THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Monday, April 30, 2012 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Texas beats A&M in the ninth inning Sunday to avoid a sweep PHOTO PAGE 8 SPORTS 9 Staff photographers chronicles family living with Autism. THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Monday, April 30, 2012 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Texas beats A&M in the ninth inning Sunday to avoid a sweep PHOTO PAGE 8 SPORTS 9 Staff photographers chronicles family living with Autism. THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY Big Lebowski Quote-Along At 10:45 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar will host a quote- fest of everyone’s favorite dude. Tickets will also redeem discounted bowling and White Russians at The Highball location next door. TUESDAY HRC presents music on Plaza Local country music acts will perform at 12 p.m. for the Harry Ransom Center’s final Poetry on the Plaza for this semester. WEDNESDAY Geeks who drink The Highball will offer Happy Hour drink specials and nerdy trivia in a nerdtastic fact battle at 7 p.m. Bring your best game for this showdown. THURSDAY Local musician at Shady Grove The “Unplugged at the Grove” series features local blues-rocker Carolyn Wonderland, 8 p.m. More information is available on theshadygrove.com FRIDAY Death Cab for Cutie to play Death Cab for Cutie, The Magik*Magik Orchestra and Youth Lagoon play at The Moody Theatre on Friday, May 4. Tickets range from $29.50 to $49 and doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. i Panda Monday,1-2 a.m. It is the only Chinese- speaking radio show in Austin!Monday,1-2 a.m. "Wilde Thing" A specialty show that features only new music! Find some new favorites from 2-3 am on Sunday nights. WATCH TStv ON CHANNEL 15 9 p.m. ‘KVR News’ It’s our senior show, and we’ve got coverage of the Ron Paul rally, an update on UT buying out Players, information on summer classes and a recap of TSTV’s #24seven marathon. Plus a goodbye from our seniors. 9:30 p.m. ‘College Pressbox’ College Pressbox It’s the end of an era. The last Texas-Texas A&M games take place in Austin; we have highlights and look back on the great rivalry. Also, Big XII Championshps are on the line for Tennis, Golf, and Rowing. A history of racial controversy at The Daily Texan By Megan Strickland Daily Texan Staff Editor's note: This story is the fourth in a series exploring race, racism and diversity on the UT campus. In March, a racially offensive cartoon commenting on the media’s coverage of the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin motivated members of the Universi ty community to picket The Daily Texan and shined a spotlight on the coverage of race by the Texan in the modern era. Journalism professor Robert Jensen said the most recent controversy at the Texan is the latest in a long line of incidents. “These flashpoints at the Texan seem to pop up fairly frequently,” Jensen said. The Texan has been the student newspaper of UT since 1900 and is a quasi-independent entity of the University, overseen by both the office of the vice president of Student Affairs and the Texas Student Media Board of Trustees. The editor- in-chief is elected by students and the paper is funded by revenue from advertising and student fee allocations from the Student Services Budget Committee. The policy of a University official monitoring the paper’s content was established in 1936 and was inconsistently enforced until 1971. In 2007, this policy of prior review was abolished after 36 years of use. For the first 30 years of the Texan’s existence, it’s difficult to find an indication of a stated political stance the University held on segregation. Laden with details of campus celebrations and ceremonies, the Texan focused more on student Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff Catalina Benavides, a 15-year member of the Teokalli Aztec Dancers from San Antonio, performs an ancient Aztec dance at the Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change, Saturday. American students on campus. Forum celebrates Native American culture because it is difficult to target them,” Flotte said. “We don’t know who they are. I wanted to build a community of students with the same backgrounds.” Flotte said he came with the idea for the event after researching the EAGLE continues on PAGE 2 life than state news or major issues. The paper gradually grew to include news of a more serious tone in the ‘30s and ‘40s. The Texan openly voiced racist sentiments, including the publishing of a January 12, 1940 guest column in The Cavalier Daily, the student newspaper of the University of Virginia. In the column, the editorial board argued HISTORY continues on PAGE 7 UT reaches million-dollar settlement for Players’ land By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff The University reached a multi- million dollar deal with Players restaurant to purchase its land near the UT AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Eventually the University may construct a building to house the graduate business program, according to University officials. The transactions took place Tuesday in increments dispersed by various purchasers. The Mc- Combs School of Business Foundation, which is independent from the University, paid Players an initial $3 million cash plus a 10-year lease for the Players establishment at no rent, said Kevin Hegarty, chief financial officer and vice president for the University. Hegarty said the University then bought the property along West Martin Luther King Boulevard from the foundation for $1.5 million cash and assumed the 10year lease that is worth about $1 million. He said the property was appraised at $2.5 million. “The University is not, by law, allowed to purchase property at higher than the appraised value so the [foundation] helped pay,” Hegarty said. “Foundations are set up PLAYERS continues on PAGE 2 By Paxton Thomas Daily Texan Staff The Native American and Indigenous Student Assembly hosted the first annual Uniting the Eagle and the Condor Symposium, a two-day event to address the issue of the lack of representation of Na tive American students on campus. Students and members of the community were invited to the symposium Friday, which was blessed by a Coahuiltecan elder. The symposium also included an indigenous and native student panel, an indigenous art show and a panel of keynote speakers from different tribes. Saturday a group performed a tribal dance at the Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change. Ethnic studies senior Roberto Flotte said he helped plan the event to bring together Native American students on campus. “I wanted to create an event that targeted native students Cowboy poet recites personal work at UT Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan Staff By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff While serving in the Vietnam War, native Texan Joel Nelson began his poetry writing career by sending letters to friends and family back home. Today, Nelson is considered one of the most celebrated cowboy poets, with 25 years of poetry writing under his leather belt. His distinct resume includes a degree in forestry and range management, work as a custom saddle maker and horse trainer as well as a Grammy nomination for his album The Breaker in the Pen, the only cowboy recording ever nominated for a Grammy. Nelson works full time as a rancher in Alpine and said he doesn’t designate a specific sched ule for writing. “I have absolutely no discipline in my writing,” he said. “My wife and I ranch full time and we’ve always got work to do. Occasionally a thought will hit me, and I’ll just quit what I’m doing, take some time and write it down.” Nelson said he sometimes takes brief sojourns to get away from the daily responsibilities and focus on writing poetry, and time passes quickly when he does. “I might wake up in the morning and start drinking coffee and writing, and all of the sudden it’s three in the afternoon,” he said. “That’s a treasure, when I can get loose and do something like that. Time just blows by.” POETRY continues on PAGE 2 Celebrated cowboy poet Joel Nelson recited a variety of his poems at the Blanton last week. Courtesy of Matt Valentine Art education graduate student Celina Esekawu places a plaster bone into the One Million Bones art installation in front of the Capitol Saturday afternoon. Art project raises genocide awareness By Shreya Baner Daily Texan Staff While events such as the Holocaust are well-known, an artist has created a new and varied approach to raising awareness of the lasting effects of crimes in history. To mark the end of Genocide Awareness Month, citizens of Austin participated in an art installation outside the Capitol Saturday to show these effects. One Million Bones was started by Naomi Natale, an artist from Albuquerque dedicated to using art to bring awareness to human rights issues. The main goal of the project is to gather one million bones for an art installation on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., according to the website. “I want people to realize that another huge problem is the re percussions people face in their lives after genocide,” said Matthew Remington, project coordinator and art education graduate student. The installation in Austin had approximately 2,200 ceramic bones, which were donated by Armadillo Clay and Supplies. After donating $5 to place a bone, people were allowed to place BONES continues on PAGE 2 2 Monday, April 4, 2012 NEWS 2 Monday, April 4, 2012 NEWS The Daily Texan Volume 112, Number 165 State to examine laws of disciplinary education CONTACT US By Chris Tomlinson we’d say it’s too expensive and Associated Press just do away with it,” he said. Main Telephone: “The question is how can we do (512) 471-4591 AUSTIN, Texas — This it better, and how can it be effecweek lawmakers will examine tive so it isn’t so expensive.” Editor: one of the most expensive and In July, the Council on State Viviana Aldous controversial questions fac-Government and Texas A&M (512) 232-2212 ing school districts: what to do University studied nearly a mil editor@dailytexanonline.com with undisciplined kids. lion Texas 7th-grade student State law requires districts to records to see how school dis- Managing Editor: set up Disciplinary Alternative cipline programs affected stu- Audrey White Education Programs for students dent achievement and the juve (512) 232-2217 from elementary to high school nile justice system. They found managingeditor@ who are removed from their nearly 15 percent had been as- classes for “mandatory or discre-signed to the disciplinary pro dailytexanonline.com News Office: tionary disciplinary reasons.” Th gram and 7 percent were sent (512) 232-2207 One thing all the programs to a juvenile justice program, news@dailytexanonline.com share is expense. In March, the even though only 3 percent of advocacy group Texas Apple-such referrals were mandated Multimedia Office: seed reported that the Dallas In-by state law. Nearly 75 percent (512) 471-7835 dependent School District spent of special education students dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com $11.3 million on disciplining had been suspended. kids, not including $20.3 million Schools expelled more boys to teach native students about their past but they are alive and well to- Sports Office: spent on campus security. than girls and more minorities cultural heritage. day and have issues.” (512) 232-2210 EAGLE Last year the Republican-con-than whites, and suspended or “I wanted native students to Strong said she was excited trolled Legislature cut spending expelled students were three sports@dailytexanonline.com continues from PAGE 1 learn about their culture because that the event gave a voice to this by more than $500 per-student times more likely to be in contact often they don’t feel comfortable underrepresented group. last year, and there are more cuts with law enforcement, according Life & Arts Office: representation of Native American identifying with it,” Flotte said. “I feel like you have to speak (512) 232-2209 coming in the fall. School dis-to the study. Lastly, while half of students at the University. “Part of the reason they are not to the people to know where they tricts are looking to save money Texas schools enforced the dis dailytexan@gmail.com “I researched databases of news-comfortable is because there is are coming from,” Strong said. Photo Office: and in Dallas, special schools for ciplinary programs as expected, papers from 1982 to 2011, and I no place for them to express it “Their voices highlight issues kids with disciplinary problems 22 percent had higher discipline (512) 471-8618 only found one story relating to on campus.” that bear implications.” photo@dailytexanonline.com cost the district $9 million. rates than expected, and 27 per- native students in The Daily Tex-Social work senior Sarah Strong Radio-television-film sopho- Texas Appleseed found that cent less. The authors said this is an,” Flotte said. “It made me won-said she attended the symposium more Andy Escobar said he at- Comics Office: the Disciplinary Alternative Ed-proof that some schools are do der why we are portrayed as non-because she wanted to learn about tended the symposium because he (512) 232-4386 ucation Program cost the district ing a better job with discipline existent in the University.” and take part in the cultural aspects has always been interested in Na dailytexancomics@gmail.com $57,000 per student a year, more than others. The University census counts of Native American ceremonies. tive American culture, and it was a than a veteran teacher’s salary. “Nonwhite students and stu students who identify as both Na-“The thing that impacted me way to educate himself about it. Retail Advertising: And since the state school fi-dents with specific educational tive American and another race the most from this event is learn-“The event taught me that (512) 471-1865 nance system only pays when a disabilities were especially like- as a race that is not Native Amer-ing that what you read in text-people need to be more aware of student shows up for class, refer-ly to be removed from the class joanw@mail.utexas.edu ican and does not recognize Native books is not always reality for the fact that there are more cul- Classified Advertising: ring 22,827 students for out-of-room for disciplinary reasons,” Americans in its data. these students,” Strong said. “Text-tures out there than they think,” (512) 471-5244 school suspension and into alter-the report’s author’s conclud- Flotte said part of this event was books paint them as people of the Escobar said. classifieds@dailytexanonline.com native programs last school year ed. “In addition, students who cost the district at least $2 million were suspended or expelled were in state funds, the group found. at increased risk of repeating a In terms of the state’s share, grade, dropping out, or coming where I wanted to be,” he said. “But memory and recite. the Texas Education Agency ex-into contact with the juvenile every place I’ve ever been holds a Aimee Chang, manager of pub- The Texan strives to present all POETRY fascination for me, and I would love lic programs at the Blanton Muse pects 94,819 to be enrolled in justice system.” information fairly, accurately and to go back to every place I’ve been.” um, said Nelson’s signature Texas Disciplinary Alternative Educa-While the report analyzed continues from PAGE 1 completely. If we have made an Last week, Nelson took a seat on drawl encompassed the poems he tion Programs in 2012 at a cost the problem, finding solutions error, let us know about it. Call And while Nelson is famous in stage at the Blanton Museum before presented to the audience. of $14.7 million. So it’s no sur-will require parents, teachers, (512) 