The Daily Texan Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25. INSIDE 4 OPINiON We answer questions raised during last week’s oral arguments in the Fisher case. 5 NEWS Professors discuss the implications of Fisher v. Texas. 6 SPORTS Texas tackling troubles must be fixed before team spirals out of control. 10 LIFE & ARTS Eli Young Band to make a stop in Austin. Tickets on sale Friday. TODAY Dive-In Movie: “Jaws” Do you fear open waters? You will after this immersive viewing of the 1975 classic, “Jaws.” Enjoy this free (with student ID) screening of “Jaws” while swimming in the Gregory Gym Event Pool. Film starts at 7:30 p.m. Texas Native Plant Week butterfly gardening The Wildflower Center celebrates Texas Native Plant Week and the state’s indigenous plants. Attend an evening butterfly gardening workshop at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, located at 4801 La Crosse Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m. 2012 Presidential Debate Be sure to watch the second debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney tonight at 8 p.m. You can watch the live stream online or on local news channels. (2012presidentialelection news.com/2012/10/townhall- presidential-debatetonight- at-9pm-et-6pm-pt/) Today in history In 1995 The Million Man March was held in Washington, DC, where civil rightsactivists gatheredon the National Mall. Prominent speakers such asRosa Parks, MayaAngelou, MartinLuther King III andothers spoke of theeconomic and social ills plaguing theAfrican American community. State officials contemplate solutions for Medicare costs NEWS PAGE 5 Despite wrist injury Ash says he will play. SPORTS PAGE 6 SYSTEM Board votes to invest in new online courses large, entry-level classes by including interactive laboratories, online tutors and online forums. “The aspect of edX that gives me the most personal satisfaction is its ability to provide more tools and more opportunities to help our students excel using a web- ONLINE continues on page 5 CITY Vote on tax to seal fate for hospital By Joshua Fechter A proposed UT medical school and teaching hospital cannot be established without additional revenue from a property tax increase, according to UT officials. Residents will vote Nov. 6 on whether to fund the proposed school and teaching hospital through an increase in taxes of 5 cents per $100 of assessed property value. Proposition 1 would increase property taxes collected by Central Health, a taxing district that funds health care services for underserved citizens in Travis County, from 7.89 cents to 12.9 cents per $100 of assessed property value. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the average Travis County homeowner would pay an additional $107.40 in property taxes if the proposition passes. In a memo sent to faculty and staff, Steven Leslie, UT executive vice president and provost, said Proposition 1 would provide $35 million annually for the teaching hospital. “For us, this is a yes or no proposition,” Leslie said. “Without a complete and reliable source of new funding, we will not be able to start a medical school.” In May, the UT System Board of Regents pledged $30 million per year for eight TAX continues on page 5 Student Government Vice President Wills Brown and President Thor Lund accomplished a campaign goal of keeping the PCL open 24 hours a day, five days a week. 24/5 PCL began Monday and will continue until the end of the semester. Chelsea Purgahn Daily Texan Staff By Alexa Ura UT System institutions will join the ranks of major universities that offer massive open online courses to individuals around the world. After a unanimous vote by the UT System Board of Regents, the System announced a new partnership with edX, a nonprofit distributor of interactive online courses, Monday morning. The System will invest $10 million in edX and intends to offer four online courses through the platform by next year. Founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last year, edX will include all 15 academic and health institutions in the UT System and the University of California at Berkeley as partners along with the founding universities. UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said new technology positively impacts how faculty will teach courses and how students receive course content. “We will use the edX plat form already in place to improve the way our courses are delivered across our campuses, offering a variety of technology to enhance instruction, face-to-face classes, accelerated classes, hybrid classes and fully online classes,” Cigarroa said. Cigarroa said the System also plans to use the platform as a supplement to POLITICS Sen. set on education Kay Bailey Hutchison stresses importance of research at universities By David Loewenberg As her 19 years in the Unit ed States Senate come to a close, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchi son reflected on a career of public service and offered her take on higher education at the LBJ Presidential Library on Monday evening. Hutchison, the senior Re publican senator from Texas and a UT alumna, participat ed in a discussion with Evan Smith, CEO and editor-in chief of the Texas Tribune. On several occasions Hutchison said quality higher education is necessary for Texas to com pete in the global economy. An official said 450 people at tended the event. “For Texas, I want our state to be known and respected as a high-quality academic high er education-providing state,” Hutchison said. “I think the number of major companies that move here want an edu cated workforce. They want the research capabilities to do public-private partnerships and have great research, and they want students who have been around great research and great programs.” Last year, Gov. Rick Per ry challenged colleges and universities to develop de grees that cost no more than $10,000. Proponents of the $10,000 degree, including the Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff Texas Public Policy Founda-Texas Tribune CEO and editor-in-chief Evan Smith speaks with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a UT alumna, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library Monday evening. Hutchison stated her KBH continues on page 2 desire to see higher education improve in Texas without cutting funds for academic research. LEGACY Ceremony to honor foundation founder By David Maly Nancy Terry, co-founder of the largest private source of scholarships in the state, died from complications related to Parkinson’s Disease in her Houston home Saturday at the age of 85. Nancy Terry co-founded the Terry Foundation, a Nancy Terry Houston-based scholar-Co-founder of Terry ship organization, in 1986 Foundation with her husband Howard Terry, who died last “Mrs. Terry was a gra spring. The foundation has cious and caring lady, and provided $46 million in along with her husband, scholarship funding to UT she made attendance at students since its incep the University possible for tion, said Tom Melecki, di more than 1,000 young rector of student financial Texans who could not oth services at UT. erwise have afforded to en- Melecki said Nancy Ter roll here,” Melecki said in ry will be greatly missed an email. by many for her excep- The foundation‘s en tional personal quali dowment will increase ties that prompted her to help others throughout her life. TERRY continues on page 2 UNIVERSITY PCL 24/5 launches for midterms By Tiffany Hinman After Monday’s launch of the 24-hour, 5-day-a-week schedule for the Perry-Castañeda Library, UT students