Investigators may find the cause of the fire and subsequent explosion in West by May 10, the state fire marshal told lawmakers Wednesday. The West Fertilizer Co. plant explosion killed 15 people, injured more than 200 and destroyed 142 homes and several build- ings, including a nursing home and two schools. Speaking to the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy likened the on- going investigation to an archaeological dig and said investigators — who rep- resent 28 state and federal agencies — are working to reconstruct the cause of the explosion by examin- ing the 14.9 acres affected by the blast. “This is a very complex event as you can imagine, and we want to make sure we do it correctly,” Con- nealy said. The marshal said investi- gators have ruled out a nat- ural event, such as a light- ning strike, as the cause, but three other categories of probable causes — acci- dental, incendiary and “un- determined” — are still on the table. Connealy spoke at the first hearing regarding the explosion, where repre- sentatives from eight state agencies assessed their role in overseeing and regulat- ing plants such as the one in West. As of February, the plant contained 270 tons of am- monium nitrate, a chemi- cal with explosive capa- bilities, said David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. He said 41 other facilities in the state also have large amounts of the chemical. Lakey said facilities with The Texas House of Rep- resentatives tentatively ap- proved a bill Wednesday requiring universities to of- fer students the option of a four-year fixed tuition plan in a move similar to one taken by the UT System Board of Regents earlier this year. Lawmakers and adminis- trators, including Gov. Rick Perry and President William Powers Jr., have supported the plan before the current legis- lative session as a method to increase four-year graduation rates and control costs for stu- dents and their families. Regents preempted legisla- tive action on providing fixed tuition over four years in Feb- ruary by voting to direct all system institutions to offer a four year fixed-rate tuition plan to incoming freshmen beginning fall 2014. UT-Dallas and UT-El Paso are the only universities in the system that offer fixed-rate tuition over four years. 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Parking and transporta- tion services organized the event for Bike Month on Wednesday afternoon at Gregory Plaza in order to promote cycling on campus. Various campus organi- zations including Orange Bike Project, The Campus Environmental Center and RecSports lined the plaza for the cause. Blanca Juarez, the alter- native transportation man- ager, said UT parking and transportation services puts on the event every year to celebrate cyclists’ choice of alternative transportation. “In the past we’ve done a free breakfast and a raffle, and this year we tried to do a little bit more,” Juarez said. “We have t-shirts and tote bags which we think are real- ly important, especially since By Matthew HartBIKE continues on page 2WEST continues on page 2CAMPUSLibrary late nightsAmy ZhangDaily Texan StaffRhetoric and writing senior Victor Harris, director of the Orange Bike Project, inspects a student’s bike at the Bike to UT event Wednesday afternoon. As students prepare for sleepless nights spent relearning a semester’s worth of class material, facilities throughout cam- pus are making accommo- dations to help students make it through finals. Campus buildings are staying open later, expect- ing more students and aiming to reduce stress for the next two weeks. UT Libraries spokes- man Travis Willmann said several libraries will be open for extended hours. Perry-Castaneda Library will stay open around the clock seven days a week instead of five through May 14. Willmann said the Wal- ter Geology Library in the Jackson Geological Sci- ences Building will expand hours and the Life Science Library will provide coffee and cookies during dead days and finals. “In the final stretch of the academic semester, we recognize the increased need by students for space and access to the librar- ies and its resources,” Willmann said. Willmann said staff members will work dou- ble-time to keep spaces orderly, while copier services will make extra rounds to ensure adequate toner and paper. “We also have a new healthy food vending machine on the first floor of PCL for on-site munch- ies, and we’re working to organize another visit by the therapy dogs from Aus- tin Dog Alliance on May 6 to help alleviate a bit of the crushing finals anxiety through some quality face time with man’s best friend,” Willmann said. Crystal King, Univer- sity Unions associate ex- ecutive director, said the Student Activity Center will maintain its regular hours of 7 a.m. to 3 a.m., By Christine AyalaFINALS continues on page 2Campus study rooms extend hours in wake of final exam preparation BILL continues on page 2INSIDENEWSTexas Dance competes at the National Dance Alliance competition in Florida, placing in top 10 for multiple categories. PAGE 5How does the University help service students with visual disabilities? PAGE 5SPORTSBarnes swiches philosophy but is the change in time to turn things around for Texas Basketball. PAGE 6Rick Barns and De- Loss Dodds consider switching recruiting tac- tics, focus on keeping players for more than one year. PAGE 6Rockets drop playoff series to Thunder but avoid the sweep as Oklahoma City wins it 4-1. PAGE 7LIFE&ARTSTrek to Lost Maples is worth it, just for the red and orange leaves. PAGE 10While you read all about vacations in the section, Science Scene reminds us of the one place we can’t go — back in time. PAGE 10VIDEOKeep on mooning the towers! Or something like that... Today’s exclusive interview features comedian James Adomian. bit.ly/dtvidWhat is today’s reason to party? 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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. Volume 113, Issue 154News2Thursday, May 2, 2013Pearce Murphy | Daily Texan StaffMasters in accounting student Emily Backus plays the 6-bass pans during a performance by the UT Steel Pan Ensemble on Wednesday. FRAMES | FEAtuREd photo fewer than 10,000 pounds of ammonium do not have to report possession of the chemical because it is not included on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of dangerous substances. Officials said local fire departments are autho- rized to inspect these fa- cilities. Texas Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd said he had not di- rected fire departments in cities with similar plants to conduct inspections but said he could do so upon lawmakers’ request. State Rep. Joe Pick- ett, D-El Paso, chairs the House committee and said the hearing was intended to clarify agencies’ role in handling the aftermath of the explosion and over- seeing similar plants. He said he did not intend for lawmakers to get involved in the investigation or “to point fingers.” “I want to take it at a pace that is not a knee-jerk reaction to things,” Pickett said after the hearing. Legislators in Washing- ton will also examine the cause of the blast. On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who chairs the Environ- ment and Public Works Committee, said the com- mittee would investigate the circumstances sur- rounding the explosion. Boxer sent letters to the Chemical Safety Board and Environmental Pro- tection Agency asking how they would follow up on the situation. “I cannot rest until we get to the bottom of what caused the disaster in West, Texas and the tragic loss of life,” Boxer said in a press release. “It is criti- cal that we find out how this happened.” the law just got passed here in the city replacing plastic bags with recyclable ones. So it gives students and staff members something extra that reminds them of Bike to UT Day.” Juarez said the Green Fee Committee provided the money for the additional expenditures which allowed them to give away free t- shirts and food as well as what the additional organi- zations had to offer. She said the event has been going on for five years. Mechanical engineering junior Javier Laredo said The Campus Environmen- tal Center brought back the Earth Day smoothie maker for bikers interested in mak- ing their own smoothie. “The idea is that you pow- er your own smoothie so the power that you