@thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, April 8, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com FRIDAY ÔOnce AgainÕ Dog Gone Dead with Milezo and the Noize are performing at Cactus Cafe at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. SATURDAY Muppets Alamo Ritz is hosting ÒSesame Street at 40,Ó a retrospective featuring clips from 40 years of Sesame Street. SUNDAY Texas Baseball Longhorns play Baylor at the UFCU Disch-Falk Field at 1 p.m. Tickets range from $5-$12. ÔOaxacaÕ Space rock band Maserati is performing at Mohawk with supporting acts My Education and My Empty Phantom. Tickets are $8-$10 and doors open at 9 p.m. Today in history In 1913 The 17th Amendment to the Constitution becomes law, requiring direct election of senators. Campus watch The Drunk Monster Erwin Special Events Center A UT staff member reported two non-UT subjects were arguing with each other inside Section 48. During the investigation, the officers detected a very strong odor of alcohol on both subjectsÕ breath and noted other signs of intoxication. The officers learned one subject was upset because the other subject had gotten ÒsloppyÓ drunk while at the concert. While in the process of ejecting both subjects from the building, one subject began berating the other. The Poker-Face officers took both subjects into custody for Public Intoxication, not Bad Romance, and transported them to Central Booking in separate vehicles. Quote to note Ô ÒYou donÕt realize the people who you influence and how you do it, and I just thank God that itÕs me, and IÕm so honored.Ó Ñ Nancy Lieberman Texas Legends basketball coach SPORTS PAGE 6 Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff UT Fire Inspector Ricardo Trevino helps channel water out of the fourth floor hallway of the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center Building A after an employee ruptured a fire safety sprinkler. The spilled water leaked into the main lobby, forcing temporary evacuations. Caution Wet Floor By Tamir Kalifa Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff Rising gas prices could be a contributing factor to the recent increase in UT shuttle ridership within the last six months. Rise in gas prices likely cause of more students riding buses By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff An increase in gas prices could be behind the steady rise of UT stu¥dents that have used Capital Metro campus shuttles and mainline bus¥es during the past six months, Cap Metro official said. UTÕs Parking and Transportation Services does not yet have passen¥ger counts for campus shuttle use in February and March, but student ridership is expected to be high¥er than normal, said Blanca Juarez, alternative transportation manager at PTS. She said it is most likely be¥cause of rises in gas prices, among other factors. According to AAA TexasÕ dai¥ly fuel gage report, regular gas pric¥es in the Austin-San Marcos area hit an average of $3.60 Thursday, com¥pared to $3.47 one week ago. This week last year, gas prices were $.90 lower, according to the report. ÒStudents would react this way because by riding the bus fare-free, theyÕre able to save money, free up time from driving for other things and avoid the hassles of driving dur¥ing rush hour,Ó Juarez said. ÒAs gas prices continue to rise, we will see even more students board the buses to save some money.Ó According to Capital Metro sta¥tistics, students boarded shuttles 2,323,949 times and mainline bus¥es 1,019,958 times between Oc¥tober 2009 and February 2010. BUSES continues on PAGE 2 H undreds of students, staff and faculty evacuated the Jes¥se H. Jones Communication Center Building A after a moving company employee acciden¥tally struck a fire safety sprinkler Thursday. ON THE WEB The employee hit the sprinkler while carrying Check out video of a tall cabinet through a fourth floor hallway. The ThursdayÕs flooding rupture triggered a surge of water that flooded in the CMA the hallway and spilled into the third floor lobby. @dailytexan Jeff Toreki, College of Communication fi-online.com nance manager, shut off the water valve within six minutes. Austin firefighters helped channel water into the stairwell to prevent additional damage. The leak affected several linear feet of wall board and several square feet of carpet, said Jason Shoumaker, building services supervisor for the college. The college has not yet determined the cost of the damages. The building reopened within an hour, and classes resumed shortly afterward. 82ND LEGISLATURE New teachers face difficulty obtaining jobs after cutbacks By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan Staff Megan Metzger will delay her plan to teach in Texas and head to South America for a job with inter¥national volunteer program Cross-Cultural Solutions after she gradu¥ates in December. SheÕs not alone Ñ Metzger, an ap¥plied learning and development se¥nior, knows of several classmates doing the same thing. When she started in the College of Education, all she wanted to be was a teacher, especially in Texas. For the past two semesters, sheÕs been student teach¥ing at a Del Valle Elementary in pursuit of that goal. Metzger said a gloomier career outlook, clouded by the economy and the $8 billion in cuts proposed in the 2012-13 biennium that the Texas Legislature passed Sunday, changed her mind. Each week, when Metzger teaches Del Valle Independent School Dis¥trict second graders in a small por¥table classroom, she hears the teach¥ersÕ concerns about cutbacks. ÒItÕs harder to stay motivated to do something when [you know] itÕs going to be harder to get a job in the future,Ó Metzger said. ÒEvery team meeting I go to, everyoneÕs talking about the budget cuts for next year, what we have to order, what weÕre going to need, whoÕs going to be here. ItÕs very stressful.Ó Although Del Valle hasnÕt had TEACH continues on PAGE 2 UT track coach touts mentor program By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff Beverly Kearney doesnÕt like to talk about her induction into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, her record seven nation¥al championships as womenÕs track and field coach or the fact that she has coached 12 Olympic runners, seven of whom are medalists. Kearney would rather have a conversation about giving back and pouring into programs such as the annual Minority Mentorship Sym¥posium she founded in 2007. Now in its fifth year, the two¥day symposium Ñ which more than 1,000 students from UT and surrounding schools attended on Thursday Ñ honored individuals such as John Harris, CEO of Nes¥tle Waters; recording artist and producer Lana ÒMC LyteÓ Moor¥er; and Cookie Johnson, CEO of Cookie Johnson Jeans and wife of Earvin ÒMagicÓ Johnson, among many others. LeToya Luckett, a speaker at the symposium, told students about balancing a career as an actress, a singer and a boutique owner, while Twyla Garrett, CEO of six compa¥nies, shared her rags-to-riches sto¥ry of growing up in poverty and ris¥ing to the top. Kearney said the idea for a mentor program like the symposium came about early in her coaching career. She said she met many minority stu¥dents who had never interacted with community members who held the professions they were striving for. ÒThey had never met anyone that looked like them doing what they wanted to do,Ó she said. ÒThey had never met an African-American fe¥male CEO or a prominent Hispan¥ic doctor.Ó MENTORS continues on PAGE 2 Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff MENTORS continues from PAGE 1 She said the lack of interaction hindered mi¥nority students from keeping focus when they hit hardships because they felt like they were treading Òuncharted waters.Ó Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, said he aspired to be to be an attorney when he was a child, but he had no model. ÒWhen I was coming up, my role model was Perry Mason,Ó West said, speaking of the fic¥tional television attorney. ÒI just didnÕt have any other role model to look up to for that.Ó UT students who attended the symposium will spend Friday volunteering at a youth ral¥ly for more than 1,300 middle and high school students Ñ a process Kearney referred to as a Ògenerational flow of success.Ó ÒI donÕt ever want them to forget that be¥ing here and being who they are is a blessing, and sometimes, you got to give back off of that blessing so you generate greater blessings for the future,Ó she said. President William Powers Jr., said he is proud of KearneyÕs accomplishments on and off the field and is inspired by her philanthropy. ÒNothing makes me more proud than the energy that you put into this event so that dis¥tinguished individuals can pass on their wis¥dom to the next generation,Ó Powers said. KearneyÕs philanthropic institution, Pur¥suit of Dreams Foundation, hosts sym¥posiums for men and women of all ages, both locally and nationally. The Founda¥tion works with companies to benefit can¥cer foundations and research centers, wom¥enÕs and childrenÕs shelters, and a dozen oth¥er nonprofit organizations. ÒItÕs always been my goal to give more than I receive, and IÕve failed at that because IÕm blessed to have received so much,Ó Kearney said through tears. ÒBut if you know me, you know IÕm not a quitter, and IÕm going to keep on giving.