will no longer worry about relocating during tedious all- nighters for the remainder of the semester. University of Texas Libraries and Student Government kicked off the PCL’s 24/5 service Monday evening by handing out free pizza, prizes and T-shirts to students. Students waited in a line that wrapped around the PCL to celebrate the launch of the new schedule. More than 800 students said they would attend via Facebook. The PCL will now be open from noon Sundays through 11 p.m. Fridays and will maintain regular hours Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Student Government Presi dent Thor Lund and Vice President Wills Brown promised students a 24/5 PCL during their campaign in March 2012 and Lund said the two were not opposed by UT Libraries or fellow Student Government members. “Wills and I felt that students needed a safe study space that they could access all hours of the night, and there was not one that was available to PCL continues on page 2 2 2 News Tuesday, October 16, 2012 The Daily Texan Volume 113, Issue 45 CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Susannah Jacob (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Aleksander Chan (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Multimedia Office: (512) 471-7835 dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts Office: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifieds@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 e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2012 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. TOMORROW’S WEATHER LowHigh 91 63 Kay Bay FRAMES | FEAtuREd photo Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff Coach Aaron Winning trains Lauren Dimitry, who will run a half marathon in a few weeks, at Dane’s Body Shop Monday afternoon. ONLINE continues from page 1 based skill set which they are already familiar with,” Cigarroa said. The UT System regents have prioritized online and blended learning since last year, when they adopted Cigarroa’s Framework for Advancing Excellence, an action plan which includes online learning as one of its nine pillars. The System also allocated $50 million last year to create the Institute for Transformational Learning, which is designed to support blended and on- line courses. The regents will fund the $10 million investment in edX from the Institute for Transformational Learning’s funds, $5 million of which will be used to help tailor the edX platform for the System and to participate in analytics of the online courses. The other $5 million of the investment will go toward developing the four courses the System hopes to offer next year. EdX does not offer courses for credit toward a college degree, but Cigarroa said the System will work with faculty to develop specific courses that offer course credit. Steven Mintz, director of the Institute for Transformative Learning, will serve as the System’s chief edX liaison. Mintz said edX will help leverage new technology to enhance student learning and accelerate graduation rates while keeping costs down. “EdX will help us envision a new model for public higher education for 21st century -an education that will be active, visual, virtual and above all, interactive,” Mintz said. The University was previously in discussions with Coursera, another online course provider, whose participants include Stanford University, Duke University and Rice University. UT President William Powers Jr. said the edX partnership will provide an important new tool to diversify undergraduate course options and increase student access. “A critical feature of edX is that it’s run by academics,” Powers said. “This puts edX in an excellent position to develop rigorous courses that will be adopted by universities across America and around the world.” The University currently offers a variety of online courses, including 54 on- line, self-paced college courses offered through University Extension, which caters to both UT students and individuals not enrolled at UT. The University’s Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning also offers free online course content and educational resources. Texan Ad Deadlines The Daily Texan Mail Subscription Rates One Semester (Fall or Spring) $60.00 Two Semesters (Fall and Spring) 120.00 Summer Session 40.00 One Year (Fall, Spring and Summer) 150.00 To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 471-5083. 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John Massingil, Andy McMahon, Stephanie VanicekWeb Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bicente Gutierrez, John Solis Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m. Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m. Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) KBH continues from page 1 NEWS BRIEFLY Police identify body found in Shoal Creek Austin police have identified a man found dead Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in a downtown creek as 21-year-old Cole Christian- son of Anchorage, Alaska. Austin Police Department spokesperson Jennifer Hebert said Christianson’s death has been ruled “not suspicious” by APD, and there will be no further investigation. Sarah Scott, chief administrative officer for the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office, said Christianson’s cause of death is still unknown. Her office is awaiting the toxicology results, which could take six to eight weeks. Scott said Christianson’s body was found by an Austin Music Hall employee. Scott said Christianson was lying in Shoal Creek behind Austin Music Hall, located at 208 Nueces Street. Christianson was a former student of the University of Alaska Anchorage, officials said. — David Maly TERRY continues from page 1 following Nancy Terry’s death with the donation of funds from her estate, said Terry Foundation spokesperson Laura Sanders. According to an obituary provided by the foundation, Nancy Terry was born Nancy Myers in Upstate New York, where she attended high school and college. She moved to Texas as an adult and married Howard Terry. They were married for more than 45 years until his passing. Howard Terry was successful in the oil, gas and banking industries, and the foundation is completely funded by contributions from Nancy and Howard Terry. Howard Terry wanted to help others afford college, as he made it through UT in the 1930s with the help of financial assistance. The foundation gives scholarships to students at eight Texas state universities, according to the foundation. tion, a nonprofit conservative think tank with ties to Perry, have also questioned the efficiency of research in higher education. At the event, Hutchison said research plays a necessary and valuable role at major universities in Texas. “I think that any talk of devaluing research is not productive and it is hurting our image,” Hutchison said. “We need to say, ‘Look, I’m not against experimenting with 4-year, $10,000 degrees, but you don’t do it at flagships.’” Hutchison was first elected in 1993, making her the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. After three consecutive re-elections, Hutchison announced in 2011 that she would not seek another term. Republican candidate Ted Cruz and Democratic candidate Paul Sadler are currently running to fill Hutchison’s seat. History junior Taylor Guer rero said she hopes Hutchison’s successor will learn from her willingness to work across party lines. “I think the next senator should be able to work in a bipartisan manner and to represent Texas the best that they can instead of