@thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, May 5, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com Calendar ÔHealth, Wealth, Security & PlayÕ The Center for Identity announces the third annual Identity Management Summit, ÒTrusted Identities for Trusted Transactions Everywhere: Health, Wealth, Security & Play,Ó at the AT&T Conference Center from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ÔLineÕ Riso Puleo, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Blanton Museum of Art, discusses the exhibit ÒLineÓ at 12:30 p.m. ÔCompose Project this imageÕ A reception for the opening of this exhibition of new drawings by the Department of Art and Art History alumna Karri Paul will be at the AT&T Executive Education Conference Center Courtyard Gallery at 4 p.m. Ethan Azarian Cactus Cafe presents Ethan Azarian with special guests Loves It at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. Today in history In 1961 Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes. Campus watch SurfinÕ SAC Student Activity Center, 2201 Speedway An unknown subject was reported to have been approaching students and asking then if he could sleep on their couch since the AT&T Conference Center was booked full. The unknown subject was described as an Indian male wearing a black suit and a red tie. Quote to note Ô ÒHearing everybodyÕs Ô stories makes me real¥ize IÕm not alone in my fight.WeÕre riding from here to Alaska, and we get to share our stories all along the way and hear other peopleÕs stories.Ó Ñ Ryan Sherman Texas 4000 member NEWS PAGE 5 Liberal Arts building to cost less, finish in spring of 2013 By Matthew Stottlemyre By designing the building with the rest of the University. The original expectations and President William Powers Jr., Ten- Daily Texan Staff a simple rectangular shape, in the ÒThis can and really should approvals by the Board of Re-Barge said efficiency has driven same way architects traditional-serve as a standard for how we gents were based on the tradi-many decisions on the building, When the cranes clear out, the ly design commercial or industri-build on campus,Ó Diehl said. tional style for academic build-and not just on materials choices. East Mall fountain turns on and al buildings, the collegeÕs adminis-Since the UT System Board of ings: long and narrow with a ÒWeÕve made the quality choices students move into the new Col-tration and steering committee cut Regents approved the building, main hallway and classrooms without gold-plating things,Ó Ten¥lege of Liberal Arts building in costs and increased square footage. the expected cost has decreased and offices on both sides, said Barge said. ÒWeÕve really saved on spring 2013, the end result will Liberal arts Dean Randy Die-from $100 million to slightly less Joe TenBarge, director of Liber-process and planning and design, be $10 million cheaper and have hl said these cost-saving measures than $90 million, and total usable al Arts Instructional Technology and thatÕs actually harder.Ó 16,000 more usable square feet go hand in hand with the CollegeÕs square feet footage has increased Services and an assistant dean. than originally planned. efforts to cut its budget along with from 120,000 to 136,000. At the urging of the Diehl and BUILDING continues on PAGE 2 40 ACRES & BEYOND: Graduate Profiles Fraternity hosts ÔHope WeekÕ to promote unity By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff In 1990, tension ran high fol¥lowing racist offenses by two fra¥ternities during Roundup Ñ an event intended to be a University¥wide spring celebration. The following year, the broth¥ers of the Epsilon Iota chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incor¥porated inaugurated the first an¥nual Hope Week to push the Uni¥versity toward unity in the midst of the animosity, said UT alum¥nus and Hope Week co-founder Kip Dixon. For the past 20 years, the fra¥ternity has hosted Universitywide events such as cross-cultural step shows, service projects and par¥ties. Wednesday, the fraternity hosted ÒA Taste of Diversity,Ó dur¥ing which student organizations donated food from different cul-Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff tures for students to try. Computer science sophomore Chris Brackett, member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, serves food Dixon said he drew on his ex-to attendees at ÒA Taste of Diversity,Ó a free multicultural dinner on Wednesday night. periences from the communi¥ty where he grew up for Hope Week when his fraternity broth¥ers asked him and others to plan something focused on unity. ÒIÕm from a small town where everyone got along and we all did stuff together,Ó Dixon said. ÒEv¥eryone had an interest in the suc¥cess of the community.Ó Dixon said the ÒUnited ColorsÓ party they threw to close the event was the highlight of the week. ÒTo this day I see people and they remember that party because it united people who were friends in high school or came from the same town but never talked be¥cause they came to UT and sort of self-segregated,Ó he said. ÒThe party was like a big reunion, and all races celebrated and had fun, and there was just a wonderful spirit in that.Ó He said members of the FIJI, one of the fraternities that was suspended after the 1990 inci¥dent, wanted to come out to the week to get service hours but he said he invited them to come Òfel¥lowshipÓ with everyone instead. ÒAfter that, Mike Odom, who was a FIJI member, invited me out to speak to his fraternity and he and I ended up being the best of friends,Ó he said. ÒWe were at each otherÕs weddings and have had a lifelong friendship as a result of it.Ó The fraternal organization Tejas Club is co-sponsoring this yearÕs United Colors party with Alpha Phi Alpha, said Tejas spokesman HOPE continues on PAGE 2 OBITUARY UT vice president worked 50 years, embodied ideals of campus service By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff UT Senior Vice President and alumna Shirley Bird Perry died Wednesday after fighting cancer for years, said President William Powers Jr. Perry served the Universi¥ty as vice chan¥cellor for de¥velopment and vice chancellor of external re¥lations for 40 years before becoming se¥nior vice presi- Shirley Bird Perry dent in 2004. ÒShe has Former UT Senior been on cam- Vice President pus for 50 years,Ó Powers said. ÒGeneration af¥ter generation saw Shirley and really saw her as the embodiment of what it means to be a Longhorn.Ó As a senior vice president, Perry was PERRY continues on PAGE 2 2 NEWS Thursday, May 5, 2011 The Daily Texan BUILDING continues from PAGE 1 PERRY continues from PAGE 1 Volume 111, Number 199 While the industrial de-ly standard fare at every con¥ responsible for overseeing the doctoral degrees, Powers said. the sleeves and [say] ÔletÕs do itÕ.Ó sign uses space more efficient-struction site, but are not to¥ presidentÕs fund-raising efforts, as Perry also worked with for-In the 1950s, when Perry was lyandallowsformoreefficient tally new, said Bryan Lofton, well as reachingout to potential mer UT presidents Peter T. a student at the University, she CONTACT US construction methods, natu-projectmanagerforSpawGlass donors, Powers said. She reported Flawn and William H. Cunning-was named the ÒMost Outstand¥ral light canÕt reach a large por-Contractors, the company man¥ directlytoPowersandherbiggest ham. Powers said he knew Per-ing Woman StudentÓ by the DadsÕ Main Telephone: tion of the interior space, Ten-aging construction. achievementwasstrengthening ry for 25 years before he be-Association Ñ now known as the (512) 471-4591 Barge said. Since the beginning Hesaidtheinnovativeparton ties between graduate students came president, and they worked ParentsÕAssociationÑfor dem¥of the design process, the archi-this project is including the peo- Editor: and the University, he said. closelytogether. onstratingexceptionalleadership Lauren Winchester tects focused on finding ways ple who will actually build the Shewasalsoinstrumentalin ÒShewas the gluethat pulled skills, according to the UT website. (512) 232-2212 to get light into structure in raisingmoneyfortheHarrington many events together,Ó he said. ÒShe was a very positive editor@dailytexanonline.com the buildingÕs in¥parts of the Fellows Program, which supports ÒIf there was a challenge, her force around the University,Ó terior,hesaid. design pro¥students