan the association. Her policy research project Daily Texan Staff OÕRourke is currently tak-course is helping pay for the ing a policy research project travel expenses. course. As a group, her class ÒWe try to make up the dif- A UT graduate student was is writing a paper that focus-ference so they can have a awarded one of six scholar-es on clean energy, OÕRourke learning experience,Ó said Da¥ships that provide opportuni-said. Her part in the paper fo-vid Eaton, assisting professor ties for students who show in¥ cuses on ethanol in the Unit-for the course. ÒThese events terest in the renewable energy ed States, which inspired her have the most recent material and biofuels industry. to apply for the scholarship. and most recent information.Ó Julia OÕRourke, a public af-ÒIÕm hoping to learn more OÕRourke said she hopes fairs and engineering graduate about the policies that are af-to see a forecast for the fu-student, will attend the 2011 fecting the ethanol industry ture of the ethanol industry. National Ethanol Conference so I can contribute to my pa-She wants to speak to officials in Phoenix, Ariz., from Feb. per better,Ó OÕRourke said. such as Bob Dinneen, presi¥20-22 because she received a This is the second year the dent of the Renewable scholarship from the Renew-association has co-sponsored Fuels Association. able Fuels Association. the scholarships with the Re-ÒDifferent programs that ÒThe conference is recog-newable Fuels Foundation as a promote ethanol on the fed¥nized as the premier gather-way to expose students to job eral level are changing,Ó ing arena for delivering ac-opportunities and what the OÕRourke said. ÒI am hoping curate, timely information on industry has to offer, to ask him for his spin on the marketing, legislative and reg-Morgan said. policies he thinks the ethanol ulatory issues facing the etha-The scholarship only cov-industry needs to be able to nol industry,Ó said Taryn Mor-ers the registration fee for the promote itself and where he gan, spokeswoman for conference, OÕRourke said. sees the industry going.Ó College Republicans vice Following the speech, De- By Donovan Sanders president Jessica LaBerge said whust fielded questions from Daily Texan Staff she hopes that such an impor-students and encouraged them tant figure will draw atten-to be active and be proud to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst ad-tion and bring more students be Republicans. dressed the College Republicans to meetings. ÒWe need great young peo¥at Texas on Wednesday about ÒI would hope that the stu-ple to be active and involved,Ó the future of the state and the dents in attendance [found] the Dewhurst said. ÒYou all are role of young conservatives in meeting with Dewhurst infor-our future.Ó Texas politics. mative and maybe even enter-College Republicans spokes-As lieutenant governor, De¥ taining,Ó LaBerge said. ÒItÕs such man Saul Mendoza was among whurst serves as the president a wonderful opportunity to hear the students in attendance. of the state Senate and has con-from such an important state-ÒHe, as well as all our oth¥trol over which pieces of legis¥ wide official.Ó er elected officials, has worked lation see the floor. He is also When Dewhurst took the hard to make Texas a great place second-in-command to Gov. floor, he spoke about many of for small businesses to thrive Rick Perry. College Republicans the goals he plans to accomplish thanks to its economic climate,Ó president Justin May hopes this during this legislative session Mendoza said. opportunity will be a chance and during the next four years. The event was a success and to learn more about how our He said Americans can turn the helped young Republicans at UT Legislature operates. country around by using their gain the perspective of a key po¥ ÒTo have a public servant like heads and free markets. litical leader in Texas, May said. the lieutenant governor come ÒWe have got to create jobs, ÒIÕm really glad to see how is very important,Ó May said. reform our Medicaid program, interested he is in the students ÒHis influence over the Sen-cut spending, create predict-here on campus,Ó he said. ÒYou ate and the Legislative Budget ability, reach out and build can tell he really cares for the Board arguably makes him the confidence. One thing that is voters and small business own-most powerful elected official in so important is confidence,Ó ers. IÕm glad the students got to the state.Ó Dewhurst said. be involved with this meeting.Ó HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SIDELINE Future Longhorn shines against world in high school All-Star game NCAA BASKETBALL By Trey Scott strange, to see some brave fans in the The game had a distinct Texas feel get about as they dream of Malcolm get too many chances to show off his Daily Texan Staff stands and a field of blue-chippers despite the frozen conditions. Texas BrownÕs impact on next yearÕs rush-hands, only catching one ball. Like- play in a signing day nightcap, in commit Joe Bergeron, out of North ing attack. wise, Millwood, Okla. cornerback National signing day is all about miserable 24-degree temperatures. Mesquite, split the game open mid-ÒIt was pretty fun to play here in Josh Turner didnÕt have much of a donning ball caps and smiling for In a match-up pitting the best high way through the second quarter Austin in front of some Longhorn chance to exhibit his ball skills, though the camera, pens, papers and fax ma-school players from around the world when he took a fake punt and rum-fans,Ó Bergeron said. ÒHopefully he did force a fumble on a kickoff. chines. ItÕs a day of speculation, pro-against the United StatesÕ finest at bled 56 yards for a touchdown. In the itÕs not this cold during the season Some other familiar names fea¥jection, and proclamation that takes Westlake HighÕs Chaparral Stadium, third, Bergeron got open in the flat next year.Ó tured for Team USA should make over ESPN airwaves and Twitter. Team USA came out on top, 21-14. and caught a 13-yard touchdown. The cold weather prevented two an impact on the national land- But for a day full of football talk, ÒTo share a field with guys from He finished with 118 rushing yards other Longhorn commits from hav-scape in the coming years. San An-there usually isnÕt too much pigskin all over the world is great,Ó USA head and a touchdown on 15 carries, a ing too much of an impact. Not many tonio Madison running back Aaron played. coach Darren Allman said. ÒI felt that strong statement made from a guy balls were thrown; meaning Brown- So it was refreshing, albeit a little our players had a great experience.