Minority students in low income communities are more likely to end up in a prison cell than in a college dorm, according to a panel hosted by Longhorn Teach for America Tuesday evening. Panelists sought to identify factors contributing to educa- tional inequality and rates of incarceration in America, spe- cifically with respect to low- income minority students. Leonard Moore, associate vice president of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, said any effort seeking to alleviate the prob- lem of education and incar- ceration of minorities must include the importance of family structure in the devel- opment of low-income youth. “No matter what we do with a young man, at some point he’s got to go home,” Moore said. “And what we’ve found is if there’s not a positive male role model there, daddy’s not there, much of what you put into the child gets out of State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, former chair of the Senate Higher Educa- tion Committee, expressed support Tuesday for a Nov. 6 ballot initiative that would increase property taxes in or- der to help fund a proposed UT medical school and teaching hospital. Zaffirini, a UT alumni whose district encompasses a portion of Travis County, told The Daily Texan that although she will not be voting in Travis County, she hopes her constituents will vote in favor of the bal- lot initiative. She said the proposed medical school would aid the University’s mission of providing com- prehensive education and serving Texas citizens. Proposition 1 would in- crease property taxes col- lected by Central Health, Travis County’s hospital dis- trict, from 7.89 cents to 12.9 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The increase would contribute $35 mil- lion toward operations at the teaching hospital and purchase medical services from students and faculty of the medical school for the general public. “This is an opportunity to enhance education at UT in a new arena,” Zaffirini said. She said she hopes those who oppose Proposition 1 will consider how establish- ing a UT medical school will improve medical services in Travis County. UT is looking to perform “And Then Came Tango” for private and charter schools after they reached a decision with Austin Independent School Districts to stop per- forming the play for the dis- trict’s elementary schools. After UT’s first perfor- mance earlier this month, AISD stopped a 10-perfor- mance tour so administra- tors could review whether the play was appropiate for second graders. “And Then Came Tango” is about two male penguins who adopt an abandoned egg, which a young girl steals to make the penguins happy. The original play is based on the real-life events at Cen- tral Park in New York, where a zookeeper gave two male penguins an egg to care for. When AISD first decided to discontinue the tour for further review earlier in October, Brant Pope, head of the theatre and dance department, said it was not made clear to him what AISD’s specific concerns were. After the first play was performed Oct. 16, theatre and dance professor Cole- man Jennings emailed Greg- ory Goodman, AISD’s fine arts director. “The principal ... was A connection has been made between the man charged with making a false email bomb threat against Texas A&M University on Oct. 19 and the woman charged with making three false email bomb threats against Texas State Univer- sity on Oct. 18 and Oct. 19. The Texas A&M Uni- versity Police Department arrested Dereon Tayronne Kelly, 22, of Bryan in con- nection with a bomb threat that was emailed to Texas A&M’s Computing Infor- mation Services Depart- ment on Oct. 19, forcing the evacuation of the entire uni- versity. Allan Baron, Texas A&M police spokesperson, said Kelly is an acquain- tance of Brittany Nicole Henderson, 19, who was arrested Oct. 23 by Bryan police for making one email bomb threat against Texas State on Oct. 18 that forced the evacuation of three campus buildings and two email bomb threats the next day. University operations were not affected by the sec- ond and third bomb threats. Texas A&M and Texas State police said no bombs were found in either case. The targeted area of Texas State, its admissions building, was searched Oct. 18, and the en- tire Texas A&M campus was October 31, 2012@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanThe Daily TexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900Davis powers offense despite dropped passes. SPORTSPAGE 7COMICSPAGE 8dailytexanonline.com INSIDENEWSThe Department of Physics opened its labs to the public Tuesday. 6NEWSTexas Exes announced a new scholarship honoring Sen. Judith Zaffirini. 6OPINiONOur endorsement of Prop. 1 and Prop. 4. May elections should take place in November. 4SPORTSWomen’s basketball smothers Incarnate Word, 77-33, in season opener. 7LIFE & ARTSFamiliar faces band together to create Divine Fits’ debut album. 12SYSTEMHALLOWEENBy Joshua FechterSenator Zaffirini supports Proposition 1PROP 1 continues on page 2PRISON continues on page 2PENGUINS continues on page 2THREATS continues on page 2FRAMES | FEATURE PHOTOCapMetro, APD organize safe holidayBy Joan VinsonBy David LoewenbergSen. Judith ZaffiriniD-LaredoSTATEUNIVERSITYAISD says play is unfit for elementary studentsBy Bobby BlanchardLink found in bomb threatsBy David MalyBrittany Nicole Henderson Bomb threat suspectDereon Tayronne Kelly Bomb threat suspectCAMPUSPanel discusses school-to-prison issueHalloween PotluckCome celebrate Halloween with a potluck at the UT Concho Community Garden tonight” from 5 – 8 p.m. The event will host a numerous amount of activities ranging from pumpking carving contests to a screening of “Night of the Living Dead.” Carpools will leave from WEL 2.312 at 5 p.m. and the event is free. Human Trafficking Interested in seeing how different human trafficking is portrayed in the media as opposed to real life? Kappa Phi Lambda is hosting an event tonight from 6:30 to 8 p.m. as they discuss how different human trafficking is compared to what is portrayed in the hit blockbuster film “Taken.” The event is free and located at GSB 2.122. Halloween Carillon Concert announcedMusic theory sophomore Austin Ferguson performs a fun-filled concert of Halloween favorites on the UT Tower. Selections include works by Bach, Van den Gheyn and some Hollywood favorites. Held from 5 to 5:45 p.m. at the UT Tower. TODAYIn 1959 U.S.S.R. and Egypt sign contracts for building the Aswan Dam. The Aswan Dam is a bank located across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The dam is 3,830 metres long and it contains 43 million cubic meters of material. Today in historyAustin police, Capital Met- ro and University officials will be working to ensure stu- dents have a safe Halloween this year by strictly enforcing driving laws and providing alternative transportation. The Austin Police Depart- ment will execute a “No Re- fusal” initiative this Hallow- een to more strictly enforce drunk driving laws. Parking and Transportation Services, in conjunction with Capital Metro, will provide E-bus service on Halloween night. The E-bus provides late night bus service free of charge to faculty, staff and students with their UT ID. It travels from Main Campus, West Campus and Riverside to the downtown area. The bus will begin running at 8:30 p.m. and will leave East Seventh Street and San Jacinto Street for its final run at 3 a.m. The “No Refusal” initia- tive involves the increased issuance of blood search warrants to those suspected of drunk driving who refuse to give a breathalyzer test or blood sample. Judges will be more available to sign war- rants during this initiative. The initiative will go into ef- fect at 9 p.m. Wednesday and will end at 5 a.m. Thursday. Anthony Hipolito, Austin Police Department spokes- person, said 11 DWI offend- ers were arrested Halloween night last year. “We take drunk driving very seriously, because it is a totally preventable crime,” Hipolito said. “Drinking and driving has killed too many people.” According to APD, about 26 percent of last year’s traffic fatalities were alcohol-related. Emily Ng | Daily Texan StaffCollege of Education Professor Dr. Richard J. Reddick addresses the issue of education inequality and how it relates to incarceration Tuesday evening at the UTC. Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan StaffDJ Anthony Carter plays music for the Halloween Edition of Trailer Food Tuesdays at the Long Center for Performing Arts Tuesday night. Trailer Food Tuesdays occur every last Tuesday of the month. Students have the power to organize themselves to make the University a more accepting place, student and faculty panelists said at a discussion Tuesday. During the event hosted by the Department of Soci- ology, panelists said the Uni- versity’s social structure and learning environment mar- ginalizes minority students. Juan Portillo, a sociol- ogy graduate student who led the panel, said recent reports of bleach balloons being thrown in West Campus and race-themed parties hosted by students are examples of struggles minority students face. Portillo said the Univer- sity’s structure caters to white male students and faculty, which creates ten- sion on campus. Portillo said students are discrimi- nated against by their race, gender and sexuality or a combination of these different identities. Portillo said everyday interactions that question someone’s presence on campus can cause students to feel estranged. He said a white-centric curriculum can also disconnect minor- ity students from their class- mates and professors. “If you point out some- one’s accent or question their citizenship status or you joke about a woman’s intelligence, this may not sound to some people as great grievances, but they add up and they take a huge toll on the students,” Portillo said. Rocio Villalobos, pan- elist and Multicultural Engagement Center pro- gram coordinator, said the nature of the University may cause minority stu- dents to struggle finding acceptance on campus and force them to create new student organizations to meet their needs. “Many of these