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Bastrop fi res inspire relief response$10 million MyEdu site partnership controversial By Liz FarmerDaily Texan StaffFIRE continues on PAGE 2MYEDU continues on PAGE 2Fires continued to burn across Texas on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 creating chaos some believe would justify declaring a natural disaster. Bastrop County officials said at a press conference on the eve- ning of Sept. 6, 2011 that Feder- al Emergency Management Agen- cy representatives are currently reviewing requests to declare the area a natural disaster. Mike Fisher, coordinator for Bastrop County Emergency Man- agement, said approximately 34,800 acres have burned with- in the county and 336 fire crew personnel have been brought in from across the state to combat the flames. Fire crews have de- termined the fires were respon- sible for two deaths, but as of press time were not able to release names or information on the fa- talities. Fisher said approximate- ly 577 homes in the Bastrop area have been devastated or destroyed and at least 20 neighborhoods evacuated. “Damage to this community is reflective of all Texas,” said Agri- culture Commissioner Todd Sta- ples. “This is the worst burn sea- son ever.” Fisher said fire crews are mak- ing progress at containing both the original Bastrop County Complex fire and the Union Cha- pel fire, which began burning af- ter the first Bastrop fire and is lo- cated in the southwestern part of the county. He said approximate- ly 15 percent of the Union Chapel fire is contained, but crews have not been able to bring any of the Bastrop County Complex fire un- der control. Officials are currently survey- ing damage where possible, and the earliest residents can hope to return to their homes is the up- coming weekend, he said. “The reality is even if the Union Chapel fire was the only fire we had, I’d still be heartbroken,” Fish- er said. “I feel for these folks. The sooner we get these people back home the better off we are.” Evacuation centers were set up at Bastrop Middle School, Bas- trop Ascension Catholic Church, Bastrop Christian Outreach Cen- ter, Elgin Family Worship and the Smithville Recreation Center for residents displaced during the fire. Bastrop residents such as 16-year-old Kaine Turner, who were not directly impacted by the fires, are donating their time to the different shelters, distributing supplies and comforting refugees. Turner said he called everyone he UT institutes tobacco ban to keep fundsShea Carley | Daily Texan Staff file photoA student smokes outside of the Communications plaza the evening of February 9, 2012. The university could lose millions of research dollars from one of its top research funders if it does not adopt a tobacco-free policy by March 1. By Jody SerranoDaily Texan StaffSMOKING continues on PAGE 2Barrera murder suspect found dead by suicide Austin police are now con- sidering a man whose body was found in North Campus on Jan. 12 as a suspect in the murder of Esmeralda Barrera and two oth- er New Year’s Day assaults. DNA reports confirmed a connection between 25-year-old James Loren Brown, who died by suicide in his apartment on the 3000 block of Guadalupe, and the man who assaulted a woman in her home in the 300 block of E. 31st Street on Jan. 1 at about 5 a.m. They are investigating his possible connection to Barrera’s murder. Additionally, Brown’s DNA profile causes him to be a sus- pect in four assaults that oc- curred last July and one assault that occurred last September, all in South Austin. APD Commander Julie O’Brien said Brown would have attacked these women from be- hind while they were walking. She said this formula of attack was very similar to the one ex- perienced by the woman assault- ed outside of Barrera’s home on the 3100 block of King Street about 30 minutes before Barre- ra was killed. “The mode of operation in these four assaults was very sim- ilar to the mode of operation of the man who assaulted the wom- an walking on King Street [on Jan 1],” said O’Brien. “There is a lot of work that still needs to be done, but we are considering [Brown] a suspect in Barrera’s murder and in the earlier assault with injury on New Year’s Day.” Homicide detectives respond- ed to a deceased person call made by Brown’s roommate when he returned from winter break on Jan. 12, said O’Brien. Detectives could find no appar- ent reason for Brown’s suicide and noticed that photos of him in the apartment resembled the composite sketch based on the description provided by the first woman walking on King Street. “It is important to note that while APD did not find [Brown] until the 12th, he had been de- ceased for at least a week By Sarah WhiteDaily Texan StaffBARRERA continues on PAGE 2James Brown Suspect UT System officials were aware of a familial connection between a MyEdu Corp. executive and a former chancellor, according to emails obtained by The Daily Tex- an through the Texas Public Infor- mation Act. The system invested $10 mil- lion in the website MyEdu to in- crease graduation rates by helping students better understand how to navigate through their degree plans with online advising. The UT Sys- tem publicly mentioned interest in MyEdu at the Aug. 25 Board of Regents meeting and formally an- nounced the partnership on Oct. 18. Randa Safady, UT System vice chancellor for external relations, sent an email to system officials, including Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, about a personal connec- tion between MyEdu and the UT System on July 5. William Cun- ningham is a former system chan- cellor, former UT-Austin presi- dent and current faculty member at the McCombs School of Busi- ness. Cunningham has had a finan- cial stake in MyEdu, which was co- founded by his son, John Cunning- ham. “John Cunningham is Bill Cun- ningham’s son,” Safady said in the email. “He started this business By Jillian BlissDaily Texan StaffAfter years of heated debate over the use of tobacco on campus, UT an- nounced Wednesday it will prohibit the use of tobacco products on all Universi- ty property effective this month. The UT Board of Regents approved the new tobacco policy on Monday, making UT the fourth institution under the UT System to implement a ban. University spokeswoman Adrienne Howarth-Moore said people will be able to use tobacco in the 15 tempo- rary designated areas on campus dur- ing the first year of implementation but will be required to adhere to the poli- cy by Feb. 28, 2013. The policy prohib- its the use of tobacco products on Uni- versity-owned sidewalks, parking ar- eas, walkways, attached parking struc- tures and buildings. Tobacco will only be allowed at the temporary designat- ed tobacco areas, and for educational or clinical purposes, fine arts produc- tions, sponsored research and off-cam- pus graduate housing facilities. The University’s previous policy only prohibited smoking within buildings and required people to smoke 20 feet away building entrances. Howarth-Moore said sidewalks ad- jacent to UT property, such as the side- walks on Guadalupe Street, will not be included in the ban. The ban will also exclude sidewalks and property on Guadalupe Street, Dean Keeton Street, Red River Street and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. She said the University will be re- moving ashtrays surrounding campus buildings in the next couple of months, launching an educational campaign and putting up signs to inform the UT community about the new policy. She said at this time there are no plans to implement a financial penalty if peo- ple violate the ban and repeat violations will be directed to the appropriate stu- dent, faculty and staff liaisons. Howarth-Moore said the UT ad- ministration understands the challeng- es this new policy places on people who are current tobacco users, but hopes people will see this change as an oppor- tunity to quit and take advantage of to- bacco cessation resources on campus. “If people choose not to take advan- tage of the tobacco resources we are providing, we hope that this gives them time to adjust their work schedule and start to think about how they will imple- ment this policy in their work or school day,” Howarth-Moore said. “This is the right direction for the University.” UT first announced plans on Feb. 9 to possibly change its tobacco policy af- ter the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas announced new rules requiring all institutions receiving can- cer research funds to become tobacco- free by Aug. 31. 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COPYRIGHTCopyright 2012 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. continues from PAGE 1when we found him,” O’Brien said. “We are in the process of interviewing people who knew or were connected with him and are trying to connect him to any other cases that we can.” O’Brien said APD detectives are asking anyone who had con- tact with Brown on New Year’s Eve or during the early part of January to contact the APD Ho- micide Tip Line at 512-477- 3588. She also asked anyone who knew Brown to come for- ward, especially anyone who may have bought or received property from him, as a “signifi- cant electronic device” was miss- ing from his apartment. O’Brien said Brown worked at a restau- rant on Lady Bird Lake and, pri- or to moving to the apartment, Brown had been discharged from the military. O’Brien said she and other APD officials, including Police Chief Art Acevedo, were grate- ful to the Austin community for their help in the case. “So many friends of Esme and concerned citizens active- ly distributed that photo,” said O’Brien. “He probably would not have been able to leave his home without seeing his face.” Natasha Ray, business and government sophomore and North Campus resident, said she can sleep a little easi- er at night now that police be- lieve they have found the prime murder suspect. “Ever since I heard so many stories about girls getting hurt I made sure I was with some- body at all times,” Ray said. “I have roommates and we always made sure we double-locked our doors, but we were definitely a little frightened.” Brigid Abdenour, owner of Tom’s Tabooley restaurant, said Barrera was a regular custom- er, and the restaurant staff is re- lieved that police may have found her killer. “I’m sorry that it had to go the way it did and that she was a victim,” Abdenour said. Abdenour said the self-defense fundraiser held at Tom’s Tabool- ey to raise money for Barrera’s family was a success, and the res- taurant will continue to host the class once a month. “Just because this guy’s gone doesn’t mean we don’t have to be vigilant and protect our- selves, especially all the young women on campus,” said Abde- nour. “I feel like [the lass] real- ly helped honor Esme. There’s so much strength in know- ing that you can stand tall.” Printed on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2012 as: DNA links man to murderknew when he first heard of the fires and took advantage of pub- lic school closures to support his community. Tamara Turner, Kaine’s mother, said her son in- spired the rest of the family to volunteer as well. Steve Termeer, general man- ager of the UT Golf Club locat- ed within Steiner Ranch, said club staff became very con- cerned when asked to evacu- ate Monday. Termeer said the club previously suffered a fire in 2008 that caused $7 million in losses. “We completely lost the club- house before,” Termeer said. “It looks like we lost power for a little less than 24 hours, but we didn’t lose anything at all which is great because this really could have gone the other way.” Printed on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2011 as: Fire Sparks Tragedy RECYCLE . your copy ofThe Daily TexanRyan Edwards | Daily Texan staff file photoPaul Sandberg stands on the remains of the more than 30-year-old house that he built outside the city of Bastrop on the morning of September 6, 2011. FIRE continues from PAGE 1BARRERAcontinues from PAGE 1some time ago, and it has really tak- en off. I believe Bill has supported it, too.” Cigarroa, in a response to Safady’s email, did not directly acknowledge the connection but said he and two other UT regents were interested in the company. UT System spokesman Anthony de Bruyn said in an email to The Dai- ly Texan that the chancellor was aware of the familial connection but not of the financial stake the elder Cunning- ham has in the company. De Bruyn also said that even if knowledge of the financial stake had been known, the system was under no legal obli- gation to disclose it, as Texas Govern- ment Code only places procedural re- strictions if a contract is within four years of the person being the execu- tive head of the state agency. Bill Cun- ningham was chancellor until 2000. Cigarroa presented the MyEdu partnership as a way to improve four- year graduation rates, which would allow for students to get through UT institutions more quickly and allow for a greater number of students to at- tend the institutions. MyEdu officials plan to initially launch the new platform at UT-Aus- tin, UT-Arlington and UT-Permian Basin before the next registration pe- riod in the spring. MyEdu co-founder and CEO Michael Crosno sent an email to Cigarroa on Aug. 27 about his vi- sion for MyEdu’s financial impact for students. “Soon the UT System will set the bar for providing tools to families for lowering the cost of their educa- tion, and it won’t be through reduc- ing tuition — there are better ways,” Crosno wrote. Cigarroa expressed enthusiasm to sign the MyEdu agreement, which Gene Powell, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, echoed in an email on Sept. 12. “I am good to go with the chancel- lor signing these documents,” Powell said. “Congratulations! Great work in record time.” UT-Austin faculty have raised con- cerns about inaccurate information on the current MyEdu site, including classes listed under their names for courses never taught. Frank Lyman, MyEdu senior vice president of marketing and busi- ness development, said data on My- Edu about students, faculty and class- es comes from public information re- quests. Lyman said the new platform should be more reliable because data will come directly from the UT Sys- tem. He said this benefits students and faculty because MyEdu can now go directly to the UT System to cor- rect inaccuracies. “When we don’t have accurate data, we’re not credible,” Lyman said. MyEdu currently contains a com- ments and ratings section that allows users to evaluate individual faculty members and see class grade distri- butions. Some faculty worry that the feedback is unreliable and could be used in making University person- nel decisions, including those made when awarding tenure. President William Powers Jr. said a few weeks ago that the information available on MyEdu will not be used to judge pro- fessors because the University has its own course evaluations. Lyman said MyEdu will talk about the comments and ratings section with key University contacts, but it is difficult to say what decision will be made about the role of the section in the new platform. He said the in- formation can help students choose which professor to take, but plans de- pend upon the answer to the question “is there a way to do this that faculty members support?” Lyman said MyEdu wants to bet- ter understand faculty concerns and suggestions for tools so the com- pany will talk to key contacts from the pilot institutions within the next month. “We realize we need to deepen our relationship with faculty and advis- ers,” Lyman said. “We all have a com- mon goal — get the students through the class and graduate.” Lyman said the information shar- ing with the UT System will allow for new tools to be made. He said the most requested tool from students is to be able to see class availability as they register. UT student regent John Davis Rut- kauskas attended the July 13 meeting between some of the UT System re- gents and MyEdu via teleconference. Rutkauskas addressed the UT Sen- ate of College Councils meeting a few weeks ago and said overall, there is a lot of uncertainty about the MyEdu partnership. Rutkauskas said most of the discussions with MyEdu are in regards to big-picture ideas and he agreed with Senate members that the UT System should not move forward until some of the major questions are answered. “It’s easy to understand why a faculty member might be concerned about MyEdu,” Rutkauskas said. However, Rutkauskas said, some faculty members “misunderstand the technology” because they cannot see all of the advising tools available to students if they do not create a My- Edu login. Rutkauskas championed the deal and said it was made for the benefit of the students to help them get through the University as quickly as they want. The student regent said he wants to help further discussions when it’s per- tinent to people in the UT System ad- ministration. Rutkauskas criticized negative feedback about the partner- ship and said he originally expected faculty and students at UT Austin to applaud the deal. “If I’m totally off base with that, then let me know,” Rutkauskas said. Printed on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2012 as: UT partners with MyEdu despite family ties campus. Damage to this community is reflective of all Texas. This is the worst burn season ever. — Todd Staples Agricultural Commisionercomply with the new rules, it would not be eligible to receive future fund- ing from the institute. The institute provides approximately $31 million for more than 20 professors working on cancer research. UT plans to apply for $88 million later this year. In a February campus-wide email, University officials stated they planned to develop a policy by March 1 to meet the deadlines stated by Can- cer Research and Prevention Insti- tute of Texas. Howarth-Moore said there was a misunderstanding on the deadline to be in compliance with the new policy. Kristen Doyle, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas lawyer and a cancer survivor, said March 1 was the adoption date of the new rule and grantees have until Aug. 31 to de- velop a new policy. Doyle said although she has not seen the policy, it seems like UT has gone above and beyond banning to- bacco in buildings where cancer re- search takes place, the minimum re- quirement the institute called for. Doyle said she thinks it is great UT has adopted a tobacco-free policy on campus. “Preventing people from taking up both smoking and tobacco use, espe- cially now when they’re in college, will help them for the rest of their lives,” Doyle said. “As a cancer survivor, I hope someone else won’t have to have that awful moment and hear, ‘Oh, you’ve got cancer.’” Howarth-Moore said although the University had previously considered only banning tobacco use in build- ings and areas where cancer research took place, they decided against it. Many professors and graduate stu- dents conducting research will of- ten have their lab in one building but may go to places such as the li- brary in the Main Building to analyze their research, Howarth-Moore said, and that makes the building a cancer research facility. Howarth-Moore said new research facilities are added and change every semester and would make a tobac- co ban only encompassing cancer re- search buildings difficult and confusing to implement. Matthew Haviland, president of the UT Texas Public Health Orga- nization, said he thinks the tobacco ban will contribute to the improving the health of students and potential- ly decreasing insurance costs. The organization conducted a survey last semester and found that out of 1,551 respondents, 77 percent indicated they wanted a stronger to- bacco policy at UT. Among the peo- ple who identified as smokers who took the survey, about one-third said they wanted stricter limits on tobacco use. Haviland said he sat on a com- mittee with administrators to dis- cuss the possible implementa- tion of a tobacco ban and expected the announcement. He said he hopes this en- courages the city of Austin and schools across the U.S. to consider banning tobacco. Printed on Thursday, April 12, 2012 as: UT approves tobacco ban across campus. SMOKINGMYEDUcontinues from PAGE 1Texan AdDeadlinesMonday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m. Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m. Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) THE DAILY TEXANThe Daily Texan Mail Subscription RatesOne Semester (Fall or Spring) $60.00Two Semesters (Fall and Spring) 120.00Summer Session 40.00One Year (Fall, Spring and Summer) 150.00To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 471-5083. Send orders and address changes to Texas Student Media', P.O. 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After serving as TSM direc- tor for seven months, Borders an- nounced his resignation abruptly. Borders spoke out Feb. 15 saying he did not wish to resign, but chose it rather than being fired. Borders said he was not given a warning or valid reason for what he said was a forced resignation by the Student Affairs vice president Juan Gonzalez. “I was called to meet with Mr. Gonzalez last week and he told me I had to resign or be fired,” Borders said. “It was a very brief meeting. I was stunned.” Gonzalez, who announced in July he will be leaving the vice presiden- cy to return to teaching, told The Daily Texan in an email that all uni- versity employment policies were followed. “Mr. Borders decided to resign after meeting with my office about employment expectations,” Gonza- lez said. “Had Mr. Borders not de- cided to resign, UT employment policies would have continued to have been followed in my office in consultation with the Board of Con- sultation Trustees.” Members of the TSM Board of Trustees, which jointly over- sees TSM with the office of stu- dent affairs, expressed frustration over not being consulted about Borders’ departure. Student Media Board Presi- dent Lindsey Powers said she was surprised by Borders’ resignation and was unaware of whether the Vice President’s office forced him to leave. “I have not heard anything offi- cially or legally,” Powers said. “I would like some answers.” Borders said Gonzalez told him he was “not collaborative” and was not doing enough to balance the budget. As one of his primary responsibil- ities, Borders was expected to help TSM overcome a projected deficit of about $175,000, according to a letter from the vice president’s office. He said the office balked at some of his suggestions for doing so. Borders said his proposal, which was never made official, suggested selling TSTV and KVRX in an at- tempt to gain $3 million for TSM, and this might have played a role in his forced resignation. Borders said Student Affairs assistant vice pres- ident Jennifer Hammat told him Gonzalez did not support the idea at all. “I had talked to Mrs. Hammat about the idea before I wrote it up and she did not say she agreed with it, but she didn’t say it was completely crazy either,” Borders said. “We talked again after she showed it to Gonzalez and she said he absolutely hated it.” Borders said he did not have a contract and was told he was hired “under the pleasure of the president” and could, therefore, be terminated at any time. Although Borders is up- set by the forced resignation without any warning, he said there is no le- gal issue. “I was never evaluated before that meeting,” Borders said. “I was never before given a warning about what I needed to change or do differently. I was never reprimanded. Nothing.” Powers said the TSM board is planning a meeting soon to discuss an interim replacement for the po- sition. Borders previously worked for newspapers throughout East Texas where he served as publisher and columnist, according to his web- site.Previously publisher of Cedar Park’s Hill Country News, Borders said he hoped to hold the TSM po- sition for as long as possible, ac- cording to a June 2011 Daily Texan article. He replaced Hammat, who served as interim director for a year and a half. Printed on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2012 as: Student Media Director asked to resign. Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff file photoSaid Faiq, the brother of Karim Faiq, leaves the United States District Courthouse after being given custody of Karim the afternoon of March 28, 2012. Ten Austin area residents con- nected with Yassine Enterpris- es, operator of several Austin night club venues, were arrested March 22, 2012 in a federal in- vestigation related to drug and money laundering charges. The FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Comp- troller’s Office, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Texas Alco- holic Beverage Commission and Austin Police Department were all involved in “official busi- ness” at Treasure Island Pirate Bar on Sixth Street near Nech- es Street, said IRS spokesman Mike Lemoine. FBI agents and other department officials were seen at the bar collecting doc- uments and boxes of potential evidence around 11 a.m. March 22, 2012. Lemoine said the investiga- tion of Yassine Enterprises in- volves all venues managed by the company: Treasure Island Pirate Bar, Pure Ultra Lounge, Kiss & Fly, Stack Burger Bar, Malaia World Lounge, Roial, Hyde, Fuel and Spill. Company owner and presi- dent Hussein Ali Yassine, also known as Mike Yassine, 40, was among those arrested. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of Justice, “Authorities believe that [Hus- sein Ali Yassine, Hadi Ali Yass- ine, 35, Mohammed Ali Yassine, 38, and Marisse Marthe Ruales, 33] used several business estab- lishments located in downtown Austin to launder over $200,000 in cash, which they believed to be the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.” According to the statement, the government is filing crim- inal charges and seeking mon- etary judgements against the defendants totaling about $300,000, which they claim rep- resents property involved in the alleged offenses. All defendants are still in federal custody and face max- imum prison sentences any- where from 20 years to life, ac- cording to FBI spokesman Erik Vasys and the statement. Fed- eral authorities also believe de- fendants Mohammed Ali Yass- ine and Nizar Hakiki, 32, trans- ferred a firearm with the knowl- edge that the weapon would be used to commit a drug traffick- ing crime. Mohammed Ali Yassine and Amar Thabet Araf, 29 are ac- cused of distributing large quantities of cocaine between December 2007 and Jan. 11, 2008, according to their official indictment. “[Three of the defendants] unlawfully, knowingly and will- fully did combine conspire, confederate and agree with oth- ers known and unknown to distribute five hundred grams or more of a mixture or sub- stance containing a detect- able amount of cocaine,” the indictment stated. The United States Govern- ment sought to hold Yassine and Araf liable for the forfei- ture of $13,600, “constituting the proceeds of the above-de- scribed offenses,” in the indict- ment. All defendants appeared in court yesterday afternoon and are scheduled to have a fur- ther hearing on Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Green. Yassine Enterprises is also the subject of a class action law- suit filed by former employ- ee Jake Webb, who claims that the company regularly refused to pay wages to tipped employ- ees. That case does not appear at this point to be related to the federal investigation. APD officers have been as- sisting the FBI with the inves- tigation and were present for the search, said Lisa Cortinas, spokeswoman for APD. Printed on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2012 as: Yassine Enterprises facing multiple chargesBy Sarah WhiteDaily Texan StaffBy Kayla JonssonDaily Texan StaffTen arrested for drug money connection in raidTSM director asked to resign after brief term in position[Three of the defendants] unlawfully, knowingly and willfully did combine conspire, confederate and agree with others known and unknown to distribute five hundred grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine. — Indictment from the Dept. of Justice 4Monday, May 7, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.comOPINIONQUOTES TO NOTEPlease recycle this copy of The Daily Tex- an. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. RECYCLEFollow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter @DTeditorial and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. EDITORIAL TWITTERThe following quotes are from viewpoints and overviews written by The Daily Tex- an Editorial Board. We’ve selected quotes that paint a picture of the noteworthy events that occurred during the 2011-12 academic year. “Voters across the nation don’t know Perry like we know him. His education track record is one of many that suggests he is charging around the country on a platform of minimal substance. We hope voters and journalists in the other 49 states will look past our governor’s ‘cowboy mystique’ and seriously evaluate the decisions he has made in office.” — On Gov. Rick Perry shortly after he declared his candidacy for the GOPpresidential nomination. “It can end up like Nicole Scherzinger, who despite be- ing the only vocal talent in The Pussycat Dolls, failed when it came to a solo career. Or it can end up like Fergie, who has complemented No. 1 hits with The Black Eyed Peas with some of her own. Currently UT is hoping to become a Fergie.” — On the possible outcomes of the University’s decision to partner with ESPN to launch The Longhorn Network this fall. “The biggest reminder from Powers’ speech is that a university’s role goes well beyond job training. The greatest skill a university can teach its students is critical thinking. ... A university that can empower students to channel intellectual curiosity to create these ideas is the university of the future.” — On President William Powers Jr.’s sixth annual State of the University Addressin September. “Since Texas A&M signaled that it will leave the conference next year, the Big 12 has started to look more like the Nervous 9, as it fired commissioner Dan Beebe on Thursday.” — On the UT System Board of Regents’ granting President William Powers Jr. the right to negotiate conference realignment discussions on behalf of the Univer- sity. The semester featured the end of the 118-year streak of playing the Aggies on Thanksgiving day. “The UT System Board of Regents has demanded greater emphasis on efficiency, putting pressure on administrators to hustle as many graduates across the stage as possible for as little money as possible, creating a virtual assembly line of hapless, helpless students. And, thus, what is administrators’ first pri- ority will become the students’ as well; get your degree in four years or pay the consequences.” — On the report by the University’s Task Force on Undergraduate Graduation Rates, which outlines 50 recommendations to encourage students to graduate in four years. “That this largely unelected board has the power to dictate far-reaching University policy when its pri- mary purpose is ostensibly to determine which cancer research grant applications to fund is disturbing. ... Nevertheless, a tobacco-free campus will go a long way to further the University’s healthy, environmen- tally-conscious community deeply committed to fight- ing cancer.” — On the University’s decision in April to become a smoke-free campus. UT made its decision after the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas made it a condi- tion for campuses receiving its money to commit to be tobacco-free. A year in reviewLEGALESEOpinions expressed in Ź e Daily Texan are those of the editor, the editorial board or the writer of the article. Ź ey are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Illustration by Blair Robbins | Daily Texan StaffRace in admissions: maintaining a vibrant, diverse student bodyBy Zoya WalianyDaily Texan Columnist Ź e University has entered our country’s spotlight, and football has nothing to do with it. Two white students de- nied admission to UT in 2008 have . led a lawsuit against the University alleging discrimination because the Uni- versity uses race as a factor in admissions. Fisher v. Uni- versity of Texas is currently being appealed to the United States Supreme Court. UT made its Supreme Court debut in regard to racial discrimination in the admissions process in 1950 when Heman Marion Sweatt applied to UT’s School of Law. He was rejected on the grounds that the Texas Constitu- tion prohibited integrated education. A. er Sweatt took his case to court, the state district court in Travis County mandated the building of a law campus only for black students. Dissatis. ed with the inadequate solution, Swe- att, his lawyers — including future Supreme Court Justice Ź urgood Marshall — and the NAACP took his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Here, the justices reversed the Travis County ruling, . nding the separate campus failed to satisfy the “separate but equal” guidelines of Plessy v. Ferguson, and Sweatt was admitted as the . rst black man at UT’s law school. Ź ough an embarrassing blemish on UT’s history, this victory was a major step- ping-stone in implementing fair, race-conscious admis- sions processes around the country. In 1996, UT once again experienced legal problems with its admissions policy, this time on the grounds that the law school was giving preference to minorities in a way similar to the case in question. In Hopwood v. Tex- as, four white applicants rejected from UT’s law school argued they were denied admission despite being more quali. ed than many admitted minority students. Ź e plainti. s won their case in the Fi. h Circuit Court of Ap- peals, thereby setting a precedent that prohibited the use of race for consideration in admissions processes within the . . h circuit court’s jurisdiction. However, it is crucial to note that the Supreme Court abrogated this decision in the 2003 case Grutter v. Bollinger and ruled that the Con- stitution “does not prohibit the … narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational bene. ts that ˇ ow from a diverse student body.” Ź is decision is the current precedent used in cases similar to Hopwood. Despite a tumultuous past with race and admissions, UT seems to . nally have discovered an appropriate method for ensuring equal opportunity admissions and has a noted goal of developing that sought-a. er di- verse student body. Ź e Top 10 percent rule and a pro- gram of socioeconomic-based a˘ rmative action have helped to increase the minority representation among UT’s student body. Ź e number of Hispanic and black students is increasing considerably every year, equal- ing the playing . eld for two of the country’s mostunderrepresented demographics. Ź e important thing to remember about UT’s a˘ rma- tive action practice is that it is a socioeconomic program. O. en, minorities are underrepresented at higher educa- tion institutions because of economic barriers preventing them from having access to appropriate pre-college assis- tance, even though they may have plenty of academic po- tential. Hence, when dealing with applications outside of the top 8 percent, race and ethnicity are considered. Ź e plainti. s’ main argument is that the Top 10 percent rule su˘ ciently ensures a racially diverse range of accepted students, and thus race should not be considered when selecting applicants outside of the top 8 percent. Ź e Top 10 percent rule can still be restrictive, and thus the plainti. s’ argument that adequate diversity is achieved through this rule falls ˇ at. Moreover, race and ethnicity fall under the special considerations category, which is secondary to academic and personal considerations of the admissions process. According to Ź e Texas Tribune, the plainti. s and their lawyers were selected and paid by Project for Fair Representation, an organization that routinely attempts to allege the unconstitutionality of a˘ rmative action. Ź e young women were connected to the organization through the organization’s website http://utnotfair.org. Such information leads to questions about the motives of the plainti. s and whether the legal action they are taking was truly necessary or rather simply a grudge being ex- ploited by disgruntled lawyers with a political agenda. Since a˘ rmative action’s inception, the Supreme Court has . ne-tuned this practice to guarantee that race may only be considered to further a compelling gov- ernment interest in diversity. With a state population as distinct as Texas, diversity is more than a compelling government interest. Ź e largest state school in Texas should accurately represent the demographics of the state, ranging from ethnicity to economic background. UT’s use of a˘ rmative action strives to ensure diver- sity is considered in assembling the student body. With a diverse student body comes the exchange of broad, distinct perspectives and crucial dialogue about social issues facing our country. It also provides opportuni- ties for increased civic engagement and paths to lead- ership among underrepresented groups. Furthermore, students graduate prepared to enter an increasinglyvaried workforce. A˘ rmative action is a vital, albeit small part of our admissions process that guarantees we attain the educa- tion and experience from UT that makes us unique from other universities. Ź e Supreme Court justices must pre- serve a˘ rmative action until our country is at a place where it can secure racial diversity and equal opportunity by itself. Until then, however, students must recognize the importance of interacting in a vibrant and unique student body. Printed on Monday, September 26, 2011. Challenge from the White HouseFor those of you who were too busy with the start of school to watch President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Ad- dress in January, don’t worry. He did more than repeatedly remind us that Osama Bin Laden was dead. Education was mentioned, too. Obama called the high cost of college “the most daunting challenge” facing high school graduates. He continued to ad- dress the importance of this issue by pointing out that “Ameri- cans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt.” We o. en hear about the importance of going to college to . nd a job and start a career, but how are students supposed to focus on . nding jobs in an uncertain economy when they are overwhelmed by student loan debt? It’s not fair that higher education, which is supposed to help our futures, costs so much now that degrees leave graduates overrun with debt. Ź e president o. ered clear ways to . ght the problem of sky- rocketing college tuition. Given that UT President William Powers Jr. recently approved yet another tuition increase here at UT, this issue is especially pertinent to our campus. Obama had a clear message for universities, including ours: “If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding that you get from taxpayers will go down.” Since the state Legislature continues to decrease the amount of funding it gives to UT — down 13.5 percent from 2011 to 2012 alone — the University has had to rely more on fed- eral funding. A. er Obama passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, federal funds were used as a part of the University’s operating budget for the . rst time, ac- cording to UT’s Budget O˘ ce. In his 2010 State of the Uni- versity Address , Powers said that UT is “second only to MIT in external research funding among universities without a medical school,” and a large part of that funding comes fromthe government. Finally, UT received more than $330 million for federally sponsored programs in the 2012 budget and will undoubtedly receive millions more in research grants as well. Obviously, our University receives substantial federal support. Now, if Powers and the rest of the key tuition players can’t . nd ways to keep tuition down, it seems that students’ well-being will be jeopardized even more. Federal programs such as work study, Pell Grants and re- search opportunities are all potential targets that could be hit with cutbacks if Obama follows through with his threat to re- duce federal support. If the University’s tuition advisory committee, Powers and the Board of Regents continue to resort to tuition increases, they may face harsher consequences. More than sparking protests, they have the potential of making college inaccessible to thou- sands of students and losing millions in research grants and general operating funds. Printed on Friday, January 27, 2012. 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The Doniak family needs all of the financial support that they can get, Millheiser said, who grew up play- ing soccer with Doniak in California and at UT. “Kylie and her mother are from California, so between medical bills and traveling, it’s going to be a long recovery and an expensive endeavor,” Millheiser said. Millie Fisher, the mother of Do- niak’s boyfriend, who has been with Doniak and Doniak’s moth- er throughout the hospitalization, said transporting Kylie to Califor- nia was going to be especially expen- sive, costing tens of thousands of dol- lars on top of the hundreds of thou- sands of dollars of medical expenses already incurred. The high cost of treatment makes her even more grateful for the out- pouring of support Doniak has re- ceived, Fisher said. “We have broken every rule they ever thought about having in the ICU,” Fisher said. “They’d like for there to be only two people in there at a time, but we’ve had a hundred people a day in to see Kylie.” Fisher said student athletes have been especially supportive and that she is surprised by the variety of peo- ple offering their help and consola- tion. “The whole soccer team and many from the track team have been up here to see Kylie,” Fisher said. “We’ve also had people in the wait- ing room that just saw the accident and are concerned with her. People have responded from Cos- ta Rica, every state and Europe. The response to who she is and her fight- ing spirit is just amazing.” Millheiser said she expected at least 600 diners to participate be- cause of the University’s tight-knit athletic community and how relat- able Doniak is to all people. “Support is split between friends, student athletes and a lot of people who have been impacted by this sit- uation, who understand that this is someone’s friend, this is someone’s daughter,” she said. The University has helped the Do- niak family in more official ways as well. UT has provided a room for them down the street from the hos- pital, a rental car for the first week of Doniak’s treatment, transportation to and from the airport and a daily spending allowance. “We’ve been following NCAA rules,” said Nick Voinis, senior asso- ciate athletics director for communi- cation. “The rules have changed and allow us to do more than we could 10 years ago to assist the families of children injured like this, including providing transportation, lodging and a per diem.” Fisher said she is grateful for the University’s help and that she hopes Doniak’s injuries remind people to be careful. “I think it really offers a sobering message to the dangers of people get- ting in a car when they’re drunk,” she said. “In an instant, the worst possi- ble thing in the world can happen.” Printed on Feb. 23, 2012 as: Soccer star’s family seeks financial help after hit-and-run. UT President William Pow- ers Jr. vowed to make University diversity a priority and work to make the student body better re- flect the state population. How- ever, from 2010 to 2011, enroll- ment of Hispanic students from Texas high schools dropped 2 percent, according to a Universi- ty report. The University sent the re- port to Gov. Rick Perry on Dec. 31, 2011. It outlines Universi- ty effort to increase geograph- ic diversity, recruitment of un- derrepresented students and counseling for students auto- matically accepted under the admissions policy. The 2011 class is the first class to be selected under a new ad- missions policy. State law allows UT-Austin to only accept 75 per- cent of incoming freshmen un- der the top 10 percent rule, said Augustine Garza, deputy director of the office of admissions, who spoke to The Daily Texan in Sep- tember 2011. According to the Universi- ty’s website, admissions takes ac- ademic achievement, personal achievement and special circum- stances into consideration. Race and ethnicity are one of seven other factors that fall under the special circumstances portion. Radio-television-film senior Pablo Sanchez is a Hispanic stu- dent who said the decrease is frustrating. Sanchez said he likes Powers’ goal for the student body to better reflect the state popula- tion, but it is not an easy mission with the dismal economy. “It’s difficult to match those numbers if we don’t have the re- sources,” Sanchez said. Sanchez said the admissions policy is a balancing act between Powers’ vision and admitting stu- dents who are college prepared. “We have a certain level of prestige,” Sanchez said. “We have to keep in mind that they have to be qualified and work hard to be here.” Suzanne Deem, spokeswoman for the office of admissions, said there is significant progress to be attained in diversity and the Uni- versity is organizing around that effort. “The admissions policy re- flects the University’s mission to attract, admit, enroll and gradu- ate a diverse student body pre- pared to lead and excel in Texas and beyond,” Deem said. Communications studies ju- nior Tyler Durman is a Native American student who works in the University’s Multicultural Engagement Center and is an of- ficer in the Longhorn American Indian Council. Durman said the University’s efforts to improve diversity are good, but they can always improve. He said minority high school students may think an education at the University is not feasible. “I think the University should make the efforts to reach out to students of color so they know there’s a way to get to a high- er education program,” Durman said. In 2010 Hispanic students from Texas high schools made up 25 percent of the student body, but dropped in 2011 to 23 percent. In an October interview with the University’s Division of Di- versity and Community Engage- ment, Powers said it is the Uni- versity’s responsibility and mis- sion to serve the diverse popula- tion of the state. “We must ensure fair access and affordability to every qual- ified student in Texas,” Powers said. “To leave out any segment of our population is a disservice to the citizens who support us.” Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, expressed discontent with Uni- versity diversity to the UT Sys- tem Chairman at an October meeting of the state Joint Over- sight Committee on Higher Ed- ucation Governance, Excellence and Transparency. Ellis said Uni- versity diversity rates are an em- barrassment. The senator said tuition in- creases keep minority students from attending public universi- ties. Ellis said the UT System Board of Regents, who set tuition after the 2003 legislature deregulated it, must keep minority students in mind because UT is currently losing them to cheaper colleges. “If we stand still today we’re going to be in deep trouble,” El- lis said. UT System Board of Regents Chair Gene Powell testified to the committee and said the board is not inclined towards tuition in- creases. He said the UT chancel- lor’s Framework for Excellence action plan focuses on “how we can do more with less” at each of the UT institutions. However, he said the $92 million reduction in state funds at UT-Austin makes it difficult to not raise tuition. Pow- ers recently recommended a 2.6 percent tuition increase for un- dergraduate students over each of the next two years. Printed on Jan. 27, 2012 as: Diversity remains issue despite effortsBy Liz FarmerDaily Texan StaffSoccer player hurt in crash, friends organize fundraiserBy Samuel LieblDaily Texan StaffKylie Doniak Soccer playerPowers seeks to increase diversity at UTElisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff file photoThe percentages in the top row represent the data from the 2010 U.S. Census for Texas and the percentages in the bottom row represent the number of each race enrolled as students at UT from Texas High Schools in 2011. In a sea of about 1,200, protest- ers gathered to express their opin- ions about corporate greed and political corruption. City Hall saw a crowd of about 150 people at 10 a.m. Oct. 6, 2011 that grew to about 1,200 people by 6 p.m. Gathered around the front steps of City Hall, people of all ages and varying econom- ic and political backgrounds held signs, gave public testimonies and played music to promote the inter- ests of the 99 percent — a percent- age used by protesters to differen- tiate the American public from the wealthy elites. Single mother Danielle Cor- tar stood proudly beside her 9-year-old daughter Kierstin holding a banner reading “We The People.” Cortar, a medical biller at the Rhino Bill health insurance claim company, said she went out to demonstrate in an effort to get the government’s attention on a broken economic system. “Our minimum wage does not match our living wage,” Cor- tar said. “I make too much to get any government help, but I make too little to survive. I have to buy my child food and clothes and it doesn’t leave me much for anything else.” Occupy Austin spokeswoman Sylvia Benini said the occupation would continue 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until there was no need for it. Lauren Welker, also an Occu- py Austin spokeswoman, spoke at the demonstration to re- mind the crowd about the key principles of the movement. “The people are the su- preme authority in our democ- racy,” Welker said to a cheer- ing crowd. “Let your voices be heard. You are participating in our democracy.” Inspired by the recent Occu- py Wall Street protests in New York, Occupy Austin began hold- ing public discussion meetings last Wednesday and has held meetings ever since. Occupy Austin issued a series of goals and demands of the movement after their general as- sembly meeting Wednesday night. Members said their main goal is to promote democracy, economic se- curity, corporate responsibility and financial fairness. In contrast to the 700 Oc- cupy Wall Street protesters ar- rested in New York on Oct. 1, Austin Police Department has yet to make any arrests for violence or disturbance of the peace. Austin Police Department’s chief of police Art Acevedo said he was happy to protect the protesters and enjoyed the energy of the crowd. “We’re just here to protect rights, the constitutional ac- tivities,” Acevedo said. “This is what democracy is all about and our primary mission is to protect the demonstrators.” Engineering and philosophy sophomore Kathleen Hetrick said she was glad people were edu- cating themselves about current events and taking an active role in determining the nation’s future. Hetrick, an out-of-state student, receives helps from her parents to pay for tuition but has to pay rent on her own. 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Ac- cording to the new policy, the City Hall plaza, mezzanine and amphi- theater areas may not be used for non-city business or activities be- fore 6 a.m. and after 10 p.m. and sleeping and camping will be pro- hibited at all times. Deputy city manager Michael McDonald said the revised policy is necessary because of criminal ac- tivity, damage to city property and health concerns related to Occu- py protesters staying on City Hall grounds around the clock. “What we have put together re- ally is a great compromise be- cause protesters will still have ac- cess to City Hall to exercise their First Amendment rights all day,” McDonald said. “They just can’t live there anymore and keep their personal items there 24 hours a day.” The city passed out the new policy memorandum to pro- testers at about 9 p.m., saying they had until 10 p.m. to gath- er their belongings and leave the premises, McDonald said. “We have been in contact with the movement all week and letting them know they need to remove their personal belongings, but they have not complied,” McDonald said. “This is everyone’s City Hall, not just one group’s.” Occupy protester Michelle Mil- lette said many protesters panicked after they read the memo because the City Hall steps had been their home since Oct. 6, 2011. “They didn’t give us any time to leave,” Millette said. “Could you take down your whole house and move out in an hour? I don’t know anyone in the history of the world that can move that fast. This is ridiculous.” At 10 p.m. a line of police sur- rounding the perimeter of City Hall began pushing protesters back. Most of the protesters complied, but as the police line slowly forced them off City Hall grounds protesters yelled, “Shame,” and “This is what a police state looks like.” McDonald said there were seven arrests. Because most of the occupiers are homeless and may not have had a place to stay for the night, bus- es were arranged to transport pro- testers to a local Home Depot to be fed and sheltered for the night, Mc- Donald said. “We realize most of these peo- ple have nowhere to go so they have been offered a facility to get them through the night,” McDonald said. “They can get up [Saturday] and be transported back downtown where they can exercise their First Amend- ment rights and get settled in at the Arch or make other arrangements.” Protester Joshua Dixon said many people were trying to con- tact friends and family because they were unsure about where they were going to stay. “I don’t know where we’re going to go,” Dixon said. “We’re homeless. We don’t have anywhere.” Urban studies sophomore Ben- jamin Orgel was among a group of onlookers as the police evicted the protesters. He said he was having dinner with his friends downtown when he saw a swarm of cops ar- rive at City Hall. “We came outside to see what was going on,” Orgel said. “It’s crazy how quickly and efficiently the po- lice have been able to disperse [the protesters]. It’s about time, though. The occupiers haven’t been doing much the last couple of months and they have no reason to be there all night anyway.” Printed on Monday, February 6, 2012 as Police imposes hours on City HallBy Kayla JonssonDaily Texan StaffIn a sea of about 1,200, protesters gathered to express their opinions about corporate greed and political corruption. Danielle Villasana Daily Texan File PhotoAndrew Messamore | Daily Texan File PhotoAfter four months of 24-hour protesting at City Hall, Occupy Austin protesters were forced to leave City Hall Feb. 3. A controversy has arisen among a mass amount of Face- book statuses and Twitter mes- sages containing the phrase “Kony 2012.” At approximately midnight on March 7, the phrase went vi- ral through Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds, along with a 30-min- ute video describing the cam- paign behind it. The video, pro- duced by the nonprofit group In- visible Children, is narrated by or- ganization member Jason Russell, who explains his personal experi- ences in Uganda with the Lord’s Resistance Army and urges oth- ers around the world to share his concerns. According to the In- visible Children website, Russell and other members of the group are working to stop Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, from kidnapping children in Uganda and turning them into sex slaves or child soldiers. The video’s slogan “Kony 2012,” refers to the effort Invisible Children members hope will make Kony’s name as significant as other po- litical terrors, such as Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein. “We believe Kony is the worst war criminal, and a lot of this campaign is awareness because we want to make it known we don’t want him killed,” said Cassidy My- ers, Invisible Children Street Team Coordinator for Austin. “We want him arrested and brought to jus- tice in court. We want people to know this is a human issue, that we care about humans in the most remote corners of the world.” Myers said the organization has targeted Austin, along with five other strategic cities, for expand- ing the efforts of the Kony 2012 campaign. She said members of the UT student chapter of Invis- ible Children and other students interested in the issue are crucial in helping raise awareness and eventually stopping Kony. My- ers said each Street Team also in- cludes a Ugandan leader, who shares their personal experiences with new members of the group. While Invisible Children chap- ters exist on college campuses across the nation, some believe the organization is not making a significant effort to stop the LRA from the crimes members say it commits. Blog posts sprang up hours after the Kony 2012 vid- eo went viral, and several writ- ers opposed Invisible Children for various reasons. Grant Oyston, sociology and political science student at Aca- dia University in Nova Scotia, has continually updated a post which began March 8 on his blog, Visible Children. “I do not doubt for a sec- ond that those involved in Kony 2012 have great intentions,” Oy- ston blogged. “But despite this, I’m strongly opposed to the Kony 2012 campaign.” According to the blog, the ma- jority of funds raised by Invisible Children goes to salaries, trans- port and travel for its staff. Oyston backs these numbers with the or- ganization’s public financial state- ments available online, and also writes that a “bulk of Invisible Children’s spending isn’t on sup- porting African militias, but on awareness and filmmaking.” Oys- ton also criticizes the military in- tervention Invisible Children be- lieves is necessary to disarm Kony, calling it ill-advised. Myers said she understands how quickly adverse feelings can arise in lieu of the video’s sudden popularity. “Personally, I’ve given a year and a half of my life to this cause and one of my best friends has lost family because of the LRA,” Myers said. “We have leaders who are Ugandan to make sure we are as effective with our time and re- sources as possible. There’s no way I would’ve given a year and a half of my life so far if I didn’t believe in this cause.” Lawyer Kate Cronin-Furman, co-editor of the political blog Wronging Rights, said she has worked in Central Africa and has followed the region’s politics for approximately 10 years. Cronin- Furman said she is concerned the Kony 2012 campaign presents an incredibly simplistic narrative of the problem it seeks to address. “[It] tells its audience that they are ‘helping’ the victims of the LRA if they purchase brace- lets and put up posters,” Cronin- Furman said. “I agree that arrest- ing Kony is a desirable goal, but it’s not clear how raising aware- ness in America will help accom- plish this, and it’s also not clear how removing Kony will end the LRA’s rebellion.” Cronin-Furman said she un- derstands how young Americans are affected by the atrocities con- veyed in the Kony 2012 video and feel the need to help LRA victims, but advises them to look into sup- porting other organizations in- volved in relief efforts, such as Oxfam International. “There are many international organizations that do consistently good work on the ground with ci- vilians who have been victimized by Kony,” Cronin-Furman said. “Supporting their work would do far more to help LRA-affect- ed populations than purchasing a Kony 2012 wristband.” Some UT students, such as gov- ernment sophomore Julia Hud- son, are more concerned with helping the people of Uganda than joining an organization. Hudson said she is not a member of Invisi- ble Children, but advocates the ef- fort to stop Kony and believes do- nating her time to raise awareness will give a voice to the issue. She said she plans to partake in the April 20 Cover the Night event hosted by the Kony 2012 cam- paign, which aims to cover Austin in posters, pamphlets and stickers highlighting the cause. “Anyone here is capable to make a difference, hang posters and pass out some buttons,” Hud- son said. “And if you are skepti- cal of giving money to Invisible Children, make these things your- self. The whole point is to shed light on this man and what he has done, so that the LRA can be to- tally stopped.” Ran online Friday, March 9, 2012 as Kony campaign receives ambivalant responsesAfter five years of discussion, an ordinance banning disposable bags in Austin passed at about 2 a.m. on March 2. The ordinance will take effect March 1, 2013 and will prohib- it plastic bags and paper bags from being distributed by retailers with- in Austin city limits. City coun- cil will continue to discuss specif- ics of the ban, and amendments are still possible. “It has taken us five years to get this passed, starting with our pro- posal in 2007 to limit and discour- age plastic bag use,” said Austin Texas Campaign for the Environ- ment program director Andrew Dobbs. “We have been talking to city council that whole time and all our work has paid off tonight.” Dobbs said the battle is not over. “There will be some lobby- ists who will try to stop this ban,” Dobbs said. “We still need to figure out certain details of the plan, espe- cially how it is going to be enforced, so some people will try to attack us on that but we just have to keep pushing for it.” Exceptions include dry cleaning bags, newspaper bags, bags pro- vided to transport beer and wine, bags provided by pharmacists or veterinarians and bags containing prepared food. There will be an option to use emergency plastic bags for a fee in case someone forgets their reus- able bags. Retailers will determine the fee themselves. “My knee-jerk reaction to the emergency bag fee is not to get the city involved,” Mayor Lee Leffingwell said. Jenn Studebaker, a single mother, spoke during the meeting to say she opposes the bag ban because there are not enough facts proving that the new ordinance will be efficient. She also objected to the nature of the meeting because the council did not begin discussing the plastic bag ban until around midnight. “You call a public hearing at 12 at night, and I have a problem with that,” Studebaker said. “If you look around, there are very few parents here because they are all at home with their kids, so their voices are not being heard.” The campaign’s executive director Robin Schneider said the bag ban makes sense both environmental- ly and economically because it will prevent pollution and create a new market for reusable shopping bags. “The reusable bags will create a new market for those who want to make a fashion statement,” Sch- neider said. “Some businesses are already looking into making dif- ferent styles and personalizing the bags. Those who want to just buy the cheapest bags for fifty cents can do that too. It’s just all up to what you’re into.” Environmentalist Audrey Cravotta said she has worked 50 hours a week for the past two years educating people on the dan- gers of disposable bags and persuading people not to use them. She said 7,000 Austin residents recently sent letters in support of the bag ban to City Council. “The job of City Council is to represent the people of the city,” Cravotta said. “City Council would not have fairly represented the peo- ple if they did not pass this ordi- nance because Austin is supposed to be a green city. We need to set an example for the world to be green. If we can do it, so can they.” Cravotta, along with bag ban supporter Mike Koscielak and three other supporters, arrived at City Hall wearing bags on their clothes and on their heads. They described themselves as “bag mon- sters” representing the evils of disposable bags. “The thing people need to know is we are monsters and we’ve really become like part of the family,” Ko- scielak said in the role of a “bag mon- ster.” “We live under the sink and in the garage — right there where your kids play.” Ran online Friday, March 2 as Austin City Council to impose ban on plastic, paper bags8A Office of the President & the Texas Exes congratulateDr. David F. PrindleProfessor of GovernmentCollege of Liberal Arts2012 Recipient of the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in TeachingThe Jean Holloway Award was established through The Ex-Students’ Association in 1970 by Jean Holloway and her husband, Sterling Holloway, a former president of The Ex-Students’ Association. It has been supplemented over the years by gifts from her daughter and her grandchildren. This award recognizes an individual whose commitment to students has an effective, positive influence on the educational experience and lives of those they teach. d Fof Goof LibDavid F. PrinProfessor of GovernmentCollege of Liberal Artsnt of the Jean Holi8 Monday, May 7, 2012NewsKony 2012 movement draws supporters, critics among studentsBy Jillian BlissDaily Texan StaffA controversy has arisen among a mass amount of Facebook statuses and Twitter mes- sages containing the phrase “Kony 2012.” Zachary Strain Daily Texan File PhotoCity council passes ban on disposable bags to go into effect in 2013Lauren Pierce, president of the UT Col- lege Republicans and secretary of the state- wide Texas College Republicans, is fac- ing the consequences of a tweet she posted voicing her opinion about President Barack Obama and referencing the gunfire direct- ed at the White House on Nov. 11, 2011. “Y’all as tempting as it may be, don’t shoot Obama,” said Pierce in her tweet. “We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we’ve EVER had! #2012.” Pierce’s tweet followed the news of the Pennsylvania State Police’s arrest of 21-year- old Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez in connection with the White House gunfire incident. Nov. 11, 2011, gunshots were re- ported in front of the White House and bul- lets were found on White House grounds, ac- cording to the Associated Press. An assault- style rifle and empty shell cases were found in a car which were all tied to the suspect after shots were reported. Pierce later apologized on Twitter, saying she regrets publishing the tweet and that it was in poor taste. “It’s never funny to joke about such a seri- ous matter,” Pierce tweeted. “I have learned a very valuable lesson.” John Chapman, public relations direc- tor for the UT College Republicans, said the organization has asked her to resign from both of her positions because the lan- guage used in her message was contrary to their principles. “Our message is to foster professional and respectful discussion at the Universi- ty,” Chapman said. “Even though we might disagree with Obama, implying or attempt- ing to commit violence is not positive, constructive or acceptable discussion.” Chapman said Pierce was unavailable for comment about the tweet. Chapman said the public’s reaction to the tweet is a lesson for all to understand the implications of statements made on social media sites. “This is going to make people sit back and think, ‘Hey, I need to think before I post this,’” Chapman said. “What you say on Twitter is very public and can reflect on yourself and the organization you represent.” Chapman said a temporary president will be appointed to serve until the orga- nization’s general elections take place at the end of this semester. Cameron Miculka, vice president of the UT University Democrats, said all Tex- ans should condemn Pierce’s tweet regard- less of their political affiliation because of the potentially dangerous implications of the message. “For a UT student to joke about kill- ing the president being ‘tempting’ is noth- ing short of disgraceful,” Miculka said. “What one individual might see as a joke, another may take as a challenge.” Government lecturer Shannon Bow O’Brien said she thinks Pierce’s tweet was intended to be funny but was inappropriate nonetheless. “The president is an elected offi- cial, and our system allows us to express opinions through voting, not violence,” Bow O’Brien said. Printed on Thursday, November 17, 2011 as: Student leader faces backlash from comment about ObamaBy Nick HadjigeorgeDaily Texan StaffBy Kayla JonssonDaily Texan StaffCollege Republicans president apologizes for Obama tweet The national Kappa Alpha fra- ternity organization filed a law- suit against its former UT chap- ter, claiming the group owes the national organization hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in assets. The lawsuit alleges the UT group hired e xotic dancers that performed live sexual acts for recruitment purposes and hazed pledge members. When the na- tional organization suspend- ed the UT chapter for the inci- dent in June 2011, the UT chap- ter disassociated and formed Texas Omicron, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit demands the re- turn of delinquent dues, real estate at 2515 Leon St., kitch- en appliances, artwork and oth- er property the national chapter alleges belongs to the Kappa Al- pha organization. Attorney Robert Alden is an alumnus and board member of UT Texas Omicron. He said he believes the lawsuit is just a way for Kappa Alpha to embarrass Texas Omicron because it is the only chapter to ever leave the national organization. “The lawsuit is full of inflam- matory language intended to generate bad publicity for the chapter,” Alden said. “They are completely irrelevant for the merits of the legal claims they’ve made and are inappropriate to even be in a pleading.” But Kappa Alpha said in a Sept. 27 press release that its former Texas chapter violated the fraternity’s law when it de- cided to form a “rogue, inde- pendent chapter” while holding $200,000 of possessions the na- tional organization says belong to them. “Kappa Alpha law expressly forbids this action,” the organi- zation’s press release said. “Re- grettably, the national organiza- tion will have little choice but to seek the expulsion of each indi- vidual, undergraduate or alum- nus involved in this effort.” Alden said the national Kappa Alpha organization filed the suit after the alumni board and ac- tive UT chapter decided to leave the Kappa Alpha organization when the national office made allegations of fraternity miscon- duct in May 2011. The national Kappa Alpha organization pun- ished the chapter by threatening to seize its fraternity house. Dean of Students Soncia Re- agins-Lilly said the University will conduct its own investiga- tion into the allegations of the lawsuit. The University had al- ready been working with Kap- pa Alpha national and local rep- resentatives since 2004, when the fraternity was suspend- ed because of hazing, when new hazing allegations arose in 2011, a statement released Tuesday said. “We take allegations like this extremely seriously and will not tolerate hazing of any sort in our student organizations,” Reagins- Lilly said in a statement issued by her office. “We began investi- gating immediately. The lawsuit lays out additional allegations that we will also look into.” Alden said alumni conduct- ed their own investigation into allegations of hazing and sexual misconduct. “The alumni advisers for the chapter investigated these alle- gations and we have not found any evidence of hazing,” Al- den said. “As for the sex show, there’s a lady with her sidekick who comes around to all the fra- ternities and offers her services. Omicron wasn’t the only one. She does this nationally.” Alden said the UT chapter en- acted its own disciplinary mea- sures that it believed were more appropriate than national Kap- pa Alpha’s more severe terms. “It’s not acceptable behavior,” Alden said. “We’ve taken cor- rective action, and that kind of thing will never happen again.” Printed on Wednesday, Septem- ber 28, 2011 as: Fraternity sued by national chapter for assets9A NEWSGREGORY GYM PAVERSLAST A LIFETIMESET YOURNAMEIN STONE5SIZESCONGRATULATIONS CLASS of 2012! 