FEEL THE HEAT Longhorns top Cal State Northridge in triple digit temperatures SPORTS PAGE 8 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, August 29 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com TODAY Texas Spike The Texas womenÕs volleyball team will take on the Israeli National Team from 7-9 p.m. Tickets are available online at texasboxoffice.com. TUESDAY Out of Bounds The 10th annual improv, sketch and stand-up comedy festival will showcase comedians like Greg Proops, Stephanie Weir and Robert Dassie. The event begins Tuesday and runs through Sept. 5 at several different venues. Read our story on page 14 for more information. Art Intersection Artist Mika Tajima will speak about her work, which explore a variety of mediums including sculpture, painting and video. The talk begins at 8 p.m. in the Blanton Museum Auditorium. WEDNESDAY Slacker 2011 To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Richard LinklaterÕs classic, 24 Austin filmmakers remade scenes from ÒSlacker.ÓThe updated version of the film will premier at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre. Party on the Plaza Come learn about the many activities on campus at this welcome back to school festival. The event begins at 10 a.m. in the Gregory Gym Plaza. THURSDAY Bike Auction Need a new bike for the new school year? Parking and Transporation Services will host its annual auction at 5 p.m. on top of the Trinity Garage. FRIDAY Goal Texas soccer will take on UTSA in a nonconference match at the Mike A. Myers Stadium. The game starts at 7 p.m. and tickets cost between $2 and $7. Quote to note Ô ÒI did have a good Ô day, but it was my teammates who got me the ball. I was just happy to be in the posi¥tion, to be able to make something for them and to re¥ward all the hard work weÕve been doing.Ó Ñ Kylie Doniak Soccer foward SPORTS PAGE 8 Hispanic college enrollment increases nationally ÒIf trends continue, the University may be designated a Hispanic Serving Institution by federal definition in two to three years,Ó said Rose Martinez, executive director for UT Outreach of South Texas and Pre-College His¥panic Initiatives. One requirement an institu¥tion must meet to fit the federal definition of a Hispanic Serving Institution is an undergrad¥uate population of at least 25 percent full-time Hispanic students. COLLEGE continues on PAGE 2 Controversial addition puts slang phrases in dictionary By Alexandra Feuerman Daily Texan Staff Merriam-Webster added a Òbutt¥loadÓ of new words to its popular dic¥tionary in its ongoing ÒbromanceÓ with modern slang. The dictionary updated its interpre¥tation of the English language by add¥ing and changing entries in its diction¥ary, but not everyone is comfortable with the addition of informal vocab¥ulary. In the latest update, the publish¥er added commonly used words to its collegiate edition, including Òbro¥mance,Ó Òparkour,Ó ÒcougarÓ and Òbut¥tload.Ó In addition to expanding its best selling dictionary by adding new words, Merriam-Webster has also added words that have been in use dating back to the 19th century such as the genre ÒAmericana.Ó However, the recent additions have proven controversial. People generally think of the dic¥tionary as a permanent depository of words and meanings, but language is fluid, said rhetoric instructor Brendan Gaughen. He believes the new words deserve recognition although they should be removed once they lose cul¥tural relevance. ÒNew words come along all the time and meanings change,Ó Gaughen said. ÒI think itÕs important to have them in the dictionary, but if they add them, they should eventually take them out. In five years, no one is going to be us¥ing words like Ôfist bump.ÕÓ Broadcast journalism freshman Demetria Lister said dictionaries con¥tain the foundation of the English language, so adding words such as ÒtweetÓ and Òfist bumpÓ to the diction¥ary harms its credibility. SLANG continues on PAGE 2 By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff UT is following a national trend with in¥creased Hispanic undergraduate enrollment, according to the Office of Admissions and the Pew Hispanic Center. Hispanic college enrollment is increasing faster nationally than at UT, but the percent¥age of Hispanic undergraduates at the Univer¥sity remains higher than the national average. Hispanic nationwide college enrollment grew by 349,000, or 24 percent, from 2009 to 2010, the latest year data is available, accord¥ing to a Pew Hispanic Center report released last week based on 2010 US Census data. UTÕs Hispanic undergraduate enrollment in¥creased by 410, or about 6 percent, during the same time period, according to the 2010-2011 Statistical Handbook. However, for the 2010 school year Hispanics made up 15 percent of the national undergraduate population, while they comprised 23 percent of UTÕs under¥graduate population. Photos by Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff Above, Dan Bechdolt wipes his eyes after sampling ÒThe Hottest FuckinÕ SauceÓ at the Austin Hot Sauce Festival on Sunday in Waterloo Park. ÒIt lives up to its name,Ó he said. Below, festival-goers sample sauces from My Chihuahua Bites of Austin. Some likeHOT it A By Omar Gamboa The Austin Chronicle hosted the 21st ty near campus and gather food do-Daily Texan Staff annual Hot Sauce Festival at Waterloo nations, said Erin Collier, market-Park. A number of restaurants, com-ing director for the Austin Chroni¥hot day in the triple digits mercial bottlers and individual chefs cle. The festival raises food donations didnÕt stop people from enjoy-hosted their own tents offering samples in conjunction with the Capital Area ing a diverse range of even hot-of their signature hot sauces. Food Bank for Central Texas families ter sauces Sunday afternoon. The Chronicle hoped to provide live- SAUCE continues on PAGE 2 ly entertainment for the communi- Threat of hurricane brings out humanity in New York citizens EditorÕs Note: Amber Genuske is a former Texan Life and Arts editor who recently moved to Brooklyn, New York for an internship. HereÕs her ac¥count of Hurricane Irene. By Amber Genuske Daily Texan Guest Columnist Though her presence was brief and her might overestimated, IreneÕs predicted power was enough for New Yorkers to recognize the hu¥manity of the other 8 million peo¥ple they share the city with. It is amusing and slightly dis¥heartening that it takes a natu¥ral disaster for residents to identi¥fy their mortality, and in turn, the mortality of those around them. When New Yorkers are forced to slow down for one damn minute and focus on preparing hurricane ÒgoÓ bags full of basic survival gear, they take off the blinders that guide their daily lives and become actual humans again. On Friday and Saturday, peo¥ple purchasing nonperishable food items, bottled water and batteries packed grocery stores. As people stood in lines for up to 30 minutes, they removed their usual public¥space bubbles and cross-checked their items with others, offering ad¥vice on the most secure place in an apartment and always saying Òbe safeÓ before they parted ways. Around 8 p.m. on Saturday, be¥fore the storm started to really pick up, I walked to my neighborhood NEW YORK continues on PAGE 6 Northeast deals with floods, power loss By Beth Fouhy & Samantha Gross The Associated Press NEW YORK Ñ Stripped of hur¥ricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power Ñ but an unfazed New York was relieved that it was nothing like the night¥mare authorities feared. Slowly, the East Coast surveyed the damage, up to $7 billion by one private estimate, and worried of danger still lurking: the possibility of rivers and streams swelling with rainwater and overflowing over the next few days. ÒThis is not over,Ó President Ba¥rack Obama said from the Rose Garden. Meanwhile, the nationÕs most populous region looked to a new week and the arduous process of getting back to normal. New York lifted its evacuation order for 370,000 people and said it hoped to have its subway, shut down for the first time by a natu- Peter Morgan | Associated Press A New York City taxi is stranded in deep water on ManhattanÕs West Side as Tropical Storm Irene passes through the city on Sunday. ral disaster, rolling again Monday, At least 19 people died in the though maybe not in time for the storm, most of them when trees morning commute. Philadelphia crashed through roofs or onto restarted its trains and buses. cars. ÒAll in all,Ó New York Mayor Mi-The main New York power com¥chael Bloomberg said, Òwe are in pretty good shape.Ó STORM continues on PAGE 6 WORLD&NATION 3 Monday, August 29, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Austin Myers, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com Suicide bomb kills 29 in Iraqi mosque By Lara Jakes The Associated Press BAGHDAD Ñ A suicide bomb¥er blew himself up inside BaghdadÕs largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago. Iraqi security officials said parlia¥ment lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi, a Sunni, was among the dead in the 9:40 p.m attack. Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, a spokesman for BaghdadÕs mil¥itary operations command, con¥firmed the bombing happened in¥side the Um al-Qura mosque dur¥ing prayers in the western Baghdad neighborhood of al-Jamiaah. The blue-domed building is the largest Sunni mosque in Baghdad. Two security officials and medics at two Baghdad hospitals put the ca¥sualty toll at 29 dead and 38 wound¥ed. All spoke on condition of ano¥nymity because they were not au¥thorized to release the information. No group immediately claimed responsibility for SundayÕs bombing, but suicide attacks generally are a hallmark of al-Qaida, which is dom¥inated by Sunnis. Intelligence offi¥cials have speculated that al-Qaida will do almost anything to re-ignite sectarian violence, but the group re¥cently had focused on attacking Iraqi security forces and the government to prove how unstable Iraq remains. ÒI heard something like a very se¥vere wind storm, with smoke and darkness, and shots by the guards,Ó said a shaken Mohammad Mustafa, who was inside the mosque and was hit in the hand by shrapnel. ÒHow could this occur?