232-2217 or e-mail the genre of cowboy poetry, he said an eager audience, clad in his signa-“He’s incredibly engaging,” she tion Committee on Monday will to unravel the causes. Creating prise the House Public Educa-administrators and lawmakers managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. he feels the term limits the audi-ture cowboy hat. He not only pre-said. “Really kind of understated, hear testimony about Disciplin-better relationships between ence that could potentially enjoy sented a variety of poems he’d writ-but funny, and he was a beautiful ary Alternative Education Pro-students, parents, teachers and the written work. Much of his work ten, but also recited the works of his reciter of poems. Just very much grams as well as Juvenile Justice administrators will be vital, the deals with other topics, he said. favorite poets by memory. kind of what you would think of as COPYRIGHT “It’s just more poetry from life, “I do a mixture of poetry that I’ve a cowboy.” Alternative Education Programs, authors said. from wisdom gained,” he said. “It fallen in love with over the years,” Nelson’s mode of presentation which schools set up for students Eissler said he wants to learn Copyright 2012 Texas Student could be about hummingbirds or he said. “I read a tremendous vari-offered the audience a fresh oppor- Media. All articles, photographs expelled from their districts. more Monday about how young- and graphics, both in the print and about the day unfolding.” ety of poetry, and there’s so much tunity to listen to poetry, art educa-Committee Chairman Rob er children and special education online editions, are the property of Nelson was born and raised in really good poetry out there that tion graduate student and Blanton Eissler, R-The Woodlands, students are treated and how Texas Student Media and may not be North Central Texas and has lived I just can’t resist performing that intern Katy Wilson said. said lawmakers will follow up schools are enforcing discipline. reproduced or republished in part or in a variety of other places, includ-along with my own. If it really “He sat the whole time, but de to see how the laws they pass He cited anecdotal reports of po in whole without written permission. ing Montana, Wyoming and Scot-means something to me, the mem-spite that, he was very engaged “Anytime you take a child out children with bad consequences are implemented. lice issuing citations to young land, but said he’s found his home orization is really no obstacle.” with his audience, just because of of normal circumstances it’s go-for the kids. The Senate Educa on the Texas plains. Nelson said he estimates he has his powerful speaking voice,” she ing to be extra cost because of tion Committee will also investi “I found a fascination with West memorized around 150 poems, said. “He captured the attention the extra cost of staff, not that gate these issues. Texas, and this has just always been each of which he can pull from without standing.” TOMORROW’S WEATHER Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff Karla Agualar takes part in an ancient Aztec dance with the Teokalli Aztec Dancers at the Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change Saturday. The dance was part of the first annual Condor and Eagle Native Conference, hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Assembly. them anywhere inside the instal- lation to create a long rectangle of bones in front of the Capitol. “Bones link us all togeth- er as humans,” Remington said. “Regardless of our race, gen- der or faith, our bones all look the same and are built with the same function.” Preceding the main event, many smaller installations have taken place around the country. “Students learn about histo- ry and current events in class with textbooks, but visual rep- resentations can completely change people’s perspectives,” said Christina Bain, associate professor in art education. “It’s more powerful than words be- cause it reaches people in a completely different way.” Ibrahim Aminou, a musician in the group Zoumountchi, played traditional African mu- sic during the event and various speakers spoke about genocides currently taking place and the effects these conflicts have on the lives of those involved. “America is privileged and we don’t realize or appreci- ate it enough,” said Ellen Sim- mons, visual art studies ju- nior. “We need shock factors like this to educate people on the events occurring around the world.” around the University to benefit the University.” Hegarty said under the 10-year lease the University can call off the lease with six months’ notice and would pay Players about $100,000 for each year left on the lease. The payback method also applies if Players calls off the deal, which the establishment can do after two years into the lease, he said. He said there are no firm plans for the property, but the founda- tion may have proceeded with the deal for possible plans for a busi- ness graduate school building. “One natural unit that would be interested in this is the busi- ness school,” Hegarty said. “That’s to be determined.” The Daily Texan spoke with Eric Hirst, associate dean for busi- ness graduate programs, in Feb- ruary when the University first began negotiations with Play- ers. Hirst said the business school was considering plans for a new building to house the MBA grad- uate program because the current McCombs’ business school class- rooms do not allow for teamwork, which is essential to the program. “When we look at our current facilities, we’re not able to do what management does,” Hirst said. “That affects our ability to engage in teaching.” Hegarty said the deal is very different from 2004 when the University tried to acquire the land through eminent domain, virtually sidestepping the owners to seize the land for public use. “The transaction was very am- icable,” Hegarty said. “They were pleased with it, we were pleased with it.” The University of Texas at Austin The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) is a comprehensive scholarship program. It gives you the money you need to cover tuition, fees, and stipends for books - even monthly allowences. 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Longoria, Bicente Gutierrez World&NatioN3Monday, April 30, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Austin Myers, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com World&NatioN3Monday, April 30, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Austin Myers, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com NEWS BRIEFLY Van falls off freeway into zoo, 7 killed in tragic accident NEW YORK — Authorities say an out-of-control van plunged off a roadway near the Bronx Zoo in New York City, killing seven people, including three children. Fire Department spokesman Jim Long say the victims were an 84-year-old man; three women, ages 80, 45 and 30; and three girls, ages 12, 10 and 7. Long says they were all in the van. Police say the van was headed south Sunday afternoon on the Bronx River Parkway, a highway in the city. The van bounced off the median, crossed all southbound lanes over to the guardrail and fell more than 50 feet. It’s not clear what caused the van to go out of control. One World Trade Center tower now tallest again by technicality NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City’s tallest skyscraper on Monday. Workers will erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peak over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building. The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to the so-called “Freedom Tower” and it isn’t expected to reach its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., and third tallest in the world. Those bragging rights, though, will carry an asterisk. The issue involves the 408-foot-tall needle that will sit on the tower’s roof. Count it, and the World Trade Center is back on top. Otherwise, it will have to settle for No. 2, after the Willis Tower in Chicago. —Compiled from Associated Press reports Ahmed Gomaa | Associated Press A protester is detained by security forces in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo during a demonstration to demand the release of a human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the monarch. Saudi Arabia closes embassy in Egypt By Abdullah Al-Shihri The Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia closed its Cairo embassy Saturday and recalled its ambassador following protests over a detained Egyptian human rights lawyer in a sharp escalation of tension between two regional powerhouses already on shaky terms due to uprisings in the Arab world. The unexpected Saudi diplomatic break came following days of protests by hundreds of Egyptians outside the Saudi Embassy in Cairo and consulates in other cities to demand the release of Ahmed el-Gezawi. Relatives and human rights groups say he was detained for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch. Saudi authorities denied that and said he was arrested for trying to smuggle anti-anxiety drugs into the conservative oil-rich kingdom. The collapse of Hosni Mubarak’s regime last year in Egypt stunned Saudi Arabia’s monarchy, which saw it as a sign of its own potential vulnerabilities and how Western backing can suddenly shift away from longtime allies. Saudi officials have increasingly viewed Egypt’s post-revolution trajectory — particularly the political gains by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood — as worrisome trends that could encourage greater opposition in the Gulf. A full break in ties between Cairo and Riyadh appears unlikely as the Arab League deals with the complicated showdown between protesters and the regime in Syria. But the deepening rifts underscore profound changes in the region’s hierarchy with Gulf states using their influence and relative stability to exert more leverage over wider Mideast affairs. Egypt swiftly tried to contain the Saudi snub. Egypt’s military ruler, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, was in touch with the Saudis to “heal the rift following the sudden decision,” the Egyptian official news agency said. Tantawi asked King Abdullah to reconsider the decision, the Saudi news agency reported. The news agency said the king would look into the matter in the coming days and cited the two countries’ “long history of friendly relations.” The Egyptian government issued a statement expressing its “regret” for the behavior of some of the protesters, and noted that the government and Egyptian people hold Saudi Arabia in “great esteem.” The Egyptian news agency also published a copy of what it said was a signed confession by el-Gezawi admitting to drug possession, in a clear attempt to mute Egyptian public anger. Blind activist in China escaped into US custody By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press BEIJING — The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats is buoying China’s embattled dissident community even as the government lashes out, detaining those who helped him and squelching mention of his name on the Internet. The flight of Chen Guangcheng, a campaigner for disabled rights and against coercive family planning, is a challenge for China’s authoritarian government and, if it’s confirmed he is in U.S. custody, for Washington too. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell began a hurried mission to Beijing on Sunday to smooth the way for annual talks involving his boss, Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and scores of officials. Though Chen — a self-taught legal activist described by friends and supporters as calm and charismatic — hardly seems a threat, security forces and officials have reacted angrily, detaining several of his supporters and a nephew who fought with officials after the escape was discovered is on the run. Police showed up at the home of veteran activists Zeng Jinyan and Hu Jia, who met with Chen last week while he was hiding in Beijing. Police took Hu away Saturday for 24 hours. They questioned Zeng for about a half-hour at home, sounding, she said, “very unhappy” about Chen’s flight. “They were really irritated,” Zeng said. “It was a big shock for them.” Ai Xiaoming, a documentary film maker based in southern Guangzhou city, said Chen’s escape has had the biggest emotional impact on Chinese rights advocates since jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago. “There are many people now drinking toasts to him for the way he broke through his captivity, his difficulties, and pursued freedom,” said Ai. “It’s what we all want for ourselves in our hearts. Chen Guangcheng is an example to us. If a blind person can break out of the darkness to freedom, then everyone can.” China’s state-controlled media have so far ignored the story despite its gripping narrative and the serious implications it could have on Sino- U.S. relations. Anything vaguely related to Chen has been blocked on Chinese social media sites. 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You can suggest a candidate by emailing the name of the nominee and a short explanation to firingline@dai- lytexanonline.comfor potential publication or tweeting us @DTeditorial. We’ll print finalists later in the semester and announce our selection in May. Students should make sure to exercise their hey political po- tential by voting in city elections, as early voting begins today. All of the incumbents — Mayor Lee Lengwell and city coun- cil members Mike Martinez, Bill Spelman and Sheryl Cole — should be re-elected. As mayor, Lengwell has successfully guided Austin through three years of tremendous growth during a devastating global re- cession. In the past year, Austin’s unemployment rate has stayed below 6 percent, lower than both the state and national average. Lengwell supported many measures over the past three years that have beneted students. From supporting alternative transportation methods to defending an incentives deal that will bring high-tech behemoth Apple Inc. to the city, Lengwell has proven himself as the right leader for a vibrant, dynamic Austin. As a council member in place 2, Mike Martinez has shown dedication to non-traditional members of the Austin commu- nity. Earlier in the semester, Martinez was a strong voice in sup- port of moving municipal elections from May to November, which would benet students by allowing them more access to vote without the impediments of nal exams and summer break. Moreover, as an enrolled student in a UT undergraduate pro- gram, Martinez has strong ties to the University community. As a council member in place 5, Bill Spelman — a UT pub- lic aairs professor — has proven an impressive ability to distill complex city policy and is unquestionably the most qualied candidate in his race. 