82nd LEGISLATURE KOREA House OKs bill requiring voters to show ID continues from PAGE 1 By Jay Root The Associated Press AUSTIN Ñ A bill to require Texans to show photo identification before voting passed the Texas House on Wednesday night despite re¥peated efforts by Democrats to derail it. The legislation, clearing the House 101-48 af¥ter more than 11 hours of debate, has sparked anger and partisan bickering ever since Republi¥can Gov. Rick Perry put it on the fast track at the beginning of the legislative session in January. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said the bill would undermine the civil rights that minorities gained after years of voter suppression. LIBYA continues from PAGE 1 Uprisings arose from the East¥ern half of the country on Feb. 15 with a short, peaceful protest movement, following nonviolent protests in Egypt. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his regime in the Western half of the country responded with military action, similarly to leaders in Egypt, Tu¥nisia and Yemen, but protesters in Eastern Libya led by Mustafa Ab¥dul Jalil responded by taking up arms against the government. Civilians were injured and killed, and the United Nations au¥thorized military action against the Libyan military. The U.N. and the U.S. are now enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, and are taking ac¥tion against all Libyan aircraft and Libyan military entities that may pose a threat to Libyan civilians. Rebels put the death toll at more than 1,000, while GadhafiÕs forces say it is only 150, according to The Associated Press. Although the no-fly zone is trou¥bling because it appears that the U.N. and the U.S. have not deter¥mined the end result yet, the U.S. governmentÕs decision to watch the situation unfold before deciding what to do was wise, said Ed Dorn, a professor in the Lyndon B. John¥son School of Public Affairs. ÒThe Obama administration has handled the situation with ad¥mirable restraint and sound judg¥ment,Ó Dorn said. ÒThe president did not jump in with both feet as some pundits and a few politicians urged him to do.Ó The vast majority of the Liby¥an population supports pro-de¥mocracy protesters, said finance sophomore Ali Mavrakis. Mav¥ transportation. The LiNK UT chapter just so they can win close elections,Ó Veasey said. ÒPeople are willing to turn back the clock ... is currently first in the nation for the ÒIf you donÕt have these forms of identification, $2,800 they raised last semester, a feat your vote is going to be thrown in the garbage.Ó they accomplished by hosting fund-Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Houston, said he didnÕt raisers at local restaurants, tabling for understand why it had become a partisan issue. donations for days at a time and sell¥ÒI have Democrats, Republicans and indepen¥ ing fried Oreos. dents in my district who think people ought to ÒOur fried Oreo sales have been on show ID before being allowed to vote,Ó he said. the rise lately,Ó said communications The legislation, as currently drafted, would sophomore and group member Mari¥require voters to present a valid form of state carmen Marroquin. ÒItÕs actually one or federally issued photo identification. A of the main reasons I joined. I thought driverÕs license, personal ID card, military ID, ÔYou guys are so odd, you fry Ore¥passport or concealed handgun permit would os and smuggle refugees out of North be accepted. Korea. IÕm in.ÕÓ Creating a deeper awareness among FORUM continues from PAGE 1 web where they ended up feel¥ing like they had some respon¥sibility for this judgeÕs behavior,Ó said Sandy Poffinbarger, Wom¥enÕs and Gender Studies gradu¥ate student. ÒIt was a high level of manipulation.Ó Anthropology senior Cyn¥thia Villanueva said she has read many books on sexual ha¥rassment cases and understands how hard it can be to stand up to someone, let alone a judge. She said it is hard to be a woman and victim in law proceedings, which are dominated by men. Ò[The presentation] told a sto¥ry of women becoming powerful through their dramatic experience and it gives us advice that we can also do it,Ó Villanueva said. ÒWe should never stand sexual assault or harassment. We can do some¥thing about it, so never stay quiet about it.Ó CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Claire Cardona (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Multimedia Office: (512) 471-7835 dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts Office: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Photo Office: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Comics Office: (512) 232-4386 Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifieds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TOMORROWÕS WEATHER LowHigh 83 65 Will you hydrofrac my bedrock ? rakis is Libyan and has family in Libya. His family in the U.S. has organized protests in Dallas and Washington D.C. ÒItÕs not just some small faction,Ó he said. ÒItÕs important to note that itÕs really the Libyan people stand¥students about the situation in North Korea is the other primary aim of the group. Many remain ignorant of the severity of the problems in North Ko¥rea, because the government has cut off communication to the outside world. Their screening of ÒHidingÓ is to¥night at 7 p.m. in Room 2.324 of the Jackson Geological Sciences building. ing united against a government thatÕs been oppressive for many BUDGET continues from PAGE 1 years and done egregious things to its people, things that would not be tolerated in the United States.Ó MavrakisÕ family exclusive¥ly supports pro-democracy groups, he said. ÒPeople being called rebels are really pro-democracy groups who are pushing for the same funda¥mental freedoms that we have in the U.S.,Ó he said. ÒBy being here and raising awareness among those around us, weÕre building up support.Ó is and passes the House, it will be a defining moment in that we will have moved toward putting our state in a decline,Ó Giddings said. ÒWe will have a lost genera¥tion of young people who will not have the educational opportuni¥ties they need.Ó Student lobbying group Invest In Texas held a lobbying day Tuesday to encourage legislators to priori¥tize higher education. The groupÕs spokesman Michael Morton said legislators responded positive¥ly to hearing from students. ÒWe know this is an uphill battle, but itÕs a battle we be¥lieve we can make strides in,Ó Morton said. ÒWhat weÕre hop¥ing is that amendments will be brought on the floor and that the number [of cuts] will be reduced.Ó The group will continue to urge lawmakers to consider the value of education for the state, he said. ÒFunding education is an in¥vestment Ñ itÕs not a waste by any means,Ó Morton said. ÒFor every $1 the state invests in UT, $18 comes back to the Texas economy. We understand cuts are going to be made and that every part of the state budget is going to be affected. When those cuts are made, we want to make sure they are not dispro¥portional for higher education.Ó ÒThe TEXAS Grants will be gone away [and] colleges and universities, in many cases, will increase tuition, putting a heavi¥er burden on young people,Ó she said. Giddings said balancing this sessionÕs budget signals a defin¥ing moment for Texas, and that if the current version passes, it could mean dark days ahead for the state. ÒIf that bill continues on as it World&NatioN 3 Thursday, March 24, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Austin Myers, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com Obama ends Latin American tour President Barack Obama greets children on the tarmac upon his arrival in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais Associated Press By Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Ñ President Barack Obama went to Latin America to project a new, softer image of U.S. regional in¥fluence based on common bonds. ÒWe are all Americans,Ó he de¥clared. He leaves behind nations delighted by the attention but de¥termined to use their growing eco¥nomic voice their own way. A day after Obama left Brazil and two days after NATO allies be¥gan enforcing a U.S. backed no-fly zone over Libya, the government of President Dilma Rousseff called for a cease-fire. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera pressed Obama to complete pending trade deals with Pana¥ma and Colombia. And in an in¥terview the day after ObamaÕs de¥parture from the Chilean capital, Pinera said he would request U.S. intelligence documents related to human rights violations during the Pinochet dictatorship Ñ an un-comfortable chapter for the Unit¥ed States because it backed his re¥gime. The visits to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador illustrate the new politics of the hemisphere Ñ more eco¥nomically viable, more democrat¥ic, with a growing global footprint and a perspective that will not al¥ways hew to the wishes of its giant neighbor to the north. American financial aid does not carry as much influence as it once may have. The strongest leverage the United States has is forging re¥lationships based on mutual com¥mercial or security interests. But Obama knows Latin America has heard pledges for new regional al¥liances before, only to see them fizzle. ÒWords are easy, and I know that there have been times where per¥haps the United States took this re¥gion for granted,Ó Obama said in Santiago. Indeed, many in Latin America thought his trip was long overdue. But Obama leaves behind good will in his host countries and lead¥ers buoyed by a sense that his visit brought them and their countries a degree of international validation. By that measure, the trip ends on a successful note. Obama went to the region with little an¥ticipation of signing grand agree¥ments or achieving bilateral break¥throughs. ÒWhat President Obama pro¥posed to us yesterday was some¥thing Chile has been assuming for a long time now Ñ a different re¥lationship, to move from handouts to collaboration, from an unequal vertical relationship to a relation¥ship of equals, horizontal,Ó Pinera said. Brazil has grown into the sev¥enth largest economy in the world. Chile has emerged from Augusto PinochetÕs dictatorship with a vi¥brant democracy and a succession of center-left but pragmatic lead¥ers. El Salvador, still struggling ec¥onomically, has established its own model of democracy after a bloody 12-year civil war. Radiation in tap water adds to fears, death toll in Japan rises above 9,500 TOKYO Ñ JapanÕs police agency says more than 9,500 people are dead after an earth¥quake and tsunami. Another 16,000 are missing. Those tallies are likely to over¥lap, but a police spokesman from one of the of the hardest-hit pre¥fectures, Miyagi, estimates that the deaths will top 15,000 in that region alone. Police in other dev¥astated areas declined to estimate eventual tolls, but said the con¥firmed deaths in their areas al¥ready number about 3,800. The National Police Agency said the overall number of bodies col¥lected so far stood at 9,523, while 16,094 have been listed as missing. TOKYO TAP WATER NOT SAFE FOR INFANTS Water at a treatment center in downtown Tokyo that supplies much of the cityÕs tap wa¥ter contains at one point 210 becquerels of io¥dine-131 per liter. ThatÕs more than twice the recommended limit for infants. Babies in Tokyo should not be fed tap water, although the level is not an immediate health risk for adults, offi¥cials say. The news adds to concerns about oth¥er foods in the wake of an earthquake and tsuna¥mi, which crippled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nu¥clear power plant. SMOKE RISES FROM NUCLEAR PLANT Black smoke billows from Unit 3, prompt¥ing an evacuation of workers and later the sus¥pension of all work at the plant until morning. There is no spike in radiation and the cause is unknown. But officials recommend those down¥wind of the plant Ñ even those outside the 12¥mile evacuation zone Ñ stay indoors. JAPAN DISASTERS TO COST UP TO $309 BILLION The bill for JapanÕs earthquake and tsunami could make it the most expensive natural disaster on re¥cord. The damage to housing, infrastructure and businesses in northeast Japan could cost between $198 billion and $309 billion. JapanÕs northeastern coast is devastated, and utilities have imposed power rationing, many factories remain closed and key rail lines are impassable. US HALTS FOOD IMPORTS FROM AFFECTED AREA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it will halt imports of dairy products and some produce from the areas around the troubled nuclear plant. The FDA says that those foods will be detained at entry and will not be sold to the public. Other foods im¥ported from Japan, including seafood, will still be sold to the public but screened first for radiation. Jap¥anese foods make up less than 4 percent of all U.S. imports. Hong Kong has taken similar measures. US MILITARY DESIGNATES FAMILY RECEPTION CENTERS The U.S. Northern Command has set up two re¥ception centers on the West Coast to arrange tem¥porary lodging, food, pet care and other accommo¥dations for U.S. military families who are returning from Japan after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor crisis. Northern Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, says the centers were set up at Seattle-Tacoma Airport in Washington and Travis Air Force Base in California. Officials say another re¥ception center could be opened if necessary. Compiled from Associated Press reports. 4 OpiniOn Thursday, March 24, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Lauren Winchester, Editor in Chief | (512) 232 2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com VIeWPOINT gallery Cultivate a safer campus The state Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on Tuesday heard testimony from supporters and opponents of SB 354, a bill which would allow concealed handgun license holders to carry concealed handguns inside buildings of Texas public universities, including UT. For an issue that has been passionately debated for years, the testimony on both sides was refreshingly respectful and nu¥anced. Supporters included lawmakers, veterans and students. They argued that the bill intends to give law-abiding citizens a reasonable means of defense against aggressors, that it aims to protect adults, faculty, staff and nontraditional students, as most CHL holders in Texas are more than 25 years old (although a pending lawsuit could lower the minimum age of CHL eligibil¥ity to 18) and that concealed handguns are already permitted on streets and sidewalks of public universities. Witnesses on both sides shared stories about the impact of crime and guns on their lives, and the discussion was largely devoid of the degenerative topics that usually pop up in online comment sections and informal debates on the subject, such as pejorative questions about the sexuality and masculinity of male gun opponents and the intelligence of gun supporters. Despite the thoughtful and compelling arguments in favor of the bill, we remain opposed to allowing concealed handguns in public university buildings because in matters of life and death, we listen to the experts. University, state and national law enforcement leaders have vocally opposed allowing handguns in college classrooms. UTPD Chief Robert Dahlstrom told The Daily Texan in Feb¥ruary, ÒI can say handguns would definitely complicate law enforcement on campus.Ó Similarly, on Wednesday, the Texan reported Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo stating Òone of the concerns we have in law enforcement ... is distinguishing the friendly armed persons from unfriendly armed persons.