just representing a certain percentage of Texans,” Guerrero said. Hutchison said she has no plans to seek public office again but will continue to advocate the issues that matter most to her and to the state of Texas. Hutchison said one of those issues is seeing more universities in Texas gain Tier One status, which identifies schools with significant research programs but has no concrete definition. “California has nine, New York has seven and we have three,” Hutchison said. “That’s not enough. We need to have three more, and we need to put the money into three more.” Texas’ current Tier PCL continues from page 1 students,” Lund said. “Many He said current funds from UT of our peer institutions and Libraries alone could not cover neighboring schools have 24-the cost of a 24/5 schedule. hour libraries. It only makes Lund and Brown proposed sense that we would provide a the 24/5 PCL to various cam24- hour study space on cam-pus groups to gain interest and pus as well.” funding support for the initia- Travis Willmann, commu-tive. The Student Services Budnications officer for UT Librar-get Committee contributed ies, said this is not the first time $20,000, the Office of the Pro- PCL has offered 24/5 services. vost and Office of Student Af- Willman said UT Libraries cut fairs each contributed $10,000 funds for the PCL in Spring and the Texas Exes contributed 2002, which was operating on $5,000 toward the effort. a 24/5 schedule at the time. He Lund said Student Gov- said funding for the 24/5 ser-ernment is currently look- vice includes costs of electricity, ing for permanent funding maintenance, replacing more for the 24/5 PCL to keep broken furniture, custodial the extended hours. services and security guards. “We hope that sometime The couple were honored multiple times for their charitable contributions in recent years. They were designated as National Points of Light by former President George H. W. Bush in 2001, and the Houston City Council designated March 22 as Nancy and Howard Terry Day in 2011. Nancy Terry was preceded in death by her husband and one of her sons. She is survived by a sister and brother, three daughters, one son, 14 grandchildren and 18 great- grandchildren, according to the obituary. The foundation will hold a ceremony in front of the UT Tower at 8 p.m. Thursday to celebrate the lives of the Terrys and commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Terry Scholar Program. The tower will be lit as part of the ceremony, and all Terry Scholars and members of the general public are encouraged to attend, said Ed Cotham, director of the I think that any talk of devaluing research is not ‘ ‘‘ productive and it is hurting our image. — Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican senator One schools are UT- Austin, Texas A&M and Rice University. The crowd at the event included those not politically aligned with Hutchison. “I decided to come out because of my interest in politics,” government senior Justin Perez said. “Even though I’m a Democrat, I think it’s important to hear what others have to say.” soon we will be able to announce that [permanent funding] has been secured to continue benefiting future Longhorns for years to come,” Lund said. Biomedical engineering freshman Amanda Nguyen said she believes she will get more work done now that the library is open 24 hours. “My dorm room can be very distracting,” Nguyen said. “Now I will be able to study longer and accomplish more.” The 24/5 service will be offered from now until finals. The PCL’s hours will return to the previous schedule next semester until midterms start. MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s first organized wolf hunt got under way Monday even as animal welfare advocates demanded federal officials return Great Lake wolves to the endangered species list. No hunters had reported kills by late Monday afternoon, which wasn’t surprising. The state Department of Natural Resources gives hunters 24 hours to contact the agency, and wolves are extremely elusive creatures. Only about half of the hunters eligible to buy a wolf license had done so by Monday, with many saying they might wait for snow to make tracking easier. The hunt runs through February. Mark Dahms, a 54-yearold electrician from Waukesha in suburban Milwaukee, was one of 1,160 people to win the right to buy a license through a state lottery. He bought a brand-new electronic call that mimics 400 animal sounds and headed to the Tomahawk area in far northern Wisconsin on Saturday to prepare for the hunt. He said he went out into the woods at dawn Monday and used his call. He attracted a hawk, but no wolf. Dahms said he wasn’t discouraged. He plans to spend the rest of the week hunting. Federal officials placed gray wolves on the endangered species list in 1974. Today, wildlife officials estimate as many as 850 wolves roam Wisconsin and another 3,000 live in Minnesota. More wolves, though, have meant more complaints from farmers about the animals preying on their livestock. When federal officials removed wolves in the Great Lakes region from the endangered list earlier this year, Wisconsin and Minnesota set up hunts. Michigan has legislation pending. In Wisconsin, officials plan to halt the hunt once 116 wolves have been killed. Minnesota set its quota at 400 animals for a hunt that runs from Nov. 3 to Jan. 31 and made 6,000 licenses available through an automated lottery similar to Wisconsin’s. Less than a third of the winners in that state have purchased licenses so far. Animal welfare groups that opposed the delisting continue to fight both hunts. The Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals sent notice Monday to the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that it will sue if Great Lakes wolves aren’t placed back on the endangered species list within 60 days. “It is painfully clear that federal protection must be reasserted,” HSUS President Wayne Pacelle said in a statement. “The states have allowed the most extreme voices to grab hold of wolf management, and the result could be devastating for this species.” Telephone messages left with a U.S. Department of the Interior spokeswoman and USFWS officials late Monday afternoon weren’t immediately returned. In Minnesota, the Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for Wolves filed an emergency request with the state Supreme Court to block the hunt, claiming the Minnesota DNR’s process for taking public comments on the season fell short of requirements. A state appeals court rejected the groups’ allegations last week. Here are the winners of this year’s Nobel prizes by category: ECONOMICS Americans Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design, which among other things explains market processes at work when doctors are assigned to hospitals, students to schools and human organs for transplant to recipients. PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE Briton Sir John Gurdon and Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka for their discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed into immature cells that can be turned into all tissues of the body, a finding that revolutionized understanding of how cells and organisms develop. PHYSICS Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the U.S. for “for ground-breaking experimental methods” that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems. CHEMISTRY Americans Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of proteins that let body cells respond to signals from the outside, helping scientists