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ONLINE Nine-letter word for puzzle The Daily Texan will now upload printable versions of the daily crossword to our website. Visit dailytexanonline.com to print out your daily crossword fix. Quote to note Ô I havenÕt died. Right Ô now IÕm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?Ó Ñ Yao Ming Former Houston Rocket SPORTS PAGE 8 University officials approve hire of staff-exclusive ombuds officer By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff University administrators have appointed an official to help medi¥ate staff conflicts on campus for the first time. Staff Ombuds Officer Jennifer Sims will start July 20. Her office will serve as an independent, neu¥tral third party that addresses and resolves staff conflicts and concerns with the University. The UniversityÕs Staff Council has worked with ad¥ministrators to create the position since spring 2010. Sims has previously worked as an ombudsperson for the University of Hawaii at Manoa and associate om¥budsperson for Bridgepoint Educa¥tion. She said she can help the Uni¥versity community by providing a confidential and neutral interme¥diary that staff members will feel comfortable working through chal¥lenges with. ÒI think itÕs a great thing in terms of equity because there are already faculty and student [ombuds] offic¥es,Ó Sims said. ÒI think it says a lot about the University valuing staff enough to give them the same type of opportunities that other groups on campus have.Ó OMBUDS continues on PAGE 2 Vagina Magazine volunteer Mel Martell talks on the phone at the Lonely Ladies benefit for Planned Parenthood on Saturday. The event featured local music and a vintage trunk show to raise funds for the womenÕs center. Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff Jennifer Sims, the UniversityÕs first ombudsperson for staff employees, begins work later this month. SpainÕs team celebrates by tossing David Ferrer, who defeated Mardy Fish of the United States, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (5) during a Davis Cup tennis quarterfinal match Sunday. Spain won 3-1. Davis Cup By Trey Scott Defeat ÔLadiesÕ host benefit for health care center, protest abortion bill By William James Gerlich health care center. A health care Daily Texan Staff bill that includes an amendment to drastically reduce state funding to A womenÕs rights group is work-Planned Parenthood awaits the gov¥ing with Planned Parenthood to ernorÕs signature. fight new health care legislation they Lindsey Rock, a volunteer for the call anti-women and insensitive. Planned Parenthood event, said they On Saturday, the feminist orga-hope to continue having events to nization The Lonely Ladies held raise awareness and generate mon¥a benefit for Planned Parenthood ey for the clinics. to demonstrate their disapproval ÒI wanted to help support Planned of the new mandatory ultrasound Parenthood since they are losing bill which is now being challenged so much funding,Ó said Rock, who in court. The event featured local made baked goods for the event. music and a vintage trunk show that raised money for the womenÕs SONOGRAM continues on PAGE 2 David Ferrer lost just one set all weekend. America had no chance. The Spaniard embarrassed Austini¥te Andy Roddick on Friday in straight sets, then eliminated Mardy Fish and Team USA on Sunday, winning 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (5) to give Spain a final 3-1 win over the U.S. in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Ferrer, the No. 6 player in the world, flummoxed Fish time and time again. He was a human backboard, sitting on the far end of the court and returning everything hit his way. ÒHeÕs very good from the baseline,Ó Fish said after the match. ÒHeÕs one of the best movers in the world. ThatÕs how he makes his living.Ó It looked as if Ferrer would make it TENNIS continues on PAGE 9 Eric Grey | Associated Press DT SPOTLIGHT: ROLE OF RESEARCH Donors fear budget debate will influence UT research By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff EditorÕs note: One in a continuing series about the controversy concern¥ing research at UT. The debate on higher education and research could impact faculty hiring, retention and fundraising ef¥forts, University officials said. President William Powers Jr. said deans and department chairs have raised concerns about questions from potential hires. Faculty and potential staff are concerned about how budget cuts could affect the role of research at the University and how it will im¥pact their ability to conduct research within their respective fields, he said. Deans and department chairs did not return requests for comment. ÒMore people we are trying to retain are interested in this,Ó Powers said. The Texas Public Policy Founda¥tion and Gov. Rick Perry have openly shown support for controversial ideas that call for the elimination of Òexces¥siveÓ research and increasing class siz¥es in order to cut tuition in half. Rich¥ard Vedder, an economist and pro¥fessor at Ohio University, said in an interview with The Daily Texan last month if 80 percent of the faculty at RESEARCH continues on PAGE 2 Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff BEST PRICE GUARANTEE* FOR UT STORES AUSTIN TXbooks FREE UT SHIRT Scan the QR code with your smart phone to learn The StudentsÕ Bookstore WITH $150 more about our store! 2116 Guadalupe St. PURCHASE! 512-499-1559 www.austintxbooks.com Locally owned since 2005 * Guarantee against local stores only. RESEARCH continues from PAGE 1 OMBUDS continues from PAGE 1 UT President William Pow¥ faculty ombuds offices. I havenÕt seen in many other uni¥ ers Jr. said in a press release SimsÕ ÒBeing an ombuds is about so¥ versity campuses.Ó knowledge of the field will help cial justice and problem solving Former Staff Council Chair establish the success of the new which is something IÕm natural- Ben Bond headed the organiza¥ office at UT. ly drawn to,Ó she said. ÒBeing on tion when Sims was selected for ÒShe has extensive experience a campus is a community thatÕs the position. He said in a press in dispute resolution and will a workable size, and you can ac¥ release that Sims is well quali¥ serve as a strong, independent ad¥ tually see some of the fruits of fied to serve as staff ombuds offi¥ vocate for our staff,Ó Powers said. your labor.Ó cer, and her office will be a help¥ ÒThe Staff Council has made an Sims said her office will have to ful resource for the entire Univer¥ ombuds officer a priority, and I figure out boundaries of their re¥ sity staff. believe this position will bene¥ sponsibilities and those of other ÒThe Staff Council worked fit our staff and the University as offices, but she looks forward to hard on its recommendation to a whole.Ó working with all members of the the president, and we are grate- Sims said she has not yet estab- University community. ful that he chose to implement it,Ó lished how exactly her office will ÒIÕm learning more about the Bond said. ÒAdding the new staff be structured, but it will follow the University each day, and it seems ombuds will make the University same ethics and standards of prac¥ like a great campus,Ó she said. ÒI of Texas at Austin a better place to tice as the UniversityÕs student and feel that it has a sense of class that work for everyone.Ó SONOGRAM continues from PAGE 1 ÒThis was my way of contributing hear the fetal heartbeat 24 hours be¥ agenda,Ó said Nancy Northup, the to the cause.Ó fore they get an abortion. The law centerÕs president, to The Dallas Meagan Dodds, founder of the exempts rape and incest victims but Morning News. Lonely Ladies and event coor¥ otherwise does not allow women to The lawsuit underway will likely dinator at Volstead Lounge, said opt out of the new requirements. be settled by the beginning of Sep¥ the organization is working with The law stipulates women can turn tember, just before the bill would CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Viviana Aldous (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Veronica Rosalez (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Comics Office: (512) 232-4386 Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 UT taught more students, the Uni¥versity could reduce its faculty and save money. UT currently employs about 20,000 faculty members, but with looming budget cuts, the University will cut about 600 employees, Pow¥ers said. Specific faculty cuts are yet to be identified, but deans and de¥partment chairs are trying to cut from the administration before ad¥juncts or assistant professors, Pow¥ers said. About 138 out of 1,900 tenure¥track professors in the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Communication and Fine Arts were offered early retire¥ment last year, said Human Resource Services Director John Moore. Of these professors, 31 accepted the package, he said. Their positions will be filled with non-tenured, less ex¥pensive faculty. The debate on higher education also attacks specific research being done in the arts and humanities de¥partments. Powers said there are cur¥rently no plans to cut the research, but the budget is highly dependent on grants and outside funding. If the controversy causes skepticism among donors and organizations that support research, it could limit future projects. ÒIf those budgets go down, it will have an impact on research,Ó Powers said. David Onion, senior associate vice president of the University Develop¥ment Office, said donors and alumni are concerned that the research de¥bate could cause significant changes, but the impact on University fund¥raising is unclear. ÒIt is crucial that we have an en¥vironment where the economy is good as well as donors who are con¥fident that there arenÕt going to be radical changes at the University,Ó Onion said. He said while the debate on high¥er education may cast the University in a negative light among advocates of faculty research, donors are unify¥ing to support research regardless of their political affiliations. Planned Parenthood to fight leg-their head if they choose. take effect, said U.S. District Judge joanw@mail.utexas.edu islation that requires sonograms The Center fighting to block the Sam Sparks in court. for women considering abor-law said it forces doctors to pro-The Center filed suit against the Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 tions. The groups support the law-vide information against their will law after Gov. Rick Perry signed classifieds@dailytexanonline.com suit against the sonogram law that and