Ó he said. ÒIs al-Qaida able to carry out their acts against worshippers? How did this breach happen?Ó That the bomber detonated his explosives vest inside the mosque is particularly alarming, as it is remi¥niscent of a 2006 attack on a Shiite shrine in the Sunni city of Samarra that fueled widespread sectarian vi¥olence and nearly ignited a nation¥wide civil war. In that strike, Sunni militants planted bombs around the Samarra shrine, destroying its signa¥ture gold dome and badly damaging the rest of the structure. The attack hit Sunnis who were praying in a special service during the holy Muslim month of Rama¥dan, which ends Tuesday. It dem¥onstrates anew that security mea¥sures to protect Iraqis as U.S. forces prepare to leave remain riddled with gaps, and shows the extent to which militants want to extend violence even as the eight-year- U.S. presence winds down. The strike happened hours after the U.N.Õs outgoing top diplomat in Iraq said the government in Bagh¥dad must determine whether its se¥curity forces are strong enough to thwart violence before requiring U.S. troops to leave at the end of the year. In his last interview after two years in Baghdad, U.N. envoy Ad Melkert said Iraqi security forces have made Òclear improvementsÓ but declined to say if he thinks they are ready to protect the country without help from the American military. ÒItÕs up to the government, really, to assess if it is enough to deal with the risks that are still around,Ó Melk¥ert said to The Associated Press. ÒObviously, security remains a very important issue.Ó The U.S. and Iraqi governments are negotiating how many American troops might stay, and what role they would play, in a mission that has al¥ready lasted more than eight years. A 2008 security agreement between Baghdad and Washington requires all U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by Dec. 31, but the countryÕs shaky se¥curity situation and vulnerability to Iranian influence has prompted pol¥iticians on both sides to buck wide¥spread public disapproval and re¥consider the deadline. A decision on whether U.S. troops will remain is not expected for several weeks at least, and the American mil¥itary is already starting to pack up to leave. About 46,000 U.S. troops cur¥rently are in Iraq. The White House has offered to keep up to 10,000 there. Violence has dropped dramatical¥ly across Iraq from just a few years ago, but deadly attacks still happen nearly every day. California lawmaker considers banning Styrofoam in diners By Sheila V. Kumar The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ñ Res¥taurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in CaliforniaÕs state Legisla¥ture to ban the plastic foam contain¥ers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of dollars in an industry where profit margins already are razor thin. BJÕs Kountry Kitchen, in the heart of CaliforniaÕs farm country, uses about 26,000 of the 9-inch foam clam¥shells a year, mostly for takeout by the customers who come in for the restau¥rantÕs popular breakfast omelets. ÒWe put cheese on those omelets. And when we put the cheese on, itÕs really hot and bubbly and it goes right through the biodegradable stuff,Ó he said. He expects his costs would more than double if the state requires him to use only biodegradable cartons. The bill by Democratic state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, would prohibit res¥taurants, grocery stores and other vendors from dispensing food in ex¥panded polystyrene containers, com¥monly known as Styrofoam, begin¥ning in 2016. If signed into law, the measure would make California the first to institute a statewide ban on such containers. More than 50 Cal¥ifornia cities and counties already have similar bans. The bill would exempt school dis¥tricts and city and county jurisdic¥tions if they implemented programs that recycled more than 60 percent of their foam waste. Lowenthal said litter from the foam containers is one of the most abundant forms of debris found in city streets, sewers and beaches. ÒItÕs not biodegradable, itÕs not compostable, and if itÕs in the wa¥ter for a long time, it breaks up into small beads and lasts for thousands of years. It costs millions to clean up beaches,Ó he said. San Francisco banned polysty¥rene containers in 2007, but the cityÕs ingrained emphasis on con¥servation made the switch relatively easy, said Rob Black, executive di¥rector of the Golden Gate Restau¥rant Association. Opponents of the bill say it fails to address the root cause of litter Ñ the litterers themselves. Litterbugs will toss out the containers whether theyÕre made of polystyrene or bio¥degradable cardboard, said Michael Westerfield, corporate director of re¥cycling for Dart Container. ÒAt the end of the day, people that litter donÕt care what type of product theyÕre littering,Ó he said. Styrene, a chemical used to make the foam containers, was listed as Òreasonably anticipatedÓ to be a hu¥man carcinogen in the U.S. Depart¥ment of Health and Human Servic¥esÕ Report on Carcinogens, issued in June. The report lists substances that are reasonably anticipated or known to put people at risk for cancer. Yet the danger of styrene leaching out is low, said John Bucher, associ¥ate director of the National Toxicol¥ogy Program, a division of the feder¥al agency. ÒThe risks, in my estimation, from polystyrene are not very great,Ó he said. ÒItÕs not worth being concerned about.Ó 4 OPINION Monday, August 29, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com Launching with uncertainty The Longhorn Network launched Friday afternoon to cheer¥ing crowds on the South Mall and Gregory Gym, but their echoes were barely audible beyond the 40 Acres. A lack of major television carriers ensured that the opening commercial featuring Matthew McConaughey nodding and flash¥ing the Hook Õem sign at various angles was left primarily for You-Tube fans. Verizon Ñ so far the largest carrier Ñ will not begin coverage until Sept. 1. And while a slew of smaller cable companies have also joined on, the big names such as Time Warner, Dish Net¥work and DirecTV have yet to commit. The network has brought about much controversy since its Janu¥ary announcement. With TexasÕ fertile football recruiting grounds, Big 12 Conference counterparts raised legitimate concerns of the network showing high school games for the fear of biasing future recruits. The University Interscholastic League, which coordinates extracurricular competitions from football to calculator to choir for 2.2 million Texas high school students a year, is run through UTÕs Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. There was also an uproar when ESPN announced that in addition to broadcasting UTÕs matchup against Rice, they plan to show a Big 12 game. While some of the matters have been temporarily resolved, the objective concerns compounded with less objective concerns sur¥rounding burnt-orange greed and arrogance have left our friends in College Station pining to bolt the Big 12 for the SEC. The Longhorn Network, first and foremost, is a financial agree¥ment. ESPNÕs belief in UTÕs football success and a fan base of about 450,000 alumni and many more equally-important T-shirt wear¥ers is what prompted them to sign into a deftly-negotiated, 20-year contract that guarantees the University $300 million. This means while ESPN will likely have to deal with the fiscal red that comes with launching a new network, UT will rake in about $10 million for the first five years, half of which is reportedly set aside for academics. Geoff Leavenworth, special assistant to the president, confirmed that UT is seeking the UT SystemÕs approval for five $1-million endowed chairs in Latin American art history and criticism, philosophy, physics, mathematics and African and African Diaspora studies. Money for endowed chairs is invested, and the interest is typically used to attract faculty members with higher pay. The allocation of money has been made by the presi¥dent with the consultation of the provost. Athletics is still the focal point of the new network, which can provide UT football with a distinct recruiting advantage. Increased television access into practices, scrimmages, drills and workouts can push a fringe player into a potential draft pick. That promise is likely enough to turn an aspiring NFL player into a Longhorn after high school. Non-football athletes will also be major beneficiaries, whose relative lack of exposure is simply because their sports do not cater to 100,000-seat stadiums and a $2.5-billion industry. Net¥work subscribers can be exposed to compelling, under-the-radar athletes such as Rachael Adams, Bobby Hudson, Blaire Luna and Jackson Wilcox. Yet the hoopla that surrounds the increased exposure and cash flow for the University overshadows a hidden reality, which is that few athletics departments in the country are more respon¥sible for spearheading the athletics arms race than UT. Last year, only 22 athletic departments in the country were self-sufficient. If you count those that pay their own administrative fees, such as accounting, security and parking, that number becomes