Ó Many supporters of the legislation argue campus shootings can be mitigated if armed students are able to use their weap¥ons against aggressors before law enforcement arrive. While this may be effective in theory, the leaders of APD and UTPD, with their extensive education, experience and training in law enforcement, disagree with its application to reality. It should also be noted that UT President William Powers Jr. and the UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, both of whom are entrusted with the safety and protection of thou¥sands of students, oppose the legislation. Powers, Cigarroa, Dahlstrom and Acevedo share the com¥pletely apolitical objective of keeping students safe, and their expertise should be heeded. Aside from the expert-refuted claims that concealed hand¥guns on campus would be an asset in a crisis, the other primary argument from TuesdayÕs hearing is about personal protection. Several witnesses explained that they should be allowed to car¥ry handguns into campus buildings because they need protec¥tion while walking home at night, entering poorly lit parking garages and when placed in other precarious situations. We obviously recognize oneÕs right to personal protection and understand that simply Òbeing safeÓ is sadly often insuf¥ficient to ensure a personÕs well being. The problem with this argument when related to campus handguns is that it automat¥ically equates protection with guns, as if the only way a person can defend him or herself is by carrying a firearm. Thousands regularly carry mace, tasers and other tools which can immo¥bilize an attacker but do not carry the risk associated with fire¥arms. Student protection does not need to mean student pro¥tection with guns. Despite our opposition, we recognize the billÕs passage is vir¥tually inevitable. The Senate bill is expected to be voted out of committee later this week, and the House is expected to ap¥prove its version of the bill soon. When the bill becomes a law, we hope both sides of the de¥bate are able to work together toward the common goal for which each side claims to have advocated all along: campus safety. Campus handgun supporters and opponents should direct their efforts and resources toward areas that will unde¥niably enhance campus security, such as greater support and funding for campus mental health services, law enforcement and programs such as SURE Walk, a student organization that provides walking escorts to students on campus at night. YesterdayÕs Senate hearing was thorough, civil and thought¥provoking, and while we strongly oppose the predicted out¥come of the legislation, we hope it causes all parties involved to refocus their efforts toward cultivating a safer campus. Ñ Douglas Luippold for the editorial board What I wear does not dictate my actions By Jonathan rienstra Daily Texan Columnist Last Saturday in The Wall Street Journal, Jennifer Moses published an op-ed piece en¥titled ÒWhy do we let them dress like that?Ó It is an enlightening read about teenage girls, the clothing they wear and how that cloth¥ing, allegedly, turns teenage girls into sluts. I was unaware of this, but apparently thigh-exposing skirts and low-cut blouses turn high school girls into Òprostitutes, if weÕre being honest with ourselves,Ó accord¥ing to Moses. Moses asks a friend whose teenage daughter goes to an all-girls private school in New York just why young girls dress like mini Paris Hiltons. Moses even concludes in a video accompanying the column that most teenage girls are dressing too provoca¥tively. IÕm not sure that asking the mom of an extra from Gossip Girl constitutes hard scientific data, but hey, opinion columns donÕt require real evidence, just a few quotes from an anonymous rich friend. WhatÕs more, Moses projects upon, well, everyone when she writes, ÒI donÕt know one [of my friends] who doesnÕt have feel¥ings of lingering discomfort regarding her own sexual past. And not one woman IÕve ever asked about the subject has said that she wishes sheÕd ÔexperimentedÕ more.Ó OK, so MosesÕ generation didnÕt handle the boom-boom-pow with the utmost of grace, but does that make todayÕs generation culpa¥ble because they dress like itÕs summer year¥round? And Moses isnÕt even correct when she opines that in recent years, Òpromiscuity has hit new heights (it always does!).Ó According to studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the num¥ber of teenagers between 15 and 19 years old having sex steadily declined between 1988 and 2008, with guys dropping from 60 to 43 percent and girls losing nine percentage points from a high of 51 percent in 1988. If I can find that in 10 minutes on Google, Moses could probably take a few seconds away from watching the sky fall to do the same. But it appears Moses is too busy imple- Sometimes I like to rock the mank (man tank top) because I want to show off my guns ... ItÕs certainly not an invitation for girls to talk to me, and believe me, they donÕt. menting a double standard that she claims she wants to avoid. In her world, girlsÕ cloth¥ing dictates their actions in a way that does not apply to boys, and it seems to be the sole cause of this mythical increase in bumping uglies. It also adds to the ugly falsity that guys are predators and women are merely objects to be pursued. Moses ends her column by addressing the tricky issue of what to tell your daughter when she leaves for college. ÒWe wouldnÕt dream of dropping our daughters off at college and say¥ing: ÔStudy hard and floss every night, honey Ñ and for heavenÕs sake, get laid!Õ But thatÕs essentially what weÕre saying by allowing them to dress the way they do while theyÕre still living under our own roofs.Ó ThereÕs a difference between sexiness and sexuality, but Moses doesnÕt seem to get that. Instead of assuming that any girl in a mini¥skirt is a skank, itÕs important to note that clothing does not dictate action. Sometimes I like to rock the mank (man tank top) because I want to show off my guns. ThatÕs for me. ItÕs certainly not an invitation for girls to talk to me, and believe me, they donÕt. But women and teenage girls should be able to wear the clothes they want without assuming that anything more is going to come from it. Sexiness is about empower¥ing the individual Ñ itÕs not an invitation. Moses is too concerned with image over substance, and there arenÕt any facts to back up her convictions. All this does is turn sex into a zero-sum game where youÕre either the chaste virgin or, as Moses puts it, Òthe campus mattress.Ó Sex is a powerful aspect of our social lives and one that should be given respect, especial¥ly on a college campus. ItÕs important to have strong self-esteem on such an important mat¥ter, but if young women are constantly told that they look like prostitutes, how does that help? Projecting insecurities onto a younger generation Ñ one that is actually taking part in less sex than previous peers Ñ does noth¥ing but invite more of the same self-doubt. Instead, sex should be celebrated for its excellence when done right in a healthy and responsible manner. It shouldnÕt be castrated because of mistakes someone else made nor should it be compelled by the tightness of oneÕs shirt. Rienstra is a journalism junior. legalese Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Hydrofracking is anything but clean By Kate Clabby Daily Texan Columnist Natural gas has often been touted as the ÒcleanÓ fos¥sil fuel because burning it releases less CO2 than burn¥ing oil or coal. Unfortunately, in the United States, most natural gas is extracted by hydraulic fracturing, or Òfracking,Ó a process thatÕs anything but clean. Fracking involves injecting huge amounts of fluid containing water, chemicals and sand into the ground. This fluid cracks underground rock and al¥lows gas that would otherwise be impossible to ac¥cess to flow into the well. Fracking techniques have been pioneered and re¥fined in the Barnett Shale, a rock formation that un¥derlies 5,000 square miles in Texas, including the city of Fort Worth. ItÕs one of the most active natural gas fields in the United States. Drilling proponents argue that the gas industry stimulates the Texas economy, but it does so at the expense of the long-term safety and security of Texas citizens. Fracking fluid contains known toxins, which can contaminate local groundwater. The process can also cause natural gas itself to seep into the groundwater. Several households near drilling sites in Pennsyl¥vania have found that they can light their tapwater on fire. Methane that enters homes through water pipes can build up indoors, making the air unsafe to breathe and can even cause explosions. And ac¥cording to Jean-Philipe Nicot, a geological engineer at UTÕs Bureau of Economic Geology, if drilling in North Texas expands, the massive amount of water used in hydrofracking will start to compete with the water needed for drinking and farming in the drought-prone Barnett Shale region. Hydrofracking can also cause air pollution. After residents of Dish, Texas, started complain¥ing of headaches and blackouts and reported neurological defects and blindness in horses, the town hired a private environmental consultant who found that the townÕs air contained large amounts of carcinogens and neurotoxins, likely originating from the 11 nearby natural gas com¥pression stations. Communities have the right to refuse hydrofrack¥ing or to strictly control it. Last May, the town of Flower Mound, under citizen pressure, suspended all new gas well permits. But the opportunity to sign potentially lucrative contracts with drilling compa¥nies has made many towns and landowners ignore frackingÕs dangerous track record. Even UT is getting a cut: The Jackson School of Geosciences is funded in part by royalty payments for roughly a thousand oil and gas wells just north of the Barnett Shale. This conflict of interest could taint further research into the environmental and health effects of hydrofrack¥ing in Texas. And people already lack accurate in¥formation. Neither federal nor Texas law requires companies to reveal the exact chemicals they use in any given fracking fluid, and companies guard the ingredients as Òtrade secrets.