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If the recommendations are fol- lowed, in-state undergraduates would pay $127 more each semes- ter during semesters in the 2012- 13 academic year and $131 more each semester during the 2013-14 year — a 2.6 percent increase each year. Out-of-state students would face a 3.6 percent tuition increase, which would mean an increase of between $560 and $642 more each semester during 2012-13 and be- tween $580 and $665 more each se- mester in 2013-14. All graduate stu- dents would also pay 3.6 percent more in tuition. The UT System gave Powers several directives, in- cluding restricting tuition-increase requests to 2.6 percent for in-state undergraduates and 3.6 percent for all other students. The System re- quired all increase requests be tied to improving four-year graduation rates. The proposed increase would provide $30.6 million worth of ac- ademic funds from 2012-2014, but there the University would still lack $30.5 million., according to tuition recommendation documents. The University is also facing a $92 mil- lion cut in state funding from the last legislative session. The proposed figures are the same as those recommended by the University’s Tuition Policy Ad- visory Committee on Nov 28, 2011. TPAC includes four student mem- bers and five faculty members. Af- ter reviewing reports from each of the College Tuition and Budget Ad- visory Committees, members dis- cussed the needs of each of the University’s colleges. Student CTBAC members worked with their college deans to gain feedback from students about tuition rates and college pri- orities. The Liberal Arts CTBAC is the only committee, out of a to- tal of 16 CTBACs, that opposed tuition increases. TPAC held three public fo- rums to gather student feedback. Students voiced concerns rang- ing from student representation on TPAC to broader concerns like the deregulation of tuition in 2003, which turned tuition decisions over from the state to the UT System Board of Regents. The Daily Texan sat down with Powers to discuss the tuition-setting process and his recommendations to increase tuition. The Daily Texan: What is your vision for the University? President William Powers Jr.: On tuition, we need to do things ef- ficiently. We don’t always need every bell and whistle. We are very con- cerned about affordability for low- income students and middle-in- come families. We ought to strive to be the best public university in the country, for people to say that’s where I want to do my undergrad work or graduate work. We are an internationally respected and re- nowned university, but we ought to be at the top. DT: How does UT compare to other universities? Powers: In tuition we are in the bottom half [of a list of 12 compara- tive institutions]. That’s true of Tex- as schools generally. There are low- er tuition schools, but they are high state-support schools. If you look at that funding per student per year we are dead last [of the 12 schools] and we’re producing at a very high quali- ty. We are at a disadvantage. We’re actually proud that we didn’t just say make it up with tuition. We made most of it up through cuts. DT: What did you think of the UT System directives that any rec- ommended tuition increase be tied to improving four-year grad- uation rates? Powers: It’s advising, curriculum redesign and that will help tremen- dously on graduation rates, which is student success. We’ve been do- ing that for a couple of years now. It only meets half of our need for the student success. None of this will go to increasing our ability to at- tract faculty through salary. Those are still needs. We’re not meeting what I would call the real needs of the University. DT: How can the University con- tinue to attract top faculty without increasing salaries through tuition revenue? Powers: We’ll need to look for other ways like philanthro- py. We always ought to be adjust- ing our philanthropic efforts to ad- just to the needs of the Universi- ty, but it’s not totally up to us. It’s up to the donors. DT: How did the student feed- back from the TPAC forum affect your tuition recommendation? Powers: It’s a reminder that af- fordability is an important part. But by and large the student feed- back through the CTBAC process and the TPAC process was “nobody likes tuition increases, but a modest increase was necessary.” DT: Why do law, pharmacy and master of business adminis- tration not have the usual differ- ential tuition increases, in which additional charges go towards the needs of the college? Powers: That was part of the instructions from system. I think there was a sense that af- fordability across the board was an important factor. Over the long run the concept of differ- ential tuition is not being aban- doned. There’s some fields where the graduates’ ability to pay is historically stronger. DT: How did you feel when the Occupy UT students chanted at you against tuition increases dur- ing the last TPAC forum? Powers: I was at Berkeley in the 60s as an undergraduate. I thought the comments were very construc- tive. It was an interesting theatrical way to make a point. People ought to express their views. You nev- er have an open forum and have all 50,000 students come. That was an important, but small representation of students. It doesn’t surprise me that there’s not unanimous agree- ment on this across the University. We do rely heavily on a represen- tative form of government so we set up a structure for views and they come through the CTBACS and TPAC, but there are going to be stu- dents who express that differently. Those kinds of CTBAC and TPAC conversations are designed to get in- put, but also come up with solutions. Forums are more of an input. DT: How could TPAC better represent student concerns? Powers: I think the CTBAC pro- cess reflects that there is a more ro- bust conversation. Once something becomes a regular part of the pro- cess it penetrates the community. Student leaders have a short term and they have to learn how the bud- get works, what the University needs are and understand affordability. It’s a complex picture. Getting some continuity is important and it’s a challenge for the students–they have to get up to speed. One of the things is to get students involved in student government or CTBAC early. DT: How do you try to under- stand students who struggle to pay for UT and apply it to decisions like tuition recommendations? Powers: We’re committed to re- ally figure out the reasonable total cost of going to UT for a year and that includes tuition–that’s about 40 percent. There’s housing, food, they need to go home, books...you need to spend money. We look at that entire package. We look at grants, work study, for some it involves off- campus work, some loans are in that mix. I think we have been good on this goal–there’s nobody who we of- fer admissions to who can’t come because of finances. Now there are individual situations in which that is not true. For a four-year education that’s going to pay off over a lifetime that’s modest. DT: What main goals of yours would not be achieved if the tuition increase is not approved? Powers: It would be very hard to keep the momentum going on these student success programs. We need the things that enhance the quali- ty of the educational experience at a research university. The overall fi- nancial situation is a headwind in attracting the best students and the best faculty. Ran online December 15,2011 as Powers recommending rise in tuitionBy Liz FarmerDaily Texan StaffNational fraternity sues former UT chapterThe national Kappa Alpha fraternity organization filed a lawsuit against its for- mer UT chapter, claiming the group owes the national orga- nization hun- dreds of thou- sands of dollars in assets. Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan File Photo RECYCLE .your copy ofThe Daily Texan Weeks of campaigning, candidate disqualifications and judicial review culminated in a March 29 gathering of more than 80 supporters for Stu- dent Government presidential candi- dates John Lawler and Thor Lund. Lund and running mate Wills Brown captured the presidency with 2,571 votes, defeating Lawl- er, who received 2,112. A total of 4,483 students voted. The campaign period extend- ed from Feb. 15 to March 29, about six weeks compared to the usu- al two. Voter turnout for the pres- idential and vice presidential race decreased about 41 percent com- pared to last year, when 7,883 stu- dents voted in the runoff election for current SG president Natalie But- ler and former presidential candidate Abel Mulugheta. In 2010, 8,654 students voted in the presidential runoff, with presi- dent-elect Scott Parks receiving 4,801 and opponent Minator Azemi r eceiving 3,853. This year is the first time the Election Supervisory Board dis- qualified two presidential candi- dates since SG outlawed the tick- et system in 2008, in which stu- dents could run together under a party or banner that year in order to give each candidate a fair chance at getting elected. Lund has never been involved in SG and said he is facing a sharp learning curve. While he and Brown started alone at the beginning, Lund said the most challenging part of campaigning was wondering if elections were ever going to happen. “A lot of people were wonder- ing if we were ever going to have this day,” Lund said. “With each challenge we grow stronger. We’ve come out so much stronger and better after this. It has been a blessing in disguise.” Lund said he ran a campaign fo- cused on the students and wants to provide 24-hour access to the Perry-Castańeda Library, reno- vate Anna Hiss Gym and pro- vide healthier late-night food op- tions, among goals. Lund said he and Brown bring a new perspec- tive to SG, and he invites everyone to get involved. “Don’t be discouraged,” Lund said. “Anyone who wants to get involved, get involved. Me and Wills have no bias against anyone and we’re very excited.” Lawler said he is surprised at the low voter turnout. He said during the election he did not anticipate Madi- son Gardner would sue UT, the pro- longing of the elections or running with two great candidates like Lund and Brown. Lawler said he is grate- ful for the students who supported his campaign. “What would I do differently, I would say not a thing,” Lawler said. “There have been several things that were out of our control, but at the end of the day, Terrence and I are very proud of the issues-based campaign we ran.” Lawler said he would continue to be involved with SG as much as pos- sible and fulfill his campaign prom- ise to fight for students at UT and in West Campus. He said he would wel- come any opportunity to work with Lund and Brown next year. Former presidential candidate Madison Gardner was disqualified twice, once on Feb. 22 and again on March 21, for violating the SG Elec- tion Code. Former candidate Yaman Desai was disqualified on Feb. 20 for misrepresenting his campaign and committing fraud. Gardner said Monday he expect- ed voter turnout to be low this year because students had not been giv- en the chance to elect their own SG president and vice president because of the disqualifications. With more than 100 campaign vol- unteers, Gardner had one of the largest campaign teams this year. Election Supervisory Board chair Eric Nimmer said elections were dif- ferent this year because there was a functioning Election Code and judi- cial body to make sure rules and pro- cedure were being carried out. “In prior years, if something hap- pened the Election Code could not be drawn out,” Nimmer said. “We have a functioning means to [ad- dress] bad behavior.” Dean of Students Soncia Rea- gins-Lilly said she will be working with Lund and Brown during the next few weeks to address changes to the Election Code. The code en- countered scrutiny when Gardner filed a lawsuit against the Universi- ty on Feb. 27, claiming the associa- tion provision in the code violated his constitutional rights. “Every [SG] group is differ- ent,” Reagins-Lilly said. “There is a new group of students and they’re learning. They’ll have to re- think and clarify the [Election Code], and I have confidence in the student governing process.” Printed on Friday, March 30, 2012 as: SG candidate Lund takes presidencyAustin has lost a public figure and homeless hero who provided the city some of its weirdness. Local icon Leslie Cochran died around 1 a.m. March 8 at Christo- pher House, an inpatient hospice, said close friend Debbie Russell. He was 60 years old. “He was very much at peace be- fore he died,” Russell said. “We told him about how the whole city was supporting him and he gave us a thumbs up.” Many think the homeless hero was the embodiment of the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan. Leslie was best known for his eccentric cross-dressing and of- ten wore heels and a leopard thong as he walked down Congress Ave- nue or visited friends at local stores in South Austin. Leslie first moved to Austin in 1996 and quickly became a popu- lar figure. Tourists constantly asked to take pictures with him, and he would happily oblige. He brought at- tention to police treatment of home- less through his outspoken criticism which he used as a qualification dur- ing his three stints running for mayor. He appeared in a Super Bowl halftime commercial and had his own line of refrigerator magnets. He is survived by two sisters, a broth- er and nieces and nephews. “Leslie was an unofficial am- bassador for Austin’s weirdness,” Russell said. “Today, Austin is a lot less weird.” Despite the unexpected rain and cold, a few dozen friends and strang- ers gathered at City Hall the night of March 8 for a memorial parade in honor of Leslie. They wore some of Leslie’s signature accessories, in- cluding boas and colorful hats. Some even cross-dressed as they walked to- ward one of Leslie’s famous spots on the corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street. Blythe Plunkett of Mobile Loaves and Fishes, an outreach ministry for the homeless, said Leslie was a catalyst for her work with the homeless. Plunkett and Leslie met 12 years ago when he spent his days on Brak- er Lane. Plunkett said Leslie’s demean- or in spite of his situation opened up her eyes to what the real world is like for the homeless. “He was a very kind person who used to accompany two girls on the bus to keep them safe,” she said. “I’ll al- ways remember him setting up his liv- ing room on Sixth Street and showing the world to be true to themselves.” Oliver Steck, a friend of Leslie, wore a dress in honor of him during the me- morial parade. Initially at a loss for words to describe him, Steck said Les- lie was the epitome of the idea that ap- pearance is not everything. “Leslie defied our perspective on the homeless in a different lev- el with his good nature,” Steck said. “He was far more courageous than the rest of us and did very human work everyday.” In the last few years, Leslie gar- nered so much fame that he even had his own smart phone applica- tion. Users can hear Leslie on their phone through “iLeslie” that in- cludes various recordings of some of Leslie’s phrases. “They don’t know what they’re missing,” Leslie says in one of the sound-bites. For many, it is strange to imag- ine Austin without Leslie, while others will never even know an Austin with Leslie, but as the local icon said himself, they will never know what they missed. 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Rebeca Rodriguez Daily Texan StaffLund takes SG presidency after long fightBy Jody SerranoDaily Texan Staff MultiMedia11Monday, May 7, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Ryan Edwards, Multimedia Editor | (214) 886-7485 | dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.comShannon Kintner | Daily Texan file photosA small girl flies a kite from a balcony of the Spring Condominiums downtown on March 5, 2012. Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan file photoTexas kicker Justin Tucker kneels to the ground minutes after kicking the game winning field goal as time expired in UT’s 27-25 win over Texas A&M in College Station. The game was billed as the final matchup between the two teams, with Texas A&M leaving the Big 12 Conference for the SEC next season. Thomas Allison | Daily Texan file photoDylan Hill, 12, marches down South Congress Avenue March 27, 2012 during a rally held to protest the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin in February. Miriam Love embraces her daughter at Battery Park in New York City on September 11, 2011. Three thousand flags were placed in the park to honor those who were killed on 9/11. Allen OttoDaily Texan file photoThomas Allison | Daily Texan file photoUnder Secretary of the Army Joseph Westphal, second from right, visited UT on March 8, 2012 to learn about research on campus. Maria Arrellaga | Daily Texan file photoTerri Michaels works underground on the installation of a new pipe in front of Sutton Hall February 7. 2012. He said that some of the oldest pipes are 40 years old and need to be replaced. Members of the Make UT Sweatshop- Free Coalition await arrest during a sit- in outside President Powers’ office April 18, 2012. Thomas AllisonDaily Texan file photoYEAR IN REVIEW11A NEWS--PHOTO 12A AD1B 2B SPTS--FRONTFebruary 7, 2008: “I am here to announce my commitment to the University of Texas ... I’m very ex- cited about this opportunity. I feel very blessed ... It’s been my dream ever since I moved to Austin.” Garrett Gilbert was the top- ranked quarterback in the state and a senior-to-be for the Lake Trav- is Cavaliers when he committed to play football for the Texas Long- horns. With the Cavaliers, he won two state championships and re- wrote the state’s record books. Gil- bert was expected to be the next great Texas quarterback. There was no doubt. So how did he get here? How Gil- bert, the most prolific quarterback in Texas high school history, finds himself in a situation deemed im- possible — benched, hurt and on his way out of town — is surreal, even to him. “I don’t know why it happened, but for whatever reason, it didn’t work out [at Texas],” Gilbert told The Daily Texan. “All my focus is forward. I try not to get disappoint- ed by the past because I feel like I’ve got a great opportunity ahead of me.” Gilbert’s arrival at Texas was a highly anticipated one and af- ter a two-touchdown performance against Alabama in the national title game two seasons ago, expectations for him rose to astronomical lev- els. Despite the lack of a productive running game or a reliable offensive line, Longhorn fans’ animosity for Gilbert grew as they witnessed their team go 5-7 in the program’s worst season since 1997. “The expectations were not too high,” Gilbert said. “At Texas, every year, it’s 10 wins, national champi- onship or bust. I knew that when I came to school here. I knew that [expectations] would be part of it when I came here.” The last ball Gilbert ever threw for the Longhorns was an incom- pletion against Brigham Young, which moved his stat line that day to 2-for-8 with two interceptions. As he headed toward the sideline — where he would stay for the remain- der of the game — a chorus of boos rained down upon him. “Did I hear them? Oh yeah, I heard them,” Gilbert said. “It’s a loud stadium. You’re going to hear it. It didn’t bother me or affect me, but you hear them when you’re out there. I try to let it go in one ear and out the other.” That’s the final time the home It is highly unlikely that when Col. Walter S. Hunnicutt wrote the lyrics to “Texas Fight” in the 1920s, he had any idea his words would take on such a literal meaning 90 years later. After all, the phrase, “And it’s good- bye to A&M” was probably meant as a nothing more than a decree of victory over the Aggies on Thanksgiving. But thanks to the launch of the po- larizing, controversial and potential- ly historic Longhorn Network today, Texas actually will say goodbye to the Aggies — and maybe to all the rest. Assuming, of course, anybody can ac- tually watch it. From the outside looking in, the Longhorn Network threatens to change the collegiate landscape for the worst. Its advantages are unfair, its principles are ridiculous. Texas A&M announced today that it would be “ex- ploring options related to the institu- tion’s athletic conference affiliation.” Others could follow. The 2011 Big 12 Conference Me- dia Days offered a close look at the disdain and disgust that other coach- es in the conference had for the idea of the around-the-clock network — most specifically, that it was consid- ering broadcasting high school foot- ball games — and that the school planned to broadcast one nonconfer- ence game and one conference game, meaning one school would have to agree to appear on the burnt orange- slanted network. “You’re going to sit there and show high school games?” Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel said at the Media Days. “You’re going to adver- tise your school on there, where you list all the great recruits you have on there? There’s just no common sense there. That can’t happen. Are you kid- ding me?” It was just one of many shots taken at the network. “I have continued to have con- cerns about the Longhorn Network since the original announcement by ESPN and Texas,” Texas A&M ath- letic director Bill Byrne said in a July press release. “The concept of a Longhorn Network broadcasting two live football games — with one of those being a conference game — had not been discussed among the Big 12 athletic directors.” Texas A&M President Bowen Lof- tin said the following to the Houston Chronicle in August: “A key to stabil- ity, Texas A&M thought, was equal For the 33rd year in a row, the Long- horns are swimming and diving con- ference champions. This reign stretch- es back to the days of the Southwest Conference and extends now into the Big 12. Coach Eddie Reese, who’s led the Horns to conference titles in every year of his career, was named Swim Coach of the Meet for the 11th time in his career following this most recent championship run. Over the course of the four-day event, No. 2 Texas earned 17 victories out of a total of 21 events over competitors No. 18 Texas A&M and No. 25 Missouri. This strong showing started off with a clean sweep of events that set the tone for the rest of the championship. On Thursday, Feb. 23, Texas contin- ued its string of strong performances. Charlie Moore, Austin Surhoff, Dax Hill and Jimmy Feigen kicked off the day with a victory in the 200-yard free- style relay. Up next, Jackson Wilcox led the way in the 500-yard freestyle, and was joined by two fellow Longhorns to round out the top three. Friday, Feb. 24 saw the wins con- tinue to pile up for the Horns, as ju- nior Nick D’Innocenzo won his sec- ond straight conference title in the 400-yard IM and Cole Cragin won the 100-yard backstroke. On the final day of the champion- ships, the Longhorns looked to fin- ish off their title hunt in the same way they began it. Texas claimed vic- tories in seven events on that day. D’Innocenzo earned his third title of the championship, running away with the 200-yard breaststroke. For the second year in the row, D’Innocenzo came up big for the Horns. The junior from Andover, Mass. has been named back-to-back Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. “It is nice to get this honor but I still have a long way to go,” said D’Innocenzo. “I had a pretty good meet and had some good swims. As a team we have every intention to swim fast and want to show up and perform but our top priority is NCAAs.” Saturday, Feb. 25 also served as the coming out party for a young face on the Texas roster. Freshman Kip Dar- mody captured the 200-yard back- stroke en route to being named New- comer of the Meet. “It is great to perform this way and get some confidence moving forward,” said Darmody. “I was happy with my individual performances and hopeful- ly I can carry it on to NCAAs.” This year’s championship was a tell- ing one for the Longhorns. It saw the emergence of a freshman stud in Dar- mody, the lengthening of a title run for D’Innocenzo, and for the seniors on the team, it was their opportunity to contribute to a team title and lengthen a streak that began in 1979. With just one major event left on the schedule, the NCAA finals on March 22-24, the Longhorns will look to car- ry the momentum built on the back of this conference title and set their sights on capturing a national title for the 11th time in school history. Printed on Friday, February 27, 2011 as: Conference title reign continues for longhorns. Texas playing Texas A&M on Thanksgiving used to be as sure as death and taxes. But one of college football’s old- est rivalries became one of confer- ence realignment’s most notable ca- sualties when the Aggies decided the grass was greener in the SEC. The 118th meeting between the in-state foes will be the last for a while as the Longhorns’ non-conference sched- ule is booked through 2017. The ri- valry between Texas and Texas A&M is one of the nation’s fiercest, but with this year’s clash possibly being their last, emotions are sure to run high. “It’s kind of a surreal moment just because this is the last A&M game that we’re going to be playing,” said senior tight end Blaine Irby. “It re- ally doesn’t matter if you’re No. 1 in the country or last in the country. It’s still going to be a great game be- tween the two teams.” Kyle Field, known as the home of the 12th man, is one of the country’s most raucous stadiums. The 83,000- seat venue has held upwards of 90,000 people and doesn’t get much louder than when the Aggies take on the Longhorns. But Kyle Field’s loudest day may come Thanksgiv- ing night when Texas A&M’s wild- est supporters cram into the stadi- um for what they know could be the last time their beloved Aggies have a chance to take Texas down. “The atmosphere there is as cra- zy as it gets in college football,” said senior linebacker Emmanuel Acho. “It’s going to be crazy. Their normal games are already crazy, so imagine it when we come to town.” Both the decibel levels and the levels of animosity between the Longhorns and Aggies are always high. Whether it be A&M’s leaving the Big 12 or Tex- as’ Longhorn Network, the Lone Star Showdown participants always find different reasons to loathe each other. “There’s a lot of hate going around,” said senior guard David Snow. “[Kyle Field]’s one of the most hostile [environments] — home of the 12th man, and the 12th man sure doesn’t like us.” The college football landscape has been ravaged by conference realign- ment this year. The Big East has lost three of its eight football programs, with many of the remaining five ru- mored to be considering leaving as well. Meanwhile, the Big 12 has lost four teams in the past 17 months and seen two of its biggest rivalries — Nebraska-Oklahoma and Texas- Texas A&M — fall by the wayside. “I wish Nebraska, Colorado, Mis- souri and A&M were still in the Big 12,” said head coach Mack Brown. “I don’t think it’s good for Texas high school football not to be able to show- case that game across the country. It’s been a fun game for me to coach in and watch before I got here.” Brown said that he has not met with men’s athletic director De- Loss Dodds or president Bill Powers about who the Longhorns will play on Thanksgiving, if they will play on Thanksgiving at all. But he did say that he thought both schools would be fine without each other. “Texas is going to be Texas and Tex- as A&M is going to be A&M,” Brown said. “There’ll be other rivals. Texas Tech’s a rival. Baylor’s a rival. TCU’s coming in the league and they’ll be an- other rival. There’ll be enough rivals.” It’s hard to believe that Texas will find a rival like Texas A&M, though. Printed on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 as: And it’s goodbye to A&M... SportS14Monday, May 7, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Sameer Bhuchar, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.comHorns beat Aggies in final Big 12 match upBy Christian CoronaDaily Texan StaffTamir Kalifa | Daily Texan file photo Former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert couldn’t make things work as the Longhorns’ starter for two years. When Gail Goestenkors left Duke after 15 seasons as head coach, she brought with her a record of win- ning, something the Longhorn pro- gram had become quite fond of, as well as the guidance of all-time great Jody Conradt. However, after five years and a 102-64 overall record, it became clear that Goestenkors wasn’t go- ing to have an easy time restoring the dominance once associated with Texas women’s basketball. Goestenkors held a press confer- ence to announce her indefinite retire- ment from coaching Monday, March 19, bringing an end to her short-lived tenure in Austin. There had been some speculation recently as to whether or not Goestenkors would be fired, or even have the remainder of her con- tract bought out, but this move comes as a personal choice by Goestenkors. “It’s been just an incredible journey here and really over my career,” Goes- tenkors said. “I’ve been a head coach now for 20 years and 27 total, so it’s been a wonderful, incredible journey.” It was just a week earlier that women’s athletic director Chris Plonsky stood by Goestenkors, saying she would indeed remain coach of the Longhorns for the remaining two years of her seven-year, $8.75 million contract. “My heart’s telling me it’s time to take a break, and that’s what I’m go- ing to do,” Goestenkors said. “I nev- er came here for the money. People al- ways talk about making a million dol- lars. I was offered a million dollars to stay at Duke.” Even after Goestenkors made her intentions clear that she would re- sign at year’s end, Plonsky insisted that she stay on as head coach, giv- ing Goestenkors the full support of the athletic department. “She’s tried to talk me out of it,” Goestenkors said. “I feel like it’s time for me to step away and bring in some new leadership and help this program really to go where I know it can go.” It was widely thought that Goesten- kors would carry over her excellent re- cruiting and be able to compete with the nation’s top teams just as her teams did at Duke. Injuries are partly to blame for the overall lack of production, but teams like Baylor and Texas A&M have also built solid programs that have con- sistently challenged the Longhorns. Un- der Goestenkors, the Longhorns strug- gled to compete with top teams and suffered in March as a result. “There is no easy game in women’s basketball,” Plonsky said. “We are com- peting in the most competitive league in the country. You have to have great players, you have to stay healthy and you have to play well. That is a lot to ask and it is true in every Big 12 sport. This place is not for the faint of heart.” Interestingly enough, in her first five years with the Blue Devils (‘92- ’97) she recorded a 95-53 (.642) record and took her team to the NCAA Tour- nament three times, exiting in the sec- ond round each of those three years — all this at a small private school where just making the tournament at that time was something to be proud of. But if you stop there you miss some important information. In her sixth season at Duke in 1996, Goestenkors won the ACC, led the Blue Devils to the Elite Eight appear- ance and took her team to the Sweet Sixteen each of the next nine years. Certainly an impressive resume and no doubt one of the reasons she was hired as Conradt’s heir to the throne at Texas. Things may not have gone as Goes- tenkors had planned this year, but that comes with the territory. Next year was, and is shaping up to be an in- teresting year for women’s basketball. Texas will have a grand total of zero se- niors, a bevy of sophomores who have yet to record any meaningful playing time and a pair of elite recruits. Goestenkors’ record at Texas after five full seasons will end, at least for now, at 102-64 (.614), with five NCAA Gilbert departs after unimpressive seasonSwimmers continue history of championshipsGoestenkors resigns without urging from athletics dept. Coaches, fans remain concerned about Longhorn network impactSam Acho tries to get past a blocker in last year’s Lone Star Showdown, a 24-17 Texas loss. With Texas A&M joining the SEC next July and the Longhorns’ non-conference schedule filled through 2017, this Thanksgiving could mark the final meeting between these longtime in- state rivals. Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan file photoBy Elijah PerezDaily Texan StaffBy Trey ScottDaily Texan StaffLHN continues on pAge 15gILBeRT continues on pAge 15By Christian CoronaDaily Texan StaffBy Nick CremonaDaily Texan StaffReSIgN continues on pAge 14 3B SPTS .............................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................ QUARTERS ON CAMPUS .......................................................................................................................................................................................... sharing of revenues. When it may ap- pear that one or more of us are receiv- ing different benefits than the others, I believe that takes us in the wrong di- rection. That’s why we’ve been very concerned about this.” Even with the NCAA deciding to take a rain check on the network’s re- quest to broadcast high school games, the Aggies still wish to head in an- other direction, eastbound and pos- sibly down. The greener pastures of the Southeastern Conference — their desired landing spot — allows Texas A&M to no longer be known as Tex- as’ little brother. However, it might in- stead become Alabama and Florida’s whipping boy. “As I have indicated previously, we are working very deliberately to act in the best long-term interests of both Texas A&M and the state of Tex- as. This truly is a 100-year decision,” Loftin said. Because of added recruiting ad- vantages for the Longhorns, other schools would rather take their gigs to other conferences than be cast un- der Texas’ shadow. But let’s get real: The Longhorns already have huge authority and a prestige recognized all over the country. Texas doesn’t miss out on many recruits — nabbing four top-five recruiting classes in the past five years. The school already has enough advantages. Consider the possible casualties claimed by the Longhorn Network: a 117-year-old rivalry and all the goodwill the Big 12 has worked so hard at. Also, get ready for a period of detestation stemmed, of course, by jealousy from the rest of the col- lege football world. No, Texas should not have to allow other schools to dictate how it runs its business. Creating a 20-year, $300 million network breaks new ground in the college landscape. The expo- sure created has the potential to be in- credible. But you can’t help but won- der if the Longhorn Network could ultimately end up being more trouble than it’s worth. Head coach Mack Brown will lead his team through this season and be- yond with a Godzillatron-sized tar- get on their backs. Many are already wondering how a team with a 5-7 record can ink such a deal. Well, it’s Texas. But a few more unsatisfacto- ry seasons, and ESPN might regret putting a spotlight on the UT foot- ball program if it can’t get back to its past success. Brown’s already admitting some fa- tigue, saying that the first six months “are not going to be easy.” “They’re paying us $300 million for access, and we got to figure out how much access we can give them and not hurt our chance to have an edge to win the game,” he said at Me- dia Days. Brown will have to navigate through two shows a week — on top of everything else he has to do — to give the network the appropriate ac- cess. Once again, the rewards for this are great. A new ESPN website, HornsNa- tion.com, features stories and recruit- ing profiles, and even has a running Twitter feed of tweets from past and current UT athletes. Just 24 hours ago, a chief issue with the network was that it had yet to come through with an announce- ment of which cable providers would carry it. So far, that’s slowly being re- solved. Verizon FiOS will air the net- work, Time Warner Cable is likely on its way and DirecTV will proba- bly join the party as well. Texas’ Sept. 3 opener against Rice will be broad- cast in New York and Washington D.C. Easy to see why the Aggies, or the Tigers, Bears, Sooners, Cowboys and Red Raiders don’t like the Long- horn Network, and wish that they had their own. But there are only a few schools that could pull this off. Southern California could, Florida could, pre- scandal Ohio State could. The Long- horns are just the pioneers. “We’re in a bold new world,” said Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds. “And we’re walking through it.” So the Longhorn Network will launch today, naysayers be damned. That the network dares to pull this off with the surrounding controversy is an indicator of Texas’ immense pow- er and superiority — the New York Yankees of the college landscape. Is it worth it? We’ll know in five years. Until then, be prepared to say good-bye to whoever doesn’t like the Longhorns’ new, not-so-secret weap- on. Texas doesn’t care. Who needs friends with a network like this? Printed on Friday, August 26, 2011 as: Bold, controversial; who needs friends with a network like this. crowd saw Gilbert. He made the trip up to UCLA, but, demot- ed to third-string on the depth chart, didn’t play. A week later, he announced he would get sur- gery to repair the right shoulder injury he says he suffered against Rice in Texas’ opener. A week af- ter that, Gilbert announced he planned to transfer. “I decided it was best for me,” Gilbert said. “Maybe in the future, I could look back and say that may- be I could have stayed here. Right now, I’m looking forward.” It didn’t take long for Gilbert to choose his next destination. Gilbert said he took one look at Southern Methodist University and made up his mind. He said he had previ- ously considered Clemson, where his former high school head coach Chad Morris serves as offensive coordinator. But with sophomore Tajh Boyd firmly entrenched as the starting quarterback, Gilbert, who will have two years of eligibility af- ter sitting out next year, decided against playing for the Tigers and chose instead to play for June Jones in his pass-happy offense. “I fell in love with SMU,” Gilbert said. “June Jones has brought in a great attitude to the program. He’s gotten them to three straight bowls, so they’re doing very well. They’ve got that attitude where they feel like they should win every game.” Meanwhile, the timing of Gil- bert’s decision to transfer was questioned by some who believed he strategically chose to leave the program in time to claim a med- ical redshirt. After he announced his intentions to leave the program, message boards blew up, criticiz- ing Gilbert for his poor play, re- membering him for his good mo- ments and everything in between. The University Co-op cut No. 7 jersey prices in half, serving as yet another reminder of the demands and expectations Longhorn quar- terbacks face. Gilbert made an ef- fort not to read what was being said about him but sometimes couldn’t help it. “It was frustrating last year,” he said. “I know I’d accidentally read stuff sometimes. I tried not to. I tried to stay away from it.” Co-offensive coordinator Ma- jor Applewhite, who played quar- terback for the Longhorns from 1998-2001, can empathize with Gilbert’s situation. “Playing quarterback here, it’s an awful lot of responsibility,” Ap- plewhite said. “The best thing is to be naive about the pressure, which I played off pretty well.” Texas is bowl eligible, a feat that it couldn’t achieve a year ago, and has established a great ground game following a season that saw the Longhorns unsuccessfully at- tempt to install an effective run- ning game. But with the arriv- al of freshman tailbacks Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron, Texas was able to top 400 yards rushing in consecutive games, providing a luxury Gilbert did not have. “We kind of had a mid-season transformation [in 2010],” Gilbert said. “[Running the ball] was some- thing that we tried to do, and last year it didn’t work out as well as we wanted it to. This year, they’re doing a great job of running the ball.” Texas’ passing attack has had its ups and downs since Gilbert’s departure. Case McCoy played well against UCLA, only to be usurped as starting quarterback three games later by David Ash, who struggled last week against Missouri.“It’s easy to be a guy who judges,” Gilbert said. “I’m sure during practice or during the first two games, David’s saying, ‘Oh, I can make that pass.’” Bryan Harsin, Texas’ co-offen- sive coordinator, has said some- thing a few times this year that sums up the kind of pressure quar- terbacks face, especially those at a high-profile, championship-or- bust program like the one at Tex- as. Gilbert repeated it. “As a quarterback, you’re always going to be a guy who gets too much credit and way too much blame,” Gilbert said. “That’s some- thing that I’ve known growing up from the time I played Pop Warner all the way through high school and into college.” That, unfortunately, was espe- cially true for Garrett Gilbert. Printed on Thursday, November 17, 2011 as: Gilbert says goodbyeTournament appearances. It has been well documented that the Longhorns made it past the first round just once under Goestenkors, but it is worth noting that she has taken a team to the tournament every year since 1994. “I’m not leaving Austin,” Goest- nekors said. “But I’m leaving bas- ketball and I think that’s an im- portant distinction,” Goestenkors’ last official day on the job will be Friday. After that the search for her replacement will begin. It seemed as if Goestenkors was just getting started, but the toll of rebuild- ing finally proved to be too much for one of the game’s best coaches. Printed on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 as: Goestenkors ends underachieving five-year stintSPORTSMonday, May 7, 201215 RESIGNcontinues from PAGE 14GILBERTcontinues from PAGE 14LHNcontinues from PAGE 14Longhorns head women’s basketball coach Gail Goestenkors resigned March 19 after five seasons at Texas, going 102-64 during her tenure. Pu Ying Huang Daily Texan file photo 4B SPTSWith over 200 degrees and certificates, there’s no limit to who you can become. 