only a handful. Keeping up athletically with the likes of UT can have its costs, and in many places, that falls on students and parents. Increased revenue is often complemented with increased spending. A little more than 24 hours before the launch of the net¥work, the Board of Regents approved an increase in the total cost of a renovation of the athletics offices of the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, and the $18-million renovation jumped to a $34-million one. One of the reasons for the expansion includes Ònetwork infrastructure extensions [to] provide better coverage for UT athletic events,Ó according to the regentsÕ meeting agenda book. The network, which can be an excellent asset for the University, still faces many uncertainties. If the Big 12 falls apart over the net¥work, it may have fiscal implications that UT is not prepared for. The University is in a position like that of a talented individual in a band going solo. It can end up like Beyonce or Justin Timberlake, whose diversified solo careers outshadow outstanding group ones. It can end up like Nicole Scherzinger, who despite being the only vocal talent in The Pussycat Dolls, failed when it came to a solo career. Or it can end up like Fergie, who has complemented No. 1 hits with The Black Eyed Peas with some of her own. Currently UT is hoping to become a Fergie. Ñ Shabab Siddiqui for the editorial board. THE FIRING LINE A big win for students The University announced last week the addition of a student posi¥tion on the University Budget Council. Mark this one in the Òbig win for studentsÓ column. What started off as a seemingly unrealistic idea formally proposed to the administration two years ago by then-Student Government President Liam OÕRourke is now a full-fledged reality. The idea was picked back up in March by last yearÕs Student Government representatives, who passed a heavily-supported resolution calling again for this change. Current SG President Natalie Butler followed through and continued advocating for the change through the summer, and weÕre now seeing the surprising potential of strong, responsible, well-organized student activism. It sent a resounding message to our administrators, and they answered accordingly. However, the student UBC member will be selected each year by the administration, and weÕre already beginning to hear the rumblings of cautious skepticism among students. The concerns being voiced are entirely legitimate. Could this student position be filled with a passive student who doesnÕt aggressively advocate on studentsÕ behalf? It is indeed a possibility. Although the position will be held this year by a democratically elected SG president, we canÕt expect that this will always be the case. I hope that future student members of UBC will commit to meeting regularly with student members of various budgetary entities. The student member of UBC must be held accountable by his or her peers to represent student interests earnestly and faithfully. Otherwise, this victory amounts to little more than a meaningless charade. Students must be aware of who is representing them, and two-way channels of communication must be established from the start. Matt Portillo Former Student Government representative AustinÕs first medical school By Samian Quazi Daily Texan Columnist Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa won unanimous ap¥proval from the UT System Board of Regents on Thursday for a framework expanding higher education. One of the frameworkÕs goals, to Òadvance medical education and re¥search in Austin,Ó could be a major boon for our campus. UT should establish its own foundations for AustinÕs first medical school. CigarroaÕs health care education-related goals pertain to Austin and the Rio Grande Valley. The rapidly-growing valley has historically also been one of the stateÕs most impoverished and medically underserved. Taking its cues from the multimillion-dollar investment plans in Cigar¥roaÕs framework, UT-Brownsville will use the funds to build a simulation teaching hospital, create a biomedical research program and increase residency slots in a delib¥erate effort to establish a medical school there. The chancellorÕs plan also redirects resources to UT and stipulates the goal to Òadvance medical education and re¥search in Austin.Ó State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, in¥terpreted these guidelines as an endorsement of an Aus¥tin-based medical school, and he issued a press release stating heÕd issue his own plan to our community to get ready for such an institution. A ÒUT-Austin College of MedicineÓ would have tre¥mendous support from its links to the downtown hospi¥tals and departments on the Austin campus. Our nursing school, of which I am a student, is immensely fortunate to have two hospitals (Brackenridge and St. DavidÕs) within blocks of our campus building. UT-Austin medical stu¥dents would certainly appreciate the insight from our stu¥dents in related health care disciplines, such as nursing and pharmacy. AustinÕs national stature as one of the fastest growing cities makes UTÕs lack of a medical school all the more glaring. Among the 10 largest public university campuses by enrollment, only ours and Arizona State University lack an affiliated medical school. Among the nationÕs 25 most populated cities, Austin shares the dubious distinc¥tion with San Jose and Charlotte as the only cities lacking a medical school. And, of course, Austin remains the only city in Texas with more than 500,000 residents that lacks a medical school. There are many policies the state can implement to address the chronic inequities in access to health care. Texas needs to follow the cascade of other states nation¥wide in removing barriers on advanced practice nurses that restrict their full and autonomous scope of practice. It should meaningfully restructure Medicaid payments so the programÕs patients do not lose access to health care providers. But increasing the supply of physicians also remains a critical target for Central Texas. According to the Texas Department of Health, Travis County is partially desig¥nated as an area with a shortage of primary care health professionals. Adjacent Williamson and Hays counties have been designated as Òmedically underservedÓ because of the ratio of physicians to people. As the stream of new residents flocking to Austin, Georgetown and Round Rock flows unabated, the phy¥sician shortage will only get worse. UT should take the lead in securing funding for a medical school campus building, residency slots and medical faculty to ensure long-overdue growth and service to the community. If UT-Brownsville, whose endowment is a tiny fraction of ours, can show remarkable determination in its quest for a medical school, why canÕt we? Samian is a nursing graduate student. Write for The Daily Texan By You Daily Texan Columnist Have something to say? Say it in print Ñ and to the entire campus. The Daily Texan Editorial Board is currently accepting ap¥plications for columnists and car¥toonists. WeÕre looking for talent¥ed writers and artists to provide as much diversity of opinion as possible. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to apply. Writing for the Texan is a great way to get your voice heard. Our columnistsÕ and reportersÕ work is often syndicated nationwide, and every issue of the Texan is a historical document archived at the Center for American History. 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If you have any additional questions, please contact Viviana Aldous at (512) 232-2212 or editor@dailytexanonline.com. You can be a Daily Texan columnist or car¥toonist. SUBMIT A GUEST 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 re¥serves the right to edit all columns for clarity, brevity and liability. Your words can be here. 6 NEWS Monday, August 29, 2011 NEW YORK continues from PAGE 1 State funding cuts mean counties bodega, SmithÕs Grocery, to get room window on the third floor of storm had passed, I walked around one last round of supplies before a four-story brownstone. my neighborhood to observe pick up the tax bill, officials say dedicating myself to a three-per-When the death toll reached the destruction but was instead son hurricane party of pasta, cook-eight, the storm became real. Our met with streets filled with fall¥ ies and Irene cocktails in my apart-Irene cocktails that swirled in our en branches, the occasional busted ment in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. martini glasses started to taste bit-tree and people with similar hopes Ifcourtsorhealthservices I donÕt know how many times ter at the thought that we would of post-hurricane-carnage. IÕveboughtasixpackorasnack be weathering a storm that had al-I made it a pointto go check from that corner-store bodega. As ready taken lives. onmycornerbodegacashier.The goundertheknife,districts still struggle to fund them most convenience-store conver-I began to question my choice of man at the counter was not the sations go, the cashier and I nev-sustenance which consisted of an-same who held down the fort for By Nicole Sanseverino er extended past an exchange of imalcrackers,nutsandhummus SmithÕs Grocery and was confused Daily Texan Staff requests for items and cash. This and various soda bottles, bowls when I asked how his fellow em-As the federalgovernmentand night though, the cashier said his and pots filled with tap water. I ployeeÕsnightwas.Thoughwhen Texas Legislature shave millions off bossrequiredthestoretobeopen doubted the longevity of the lem-he assured me that the other ca¥their operating budgets, the cost for allnight despitebeing located in