@thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, August 1, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com ItÕs goodbye to A&M The Daily Texan beat Texas A&MÕs The Battalion in our six¥week-long Facebook battle. Thanks for your help. MONDAY Short film series A series of short independent films and their filmmakers will be showcased at ND at 501 Studios. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and there will be free beer for the first hour and a live Q&A after. TUESDAY Artic Monkeys with Young Buffalo The alternative-rock band will preform at StubbÕs at 9 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets are $28. WEDNESDAY Blues on the Green AustinÕs longest-running free music series will feature Old 97Õs with Suzanna Choffel at Zilker Park. Blankets, lawn chairs and dogs on leashes are all welcome. THURSDAY ÔRed Hot PatriotÕ Local columnist and best-selling author Molly Ivins debuts her new play at ZACH Austin Theatre. Today in history In 1961 The first Six Flags amusement park opened in Dallas, Texas. Quote to note ÔÔ ÒAny time you can go through some adversity and come out clean on the other side, itÕs going to make you a better person and player.Ó Ñ Blake Gideon Senior safety SPORTS PAGE 8 Subsidized loans may see less funding to save Pell Grants ÒCuts to federal Pell Grant program would impact Texas negatively, especially because our state has so many low-income students,Ó she said. Tom Melecki, director of Student Finan¥cial Services, said the proposal would save the maximum amount of Pell Grants but elim¥inate subsidized loan programs for graduate students. These students will have more loans to pay off after school, he said. By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff Congress is making a bipartisan effort to preserve Pell Grants for low-income students by cutting back on subsidized loans for grad¥uate students. Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said until Congress finalizes a budget, it is hard to know what will happen to Pell Grants. Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff Jeff Kleen and his daughter Shantih browse through a selection of books at Treasure City Thrift Store on Sunday afternoon. All profits from SundayÕs sales will be donated to the Inside Books Project, an organization that provides free books to Texas prisoners. Non-profit gives books to inmates By Katrina Tollin receives about 800 requests a month. Last year representatives said dictionaries are the most Daily Texan Staff the group mailed about 8,000 packages to in-frequently requested items. mates across Texas. ÒFor a lot of people thatÕs a starting point, A partnership between the Inside Books Their volunteers are staffing Treasure City just what words mean and how to spell them,Ó Project and a local thrift store is helping put said John Nation, a volunteer with Inside Thrift Store on East Seventh Street every Sunday more books in the hands of Texas prison in- Books. Ò[The books] become their property, this summer, and the proceeds from that dayÕs mates looking to entertain and educate them¥ so theyÕre able to use that at their own conve¥ sales help offset the costs of Inside BooksÕ work. selves while incarcerated. nience to provide for their education or just to The project sends educational materials and Prisoners ask for books on a range of sub¥pass the time.Ó books to men and women serving time in pris-jects, including GED test preparation, novels on, jails or immigrant detention centers, and and technical and trade manuals. Inside Books New grants target study abroad in China By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff The Study Abroad Office will be awarding scholarships to send first-generation Univer¥sity students to China through a federal initiative to increase global networking. The Coca-Cola Foundation is awarding $150,000 to UTÕs Study Abroad Office to fund the schol¥arships as part of the 100,000 Strong Initiative, a program de¥veloped by the Obama adminis¥tration to send 100,000 American students to study in China over the next four years. The initia¥tiveÕs goal is to maintain good re- Nimshi Parera, who recently graduated with a government degree, attends regular 8 a.m. meetings along with 15 other students to receive a brief about the dayÕs assignments while on UT Reporting China Maymester Program this summer. Lizzie Chen Daily Texan Staff At UT, about 4,000 to 5,000 graduate stu¥dents take out subsidized and unsubsidized loans, Melecki said. Interest begins to accu¥mulate on unsubsidized loans as soon as the loans are taken out, while students are still in school, he said. ÒSome of the money graduate students can now borrow is subsidized,Ó Melecki said. ÒIt is my hope that federal lawmakers will see through the partisanship and realize that preserving Pell Grants not only helps stu¥dents, but also is in the best interest of the U.S.,Ó she said in an email. At a time when the Texas Legislature has cut back on programs like TEXAS Grants, and the B-On-Time loan program, reducing Pell Grants would worsen the impact of cuts, Zaffirini said. lations between the two countries and provide opportunities for un¥derrepresented students to study in foreign countries. Lori George Billingsley, vice president of Community Relations for Coca-Cola, said in a press re¥lease that expanding and globaliz¥ing education will support socio¥economic advancement. ÒWe support education and youth development organizations that teach young people about the countless opportunities they have to better their communities,Ó Billingsley said. ÒMost important¥ly, we support programs that truly empower youth to go out and cre¥ate positive change.Ó Cindy Dicello, a development specialist in the International Of¥fice, said the University chose to extend the opportunity to students who are the first in their families to attend college to make studying abroad more accessible. ÒWe have a study abroad schol¥arship already for first-generation college students, and we thought we could build upon that program to encourage some of the students to go to China through the Coca-Cola Foundation grant,Ó Dicello said. ÒThey may have the interest, but not the means to do so.