Ó Last week, members of U.S. Congress reintro¥duced the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act. This bill would close a loophole that exempts fracking from the Safe Drink¥ing Water Act and require companies to reveal the chemicals in their fracking fluids. If it passes, this bill will provide a minimum level of accountability for gas drillers. The Texas Senate, unfortunately, is moving in the other direction. If Texas SB 875 passes, it will exempt state permit holders, including natural gas drillers, from trespassing and nuisance laws as long as they are in compliance with their per¥mits. This bill would prevent citizens from suing gas companies for spewing pollutants into the air, into the groundwater and onto their properties. It protects industry at the expense of citizensÕ rights and should be blocked. ItÕs easy to blame corporations for the damage caused by hydrofracking, but we also need to recog¥nize our own role in the industry. Corporations use such destructive drilling methods because the de¥mand for natural gas is so high. We use it to heat our homes, we buy food that was produced with natural¥gas-derived fertilizer, and we burn it for electricity. We have the right to demand that corporations stop drilling for gas in our backyards. We donÕt have the right to demand gas (or oil or coal) that was extract¥ed from somebody elseÕs. There is no clean fossil fuel. And the recent disas¥ter in Japan shows that nuclear power is not a safe alternative. We need to aggressively pursue renew¥able energy sources such as wind and solar. Austin residents can join Austin EnergyÕs Green Choice program, which allows homeowners to buy energy from 100-percent renewable sources. But as any good centrist politician will tell you, renewable sources alone may not satiate our plan¥etÕs growing hunger for energy, which is why, if we want to continue to live safely and sanely on this planet, we have to dramatically reduce the amount of energy we use. Fossil fuels have bought us con¥venience and material wealth. But itÕs not worth selling our air and our drinking water to maintain current levels of consumption. Clabby is an English senior. Thursday, March 24, 2011 NEWS 5 Mark Boyden, forum coordina- Professor gains spot as journal editor tor for the Austin Neighborhoods Council, watches candidates vie for city council positions. The candidates were required to fill out a question¥naire that helped develop specific discussion points for the forum. ryan edwards Daily Texan Staff Austin City Council candidates discuss issue positions at forum By Victoria Pagan Daily Texan Staff Candidates hoping to fill three open seats on the Austin City Coun¥cil debated on community values and city planning Wednesday dur¥ing a public forum held by the Aus¥tin Neighborhoods Council. The Austin Neighborhoods Coun¥cil is an umbrella organization that connects different neighborhood as¥sociations and works on their behalf. President Steven Aleman said all 11 registered candidates were invited to attend the forum as soon as the fil¥ing deadline had passed. Seven of the candidates attended the forum at the Austin Energy Plant. ÒWe wanted to give them all the same amount of time to participate so it was fair,Ó Aleman said. The three current incumbents of Places 1, 3 and 4 of AustinÕs City 82nD legislAtUre Council running for re-election at¥tended, along with four challengers. Mark Boyden, candidate forum coordinator for the Austin Neigh¥borhoods Council, said their fo¥rum is unlike most in Austin be¥cause they send out a questionnaire to candidates prior to the forum and tailor questions to candidates based on their answers. ÒWe believe that we bring a game¥changing role to changing the per¥spective of the candidates,Ó Boyden said. ÒWe put each one of them on the hot seat and delve for further detail.Ó At the meeting, Chris Riley, Place 1 incumbent and Capital Metro board member, said transportation is a huge issue in Austin that has been looking up during the past few years. ÒCap Metro has been a chal¥lenge over the past few years,Ó Riley said. ÒWe just had a report yester¥day that said the changes we made to the bus system led to a 5-percent increase in ridership.Ó Kris Bailey, Place 3 candidate, said he hopes to move the city towards focusing less on pursuing marijuana charges and more towards stopping other crimes such as robberies. ÒI am not here to support the use of drugs,Ó Bailey said. ÒIÕm just talking about being sensible with our politics.Ó Aleman said he believes the race for Place 3 will be an interesting one. ÒIncumbent 3 Randi Shade has drawn the most significant oppo¥nents with track records in the com¥munity, so it will be interesting to see how they debate on different is¥sues,Ó Aleman said. After the forum, the council cau¥cused privately and will announce endorsements for each seat today, assuming they reach a two-thirds majority vote. Bill may protect doubters of evolution By Jody Marie serrano Daily Texan Staff A state representative and his new bill are stirring the debate on evolu¥tion in classrooms. Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, said he believes the possibility that hu¥man life began by chance would be like going to a casino slot machine and hitting the exact winning tumble hundreds of times Ñ once for every person in the world. ÒNo one doubts that within a spe¥cies you can have changes,Ó Zedler said. ÒThe question becomes, is there some change from one species to an¥other without causation?Ó Zedler has recently introduced legislation to protect students and ed¥ucation professionals who question the theory of evolution from dis¥crimination. His bill presents intel¥ligent design, an idea that states an intelligent being is responsible for lifeÕs origin, in opposition to Charles DarwinÕs theory of natural selection. Zedler said he filed the bill be¥cause of the reports of dismiss¥als and disciplinary actions against professors who mentioned a theory other than evolution in their presen¥tation, citing ÒSlaughter of the Dis¥sidentsÓ by Jerry Bergman, a book that documents such cases. ÒWhat itÕs about is freedom,Ó Ze¥dler said. ÒWhen we think of uni¥versities and colleges we think about academic freedom, the ability to take a position and express it as long TSM BOARD MEETING Friday March 25, 2011 1 p.m. College of Communications (CMA) 2600 Whitis Avenue, LBJ Room #5.160 Visitors Welcome We encourage any community member who has any kind of temporary or permanent disability to contact Texas Student Media beforehand so that appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. as we have the academic evidence to back it up.