generate on the bike goes to a battery, this charges into the blender and that’s the energy you put into making a smooth- ie,” Laredo said. “And then you enjoy your smoothie at the end.” Victor Harris, manager of Orange Bike Project, said he fixed more than 20 bikes throughout the day. “We are a student organi- zation that runs a commu- nity bike shop,” Harris said. It’s basically a workshop where you come and use our tools to work on your own bike. You can bring in parts to build a bike, and we also rent out bicycles on a semester long basis. If you need a bike for a semester you can come on in and put your stuff on the waitlist.” Biology Senior Michael Nguyen said the bike shop has volunteer opportunities where people can come and learn about repairs. “We do encourage every- one who has a bike to learn how to fix their own bikes, Nguyen said. “At least the basic repairs.” UTeach institute site co- ordinator Mike Degraff said he brought his bike to the plaza, and Harris taught him how to properly shift to avoid breakdowns. “There were some shift- ing issues on my bike, but it turns out I caused them,” Degraff said. “They did a great job of fixing it up.” NEWS BRIEFLYBike shop to close af- ter 42-year ride After residing in West Campus for 42 years, Freewheeling Bicycles, a family-owned specialty bike shop, will close at the end of May. UT alumnus Frank Cook opened the shop in the early 1970s, after his search to buy a new bike led him to buy five in- stead and become a bike dealer himself. Cook re- paired bikes out of a West Campus garage apart- ment and established a staff of bike enthusiasts who were previously paid in bike parts. Angela Prescott, Cook’s widow and shop owner, said new high-ris- es in West Campus have made it too expensive for the shop to continue traditional operation. “I spent the last five months looking for other locations and ba- sically decided they were too expensive, be- cause I wanted to stay in the University area,” Prescott said. “We were going to have to be much smaller, and we didn’t want that.” Maxwell Machicek, environmental sci- ence senior and a Free- wheeling employee since high school, said the shop’s consistency over the years is what appeals to its loyal customer base. “Things haven’t changed,” Machicek said. “We don’t even have even a computer with a barcode scanner — it’s all typed in manu- ally still. That translates to customer service. If it’s marked under two different prices we’re going to cut you a deal.” The Austin communi- ty will have an opportu- nity to show their final support for Freewheel- ing Bicycles by attend- ing their Bike to Work Breakfast on May 17. The shop is also offering a closeout sale through- out May. —Amanda O’DonnellBIKE continues from page 1tuition among public uni- versities in the state. The bill, authored by state Rep. Dan Branch, R- Dallas, and House Higher Education Committee chairman, must come up for a third reading in the House for a final vote. If the bill is approved, it will likely move to the Sen- ate Committee on Higher Education before coming before the full Senate. Michael Morton, former Senate of College Councils president, served on the Tu- ition Policy Advisory Com- mittee and said the Uni- versity could possibly set a higher rate for students who enroll in the plan to recoup possible lost revenue that would normally be gained from tuition increases. “[Students who enroll in the plan] are probably going to pay more initially because they’re taking a gamble in thinking that their tuition may increase if they don’t participate in the plan,” Morton said. BILLcontinues from page 1WEST continues from page 1but all meeting rooms will be available to students as study space. The SAC will offer students free break- fast tacos at 11 p.m. on May 6 and free pancake break- fast at midnight on May 7. “The purpose of these events are to support the four-year graduation rate efforts and provide ad- ditional study space for students during this very important time of year,” King said. Texas Union will have a study break snack room in the Eastwoods room between 10 p.m. and mid- night, serving kolaches and fruit May 6, breakfast tacos May 7, yogurt and fruit May 8 and grab bags at the hospitality desk May 9. King said the Student Services Building will have meeting rooms available for studying through the night, although the doors will lock at midnight. Facility Services spokes- woman Laurie Lentz said during the exam period, project management and construction services sus- pends building renova- tions. Lentz said landscape services decreases its use of noise-producing equip- ment from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. including blowers, mow- ers, trimmers and chain- saws. 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Two girls under the age of 10 were raped in India, one of whom died from her injuries. In Canada, a 17-year-old hanged herself after enduring over a year of bully- ing since she was gang-raped at a friend’s house in 2011. To see these incidents in the news and feel helpless to stop their repetition is frustrating. In a disaster situation, money and donations can be delivered, but it appears as if little but condolences can be sent to a rape survivor or his or her family. The world feels pity, but what’s done is done. Although it manifests itself in different forms and under differ- ent circumstances, rape has no preference. It doesn’t prefer devel- oped or developing nations or dis- criminate against a certain race or identity. Rape happens, and I cer- tainly don’t claim to have a simple answer on how to prevent it. But rape culture — the way in which our societies view and often judge survivors of sexual assault — can be reformed through education about common misconceptions. On the University of Texas campus, the Voices against Vio- lence organization plans frequent campaigns, theater productions, dialogues and events to engage the entire campus and community about issues of interpersonal vio- lence and sexual assault. One of its goals is to solidify the message that rape is not merely a women’s issue, but one of concern to soci- ety as a whole. Dialogue is not re- stricted to feminists; any human- ist has a responsibility to initiate it. VAV staff even provide training to UTPD officers each semester on how to appropriately commu- nicate with survivors of interper- sonal violence and sexual assault. Unlike other crimes, rape often results in the blaming of the vic- tim. Instead of highlighting the wrongful actions of the rapist, the survivor is often questioned about his or her actions at the time of the crime, told to be more careful when walking at night or in dan- gerous areas and equipped with pepper spray or self-defense class- es in case of future occurrences. After speaking to James Shaw, the founder of the Resist Attack Foundation, I understand the appeal of protective measures against rape. Resist Attack is a nonprofit organization that as- pires to provide every woman in America with a bottle of pepper spray. The organization has given out 4,600 pepper sprays in Aus- tin to date. Shaw often organizes meet-up locations on the UT campus for women to distribute free spray. Shaw said that he decided to focus his efforts on pepper spray because he felt it was most practi- cal to emphasize one main aspect (self-defense) and that his natural choice was pepper spray. How- ever, Shaw said that he maintains communication with groups such as Step Up, which focuses on preventative rather than pro- tective measures against rape by working to change the attitudes of young men regarding violence against women. “Our hope is, of course, that one day our mission is unnecessary. Until then, we’d rather do what we can to help this way,” Shaw said. Shaw’s comments illustrate how the preventative approach cannot stand alone in confront- ing the issue of rape and its side effects. Rather, prevention must collaborate with the message that the responsibility of pre- venting rape doesn’t fall solely on the targeted person. I didn’t understand how misun- derstood rape is when I first stepped foot onto this campus. Of course, I thought rape was an awful thing, but I didn’t see how I could person- ally work to stop it. I didn’t know the meaning of the term “victim- blaming” and didn’t realize that substituting “survivor” for “victim” can help