Ó Students can choose from a CHINA continues on PAGE 2 BOOKS continues on PAGE 2 LOANS continues on PAGE 2 White House, Congress agree on deal to raise limit on debt By David Espo The Associated Press WASHINGTON Ñ Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced historic agreement Sun¥day night on emergency legislation to avert the nationÕs first-ever finan¥cial default. The dramatic resolution lifted a cloud that had threatened the still¥fragile economic recovery at home Ñ and it instantly powered a rise in financial markets overseas. The agreement would slice at least $2.4 trillion from feder¥al spending over a decade, a steep price for many Democrats, too lit¥tle for many Republicans. The Trea¥suryÕs authority to borrow would be extended beyond the 2012 elections, a key objective for Obama, though the president had to give up his in¥sistence on raising taxes on wealthy Americans to reduce deficits. The deal, with scant time re¥maining before TuesdayÕs debt-lim¥it deadline for paying government bills, Òwill allow us to avoid default and end the crisis that Washington imposed on the rest of America,Ó the president said in an announce¥ment at the White House. Default Òwould have had a dev¥astating effect on our economy,Ó he said. House Speaker John Boehner telephoned Obama at mid-evening DEBT continues on PAGE 3 Ryan Edwards | Daily Texan Staff Elisabeth Perez-Luna introduces an audio segment from the ÒStories From Deep in the HeartÓ series Friday. Student, teacher workshop preserves Texas folk stories By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff The sizzle of steak, the music of flutes, acoustic guitars and Judy Gar¥landÕs ÒSomewhere Over the Rain¥bowÓ echoed through the Mexican American Cultural Center when lo¥cal teachers and students presented stories of folk traditions. Eleven local teachers and four high school students presented the radio journalism reports they made during a week-long workshop spon¥sored by Texas Folklife, a non-prof¥it dedicated to preserving and publi¥cizing Texas cultural traditions. The stories shared Friday evening chron¥icled renowned fajita maker Sonny Falcon; the use of native plants in indigenous cultures at the Festival de Las Plantas; Aaron Allan, a DJ Hall of Fame member who wrote songs for many people including Willie Nelson; and the Georgetown Palace Theater. Cristina Ball’, associate director of Texas Folklife, said about 150 peo¥ple in Austin and South Texas have participated in similar programs in the past three years, but this was the first time the organization offered a workshop during the summer. She said the workshops turn teachers FOLK continues on PAGE 2 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 Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or email managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TOMORROWÕS WEATHER LowHigh 79107 This day was too short to laugh. LOANS continues from PAGE 1 ÒThe government pays the inter¥est while the student is in school and for the first six months after the student graduates.Ó If graduate students only have the option of unsubsidized loans, they will be paying off more in¥terest once they get out of school, Melecki said. The proposal to eliminate subsidized loans is a bipartisan effort. The maximum amount in Pell Grants a student can receive in a year is $5,500 Ñ a loan that students donÕt have to pay off. Eliminating subsidized loans is a better option in many ways, Me¥lecki said. Graduate Student Assembly President Manny Gonzalez said graduate students are expressing concern about removing subsi¥dized loan programs. ÒIt will make graduate educa¥tion that much pricier,Ó Gonza¥lez said. He said many graduate stu¥dents take out loans because they are not funded through their programs. Eliminating subsidized loans will make it es¥pecially harder on out-of-state and international students to pay for their education, Gonza¥lez said. ÒItÕs really detrimental to maintaining a highly educated work force,Ó he said. Beth Bokuski, a higher edu¥cation administration graduate student, said she was able to pay off loans for her bachelorÕs and masterÕs degrees but she had to take out more loans for her doc¥toral degree. She said because she comes from a middle-class back¥ground, she doesnÕt mind taking out loans because her parents are willing to help her pay them back. Students from low-income families might not have the same flexibility, she said. ÒIf you want an education, youÕre going to have to take out loans,Ó Bokuski said. ÒItÕs a hard¥ship, but what are you going to do?Ó CHINA continues from PAGE 1 variety of academic programs to partment think more students ham Clinton said at the inau¥ study and earn University credit should be exposed to,Ó Dicel¥ gural meeting of the adviso¥ in China, she said. According to lo said. ÒI think in this day and ry committee for the 100,000 the 100,000 Strong Initiative web¥ time, we want to produce glob- Strong Initiative in May that the site, there are currently 10 times ally competent citizens. In or¥ relationship between the U.S. more Chinese students studying der to do that, you need to go and China is critical for future in the U.S. than Americans study¥ out in the world and be exposed economic advancement. ing in China, and 600 times more to different cultures, communi¥ ÒDespite the incredible im- Chinese study English than Amer¥ ties and experiences, and this is provements in communication, icans study Mandarin. the perfect opportunity to gain I think there is still a lot to be ÒChina is a country that Pres¥ that knowledge.Ó learned between our two nations,Ó ident Obama and the State De- Secretary of State Hillary Rod- Clinton said. BOOKS continues from PAGE 1 Nation said many requests are from people looking for a specific title that is sometimes hard to find in their prisonÕs library. The or¥ganization also receives requests from people who have limited ac¥cess to their prisonÕs library. People in administrative seg¥regation who may be in isolation 23 hours a day are likely to need reading material the most, Nation said. They are less likely to have regular library visits than the gen¥eral prison population but still enjoy reading. Lucy Kreutz, a 2003 radio-tele¥vision-film alumna, has volun¥teered with Inside Books for a year and works at Treasure City on Sundays. Neither organization has any paid staff members. Kreutz said revenue helps cov¥er Inside BooksÕ costs so they can fill requests with books that sup¥porters donate. The money mainly goes to covering the cost of postage to send the packages to the prison¥ers, which averages $3 a package. ÒIt means so much to people,Ó Kreutz said. ÒThese people just want anything. They are so grate¥ful in their letters Ñ they just re¥ally want books.