pursuing masterÕs or view was always to just roll up Powerssaid. Managing Editor: TenBarge said The collaboration cesses. He Claire Cardona glass interior said this al¥ (512) 232-2217 walls and open between designers lows fore¥ managingeditor@ staircases with men to ad¥ dailytexanonline.com HOPE continues from PAGE 1 skylights and re-and construction dress prob¥ flective surfaces lems with News Office: Chris Fuller-Wigg. because he wants to make sure that it still fulfills the to bounce light foremen has driven construction (512) 232-2207 ÒTejas is built around diversity, and Hope Week is goal of making everyone feel at home regardless of into the interi-designs by news@dailytexanonline.com a cause that we wanted to share and support,Ó Fuller-their ethnic community. or will address changing the thecostdowneven Wigg said. ÒThe more diversity people open them-He said after racial allegations during Roundup Multimedia Office: the light prob-three dimen¥selves up to the more comfortable theyÕll be getting this year, it was the Òperfect timeÓ to teach people (512) 471-7835 lem. Cutouts sional draw¥ involved with people of different races and cultures. I the reason that Hope Week was founded. more than specific dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com into the exteri-ings, rath ¥think having a week like this that promotes diversity ÒIt wasnÕtjustaboutgiving out free T-shirtsand or walls will cre-er than ad¥and brings that to the surface again can make every-hosting free events,Ó he said. ÒIt was for everyone to design choices. Retail Advertising: ateindentionsin justing on¥one see each other as people, as opposed to colors.Ó come together and see that acts of racism shouldnÕt (512) 471-1865 the rectangular site, which CurrentAlphaPhiAlphamemberDavidSnell determine the whole aspect of our University; The joanw@mail.utexas.edu shape and bring costs time said he holds Hope Week to a very high standard idea is to be one university not separated by race.Ó light closer to the center of andmoney. Classified Advertising: the building. He said this collaboration (512) 471-5244 He said the collaboration be-speeds up the process of installing classifieds@dailytexanonline.com tweendesignersandconstruc-systems, including plumbing and tion foremen has driven the air ducting, allowing builders to cost down even more than spe-seewhereexactlypipesintersect TheTexanstrivestopresentallinformation cificdesignchoices. and plan out the most efficient campus watch fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know ÒThey are basically build-process to put them in place. about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail ing the building virtually a ÒItÕs still concrete and steel, managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. few months ahead of the actu-and at the end of the day you alphysicalconstructionsched-put 200 men in a hole and IÕm so tired So very tired Honest mistake, officer ule,ÓTenBargesaid. come out with a building,Ó Lof- STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER, PETER T. FLAWN ACADEMIC LITTLEFIELD DORMITORY, COPYRIGHT The 3-D digital drawings ton said. ÒItÕs still cutting-edge 2201 Speedway CENTER, #2 West Mall 201 W. Dean Keeton with which architects and con-technology, but we have to use SuspiciousPerson:Anunknown Criminal Trespass Warning: A non-Suspicious Person: A UT staff Copyright 2011 Texas Student tractorsdesignedandplanned it and get something out of it or subjectwasreportedtohavebeen UT subject was discovered sleeping in-member reported a male subject was Media.Allarticles,photographs the building are not complete-itÕs just show-and-tell.Ó approaching students and ask-side a restricted area. During the inves-seen looking into the windows of the and graphics, both in the print and ing then if he could sleep on their tigation, the officers learned the subject dormitory from inside the courtyard online editions, are the property of couch since the AT&T Conference had entered into the restricted area and area. During the investigation, the of- Texas Student Media and may not be Center was booked full. The un-discovered the computer lab was still ficers located the subject sitting at a ta¥ reproduced or republished in part or This newspaper was printed with pride by The Daily Texan and knownsubjectwasdescribedasan closed so he laid down to take a nap. ble reading. The UT student informed in whole without written permission. The Daily Texan Texas Student Media. Indianmalewearingablacksuit The officers issued the subject a writ-the officers that he was taking a break and a red tie. ten Criminal Trespass Warning and es-from reading and decided to look into Permanent Staff Occurred on: 5-03-11, at 10:00 p.m. corted him from the area. Occurred the study area of the dormitory. The Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Winchester Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Cardona on: 05-03-11, at 7:44 a.m. staffmemberneversawthestudentat- Associate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Cervantes TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viviana Aldous tempting to look into any occupied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Luippold, Dave Player News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lena Price dormrooms.Thestudentwasidenti- Associate News Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Will Alsdorf, Aziza Musa, Audrey White High Low Senior Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Ayala, Allie Kolechta fied and released after talking to the of¥ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Stottlemyre, Ahsika Sanders Copy Desk Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sydney Fitzgerald ficersaboutotheralternativeswhen 86 59 Associate Copy Desk Chiefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ashley Morgan, Austin Myers, Reese Rackets Design Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Veronica Rosalez taking a reading break. Occurred on: Senior Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jake Rector, Martina Geronimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Daniel Nuncio, Simonetta Nieto 5-02-11, at 1:32 a.m. Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Heimsath I love the smell of paint in the morning! Associate Photo Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Gerson, Danielle Villasana Senior Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Torrey, Tamir Kalifa Compiled by UTPD Officer Darrell Halstead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Kintner, Erika Rich Life&Arts Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amber Genuske Associate Life&Arts Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, Gerald Rich Senior Life&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katherine Anne Stroh, Francisco Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allistair Pinsof, Julie Rene Tran Sports Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Anderson Associate Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Hurwitz Senior Sports Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Hummer, Trey Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Parrett, Austin Laymance Comics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolynn Calabrese Associate Comics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victoria Elliott Multimedia Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joshua Barajas Associate Multimedia Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rafael Borges Senior Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Zimmerman Senior Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janese Quitugua Editorial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Warren Multimedia Adviser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Rubin Issue Staff Reporters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Huma Munir, Jody Seranno, Allison Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Molly Moore, Victoria Pagan Copy Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Benjamin Miller, Charlotte Halloran-Couch Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin Holcomb, Alexa Hart Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trent Lesikar, Shereen Ayub, Ryan Edwards Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Beth Purdy, Alexandra Carreno, Stephanie