empower those affected by sexual assault. My initial ignorance, however, wasn’t the result of a lack of inter- est, but a lack of exposure. The dismantling of misconceptions surrounding sexual assault is a powerful force on our campus, but it can only work if students confront the ideas promoted by organizations like VAV in their daily lives. Sometimes, although not al- ways, all it takes to prevent a rape from occurring is a concerned stranger acknowledging that rape culture shouldn’t be the status quo. National Sexual Assault Aware- ness Month is over, but its mes- sage shouldn’t stop being spread. Manescu is an international rela- tions and global studies sophomore from Ploiesti, Romania. By Larisa ManescuDaily Texan Columnist Go beyond MyEduUT’s online experience needs a makeover. The UT Sys- tem Board of Regents attempted to address this problem in 2011 when they invested $10 million in the popular course planning and course review website, MyEdu. They hoped to provide students with a more efficient and user- friendly tool for planning schedules and staying on track for graduation. But whether the investment was worth- while is debatable. And although complaints persist about MyEdu’s lack of integration with UT’s course schedule, as well as the website’s frequent crashes, an initiative within UT-Austin has begun that’s going to show the regents how a first-rate university solves problems — and it does not include throwing $10 million in taxpayer dollars to a site that still fails to fulfill its basic function two years after our initial investment. On April 26 Mike Horn, the director of Digital Strategy for University Communications, joined by colleagues in Information Technology Services and the provost’s office, presented a new vision for UT-Austin’s online presence to the Strategic IT Advisory Board, which includes UT President William Powers Jr. Horn’s idea was to create a uniform online experience for UT students using online UT services. The idea for the initiative emerged from the Mobile Strategy Task Force in Communications, which emphasized streamlining UT’s online presence into a more mobile-friendly form, but the project has since ex- panded into a complete overhaul of UT online, including a redesigned homepage, registration, admission and stu- dent services experiences. UT President William Powers Jr. and the Strategic IT Advisory Board endorsed the initiative on April 26. Horn’s team has collaborated closely with David Laude, senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation man- agement in communications, Carolyn Connerat, as- sociate vice provost in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, as well as associates in ITS, stu- dent affairs and the president’s office, to make this new online experience incorporate all of the essential ele- ments of UT’s online services. Connerat explained that when using UT online, “You’re going to all these differ- ent websites that seem to be separate. And so the goal is to bring these together using the newest technology and the newest design, to make it a really cutting edge experience for our students.” Supporters of the initiative believe that the project’s success will not only increase efficiency and productiv- ity, but will also set the standard for what a major uni- versity’s online presence should look like. As the regents face mounting criticism for their stated goals of making UT more accessible and affordable, as well as their con- tinued failure to solve our problems in a way that seems fitting for a university striving to be world-class, the widespread support for the initiative shows that we’re not ready to settle for average here in Austin. Our prior- ity is being the best. The wheels are already rolling on this. Although nothing is going to replace the $10 million haphaz- ardly given to MyEdu by the regents, we can finally rest easily knowing this problem is being solved. It is a big problem, however. Horn and his colleagues have their work cut out for them. Even so, I have faith that within a year or two, our registration system will have a much improved interface with a modern layout and a more user-friendly and integrated system“Everything that we’re doing here is about improving the current student experience, and we also really want to help sell the story of UT so that we continue to get the best and brightest prospective students as well,” Horn says. That sounds like a way better idea to me: Leave MyEdu and the regents in the dust. Their understand- ing of “world-class” leaves much to be desired. Adams is a government freshman from Aiea, Hawaii. By Zachary AdamsDaily Texan Columnist Near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, photographers watched the race through the delimiting frame of their viewfind- ers. They heard and felt two explosions, but most would not have seen the blasts — the magnified perspective of a telephoto lens nar- rows the field of view, eliminating peripheral vision. As they pho- tographed the chaos of the unfolding scene, they documented the horrific injuries of the victims and the heroic efforts of emergency personnel and bystanders. One photograph has become the iconic image of the attack. In news articles and social media, people have been calling it “The Man in the Cowboy Hat.” Charles Krupa’s photo for the Associated Press depicts a man in a wheelchair being rushed from the scene, escorted by three people: a woman in a tracksuit (furthest from the camera), an EMT in neon with a radio clipped to his chest and another man with long hair and a cowboy hat. This is a photograph of four people — so why is it called “The Man in the Cowboy Hat?” And, among the hundreds of photos of injury and rescue, why has Krupa’s photo become the singular iconic image of the Boston Marathon bombing? The photo is one of the most graphic images of the attack, and surely that accelerated its viral spread across the Internet. The vic- tim (later identified as Jeff Bauman) is ashen from shock and loss of blood. Shredded tissue dangles from the stumps of his legs, expos- ing the splintered tibias. His shirt and the side of his face are black- ened, presumably by soot from the blast. Too explicit to be pub- lished unaltered in most newspapers, editors cropped the photo at Bauman’s knees (just where his legs were later amputated at Boston Medical Center). As in Nick Ut’s iconic photo “Napalm Girl” and Eddie Adams’s “Saigon Execution,” shocking violence is one part of what makes Krupa’s photo extraordinary — but violence and victimization aren’t the defining characteristics here. People aren’t calling this photo “Man with No Legs” — to most viewers, Bauman isn’t the primary subject of this photograph. It’s that other guy, the one with the hat. In a story about a bombing, most Americans expect photo- graphs of victims and medical technicians — a decade of photo- journalism from Iraq has conditioned us to regard those images with the detached concern of conscientious civilians. To us, the violence of war is comprehensible, but also unimaginable. We read and believe the stories; we see the photos; but those men in uni- form and those broken victims are so far away, their lives so un- like our own, that we can’t imagine ourselves there with them. We might likewise fail to empathize with Bauman, not from a lack of sympathy but from a lack of relatable experience. Most of us can’t relate to the EMT, either; his duties are highly specialized. Reacting to this photograph, we see a victim, an authority, and the man in the hat, who could be anybody. It turns out that the man in the cowboy hat, Carlos Arredondo, has a dramatic story of his own. His son Alexander died in Iraq, and Carlos was so stricken with grief that he attempted suicide by immolation when he heard the news. His other son, Brian, killed himself in 2011. Carlos has become a peace activist and a suicide prevention advocate. But when this photo was flying through so- cial media networks in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, few people knew anything about Carlos Arredondo, not even his name. His hat indicates that he is not a runner, not a paramedic, and prob- ably not a Bostonian. He’s just a bystander. He’s not supposed to be doing anything in this moment but feeling terrified. But there he is, pinching closed Jeff Bauman’s severed femoral artery. Shooting