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). For more information about transfers, and to enroll, visit sanjac.edu or call 281.998.6150. Financial aid is available. INVENT YOURSELF. EOI16 Monday, May 7, 2012SPORTSTalk about a reunion. Angleton High School will be well-represented at Faurot Field on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 when Texas visits Missouri. Longhorns cornerback Quandre Diggs and tailback D.J. Monroe grew up in Angleton with Mizzou run- ning back Henry Josey, and for the first time since 2007, all three will be playing on the same field. Diggs and Monroe circled this game on their calendars before the season started, and with MU leaving the Big 12 for the SEC next year, this will more than likely be their only chance to play against their close friend Josey. “I’m really excited to see him,” Monroe said. “We actually have been waiting for this. I haven’t seen him in so long, I’m going to give him a hug.” Diggs and Josey met back dur- ing their Pop Warner days and their friendship blossomed through- out high school. When they weren’t busy throwing the pigskin around, they were taking fishing trips to the Gulf of Mexico. Back in Angleton, there was hard- ly an instance when the two weren’t side by side. “We just look at each other like brothers,” Josey said. “Me and Quan- dre pretty much talk every day. Grow- ing up throughout high school, we were always together. We have a real close bond. It kind of just grew on us because we were always together.” There was a time when Diggs would have welcomed Josey find- ing the end zone. After all, he was the quarterback at Angleton High, where the Wildcats used an option rushing attack. Now, the freshman corner will be looking to stop the Big 12’s leading rusher. Make no mistake, there will def- initely be some chatter between the two, and Josey will be sure to have a response should Diggs tackle him. “I haven’t planned out what I’m going to say yet, but I will say some- thing to him,” said Josey, laughing. “We’ll joke around, stuff like that. It won’t be anything that gets us kicked out the game.” Diggs didn’t need to watch much tape of Josey this week, though, con- sidering he’s been following his for- mer running mate closely. He makes sure to catch all of Missouri’s games and keep an eye on Josey. After each game, Diggs offers a word of encour- agement in a text message. “I’ve got to keep up with my broth- er,” Diggs said. “He’s doing such a great job. I support him with every- thing he does. We both support each other. I try to watch him as much as I can.” So far, Diggs has seen nothing but the best from his dear friend. Josey’s four straight games with more than 100 rushing yards brought about memories of his junior season at Angleton in 2009, when he led the Wildcats to an 11-2 record and a dis- trict championship. “It was a crazy year,” said Josey, who rushed for 1,369 yards and 15 touch- downs in 2009. “You never knew who had the ball or who was going to get the ball. Each one of us had our spe- cial thing that we could do with the ball because we were all fast.” Yes, speed is a common theme among Angleton backs. While Josey leads the nation with 43 runs of 10-plus yards, Monroe has the same big-play ability. He av- erages 7.9 yards per carry, slightly less than Josey’s 8.6 average. “It’s the Angleton running backs, that’s just how we do it,” Monroe said. “We were a running team in high school and stuff like that we live for. We expect it.” When asked to describe Josey’s running style, Monroe summed it up shortly. “I call him thunder and lighten- ing,” he said. “He can turn his speed into power.” The old fishing buddies won’t be talking about who had the biggest catch. The bragging rights will come down to who wins the game. But whatever the outcome, at least one Angleton Wildcat will be victorious. Published on Thursday, November 10, 2011 as: Purple Daze. Neither of Texas’ two quarterbacks had committed a turnover in their first four games. Coming into Satur- day, Oct. 8, 2011, the Longhorns were still unbeaten. But both of those things changed that day. Case McCoy lost two fumbles and David Ash threw two interceptions as three of the Longhorns’ five turnovers were returned for touchdowns while the Texas offense failed to find the end zone until late in the fourth quar- ter. Sooners junior quarterback Landry Jones threw for 367 yards, 305 of them and each of his three touchdown passes in the first half, leading Oklahoma (5- 0) to a 55-17 win over Texas (4-1) Sat- urday at the Cotton Bowl in the AT&T Red River Rivalry. “I was disappointed we didn’t live up to our side of the match,” head coach Mack Brown said. “This is one of the greatest games in college foot- ball and our players were so excited. A lot of new coaches, they were so excit- ed. But we didn’t live up to our side of it so we’ve got to go back and do a better job next week.” After scoring off of three first-quar- ter takeaways in each of their last two games, the Longhorns were the ones to fall victim to early turnovers. The Sooners racked up five takeaways, three of them in the first half. After McCoy’s first-quarter fumble led to an Oklaho- ma field goal, junior defensive back De- montre Hurst picked off Ash and re- turned the interception 55 yards for a Sooners score. “You can’t turn the ball over,” fresh- man quarterback David Ash said. “We can’t put our defense in that kind of situation. Our defense played hard and they fought but whenever you give them 21 points, it’s going to be a tough game.” On Texas’ opening drive of the sec- ond half, McCoy was sacked and fum- bled as junior defensive end David King scooped the ball up and scored from 19 yards out. Then, senior defen- sive back Jamell Flemming pried the ball out of Mike Davis’ hands and re- turned the fumble 56 yards for anoth- er Sooners touchdown and giving his team a 55-10 lead. Oklahoma’s three defensive touch- downs set a school record, but the Sooners offense more than played its part in the blowout victory. Jones picked apart a Longhorns secondary that entered the game as the Big 12’s top pass defense and helped Texas become the conference’s best scoring defense af- ter four games. The junior found his two favorite targets – Ryan Broyles and Kenny Stills – early and often as Broyles registered 122 yards and a touchdown on nine catches with Stills scoring twice in the second quarter. “Landry Jones played like a Heis- man winner today,” Brown said. “He was as good as anyone in the country today. He got pressure. He got it. And he still made throws. He did a tremen- dous job.” If there were a silver lining for Tex- as, it would be Fozzy Whittaker. The senior running back was coming off an impressive showing last week against Iowa State and delivered again against Oklahoma with 45 rushing yards on just six carries, a 15-yard reception, and a 100-yard touchdown on a kickoff re- turn in the second quarter. Another se- nior, tight end Blaine Irby, also provid- ed some consolation with his first two receptions since Sept. 2008. Texas faces another formidable op- ponent from Oklahoma when they take on No. 5 Oklahoma State at home. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. “We play another top-five team next week so we don’t have any time to sit around and feel sorry for ourselves,” Brown said. Printed on October 10, 2011 as: Cot- ton Bowl Collapse. It only took them 11 games, but the Longhorns finally found a quarterback. Garrett Gilbert started just two contests. David Ash lasted five games as the full-time quarterback before Case McCoy earned the start against the Aggies. The sophomore signal-caller made the most of the opportunity, helping Texas over- come a 13-0 first-half deficit and say goodbye to A&M in dramatic fash- ion. The Longhorns triumphed over the Aggies, 27-25, at Kyle Field in the final Lone Star Showdown be- fore Texas A&M moves to the SEC next summer. With Texas trailing 25-24 af- ter a 16-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Tannehill to Jeff Fuller, Mc- Coy marched the offense 48 yards downfield into Aggie territory. He completed four of five passes on the drive, with Texas A&M getting flagged for a personal foul on the only incompletion. But it was his 25- yard run in the final minute that put the Longhorns in a position to win and cemented McCoy’s place atop the depth chart. “Here’s where you come out,” head coach Mack Brown told Mc- Coy before the final drive. “Here’s where you become the guy, and here’s where you take us down and win the game. Every quarterback has a signature moment. This is go- ing to be yours.” McCoy’s scamper and Cody Johnson’s short run to put the ball between the hashes left Justin Tuck- er with a 40-yard field goal attempt. A game-winning kick by Kris Stock- ton in the final minute of the fourth quarter gave Texas a win in Brown’s first meeting with Texas A&M in 1998. Tucker, whose 40-yard boot did the same for Brown in his last scheduled meeting with the Aggies, said the clutch situation is one he’s practiced with his father since his high school days. “My dad and I would set up a ball, and he would tell me a game situa- tion,” Tucker said. “He said, ‘Alright, there’s three seconds left on the clock. There’s no timeouts. It’s going to be a 40-yard kick to beat A&M, 25-24 is the score. What are you go- ing to do?’ And I would knock it down every time.” The offense provided the late- game heroics, but the Longhorn de- fense turned in yet another fantastic performance. After allowing just 17 points apiece in the last two contests, both losses, they took matters into their own hands. Texas forced four turnovers, including three intercep- tions, one of which was returned 56 yards for a touchdown by soph- omore Carrington Byndom in the third quarter. But the defense’s big- gest play might have been denying Texas A&M a 2-point conversion following its final go-ahead score. “We’ve got one of the best defens- es in the country,” Brown said. “I re- ally thought when they didn’t make the 2-point play, that we would win the game on a field goal.” Case McCoy started for the first time since the Red River Rivalry, and with Jaxon Shipley back in the lineup after missing three games with a knee injury, the Texas offense seemed poised for a productive night. But the Longhorns were ane- mic in the early stages of the game, punting on their first six posses- sions. Even when the Texas offense produced points, it was unimpres- sive. The four scoring drives cov- ered just 41, 3, 24 and 48 yards. But McCoy made the plays down the stretch that he needed to, likely ce- menting himself as the Longhorns’ full-time starting quarterback. “We didn’t play good at all in the first half or most of the game,” Mc- Coy said. “I don’t want this rivalry to be over, but if it had to end, I’m glad we went out on top.” Texas didn’t need a prolific offense to take down Texas A&M thanks to its ball-hawking defense and solid special teams. The Longhorns turned a muffed punt into its first points as Shipley took a lateral from McCoy and heaved a 41-yard touchdown pass, his second of the year, to a wide open Blaine Irby in the second quar- ter. Quandre Diggs’ 81-yard punt re- turn allowed Tucker to hit his first field goal and give Texas its first lead, 17-16, in the third quarter. “Growing up watching these games, you just know how spe- cial these games are,” Diggs said. “When you come out and get the last win in this rivalry, it’s very spe- cial. 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THE TEXAS STUDENT MEDIAAPPLICATION DEADLINECollege of Communication, Place 2 6/2012 – 5/2014SPORTSMonday, May 7, 201217 Fanny Trang | Daily Texan file photoRedshirt junior guard J’Covan Brown (14) tries to get past a Cincinnati defender in the Longhorns’ 65-59 loss to the Bearcats in the first round of the NCAA tournament in March. According to a source close to Brown he will opt to enter the NBA Draft this year. J’Covan Brown’s spin move caught the attention of NBA scouts and Big 12 defenders alike this year. The leading scorer in the Big 12, Brown has a series of moves he can go with to score. But his spin is the most dangerous, espe- cially in the lane, where he uses it to avoid potential shot blockers. “I’m very crafty when I spin,” Brown says. “Crazy things happen.” His life is about to get a whole lot crazier. Brown will enter the NBA Draft in June, according to a source close to the situation. While Brown has not com- mented publically about his deci- sion, and even denied claims he’s headed for the NBA via Twitter, the source confirmed he is indeed opting to leave for the NBA. Last year both Tristan Thomp- son and Jordan Hamilton denied that they were headed to the NBA as well, only to be drafted fourth and 26th overall, respectively. The junior was asked about his future with the Longhorns after Texas was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. “I’ll make the decision, talk to coach (Rick Barnes), talk to my parents and see what the best thing is for me,” Brown said. He averaged 20.1 points per game this season to lead UT. Brown has a daughter, Jordyn, who will turn two in July. Brown also told reporters, “At the end of the day I have a family to take care of.” According to DraftExpress. com, Brown is the No. 9 junior prospect (No. 69 overall) and is projected to be a second round pick in June. The NBA is the next logical step for the 6-foot-1 shooting guard. Brown, 22, scored more than 30 points in four games this season and scored in double-fig- ures 32 times in 34 games. There is not much left for him to prove at the college level. Brown totaled 683 points this season and was named first- team All-Big 12. He combined for 693 during his first two years at Texas. “People don’t really under- stand how hard it is to score 20 points night in and night out,” said head coach Rick Barnes. “Every team that we played this year, he was the focus of their game plan. He goes out every game with a big bull’s eye on his back. He’s a terrific offensive player and he’s been pretty darn consistent all year.” Brown’s game extends past his dazzling spin moves, though. He’s a pure shooter. The Port Arthur native made 86.3 percent of his free throws (157 of 182) and shot 37 percent (80 of 217) from beyond the arc this year. Combine those num- bers with 41.7 percent shooting from the field (223 of 535) and it’s easy to see why Brown causes headaches for opponents. “You can’t guard him one-on- one,” says Cincinnati leading scorer Sean Kilpatrick, who saw Brown’s spin move in the NCAA Tournament this year. “You’ve got to have help from the rest of your teammates. He’s a great scorer.” Brown was the Longhorns’ only consistent option on the of- fensive end and carried an in- experienced team this season. He was named U.S. Basketball Writers Association District VII Player of the Year, a region that encompasses Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Texas needed more from Brown than just scoring this year, and he delivered. Brown was second on the team with 130 assists and 41 steals. He was also the best rebounding guard at 3.4 boards per game. Big 12 defenders will be relieved next season with Brown out of the picture. As Missouri guard Kim English put it, “he’s deadly.” Printed on Thursday, March 22, 2012 as: Junior guard opts to forego season, leaving youthful team be- hind. This story was updated in re- sponse to J’Covan Brown’s tweets. It was an all too familiar scene. Missouri had a 10-point lead with three minutes left, but the Long- horns still had some fight left in them. Texas clawed back into the game, but with five seconds left and a one-point deficit, freshman guard Myck Kabongo heaved an ill-ad- vised floater that missed badly. “On that last play, we had two plays ready for man [man-to-man defense], one for zone [defense], and we didn’t move, cut the way we needed to. What we wanted to do we didn’t do as hard and as ef- fective as we had to,” said Texas head coach Rick Barnes. “It’s not good enough.” It was later explained that Ka- bongo was fouled on the final shot and the Texas players, Barnes and the officiating crew acknowledged the missed call after the game. But Barnes won’t say that is why the Longhorns lost. It was an inabili- ty to run a consistent offense that hurt them. “I don’t think it ever gets down to one play,” Barnes said. “He did get fouled. [The referees] saw the tape afterwards and said he was. But over the course of your life- time you are going to be on the end of some of those plays. It’s go- ing to happen.” The Longhorns had, for the most part, kept the nation’s fourth-best team in check, but its own miscues kept them from putting them away. It wasn’t a particularly stellar statis- tical performance on a night when it had to be at its best to take down Missouri. Instead, an average out- ing helped the Longhorns drop to 0-7 in games decided by six points or less. Texas only had five assists all night, meaning that it relied on a lot of one-on-one basketball against Missouri’s quick-moving zone de- fense. Barnes was alright with this offensive scheme as long as it meant his players were getting to the free throw line. They got there, but they only hit 67 percent on the game, going 16-24 from the chari- ty strip. The Longhorns ended with a paltry .38 turnover-to-assist ratio, well below its average of 1.00. “Well we were driving the gaps early, and when we were good against the zone we drove the gaps and got the ball there and got great looks at it,” Barnes said. “And when we did feed the ball into the post, those were the shots we were missing. Then of- fensively, we just stood around and then didn’t drive the gaps like we needed to, and the thing that gets me is that we shot 42 percent.” Texas also played poor defense and surrendered easy buckets in the second half to the Tigers. Missouri shot 48 percent on the night, and 59 percent in the second half by pick- ing apart Texas’ out-muscled man- to-man defensive strategy. “In the second half we gave up too many easy points,” Barnes said. “When [Missouri] is just lining up one-on-one you can’t just keep de- flating you back inside, and raising up on you.” Kabongo said this game’s the run-that-fell-short was telling of what Texas is capable of. “Speaking for my teammates, [the comeback] shows we had some fight,” he said. “Every guy in that locker room wants to win so bad.” Instead of walking out of the Frank Erwin Center with the sig- nature win it lacks to impress the tournament committee, Texas did just enough to make sure it lost. The little things that Missouri, Baylor and Kansas make sure to clean up every night are things Barnes feels are lost right now on this young Texas squad. 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Chief Life Officer. 18 Monday, May 7, 2012SPORTS Six years after leaving her post as recruiting coordinator at Texas, Kar- en Aston has rejoined the Longhorns, this time as their head coach. Aston, who is just the fourth head coach in program history, was intro- duced in a press conference at the Den- ton A. Cooley Pavilion on April 3. “I’m thrilled to be back,” Aston said. “It’s great to be back at Texas and have the opportunity to coach these young women.” Aston served under Naismith Me- morial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Jody Conradt as an assistant at Texas from 1998-2006. During their eight years together, the two led the Longhorns to seven tournament ap- pearances, including a Final Four ap- pearance in 2003. “Aside from my high school coach, the biggest influence in my life as a basketball coach has been Jody Con- radt,” Aston said. “She made a tre- mendous difference in my life. I didn’t know that until I left Texas. There is nobody that bleeds orange like she does. If I can do anything even close to what Jody did as far as building tradition here at Texas, then I’ll do my job well.” During her first stint with the Long- horns and throughout her coaching career, Aston has been known for her energetic coaching style and her re- lentlessness on the recruiting trail. Over the course of her time as re- cruiting coordinator at Texas, the Longhorns brought in several high school McDonald’s All-Americans, including Tiffany Jackson and Erika Arriaran, both of whom were ranked first in the country in their respective recruiting classes. Women’s athletic director Chris Plonsky and the Texas fan base will both be expecting more of the same this time around. Aston knows the importance of re- cruiting in the Big 12 and stressed the need for the Longhorns to reestablish themselves as a recruiting power in the state of Texas. “I’m excited about the opportunity for me and for Texas to reconnect,” As- ton said. “But I will say that it’s amaz- ing once you’ve been in Texas and you’ve developed the relationships, the roots are here. High school coaches, they don’t leave Texas. So they’re still there. I’m still very connected with ev- eryone across the state.” Since leaving the Longhorns, As- ton has coached in the state of Texas as an assistant under Kim Mulkey at Baylor in 2006-2007 and as the head coach at North Texas last season. She spent four years out of state as the head coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in between. As for Aston’s energy and intensi- ty, the players have already been im- pressed. Aston met with the team for the first time on Monday night and, according to Plonsky, the play- ers were very excited about the team’s new leadership. “They were fired up and they were cheery,” Plonsky said. “I was not in the players’ meeting last night but I introduced her to them. I sat in the coaches’ office next door, and when they came out, the kids were amaz- ingly connected.” Printed on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 as: Karen Aston officially introduced as head coach. Ricky Williams was Texas’ best football player of the last two de- cades, and arguably one of the best in school history. He ran for 7,206 yards and 72 touchdowns, won a Heisman Trophy and earned back- to-back NCAA rushing and scor- ing titles. He played 11 seasons in the NFL, a rarity these days, and is currently 26th on the all-time rush leaders list with more than 10,000 yards behind him. However, Ricky Williams’ biggest accomplishment as a football player was that he hu- manized the sport. Much was made of the 34-year old’s NFL career, which came to an end after Feb. 7’s announcement. The scrutiny started in New Or- leans where he was good, but never explosive. It was then that he began to really feel the effects of his later revealed social anxiety disorder, a mental illness that acts like a