Ó TEACH continues from PAGE 1 layoffs, the administration has implemented a hiring freeze, leaving new teachers in a tough spot, she said. ÒItÕs a huge topic around the [education] school now,Ó Metzger said. ÒEveryoneÕs talk¥ing about it, and theyÕre talking about how theyÕre not hiring. It can be demotivating.Ó Education Council president Emily Cheek, a kinesiology se¥nior, said many education majors are broadening their outlooks and searching for other jobs they had not considered before. ÒIÕve actually seen a lot of in¥terest shift from directly going into teaching to considering grad school because of the fear of job cuts and job losses,Ó Cheek said. ÒA lot of my friends are going into Teach for America; a lot are being flexible upon graduation.Ó Education Council members have worked with Invest in Tex¥as, a student lobbying organiza¥tion, to advocate for universi¥ty and public-education funding, Cheek said. ÒObviously, a lot of people are very concerned, not only about how it will affect their jobs in the future but also future generations,Ó Cheek said. Courtney Maple, the outgo¥ing Student Government educa¥tion representative, said the col¥lege should now host a town hall meeting or student forum. ÒGoing forward, we should start a conversation between students, faculty, staff and the communi¥ty to acknowledge concerns stu¥dents may have, discuss how these budget cuts affect us and what we can do here at the university level,Ó Maple said. In her personal job search, Ma¥ple said itÕs been difficult to find job openings, but she has taken advantage of the collegeÕs resourc¥es, including attending a career fair held Tuesday. Director of Education Career Services Sharon Evans said this yearÕs career fair on Tuesday drew 45 fewer recruiting entities, but those in attendance said UT grads have an advantage over students BUSES continues from PAGE 1 From October 2010 to February 2011, students boarded shuttles 2,410,219 times and mainline bus¥es 1,088,744 times. UT student ridership has in¥creased by 3.71 percent on shuttles around campus and 6.74 percent on mainline buses in the past six months, according to the statistics. Capital Metro spokeswoman Misty Whited also attributed the increase in ridership to more expensive gas prices, among other issues. ÒContributing factors could be so many different things, we would re¥ally have to do a survey to see specif¥ics,Ó Whited said. ÒWhen gas prices go up, ridership in general goes up. ThatÕs definitely a part of it.Ó Other reasons, such as the se¥mester coming to a close and more students traveling to and from campus for final exam study sessions and deadlines for class from other programs. ÒThey are the shiny pennies in the stack, in terms of other people looking for jobs out there,Ó Evans said. ÒRecruiters look for our stu¥dents compared to others because they have over 800 hours in the field. They look like more experi¥enced teachers.Ó Although the House passed the budget bill Sunday, the Senate still needs to pass its own version of the bill, so the total cuts to public education could change. Metzger said lawmakers can still change the outlook of educa¥tion in Texas by using the Rainy Day Fund, a total of $9.4 billion lawmakers can use during finan¥cial emergency. If the current cuts remain, the student-to-teacher ra¥tio in Texas elementary schools would go up to 26-1, and teachers would have fewer school supplies for daily activities. ÒItÕs hard because there can be things done about [the cuts] with the umbrella funds,Ó Metzger said. ÒThe hardest part is seeing the ef¥fect on the kids.Ó projects, may also contribute to the rise in usage of Capital Met¥ro, Whited said. Chemical en¥gineering sophomore Elizabeth Orth said that she is more likely to choose the bus because her car is parked far away. ÒI donÕt want to walk to my car,Ó she said. ÒIÕm more likely to take the bus because of convenience as opposed to any monetary reasons associated with driving myself.Ó CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. 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Texan sta¥¥ Aaron West wrote ÒJingle all the wayÓ and Ao Meng wrote ÒÔMapÕ o¥¥ers eclectic sampler of comics.Ó TOMORROWÕS WEATHER LowHigh 7193 Rod is hawt Beware the Republican slipper World&NatioN 3 Friday, April 8, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Ashley Morgan, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com By Juliana Barbassa The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO Ñ A gunman roamed the halls of an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and killed 12 children, lining them up against a wall and shooting them in the head at point-blank range as he shouted, ÒIÕm going to kill you all!Ó It was the worst school shoot¥ing in BrazilÕs history Ñ and would have been deadlier if the gunman had not been shot in the legs by a police officer, who said the man then fell down some stairs and shot himself in the head. Images taken with a cell phone and posted on YouTube showed stu¥dents fleeing wildly, screaming for help, many with their white and blue school shirts soaked in blood. At least 18 people, mostly students, were injured, many by gunfire, and taken to local hospitals, said Rio state Health Secretary Sergio Cortes. At least four were in grave condition. The dead included 10 girls and two boy, plus the gunman, Cortes said. Those killed were between the ages of 12 and 15. Terrified parents rushed to the school in the Realengo neighbor¥hood. Zilda Nunes, 67, lives across the street from the school and said three of her grandchildren were inside when the shooting began. As students fled, she offered them sugar water to help calm them down, she said. ÒThere were so many children shot, so much blood,Ó Nunes said. ÒPeople were asking for help, but what could I do?Ó The gunman was identified as 23-year-old Wellington Oliveira. No motive was known, but authorities said the shooter left a mostly incoher¥ent letter at the scene indicating he wanted to kill himself. The letter also explains in detail how Oliveira wanted his corpse to be cared for and states that the gun¥man should not be touched by any¥one who is ÒimpureÓ unless they wear gloves. Government faces midnight shutdown if budget talks stall By David Espo The Associated Press WASHINGTON Ñ President Barack Obama and congressional leaders bargained Thursday, still short of an agreement to cut feder¥al spending and head off a midnight Friday government shutdown that no one claims to want. Obama met with House Speak¥er John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Sen¥ate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at midday, and the three agreed to reconvene after dinner. With an agreement elusive, Re¥publicans passed legislation in the House to fund the Pentagon for six months, cut $12 billion in domestic spending and keep the federal bu¥reaucracy humming for a week. Obama threatened to veto the bill even before it passed on a 247-181, mostly party-line vote. The admin¥istration issued a statement calling it Òa distraction from the real workÓ of agreeing on legislation to cover the six months left in the fiscal year. In a shift in position, Obama said he would sign a short-term measure to give negotiations more time. A senior budget official said the impact of a shutdown Òwill be im¥mediately felt on the economy.Ó It also would be felt uneven¥ly, said Jeff Zients, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Military troops would not receive their full paychecks, but So¥cial Security recipients would still get monthly benefits, he said. ÒNational parks, national forests and the Smithsonian Institution would all be closed. The NIH Clin¥ical Center will not take new pa¥tients, and no new clinical trials will start,Ó he added in a roll call of ex¥pected agency closings. Afghanistan sees violent unrest as locals protest Quran burning By Solomon Moore The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan Ñ Sui¥cide attackers stormed a police com¥pound with AK-47s, grenades and an explosives-rigged ambulance in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in an escalation of fighting that coin¥cides with demonstrations Ñ some of them deadly Ñ over the burning of a Quran in Florida. Six Afghan security troopers died in the attack. Riots in the same prov¥ince incited by the Quran burning killed 10 people Saturday, part of a wave of protests that has forced inter¥national aid organizations and em¥bassies to virtually lock down their facilities for more than a week. side a Kabul mosque with banners demanding that Jones be prosecut¥ ed and that foreign troops withdraw from Afghanistan. Afghan police closely monitored We didnÕt send tanks or helicopters or weapons to America, Ò we have sent the holy book... Ñ Abdul Salam Abad, Muslim cleric knowledge,Ó Muslim cleric Abdul Salam Abad told the crowd. ÒAmer¥ica claims they are giving us human rights and freedom of speech and re¥ligion, but their burning of the Quran shows their hatred of Muslims.