Ó Over the weekend, a short doc¥umentary about Inside Books won the Lights. Camera. Help. award for best short film. The film festi¥val encourages other cause-driven non-profits to use film and video to share their stories. Michele Deitch, a senior lectur¥er in criminal justice policy in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Pub¥lic Affairs, said the Inside Books Project provides a service the state doesnÕt. Deitch said prison librar¥ies often have limited collections, and prisoners may have a difficult time getting access to the library. The significant amount of time prisoners have can be applied to educating themselves and pre¥paring for life after prison, Dei¥tch said. ÒThey can gain more in¥sights into themselves and the reasons why they offended in the first place,Ó she said. ÒThey can be helping to rehabilitate themselves.Ó Deitch said education helps keep prisoners from committing crimes again after their release, and the investment made toward rehabilitation is lacking. ÒWe donÕt invest in rehabilita¥tion as much as we need to if we want to be a safer society,Ò Dei¥tch said. Jeff Kleen, a Portland, Ore., resident visiting Austin for the week came to shop at Treasure City Thrift after hearing the pro¥ceeds would be going to the In¥side Books Project. ÒSomeone I know quite well is currently serving time, so I think that makes me particularly sen¥sitive. What does he have access to and how does he utilize his time?Ó Kleen said. ÒSo therefore, books and quality books are real¥ly important. I think as much ac¥cess as he and others have could be so beneficial; if heÕs missing out on a lot of life experience, heÕs go¥ing to have to catch up or keep up or learn in different ways.Ó FOLK continues from PAGE 1 and students into field researchers for Texas Folklife. ÒThey live the culture day-in and day-out, so we give them the tools to document that culture and present it in a meaningful and en¥gaging way,Ó Balli said. ÒThey learn many new valuable skills they can apply in their jobs, and they have some experience to write on their college applications,Ó she said. Elisabeth Perez-Luna, a lead in¥structor of the workshop and a radio producer, introduced the projects and showed two of her radio pieces. Perez-Luna said she was im¥pressed by the effort workshop participants gave to their proj¥ects from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day. ÒThey push themselves and theyÕre always thinking how to use the material they learned here for their own students,Ó she said. LBJ High School English teach¥er Ashley Robinson said working on the story about Aaron Allan was challenging, but rewarding. ÒHearing yourself in an inter¥view and on the mic, you really hear all those little tiny things you donÕt realize you do or say that you should never have anybody else hear either,Ó Robinson said. Mike Erickson, a culinary arts instructor at John B. Connally High School in Pflugerville, said working on the piece about Sonny Falcon will help him as he plans to make a Food Network-style TV show part of his classes next year. ÒIt was amazing to see how hard it was to go from nothing to the end, and also seeing how much journalists have liberty to kind of change things and how they put their own perspective into it,Ó Er¥ickson said. Federico Subervi, director of the Center for the Study of Lati¥no Media and Markets at Texas State University, said he appreciat¥ed the diversity of participants in the workshops. ÒItÕs wonderful to see new and diverse voices producing folk sto¥ries,Ó Subervi said. ÒGood tradi¥tions are kept alive. It maintains our memories that otherwise would be broken.Ó NEWS BRIEFLY Program for graduate students to teach running of non-profits A new portfolio program an¥nounced Thursday will teach grad¥uate students how to manage mu¥seums, theaters, libraries and other non-profit cultural organizations. The Portfolio Program in Arts and Cultural Management and En¥trepreneurship, sponsored by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Pub¥lic Affairs and the College of Fine Arts, is currently accepting appli¥cations for next semester. The pro¥gram responds to the growth of non-profits in the U.S. in the past 25 years, said College of Fine Arts Dean Douglas Dempster. ÒMore and more students are finding employment opportuni¥ties in the non-profit sector, but thatÕs especially true in the arts,Ó Dempster said. ÒMore municipal¥ities, city governments are recog¥nizing the importance of the arts and cultural activity to their re¥gional economy and to tourism.Ó Dempster said the program will prepare students for arts adminis¥tration careers in a new way. ÒMany of them found their way into arts administration and management, or even starting their own commercial business¥es, without any training or educa¥tion in that,Ó he said. ÒThey had to teach themselves.Ó Program Director Francie Os¥trower said 33 faculty from 10 de¥partments will teach in the pro¥gram. Students in the program will take four of 41 approved courses, do 40 hours of work and participate in an annual training session and a student presenta¥tion event. ÒThese requirements are key to achieving the program goal of providing students with practi¥cal skills and hands-on training and experience,Ó Ostrower said in an email. Ñ Allison Harris Reactions to debt-limit deal sour at political compromise LOS ANGELES Ñ From the right and center: mild disgust. From the left: outright anger. Americans showed a range of emotions and responses to the debt-limit deal President Barack Obama and top leaders of Con¥gress struck Sunday, but nearly none of them were positive. Ex¥cept perhaps relief that itÕs final¥ly over. Phil Waters, a 60-year-old heli¥copter mechanic sitting in a bar in Anchorage, Alaska, gave a com¥mon reply when he said Òit nev¥er should have gotten this far out of hand.Ó Waters, who called himself Òan almost Libertarian conservative,Ó says he would have liked to see a lot more cuts. But 35-year-old Kiran Mahto of Portland, Ore., who volunteered for ObamaÕs campaign in 2008, says the presidentÕs concessions to Congressional Republicans went too far, and he is Òactively opposed to this president now.