efforts to make the institution not only a more welcom- ing space but a place that is truly supportive have been led by students of color,” Villalobos said. “Students have a long history of push- ing for changes on campus for their needs and interests and concerns to be taken seriously in a way that ac- knowledges that they exist at the intersection of these multiple identities.” Panelist Marianna Ana- ya, an ethnic studies and radio-television-film ju- nior, said she could not find an organization on campus that offered her support as both a Chicana and lesbian. Anaya co- founded La Colectiva Fe- menil, which she said aims to support feminine queer- identified students through discussions of identity to encourage empowerment. “There was no space for us in Latino groups or queer groups or in female- centered groups,” Anaya said. “There really wasn’t a place for this intersection- ality to take place, so we made one. We were so frus- trated, and there was really no other place to discuss these issues.” Villalobos said La Colec- tiva Femenil is an example of how students can em- brace their struggles to find a place of acceptance. “We have to actively create opportunities to make these discussions more visible and pub- lic and stop silencing the ways in which we have been deeply wounded as a result of our existence at the intersection of these multiple identities,” Villalobos said. Daily TexanVolume 113, Issue 56 Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591Editor: Susannah Jacob(512) 232-2212editor@dailytexanonline.comManaging Editor: Aleksander Chan(512) 232-2217managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.comNews Office: (512) 232-2207news@dailytexanonline.comRetail Advertising: (512) 471-1865joanw@mail.utexas.eduClassified Advertising: (512) 471-5244classifieds@dailytexanonline.comCONTACT USCOPYRIGHTCopyright 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. 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. TOMORROW’S WEATHERHighLow8561I have two. News2Wednesday, October 31, 2012CAMPUSBy Christine AyalaPanel explores minority issuesPROP 1continues from page 1searched Oct. 19. UT received a false phone-in bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the campus Sept. 14. Bob Harkins, associate vice pres- ident of Campus Safety and Security, said UT officials do not believe the threat is related to the bomb threats made against Texas A&M and Texas State. According to a press re- lease issued by Texas A&M police Monday, Texas A&M Police Department investi- gators, the FBI and several other law enforcement agen- cies were able to link Kelly to the threat through his cellphone, and Henderson remains a person of interest in that case. Daniel Benitez, captain of operations for the Texas State University Police De- partment, said Henderson’s arrest came after Texas State police were able to link the threat to her email account. Kelly was arrested at the Brazos County Jail, where he was being held for un- related charges. He has been charged with making a terroristic threat, a third- degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Henderson was charged with three counts of making a terroristic threat and three counts of making a false alarm, a misdemeanor. Kelly and Hender- son remain in the Brazos County Jail. Kelly is be- ing held on $150,000 bond each and Henderson on $300,000 bond. THREATS continues from page 1PENGUINS continues from page 1Zaffirini served as chair of the Senate Higher Edu- cation Committee from its establishment in 2009 un- til October, when Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst replaced her with State Sen. Kel Seli- ger, R-Amarillo. Zaffirini currently serves as a mem- ber of the committee with State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, who has worked with the University for the past six years to establish a medical school. In a phone interview, Wat- son said he is not surprised by Zaffirini’s endorsement because of her advocacy for higher education. “It’s wonderful to have someone with her level of expertise supporting Propo- sition 1,” Watson said. He said the University will not be able to establish a medical school without the revenue generated by the property tax increase. “Without Prop. 1’s pas- sage, UT will lose out on the ability to [establish a medical school],” Watson said. During a press confer- ence Tuesday, UT President William Powers Jr. said the University does not have an alternate stream of revenue to fund the medical school, making the passage of Prop- osition 1 essential to estab- lishing the school. “If there are other ways to get that done, we’re open to that,” Powers said. If voters approve Propo- sition 1, it will not take ef- fect until a U.S. district court conducts a hearing regarding the legality of the proposition’s ballot lan- guage. Last week Travis County Taxpayers Union, a political action committee that opposes Proposition 1, sued Central Health, alleg- ing that the proposition’s ballot language violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965 by misleading voters and expressing advocacy for the proposition. A hearing is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 14. very upset by the content,” Jennings said in his email, obtained by an open records request. “She was heard to say if she had known what the play was about she would not have allowed it be at Lee [Elementary School].” In his response, Good- man said the schools needed more time to prepare for the content of the play. “Elementary schools typi- cally, most especially in the primary grades, do not delve into human sexuality, reli- gion or other politically hot topics,” Goodman said in his email. In an interview earlier this month, Pope said UT provided AISD with mate- rials relating to “And Then Came Tango” and was explicit about the play’s content before the first performance. However, in a letter sent from Good- man to Jennings Tuesday, Goodman said UT was not clear enough. “The underlying mes- sage and content delivery was not clearly presented to our school’s principals,” Goodman said. Cassie Gholston, mar- keting director for UT’s department of theatre and dance, said because stu- dents were performing the play for class credit, UT still wants to give the students a chance to perform the play. “AISD wanted more time to look at the play,” Gholston said. “For us to be able to move forward for the class, it was best to go ahead and agree jointly with AISD that we wanted to stop the tour.” Gholston said the deci- sion to discontinue the tour will not cause problems for UT’s relationship with AISD in the future. “We will continue per- forming for AISD with- out any interruption,” Gholston said. “Our expec- tation is that we will con- tinue putting on tours in the upcoming semesters.” She said while no per- formances at private and charter schools have been scheduled yet, UT expects to be performing “And Then Came Tango” soon. “Several are very interest- ed. Right now it is just a mat- ter of booking and coordi- nating schedules,” Gholston said. “There is a lot of inter- est in this play.” him by 9:00 that night.” The panel also included Chris Evoy, Austin ISD po- lice captain, and Richard Reddick, assistant professor of education. Evoy spoke of AISD’s attempts at decrimi- nalization in schools where police seek to educate first rather than write a citation or make an arrest. Evoy em- phasized the importance of taking a holistic approach when considering discipline problems with students. “What is the root of the problem? Have we talk- ed to this student? Part of decriminalization is finding out what the prob- lem is,” Evoy said. “This isn’t a student that’s going to go away. He’s still in the classroom. If we take him to jail, he’s coming back. So we have to figure out what’s going on.” The event was hosted by Longhorn Teach for America, an organization that supports Teach for America, a pro- gram in which recent college graduates teach for two years at schools in low-income communities. In 2012, 61 UT college graduates were ad- mitted to the program, tying with Georgetown University as the 10th highest contribu- tor among all universities. Melissa Dunn, govern- ment and supply chain man- agement senior and campus campaign coordinator for Longhorn Teach for Ameri- ca, said she hoped the panel would shed light on the per- vasive nature of education inequality in America. “We want people to un- derstand that the education gaps don’t end at the class- room,” Dunn said. “The ef- fects permeate the educa- tion, economic and justice systems in this country.” Reddick reflected on his own experiences as a teacher and offered ad- vice to students pursuing a teaching profession. “I feel, as a teacher, it’s my job to control my class- room,” Reddick said. “And I did that in some ways that I don’t think you can learn in a pedagogical classroom. You have to learn on the ground. You have to learn some swagger.” — Melissa Dunn, campus campaign coordinator for Longhorn Teach for AmericaWe want people to understand that the education gaps don’t end at the classroom. 