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SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Email your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. Out of the box and into the world In addition, Ben Suma, an East Asian studies, benets are to attending a demographically By Heba Dafashy urban studies and corporate communications diverse University. Daily Texan Columnist senior, agreed that his Asian studies classes are ere are so many benets to stepping out- Any person who has visited campus for one the most demographically diverse classes on side of our comfort zones and interacting day can testify to the racial diversity that is pres-his entire schedule. It seems that students really with students who may believe, live or think ent at our University. UT prides itself on this de-do explore the cultural diversity that our Uni-dierently than we do. If we only surrounded mographic diversity as the campus transforms versity oers. But why did I initially hold this ourselves with people who believe the things into a door to the rest of the world. false assumption? we believe, then our viewpoints would never Although our campus exhibits a strong level Although it seems that students take ad-change. Interacting with others of a dierent of diversity, how much do students take advan-vantage of the wide range of ethnically diverse background challenges and enhances a pertage and benet from this diversity? When I courses at the University, there also seems to be son’s ideas and perspectives. is not only al rst set out to explore this topic, I had an idea a culture of self segregating within one’s same lows students to widen an understanding about that students rarely stepped out of their racial race, ethnicity or political ideology. a particular belief but also to think critically and cultural comfort zones to really benet For instance, last ursday’s Daily Texan fea-about such ideas. from our diverse University. I thought cultural tured an article that discussed the role of Greek Although classrooms are supposed to foscourses at the University were typically taken organizations in minority groups. e article ter this kind of dialogue, oentimes they can- by students of that same cultural background. noted how benecial Greek life could be for mi-not engage all students into the conversation However, research revealed that my assump-norities as it unies a specic racial and cultural because of the size of the class. erefore, it is tions were wrong. group. However, it’s these kinds of groups that important for students to participate in conver- UT students step out of their cultural com-can actually restrict the interactions of various sations that challenge their beliefs outside of a forts and take courses outside of their racial racially diverse students. classroom setting. heritages all the time. One reason that students may choose to Even though my assumption on diversity Toyin Falola, professor of history and Afri-join a sorority, fraternity or organization is within classrooms was wrong, I still believe can and African diaspora studies, claims that that the group of students may have similar that UT has a culture to self-segregate. We need typically only 5 percent of his African history interests, religions, ideology or ethnicity as to make a conscious eort to step outside our courses are taken by African-American stu-them. While we love being with people who cultural, religious or racial boxes and interact dents. Meanwhile, Alexander Weinreb, a soci-are similar to us, it is important to branch with our diverse student body. Doing so would ology professor who teaches a course on anti-out and interact with students who are dif-prepare us for the diverse world that lies ahead. Semitism, predicts that only a small percentage ferent than we are. is kind of diversity of his class are students of a Jewish heritage. within student interactions is where the real Dafashy is a Plan II senior. The benefits of a holistic admissions process Editor’s note: On behalf of the Center for Asian American Studies, Eric Chen, a 2009 UT alumnus, describes some Asian-American perspectives on the case of Fisher v. UT. By Eric Chen Daily Texan Guest Columnist One of my most dening experiences at UT was sitting across from all the leaders of the dierent cultural and identity organizations in the oce of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE). We were brainstorming ways to continue promoting a diverse student voice at our school when one student raised the issue concerning UT’s consideration of race in its admissions process. As an Asian-American student, I admittedly had mixed feelings toward the admissions policy and tabled the issue in the back of my mind. But the recent debate surrounding the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case has forced me to reevaluate the University’s admissions process and conclude that the University’s holistic review process is benecial for all students, including the Asian-American student body. President William Powers Jr. calls diversity the “sine qua non [or “indispensable ingredient”] of University life.” And rightfully so. Inasmuch as we learn from our professors, we also learn from the experiences and perspectives of our peers. e U.S. Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger already acknowledged the educational benets of admitting a diverse student body. ese benets include the promotion of cross-racial understanding, the breaking down of racial stereotypes and the preparation of students to succeed as professionals in “an increasingly diverse workforce and society.” UT’s holistic admissions process — which is entirely independent from the Top 10 percent rule — ensures these goals are met by considering, among several indicators, demonstrated leadership qualities, awards and honors, work experience, involvement in community service, extracurricular activities and other special circumstances, such as family status, socioeconomic status and the applicant’s race. e University does not consider any of these elements independently, nor does it assign each factor numerical points; rather, the University evaluates each applicant’s le as a whole, using the provided information as context to evaluate the applicant’s uniqueness as a candidate for admission. is thorough review process ultimately allows the University to reect and draw upon a diversity of cultures, ideas and perspectives to provide the best possible learning environment for all of its students. Asian-American students alike share in these benets of having a diverse admitted class. Asian- American students, like other students, will graduate, join the work force and bring with them to their respective positions of leadership their own experiences and interactions with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Contrary to popular perception, UT’s holistic admissions policy does not disadvantage Asian- Americans but actually permits more diverse admits from within the Asian-American community. An American-born Vietnamese student whose parents immigrated to Texas is aorded the same individualized review as a Sikh teenager who faced race-based discrimination in her own hometown. For these students, race is an integral part of their story, and the current admissions policy aords these students the opportunity to bring their unique experiences and background characteristics, including race, to UT and into the fabric of diversity which makes our UT education so valuable. Over the past several years, the University’s holistic admissions policy has been successful at doing just that. Since UT adopted its holistic review process in 2004, admissions and enrollment for Latinos and African- Americans have increased 19 and 21 percent, respectively. Even with these admission increases, Asian-American students still constitute a greater percentage of the freshman class admitted under holistic review than their Latino and African-American counterparts. If Asian-American applicants are indeed disadvantaged by the University’s holistic review policy, the admissions numbers have yet to evidence this fact. Powers correctly observed that diversity is an indispensable ingredient of university life. Recalling the rich discussion with my peers that day in the oce of the DDCE, I’m thankful for the strides this university and our student body have made to ensure that diverse viewpoints are represented and heard on our campus. If what starts here is to truly change the world, we must ensure that our university, from the start, cultivates leaders who are reective of and sensitive to the diverse world in which we live. Chen, a UT alumnus, is a second-year student at UC Berkeley School of Law. news Monday, April 30, 2012 5 news Monday, April 30, 2012 5 Disney songs break from traditional Tower tunes By Reihaneh Hajibeigi Daily Texan Staff Disney enthusiasts had an opportunity to hear their favorite tunes ring throughout campus. Austin Ferguson, music theory sophomore and member of the Guild of Student Carillonneurs, performed a playlist of 15 Disney songs on the carillon Saturday, the instrument controlling the bells at the top of the Tower. The Guild of Student Carillonneurs is an organization that seeks to maintain a regular schedule of “bell ringing” throughout the academic year, where members can sign up to reserve a time to perform a piece of music at the Tower’s carillon. “Playing the carillon is a lot of fun because it can be such an expressive instrument,” Ferguson said. “Some people think it can get boring and have a traditional sound, but if it is used properly, it can be a beautiful sound.” The carillon resembles a mix of a piano and an organ, Ferguson said. The instrument has batons connected to wires which are connected to clappers. These Lingnan Chen | Daily Texan staff Mathematics sophomore Alec Train sits on the South Mall while Disney music plays on the Tower bells, Saturday afternoon. clappers strike the bell and cast the sound that everybody hears. To give students a break from the customary bell sounds, Ferguson said he decided on Disney songs because most students can remember listening to them throughout their childhood. “Everybody really knows Disney songs,” Ferguson said. “I spoke with students as well as showcased songs on my You- Tube channel to see what people would like to hear.” Some of the songs on Ferguson’s playlist included “101 Dalmatians’” “Cruella De Vil,” “Cinderlla’s” “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” and “The Little Mermaid’s” “Under the Sea”. Of all the songs performed, Ferguson said “Beauty and the Beast’s” “Be Our Guest” was his favorite to perform. “The song is extremely difficult to play on the carillon, but it was a challenge that I loved taking on,” Ferguson said. Jacy Meador, music senior and publicity manager of the Guild of Student Carillonneurs, said Ferguson’s performance went smoothly and was amazing. “Austin has been practicing hard over the past several weeks to put this concert together,” Meador said. “He managed to cover such a wide range of Dis ney songs and it was awesome.” Business sophomore Sarah Taqvi said she wishes the concert took place during the week so more students would have been able to appreciate the change from the usual bell gongs. “As a huge Disney buff, I was immediately able to detect some of the songs being played, and I didn’t realize until a friend pointed out that I was actually singing along,” Taqvi said. “I know many of my friends would have loved to hear these songs play, so I wish they would happen more frequently throughout the year.” Music experts share advice with students By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff Sixty students interested in the music business received the opportunity to meet some big names and get advice about the field. Grammy U, an organization created by The Recording Academy to prepare college students for careers in the music industry, hosted Grammy U: Summit on Saturday. The Summit included a professional concert promoter and guest speaker, Louis Messina, followed by workshops with professional musicians, producers, publishers, writers and managers. “There are some major, absolute elements you’ve got to understand before you go ‘OK, I want to do blank,’” Casey Monahan, Texas Music Office director, said. “Every artist has this build up in their minds of what they want to happen when they hit that stage, and if you’re in the business of setting up that moment there can be no surprises.” Each student chose two of eight workshops offered to focus on the area of the music industry they are most interested in. “I’m going to be on a bus somewhere this summer having fun with Kenny Chesney,” Messina said. “Chase your dreams and maybe one day that could be you.” Public relations freshman Taylor Brooks was among a long line of students waiting to ask Messina additional questions after he spoke. “I’m interested in going into concert promotion like Mr. Messina so that was really helpful to me,” Brooks said. “He helped us learn about the business aspect of the field as well as the emotional, stressful and fun and that’s invaluable.” After 40 years as a promoter, Messina said he opened his own promotion office named The Messina Group. He said he has promoted George Straight, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Dixie Chicks and Nickelback and produced special events with Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson in venues such as Texas Stadium and the new Cowboys Stadium. “A concert producer has to surround himself with the right people and keep working until the last truck is loaded and leaves,” Messina said. “It’s promoting. It’s selling. It’s managing. It’s marketing. It’s ambiance. It’s comfort level. It’s honesty. It’s just doing what you’re supposed to do.” The day concluded with dinner and performances by student musicians, Robot Williams and Ya Man Tee, where students relaxed and discussed all they had learned. As private space exploration increases, government scales back By Stephen Singer The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Less than a year after NASA ended its shuttle program, players in America’s space business are casting around for new direction. United Technologies Corp. is the most recent company to announce it will sharply scale back its role in space exploration. It’s selling Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a manufacturer of rocket engines and liquid-propulsion systems that it’s owned for seven years. The sale of Rocketdyne and other businesses are intended to raise $3 billion to finance United Technologies’ purchase of aerospace parts maker Goodrich Corp. Greg Hayes, chief financial officer at United Technologies, rapped U.S. space policy when he announced the decision in mid-March to sell Rocketdyne. “Growth will be limited at Rocketdyne,” Hayes told investor analysts. “It’s still a very good business. It’s a national asset ... but unfortunately, without a national space policy, growth will be limited for some time.” Rocketdyne dates to early rocketry, working with pioneers such as Wernher von Braun and contributing to propulsion on Apollo spacecraft in the 1960s and 70s that brought astronauts to the moon. The company has a future with NASA even if the space agency’s path is unclear, said Rocketdyne President Jim Maser. Three of four companies vying to take crew to the space station would use Rocketdyne R E C Y C L E . your copy of The Daily Texan propulsion, he said. Still, he said, NASA’s path is unclear. “There is an official space policy and I can’t cite it, to be honest,” Maser said. NASA’s 30-year shuttle program ended last July with the voyage of Atlantis. The space shuttle Discovery has become a museum piece, turned over by NASA in mid-April to the Smithsonian Institution. Other companies have shifted some business from space exploration. Lockheed Martin Corp. closed its shuttle tank production line in New Orleans in 2010, ending the jobs of about 1,400 workers. A year later, NASA chose that site in New Orleans to build components of its new heavy-lift rocket, but only if Congress funds the project. ATK Space SystemsTech has laid off hundreds of workers in Utah, citing the phase-out of the space shuttle and the Minuteman III ballistic missile programs. And Florida’s Space Coast, once the center of rocket launches, has lost thousands of jobs. NASA is still using companies such as Boeing, SpaceX and others to ferry cargo and astronauts to and from the International Space Station in three to five years. Until then, the space agency will spend tens of millions of dollars per seat on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. High-profile space exploration is now becoming a commercial venture. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral to the space station on April 30. And a group of wealthy backers, including Google executives and filmmaker James Cameron, are behind an asteroid-mining idea. NASA suffers in comparison with its early days when it followed through on a grand vision by national leaders, starting with President John Kennedy, of sending men to the moon, said Olivier L. de Weck, an associate professor of aeronautics, astronautics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It’s a little bit unfair to say NASA has had no space policy,” he said. “It’s not as monumental as Apollo, but it’s still robust and a leader in breadth and scope of impact.” NASA is working on a new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System. But several businesses such as SpaceX insist that, with time, also can build a launch system, de Weck said. “It’s a real policy question, government competing with private business for space launch,” de Weck said. An argument can be made that government should focus on military applications such as spy satellites and explore beyond earth while leaving space launches to private business, he said. United Technologies is not exiting space exploration entirely. The company is selling three industrial businesses at its Hamilton Sundstrand subsidiary, but is leaving untouched the company’s work in making space suits, launch systems and other space equipment. A spokesman for Hamilton Sundstrand would not discuss its space business until after the Rocketdyne sale. Hayes told investor analysts April 24 that United Technologies expects to sign a contract shortly for the sale of the company. Matt Collins, an analyst at Edward Jones, said United Technologies has scaled back Hamilton Sundstrand’s involvement in space exploration. Money doesn’t have to get in the way of your dreams. We provide a great quality education at a fraction of the costs of universities. What do you want to be? Register and pay for the Summer Mini Session by May 10 (classes start May 14) or the Summer Semester by May 24 (classes start June 4). 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Saturday was the grand opening of the social enterprises facility to the Southwest Key headquarters in East Austin. This new facility was built as a resource center, providing services such as adult GED classes and job coaching to reduce the unemployment rate of East Austin. In addition, people interested in starting their own local business can use the space for training their employees or other services they need. Southwest Key was created in 1987 by Juan Sanchez in San Antonio as an alternative to juvenile jail. Southwest Key now has more than 55 programs in six different states and serves 6,000 youths per day. “We help educate kids so that they can reach their dreams, but we also focus on helping adults because kids can’t succeed without having successful adults around them,” said Allow our expert catering team to transform your graduation celebration into a timeless event shared with friends and family. 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Southwest Key moved its headquarters to Austin and focuses on East Austin and specifically the Govalle/Johnston terrace. “One of our main goals here to change the dynamics of the community, and one way we do that is by communicating with the citizens and asking them what changes they want to see,” said Daniel Hinojosa, career services adviser for Southwest Key. Through this method, the citizens of East Austin conveyed their desire for better education for their children and better job prospects for the adults, he said. As a result, Southwest Key built a new middle school, East Austin College Preparatory, in 2008 and began production on the social enterprises building that opened Satur- We help educate kids so that they can reach their dreams, but we also focus on helping adults because kids can’t succeed without having successful adults around them. — Ryan Hutchinson, Director of development for Southwest Key day as well as expanding their job programs. “Instead of coming and saying ‘This is what you need,’ we want the residents to play a role in the changes,” communications director Layla Fry said. “We want to provide services that can help all parts of a family so that citizens can be employed and live in East Austin.” Unaccompanied minors flood U.S. border By Christopher Sherman The Associated Press An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry without their families has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand their shelter, legal representation and reunification services. On any given day this year, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement has been caring for more than 2,100 unaccompanied child immigrants. The influx came to light last week when 100 kids were taken to Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio for temporary housing. It was the first time the government has turned to the Defense Department — now, 200 boys and girls younger than 18 stay in a base dormitory. While the issue of unaccompanied minors arriving in the U.S. isn’t new, the scale of the recent increase is. From October 2011 through March, 5,252 kids landed in U.S. custody without a parent or guardian — a 93 percent increase from the same period the previous year, according to data released by the Department of Health and Human Services. In March alone, 1,390 kids arrived. “The whole community right now is in triage mode,” said Wendy Young, executive director of Kids in Need of Defense, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that matches pro bono attorneys with unaccompanied minors navigating the immigration system. “It’s important that the resources and the capacity meet the need, and we’re not quite there yet.” The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities in 10 states range from shelters to foster homes and have about 2,500 beds. Government-contracted shelters were maxing out their emergency bed space, setting up RECY- cots in gymnasiums and other extra spaces. “It’s a much more limited set of services,” said Lauren Fisher of the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project, which helps children and their families navigate the system. “It felt something like a Red Cross shelter, a hurricane shelter.” Unaccompanied children are first processed by the Department of Homeland Security, and then turned over to the ORR while the deportation process begins. Once in a shelter, the search begins for their relatives or an acceptable custodian, while nonprofit organizations try to match the children with pro bono attorneys. When a custodian is found, the child can leave the shelter and await immigration proceedings. Eighty percent of the children referred to the ORR end up in a shelter, according to a report released last month by the Vera Institute of Justice — a nonprofit that developed a program to better provide access to legal services for children. The average shelter stay is 61 days, and the report found that at least 65 percent of the kids end up with a sponsor in the U.S. The cause of the surge remains a mystery to child migrant advocates and government officials. The kids are coming from the same places as usual —Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico — and they offer the same range of explanations: they made the trek to look for parents already in the U.S.; they’re seeking economic opportunity to send money home; they want to escape violence or abuse. “We’re talking to the children, but we don’t have one solid answer,” Fisher said. “There seem to be the same reasons that we’ve seen before.” APPLICATION DEADLINE THE TEXAS STUDENT MEDIA Board of Operating Trustees has an opening for a student board position. 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A South Texas woman told border authorities this month that the 5 year-old girl accompanying her at the international bridge connecting Hidalgo, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, was her sister, according to court records. She even presented a Texas birth certificate. But the girl couldn’t answer basic questions, so the woman told customs officers that she wasn’t related to the girl at all. She said that a man whom she worked with in Mexico offered her $2,000 to “cross” the girl — who was actually from Guatemala — and accompany her to Houston. The woman was charged with transporting an illegal immigrant. This week, the first ladies of Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala spoke at a three-day conference on unaccompanied minors in Washington, D.C. Mexico’s first lady, Margarita Zavala, and Honduran counterpart Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo noted that tougher U.S. border security made it more difficult for parents working in the U.S. to return for their children, a suggestion as to why parents increasingly would put their children in a smuggler’s care. “The statistics are worrisome,” said Rosa Maria Leal de Perez, Guatemala’s first lady. “We’ve had 6,000 unaccompanied children repatriated in the last year.” In this April 19, 2011, file photo, a member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. Delcia Lopez Associated Press NEWS BRIEFLY Dallas police officer charged with drunk driving, assault A Dallas police officer is accused of firing a gun while driving drunk early Sunday when he was off duty. Authorities say Dallas police Officer Rafael Mendoza was arrested in nearby Mesquite on charges of drunken driving, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and marijuana possession. One 911 caller said a bullet hit his car. Mendoza is now on administrative leave pending investigations by Mesquite police and Dallas police internal affairs. It’s unclear when Mendoza returned to work after being placed on leave last summer. He’d been charged with domestic assault and unlawful restraint. A woman said after they’d been arguing, he knocked her on the ground, handcuffed her and threatened to send her to prison. Mendoza has been a Dallas officer for more than three years. — The Associated Press your Monday, April 30, 2012 NEWS 7 that pending anti-lynching legislation was a ploy by Republican lawmakers to garner more African- American supporters. “Congress cannot legislate away the threat of mob violence with this ridiculous bill,” the editorial said. “Only education and enlightenment, directed by the thinking men of the South can wipe out the evil. It is our problem as a state, and if you look at the record, you will see we are doing a pretty good job. Let the Congressmen find some less distasteful method of garnering votes.” Over the next 10 years, the push for integration grew stronger, and by the time Ronnie Dugger became editor of the Texan in 1950, publishing pro-integration editorials reflected the changing campus climate. Dugger, now an 81 year-old journalist in Austin, recalled the state of integration in an interview. “The position at the University was that there would be no blacks there,” Dugger said. “This was 1950-51. Blacks were not welcome. I was, of course, for integration at The Daily Texan,” Dugger said. Dugger said his election as a progressive editor of the Texan was a result of student support for integration on a campus where the University administration was kept from taking a pro-integration stance by ties to the legislature. “You have to remember [the legislature was] literally for segregation at least through 1957, and therefore the administration had to be concerned about integration at UT because it would affect their appropriations,” Dugger said. The Daily Texan supported the UT administration’s pandering to racist legislators in 1957 when Barbara Conrad Smith, who came to the University the previous fall as part of the first class of accepted African-American undergraduates, was forced to resign her part in an opera production after she won the lead role opposite a white male. State Rep. Joe Chapman insisted Smith, who had spent six months rehearsing for the opera, be removed. The Texan criticized the selection committee that awarded Smith the part. “Even if the girl chosen had the best voice, and we do not doubt that she did, it would have seemed only the better part of discretion and wisdom not to cast her in a romantic role opposite a white male lead,” the editorial board wrote. Smith’s removal may have set minority students back, but change was on the horizon. In the 1960s UT saw an explosion of student activism, recalled alumna Alice Embree, who enrolled at the University in the fall of 1963 and took part in civil rights on campus. The Texan didn’t delve into the problems driving the issues or produce much coverage of minority students’ struggles on campus, Embree said. “The long term problem was that the Texan would ignore the problem until student activists made it an issue, and then they would cover what happened and begin to open up the dialogue,” Embree said. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the population of minority students on campus grew, and the battle for ethnic studies centers and courses allowed the contentious issue of race in higher education to continue simmering on the pages of the Texan before reaching two major flashpoints in the 1990s. In 1991, the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust submitted to The Daily Texan a full-page advertisement contending the historical accuracy of the Holocaust. A unique policy of Texas Student Publications, now called Texas Student Media, required the members of the Board of Trustees’s advertising committee to publicly debate and vote on contentious ads. Once the press got wind of the possibility of the ad running, a passionate debate erupted across the state. “At one point we had hundreds of letters coming in from synagogues in Houston, telling us not to run the ad,” said Geoff Henley, editor of the Texan in 1992. A version of the ad eventually ran without the editorial board’s support after advertising professor John Murphy, a member of the TSP board who still works at UT, convinced the other student members of the board that the value of free speech outweighed the potential racist tone of the advertisement. Students distributed flyers on the West Mall labeling him a racist and a barrage of other personal and physical attacks. Murphy said these allegations were not true. Marketing administration professor Eli Cox symbolically resigned from the TSP board after the vote to run the ad was made. “I did not think any reputable professional newspaper would have printed that ad,” Cox said. After receiving much criticism, Henley said controversy at the paper died down. The peace did not last. Toni Nelson Herrera was an incoming history graduate student at UT in 1997 who arrived on campus shortly after the Hopwood v. Texas ruling of the previous year that struck down the UT law school’s affirmative action policy. In an April 18, 1997 editorial in the Texan, current law professor Lino Graglia wrote: “The only reason we have racial preferences, of course, is the fact that blacks and Mexican-Americans are not academically competitive with whites and Asians. Racial preferences is simply an attempt to conceal or wish away this unwelcome fact ... Racial preferences are the root cause of virtually all major problems on American campuses today.” Herrera said she and other students of color decided to organize in response to professor Graglia’s comments. A rally of 5,000 people, including an appearance by Rev. Jesse Jackson, took place, Herrera said. “I was targeted very specifically by The Daily Texan after I spoke up at the rally, saying something to the effect that I had low test scores,” Herrera said. “My SAT scores weren’t that great. Nevertheless I double majored and graduated from undergrad in three years. The point I was trying to make was that we should be looking at a whole range of factors to get into college.” The Texan zeroed in on Herrera and fellow graduate student Oscar de la Torre, she said. Both student activists became the target of editorials, and