Yarbrough Life&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ali Breland, Alex Williams Comics Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Betsy Cooper, Brianne Klitgaard, Tyler Suder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Massingill, Emery Ferguson, Sammy Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gillian Rhodes, Katie Carrell Columnists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate Clabby Videographers/Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Raymond Perez Advertising Director of Advertising & Creative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jalah Goette Assistant to Advertising Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CJ Salgado Local Sales Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Corbett Broadcast Manager/Local Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carter Goss Campus/National Sales Consultant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Bowerman Student Advertising Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kathryn Abbas Student Advertising Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryanne Lee Student Acct. Execs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron McClure, Samantha Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selen Flores, Patti Zhang, Sarah Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Veronica Serrato,Ryan Ford,AshleyJanik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susie Reinecke, Rachel Huey Student Office Assistant/Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Until your eyes take in the horror that it holds. Ten severe¥ly malnourished children Ñ nine of them girls. The starving girls in this hospital ward in¥clude a 21-month-old with arms and legs the size of twigs and an emaciated 1-year-old with huge, vacant eyes. Without urgent medical care, most will not live to see their next birthday. They point to a painful reality revealed in IndiaÕs most recent census: Despite a booming economy and big cities full of luxury cars and glittering malls, the country is failing its girls. Early results show India has 914 girls under age 6 for every 1,000 boys. A decade ago, many were horrified when the ratio was 927 to 1,000. The discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years of high-profile campaigns to address the issue. So serious is the problem that itÕs illegal for medical personnel to reveal the gender of an unborn fetus, although evidence suggests the ban is widely circumvented. ÒMy mother-in-law says a boy is necessary,Ó says Sanju, holding her severely malnourished 9-month-old daughter in her lap in the hospi¥tal. The woman, who goes by one name, doesnÕt admit to deliberately starving the girl but only shrugs her own thin shoulders when asked why her daughter is so sick. She will try again for a son in a year or two, she says. Part of the reason Indians favor sons is the enormous expense in marrying off girls. Fami¥lies often go into debt arranging marriages and paying elaborate dowries. A boy, on the other hand, will one day bring home a bride and dow¥ry. Hindu custom also dictates that only sons can light their parentsÕ funeral pyres. But itÕs not simply that girls are more expen¥sive for impoverished families. The census data shows that the worst offenders are the relatively wealthy northern states of Punjab and Haryana. In Morena, a sun-baked, largely rural dis¥trict in the heart of India, the numbers are es¥pecially grim. This census showed that only 825 girls for every 1,000 boys in the district made it to their sixth birthdays, down from an already troubling 829 a decade ago. Though abortion is allowed in India, the country banned revealing the gender of unborn fetuses in 1994 in an attempt to halt sex-selec¥tive abortions. Every few years, federal and state governments announce new incentives Ñ from free meals to free education Ñ to encourage people to take care of their girls. In Morena, a Madhya Pradesh state govern¥ment program offers poor families with one or two daughters a few thousand rupees (a few hundred dollars) for every few years of school¥ing, and more than 100,000 rupees ($2,250) when they graduate high school. A woman sits with her baby girl at a ward for malnour¥ished children, where nine out of 10 children are girls, at a government hospital in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The starving girls point to a painful real¥ity revealed in IndiaÕs most recent cen¥sus: Despite a booming economy and big cities full of glittering malls and luxury cars, the country is failing its girls. Mustafa Quraishi Associated Press A 2007 study by the rights group ActionAid India found that gender ratios were worse in urban areas, and that sex-selective abortions were more com¥mon among wealthier and higher-caste people who could afford ways to learn the gender of fetuses. The law is not enough to combat Òa society that values boys over girls,Ó says Ravinder Kaur, a professor of sociology at New DelhiÕs Indian Institute of Technology. ÒLaws are good because they may act as a deterrentÓ she says, but sex-selective abortions continue underground because Òpeople find more devious ways.Ó International community calls for aid to Libya rebels By Alessandra Rizzo & Don Melvin The Associated Press ROME Ñ European powers appeared to be losing patience Wednesday with the stalemate in Libya as the foreign ministers of both France and Italy called for an end to the international military action there as soon as possible. Meanwhile, support for giv¥ing money to the Libyan rebels Ñ presumably to buy arms, equip¥ment and munitions with which to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi Ñ seemed to be growing as the taste for a long air war waned. Officials from countries involved in the military campaign will announce ways to help the rebels financially as they meet Thursday in Rome. ÒI am definitely in favor of taking all necessary measures to put the maximum pressure on the Gadhafi regime,Ó NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who will participate in the conference, said at a news conference in Brussels. ÒAnd I do believe it would be pro¥tection of civilians in Libya if Gad¥hafi was forced to step down. It would be helpful if the opposition were to be financed properly.Ó NATOÕs mandate, agreed to by its 28 member countries, does not include toppling Gadhafi. But it does include protecting civilians, and Fogh Rasmussen said Wednes¥day that it was hard to imagine that civilians would be safe as long as Gadhafi remained in power. On Saturday, NATO bombed a Gadhafi family compound, killing one of his sons and three grand¥children. NATO officials said the attack targeted one of the regimeÕs command and control centers. A Libyan rebel spokesman said in Rome that he considers Gadhafi a legitimate target. ÒGadhafi is the commander in chief, he is running this bloody war against his people. For us Lib¥yans Ñ I am not talking about NATO Ñ Gadhafi is a legitimate target,Ó Mahmoud Shamam said. ÒIf he chooses to keep his fam¥ily under that roof, heÕs the one whoÕs responsible.Ó 4 OpiniOn Thursday, May 5, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Lauren Winchester, Editor in Chief | (512) 232 2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com gallery ViewpoinT Until now, most opposition to the changes has come from UT System students, administrators and alumni, and weÕre glad to have support from members of the other tier-one state university. The AggiesÕ jump into the fray of research¥gate is a significant step in the fight against re¥forms for two primary reasons. First, while UT has been fighting to prevent the reformsÕ implementation, A&M already has experienced their impact firsthand. Last year, A&M sparked controversy when it began com¥piling information about the revenue individual professors generate under the guise of transpar¥ency and accountability typical of the founda¥tion. Professors were evaluated by subtracting their salary from Òteaching revenue,Ó which was determined by adding the tuition from students the professor teaches among other factors. Ad¥ditionally, the professors were judged by the re¥search grants they obtained for the university. The effort was supposed to simply deter¥mine whether professors and departments were pulling their weight, but outraged professors felt they were being