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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) PRISONcontinues from page 1 Sweater weather in Austin is short-lasting and something to be enjoyed, preferably outdoors. Who in his right mind wants to spend those three tragically short weeks in overheated classrooms, punctuated only by brisk walks to extended dates with the library? Many students, citing the nearly three months without hol- iday between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, complain about our lack of a fall break. After all, many of UT’s private peer institutions have one. This February, echoing popular senti- ment, Student Government passed a resolution in favor of instating a fall break. Many faculty members are on board as well. Kirsten Bel- gum, associate professor in the department of Germanic Studies, supports a brief fall break as a measure that could be “mentally, psychologically good for everybody.” Depending on the timing, Belgum says a two-day break could provide some mid-semester relief to students without interrupting their momentum. It could also resolve the issue of the seem- ingly arbitrary Wednesday start date for the fall semester by pushing it back to Monday. As much as the idea of a few more days of vacation ap- peals to me, some faculty opinions that differ from the stu- dent consensus make sense. David Laude, senior vice pro- vost and professor in the College of Natural Sciences, says that a fall break would be counterproductive because of its interference with crucial lab time. Large, laboratory-based classes, which require special setup and take-down proce- dures, are generally only feasible during full weeks. In that regard, the fall semester is already at a disadvantage. Given fall’s Wednesday start, Labor Day and Thanksgiving, the se- mester offers only about 80 percent of the number of full weeks that spring does. Adding a two-day fall break would contribute yet another broken week without labs. Laude says that’s something the College of Natural Sciences can’t afford. A new two-day break also runs the risk of becoming too popular among students who are apt to take a mile out of their given inch. The Wednesday before fall’s current two- day break, Thanksgiving, already suffers from widespread class cancellations. Additionally, bus services like the Texas Express encourage students to go ahead and skip by offering only an early Wednesday departure time. Professors know to avoid assigning papers or exams for that day unless they want to make their students as unhappy as the bloated tur- keys they travel home expecting to eat. A similar “Thanks- giving effect” could conceivably plague any prospective fall break, encouraging students to take an unintentionally extended vacation. While the marathon stretch of the fall semester is academi- cally demanding, the costs of a fall break outweigh the ben- efits. But the University might still consider restructuring the calendar in other ways that could improve the semester for both students and faculty. Officially canceling classes on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving would eliminate the skip-or- not conundrum and provide an opportunity to start classes earlier during the first week of the semester. For now, students should continue to make the most out of our short autumn despite its coinciding with a busy time of the semester. A fall break sounds nice, but it would be as difficult to implement as it would be to predict the fall weather. Walters is a Plan II junior from Houston. Editor’s note: The Daily Texan Editorial Board offers our take on Proposition 1 and 4 in the Austin special election here. Early voting is happening now until Nov. 2, and general voting takes place on Nov. 6. You can find polling locations and other voting information online at votetexas.gov. Proposition 1: YESProposition 1 in the Austin special elec- tion asks voters if the general election date should be moved from May to November. This is an easy “yes.” Moving the election date will ensure UT students are more likely to participate in the election, which determines Austin’s mayor and city coun- cil members. Under the current election schedule, these positions receive little at- tention from college-aged voters. Proposi- tion 1 stands to increase participation in city government among all city residents, not just UT students, by grouping city elections with national elections. And the city will save money by combining elec- tion costs. We join Student Government in endorsing Proposition 1. Proposition 4: YES Proposition 4 entails a change to the city charter that would refashion the city council. Instead of a seven-member body of at-large councilpersons and the mayor, the council would consist of an eleven- member body that would be made up of two at-large councilpersons, eight council members representing specific geographic districts within the city and the mayor. The council structure suggested by the proposition balances local and city-wide interests by including at-large members on the council. Students stand to benefit from the sin- gle-member geographic districts mandat- ed by Proposition 4 because the city coun- cil members who would represent council districts with high student populations — those that might include West Campus, Riverside and the Forty Acres — would advocate for student issues at city council. Stories in the Texan and columns run on this page suggest that the city would do well to pay more attention to the concerns of students, and single-member city coun- cil districts are a better way to attune the city to students’ needs. The power of the student vote, which under the current all at-large council setup is diluted by non- student voters in the rest of the city, would encourage candidates vying for council positions that represent student popula- tions to pay attention to student concerns. Single-member geographic districts are also central to Proposition 3, a compet- ing ballot item that calls for ten council members from single-member geographic districts and no at-large members. The omission of at-large members creates a situation wherein council members would be focused on the districts they represent, possibly at the expense of the well-being of the city as a whole. The inclusion of at-large council members in Proposition 4 provides a better balance between lo- calized and city-wide concerns, while ex- panding the council to better represent the needs of our growing and diverse city. in-Chief Susannah JacobOpinion4Wednesday, October 31, 2012LEGALESEOpinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. EDITORIAL TWITTERFollow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. SUBMIT A FIRING LINEE-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLEPlease recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on cam- pus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. Healthy eating starts with us Don’t break my fall By Amil MalikDaily Texan ColumnistBy Edgar WaltersDaily Texan Columnist Endorsements: Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop. 1 and 4 GALLERYLauren Moore| Daily Texan CartoonistA new two-day break also runs the risk of becoming too popular among students who are apt to take a mile out of their given inch. As a frequent patron of Littlefield Patio Cafe, I have noticed a common lunch choice among the students dining there: pizza. For those of you who have not seen it, Littlefield Patio Cafe’s pizza is a sight: thick crust, dripping with brushed-on butter, and enough cheese per slice to cover a whole pizza pie. I’m not talking about a crisp brick oven, New York-style thin crust pizza. No. Think a slice of Texas toast plus a cup of cheese dripping in fat. That is what you get in one slice of Littlefield’s pizza. OK, I exaggerate a bit. But my point is still valid. College students’ diets are neither healthy nor varied. When I con- fronted some of my peers about their eating habits, most of them responded with something to the effect of, “Healthy food is not available on campus, and if it is, it’s expensive.” But my friends’ complaints are not true. Over the past eight to nine years, the Division of Housing and Food Services at UT has been working hard to provide more nutritious food in the cafeterias. The department has had considerable success. According to Executive Chef Robert Mayberry, DHFS partners with the Sustainable Food Center to provide local, healthier meal options to students. For example, many of the vegetables served this month (such as potatoes, lettuce, and arugula) are from local farms. The boiled eggs in Kin- solving are organic eggs from Vital Farms, a local establish- ment. The tortillas are locally cooked, too. Recently, DHFS has added a nutritionist to their team and nutritional information for menu items at Jester, Kinsolving, Littlefield and Cypress Bend are available online. The staff has also marked locally grown produce with special symbols — a Texas sign for local foods and a red recycling sign for sustainable eats. In other words, healthier options are available, for the same price as unhealthy food, all over campus. Students just have to know to look for them. Some questions remain unanswered. Why is junk food still available, and why do college students choose it over healthier options? If there is a crisis of eating habits on campuses in this country, is it the responsibility of the din- ing halls to stop serving calorie-and-cheese-laden pizza, or the students’ to stop demanding it? According to Chef Mayberry, stopping the provision of healthier foods in the cafeteria is nearly impossible because “people have come to expect they can get anything they want at any time.” Such an approach doesn’t work when you are offered only sustainable, local eats. Even more of it has to do with students’ unwillingness to re-learn how to eat. Mayberry notes that students are reluctant to educate themselves on healthy eating. “A person has to want to change. There is just a lot of junk food out there,” he said. How willing are students to stop eating junk food? Viv- ian Yee recently reported in the New York Times about how grade school students have thrown lunches on the floor in protest of changes toward healthier meals. College dining halls do at times resemble elementary school lunchrooms, but if students on this campus truly want to shift toward healthier eating habits, they must distinguish themselves from third-graders and accept that the burden is on them to exercise their power as consumers. Yesterday afternoon, while brushing butter on a pie’s golden crust, one Littlefield Patio Cafe employee paused to tell me that the cafe sells around 80 pizzas a day. If UT students are serious about increasing the quantity of “good” food available on campus, they must indicate so in their dining habits. Malik is a Plan II and Business Honors Program freshman. Littlefield Cafe’s pizza is a sight: thick crust, dripping with brushed-on butter, and enough cheese per slice to cover a whole pie. NEW YORK — Stripped of its bustle and mostly cut off from the