Ó Many Afghan Muslims will attend weekly prayer services at mosques on Friday, and there are concerns that civil unrest will follow angry ser¥mons about the Quran burning, as it did last weekend. The demonstrations are occurring as Taliban fighters return to the bat¥tlefield in greater numbers to take ad¥vantage of more temperate weather. In the attack on the police com¥pound, three heavily armed suicide bombers set off a furious gunbattle that raged for at least 45 minutes. Last monthÕs book burning at the Gainesville, Fla., church led by the Rev. Terry Jones further inflamed an¥ ti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan. Ò The fighting was punctuated by large explosions as two insurgents detonated bomb vests. A third insur¥ gent pretended to be an ambulance Outrage at the desecration also protesters, who were peaceful in driver and set off the explosives-lad¥spurred a deadly assault on a U.N. their behavior but strident in their en rescue vehicle after injured offi¥headquarters in the northern prov-rhetoric. ÒAmerica is a terrorist,Ó read cers were placed inside. ince of Mazar-i-Sharif last week that one banner. The Red Cross said using an am¥killed seven staff workers. ÒWe didnÕt send tanks or heli-bulance as a weapon is a violation of On Thursday, about 300 teachers, copters or weapons to America; we human rights and the neutrality of students and clerics gathered out-have sent the holy book, a bridge of health care services. 4 OpiniOn Friday, April 8, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Lauren Winchester, Editor in Chief | (512) 232 2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com QUoTeS To NoTe ÒJust because you ask questions about how toimprove does not mean you are not a loyal supporter.Ó Ñ Justin Keener, spokesperson for Texas Business for Higher Education, on the founding of the group, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The organization consists of Texas business executives who want to improve the quality of and reduce costs for Texas colleges and universities. ÒWhat if our football team was ranked 45th? There would be some serious discussion about how to improve.Ó Ñ Keener, commenting on the groupÕs desire to improve educa¥tional quality at the University. ÒTell them itÕs raining now and the RainyDay Fund needs to be used. Tell them thereÕsfederal money. Go use it.Ó Ñ Derrick Osobase, a member of the Committee on Political Education, a workersÕ advocacy group, at a protest at the Capitol on Wednesday, according to The Daily Texan. ÒRaising tuition is something theyÕve donethat I havenÕt been a particular critic of.You donÕt like it when tuition rises Ñ I donÕt like it Ñ but I think in some cases itÕs been necessary.Ó Ñ Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R- San Antonio, at an on¥campus event Tuesday, according to The Daily Texan. Straus said the cuts made in House Bill 1, the budget bill passed on Sunday, were necessary. Offer evening classes By lili Honorato Daily Texan Columnist The course schedule for summer classes came out last week, and, as usual, the course options for students like me are limited. I am what many call a Ònon traditionalÓ student. I go to school part-time, I work part-time, and I am a parent. I know IÕm in the minority, but many other students are also inconvenienced and frustrated by the limited summer schedule that comes from the University each year. The lack of options can be a problem for non-traditional students, especially those close to graduating. If we canÕt find necessary classes in the summer schedule, that might translate to a heavier workload for the fall, or even worse, adding another semester to our degree plan. Summer classes are great for advancing rapidly with schoolwork, but the insufficient options in the schedule make it nearly impos¥sible for many to be able to take advantage of that opportunity. Even when there are classes I could take in the summer, they are often offered either for the first or the second summer session as opposed to the whole summer session. For students who work during regular business hours, this requires us to either quit our jobs in order to at¥tend summer school or skip the summer semester altogether. I also face this problem during regular long semesters, as the Uni¥versity does not offer many evening classes. So, for someone with an 8-to-5 part-time job, this usually means having to choose between going to school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays or on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, the schedules do not always accommodate my lifestyle, especially now that IÕm nearing the end of my college years. Next semester, I will need to attend classes throughout the week because of the lack of evening classes. Furthermore, if I am not able to find a flexible school schedule that allows me to work while I attend UT, I may be forced to quit my part¥time job. As a result, I will likely have to take out more loans, leaving me with even more debt. The University should try to be more flexible with its course schedules. Given the countryÕs economic crisis, many students may be considering getting a part-time job to help with tuition and liv¥ing costs. UT should take this into consideration when scheduling courses because not all students have the luxury of going to school full-time or attend classes without working. Honorato is a journalism junior. THe FIrINg lINe Ethical scientific inquiry Statements made in Kate ClabbyÕs March 24, column ÒHydrofracking is anything but clean,Ó imply a conflict of interest may exist in research at the Jackson School of Geosciences (JSG). Examining the research con¥ducted in the JSG reveals an extensive commitment to environmental re¥search and outreach. For example, the Environmental Sciences Institute (ESI), originally created within the geology department, and directed by a JSG faculty member, hosts nationally recognized outreach lectures and conducts numerous conferences and symposia on environmental policy and sustainability. According to the message from the director, professor Jay Banner, gallery Research is not the problem By Michael Benedik, alan Friedman, Dean Neikirk and robert Strawser Daily Texan Guest Columnists In his March 30 opinion piece in the Houston Chronicle, ÒTexas students should not take back seat to research,Ó Ronald Trowbridge, a Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, muddies the discussion of higher educa¥tion by using carefully selected but mis¥leading facts. His basic premise, and by extension that of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is that research is of little value, causes many problems in higher education and should be funded by the private rather than the public sector. We believe these views to be wrong. Trowbridge, who presents an oft-cited statistic that only 57 percent of students entering college obtain a degree, implies that faculty research is a major cause of this low rate. But the facts show that the graduation rates of students at the top research institutions across the country are among the highest. For example, at the Texas flagship institutions, The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, the graduation rates are 80 percent. Universities with a strong research focus are not the problem here. It is not a documented fact, as Trow¥bridge alleges, that Òyoung, inexperi¥enced teaching assistantsÓ teach most introductory courses. Senior profes¥sors do teach many of them; others are taught by lecturers, senior lecturers and professors who specialize in teaching and do an outstanding job. Rarely are these courses taught by teaching assis¥tants was alleged. Trowbridge fails to mention that the specialized courses taken by upper division and graduate students at research universities are taught by the very best scholars in their field, and research-active faculty pro¥vide these students opportunities for research or other advanced experiences of their own. This is one of many factors that make our students so highly sought after by employers. Research with an obvious short-term payoff should be, and generally is, fund¥ed by the private sector. But most schol¥arly activity does not have immediate, quantifiable financial benefit. Techno¥logical advances Ñ such as Teflon and genetic engineering, computer technol¥ogy, MRI, advances in medical science, and the entire biotechnology industry Ñ resulted from basic research not directed at any specific application or industry. And most of that research was competi¥tively funded from extra-mural grants. The status of the United States as the worldÕs leading technological power is a direct consequence of the research done at top-tier research universities that also educate and train future scientists, en¥gineers, physicians and scholars. Who will train globally competitive commer¥cial and industrial researchers if not the great research universities? As faculty members, faculty leaders, public servants and citizens of this state, we welcome and embrace accountabil¥ity. We also welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that research universities in Texas are essential to our state, nation and world, and