judged by their financial contribution to the university, instead of their academic ability. The Association of American Universities, the organization that designates top-tier status to research universities, objected as well. In a let¥ter to the chancellor of the A&M system, AAU president Robert Berdahl urged the university to resist foundation reforms. A&M also adapted another foundation reform of rewarding profes¥sors who receive high student ratings. With firsthand experience of foundation re¥forms, the Alliance for Texas A&M UniversityÕs denunciation is especially promising. Unlike the UT System, where reforms have thankfully been contained to discussions, studies and overpaid advisers, Aggies join the protest with the cred¥ibility of having experienced such reforms and subsequent backlash from academia. The other reason the alliance is encouraging, and surprising, is it positions prominent Aggies directly against one of A&MÕs most influential alumni, Gov. Rick Perry. Perry, through his power to appoint regents, is the reason the foundationÕs reforms even crept into the conversation despite being virtually uni¥versally panned by higher education experts. He is revered among Aggies and famously takes a hands-on approach to his alma mater, involving himself in matters ranging from the universityÕs administration to the job security of the football coach. In many ways, Perry is A&MÕs ambassa¥dor to the public at large. PerryÕs place in the Aggie community makes the allianceÕs rejection of his plans all the more prescient. For prominent alumni of a university that prides itself on solidarity and loyalty to very publicly rebuke one of their own sends a power¥ful message about the severity of the situation Ñ and the threat PerryÕs changes present to Texas higher education. For all the fun involved with the UT-A&M rivalry, it is important to remember we are the only two top-tier public universities in the state, and our fates and interests are intertwined. While we revel in A&MÕs athletic inadequacy and general inferiority complex, we hope the school continues to grow academically and its reputation is not tarnished by ill-conceived re¥forms. We applaud the Alliance for Texas A&M University and hope our universities and alumni bases can work together to protect the integrity of higher education in Texas. Ñ Douglas Luippold for the editorial board Who said it: Perry or my 11-year-old sister? By Dan Treadway Daily Texan Guest Columnist Meet Rick Perry. HeÕs been the governor of the great state of Texas since Dec. 21, 2000. Meet Hannah Treadway. SheÕs my little sister, who lives with my family in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was born on July 20, 1999. Gov. Perry and Little Sister Hannah seem like they have a lot in common Ñ strong leadership skills, great hair and my best guess is that theyÕre both into watching cartoons. While on the surface it seems like my 11- year¥old sister and Perry arenÕt so different, the obvi¥ous truth is that they couldnÕt be more dissimilar given their age and, um, the fact that heÕs the gov¥ernor of Texas. Right? I decided it would be a fun exercise to test how closely they align or differ on policy issues. To do this, I called up my little sister before she went to her soccer practice one day and asked her a few questions relating to Texas politics and various situations that Perry has addressed dur¥ing his time in office. Although my little sister was born in Texas, she moved to Canada when she was a year old, so suffice it to say, she has little to no knowledge of current affairs in the Lone Star State. To create an element of fun for the reader, IÕm going to write out the question I asked my little sister, and then IÕm going to put two answers. One will be the response my little sister gave me, and one will be a quote from our governor. I en¥courage you, the reader, to play along and guess who said what. Question 1: What is Juarez, Mexico? Answer 1: ÒItÕs a place in Mexico. My dad says itÕs not very safe.Ó Answer 2: ÒJuarez is reported to be the most dangerous city in America.Ó If you guessed that it was HannahÕs dad that told her that Juarez is not very safe, you are cor¥rect. In February, Perry delivered the second an¥swer to reporters, but in fairness, it was an honest mistake that any politician who doesnÕt speak in front of the media very often could have made. Now, moving on to question two. Question 2: Who is responsible for the BP oil spill? Answer 1: ÒFrom time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.Ó Answer 2: ÒBP.Ó Answer 2 belongs to my naive 11-year-old sis¥ter, who in her youth thinks oil companies that skirt regulations are accountable for their mis¥takes. Fortunately our governor, in all his expe¥rience, has enough perspective to realize that it could have just been GodÕs fault. Question 3: There are wildfires going on in Texas right now, how would you respond? Answer 1: ÒI would recommend we hire people to monitor the dry places where fires are more likely to happen so that we can quickly go to the fires and put them out. Maybe if we could know about the fires faster they wouldnÕt grow so big.Ó Answer 2: ÒIt seems right and fitting that the people of Texas should join together in prayer to humbly seek an end to this devastating drought and these dangerous wildfires.Ó Answer 1 belongs to Hannah, who provides a relatively sound solution for a sixth grader. Perry, on the other hand, decided to issue a proclama¥tion calling for three days of prayer in response to the fires, which is fine, except when itÕs used as a primary mode of attack rather than a contingen¥cy plan. As Andrew Dressler, an atmospheric sci¥ences professor at Texas A&M said, ÒI certainly donÕt think that praying will hurt. My concern is that the Governor has no Plan B.Ó Question 4: How much should it cost to get a University degree? Answer 1: ÒIÕm challenging our institutions of higher education to develop bachelorÕs degrees that cost no more than $10,000.Ó Answer 2: ÒEducationÕs really important. IÕd say $10,000.Ó Interestingly, both parties seemingly landed on an arbitrary number that happens to be $10,000. While many higher education officials have called PerryÕs request to develop a $10,000 degree plan ludicrous given the cuts that have been made to education and the basic tenets of inflation, he can take solace in the fact that the number he came up with makes sense to at least one other person. ItÕs thought by many that Perry will make a run for president of the United States in 2012. ItÕs likely that Treadway will make a run for student council at her middle school in 2012. Who would you vote for? Treadway is a political communication senior. Checkoff laws enable twisted relationship By Kate Clabby Daily Texan Columnist I first learned about checkoff programs when I encountered radio ads discouraging people from drinking unpasteurized (raw) milk, spon¥sored by an organization called DairyMax. It didnÕt surprise me. Raw milk is a specialty prod¥uct, and farmers in Texas are only allowed to sell it directly to consumers. It makes sense that the industrial dairy industry would oppose it. But what exactly was DairyMax? As it turns out, itÕs a nonprofit organization funded by mandatory contributions from all dairy farmers in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and part of Kansas. The national dairy checkoff program re¥quires dairy farmers to pay $.15 for every 100 lbs of milk that they sell. $.05 goes to the National Dairy Board and $.10 goes to regional organiza¥tions, such as DairyMax. Many Texas farmers pay checkoff fees. Beef producers pay into a fund managed by the Texas Beef Council. Cotton producers pay into the national Cotton Research and Promotion Pro¥gram. Pork producers pay into the national pork checkoff program, managed by the National Pork Board. The relationship between government and checkoff programs is twisted. A checkoff fee is not a tax, and it is not collected by the govern¥ment speech,Ó not Òprivate speech.Ó Checkoff fees are used to increase the demand for generic commodity foods. Campaigns like ÒGot Milk?