tena- cious gnat in the brain. It’s charac- terized by a persistent and irratio- nal fear that people are constantly judging the sufferer, and it makes social situations unbearably pain- ful to handle. Williams was always shy, but many saw his aloof nature as some- thing to scoff at. The truth was that he honestly couldn’t handle the ba- sic task of confronting people. He used to wear his helmet into the press room when talking to report- ers because he felt safe behind it. Williams sometimes literally ran away from fans as they approached him, not because he was cold, but because he was feeling incredibly anxious. He often barely associated with his New Orleans teammates. “Most definitely [my social anx- iety disorder] affected my ability [to be a leader]. I didn’t want to talk to the guys much,” Williams said in a 2005 interview just before making his comeback into professional football. “A lot of what makes a good leader on a team happens off the field.” Most of off-the-field-Ricky be- came on-the-front-page-Ricky. His multiple failed drug tests were pub- licly scrutinized and fans saw him as selfish and a burnout. His durabili- ty was called into question, and his passion for the sport was swept un- der the rug for media types to attack only what they saw on the outside. To Williams though, his first dis- appearance from the game in 2004 was the “most positive thing” he said he did in his life, because it allowed him to confront his anxiety and seek treatment. No one saw this as cou- rageous even though fewer than 15 percent of the one in five Americans that suffers from some form of a mental disorder will seek treatment. “They should not feel that they are weird or not normal,” Williams offered as advice to those with anxiety in that same 2005 interview. “Confronting it and getting help are the key.” At Texas, Williams ran with such gusto and passion that it was easy to forget that behind the longhorn logo and the retired jersey number that hangs in the heavens of Darrell K Royal-Memorial Stadium, there was a kid with more than just the everyday fears that afflict college students. Social anxiety disorder goes beyond being unable to han- dle public situations. Sufferers say it is a 24-hour cycle of stress. Wil- liams braved it while at UT, and Mack Brown is one of the people to thank. He understood Williams’ on and off the field better than most. “Ricky had a tremendous foot- ball career, and we’re looking for- ward to seeing a lot more of him notw that he’s retired,” Brown said. “One thing I know for sure, Ricky accomplished a lot on the football field, but he aspires for even more in his career after football.” We have a tendency when we are younger to idolize our sports he- roes, and we should, because they are our role models who can do ex- traordinary, super-human things. But its easy to forget what it is that makes us all human. Sports stars are afforded a sterile form of ce- lebrity when they first step on the scene, and then any actions that occur thereafter, good or bad, are judged in a vacuum. His retirement is sad, because the game will miss him. But make no mistake, Williams lives for things beyond football now even though it was one of his greatest loves. I had a chance to speak to him a lit- tle less than a year ago during the NFL lockout and when I asked him how what the downtime afforded him a chance to do, he said pret- ty much everything. He wasn’t fo- cused on football any more than he was on his disorder. Instead he said he wanted to spend more time with his children, something he said he was unable to do before seeking treatment for his anxiety, and focus on his charity work. “My football career has been filled with many great memories going back to pee wee football,” Williams said in a statement. “It has been a big part of my life and blessed me with so many wonder- ful opportunities and the chances to connect many people who have helped me grow and mature. I love the game and leave it feeling ful- filled, proud, in great health and ex- cited about the future.” The future for Ricky should be celebrated as a story as big as his football career. It represents the very real narrative of resilience con- quering hardship, and it does it in an intangible way that will never re- quire us sports writers to scrutinize his statistics, his injuries or his pro- ductivity. We can finally examine him as simply human as we should have done all along. “As for what’s next, I’m excited about all the opportunities ahead,” Williams said. “Continuing my edu- cation, running the Ricky Williams Foundation and whatever other op- portunities present themselves.” Printed on Wednesday, Febru- ary 8, 2012 as: Ricky Williams an idol, enigma. NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Longhorns struggled all season to win close games, and that’s why Tex- as will watch the rest of the NCAA Tournament from home. The Longhorns’ season ended with a 65-59 loss to Cincinnati at Bridgestone Arena in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It was Texas’ (20-14) ninth loss by six points or fewer. “We’re always going to be in close games and we have to find a way to finish,” said UT head coach Rick Barnes. “We had chances 10 or 14 times this year and we didn’t.” The 14 defeats were the most in 14 years under Barnes. The previous high was 13 in 1998-98, his first sea- son at Texas. Part of UT’s inability to win tight games was its youth. The Longhorns’ rotation consisted of six freshmen out of nine scholarship players. Barnes and his rookies were rarely on the same page during the final minutes. There were defensive lapses, poor shots and miscommunication. That was expected. “We knew coming into this year that this would not be a one-year proposition with this team,” Barnes said. “We knew we had to try to es- tablish a mentality. They’ve been resilient, maybe as resilient as any team we’ve had in a long time.” The six Texas freshmen learned firsthand what it takes to win in the Big 12 and the Big Dance. That gives the Longhorns confidence heading into next season. UT will still be young when they take the court again in November. Texas will have five freshmen, head- lined by center Cameron Ridley from Fort Bend Bush in Richmond. “I feel good with where we are as a program right now because I know what we’ve got coming back and I know what we have coming in,” Barnes said. Texas knows it won’t have for- wards Clint Chapman and Alex- is Wangmene. The fifth-year se- niors enjoyed career highs in points and rebounds. But it’s unclear if leading scorer J’Covan Brown will return for his senior season. Brown averaged 20.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 34 starts. The leading scorer in the Big 12, Brown showed the ability to play at the next level. The NBA is there for him should he choose to leave Tex- as. He has a daughter that will turn 2 in July. “I’ll make the decision, talk to coach, talk to my parents and see what the best thing is for me,” said Brown, who scored in double-fig- ures 32 times this year. “At the end of the day, I have a family to take care of.” Freshman point guard Myck Kabongo will also have a decision to make regarding the NBA Draft in June. In three of the last four NBA Drafts, three Longhorn point guards were selected in the first round: D.J. Augustin (2008), Avery Bradley (2010) and Cory Joseph (2011). The Longhorns can build around swingmen Julien Lewis and Sheldon McClellan. Lewis started 25 games, the most for a freshmen other than Kabongo. McClellan averaged 11.3 points, second on the team. “Those two guys are extreme- ly talented but they’re just learn- ing how to play,” Barnes said. “Shel- don’s athletic ability is off the charts. I think both of those guys have a great future.” Printed on Monday, March 19, 2012 as: Youthful team was exposed in close games, hopes growing pains will translate to wins. By Austin LaymanceDaily Texan StaffClose games mark weak basketball yearElisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan file photoJ’Covan Brown leaves the court after Texas was bounced from the NCAA Tournament with a 65-69 loss to Cincinnati on Friday. Brown scored 19 points to lead UT. Williams’ prolific career humanizes sportBy Sameer BhucharDaily Texan StaffKaren Aston returns to Texas as head women’s basketball coachBy Stefan ScrafieldDaily Texan Staff That voice — The Voice. No adjective except the definite “the” could do Whitney Hous- ton’s vocals justice. Whether she was exclaiming she wanted to dance with somebody or long- ingly proclaiming she will al- ways love you, Houston’s three- octave vocals could launch a song into the stratosphere. De- spite over two decades in the business, her death at the age of 48 represents talent lost and potential squandered. Houston began in her church’s gospel choir before becoming a backup vocalist. Beginning what would become a life-long mentorship, record mogul Clive Davis discovered her in a New York nightclub and catapulted her to pop star- dom by supervising her self-ti- tled debut album and follow- up, Whitney. She showed an uncanny knack to meld her vo- cals across pop melodies with an edge here and there of her gospel past on songs like “I Wanna Dance (With Some- body)” and “The Greatest Love of All.” However, it wasn’t until the ’90s that Houston went from pop singer to full-out diva in all the best ways. Her soaring rendition of “The Star-Span- gled Banner” at Superbowl XXV became the definitive version of the song. In 1992, she made her first acting for- ay in “The Bodyguard,” whose soundtrack went on to become the best selling of all time. And that scene, where Kevin Cost- ner searches to save Houston from the crowd, was merely a backdrop for Houston’s leg- endary hit, “I Will Always Love You,” which oddly enough was a Dolly Parton cover. The song exemplified Hous- ton’s amazing skill, taking what was once a simple, plaintive country song and making it a defiant song of unbridled love — that drum hit in the last third of the song a mere warning shot before Houston launched her rockets of vocals: “And I-I- I-I will always love y-o-o-o-u!” Her voice was just so good, so full-bodied, so powerful. She continued to act for most of the decade before re- turning to pop with My Love is Your Love. Ironically enough, it was during this time when she reached the height of her fame, her personal life began its slow deterioration. In 1992, Houston married singer Bob- by Brown in what would be- come a tumultuous relation- ship filled with domestic abuse allegations and drug use. In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Houston said that she began using marijuana and cocaine frequently. Her career stalled head- ing into the 2000s and became a jumbled list of fumbles: her frightening weight loss during a Michael Jackson tribute, Na- tional Enquirer photos of her bathroom loaded with drugs, a ridiculed interview with Di- ane Sawyer in which she pro- claimed, “Crack is whack” and finally, her infamous appear- ances on the reality show “Be- ing Bobby Brown.” By the end of the decade, when Houston had tarnished any remnants of her formerly squeaky-clean image, she be- gan laying the stage for a come- back with Davis. She had a tell- all interview with Winfrey and released I Look to You, her first album in seven years and an at- tempt to return to her soar- ing ballads that had inspired artists from Mariah Carey to Christina Aguilera. Howev- er, the comeback faltered as her live performances on tour and television appearances re- vealed shaky, scratched vocals, a far cry from the dominating vocals of years past. And so that supposed come- back of the Whitney who could command a room with merely a melodic whisper nev- er appeared, and now will nev- er have a chance to. Although Houston’s voice may be gone, The Voice will continue to live on. Printed on Monday, February 13, 2012 as: Houston’s death does not overshadow ‘The Voice’ 7B SPTS/ENTWhat you get just for entering: .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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Album sales go to- ward The Amy Winehouse Foun- dation, which raises funds to sup- port vulnerable youth. For those eager to hear what some of the songs on Winehouse’s 2006 release, Back to Black, could’ve sounded like, the album features stripped-down versions of “Tears Dry On Their Own” and “Wake Up Alone.” Lioness’ version of “Tears Dry” is slower and sheds the originally released track’s heavy accompaniment, in- stead opting for a harmoniously blended choir. The track is less dy- namic than the originally released version, making room for Wine- house to milk each note and, in turn, fully convey the heartbreak the song describes. “Wake Up Alone” is refreshed with sweetly simple strings but held back by a dilatory tempo. When Winehouse echoes at the end of the track, each line resonates — a reminder that she’s no longer with us. Fans can rest assured cult favorite cover “Valerie” is on this album. The song, originally performed by Eng- lish rock band The Zutons, takes on a slightly more relaxed tempo as it boasts more soul and less pop. Reggae infuses the jazz rhythms of “Our Day Will Come” and “Girl From Ipanema.” Both tracks bubble and brim with tropical beats and the brighter, sunnier side of Wine- house’s voice. On ’60s cover “Girl From Ipanema,” Winehouse na- sally scats just before surfing into a rich and soulful riff. It’s songs like these that make it easy to for- get that this album is a product of this decade and not of a dreami- er, more glamorous time of record players and piano bars. Winehouse’s last known re- cording, “Body and Soul,” is a duet with jazz singer Tony Ben- nett. The duet is a throwback that will excite true jazz fans but bore those who prefer Wine- house’s more upbeat and pop-in- fused songs. The stars show lit- tle traces of a generational gap as their voices compliment each other and cling to demure and understated jazz vocals. A drumroll kicks off the sultri- est cover, “A Song For You,” where Winehouse sensually croons with conviction. She sings to a secret lov- er, “I’ve acted all my life in stag- es with 10,000 people watching/ But we’re alone now and I’m sing- ing this song for you.” Sure to be the next fan favorite, this track proves that Winehouse’s voice can make you forget that a song was originally performed by someone else, in this case, rock ‘n’ roll hall of famer Leon Russell. On Lioness, Winehouse purrs lyrics that may be difficult to make out but are beautifully stained with emotion that is equal parts heart- warming and heartbreaking. This album does more than pay homage to Winehouse — it serves as a sting- ing reminder that the world has lost a truly mesmerizing musician. 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After Paschall’s closed, Mar- tinez opened his own taxidermy shop in 1976. Alex Martinez constantly hung around his father’s shop as a child, and learned how to mount fish. Eventually his father taught him the entire craft. Now, Alex Marti- nez has taken the place of his fa- ther as the master taxidermist. When you hear the word, “taxi- dermist,” it conjures the image of a man in a white lab coat stained with blood holding a cleaver — a quick glance at Martinez disproves this myth. Martinez is anything but scary, with a seemingly ever- present smile on his face as he ex- plains what he does for a living. The taxidermy process is a long and intricate one. Most of the an- imals Martinez stuffs are prod- ucts of a hunt. The animal is tak- en to a meat processor, salvaging the head. The antlers are then cut off. The skin is de-fleshed and salt- ed down. This salt curing process takes a little over a week and dries out the skin, making it rawhide. From there, the skin is placed in a tanning solution for about three weeks. The tanning solution turns the rawhide into leather. During this process, the skin thickens and must be shaved and washed several times before it becomes flexible. Unlike many modern taxider- mists, who outsource their paper products, Martinez makes a man- nequin to place the skin around. He said that crafting the manne- quin himself allows the animal to appear more realistic. “This is a family business,” Mar- tinez said. “And we want it to con- tinue in the same way my father originated it.” Martinez takes the skin and forms it around the mount. A lay- er of clay inside allows him to re- form the muscles back into the face, creating a more lifelike crea- ture. He applies paint to the nose and inner ear because the tanning process removes much of the color from the animal. Economics senior Michael Mor- gan is an avid hunter and has found that the only way to flaunt what he has shot is by getting the animal’s head mounted on his wall. “Mounting the kill is the only way to show off what you did in a sport that you would otherwise get no recognition for,” Morgan said. “It’s a sport. It’s just the same as re- ceiving a trophy in a tennis match or golf tournament.” But now more than ever, the public seems to be interested in what is going on behind the scenes at the taxidermist’s shop than simply preserving their hunting accomplishments. “Taxi- dermy is coming back as a trend,” Martinez said in reference to popular taxidermy-themed tele- vision shows “American Stuffers” and “Mounted in Alaska”. And though the statement seems ridiculous, it is true. The public suddenly seems interested in taxi- dermy. It has become much more than stuffing deer killed during a hunt. Martinez is seeing more and more people come in with pets hoping to preserve their memory in a more literal way. “It’s usually cats and dogs,” Mar- tinez said, “but I did have a man come in one time who wanted us to stuff his pet rat.” Martinez’s wife, Vanessa, said that the rat owner showed up at the shop, clearly upset. He had ap- proached a number of taxider- mists hoping to preserve his pet rat but was laughed at. Vanessa Martinez listened to the man’s story. The rat was actually a rare, very expensive breed and was obviously very dear to the man. She told him they would be hap- py to help. Martinez encourages those in- terested in the craft to stop on by the shop. She is happy to answer any questions and just chat about hunting, sports or daily life. “One thing that I think is fun- ny is that we know how Longhorn football is going based on how many Longhorns we get,” Vanes- sa Martinez said. “We get a lot of Longhorns when UT does well.” Printed on Monday, February 6, 2012 as: Family business pre- serves art of taxidermyBy Jessica LeeDaily Texan StaffTaxidermist’s shop has history in communityLevi Sturgis is on the prowl. He guns his black Corolla’s engine and cruises down a straightaway in one of the student parking lots on cam- pus. A truck, an SUV and a pack of students cross at the intersection in front of him. Sturgis looks left and right, plotting his next move. It’s 10:50 a.m. — the lot is sure to be buzzing with action soon. Sturgis, an engineering junior, al- most turns left, but he surveys the path ahead and stops. “Nah, I’m going straight. I’m going straight,” he decides. Then he whips the steering wheel back again with one hand and guides his car down the long aisle of filled parking spaces. “I saw a lot of cars going that way,” he explains matter-of-factly. “I feel like they’re going to that C-Lot, so I didn’t want to go to there.” For students like Sturgis who have an orange C permit dan- gling from their rear-view mir- rors — 5,627 of them in 2009- 2010, according to UT’s Parking and Transportation Services’ most recent annual report — a parking lot strategy like Sturgis’ is a com- mon scenario. C permit holders have access to more than 3,000 on-campus parking spaces, but as the PTS website points out, before students buy a C permit, “Pur- chase of a permit may not guaran- tee a parking place on campus.” To some students who are late for class, those words are ominous. “If you’re not here before around 8:30, you’re not in luck, normally,” St- urgis said. “You have to go on the hunt and the prowl. And if you’re really close to class time, that’s when it gets bad.” Essentially, having an “early bird gets the worm” kind of mentality helps when parking in the student parking lots, which include four C permit parking areas (common- ly referred to as “C-Lots”) near the stadium and several Longhorn Lots across Interstate Highway 35, near the baseball fields. There are 866 parking spaces available to C per- mit holders in the C-Lots and 2,389 spaces in the Longhorn Lots, which anyone with one of UT’s 22 different types of parking permits has access to (32,380 parking permits were is- sued in 2009-2010). Jeri Baker, assistant director of PTS, said besides arriving ear- ly enough to get a spot, students should make sure to check out the Longhorn Lots, where there are gen- erally lots of open spaces. The East Campus UT shuttle bus is available to transport students to campus from those lots. “Parking is an issue, yes, if by ‘parking is an issue’ you mean ‘will there always be a spot outside the door where I want to be?’” said Bak- er. “That’s not going to happen. But [PTS] does lot counts daily, and there are usually about 300 spaces left.” Delaney said PTS has addressed previous availability issues by build- ing garages. “By doing lot counts, we create data that has value for his- toric purposes, allows us to respond to the claim ‘that there is no park- ing’ and strategically plan for future parking needs,” she said. Sturgis glances down at the dig- ital clock. It’s 10:53. “I’ve got about 37 minutes ’til my class.” Let the countdown begin. Sturgis spots a tall man about 50 yards away, fiddling with his bags by his closed car door. “You’ll see a person walking in the lot,” Sturgis says as he takes a de- termined left and drives in the di- rection of the man. “And you know, you like lock on, and all the other cars will see it too, and you kind of jockey for positions.” Sturgis rolls up alongside the man and mouths, “Are you leaving? Are you chilling? Are you leaving?” into his closed window, moving his hands back and forth to get the point across. The man signals that he’s ac- tually just putting a bag in his car. “I’ve definitely seen times when peo- ple will roll down the window and say, ‘Hey, are you parking here?’” St- urgis says as he drives on. “And a lot of times, you’ll see a person just sit- ting there. And they’re seriously just parked, waiting for walkers. And then as someone starts walking to their car, they’ll just trail ‘em.” Sturgis believes this to be the true definition of prowling. It’s a technique that he said anyone who knows anything about parking in the C-Lots employs. Another group of students are walking toward the parking lot that Sturgis is patrolling. “You’re looking for the pole position here,” he says. Lucky for Sturgis, the students spread out and go to different cars. He follows one of them and waits patiently about 20 feet in the distance.The targeted pedestrian gets in his car and begins to leave. St- urgis lets out a whoop and pulls in. “11:17!” he exclaims. “Plenty of time to get to class.” Printed on Thursday, September 22, 2011 as: Limited parking puts students on ‘prowl’By Aaron WestDaily Texan StaffStudent battles clock, cars to find parking in overcrowded, oversold on-campus lots COMICSMonday, May 7, 2012 219B COMICS2 Locations- UT near Schlotzky’s 2001 B. Guadalupe 243-65569513 Burnet Rd. 719-GAME$25offPC SERVICEUSED PCs$50offStarTechPC.com, Buy - Sell - TradeComputer - Cell - iPad Problems? 