violates medical ethics be-the health care bill into law, in¥the New York-based Center for cause they will be required to per-cluding the sonogram amendment Reproductive Rights filed earlier form this procedure against the pa-from Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Hous¥last week. tientsÕ wills. ton. Perry said the Òemergency The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If Ò[The sonogram law] is outra-ÒWhen you go to the doctor, legislationÓ was necessary to pro¥ we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or email geous and hurtful to women in ev-you expect to be given informa-tect unborn lives. managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. ery way,Ó Dodds said. tion that is relevant to your par-ÒThis important bill will ensure The law requires abortion pro-ticular medical decisions and cir-that a woman, in addition to hav¥viders to give a detailed description cumstances, not to be held hostage ing all the facts about the life sheÕs of the fetus and requires women to and subjected to an anti-choice carrying, also understands the COPYRIGHT devastating impact of this life- Copyright 2011 Texas Student ending decision,Ó Perry said in Media. All articles, photographs a speech. and graphics, both in the print and Oklahoma is the only other online editions, are the property of state that requires abortion pro- Texas Student Media and may not be viders to perform sonograms, reproduced or republished in part or and their bill is facing legal ac¥ in whole without written permission. tion as well. Other states, includ¥ing Ohio and North Carolina, have similar laws pending. Bat¥tles between abortion provid- TOMORROWÕS WEATHER NE ers and state legislators continue LowHigh in states including Indiana and Kansas, and federal funding for 76104 Planned Parenthood barely sur¥vived the federal chopping block We finished early! in the spring. World&NatioN Monday, July 11, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Reese Rackets, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com Crews reminisce as After celebration in Sudan, a warning US envoy to United Nations final shuttle flight says peace could evaporate if oil, border issues persist docks with station By Maggie Fick The Associated Press By Marcia Dunn Ñ exchanged hugs, handshakes JUBA, South Sudan Ñ A day after The Associated Press and kisses on the cheek. Camer¥ the jubilation of South SudanÕs inde¥ as floated everywhere, recording pendence proclamation, the U.S. am- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Ñ every moment of the last-of-its¥ bassador to the U.N. warned Sun- As the miles melted between At-kind festivities. day of a Òreal riskÓ that the north¥ lantis and the International Space Atlantis, carrying a yearÕs south peace process could unrav- Station, the emotions grew Ñ in worth of supplies, is being re¥ el unless outstanding issues such orbit and on the ground. tired after this flight, the last of as oil and border demarcations are At Mission Control on Sun-the 30-year shuttle program. quickly resolved. day, lead flight director Kwat-This was the 46th docking by a Celebrations rang out Saturday si Alibaruho declared Òthis is space shuttle to a space station. in the South Sudan capital of Juba, itÓ as he gave the OK for the fi-NASA, meanwhile, contin¥ the first day of independence after nal docking in space shuttle his-ued to bask in the afterglow of decades of civil war between Su¥ tory. Flashbacks to the shuttleÕs FridayÕs liftoff. As part of Sun¥ danÕs north and south. Some 2 mil¥ very first space station docking dayÕs mail to Atlantis, Mission lion people died in the most recent Ñ with RussiaÕs Mir in 1995 Ñ Control sent up a 4-inch im¥ war, from 1983-2005. flooded his mind as he viewed age of a shuttle made entirely of On Sunday, the capital appeared the shuttle on the screens. He exclamation points. hungover from its massive celebra¥ was a NASA trainee back then. NASA is getting out of the tion, though small groups of peo-Pete Muller | Associated Press About 240 miles above the launching-to-orbit business, giv¥ ple still sang and danced on street A South Sudanese man dons a shirt made of the new national flag during the Republic of South SudanÕs Pacific, the stationÕs naval bell ing Atlantis, Endeavour and Dis¥ corners. The new countryÕs national first national soccer match in the capital of Juba on Sunday. chimed a salute Ñ one of many covery to museums, so it can anthem played from speakers. landmarks, or rather space-start working on human trips to The joy of independence day crowd tens of thousands strong in restart in the next week in a process his role in the conflict in SudanÕs marks, of this final two-week asteroids and Mars. Private U.S. shuttle mission that are being sa-companies will pick up the more temporarily overshadowed the on-Juba on Saturday. The American led by an African Union panel. western region of Darfur, attend¥ going hostilities between the north-delegation was led by Susan Rice, ÒAs wonderful a day as yester-ed SaturdayÕs ceremony and ap¥ vored one by one. mundane job of space station de¥ ern army and southern-allied forces who told The Associated Press in a day [Saturday] was ... we are mind-pealed for the two nations to work ÒAtlantis arriving,Ó called out livery runs and, still several years space station astronaut Ronald out, astronaut ferry flights. in the northern state of South Kor-phone interview on Sunday that the ful that even as those presidents to Òovercome the bitterness of dofan and other violence along the U.S. government remains Òfocused pledge a commitment to peace-the past.Ó Garan Jr. ÒWelcome to the In-NASA Administrator Charles ternational Space Station for the Bolden stressed in an interview north-south border. The south and on the urgency of resolvingÓ the ful and cooperative relations, that Rice dismissed the possibility of north have yet to agree on a demar-outstanding north-south issues. these issues are such that in the ab-U.S. military intervention in South last time.Ó with CNNÕs ÒState of the UnionÓ cated border, and the issue of oil re-Rice said the U.S. government sence of resolution there is a risk of Kordofan, where northern aerial Cries of joy and laughter filled program Sunday morning that the connected vessels once the the United States will remain mains contentious. The south has would remain Òvery actively in-things beginning to disintegrate,Ó bombardments have driven tens of most of the oil but it must move it volvedÓ in supporting negotiations she added. thousands of black Africans from hatches swung open and the two the world leader in space explo¥ through the northÕs pipes. between Khartoum and Juba. U.S. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, the Nuba ethnic group into caves crews Ñ 10 space fliers altogeth-ration, even after the shuttles er representing three countries stop flying. Dozens of world leaders joined a officials say they hope the talks will who is wanted for war crimes for for protection from the raids. NEWS BRIEFLY Teen reporters start newspaper to give voice to their community LOS ANGELES Ñ Eighteen-year¥old Alejandro Rojas is tired of out¥siders viewing his neighborhood of Boyle Heights as a hub of gang vio¥lence and housing projects. So he and 13 other local teenag¥ers aim to show the other side of MEXICAN MARTINIS & Boyle Heights with a new quarterly MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKS newspaper. FOR THE PRICE OF A HOUSE DRINK Some 22,000 copies of the Boyle Heights Beat were delivered last CAZADORES SILVER month to homes in this heavily His¥ with Cointreau Margarita Mexican Martini panic neighborhood tucked in the $5.00 $9.00 eastern shadow of downtown Los AngelesÕ skyscrapers. 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Junior Amorim says he was THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENT LIVING | ion at east end surprised to find Òa fork and knife stuck to his body.Ó The youth says classmates call LEASING FOR FALL 2011 him Òmagnet boy.Ó Dr. Dix-Sept Rosado Sobrinho PRICES STARTING AT $365 PER MONTH tells Globo it is the first time in his 30-year career that he has seen a case 888.671.8960 like this. Man suspected of driving drunk hijacks cityÕs van to go for joyride ANCHORAGE, Alaska Ñ An¥chorage police say a city van used to pick up drunken people was tak¥en on a joyride by a man suspected of drunken driving. The Anchorage Daily News reports that 35-year-old Donny H. Weston was arrested late Thursday after po¥lice say he got into a Community Ser¥vice Patrol van parked with the keys in the engine. Police say social work¥ers were attending inebriated people when Weston got into the van. Police say Weston drove the van for significant distance, including driving against traffic, and he even¥tually crashed the van into a bus and ditched it. Police say the inebriated men in the back of the van didnÕt notice SMART TECHNOLOGY. SMART DESIGN. SMART CHOICE. | ionateastend.com the joyride. Ñ Compiled from Associated Press Point-counterpoint: The tenure system EditorÕs note: Among the many proposed reforms to Texas higher education are some that would modify or eliminate the current tenure system employed by colleges and universities. We asked UT philosophy lecturer Jeffrey C. Leon and former Wall Street Journal editor Naomi Riley for their views on the tenure system and asked, ÒShould Texas universities continue to employ the tenure system? Why or why not?Ó Send a firing line to firingline@dailytexanonline.com and let us know what you think about the tenure system. poINT Replace tenure with multiyear renewable contracts By Naomi Schaefer Riley Daily Texan Guest Columnist Last month, UT-Dallas President David Daniel appeared on a panel lamenting the state of research universities in Texas. Daniel said the Òbig¥gest disappointmentÓ of his lifetime was that people consider higher edu¥cation an individual benefit rather than a public good. If this is the case, the universities have only themselves to blame. And the system of tenure has done more than anything else to devalue undergraduate education and promote trivial research. While Daniel and his fellow panelists wondered why there wasnÕt sup¥port for some new Sputnik-like project, watchers of higher education were wondering how we ended up with universities producing works such as these by UT scholars: ÒAn Archive of Feelings: Trauma Sexual¥ity and Lesbian Public CulturesÓ or ÒIndian-Made: Navajo Culture in the Marketplace.