the Marathon for Bloomberg, Kelvin Ma photographed Arredondo and Bauman at the same moment that Krupa captured “The Man in the Cowboy Hat.” But Ma’s photograph will not be such an enduring icon. Iconic photographs are not the product of chance. Yes, Alfred Eisenstaedt happened to be in Times Square at the right moment to photograph an (initially) unidentified sailor as he grabbed an (initially) unidentified woman for a celebratory kiss on V-J Day, but Eisenstaedt wasn’t the only cameraman to cap- ture that moment. Victor Jorgensen photographed the exact same kiss, but the disorganized composition of Jorgensen’s photograph feels like a voyeuristic snapshot. Eisenstaedt’s “V-J Day in Times Square” shows just a sliver of each kisser’s face, and all the bystand- ers in Eisenstaedt’s photo are facing the camera, as if coordinated in common purpose. Because they’re anonymous, the two kissers are surrogates expressing a national sentiment. Anyone could be, if not one of the kissers, at least somewhere in the crowd. Ma’s photograph is shot from an elevated position, with a tele- photo lens. Krupa photographed at street level, with a lens simi- lar in magnification and angle-of-view to the human eye. When we look at “The Man in the Cowboy Hat,” we feel as if we are just inches away, because Krupa really was. We can imagine our- selves, if not wearing Arredondo’s hat, at least running by his side, pushing the wheelchair from Bauman’s left. That’s why this pho- tograph has become an icon of the Boston Marathon bombing — it unflinchingly depicts the effect of violence, but the central narrative is about the response to violence, in which we are all invited to participate. Valentine is a lecturer in the Plan II Honors Program who gradu- ated from UT with a Bachelors of Arts in Plan II and English in 2000. ATTENTION ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! Texas Student TV Want to learn about televisionproduction & programming? The University of Texas student television wants to teach youLearn all about TV news and entertainment programming; how to write, shoot and edit. Participants will produce a news/feature program that will air on TSTV channel 29 and citywide on Cable Channel 16. 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NewsThursday, May 2, 20135NEWS Murphy | Daily Texan Staff Sathiya Ramdoss, who is a Ph.D candidate in special education, works on a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in the Assisting Technology Lab on Wednesday afternoon. Blind UT students seek better accommodations on campusWhen Jennifer Apple- gate purchases her books for the coming semester, she brings the texts to the Student Services Building, where they are stripped from their binding and fed into a scanner. Applegate doesn’t hate books — she is legally blind, and this pro- cess enables her to access her assignments through screen-reading software. Applegate, an English senior, is one of 42 stu- dents with visual impair- ments registered with Services for Students with Disabilities, according to disabilities services coor- dinator Emily Shryock. Other students might be visually impaired, but they choose to work individual- ly with professors and not use the accommodations the University provides. “The only way we can track the numbers is if [students] choose to self- disclose their disability and register with our of- fice,” Shryock said. “Some students are able to work individually with profes- sors and may not need to use the accommodations or support offered by our office.” Craig High, the coordina- tor of assistive technology in the Services for Students with Disabilities office, said he feels the office is successful because it responds to the demands of students. “We’re 100 percent con- sumer driven,” High said. “I’m here to support the students, so I try to mirror whatever strategies they’re already using.” High said oftentimes, by the time a blind student en- ters college, the student has already determined success- ful study methods. “When we see students, they’re already pretty much an expert, and they already know what works for them,” High said. “My job is to keep my pulse on what stu- dents are using at home and try to get those technologies in place here.” Applegate said she feels the University is generally committed to increasing ac- cessibility for blind students. “Textbooks from the Co- Op get back to me really quickly, although PDF doc- uments can be really slow,” Applegate said. “But in gen- eral, the University is really good about being inclusive and diverse — whenever there are stairs, there will also be a ramp.” Still, Applegate said, there are ways in which the University does not accommodate blind stu- dents. She cited Waggener Hall, which does not have signs posted in braille. Earlier this year, Applegate mistakenly entered a men’s restroom in the building as a result. “I didn’t realize what had happened until I heard men’s voices, and I tried to leave as fast as I could,” Applegate said. “That wasn’t fun.” Applegate said she con- tacted Student Services about the incident, but has not had time to follow up on getting braille installed. “I’ve been swamped with schoolwork, and I know it’s an old building, so [the administration] probably thought it wasn’t a big deal,” Applegate said. “I know it’s a big project.” By Jordan RudnerPhoto Courtesy of Tway Photography Associated PressTexas Dance Team performs in their spring show at Hogg Auditorium. CAMPUSDance team competes at national college eventWhen college sports teams reach the national finals, coaches normally get the cred- it for leading the way, but the student-coached and student- led Texas Dance team made it to the finals of the National Dance Alliance competition in Florida by themselves. For the first time, Texas Dance advanced to national fi- nals at the National Dance Al- liance’s competition in April, placing seventh in open and ninth in hip-hop, publicity of- ficer Emily Ybarbo said. “We’re the only student- run team that competes in our division, so there’s an overwhelming feeling of ex- citement and pride to know that we did all that on our own,” assistant director Me- gan Morgan said. Texas Dance, UT’s official competitive dance team, has existed since 1977. The team competes each year in a state competition in Dallas as well as at the national competition at Daytona Beach in Florida, Ybarbo said. “It’s just really cool getting to go to a big place like [Florida] and representing the University of Texas,” Ybarbo said. “Every- one knows who we are ... a lot of people did the ‘hook ‘em’.” In Dallas this year, the team placed second in both hip-hop and open, Ybarbo said. “Just seeing that improve- ment from year to year is re- ally awesome,” director Kismet Cuellar said. “It made me feel really proud to be part of such a growing team.” Texas Dance, consisting of 19 members, is entirely stu- dent-run, including fundrais- ing and bringing in choreog- raphers, Ybarbo said. Members volunteer to cho- reograph the community per- formances, and local chore- ographers choreograph other dances, Ybarbo said. “My first year was a grow- ing experience, and the team really helped me get situated into the college life because we have members from ev- ery almost every major,” Cuellar said. The team has an April spring show and performs at various events in Austin such as Longhorn Halloween, the American Heart Association Heart Walk and Project Link- ing the Arts, Ybarbo said. At Southern Methodist University in July, the team participates in a three-day camp along with other Southern schools to become eligible to compete in na- tionals, Ybarbo said. “I always knew we had it, but there was just some- thing about this year ... this was our time to make finals,” Cuellar said. By Amanda VoellerIn general, the University is really good about being inclusive and diverse — whenever there are stairs, there will also be a ramp. — Jennifer Applegate, english seniorBike af- West years, a specialty at Frank in his bike in- bike re- West apart- a enthusiasts paid Prescott, shop ris- have expensive continue five for ba- they be- stay area,” were much didn’t Machicek, sci- Free- employee said consistency what loyal haven’t Machicek even computer scanner manu- translates If two we’re communi- opportu- final Freewheel- attend- Work 17. offering through- O’DonnellUniversity