de la Torre was depicted in a cartoon on horseback wearing a sombrero and carrying a rifle. After organizing demonstrations against the paper, Herrera said she and de la Torre took action against the newspaper’s racist actions. “It was a formal complaint we filed with the newspaper,” Herrera said. “Unfortunately, not much came of it.” Editor Colby Angus Black later received a 17-1 vote of no confidence from the staff of the Texan and was reprimanded by the Texas Student Publications board for allowing the cartoon to go to print and making personal attacks on students. The outcome of the controversy wasn’t all bad however, Herrera said. “The other side of it was that there was a section of students that worked for the newspaper who were more progressive and wanted to understand the movement and understand the struggles of students on campus so they could reflect that in their journalism,” Herrera said. The Texan still faces criticism for its coverage and portrayal of race. In March 2012, the Texan once again published a racially-charged cartoon, this time labeling the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin as a “poor innocent colored boy.” The editorial board later apologized and decided it would not publish artist Stephanie Eisner’s cartoons for the rest of the semester. Jensen said there are steps the Texan can take to improve coverage of minorities. “To change, The Daily Texan will have to commit to the project of trying to transcend its racist past and the white supremacist culture,” Jensen said. “One thing that will have to happen is that the staff has to go through a brutal process of self-reflection,” Jensen said. Since the cartoon’s publishing, The Daily Texan has taken steps to better address the needs and experiences of minority students on campus through its current and future coverage. A workshop with professors and local journalists, meetings with students from organizations that represent students of color and a series of stories spotlighting issues of race on campus, including this story, have been first steps. “Hopefully, moving forward the Texan will have better coverage of the entire campus community and better representation of all of our students,” current Texan editorin- chief Viviana Aldous said. HISTORYcontinues from PAGE 1 An excerpt from a story that ran in May 1957 after it was discovered that Barbara Smith Conrad was removed from her role as Dido in the campus rendition of Dido and Aeneas because of her race. The article does not immediately address the incident after the initial paragraph, instead the reporter chose to cover other events that were “overshadowed” by the announcement. Courtesy of Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 8 MultiMediA Monday, April 30, 2012 8Monday, April 30, 2012 MultiMediA Living with Autism Charlie Minto, 5, was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified, or non- severe autism, October of last year. Because of the changing definition of autism in the new Diagnositics Statistic Manual, many families like the Minto’s are worried that they will lose certain state- or insurance-pro- vided therapies that come with the diagnosis. Delia Minto, 8, Charlie’s sister, plays with Charlie after dinner. Sometimes Charlie may flap his hands or push when excit- ed or anxious, but he never plays aggressively. Charlie plays with his dog, Lola, before dinner. Both of Charlie’s parents have described the two as best friends. Mindy helps Charlie put on pajamas after a bath. Charlie sticks to a usual nighttime routine that consists of a bath, some ice cream and a bedtime story. Editor’s Note: These photos are part of an ongoing personal project of senior photographer Shannon Kintner. “You go bye-bye?” says Charlie Minto, 5, to Kari Hughes, a behavioral therapist. Charlie was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, or non-severe autism in October of this past year and receives in- home therapy provided five days a week. When he’s ready for playtime and done with behavior therapy, he doesn’t keep it to himself. “No, Charlie, it’s not time for me to go yet,” Hughes responds. In one year, however, Charlie and others with autism spectrum disorders might say “bye-bye” to their therapists forever. The Diagnostic Statistics Manual, the guideline psychiatrists use to diagnose different types of disorders, will release its fifth edition May 2013, with its first set of revisions in 17 years. While the changes are not yet definitive, the proposed new definition of autism will be more rigorous than the current one. Many families affected by autism are worried that, due to the strong wording of the definition, their loved ones will lose the diagnosis, and with it, all state-, school- and insurance- provided therapies. Mindy Minto, Charlie’s mother, worries that paying for the behavioral, occupational and speech therapies that Charlie needs out of pocket will be prohibitive. “My fear is that he won’t get the help he needs and that he won’t ... be the Charlie that he can be. He won’t rise to his full potential, and that’s concerning.” — Shannon Kintner A behavioral therapist guides Charlie’s hand while writing his name. Charlie just wrote his name by himself for the first time in mid-April. Kari Hughes, a behav- ioral therapist, teaches Charlie how to use a zip- per during a few minutes of playtime. Kari Hughes asks Charlie to point out certain objects pictured on flashcards. His at-home therapy balances between a few minutes of playtime for every five achieve- ments he makes, such as identifying flashcards or completing a puzzle. Mindy Minto, Charlie’s mother, wipes pizza sauce off Charlie’s shoulder during dinner. Charlie has echolalia, which means he repeats cer- tain phrases to apply to all scenarios; he often says “pop- corn, please” to indicate that he is hungry. SPORTS9 Monday, April 30, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Sameer Bhuchar, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com Monday, April 30, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Sameer Bhuchar, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com JOIN THE FUNMAY 2 .. SPLASH BASH PARTY TIME STARTS HERE www.utrecsports.org TEXAS TEXAS A&M Texas slides past A&M in ninth inning By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff After more than 100 years of facing off on the diamond, the Longhorns weren’t about to go quietly to Texas A&M. Down 1-0 and heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Longhorns worked a two-run comeback to avoid a sweep and to take what is quite possibly the final game for a long time in this historic series. “It was incredible, I had chills running down my spine,” said Jordan Etier. “I couldn’t ask for a better feeling than the one I had right there.” The rally started with a single into center field off the bat of Erich Weiss. Then Jonathan Walsh worked A&M closer Kyle Martin to a full count and singled into right field. Walsh was due in that situation, as he had come up all day with long, tough at bats and nothing to show for it. The hit got the sellout Texas crowd on its feet for the first time all game, and the fight song echoed throughout the stadium. Alex Silver, in typical Augie Garrido fashion, dropped down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners to second and third. Catcher Jacob Felts came up next, and he continued his hot day at the plate by sending the first pitch he saw up the middle for his third hit of the game. The single scored Weiss and moved Walsh to third. In what could be considered a Dillon Peters went four innings and did not allow a run on Sunday young career, and sophomore closer against the Aggies. NFL Linebackers selected late in NFL Draft By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Although it took a little while and some patience, three Longhorns were selected in the NFL Draft on Saturday — the final day of the draft. Keenan Robinson, a linebacker, was the first to hear his name called. Robinson was picked by Washington in the fourth round, 119th overall. Robinson will be reunited with former Longhorn and two- time Pro Bowl pick Brian Orakpo who plays outside linebacker for the Redskins. The two played together when Robinson was a freshman. He played inside linebacker as a senior and will look to make an impact in the Redskins’ 3-4 scheme. Linebackers are one of the Redskins’ strengths, so Robinson likely won’t be starting anytime soon. “Keenan came in tall and thin and left about 240 pounds,” said UT head coach Mack Brown. “So he has improved his strength, his flexibility and therefore his range in his ability to make the big hit more than any player that I can remember.” A few hours later, in the DRAFT continues on PAGE 10 Corey Knebel followed it with five SOFTBALL Hoagland homers twice as Longhorns down rivals By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns won the series with the Aggies on Sunday. Despite losing 9-0 Thursday night in a run-ruled game on the road in College Station, the Longhorns fought from behind and pulled off back to back wins to take their final series against the Aggies 2-1 this past weekend. The No. 7 Longhorns beat the Aggies twice at home, 7-6 on Saturday and 4-3 on Sunday. They are now 39-8 on the season and 13-6 in Big 12 Conference play. “We just had to come back in and forget about that loss and not take it too hard,” said junior left fielder Torie Schmidt. “The game forgets everything, so we had to come back in and let it go.” Game one on Saturday afternoon came down to the wire. The Longhorns were down 6-1 going into Andreina Velazquez | Daily Texan Staff Taylor Hoagland heads for home plate after hitting a home run against the Aggies on Sunday in UT’s 4-3 AGGIES continues on PAGE 10 win. Hoagland carried the offense with two home runs. Schmidt delivers in final at-bat with game-winning double Rebecca Howeth | Daily Texan Staff Jonathan Walsh crosses home plate in the ninth inning to give Texas a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M on Sunday. The Longhorns avoided a sweep as senior Jordan Etier drove in the winning run. slightly poetic moment, Etier — the Etier chopped a ground ball right home from third, out at the plate. “Jonathan [Walsh] running in lone senior starter — was the one at the first baseman Tyler Naquin. The throw was on time, but Walsh and scoring was the best part of that sent A&M to the Southeastern He fielded it cleanly and came hooked around the tag from A&M’s the game in my opinion,” Etier said. Conference with a loss. home with the ball attempting to catcher for the game ending and ri- On the first pitch of the at bat, throw Walsh, who was streaking valry-ending run. ETIER continues on PAGE 10 BASEBALL Pitchers combine to silence Aggies’ offense By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff Texas saved its best game of the series for last. For eight innings, it seemed like it wouldn’t be good enough, but thanks to a pair of outstanding ef forts on the mound, the Longhorns had just enough time to engineer some dramatic late-game heroics. Freshman pitcher Dillon Pe- Pu Ying Huang | Daily Texan Staff ters turned in the best outing of his Lone Star Showdown. Saturday wasn’t looking too well for Texas either as it was on the losing side of a 6-5 score until the last inning. That is where Schmidt came in. The outfielder got up to bat with a runner in scoring position. A wild pitch put two runners into scor strong innings of his own as the No. 20 Longhorns (25-16, 12-6) avoided getting swept by Texas A&M (3113, 11-7) with an unforgettable 2-1 win over the Aggies Sunday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Peters, who struggled last Sunday, was brilliant against the Aggies. A line drive that ricocheted off his glove in the second inning marked the only hit Peters surrendered as the right-hander had no problem keeping Texas A&M from scoring in four innings while striking out six. ing position and that is when she worked her magic. Schmidt blasted a double that knocked in two runs giving her three RBI and the victory for the Longhorns. “It was up and in, actually and I was able to keep my hands up SCHMIDT continues on PAGE 10 “I knew it was important. I knew who we were playing. The team needed me to perform,” Peters said. “I was moving my fastball in and out. With first-pitch strikes, I was pretty efficient, and I was constantly pounding the zone.” Last Sunday, Peters was pulled in the second inning against Kansas after walking three while allowing two hits and a pair of runs. Texas overcame Peters’ poor outing, taking down the Jayhawks, 7-2, in last PETERS continues on PAGE 10 SIDELINE MLB ASTROS REDS RAYS RANGERS NBA JAZZ SPURS NUGGETS LAKERS LONGHORNS IN THE NBA Jordan Hamilton Avery Bradley -2 points -1/1 field goals -10 points -2 rebounds WHAT TO WATCH Date:Tonight Time: 8:30 p.m. On air: TNT Mavericks @ Thunder Date:Tonight Time: 6:30 p.m. On air: NBA TV Magic @ Pacers Date:Tonight Time: 6 p.m. On air: TNT Knicks @ Heat TWEET OF THE DAY “One of the best games I’ve ever been apart of. Last battle victory. 9th inning magic” Mark Payton @markpayton2 By Garrett Callahan Daily Texan Staff It was a victory that will be remembered for a long time to come. Torie Schmidt gave the Longhorns the win in Saturday’s game against Texas A&M with walk-off double that knocked in two runs. The junior out of California went three for four on Saturday. Schmidt has 42 hits on the year to go with 23 RBI and 22 runs. After Thursday’s game against the Aggies the Longhorns weren’t in the position they wanted to be. They were shut down and were losing the series with their longtime rival, risking a point in the State Farm SPORTSMonday, April 30, 2012 11 SPORTSMonday, April 30, 2012 11 WEEKEND RECAPS WOMEN’S TRACK Relay team sets record time at Drake Relays Saturday By Kristin Otto Daily Texan Staff Texas made a bold statement on the last two days of competi tion at the 103rd Annual Drake Relays, the last meet of the regu lar outdoor season. With 12 UT athletes compet ing in 12 events, Longhorns se cured the top mark in two pre liminary races and claimed four overall victories. Instrumental in four of six team wins, sophomore Allison Pe ter was the prominent figure that paved the path for Texas’ success in Des Moines, Iowa. On Friday morning, Peter unit ed with Morgan Snow, Christy Udoh and Chalonda Goodman to compete in the 4x100 meter relay prelims. The foursome reigned in a first-place finish, matching its sea- son-best time of 44.22 seconds. Not more than two hours later, a recharged Snow was ready to go in the 100-meter hurdle, crossing WOMEN’S GOLF the finish line with the fourth best time in the event’s prelims. In the 100-meter, two more Longhorns had top-eight qualifying times. Clocking in at 11.67, Peter led the group of 28 sprinters. Rounding out the first day of competition for UT with a top- three preliminary finish, four more Longhorns secured spots to compete in the last event of the meet, the 4x400-meter relay finals. In the first of four Longhorn- dominated event finals, Peter found an individual victory in 100-meter finals. Following Snow’s second overall finish in the 100-meter hurdles finals, the Longhorns came together to break a Drake Relay’s record with a winning time of 43.58 in the 4x100 meter relay finals. Led by Angele Cooper, who ran a leg as a freshman in the winning Texas 4x100 meter relay team, a Texas quartet closed out the Drake Relays with a victory in the 4x400 meter relay finals. By Blake McAdow Daily Texan Staff Just days before the first round of the Big 12 Championship, junior Madison Pressel was ruled out with a right shoulder injury that persisted for months and finally prevented her from playing. Last year’s individual champion was sure to be a critical piece to Texas’ defense of a conference title, but they would have to go on without her. It didn’t