Ó Or this one, which received $300,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation: ÒBlue Highways: Evaluating Middle Stone Age Riverine Based Foraging, Mobility and Technology Along the Trunk Tributaries of the Blue Nile.Ó Even if there is an argument for studying the anthropology of ancient Ethiopia, how do you explain to taxpayers or tuition-paying students and parents the most recent study touted on the UT website: ÒChocolate Milk Gives Athletes Leg-up After Exercise.Ó Sputnik this ainÕt. Higher education has become a game of prestige and the only thing that brings prestige is publication. A 2005 report in the Journal of Higher Education found that college professors actually get paid less for every additional hour they spend in a classroom. This finding was true not only at large research universities but at state Òteaching universitiesÓ and small liberal arts colleges. The institution of tenure encourages this problem. Tenure should be replaced by a system of multiyear renewable contracts for all instructors instead of shifting the burden of teaching to lesser-paid adjunct professors. Some professors claim the reason we reward publication is that thereÕs no objective measure for good teaching. We simply know it when we see it. This is plainly false. Good teaching is more than just entertaining in the classroom. It involves preparation for lectures and discussions, extensive work in grading and contact with students. It is something that students as well as faculty and administrators can recognize and reward if they chose, and it requires consistent evaluation. Tenure is a static system of CoUNTERpoINT promotion that gives people a permanent job for what theyÕve already ac¥complished. Teaching is a dynamic profession. As any good teacher will tell you, there is no resting on your laurels. Tenure proves beneficial to higher education Defenders of tenure claim that it protects academic freedom, but a look at any university campus suggests thatÕs not true. The system of Òdepartmental majoritarianismÓ encourages professors to hire and train clones of themselves. To get a job, graduate students keep their mouths shut. Adjuncts who want a tenure-track position keep their mouths shut. The assistant professors who want tenure keep their mouths shut. And after all those years, people are simply not inclined to open their mouths once they get tenure. A tenured professor at Ohio University recently wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how he has resolved to act, now that he has a job for life: ÒI must try to be less bold in expressing unpopular opinions about campus policies, curriculum goals or the use of increasingly lim¥ited resources. ... Against instinct and training, I must try to avoid rock¥ing the boat in a workplace that is hostile toward dissent.Ó The suggestion that tenure protects dissent doesnÕt even pass the smell test. Academic institutions are some of the most intellectually uniform institutions in our entire social landscape. Ultimately, though, eliminating tenure is vital because it will reduce the faculty stranglehold on universities. Faculty have far too much control over what subject they teach (usually the obscure ones they want to write a book about), who they will teach (only small classes of advanced stu¥dents, please. DonÕt we have adjuncts to take care of the rest?) and when they will teach (Does 11:30 to 1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays sound famil¥iar?). Every battle in higher education Ñ whether itÕs over the curricu¥lum, money or politics Ñ is a battle of attrition, and the faculty, thanks to tenure, will always win. They will outlast any president, governor, trustee, regent, parent or student. They are why reform is not possible. When I asked Ed Larson, former associate counsel for the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, about eliminating tenure, he told me, ÒTenure affects the very nature of higher education. Removing it would be like changing the pitching mound or the distance to the bases.Ó To which I would say, ÒGreat!Ó Higher education has so many problems right now that itÕs time to change the pitching mound and the distance to the bases, not to mention the strike zone, the number of players on each team and the cost of hot dogs and beer. I am a non-tenure-track faculty mem¥ber teaching in liberal arts. As such, it would seem that I would be likely to endorse higher education reform that includes abolishing tenure for senior faculty. In fact, many of the education reforms being kicked around, including the ÒBreakthrough SolutionsÓ promoted by the governorÕs higher education sum¥mit, would be to my advantage. As a lecturer who taught approximately 600 students last year, it would be in my fi¥nancial interests to support one of the recommendations that endorses paying teaching faculty based on the numbers of students taught. I presume this is an effort to increase efficiency and con¥trol the cost of education, as well as to reward teachers for their contributions. However, as a supporter of the mission of higher education in general and pub¥lic higher education in particular, I am willing to forgo the personal benefits of such a recommendation in exchange for a higher quality classroom experience at UT. These sorts of incentives could rea¥sonably be expected to yield larger and larger class sizes, and, as any classroom teacher knows, this is not a recipe for improved educational quality. By Jeffrey C. Leon Daily Texan Guest Columnist able position with respect to formerly tenured colleagues. We could all, pre¥sumably, be evaluated continuously based on our contributions, with non¥tenured lecturers losing their unenvi¥able status as most easily downsized. However, the costs would not be worth the benefits, even from my perspective. I cannot quantify the value to me and to my students of teaching among an active research faculty of the first class. The tenure system is intended to support faculty-driven independent research, and while this is obviously beneficial to society at large and to the disciplines the faculty serve, it is also clearly beneficial to the mission of undergraduate teach¥ing. I know the Òlive problemsÓ of my discipline (philosophy), and I can pass this information along to my students. In addition, my TAs are attracted by our highly ranked department, and both my students and I are better for the opportu¥nity to work with these burgeoning phi¥losophers. Although I am not required to do so, I maintain active research in¥terests myself, and this is a positive ben¥efit to my students. All of this is a direct result of the tenured faculty who are my colleagues. Is there a better way to promote inde¥pendent research and attract first-class faculty? Possibly. What problem would senior faculty who seem to be unproduc¥tive? On paper, the answer seems to be in the affirmative. However, as someone who has experience in the private sector (10 years experience in software engineering, a spouse who is a small business owner), the problems associated with evaluating a senior employeeÕs contributions and then, if the evaluation is more negative than positive, dismissing said employee, do not disappear simply because there is not ten¥ure in private enterprise. Perhaps a critic of my position could claim that I have been co-opted by a sys¥tem that exploits me. In much the same way that a member of the electorate can be convinced to cast her vote against her own interests in favor of a policy that in the end makes her worse off, I may have been blinded by the image of the ivory tower into thinking that the tenure sys¥tem is the best alternative available. I admit this possibility. However, unlike, say, the voter who ends up voting against public services designed to benefit her in the perhaps-mistaken belief that she will be better off without these services, I am aware that I am giving voice to a view that does not directly benefit me. I am willing to do so in the interests of the mission of quality public higher educa¥tion for the citizens of Texas and all who choose to attend our university. Riley is a former editor of The Wall Street Journal and is the author of ÒThe Faculty Lounges: Similarly, abolishing tenure would abolishing the tenure system solve? Would And Other Reasons Why You WonÕt Get the College Education You Paid For.Ó place teachers like me in a more favor¥ it make it easier to get rid of or to prod Leon is a philosophy lecturer. LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessar¥ily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. RECYCLE Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. SUBMIT A CoLUMN The editorial board welcomes guest column submissions. Columns must be between 600 and 800 words. Send col¥umns to editor@dailytexanonline.com. The Daily Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity, brevity and liability. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Email your Firing Lines to firingline@ dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. Group calls for auto research facility By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff With a new race track on the way from Formula 1, the UT For¥mula Society of Automotive Engi¥neers wants to build an automotive research facility to produce innova¥tive vehicle designs and alternative fuel sources. Ronald Matthews, academic ad¥viser for the Society of Automo¥tive Engineers at UT, said the team would work in partnership with F1 racing team AT&T Williams. The planned research facility would fo¥cus on engines, emissions and alter¥native fuels for the Advanced Vehi¥cle Technology Competition host¥ed by the U.S. Department of En¥ergy. Matthews said the UT team also worked with SAE Internation¥al to bring the International Formu¥la SAE Championship to Austin. He said emissions and alterna¥tive fuel research could benefit pub¥lic health and the countryÕs national and economic security. ÒAlternative fuels are domestic fuels,Ó he said. ÒThey generate jobs in America and because theyÕre do¥mestic, secure fuels, they contribute to national security.Ó Matthews said the research facil¥ity would also promote student in¥terest in engineering and related college majors. ÒWe donÕt have nearly enough American kids who decide they want to get engineering degrees,Ó he said. ÒThat means engineering jobs are going unfilled, so we need to bring in engineers from other coun¥tries who take those jobs.