world, New York was left wondering Tuesday when its particu- lar way of life — carried by subway, lit by skyline and powered by 24-hour deli — would return. Mayor Michael Bloom- berg and the power com- pany said it could be several days before the lights come on for hundreds of thou- sands of people plunged into darkness by what was once Hurricane Sandy. And Bloomberg said it could be four or five days before the subway, which suffered the worst dam- age in its 108-year history, is running again. All 10 of the tunnels that carry New Yorkers under the East River were flooded. Sandy killed 10 people in New York City. The dead included two who drowned in a home and one who was in bed when a tree fell on an apartment, the mayor said. A 23-year-old woman died after stepping into a puddle near a live electrical wire. “This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced,” Bloomberg said. For the 8 million people who live here, the city was a different place one day after the storm. In normal times, rituals bring a sense of order to the chaos of life in the nation’s largest city: Stop at Star- bucks on the morning walk with the dog, drop the kids off at P.S. 39, grab a bagel. On Tuesday, those rituals were suspended, with little indication when they would come back. Schools were shut for a second day and were closed Wednesday, too. Some bridges into the city reopened at midday, but ser- vice on the three commuter railroads that run between the city and its suburbs was still suspended. The New York Stock Exchange was closed for a second day, the first time that has happened because of weather since the 19th century, but said it would re- open on Wednesday. Swaths of the city were not so lucky. Consolidated Edison, the power company, said it would be four days before the last of the 337,000 customers in Manhattan and Brooklyn who lost pow- er have electricity again. For the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Westches- ter County, with 442,000 outages, it could take a week, Con Ed said. Floodwater led to explosions that disabled a power substation on Mon- day night, contributing to the outages. A fire destroyed as many as 100 houses in a flooded beachfront neighborhood in Queens. Firefighters said the water was chest-high on the street and they had to use a boat to make rescues. The landscape of the city changed in a matter of hours. The mayor said: “We will get through the days ahead by doing what we always do in tough times — by standing together, shoulder to shoul- der, ready to help a neighbor, comfort a stranger and get the city we love back on its feet.” JOIN US IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 3: University Democrats, UT Student Government, Austin Neighborhoods Council, AFL-CIO Labor Council, Austin Charter Revision Committee, Austin Tejano Democrats, ChangeAustin.org, El Concilio, Mexican American Democrats, NAACP – Austin, South Austin Democrats, Travis County Green Party... PLUS 33,000 PETITION SIGNATURES! Paid for by Austinites for Geographic RepresentationVOTE YES ON PROP 3! GIVE STUDENTSA UNIQUE VOICE! YES ON PROPOSITION 3THE CITIZEN’S PLANEndorsed by UT student government & University Democrats Creates an Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission that is required to include a studentNO ON PROPOSITION 4THE POLITICIANS’ PLANProp 4 gives students nothing and has Politicians draw the Council linesVote Yes on 3 For a STUDENT VOICE & Vote No on 4 - The Politicians PlanVote Early through Friday, November 2Election Day is Tuesday, November 6Learn more at TrustAustin.orgor visit us at facebook.com\TrustAustinRaises money for graduate student professional development awards. Put on by the Graduate Student AssemblyRegister today at: www.utgsa5k.comONLY $30for UT students, faculty and staffGet 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. Kristine Reyna, Wire Editor World & Nation5Wednesday, October 31, 2012NEWS BRIEFLYNew Yorkers face changes day after Sandy By Colleen Long & Erin McClamAssociated PressMark LennihanAssociated PressA firefighter surveys the smoldering ruins of a house in the Breezy Point section of New York, Tuesday. More than 50 homes were destroyed in a fire that swept through the oceanfront community during Super- storm Sandy. Hazardous release sickens 200 in N.M. SANTA TERESA, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say an unknown hazardous material release sickened about 200 people Tuesday near the Mexican border just northwest of El Paso, Texas. A one-mile area sur- rounding the industrial park and border crossing at Santa Teresa was evacuated for a few hours Tuesday, and the nearby airport was closed. By Tuesday after- noon, only the industrial park remained off-limits as hazmat crews took samples to determine what made the people sick. A New Mexico National Guard support team was en route to help with monitor- ing and testing. —Compiled from Associated Press reportsSyria activists report 23 dead in suburbBEIRUT — Airstrikes by Syrian jets and shells from tanks leveled a neighbor- hood in a restive city near the capital of Damascus on Tuesday, killing 18 people, and at least five rebel fighters died nearby in clashes with regime troops, activists said. The airstrikes on the city of Douma, northeast of the capital, left residents scampering over a huge expanse of rubble and us- ing their hands to dig up mangled bodies. Scenes of vast destruction like those from Douma on Tuesday have grown more common as rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad have made gains on the ground, and Assad’s forces have responded with overwhelming air power. The Texas Exes announced a new scholarship named for Sen. Judith Zaffirini, a long- time champion of affordable higher education. The Senator Judith Zaf- firini Scholarship was an- nounced Tuesday morning during a ceremony hosted by the Texas Exes, the in- dependent UT alumni or- ganization. The scholarship will first be awarded to one student in fall 2013 and will be awarded to multiple stu- dents per year in the future. Judith Zaffirini’s 30-year- old son, Carlos Zaffirini Jr., will endow the scholarship for high school seniors from South Texas, with preference for students from Webb, Starr or Zapata counties. The scholarship will be re- newable for up to four years if students maintain a 2.5 grade point average. “What we all wish for our children is not be like us but to be better than us,” Judith Zaffirini said. “Not to match our accomplishments but to surpass them. Ladies and gentlemen, I think I have succeeded.” Zaffirini, whose legislative priorities include adequate funding for financial aid programs, has authored bills in support of funding for fi- nancial assistance programs and helped establish the B- On-Time Loan Program, a state loan program that offers students loan forgiveness. Both Zaffirini and her son earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from UT. “If you look across this room, there’s a lot of people from all parts of the state and even different parts of the country,” Carlos Zaffirini Jr. said. “There’s one thing that we all have in common: the University of Texas made our lives better. The goal of this scholarship is to make this state and this country better the way my mom did.” Judith Zaffirini formerly chaired the Higher Educa- tion Committee since its inception in 2009. Begin- ning in 2005, she chaired the Higher Education Subcom- mittee before it was upgrad- ed to a regular committee. In 1987 she joined the senate as the first Hispanic woman to be elected into the position. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst recently reappointed Judith Zaffirini to chair the Sen- ate Committee on Govern- ment Organization, but she will continue to serve on the higher education committee as general member. UT System chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said the Zaffirini family understands the importance of financial assistance for students in South Texas. “One of the UT System’s highest priorities is improv- ing education and health in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley,” Cigarroa said. “This scholarship will support hardworking, quali- fied students who may not have been able to attend the University of Texas because of financial circumstances.” UT President William Powers Jr. said Texas Exes scholarships, including the Senator Judith Zaf- firini Scholarship, help the University attract a diverse student body. “[Scholarships] also stand for the proposition of what public and great public uni- versities are about,” Powers said. “In every way, scholar- ships are so critical and that is one of the things we’re celebrating today.” The Texas Exes will manage the scholarship. The alumni association awards close to $2 million in scholarships to about 700 students annually. 