matter. Texas dominated the field on Sunday, scoring 8-over-par 288 as a team to jump from sixth to finish second overall as a team. Only Oklahoma’s 36-hole lead was too much to overcome. After a slow start left Texas in eighth after the first round, four of the five Longhorns shot their best rounds of the weekend on the final day, including junior Haley Stephens’ even-par 70 that led the team. The only Longhorn who failed to do so was senior leader Nicole Vandermade, whose second record 1-underpar 69 was hard to top, and tied for the best single round of the entire weekend. “We are playing really well, so this is perfect timing for us to go out and play,” Vandermade said. “The courses in the postseason usually play better with my driver so I know that my ball striking doesn’t have to be perfect in order for me to play well.” Vandermade finished sixth individually, while freshman Bertine Strauss finished eighth. For the third tournament this spring, the Longhorns experienced inclement weather that caused play to follow an abnormal schedule and several delays. Although Texas had not played particularly well through the rain, they used their previous experiences to their advantage for when it truly counted. “I think what’s great about all the experiences we’ve had is they should prepare us well for whatever we run into from here on out,” said head coach Martha Rich MEN’S TENNIS Texas A&M outlasts Texas, advances to Big 12 semifinal By Lauren Jette Daily Texan Staff After taking the last two victories in their matchup against Texas A&M, it was the Aggies who took the Big 12 tournament quarterfinal win against the Longhorns this weekend. On Friday, the fifth-seeded Aggies handed fourth-seeded Texas a 4-2 loss to knock UT out of the tournament. The Aggies got on the board first by winning the doubles point. Texas juniors Ben Chen and Daniel Whitehead won their doubles match, 8-2, to give the Longhorns a shot at winning the doubles point, after junior Chris Camillone and sophomore David Holiner dropped their match. With the point on the line in the third doubles match, freshmen Soren Hess-Olesen and Jacoby Lewis lost to A&M’s Colin Hoover and Alexis Klegou, 8-5. “We played four matches this year [against Texas A&M],” said head coach Michael Cen- Longhorns unable to defend their title Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff Longhorns freshman Bertrine Strauss practices her putting prior to the Big 12 Championship. Strauss finished in eighth place. ards. “We’ve played in everything. I think they’re starting to realize that they can play no matter what the conditions are, and they just have to go out there take care of We have to continue their business.” Despite failing to win their to take care of our second straight Big 12 title, the Longhorns put themselves in business and not get a great position for Region- caught up in what al play in two weeks, which will be announced Monday. everyone else is doing “We have to continue to take care of our business or not get — Martha Richards, Head coach caught up in what everyone else is doing,” Richards said. “Take the results as data, and let it motivate you to get better.” ter. “The team that won the doubles point won all four matches. [The Aggies] did a good job, but we have to play better in some spots if we want to win another match this year.” In singles, sophomore Sudanwa Sitaram rushed out to a strong lead, winning his match 6-0, 6-3 to give Texas its first point. The Aggies came back and took the next point after posting a win in singles. UT responded as Whitehead tied up the score again with his 6-4, 6-4 win over Junior Ore. The Aggies got their third point with Jackson Withrow’s 6-3, 6-3 win over freshman Lloyd Glasspool. Chen lost to John Lewis to give A&M the final point and the match. “In the singles, to win at Nos. 2 and 3, with those guys they way we did in straight sets and then not be able to get another point, honestly, is a little disappointing. I give [Texas A&M] credit,” Center said. MEN’S TRACK MEN’S GOLF UT unable to surpass Aggies at conference championship By Peter Sblendorio Daily Texan Staff A AA f ffin inina aal ll r rro ooun unund dd ra raral lll lly yy wa wawas ss n nno oot tt t propel the Longhorns to e een nno ooug ugugh hh to oo propel the Longhorns toa first place finish on Sunday. Tex-first place finish Sun- a on as finished in second place at the Big day. 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The Lon horns made a stron The Long gghorns made a strong gg push on the back nine of the final push on the back nine of the final round, but the str led on the fi round, but they yy strug ugugg ggled on the fi nal hole and allowed the Aggies to nal hole and allowed the Aggies to claim victor . claim victory yy. The Longhorns entered the cham- The Longhorns entered the pionship as the favorite among the championship as the favorite among 10-team field. Texas, however, was the 10-team field. Texas, however, not able to overcome the consis was not able to overcome the con tency of the Aggies, who recorded sistency of the Aggies, who record- scores between 286 and 297 in each ed scores between 286 and 297 in of the four rounds. each of the four rounds. The Longhorns had three players The Longhorns had three players finish in the top-10 over the week- finish in the top-10 over the week end, with senior Dylan Frittelli lead- end, with senior Dylan Frittelli ing the way with an even score of leading the way with an even score 288, which was good for a tie for of 288, which was good for a tie for third place overall among individu third place overall among individu als. Frittelli held a three-stroke lead als. Frittelli held a three-stroke lead through 15 holes before double-bo through 15 holes before double- bogeying the 16th hole and triple- bogeying the final hole. geying the 16th hole and triple-bo- Freshman Jordan Spieth was geying the final hole. right behind Frittelli with a 1-over- Freshman Jordan Spieth was right 289, good for fifth place and ju behind Frittelli with a 1-over-289, nior Julio Vegas finished eighth by good for fifth place and junior Julio shooting a 5-over 293. Vegas finished eighth by shooting a Senior Alex Moon shot a 13 5-over 293. over-301 to finish tied for 20th, Senior Alex Moon shot a 13-over and sophomore Toni Hakula tied 301 to finish tied for 20th, and soph for 33rd after recording a score omore Toni Hakula tied for 33rd af of 19-over-307. ter recording a score of 19-over-307. Following the tournament, Texas Following the tournament, Texas head coach John Fields was proud head coach John Fields was proud of of the effort of his players but ad- the effort of his players but admitted mitted that their struggles at the end that their struggles at the end would would not sit well with the team. not sit well with the team. “The character of this Texas “The character of this Texas team team showed, for sure,” Fields said. showed, for sure,” Fields said. “They “They came back each of the last came back each of the last three days. three days. We have a lot to build We have a lot to build on from that. on from that. This is going to sting This is going to sting for a while, for a while, maybe a year, but we’ll maybe a year, but we’ll come back. come back. Three shots short stings Three shots short stings really bad.” really bad.” Frittelli seconded these senti- Frittelli seconded these senti ments, and he said that Fields re ments, and he said that Fields re mained positive and supportive of mained positive and support- the Texas golfers following the tour ive of the Texas golfers following nament. the tournament. “He told us to pick our heads “He told us to pick our heads up,” up,” Frittelli said. “We played a great Frittelli said. “We played a great ment and did a lot of things well this ment and did a lot of things well week. We came from quite a few this week. We came from quite a shots down to take the lead today, few shots down to take the lead to- and we did a lot of great things out day, and we did a lot of great things there.” out there.” Goodwin leaps to another gold in long jump By Lexy Gonzalez Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns proved to be a strong presence in the field events during competition at the annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Senior Marquise Goodwin remained consistent with another win in the long jump. Goodwin won with a jump of 7.86 meters. Jacob Thormaehlen claimed UT’s top spot in the championship division shot put with a throw of 19.6 meters for third place. Hayden Baillio finished in seventh with a mark of 18.75 and Ryan Crouser was tenth. In the shot put college division, Will Spence won the title with a throw of 17.84 meters. Spence and Crouser also represented Texas in the championship division of the discus throw. Crouser’s mark of 55.67 meters placed him fourth overall, while Spence finished five spots behind at ninth with a heave of 50.77. Three Texas athletes competed in the college division of the discus throw. Freshman Blake Jakobsson was the top Longhorn among the leader board with a second place throw of 52.26 meters. Baillio finished two spots behind in fourth with a mark of 50.37. Thormaehlen’s throw of 49.10 placed him farther down the pack in 10th overall. But Thormaehlen was able to regroup and attack the hammer throw at full force. His heave of 56.37 meters placed him third overall in the college division. During Saturday’s 4x100-meter relay finals, Alex Williams, Goodwin, Mark Jackson and Trevante Rhodes ran the event together and came in fourth at 40.69 seconds. While the relay group celebrated in Philadelphia, Longhorn distance runner Kevin Rayes was doing the same in San Marcos. 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The linebacker was a fourth round pick of the Washington Redskins. sixth round, the Cleveland Browns picked linebacker Emmanuel Acho. He was the 204th player chosen overall. Acho could back up Browns returning starters Chris Gocong and Kaluka Maiava. Acho was an All- Big 12 senior and posted 131 tackles his final year as a Longhorn. Even though Kheeston Randall was expected to be the first Longhorn drafted, he had to wait his turn and was chosen in the seventh round by the Miami Dolphins (215th overall). “Kheeston Randall made more improvement last year than maybe any player we’ve seen at defensive tackle,” Brown said. “He became a force on the inside and he and our two linebackers are really going to be hard to replace.” This year’s draft had the fewest Texas players selected since 2005 — when only three were chosen. It is also only the second time since 1990 that no Texas players were chosen in the first three rounds. Several Longhorns joined NFL ETIER continues from PAGE 9 “He was hustling down the line and trying to win one for his boys. You have to tip your hat to him because he made an incredible slide and a great play.” After Walsh slid in safely at home, the Texas bench exploded onto the field to celebrate. It ended up being a split dog pile between Walsh at home and Etier at first base. This is not the way the Longhorns would normally celebrate after a regular season win, but it being the final game against ri val A&M, the players decided they could make an exception. “This means a lot with this being the last game against those guys,” Felts said. “This was great and is a huge confidence booster moving forward.” The ninth inning continues to be a strength for this Texas team, as it seems that the Longhorns play their best baseball when they’re under pressure to close out a game or when their backs are against the wall, at- teams after the Draft ended. Kicker Justin Tucker signed as a free agent with Baltimore, safety Blake Gideon signed with the Arizona Cardinals, safety Christian Scott signed with the Tennessee Titans and offensive lineman David Snow inked a deal with the Buffalo Bills. Fozzy Whittaker and Cody Johnson were not drafted and are now free agents. With no Longhorns chosen in the first three rounds, this draft wasn’t the norm for Texas. But the last two seasons haven’t been either. tempting a comeback. “It’s just like a survival instinct knowing that your three outs away from the end of the game,” Felts said. “Everyone is just fighting to keep the game going.” The will to not give up and fight back gave this team an incredible victory, but more importantly to the players it meant that the final game in the books between these two historic rivals will forever read: 2-1 Texas. AGGIES continues from PAGE 9 the fifth inning. Four runs in the bottom of the fifth brought the game to within one, and a walk off double by Schmidt in the seventh pushed the Longhorns to the 7-6 victory. “We were trying too hard over there Thursday night,” Texas head coach Connie Clark said. “We fought ... that is what it is about; having that fight.” Schmidt highlighted the game on Saturday afternoon going 3-for4 with three RBIs which included the walk off double. Sophomore Rachel Fox started off both weekend games in the circle for the Longhorns and extended her win streak to 11 games. Fox, who has been taking on more responsibilities later in the season, is the only starting pitcher still undefeated on the season. “We have to hand it to Rachel [Fox], she came in and did a great job,” Schmidt said. “She just went in there and was confident and hit her spots and that gave us confidence to go up to the plate and hit.” Sunday afternoon started in similar fashion. The Aggies went up 1-0 in the top of the second and Texas was left to try to fight from behind for the third time in as many games. Through the first two innings, the Longhorns were able to get runners on but were unable to plate a run. However, in the bottom of the third, Texas junior Taylor Hoagland stepped up to the plate smacked a two-run homer. Another home run by Hoagland followed by a home run off the bat of sophomore Brejae Washington put the score at 4-1. The Aggies tried to make a comeback by plating two runs in the top of the sixth but were unable to gain any more ground. Junior All-American Blaire Luna came in as relief for Fox in the final two innings and put the Aggies to rest with a 4-3 victory. “I’m really glad that we went out with a bang,” Hoagland said. Even though it was difficult, the Longhorns walked away from their toughest rivalry with bragging rights for the foreseeable future. They ended a long weekend with a 4-3 victory, a 2-1 series victory and a 20-20 rivalry record. “You always feel emotion. To be honest, it was a great game today,” Clark said. “It was back-andforth and close. So, there was a lot of emotion there ... there is nothing better [than] to come in and shut the door ... it was fantastic.” SCHMIDT continues from PAGE 9 Torie Schmidt takes a swing during UT’s series against A&M this weekend. Andreina Velazquez Daily Texan Staff the last one and we learn from it,” Clark said. “I thought like we had a tremendous practice yesterday [Friday], with the focus of it’s the game. The game is the game, get ready to go, and be ready to fight, and play with an edge on our turf because that makes a difference. I am very proud.” Schmidt has always been a large part of the team’s success. As a sophomore last year she was ranked fifth overall on the team for batting average and was named to the Academic All-Big 12 team. As such a vital part of the team, the Longhorns will continue to see how she impacts play moving into the postseason. The first batter he faced lined a ball off his chest and while Knebel recovered to throw the runner out, he was not himself the rest of the inning. The All-American gave up a double and walked a batter before freshman third baseman Blake Allemand ripped a RBI single. “He wanted to start the game,” Texas head coach Augie Garrido said of his closer. “We talked at length about how he would do it. We finally agreed that Dillon would start ... it’s the last game [against A&M] and he didn’t want to lose. He’s doing what he thinks is best for the team. I really respect that. I want to listen to leadership like that. It worked.” Knebel was much sharper throughout the rest of the contest. He allowed three hits but struck out five and didn’t let anyone cross the plate in his final four innings of work. Like Peters, he was the beneficiary of solid defensive play. Sophomore catcher Jacob Felts threw out a runner trying to steal second base in the sixth inning and Texas turned a pair of double plays behind him, one in the fifth frame and another in the ninth. “It’s good to have only two pitchers going in a game. That’s usually what you want all the time,” Knebel said. “It was good to have that with Dillon going four innings and me going five.” Texas A&M starting pitcher, sophomore Rafael Pineda, tossed 7.2 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits. The Aggies’ rotation was outstanding this series while their bullpen was horrendous. The Longhorns fell to the Aggies, 6-5, Friday in College Station, scoring all five of their runs in the ninth inning and lost again Saturday, 12-4, at home, committing more errors (5) than scoring runs. But Texas just couldn’t send Texas A&M off to the SEC without one more agonizing defeat. there,” said Schmidt on the game- winning hit. “I was just going to put the bat on the ball, anything that was close.” The deficit was tough to come back from but the team knew what they had to do. “We had to go up there and be aggressive,” Schmidt said. “We had to limit our strikeouts looking from [Thursday’s] game so that’s what we thought about, going up there and putting the bat us confidence to go up to the plate and hit.” With that win the Longhorns kept their chances alive for winning the series and the Lone Star showdown. It’s a good thing they did because Sunday proved even better as they won their final game against the Aggies. 