are an outstanding value to the Texas taxpayers who are rightly proud of the successes of their students. Teaching and research are insepa¥rable. Learning takes place not only in the classroom but in research labs, faculty offices and indeed everywhere and anytime there are interactions be¥tween students and faculty. Neikirk and Friedman are the chair and chair-elect of the University of Texas Faculty Council; Strawser and Benedik are the speaker and speaker-elect of the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate. Intellectual growth through experience By emily Van Duyn exposure and experience with topic Daily Texan Guest Columnist matter that is relevant to our commu¥nities and to our nation. They take us As another registration period en-outside the walls of typical classroom croaches, students will again be faced instruction and put learning partially with an enormous amount of course options varying in both topic and pur¥pose. Amidst these choices are courses featuring an academic service-learning component that incorporate commu¥nity service and reflection within the individual course curriculum. While normal courses tend to iso-As education becomes late learning within a classroom, aca¥ increasingly interwoven demic service-learning courses aim Ò to facilitate experiential learning and with social and community growth. Students enrolled in these courses participate in community awareness, students are projects where they actively practice the information they learn in a class-asked to re-examine what room setting, giving them the oppor¥ it means to learn... tunity to gain hands-on experience without the heavy time commitment that an internship demands. Aca¥ demic service-learning courses range tribution, be that working with autistic children through the Autism Project or grant writing assistance for local nonprofits. Academic service-learning courses have become an increasingly important aspect of the student academic experi¥ence among our peer institutions, in¥cluding the University of North Caroli¥na at Chapel Hill and UC Berkeley and should be an equally important focus of our own UniversityÕs student body. A comprehensive list of Academic Service-Learning courses will be avail¥able through the Academic Service-Learning website utexas.edu/diversity/ ddce/vslc/sl.php starting next week. In the past, courses have ranged from lec¥turer Alice BattÕs ÒWriting for Nonprof¥itsÓ course to lecturer Jane TillmanÕs ÒCommunity NutritionÓ course. As students, we have a lot more to learn than what resides in our text¥books and much more to contribute than what our classroom performance published on ESIÕs website, the institute Òhas endeavored to foster Ò from major specific courses to core illustrates. Academic service-learning courses offer us the opportunity to be engaged in local community af¥environmental research and education across academic units within curriculum courses and are facilitated the university, advancing our understanding of the environment and by the office Academic Service Learn¥sustainability through the development of interdisciplinary research, ing Office on campus. in the hands of the student. They offer fairs while working toward our degree education and outreach programs.Ó Because I worked for ESI when I As education becomes increasingly us the chance to encounter intellec-completion. I encourage all students was an undergraduate at UT, I can personally attest to Dr. BannerÕs interwoven with social and commu-tual growth through experience rather to enroll in academic service learning commitment to his stated mission and his tireless efforts to grow ESIÕs nity awareness, students are asked to than exclusively through readings and courses and maximize their academic outreach programs. reexamine what it means to learn and assignments. But more importantly, experience at UT. I would challenge the author to find a single researcher (faculty, what it means to be a citizen. Academ¥ they also give something back to the staff or student) at the JSG who doesnÕt exemplify the principles of ic service-learning courses offer both Van Duyn is the Senate of College Councils vice president. community at large: a measurable con¥ ethical and sound scientific inquiry. To make such a broad accusation without any specific examples or evidence, and in the presence of so much evidence to the contrary, simply discredits the integrity of the columnist. We expect editorials to contain opinions, sometimes of¥ legaleSe SUBMIT a FIrINg lINe fensive. But there is no reason to publish an opinion where facts are available. Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanon¥ the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not nec-line.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer Ñ Iona P. Williams Petroleum engineering graduate essarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. student By Jake Hong the flaws of the death penalty be-ricans per 100,000 black residents. complice in a burglary that result-Daily Texan staff cause they tried to murder me Five percent of the black popula-ed in a manÕs death. Foster is cur¥twice,Ó Graves said in a lecture tion in the U.S., or 5,000 out of rently serving a life sentence after After surviving 18 years in pris-Thursday. ÒThey canÕt say Texas every 100,000 black residents, are having his sentence commuted by on and two death sentences, exon-doesnÕt execute innocents.Ó inmates in the U.S., Brady said. Gov. Rick Perry in 2007. 82ND LEGISLATURE Bill may legalize sending texts, email while behind wheel By Jay Root less stringent. But he said after the The Associated Press vote that it would still curb the ac¥ tivity that is most hazardous. Driving while sending text or ÒI think the main problem is email messages from a cellphone the people with their hands off the would become a crime under a wheel,Ó Craddick said. bill that passed the Texas House ItÕs already against the law in Texas on Thursday. to use a cellphone in a school zone, Reading messages would still and people under age 18 canÕt use a be legal. The last-minute change phone at all while driving. Studies making an exception for drivers have shown that texting while driv¥who look at or read text messag-ing is the equivalent of having a .08 es gave voice to opponents who blood-alcohol level. thought the measure was a slap Under the bill adopted Thursday, at basic free¥ police could dom and an fine texting invitation to motorists up to police to ha-$200. rass drivers. The bill, Rep. Lar-The actual act of which passed ry Taylor, R-on a 124-16 League City, typing up a message vote, faces a fi¥ who won pas-nal procedur¥ and sending it to sage of the al hurdle and Ò modification, is expected to somebody else is very said the bill move to the as originally dangerous. I have no Senate. drafted went Debate over too far. disagreement the legislation ÒJust looking sparked of¥ with that. down briefly at ten humor¥your phone Ñ Ñ State Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland ous exchang-I donÕt want to es between op¥ Ò erated prisoner Anthony Graves Graves spoke about the flaws in ÒSo what does it mean when ÒJust imagine the agony of an be pulled over ponents and backers of the texting ban. encouraged students to change the stateÕs criminal justice system the leader of the free world locks individual as he is waiting to get as a criminal the system that imprisoned him. to about 40 people Thursday. The up black men at a rate almost six executed, as he is waiting to have or breaking The state accused Graves of taking part in the murder of two women and four children and set¥ting their home on fire in 1992. The main witness in GravesÕ tri¥al, Robert Carter, was eventual¥ly executed for committing the murders. Before CarterÕs execu¥tion, he admitted to lying under oath about GravesÕ involvement. Graves was exonerated in Octo¥ber 2010. ÒI am the walking example of Texas Senate to postpone vote regarding campus carry By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan staff Campaign to End the Death Pen¥alty, a national grassroots organi¥zation, hosted the talk partially to address the race and class dispari¥ty of inmates. ÒItÕs an epidemic,Ó Graves said. ÒNot a black-and-white issue, not a minority issue. ItÕs an epidemic.Ó Death penalty abolitionist Laura Brady compared the United States with Apartheid-era South Africa. From 1948 to 1993, South Africa incarcerated 851 black South Af- For WEB times higher than the most open¥ly racist country in our history?Ó Brady said. ÒMore black men are in prison than attending college.Ó Brady said more black men are in prison, on probation or on pa¥role than the number subjected to slavery prior to the Civil War. Lawrence Foster, who also spoke at the event, is the grandfa¥ther of death-row inmate Kenneth Foster. A judge sentenced Kenneth Foster to death for acting as an ac¥his life extracted from him,Ó Fos¥ter said, ÒThatÕs not execution; thatÕs murder.Ó Government lecturer Alan Sager said the death penalty deters crime. ÒI used to not view the ev¥idence this way,Ó Sager said. ÒHowever, as I saw the continu¥ing studies over the years and an econometric study showing most death penalty studies reflect the bias of the researchers, my views have changed.