Ó Ñ Associated Press NEWS BRIEFLY Children fly kites in Gaza Strip in effort to break world record GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Ñ Thou¥sands of Gaza children sent a sea of colorful kites soaring into the sky Thursday in an attempt to break a world record. Christopher Gunness, a spokes¥man for the U.N. agency that runs the camp that hosted the event in northwest Gaza, said the unofficial count stood at more than 13,000 chil¥dren flying kites, which would break the previous world record of nearly 10,500 set earlier this year in China. Earlier Thursday, vandals torched a stage, burned a U.N. flag and dam¥aged a billboard at the camp. Gun¥ness said nobody was hurt and he had no information on who vandal¥ized the facility. Similar attacks have taken place in the past at U.N. summer camps in Gaza, where boys and girls mix. The damage was repaired in time for the Gaza children to make their attempt at breaking the record for the largest number of children fly¥ing kites. California moves its primaries up to gain more national influence SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ñ Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move CaliforniaÕs presidential pri¥mary from February to June next year in a money-saving move for the state. Brown signed AB80 on Friday. Con¥solidating the presidential and regu¥lar statewide primaries is expected to save the state about $100 million. California had tried to increase its political influence in 2008 by shift¥ing the presidential primary to Su¥per Tuesday. However, the shift cost state taxpayers about $97 million. Assemblyman Paul Fong, D-Cu¥pertino, said his bill will increase voter turnout by reducing the num¥ber of statewide elections. Several Republicans had suggest¥ed the presidential and regular pri¥maries should be moved to March to give California more clout in the Re¥publican nominating process. Ñ Compiled from Associated Press reports By Zeina Karam The Associated Press BEIRUT Ñ Syrian security forc¥es backed by tanks and snipers launched a ferocious assault Sunday on defiant cities and towns, killing at least 70 people and possibly many more as the regime raced to crush dissent ahead of Ramadan. Corps¥es littered the streets after a surge in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. Estimates of the death toll ranged from around 75 people to nearly 140 on a day when the attacks be¥gan before dawn and witnesses said they were too frightened to collect corpses from the streets. The worst carnage was in Hama, a city with a history of defiance against 40 years of Assad fami¥ly rule. Hospitals there were over¥whelmed with bloodied casualties, suggesting the death toll could rise sharply, witnesses said. Ramadan, which begins Mon¥day, will present a critical test for the government, which has un¥leashed deadly firepower since March but still has not been able to put down the revolt. Dai¥ly demonstrations are expected to surge during the holy month, when crowds gather in mosques each evening after the dawn-to¥dusk fast. Though the violence has so far failed to blunt the protests, the Syr¥ian government appears to be hop¥ing it can frighten people from tak¥ing to the streets during Ramadan. By mid-morning, the city looked like a war zone, residents said. The crackle of gunfire and thud of tank shells echoed across the city, and clouds of black smoke drifted over rooftops. An escalation in violence dur¥ing Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor for devout Mus¥lims, would bring a new dimen¥sion to the unrest in Syria, which has reached a stalemate in recent weeks. AssadÕs elite forces have waged nearly nonstop crackdowns around the country, but new pro¥test hotbeds have emerged Ñ tax¥ing the already exhausted and over¥extended military. DEBT continues from PAGE 1 to say the agreement had been struck, then immediately began pitching the deal to his fractious rank and file. ÒIt isnÕt the greatest deal in the world, but it shows how much weÕve changed the terms of the debate in this town,Ó he said on a conference call, according to GOP officials. He added the agreement was Òall spending cuts. The White House bid to raise taxes has been shut down.Ó Rep. Nancy Pelosi, was non¥committal. ÒI look forward to re¥viewing the legislation with my caucus to see what level of support we can provide,Ó she said in a writ¥ten statement. No votes were scheduled in ei¥ther house of Congress before Monday, to give rank and file law¥makers time to review the pack¥age. Senate approval seems virtu¥ally certain; the House could prove more difficult. Without legislation in place by Tuesday, the Treasury would not be able to pay all its bills, raising the threat of a default that admin¥istration officials say could do cat¥astrophic damage to the economy. If approved, though, a compro¥mise would presumably preserve AmericaÕs sterling credit rating, re¥assure investors in financial mar¥kets across the globe and possi¥bly reverse the losses that spread across Wall Street in recent days as the threat of a default grew. Even word of an impending deal earlier in the day by Senate Repub¥lican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky sent U.S. stock futures upward. And before Obama had finished speaking, JapanÕs bench¥mark Nikkei index, opening Mon¥day morning Ñ at 8 p.m. Sunday on AmericaÕs East Coast Ñ was up 1.7 percent in early trading. Pending final passage, the agree¥ment marked a dramatic reach across party lines that played out over six months and several rounds of negotiating, interspersed by pe¥riods of intense partisanship. Vice President Joe Biden, who played an important part in this weekendÕs negotiations, agreed. He tweeted: ÒCompromise makes a comeback.Ó Not everyone felt that way. ÒSomeone has to say no. I will,Ó said Rep. 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My stance hasnÕtchanged.Ó Ñ Perry on Thursday, clarifying his statement on New YorkÕs passage of a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage, according to the Family Re¥search Council, a Christian advocacy group. ÒIt is my hope that federal law¥makers will see through the partisanship and realize that preserving Pell Grants not onlyhelps students but also is in the best interest of the U.S.Ó Ñ Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, to The Daily Texan in an email Friday. ÒThe state has reduced appro¥priations to institutions of high¥er education, which has resulted in tuition increases. Accord¥ingly, cutting Pell Grants would make an already bad situation worse.Ó Ñ Zaffirini in the email. ÒIÕm committed to expanding opportunity wherever I can find it.Ó Ñ California Gov. Jerry Brown, after signing into law the first half of the California DREAM Act last week, according to the Los Angeles Times. The bill will allow undocumented students in Cal¥ifornia to access private financial aid. ÒItÕs seen as a civil rights issue in the Latino community, espe¥cially for youth. The farmwork¥ersÕ struggle is not necessarilyseen as what it once was. This is an issue of the now, an issue of the moment, part of the Latinoagenda and part of the future.Ó Ñ Jaime A. Regalado, director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs, remarking on the sig¥nificance of the DREAM Act within the Latino community, according to the Los Angeles Times. ÒWe either have the rule of law or anarchy. There is no in be¥tween on that. We are very rigid on that point.