Ó recruitniks and fans alike tend to for-wood receiver Jaxon Shipley didnÕt STARS continues on PAGE 8 NATIONAL SIGNING DAY San Antonio signees make splash for Texas class The Longhorns ink three from rarely tapped area on final day for recruits to sign By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff Texas welcomes another top re¥cruiting class this fall, full of play¥ers from the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas. The two major metropolitan ar¥eas, plus the state capital, send re¥cruits to the University year in and year out and are usually well rep¥resented on the LonghornsÕ roster. This year, however, another large city will be well represented in the recruiting class Ñ San Antonio. ÒOur city [has] grown quite a bit in the last 10 years,Ó said Lee Bridges, head football coach at Ste¥vens High School in San Antonio. ÒThere are a lot more good players here than most people think.Ó Out of 22 commitments that signed with Texas on Wednes¥day, three hail from the San An¥tonio area, a higher number than usual. Malcolm Brown is a five-star recruit from Byron P. Steele High in Cibolo, a small town right outside the San Antonio city lim¥its. Mykkele Thompson was a pre¥mier rushing quarterback for Ste¥vens High School in San Antonio. The third San Antonio-area re¥cruit, Quincy Russell, is an agile defensive tackle from Sam Hous¥ton High School. The level of individual per¥formance and team accomplish¥ments has increased over the past 10 years for San Antonio-area schools. Last season, Byron Steele High School won the 5A Division II State Championship. ÒThis was a great year for San Antonio football,Ó said Mike Jinks, head coach at Steele. ÒThese kids did a great job ... They did what they needed to do to get a victory.Ó Longhorns ready to rebuild defense with fresh recruit By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff SAN ANTONIO Ñ Moments af¥ter Quincy Russell signed his letter of intent to play at the University of Texas next season, the Sam Houston High School cheerleaders Ñ all eight of them, along with the Hurricane mascot Ñ began a chant of ÒWay to go Quincy, way to go!Ó as his moth¥er, Clarice Russell, fought back tears during what she called Òone of the proudest moments of [her] life.Ó ÒIÕm so happy that heÕll be taken care of up there and that heÕs going to UT, somewhere close so I can get to him,Ó she said. ÒIt was a long road, but weÕre here now so all he has to do is go up and show up.Ó Quincy, a 6-foot-3, 289-pound de¥fensive tackle known for his speed, is the first player head coach Gary Green has sent to a major Football Bowl Subdivision program since tak¥ing over at his alma mater of Sam Houston High School, a 3A school in east San Antonio. ÒI couldnÕt be more proud,Ó Green said. ÒI told Quincy last year, ÔYouÕre going to be the first.Õ I knew he was going to be great.Ó The Yahoo! Sports-affiliated recruiting site Rivals.com ranks Russell as the No. 11 defensive tackle nationwide. In front of his extended fami¥ly, Russell signed his letter and faxed it to the Texas athletics department Wednesday morning in a ritual re- RECRUITS continues on PAGE 8 The champion athletes at Steele are not an anomaly. The level of athleticism there represents the general level of competition across San Antonio. ÒItÕs a lot of competition. ThereÕs no football like Texas football,Ó Brown said. ÒItÕs been a hard run. There [are] so many great teams out there [in the San Antonio area] and just to com¥pete with them makes you that much better.Ó While Brown comes from an award-winning program, Quin¥cy Russell may be the spark his school needs to produce more scholarship athletes in the years ahead. Russell became the first football player in the history of Sam Houston and the San Anto¥nio Independent School District TACKLE continues on PAGE 8 LONGHORN SPOTLIGHT Position: Pitcher Height: 5Õ8Ó Class: Sophomore Hometown: Austin Sophomore pitcher Blaire Luna has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2011 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Award. Luna was a top-10 finalist for the award last season when she was named Big 12 Pitcher and Freshman of the Year. Luna finished the season with 404 strikeouts and 30 wins. SWIMMER OF THE WEEK Event: Free Height: 5Õ11Ó Class: Junior Hometown: Modesto, Calif. Junior Karlee Bispo has been named Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com. The All-American had seven victories last weekend in TexasÕ win over Arizona. Bispo is the second Longhorn recognized as the Swimmer of the Week this season. Sophomore Laura Sogar was also honored with the award in October. BIG 12 MENÕS BASKETBALL BASEBALL 6-1 Former Texas star headlines 4-3 list of players in alumni game 4-4 By Jon Parrett Saturday was TexasÕ annual alum-Street pitched and played third Daily Texan Staff ni baseball game, in which former base at Westlake, in addition to play-Longhorns return to Austin to team ing safety on the football team. In For Huston Street, alumni week-up against current players. the 2000 Texas state title game, Street 3-4 end at Texas is what itÕs all about. It Street, who is from Austin and tackled then-future Longhorn Ce¥offers a chance to reminisce with attended Westlake High School, dric Benson, who played at Midland former coaches and teammates, relishes the time he spends in Aus-Lee High School. 3-5 trading the crack of wooden bats for tin every winter, even if itÕs only for StreetÕs dad, James Street, played the ping of aluminum ones and run-four months. quarterback at Texas and was unde¥ning burnt orange base paths. You ÒI love being in Austin; itÕs still feated as a starter, leading the Long-can almost smell the nostalgia seep-home,Ó he said. ÒI take every minute 1-7 ing from the dugout. and try to enjoy it as much as I can.