Ó ZedlerÕs bill would allow legal recourse for professors dismissed from their jobs or students who were reprimanded because they questioned evolution. Richard Heineman, a natural sci¥ences professor and evolution spe¥cialist, said no one in his department would likely be hired unless they be¥lieved in evolution. Heineman teach¥es a class on Viral Evolution where the class experiments with viruses that infect bacteria, called bacterio¥phages, and changes their environ¥ments and genetic makeup to test the theory of evolution. Heineman said he does not speak about theories like intelligent design in his class because itÕs not a scientific approach to the question of how life began. ÒWhen we talk about it, we talk about it as an example of the diffi¥culties people have in applying scien¥tific [explanations] to issues,Ó Heine¥man said. Biology sophomore Kylee Walter said she learned about intelligent de¥sign briefly in high school but never in any of her biology classes at UT. Although Walter said she never saw a faculty member at UT get ridi¥culed or attacked for mentioning in¥telligent design, she saw students get ridiculed for expressing belief in it. Walter said a bill like ZedlerÕs would be beneficial to students and professors. Through july 31 Becoming Tennessee Williams With his plays The Glass Menagerie (1945) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), the American playwright Tennessee Williams (1911Ð 1983) reinvented the theater. This centenary exhibition explores the idea, act, and process of artistic creation, illuminating how Thomas Lanier Williams became Tennessee Williams. Culture Unbound: Collecting in the Twenty-First Century This exhibition commemorates the Ransom CenterÕs tireless hunt for archives that will capture the imagination, invigorate scholarly research, and deepen our understanding of culture. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ransomcenter and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ransomcenter. Corner of 21st and Guadalupe Streets The University of Texas Campus Free admission www.hrc.utexas.edu 512-471-8944 By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff A UT sociology professor has taken over as editor-in-chief of a national academic journal, and the first issue she oversaw came out earlier this month. Sociology professor Deb¥ra Umberson took charge as ed¥itor of the American Sociologi¥cal AssociationÕs quarterly publi¥cation Journal of Health and So¥cial Behavior at the beginning of this year, a position she will hold for three years. The office of the publication moved to UT, where it will remain for the duration of her leadership. Umberson said the journal would benefit all students, not just those studying medical sociology. ÒHaving the journal at Texas provides learning opportunities for students both in and outside the classroom,Ó Umberson said in an emailed statement. ÒAnd, al¥though the students donÕt realize it, most of the articles published in [the journal] inform us about social factors that have the power to promote their health.Ó Umberson said the ASAÕs neWs BrieFlY Committee on Publications in¥vited her to apply to the jour¥nal, which she did in November 2009. She said editing the jour¥nal is an important service to the field she studies. ÒI consider [the journal] my Deb Umberson Sociology professor most important resource when IÕm doing my own research, so I have a vested interest,Ó she said. She said her biggest change will be to craft a one-page policy doc¥ument for a featured article each time the journal is published to make the conclusions of impor¥tant research more accessible to policymakers and the public. ÒAlmost every article in the pub- Construction, three crashes tie up Drag in single afternoon An accident between two motor airbags to deploy in the tan sedan. vehicles Tuesday congested traf-The driver of the blue car, who was fic on Guadalupe Street when it not injured, dialed 911. occurred directly across from the Police, fire and Emergency Med-University Co-op. ical Services arrived on the scene. The driver of a blue sedan collid-EMS transported the driver of the ed with a tan sedan at about 1:30 tan sedan to Brackenridge Hospi¥ p.m. The impact caused the carÕs tal. The accident was one of three lication has policy implications,Ó she said. ÒThey donÕt have the time or expertise to read research arti¥ cles closely.Ó Karen Gray Edwards, director of the publications and member¥ ship departments of the ASA, said several people applied around the same time Umberson did. Screened applications were submitted to the groupÕs council, who voted on ap¥ plicants in Feb. 2010. The council approved her unanimously. Sociology professor Robert Crosnoe, who serves on the Pop¥ ulation Research CenterÕs gover¥ nance committee with Umber¥ son, said her experience will help the publication. She was chair of the sociology department be¥ tween 2000 and 2006 and was a deputy editor of the journal be¥ tween July 1993 and June 1997, according to an online resume. Crosnoe praised her policy brief idea. ÒWe need to get sociologists thinking more about how their work applies to the real world and we need policymakers to know about what we are doing,Ó he said. ÒThis is a way to force us into action.Ó car accidents that occurred Tuesday afternoon on Guadalupe, accord¥ing to Austin Police Department. The other two were at 31st and 34th streets. Guadalupe also expe¥rienced from construction work be¥tween 24th and 26th streets. ÑMarty McAndrews The Texas Exes wish to congratulate the recipients of the ¥¥¥¥ James W. Vick Award for Academic Advising CALINA COAKWELL College of Liberal Arts SUSAN GAMEL HOLZAEPFEL College of Education JENNIFER MCHAM College of Education RICHARD RIBB College of Liberal Arts BRENT WINKELMAN Red McCombs School of Business The Texas Exes James W. Vick Awards for Academic Advising seek to promote quality advising at The University of Texas by publicly recognizing advisors ROLLING continues from PAGE 7 baseman David Pfuntner to ground into the 6-4-3 double play and end the threat. ÒI have true confidence in my de¥fense to throw strikes and not wor¥ry to strike everybody out, because I know my defenders are going to make the play,Ó Stafford said. It took only nine pitches for the Texas offense to get on the board in the first inning. Mark Payton laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Brandon Loy, and Lucas Kephart doubled to right center field to score Tim Maitland. Mai¥tland, who started for only the third time this season, finished 1-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a walk. Texas hitters walked seven times in the game. ÒWe have this approach where weÕre looking for one pitch and we focused on that game plan today and it paid off,Ó Maitland said. Texas scored six runs in the third inning, aided by five Husky walks, two hit-by-pitches and two errors. The Longhorns took ad¥vantage of Houston BaptistsÕ mis¥takes, and werenÕt looking to press things on offense. ÒWe just took care of the small things and they all added up and got us runs,Ó Maitland said. Jordan Etier continued his hot streak by going 2-for-3 and scoring two runs, while driving in another. EtierÕs average hovered above .200 for most of the season, but in the last two weeks has seen it increase to .271, good enough for third on the team. ÒRight now, heÕs probably the By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Williams returns, adds versatility Senior wide receiver Malcolm Williams practiced this week for the first time this spring af¥ter sitting out with what head coach Mack Brown called a Òfamily issue.Ó Williams has been a veteran presence at practice in the first half of spring camp, assisting new wide receivers coach Darrell Wyatt as he gets acclimated to a young corps of wide outs. ÒWeÕre really happy to have him back. HeÕs a great leader for us,Ó said Brown. ÒHeÕs gained some weight. He can play the H-back position. He can play the wide re¥ceiver position. He can play a lot of things for us and heÕs doing well in those areas.Ó The Garland native is the LonghornsÕ leading returning re¥ceiver, with 80 catches for 1,118 yards and seven touchdowns in his three-year career. Wil¥liams is also a fixture on spe¥cial teams and is the elder states¥man of the Texas receivers. The 6-foot-3, 228-pounder should shore up a position that gave the Longhorns trouble a season ago with a number of untimely hottest hitter on the team,Ó Garri-ÒIÕve been present in the box and dropped passes. do said. really focusing on the baseball, just ÒHe gives us great leadership, Etier hit sixth in the batting or-calming things down, and thatÕs outside of just the receiving po¥der instead of his usual ninth spot. been going good for me,Ó Etier said. sition,Ó Brown said. ÒBut he also Garrido moved him up to see if the ÒI felt like momentum was going gives us one of the best special change would affect him mentally, good, and everyone else was hitting teams players in the country.