develop better drugs. LITERATURE Mo Yan, China, for his works that merge folk tales, history and the contemporary for vivid portraits of Chinese life. PEACE The European Union for the organization’s contribution to building peace on a continent ravaged by war. —Associated Press Name: 455/Buffalo Exchange; Width: 29p6; Depth: 5 in; Color: Black, 455/Buffalo Exchange; Ad Number: 455 Name: 478/House Ads; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Black, 478/House Ads; Ad Number: 478 The Daily Texan & Texas Travesty Open House: 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, October 17, 2012 HSM Building, 2nd floor (aka, “The Basement”) Snacks and cake to be provided. Please let us know if you would be attending by emailing us at: rsvp@texasstudentmedia.com TEXAS STUDENT MEDIA CCoommee t otouur rt hthee n neewwlyl yr erennoovavatetedd n neewwsrsorooomm of The Daily Texan and The Texas Travesty, where walls have come down to promote collaboration and the transition to a digital future. Sherry Hu, Wire Editor World & Nation Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3 NEWS BRIEFLY Wolf hunt launches despite opposition By Todd Richmond Associated Press Advances recognized Steve Karnowski Associated Press In a Sept. 26 photo, an opponent of wolf hunting protests outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. Federal officials removed Great Lakes wolves from the endangered species list in January. Given free rein to manage the species, Wisconsin and Minnesota lawmakers pushed aside the concerns of some environmentalists and established their first seasons allowing hunters to bait, shoot and trap wolves. Socializing with men prompts punishment BAMAKO, Mali — A teenaged girl received 60 lashes in Timbuktu after Islamist extremists convicted her of speaking to men on the street. The girl, about 15 years old, was allegedly caught standing alongside men by the Islamists of Ansar Dine who now run Timbuktu. “The Islamists charged that the girl was warned five times by Islamist police but she continued to speak to men in the street. After the hearing, the Islamists gave 60 lashes to the girl. The population did not turn out in large numbers to attend this flogging,” said Ousmane Maiga, a Timbuktu resident contacted by phone from Bamako. The public whipping took place at around 11 a.m. local time in front of the new headquarters of the Islamic police in downtown Timbuktu, next to Independence Square. Softbank seals deal in Sprint acquisition TOKYO — Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion, giving the struggling U.S. cellphone company an infusion of cash and confidence. The deal, announced Monday in Tokyo, positions Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint Nextel Corp. as a stronger competitor to market leaders Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Softbank President Masayoshi Son said he is confident he can help improve Sprint’s profits. The combination of Softbank and Sprint will tie with AT&T for world’s No. 3 mobile company by revenue after China Mobile and Verizon, according to Softbank. The deal leaves three of the four national U.S. wireless companies with complete or substantial foreign ownership. —Compiled from Associated Press reports Debate draws near, both candidates prep President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney practiced for their second debate as the economy posted another set of positive numbers just over three weeks from Election Day. The stakes are particularly high given Romney’s commanding performance and Obama’s lackluster showing in their first encounter — followed by tightening national polls. After months of firing up core supporters, the two candidates are focusing on undecided voters and independents. Obama prepped for the debate in Williamsburg, Va. Romney did likewise near his Massachusetts home. Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 News 5 HEALTH CARE Chelsea Purgahn Daily Texan Staff Moderator Evan Smith and panelists Garnet Coleman, Anne Dunkelberg, John C. Goodman and Leo Linbeck III participated in the Texas Tribune’s “A Conversation About the Future of Medicare” Monday afternoon. The panelists expressed their concern with the government’s level of Medicare con- trol and discussed their thoughts on possible solutions to Medicare’s rising costs. Medicare costs stump discussion panel By Carly Coen The rising cost of health care leaves experts without a solution to stunt the growing need for Medicare funding. The LBJ School of Public Affairs partnered with the Texas Tribune and AARP to gather Medicare experts in “A Conversation About the Future of Medicare,” a panel designed to canvass the most sought-after solutions to rising Medicare costs. A main problem called into question by the four panelists is the level of government controlling Medicare spending. One solution to costs is to push health care dollars down to local communities in Texas, said Leo Linbeck, president and chief executive of Aquinas Companies. Aquinas, a contracting and construction company based in Houston, funds entrepreneurial solutions to health care and education in Texas. Linbeck said because Texas is so big, health care initiatives will not be successful if they are organized the same as in small states. “We’re trying to come up with one solution that fixes health care for everyone,” Lin- beck said. “What we need is a lot of diverse solutions that vary by state.” Anne Dunkelberg said a one-size-fits-all approach will never satisfy the health care needs of the whole country, but a federally organized Medicare plan does allow room for flexibility. Dunkelberg, associate director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a nonprofit institute that focuses on the needs of low- and moderate-income Texans, said states have options to fund Medicare differently because there are so many different health plans. Another proposition to reduce spending is means testing, a method of eliminating high- income citizens from the Medicare recipient population. State representative Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, said means testing is not a feasible solution because income levels are not directly related to sickness. Coleman said eliminating Medicare benefit recipients by increasing the age of eligibility and ruling out high-income individuals will not save enough money to consider it worth pursuing. John Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, said means testing is only helpful to an extent because life expectancies are higher for high-income earners, so lower-income seniors will inevitably bear the burden of Medicare costs. The center is a nonprofit think tank that emphasizes the free market. “There are different ways of taking benefits away from people, but the bottom line is that seniors are getting less,” Goodman said. Some of the shifts in spending include changes in the employee retirement system, panel attendee Mary Ragland said. Ragland, an Austin AARP community team leader, said her inclusion in the Medicare advantage plan forced her to choose between her own personal benefits and the health of the federal budget. “Medicare costs are rising so fast. I’m getting better benefits, but it’s costing Medicare so much more,” Ragland said. “It makes me wonder why they would make a change like this when it feels so unnecessary.” TAX continues from page 1 and $25 million per year afterward after the Seton Family of Hospitals made a $250 million preliminary commitment to the hospital. In August, the Austin American- Statesman