Ó Matthews helped start the For¥mula SAE Championship in Aus¥tin in 1981 and said moving it back to the city it will improve pub¥lic knowledge of the team, which placed eighth in last yearÕs competi¥tion against 80 teams. ÒNormally, when you compete against other universities like foot¥ball or basketball, everybody on campus knows about it,Ó he said. ÒHere our Formula SAE team goes out and competes against the best schools in the world and nobody knows about it.Ó Finance senior Mark Wise, a member of the UT Formula SAE team, said the planned partner¥ships would benefit business students as well as engineering majors on the team. ÒA racing team is not just engi¥neers and drivers,Ó Wise said. ÒMo¥tor sports is all about marketing and actually getting the sponsors to come on board.Ó Ali Putnam, a spokeswoman for the forthcoming Circuit of the Americas track, said she could not speak about the potential deal the UT racing team may make with the Williams F1 team. She said Formu¥la 1 chose Austin as a location in part because Formula 1 Manage¥ment President and CEO Bernie Ec¥clestone grew up in Austin and be¥cause it is accessible to teams from both the U.S. and Mexico. Putnam said a state economic impact study predicted the track would add $300 million to the areaÕs economy. ÒItÕs a very high-end sport, so people come here and stay for a few days, want to enjoy themselves and spend their money in Austin,Ó she said. University, Ryan OÕNeal fight over Fawcett print By Anthony McCartney The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Ñ The Uni¥versity of Texas system and Ryan OÕNeal are sparring over owner¥ship of an Andy Warhol portrait of the actorÕs longtime companion, Farrah Fawcett. The systemÕs board of regents sued OÕNeal in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday, asking a judge to order the Oscar-nominated ac¥tor to turn over the painting. The portrait is one of two that Warhol made of the ÒCharlieÕs AngelsÓ star and the University claims the ac¥tress bequeathed it to their Austin, Texas campus. OÕNealÕs spokesman Arnold Rob¥inson blasted the lawsuit in a state¥ment, saying the University has known for more than a year that the actor has the painting. ÒThis is completely ridiculous lawsuit,Ó Robinson wrote. ÒRyan OÕNealÕs friendship with Andy Warhol began 10 years pri¥or to his meeting Farrah Fawcett,Ó Robinson wrote. ÒWhen Ryan in¥troduced Andy to Farrah, Mr. War¥hol chose to complete two portraits of her, one for Ms. Fawcett and one for Mr. OÕNeal. Mr. OÕNeal looks forward to being completely vindi¥cated in the courts.Ó The UniversityÕs lawsuit claims OÕNeal may be holding onto oth¥er pieces from FawcettÕs art collec¥tion that she wanted the Universi¥ty to have after her June 2009 death. Fawcett attended the University of Texas at Austin in the 1960s, ac¥cording to the complaint. ÒThe enduring value and public interest in the Warhol portraits is a testament not only to Mr. WarholÕs talent and artistry, but also to Ms. FawcettÕs status as a cultural icon,Ó the lawsuit states. Warhol created the portraits in the 1980s and they were only publicly displayed once, the law¥suit states. The University of Texas wants OÕNeal to purchase insurance for the painting and properly preserve it so that it can be turned over to the University if the lawsuit succeeds. It also seeks undetermined financial damages from OÕNeal, but states the Fawcett portrait is priceless. W Hotel reopens amid investigation By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff The W Hotel reopened its doors Saturday morning after glass pan¥els fell from the buildingÕs windows which forced the hotel to shut down for several days. Hotel officials removed all glass balcony panels from the building following three instances of glass falling from the W and shattering on five parked cars and on the street in the past few weeks. The hotel has installed temporary wood panels on its balconies while building engi¥neers seek a safer alternative to the glass panels. Drew McQuade, general man¥ager of the W Austin Hotel, said in a press release officials are still in¥vestigating the cause of the broken glass panels. ÒWe express our sincere grati¥tude to the community for your pa¥tience and understanding over the last week,Ó McQuade said. ÒWe also thank our local hotel partners for graciously accepting our guests, and [we thank] our residents, neighbors and the city of Austin for their coop¥eration during this difficult time.Ó According to the press release, W Hotel officials were await¥ing approval on their tempo¥rary replacement panels from the city of Austin before reopening the hotelÕs guest rooms, bars and restaurant Saturday. The Austin American-Statesman reported four people were injured when two of the glass panels shat¥tered and fell near the hotelÕs pool area on June 10. Two of the peo¥ple who were injured filed a law¥suit against the hotel over the inci¥dent. Austin attorney Randy How¥ry will represent the injured people in the suit against the W HotelÕs par¥ent company, Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Howry is accusing W offi¥cials of negligence and said his cli¥ents suffered cuts, bruises and inju¥ries that required stitches from the falling glass. Austin resident Stacy Cruz said she was concerned about safety is¥sues at the W when she heard about the original glass panels falling, but she plans on enjoying the hotelÕs fa¥cilities again now that the replace¥ment panels have been approved. ÒI think the W has been a very fun and popular addition to our city,Ó Cruz said. ÒItÕs unfortunate to see that there seems to have been some flaws in the design, but I really think itÕs a fantastic place and I am looking forward to visiting again.Ó City officials should see the inci¥dent at the W Hotel as an opportu¥nity to review and strengthen build-ing safety regulations, said Austin resident Joseph Young. ÒThese are issues that need to be addressed before something like this happens, because itÕs just not acceptable to be putting people in danger,Ó Young said. ÒThe safety of the residents of Austin and the people who visit the city is what is most important.Ó City seeks website redesign from Code for America By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff Austin has made the short list of potential fellowship recipients from a national nonprofit dedicated to improving, updating and redesign¥ing government websites. If Austin is one of the five to eight cities chosen, Code for America would send three web developers to work with city officials to make the cityÕs website more user-friendly and interactive. Matthew Esquibel, web supervisor for the cityÕs Communi¥cations and Technology Manage¥ment Department, said the fellow¥ship could allow for further devel¥opment on the website beyond what the city can afford. The city council approved $150,000 to fund the potential fel¥lowship in a meeting last May, which Esquibel said is a reasonable price for the project. ÒYou get the top-notch developers at a below-market price,Ó Esquibel said. Ò$150,000 pretty much pays for only one contractor these days.Ó Esquibel said a fellowship would allow Austin to access technology created by other program fellow par¥ticipants from around the nation. ÒIf one city creates an asset track¥ing system, weÕd also have access to that by being part of the fellowship,Ó he said. Chris Florance, web content man¥ager for the cityÕs Internet Public In¥formation Office, said the city start¥ed redesigning the website in 2010 after concerns arose over using the 10-year-old content management system, which doesnÕt have a con¥sistent navigation system and has a poor search engine. ÒItÕs really become a barrier for [residents] of the city to access in¥formation,Ó he said. ÒItÕs become in¥efficient to maintain this old system that is not best practices and doesnÕt give us the kind of control over our content that we need.Ó Florance said the city has bud¥geted $977,000 to redesign the web¥site if the fellowship is not awarded to Austin. ÒIt will add a lot of efficiency to the city organization and a lot of ef¥ficiency to the way people access in¥formation,Ó he said. The application the city submit¥ted to Code for America includ¥ed a proposal to use gaming tech¥nology to create programs that would allow users to create mod¥els of things like budgetary im¥pacts and community modules like an agenda management sys¥tem. Code for America spokesman Abhi Nemani said Austin was one of 20 cities that applied for a fellow¥ship position and said the finalists were chosen based on evaluation of the proposals, city leadership and community support. Sherri Greenberg, a public affairs lecturer, said the city of AustinÕs web¥site needs to be more user-friend¥ly so people can conduct their own analyses of data and connect with officials through social media. ÒIn order to engage with your constituents today, you need to have a website which is transparent, where the data is easily accessible and usable,Ó Greenberg said. ÒIÕm not saying that you donÕt still have town hall meetings and those other venues, but there are many people that today the way to reach them is online.Ó UT committees formed to raise fiscal awareness By Victoria Pagan The Associated Press The College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committees proposed by the Senate of College Councils for all 16 University colleges are sched¥uled to be fully formed by the end of September, said Senate president Carisa Nietsche. The Senate of College Councils began developing plans for advisory committees in April 2010, Nietsche said. She said they developed in re¥sponse to the state-mandated bud¥get cuts to allow students to become directly involved in the allocation of their collegeÕs budget. Nietsche said last spring, six col¥lege advisory committees were formed including the colleges of natural sciences, liberal arts, busi¥ness, fine arts, public affairs and the information school. She said the re¥maining 10 colleges will form their advisory committees by September. ÒWe are waiting to see what the other CTBACsÕ relationships with deans will be like,Ó Nietsche said. Nietsche said the Senate of Col¥lege Councils is forming an adviso¥ry committee roundtable next se¥mester that will bring together the chairs of every advisory committee in one meeting to encourage more Universitywide trends. She said the roundtable will help new commit¥tees get fully formed and ease them into the process of working directly with administrators. ÒAs of now we have a designat¥ed chair for almost every CTBAC at the University,Ó Nietsche said. ÒI think itÕll be surprising to see how many commonalities there are be¥tween colleges. I want to see if they are prioritizing research or merit in¥creases for faculty members.