Ó Ñ Carol Helm, director of Immigration Re¥form Oklahoma Now, a group which opposes the DREAM Act, according to the Tulsa World. galleRY By samian Quazi Daily Texan Columnist The State Board of Education unanimous¥ly voted on July 22 to approve supplemental school materials that upheld evolution in the middle school curriculum. To the dismay of creationists, the board rejected materials detailing so-called Òalternatives to evolutionÓ for public schools. Texas schoolchildren are now guaranteed a sound science curriculum for the rest of this decade. The board, dominated by conservative Republicans and many evangelical Chris¥tians opposed to evolution, has been no stranger to controversy. It made national headlines early last year when it approved changes to the social studies, history and economics curricula that emphasized con¥servative political philosophies. Some of those changes included referring to the U.S. government as a Òconstitutional republicÓ in lieu of Òdemocratic republicÓ and man¥dating the word ÒcapitalismÓ in economics textbooks be changed to the more euphoni¥ous Òfree-enterprise systemÓ. Since Texas is the second-largest purchas¥er of textbooks and curriculum materials nationwide, national publishers often base their booksÕ content on the stateÕs standards. This gives the board disproportionate influ¥ence on education systems outside our stateÕs borders. And since the boardÕs decisions re¥main in effect for 10 years, any curriculum revisions would have a long-lasting effect. It was thus particularly disquiet¥ing when the board in 2009 called on schools to examine Òall sidesÓ of evolu¥tion, a subtle nod to the theoryÕs op¥ponents. Unlike the partisan-driven changes to social science and economics last year, any changes implying doubt toward the validity of evolution would have undermined the field of natural A sound science curriculum sciences itself. Evolution is the cornerstone of biology and its associated subfields in the natural scienc¥es. It lends credence to botanyÕs remarkable developments in high-yield crops, spurring the Green Revolution and coloring modern debates on MonsantoÕs bioengineered crops. It is interlaced with microbiology research, as our understanding on pathogenic evolu¥tion leads us to develop newer and stronger antibiotics. Barring evolution, no plausible scientific theory could account for the diver¥sity of life forms. This year, the board was asked to vote on a series of supplemental middle school ma¥terials casting doubt on evolution. Among the proposals was a set of materials submit¥ted by International Databases, a New Mex¥ico-based company, which claimed that life on earth came from Òintelligent causesÓ and that evolution remained unproven. Ad¥ditionally, the boardÕs new chairwoman is Barbara Cargill, an ultraconservative oppo¥nent of evolution and, ironically, a former biology teacher. Cargill has repeatedly em¥phasized that students should understand the ÒweaknessesÓ of evolution. Public hearings on the issue were predict¥ably contentious. Science teachers, profes¥sors and scientific advocacy groups urged the board to reject changes mandating they teach non-scientific theories alongside evo¥lution. Creationists saw the vote as their best shot at introducing their critiques of evolution into a public school system. But a contentious knock-down drag-out fight between the board members failed to mate¥rialize, as they unanimously rejected materi¥als criticizing evolution. The board also approved mainstream sci¥ence materials by publisher Holt McDougal that firmly upheld the validity of evolution. These materials will be given to students since the state could not afford to buy new textbooks this year due to budget cuts in ed¥ucation. Sadly, students will continue to use science textbooks that are several years old. Certainly, many of the more religiously and politically conservative board mem¥bers would not have hesitated to insert an anti-evolution line into our curriculum if given the opportunity. But because of a new majority of moderate Republicans on the board, who would likely have vetoed any changes and caused embarrassment to the hard-line members, the status quo on sci¥ence education in Texas remains. The creationist lobby has tried to portray evolution advocates as ideologically inflexi¥ble and unwilling to allow rational criticism whatsoever. But the alternative they bring to the table is simply not science. Creation¥ism may be a compelling philosophy, but it utterly fails to provide an empirical frame¥work in which theories of the natural world may be proven or disproven. Creationists also claim to stake middle ground by stating that students should learn Òboth sidesÓ in science classes. But this claim is astoundingly disingenuous since creation¥ism is simply not science. Creationism (or its fraudulent euphemism, intelligent design) imparts no discoveries, no broader under¥standing of the natural world through tested means. It remains an untested and untestable attempt to demean evolution. Woodrow Wilson once wrote, ÒOf course, like every other man of intelligence and ed¥ucation I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such ques¥tions should be raised.Ó That date was in 1922. Nearly 89 years later, Texas risked substantial embarrass¥ment for trying to undermine one of sci¥enceÕs finest theories without any rational basis. The board made the right decision in preserving the substantiality of science edu¥cation in our state. Quazi is a nursing graduate student. galleRY legalese Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the edi¥tor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. ReCYCle Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. 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Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last yearÕs slaying of a U.S. consulate employee near a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez. Mexican President Felipe Cal¥deron said through his Twitter ac¥count that AcostaÕs capture is Òthe biggest blowÓ to organized crime in Ciudad Juarez since he sent about 5,000 federal police to the city in April 2010 to try to curb violence in one of the worldÕs most danger¥ous cities. Acosta, 33, was caught Friday in the northern city of Chihuahua along with his bodyguard, said Ra¥mon Pequeno, head of the federal police anti-drug unit. He did not specify how the capture happened. AcostaÕs arrest was not confirmed until Sunday, just before officials displayed him to the news media in Mexico City. Wearing a long-sleeve dress shirt, the short man with a cleft chin and thick eyebrows limped as he was escorted by two masked fed¥eral police officers to stand before the cameras. 