Ó ÒPork: The Other White Meat,Ó and ÒBeef: ItÕs WhatÕs For DinnerÓ have all been funded by checkoff dollars. What are some of DairyMaxÕs current priorities? Getting lactose¥intolerant people to drink more milk and ensur¥ing that flavored (e.g. chocolate) milk stays in cafeterias. They also fund nutrition education campaigns, that, not surprisingly, emphasize the importance of dairy products. Some of the Na¥tional Dairy CouncilÕs recent accomplishments? Working with DominoÕs to develop a pizza that uses 40 percent more cheese and working with McDonaldÕs to develop burger options that use two slices of cheese instead of one. It makes absolute sense that dairy producers do everything they can to sell more milk. What IÕm having trouble understanding is why the government has taken it upon itself to secure ad¥vertising dollars for them. This is especially true when some of the farmers that are required by law to pay into the checkoff program may actually be hurt by it. DairyMax, the organization that put out ads discouraging the consumption of raw milk, is funded by all Texas dairy farmers Ñ including raw milk farmers. They discontinued these ads after receiving complaints from the Farm and such as industrial milk, would have a hard time differentiating their particular milk over any other milk at the grocery store. But many small dairy producers, like small meat and vegetable producers, build their business by doing exactly that. They donÕt participate in the commodity dairy market. ItÕs absurd that they have to pay into a fund devoted to expanding it. Although itÕs theoretically illegal for DairyMax to lobby, the line between lobbying and Òeduca¥tionÓ is thin. They have called anti-raw milk ads Òpublic service announcements.Ó But these Òan¥nouncementsÓ went on air just after HB 75, a bill that would make raw milk more accessible in Texas, was filed. The bill is currently stalled in committee. Our government is charged to act with our best interests in mind. It is not in our best inter¥est to see more ads every day. It is not in our best interest to hear distorted nutrition information and it is not in our best interest to eat a McDon¥aldÕs hamburger with an extra slice of cheese. Proponents of checkoff laws argue that if contribution was not mandatory, commodity groups would suffer from the free rider prob¥lem: Farmers who did not contribute to their programs would still benefit from them, giv¥ing them no incentive to pay. The free rider problem is real, and every other interest group finds ways to deal with it without legally en¥ legalese ment directly. It is mandated by law, and farm¥ers who donÕt pay are subject to legal penalties. Ranch Freedom Alliance, but itÕs fair to say that most of their efforts, which push products such forced donations. Commodity groups can fol¥low their lead. If they end up smaller and less Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the National checkoff programs are overseen by the USDA. In 2005, when some beef producers as lactose-free milk and industrially-produced cheese, do not help small-scale dairies that sell powerful, all the better. The government has no business securing advertising dollars for article. They are not necessarily those of the UT challenged the constitutionality of a mandatory directly to the consumer. industrial food. administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas checkoff fee, the Supreme Court upheld the law, The reason checkoff programs exist is because Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. claiming that the checkoff fee funded Ògovern¥ farmers who produce commodity products, Clabby is an English senior. Texas 4000 rider Erin Scott looks on as team member Melody Liao shaves her head at the Texas 4000 Haircutting Extravangza. Texas 4000 held the event on campus to collect pony¥tails, which will be donated to Pantene Beautiful Lengths to make wigs for women with cancer-related hair loss. Erika Rich Daily Texan staff When a Texas 4000 team member passed Cindy Chang a flyer about WednesdayÕs Haircutting Extrava¥ganza, Chang said she was glad to have an opportunity to donate the hair she started growing in memory of her father, who died of cancer four years ago. Chang, a senior software develop¥er and analyst for the Office of Ac¥counting, was one of 30 women who donated ponytails to raise awareness and funds for Texas 4000Õs 8th annu¥al bike ride to Alaska. Many men and one woman also shaved their heads. The teamÕs 47 members will start the trip in June to raise cancer aware¥ness, and many of them cut or shaved their own hair. ÒI ride for my dad. He passed away from lung cancer on May 6 Ñ itÕll be three years this month,Ó said Spanish and biology senior Ryan Sherman, a member of the Texas 4000 team. ÒThis has been a huge healing process. Hearing everybodyÕs stories makes me realize IÕm not alone in my fight. WeÕre riding from here to Alaska, and we get to share our sto¥ries all along the way and hear other peopleÕs stories.Ó Ñ Erika Rich Student groups join with UT department to promote diversity By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff Two new student groups will help coordinate campuswide re¥sponses to diversity issues, a Di¥versity and Community Engage¥ment official announced at a town hall meeting Wednesday. The divisionÕs vice president, Gregory Vincent, announced that a Diversity Student Advisory Com¥mittee, which will give him student input, and a Campus Climate Re- Vincent also recommended that Student Government and individ¥ual academic units create standing diversity committees. ÒYou have to make sure that things get institutionalized, mean¥ing that theyÕre going to live beyond the time that youÕre here,Ó he said. ÒEven though the students might change, the energy and the mission remains the same.Ó Vincent said the division could try to reach out to the entire stu¥dent population through campus¥tee Leslie Blair said students at the Multicultural Engagement Cen¥ter became interested in organiz¥ing a town hall after an incident at this yearÕs Roundup when a black female student claimed another studentÕs actions against her may have been racially motivated. A few weeks later on April 24, a student wearing blackface came to a Black Student Alliance meeting. Blair said the town hall could prevent future problems. ÒSometimes issues arise related other peopleÕs perspectives.Ó Vincent said it would be es¥sential to foster a more inclu¥sive environment on campus even if those specific incidents didnÕt happen occasionally. ÒWeÕre the place where these is¥sues can get rooted out, addressed, so when you go back to your com¥munities you can go and serve to make sure that these issues of bias and exclusion are minimized and eventually eradicated,Ó he said. Government senior Andrea 82Nd LEgISLAtuRE Budget passed in Senate cuts education, Medicaid By April Castro The Associated Press Republicans pushed the next two-year budget through the Tex¥as Senate on Wednesday by using a loophole to bypass Democrats, clearing the path for negotiations to begin with the House on the $176.5 billion spending plan. After a week of delay, Senate leaders used a procedural maneu¥ver to get around a long-held Sen¥ate tradition that requires a two¥thirds agreement for the chamber to consider any legislation. Sena¥tors voted 19-12, along party lines, to approve the plan. The plan makes about $11 bil¥lion in cuts compared with the cur¥rent budget, though the cuts are much less severe than those in the bare-bones House version. Public schools and Medicaid providers, including nursing homes, would take the brunt of the cuts. ÒThis budget treats peo¥ple as numbers,Ó said Sen. Le¥ticia Van de Putte, the SenateÕs Democratic leader. Sen. Steve Ogden, the chief Senate budget writer, defend¥ed the budget, arguing his team was able to maintain current ser¥vices despite a multibillion-dollar revenue shortfall. ÒWhat do you do when the econ¥omy is not so healthy? The first thing is, you do no harm to that economy. You do everything you can to get that economy back on its feet,Ó Ogden, R-Bryan, said shortly before the vote. Normally, a two-thirds majority is necessary in the Senate to take up any bill, a supermajority that lead¥ers didnÕt have for the budget plan. But Republicans bypassed Dem¥ocratic opposition by using a spe¥cial rule that allows House bills to be considered on certain days with¥out a two-thirds approval. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said a day earlier that he hoped he didnÕt have to use the loophole in the rules to pass the budget. Van de Putte said she and other Democrats were concerned about the parliamentary precedent set by the maneuver. The GOP has a 19-12 majority in the chamber, but criticism over the budget mounted from both sides of the aisle over the use of about $3 billion from the Rainy Day Fund. Republicans argued that $9.4 bil¥lion in the reserve fund should be left untouched, so it would be avail¥able during future state emergen¥cies. Democrats said proposed cuts to schools and other programs are inhumane when the reserve fund is sitting idly by. ÒWe thought we had a biparti¥san budget, a good budget, so quite frankly I was surprised last week when I got some push back from Republican senators on using the Rainy Day Fund and some of our [Democratic] senators started ask¥ing for more money,Ó Dewhurst said, shortly after the vote. OgdenÕs GOP-condoned com¥promise replaces about $3 bil¥lion in rainy-day money by un¥derfunding Medicaid, pushing those payments to the end of the budget period. ÒThe promise is that the mon¥ey is going to be there, and frank¥ly, I dated guys like that,Ó Van de Putte said, casting doubt on as¥surances that state coffers would see an uptick in revenue as the economy improves. OgdenÕs plan underfunds public schools by more than $4 billion. The plan next goes back before the House, which is expected to re¥ject the Senate version and appoint a conference committee to negoti¥ate a compromise. The state is facing a revenue shortfall of at least $15 billion. 6 SPORTS Thursday, May 5, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Will Anderson, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com WOMENÕS BASKETBALL Reed wants a shot at current national champions By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff For Cokie Reed, watching the Texas A&M womenÕs basketball squad win this yearÕs NCAA Cham¥pionships brought back a feeling she has known since she begun her athletic career Ñ competitiveness. ÒItÕs a love-hate relationship,Ó Reed said. ÒIÕm happy for A&M. But anytime your rival wins a champi¥onship, and youÕre not in it, thereÕs some animosity.Ó Reed, a sophomore post who was sidelined all year with a foot injury, admits she has quite a few connec¥tions with A&M but sheÕs forever a Longhorn at heart. ÒI know a lot of girls on the team; I have friends there. IÕm happy for them,Ó Reed said. ÒBut itÕs in our blood, as a Longhorn, to not go against A&M.Ó After a freshman season for the record books, Reed underwent sur¥gery last October to remove an ex¥tra bone and repair a tendon in her right foot. Texas head coach Gail Goesten¥kors vowed the team would pre¥vail despite the loss of Reed. But the lack of ReedÕs offensive presence and height was apparent, plaguing the Longhorns for much of their season. While the surgery ultimately benefited Reed, she couldnÕt help but feel frustrated with her predic¥ament. For Reed, being simply an observer in an up-and-down sea¥son was trying. ÒIt was tough to be on the side- Bruno Morlan | Daily Texan file photo Sophomore Cokie Reed defends an inbound pass against Missouri two seasons ago. Reed sat out all of last season after receiving surgery to remove an extra bone and repair a tendon in her right foot. line injured,Ó she said. ÒI just want-to younger players or filming her sophomore said. ÒCourtside with In the seven months since her ed to play, to help them, to make it ÒCourtside with CokieÓ series for Cokie was a way for me to stay surgery, Reed has constantly been better. But I couldnÕt.Ó the Texas Athletics website. close with the fans and let them rehabilitating her foot. But the de- Instead, Reed made the best ÒI was at every practice; I was know I was still around, even with of her situation, offering advice there to encourage my team,Ó the an injury.Ó REED continues on PAGE 7 Shereen Ayub | Daily Texan Staff Jesus Chavez speaks during a press conference announcing the return of Friday Night Fights to Austin. The fight will be held on June 17. BOXING Friday Night Fights returns to Austin By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff The last time ESPNÕs Friday Night Fights came to Austin, in September 2008, Jesœs Ch‡vez was busy training for a fight against Andres Ledesma in Houston. When the cable networkÕs pop¥ular boxing show returns on June 17, Ch‡vez will be front and center, part of a ceremony honoring him as the most famous fighter in the cityÕs history. Ch‡vez finished with a pro- LONGHORNS IN THE MLB The 2011 Major League Baseball season is just over a month old, and five former Longhorns are contrib¥uting to big league clubs. We take a look around the league to check in with former Texas players. Drew Stubbs, CF, Cincinnati The third-year man has continued his rise to the top in 2011, building on last yearÕs coming-out party with the Reds and a trip to the playoffs. Stubbs is hitting a career-high .259 and is second on the team in home runs (5) and runs scored (22). Stubbs has provided more than just production at the plate and has flashed his speed with a team-high 10 stolen bases in 30 games. The Texarkana native has been solid defensively in center field for Dusty BakerÕs club and will need to keep up his improving play if the Reds hope to win the National League Central once again. Huston Street, RP, Colorado The National League leader in saves with 10, Street has been a huge part of the Rock¥iesÕ (17-10) success throughout the first month of the season. The right hander has been nearly unhittable, with 17 strikeouts in just 16.1 innings of work. HeÕs also been perfect in save situations and already has half as many saves as he did a year ago. De¥spite pitching in a hitter-friendly park in Coors Field, Street has been strong at home with a miniscule 1.29 ERA. Street, in his third year as a Rockies, appears to have re¥turned to the form he showed in 2009 when Colorado won the NL Wild Card. Taylor Teagarden, C, Texas Teagarden has seen limited time behind the plate for the Rangers, appearing in two games in relief of starting catcher Yorvit Torrealba. Teagarden is getting a chance to play for his hometown team but the fourth-year player has found it tough to see time on the field. The 27-year-old has been a back up since his MLB debut but heÕs proven a reliable option for the Rangers. Torrealba is batting .277, so look for TeagardenÕs opportunities to continue to be limited. Sam LeCure, SP, Cincinnati LeCure has been a decent fifth starter for the Reds in 2011. Cincinnati has won two of the right handerÕs four starts, but LeCureÕs record is 0-1. The 26-year-old has not gone longer than six innings but has given some relief to the RedsÕ bullpen. LeCure gave up four home runs in an April 19 start against Arizona, after which he said, ÒEvery ball hit in the air I was scared about.Ó Cincinnati will need continued production at the bottom of the rotation from LeCure if they hope to return to the postseason. James Russell, RP, Chicago Cubs Russell has started four games for the Cubs and made four appearances out of the bullpen this season. RussellÕs 1-4 record hasnÕt helped the Cubs (14-16) move out of the NL Central cellar, but the left hander is still learning how to pitch in the majors. Russell made his first start on April 12 against Houston but surrendered seven runs in 1.2 in¥nings. The Cubs figure to struggle this season, and Russell will earn valuable experience as a fifth-year starter. If Russell can learn from veteran pitchers Ryan Dempster, Matt Garza and Carlos Zambrano, he could develop into a solid starter for Chicago. fessional record of 44-8 and cap¥tured both the WBC Super Feath¥erweight and IBF Lightweight ti¥tles in his career. His most famous bout was against the still-undefeat¥ed Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2001, a nine-round slugfest that ended in defeat for Ch‡vez when his corner stepped in. Ch‡vez would never have stopped it himself. He was known as a tough and pugnacious boxer and impressed many fans by go¥ing 12 rounds against Erik Morales in defense of his featherweight ti¥tle in 2004 despite dislocating his shoulder early in the third round. Ch‡vez lost the match but gained the attention and respect of the fighting world. Although agent Lester Bed¥ford said Ch‡vez might put on the gloves one last time, Òif the right fight came along,Ó the boxer was much more candid about his fu¥ture. ÒI am saying my farewells to the fighting game,Ó Ch‡vez said. FIGHT continues on PAGE 7 SOFTBALL NO. 23 