Ó Former College of Natural Sci¥ences advisory committee chair Jus¥tin Price said the importance of an advisory committee is both to ad¥vise administrators on how students decipher budget spending and to provide transparency to students on how the budget is spent. ÒThere are a lot of misconcep¥tions about how funds are being used,Ó Price said. ÒStudents donÕt understand how we can build new buildings but canÕt pay faculty. We need to educate students on the fact that we have state building funds that are separate from academ¥ic funds. The same goes for athlet¥ic funds.Ó Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl said the advisory committee for the college was an extremely helpful as¥set to the budget process last spring despite being newly formed. He said he supported the forming of a CT-BAC from the beginning. ÒI had very good discussions with the Liberal Arts Council and Student Government about the role the CTBAC could play,Ó Diehl said. ÒI found the committee to be par¥ticularly helpful. Their approach was thorough.Ó Diehl said the committee gave detailed recommendations about the proposed budget cuts and real¥location, especially with the discus¥sions about how to allocate money to ethnic and identity studies cen¥ters, a controversial challenge last academic year. Diehl said it is important for ad¥ministrators to embrace the work of advisory committees and to provide newly formed advisory committees with the background information needed to be informed on the bud¥get process specific to their college. College of Natural Sciences ad¥visory committee chair Houdah Abualtin said the most important part of forming an advisory com¥mittee is focusing on recruiting dedicated members and creating a strong team unity. Abualtin said once an adviso¥ry committee is formed and func¥tioning, it is crucial that all mem¥bers of the committee begin mak¥ing connections with the college deans and administrators. She said in order to do this, commit¥tee members must play off of the personalities of the people they are trying to meet with. ÒWhat gets done always depends on the administrators,Ó Abualtin said. ÒSome are already willing to work with students and others have to be eased into it. You have to be humble when working with them and show them youÕre serious about what you want.Ó SPORTS 7 Monday, July 11, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Trey Scott, Sports Editor | (512) 232 2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com Gone camping Former UT quarterback teaches children the basics By Nick Cremona Daily Texan Staff By now weÕve all heard about the NFL lockout, but what have the players been up to if they arenÕt allowed to talk to coaches or prac¥tice at their teamÕs facilities? For Colt McCoy, the answer lies in passing on his skills to the youth. Holding camps has become the easiest way for athletes to give back to the community and to take their minds off the mess that is the NFL right now. For two days, he wasnÕt run¥ning sprints or working on tim¥ing with his receivers. Instead, he was teaching children fun¥damental skills they can use to grow as athletes. McCoyÕs two-day camp at Westlake High school allowed hundreds of children to partici¥pate in games and drills for sev¥eral hours each day. McCoy made his rounds to every group of chil¥dren and even posed for photos and signed autographs for all of the attendees. Much of the Mc-Coy family was also on hand to lend help to the campers. ColtÕs younger brother, Case, helped out with drills after an early workout with the Longhorns on Friday morning. The children in attendance really seemed to en¥joy their time with Colt and were very appreciative of the starÕs presence. And as far as working with his Cleveland Browns teammates since the lockout, McCoy has that covered. ÒWeÕve met up like four or five times, and weÕve got anoth¥er [meeting] this weekend here in town,Ó McCoy said. ÒIÕm thrilled to get to work with them.Ó ItÕs not easy to organize work¥outs with teammates during the lockout, but McCoy realizes itÕs up to him to take the initiative. ÒYou canÕt have any contact with coaches, and it falls on the quarterback to become a leader,Ó McCoy said. By now, becoming a leader is second nature for McCoy. Af¥ter four years as a starter for the Longhorns, he quickly became the centerpiece of the BrownsÕ offense when he was named the starting quarterback early last season. However, after a dis¥appointing 5-11 season for the Browns in 2010, McCoy admits there is still a lot to be done for his team to be successful. ÒWe havenÕt won in Cleveland, and weÕve got a long ways to go, a lot of work to do,Ó McCoy said. ÒThe time weÕve spent together this summer will help.Ó After an equally disappoint¥ing 5-7 season, the Longhorns are hoping that they can learn a little something from McCoy while heÕs in town. McCoy has been on hand for multiple prac¥tices with the team during the summer, keeping both himself and his younger counterparts in top form. McCOY continues on PAGE 9 LONGHORNS IN THE MLB Stubbs, Street among former Horns making mark on MLB teams By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff As the first half of the 2011 MLB season comes to a close, itÕs time to look at how the former Longhorns in the MLB have done. Huston Street, CP, Colorado Rockies Ñ Only AtlantaÕs Craig Kimbrel has more saves than Street, who has converted 26 of 28 save opportunities this year. Street has cashed in on his last 12 chanc¥es to pick up a save, not blowing a save since May 20. HeÕs enjoying the best season of his career and is likely to break his career high re¥cord of 37 saves he set in 2006 with Oakland. StreetÕs career has been an up-and-down one, and although heÕs not an All-Star this year, he has established himself as one of the gameÕs premier closers. Drew Stubbs, CF, Cincinnati Reds Ñ In his third season with the Reds, Stubbs has displayed his abil¥ity to be a five-tool player, in addi¥tion to becoming one of the leagueÕs best center fielders. However, he has shown a propensity toward striking out. On average this season, Stubbs has struck out once every three at¥bats and leads the majors with 122 strikeouts. ItÕs what he does with those other two at-bats that keeps him in the lineup, as heÕs banged out HORNS continues on PAGE 9 DAVIS CUP Bryans put on show for United States Doubles pair gives crowd something to cheer about during frustrating week By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff American tennis fans walked away Sunday afternoon disap¥pointed that their nation lost the Davis Cup tie to Spain 3-1. But thanks to Mike and Bob Bryan, they at least got their moneyÕs worth. The most successful dou¥bles pair in U.S. Davis Cup his¥tory took the Erwin Center by storm Saturday afternoon, turning a match against Spain into the tennis equivalent of a rock concert. A flying chest bump was the exclamation point of the Bry¥an BrothersÕ 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Fernando Ver¥dasco and Marcel Granollers in four sets, the lone win for the Americans this weekend. The outcome of the match was never really in doubt Ñ after all, Verdasco and Gra¥nollers had never even played a doubles match together Ñ but the Bryans took a set to warm up. ÒWe were pretty jacked up,Ó said Mike. Added older brother Bob: ÒWith a best-of-three set match, you have a little more time to boogey-woogey. We had a lot of looks in the first.Ó The match-up never favored Spain. With Feliciano Lopez scratching after a tiring Fri¥day match against Mardy Fish, captain Albert Costa turned to Granollers, who was only on the team as Rafael NadalÕs replacement. And Verdasco, while an accomplished singles player, isnÕt much of a dou¥bles guy Ñ ranked No. 398 in the world. BRYANS continues on PAGE 9 SIDELINE FIFA WOMENÕS WORLD CUP -QUARTERFINALS SPORTS BRIEFLY Osterman enters Hall of Honor along with four other athletes Five distinguished former Uni¥versity of Texas student-athletes and a current administrator will be inducted this fall into the UT WomenÕs Athletics Hall of Hon¥or. Cat Osterman, three-time soft¥ball National Player of the Year and 2004 Olympic gold medalist; Sanya Richards-Ross, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time NCAA Champion in track; Kelly (Wilson) Schmedes, two-time soccer All-American; golf champion Heath¥er Bowie Young; Kim Basinger, a finalist for the first-ever Wade Tro¥phy; and Chris Plonsky, current UT womenÕs Athletics Director are all members of the inductee Class of 2011. The inductees will be official¥ly inducted Friday, Nov. 18 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. Ñ Sameer Bhuchar Texas loses two baseball players to San AngeloÕs Howard College Texas baseball players Clayton Crum and Dex Kjerstad have elect¥ed to transfer. According to Howard CollegeÕs National Letter of Intent page, Crum signed to play at Howard on June 20 and Kjerstad signed more recently, July 7. Kjerstad, a freshman outfielder from Amarillo, didnÕt register an at-bat this past season but made five apperances as a pinch-run¥ner. Crum, a right-handed pitch¥er from Spring, redshirted in his first season. Concern over a lack of playing time appears to be the reason for their departures. Ñ Trey Scott 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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Abby Wambach tied it with a magnificent, leaping header in the 122nd minute, and Hope Solo denied the Brazilians Ñ again Ñ in one of the most riveting games in the history of the World Cup, menÕs or womenÕs. ÒThere is something spe¥cial about this group. That ener¥gy, that vibe,Ó Solo said. ÒEven in overtime, you felt something was going to happen.Ó The United States advanced to WednesdayÕs semifinals against France, which eliminated England on penalty kicks Saturday. And while the Americans will have to win twice more to win the final, they are the only one of the favor¥ites left after two-time defending champ Germany was stunned by Japan on Saturday night. The U.S. victory came 12 years to the day the Americans last caught their countryÕs attention in a big way with their penalty¥kick shootout victory over China at the Rose Bowl that gave them their second World Cup title. For Brazil, it is yet another dis¥appointment at a major tourna¥ment. And this one is sure to sting more than any others because Marta had it won for the Brazil¥ians, scoring her second goal of the game in the second minute of overtime for the 2-1 lead. But Er¥ika stalled when she went down on a tackle, and the delay added three minutes of stoppage time to the game. That was all the time Wam¥bach and the Americans needed, after pushing themselves to lim¥it while playing a woman short after Rachel BuehlerÕs 66th-min¥ute ejection. Two minutes into stoppage time, Megan Rapinoe blasted a left-footed cross from 30 yards out on the left side that Andreia didnÕt come close to getting her hands on. Wambach, one of the best players in the world in the air, made contact and with one furious whip of her head, buried it in the near side of the net from about five yards. ÒI took a touch and smoked it,Ó Rapinoe said. ÒI donÕt think IÕve ever hit a cross with my left foot that well. And then that beast in the air got ahold of it.