Ó STREET continues on PAGE 8 felt I had an opportunity there,Ó he land at the beginning of the 2005 Suchada Sutasirisap | Daily Texan Staff Texas continues to practice without assistant coach Jim White. White was diagnosed with kidney cancer earlier this season and hopes to return to the team later in the year. Coach diagnosed with cancer fights to get back to team By Stefan Scrafield Daily Texan Staff It has been a difficult year for the UT club hockey team. For as¥sistant coach Jim White, the battles that take place on the ice have tak¥en a backseat. While the Longhorns have faced off against North Texas, UTSA and Texas A&M this season, White has been forced to deal with a more diffi¥cult opponent: cancer. His battle with kidney cancer has impacted his team more than any game could. Dave McShane, also an assistant coach for Texas, has been working alongside White for years. The two led the Austin bantam travel team to a 20¥1-1 record in 2006-07, just one year before joining the Longhorn staff. ÒHe really is a student of the game,Ó McShane said. White was one of the first coaches in the Austin area to earn his Level 5 Coaching Certificate, the highest lev¥el awarded to coaches by USA Hock¥ey. Before the 2008-09 season, Texas head coach Bob Smith asked White and McShane to join his staff and work on strengthening the ice hock¥ey program. ÒAt that time, he was a huge guy,Ó McShane explained. ÒHe was incredi¥bly strong, benched huge amounts of weight and most likely had the hard¥est shot in town.Ó Goaltender Ryan McSherry and de¥fenseman Will Harlin both played for White during the 2008-2009 season. ÒHe was one of the better, if not the best coach I ever played for,Ó said McSherry, an electrical engineering graduate student. There arenÕt too many things more important to White than the game of hockey. The Philadelphia native wrote an instructional book on half-ice practice drills. However, if there was anything that meant more to Jim White than the game itself, it was the players who played it. Both McSher¥ry and Harlin, a sophomore business major, agreed that although White was tough on them at times and didnÕt mind making his guys skate an extra few laps, he was understanding and cared about every one of his players. ÒThe coaching staff and the kids in the locker room were the most important people in his life, right up there with his wife and family,Ó Harlin said. Things took quite a turn for White and the entire program in the middle of last season. During his trips to the weight room, White began to notice a pain in his back. At McShaneÕs urging, White went to see a chiropractor. After just a couple sessions, the chiropractor could tell that there was something more severe than a muscle strain in WhiteÕs lower back. He was referred to another doctor who took some X-rays and noticed a handlike shape surrounding the lower part of his spine. It was a tumor. The doctor knew that the can¥cer could not have come from the spine itself and as a result, traced it back to where it had originated in the kidney. ÒWhen you lose a person who means that much to your team, it re¥ally hits you hard,Ó McSherry said. WhiteÕs kidney was removed in February of last year, and he has con¥tinued to battle the cancer ever since. His former 260-pound, athletic stat¥ure is hard to imagine at this point. White continued to lose weight last year but is stabilized now at around 170 pounds. Just a few weeks ago, the cancer and other complications led to White be¥ing put on life support. When WhiteÕs wife was asked by the doctor if she wished for him to be put on support, she gave a firm response. ÒIf thereÕs a chance, I want him to have it,Ó she said. McShane heard the news just be¥fore the Longhorns took to the ice in Austin for a game against North Tex¥as. After informing the team about WhiteÕs status, they prayed for him together. About a week later, White fought his way back and was once again supporting himself. WhiteÕs illness has forced him to take a break from coaching, but the team continues to hope and pray for his return. RECRUITS continues from PAGE 7 peated all over the country on nation-a pretty special young man.Ó son to serve in the same capacity at mitments to UT signed their let-al signing day Ñ the first opportuni-About 250 students, coaches and The University of Arizona. Howev-ters Wednesday, including four¥ty for current high school seniors to family members packed the auditori-er, the running back never wavered star defensive back Quandre Diggs make official where they will play col-um on the frigid Wednesday morn-from his commitment Ñ part of and four-star receiver Jaxon Ship¥legiate football. ing, and another 20 or so members of the reason he signed early Wednes-ley. Others who showed interest in ÒI didnÕt know my signature the media. According to Rivals.com, day morning, instead of waiting like Texas dragged the process along meant so much on a piece of paper,Ó before deciding to play elsewhere, Russell said. such as defensive end Jermau- An hour later and 22 miles further ria Rasco of Shreveport, La., who north on Interstate Highway 35, run-Most of those guys didnÕt even will be at LSU in August. Overall, ning back Malcolm Brown signed his of the 30 offers extended by Texas, waver, and IÕm really, really letter of intent as part of a different af-head coach Mack Brown finished fair. In the auditorium of Steele High Ò proud of that fact. with a little more than 73 percent School in Cibolo, a small northeast-of his targeted prospects despite Ò Ñ Mack Brown, Head Coach ern suburb of San Antonio, Brown some major staff changes since the to be named a U.S. Army All-American. He is also the first from his school in a long time to go to a university as well-known as Texas. RussellÕs scholarship is monumental to a school that faced closure at the beginning of last year. ÒWe have a lot of young juniors and sophomores that are going to follow in his footsteps,Ó said Gary Green, head coach at Sam Houston. ÒHeÕs a flagship ... heÕs the first.Ó Aside from an increase in tal¥ent level, a general economic boom has seen a large number of immigrants to San Antonio, and more people means more high school students. Ò[The] San Antonio area has really grown leaps and bounds over the last four or five years,Ó Jinks said. ÒI know that we have signed 34 guys to Division 1 scholarships [this year from San Antonio] ... if you looked back 5 or 10 years ago then that just wasnÕt there.