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UTcampus2012classrmrev.indd 110/19/12 2:57 PMNews6Wednesday, October 31, 2012UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITYDepartment of Physics hosts students at smashingly sucessful open houseBy Bobby BlanchardScholarship named for Senator ZaffiriniBy Alexa UraState senators worried Tuesday that Texas has gone too far in imposing a zero- tolerance policy for bad be- havior in schools, noting that minority students are bearing the brunt of the punishment and school police officers are writing too many tickets for insignificant infractions. Tony Fabelo, an Austin- based criminal justice con- sultant, told a joint committee meeting of the Senate Crimi- nal Justice and Education Committees that a study fol- lowing students from seventh grade to high school gradua- tion showed that 83 percent of black male students and 70 percent of black female stu- dents statewide faced at least one disciplinary action. The cases involved stu- dents being written up for poor behavior at school of- ficials’ discretion, not for major violations that would mandate disciplinary action, Fabelo said. He said students with spe- cial needs of all races were far more likely than others to face disciplinary action. Still, black students in Texas were 31 percent more likely to be involved in cases of discretionary violations but 23 percent less likely to face mandatory expulsion, refut- ing any suggestion that black students simply behaved worse than students of other races, according to Fabelo. Sen. Royce West, a Dallas Democrat, seized on the fact that eight of out of 10 black boys had faced at least one in- cident of disciplinary action. “That’s ridiculous, and ev- eryone in this room knows that’s ridiculous,” he said. “I’m tired of being sick and tired of this issue.” David Anderson, general counsel of the Texas Educa- tion Agency, reported that during the 2010-2011 school year, about 14.5 percent of students — or 730,000 across the state — faced some type of disciplinary action. Fully 12 percent faced in-school suspension, with most of the rest being suspended out of school or expelled. Both he and Fabelo agreed that Texas is a leader among states in ensuring expelled students are referred to an- other school or juvenile of- fenders’ program, rather than thrown out on the street. Minority students treated too harshly, senators sayBy Will WeissertAssociated PressThe UT Department of Physics’ open house ended with a splat Tuesday after- noon as watermelons fell 224 feet at 55 miles per hour in about 2-and-half seconds. The event opened 21 labs in Robert Lee Moore Hall for college and high school students to tour in hopes of introducing them to the physics com- munity and department at UT. After the tours ended, officers in the Society of Physics Students dropped watermelons off of the top of the 224-foot-tall RLM to ensure they fell at the same rate. “It’s nice to make sure grav- ity still works sometimes,” Joseph Crowley, Society of Physics Students out- reach coordinator, said. “And it’s nice to just throw some fruit.” Crowley said one of the reasons for hosting the event was to introduce freshmen and sophomores to the life of a physicist. “We want the rest of the UT community to know what we do,” Crowley said. “We sound like big, scary scientists hiding in our caves, but we want people to see what it is actually like.” Jonathan Blair, Society of Physics Students secre- tary, said another reason for the event was to intro- duce high school students to the UT campus. “We wanted to invite high school students over so we can give them an introduc- tion to college and show them why UT is really awe- some,” Blair said. One of the 21 labs hosts the world’s most power- ful laser, the Petawatt La- ser. Students were able to observe the laser behind a glass window. “We wanted to make sure everyone could get some- thing out of this and have a good time,” Blair said. He said the event was a success. Blair said the organi- zation estimated 300 people would attend the event, but more than 500 showed up. The Society of Physics Students helped UT’s phys- ics department plan and host the event. Evan Ott, Society of Physics Students president, said he hoped the Department of Physics can put on the event again in the future. “One of the things we wanted to do was prove the Society of Physics Students could provide assistance in setting this up,” Blair said. — Joseph Crowley, Society of Physics Students outreach coordinatorIts nice to make sure gravity still works sometimes. And its nice to just throw some fruit.‘‘ Shelby Tauber | Daily Texan StaffUT alumni and Texas Sen. Judith Zaffirini speaks at a ceremony in her honor on Tuesday. Her son, Carlos Zaffarini, Jr., also a UT alumni, named a scholarship after her. Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan StaffPhysics graduate student Akshay Singh, left, explains nano-photonics to students visiting the optics lab Monday afternoon. The physics department hosted its open house with tours and demonstrations of various labs and studies in Robert L. Moore Hall. Tuesday night brought smiles to the Longhorns’ fac- es at the Frank Erwin Center as the women’s basketball team dominated the Univer- sity of the Incarnate Word. The exhibition game had Texas written all over it as it took down the Cardinals 77- 33. The Longhorns played two strong halves as they more than doubled the score of Incarnate Word. Texas started out strong as it went on a 13-0 run. Af- ter the first half, it held its opponent to just 25 while scoring 41. In the second half, the Texas defense again out- shined the Cardinals as it held them to just eight points while the team was able to score 36 points in the l ast 20 minutes. Junior guard Chassidy Fussell tallied 18 points while also recording five assists and seven rebounds. Head coach Karen Aston was all business in her first game back with the Long- horns, rarely sitting down as her team controlled the game. Despite only shooting two three-pointers and turn- ing the ball over 25 times, Aston was pleased with her team’s overall performance. “I thought they shared the ball well,” Aston said. “If we don’t turn it over, I think we’ll see more assists. We shot the ball really well.” With one game under its belt, the team can go into its season with more confidence and aware- ness of how they need to play to avenge last season’s disappointing end. The Texas defense was gashed for more than 100 yards on the ground and two touchdowns in the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Kansas. But in the second half something changed. All 11 members of the unit began to attack the ball on every snap, and the Longhorns buck- led down to surrender only three points during the final two quarters. “Guys just played faster,” cornerback Quandre Diggs said. “Kind of just see ball, hit ball. We have 11 guys swarming to the ball, just getting after it. It’s always fun to see as we watched film yesterday just guys attacking the ball; everybody jumps on the pile.” Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz went back to the basics, and it paid divi- dends. “We just went back to our base stuff,” Diggs said. “Our defense isn’t very complicated. It’s just mental lapses here and there.” Bowl eligibility not enoughWith their win against Kansas Saturday, the Long- horns became bowl-eligible for the second year in a row. At Texas, becoming bowl- eligible didn’t use to be an accomplishment, but after a 5-7 season in 2010, it’s a marked achievement for this squad. “It’s a little bit of weight Mike Davis has become David Ash’s go-to guy. He leads the team with 34 catch- es for 559 yards and four touchdowns but has strug- gled with dropped passes. He’s averaging 16.4 yards per catch, but many of his missed catches have not re- quired much skill and a few of them have been on poten- tially game-changing plays. During Texas’ 56-50 win over Baylor, Davis had two drops, including one on a 3rd-and-14. “Sometimes you have to talk to Mike,” Ash said. “When Mike makes mis- takes, it’s not like he doesn’t care. It bothers him. He’s a competitor, and he works hard for what he does, and whenever he messes up it bothers him.” After a drop against Okla- homa State, Davis caught a 32-yard pass to get the Longhorns on the OSU 5-yard line with less than a minute left. Despite the drops against Baylor, he also had a career- high 148 yards and a career- long 67-yard catch, a testa- ment to the short memory he seems to have. “I just felt like whenever I don’t do my job I let my team down, and I want an- other opportunity to make it right,” Davis said. During practice the coaches have players repeat Christian Corona, Sports Editor Sports7Wednesday, October 31, 2012SPTS 7CAVING IN N.M. THANKSGIVING TRIPwww.utrecsports.orgEXPLORINGSTARTS HERESIDELINENBA“What a great day of practice....Tired zzzzzzz” Mike Davis@MikeDavis_1TOP TWEETSoccer players earn academic accoladesJust before the Big 12 Championship, the UT women’s soccer team is staying sharp both on and off the field. Nine student- athletes were named to the 2012 Academic All-Big 12 Teams, the most for UT since 2007. Honorees include sophomore Julie Arnold, senior Kristin Cummins, sophomore Brooke Gil- bert, sophomore Cierra Grubbs, senior Kara Hoff- man, junior Brenda Sauce- do and sophomore Allison Smith. Senior Hannah Higgins was awarded second-team honors. Athletes earn the award by earning at least a 3.20 grade-point average for first-team honors and a 3.00 grade-point average for second-team honors. The student-athletes must have also participated in sixty percent of the scheduled games. Cummins has earned the award three times, while Higgins was awarded second-team honors for the third consecutive year. — Rachel ThompsonSPORTS BRIEFLYFOOTBALLMcCoy outplays Ash in pressure situations STAT GUYFOOTBALL NOTEBOOKLawrence Peart | Daily Texan StaffDespite a slow first half, the Texas defense led by senior safety Kenny Vacarro, allowed a mea- ger three points from the Kansas Jayhawks. Defense steps up after halftimeBy Lauren GiudiceNot four weeks ago, David Ash was positioned securely as the Longhorns’ quarterback and drawing early Heisman hype after leading Texas to an undefeated record. Follow- ing a dismal showing against Oklahoma and a rough three quarters against the No. 83 ranked defense in Kansas, junior quarterback Case Mc- Coy stepped in and replaced Ash. With Texas trailing in the fourth quarter in Lawrence, McCoy helped the Longhorns surmount the Jayhawks, avoid- ing what could have been one of the worst upsets in Texas history. Rewind to last year, and the Longhorns were in a similar position of quarter- back indecisiveness, although this year Ash remains the lone starter. Let’s take a look at how the two quarterbacks have compared throughout their Longhorn careers. Ash has shown flashes of greatness during his tenure at the 40 Acres. The quar- terback has compiled 2,805 yards passing, 16 touch- downs and 13 interceptions. The former Belton prep-star has a 63 percent completion rate and has averaged a 131 passer efficiency rating. Let’s compare that to Mc- Coy, who received the majority of his playing time in 2011. In his career, McCoy has passed for 1,268 yards, 11 touchdowns and four interceptions (all four interceptions came against Baylor last season.) The junior has a 61 