Ó which it did not. the ball, so I had to, too.Ó FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Receiver returns to practice for Texas Brown focusing on run game TexasÕ poor performance on the ground over the past few seasons certainly hasnÕt been lost on the LonghornsÕ head coach, who said his teams have failed to run the ball consistently for four years. Brown placed most of the bur¥den on the offensive line to get things right this year, as the Long¥horns continue to adapt to new co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. Brown noted the hard¥est part for the offense this spring has been line play, but that isnÕt stopping him from stressing the importance of the running game. ÒWeÕre going to run the ball and we are going to run it well, and itÕs going to take a while because itÕs a transition,Ó Brown said. ÒItÕs a whole lot for the offensive line, and we only have eight scholar¥ship offensive linemen healthy so weÕre really thin there.Ó Injuries have also taken a toll on the ball carriers, but not the usual suspects. The oft-injured Fozzy Whittaker has turned heads this spring and has stayed off the injury report. ÒFozzy has looked great, not good. WeÕre really excited about him, and heÕs stayed healthy so far,Ó Brown said. ÒHe real¥ly looks the best I have ever seen him look.Ó Instead, the injury bug bit red¥shirt freshman Traylon Shead and junior Jeremy Hills. Shead pulled his hamstring and missed CRAIG continues from PAGE 7 TEXAS continues from PAGE 7 ÒI think that Hooks and I were as offense through both ends of the ÒWe knew it was going to be a ÒTonight she was starting to one to worry about the wrist. in the zone tonight,Ó said Fox about doubleheader. Bennett and Craig grind midweek after coming off the look like her old self, I think sheÕll ÒI have that glove on for pro¥ her performance and her ability to took control of game one with two six games,Ó said Hooks. ÒWe had just continue to get hot for us and tection, but I do not even worry work with catcher Amy Hooks. ÒIt hits apiece. Bennett scored two runs team goals tonight and just talked in get more comfortable the more about that. It would mess up my was a good strategy that we had go¥ while adding two RBIs off of Jordan the locker room about playing Texas swings she gets,Ó said Texas head mental game,Ó Craig said. ÒI am ing at the batters. Also with such a Trujillo, the IslanderÕs starter. Craig, Softball and not letting Fullerton car¥ coach Connie Clark. just playing and doing what I can great team playing defense behind coming off of an injury earned one ry over, even though it was great.Ó Craig has been on the shelf for a for the team.Ó us it makes it so much easier and run and one stolen base in the first Texas beings conference play while now and is itching to get back CraigÕs addition to the already makes us more comfortable.Ó game and drove in another run in this weekend in a two game series on the field, looking at the second potent Longhorn lineup will be Juniors Lexy Bennett, Nadia Tay¥ the eveningÕs finale. Taylor had an against Kansas at McCombs Field half of the season as a new start for a big boost to the team especial¥ lor and Courtney Craig led the Tex- RBI and went 2-2 during game two. in Austin. her. She has pretty much mentally ly at the designated player posi¥ and physically moved on from the tion, which is an area in the lineup Spain has won four titles, all since 2000 and most recently in 2009. Roddick, a Davis Cup regular, is second in U.S. history with 33 vic¥tories in the event. He secured the AmericansÕ first-round victory over Chile with a win on March 7. Nadal has pledged to play for Spain in the second round and, as the top performer on the worldÕs top-ranked team, would most likely face Roddick. ÒThere has been a little bit of a history of some gamesmanship between us and Spain,Ó said Jack Ryan, senior professional director for USTA. ÒThey might withhold some information until the very last minute.Ó Roddick was a large part of the bid process. The USTA also consid¥ered San Antonio and Albany, N.Y., as possible sites to host the contest. ÒOver the years ... he was very active in getting our attention and talking to us about coming to Aus¥tin,Ó Ryan said about Roddick. The tie will take place at the Er-TENNIS continues from PAGE 7 wrist injury and has put any doubts about the wrist out of her mind, letting her wrist protector be the where they have struggled to find consistency at all season long. ÒWe need her, we feel like weÕve APPLICATIONS are being accepted for the following studentpositions with Texas Student Media Daily Texan Managing Editor, Summer 2011 Daily Texan Managing Editor, Fall 2011 2012 Cactus Yearbook Editor Application forms and a list of qualiÞcations are available in the OfÞce of the Director, William Randolph Hearst Building (HSM), 2500 Whitis Ave., Room 3.304. The TSM Board of Operating Trustees willinterview applicants and make the appointmentat 1:00 p.m. on April 15, 2011 in the College of Communication (CMA),LBJ Room #5.160, 2600 Whitis Avenue. DEADLINE: Noon, Tuesday, April 5, 2011Please return completed applications, transcripts andall supporting materials to the DirectorÕs OfÞce. Interested applicants are invited to stop by and visitwith the Director to discuss student positions. the LonghornsÕ last scrimmage, while Hills missed time with a pulled groin. Fifth-year senior Cody John¥son is working almost exclusively at fullback but has gotten reps at tailback this spring, as the coach¥ing staff plans to use him in short¥yardage and goal-line situations. Junior speedster D.J. Monroe, the most elusive of TexasÕ backs, joined the team for practice this week after missing the opening of spring camp because of track¥and-field commitments. Horns get talk from Navy official The assistant secretary of the Navy, Juan Garcia, greeted the Longhorns on Wednesday morn¥ing before practice. Garcia, who was in town for a lecture, spoke to the team about becoming leaders and took time to meet the players and coaching staff. ÒIt was a great meeting. It was fun, and I told him how much we appreciate him and all the guys and ladies that are across the world trying to help us stay safe,Ó Brown said. ÒWe got some tips on leader¥ship, which was good as well.Ó The Longhorns lacked consis¥tent leadership a year ago, and the coaching staff has put a larg¥er emphasis on that dynamic this spring. ÒWeÕve got to compete hard ev¥ery play and we didnÕt all the time last year,Ó Brown said. ÒWeÕve got to get that culture out of here.Ó had one spot that DP slot, weÕve had a lot of people with different looks in that slot and no one has grabbed it and taken it, and itÕs kind of been there for the taking, and I think she is excited about it,Ó Clark said. Craig will be consistently thrown into that spot in the line¥up as they go into Big 12 play, and the team will need all the offense help they can get because the con¥ference is looking as tough as ever with seven other Big 12 teams be¥ing ranked in the top 25. Davis Cup Quarterfinal U.S. vs. Spain Date: July 8 - 10 Where: Frank Erwin Center win Center. Tickets start at $90 and go on sale April 8 for the gen¥eral public. ÒI think itÕs going to be one of those crowds thatÕs going to get riled up pretty quickly,Ó Ryan said. SPORTS BRIEFLY Longhorns head to Minnesota for swimming championships The Longhorns are ranked fourth in the nation, but the team is very different from last yearÕs championship team. Last yearÕs senior class included two Olympi¥ans, Ricky Berens and Dave Walters. ÒWeÕre a totally different team when you graduate people every year,Ó said Texas head coach Eddie Reese. ÒItÕs al¥most like thereÕs no defending champi¥on. The only defend¥ing champion is the name.Ó ON THE WEB: Reese be- Read more lieves the coverage on teamÕs depth menÕs swimming will help them @dailytexan this weekend at online.com the University of Minnesota. ÒNormally if you get one person in the top eight, youÕve done well,Ó Reese said. ÒBut weÕve got a couple of events we could get three or four in the top eight.