Ó Wambach let out a primal scream and slid into the corner, pumping her fists and quickly mobbed by teammates. No goal had ever been scored that deep into a World Cup game. ÒEverything seemed to be on the safe side, but it wasnÕt,Ó Brazil coach Kleiton Lima said. ÒUnfor¥tunately there was the goal.Ó The Americans, shooting first, made their three penal¥ty kicks only to have Cristiane and Marta easily match them. But then it was DaianeÕs turn Ñ the same Daiane whoÕd given the U.S. a 1-0 lead with an own goal in the second minute of the game. She took a hard shot, but Solo stretched out and batted it away. Though the U.S. still had to make two more, the celebra¥tion was already starting. After Rapinoe blistered the net with a blast and Ali Krieg¥er converted hers, the Ameri¥cans raced onto the field, their joy only matched by that of the pro-American crowd of 25,598. Wambach tackled Solo and U.S. coach Pia Sundhage even broke out her air guitar when AC/DCÕs ÒYou Shook Me All Night LongÓ began to play. ÒIt is a special moment for me and for this team,Ó Solo said. ItÕs redemption for the rest of the Americans, too, who have been roundly criticized and questioned for their uncharacteristically in¥consistent play in recent months. After going more than two years without a loss, theyÕve been beaten four times since November. ÒItÕs like a storybook,Ó Wambach said. Brazil has never won a major tournament. It lost to the Amer¥icans in the two Olympic gold¥medal games, and to Germany in the 2007 World Cup final. The U.S. has now eliminated Brazil at five of the last seven ma¥jor tournaments. The lone conso¥lation was that MartaÕs goals, the 13th and 14th of her career, tied her with Birgit Prinz atop the all¥time World Cup scoring list. The Americans also have won their last five meetings against Brazil. None, however, was more memorable than this. NBA Fond memories rekindled as Yao calls it quits By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Columnist When the Houston Rockets used the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft on a tall man from China named Yao Ming, I forced my mom to drive me home in the middle of whatever er¥rands we were running so I wouldnÕt miss the seven-footer walk across the Madison Square Garden floor. I was 12 at the time and my favor¥ite player was Steve Francis. Many of the draft reports leading up to YaoÕs selection pinned him as the missing piece that Francis needed to bring Houston a championship. The generation before mine had its wonder years. Hakeem Olaju¥won, Sam Cassell and Kenny Smith were their adolescent heroes, but to me they were relics of an older game that I couldnÕt attach myself to. But this team was my team. The team that I pretended to be a part of when I was on the driveway alone. IÕd pass the ball to all of the Rock¥ets from Francis to Cuttino Mobley to Yao (myself to myself to myself), and score the game-winning dunk. And Yao was the face of it all. I was 15 when Yao went 13 for 14 from the field against the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2005 playoffs. My Dad and I were watching the game on a television outside, and the game ran later and later into the night. My mom fre¥quently came out to scold both of us for caring so much about something so trivial. ÒSameer, it is a Monday night!Ó she yelled from the back door. ÒGet to sleep, you have school in the morning.Ó My dad and I responded with a halfhearted, ÒOkay, mom,Ó nev¥er peeling our eyes from the screen to be sure not to miss a moment of YaoÕs heroic 33-point performance. We later sang that silly ode to Yao that mimicked the famous ÒOleÓ chant. You know the one. ÒYao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming! Yao Ming! Yao Ming!Ó Houston later lost the series, as was the case throughout most of YaoÕs career, and then the injuries be¥gan to pile on. Still, you donÕt think superhe¥roes have the capability of going down for the count. I always as¥sumed heÕd come back and domi¥nate like he did when I was still a wide-eyed fanatic. YaoÕs superhero moment was in 2009. My first year of college was coming to an end, and the world was significantly scarier than it had been when I was a kid. I stuffed what was the entirety of my freshman 15 in wings down the gullet at Pluckers and watched the Rockets take on the Lak¥ers in the second round of the play¥offs Ñ the first and only time Yao had advanced past the first round. With about five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Yao bumped knees with Kobe Bryant and it was another Òhere-we-go-again moment.Ó He writhed in pain as the trainers walked him through the tunnel to end his night. I was fed up with him. Yao was fed up with it all, too. In one of those Òwhere-amazing¥happensÓ instances, I watched Yao stretch in the tunnel, fend off the trainers begging him not to risk fur¥ther injury and march back into the hostile Staples Center to finish the game. The Rockets won. That is the last real memory I have of him as a player, but I prefer it that way. You only get one childhood and a handful of childhood heroes, and after 10 or so years they are gone. Then there are new bunches of stars and heroes for 12-year-old boys and girls to help raise them, to help serve as that microcosmic reminder that everyone gets older, and that every¥one has ups and downs. The only problem is you often donÕt recognize it until it is too late. Much has been written in the past few days of YaoÕs global impact, and some have even talked about him be¥ing a disappointment. But to me, Yao Ming serves as reminder of all that is good at the core of sports, as well as a reminder that getting older is not a bad thing as long as you take it in stride. In 2010, when asked about his in¥jury issues, Yao laughed. ÒI havenÕt died,Ó he said. ÒRight now IÕm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you ex¥pecting, a funeral?Ó A friend of mine once said it is al¥right to be nostalgic without want¥ing to go back and relive it all, but I canÕt quite immediately accept that. But with perspective like YaoÕs, IÕm working on it. This file photo from 2006 shows Houston RocketsÕ Yao Ming (11), of China, scoring against the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter on an NBA basketball game, in Oakland, Calif. Ben Margot Associated Press Open 7 days a week until dark....come see today...512-366-2252 or 512-789-4433. APARTMENT ON UT SHUTTLE $825! Vacant. One block from shuttle, EnÞeld / West Austin area. Pool! Open 7 days un¥ til dark... come see to¥ day...512-366-2252 0r 512 789-4433. 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However, shoulder sur¥gery sidelined Howell for the entire 2010 season, and he has been shaky in his 2011 return, currently pos¥sessing a 8.56 ERA. James Russell, SP/RP, Chica¥go Cubs Ñ RussellÕs 4.60 ERA may not be impressive, but he has shown steady improvement this season. Each month, RussellÕs ERA has dropped Ñ from 8.31 in April MCCOY continues from PAGE 7 ÒSince the lockout, IÕve been able to train at UT a lot,Ó McCoy said. ÒThose guys are working their butts off up there, and thereÕs been some drills IÕve almost wanted to drop out of.Ó With talks still ongoing be¥tween the Players Association and team owners, patience is key for the players waiting to officially be¥gin the offseason. Having a busy schedule also helps to take the playersÕ minds off of the stress of the situation. McCoy will continue to hold similar camps for children around Texas, in addition to coor¥dinating more meetings with his Browns teammates. It hasnÕt been a typical offseason so far, and Mc-Coy and Co. are ready for a return to normalcy. ÒWeÕre all anxious for it to get over with,Ó McCoy said. It could be some time before things are settled in the NFL, but for now, it is up to the players to train and organize meetings on their own. So far, McCoy has found dif¥ferent ways to stay busy throughout the turmoil, and the children at his camp couldnÕt be any happier. to 4.58 in May, to 1.64 in June to a spotless 0.00 so far in July. While a couple of Cubs starters were injured, Russell made five spot starts but picked up just one win. Taylor Teagarden, C, Texas Rang¥ers Ñ Teagarden has only 26 at-bats this season, but has recorded hits in seven of them, good for a .269 bat¥ting average. HeÕs on pace to get only 46 at-bats this season, which would be a career low. Teagarden has spent most of this year in AAA Round Rock, where heÕs batting .309 with TENNIS continues from PAGE 1 a short afternoon for the an¥nounced 16,000 in attendance at the Frank Erwin Center, mak¥ing quick work of Fish in the first two sets. But the American bat¥tled back to win the third set 7-5 and put some pressure on Ferrer. ÒThere was a lot of tension in the match,Ó Ferrer said. Fish had his chances. He led 5-3 in the first set before com¥mitting 20 unforced errors Ñ his backhand shot seemed magneti¥cally drawn to the net Ñ and al¥lowing Ferrer to break his serve twice. He lost the second set on a tiebreaker, 7-3. The fourth could have gone FishÕs way too, but Ferrer outlasted him on an¥other tiebreaker. ÒHe just kind of came up with one or two better shots than I did,Ó Fish said. Considering how successful Ferrer has been in his career slap¥ping shots back and forth from the baseline, Fish and U.S. Captain Jim Courier decided to turn to a more aggressive approach in the final sets, which yielded better results. ÒWe wanted to put a lot of pressure on him [at the net],Ó Fish said. ÒI wanted to utilize my volleys a little bit, try to strike through the court low and hard.