TEXAS A&M 5, NO. 3 TEXAS 1 Longhorns fall to Aggies despite fast start on offense By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff The Texas offense jumped to a great start Wednesday night against the Texas A&M Aggies by earning one run in the top of the first, but was unable to put anything else together in a 5-1 loss in College Station. The loss leaves the third-ranked Longhorns with a 44-6 record for the season and a 13-2 conference re¥cord. Texas still has a slight lead in Big 12 Conference standings over Missouri as they travel to Colombia this weekend to face the Tigers. The only run of the ball game came at the hands of freshman short¥stop Taylor Thom. After reaching on a fielderÕs choice, freshman outfield¥er Brejae Washington ran all the way home off of ThomÕs RBI double. The Texas offense produced four hits throughout seven innings but was LOSS continues on PAGE 7 NCAA WOMENÕS GOLF Texas makes central regional after winning conference title By Stephanie Yarbrough Martha RichardsÕ fourth as the Daily Texan Staff LonghornsÕ head coach. They have had success in the regional rounds Texas makes its fourth consecu¥the past three years, advancing to tive appearance in the the NCAA Champion-NCAA tournament ship each time. with its trip to the TexasÕ lineup includes NCAA Central Re- Big 12 player of the year gional Championship Madison Pressel in the on Thursday as the first slot. No. 6 seed. The team Among other awards, won an automatic Pressel was named the conference bid after conferenceÕs player of capturing the Big 12 the month for May title on April 24. The on Wednesday. Pres¥regional takes place Madison Pressel from May 5-7 at the Golfer Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. This is the programÕs 26th post¥season appearance overall, and sel has momentum go¥ing into this tourna¥ment, and so does the team, fresh off its Big PRESSEL continues on PAGE 7 SIDELINE NBA PLAYOFFS NHL PLAYOFFS SPORTS BRIEFLY MenÕs, womenÕs tennis teams receive NCAA tournament bids The Texas menÕs and womenÕs tennis teams had strong enough seasons to get them to nationals, as the NCAA handed bids out to both on Wednesday. The Longhorn men will face Mis¥souri-Kansas City in the Norman Region. The women earned a No. 2 seed and take on No. 3 seed South Flori¥da in the Miami Regional. Texas de¥feated South Florida 5-2 on Feb. 25 in Austin. From the menÕs team, Ed Corrie and Kellen Damico earned berths in the national singles tournament. Additionally, the pair of Corrie and Jean Andersen were invited to the national doubles tournament. Aeri¥el Ellis will represent the womenÕs team in the NCAAÕs single draw. 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Seeing the Horned Frogs run out to center field and cele¥brate on BevoÕs head leaves a bad taste in the mouths of Texas fans. Texas was supposed to roll through the opening rounds en route to a sec¥ond-straight trip to Omaha. The Horned Frogs split the first two games with Texas and then dominat¥ed the Longhorns in game three for their first trip to Omaha. 10. Wake Forest buzzer beater in opening round of 2010 NCAA menÕs basketball tournament. This was the most fitting ending to a season that once saw the Longhorns ranked as the best team in the nation. The Longhorns led by six, with a lit¥tle more than a minute remaining in overtime. Then like it had throughout the entire season, free throws played the difference as two misses each by JÕCovan Brown and Gary Johnson in the final minute led to the game-win¥ning buzzer beater by Ish Smith to end TexasÕ season. 9. Almost any game against Kan¥sas State in the major two sports since 2007 Football: 0-3 since 2006 MenÕs basketball: 1-3 including a current three-game losing streak The Wildcats have had Mack Brown and Rick BarnesÕ number since 2007 and in a way, have become more and more hated by Texas fans. 8. Three straight home football losses vs. UCLA, Baylor and Iowa State in 2011 The Longhorns were favored by a combined 44 points in those three games by the Vegas odds-makers. They lost by a combined 37 points. That just doesnÕt happen ... at least not to those three opponents. These are the games that when looking at the sched¥ule prior to the season, one would think would be one easy blowout after another. A fourth straight home loss to Oklahoma State happened, but that was expected by then. 7. MenÕs basketball gets crushed by Memphis in the 2008 Elite Eight The Tigers rolled over the Long¥horns in Houston to end TexasÕ shot of at a Final Four appearance. Da¥mion James, D.J. Augustin and A.J. Abrams (remember them?) com¥bined to shoot 14-48 from the field, and the Tigers completely outplayed Texas for 40 minutes. 6. The Garrett Gilbert shovel pass in the 2009 BCS Na¥tional Championship Sorry I have to remind you about this. Who knows what the outcome would have been if the play never happened, and Texas went into half¥time trailing 17-6 instead of 24-6? Re¥cently, itÕs been difficult avoiding that replay with AlabamaÕs Marcell Dareus intercepting GilbertÕs pass and con¥tinuing to run 28 yards through the sorriest three tackle attempts by Gil¥bert, Michael Huey and Kyle Hix. 5. LSU takes 2009 College World Series LSUÕs five-run sixth inning broke a 4-4 tie, and the Tigers went on to win the championship game 11-4. Af¥ter the Longhorns let a three-run lead slip away in game one of the champi¥onship series, they left 12 runners on base in game three, which ended Tex¥asÕ season. 4. Cory JosephÕs five-second vio¥lation against Arizona in this sea¥sonÕs NCAA Tournament This one is freshest in the minds of Texas fans. What makes this mo¥ment and game so frustrating was that the referees determined the re¥sult of the game. Everyone remem¥bers what happened after the referee only counted four seconds but blew the whistle before a timeout could be called. After that, Derrick Williams converted on a three-point play, and the Longhorns lost. 3. Down goes Colt! Down goes Colt! For the few plays that Colt McCoy was able to play in the 2009 BCS Na¥tional Championship game, he did pretty well. The Longhorns had two first downs. Then came the big hit from Marcell Dareus, which didnÕt look that big at the time but side¥lined McCoy for the remainder of the game. Who knows what would have happened if McCoy hadnÕt got¥ten hurt? That will be the question that Longhorn fans will hold over the world for the rest of their lives. And thatÕs the question that Bama fans will ignore for the rest of theirs. 2. GilbertÕs comeback falls short The Longhorns needed to go 93 yards in 3:14. They got 10 after an Al¥abama holding penalty. But on the second play of the drive, Gilbert got in a little trouble, got sacked and fum¥bled the ball, where Alabama picked it up at the three-yard line. It was amaz¥ing that the Longhorns were able to even be in that opportunity without McCoy. But it was not meant to be. 1. Blake Gideon drop, Michael Crabtree catch Wow, itÕs been a painful four years! FIGHT continues from PAGE 6 Ch‡vez last fought in October 2010. He now works as a train¥er in the Dallas area, having re¥placed his gloves with training mitts for the most part. But when heÕs brought onstage at the Erwin Center this summer, heÕll once again be at the center of the Austin fighting scene Ñ an appropriate spot for the man who won the hearts of Texas boxing enthusiasts. REED continues from PAGE 6 sire to get back on the court with her team fuels her focus. ÒNot being able to play was motivation in itself for Cokie. She has put in the time and ef¥fort to be a dominant player in the Big 12,Ó said Logan Schwartz, the strength and conditioning coach for the womenÕs basketball team. ÒShe wants to come back and make up for lost time, and her effort has been unbeliev¥able.