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But Peters was much better this time around, help- ing the Longhorns win on Sunday for the fourth straight week and maintain their spot in second place in the Big 12 standings behind Baylor, who is currently 18-0 in conference play. “Last weekend, I obviously didn’t have my stuff,” Peters said. “I just came out this week and didn’t hold anything back and pitched like it was my last inning.” Knebel, on the other hand, did not get off to the smooth start that Peters did. on the ball on anything close to the strike zone. We have to hand it to Rachel [Fox], she came in and did a great job. She just went in there and was confident and hit her spots and that gave would capture the victory. “We talked about it immediate- ly in the locker room following the game on Thursday night, that the quality of their next performance starts as soon as they get rid of COMICS Monday, April 30, 2012 13 COMICS Monday, April 30, 2012 13 The home stretch. 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Moontower takes place over the entire city in 11 venues, making it much more like South By Southwest. The festival started off right Friday night with “comedy bad boy” Ansari, who is as known for his cocky, swagged-out Tom Haver- ford on “Parks and Recreation” as he is for his stand-up. His jokes at the Paramount were notably more raunchy than the ones on previous specials, too. Ansari frequently quipped about child molestation and stereotypes between bits about his love for food and his hatred for marriage. “Parks and Recreation” writer Chelsea Peretti opened for Ansari, starting off a chain of social network and sexting jokes that seemed to continue into Ansari’s set, and even throughout the festival. The next night, at Meyers’ Paramount set, he successfully started off a line of political routines that other comics were sure to follow. Meyers joked about the benefits of being a comedian during an election year, the quest-like acquisition of pornography in his youth and his White House Correspondents Dinner gig, which made him the only person in America that was bummed by Osama bin Laden’s death. Jeffrey Ross’s set at the Paramount was made up almost entirely of audience participation, as he called a few people onto the stage to roast them, as he’s known for do ing in the “Comedy Central Presents” roast series. Both the crowd and the stage became particularly lewd once Ross began to objectify and make fun of the people that were called on stage to participate. Steven Wright’s routine Saturday night was right out of his 2006 Comedy Central special “When The Leaves Blow Away,” but that didn’t make the audience any less receptive to his distinctive brand of deadpan one-liners and paraprosdokians. Wright’s biggest laugh of the night came from his classic joke: “A friend of mine has a trophy wife. But from the looks of her, it wasn’t first place.” Wanda Sykes closed out the festival Saturday night with a routine that almost entirely revolved around the 2012 election and America’s interpretation of different socioeconomic issues. Sykes made her political alignment clear through the set, and the audience cheered her on in agreement as she quipped about “severe” conservatism and Republican beliefs and policies. Though the headliners are what sold out seats, the smaller acts at the festival shone just as brightly at times. “The Super Serious Show” at the Stateside Theatre featured hilarious acts from comedians like Eric Andre, Melissa Villasenor and the Walsh Brothers, while concert venues like Mohawk and The Parish held incredible sets headlined by SNL writer John Mulaney, “Curb Your Enthusiasm’s” J.B. Smoove, and WTF podcast host Marc Maron. At no fault of the event team itself, Moontower suffered one big issue — its audience. I imagine the timing and placement of the festival made it a perfect date night event (as evidenced by the amount of times ticket-takers at the door asked me “Just you?” upon entry) which makes it even more shocking that the crowd at almost every Paramount event was raucous and unruly. Jeffrey Ross’s set had audience members yelling obscenities and demands at the audience participants on the stage, and Aziz Ansari’s set had people loudly clapping and yelling inappropriately. Ironically enough, Ansari’s biggest applause of the entire night came at the beginning of the night came when he called out and scolded an audience member who insisted on yelling the catchphrase of his one-time “Funny People” character Randy. The late timing of the sets lead me to believe that these moments could have been prompted by alcohol, but I doubt it was on account of the high-priced $8 beers served in the lobby. The Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival exceeded the admittedly low expectations for a first-year comedy festival. With the exception of its oft-unruly audience, everything about the festival makes me very excited to see a second year, though it’s unclear where its lineup can even go. Given recent festival trends, no one should be surprised if, in 2013, a hologram of Mitch Hedberg takes the headlining 7:30 p.m. slot at the Paramount Theatre — or when I wait in line to see it from the front row. Obama entertains, honors at Correspondents dinner By Jim Salter The Associated Press WASHINGTON — This year’s primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secret Service and Donald Trump were targets for President Barack Obama’s scattershot humor at Saturday night’s celebrity studded White House Correspondents Dinner. Even the entrance to his speech was part of his schtick. The president walked off stage just before he took the podium with an alleged “hot mic,” making fun of getting caught last month on an open microphone with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “What am I doing here,” he asks off stage. “I’m opening for Jimmy Kimmel and telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian.” Once on stage, the president revisited last year’s dinner, which took place as Navy SEALS were dispatched to capture and kill Osama bin Laden. “Last year at this time, this very weekend, we finally delivered justice to one of the world’s most notorious individuals,” Obama said. Then a picture of real estate mogul Donald Trump appeared on the room’s television monitors. The president last year delivered a scathing roast of Trump, who flirted with running for the Republican nomination and claimed he had solved the “mystery” of Obama’s birth certificate. Obama also took a shot at the Republican congressional leadership, whom he thanked “for taking time from their exhausting schedule of not passing any laws” to attend the dinner. This year, Obama is the incumbent, but the dinner was far from a campaign-free zone. The president pointed out his similarities with the presumed Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. “We both think of our wives as our better halves, and the American people agree to an insulting extent,” the president said. “We both have degrees from Harvard. I have one, he has two. What a snob.” The crack drew a thumbs up from former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who was in the audience. Santorum dropped out of the presidential primary campaign earlier this month. He had called Obama a snob for encouraging young Americans to attend college. But Obama touched on serious themes as well, remembering The New York Times’ Anthony Shad- id and Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times of London who died while covering the uprising in Syria. “Never forget that our country depends on you to help protect our freedom, our democracy and our way of life,” Obama said. Then he returned to the lighter side: “I have to get the Secret Service home in time for their new curfew.” Kimmel, the night’s featured entertainer, picked up on the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia, saying he told the Secret Service that for $800 he wouldn’t joke about them, “but they only offered 30.” “If this had happened on President Clinton’s watch, you can damn well bet those Secret Service agents would have been disciplined with a very serious high five,” Kimmel said. Kimmel later asked Obama: “You remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? That was hilarious.” “There’s a term for guys like President Obama,” Kimmel said with a pause. “Probably not two terms.” Among the eclectic crowd attending Saturday night’s dinner were former Secretary of State Colin Powell, the cast of the hit TV show “Modern Family,” actress Lindsey Lohan, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., actor George Clooney and director Steven Spielberg. Proceeds from the dinner go toward scholarships for aspiring journalists and awards for distinction in the profession. LIFE&ARts Monday, April 30, 2012 15 LIFE&ARts Monday, April 30, 2012 15 Greg Martin | the Associated Press In his new collection of essays and speeches, “Farther Away,” Jonathon Franzen muses on technology, environmentalism and the suicide of his friend David Foster Wallace. FRANZEN continues from PAGE 16 anywhere else in the collection, the penetrating psychological insight and brutal honesty that made “Freedom” a great novel emerges. Franzen describes the “seemingly self-defeating decisions” Wallace made about his care in the year before his suicide and condemns the way the media simplified the story of his death, portraying him as martyr. After several paragraphs of heart-wrenching honesty about Wallace, Franzen concludes that “throughout that year, the David whom I knew well and loved immoderately was struggling bravely to build a more secure foundation for his work and his life, contending with heartbreaking levels of anxiety and pain, while the David I knew less well, but still knew well enough to have always disliked and distrusted, was methodically plotting his own destruction and his revenge on those who loved him.” If the Kenyon commencement address is the low point of the collection, then “Farther Away” is the high point. The rest of the collection neither dazzles nor disappoints. It includes literary criticism that will be interesting to those already interested in literary criticism, two long, well-written and perhaps over- ly-detailed essays about environmentalism and bird watching in China and the Mediterranean, Franzen’s speech from Wallace’s memorial service, and a number of shorter essays about Franzen’s life. Franzen’s wit, talent and intelligence comes across in almost all of these essays, but one stills wonders if some of them could have been tossed or shortened. Live episode of “30 Rock” features flashbacks, cameos By Frazier Moore The Associated Press NEW YORK — In a break from its usual filmed style, NBC’s “30 Rock” went live Thursday night with an episode that was full of fun and, yes, very lively. As promised, the setup for the episode had boss Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) delivering the bad news that, as a cost-cutting measure, “TGS,” the fictitious show-within-a-show produced by Liz Lemon (series star Tina Fey), would henceforth be filmed, not broadcast live. “From now on,” he said, “you write and shoot the season in two weeks, like ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and Fox News.” Liz erupted in protest. “’TGS’ has to be live or it will lose all its excitement and spontaneity,” she declared. “That’s the beauty of live TV: Anything can happen!” And at that moment, Kenneth the NBC Page (Jack McBrayer) entered Donaghy’s office with Paul McCartney in tow, telling him, “Here’s a bathroom you can use.” McCartney disappeared into Donaghy’s executive loo. Anything indeed. Liz was easily won over once she realized that filming “TGS” would be quicker and easier. But Kenneth argued passionately for the excitement that live TV represents, reminding his colleagues of historic live programs from NBC’s rich past. This paved the way for several wacky flashbacks, including the 1950s live sitcom “The Lovebirds,” a spoof of “The Honeymooners.” In the black-and-white sequence in a bare-bones Brooklyn apartment, Baldwin assumed the Jackie Gleason role, with Fey as the long-suffering wife originally portrayed by Audrey Meadows. “You’re a real cut-up,” sneered Baldwin in a send- up of Gleason’s ranting Ralph Kramden. “In fact, one of these days I’m gonna cut you up in pieces and feed you to the neighbor’s dogs.” “It’d be the first time you’ve taken me out for dinner in years,” replied the poker-faced Fey. In another flashback, Baldwin played a pickled parody of Dean Martin from his 1960s variety series. And “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan appeared in a flashback from a pioneering 1950s sitcom that featured African- Americans — a spoof of “Amos ‘n’ Andy” with a burnt- cork-faced Jon Hamm as his black sidekick. Among other surprise guests were Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon and Fred Armisen. Thursday’s episode was the second such venture for “30 Rock,” which aired live the first time in October 2010. As it did then, this half-hour was broadcast from NBC’s Studio 8H — otherwise the home of “Saturday Night Live” — in front of a live studio audience. The initial performance — telecast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time — went smoothly, with no noticeable technical glitches and one minor flubbed line. The show was scheduled to be repeated, live, three hours later for viewers in the western U.S. And, perhaps needless to say, by the end of the episode, Jack Donaghy was won over to the importance of live TV. “’TGS’ is meant to be live,” he concluded. “To make it more profitable, we’ll just need to do more sponsored product placements. Or I’ll just pay you all less.” Whereupon Paul McCartney reappeared on stage, looking dazed. “I slipped and hit my head in the bathroom,” he said. “Who am I?” “You’re my boyfriend!” Liz Lemon told him as she gleefully led him away. Photo