Ó Expect many more recruits out of the San Antonio area in years to come. This region is a hotbed of individual talent that is fueled by intense coaching and high lev¥els of competition. Who knows, maybe the next Tyler Rose will be a San Antonio native. Green, who better get used to playing in cold weather, as heÕs headed to Ne¥braska, had a nice return of 40 yards on the opening kickoff. Kiehl Frazier, an Auburn commit, flashed the ath¥leticism from the quarterback po¥sition that has many recruiting an¥alysts boldly calling him the next Cam Newton. Frazier finished with 48 yards rushing, to go with 40 yards passing in limited duty. But the night belonged to Bergeron. Thought of as one who can play running back, fullback or half¥back for the Longhorns, BergeronÕs performance all but demands a look as a featured back come fall camp. HeÕs a workhorse Ñ big, strong run¥ner who seeks contact and falls for¥ward. On a frigid night, Bergeron was the hot hand on a team stacked with running backs. ÒWe wanted Joe to help us milk the clock near there at the end,Ó Allman said. ÒHeÕs such a powerful back and heÕs the total package. ThereÕs a rea¥son why heÕs going to UT. They got a good one.Ó Bergeron accounted for more than half of Team USAÕs final rushing to¥tal on the night and was named their MVP, a fine cap on his standout high school career. Next up: a chance to star at Texas. ÒWhen the weather permits,Ó he said. ÒIÕll show you a little bit more.Ó STREET continues from PAGE 7 horns to the national championship in 1969. Huston said he could have played football at Texas but would not have been anything more than a special teams player. ÒGod blesses you with certain abilities,Ó he said. ÒAnd football was not the ability that he gave me to be great at.Ó Street enjoyed the excitement of football, but it didnÕt measure up to his love of baseball. ÒBaseball was something I had more sincere passion for because I nia State Fullerton in the world se¥ries. After the season, Street entered the Major League Baseball draft and was selected in the first round by the Oakland Athletics. Getting into the MLB was something Street never thought he could accomplish growing up. ÒAll I wanted to do was come to Texas,Ó he said. ÒTexas was the end of the road for me. It was as high as IÕd dreamed, as far as IÕd thought.Ó Street spent 2004 in the minor leagues and was called up to Oak¥ said. ÒFootball was more about the season. He pitched as a reliever for and five of his classmates pledged themselves to play next season for Di¥ vision I programs. end of last season. thrill of the tackle and the first hit of the first month and a half for the the game.Ó Athletics, until a teammateÕs injury ÒI thought they trusted me and our staff to hire the right guys,Ó Brown Street arrived at Texas in 2001 opened up the closer spot for him. and made his Longhorn debut in the Street was named American spring of 2002. He made 14 saves his League Rookie of the Year in 2005. freshman season and was named a He has had an up-and-down ca- Freshman First Team All-American. reer since leaving Texas and has During the 2002 College World Se-struggled with injuries in the past ries, he set a record with four saves, two seasons. Last July, his season Steele won the 5A Division II state he is the best running back recruit in some other recruits. said. ÒMost of those guys didnÕt even championship in December and the nation and is a consensus top-10 ÒIÕm ready to just get there and do waver, and IÕm really, really proud of three of its athletes will compete in pick across the other two major re-my part,Ó Brown said. ÒSometimes that fact.Ó the Big 12 come fall Ñ Brown at UT, cruiting services. change is good.Ó Now, with all the excitement Marquis Anderson at The University ÒItÕs been a long time coming,Ó said No matter the fanfare, Wednesday of signing day behind them and of Oklahoma and Ryan Simmons at Tommy Brown, MalcolmÕs father. ÒIÕm represented the single most impor-a full staff ready to begin spring Oklahoma State University. just happy with him and his decision.Ó tant football-related event for hun-practice, the Longhorns must fo¥ ÒYouÕre not going to find a better Brown was recruited by Duane dreds of high school students across cus on rebuilding with the piec¥ teammate,Ó said Mike Jinks, BrownÕs Akina, former UT defensive backs the state. es they have in place and not what helping the Longhorns win their first was cut short when a line drive hit College World Series since 1983. him during batting practice and he ÒIÕd grown up dreaming of play-had to be hospitalized. head coach at Steele. ÒTexas is getting coach, who left the team this offsea-All 22 recruits with verbal com-could have been. ing at Texas, and I got lucky with the ÒBaseball is a game of adjustments; success of those teams and the rela-itÕs a game of staying healthy,Ó Street tionships I forged,Ó Street said. ÒThe said. ÒItÕs about learning your prepa- TACKLE continues from PAGE 7 STARS continues from PAGE 7 timing was perfect.Ó ration and your own routine. ItÕs dif-Street said he remembers most ferent for every single individual.Ó of the relationships he forged with his teammates and is thankful to his coaches who helped him be¥come a better baseball player and a better person. Head coach Augie Garrido taught him mental prepa¥ration, associate head coach Tom¥my Harmon taught him toughness and pitching coach Frank Anderson lowered his arm angle. ÒYou take pieces from everybody, but without the University of Texas, I wouldnÕt be standing here today,Ó Street said. ÒWithout a doubt in my mind, it is the reason I was able to accomplish what I did.Ó Street and the Longhorns came up short in 2004, losing to Califor- Street has been in the majors for six years but is still tweaking his training program. He took the off¥season to make adjustments and hopes to be healthy for the start of training camp in a couple of weeks. ItÕs been 10 years since Street start¥ed his career at Texas, but he can still remember when he played in the alumni game in college. Back then, he looked up to Texas alumni that re¥turned to play, such as Dennis Cook, Greg Swindle and Roger Clemens. ÒThey told me, ÔNo matter how long you play in the pros, itÕs the years at Texas you remember the most,ÕÓ Street said. 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They just flatly say, in July of 2003. electronic gambling machine and lights illuminate the place enough that have not seen the light of ÒRead the article.