Ó The change managed to frustrate Ferrer a bit Ñ he was issued a warn¥nine home runs. ing after crushing a ball into the Brandon Belt, 1B, San Francisco mezzanine Ñ but it wasnÕt enough. Giants Ñ A fifth-round pick, Belt ÒThereÕs a reason heÕs No. 6 in became the first member of the Gi¥antsÕ 2009 draft class to be called the world,Ó Fish said. ThatÕs a startling fact for the oth¥er national powers in menÕs tennis, because Ferrer isnÕt even the best singles player in Spain. That hon¥or belongs to the worldÕs No. 2, Rafael Nadal, who was a late Davis Cup scratch. ÒSpain is probably the deepest nation out there in menÕs tennis. ThatÕs a great advantage to have, no doubt about it,Ó Courier said. The Americans had advan¥tages as well. Fish and Rod¥dick, the No. 8 and No. 10 play¥ers in the world, respective¥ly, are no scrubs. And the pro-USA crowd at the Erwin Center was louder than it is for most basketball games. ÒThe crowd was incredible,Ó Fish said. ÒItÕs the loudest Davis Cup IÕve ever been a part of.Ó Had Fish beaten Ferrer, Rod¥dick would have played Felicia¥no Lopez (who beat Fish in Fri¥dayÕs first match) in the decisive rubber match. ÒI badly wanted to get to the point where we could get Andy out there playing for the fifth match,Ó Fish said. ÒThatÕs the hardest part for me, knowing how much he wanted the Da¥vis Cup to be here in Austin. It would have been a great ending for the tie here, him playing in front of his home fans.Ó It didnÕt happen. David Ferrer was just too good. up to the big leagues. Belt was San FranciscoÕs starting first baseman for most of the first month of the sea¥son, hitting .211, but hasnÕt had a BRYANS continues from PAGE 7 major league plate appearance since May 31. Still, he has shown enough promise to stay on the GiantsÕ radar and will likely see playing time at the big league level sometime soon. So they didnÕt have a chance against the Bryans, identical twins who have spent much of their lives together. The first set went to Spain, and that was it. The combination of BobÕs serve and MikeÕs return game proved devastating, and the two just got better as the match went on. ÒWe were pretty stingy on our serve,Ó Mike said. ÒWe were pret¥ty confident up the break. Had a couple of crazy, long volleys.Ó The highlight of the match was a play in the final set in which the twins both went up for the same overhead attempt, only to crash racquets. The ball still got over the net, and the crowd went wild. ÒI think Bob hit it,Ó Mike said. ÒBut I crushed his racquet.Ó Throughout the match, opposite sides of the Erwin Center engaged in pre- and post-point chants, the most common of which was a ÒBob! Mike!Ó cheer, similar to UT basketball games when one part of the arena yells ÒTexas!Ó and the other responds ÒFight!Ó The win renewed hope and drew the U.S. closer to Spain, 2-1. After the match, Costa ex¥pressed concern that it was enough to change the tide of the weekendÕs momentum. ÒIÕm not feeling like we are the favorites,Ó he said. Of course, SpainÕs David Fer¥rer shot down any hopes Amer¥ica had at a comeback with his four-set victory over Mardy Fish on Sunday, making the BryansÕ win on Saturday the only positive happening of the quarterfinals. ÒWe love [the] Davis Cup, itÕs a huge part of our career,Ó Bob said. ÒSome of our best memories have come from Davis Cup.Ó OaklandÕs Grant Green offers glimpse of future in All-Star event By Ronald Blum had an RBI pinch-hit double in though heÕs a shortstop for Dou-cao in the 2004 and 2005 Little ÒEverybody here, especially there could have been no one in The Associated Press the fifth inning that put the U.S. ble-A Midland, where heÕs hitting League World Series, then tri-pitchers on the opposing team, the stands and I would have had ahead 3-0. Then, with the Amer-.288 with 21 doubles, four hom-pled in front of the right-center throws hard. They all throw a great time,Ó Kipnis said. PHOENIX Ñ Grant Green icans trailing 4-3, he doubled ers and 40 RBIs. swimming pool on the first pitch about 95,Ó Romine said. ÒYou rise St. Louis right-hander Carlos thought back to the last time he off Kansas CityÕs Kelvin Herre-ÒThe dream for me would be from MinnesotaÕs Kyle Gibson to the occasion and it is fun. We Martinez impressed with a 96-98 was an MVP. ra to start a three-run rally in to be a big league shortstop, 10 for a 4-3 lead. have such emotion playing in a mph fastball in a scoreless fourth It was three years ago, and he the eighth. years, 15 years a big league short-Green doubled in the eighth big league park.Ó for the World team. was representing Chatham in the It was the second straight Fu-stop,Ó he said. ÒBut if they tell me off the 25-foot wall in center, the ColoradoÕs Nolan Arenado Bryce Harper, the top pick in Cape Cod League All-Star game. tures appearance for Green, IÕll be out there tomorrow play-deepest part of the ballpark. chased Herrera, the loser, with a last yearÕs amateur draft, went ÒThe only thing I really re-who was 1 for 2 with an RBI last ing third base or whatever, thereÕs ÒThat wall is huge,Ó he said. double down the right-field line. 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and member is I got a home run to year at Anaheim, Calif., near nothing I can do. The whole goal ÒThey ought to lower that PhiladelphiaÕs Jarred Cosart two groundouts. He took a called center to tie the game after there his home. is just to get there.Ó thing, make me feel good struck out two in the eighth for third strike on a fastball in the were three streakers that ran to-ÒA little bit less hectic than last The Los Angeles DodgersÕ Al-about myself.Ó the win. The MetsÕ Matt Harvey first, grounded out in the third wards me in the middle of my at-year,Ó he said. ÒItÕs just one game. fredo Silverio hit a long two-Tampa BayÕs Tim Beckham got the final out for save. and sixth innings, then fanned bat,Ó he said. I had a good game today. If I go run homer to left off ClevelandÕs doubled him home to tie it and, ClevelandÕs Jason Kipnis, who in the eighth with the poten- Green took home the MVP of back and have 20 straight good Drew Pomeranz in a four-run two outs later, the New York Yan-helped Arizona State reach the tial go-ahead run on second. the All-Star Future game Sunday, games at Midland, that would sixth, and PhiladelphiaÕs Sebas-keesÕ Austin Romine singled to College World Series two years The 18-year-old was promot¥doubling twice to help the U.S. be a lot better than having the tian Valle tied the score with an left. Romine, who went 2 for 2, ago, homered against AtlantaÕs ed by the Washington Nation¥beat the World team 6-4 one good game here. It doesnÕt RBI double down the left-field is at Double-A Trenton behind Julio Teheran leading off the first als to Double-A on the Fourth A 23-year-old infielder tak-really make you feel like youÕre line. TexasÕ Jurickson Profar, Jesus Montero, another top Yan-as the U.S. built a 3-0 lead. of July after hitting .318 at Class en by Oakland in the first round any closer.Ó an 18-year-old switch-hitting keesÕ prospect who is at Triple-A ÒThis my second time play-A with 14 homers, 46 RBIs and of the 2009 amateur draft, Green He played second base, even shortstop who played for Cura-Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ing in a big league stadium, but 19 steals. PIZZA continues from PAGE 12 happen, so I try not to think about them. WeÕve been able to handle large crowds before. WeÕre hoping for a smooth operation all around, and hopefully have something like this happen again. It will sure be fun, def¥initely,Ó she said. And to accommodate an Acade¥my-Award nominee who might not be used to serving food, theyÕre keep¥ing the process as simple as possible for Eisenberg. ÒWeÕre letting our staff know that Jesse is going to be here serving, and that heÕs only serving a certain kind of slice: cheese, pepperoni or margheri¥ta,Ó Lempertz said. Eisenberg will complete some ba¥sic training, such as learning what kind of toppings come with each slice, and will also be assigned to a Home Slice employee. ÒHeÕs going to have a little sidekick to help him, and [Eisenberg] wonÕt be handling any of the money because the studio is covering the slice cost,Ó she said. While Lempertz isnÕt worried about dealing with a crowd, she does offer Eisenberg some tips for dealing with the challenges of the pizza business. ÒWhat I can tell [Eisenberg] is just try to listen to what everyone wants and give them a smile Ñ great cus¥tomer service.Ó LIVE ON IT. UT librarian during the day, rock star by night By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff The soft-spoken, bearded library assistant in the Life Science Library doesnÕt necessarily have the look of an indie rock guitarist who toured Europe with an acclaimed Õ90s in¥die band, but thereÕs more to Har¥old Whit Williams, who recently released his first solo album after taking a break from recording mu¥sic, than meets the eye. Aside from working in the Life Science Library since 2002, Wil¥liams is a musician and a published poet who, over the last two decades, tasted the allure of a rock-star life¥style, retreated into the stability of a steady job on campus and, recent¥ly, began to dabble in music again. The style of his sound and the sen¥sibilities behind it have changed a bit since his days as a guitarist in the band Cotton Mather, but the appeal is still there and he sees ex¥citing times ahead. Williams, who grew up in Ala¥bama and has a bachelorÕs degree in geography, put out his first solo al¥bum, The Daily Worker Songbook, in March. The record has more of a bluegrass and folk vibe than his previous work, something he cred¥its to the folk music scene that has surrounded Austin for decades. Besides studio work and a few oth¥ ÒThe hottest new place for students to live in AustinÉ now leasing from $385!Ó 200 registrants will be entered into a drawing for A FREE iPAD! Go to ZoneAtEastEnd.com, EdgeAtEastEnd.com or scan the code on this ad to register. Call us today at 866.656.6998 to ask us about our communityÕs cool ammenities! er brief musical stints, the albumÕs release marks his return to music after he went on a hiatus in 2002 when Cotton Mather broke up. He said that now heÕs pushing himself back into music at his own pace, something that being in a critical¥ly acclaimed rock band didnÕt real¥ly allow. ÒIÕm just a cautious dude,Ó Wil¥liams said. ÒThis is my first time IÕve ever played solo. IÕve always been a side man. I was a side man in Cotton Mather, I was a side man when I did some stuff with local singer-songwriter Kacy Crowley. IÕve just always been comfortable doing that, and this being my first solo thing, IÕm just pretty cautious about it.