on-scentedcandlethatwebegan shier was okay and I turned to vital programs and services Ñ in¥ an evacuation zone. burning hours before it got dark leave, he said thank you for check¥cluding Health and Human Ser- Becausethecashierwasgoing because we liked the smell. ing,andIcouldseethesincerity vices and the courts Ñ are shift¥ to have to brave the storm alone, Thankfully, my sub-par prepa-in his eyes. edlocallytocounties,accordingto it made me take an extra moment rationworkedinmyfavorwhen Some dedicated bodega em¥county officials. to ensure he was going to be OK. Irene turned out to be a glori-ployees stood their ground, other Countyofficialsrepresenting189 The Òwall of waterÓ catchphrase fied rain storm with wind gusts peopleovercompensatedwithful¥of TexasÕ 254 counties gathered at the Mary Kang |Daily Texan Staff in the media and the look of pure up to 65 mph. Really, it was more ly-stocked go bags, though, most, Post-LegislativeConferenceinAustin Senator John Cornyn speaks with Shelby county judge Rick Campbell distressinhiseyesmademerec-of a disappointment to not be like me, prepared just the basics lastweektodiscusswhathappenedat after the Post-Legislative Conference onFridaymorning. ognize the frailty of a street-lev-able to use the candle for its in-and sipped on a version of an Irene the82ndTexasLegislatureandwhat el bodega in a hurricane, and it tended purpose or to rely on a cocktail as the hurricane degraded it means as they prepare their budgets TravisCountyCommissionerRon theyÕre willing to pay a penny more made me recognize the frailty of tub filled with water to flush my into a rain storm. But, at least for for the upcoming fiscal year. Davis. ÒTaxpayers will complain if in taxes to get those services.Ó thecashier. toilet. More importantly, though thisweekend,Irenecametotown ÒWhat the Legislature does trick-we cut services. On the other hand, Davis said Travis County is ex- Back at my apartment, my Irene made me question my sub-and whipped New Yorkers into a lesdowntothecountylevel,Ósaid they will complain if I raise taxes. Ul-ploring all efficiency and cost-cut¥ roommate, my friend and I tracked par preparation, it didnÕt make state of altruism. As temporary as PaulSugg,thelegislativedirector timately,theblamewillgoon[the ting options. Counties rely on prop¥ the stormÕs progress through var-me regret it. Now, I have animal that state may be, I can only hope for the Texas Association of Coun-county] Ñ itÕs really a catch-22.Ó erty taxes to fund services, so in¥ ious news outlets as we listened crackers and cashews to last me that in place of those ensuring Òbe ties. ÒWhen the Legislature starts tothewindpickupandtherain two weeks. safesÓ will be a heightened sense of cutting programs thatthey fund, creasedcoststhatarepasseddown grow stronger outside my living Sunday afternoon when the the humanity of this city. that tends to devolve on [the coun-property taxpayer. tiesÕ]backssowearealwayswor-Davis said he doesnÕt want to in¥ried about what happens at the ap-crease the propertytax rate in Trav¥propriationsprocess.Ó Taxpayers will complain is County. The fiscal year begins Oct. During this session,state legisla-1, and county officials, such as Davis, from the state ultimately impact the STORM continues from PAGE 1 if we cut services. On the tors cut historic preservation grants will have one month to balance the by85percent, from $9 million to budget.However,theirrealconcern pany, Consolidated Edison, didnÕt ÒJust another storm,Ósaid Scott InEssexCounty,authoritiesused other hand, they will Ò havetogothroughwithaplanto Beller, who was at a LoweÕs hard-a five-ton truck to ferry people funds by 72 percent, from $35 mil-ÒWeÕre riding this out with an eye $1.4 million; decreased local library is much further in the future. cutelectricitytolowerManhattan ware store in the Long Island ham-away from their homes as the Pas¥ complain if I raise taxes. to protect its equipment. And two let of Centereach, looking for a gen-saic River neared its expected crest million previously allocated to re-there is a county consensus out there lion to $10 million; and cut all $9 forward to 2013,Ó Sugg said. ÒI think pillarsoftheneighborhoodcame erator because his power was out. Sunday night. integrationprogramsforoffenders, Ñ Ron Davis, Travis County Comissioner that the 2013 legislative session is go¥ through the storm just fine: The The Northeast was spared the As the East Coast cleans up, it according to a comparison chart ing to be much worse.Ó New York Stock Exchange said urban nightmare some had wor-canÕt afford to get too comfortable. on Texas Association of CountiesÕ Senator John Cornyn made an ap¥ itwouldbeopenforbusinesson ried about Ñ crippled infrastruc-Off the coast of Africa is a batch website. pearance at the conference and said Monday, and the Sept. 11 memo-ture, stranded people and windows of cloudsthatcomputermodels The Texas Legislature cut total rial at the World Trade Center site blown out of skyscrapers. Early as-say will probably threaten the East expendituresby5percentfromlast ElnaChristopher,aspokeswoman asÕ future, citing an average annual he remains optimistic about Tex¥ didnÕt lose a single tree. sessments showed Òit wasnÕt as bad Coast 10 days from now, said Max session. ThatÕs a total of $236 mil-for the Texas Association of Counties, job growth of 3.6 percent since 1990, ThecenterofIrenepassedover as we thought it would be,Ó New Mayfield, director of the National lionlessinstatespending.Ifcoun-said cutting funding to services like whichismarkedlyhigherthanthe Central Park at midmorning with the Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. HurricaneCenter.Thehurricane ty officials decide to continue pro-the court system is not an option. nationÕs average of 1 percent. storm packing 65 mph winds. 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In San Antonio, the thermome¥ter rose to 110 degrees on Saturday Ñ one degree shy of a 2000 record. And the National Weather Service expects the city to hit 111 degrees on Sunday. Dallas and Austin are marching on with triple-digit heat that has per¥sisted all month. Meanwhile, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which monitors the electric grid and manages the market for 75 percent of the state, is calling for conservation as electricity usage breaks new records. The council ex¥pects to set another peak demand re¥cord on Monday or Tuesday. Ñ Associated Press By Christina Rosales The Dallas Morning News DALLAS (AP) Ñ Sitting in a cir¥cle at the Dallas County Jail one eve¥ning, 20 women tell their stories of heartache, danger and hope. One woman describes how sheÕs been abused in a relationship. Another ad¥mits to addiction and prostitution. A third woman explains why she is addicted to crack cocaine: guilt. With loved ones telling her she was a bad parent, she has succumbed to the drugs. ÒI may not have been the best mother,Ó she says, Òbut what was I?Ó ÒA mother,Ó her fellow inmates reply, as though in a church con¥gregation. The women in this life skills class are part of Resolana, a nonprofit that educates and empowers wom¥en behind bars. The inmates listen to one another in a safe space and, in effect, build their own communi¥ty. They are given the opportunity to nurture and be nurtured Ñ and they help one another on their diffi¥cult journeys to sobriety and safety. This past spring, Kays Tower at the Dallas County Jail launched a pilot program in which women who participate in Resolana classes are placed in the same living unit. Inmates take classes in art, yoga and parenting, as well as Alcoholics Anonymous sessions. Previously, women lived in different units and only saw one another in class. As many as 64 inmates live in the unit on any given day. Since Reso¥lana started in 2006, about 1,000 women have gone through its pro¥gramming at the Dallas Coun¥ty Jail. In Dallas County, taxpay¥ers pay $57.49 a day per inmate in jail. ResolanaÕs goal is to use private donations and grants to invest in the women Ñ $10 per woman per class last year Ñ in hopes of keep¥ing them from returning to jail, ul¥timately saving taxpayer money. ÒThese are delightful women,Ó says Bette Buschow, the programÕs founder. That might explain the 60 hours a week logged by volunteers. ÒThe women in jail are connected to all of us in some way. We all have a stereotype in our mind of what women behind bars must be. They donÕt fit that stereotype Ñ at least not the ones who come to class.Ó BuschowÕs first encounter with women behind bars came in 2003, when she attended a Lockhart Cor¥rectional Facility graduation cer¥emony for women who had tak¥en classes similar to ResolanaÕs. Buschow was moved by the inmatesÕ speeches. She volunteered with arts and literacy programs in Austin and Dallas jails, and then founded Reso¥lana, which in Spanish means Òsun¥ny side of the plaza.Ó Introductory classes take place about every two weeks for as many as 12 women. The turnover rate of Resolana is high, because the wom¥en are in a county jail, not a state prison. Buschow hopes ResolanaÕs bud¥get will grow from $157,000 to $320,000 in two years. She wants to hire more staff and establish a re¥source center near the jail. There is no report on recidivism rates among Resolana alumnae because the organization has not had re¥sources to track women once they are released. In three decades, the number of women in state and federal prisons has grown by 325 percent. In 1979, 16 in every 100,000 women were incarcerated. Today the number is 68 in every 100,000. The number of men has increased by 137 percent. In 1979, 402 men in every 100,000 were incarcerated. Today the num¥ber is 954 in every 100,000. According to Joycelyn Pollock, a criminal justice professor at Tex¥as State University in San Marcos, 75 percent of women in prison and jail are mothers of children young¥er than 18. Chesney-Lind says the criminal justice system needs to recognize that the needs of female offenders are different from their male coun¥terpartsÕ. In general, menÕs drug use can be attributed to risk-taking ten¥dencies or the need for adventure. For women, Chesney-Lind says, ÒItÕs self-medication. They have unhealthy relationships with men. These women are not a public safe¥ty risk.