Ó copy of The No one at the bar seems to playing a game or two. to see itÕs not too different from day. The only hints available are As of recently, itÕs just a place have forgotten his article. Espe-Suddenly, a programmed mes-any old dive bar. ItÕs homey, and in the single well-lit area of the where men and women go to dis¥cially seeing as it referred to sev-sage pops up saying if you beat the true regulars talk to Bev like bar. Cluttering the walls of the appear from the brightly lit ro- Daily eral embarrassing incidents rang-any of BevÕs high scores, you can they are good friends no matter entire stairway up to the bath-tunda of the Capitol. 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Veiled in the shadows of a windowless base¥ment, the Cloak Room is a ref¥uge for politicians, lobbyists and anyone wanting to rub elbows with them. Although itÕs been within yards of the CapitolÕs back fence since 1979, few are willing to talk at length about its rich history. The bar hasnÕt changed much after years of ownership by vari¥ous lobbyists, lawmakers and law¥yers throughout its many years. Those who do go on the record about it donÕt talk much. Who would, especially when their ca¥reers rely upon their images? ÒThereÕs just not that much to say,Ó replies the bar manager, who wanted to be known as Bev. ÒSome people just donÕt like being talked about. ItÕs nothing bad. ItÕs just ... Ó Bev leaves the last thought un¥finished as she continues opening the bar and serving people. Despite it only being 30 min¥utes after opening at 3 p.m., peo¥ple are beginning to trickle in and loosen their ties a bit. ThereÕs an eerie silence when the jukebox isnÕt playing. As the night wears on, its beloved clas¥sic folk, rock and blues songs will kick on, and the patronsÕ cussing will crank up to match the vol¥ume of the machine. But questions about the estab¥lishment arenÕt helping relieve the cold afternoonÕs silence. ÒWe donÕt really need any pub¥licity,Ó Bev adds. ItÕs been years since the Cloak Room has been written about Ñ almost eight to be exact. That was when Texas MonthlyÕs John Spong wrote about the tiny dive bar. ÒI can recall evenings in the named House member receiv¥ing a brief lap dance in 2001 and another who began impromp¥tu bartending until he had to re¥lieve himself in a trash can out¥side the bar. Nevertheless, anyone can take the steep flight of stairs down to find a gloomy getaway. Maybe itÕs When I was dating a lot, IÕd bring each new lady to the Cloak Room. If she didnÕt like it, I knew things werenÕt going to turn out well. Ñ David F, Yelp contributor Ò smile. ItÕs one of the first jokes sheÕs cracked since the brief, informal interview started. ThatÕs almost a miracle considering that Yelp members and Spong have written about her with fearful reverence. On more than one occasion, sheÕs given women the boot for getting bring each new lady to the Cloak Room,Ó Dave F. wrote on Yelp last week. ÒIf she didnÕt like it, I knew things werenÕt going to turn out well. The Cloak Room is cool like that.Ó As the afternoon wears on, ten¥sions ease as more drinks are con¥sumed. Several young attractive women walk into the bar still wear¥ing their slender suits. They intro¥duce themselves as lobbyists from other universities around Tex¥as. Finally, with eyes fully adjust¥ed, theirs and everyone elseÕs name tags and pins indicating their affili¥ations come into sharp focus. Spong was right when he wrote that this is truly where anyone, regardless of opinions and affili¥ations, can grab a drink together. WHAT: The Cloak Room WHERE: 13th and Colorado streets WHEN: 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. COST: $5 -$10 BEST TimES: Happy Hour or if the Legislature is in session in the photos are unfamiliar to a younger, less politically savvy eye. Each photo is a snapshot of a mo¥ment that will go to the grave of the photographer and the sub¥jects. You could spend hours staring at all of them, looking for some dirt but seeing only people STYLE continues from PAGE 12 be a little bit warmer because itÕs cool when you get to wear [winter cloth¥ing] but not when you have to walk all around the campus.Ó Since Tuesday, when the Canadian cold front first hit, the student pop¥ulation at UT has made itself scarce by staying indoors, although pow¥er outages have caused trouble in¥doors as well. Considering the spring-like weath¥er that graced Austin last weekend Ñ with temperatures topping out in the high 70s Ñ it was possible to pretend that winter was a thing of the past. But Texas is always up to its climate trickery. Despite the sun shining high in the sky Tuesday, the weather reali¥ty caught a few people off guard, and they were seen still sporting warm-weather attire. Spanish and finance senior Grace Kim and neurobiology junior Jane Hong were two of these unlucky few. After a workout at Greg¥ory Gym, their goose-bumped limbs shivered under thin T-shirts and Nike running shorts. ÒPeople at Gregory [were] looking at us crazy,Ó Kim said. Much more sensibly, Katie Garcia, a retail merchandising and textiles and apparel senior, made an aesthet¥ic statement while still keeping warm. She was enveloped in a tangerine-col¥ored, oversized knitted sweater belt¥ed with a woven cream and tan belt. Underneath, she wore a cream and brown patterned top, black skirt and leggings, with knee-high brown leath¥er boots and red knee-high socks. ÒI just got this sweater, and I just love it and have been trying to wear it everywhere,Ó she said. ÒI love the statement it makes because of the col¥or and the way it flows. I have a few sweaters that I have in a container that I just box out during the summer [and] will bust out during the winter time, but I donÕt like to spend a lot of money on winter clothes because I donÕt wear them too much.Ó The fashionable truth appears to be that whether you are wrapped up in basics, such as a fleece and sweats, or something more stylish, such as velvet leggings and a cam¥el cape, all that really matters is that you are prepared for the chilly cli¥mate, and maybe snow, for the rest membership for blaming her for last NovemberÕs losses, and mar-the stiff signature cocktails Bev too friendly with their compan¥veling at a pair of young lovers pours by a half-dead flashlight ions at the bar. who returned weak in the knees behind the bar that have a way ItÕs still too hard to recognize from a brief second honeymoon of erasing any stress out of your anyone, much less any handsy in- Physique Photography. $150/hour. 512-927-2226 bartEndIng! $300/day potEntIal ing representatives. 