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Subra Suresh, director of the Na¥tional Science Foundation, said in a press release the Innovation Corps program will strengthen the nation¥al economy by supporting useful scientific discoveries. ÒThe United States has a long history of investing in and deploy¥ing technological advances derived from a foundation of basic research,Ó Suresh said. ÒAnd the [National Sci¥ence Foundation] mission connects advancing the nationÕs prosperi¥ty and welfare with our passionate pursuit of scientific knowledge.Ó Josh Chamot, foundation spokes¥man, said the Innovation Corps program will help the United States secure its position as a leader in sci¥entific advancement. ÒWe take risks that others wonÕt take, and thereÕs a need to main¥tain that competitive leadership,Ó Chamot said. 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ÒThey mentor the grantees to help them train their research in a way that can turn it into an innovation through a product.Ó Chamot said the foundation hopes to find new applications for existing technologies as well as promote new discoveries through the program. ÒSometimes the results are very practical already, but they have not been explored for another area of research,Ó he said. ÒThis will help re¥searchers make that conclusion and make that leap to get out there to an industry that could use their discov¥eries in a different way.Ó President William Powers Jr. said in a column in the Austin Amer¥ican-Statesman on June 7 that the University aims to provide a mean¥ingful learning experience to stu¥dents by supporting faculty research and innovation. ÒAt UT, we are very serious about increasing productivity in teach¥ing, research, business operations and commercialization of intellec¥tual property,Ó Powers said. 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Girls ÒVomitÓ Even at its catchiest, Girls always had a tinge of bitterness and for¥lornness surrounding its songs. On ÒVomit,Ó which will be released on the second album, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Girls lets its sadness all hang out. Beginning with a slow, plucking guitar and lead singer Christopher Owens quivering to say, ÒNights spent alone/Nights I spent looking for you,Ó the song continues to build to an epic anthem for finding love. The drums get heavier and the guitars start shredding as they build up to the surging chorus. ÒVomitÓ ends with a pounding organ and gospel chorus as Owens makes an oddly triumphant plea to ÒCome into my heart, my love.Ó Jay-Z and Kanye West ÒOtisÓ ItÕs time to party like itÕs 2002. Off their forthcoming collabor¥ative album, Watch the Throne, ÒOtisÓ is a pure throwback to The Blueprint and The College Drop¥out-era Kanye and H.O.V.A. West relishes in sampling Otis ReddingÕs ÒTry a Little Tenderness,Ó taking the repeated phrase ÒyouÕve got toÓ and the charged guitars and piano to make an unrelenting yet soulful beat. As for Jay-Z and West, theyÕre back at their arrogant best. Jay-Z says, ÒI guess I got my swagger back, truthÓ before West responds with, ÒDamn Yeezy and Hov/Where the hell ya been?Ó ÒOtisÓ is a pure cut of prime rap unencumbered by emo¥tions or by following current trends. St. Vincent ÒSurgeonÓ Two years after her critically ac¥ claimed second album, Actor, St. Vincent has released ÒSurgeonÓ as a preview of her third album, Strange Mercy. The song takes the listener on a hazy, surreal trip. The odd count of the drumbeats provides an unset- READING between the L I N E S By Aaron west Austin psychic battles stereotypes with paranormal professionalism ÒI see California around you, but itÕs not going to work out,Ó the psy¥chic says. ÒI get that there may be an opportunity to go to California, but you have to be careful, because it may not be what itÕs cracked out to be.Ó Separated by a desk and artifacts with a decidedly exotic feel to them, guests extend their open palms be¥fore psychic Joe Nicols and lis¥ten to what he has to say Ñ some¥times hearing what they donÕt want to know. Behind Nicols, alongside books about palmistry, spiritualism and Roswell, is a crystal ball. Perhaps itÕs the plain-looking strip of offices the room is housed in, but despite the psychic decor, the visit can feel like a trip to a well-versed therapist. Dressed in a button down shirt and slacks, Nicols appears more like a professional counselor than a psy¥ed the Central Texas Parapsychol¥ogy Association in the late 1980s, which has since disbanded as para¥psychology became more wide¥ly accepted. But the fundamen¥tals behind the group Ñ taking the Òmodern-day approachÓ to be¥ing a psychic and denouncing Òwoo-woo kind of mysterious, un¥fathomableÓ theatrics Ñ live on in NicolsÕ practice. ÒThe idea is to not scare people,Ó Nicols said. ÒTo tell people what youÕre going to do and how much youÕre going to charge and thatÕs other peopleÕs intentions. NicolsÕ father was in the military and wasnÕt taken with his sonÕs ab¥normal tendencies, so Nicols said he learned to keep his talents to him¥self. That changed when he went to college. ÒI sort of popped open,Ó said Ni¥cols, who has a masterÕs in speech¥language pathology from UT. ÒI was seeing things around peo¥ple, having dreams that were kind of premonitional.Ó Even after college, he still wasnÕt ready to fully commit himself to IÕll tell them what I see, and itÕs not 100 percent, but this is where I think Ò the wind is blowing today. Ò ÑJoe Nicols, Psychic his medical friends. ÒThey werenÕt into it, they didnÕt want to do this stuff. I call it com¥ing out and being a full-time psy¥chic,Ó he said. ÒI have a sister whoÕs a born-again Christian and there are certain things that we elect not to talk about.Ó Nicols said he takes everything into account in his work, regardless of how small or seemingly insignif¥icant it is. ÒNot jokingly even, I look at clouds, tea leaves, hair in the sink, bubbles in the toilet, cars that break down, body parts that donÕt work, the jet or the siren that goes by, li¥cense plates,Ó Nicols said. ÒEvery¥thing to me is meaningful.Ó A majority of his predictions and insight are constructive and com¥plimentary, or at least non-threat¥ening. Nicols said he doesnÕt pre¥dict death or divorce. He tells his clients before the session starts that he wonÕt diagnose illnesses, that he doesnÕt claim to be right all the chic and palm-reader. ÒSo stick Ôem out, lets see what weÕve got,Ó Nicols said. Nicols, who holds The Austin what happens. You donÕt say ÔFor parapsychology. Nicols said for time and that he wonÕt tell them ChronicleÕs 1991 title for ÒBest Psy-another $500 IÕll take the spell off 20 years he felt like he was made what to do with the information he chic in Austin,Ó cuts the drama out you.