Ó Jeri Blankenship, 38, searches for a dark green marker. She wants to draw a picture of her eyes for art class. Ivonne Acero, a volunteer teacher, has told her and the others to journal about something posi¥tive in their lives and then to draw. Blankenship draws green eyes at the top of her page. Then green grass. Then the word ÒFREEDOM.Ó     The information below is considered directory information. 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For details about educational records and official communications with the University see         8 SPORTS Monday, August 29, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Trey Scott, Sports Editor | (512) 232 2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com SIDELINE MLB Longhorns overcome rising temperature with win By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff Despite the record heat at Mike A. Myers Sta¥dium, Texas continued its offensive attack on Cal State Northridge through the full 90 minutes of play to win with a score of 5-1. While the temperature reached about 108 degrees, players were subjected to 117 degree heat on the grass. The heat wasnÕt the only thing that tested their endurance Sunday af¥ternoon Ñ Texas had just arrived back home after playing a Friday night game on the road. The Longhorns also won that contest convinc¥ingly with a 3-0 shutout of the Georgia Bulldogs. ÒOn Friday, you get the confidence of going on the road and winning, and winning against a good team,Ó said head coach Chris Petrucelli. ÒThen, Sundays are at times difficult to handle because of the quick turnaround, and certainly the heat today made that harder, but knowing that you can handle that situation gives you confidence going forward.Ó Confidence was a big factor throughout the game, highlighted by the driving attack of the Tex¥as offense that continued until the last minute of the game. This win marks the first time in program history that Texas has won by three or more points in three consecutive games. Senior Kylie Doniak from Chino Hills, Calif., led the powerful offensive. Doniak scored two goals, both in the second half and assisted senior Taylor SOCCER continues on PAGE 10 Kylie Doniak leads Texas to victory with two goals By Wes Maulsby The senior had an assist and with a goal in the 12th minute said Texas head coach Chris Daily Texan Staff two goals in reduced time be-with Doniak providing the assist. Petrucelli. ÒShe pressured the cause of the heat on Sunday. She started the play by taking the ball, won the ball, got out to end Texas got strong performanc¥ ÒWeÕre really close and have ball to the end line and laying a line, hit it back across to Taylor. es across the board in its 5-1 win good chemistry and know cross in front of the keeper for It was a great effort by Kylie.Ó against Cal State Northridge, but where each other are going,Ó senior Taylor Knaack to finish. Texas took a 2-0 lead into the none of them were as strong as TWEET OF THE DAY Doniak said. ÒKylie actually did the work, Kylie Doniak Kylie DoniakÕs. DONIAK continues on PAGE 10 Texas got on the board early really did the work for the ball,Ó Forward VOLLEYBALL RECAP VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW BURNT ORANGE CLASSIC ISRAEL AT NO. 4 TEXAS Young Horns look to learn, win in rematch with Israel By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff SPORTS TexasÕ volleyball season got BRIEFLY off to a promising start in the Burnt Orange Classic, with wins against Pepperdine and Trey Hardee wins second-straight world decathlon championship Ole Miss. But the Longhorns then ran into an older and more expe- On Sunday, former Longhorn Trey Hardee defended his world rienced Israeli national team championship decathlon title in istry would be a work in prog¥ in exhibition play on Satur- Deagu with a points total of 8,607. day and fell in five sets 12-25, ress for the team, and in the He is the third athlete in IAAF de¥ 25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 13-15. weekend tournament, that The loss was in spite of proved to be true, with mul¥ stellar play from senior All-tiple lineups seeing the floor. American Rachael Adams, Going into todayÕs game, who led the team with 12 kills the team will look to estab¥ cathlon history to win the event con¥ secutively. He began the day in sec¥ ond place to Ashton Eaton, but his 49.89-meter discus throw brought him closer to the lead. Easton won on 19 swings and hit .579. lish a steadier lineup, but it silver, giving the United States its first one-two finish in the event at Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff Texas also received strong will continue to be a work in Senior Sydney Yogi digs for a ball while freshman Khat Bell watches. The Horns won two of their three performances from fresh-progress. the world championships. Easton games over the weekend and have a rematch with Israel tonight. man Khat Bell who had 14 ÒWeÕre still unsure of what finished with 8,505 points and did not perform well in the javelin, pole kills, five blocks and 6 digs. our lineup is going to be,Ó El- Freshmen shine in first games of the season Sophomore Bailey Webster liott said. ÒWe want to make vault and discus. chipped in a big way as well, sure we have the right group His 4.80-meter clearance in the with eight kills and a .375 at-of players who can work to¥ pole vault and a personal best jave¥ tack percentage. gether. Ultimately, the tough By Lauren Giudice could not catch up, with the final score ending lin throw of 68.99-meters aided him Coming into the season, teams are the great teams, and Daily Texan Staff up at 25-16. The fourth and final set was closer, but Rachael AdamsÕ kill ended the set 25-22. Tex¥ even further to victory. He had a time if 4:45.68 in the 1,500-meter. the team had a very new mix thatÕs attitude and heart.Ó of players, with three fresh-Texas showed plenty of at-The Longhorns finished their first three as finished with 20 blocks in the game. ÒI think it just really says a lot men expecting to see signif-titude and heart in its first games of the season strong with ÒWe have a young team, and that an athlete goes in and wins two consecutive world champion¥ icant playing time, and mul-game against Israel after two wins and one loss at the Burnt Orange Classic this past weekend. Ò we knew that there were going tiple players coming off of quickly dropping the first to be some hiccups in terms of ships,Ó said Texas menÕs track and injuries that forced them set 12-25, which includ¥how they adjust to things,Ó El¥ field head coach Bubba Thornton. ÒI to miss most of the 2010 ed a 16-1 run for Israel. Head coach Jerritt Elliott was liott said. ÒThere was just a lot of anxiety on the floor early donÕt think thereÕs anything else to season. eager to see how TexasÕ fresh- We have a young team, men would fit in with the rest of say. WeÕre excited for him. It speaks ISRAEL continues on PAGE 10 So it was known that chem¥on, and we werenÕt playing to volumes for our program.Ó the squad. Safe to say, newcom-and we knew that there --Lauren Giudice our level, but also you get so ers Khat Bell and Haley Ecker¥ man were up for the task, help¥ used to a certain style in your were going to be some gym that it is hard to make ing the No. 4 Longhorns to two hiccups in terms of how wins and one loss in the first those adjustments. This early in the season, there three games of the season. they adjust to things. are some changes that still need Friday nightÕs game against to be made, and the final line¥ up is still unclear.Ó Sophomore Hannah Allison settle in, things will get even Pepperdine resulted in a 3-1 vic-Ñ Jerritt Elliot, head coach tory by the Longhorns, with Bell notching a team-high 16 kills while Eckerman had 12. The first set was very close with Ò multiple lead changes through-ÒThe first game is never necessarily smooth, but I out, but the Longhorns pulled out the 26-24 win think we had things exposed that we will be able to fix, and thatÕs encouraging,Ó she said. ÒBut we defi¥ nitely have some areas to improve on.