Ó Schwartz is so impressed, he foresees Reed returning as a true asset to the squad. ÒHer attitude and consistency throughout rehab and workouts and her will to help the team leaves no doubt that weÕll see a new Cokie Reed on the court this season,Ó Schwartz said. While Reed has yet to get back out to scrimmaging on the hard¥wood, she realizes itÕs a day-to¥day process. As the injury brought change LOSS continues from PAGE 6 outshone by Aggie starting pitcher Melissa Dumezich who had seven strikeouts on the evening. Sophomore All-American pitch¥er Blaire Luna dropped her record to 26-4 on the season while al¥lowing six hits that accounted for four of the Aggie scores. Fresh¥man hurler Rachel Fox entered the game in the bottom of the fifth in¥ning to try and salvage the game. It was one of only a few games so far this season that Luna had been pulled for underperformance. De¥spite her efforts, Fox was unable to stave off the Aggie offense and PRESSEL continues from PAGE 6 12 championship. The team has the luxury of going into this tournament with a title win, something not even top¥ranked UCLA can boast at this time. There are 24 teams overall competing, double the size of the Big 12 tournament. Tex¥as initially will play alongside No. 5 Wake Forest and No. 7 Tulane. to the busy schedule Reed used to juggle, the post admits sheÕs had a hard time keeping up with schoolwork. ÒItÕs definitely backwards,Ó Reed said. ÒYouÕd think not hav¥ing to practice as much would be good for my grades, but actually, itÕs been hard to keep up.Ó Even at less than 100 percent, Reed already has a prediction for next season. ÒI think our future is bright; we can only go up from here. WeÕll be in the top half of the Big 12,Ó Reed said. ÒHigh in the top.Ó Reed still has months of reha¥bilitation to go but she continues to keep the thought of A&MÕs championship in the back of her head. ÒFor them to be our rival and have that national champion¥ship, itÕs going to make it even more competitive when we play them next year,Ó she said. ÒItÕs a complete motivator for me.Ó gave up one run off of one hit. The Texas defense, which is ranked first in the Big 12 and sec¥ond in the NCAA, gave up two er¥rors which contributed to the mo¥mentum that the Aggies had been building the entire night. The loss in College Station gave the Aggies half of a point in the State Farm Lone Star Showdown. 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ONLINE: Check out a review of ÒHobo With a ShotgunÓ at dailytexanonline.com Gallery exhibits art prints based around bike theme From left to right, Justin Cox, Adrian Duaine and Bobby Dixon are the artists and coor¥dinators behind this monthÕs bicycle-inspired poster and print show at the Black Lagoon Art Gallery that opens Thursday. The show coincides with National Bike Month. Erika Rich Daily Texan Staff By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff Austin, in all its diverse glory, isnÕt built on the traditional American ap¥ple pie and baseball paradigm, but in¥stead on the bike and art one. It is only fitting that this Thursday, AustinÕs Gal¥lery Black Lagoon plays host to the Poster Cabaret Bicycle Print Show. The print show appropriately comes at the beginning of National Bike Month. ÒAll of the artists were told, ÔYour work is supposed to be inspired by the bicycle,ÕÓ said L. Adrian Duaine, better known as Lad, event organizer and UT alumnus. ÒThat was the only direction they were given.Ó The show features a comprehen¥sive showing of more than 60 artists hailing from Austin, New York, Chi¥cago, Buenos Aires, the Netherlands and dozens of other places. Each of those 60 artists is exhibiting one print that will be available for purchase. Of the 60 pieces, 55 were created origi¥nally for the show. Prints will cost be¥tween $25 and $35. The subject matter and inspira¥tion for the pieces range from rem¥iniscing on childhood bike mem¥ories to more philanthropic initia¥tives. Justin Cox, UT alumnus and member of the East Austin art col¥lective, Public School, created a print featuring punch-out base¥ball cards that people can attach to their bike wheel with a clothespin, turning the bike into the motor¥cycle that it once was in the days of youth. ÒThere are so many great artists, I wanted to do something different to standout,Ó Cox said. In the humanitarian spirit there is also a print in support of Texas 4000, the UT organization that raises mon¥ey for cancer research, culminating in a 4000-mile ride from Texas to Alas¥ka. The print, created by Tim Doyle WHAT: Poster Cabaret Bicycle Print Show WHERE: Gallery Black Lagoon WHEN: Thursday, 6 p.m. HoW MucH: Free features bikers surrounded by moun¥tains, depicting the groupÕs journey. Proceeds from sales of the print will go to the organization. Artist and Texas Tech Profes¥sor Dirk Fowler took the opportu¥nity to use his print to advocate for the environmentally-friendly mode of transportation. ÒIf we all thought about different types of transportation, like riding a bike or walking, the world would be a much better place,Ó Fowler said. ÒI live in Lubbock right now. ItÕs not that people are against bikes, but everyone drives cars around.Ó Infused alcohol adds flavor to drinking THIRSTY THURSDAY By Gerald Rich While espresso-flavored vodka or jalapeno-flavored tequila may seem exotic, the process of creating infu¥sions has been around for centuries and is simple enough to do at home. Basic infusion, or maceration if weÕre talking about fruit, arose as a means to deliver medicine and can now be used to combine anything from watermelon and bacon or even marijuana with your liquor. In Chemistry 101 terms, youÕre breaking down and leeching out some of the molecules from what¥ever you add to the alcohol to im¥part a bit of its flavor. This is the same idea as making tea; heating the water helps break down some of the chemical bonds in the tea leaves. The only difference between tea and booze is alcohol doesnÕt need to be heated to make an infusion or maceration. Its chemical structure has a magnetic quality, or polarity. The elements within alcohol each have their own distinct number of positively-charged protons and neg¥atively-charged electrons that donÕt quite balance out. So when youÕre in¥fusing, the polarity tugs at the sur¥rounding molecules of whatever you plopped in the liquor, causing the molecular bonds to break and mix in the flavor. While nowadays weÕd typical¥ly think of alcohol as something we shoot or chug to forget impending finals, it still has a medicinal use be¥cause itÕs so easy to infuse with oth¥er herbs and chemicals. In fact, a tincture of iodine used for disin¥fecting cuts is just an iodine and alcohol infusion. High Times magazine and The¥CannabisChef.com even publish rec¥ipes for a medicinal marijuana-in¥fused tincture, also known as a green dragon. Although enlightened states will sell a little vial with an eyedrop¥per over the counter, people in oth¥er states can create the tincture easily. The basic recipe requires alcohol Ñ at least 40 percent alcohol by volume to extract a small amount Ñ and let¥ting the plantÕs THC steep out for no less than 10 days. Most mixologists behind bars in Texas are extracting flavors to add complexity to drinks, and one of the simplest things any college kid can try is a fruit or vegetable infu¥sion. Just take any liquor youÕve got, stick in some fruit or herbs and taste the mix every few hours. Depend¥ing on what you stick in the alcohol and what alcohol you use, you could have a delicious infusion in less than a day. Keep in mind, youÕre going to need to put this crunk juice in a new container with a large mouth so you can stick in slices of fruit. Infusing or macerating is also one of the easiest ways to temper the crummy taste of a bottom-shelf liquor like Taaka. If youÕre willing to experiment more, you can do a meatier infusion, also known as a fat wash. There are a couple of ways you can do this, ei¥ther by putting a cooked meat into your alcohol or pouring the remain¥ing grease in. Both ways result in a clean liquor with your protein fla¥vor of choice, minus all that fat you just added. After you put your cooked meat or grease into the liquor, you have to shake it up and put in the freez¥er. Alcohol has a higher freezing point than the fats, so after you let it sit in there, all that fat will create a frozen layer you can easily remove. Just skim some off the top and then run the rest of the liquor through a coffee filter until youÕve got your¥self some clean, homemade bacon bourbon or brisket whiskey. Beyond infusions, macerations and fat washes, the best advice is to simply try everything in small batches. Mason jars are great for ex¥periments: small enough to throw in your freezer yet large enough for you to stick in half a slice of can¥taloupe. Also, keep in mind your boozeÕs flavor profile; you proba¥bly shouldnÕt mix fried chicken and gin. Then again, if you find a good fried chicken and gin infusion, please send it to The Daily Texan for further analysis.