percent completion rate and has averaged a 170 passer efficiency mark. Fairly similar numbers, consider- ing that McCoy had five starts compared to Ash’s 14. Let’s dive deeper into the stats, com- paring the two quarterbacks in By Chris HummerBy Hank SouthDaily Texan ColumnistRECAPWOMEN’S BASKETBALL|Garrett CallahanFanny Trang | Daily Texan StaffJunior guard Chassidy Fussell rallies for 18 points against Incarnate Word. Drops don’t get to DavisLawrence Peart Daily Texan StaffWhile junior wide receiver Mike Davis leads the team with 34 catches and four touchdowns this season, his recent dropped passes have been cause for concern. Davis dropped two passes against Baylor, but also managed to make 67-yard catch in the same game. ‘‘I just felt like whenever I don’t do my job I let my team down, and I want another opportunity to make it right. — Mike Davis, wide receiverDAVIS continues on page 8CAVALIERS WIZARDS CELTICSHEAT MAVERICKSLAKERS LONGHORNS IN THE NBA Daniel Gibson, Guard-10 points Tristan Thompson, Forward-12 pointsAshMcCoyTouchdowns1611Interceptions134Pass Completion Rate64%62% Yards2,8051,268CAREER STATS ASH continues on page 8BOWL continues on page 8ON THE WEBNFL STORYLINESCheck out our blog about Vick’s future, Giants feats and Chargers’ struggles during NFL week 9. dailytexanonline.com The Longhorns finished well short of their goal of retaining their title with a sixth-place finish in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invita- tional Tuesday, marking the end of their fall season. Texas tallied a three-day total of 26-over 890 in its own tournament, which it won last season. “That’s the hard part in golf,” Richards said. “It’s hard to feel good all the way around when your scores don’t reflect it.” The Longhorns had a tough final day, shooting a 16-over 304 as sophomore Bertine Strauss birdied the fifth and 14th holes before falling from fourth to 15th place with a 7-over 79 Tuesday. Senior Katelyn Sepmoree ended the tournament in 27th place, while fellow senior Desiree Dubreuil finished 31st. “There’s a lot we can learn from today,” Strauss said. “We just need to move for- ward and make the best out of it.” Florida edged Alabama in the fifth tiebreaker for the team title with a 1-un- der 863 and the Gators’ Ca- milla Hedberg took home the individual title with a 8-under 208. “Golf isn’t about being per- fect,” Richards said. “If we can just get them to be a little more consistent, then we’re going to be a really good team.” The Texas Longhorns men’s golf team finished the Stanford Classic at Cypress Point with a bang Tuesday, topping Stanford in singles matches in the third and fi- nal round by a score of 15.5 to 8.5. The third-round vic- tory came a day after No. 2 Texas, the top seed at the event, went 1-1 in match- ups in the first two rounds Monday. The Longhorns defeated Michigan in four- ball play by a score of 12-0 in the first round before fall- ing in foursomes to UCLA by a score of 6.5 to 5.5 in the second round. UCLA, the No. 4 seed, finished first at the Stan- ford Classic by winning all three of its matchups over the course of the two-day tournament. In addition to beating the Longhorns in the second round Monday, the Bruins defeated Georgia in the first round and Duke in the third round. The event called for each of the eight participating teams to use six golfers in each matchup. The Long- horns were represented by Jordan Spieth, Toni Haku- la, Cody Gribble, Johna- than Schnitzer, Julio Vegas and Kramer Hickok in the tournament. Texas’ next event will take place in El Paso at the West- ern Refining Collegiate All- American Nov. 18-19.8 a meDical schoolthat matches your passion for success. 1-855-582-7766 | North Haven, ConnecticutQuinnipiac University’s new Frank H. 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Davis needs to get back to basics and focus on catching the ball be- fore attempting to make a bigger play. “Sometimes you just have to catch it and go down,” co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin said. “It’s just repping it and making that point again and saying it’s okay in that situation to do that, because he’s been drilled so hard [on] the other way of catching and running with it.” During his sophomore campaign, he struggled with dropped passes and only scored one touch- down. But as a freshman, his future looked bright. Davis’ up-and-down career at Texas mirrors his incon- sistency when it comes to catching the ball. Although his reliability has been questioned, in the past three games Davis was far more productive than both Jaxon Shipley and Marquise Goodwin. Shipley has eight recep- tions for 84 yards, and Goodwin has caught four passes for 68 yards, while Davis has 15 receptions for 296 yards with two touch- downs during that stretch. Davis, now a junior, is clicking with Ash. “We’re on the same page most of the time,” Davis said. “We click great. It’s also that way with Ship [Shipley] and Quise [Goodwin]. We’re all on the same page with this group.” Texas Tech is 12th in total defense and 15th in passing defense in the country. Davis will need to be a dependable threat downfield for the Long- horns as they take on the Red Raiders. “He’s always saying, ‘Give me another chance. I’ll catch it the next time. Don’t give up on me.’ And I never will, be- cause he’s worked hard and he deserves to get the ball,” Ash said. DAVIScontinues from page 7[off of our shoulders],” se- nior safety Kenny Vaccaro said. “But honestly I think it’s just the next game. We won a game. As a senior, my goals are higher than a six- win season. I’m playing for much, much more.” For Vaccaro that’s a higher draft stock and, more im- portantly, a potential BCS bowl. Despite the team’s poor play thus far, the play- ers firmly believe if they win out to finish 10-2, the BCS is still a possibility. “It’s a very big deal to be bowl eligible,” wide receiver Mike Davis said. “But if we win out, I feel we can still go to a BCS bowl.” Loud Lubbock atmosphereTexas has played in some great atmospheres this sea- son. It has played in front of 90,000 fans at the Cotton Bowl, seen the Grove in full effect at Ole Miss and saw the most raucous crowd in Dar- rell K Royal-Texas Memo- rial Stadium’s history for the West Virginia game. However, it’s possible that the Longhorns won’t experience anything quite as unique as Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock this season. The fans come early, they’re loud and often times rude — Davis claimed he had a tortilla thrown at him his freshman season — and they passionately sup- port their team throughout the entire game. “It’s a great rivalry,” quar- terback Case McCoy said. “That atmosphere is going to be crazy on Saturday. I’ve never been, but I’ve al- ways heard about it. I just know that they’re out there getting ready right now. The fans are surrounding their stadium right now. It’s going to be fun.” Mack Brown praises DoegeTexas Tech’s Seth Doege has quietly established himself as one of the best quarterbacks in college football this season. He’s thrown for 2,540 yards and 30 touchdowns, is ninth in the nation for passing ef- ficiency and has only tossed eight interceptions. Doege, along with a vastly improved defense, has led Tech in its resurgence and earned it a 6-2 record. “I don’t see, if he’s not, how Seth Doege could not be up for the Heisman,” Brown said. “He is unbelievable. I haven’t felt he’s got the publicity he should.” BOWLcontinues from page 7crunch-time situations. Ash has a proven clutch gene, validated by his per- formance against Oklahoma State last month. The sopho- more completed a 4th-and-6 pass to tight end D.J. Grant to keep the Longhorns’ game- winning drive alive late in the fourth quarter. Through- out his career at Texas, in fourth-quarter plays Ash has 477 yards passing with a 65 percent completion rating and four touchdowns. Ash has one game-winning drive under his belt. In pressure-packed situ- ations, McCoy exceeds Ash greatly. Like Ash’s 4th-and-6 completion at OSU, McCoy converted the exact same situ- ation against Kansas on the Longhorns’ game-winning drive, connecting with re- ceiver Jaxon Shipley for an 18-yard gain. McCoy has 568 yards alongside a 64 per- cent completion rate and five touchdowns in fourth-quarter plays. The junior has three game-winning marches of his own, including the final drive at Texas A&M, one of the most historic Longhorn victories to date. This weekend Texas takes on the No. 20 Red Raiders, who hold the No. 12 total defense in the country. In his career against AP-ranked teams, Ash has 971 yards pass- ing, a 61 percent completion percentage with five touch- downs and nine interceptions. McCoy has 654 yards pass- ing, a 58.2 percent comple- tion rating, six touchdowns and four interceptions. Regardless of the compari- sons, Ash has done too much for the Longhorns this season to be shelved after a couple of bad outings. However, if the sophomore struggles in Lub- bock this weekend, expect to see McCoy inserted into the game to do what he does best: jumpstart the offense. ASHcontinues from page 7 TAILGATE DAYSFREE FOOD AND DRINKSWITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: ARE EVERY HOMEGAME! COME AND ENJOYA GOOD ‘OL TIME! 