Õ That was stuff that [the associ-up of two parts: the Òin-the-clos-gives them. tling rhythm to the melody in which and the crystal ball never leaves for about 25 years, but he said he to Australia with his family as a is where I think the wind is blowing the bookshelf. has been aware of his psychic abil-speech pathologist. today. And of course, as you react an who continues to surprise listeners. ON THE WEB: Listen to these singles and read more music He attributes his professional ities since he was a child growing But after deciding that he had to to that you can change. I believe we style to his background as a speech up in a conservative home, where do Òwhat heÕs here to doÓ (be a full-can change the future, I think we pathologist and a desire to Òdemys-he experienced visions and had an time psychic and palm reader), Ni-have a tremendous amount of free coverage. at bit.ly/dt_lifearts tifyÓ what psychics do. He found-uncanny knack for understanding cols said he had to give up a lot of will choice.Ó SUDOKUFORYOU ThursdayÕs solution OKU 6 9 4 7 8 4 3 6 1 5 2 3 3 1 8 7 5 8 8 6 7 1 7 3 2 6 3 2 1 5 SPORTS Monday, August 1, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Trey Scott, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com SIDELINE MLB ASTROS Hicks, Cobbs DEFENSIVE DEPTH CHART among group BREWERS Blake Gideon, DE: Alex Okafor of linebackers Safety DT: Kheeston Randall ready to shine Kheeston Randall, By Nick Cremona DT: Calvin Howell Defensive Tackle RANGERS Daily Texan Staff OLB: Emmanuel Acho New defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Manny Diaz has a bevy of backers at his disposal, and BLUE JAYS MLB: Keenan Robinson this yearÕs group may prove to be one of the most talented to roll through Texas in quite some time. OLB: Jordan Hicks Last year as defensive coordina¥tor at Mississippi State, DiazÕs defense ranked 22nd in the nation in scoring CB: Carrington Byndom defense and 17th in tackles for loss. ORIOLES That isnÕt a simple task in the SEC, CB: Adrian Phillips and with the talent available at Texas, the entire defense should flourish un¥der Diaz. HereÕs how his corps of line-S: Blake Gideon backers stacks up. YANKEES Position Leader Ñ S: Kenny Vaccaro Keenan Robinson The outside linebacker burst onto ÒAfter making the switch from safe¥ the scene last year with an exception-Stock Rising Ñ Top Backup Ñ Position Battle Ñ ty, Demarco is probably the fastest al performance in the season opener Jordan Hicks Demarco Cobbs Kendall Thompson vs. RED SOX linebacker in the nation,Ó Acho said. against Rice. Robinson not only in-After choosing to become a Long-Steve Edmond Cobbs was listed on the depth tercepted a pass in the first quarter of horn rather than an Ohio State Buck-Both will vie for playing time chart last year and played one game the game, but also scooped up a fum-eye, Hicks didnÕt quite live up to the Most To Prove Ñ behind the other talented line¥ at safety. He also recorded five tack¥ ble and returned it for his first ca-hype surrounding him in his first year Aaron Benson backers this year. As freshmen, les on special teams. The sophomore reer touchdown, setting the tone for a with the team. He recorded 23 tack-Benson redshirted last year and they still have to learn, but be- WHITE SOX breakout year. He fielded a team-lead-les and a single sack in 12 games as a put on some weight in the offseason, gained valuable experience with cause everyone on defense is un¥ing 113 tackles, along with eight tack-freshman. Hicks then suffered a bro-and the coaches felt he could make the scout team. At 6-foot-2 and 230 der new management with Diaz, les for loss and two sacks in 2010. The ken right foot during spring practice the most impact as an outside line-pounds, he has the size to play at any the learning curve shouldnÕt be as senior from Plano has since moved and was forced to sit out the rest of backer. He possesses a quickness on of the three linebacker positions. It steep for the pair. Edmond came to the inside linebacker position, a the spring in order to heal. All signs the field unmatched by many on ei-should be interesting to see how Diaz into the program as the fourth¥change fellow backer Emmanuel Acho point to him being back in action highest ranked inside lineback¥ ther side of the ball. Having played plans to play Benson; on blitz pack¥ is anxious to see in action. come Sept. 3 when the Longhorns at quarterback in high school in Tul-ages or as a run-stopper. Like many er in the nation and is an excel-Diaz watched some film and want-host Rice in the season opener. of the other linebackers, Benson was lent run-stopper. Thompson is sa, he has proven to be a playmaker ed to put Keenan in middle and me ÒHeÕs healthy now, and I think heÕll highly-touted coming out of Cedar listed as an outside linebacker but and should grow into a great player on the outside,Ó said outside linebacker be one of the better linebackers in the Hill in 2010, and he should also make could fill in at the inside position over the next three years. SPOTLIGHT Emmanuel Acho. ÒIÕm excited for it.Ó conference,Ó Acho said. a name for himself this year. as well. TAYLOR JUNGMANN, #26 Position: Pitcher Defensive linemen Height: 6Õ6Ó Class: Junior Hometown: seek to wreak havoc Temple, TX Jungmann was named the 2010¥ in upcoming season 2011 Big 12 Conference Athlete of the Year, becoming the first pitcher to win the award in its 15-year history. He threw the only complete¥game shutout in the nation on the By Christian Corona heÕs been putting in work in the Daily Texan Staff weight room,Ó Acho said. opening weekend of the season and was the lone pitcher nationally Stock Rising Ñ to pitch complete-game shutouts Like the rest of the team, Tex¥ the first two starts of the season. Jackson Jeffcoat asÕ defensive line disappointed He is the only player in the history last season but should be great-The majority of games are decid¥ of Texas baseball to accomplish these two feats. ÒItÕs quite an honor,Ó Jungmann said. ÒThere were a lot ly improved this year. Bo Da-ed by whose quarterback performs vis comes from Alabama, where the best, making essential those of great athletes at Texas this year his front four played a significant who can make a quarterbackÕs life so just to be the one chosen to represent the school was special. And to be named the Big 12 Athlete role in the Crimson TideÕs victo-difficult. Regarded by many as the ry over the Longhorns in the na-No. 1 defensive end prospect from of the Year makes it that tional title game two seasons ago. the recruiting class of 2010, Jeff¥ much better.