Ó Adams, a senior, continued to play well on Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff when a kill by Bell finished the set. The second set was characterized by strong, aggressive play by the Waves, and they won the set 25-21. After a Freshman Haley Eckerman jumps for the ball during the Burnt CLASSIC continues on PAGE 10 Orange Classic over the weekend. Monday, August 29, 2011 SPORTS 9 THE STAT GUY HarsinÕs influence in Texas may be what offense needs By Hank South Daily Texan Staff ON THE WEB: Check out more content from Mack Brown has emphasized The Stat Guy online repeatedly the importance of @bit.ly/dt_sport third down conversions and red zone offense, two banes of TexasÕ existence in 2010. Out of 192 attempts, Texas only converted 77 third downs, a measly 40 percent. And in the red zone, the Longhorns scored just 23 touchdowns on 52 attempts from inside the 20-yard line Ñ a 44 percent success rate. So after an offseason of clean¥ing house, itÕs out with the old and in with the new. Co-offensive coordinator Bry- Bryan Harsin an Harsin was brought to Texas Offensive Coach this past winter to help the Long¥horns score. One of the top offen¥sive minds in the country, Harsin plane 47 times out of 68 attempts put together a strong body of (69 percent). work at Boise State and also Boise StateÕs effectiveness in Kin Man Hui |Associated Press helped the Broncos put up some crucial spots led to some big RoadrunnerÕs head football coach Larry Coker watches a drill before the teamÕs first-ever scrimmage. Coker is the former head coach at the big (and efficient) numbers. point totals. The Broncos aver- University of Miami and has not been questioned by the NCAA about allegations that his players in Miami received gifts from boosters. While Texas sputtered on third aged 45 points per game com¥downs and in the red zone last pared to TexasÕ 24. year, Boise State fared better. On ItÕs clear that Harsin knows how UTSA entering Division I this season despite controversy third down, the Broncos convert-to coach an offense, and heÕs done ed 75 times on 153 attempts Ñ a it with two- and three-star re¥50 percent rate. But with Harsin cruits. Now, Harsin gets to work By Paul Weber WAC invite caught UTSA a little Hickey said her trust in Coker the first game to attract a crowd calling the plays and quarterback with co-offensive coordinator The Associated Press by surprise. hasnÕt wavered. The NCAA said it big enough to hit ticket revenue Kellen Moore executing them Major Applewhite, another young But far worse timing Ñ and has been investigating Miami for goals for the entire season. correctly, they faced a third-down coaching star, and the esteemed Welcome to big-time college blindsiding UTSA even more Ñ five months, and Hickey said sheÕs Around 10,000 season tick¥situation 40 fewer times than the recruiting classes Texas hauls in football, Texas-San Antonio Road-were allegations this month that reassured that never in time has ets have been sold. For SaturdayÕs Longhorns. And remember Tex-year after year. It shouldnÕt be too runners. some of CokerÕs former players at Coker been contacted. opener against Northeastern State, asÕ poor red zone success rate? Up long before Texas returns to of- Sort of. Miami were treated to improper ÒI would surmise that (the $6 tickets could be had through north, HarsinÕs Broncos broke the fensive prominence. ÒItÕs kind of like going from a Ca-benefits by a Hurricanes booster NCAA) doesnÕt see his time there coupon discounter Living Social. dillac to an economy car,Ó said for-who is now serving a 20-year pris-as a major factor or his relation-UTSA believes a crowd of 50,000 mer Oklahoma State offensive line-on sentence Coker has denied any ship with (Shapiro),Ó Hickey said. is in reach, with attendance ex¥man Patrick Hoog, who transferred knowledge of the scandal that con-ÒOr through months of investiga-pected to fall around half that the 2010 STATISTICS to UTSA this fall. ÒBut itÕs still going victed Ponzi schemer Nevin Sha-tion, I would think there would remainder of the season. to get me where I want to go.Ó piro laid out to Yahoo! Sports. But have been a phone call to Larry Also opening the season Satur- Texas points per game: 24 The fifth new Division I team the allegations again put UTSA in Coker, and that hasnÕt happened.Ó day are the Texas Longhorns Ñ the Boise State points per game: 45 in the last three years, UTSA will the uncomfortable position of again The NCAA has added 19 new football heavyweights with their officially join the recent bonanza answering questions about CokerÕs football programs since 2009, and own $300 million network are TexasÕ rate of success on third downs: 77-192 (40 percent) of college football startups when past, and this time on the eve of cel-nearly as many more could launch just an hourÕs drive north in Aus- Boise StateÕs rate of success on third downs: 75-153 the Roadrunners play their first ebrating its historic opener. by 2014. Many are small universi-tin with no shortage of San Anto¥ (50 percent) game Saturday. They stand alone ÒItÕs really very hurtful. It really ties in college footballÕs lower tiers nio fans or alumni. ItÕs one of four as this seasonÕs sole newcomer to is. IÕll be quite honest about that,Ó Ñ such as NAIA or Division III Ñ times this season that UTSA and TexasÕ rate of success in the red zone: 23-52 (44 percent) the championship subdivision the Coker said. ÒAs I told our team, it but UTSA had no interest in start-Texas play at home on the same Boise StateÕs rate of success in the red zone: 47-68 highest level the NCAA allows for canÕt be a distraction. IÕm here, itÕs ing off slow. Future games with weekend, and Hickey concedes the (69 percent) first-year programs. where I want to be.Ó Oklahoma State and Arizona State Roadrunners may adjust kickoffs But by next year, UTSA and Coker won the BCS champi-have already been brokered. to avoid conflicts. coach Larry Coker will already be-onship at Miami in 2001, but he Hickey defends UTSAÕs plunge gin the process of moving to the struggled to find another job af-into football as sensible. Chief bowl teams Ñ a transition that ap-ter being fired in 2006 following was vaulting the prestige of the Come and enjoy a good Ôol time! pears to be the fastest climb ever a season marred by an infamous 28,000-student campus, which for into college footballÕs top tier. The sideline-clearing brawl and off-a decade has fought to shed the Enjoy free stuff from our sponsors & watch pace is so swift that the Roadrun-the-field violence. UTSA athlet-dismissive label of being a com¥ners still wonÕt have their own foot-ic director Lynn Hickey said the muter school. Money, at least for the game on a big screen tv under the tent!! ball fields when they join the new-school spent six months exhaus-now, isnÕt a major motivator: Hick¥ly realigned WAC in 2012. tively vetting Coker before hiring ey said the program will break The timing of last summerÕs him in 2009. even, and expects the novelty of           Everybody counts on having safe, effective medicine for anything from the common cold to heart disease. But making sure medications are safe is a complex and careful process. At PPD,        to help evaluate medications being developed Ð maybe like you. You must meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. We have research studies available in many different lengths, and youÕll Þnd current studies listed here weekly. 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With the lead at 3-1, and momentum shifting to Northridge, Do¥niak stepped up and gave Tex¥as control of the game again. Knaack received a pass up the sideline, beat her defend¥er and lobbed a cross into the box. From there, all Doniak had to do was win her one¥on-one with the only defend¥er in the box to put the ball in the net. ÒIt went my way today,Ó Do¥niak said, who now has four goals in four games. She is already half way to her sea¥son total of last year, where she totaled seven goals and has been a major part of Tex¥asÕ offensive explosion that has produced 11 goals in three games. SOCCER continues from PAGE 8 Knaack with a third early in the first half. The other two goals were scored by senior Lucy Keith in the first half and sophomore Lexi Harris in the second. Cal State NorthridgeÕs only goal came early in the second half, almost immediately after DoniakÕs first score of the afternoon. The MatadorsÕ Me¥lissa Fernandez scored off a mistake by the Texas backfield Ñ the teamÕs first real attempt all afternoon. What momentum the MatadorÕs had tried to build was quickly extinguished by Doniak who scored off a header from Knaak at 15 yards out. ÒI did have a good day, but it was my teammates who got me the ball,Ó Doniak said. ÒI was just happy to be in the position, to be able to make something for them and to reward all the hard work weÕve been doing.Ó Extra innings necessary in AstrosÕ 4-3 win SAN FRANCISCO Ñ Matt Downs was facing his former team and he insisted that carried no ex¥tra motivation. Downs delivered a go-ahead sin¥gle with one out in the 11th inning and the Houston Astros beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Sun¥day to salvage a four-game split. ÒHaving Downs get the winning hit against his former team was great,Ó AstrosÕ starter Bud Norris said. ÒI know heÕs on cloud nine.Ó It was also a special homecom¥ing for Norris, a Marin County na¥tive who was pitching in the Bay Area for the first time. ÒHe was back home and he was absolutely outstanding,Ó Hous¥ton manager Brad Mills said. ÒHe didnÕt want to come out and I didnÕt want him to come out, he was throwing that good.Ó Jose Altuve got things going with a one-out double against Ra¥mon Ramirez (2-3) and Downs followed with a single up the mid¥dle. Altuve was forced into action after slugger Carlos Lee left in the top of the ninth with a sprained right ankle, sustained sliding into second on a double. Mark Melancon (7-4) pitched the 10th and got the win de¥spite allowing Mark DeRosaÕs tying single. Houston went ahead 3-2 in the 10th on pinch-hitter Jason Mi¥chaelsÕ double, then the Giants came back again. Jordan Schafer lined a tying sin¥gle to right with two outs in the eighth against Matt Cain to help force extra innings. Aubrey Huff hit a tying RBI sin¥gle off Houston starter Bud Nor¥ris in the seventh to end a 0-for¥15 funk, and singled again in the ninth but the Giants didnÕt score. After Huff Õs initial hit in the sev¥enth, Norris received a mound vis¥it before giving up Orlando Cabre¥raÕs go-ahead sacrifice fly on the next pitch. Lee doubled against Sergio Romo in the ninth and hustled to beat the throw from right field. He came in hard to collide with short¥stop Cabrera. LeeÕs right leg bent and it appeared the spikes on his right shoe got caught on the bag. He grabbed his right ankle in pain as the training staff rushed out to help him off the field. Norris had only allowed one runner to reach second base be¥fore the Giants got to him for two runs in the seventh. ÑThe Associated Press CLASSIC continues from PAGE 8 Saturday in TexasÕ 3-1 victory Although the loss was dis¥against Ole Miss. Texas ended appointing, Elliott was happy the weekend with a 3-2 loss to with how the team played. the Israel National Team. Bell ÒWe have a lot of new play¥turned in 14 kills and soph-ers, and we got to see pret¥omore Bailey Webster had ty much everybody play,Ó he eight. said. ÒI thought weÕve gotten Sophomore Haley Camer-better in every match.