Ó the law,Ó Tay¥lor said. ÒThe actual act of typing up a message and sending it to some¥body else is very dangerous. I have no disagreement with that.Ó About 30 states and many mu¥nicipalities, including San Antonio and El Paso, already have laws that limit texting while driving. Rep. Tom Craddick, a former Re¥publican House speaker from Mid¥land, sponsored the bill and tried to fight off the amendment making it After he intro¥duced the amendment, Taylor was asked how much time he spent reading text messages in his car. He said he frequently got short messag¥es on his phone, such as ÒLove ya,Ó and ÒYouÕre the best.Ó Rep. Dennis Bonnen, a Hous¥ton-area Republican who was presiding over the debate at the time, jokingly admonished Tay¥lor: ÒYouÕre under oath, even on the floor, Mr. Taylor.Ó ExclusivE Texas Senators were debating the concealed-carry bill Thursday when Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, temporarily pulled the bill down un¥til Monday. The bill would allow concealed¥handgun license holders to carry guns on Texas college campuses. The decision came after senators asked Wentworth for additional time to look over new amendments and pro¥pose the bill to constituents. ÒThis is a matter of personal pro¥tection,Ó Wentworth said. ÒThe idea that it will result in increased violence is unfounded.Ó Wentworth recently accepted an amendment by Sen. Robert Nich¥ols, R-Jacksonville, to exempt pri¥mary and secondary school cam¥puses located within universities from the bill. Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Browns¥ville, who was originally one of 21 members in favor, said he would not be able to support the bill unless he had the weekend to propose it to con¥stituents, some of whom expressed concern over NicholsÕ amendment. Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, op¥posed the bill and said there are too many factors, such as alcohol and the danger of suicides, that can cre¥ate a Òtoxic mixÓ if guns are allowed on campus. ÒTwenty-three states have tabled bills exactly like this,Ó Ellis said. Ellis pointed out lawmakers in con¥servative Southern states such as Mis¥sissippi and Alabama opposed simi¥lar legislation. ÒSenate Bill 354 is a bad solution to a serious problem. Again, it makes us feel like weÕve gotten tough Ñ depu¥tizing students Ñ but the fact is that the universities donÕt want it, and law enforcement doesnÕt want it because they know it will not make our cam¥puses safer,Ó he said. ÒIt might make a great campaign mailer, but it will ab¥solutely not make students safer.Ó But Wentworth said he is confi¥dent the bill will pass next week. STORIES VIDEOS PHOTO GALLERIES & MORE @dailytexanonline.com 6 SPORTS Friday, April 8, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Will Anderson, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com SIDELINE Lieberman leads Legends to playoffs MLB By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Daily Texan Staff Nancy Lieberman knows a thing or two about breaking barriers. The Hall of Famer is a pioneer in her own right, making hoops history in almost every way imaginable. She was the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a medal Ñ during the 1976 games in Montreal Ñ and the first woman to play in a menÕs professional league. Now, as the first female to coach a menÕs professional team, Lieberman took it one step further Ñ guiding the NBA Develop¥ment LeagueÕs Texas Legends to the playoffs in her historic inaugural season. While the Legends became the first NBA expansion team to make the postseason in their first year of existence, many will simply focus on Lieberman herself. But the 52-year¥old coach doesnÕt quite see it that way. ÒHistory is not a woman coaching men,Ó Lieberman said. ÒHistory is us being the first expansion team to make the playoffs.Ó Although the Brooklyn native, nicknamed ÒLady Magic,Ó downplays the gender dynam¥ic, she understands the magnitude of her ac¥complishment in the eyes of her peers. On the eve of the LegendsÕ final regular season game Ñ one they needed to win to make the playoffs Ñ her phone blew up with texts and calls from a whoÕs who of coach¥es and athletes including New York Yan¥keesÕ skipper Joe Girardi, former Texas wom¥enÕs basketball coach Jody Conradt and NBA champion Darvin Ham. Even actor Kevin Costner called. ÒNot only have these guys embraced me, but they care enough to verbalize that theyÕre pulling for me,Ó she said. ÒIt was actually a lit¥tle overwhelming for me to know that these What many people did think, how¥ever, was that the Legends would strug¥gle in their first year in the league. But the players, including four former first-round NBA draft picks and an NBA champion in COACH continues on PAGE 7 guys care this much.Ó The support paid off, and the Legends outlasted the Austin Toros 134-128 in dou¥ble overtime to sneak into the postseason as the eighth seed. But things could have gone differently for Lieberman as her squad man¥aged to overcome a six-point deficit in the fi¥nal 30 seconds of regulation to keep its play¥off aspirations alive. The ending was indicative of the LegendsÕ Òus-against-the-worldÓ attitude, engrained in the team by Lieberman. ÒNobody would have ever thought that we would have been in this position,Ó she said. NBA TEXAS RELAYS DAY TWO TexasÕ Angele Cooper, center, competes in the 400-meter hurdles against South Plains and Texas A&M athletes. Slow day at Texas Relays heats up with exciting race By Chris Medina The nightÕs obvious star was Leo Daily Texan Staff Manzano, a Texas alumnus who ? Answer: ThereÕs not a fan in the place. ran at UT from 2004 to 2008. JOKE OF THE WEEK With a sparse crowd and most- Manzano is also an American ly decathlon events early in the Olympian, having represented day, it wasnÕt until the 4-by-800¥the U.S. at the Beijing 2008 games Why is it so hot at an Astros game? meter menÕs relay that things real¥in the 1,500-meter and mile. He ly started to heat up. was an 11-time All-American The relay show¥ and five-time cased some of the NCAA cham¥ SouthÕs fastest mid¥ pion in Aus¥ dle-distance run¥ tin and has ners. Texas A&M ÒReally, the biggest seen his ca¥ and Arkansas reer balloon Ryan Edwards headed into the fi-thing was we needed a in the past Daily Texan Staff nal straightaway really good race under three years neck-and-neck, Ò MASTERS Cooper, Dowie shine for Texas in day two after making LEADERBOARD with ArkansasÕ our belt and needed to it to the finals Leoman Momoh just polish up. of the World taking a slight edge. Champion¥ By Julie Thompson in third with 57.45 seconds. Both Sophomore Akua Sencherey But then, through Ñ Leo Manzano, Former UT runner ships in 2009 Daily Texan Staff of their times qualified them for and junior Okwukwe Okolie the most gruelling for the 1,500. Ò the event final. competed in the hammer throw part of this half-The crowded For the second day in a row, In all, 55 women partici-and took 15th and 16th, respec-mile race, A&M six-man field the Longhorn women were led by pated in the preliminary 400-tively. Sencherey threw a person¥individual performances at the meter hurdles. al-best 46.58 meters and Okolie Texas Relays on Thursday. Texas Three other Longhorns com-45.5 meters. was led by junior Angele Cooper peted and all three earned per-The hammer throw was won and freshman Danielle Dowie in sonal bests. Natasha Masterson by UTEPÕs Terran Alexander with the 400-meter hurdles. also participated in the 400-me-60.88 meters. Cooper finished in second ter hurdles and walked away with place with 57.03 seconds, Dowie a personal best time of 1:02.43. TEXAS continues on PAGE 7 SOFTBALL BASEBALL No. 5 TEXAS at No. 11 NEBRASKA No. 8 TEXAS at BAYLOR overtook Arkansas also included in the final 20 meters to win with Jacob Hernandez, Kyle Miller, se¥a time of 7 minutes and 19.57 sec¥nior Kenyan national team mem¥onds while the Razorbacks were ber Jackson Kivuva and current 0.23 seconds behind. Texas freshman Mike Quercia. Thursday evening also brought The race began as a tight a first for the Texas Relays Ñ a menÕs invitational 800-meter run. RELAYS continues on PAGE 7 Horns hope to slug their way past Bears Team heads to Lincoln SPORTS By Jon Parrett for last shot at Huskers By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff This weekend may be the end of an era. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, Nebraska parts ways with the Big 12 con¥ference in order to join the Big Ten. That means this weekendÕs series in Lincoln may be the last time that the Longhorns face the Cornhuskers. ÒI think it will be a great op¥portunity to finish those guys off,Ó said Texas third baseman Nadia Taylor. On Saturday, No. 5 Tex¥as (32-3, 5-0 Big 12) faces the 11th-ranked Cornhuskers (30¥4, 3-1) in the first of a two¥game series. The Longhorns enter weekend on a 16-game winning streak after Wednes¥dayÕs dramatic 4-3 win over Texas A&M. In addition to the teamÕs win streak, several Longhorns are being recognized across the country for their strong perfor¥mances so far this season. Last week, junior first baseman Lexy Bennett was named the Big 12 player of the week for her per¥formance in games against Tex¥as State and Oklahoma State. Through three contests, Ben¥nett averaged .636 with seven hits, eight RBI, six individual runs scored and a home run in each game. In addition to this honor, she leads, or ties for the lead, the league in batting aver¥age, runs, hits and home runs for the season. HUSKERS continues on PAGE 7 Augie Garrido stood at the top of the dugout, facing his team seated on the benches below. Practice was over, and 34 sweaty faces looked up at their coach, waiting for their next lesson. Much has been made of TexasÕ hitting woes this season. The Long¥horns are second to last in the Big 12 in batting average, hitting at only a .259 mark. TheyÕre also tied for dead last in home runs with five Ñ first place Oklahoma has hit 25. Garrido preached to his team that itÕs not about the averages. He told them not to concern them¥selves with things they canÕt control and that their averages donÕt reflect what they can and have contributed to the team. ÒTo me, itÕs all history,Ó Garri¥do said. ÒIf youÕre depressed or dis¥tracted because you arenÕt hitting, then you arenÕt allowing yourself Andrew Edmonson | Daily Texan Staff Sophomore outfielder Jonathan Walsh hit .273 last year but has strug¥gled this season with a .194 batting average. to see your potential for the future, ing two games in Waco where the and your chances for success arenÕt Longhorns (22-7, 7-2 Big 12) take very good.Ó on Baylor (17-13, 4-5). The third Texas will have a chance to im¥prove its hitting this weekend dur-BAYLOR continues on PAGE 7 BRIEFLY Terry and Paulino leave Texas for greener coaching pastures Rodney Terry, an assistant bas¥ketball coach at Texas for the past nine years, has been named head menÕs basketball coach at Fresno State. With TerryÕs help, the Long¥horns have made one Final Four, two Elite Eight and four Sweet 16 appearances. ÒThere is no question that Rodney is ready for this challenge,Ó Barnes said. ÒHe has been ready for an opportunity like this for a long time, but he just needed to find the right fit.Ó Kenton Paulino, a special assistant to the Texas basketball program the past three years, is leaving as well, joining the Lamar staff and their new head coach Pat Knight. Ñ Trey Scott HUSKERS continues from PAGE 6 ÒLexy is probably our most consis¥tent performer on both sides of the ball,Ó said Texas head coach Connie Clark. ÒI think she is about as hot as anybody in the country, and she has been for the last three weeks.Ó Sophomore right fielder Taylor Hoagland was also recognized this week. She accepted an invitation on Wednesday to try out for the USA National Softball team in June at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in California. Hoagland will join teammate and All-American hurler Blaire Luna, who accepted her own invitation to the national team se¥lection camp a few weeks ago. Nebraska is on a streak of its own, having won three straight, in¥cluding a sweep of Kansas. The Longhorns are coming off of a hard-fought victory of their own against Texas A&M. The Aggies took the Longhorns through sev¥en innings of work, pressuring the Texas defense and offense. Clark believes the challenging A&M game was good preparation for the Cornhuskers. ÒNebraska is tough, and theyÕre having a great year,Ó Clark said. ÓTheyÕre wanting to go out on a bang in their last year in the Big 12, but I think weÕve got a good game plan.Ó no. 5 texas at no. 11 nebraska Date: Sat., Sun. time: 2 p.m., Noon Place: Bowlin Stadium (Lincoln, Neb.) COACH continues from PAGE 6 11-year veteran Antonio Daniels, talking about, sheÕs confident in of her feat. Almost everywhere ÒBecause IÕm from Texas, this this weekend.Ó tuned in to her message from day what she preaches, and when she goes, someone approaches her is what you work for basical- In the first relay event of the one. Lieberman and her team you have a confident coach, itÕs with a tale of how the coach in¥ ly, besides conference and na¥ week, a team from Louisiana gelled instantly. easy to follow.Ó spired a young female athlete. tionals,Ó she said. ÒThis meet is State University took first in ÒIt wasnÕt like, ÔOK, some chick Assistant coach David Wes¥ ÒYou donÕt realize the people known for greatness, and I feel the 4-by-800-meter relay. The is coaching my team.Õ My job is to ley, who played 14 years in the who you influence and how you like I fit in the category now.Ó LSU team finished in 8:39.19, let them know what IÕm talking NBA for a pair of Hall of Famers do it, and I just thank God that itÕs Chelsea Carrier from West followed by Texas Tech and about,Ó she said. in Dave Cowens and Chuck Daly, me, and IÕm so honored,Ó Lieber- Virginia posted the leading col- Texas A&M. While some of the young¥ said LiebermanÕs attention to de¥ man said. ÒHow many lucky wom¥ legiate and American mark of Friday marks the third day of sters on the LegendsÕ roster were tail was a major factor in the Leg¥ en in the world are there? Because the 2011 Outdoor season in the relays and one of the most unaware of all of her basketball endsÕ success. IÕm one of them.Ó the WomenÕs Heptathlon. Car¥ exciting Ñ between high school prowess, the 36-year-old Daniels ÒShe just expects excellence,Ó The D-League is a springboard rier earned a 6.22 meter mark and university, more then 100 says he knew what he was getting Wesley said. ÒShe strives to teach for players and coaches alike to in the Long Jump WomenÕs events will take place. High in Lieberman. and get guys all on the same make it to the next level. While Heptathlon event at her first school students will start com¥ ÒShe transcended gender a page. She works really hard at the NBA may not be on Lieber- Texas Relays. peting at 1:30 p.m. long time ago. The fact that sheÕs what she does.Ó manÕs radar right now, one thing ÒIt feels really good. ItÕs my For the University of Tex¥ a woman and so many different While itÕs easy to get caught up is for certain: whatever the future first year competing here,Ó as women, the action will start things, it doesnÕt matter,Ó Dan¥ in the XÕs and OÕs, Lieberman is holds for this pioneer coach, sheÕs Carrier said. ÒIÕm very hap¥ with the 4-by-100-meter relay iels said. ÒShe knows what sheÕs often reminded of the significance sure to break more barriers. py. I set PRs in a lot of events at 9:30 a.m. BAYLOR continues from PAGE 6 game will be played Sunday in Austin. The first two games were moved up I-35 because of the Texas Relays. Several struggling hitters stayed after practice Wednesday to prac¥tice hitting while the rest of the team lifted weights. Sophomore outfielder Jonathan Walsh, whoÕs hitting only .157 in conference play, took pitches from freshman Kirby Bellow, who hasnÕt seen ac¥tion in a game since giving up two hits in one-third of an inning to Oral Roberts on March 29. ÒThrowing simulated starts helps keep us as pitchers ready for games,Ó said senior pitcher Cole Green. ÒWeÕre always trying to keep it as competitive as we can to prepare us for the games.Ó Green has settled since start¥ing off the season poorly and has seen his in-conference ERA drop to just above 3.00. HeÕs striking out more batters, and he feels more comfortable on the mound. ÒWeÕve come a long way as a pitching staff,Ó Green said. ÒWeÕve gone through some rough spots where weÕve had to come together as a team, but right now, I feel weÕre really close. WeÕve still got a ways to go, but I think weÕve done a really good job with what we have.Ó Green has been a leader to the younger pitchers on the team who have blossomed since last fall. Sophomore Hoby Milner has solidified himself as TexasÕ Satur¥day starter, and freshman Corey Knebel is the teamÕs closer. ÒI struggled at the beginning of the year, and I think that was an example to the younger guys on the staff that itÕs not always going to be perfect. Everybody, no matter who you are or what youÕve done, is going to have to go through challenges,Ó he said. ÒYou canÕt worry about the out¥come, just worry about your preparation, and control what you can and not worry about anything else.Ó no. 8 texas vs. Baylor Date: Fri.,Sat.,Sun. time: 6:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 1 p.m. Where: Waco, Texas / Austin, Texas TEXAS continues from PAGE 6 RELAYS continues from PAGE 6 group, with each runner battling for position along the first straightaway. But as the race moved forward the runners began to separate and in the last 50 meters Texas alumnus Man¥zano edged out Kivuva to clock in at 1:47.89 Ñ a new Texas Relays record for the 800. ÒIÕve been training here in Austin,Ó Manzano said after the race. ÒReal¥ly, the biggest thing was we needed a really good race under our belt and needed to just polish up. We have re¥ally big races coming up and what better place than Austin, Texas and the University of Texas.