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There’s a little song I sing: ‘He’s American, He’s Todd Rungy, fighting for Ameri- ca, fighting to eat!’ Mentally, I just try to get in the zone.” However, without the prop- er coaching or motivation, there wouldn’t have been a clear path to his eventual goal of having his own TV show or even becoming a recognized competitive food-eater in Austin, let alone being number one in America. That’s when Riehl and Eppley come into the picture. Riehl, a ra- dio-television-film senior from De- troit who had worked as a produc- er on the season premiere of PBS’ “Frontline” series, had just com- pleted a documentary about cap- ital punishment and was looking for a light-hearted project. He had heard about Rungy from a friend in Michigan, so he approached him about making a documenta- ry series that focused not only on Rungy’s competitive food-eating career but also the day-to-day of a competitive food-eater. Riehl and Eppley began follow- ing Rungy around with cameras, helping him promote his name and documenting various food-eating competitions and more person- al moments of Rundy’s life, such as dates with women and time he spends with his family. “For me, the challenge was to al- ways be prepared,” Riehl said. “Al- ways be rolling the camera, always be ready to shoot. Because who knows when the next crazy thing is going to happen? It’s crazy. I have 250 hours of magic — that’s the only way I can describe it. We’re pretty excited. I think its going to be a big thing.” Austin events such as South By Southwest, where Rungy compet- ed in food challenges and passed out Hungry Todd Rungy baseball cards, provided opportunities to create hype, and soon, people who Rungy had never met before were recognizing him. “We were getting ready for a taco contest, and we ended up at the Liberty Bar doing shots of tequi- la,” Riehl said. “This total stranger came up and was like ‘Hey, are you a food eater?’ and [Rungy] said ‘Yeah,’ and the guy was like ‘Well, will you eat these Brussels sprouts?’ He had brought this giant thing of Brussels sprouts and put him on the spot. Back then, anytime any- one did that he was like ‘Yeah!’” These days, Rungy is more se- lective when it comes to challeng- es. He’s still aiming to have his own TV show, or maybe compete in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hotdog Eating Con- test, where renowned competitive food-eaters such as Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi have made names for themselves. Competing at that level will re- quire discipline, Rungy said, which means he has to stay dedicated to his training. Back at the photo shoot at Shan- gri-La, Rungy looks down at the basket of tongue buns. “I’m kind of full, anybody want this?” Rungy asks, pushing the bas- ket of tongue buns away. He’s eaten six of them, not a lot compared to what he’s been known to put away, but then again, he has to watch what he eats when he’s training. “You can’t just eat anything you want,” he said. Printed on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 as: Competitive eater challenges gut through Austin’s food trailers. practices such as cultural and bio- logical pest management, exclu- sion of all synthetic chemicals, an- tibiotics and hormones in crop and livestock production.” Actually, the regulations do allow some synthetic inputs, including hydrogen perox- ide and sulfurous acid. Genetically- modified crops cannot be consid- ered organic. Why: Many praise organically grown food for decreasing the pol- lution of soil and water, promoting crop diversity, bolstering healthy soil and producing better tasting and healthier food. Consider this... 1. There is scientific debate as to whether organic food is actu- ally healthier than conventionally grown food. 2. Organic food is still suscepti- ble to contamination. Dartmouth researchers released a study finding high levels of arsenic in some organ- ic products, including baby food. 3. USDA organic certification is expensive to acquire, so while many small farmers are growing accord- ing to (or surpassing) the govern- ment standards, they cannot obtain the official USDA stamp. 4. Large corporations have found it profitable to grow certified or- ganic crops because of the increase in consumer demand. Consumers may be torn between supporting organic while simultaneously sup- porting the companies, like Gener- al Mills and Kellogg’s, that also sell highly processed, nutritionally defi- cient foods. Sustainable FoodDefinition: A sustainable food system, as defined by the American Public Health Association is, “one that provides healthy food to meet current food needs while main- taining healthy ecosystems that can also provide food for generations to come with minimal negative impact to the environment. A sus- tainable food system also encour- ages local production and distribu- tion infrastructures and makes nu- tritious food available, accessible and affordable to all. Further, it is humane and just, protecting farm- ers and other workers, consumers and communities.” Why: Sustainable practices are touted as a promise to provide for society’s current needs without compromising the food security of future generations. Consider this... 1. Given the realities of popula- tion growth and urbanization, does “sustainable” food actually have the productive capacity to feed the world? 2. Because of the vagueness of the definition, it’s difficult for con- sumers to know what growing tech- niques are considered “sustainable” and which ones will not result in the long-term well-being of the econo- my, society and the environment. 3. A “sustainable” food system may actually result in an increase in land use because of the lower yields of organic, local crops. Food is an essential human need and the choices that students make regarding its consumption will have lasting effects on the sys- tem as a whole. It’s important to think critically about the issues — including the language of the movement — in order to fully un- derstand the repercussions of our eating decisions. Printed on Monday, February 20, 2012 as: food Buzzwords11B ENTFREAKY FASTDELIVERY!©2011 JIMMY JOHN’S FRANCHISE, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WEDELIVER! life&artsMonday, May 7, 201223virus is scary, but well within the realm of believability, which makes it all the more frightening. The speed at which it spreads is much lower than it could have been in a more brainless Hollywood mov- ie, with a reproduction number, or R0, of four or so. This means that a given individual who has contracted the virus will, on average, spread it to four people. Thanks to exponential growth, however, that’s more than enough to generate a full-blown epi- demic. If one person passes the virus on to four people over the course of a few days and then they pass it over to another four and so on and so forth, there could be a million people in- fected in less than a month. However, not all viruses spread from human to human. For in- stance, the ongoing H5N1 (avian flu) scare hasn’t yet caused a pandem- ic. So far, it has only spread from in- fected chickens to people who come in close contact with them, but not from those people to other humans. The fictional virus in “Contagion,” rather, follows a similar trajectory to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic: it origi- nally spread among pigs on Mexican farms, then from pigs to humans and ultimately from humans to humans. Like the seasonal flu or common cold, the “Contagion” disease spreads through direct contact with an in- fected individual, though not all in- teractions with infected people lead to transmission. The book “Under- standing Viruses” by Teri Shors ex- plains that viruses have a tough time getting through our skin since it is dry, acidic and contains bacterial flo- ra designed to protect the body from infection. The skin could, howev- er, be used as a transport to some- where on your body where it’s easier for a virus to get inside. If you shake an infected person’s hand after he coughed in it, for instance, and then use that hand to rub your eyes, the virus can get inside you that way. “Contagion,” while definitely sci- ence fiction, has enough scientif- ic fact behind it to address genuine issues and suggest a very real and scary possibility. “The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic turned out to be relatively mild, and, consequent- ly, the general public and funding agencies may have lost sight of the importance of pandemic prepared- ness,” said Director for the Division of Statistics and Scientific Compu- tation, Lauren Meyers. “There will be a next pandemic, which could be much more severe than the one in 2009. This movie reminds us of the importance of a quick and effective medical and hu- manitarian response.” The virus itself is just a jumping- off point to explore a very human story about paranoia and fear. How- ever, “Contagion” will still hopeful- ly raise awareness of how delicate we humans are. Though we may feel like we’re the dominant species on this planet, something we can’t even see could take us out in the blink of an eye. Printed on Friday, September 9, 2011 as: ‘Contagion’ depicts realis- tic viral chaosentire meat selection. “His name was Colin,” their waitress says as she hands them a file on their main course. Unsatisfied with this level of information, they travel 30 miles outside of town to gauge the veracity of their food’s organic upbringing. In Austin: While it’s hard to imagine any local eatery hold- ing documents on all their meat, the occasional snobbery faced by shoppers of Whole Foods, whose headquarters serves as a mini-epi- center of downtown, can feel just as grueling and — at times — su- perfluous. Every shopping decision can feel rife with implications. INDIE BANDSIn “Portlandia”: As the Rov- ing Singles, Armisen and Brown- stein are the musical accompani- ment at an acupuncturist’s office, and they’re hilariously out of touch playing their songs while a client is laying facedown with needles in her back. “Every time you hit a high note it drives the needles deeper ... it hurts,” she says. A perfect encapsu- lation of how some indie bands are so twee and quirky as to be insuffer- able — quite literally in this case. In Austin: As the “live music capital of the world” with a man- tra of “keeping Austin weird,” our encounters with offbeat local acts are about as regular as the sunrise. Plenty are silly, many are weird, but it’s all part of Austin’s sunny, hippie charm. You don’t live here without at least some appreciation for all things off-kilter. Printed on Thursday, January 19, 2012 as: Portlandia vs. Auslandia Ryan Edwards | Daily texan file photoEdie Ware of Johnson’s Backyard Garden, a USDA certified organic farm in East Austin, restocks a carton of romaine hearts the morning of Feb. 18 at the Austin Farmer’s Market on Fourth and Guadalupe streets. Better understanding the definition of key words like organic and sustain- able can help individuals make better informed decisions about the food they choose to eat. CONTAGION continues from PAGE 24FOODcontinues from PAGE 24EATINGcontinues from PAGE 24HIPSTERScontinues from PAGE 24 With the rapid rise of the food movement, students are constant- ly barraged with prescriptions of what to eat: local food, sustain- able food, organic food, chemical- free food. We are told to search la- bels for key words like “all-natu- ral” and “farm raised.” We should avoid “processed” and “industrial” packaged foods at all costs. But food is a complex issue and many of the terms used in the move- ment are simplifiers — they flatten the complexities of food and fail to take into account some serious is- sues that complicate the discussion. Here’s an introduction to the key “buzzwords” often heard in the food movement as well as a list of complicating factors. Local FoodDefinition: The definition of lo- cal food is somewhat unclear, even amongst those embedded in the local food scene. It’s a geograph- ic quantifier that means “in the general area.” According to the re- quirements that the Sustainable Food Center places upon farmers who sell through the SFC’s farm- er’s markets, “local” means food that has been grown or raised within 150 miles of Austin. Why: Locavores believe that eat- ing food that’s grown and raised nearby is healthier, fresher and better for the environment. Buying locally is also said to provide trans- parency in the food system. Na- tional security and economic self- sufficiency are occasionally cited as reasons to “go local.” Consider this... 1. Some parts of the country do not grow some foods well be- cause of variances in climate, soil and access to water. Coffee, banan- as, star anise and Kobe beef can- not be grown in the United States at all. Should we deprive ourselves of these foods because they are not local? Some would argue yes, but others cannot imagine their life without the morning cup of joe. 2. Many urbanized areas in the United States, like Las Vegas, are deserts, where local food is liter- ally impossible to grow. By adopt- ing a “local-only” philosophy, we’d be necessarily damning these cit- ies that have come to thrive be- cause of their dependence on out- side food sources. 3. Surprisingly, it is the home consumption of food that costs the most energy in the food pro- duction chain, not transportation. It is the preparation and storage of food in the consumer’s home that absorbs 32 percent of the total en- ergy in food production. Heating an oven, running a refrigerator and washing the dishes take ener- gy. “Local food” may only be a part of a larger solution. 4. Small, local farms cannot achieve the economies of scale that large food producers can. Local food, then, is much more expensive than food found in H-E-B and oth- er supermarkets and is often out of reach for lower income earners. Organic FoodDefinition: The U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture sets standards that farmers must meet in order to be certified as an organic grower. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “organic farming systems rely on ecologically based 12B ENTLife&Arts24Monday, May 7, 2012 | The Daily Texan | Katie Stroh, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com“Keep eating for America!” com- petitive food eater Hungry Todd Rungy says defiantly, over a basket of mostly-eaten tongue buns from the East Side King food trailer. He’s sitting next to Joshua Riehl and Dan Eppley, the film crew that has been busy filming and editing a docu- mentary series about Rungy’s stom- ach-busting exploits. The food-eater and his cohorts are at Shangri-La on East Sixth Street, where they’ve been shooting photos to promote a competition — a charity team-relay eating competi- tion on Oct. 23. “I’m trying to take myself a lit- tle more seriously,” said Rungy, 30. “The next competition I do, I’m go- ing to do some serious training. Probably more serious than I’ve ever done. And I have every intention of winning. And not just beating a guy but also setting a record.” Rungy is one of Austin’s most rec- ognized competitive food eaters and undoubtedly the most patriotic. The bearded food warrior is the fourth- most followed competitive food eater in the U.S. on Twitter. His trademark getup — a T-shirt with an Ameri- can flag on it, American-themed blue shorts and a worn red, white and blue headband — have seen their share of food-flying action. Rungy estimates that he has com- peted in about 75 food-eating com- petitions in his lifetime, from “little competitions we put together against fat kids” in his high school cafeteria in Tyler, Texas, to more recent, pub- licized contests such as Chick-fil- A’s Austin City Nuggets, Home Slice Pizza’s pizza eating competition, and Austin food blogger MisoHungry’s Cupcake Smackdown. He said that he has won about 75 percent of the competitions he has been in, includ- ing winning first place in the Do- bie Donut Challenge, Tootie’s Apple Pie Eating Contest and the Dog Al- mighty Hot Dog eating contest. “It’s just in my nature,” Rungy said. “I was never good at these things everybody else can do. But I was good at eating. My mom would never have to say ‘Clear your plate’ because I always had seconds. It was a natural thing for me to overeat.” Rungy started challenging his stomach in high school when he would go to CiCi’s Pizza to see how many slices he could eat. Pizza- slamming sessions at CiCi’s led to battles against food at other buffets, but Rungy said that he didn’t recog- nize his future in competitive food eating until he went to live in De- troit in 2006. His uncle, who also lived in Detroit at the time, knew of his nephew’s pro- pensity for eating a lot and challenged Rungy to a sandwich-eating compe- tition at a local shop to see if he still had the magic. Rungy ended up win- ning, and it was that victory that en- couraged him to continue on the path of the competitive food-eater. Rungy moved to Austin in 2008, adopted the ‘Hungry’ label and be- gan competing in occasional food challenges while working as a deliv- ery driver. He developed his stom- ach-stretching techniques, practiced speed-eating and honed his com- petitive psyche during this time — skills that he still uses when he pre- pares for a food-eating contest. Monster movies are scary, but they aren’t that scary. Sharks, snakes, spiders, mutant beasts — sure, they can kill you, but that’s about all they can do. Viruses, on the other hand, are a whole different beast. Not only can they kill you, but they’re far too small to see and work by invad- ing your own body’s cells and using them against you. And they’re every- where, including on the silver screen in Steven Soderbergh’s latest movie, “Contagion,” opening Sept. 9 2011. Not that this is any new territo- ry. It’s been explored before in “Out- break” and “The Andromeda Strain,” among others, but it’s a cautionary tale worth repeating. The season- al flu, in an average year, hospitaliz- es some 200,000 people in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, with some years being worse than others. The infamous 1918 Spanish flu, for in- stance, killed an estimated 50 mil- lion people, making it responsible for more deaths than World War I. The virus in “Contagion,” howev- er, puts the 1918 epidemic to shame. And, though the trailer suggests something along the lines of an ob- sessive-compulsive’s alarmist night- mare, the final result seems a bit more consistent with reality. The Fred Armisen, of “Saturday Night Live,” and Carrie Brownstein, for- merly of the band Sleater-Kinney and currently of Wild Flag, don gender-bending costumes, floppy wigs and peculiar accents in their highly improvised comedy series, “Portlandia.” The show, the high- est rated program network IFC has ever aired, just kicked off its second season. While the show is staged as a satire of the famously progressive city, Portland, its send-up of hipster culture, from farm-raised poultry to oppressively offbeat indie bands, elicits a striking sense of familiari- ty — “Portlandia” is just as much a comedy about Austin as it is about Portland. Below, we connect the hipster threads between “Portland- ia’s” best sketches and their Austin counterparts. BICYCLISTSIn “Portlandia”: “I don’t have a driver’s license! I don’t need it!” This clip, of Armisen aggressively biking through Portland’s Pearl District as a gruff, punky bicyclist, is less than two minutes long, but is a precise skewering of the sense of self-im- portance huffed by some hardcore “biker’s rights” enthusiasts. In Austin: Residents, namely UT students, are all too familiar with the bicyclists that zip across cam- pus, some in every direction hu- manly possible. For everyone who has been cut off by, run into and made to wait in a long line of traffic for one of our pedaling classmates, “Portlandia’s” depiction is almost too dead-on to believe. FEMINIST BOOKSTOREIn “Portlandia”: Armisen and Brownstein play Toni and Candace, the incredibly judgmental and un- helpful proprietors of the fictional Women & Women First bookstore, where no one is able to leave with- out suffering one of their ill-con- ceived feminist barbs. In one ep- isode, Toni (Brownstein) chastis- es Heather Graham’s personal jour- nal: “That sounded more like a brag journal. A journal should be a doc- ument of misery.” In Austin: Austin’s own femi- nist bookstore, BookWoman, is de- cidedly less vitriolic — in fact, it’s a pretty standard genre bookstore. However, the likelihood of finding booksellers as unhelpful as Toni and Candace isn’t at all specific to femi- nist shops. Really, what “Portlandia” decries is not necessarily the book- stores themselves, but the occasion- al pitfalls made by some in the name of feminism. ORGANIC FOODIn “Portlandia”: Ordering a meal is comparable to the Spanish Inqui- sition, especially if you are to deter- mine the methodological philoso- phy your chicken dinner was raised in — though it helps that the restau- rant that Armisen and Brownstein are dining at keep a dossier on their By Aaron WestDaily Texan StaffBy Robert StarrDaily Texan StaffBy Brittany SmithDaily Texan StaffBy Aleksander ChanDaily Texan StaffChase Martinez | Daily Texan file photoCompetitive food eater Todd Rungy prepares to eat a smorgasbord of food prepared by East Side King. Hungry Todd Rungy eats his way to victoryUnderstanding, demystifying meaning of ‘foodie’ buzzwordsScience proves ‘Contagion’ virus possibleThomas Allison | Daily Texan file photoDirector Steven Soderbergh’s film “Contagion” follows a virus from inception to pandemic. Similarities between the film’s fictional pathogen and recent high-profile viral outbreaks have impressed critics. CONTAGION continues on pAGe 23HIpSTeRS continues on pAGe 23eATING continues on pAGe 23FOOD continues on pAGe 23Austin vs. ‘Portlandia’: Texas capital deserves comparisons to satirical show Locavores believe that eating food that’s grown and raised nearby is healthier, fresher and better for the environment. Buying locally is also said to provide transparency in the food system.