to release records to regentsAfter several months of dispute, the Univer- sity agreed this week to release confidential records from October 2012 to February 2013 to UT System Board of Regents member Wal- lace Hall Jr. According to System spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, the documents arrived at the System’s downtown office on Wednesday morning. LaCoste-Caputo said the documents would likely be returned later that day, after the docu- ments were copied by Sys- tem employees. Hall was also on site to begin his review of the documents. Kevin Hegarty, the University’s vice president and chief financial officer, is in charge of open re- cords requests. According to the Austin-American Statesman, Hegarty ini- tially was hesitant to give access to confidential re- cords to Hall – but sys- tem lawyers advised with the exception of Social Security numbers, per- sonal health information and information about students, Hall is entitled to see the information he requested. Hall, who had already been granted access to roughly 40 boxes of ma- terials, requested the files earlier this year as part of a larger conflict between the University and the board. Hall was also one of the four re- gents who voted for an external review of the relationship between the UT School of Law and the Law School Foundation because he alleged there were doc- uments that were not made available for the original investigation conducted by System council Barry Burgdorf. In April, The Texas Tribune obtained docu- ments revealing Hall had failed to disclose his involvement in at least six state and federal law- suits on his original ap- plication for the regent position. In the same week, board chairman Gene Powell asked the Texas Attorney General if the System is allowed to withhold information from legislators. Powell’s request was prompted by state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Lar- edo, who made a wide- ranging request as a private citizen under the Texas Public Informa- tion Act. Powell’s letter sparked sharp criticism from lawmakers and the board voted unanimous- ly to release all docu- ments requested at their most recent meeting. —Jordan RudnerBILLcontinues BRIEFLYcheck .The Daily TexanAFTER READING YOUR COPY SPTSSPLASH BASH STUDY BREAK 5/7 www.utrecsports.orgRELAXATIONSTARTS HERE ® MADE IN AMERICA WITH LOVE ™ | WWW.ALEXANDANI.COMCOLLEGIATE COLLECTIONLoyalty • Enthusiasm • PrideUNIVERSITY OF TEXASChristian Corona, Sports Editor Sports6Thursday, May 2, 2013Rick Barnes has made a habit of losing players before they graduate. It’s a habit that, with a change to his recruit- ing philosophy, he’s hoping to break. Sophomore point guard Myck Kabongo declaring for the NBA draft was not surprising. Fellow sopho- mores Sheldon McClellan and Jaylen Bond electing to transfer was. But Barnes is counting on guys like Demarcus Holland, Connor Lammert and Ioan- nis Papapetro — all fresh- men last season — to not pursue a professional career before their senior years and help the Longhorns make a deep NCAA tournament run soon. For the first time dur- ing Barnes’ 15-year tenure at Texas, he didn’t take the Longhorns to the Big Dance. With Kabongo suspended for 23 games, Texas couldn’t pro- duce a NCAA tournament- worthy resume. Instead, the Longhorns finished this year at 16-18 following a CBI first- round loss to Houston. “Making the change is painful, but the result of the change is going to be stabil- ity,” men’s athletics director DeLoss Dodds told The Daily Texan in February. “The one- and-done, if you have a cou- ple on your squad, that’s fine. But I think to build a squad around that is not good. You’ve got to get kids that want to be at Texas. You’ve got to kids that want a degree, kids that want to get better every year.” Like Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph, Jordan Ham- ilton and Avery Bradley, Kabongo was a five-star prospect coming out of high school, according to rivals. com, before leaving Texas early. Kentucky, with An- thony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the top two picks in last year’s NBA draft, won a national title before losing all five starters and fall- ing to Robert Morris in the Rick Barnes is changing strategies. After watching nine players leave the pro- gram for the NBA before becoming upperclassman, Barnes has decided to go with a different recruiting strategy. The question about this philosophy change is not if it will work, but if it will work in time. Last season was not a good one for Texas. It missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since Barnes took over and was bounced from the first round on the Col- lege Basketball Invitational by Houston. Not the national tournament — the CBI. This was due, in part, to a lack of upperclassman, which will be a problem again next season with three players hav- ing transferred so far this off- season. In light of this, Barnes has elected to take players who are more likely to stay for three or four years and develop some cohesiveness in his program. Bill Self has established tyrannical control over the Big 12 at Kansas. The Jay- hawks won the Big 12 con- ference 12 times and nine in Lefty Toller Boardman transferring from UTSophomore Toller Board- man announced Tuesday that he has left the team and plans to transfer from Tex- as. Boardman announced through Twitter of his status with the Longhorns. “Thank you everyone at Texas. I’ll cherish my two years here forever,” Board- man tweeted. “Best of luck to all my teammates.” A Texas spokesman con- firmed Boardman’s status with the team on Wednes- day. This season, Boardman has compiled an 0-1 record and 9.95 ERA. Across 6.1 innings of work this sea- son, Boardman surrendered 10 runs off 12 hits while fanning five. —Sara Beth PurdyLonghorn golfers recognized by Big 12Freshman Brandon Stone was named Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Year and Texas head coach John Fields was named Big 12 Coach of the Year Wednes- day. Stone, along with se- nior Cody Gribble and sophomore Kramer Hickok were named to the All-Big 12 team. The Longhorns captured the team Big 12 Champi- onship with a four stroke victory over second place Oklahoma State. Stone, who is the second-straight Longhorn to be named both Player and Newcomer, cap- tured the individual cham- pionship in last week’s Big 12 Championship. The defending National Champions will attempt to repeat their title with a run at the NCAA Regional Championships May 16-18. —Sara Beth PurdySPORTS BRIEFLYSIDELINEROCKETSTHUNDER NBA PLAYOFFS“ It’s amazing how many things I can find to do when I need to be studying..” Josh Cochran@joshcochran78TOP TWEETASTROSYANKEES MLBWHITE SOXRANGERS CELTICSKNICKS MEN’S BASKETBALLBarnes alters approachRecruiting goals change with recent departuresHorns to shift from one-and-doneCHANGE continues on page 7BARNES continues on page 7BASEBALLWeiss wants trophy, considers returningLawrence Peart | Daily Texan file photoTexas head coach Rick Barnes is trying to change the culture of the Longhorns basketball program, recruiting more players that will play through their senior years, relying less on players that will leave early like Myck Kabongo or transfer like Sheldon McClellan. Shelby Tauber | Daily Texan file photoJunior Erich Weiss contemplates the disappointments of the past two seasons as he considers returning for senior year. A baseball crashed into Erich Weiss’s face two weeks ago, fracturing his nose and leaving a cut running down to his right cheek. In an un- fortunate way, it’s perfectly symbolic of Weiss’ last two seasons and of his career: an- other bad break. “It’s tough to accept,” Weiss said. “The season’s not over yet, we can still make a run for it, but we’ve gone through a lot so far.” This much is clear: Weiss’ first appearance as a Long- horn, two seasons ago, was no fluke. For his first career hit, he tripled into right field. He finished the weekend hitting .818. That year, the Longhorns went to Omaha, and Weiss was the star at the plate. He did it again, in 2012, hitting .350. He’s do- ing it again this time around, second on the team in hitting (.309) as a junior. The mood the past two seasons, however, is differ- ent. At 23-20, the Longhorns are not a good baseball team, despite a very good pitching staff and the efforts of Weiss and Mark Payton (.379). They weren’t good last season, either, miss- ing the NCAA postsea- son for the first time since 1998. If the season were to end today, the Longhorns wouldn’t even make the conference tournament. What looked inevitable two summers ago after the Longhorns lost their first two games in the College World Series has not happened. “When we left Omaha, we said, ‘We’ll be back,’” Weiss said. “We all assumed we’d be back there. I kind of felt it’d be like that the rest of my time here.” The loss to North Carolina — the one that sent them packing from Omaha — was made easier to stomach be- cause the Longhorns were young and just scraping their potential. They’d get back, they’d be better, maybe they’d dogpile. The absence of Tay- lor Jungmann and Brandon Loy would hurt, but not that much — more talent, like Parker French and Dillon Pe- ters and C.J. 