reported that the school will cost an estimated $4.1 billion over 12 years. No location or time- line for construction of the medical school and teaching hospital has been set. Carlos Femat, community relations manager at Central Health, said the tax increase would produce $54 million in annual revenue. He said the federal government will match each dollar of local funding with $1.46 in additional funds. The combination of the tax increase and federal matching funds will create more than $130 million annually. Proposition 1 aims to provide health care services to underserved and uninsured residents. According to a report compiled by the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice University, about 23 percent of Travis County residents in 2010 either had no health insurance or were not fully insured. Don Zimmerman, founder and treasurer of the Travis County Taxpayers Union, a political action committee that opposes the increase, said there is no need for a new medical school and teaching hospital because the UT Southwestern Medical Center operates a residency program in Austin at University Medical Center Brackenridge. “If Travis County really needed the school, they ‘‘ “If Travis County really needed the school, they would have already built it.” — Don Zimmerman Founder and Treasurer of Travis County Taxpayers Union would have already built it,” he said. Property owners in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, currently pay 27 cents per $100 of assessed property value to the county’s hospital district. In 2011, property owners in Harris County, which includes Houston, paid 19 cents per $100 of assessed property value to the Harris County Hospital District. Proposition 1 would increase the Travis County property tax rate collected by Central Health to 12.9 cents per $100 of assessed property value. If voters approve the initiative, the proposed medical school would join six health institutions operated by the UT System in Dallas, Houston, Tyler, San Antonio and Galveston. Some schools, including the UT Southwestern Medical Center and the UT Health Science Center at Houston, use local hospitals funded primarily by city property taxes. Name: 198/re:fuel-Jimmy John’s; Width: 19p4; Depth: 8 in; Color: Black, 198/ re:fuel-Jimmy John’s; Ad Number: 198 R E C Y C L E .The Daily Texan AFTER READING YOUR COPY FISHER V. TEXAS Fisher panel contemplates ramifications of court case By Joshua Fechter A panel of faculty members discussed arguments against affirmative action and contemplated the potential implications of Fisher v. University of Texas on Monday. On Oct. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case filed against UT by a white student denied admission in 2008 who claimed the University’s admissions policies discriminated against her because she is not a member of an underrepresented racial group. UT states the University admits a quarter of its students through a holistic admissions process that examines academic achievements, personal achievements and special circumstances, which include ethnicity and socioeconomic status, among other factors. The University accepts 75 percent of incoming students based on high school class rank. Juliet Hooker, associate director at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin- American Studies, said the debate surrounding affirmative action incorrectly focuses on the notion of a “critical mass” of diversity instead of solving problems of racial disparity in the educational system and workplace. She said opponents of affirmative action believe affirmative action favors race over merit as a factor in admissions. “I think that, as a result, the beneficiaries of affirmative action are cast as people who are equally privileged as those who don’t benefit,” Hooker said. Edmund Gordon, chair of the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, said a critical mass would constitute a student population that accurately reflects state demographics. “If the issue is access and opportunity, then we have not reached a critical mass,” Gordon said. The Daily Texan reported that a higher percentage of black and Hispanic students have been admitted through the Top 10 Percent Law than through race-conscious admissions every year since 2007, according to UT records. In 2011, 29 percent of students Frank Guridy, director of the John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies, mediates a panel about affirmative action and the Fisher v. University of Texas case. Raveena Bhalara Daily Texan Staff admitted under the Top 10 Percent Law were Hispanic undergraduates, 6 percent were black undergraduates and 19 percent were Asian undergraduates. Under holistic review, 14 percent of admitted students were Hispanic, 5 percent were black and 17 percent were Asian. Assistant education professor Richard Reddick said if plaintiff Abigail Fisher was not admitted to UT but still wanted to attend, she could have attended another institution in the UT System and transferred to UT. “What I fear is she actually will become a symbol of white privilege and entitlement,” Reddick said. check out DAILY TEXAN ONLINE stories videos photo galleries dailytexanonline.com Raises money for graduate student professional development awards. Put on by the Graduate Student Assembly Register today at: www.utgsa5k.com ONLY $30 for UT students, faculty and staff Get your spot now because prices go up on October 15th! Support GSA without having to run-- the sleep-in option is only $25. Shirts will be mailed to you. It’s been a month since linebacker Jordan Hicks went out with a hip injury. It’s been about that long since the Longhorns have been able to tackle anybody. Hicks, a junior, has missed the last 14 quarters of football and is questionable this week. To make matters worse, Jackson Jeffcoat was lost for the season this weekend with a pectoral injury. Texas still has Alex Okafor and Kenny Vaccaro to lead the way, but there are nine other guys on the field who have to step up and help the Longhorns fix the tackling problems that have plagued them over their last four games. “I don’t think the young players know their role as well as they need to sometimes,” Vaccaro said. “There were three or four guys playing hard and some others that were not. It’s just causing a cancer on the team … Everyone needs to want to make the play every down. It’s not like that right now.” Texas has allowed 178 points over its last four contests — the most over a four-game stretch in the program’s 1,223-game history. That has to change. And it starts with a Longhorns run defense that ranks 106th in the country, the worst in the Big 12. “Right now, we have no confidence in our run defense,” Okafor said. “There’s no doubt that any team right now is capable of gashing us … We’re too careful on defense. We’re not throwing our bodies around. We’re expecting somebody else to make the play. That comes from practice. That comes from effort. We have to change that.” Damien Williams’ 95-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of last week’s 63-21 loss to Oklahoma epitomized the Longhorns’ defensive struggles. The West Virginia Mountaineers were sitting pretty after their Week 6 win against Texas. They were No. 5 in the nation and tied for the Big 12 conference lead. Texas Tech altered their fate. After being rolled by Oklahoma the previous week, Texas Tech appeared to be in for a similar result against the hot Mountaineers. But a Heisman-worthy performance by quarterback Seth Doege proved more than enough to help Texas Tech down