Ó Earlier in the day Michael Morri¥son of California won the decathlon in day two of the 10-event contest. Texas received a gallant effort from its three participants in the decath¥lon, including Isaac Murphy, who finished fourth with a total score of 7,681 points. Senior Kenny Greaves placed sev¥enth, compiling a personal-best 7,454 points. Greaves also post¥ed a personal best in the 1,500-me¥ter run with a time of 4:19.19 and generated another person record in the pole vault, clearing 17 feet 0.25 inches. Overall, Greaves earned career bests in seven of the 10 decathlon events. Murphy had impressive showing as well on Thursday, posting career bests in all five events, including a 4:40.68 time in the 1,500-meter. Longhorn freshman Jake Wohl¥ford, competing in his first de¥cathlon, posted 6,850 points while finishing first in the 110¥meter hurdles. Heisman winner Ricky Williams making impact felt off the field By sameer Bhuchar The goal, Williams said, is to cre-whelmed when I was in third grade, third grader Edward Rogers. Rog-my grades, and itÕs going to help me boy from across the room ran over Daily Texan Staff ate as many memorable experiences and on certain levels, like in my ers, who comes from a single-par-when I grow up,Ó Rogers said. to ask. for the kids as possible and to make reading class, I couldnÕt really catch ent household, said the program has Everyone wanted to pick Wil-ÒDo you have a son?Ó inquired When Ricky Williams comes them feel like a part of a family. up to the other kids and didnÕt have made him feel more confident about liamsÕ brain. Even when the multi-another. to Austin, heÕs not usually going What was on the docket for Wil¥ tude of reporters bugged Williams Williams answered each ques¥ back to school. But yesterday in the liamsÕ visit? Nothing out of the or¥ about NFL questions, his career and tion patiently, refusing to run over Sims Elementary School library, dinary. For the kids, it was busi-the possible lockout, Williams po-details. This, in essence, is what the The program gives me a great feeling, the Longhorn football hero hung ness as usual. First, the daily group litely deflected the statements back after-school program is about Ñ around the campus to mentor 20 of discussions about anything and ev-and it offers a lot to the kids as well. to the kids, not wanting his whole allowing children to explore their ÒRickyÕs Kids.Ó erything, followed by their Òsuper life to be defined by the sport. curiosity without someone say- With the fate of next yearÕs NFL Ñ Ricky WIlliams, Ò brain yogaÓ activity. The program Former Texas running back Ò ÒIÕm confident there will be an ing anything is off limits. The kids NFL season next year, but I think know this. it is programs like this that get me Rogers said his favorite subject in season up in the air and lots of free then went into snack time Ñ hum¥ time this offseason, the decorated mus and pita chips on Thursday Ñ and then onto their outdoor team-through constantly thinking about school is science because he loves time to see how his pilot after-school program is going. RickyÕs Kids, start¥ ed by the Ricky Williams Founda¥ right alongside the kids, for all of much on their own. We help them that Sims Elementary School prin-The kids didnÕt let him off the ÒI want to be a star football play¥ tion, aims to create a nurturing en¥ the activities. develop discipline and a work ethic cipal Freda Mills said is a testament hook either. er like Ricky,Ó Rogers said. ÒHe is an vironment that fosters intellectu¥ ÒThere are certain parallels be-and enforce the importance.Ó to WilliamsÕ program. ÒWhy do you have a microphone example, showing you that you can al and emotional growth for un¥ tween my childhood and the kids One of the students profoundly ÒI feel good about being a schol-on your shirt?Ó one young girl said. do whatever you want and you can derprivileged third to fifth graders. here,Ó Williams said. ÒI was over-affected by WilliamsÕ program was ar because it means IÕm keeping up ÒRicky, do you know Spanish?Ó a make it.Ó SUDOKUFORYOU 1 2 5 7 6 9 3 8 7 5 4 9 8 9 1 7 4 5 4 3 3 9 7 5 4 8 6 1 8 9 YesterdayÕs solution OKU YOU 4 7 8 5 2 6 3 1 9 5 3 1 8 7 9 4 6 2 2 6 9 3 4 1 5 8 7 8 9 3 6 5 2 1 7 4 6 1 5 7 9 4 8 2 3 7 2 4 1 8 3 6 9 5 3 8 7 2 6 5 9 4 1 1 4 6 9 3 7 2 5 8 9 5 2 4 1 8 7 3 6 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 THE DAILY TEXAN insertion. 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C L ASSIFIEDS Pratt graduate builds searchable database for all things hip-hop By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff If Pratt Institute graduate Tahir Hemphill gets his way, the most am¥bitious project ever to be created in the history of hip-hop wonÕt be Jay¥ZÕs The Black Album, Kanye WestÕs My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Dr. DreÕs The Chronic or any of rapÕs most influential albums. Instead, it will be a database of all of them. HemphillÕs creative project is enti¥tled ÒThe Hip-Hop Word Count: A Searchable Rap AlmanacÓ and is still in development. HemphillÕs descrip¥tion on Kickstarter, a fundraising website, the Hip-Hop Word Count Òis an ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 songs from 1979 to current day.Ó With this data, Hemphill plans to put the collected information in a searchable format with which peo¥ple can find comprehensive facts pre¥viously arduous to research. On the most basic level, answers to ques¥tions such as ÒWhat city features the most mentions of Nike Dunk Highs in its rap?Ó and ÒWhich champagne is the most hip-hop, in the event that you have no idea what ÔCristalÕ is?Ó The Hip-Hop Word Count even pro- ON THE WEB vides data on the education Watch a video of Tahir Hemphill level neces¥explaining his sary to thor¥ project oughly com¥ @dailytexan prehend the online.com rap, ranging from junior high to postgraduate, based on the complexi¥ty of sentence structures and vocabu¥lary of the lyrics. Hemphill developed the idea in re¥sponse to irresolvable conflicts and disputes within rap. ÒThe idea to build the Hip-Hop Word Count came out of having hundreds of heated and passionate discussions about rap music,Ó Hemp¥hill said in a video on his Kickstart¥er page. ÒWho was the best rapper of all time? Which rapper had the smartest songs?Ó Although HemphillÕs project seems to be moving under the radar of mainstream attention and the under¥ground rap blogosphere, Hemphill has managed to gain a niche follow¥ing of supporters, earning more than $8,000 on his Kickstarter from dona¥tions of 349 individuals. In a 2010 in¥terview conducted by his then-em¥ployer, creative consulting firm PSFK, Hemphill noted the successful recep¥tion from the public. ÒThe response has been incredi¥ble,Ó Hemphill said in the video. More than 2,500 people have ac¥cessed or downloaded the Rap Data Pack, a conceptual prototype of the project that categorizes and organizes more than 240 of Jay-ZÕs songs. The pack features data on the songÕs re¥lease date, lyrics, and average letters and syllables per word, among other things. The initial data-pack release shows the promise the project has. The video on the Kickstarter page, in which Hemphill briefly does demo portions of his ongoing work on the project, demonstrates even more in¥triguing potential. Utilizing his ad¥vertising and design background, the graphical user interface of the proj¥ect is organized in a very aesthetical¥ly pleasing and pragmatic manner, al¥lowing for easy access and sifting of complex information. Highly influential organizations have picked up on this, with The Hip-Hop Word Count slated to be featured in New YorkÕs Museum of Modern Art in the ÒTalk To MeÓ ex¥hibition, which explores communica¥tion with objects. Additionally, The Hip-Hop Word Count has gained the attention of HarvardÕs Hiphop Ar¥chive, after being featured in its news¥letters. The Hiphop Archive has ex¥pressed a desire to work with Hemp¥hill on undisclosed matters regarding the project. Nick Hemlock, aerospace en¥gineering freshman and self-pro¥claimed music enthusiast (who at¥tended around 80 shows during SXSW), expressed approval of the practical utility of The Hip-Hop Word Count. ÒI think that the social state of the entire country or a particular region can be viewed from the lyrics of rap¥pers performing during that time pe¥riod,Ó Hemlock said. ÒNot only could entire albums or discographies of art¥ists be seen in a much clearer light, but entire movements within the genre could be viewed at juxtaposi¥tion to one another with nothing but the pure meaning behind each word up for discussion and interpretation.