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The national champi- onship team two years ago had a senior guard that av- eraged significant minutes and several sophomores and juniors that had Final Four experience on the team. Without that kind of seasoning on the team, Kentucky floundered on the bubble almost all sea- son before being upset in the first round of the NIT by Robert Morris out of the Northeast Conference. Switching recruiting styles to the more consis- tent system cannot be a bad thing. The consistency it will bring will start to come with wins at some point. But will it be soon enough for Barnes to take advantage of it? He cannot afford to have another season similar to this past one. Texas has to be relevant in the Big 12 and has to be in contention for an NCAA tournament spot if he wants to avoid the hot seat. This new system is not a quick fix. It will take time to get the kind of players that the roster will need and for them to develop into the kind of players that can start on a champion- ship team. Time is not a luxury Barnes and Texas have right now. first round of the NIT this past season. “You can be really suc- cessful like Kentucky was,” Dodds said. “They had five freshmen. That worked for them … But if I were doing that, I wouldn’t feel good about that. I wouldn’t feel good for the university. I wouldn’t feel good for the kids. I wouldn’t feel good for the fans that just barely get to know them before they’re gone.” Texas signed Demarcus Croaker, Kendal Yancy and Isaiah Taylor, decent guards but not blue-chip prospects, to play next year while miss- ing on in-state five-star pros- pects Julius Randle, Andrew Harrison and Aaron Har- rison. But if Dodds had his way, Barnes would model his program after another perennial contender. “I like the way [Michigan State head coach Tom] Izzo does it,” Dodds said. “He builds the team and they’re there and he gets them tough. You do not want to play Michigan State.” Another change Dodds would like to see is college basketball adopting college baseball’s rule of allowing a player to turn pro right out of high school but, if he de- cides to go to college, man- dating that he stay there for three years. “I like the baseball rule,” Dodds said. “The players as- sociation in the NBA caused the rule to be the way it is now. It’s not the players that want the rule. It’s the agents that want the rule. It’s the agents that tell the players how to do their votes. And the agents want one-and- done. The owners probably prefer the baseball rule but it’s a negotiation between agents and the owners.” Until then, Barnes, with the support of Dodds, will continue recruiting more guys that aren’t done until they’ve been at Texas four years and do his best to limit the early departures, all in an effort to limit the kinds of seasons like the Longhorns had this year. BARNEScontinues from page 6CHANGEcontinues from page 6Sue Ogrocki | Associated PressRockets guard James Harden drives past Thunder forward Kevin Durant, left, and guard Thabo Sefolosha during the first quarter of Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series. of freshmen starters (Weiss, Payton, superstar closer Corey Knebel, pitcher Nathan Thorn- hill and catcher Jacob Felts) would only get better. Instead, the Longhorns are a combined 53-42 the last two seasons. “It is sad,” Weiss said. “It’s difficult because we’ve grown so close over the years at Texas, too, and we all want to win — everybody wants to win. It’s just hard when you don’t.” The Texas players will have you believe there’s a run left in them, that this season shouldn’t be considered dead. “The team we have is re- ally good,” Knebel said weeks ago. “It just hasn’t gone our way sometimes.” With Weiss and Payton the only players hitting above .300, it’d be a miracle if the Long- horns were to win their next two conference series, against Kansas State and TCU, after not having won one all spring. If they get in the Big 12 tourney, they’d likely have to win it all to make an NCAA Regional. “Hopefully we can make a stand,” Weiss said. For Weiss, the last two years have been unlike anything he’s ever experienced. He was a winner right out of the chute in college. At Brenham High School, he said the varsity won 18 straight games while he was a junior and won the State Championship his senior year. “I had gotten used to win- ning, I had never been on a team that lost a lot,” Weiss said. “It’ll be okay after we’re gone, in the future.” Ah, the future. In a Decem- ber interview, Weiss intimated to me that this season would be his last in Austin, as he’ll be selected in the earlier rounds of June’s MLB Draft. But Wednes- day, in a brief break before a workout and Texas’ practice at Disch-Falk Field, he didn’t balk at the suggestion he might re- turn for his senior season if this campaign leaves too bitter of a taste. He’s gotten through this one by his love of baseball and of his school — “We still get to play at the University of Texas, and that’s still unbelievable” — and, when asked what will be the biggest takeaway from his time on the 40 Acres, Weiss sounded like a man still with plenty to accomplish and like a man who knew how good he had it. “I wish there was a memory of me holding a trophy up,” he said with a sigh. “But it’s hard to say it’s gonna be that much better after college — you don’t get to stay at the (supposedly- haunted) Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City, you don’t get to eat all this good food.” And with that Erich Weiss stood up, said goodbye and walked back into the clubhouse to get his practice gear, pre- sumably ready to finish what he started. WEISScontinues from page 6By Nick Cremona Daily Texan ColumnistEven in the uniforms that make them look like a Mc- Donald’s All American team, the Rockets managed to shut down Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter and pull off an upset in Oklahoma City. Derek Fisher always seems to find a way to nag Houston in the playoffs, but neither he nor Durant, who dropped a game- high 36 points, could keep up as the Rockets won, 107-100, to force a Game 6 in Houston. James Harden put up a halftime promotion’s worth of halfcourt shots while Omer Asik was sent to the line on six straight possessions with five minutes left in the game. Harden also scored 31 points on 16 shots. Someone in the Thunder home crowd could have used a new car or a year’s worth of pizza after Harden hit his first seven three point at- tempts and silenced them early in the game. Harden’s resurgence is key to the Rocket’s success. With Jeremy Lin still sidelined, Hard- en has to open up the floor for Houston’s other guards as well. This time around, the shots were falling. Francisco Garcia made 5-of-12 three pointers and Patrick Beverley added a bevy of shots beyond the arc. But Houston has lived by the three all year, ranking in the top 10 in three point field goal percentage during the regular season. New York showed in its Game 5 at home against Bos- ton that dying by the three is just as easy. The Rockets have a chance to extend their postseason past the first round for the first time in four sea- sons. A young, scrappy team showed up to Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City and smacked the Thunder. James Harden made a statement, and the fans in Houston will be happy to welcome him home. used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, and Deloitte Tax LLP, which are separate subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP. 