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Sharis Lachappelle recorded the deciding goal in the ninth minute in a physi- cal game where Texas fouled the Sooners 15 times and forced more than twice as many saves. The Longhorns have not won the conference tourna- ment since 2007 and will begin their campaign to win it again Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Blossom Soccer Stadium in San Antonio. The winner will advance to the semifinals Friday. On Halloween night, the No. 7 Longhorns will travel to Fort Worth to take on the TCU Horned Frogs. At the beginning of October, Texas swept TCU 3-0 in Austin for the first Big 12 confer- ence meeting between the two schools. Over- all, Texas leads the series against TCU 4-0. While on the road, the Longhorns are hoping to continue their recent success with a 13th con- secutive victory and to remain undefeated in con- ference play. Currently, the Longhorns are 18-3 overall and 10-0 in con- ference play. Texas is first in the Big 12 with a two- game lead over Kansas, which has an 8-2 record in the Big 12. TCU is currently tied with Texas Tech at sev- enth place in the Big 12 with a 2-7 conference record and an overall re- cord of 13-9. As the Long- horns roll into Fort Worth, the Horned Frogs hope to end their seven-game los- ing streak. Their last vic- tory was against Tech at home in September. PREVIEWSSharis LachapelleSophomore, mid-fielderHaley EckermanSophomore, outside hitterTEXASDate: WednesdayTime: 7 p.m. Location: Fort WorthOn air: ESPNUVS. TCUTEXASDate: WednesdayTime: 11:30 a.m. Location: San AntonioOn air: LHNVS. OKLAHOMA Hump-lo-ween everyone! On this most splendid holiday, it is my great hon- or to inform all students, faculty, fans and rivals of The University of Texas at Austin that our univer- sity made it into the top 20 schools for The 2012 Tro- jan Sexual Health Report Card. Whether celebrating Halloween, Spring Break or Saturday afternoon de- lights, healthy Horns know how to play it safe! The University of Texas at Austin placed No. 15 out of 141 major universities in the seventh annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card released last week. The report grades schools on the availability and qual- ity of 11 categories of sexual health services accessible to students, including condom and contraceptive avail- ability, HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and the quality of sexual health information available to students. In 2011, UT Austin ranked 33rd on the Trojan Sexual Health Report Card. The University Health Services (UHS) on campus offers amazing opportuni- ties for students to be ac- tive participants in their own sexual health. Stu- dents can participate in a Methods of Contraception Class, receive comprehen- sive sex education through the UHS website and get tested for HIV and STIs. UT even hosts free all-day HIV/STI Testing Days, when hundreds of willing Longhorns are tested in just one day. “Having just entered into a new relationship, get- ting tested was something I knew we both needed to get done but probably would have put off if it weren’t for the free testing at UT,” government junior Carisa Lopez said. Getting tested for HIV and other STIs is crucial for everyone who is sexual- ly active. In addition, a cer- tified condom enthusiast such as me finds it incred- ible that all students can receive three free condoms a day at the Health Promo- tion Resource Center in SSB 1.106. The Longhorn- spirited condom packs even come with free lube. Complementary to all of these services, students can request a sexual health class, such as Sex Trivia or Sex Feud, to be presented for a class or student or- ganization. These classes, as well as the Methods of Contraception class, are taught by the dedicated healthy sexuality peer edu- cators who are fully trained by health education coor- dinator Guli Fager. “I attended one of these classes my freshman year, and I learned so many things the public school ‘sex education’ system had failed to teach me,” UT se- nior Jasmine Vallejo said. So this Hump-lo-ween — whether you’re dress- ing up as an astronaut, sexy cat, cupcake or con- dom fairy — you can cel- ebrate sexily and safely, because you attend a uni- versity that cares about your sexual health. Life & Arts10Wednesday, October 31, 2012Following the likes of Da- vid Guetta, Deadmau5 and Avicii, students around cam- pus are becoming self-taught disc jockeys and music pro- ducers, gaining a fan base and landing paid gigs. However, with the contin- ued support for electronic dance music, landing gigs has become harder for students who don’t already have a fol- lowing from their ability to produce original work. “It’s easy to start DJing, but it’s hard to be a really good DJ,” Jacob Velcoff, radio-tele- vision-film junior and DJ of more than three years, said. “I know kids who produce good stuff and are really boring DJs, and I also know people who DJ really well and can’t produce for shit.” Velcoff had been in bands prior to becoming a DJ but said he decided to pursue the hobby to differentiate him- self as an artist. He believes electronic dance music has been gaining popularity, so much so that standards are raising for DJs even at West Campus parties. “Now that DJs have be- come the newest version of a rock star, a lot of people want to see a DJ throw a party with a lot of songs they rec- ognize instead of wanting to see some guy jamming with a guitar on stage,” Velcoff said. Student DJs are playing at sorority and fraternity parties, campus events, local bars and clubs — and making money while also creating mash-ups, remixes and original songs. “It’s a lot of slamming your head into a wall trying to find out what you’re not do- ing right and why it doesn’t sound exactly as it should in your head,” Velcoff said. “When you play a great show that’s cool, but when you make something come out of your speakers that you heard in your head before you did it, that’s a lot more satisfying.” Daniel Rosenwald, a com- puter science junior and a DJ since the age of 16, broke into DJing by landing gigs at bar mitzvahs but has since expanded to bars, clubs and charity performances, even recently opening for 3LAU. “I think young DJs have an advantage, because we grew up more closely with the technology,” Rosenwald said. “It’s just as much about the music as it is the technol- ogy and how quickly you can learn to use it.” He credits his success to his strong fanbase who believe in him and vouch for his work, helping him have the support he says he needs to continually receive paid offers. “It’s my passion. I love do- ing it,” Rosenwald said. “You should do what you love, so if that means making it into a career, by all means, I’ll take it as far as it can go.” American studies sopho- more Sanjeev Subnani started out with the help of Virtual DJ back in high school and has performed for a few student organizations on campus. He said being a DJ is a constant struggle and requires hours of practice each week to keep up with new trends and the changing music. “People are forgetting the name ‘disc jockey’ and what it means,” Subnani said. “Origi- nally a disc jockey was some- one who went on the radio to provide music and commen- tary. Now it’s grown to be a name where if you’re a DJ, you have to produce. I don’t think you have to, but it’s a lot easier to be unique when you make a unique beat than when you mix already-made music.” Subnani plans to work with a local DJ he met at The Aquarium that has been performing Thurs- day nights for as long as he can remember. Student DJs said there is quite a bit of weight in being able to know how their music will cater to their audience. The research necessary to find the music before they even be- gin to plan out their live sets is what separates the students of DJing from the DJ students. “You have to focus less on thinking a song is cool and more on what’s the most effec- tive way to capture their atten- tion,” Velcoff said. “People are beginning to demand better DJs, so the more and more the scene expands, if you don’t know what you’re doing peo- ple just want you out.” HUMPDAYBy Milla ImpolaJOYCEcontinues from page 12DIVINEcontinues from page 12By Lindsey ChernerLonghorns develop spin on DJingPhoto courtesy of Daniel Rosenwald Daniel Rosenwald DJing at Old School on East Sixth Street in Austin May 3, 2012. Rosenwald has been a DJ since high school and has seen the medium evolve a lot over time. MUSIC FRAMES | FEAtuREd photo Emily Ng | Daily Texan Staff A graffiti artist tags a wall in East Austin on Cesar Chavez Street along with other graffiti art hobbyists. SEXMAYANcontinues from page 12UT Health Services ranks 15th on sexual health report cardtime between the planting of the corn, or possibly, the time from human concep- tion to birth, experts say. They also had a 365-day calendar, similar to our own, and the two met once every 52 years, which also matched the average life ex- pectancy of a person living at that time, said Rebecca Storey, an anthropologist at the University of Houston. The king, however, need- ed a “long count” to create a legacy, Sumners explained. It is this count, which begins with Maya creation and ends three days before Christmas Eve, that is the focus of the end-of-the- world beliefs. This count is broken up into 13, 400-year segments, or baktuns. The last one ends on Dec. 21, 2012, and the ancient Maya believed that on Dec. 22 they would start counting again from zero, Storey said. The date coincidentally lines up with a rare event. In 2012, the sun will pass through the center of the Milky Way during the win- ter solstice, when it is at its weakest — an event that occurs every 26,000 years, Sumners said. This connec- tion, experts believe, might be behind some of the doomsday scenarios; how- ever, there is no evidence the Maya were aware this astronomical phenomenon fell on the same day as the end of their long count. “Most of the Maya schol- ars think it comes from the Christian West where the whole idea of doomsday and apocalypse is an impor- tant part of Christianity,” Storey said. “It’s mostly out- siders that have made that link that somehow the end of a time cycle can be a time of destruction.” The Maya ended their long count at 13 because it is, for them, a sacred num- ber, Storey said. They be- lieve the end of a count is a time of renewal, and this will be the theme of many of the modern-day Maya celebrations to be held in Central American cities on Dec. 21, she added. In reality, the Maya did suffer an “apocalypse,” said Sumners, but it oc- curred around 900 A.D., when the classic Mayan civilization collapsed. It appears years of drought had stopped the rain. “The reason it was such a catastrophe for them, such a collapse that they never re- ally recovered from, it was that they overbuilt,” Sum- ners said. “They did not cre- ate a sustainable culture if the rains didn’t come, and that’s what we face today.” RECYCLE .The Daily