West Virginia, 49-14. Doege finished the game with 499 passing yards and six touchdowns, which tied his career high. The Red Raiders rank No. 5 in total passing yards this season, which spelled trouble for a Mountaineer defense prone to big plays downfield. A weak pass rush in this game did not help. “When you don’t have a pass rush, it’s a lot easier to make your reads,” Doege said. As good as the Tech offense was in this game, the defense accomplished an impressive feat in their containment of Geno Smith. Although he didn’t turn the ball over, Smith was forced into 26 incompletions, finishing the game with only 275 passing yards and a touchdown. “Those guys did a great job of just attacking us,” Smith said. “They attacked us the entire game.” Wildcats outlast Cyclones In a game that was fought tooth and nail the entire way, Kansas State proved why it is at the top of the Big 12 by holding the Iowa State offense to 231 yards and eking out a close 27-21 win to remain the conference leader despite its record entering Bad defense isn’t commonly synonymous with Texas football. In fact, over the past three seasons the Longhorns have finished no worse than No. 11 in total defense, including a No. 3 finish in 2009, when Texas gave up a mere 252 yards per game. Coming into the 2012 season, hefty expectations were placed upon defensive coordinator Manny Diaz’s unit, which returned seven starters from 2011. Thus far, the Longhorns defense ranks No. 102 in total defense, allowing 449.7 yards per game. Texas State, Buffalo and Middle Tennessee are just a few teams that rank ahead of Texas in the category. In August, head coach Mack Brown touted the defense as potentially one of his best ever, but so far, it is on pace to be one of the worst, not just in Brown’s tenure, but in Longhorn history. Let’s take a look at the stats of struggling Texas defenses in seasons past. The 1993 Texas defense ranks first alltime in total yards allowed per game, giving up 401.2 per contest. The same year, the Longhorns allowed 6.65 yards per play, the most ever. Currently, Texas is giving up 6.40. The Longhorns finished the 1993 season with a 5-5-1 record, including a 38-17 loss to Oklahoma. In 1956, the Longhorns gave up 302.1 yards per game and 5.52 yards a carry on the ground — the most ever. Currently, the Texas defense is allowing 209.2 per match (106th nationally) and 5.1 yards a carry, third and second most ever respectively; it’s not the worst, but pretty close. Apart from Wyoming, almost every team has had a running back that has gashed the Longhorns. “Right now we have no confidence in our run defense,” defensive end Alex Okafor said. With defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat out for the rest of the season with a pectoral injury, Texas will have to rely on reserves to bandage the rushing defense’s vulnerability. In 2007, the Longhorns set the record for most pass yards allowed per game at 277.8. After last Saturday, Texas is giving up 240.5 yards per contest, (77th nationally) the third worst ever. However, the Longhorns are giving up 13.9 yards a catch, which is on pace to set a Christian Corona, Sports Editor Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Spo6rts FOOTBALL SIDELINE Ash says he will play Saturday vs. BU By Chris Hummer Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff David Ash holds his injured left wrist and walks off the field against OU. DEFENSE continues on page 7 BIG 12 continues on page 7 TACKLING continues on page 7 Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff Justin Brown gets past a group of Texas defenders during a 28-yard catch in the second quarter of the Longhorns’ 63-21 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. Quandre Diggs’ attempt to strip Brown was unsuccessful, while Carrington Byndom and Mykkele Thompson made futile attempts to tackle Brown on one of many long gains made by the Sooners in this year’s Red River Rivalry. FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK West Virginia upset by potent Red Raider attack By Matt Warden Out of hand Opponents — and maybe season — slipping out of UT defense’s grasp Diaz’s unit could be worst in school history By Hank South Stat Guy By Christian Corona Sports Editor I know I missed a tackle for trying to strip a ball, but at the same time I’m trying to make a play. Quandre Diggs, sophomore cornerback ON THE WEB Watch head coach Mack Brown break down the loss to OU. bit.ly/dt_OUpress David Ash will start at quarterback this Saturday against Baylor despite a wrist injury he sustained in the fourth quarter of Texas’ 63- 21 loss to Oklahoma. The sophomore met with the media Monday and walked in with a wrap around his wrist, but he maintained that he would be under center for Texas this weekend. “Yeah, I will play,” Ash said. Ash suffered the injury when he sustained a direct helmetto- wrist hit when attempting a pass with 9:43 remaining in the fourth quarter. When Ash reached the sidelines the injury was quickly covered with a towel by the Texas medical staff. When gruesome photos of the injury surfaced, it seemed unlikely that he would play this weekend. “When it hit in the game I was just like, ‘Shoot, that kind of hurt,’” Ash said. “I was running off and sat down and looked at it and went, ‘Oh shoot.’ Everybody started freaking out.” When Ash ran off the field he thought his wrist was broken. “That was the initial thought that I cracked it,” Ash said. But an X-ray showed that there was no fracture and with that news Ash headed to the practice field Sunday and displayed a sufficient performance to the medical staff that they cleared him to play. Ash took snaps and said that he could “handle a football.” “It definitely looks worse than it is,” Ash said. “I’m faster than my bro fa sho now. haha” Quandre Diggs @qdiggs625m TOP TWEET NFL MLB Worst Defenses in Texas History Year yards allowed a game final record 1956 302.1 1-9 1993 401.2 5-5-1 2012 449.7 ? Brown cautions social media use In his Monday press conference Mack Brown said he recommended that all his players stay off Facebook and Twitter this week, because all they would hear is negative reviews and harsh comments about their performance Saturday. Kenny Vaccaro seemed to take this advice to heart, as the often out-spoken senior safety deleted his Twitter account Monday. This move came after many of Vaccaro’s comments this season have managed to steal headlines, including his statement that the defense “get their heads out of the magazines,” and when he called DKR “not loud.” —Chris Hummer Ray Lewis out for year with arm injury Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will miss the remainder of the season with an arm injury, an enormous blow to an already depleted defense that has uncharacteristically struggled this year. Lewis tore his right triceps during Sunday’s 31-29 victory over Dallas. The 37-year-old Lewis leads Baltimore in tackles and is the voice of experience in the huddle. “Ray in the locker room afterward, we didn’t know (the extent of the injury) but he was worried about it,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday. “He said some things about his faith. He said some things that I’ll never forget.” Over a spectacular 17- year career, Lewis has been invited to 13 Pro Bowls, was named Super Bowl MVP and is a twotime NFL defensive player of the year. 