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The Muslim Public Affairs Coun¥cil is hosting a series of workshops taught by Emmy-winning and Os¥car-nominated veterans over the next month, an initiative that builds on the groupÕs outreach for a more represen¥tative picture of Muslim-Americans on the screen. The workshops are the natural evo¥lution of MPACÕs efforts to lobby TV networks and movie studios from the outside, and they fit into a small, but growing, movement to get more Mus¥lim-Americans behind the cameras. ÒThe idea is to really give Mus¥lims an avenue to tell our stories. ItÕs as simple as that. ThereÕs a curiosi¥ty about Islam and a curiosity about who Muslims are Ñ and a lot of the fear that weÕre seeing comes from only hearing one story or these con¥stant negative stories,Ó said Deana After skating classes begin, a young girl plays with friends outside Chaparral IceÕs skating rink Wednesday evening. ing a script outline. Khadijah Rashid, 33, said before class that her Hollywood experience included working behind the scenes on everything from reality TV to the award-winning biopic ÒRay.Ó But Rashid said she had always felt her own story Ñ growing up Muslim in the Deep South Ñ was the tale she most wanted to tell. ÒI donÕt think itÕs much drama, but itÕs my own personal drama,Ó said Rashid, now a single mother living in Pasadena. ÒI definitely want to tell my story, but I need to learn how. If I get the tools, IÕll just pour it out.Ó The goal is not to spoon-feed Hol¥lywood Muslim-friendly story lines, but to increase awareness of the di¥versity of American Muslims and to be a resource for writers and produc¥ers, Nassar said. ÒWhen youÕre sitting in the writerÕs room, and youÕve got to come up with a plot line and youÕve got to come up with a bad guy, itÕs really easy to pull that out and say, ÔOK, Muslim terror¥ist,ÕÓ said T.S. Cook, an Oscar-nom¥inated screenwriter who will teach two of the four sessions. ÒItÕs a lazy manÕs way to villainy Ñ and itÕs pret¥ty ingrained.Ó Writer Roger Wolfsen, who Nassar, MPACÕs Hollywood liaison. worked on the TNT drama ÒSaving At the councilÕs first screenwrit-Grace,Ó said MPAC consultants were ing workshop last Saturday, three invaluable when he was assigned to HEROES continues from PAGE 12 a super-substance abuser; and two arguments over the minute de-thing but The TuneÕs name. Mean¥ soon-to-be-star-crossed lovers, tails of productions to the poten-while, The Intoxicator keeps slip- Memory Lass and The Tune. Their dialogue reveals the playÕs multiple themes, such as love, idealism and the artistic process Ñ specifically, the difficulty of getting any project off the ground. However, the heroesÕ production faces the threat of collapse from the beginning. It appears as though the citi¥zens of Fathom Town are uninter¥ested in supporting the heroesÕ en¥deavor. As the Enforcers continue to solicit funds, their pasts slow¥ly unfold, revealing that the island in ÒThe TempestÓ was once their lovely Fathom Town. During this turning point, the play begins to explore how art is tial fundraising sponsors. Through their phone conver¥sations, the superheroes reveal that tensions rose as they com¥peted for control over the famous storm scene. The many delibera¥tions werenÕt decisive, but the he¥roes commence with the play any¥way, only to have some surprising audience members show up. The performance has several hi¥larious lines and moments, espe¥cially as the Fathom Town Enforc¥ers try to convince the public of their projectÕs merit. Shakespeare lines are enthusiastically and melo¥dramatically recited to each other while on separate phones. The Bad Map rants non sequi¥ping the others drinks and drugs to help them deal with the stress, and to ÒfosterÓ the creative pro¥cess Ñ an gesture that ends with a fruitless three-hour stream-of-con¥scious note session. ÒSpirits to EnforceÓ is often seen as a difficult play to execute be¥cause none of the actors speak di¥rectly to each other. There are no scene changes, and the most move¥ment is as far as a wired phone can reach. The plot lags in the middle of the production. Until the characters began to re¥veal more about themselves, the constant solicitation seems repet¥itive and tiresome. Once the he¥roesÕ connection to ÒThe TempestÓ dozen attendees packed into a class-write a script for an episode that fea¥room in downtown Los Angeles to tured a black death-row inmate who hear Emmy-winning comedy writ-was converting to Islam. er Ed Driscoll give tips of the trade, The episode was one of the high WHAT: ÒSpirits to EnforceÓ from knowing the audience to mak-points of WolfsenÕs career. WHERE: XBlue Theatre 916 Springdale Rd. WHEN: Feb.10-12 WEB: www.capitalT.org TICKETS: $10 immortality of Shakespeare and the ridiculousness of comic book-like heroes. As the curtain rises on their production of ÒThe Tempest,Ó their frustrations and hesitations fall away. In the end, ÒSpirits to EnforceÓ captures the reality of artistic creation: striving and ul¥ created. Although no tickets have turs about cats. The Tune is shame-becomes apparent, the super-tele-timately failing to achieve a goal, been sold for the play-within-a-lessly in love with Memory Lass, a marketers become more relatable. but instead creating another enti¥play, the Enforcers relay their past heroine who can remember every-The result is a combination of the ty entirely. LIGHTS continues from PAGE 12 Division I programs. They need to age of 10. Moving from the high take a hard look and realize that school paper to The Daily Pennsyl¥theyÕre not enhancing the academ-vanian at the University of Penn¥ic experience. TheyÕre detracting sylvania, he became a reporter at from it.Ó The Philadelphia Inquirer, where Bissinger is not someone who he won a Pulitzer Prize for Inves¥just casually knows sports and is tigative Reporting. Soon after win-decrying its uselessness. This is a ning, Bissinger moved to Odessa man who spent almost two years and released ÒFriday Nights LightsÓ researching every nuance and in 1990, which became an instant reach of football in Odessa, from best seller. the fans to the teammates. This is a Although ÒFriday Night LightsÓ man who wrote the National Mag-featured a searing portrait of Odes¥azine-nominated story on Ken-saÕs flawed values and led to a stron¥tucky Derby winner Barbaro for ger emphasis on academics rather ÒVanity Fair,Ó for which he is a con-than just football, sports elsewhere tributing editor. This is a man who have only grown into a larger all- helped LeBron James work on his consuming monster from the little HORROR continues from PAGE 12 Green is adamant that ÒHatchet IIÓ didnÕt deserve its NC-17 rating, Damian Dovarganes | Associated Press Producer-writer Khadijah Rashid works on a script at her home. Rashid started the production company Muslimah Movies. audience of rowdy horror fans, itÕs tion the decision to go out unrat-be a cakewalk on a nice, comfy huge rush from listening to peo¥really a different movie.