Ó Last year as a freshman, Austin Surhoff led the Longhorns with 40 points and is the defending 200 IM champion. Nick DÕInnocenzo, is the top seed in the 200 breastroke, ranks eighth nation¥ally in the 200 individual medley and sixth in the 400 individual medley. ÒThey know what they did last and they know how to get better,Ó Reese said. ÒNick has just done a great job. HeÕs working hard. Every time he has a good time, somebody says, ÔWell Nick has worked for that,Õ and he has.Ó Ñ Lauren Giudice thursday, March 24, 2011 Life&Arts Obituary HAITI continues from PAGE 12 Elizabeth Taylor dies of heart failure who couldnÕt obtain them by tradi-hubÓ city like Austin. tional means. ÒArtisan products are HaitiÕs num-Romero said a major goal of their beroneexport,generatingthemajor¥Award-winning actress saying she used a wheelchair project was to inspire people to take ity of the countryÕs income,Ó Arrella¥only because of chronic back action and work toward building a ga said. ÒWe will be working to cap¥ had tough personal life, problems that began at age 12 sustainable economy in Haiti. ture the work and progress of Soul humanitarian leanings when she fell from a horse. ÒMost of us know that Haiti was of Haiti nonprofits and the Haitian ÒOh, come on, do I look like devastated by a peopleÕs enor¥by bob thomas IÕm dying?Ó she said in May massive earth¥ mous cultur-The Associated Press 2006 in a rare television in¥ quake [last al and creative terview on CNNÕs ÒLarry King year],Ó Romero strength.Ó LOS ANGELES Ñ Screen Live.Ó ÒDo I look like or sound said. ÒBut what To help fund legend Elizabeth Taylor, the vi-like I have AlzheimerÕs?Ó Tab- But what many people many people their trip, Arrell¥olet-eyed film goddess whose loids report such things Òbe¥ donÕt realize is aga is organizing donÕt realize is the sultry screen life was often cause they have nothing else that the impact the ÒArtists for upstaged by her stormy per-dirty to write about anybody of the event was impact of the event ArtistsÓ benefit sonal life, died Wednesday at else,Ó she said. only worsened concert, featur¥ Ò age 79. The London-born actress by a crippling was only worsened by ing twelve local She died of congestive heart was a star at age 12, a bride and economy and a bands and more a crippling economy failure at Cedars-Sinai Med-a divorcee at 18, a screen god¥ lack of jobs.Ó than ten hours ical Center, where she had dess at 19 and a widow at 26. This year the and lack of jobs. of music on two been hospitalized for about She appeared in more than UT team has stages. Arrellaga six weeks, publicist Sally 50 films and won Oscars for Ñ Amy Romero, UT Students of the been assigned to said ÒArtists for World member Morrison said. her performances in ÒButter- Jacmel, an art- ArtistsÓ hopes Taylor had extraordinary grace, fame and wealth, and field 8Ó (1960) and ÒWhoÕs Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Ó centric city in southern Haiti, won three Oscars, including a (1966), in which she starred and will work in special one for her humanitar¥ opposite Burton. conjunction with to showcase some of Aus¥ tinÕs diverse tal¥ Ò ent while help¥ aP file photo Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died of congestive heart failure at 79 on Wednesday, holds the Best Actress Oscar she won for ÒButterfield 8.Ó APPS continues from PAGE 12 lecture from Steve Jobs, which in-has become a multimillion dollar troduced the iPhone, Arrow col-company and a top competitor in lected the brightest minds from mobile applications. Texas in mobile, business and tech-With an impressive list of clients, nology to form Mutual Mobile. including Google, Dell and Cisco, Spawning off the launch of their Mutual Mobile has created an ap¥initial apps, which included iP-plication focusing on enterprise ian work. But she was tortured by ill health, failed romances and personal tragedy. Her eight marriages Ñ in¥cluding two to actor Richard Burton Ñ and a lifelong bat¥tle with substance abuse, phys¥ical ailments and overeating made Taylor as popular in su¥permarket tabloids as in clas¥sic-film festivals. Taylor disclosed in Novem¥ber 2004 that she had conges¥tive heart failure but she still periodically dismissed reports that she was at deathÕs door, ful.Ó Ristroph said. Many other innovations are in store for Mutual Mobile, and though it may be a few years down the road, developers are attempting to make the iPhone more aware of the userÕs surroundings. Through In later years, she was a students from spokeswoman for several HaitiÕs only film school, Cine Insti¥causes, most notably AIDS re¥ tute. The UT team is composed of a search. Her work gained her a journalist, photographer, graphic de¥special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt signer, event planner and two film-Humanitarian Award, in 1993. makers to help with their project. As she accepted it, she told a Both plan to document the work of worldwide television audience: Soul of Haiti, an Irish organization ÒI call upon you to draw from that helps struggling communities by the depths of your being Ñ facilitating trade and investment. to prove that we are a human Maria Arrellaga, international re¥race, to prove that our love lations and global studies fresh¥outweighs our need to hate, man, is also on the UT Students of that our compassion is more the World Team. Arrellaga said one compelling than our need of the reasons this trip is important to blame.Ó to her is because Jacmal is an Òartist GAME continues from PAGE 12 Microtalks have been held goal is to simplify complex con¥in local bars in the past, but cepts for the public. There will when Mister Tramps, a pub in also be presentations on com-North Austin, filled up 75 seats munication between design¥with no standing room, it be-ers and programmers, trends in came clear to the organization mobile gaming and storytelling that they would have to find a Ñ given by senior designer Ed ing the artists in Jacmal. Some of the bands include The Daze, Hello Caller, Major Major Major and Grinning Man. The show also includes a special performance by Inverness, a Chilean group. All profits from the event will go to funding the teamÕs project and month¥long stay in Haiti. Romero said one of the goals of the team is to show Austin and other com¥munities in the country HaitiÕs condi¥tion a year after the earthquake. ÒWe are a group of seven small in¥dividuals but we have the potential to make a huge impact,Ó Romero said. ¥ hone games such as Finger Twist¥er and Hangtime, Mutual MobileÕs size began to grow rapidly. With a staff of more than 100 developers, Mutual Mobile is now ranked the mobility, rather than consumer mobility, called LaunchPad. LaunchPad is a platform agnos¥tic device that allows companies to distribute mobile apps to their an app to be called ÒAwareness,Ó the iPhone will potentially be able to be more helpful to the consumer by exploiting its microphone and sensory mechanisms. new home. JJ Weber, broadcast operations manager at KLRU-TV and game enthusiast, heard the news and offered Studio 6A, the seriesÕ most high-pro-Stark at Vigil Games, who cre¥ated the acclaimed action-ad¥venture game ÒDarksiders.