Ó MONEY continues from PAGE 10 YouTube YouTube splits ad revenue with users through its Partner Program, and if you have a loyal following and a regular stream of content, you can do well. Michael Buckley, host of ÒWhat the Buck?,Ó which has gath¥ered more than a million subscrib¥ers, told The New York Times in 2008 that he was making enough that he quit his job to make videos full-time. While YouTube refuses to reveal how exactly its payout model works for partners, one thing is clear: according to the same Slate piece, the number of views matters less than how many people click on the ads placed in and around your content. iTunes Like Google (who owns You- Chef publishes her culinary hardships By Katie Stroh Daily Texan Staff ThereÕs a reason so many people love to switch on the Food Net¥work at the end of the day: watch¥ing other people cook is comfort¥ing, upbeat and requires little con¥centration. For a young chef try¥ing to rise up in the cutthroat New York City restaurant world, howev¥er, the journey is rarely so lovely. Chef and author Gabrielle HamiltonÕs memoir, ÒBlood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef,Ó exposes the grueling and gritty side of the restaurant business. Like her predecessor, Anthony Bourdain, and his debut book, ÒKitchen Confidential,Ó Hamil¥ton takes readers through decid¥edly unsavory scenes that restau¥rant customers are rarely allowed to see and deftly de-glamorizes the culinary world. In addition to being an ac¥complished chef and owner of an East Village comfort food restau¥rant called Prune, Hamilton has a masterÕs in fiction writing from the University of Michigan, and it shows. HamiltonÕs unpreten¥tious, irreverent prose makes her uniquely ÒfoodieÓ story a satisfy¥ing read. HamiltonÕs idyllic childhood in a small Pennsylvania town set the stage for her affinity for food and her future as a chef. In her bril¥liant opening chapter, Hamilton describes how friends and family descended on her home every year Tube), Apple is not at all forthcom¥ing when it comes to just how its payout structure for iTunes works. Billboard estimated in a March arti¥cle tallying the sales of ÒFridayÓ that for a 99-cent song, artists keep 70 cents, minus royalties and the record labelÕs cut. Of course, this all depends on what kind of deal and ownership rights youÕve arranged with your la¥bel. In theory, an independent art¥ist who partners directly with iTunes keeps their entire share because they donÕt have to split sales revenue with a record label or pay royalty fees. Amazon Kindle The largest online retailer has a myriad of selling options on its site, but its self-publishing platforms are making headlines: 26-year-old Amanda Hocking, who was denied Blood, Bones & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton Genre: Memoir Pages: 304 For those who like: Anthony BourdainÕs ÒKitchen Con¥fidential,Ó Bill BufordÕs ÒHeatÓ Grade: B for her fatherÕs legendary spring lamb roast. The evocative descrip¥tions of the brown paper lanterns leading up to the house and the extravagant meals served to hun¥dreds of guests get the memoir off to an enthralling start. Undoubtedly, the most entertain¥ing parts of the memoir are Hamil¥tonÕs lush yet simple descriptions of food. Not only does Hamilton aptly capture sights, smells and tastes, but also the deep-rooted feelings asso¥ciated with each meal: ÒThe lamb was crisp-skinned and sticky from slow roasting, and the root beer was frigid and caught, like an emotion, in the back of my throat.Ó Also fascinating (but consid¥erably less appetizing) are Ham¥iltonÕs tales recounting of her years inhabiting the lowest of the low in the culinary food chain, working grunt jobs in res¥taurants and catering business¥es. After addressing her parentsÕ separation and a rebellious, trou¥bled adolescence, Hamilton de¥tails her many toiling, monot¥from all the major New York pub¥lishing houses, is making millions selling her young-adult fiction as a Kindle e-book. And millions isnÕt overstating it. Because Amazon of¥fers a lucrative 70-percent royal¥ty rate and allows e-book authors to set their prices, Hocking, who sells about 100,000 books a month, was able to sell her books for as little as $3 a pop. That attention garnered her a four-book, seven-figure deal with publisher St. MartinÕs Press in March. The deal is valued at more than $2 million by The New York Times, Blogging The prominent benefactor of many a lone, wealthy blogger is Google. Its AdSense program dis¥plays ads on your site that match the content of your blog. Every time onous odd jobs in kitchens and catering services. At one point, Hamilton even remembers living off of McDonaldÕs ketchup pack¥ets and scrounging for free hors dÕoeuvres at bars while living and working in New York City. Unfortunately, other parts of HamiltonÕs story are less com¥pelling. Chapters describing bit¥ter family scenes Ñ the divorce of her parents and her own sorrow¥ful, stifling marriage Ñ donÕt have the same charming wit or electric passion as HamiltonÕs food-related exploits. Although decently well¥written and occasionally moving, these passages are simply less en¥tertaining in comparison. The true strength of ÒBlood, Bones & ButterÓ lies in the hec¥tic, hardscrabble world that Hamilton escaped to in the midst of her own feelings of disloca¥tion and abandonment. ItÕs this juxtaposition of luscious cuisine and uncompromising grittiness that makes HamiltonÕs memoir a memorable one. someone views or clicks on those ads, you make a tiny profit. While Google does not make public how much it pays for each ad viewed and clicked, itÕs proven a viable source of income for some, such as ProB¥logger writer Darren Rowse, who claims to make $15,000 a month from his blog. Twitter Sponsored tweets, by a compa¥ny called IZEA, pay users to send advertisement messages through their Twitter accounts. How much youÕre paid per message depends on what youÕre shilling and, accord¥ing to a report by The Awl, who you are: comedian Michael Ian Black makes $5,882.50 per message; Craig Wayans, nephew of Damon and Marlan, makes $7.75. FILM continues from PAGE 10 at home. ÒHeÕs obviously under a lot of pressure,Ó Giamatti said. ÒHeÕs not a guy thatÕs ever done anything ON THE WEB that de- Read a review of viates the film and from the watch the trailer norm, so @dailytexan he takes online.com this slight step to the side. In the script, thereÕs all this stuff about, sort of ... threatened mas¥culinity. HeÕs not a great coach, and thatÕs just not who he is. HeÕs desperate, so heÕs trying to be something heÕs not. I think by the end of the movie, heÕs okay with not being that guy, and in some ways, I feel that the mov¥ieÕs about being OK with who you are.Ó The filmÕs wrestling scenes are easily among its strongest and among the best scenes Mc-Carthy has ever been responsi¥ble for. ÒI think thereÕs a level of escap¥ism for the characters. Getting caught up in sports does that. ItÕs a total escape. Movies arenÕt al¥ways an escape for me because IÕm thinking too much, but with sports I can do that. I wanted to have fun with this movie,Ó Mc-Carthy said about the choice to use wrestling in the film. ÒWin WinÓ opens today in several local theaters. 10 LIFE&ARTS Friday, April 8, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Amber Genuske, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232 2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Film director, star discuss experience of casting unknown By Alex Williams own against Oscar nominees such Daily Texan Staff as Giamatti and Amy Ryan. ÒEarly on, he didnÕt know the In writer-director Tom McCa-technical stuff like hitting his rthyÕs third film, ÒWin Win,Ó Mike mark, but I never had a sense (Paul Giamatti) takes the disgrun-that, ÔOh my God, IÕm working tled Kyle (Alex Shaffer) under his with some kid who has no idea wing, unaware that KyleÕs prow-what heÕs doing.Õ He was there, ess on the wrestling mat will rein-he was open to direction, and he vigorate the pathetic high school was having fun, which was nice to team Mike coaches. The film is be around,Ó Giamatti said about a pleasant, warm crowd-pleaser working with the young actor. and a new watermark for the im-GiamattiÕs character has many mensely tal¥ aspects to bal¥ented McCa¥ ance. For one, rthy. he has to nail The Dai-the dynamic be¥ly Texan par-tween a coach ticipated in and his players. He was there, he was a roundta-Giamatti went ble interview open to direction, to local wres¥with Mc-tling matches and he was having Carthy and to prepare for Ò Paul Giamat-fun, which was nice his role. ti during last Ò B obb y to be around.Ó monthÕsSouth [Cannavale] By Southwest and I both paid festival. Ñ Paul Giamatti, Actor a lot more at- Forbes erroneously reported in March that Rebecca Black had made $1 million from her inane Web sensation ÒFriday.Ó That estimate was based on shared ad revenue from YouTube views and iTunes sales, both CASHING IN McCarthy made a bold choice in cast¥ ing Alex Shaf¥ Ò tention to the coaches,Ó Gi¥ amatti said. ÒTheyÕre aof which Forbes grossly overestimated. on Slate recrunched the numbers and put BlackÕs payday closer to $40,000. She may not be a millionaire, but she isnÕt making chump change either Ñ that money would just about cover the cost of four years of current in-state tuition and fees at UT. As the InternetÕs stake in the global marketplace continues to grow, many young professionals are facing the likelihood that their own in¥ the WEB come will be dependent on Internet commodities. HereÕs an attempt to fer, a New Jer- whole thing sey state champion wrestler who to themselves, those guys. I was had no prior acting experience. amazed. You know when I smack ÒI canÕt stand when IÕm watch-Alex in the movie, thatÕs a thing ing movies, and I feel like the ac-these guys really do. They get re¥ tor canÕt actually play that sport,Ó ally physical with those kids. ItÕs said McCarthy, who used to wres-intense to watch.Ó tle. 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