Ó ed, they should rent the R-rated soundstage, and it was hell. It was ple respond so vocally. When I Unfortunately, the theatrical version [produced specifically for absolute misery.Ó do conventions, no one is coming run of ÒHatchet IIÓ was short-Redbox rental].Ó Green is notable for going back through with tattoos of the chair lived. The film, which was re-The filmÕs shoot was just as and forth between slasher films lift. TheyÕre coming through with leased unrated in AMC theaters brutal as the final result. With a like the ÒHatchetÓ series and more Victor Crowley and his hatchet.Ó after the MPAA refused to budge higher budget, Green was able to serious, psychological fare such Despite the sequelÕs somewhat on its highly restrictive NC-17 shoot on a soundstage where they as last yearÕs ÒFrozen,Ó which fo-definitive ending, Green says a rating, was pulled from theaters third film is always a possibility. across the country before its open¥ ÒI feel like there was closure and ing weekend was over. The MPAA a satisfying ending if we donÕt do billed the decision as purely busi-another one,Ó Green said. ÒIf we The whole tone of these movies is ness, claiming the film didnÕt pull do another one, I wonÕt be com¥in enough revenue to continue so silly and fantastical that thereÕs ing back to direct. I will produce screening, but Green blames the it; I will handpick whoever takes unrated film screening. Ò nothing in it that could really happen. my place because I want to make Ò Ñ Adam Green, Director sure the movies keep getting bet¥ knows what heÕs talking about. His critique on sports will be a part of his speaking engagement to¥night called ÒFriday Night Lights and Beyond: The Critical State of Sports Today.Ó Despite BissingerÕs prolific work on sports, he doesnÕt consider him¥self a sports writer. And heÕs right. He writes about sports, among many other things, most notably politics. Instead of contributing to the glut of blog updates and sto¥ries that pump up mundane plays or hype the game, Bissinger writes about sportsÕ marginal and soci¥ological impacts, enlarging de¥tails and people that are always there but never examined. For ex¥ample, in his book, ÒFriday Night Lights,Ó he turned what could have been a ÒRemember the TitansÓ sto¥ry of triumph into a focused look at the undercurrent of racism that played into the schoolÕs spirit and the flawed education system. ÒWhen I write about sports, I donÕt write about the hero worship of it or the inside-the-game aspect of it,Ó Bissinger said. ÒWhat I see is the overheated hype and the dan¥gers it can cause as well as the hy¥pocrisy. I try to write sports as an outsider rather than as an insider. I donÕt really care about who makes what play when.Ó His style of emergent journal¥ism has been honed since his as¥piration to be a journalist at the ter and playing for the love of the game. It now means an easy tick¥et to money and an inflated ego. Thanks to sports, media can pro¥duce exaggerated and dramat¥ic hero worship while calling it¥self sports journalism, Bissinger said. Because of sports, parents ir¥rationally push children to profes¥sional stardom. With sports, col¥lege coaches can accept astronom¥ical salaries even though the play¥ers perform on the field and train es many of the filmÕs most mem¥orable moments to brief flashes of what they once were. ÒThe whole tone of these mov¥ies is so silly and fantastical that thereÕs nothing in it that could re¥ally happen,Ó he said. ÒNobodyÕs ever walking out of these movies disturbed. When people see these movies, theyÕre laughing and clapping. For people who ques¥built a realistic swamp. Howev¥er, with the swamp, came fun¥gus and disease. Within the first week, there was a swine flu out¥break on set. ÒAll day, every day, people were throwing up, and we had to wear these surgical masks,Ó Green said. ÒComing off of ÔFrozenÕ [which was shot on a snow-capped mountain], it was supposed to cused on a trio of 20-somethings trapped on a ski lift in the dead of winter. Ò[Psychological thrillers] are still fun, even though the subject matter is a lot deeper and dark¥er than something like ÔHatch¥et,ÕÓ Green said. ÒYou can show a movie like ÔFrozenÕ and get crit¥ical acclaim, but with some¥thing like ÔHatchetÕ you get this ter each time. Then again, after though. The filmÕs R-rated version I did the first one, I was saying I wouldnÕt come back. As long as I memoir, ÒShooting Stars.Ó leagues to the pros. is almost two minutes shorter than So when Bissinger says that In BissingerÕs view, sports no the unrated version and reduc¥get to do other stuff, IÕm always the system of sports is faulty, he longer means building charac¥ happy to come back and do this, because this is just pure, absolute fun and enjoyment.Ó ÒHatchet II,Ó available on DVD, boasts the highest body count ever for a slasher film and more than earns its title with memora¥ble kills, a strong cast and a co¥medic bent that makes the second installment in the series worth seeking out. The Middle East: What Comes Next? As protests continue to shake Egypt, a panel of UT students and faculty will hold a discussion on the political turmoil of Tunisia and Egypt and what this recent turn of events could mean. What: The Middle East: What Comes Next? When: Today, 5 to 7 p.m. Where: LBJ School of Public Affairs, Sid Richardson Hall 3.124 tickets: Free 6th and Waller F.A.M. Weekend Enjoy a concert, art exhibition, live paintings and outdoor artist market all in the same venue. Musical performers include Clemits, Southern Envy, Sorne and Fields of Forel. What: 6th and Waller F.A.M. Weekend When: Friday, 7 p.m. to midnight Where: Sixth and Waller Streets tickets: Free Carnaval Brasileiro A little bit of Rio makes its yearly return to Austin in a colorful burst of samba dancing, costumes, Brazilian music and songs in Portuguese. What: Carnaval Brasileiro When: Saturday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Where: Palmer Events Center tickets: $35 Annual Mustache Party Contest Extravaganza The time has come for the crown of facial hair glory to be passed on to a new Mustache King. Categories for this yearÕs mustache contest include Creepiest, Most Macho and Most Magnificent. AllÔstaches (real or not) get $1 beer all night. What: Annual Mustache Party Contest Extravaganza When: Saturday, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Where: Jackalope Bar tickets: Free Highfashion in lowtemperatures By amber Genuske & Julie rene tran T he icy grip of winter that took hold of Austin this week brought with it a plenty of problems Ñ frozen pipes, frosty fingers and rolling power outages to name a few. It also offered an opportunity for the fashionable few in Central Texas who keep eye-catching cold-weather gear in the back of their closet all year in anticipation of falling temperatures. Across the Forty Acres and down the Drag, amidst all the North Face fleeces, ill-fitting beanies, faux Uggs and unseasonable sneakers, it was still possible to spot attractive fur-lined jackets, textured tights and leggings and styl¥ ish leather-booted feet. As the temperatures tumbled into the 20s and even lower with the unrelenting wind, one of those fashion-forward individuals was civil engineering senior Javier Del Real. Even though he appeared well prepared for the cold snap in a trio of leather garments Ñ including a jacket, boots and even suede gloves Ñ Real said he yearned for the warmer weather of his native Monterrey. ÒMost of all, I wear my suede gloves be¥cause I ride my bike to school so that way my hands wonÕt freeze,Ó he said. ÒI think winter clothes look better, even though I would prefer warmer weather. I wish it could STYLe continues on paGe 10 photos by charlie pearce | Daily Texan Staff MOVie reVieW HATCHET II By alex Williams Daily Texan Staff Adam GreenÕs ÒHatchet II,Ó which released on DVD Tuesday, is a slasher film set in the heyday of the 1980s. Green, like many other impressionable youths, grew up absorbing the excessive blood, gore and nudity of the cheesy slasher films of that era, and the influence shows in every gloriously over-the-top scene of ÒHatchet II.Ó During the filmÕs North American premiere at Fantastic Fest, Green challenged audienc¥es in two theaters simultaneous¥ly screening the film to clap and cheer louder than the opposing theater. Both crowds, filled with gore-hungry horror fans eager to see the hatchet-wielding Vic¥tor Crowley unleashed, were ri¥ Hatchet II Dark Sky Films Genre: Horror runtime: 89 minutes For those who like: Friday the 13th, The Evil Dead Grade: B+ otous as the filmÕs body count skyrocketed. ÒWhen people donÕt know whatÕs coming, the very vocal re¥action that you get from the au¥dience is hilarious,Ó Green said. Green designed the filmÕs sound and score to be viewed in a theater. ÒWhen thereÕs going to be a kill or something, you know that thereÕs going to be an in¥terruption of clapping or cheer¥ing, so you build that stuff in,Ó he said. ÒThatÕs why itÕs a shame that more people donÕt get to see these movies on the big screen. When you see it with a whole HORROR continues on paGe 11 eVent preVieW ÔLightsÕ creator to talk about sports culture By christopher nguyen Daily Texan Staff In 1988, far from the bustling ur¥ban streets of Philadelphia where he was an editor at The Philadel¥phia Inquirer, Buzz Bissinger took a leave from his job, packed his bags and settled his family in Odessa, Texas, to live for the next year. In¥stead of the lights of skyscrapers, the only lights in this small town came on Fridays, when the bris¥tling, huge bulbs that surrounded Permian High SchoolÕs multimil¥lion dollar stadium lit up to reveal the football teamÕs skill and strength on the field. Thousands packed the stands to put their hopes onto the shoulders of these high school stu¥dents. In a time when dropping oil prices showed no end to the townÕs economic decline, the people of Odessa could rely on their mojo to win, having become state champi¥ons four times in the past 20 years. This frenzy was why Bissinger decided to move to Odessa, setting out to write the story of a football teamÕs journey to the playoffs in a town where football reigned. The religious fervor with which Odes¥sa lived seemed almost unbeliev¥able, but strip away some parts and whatÕs left is the same sports fanaticism that is now found in just about every high school stadi¥um, college campus and city with a professional team. ItÕs an em¥phasis that Bissinger looks at with What: ÒFriday Night Lights and Beyond: The Critical State of Sports TodayÓ Where: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Amphitheater When: 7:30 p.m. price: Free incredulous bafflement. ÒItÕs getting worse and worse,Ó Bissinger said. ÒThe trend is that itÕs never going to change. Colleges feel that this is a ticket to something, so they build new stadiums and start LIGHTS continues on paGe 11 ÔThe TempestÕ revised with superheroes By courtney Griffin Daily Texan Staff ThereÕs a table in the center of the room, and 20s music playing in the background while 12 world-wea¥ry superheroes sit with phones on a long table center stage. The lights come up and chaos erupts as the per¥formers begin to talk over each other while answer¥ing phones. Mickle MaherÕs play and FronteraFest feature, ÒSpir¥its to Enforce,Ó directed by Gary Jaffe, can best be de¥scribed by this scene of disarrayed dialogue and inter¥twining plotlines. The performance combines elements of Shake¥speareÕs ÒThe Tempest,Ó memorable superheroes and telemarketing to create 90 minutes of frenzied hilari¥ty. The heroes, known as the Fathom Town Enforcers, are tired of catering to the needs of others and wish to put on ÒThe TempestÓ as an escape from their every¥day duties. However, the ruckus settles as the story un¥folds, elaborating on the difficulties and struggles in¥volved in producing a play. The play begins with the 12 superheroes jumbling, mumbling and overlapping lines. The Silhouette, a young female whose shadow pup¥pets come to life, sits on the far end with The Bad Map, a superhero who is always lost. Other memorable su¥perheroes include Fragrance Fellow, who has a super nose; The Snow Heavy Branch, a man who is obsessed with winter and balance; and The Intoxicator, who is HeROeS continues on paGe 11