Ó on, who started in the match, Adams said the team still was also impressive, tallying has some work to do, includ¥19 kills and hitting .405. ing for the middles to move ÒI think weÕre all doing great the ball around better. and settling into it because ÒWe have to hold our com¥these are our first games to-posure, even when the game gether,Ó said Cameron. ÒWeÕre is on the line,Ó Adams said. running our offense and get-ÒWe have to believe in our¥ting a lot of one-on-one op-selves. We have to fight. We portunities, and our setters have to learn how to fight.Ó are great for finding us.Ó ISRAEL continues from PAGE 8 After that set, though, lead and take the match, it the Longhorns clawed back, can take a lot of positives the winning the next set in close loss and will use the experi¥fashion. They took advan-ences to make them better. momentum to That can start today against take the third set as well. Israel, where the knowledge Even though Texas wasnÕt gained will be quickly put to to capitalize on that the test. Injured Foster is day-to-day, may be able to play in opener By Chris Duncan The Associated Press Houston Texans coach Gary Ku¥biak is optimistic Arian Foster will be ready for the regular-season opener after the star running back re-aggravated a hamstring injury in SaturdayÕs preseason game in San Francisco. Foster, the NFLÕs leading rush¥er in 2010, left the field in the first quarter of HoustonÕs 30-7 victory, favoring the left hamstring that he strained early in training camp. Foster sat out HoustonÕs preseason opener, then rushed five times for 47 yards and two touchdowns in the TexansÕ 27-14 win over New Or¥leans on Aug. 20. He was hurt on his day. ÒHopefully, we can get him er Geoff Kaplan offered a Òvery pos-er against Indianapolis. eighth carry against the 49ers. back on the rehab train, and get him itiveÓ outlook for FosterÕs recov-ÒUntil he hops back out there, ÒLooks like weÕre dealing with the ready for opening day. HeÕll be day-ery, though Kubiak stopped short thereÕs a concern,Ó Kubiak said. ÒBut same thing we were dealing with at to-day.Ó of saying Foster would definitely be it sounds like weÕre heading in the the start of camp,Ó Kubiak said Sun-Kubiak said head athletic train-healed in time for the Sept. 11 open-right direction.Ó Fashion Forward By Aleksander Chan Photos by Allen Otto A ustin Fashion Week came to a close this Saturday after a week of run¥way shows, charity events and fashionable parties. Each day of Fash¥ion Week was devoted to different categories, including showcases for Òedgy and eclecticÓ designers, swimwear and couture collections at the historic Driskill Hotel downtown. In its third year, Austin Fash¥ion Week featured menÕs and womenÕs clothing, jewelry and home decor and fea¥tured designers both established and up-and-coming from across the state. Pho¥tographers, hair stylists, makeup artists and models from all around the state also joined together for the weekÕs events. All participants, besides showcasing their works in the numerous shops and boutiques in town, also competed in the Austin Fashion Awards, divided between peopleÕs choice awards voted by the general public and industry awards voted by members of the Austin fashion community. This yearÕs winners include jewelry de¥signers Demian and Alex Vazquez for PeopleÕs Choice Best Designer and upscale boutique Estilo for Industry Choice Best Retailer. Hugs are shared after Wild Horses was awarded Best Mash Up Team at the 3rd Annual Austin Fashion Awards this past Saturday. Detailed black heels were worn with many outfits displayed at the Austin Fashion Awards. FOR THE We are currently hiring in all departments. Come sign up in the basement of HSM. DAILY Questions? E-mail us at managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com TEXAN ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. 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ÒI started Out of Bounds with an old troupe that I started in high school called Well Hung Jury,Ó Lamb said. ÒThen, right as I was graduating from school, we started this festival, and it was very small. We only did three or four nights worth of stuff on one stage, and over the years, it has just grown and exploded.Ó The growth of the show has not gone unnoticed by comedians around the nation, and Lamb said getting comedians to perform at Out of Bounds is mostly a matter of Òword-of-mouth among the per¥formers.Ó ÒWeÕve always tried to be really good to people traveling from out of town. They come from Chica¥go, Los Angeles, New York, Phila¥delphia, Seattle, wherever really, and each of those places has their own little stand-up or improv or sketch scene,Ó Lamb said. ÒThen they come to Austin and have a good audience and a good time and go back talking about how great it was here at Out Of Bounds.Ó For Lendo, the festival is another prime opportunity to perform. ÒIÕve been performing for six or seven years,Ó Lendo said. ÒEvery¥oneÕs always laughing and enjoy¥ing themselves, and as a comedian, I donÕt want to stop. I want to just keep going and going and never get off stage.Ó WHAT: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival WHERE: The Hideout Theatre WHEN: August 30th -Sept. 5th WEB: outofboundscomedy.com TICKETS: $0 -$25 for individual shows, $77 -$111 for festival passes VERTS continues from PAGE 14 of beef, chicken, a combination of 90 percent beef and 10 percent lamb, and a vegetarian option. Moving down the line, you can further customize your order with a salad of sorts to crown your meat selection. Opting for an eyeful of colors, a smattering of red peppers and tomatoes, violet cabbage, let¥tuce, crisp cucumbers, sweet yellow corn and VertsÕ house sauce, a com¥pleted sandwich is a visual marvel. As far as taste is concerned, the fresh vegetablesÕ mingling with the peppery meat and toasted pita is worth a mention. However, a don¥er kebap is not something you can eat neatly. About halfway into the sandwich, the nearly too-thin pita cracks and becomes unstable, causing a doner avalanche onto the unsuspecting surface below. Take extra napkins with you when you order this, ladies and gentle¥men. TheyÕre next to the register. The sandwich is sizeable and filling but not heavy. Verts doesnÕt offer sides gratis with the meal. In- SUMMER continues from PAGE 14 MemberÕs Only jackets. The ven¥ue, which is a combo of bar, ball room and amusements such as karaoke and bowling, also hosts a variety of themed dance parties on Saturdays. Check its event cal¥endar for more information. All summer, ACL Live has been hosting Wine Down Wednesday, an evening of live music, Clos du Bois vino and food from neigh¥boring 2nd Street restaurants, on the open patio of the Moody The¥ater. This Thursday will be the music venueÕs last summer hur¥rah and features music from Tje Austin, a local musician who com¥peted on the singing competition ÒThe Voice,Ó and food sampling from Malaga Tapas & Bar. Cool Treats Possibly one of the best ways to cool down during the summer is indulging in an ice cream cone. It is, after all, a ubiquitous signature of the season. While local favor¥ite frozen treats such as AmyÕs Ice Cream, GoodPop and Sno Beach suffice, thereÕs a new delight in town that ups the bar. Wanderlust stead, they have little fruit cups, carrot and celery cups, small bags of chips and chocolate-dipped strawberries, which are also served in a cup. But when your dine-in basket only contains a sandwich, it does leave a little to be desired, like a side of fries... maybe. Depending on your appetite, there may not be room for anything other than the doner anyway. VertsÕ atmosphere is, as men¥tioned before, minimalistic and modern, playing on a red, white, grey and black theme. The estab¥lishment, occupying the same lot that once was Hot Slice Pizza, is cramped, but the wooden wall seating helps accommodate the seemingly insatiable line of pa¥trons that forms at VertsÕ counter. Verts, on this visit, had a disc jockey setting up in the back. An intriguing touch, though unusual. Any way you slice it, Verts is a welcome addition to the UT res¥taurant culture and worth a vis¥it or two. Ice Cream and Sorbet offer a re¥freshing melt to the palate of ripe fruits and exotic concoctions of sweet, savory and tangy. Some of the best flavors for summer include peaches and cream, Vietnamese coffee, gin¥ger and brandy, and strawberry buttermilk for ice creams, and blueberry mint and mango lime for sorbets. The creams are made from naturally raised, pastured cows in Texas and locally-sourced fruits, veggies, herbs and free-range eggs. And the flavors are based on the seasonÕs freshest offerings. The company also boasts never using high-fructose corn syrup, additives or preservatives such as artificial coloring and flavors. They also always offer vegan, glu¥ten-free options. Specializinginartisanalicecream sundae bars for personal occasions, Wanderlust