courtesy of NBC Alec Baldwin portrays Jack Donaghy, left, and Tina Fey portrays Liz Lemon in the NBC comedy series, “30 Rock.” The series will broadcast live on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Much of it is marred by the writer’s excessive crankiness or weighed down by literary criticism of obscure novels... RECYCLE YouR CopY of The Daily Texan DEAF continues from PAGE 16 people coming back. They try to buy as many local ingredients as possible, and have even named a dish on the menu after “Farmer Billy,” who supplies them with food from his farm. The menu is extensive, with entrees ranging from the decadent “Corruption” to a German wurst dish, to a yak and yam entree. There are also a variety of burgers and pizzas for those not so adventurous with their food, although the multiple cheese and topping choices offered could give even the burgers and pizzas a unique flavor. Very few items on the menu cost more than $15, and many of the lighter options like salads, starters, pizza and burgers cost under $10. Ramborger said he enjoys experimenting with flavors and different foods. In February, Ramborger was voted “America’s Hottest Chef ” by Eater National. He also made it through many tryout rounds for the TV show “Hell’s Kitch en” before being cut in the last round of interviews. “I’ve never had a special that wasn’t great,” Nelson said. “Kurt is good at finding unusual flavor combinations that are very palate challenging.” “The Irish Chef ” Ramborger has been cooking for 20 years. He first became a chef in Seattle, then started his own catering company, Mos Deux (meaning “two deaf ”), in Los Angeles and started working at ViUDA Bistro eight months ago when the restaurant opened. Ramborger and Rutowski know each other from when they both attended Gallaudet University about 20 years ago. Ramborger wanted to open a restaurant himself, but he liked the people and the atmosphere at the restaurant and decided to take the role as the executive chef. “Paul [Rutowski] handles the business and is the ‘mind,’ and I handle the food and am more like the ‘heart’ of the business,” Ramborger said. SNOW continues from PAGE 16 cause of its bright color. “People call it deliciousness in a cup,” Pattye said. Another option that’s not popular to New Orleans style snowballs, but which the couple has adapted to people’s taste, is the Limeade with Chili con Limon in case you want to add a little spice to your snowballs. “I get paid to put smiles on people’s faces,” Wilson said. “I have fun with the people at the window, asking ‘Exactly how much syrup do you want? Do you want it to barely touch the bottom?’” Kyle Littlepage is in charge of the kitchen and is also deaf. There is an American Sign Language sign on a wall of the building by the cash register so individuals can learn how to interact with Littlepage a little easier. Cliff used to be a social worker and Pattye a teacher, so they have a long history of working with people, young and old. They see their business as a kind of Christmas for kids and parents alike, a place of childish anticipation. “We say everyone looks like they’re six years-old when they come here,” Pattye said. Most of all, they attest their success to customer service and appreciation of their customers. “It’s not too late until you leave the driveway,” Pattye said. “If you want something else, we’ll make you something else.” Littlepage uses his hands to draw a big grin on his face as if to add, “And we always have a You still have time. The Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution conferring bachelor’s and master’s degrees at distinctive locations and online to prepare talented students for professional careers. Learn more. scad.edu/stilltimeIvan Feign, Mui Wo, Hong Kong, B.F.A. photography student Life&Arts16 Monday, April 30, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Katie Stroh, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232 2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Life&Arts16 Monday, April 30, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Katie Stroh, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232 2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Gabriella Belzer | Daily Texan Staff ViUDA Bistro’s executive chef Kurt Ramborger prepares his Italian cheesecake dessert. ViUDA Bistro, located in downtown Buda, serves “new American” cuisine and the majority of the cooks and staff are deaf. Deaf chef, staff offer flavorful entrees By Jacqueline Kuenstler Daily Texan Staff Dan Nelson sat contentedly reading a book on a quiet Friday evening as he waited for his order at ViUDA Bistro in Buda — the chef’s special “The Corruption,” a pan-seared pork loin over celery root potatoes with sweet pepper garnish and au jus. Executive chef Kurt Ramborger brought his food out personally, as Nelson is a favorite regular of the restaurant. Nelson attempted to thank Ramborger, but some of the conversation got lost in translation. Ramborger, along with the other cooks and the manager of ViU- DA Bistro, is deaf. Nelson, who now works in food distribution, has worked in the restaurant industry since he was a teenager. He first worked in a kitchen with a deaf chef when he was 18 years-old, but also experienced restaurants that refused to hire deaf chefs because they thought it would slow the kitchen down; a head chef could be yelling directions to his staff but then have to stop and sign the same thing. Nelson said that often, people don’t want to try and take that extra step. “[At ViUDA Bistro], it’s very inspiring what they do for the deaf community,” Nelson said. “They have great food and give jobs to people who don’t normally get these opportunities.” Nelson says he learned a few kitchen words in American Sign Language, but that is the extent of his knowledge of the language. However, this does not stop him from attempting a conversation with ViUDA Bistro’s manager, Paul Rutowski, about the book he was reading over dinner. “We are like any other business,” Rutowski said. “We don’t have [communication] challenges. We have pagers, video relay and interpreters.” Some of the staff, like ViUDA Bistro’s head waiter, are hearing and fluent in ASL and often help customers talk with Rutowski, who constantly roams the restaurant making everyone comfortable and ensuring things run smoothly. According to Rutowski, Buda and Austin both have large deaf communities, and he says deaf people come from both cities to eat at ViUDA Bistro. He hosts some events, like The Super Bowl, that bring in a lot of deaf customers. However, he estimated that more than half his customers are not deaf. Rutowski insists that it is the food, like “The Corruption,” that keeps DeAF continues on pAge 15 ViUDA Bistro Where: 108 North Main Street, Buda, TX Hours: 5-9 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. By reservation/special party Sunday to Wednesday ON THE WEB: To get an inside look at the restaurant check out bit.ly/dt_ViUDA New Orleans-style snow cones bring fresh twist to ice dessert By Karin Samelson Daily Texan Staff This will be owners Pattye Henderson and Cliff Chapman’s fifth season of operation at Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs. The couple prides themselves on authentic New Orleans-style snowballs and a passion for customer service. Suzy Gallagher, the former owner of Casey’s, is part of the family that originated these snowballs in New Orleans. She started the Austin branch 16 years ago and met Pattye and Cliff years later because they owned a different snow cone trailer in Austin. The Gallaghers trained Cliff in 1999, and they eventually retired and handed the business over to the thrilled couple. “If a child and their parent walk up to the window not knowing what they want, I ask the kid, ‘What colors do you like?’ If they say red, it’s ‘Strawberry?’ ‘Cherry?’ until their face lights up at [the mention of] a flavor,” Cliff said, in his tie-dyed Grateful Dead T-shirt and long, pony- tailed grey hair. What make Casey’s snowballs different than other snow cones around town is the boiled syrup and secret recipes from the Casey family in New Orleans. “We boil the 100 percent cane sugar and water syrup mix ture because it affects the flavor. Only 10 percent or less of snowball businesses boil their water. It changes the sugar; that’s what makes it good,” Cliff said. Another reason Casey’s tastes different from other snow cone businesses is because of the ice. The couple has a freezer in the back that freezes 40 ice blocks at a time, and they use a Southern Snow New Orleans snow maker to get the perfect consistency between chunky ice and ice that’s too soft. There are dozens of flavors to add to the perfectly shaved ice. Reeves Wilson, who’s responsible for taking care of the front of the house, handed a piece of paper over that explained the calculation he came up with to figure out how many different combinations of syrups and toppings customers can get at Casey’s — a grand total of 56,632,286. One of the most loved flavors at Casey’s is Grandma’s Nectar Cream, which sometimes goes by the name “Pink Lady” be- SNOW continues on pAge 15 Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs Where: 808 East 51st St. at Airport Boulevard Hours: 2 - 9 p.m. everyday Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff Demont Burton, 11, purchases several “authentic, New Orleans style snowballs” from Casey’s Snowballs Sunday afternoon. Cranky collection neither dazzles nor disappoints By Claytom Wickham Daily Texan Staff Jonathan Franzen’s new collection of essays and speeches, “Farther Away,” is an uneven one. Much of it is marred by the writer’s excessive crankiness or weighed down by literary criticism of obscure novels. Nonetheless, at several points, his characteristic brilliance shines through. The first piece of the collection, a commencement speech Franzen gave to Kenyon College’s class of 2011, is an interesting but unmoving polemic against the sleek usability of today’s technological gadgets, which are, to him, in opposition to the messy pain of love. “When you consider the alternative [to pain] — an anesthetized dream of self-sufficiency abetted by technology — pain emerges as the natural product of being alive in a resistant world,” Franzen writes. Though well-stated, the argument is unmoving. By the time Franzen delivers his eloquent variation on the classic line about embracing love and pain, he has established himself as such a crank that it’s hard to know if he really has the reader’s best interest in mind, or is only searching for a moral high-ground from which to whine at you about your Blackberry. Fortunately, the grumpy Franzen takes a rest in the first essay of the collection, which is evocative and brutally honest. Four months after the publication of his most recent book, “Freedom,” Franzen set out for Masafuera — in English, “Farther Away.” Masafuera is a “forbiddingly volcanic island” 500 miles off the coast of Chile that inspired the island where Daniel Defoe’s protagonist is shipwrecked in the classic novel “Robinson Crusoe.” On his trip, Franzen had the dual purpose of glimpsing the rare rayadito bird, and after months of delay, finally grieving the death of his dear friend, writer David Foster Wallace. The essay begins with descriptions of Franzen’s ineffective attempts to immerse himself in the natural beauty of Masafuera, interspersed by musings on the literary significance of “Robinson Crusoe”. Then, as Franzen stands “spread eagled against a slippery rockface, in blinding rain and ferocious wind” in search of the rayadito, the infinitely complex subject of his late friend breaks into the conversation. Here, more than FRANZeN continues on pAge 15 Farther Away Jonathan Franzen Genre: Essays Pages: 336 UT alumna creates, sells jewelry on Etsy By Jessica Lee Daily Texan Staff As graduation nears, many seniors stress over how to put their degrees to good use. In 2009, Audra Deaton was experiencing the same situation. After graduating from UT with a degree in textiles and apparel design, Deaton wanted to get to work, but retail was no longer going to be enough. It was when Deaton found herself working with Shaesby Scott, a local jewelry designer, that she realized exactly what she wanted to do. “I worked at the studio for a summer and did sales and marketing,” Deaton said. “I got to see how the production behind the jewelry worked. I learned everything from branding to technique.” Now Deaton creates jewelry of her own. The pieces are now available on her recently opened Etsy shop “Audra’s Details.” Deaton’s jewelry ranges from $20 to $40, because she said that she wanted her pieces to fall within a price range that students would be able to afford. Everything is handmade by Deaton using the techniques she has learned from working with other local jewelry designers. Courtney Gray, an instructor at Creative Side Jewelry Academy where Deaton previously trained, is impressed by Deaton’s jewelry making skills. “Audra has wonderful ideas, and she is bringing very innovative designs to the jewelers bench,” Gray said. “I am excited to see what she does next.” The pieces are funky enough to wear for a night out but can easily be toned down for work or school. Many of Deaton’s pieces are inspired by ancient cultures. While attending UT, Deaton took an Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan Staff UT alumna Audra Deaton creates unique handmade jewelry and sells it on her Etsy shop “Audra’s Details.” Deaton wants to create versatile pieces that are affordable for students such as the red necklace she is wearing. ancient adornment class, which opened her eyes to the history of jewelry. Grecian inspiration can be found in a midnight blue bib necklace featuring brass and coral beads. Deaton also finds inspiration in modern day culture. She scours fashion magazines such as W, Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar to see what trends are currently in style. The jewelry making process is a difficult one. A recent sketch on the television show “Portlandia” made fun of the fact that everyone suddenly seems to be making jewelry, but creating quality jewelry like Deaton’s is not as simple as buying beads and stones. Deaton’s studio pieces require quite a bit of prep time. Deaton carefully picks out the stones and beads that she will incorporate into each piece. They are then pol ished before the actual construction begins. Deaton uses intricate construction techniques, some of which can take up to eight hours. These techniques ensure that her pieces are not only durable but also high quality. She strives to create timeless jewelry. As Deaton’s technique improves, she plans to incorporate more expensive stones and metals. Deaton’s ultimate goal is to start selling her pieces in boutiques. Encouragement from friends and family has given Deaton the self- confidence to pursue her goal with full force. Christine Fail, the owner of Austin jewelry store Schatzelein, is proud of Deaton for the work she has put into building a jewelry brand. “Since her experience at Shaesby Scott, I have seen Audra work to get herself into a position to pursue and realize her dreams,” Fail said. “It is never easy to follow your dreams, leave a well paying job and decide to start your own line, brand or business. I know Audra will succeed because of her willingness to ask questions, try new things and make valuable connections in her field.” Though it took a few years of technique-building and training for her to have the confidence to branch out on her own, Deaton feels that now is the perfect time to show the public what she can do. “Through working retail and working for other designers, I have realized that there is no reason I can’t do something every day that I am passionate about,” Deaton said. “Sometimes you have to quit saying you are going to do something and just do it.”