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These are numbers no fan likes to hear, with the potent offenses of Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU and Kansas State remaining on the schedule. Through six games the Texas defense is in position to rank itself as one of the worst, if not the worst, in program history, a polar opposite of the preseason expectations. However, if any team has an opportunity to completely turn its season around, it’s Texas. The Longhorns’ remaining schedule creates the possibility to rebound from the past two weeks, but the team has to start with defense. There is a reason the SEC holds the past six national titles; defense wins championships. Week 7. Heisman candidate Collin Klein led the way for the Wildcats, beating the Cyclones on the ground and through the air. It was no secret the Cyclones are a solid football team capable of beating anyone in the Big 12. Although the Cyclones couldn’t hold off the No. 6 Kansas State Wildcats, they made the Wildcats earn their stripes. Klein finished the game with 187 passing and 105 rushing yards, including three rushing touchdowns. The statistic that tells the most of his impact, however, is the time of possession, which shows the Wildcats held the ball more than twice as long as Iowa State. “It’s an honor,” Klein said. “It’s a team game, though. It’s about all 11 of us out there, it’s about all 11 of us out there to execute, be calm in a high-pressure situation. We were able to get some big, big first downs.” After Week 7, Kansas State remains the only unbeaten team in the Big 12 and appears poised for a national title run behind its Heisman-worthy signal caller. Tuesday, October 16, 2012 sports 7 BIG 12 continues from page 6 DEFENSE continues from page 6 TACKLING continues from page 6 “They took a base zone play and ran it 95 yards,” head coach Mack Brown said. “We had two standing there that they run by and three in the back end that can’t tackle him. That was awful, a terrible thing. We’re trying to change everything. Our young safeties need to tackle better.” Sophomore Mykkele Thompson is one of those safeties. A quarterback in high school, Thompson has made his first two career starts the past couple of weeks, taking the spot of another struggling safety, junior Adrian Phillips, making a teamhigh 22 tackles over that span. But many have been made with Thompson going several yards backward and as a result of a struggling linebacking corps escorting ballcarriers to the secondary. “I don’t really understand. I feel like tackling is something you should have learned a long time ago,” sophomore cornerback Quandre Diggs said. “This is Mykkele’s second game. I guess you guys think that everyone is just going to be All-Americans. He’s trying. He’s giving it all he’s got every weekend.” Thompson doesn’t have to be an All-American. But he, along with others on defense like juniors Demarco Cobbs and Carrington Byndom, have to play better in the second half of this regular season, because defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, in his second year on the job, is leading a unit that is on pace to go down as the worst defense in program history. “Our run defense was horrendous on Saturday and the responsibility for that comes to me,” Diaz said. “Why you’re not [tackling] is not because you don’t want to, it’s the opposite. You become so worried about not making the tackle that you forget the very first fundamental about missing the tackle — you have to go run and step on the ballcarrier’s toes.” Good advice for a defense that has been caught on its heels all too often this season. Over the last decade and a half, San Diego indie rock ensemble Pinback has carved out a small but highly regarded niche for itself in the underground music scene. It has done this by meticulously crafting a distinct sound whose influences are not apparent. Imagine the agoraphobic vulnerability of Deerhunter somehow fused with the hopeful brightness of the The Postal Service and add a slight shade of the better aspects of ‘90s alternative acts such as 311 and you get a general idea of its musical approach. This approach continues seamlessly in the Pinback’s fifth studio album Information Retrieved, its first release in five years. The band, which consists of a nebulous arrangement of musicians around the singing/ songwriting talents of Zach Smith and Rob Crow, presents an offering of 10 new compositions that demonstrate its singular penchant for melancholy melodic song craft. Although its sound is highly distinctive, it is limited somewhat by a lack of variability. Leadoff track “Proceed to Memory” quickly sets the tone, beginning a wistful melody above chiming electric guitars, a propulsive Radiohead-esque drum pattern and intermittent dream-like organ sounds. The song’s climax and resolve give way to the headnodding charge of “Glide,” a song that showcases the band’s trademark use of layered vocal and guitar lines, plaintive melody and spiraling fifth harmonies that have made the band critical favorites over the years. Other standouts include the wintry piano and lyrics of “Drawstring,” a song that suggests the icy Northeast rather than the sunny beaches of Southern California. The album loses a little bit of steam by the time the second side rolls around, but it picks up nicely with the pleading arpeggios of “True North” and the fatalistic shrug of closing track “Sediment.” Like many of today’s indie rock bands, Pinback’s lyrics take a back seat to melody and production. Often the individual words are hard to discern. 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Fame isn’t their main goal, the music is.” For many fans, Eli Young Band’s music brings an optimistic outlook to everyday hardships. “My favorite song is definitely ‘Even If It Breaks Your Heart’ because it’s an inspiring song with a positive message,” said biomedical engineering freshman Connor Vershel. “Whenever I feel discouraged, I’ll sometimes listen to that song and feel ready to tackle whatever is discouraging me.” Opening with an image redolent of a child enraptured by the familiar charm of a “beat-up old guitar,” “Even if it Breaks Your Heart” preaches to ambitious musicians to keep dreaming regardless of challenges. In line with the message of the band’s music, Thompson urges aspiring artists to continue to do what they love. “Don’t ever stop. I stopped,” Thompson said. “Don’t ever be afraid to take the gig and surround yourself with really talented people.” Eli Young Band will be playing at Emo’s Dec. 13. Tickets go on sale Friday. BAND continues from page 10 Photo Courtesy of Pinback Pinback released its fifth studio album in five years, Information Retrieved, Tuesday. The San Diego-based band was formed in 1998 by Zach Smith and Rob Crow. Pinback Title: Information Retrieved Record label: Temporary Residence LTD Songs to download: “Drawstring,” “True North” Jamey Johnson Title: Living for a Song: a Tribute to Hank Cochran Record label: Mercury Songs to download: “Make the World Go Away” A Fine Frenzy Title: Pines Record label: Virgin Songs to download: “Winds of Wander,” “Riversong” Donald Fagen Title: Sunken Condos Record label: Reprise Songs to download: “Out of the Ghetto” Master pop songsmith Donald Fagen displays his virtuosic talent for meticulous, clean, jazz-inflected pop rock that helped to make Steely Dan one of the most successful bands of the ‘70s. Eight new compositions and a cover of Isaac Hayes’ “Out of the Ghetto” comprise the album, his first since Morph the Cat in 2006. The third studio album from 27-year-old folk-pop singer/songwriter Alison Sudol, aka A Fine Frenzy, consists of 13 original new songs that reflect the Seattle native’s passion for environmentalism. All of the numbers revolve around the central topic of ecology, with song titles such as “Winds of Wander,” “Riversong” and “Dance of the Gray Whales.” While this could come across as trite to some, Sudol’s engaging voice and inventive arrangements put the music on level with its worthy cause. Acclaimed country singer/ songwriter Jamey Johnson follows up 2010’s Grammynominated, gold-selling album “The Guitar Song” with a tribute to Nashville songwriting legend Hank Cochran. Johnson enlists an unbelievable roster of cameos: Allison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Ray Price, Ray Benson, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, just to name a few. 