is more of a catering company than a store, but the ice creams are available for all on Sat¥urdays at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market and on Wednesday at the Triangle FarmersÕ Market. By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff Traditionally, August is regarded as something of a dumping ground for films, the place where the mov¥ies too atrocious to be released in the summer go to die a brief and pain¥less death at the box office before as¥cending to the afterlife of home vid¥eo. Unfortunately, ÒColombianaÓ is not an exception to the rule but rath¥er a staunch enforcer, reminding ev¥eryone just how terrible a rejected summer action movie released in the back end of August can be. ÒColombianaÓ plays out just like every revenge movie ever made, start¥ing with an extended prologue that finds a young Cataleya (Amandla Stenberg) seeing her parents gunned down before her eyes thanks to a ruthless criminal. After being taken in by her uncle (Cliff Curtis), Cata¥leya (now played by Zoe Saldana) be¥comes a ruthless killer, determined to track down her parentsÕ killers. From the very first scene, Luc Bes¥sonÕs screenplay begins straining un¥der the weight of its own story. As¥suming audiences must be familiar with the typical revenge film, Besson never bothers to explain exactly what kind of criminal the filmÕs villain is or ÒColombianaÓ Olivier Megaton Genre: Action Runtime: 107 minutes For those who like: ÒConan,ÓÒThe LosersÓ Grade: D why heÕs killing her parents or why exactly everyone in CataleyaÕs family is insanely proficient with guns, trust¥ing us to fill in the blanks from every other film like this. Even more than that, it dispens¥es entirely with the concept of char¥acter development, instead reducing its cast to a collection of plot points with faces. The entire supporting cast is assigned a single distinguishing de¥tail, be it the determined FBI agent (Lennie James) who loves his fami¥ly or CataleyaÕs love interest (Michael Vartan) who can never finish one of his paintings. Even Cataleya, the heroine, is pa¥per thin and wildly inconsistent. In fact, SaldanaÕs performance really boils down to three things Ñ playing with guns, crying or being sexual¥ized as much as the filmÕs PG-13 rat¥ing will allow. Olivier Megaton, who directed the infuriating third installment of the ÒTransporterÓ series, is responsible for this train wreck. Megaton keeps the film moving at a pretty brisk pace and stages a few entertaining set pieces, and with a stronger script, he could probably end up with a pretty decent B-movie. ÒColombianaÓ is stupid to the point of actually insulting its audi¥ence. When a film is slapped togeth¥er so haphazardly, an empty collec¥tion of ingredients the creators may have figured their teenaged audience might enjoy, thereÕs honestly no rea¥son to subject yourself to it. drenÕs birthday parties. wproperties.worldven- Must have dependable tures.biz FURNISHED APT 859 + car, experience with el¥ utilitied. 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Verts, the new kid on the block, fits the bill while maintaining its unique identity. The first of its kind in Austin, Verts is a cramped, minimalistic, Chipotle¥style restaurant that serves up Ber¥lin-inspired street food, doner kebaps Ñ pronounced Òdoohner k-baps,Ó on both The Drag and in the Dobie Mall food court. A close cousin to the gyro, doner kebaps were introduced in Europe by Turkish immigrants. The Berlin¥style doner is a sliced pita stuffed with a combination of spiced lamb and beef roasted on a vertical spit and sliced to order, topped with a menagerie of vegetables and sauces for added flavor. In addition to the doner kebap, Verts offers two other variations of the same meat and veggies Ñ either wrapped in a tortilla or served in a bowl, sans pita or tortilla. After tell¥ing the friendly employees behind the counter how youÕd like your dish served, you then order which filling youÕd like. Their menu offers a choice VERTS continues on PAGE 13 TYPE OF FOOD: German PRICE: $10 per dish WEB: vertsaustin.com GRADE: B+ Out of Bounds By Kenny Chilton C omedy lovers in Austin and beyond will rejoice when the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival begins on Tuesday, bringing 500 comedians to perform in 80 shows over the week leading up to Labor Day. The Out of Bounds festival is the premier live comedy event of the year in Austin, promising a show bigger and better than those before it. The festival, now in its 10th year, will take place downtown at The Hideout Theatre, ColdTowne Theater, The Velveeta Room and The State Theatre and will include a va¥riety of performers, such as former ÒSaturday Night LiveÓ cast member Tim Mead¥ows and ÒWhose Line Is It Anyway?Ó improv comedian Greg Proops. Meadows and Proops are just the forerunners in the abundance of talent scheduled to perform ev¥ery night. Out of Bounds offers several different types of comedy including sketch, improv and stand-up. Producer and comedian Kerri Lendo said that stand-up comedy has only been added to the festival in the last five years, marking the pattern of progress the fes- COMEDY continues on PAGE 13 Longhorn Salsa teaches students art of the dance By Paige Harriman Daily Texan Staff Waiting anxiously for his musical cue, dance instructor Dwip Baner¥jee clasps his salsa partner. In front of him stands a throng of people, all keen on learning the art of salsa. Ba¥nerjee exhales slowly, hoping his ex¥ample will suffice for the many nov¥ices watching. The melody begins, and Banerjee quickly twists, follow¥ing the groove. Several other couples behind him follow suit, creating a pattern for the audience to mimic. Banerjee expects a good number of students today for the open house and welcome dance in the Union Ballroom. ÒItÕs not restrictive, [but is made up of] mostly students,Ó said Baner¥jee, a UT alumnus. ÒEngineering students, arts students, graduate stu¥dents, we have all through the spec¥trum Ñ thoroughly representative of the demographics of the univer¥sity. We get all kinds of people. They come and enjoy this event.Ó The Internet played a heavy role in recruiting members, as the group tries to use social media as frequent¥ly as possible. The Facebook group ÒLonghorn SalsaÓ contains all of the events, classes and other informa¥tion. The organization is relatively new, having started only two years ago. ÒI was one among the group of in¥fluential people that wanted to create a fun-loving, social salsa dance envi¥ronment on campus and start class¥es to accomplish that,Ó Banerjee said. ÒSome students were talking about starting up a club and all wanted to do the same thing.Ó The group was devised by Baner¥jee and other UT students. ÒWe created it from scratch,Ó Ba¥nerjee said. ÒThereÕs always a need for a good, fun, clean social event along with an exposure to diverse music and culture, going out places and meeting all kinds of other peo¥ple. ItÕs an experience that everyone enjoys.Ó Banerjee hopes to make Long¥horn Salsa more active with a stron¥ger performance component. His thoughts include interacting with other like-minded organizations and creating an elective UT dance course. ÒWe are looking to become an or¥ganization of excellence, to have fun while acquiring skills and learning new stuff,Ó Banerjee said. By Julie Tran Daily Texan Staff Despite the buzzkill of all things back-to-school related, there are still 26 days of summer left. And while it does feel like summer all year round in Texas, with record heat most likely scorching our skins until mid-October, what defines summer Ñ golden tans, shorts, snow cones and sweaty nights of dancing Ñ will eventually fade out. Until then, hereÕs a compilation of some of The Daily TexanÕs favorite summer to-doÕs in between classes, just to make summer last just a lit¥tle bit longer. Watering Holes The mantra of summer is to beat the heat and find the best wa¥tering holes to cool down Ñ virgin and alcoholic. Just off of East River¥side Drive and Grove Boulevard and down a few narrow paths is a sandy Òsecret beachÓ haven complete with a bed of loose sand and a trickling riv¥erbank. Known as secret beach for its hidden gem of sand, shade and water, the sudden popularity of the hideout recently resulted to city signs warning guests to keep their dogs on leashes and no alcohol allowed. While popular watering holes such as Hamilton Pool, Krause Springs, Barton Springs and the Greenbelt still rank high on the plac¥es to lounge, bake in the sun and splash into cool water, this secret beach offers a different, special vibe Ñ a mellow ambiance thatÕs fitting for its mysterious location. Though news of the location has spread like wildfire and is beginning to ruin the fun secrecy of the watering hole, se¥cret beach still stands out because of its proximity to campus, charm, and well, itÕs free. Dance, Dance ThereÕs almost nothing more ex¥hilarating than a sweat-drenched summer night of dancing, period. Whether itÕs the infamous TuezGayz night of top hits from divas such as Britney Spears, Robyn and BeyoncŽ or its rounds of classics from James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Fon¥tella Bass on ThursdayÕs Soul Night, Barbarella is the place to let loose and get funky. The video dance club off of Red River and 7th streets offer two dance floors and an open out¥door patio for those shy on their feet. ThereÕs no cover, but it is only for ages 21 and up. Another fun, free decade dance party is the HighballÕs Õ80s dance party on Fridays. Guests are en¥couraged to dress up in their best Õ80s get-up of leg warmers, para¥chute pants, shoulder pads and SUMMER continues on PAGE 13