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In effect, whenever you travel at any speed relative to the earth, you age slower than the world around you, though this is completely impercepti- ble when driving a car or trav- eling in an airplane. Even the fastest object created by man, the Helios 2 Solar Probe, which orbits the sun at more than 150,000 mph, only expe- riences a loss of about a sec- ond over the course of a year, relative to us here on Earth. In order to feel just a one per- cent decrease in time, you’d need to floor the accelerator until you reached a speed 500 times faster than that. The technology’s not near- ly there yet, but in theory, if you can get your spaceship moving fast enough, you can travel to any point in the fu- ture that you’d like. Want to see the world in 500 years? Spend a day traveling nearly 100 times the speed of light and you can. There’s no guar- antee of a return ticket, but maybe they’ll have back- wards time travel figured out by then. Of course, in order to reach that speed, you’ll need to deal with acceleration. And unless you want to en- dure a substantial increase in G-forces over a prolonged period of time, even just reaching such a spectacular speed would take close to a year. Slowing back down would take just as long and that’s to say nothing about the massive amount of ener- gy required for the process. So as of right now, de- pending on how you look at it, literal time travel is either completely impos- sible or extremely unlikely, especially over the course of our lifetimes. But look at it this way: In 1860, it took California more than a week to learn the results of the presidential election — and this was considered remark- ably fast at the time. Today, if someone you barely re- member from high school cooks a meal, a picture of it arrives instantly on your cell phone no matter where you are. Put away the tweed jacket and bow tie: We don’t need to travel to the future; we’re already there. Life & Arts8Thursday, May 2, 2013in Fredericksburg, Mooring spoke of the town as if he had lived there his entire life. Over the years, he has become just as much a fixture in the town as his store, which is filled to the brim with decorations for every holiday imaginable. Mooring’s store is located on Main Street, which is a segment of Highway 290 that slows down as it weaves through Fredericksburg. Main Street serves as the primary stretch for shopping and dining in the city, but Mooring’s homemade list of Fredericksburg attrac- tions extends much further. If you plan on making the hour-and-a-half-long-trip to Fredericksburg this summer, the month of June is when you will find the doors to most of the roadside peach stands open. Also consider stopping by The Christmas Store and ask to talk to John about the town’s nightlife for a thorough dissertation on local attractions. Arrive early enough in the day, before the stores begin closing around 5 p.m., and you have the chance to wan- der in and out of the stores and boutiques along Main Street. The music of Patsy Cline can be heard drifting through the speakers of The General Store, where you can buy everything from mango salsa to slingshots. For dinner or a late lunch, stop by Der Lindenbaum, which is lo- cated in a historic building on Main Street. The restaurant serves authentic German cui- sine, ranging from schnitzel to bratwurst. For those of legal age, Fred- ericksburg has even more to offer. Behind Napa Valley in California, the Texas Hill Country is the highest wine- producing region in the coun- try. Mooring’s tailored list of personal favorites includes Housewine, a retail store and wine bar combination. The live music scene in Fredericksburg is also some- thing to admire, at least ac- cording to Mooring. For a “rowdier” experience, he recommends Buc O’ Brian’s. About 10 miles west of town is the Hill Top Cafe, which is owned by Asleep At The Wheel band member Johnny Nicholas and his wife Brenda. Mooring said that some lucky guests get to enjoy entertain- ment by Nicholas himself. For the true, down-home Texas experience, drive the dark road south to Luckenbach, which has more buildings in its vicinity than residents. The 15-minute drive from Fredericksburg to Luck- enbach feels like sneaking off to a secret tree fort you and your friends built in the woods. There are no street- lights, and the only indica- tion that you have arrived at the tiny Texas town is a flashing arrow on the side of the country road. Inside the dance hall that Saturday night was blues musician Marcia Ball, along with about 50 guests, some of whom brought their dancing shoes with them. The atmosphere inside the hall, which is otherwise com- pletely surrounded by dark- ness, is something similar to the intimate living room feel- ing that usually accompanies family gatherings. As the say- ing goes, everybody is some- body in Luckenbach, and it also feels safe to say that every- one is familiar in Luckenbach. Even though the peaches will not be ripe for another month or two, Fredricksburg still has more than enough to fill up a weekend trip. acres of natural bird watch- ing sites, complete with boardwalks, hiking trails and observatories. “We have enhanced and preserved many of our natu- ral areas with regard to bird watching,” Vaughan said. “City leaders have been in- strumental in preserving natural areas for people to enjoy.” The Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center is just one of the several nature pre- serves on the island. A nearly mile-long boardwalk allows tourists to view birds from an up close proximity. Not only are visitors able to ob- serve birds in their natural habitats, but there can also be sightings of the center’s resident American alligators. San Jose Island Boasting 21 miles of pris- tine Texas coastline, San Jose Island is just a short ferry ride away from Port Aransas. The beaches of this uninhab- ited island are open to visi- tors, but closed to vehicles, which allows for a largely untainted environment per- fect for swimming, surfing and camping. Located in an area known as the “Fishing Capital of Texas,” some of the best fishing around takes place from the rocky edges of the North Jetty, where an- glers can find speckled trout, redfish, flounder and more all up for grabs. Mustang Island State Park Mustang Island State Park allows visitors vast opportuni- ties for bay fishing, kayaking, birding, golfing, hiking, camp- ing and more. The state park encompasses a whole barrier island ecosystem, containing dunes, coastal grasslands and marshes, which allows ample chances to see wildlife and en- joy impressive vantage points to bird-watch. The park is also a popular place to camp, with electrical hookups available and onshore tent camping is permitted. UT Marine Science Institute Situated on a 3.5-acre salt marsh surrounded by dunes, the Wetlands Educa- tion Center at The Univer- sity of Texas Marine Science Institute serves as an educa- tional resource for visitors. While UT scientists and students research marine life on the grounds, visi- tors can explore the marsh area and learn about local plant and animal species. The public is invited to par- ticipate in seasonal walking tours to learn about the im- portance of the preserva- tion of wetlands. Lost Maples when the park is at capacity. Smith first discovered the park on a trip organized by UT RecSports. Each fall, the RecS- ports Adventure Trips program braves the swarms of tourists and treks to Lost Maples to see the trees. These trips offer stu- dents an affordable opportu- nity to explore Texas. Because of Austin’s prox- imity to parks like Lost Ma- ples, these excursions stay in- expensive. Next fall, RecSports plans to offer Guide School Outdoor Leadership and Train- ing Program for students hop- ing to become trip guides. “Well, honestly, our geogra- phy has everything to do with the trips we offer,” Chris Bur- nett, senior assistant director of RecSports outdoor recreation and community outreach, said. “Travel expenses are the most expensive cost for a trip, so the majority of our day and weekend trips are between one to five hour drive, with some of our extended trips in Big Bend and Grand Canyon taking one to two days to drive.” While Lost Maples may be too far for an overnight getaway, it provides enough trails and sights for a weekend in the country. Whether trav- eling with the RecSports Pro- gram or venturing out alone, the park’s proximity to Hill Country havens allows visitors to make the most of a long trip. FUTUREcontinues from page 10BEACHcontinues from page 10PARKcontinues from page 10TOWNcontinues from page 10Illustration by Ploy Buraparate | Daily Texan Staff WINES · SPIRITS · FINER FOODS(512) 366-8260 · specsonline.comCHEERS TO SAVINGS!