Ó Derek Stout |Daily Texan Staff He takes over a Texas defensive coat recorded 15 tackles last sea¥line thatÕs prepared to improve on son, six for loss during a fresh- Jackson Jeffcoat, No. 44 above, lining up against Texas Tech in 2010 . Jeffcoat suffered an ankle injury the 31 sacks and the 138.6 rushing man year that saw him miss four that caused him to miss four games last year, but has been deemed ÔhealthyÕ by head coach Mack Brown. yards per game it allowed last sea-games after suffering an ankle in¥son. HereÕs a breakdown of DavisÕ jury. But head coach Mack Brown SPORTS defensive line. claims ÒJacksonÕs healthy,Ó and Jeff- Secondary rebuilding after key losses BRIEFLY coat should be up to the challenge By Trey Scott ty and come out clean on the other Top Backup Ñ Position Leader Ñ of assuming the role of a starter in Former Horns agree to terms 2011. Daily Texan Staff side, itÕs going to make you a better Quandre Diggs Kheeston Randall with NFL teams as free agents person and player.Ó After losing its three best corner-It looks like sophomores Car-In the LonghornsÕ five wins last Top Backup Ñ Six former Longhorns signed backs, the Texas secondary needs to rington Byndom and Adrian Phil-season, they gave up 69 rushing free-agent deals with NFL teams Stock Rising Ñ rebuild somewhat. But a strange off-lips, a former safety, will be the yards per game. In their seven loss-Desmond Jackson this weekend. Offensive line¥ man Kyle Hix was signed by season trip by Duane Akina land-Kenny Vaccaro starters at cornerback this season, es, they surrendered a whopping There are plenty of other wor¥ ed the accomplished defensive backs but that doesnÕt mean Diggs wonÕt 188. As TexasÕ run defense im-thy names that could go here, but the New England Patriots, tight Two years of fantastic special coach in Austin after a month-long teams play and one season of ex-make an impact. The younger proves, their win-loss record will Jackson, also a highly regarded de¥ end Greg Smith was picked up stint in Arizona, and the Longhorns tended action has Vaccaro looking brother of former Longhorn cor-too. Randall, the lone senior de-fensive tackle coming out of high by the Carolina Panthers, wide are now confident they can still nerback Quentin Jammer, Diggs receiver John Chiles signed with like the next special playmaker in fensive lineman, should be the fo-school last season, seems poised field one of the conferenceÕs better was an early enrollee last win¥ the New Orleans Saints, punter the secondary. The junior hits like a cal point of a better Texas run de-to see playing time despite being a pass defenses. junkyard dog and can play the pass ter and made waves in the spring fense. His contribution of 13 tack-true freshman. John Gold and offensive lineman ÒCoach Akina coming back, that just as well. game with a pass breakup to go les for loss last season was second ÒDesmond is benching 455 Michael Huey both signed deals was crazy,Ó said senior safety Blake with the hardest hit of the af¥ with the Seattle Seahawks and ÒKenny is probably the best cover on the team only to All-American pounds,Ó Acho said. ÒHe came in Gideon. ÒHeÕs a father figure to us, guy we have,Ó Gideon said. ternoon. If heÕs anything like his Sam Acho, and his 39 tackles were with a humble mind and was ready wide receiver James Kirkendoll is so it helps having the continuity.Ó brother, watch out. among the best of the Longhorn to work hard.Ó now a member of the Tennessee defensive tackles. Senior lineback- Titans. Most to Prove Ñ er Emmanuel Acho summed it up Ñ Nick Cremona Position leader Ñ Position Battle Ñ Position Battle Ñ Christian Scott when he said, ÒKheeston [Randall] Blake Gideon Vaccaro vs. Scott CalvinHowell vs. Ashton Dorsey is one of the best in the nation.Ó Scott had Texas fans excited in The senior from Leander is long 2008 when, as a redshirt freshman, With Gideon firmly entrenched Randall is the defensive lineÕs removed from a star-crossed 2008 he saw action in each game. But he at free safety, and Byndom and Phil-Most to Prove Ñ most reliable returner, but the Benson to stay in Cincinnati freshman season, when his 13 starts missed his sophomore season be-lips on the corners barring a change, question as to who will line up after signing one-year deal were overshadowed by a game-chang-cause of NCAA academic eligibili-the starting job at strong safety is the Taylor Bible alongside him remains answered. ing dropped interception in a loss at ty issues, and turned in a so-so sea-only position truly up for grabs. Scott Bible was one of the most Howell and Dorsey, both sopho- Cedric Benson signed a one¥ year deal with the Cincinnati Texas Tech, the LonghornsÕ only loss son last year in his first as a start-has experience on his side but isnÕt as sought-after members of TexasÕ mores who recorded a pair of tack- Bengals Sunday. The deal is re¥ that year. He learned from it and has er. He made 53 tackles and forced instinctive or as complete a player as most recent recruiting class, but les last season, figure to be the two portedly worth three million dol¥ become one of the top safeties in the two fumbles, but his pass defense Vaccaro. If what the players had to say was somewhat overshadowed by most likely candidates to break lars, with another two million country. He was named to the Thor-was suspect with just one intercep-at Big 12 Media Days is any indication, fellow 2010 signees Jackson Jeff-into the starting lineup. pe Award watch list and a first team tion and one pass broken up. En-it might be VaccaroÕs job to lose. coat and Jordan Hicks, especially ÒRight now, they need to sep¥ available in incentives. Benson preseason All-Big 12 selection. ÒKenny has been the defensive has rushed for over 1,000 yards tering his senior season, Scott has a after Bible redshirted last season. arate themselves,Ó Acho said. ÒI ÒThat [Tech game] made me in the past two seasons with chance to live up to the hype he gen-standout of the summer,Ó said line-Now heÕs back, and the No. 2 de-donÕt know if anybody has earned the Bengals. grow up quickly,Ó he said. ÒAnytime erated three years ago, but heÕs going backer Emmanuel Acho. ÒHe has fensive tackle spot is up for grabs. the No. 2 spot, so itÕll be their job you can go through some adversi-to have to fight for playing time. looked really good.Ó ÒTaylor is definitely coming along, to do that in camp.Ó Ñ Nick Cremona