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SUD OKU FOR YOU SUDOKUFORYOU t 9 8 3 6 4 2 7 5 1 2 7 4 9 5 1 6 3 8 5 6 1 8 3 7 9 2 4 4 3 2 5 7 8 1 6 9 7 9 5 3 1 6 8 4 2 8 1 6 4 2 9 5 7 3 3 5 7 1 8 4 2 9 6 6 4 8 2 9 5 3 1 7 1 2 9 7 6 3 4 8 5 3 5 7 6 2 7 1 2 9 4 1 8 7 5 7 2 9 6 2 7 6 8 1 4 2 9 6 7 4 1 Life & Arts Kelsey McKinney, Life & Arts 10Tuesday, October 16, 2012 MUSIC Small-town musicians go big Texas band stays true despite national fame By Olivia Arena Eli Young Band’s Texas country sound and heartfelt lyrics have brought the band a long way from their garage jamming sessions at the University of North Texas. From humble beginnings, EYB has strived to focus on the little things and stay grounded throughout its ascent to stardom. The four-man band began in 1999 when Mike Eli met James Young, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson, sophomores at UNT. Country Music Association award nominations and international tours were the last thing on drummer Chris Thompson’s mind as he registered for his freshman classes as a civil engineering student. “I had actually decided to stop playing music when I entered college. I was going to study engineering and then finance,” Thompson said. “I played through high school and middle school and all that, but it didn’t feel like it was in the cards for me.” Fortunately for fans, Thompson ultimately did not pursue a career in finance or civil engineering. Instead he changed his major to philosophy and banded together with his best friends. Soon after, they hit the Texas music scene and began playing at local music venues. “Coming from Texas is the critical part of us, because of how we started and created and how we are different,” Thompson said. “Texas mu sicians are really accessible to the fans and because of that you make fans for life. There’s no other scene like that in country. It doesn’t really ex ist. Being from Texas has allowed us to learn how to song write and perform be fore the huge national spot light turned onto us. I don’t think this band would have survived if we hadn’t started the way that we did.” Staying true to their Texas roots came at a price; EYB had to work hard for the spotlight. But it paid off. With their single “Crazy Girl” go ing platinum and “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” surpass ing gold, the band is celebrat ing a new level of success. “Right now we are play ing in front of hundreds of thousands of people each night and they actually want us to be there. They know our songs. It’s really crazy,” Thompson said. EYB has caught fire in its home state. The hearty crooning of Mike Eli can be heard incessantly on radio stations throughout Texas. “Crazy Girl” has become a harmonic love anthem that draws couples of all ages to the dance floor for a slow two-step. It is this harmony that has captured America’s ears and hearts. “It’s catchy because it’s so relatable, the songs get stuck BAND continues on page 8 Photo Courtesy of Jeremy Cowart With their new album Life at Best, the Eli Young Band brings an optimistic outlook to fans as they return to Austin on Dec 13. OPINION Amateur fan sees bright side to football fail By Laura Wright I know nothing about football. Zip, nada, zilch. I think yard lines are picket fences, the ol’ pigskin is a single stale pork rind and tackling is something you do when initiating a tickle fight. In fact, I know so little about football that I accidentally tried to pass off a bright red dress as burnt orange. I would have worn it to the stadium too had my date not nervously pointed out that the Sooners’ color was red. “Who are the Sooners?” I asked, demonstrating my impressively narrow range of football knowledge. Upon entering the stadium and finding our seats, I was distressed to find that a single OU fan was seated next to me on the Longhorn side of the stadium. I had planned on masking my complete incomprehension by simply cheering when everyone else did. Do the wave? I’ll undulate like the ocean. Got your horns up? My pinkie and index are at attention. If you scream Texas, I’ll scream Texas! (Or is it fight?) But now, with this Sooner booming away next to me, I risked the chance of cheering when he cheered and looking like the football- ignorant dimwit I am. Which is why I want to thank you, Longhorn football team, for making things so easy on me. I never had to figure out when to cheer, because I had to do it so few times! I have one question though — I was told OU sucks? There were a lot of things I didn’t understand about Saturday’s game, although that might be my fault. For starters, I thought you cheered at a touchdown, not at “a fluke of a safety,” like the people seated around me called those two points. Also, I thought that when you tackle someone, you’re supposed to pin them down, not let them brush past you like they’re shuffling to the back of a crowded bus. I guess I just never realized how much football had in common with an elementary-school tag game. It’s just so hard to chase them down when they’re all so quick, isn’t it? I think I’ve partly avoided watching football for all these years because I assumed it would be neolithic and brutal. But I learned Saturday that it doesn’t have to be that way. You guys acted like perfect gentlemen on the field; even though Oklahoma was listed as the “home team,” you treated them like your guests, and wow, were you all good hosts. Never once did you stand in Julio Avilia | Daily Texan Staff their way when they felt like going for a run or waving that big ol’ flag of theirs (Hey, do we have one of those? I really think we should get one; their fans seemed really excited about it.). But despite your gentlemanly behavior, the crowd seemed upset. At one point, I looked around to see an entire family in matching burnt orange nodding sadly to themselves. It’s possible that they were just frustrated with the long line for corn dogs, but I think it was more than that. Maybe, like the gray-haired and disgruntled Longhorn behind me said in the second quarter, “Something [is] wrong.” Have you guys ever seen that Disney Channel Original movie where the whole team eats bad fish tacos before the big game? I’m just saying, maybe you should change caterers. Twitter Tuesday What is your favorite part of OU weekend? #twittertuesdays Daily Texan Life&Arts @dtlifeandarts Every Tuesday, @thedailytexan Life and Arts section will run the best responses in print to our #twittertuesday question. Tweet us your response and your answer may appear in @thedailytexan. #twittertuesdays Reid Luedecke | @Reid_Ludecke The band putting on a spectacular halftime show #thecottonbowl David Silva Ibarra | @david_492 NROTC run to Dallas. Hook’em \m/ Genaro Cortez | @cortezlawyer entire ut-ou atmosphere at state fair plus ice cold root beer Erica | @erdarce ACL Kristin | @herekittykittee A turkey leg and a cold beer while watching the game. Mmmm