Ó Ian Bullard has attended pre¥vious Microtalks as an audi¥ your R E C YC L E second-largest in-house iPhone employees. The program simpli-For example, if a user is driving file venue yet with three times ence member but will be pre¥ copy of The Daily development team in the United fies the private app-store enterprise down the highway at 70 mph in a the seating space of TrudyÕs, senting for the first time Friday. States after Apple. by allowing internal apps to be dis-different city, the iPhone will be where the last event was held He works as a senior engineer Although Mutual Mobile saw tributed to employees with differ-able to predict there will be a need this past December. at Total Immersion Studios, de¥ initial success, Arrow decided to ent smartphones. for navigational assistance and au¥ ÒBetter facilities, better velopers of simulations for mil¥ move the company in a different Mutual MobileÕs Chief Technol-tomatically pull up a map for you, acoustics, better air condi-itary and law enforcement. direction. He recognized that there ogy Officer Mickey Ristroph ex-explained Arrow. tioning,Ó said Jason Hughes, ÒIf youÕre a game developer or was more opportunity in consult-plained on their website that their This app is only one of the many studio head of Steel Penny you want to be one, you should ing other companies about how approach to making applications is ideas Mutual Mobile is at the fore- Games. ÒThe only thing that attend these events,Ó Bullard to go mobile and creating apps that would best fit the particular companyÕs needs. After consult¥ing StumbleUpon, Mutual Mobile created for them one of the most successful apps for both the iPad and iPhone. Since this move, Mutual Mobile simplicity, which is part of the rea¥son why the company has done so well thus far. ÒWe focus on not making the widest Swiss Army Knife but the sharpest blade. That way, we can reduce the technical and market risks to make the product success¥front of producing. After discussing the future and potential of mobile technol¥ogy, Arrow said the world from ÒMinority ReportÓ will come sooner rather than later and is hoping that Mutual Mobile will be at the forefront. isnÕt better is parking, and I can forgive that.Ó Some of the nightÕs topics might seem inclusive to pro¥grammers and arcane to the average game player, such as HughesÕ subject of lean devel¥opment. Henderson said the Texan said. ÒThe movers and shakers are there along with veterans that want to share knowledge. I learned something new from at least 30 percent of the previ¥ous talks. It doesnÕt sound like a huge number but thatÕs much higher than most events.Ó THE DAILY TEXAN C L ASSIFIEDS Self-serve, 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.com ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the Þrst day of publication, as the publishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. 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WHAT: Social Cycling ATX Thursday Night Social Ride WHERE: Starts at Festival Beach near Bergman Avenue WHEN: Thursday 7:30 p.m. HOW MUCH: Free G. Love and Special Sauce at AntoneÕs Check out G. Love and Special Sauce at AntoneÕs this Friday night. The group, fronted by Dutton aka G. Love, dabbles in an array of genres such as hip-hop, funk and soul. WHAT: G. Love and Special Sauce at AntoneÕs WHERE: AntoneÕs WHEN: Friday 8 p.m. HOW MUCH: $25, can be purchased online at Frontgate Tickets Arcade & Anime Adventure The first Arcade & Anime Adventure at Hargrave Arcade features DJ Dub Zero, a 9 p.m. movie screening of ÒSummer WarsÓ and 12:30 a.m. screening of ÒSpirited Away.Ó There will be free beverages, popcorn, vegan-friendly pasta marinara and unlimited game plays at the arcade. WHAT: Arcade & Anime Adventure WHERE: Hargrave Arcade WHEN: Saturday 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: $10 Texas Rollergirls 2011 Season Check out the Texas Rollergirls, an Austin-based, skater-owned-and¥managed roller derby league. The Rollergirls were the first flat track derby league in the United States, and their all-star team won the Flat Track National Tournament last year. WHAT: Texas Rollergirls 2011 Season WHERE: Austin Convention Center WHEN: Sunday 5 p.m. HOW MUCH: $15 at the door, $12 in advance, can be purchased online at getsmackedtx.com Video game developers take over old ACL studio By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff UTÕs Studio 6A, the room in which music legends Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett once performed, will set the stage for a new gener¥ation of artists Friday night. Ex¥cept these arenÕt musicians, theyÕre game designers. Hosted by the Austin chapter of the International Game Developer Association, Microtalks is part of the organizationÕs effort to connect game enthusiasts with local professionals of varying skill sets, including art¥ists, designers and programmers. The fourth Microtalks event will be held on the sixth floor of the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center, where Austin City Limits was filmed before it moved to the Moody The¥ater downtown. The event will feature eight local professionals in the game industry, each delivering a 10-minute presen¥tation on the topic of their choice. There will be alcoholic refreshments at the venue, but John Henderson, the eventÕs organizer and emcee, hopes people only come to learn and make new friends in the industry. ÒThe format is such that none of them have to carry the event by themselves,Ó Henderson said. ÒThe trade-off is that they donÕt get to talk for very long. What you get is inspi¥ration. You have to go out and learn the rest for yourself.Ó gAMecontinues on pAge9 Mobile technology pioneer develops innovative apps Erika Rich |Daily Texan Staff John Arrow, CEO of Mutual Mobile, a technological consulting company and top competitor in mobile applications, stands in the idea room of his business, where employees brainstorm. Entrepreneur caters to business, consumer demands By William James The businessman is John Ar-his junior year to put his entre- Daily Texan Staff row, chief executive officer of Mu-preneurial skills to the test in the tual Mobile, a technological con-field of mobile applications. He A young American business-sulting company with offices in started from scratch without any man strolls the winding roads of Austin, San Francisco and most loans during a struggling econo-Hyderabad, India. HeÕs there to recently, Hyderabad. But India is my in 2008. expand his business but walks to not the only country Arrow wants ÒI started seeing similar signs clear his mind. A group of children to surprise. He plans on bringing that occurred before the dot-com playing ball approach him, and he fresh, mobile technology advanc-boom for the mobile industry so I decides to entertain them with his es that Americans have never seen tried to think, what is the biggest iPad. To his surprise, they have as well. opportunity in mobile?Ó Arrow never even heard of it. He opens ÒThings that seem like magic to said. ÒI wanted to get people who SketchPad for the boys, and they us today will come into place very, understood mobile all together.Ó intuitively draw using their fin-very soon,Ó Arrow said. After the 2007 Apple keynote gers on the tablet. To them, it The rise of Mutual Mobile came was unfathomable. after he dropped out of UT during AppScontinues on pAge9 Meet and Greet. Mueller Style. 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UT student group to document charity, rebuilding in Haiti By Jody Marie Serrano lege students nationwide every year Daily Texan Staff and sends them to a community where they will document innova- Armed with video cameras, photo tive solutions to issues in that area. cameras, a reporterÕs notebook and a Last year, the UT team traveled strong sense of determination, sev¥to Kosovo to document the efforts en UT students will venture into still of MPOWER, an organization that earthquake-damaged Haiti to docu¥provided financial services to those ment the reconstruction process and efforts of several nonprofit organiza¥tions, including Soul of Haiti and the HAITIcontinues on pAge9 Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Sociology and journalism senior WHAT:Artists for Artists Festival Amy Romero is one of the students WHERE:Pearl Street Co-op, 21st who will go to Haiti this summer. and Pearl streets Romero is part of UT Students of the World, a nonprofit organization WHEN:March 27, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. that works to highlight social and world issues through various media. TICKETS:$5 suggested The organization partners with col¥ donation Erika Rich |Daily Texan Staff From left to right, Maria Arrellaga, Scott Morgan, Amy Romero and Priscilla Totiyapungprasert will leave for Haiti this summer. ÒELEKTRA LUXX HAS A PLAYFUL, BREEZY SEXINESS!Ó Mark Olsen, LOS ANGELES TIMES ÒCARLA GUGINO IS A REVELATION!Ó Stephen Saito, IFC.COM JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI TIMOTHY OLYPHANT ADRIANNE PALICKI STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 25TH REGAL ARBOR CINEMA @ GREAT HILLS 9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin (800) FANDANGO 684#