® EVERYTHING BUT THEMariachi. 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Wait until around 6:30 p.m. and you can find John Moor- ing closing his store and get- ting ready for another night out in the town that stole him away from sunny Los Angeles. Mooring, co-owner of The Christmas Store, moved to Fredricksburg from Los An- geles years ago and has no intention of returning. Fresh summertime peaches and the friendly charm of a small town in the Texas Hill Coun- try have won him over. “I love being in the city,” Mooring said. “But the city comes to us here.” Although he was not born Red and orange leaves set the normal vegetation ablaze. The vibrant hues of the maples cannot be seen anywhere in the southern United States but here. These “lost maples” at- tract nature enthusiasts from around the world to hike the trails crisscrossing the Texas Hill Country. Lost Maples State Natural Area is home to rare maple trees usually only found in the northern United States and Canada. “The park is gorgeous,” UT biology alumnus Lane Smith said. “Definitely one of the prettiest in this area of Texas. We went in October, right as the maple leaves were start- ing to change their colors to brilliant hues of orange and red. We took trails on the pe- rimeter of the park, but some of the best trails are right at the beginning.” These serene 2,174.2 acres offer an escape from city life. Visitors can expect to see some distinct Texas wildlife like the species of endangered birds, the golden-cheek war- bler and the black-capped vireo, who call the park home. Fishing is allowed in the nu- merous ponds, and primitive camping sites can be found throughout the park. Though the park is three hours from the Austin, trav- elers can stop in distinctly Texas towns like Fredericks- burg and Bandera along the way. Lost Maples is also only 30 minutes from Garner State Park and the Frio River. Gar- ner draws on the best of Texas culture and history with Sat- urday night summer dances to the tubing the Frio River. “Lost Maples is a great showcase of Texas geography and flora,” Smith said. “As far as culture, the trip to Lost Maples is full of it.” Walking into the visi- tor center at Lost Maples, a single room filled with hiking memorabilia, the small-town feel is over- whelming. The rangers make small talk about the local rodeo, and visitors ask ques- tions about the best swim- ming holes. During the slow- er parts of the year, the trails are largely unoccupied, and the park offers a serene retreat for locals. But come October, the maples begin to change. Jennifer Manis, Lost Maples assistant office manager, said in the fall visitors must book a year in advance, a month in advance during spring and only a week in advance dur- ing the off-season. According to Manis, at the end of Octo- ber and beginning of Novem- ber, nearly 1,500 guests visit the park daily, but UT RecS- ports Adventure Trips offer students the chance to visit Soft sand and warm gulf water draws countless tour- ists to Port Aransas every summer. Conservation ef- forts made by the city allow visitors to enjoy clean, well- maintained beaches that are teeming with coastal wildlife. “As far as accessibility and quality of water and sand go, Port Aransas is the greatest beach in Texas,” said Ann Bracher Vaughan, president and CEO of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce. With a variety of possibil- ities for how to spend your lazy days in the sun, the island offers an environ- ment that emphasizes pre- serving the area’s natural habitats and native species. “Nature tourism is defi- nitely a big draw for us,” said Sheri Henneberger, communications manager for the Port Aransas Cham- ber of Commerce. “We’re a fun family beach town, and we strive to protect the en- vironment we enjoy as well.” Port Aransas’ conserva- tion efforts allows abun- dant opportunities to ob- serve diverse wildlife, hike in state parks, or simply spend some time sunbath- ing on miles of pristine coastland. Here are a few spots worth checking out when you’re looking to take some time off. Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center Birding aficionados come to the island from all over the world to see a variety of Coastal Bend nesting spe- cies including the roseate spoonbills, reddish egrets, least grebes, black-bellied whistling ducks and many others. Situated in the Cen- tral Flyway, Port Aransas is a base for hundreds of na- tive and migrating species. There are more than 1,500 The International Journal of Modern Physics published a strange paper in 2008. In it, the authors proposed that the reason the Higgs Boson, sometimes called the “God Particle,” remained so elu- sive was that influences from the future had sabotaged its discovery. Though there are simpler explanations for why a project as complicated as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) encountered problems, the pa- per proposed an elegant solu- tion to test its bizarre claims: Take a deck of cards and shuffle them several times. Before distributing the cards, propose that if a sufficiently unlikely event occurs, such as dealing four hands of all royal flushes, you will shut down the LHC. If influences from the future are preventing the LHC from functioning correctly, then you will deal those hands, no matter how unlikely. Now, several years down the line, with the Higgs Boson detected, the paper sounds even sillier than it did upon publication, but it does bring up an interesting ques- tion: Will scientists one day create a DeLorean, TARDIS or hot tub capable of taking its occupants back in time? Though one can’t rule any- thing out, the answer is that they probably won’t. One would expect that, if they could, the world would be inundated with visitors from the future, though maybe they’re just very quiet or unin- terested in the time we live in. Additionally, laws of causal- ity (i.e., events from the past can influence the future and never the other way around) suggest major paradoxes for those who choose to go back in time and, for instance, inadvertently impregnate a woman with the future leader of the human resistance. All of that applies, however, to traveling backward in time. Traveling forward in time is paradox-free and definitely possible, albeit trivially so: Time clicks forward, whether we want it to or not — slowly during this last week of lectures and mercilessly fast during the few months of summer. This is all perception, however. No matter how much fun or boredom we fill our lives with, we won’t get to see much more than 80 or so years of what our planet has to offer. Barring some major medi- cal breakthrough, it’s unlikely many people reading this will live to see the year 2100. That is, unless some of them gain access to a vehicle that travels at close to the speed of light. By Hannah Smothers SCIENCESCENEBy Robert StarrTime travel technology remains in the futureBy Stephanie RobalinoBy Olivia ArenaZachary Strain | Daily Texan StaffCouples dance to live music performed by blues musician Marcia Ball at the Luckenbach Dance Hall on Saturday. The dance hall, located about 15 minutes west of Fredericksburg, hosts live music and weekly dances. Photo courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentLost Maples State Park offers escape in the Texas Hill Country. Port town offers array of sightsVisitors find Lost Maples to be good destination PARK continues on page 8TOWN continues on page 8FUTURE continues on page 8BEACH continues on page 8German town is far from the wurstToday’s Life & Arts section provides a smattering of options for a weekend adventure away from Austin. In these stories, we explore places and spaces to take a deep breath away from the grime of the city and recover after finals. Illustration by Ploy Buraparate | Daily Texan StaffIllustration by Aaron Rodriguez | Daily Texan Staff Do you have a passport to the future? Liar. Learn about time travel at bit.ly/dtvid