TexanAFTER READING YOUR COPYand some at the studio. It was more all over the place and less cohesive. It was definitely more of a just straightforward pop influ- ence. We weren’t going for all energy all the time; it’s more melodic. We already made a super energetic re- cord. This is for a different mood — to sit down and take in, not like a freak- out-and-destroy-your- room kind of record. DT: If you could time travel your whole band to a different period to play the same music with the same instruments, what time period would you go to and why? Johnson: I’d go back as far as I could! I’d probably go back to Roman times, and we’d be the only electric band and live like gods, you know? Before I time traveled, I’d do a lot of research and become an electrician and then learn how to harness electricity and then I’d plug in Mar- shall fucking amps and a PA and show the Romans punk. We’d either be gods or be killed. lays down a mesmerizing drum beat while Boeckner delivers sheer desperation in his vocals: “So come on please believe me/Give me white give me no feelings/I would stand outside your door/I’m your man.” Overall, the album is not a show-stopping hit. Gems like “For Your Heart” and “Would That Not Be Nice” float in a sea of not-so-catchy medioc- rity. As a whole, the record’s sound is new wave, although Daniel said that there was no intention behind it. “We specifically tried not to talk about any musical direc- tion,” Daniel said. “I only re- member Dan saying, ‘Oh we could do that or we could do this,’ and we went from there. It felt natural.” A Thing Called Divine Fits sounds just as natu- ral as Daniel claims it was to create. The album flows from one song to the next and has a genuine quality, avoiding the label of an “in- die supergroup” or a mere vanity project for artists that are well known by their own accord. As for the rest of the year, Daniel has a simple wish: “Just to keep playing shows. 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What: Joyce ManorWhen: Saturday, Nov. 3, 1:20-1:50 p.m. Where: Fun Fun Fun Fest, Black StageWho: Divine Fits with Cold CaveWhere: Stubb’s BBQWhen: October 31, doors at 7 PMJOYCE continues on page 10DIVINE continues on page 10Photo courtesy of Bonampak Documentation Project | Associated PressCurator Dr. Dirk Van Tuerenhout discusses murals with images of jungle monuments in Bonampak, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, that were reconstructed by Yale University. By Ramit Plushnick-MastiAssociated PressHOUSTON — Some might prepare for the end of the world by checking off items on their bucket list. But at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, curators are launching an exhibit de- signed to demystify the Maya and debunk the myth that the ancient culture predicted doomsday on Dec. 21, 2012. Visitors will walk dark- ened halls lined with pottery, jade carvings and black-and- white rubbings of jungle monuments, all tied in some way to the sophisticated Maya calendar. They’ll sit in replicas of large, mural-filled buildings that still grace the jungles of Mexico. And they should come away with at least one thought: the sun will rise on Dec. 22. “The calendar is there, and it will continue, so no- body ought to be afraid of what Dec. 21 will bring be- cause there will be a Dec. 22 and, yes, there will be a Christmas,” said Dirk Van Tuerenhout, curator of the “Maya 2012 Prophecy Be- comes History” exhibit opening Friday. Nearly every item on display circles back to the Maya calendars: complex, cyclical countdowns that helped an ancient people who dwelled in the jungles, mountains and coastal re- gions of Central America track crucial events — es- pecially the rain — and build large cities, some with as many as 90,000 people. The exhibit takes visitors back nearly 3,500 years. Mu- rals carefully reconstructed by Yale University depict images in the jungle monu- ments in Bonampak in the Mexican state of Chiapas — such as the Maya celebrat- ing the induction of a new heir to the throne — all on a blood-red backdrop. Stone carvings and rubbings de- pict anniversaries and spe- cial events. Replicas of large pyramids explain how the Maya tracked the sun’s prog- ress in the sky, giving ancient astronomers the power to know when the rainy season would begin and when to plant the corn. The exhibit explains the calendars through videos showing the wheels intro- duced by Europeans to wed the Maya count with their own, as well as Maya inscrip- tions and writings. It shows how the Maya calendars — while advanced and complex — largely focused on the daily needs of a society by counting what we call days, months and years. “So you could have time to get your festivals orga- nized and your king ready to bleed and your sacrifices, so the astronomer actually controlled the timekeeping of the Maya,” said Carolyn Sumners, the museum’s vice president for astronomy, who helped create a 3D movie to accompany the exhibit. “The power of that priest and the power of that king depended on feeding these people.” The Maya did this with several calendars, each with a different count. The “ritual” cycle was 260 days long, the Familiar faces form new tunes in Divine Fits Punk rock can be eso- teric, but Joyce Manor’s fresh take on the genre ap- peals to a wide audience. Having recently received critical acclaim for its de- but self-titled album, the band has been touring al- most nonstop since March in support of its sopho- more release Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired. The band’s last gig on the tour is Fun Fun Fun Fest. The Daily Texan spoke with vocalist and guitarist Barry Johnson about tour- ing and the new record. The Daily Texan: How would you describe your music to a set of fresh ears? Barry Johnson: Uh, we’re a band. We have guitars, bass, drums and vocals. We’re kind of loud and kind of annoying. DT: Why is your band called Joyce Manor? Johnson: It was the name of an apartment build- ing by my house, and it sounded pretty dynam- ic. A while ago I had a thrash band, and at first I was going to use it as my fake stage name, but my friend Shaun called me and asked if my old band wanted to play a show but we had broken up, so I said my new band would like to play the show. I didn’t even have a band, so [guitar player] Chase [Knobbe] and I threw a couple of acoustic songs together. It was in a short amount of time and out of necessity, and we’ve come a long way since then, but the name just kind of stuck. DT: Looking at your tour history, it looks like you’ve been touring al- most all year. How’s the experience been for you? Johnson: It’s been cool but exhausting. It’s some- thing I’ve always wanted to do, but it’s like working at a book store; you think it would be the best thing in the world, and then you realize that there’s elements you like and don’t like, unless you’re the person where you like everything about some- thing. You kind of ideal- ize the field of work you want to get into. This is our first experience with lengthy amounts of tour- ing, but it’s just so ex- hausting, and it can affect you negatively. After five days we’re going to get back for eight months. DT: Of All Things seemed like an eccentric combina- tion of styles. You have a cover of “Video Killed The Radio Star,” two acoustic songs and kind of weird lo-fi production. What drove you to make this transition from the self- titled album? Johnson: We were a lot more influenced by Guid- ed By Voices in the way it was set up, especially the sequencing. We had dif- ferent stuff, like certain songs recorded at home MAYAN continues on page 10Photo courtesy of Nasty Little Man Divine Fits will perform Wednesday at Stubbs at 7p.m. This is the first proper tour for the band, comprised of Britt Daniel of Spoon, Dan Boeckner of Handsome Furs and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. ALBUM REVIEW | ‘A THING CALLED DIVINE FITS’It’s been almost three years since Austin’s hometown he- roes, Spoon, released their last record, Transference, leaving many of their fans asking what frontman Britt Daniel was up to. The answer is a thing called Divine Fits. Divine Fits is made up of Daniel, Dan Boeckner of Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade, and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. Boeckner and Daniel met at a Hand- some Furs show and cultivat- ed a mutually awe-inspired friendship, each a fan of the other’s work and talent. A golden opportunity arose in the form of the breakup of Handsome Furs and hiatus of Wolf Parade. “I met Dan in 2007,” Daniel said. “We’re buddies and we were talking on the phone, and he mentioned Wolf Parade was winding down, so I said, ‘We should start a band.’ So we did.” Thus Divine Fits was born. Their debut album, A Thing Called Divine Fits, was re- corded over the last year and released in August 2012 to great acclaim. The album had already been recorded by the time the band played their first show in July 2012. To keep word of the project under wraps, they were billed under the name “Hot Skull.” “We had to figure out how to play the recorded songs live,” Daniel said while laughing. “A song like ‘My Love is Real’ is a studio creation. We had to make it playable for a live show.” A Thing Called Divine Fits opens with the aforemen- tioned “My Love is Real,” a song with minimalist synth- pop hooks and equally mini- malist lyrics. “My love is real/ until it stops,” Boeckner sings with painful austerity. The re- cord continues as a marriage between Boeckner’s electronic tendencies and Daniel’s garage rock sensibility. The two split songwrit- ing and vocal duties rough- ly fifty-fifty. Each has his distinctions: Boeckner’s songs are darkly hypnotic and full of electronic ele- ments, while Daniel’s songs have a laid-back coolness and groove. Even with these stylistic contrasts, the album is cohesive with- out being repetitive. A creeping sense of gloom underlies the record in tracks like “For Your Heart” and “Shivers,” a cover of late-’70s new wave band Boys Next Door. This gloom seeps into both the lyrics and the music. On “For Your Heart,” Brown