Ó Cautious wasnÕt exactly the ad¥jective of the day when Williams was in Cotton Mather, which expe¥rienced a rise in popularity when Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher lis¥tened to the bandÕs sophomore al¥bum, Kon Tiki. After liking what he heard, Williams said Gallagher invited him and his bandmates to tour with Oasis. According to all¥music.com, they became minor ce¥lebrities in the U.K., where the al¥bum was a hit and their sound drew comparisons to the Beatles and Guided By Voices. Williams said, however, even though some aspects of touring and of his new record, heÕs also get¥ting a chance to try his hand at some new things. He wrote all the songs on his solo record, which is something that he didnÕt have a chance to do in Cotton Mather. Williams has been writing poetry during the past decade (ÒWaiting For The Fire To Go Out,Ó a chap¥ter book collection of his poetry will be published in the fall). He said that his reignited passion for playing music coincided perfect¥ly with his development as a poet and what resulted was fresh and a good fit. ÒIÕm just going about it in a way that makes sense to me,Ó Williams said. ÒThereÕs no deadlines, no pressure, no label, thereÕs nobody booking me. IÕm just kind of feel¥ing this out myself.Ó much good it does. Sometimes the organizations come to the ar¥cade, but usually he finds out about them through the Internet and email lists. The causes he picks are often local, but not always. The only real criteria is that the group is authentic, effective and trans¥parent with the money theyÕre giv¥en. The money this month is going to a group called The Adventure Project, a non-profit organization that is fighting poverty in Africa by providing farmers with low-cost ir¥rigation pumps to increase the vol¥ume of their crops. Past causes in¥clude Texas 4000, the Inside Books Project and Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. Baker said that the arcade is pulling in an average of $500 for each charity. The most money ever raised during an event was $808.67 for Health Alliance for Austin Musicians in January. ÒI definitely look for the causes that are really authentic,Ó Baker said. ÒItÕs not easy for me to ask peo¥ple to donate to things where I canÕt vouch for how the money is used. For The Adventure Project, I def¥initely felt a connection with them when I found out about their orga¥nization. TheyÕre really inspired to help wherever they can.Ó Jenny Parrott, who sings and plays the guitar, the mandolin and the fiddle in the band, is a regular at the arcade, whether sheÕs play¥ing music (Loves It! is the arcadeÕs go-to musical group), deep-frying Oreos or playing ÒBuck Hunter,Ó her preferred video game. She said that BakerÕs vision is an inspiration to her and that, in addition to ev¥erything else, itÕs a lot of fun for a small sum of money. ÒThe arcade is definitely one of the most innovative and cool things that any of my friends have ever done,Ó said Parrott, who, as a Health Alliance for Austin Musi¥cians beneficiary, helped bring that cause to BakerÕs attention. ÒIÕm real¥ly proud to know Trey, and I think heÕs come up with a really cool sys¥tem for being able to contribute to the community. ItÕs just very well¥organized. People are getting a lot for their money and having a good time. I think whatÕs unique about his philosophy is that he thinks charity doesnÕt need to be boring or a pain in the ass Ñ charity should be fun.Ó your copy of The Daily Texan being a rock star were fun, such as being in magazines and hearing Cotton Mather songs on the radio, it just wasnÕt for him. ÒI enjoyed touring to a certain level, but I didnÕt do it very well,Ó Williams said. ÒSomething about me just didnÕt jive well with rock¥and-roll touring. I basically just burned out; I didnÕt want to be in a band.Ó Even while playing with Cotton Mather, WilliamsÕ appreciation of stability Ñ and working in librar¥ies Ñ was still apparent. When he wasnÕt on tour with the band, he was working at the Austin Public Library. Cotton Mather, although successful in Europe, wasnÕt exactly a household name in the States and didnÕt afford him financial security. Since those days, he has stayed with ARCADE continues from PAGE 12 a dual sit-down Star Wars Podracer console thatÕs a big hit. And for those that arenÕt die¥hard video game fans, thereÕs plen¥ty of other fun to be had. The Har¥grave Arcade also features live music, movies projected on an old billboard-turned-movie-the¥ater-screen, all-you-can-eat veg¥an friendly food Ñ including the recently discontinued (because theyÕre unhealthy) deep-fried, double-stuffed Oreos Ñ and beer from a keg. ÒItÕs fun. ItÕs so much fun,Ó Baker said. ÒI mean, people put this much effort into just throwing house par¥ties. The hardest part was just get¥ting it all set up when we were first starting, but now itÕs pretty easy. Now that we have everything Ñ the concept Ñ we can put togeth¥er these events now with less effort than what people will put into a regular house party. And weÕre able to give a good chunk of change to a good cause.Ó That concept, which is cen¥tered around the idea that philan¥thropy doesnÕt have to be boring or painful, stems from BakerÕs ap¥preciation for action that benefits LIVE IN IT. library-system jobs, and he doesnÕt foresee that changing soon. ÒOf course, I realize that keep¥ing a day job kind of puts me at a disadvantage,Ó Williams said. ÒAnd I have so many musician friends that have made the leap and they are just doing their art, doing their music, and I really admire that. But even in Cotton Mather, I kept a day job [at the library]. My wife and I, neither of us are interested in liv¥ing like gypsies, and with touring, whereas I enjoyed it sometimes, IÕm just not sure I have that gypsy soul. So I always kind of kept it at armÕs length.Ó This time around, WilliamsÕ re¥emergence into music is on his own terms. Besides his cautious approach towards the record¥ing, promotion and performance others; something he picked up from comic book superheroes and the Beatles. ÒStar Wars, Batman; you know, the fight against evil,Ó Baker said. ÒJust doing something that bene¥fits humanity. Or the world, even Ñ not just humanity Ñ we do stuff for animals as well. ThereÕs a little thing inside of me reserved for superheroes. It just never went away. John Lennon also really in¥spired me. Yoko and him would use their art to come up with cre¥ative ways to support causes. HeÕs a huge influence.Ó Baker envisions a day when there can be more than one Har¥grave Arcade. Ideally, there would be enough so that a different ar¥cade could host a benefit every Sat¥urday, allowing for a steady week¥end flow of philanthropic oppor¥tunities without burdening any one house-arcade with hosting du¥ties each week. HeÕs in the process of creating a manual that explains how to cheaply set up and oper¥ate an in-home arcade using tricks Ñ such as where to find inexpen¥sive televisions and how to re¥use materials (like billboard mov¥ie-theater screens) to save mon¥ey Ñ that he has discovered while running Hargrave. Baker said he chooses each monthÕs cause according to how SUDOKUFORYOU 3 1 8 2 6 8 1 8 9 2 7 1 2 8 3 7 4 2 9 1 5 4 9 7 4 9 2 1 5 3 YesterdayÕs solution OKU YOU 12 Life&Arts Monday, July 11, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Julie Rene Tran, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232 2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Eisenberg to serve slices to promote his new film by Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff In his new movie, Ò30 Minutes or Less,Ó Jesse Eisenberg plays Nick, a pizza delivery driver who is unwit¥tingly caught up in a bank robbery scheme. Eisenberg wonÕt be holding up any banks during his promotion¥al visit to Austin today, but he will be serving free pizza slic¥es for 30 minutes at More Home Slice on South Congress Av¥ enue. A section of the back patio will be converted to a DJ space and a meet-and¥greet spot for Eisenberg. Home Slice co-founder and part¥ner Terri Hannifin was contacted by the filmÕs publicity team who asked to use the South Congress location as part of a nationwide promotional tour for the film set to be released on Aug. 12. After handling other crowd¥drawing events such as carnivals and South By Southwest, More Home Slice Assistant Manager Aubrey Lem¥pertz said she and her team are pre¥pared for a large turnout. EisenbergÕs arrival has been promoted through radio spots and flyers distributed around the UT campus, so Lempertz said she anticipates a sizable crowd. ÒCould be 100, could be 50, could be 200 Ñ weÕre ready for a crowd, large and small,Ó she said. Lempertz expects to go through 20 or more pizzas during EisenbergÕs vis¥it, but the process will be controlled. With the possibility of a large crowd in a small venue, Lempertz is hoping to avoid any catastrophes. ÒI donÕt want any disasters to PIZZA continues on PAge 10 WHAT: Jesse Eisenberg Serves Pizza for 30 minutes WHERE: Home Slice Pizza, 1415 South Congress WHEN: Monday, July 11 AdmissioN: Free moRE iNfo: Event begins at 11:30 a.m.; Pizza service begins at 12:30 p.m. Game Over DOnate aGain? by Aaron West Daily Texan Staff Trey BakerÕs plain white, wood¥en house on Hargrave Street doesnÕt stand out from the neigh¥boring houses, but on one Satur¥day each month, Baker switches on more than 20 TVs and video game systems in the name of charity. The inconspicuous residence trans¥forms into an electronic symphony of the beeps and boops of dozens of classic video games. Baker is the founder and man in charge of Hargrave Arcade, a homegrown music venue, theater and video game ex¥ travaganza that opened its doors for operation in May. Once a month, somewhere between 40 and 90 video game enthusiasts, philanthropists and people who simply enjoy good times pay $10 for the all-you-can¥eat, all-you-can-drink video game bash. All the proceeds go to a char¥ity of BakerÕs choosing. The arcade, which Baker op¥erates with the help of his co¥horts Bonnie Baxter, Clint Merrel and a small group of volunteers, is stocked with classic and new¥er consoles like NES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, SEGA Gen¥esis, PlayStation One and Two and Xbox systems. They decided to go with video game systems as op¥posed to traditional arcade ma¥chines because the systems are cheaper to buy, maintain and free to play. Another perk Hargrave has over WHAT: Hargrave Arcade WHERE: 1185 1/2 Hargrave St. WHEN: August (next event TBD) AdmissioN: $10 WEb: hargravearcade.org traditional arcades is that there are countless games for each one. Bak¥er keeps classic games like ÒExcite-Bike,Ó ÒPitFall,Ó ÒCentipede,Ó ÒMis¥sile CommandÓ and many more on hand. He has also constructed ARCADe continues on PAge 10