A CLINICAL LOOK UT Law's Supreme Court Clinic works for recognition » UNIVERSITY PAGE 6A HORSING AROUND Band of Horses played new songs to a sold-out crowd at La Zona Rosa Sunday JUSTIN MASON JUST IN TIME Longhorn guard started playing young, brings solid game to the court » LIFE&ARTS PAGE 68 » SPORTS PAGE IB „ „ 7c V I SÍJ '.an** 6 & 0 Í - - í i Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Serving The University o f Texas at Austin co m m u n ity since 1900 T e x a n w w w .dailytexanonline.com SG candidacy filing closes today Ten positions remain empty; most to run on Empower ticket By J.D. Haney Daily Texan Staff Stu d en ts h op in g to file for the upcom ing Student G overn­ ment election must do so by 4 p.m. today. According to the SG office, 37 students filed for 47 positions, with a majority of these belong­ ing to the Empower ticket. E n g lish s o p h o m o re Sarah Stearns, who is running for lib­ eral arts representative as an in­ dependent candidate, said that it is more difficult for candidates who are not affiliated with any party to participate in SG. While the parties do not actively seek to prevent independent candidates from filing in any way, Stearns said, it is much more difficult w ithout the organization and support of a large party. Running under a large ticket such as Empower has its advan­ tages, said Plan II senior Keshav Rajagopalan. "We are able to work as a team and pool our resources," Rajago­ palan said. "We can also reach out to the students more effec­ tively since we have members in most of the schools." While a majority of candidates run on the Empower ticket, all members are not united by com­ mon ideology but by a common interest in effecting change at the University, Rajagopalan said. In order to file, students must w rite a sta te m e n t a n n o u n c­ ing their intention to run for of­ fice and provide a signed state­ ment that allows the Election Su­ pervisory Board to verify filing requirements. The board limits students to run for one office per election. Students must also pay a filing fee of $20 to cover the adminis­ trative costs of the election and a refundable deposit of $20, pro­ vided that the candidate is not fined during the election period. Any registered UT student with 12 hours in residence and no scho­ lastic or disciplinary probation re­ cord is eligible to run for most of the positions, according to the SG office. In order to run for presi­ dent or vice president, though, a student must also have a m ini­ mum 2.5 GPA. All interested students can vis­ it the SG office in the Student Services Building for the neces­ sary paperwork. The SG Web site lists all candi­ dates running fo r the elections and their party affiliation or indepen­ dent status at w w w .utexas.edu/ studentgov/elections.php. Above: Seong-Ji Kim touches a rattlesnake at the Capitol Monday afternoon. Left: A rattlesnake gets defensive during an exhibition by the Sweetwater Jaycees. • Watch video of the snakes at the Capitol. Rattlers IN THE ROTUNDA Sweetwater gets ready fo r its 50th annual Rattlesnake Roundup this March By Sarah Wilson Daily Texan Staff Visitors' and workers' eyes were fixated on the rattling reptiles that slithered around the C apitol's rotunda Monday, but spectators kept their distance from the v enom ou s creatures. The Sweetwater Jaycees, a com­ munity group in Sweetwater, Tex­ as, brought seven western dia- mondback rattlesnakes for three days of snake-handling demon­ strations one month before their annual Rattlesnake Roundup. The 50th roundup will start in Sweet­ water, which is about 200 miles west of Fort Worth, on March 6. Jody Gray, vice president of the Jaycees, said the group is special­ ly trained to handle and research the snakes and has been giving dem onstra­ tions at the Capitol for more than 30 years to educate Texas children. Unlike other groups of snake handlers who put snakes in their mouths and intentionally provoke them, Jaycees do not engage in unsafe relationships with the reptiles. "This is not a show, and we don't do anything unnatural with PROJECT continues on page 2A Chancellor Yudof urges discussion, ties with Israel By Amy Bingham Daily Texan Staff Pausing from his duties as the UT System's top official, Chan­ cellor Mark Yudof managed a much sm aller audience Mon­ day night, sharing stories of his experiences on a recent trip to Israel. His trip entailed encouraging universities to strengthen ties with the country through edu­ cational relationships. Yudof visited Israel last July with a group of 10 other univer­ sity presidents and chancellors as a part of the University Presi­ dents Seminar, organized by the American Jewish Comm ittee's Project Interchange. He spoke at the Texas Hillel Topfer Center for Jewish Life to about 15 com­ munity members on Monday. Yudof said the idea of this program was to sensitize Amer­ ican university leaders who had never been to Israel to issues in­ volving the two nations. During its trip, the group visited prom­ inent universities, met with Pal­ estinian, Bedouin and Israe­ li leaders and visited historical sites throughout the country. "I think it blew them away that Israel was a very safe and stable country. They were sur­ prised that we were not su r­ rounded by soldiers everywhere we went," Yudof said. A longtime supporter of Is­ rael, Yudof stressed the impor­ tance of m aintaining strong acad em ic relations with the country. "A cadem ics can keep a dia­ logue going even when govern­ ments can't get along," he said. In light of this trip, Yudof said he hopes students will have m ore opportunities to study abroad in Israel. "Study abroad is extremely im­ portant. It doesn't matter where students study. It is important for them to learn that everyone doesn't look like you do, doesn't think like you and doesn't act like you do," Yudof said. UT alumna Longoria joins Board of Regents Appointee replaces Estrada three years after his term ended board of directors of Centerpoint Energy Inc. since 2005. Center­ point gives $10,000 every year to Texans for Perry. In 2006 and 2007, Longoria donated money to the same group, according to the Texas Ethics Commission. By Maya Srikrishnan Daily Texan Staff Governor Rick Terry appointed Houston attorney Janiece Longoria to the UT System Board of Regents on Friday, to replace former Regent Robert Estrada, who served three extra years on his term. Estrada had served on the board since November 2001. His term ex­ pired in 2005, but he remained on the board because Perry did not name a replacement. Longoria's term ends in 2011, as if she had been appointed when Estrada's term expired. Longoria received her bachelor's and law degrees from UT-Aus- tin. She is a partner at the private Houston law firm Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P. Prior to entering priv ate practice, she served as a municipal )udge and an assistant district attorney in the Houston area, according to the board's Web site. Longoria has served on the "Governor Perry's appointm ent of Janiece Longoria to the UT System Board of Regents is great news for all of us in the UT System family." H. Scott Caven, board chairm an "Governor Perry's appointment of Janiece Longoria to the UT Sys­ tem Board of Regents is great news for all of us in the UT System fami­ ly," said H. Scott Caven, the board's chairman. "Ms. Longoria's vast ex­ perience on numerous civic boards and charitable organizations will serve us well, and I, along with rest of the board, look forward to LONGORIA continues on page 2A UT Chancellor Mark Yudof speaks about his recent trip to Israel at Texas Hillel on Monday night. John Gilchrist | Daily Texan Staff Israel is on the U.S. Depart­ ment of Homeland Security's travel warning list of unstable regions due to the Israeli-Pal- estinian conflict. Many Ameri­ can universities are thus appre­ hensive toward approving trips, Yudof said. Students also stressed the im­ portance of building strong aca­ demic ties to Israel. "Israel has an incredibly high concentration of those in higher education and produces much research, literature and technol­ ogy that benefits us as students directly," said Dexter Weiss, po­ litical chairman of Texans for Is­ rael, a student organization that provides a venue for students who want to expand their un­ derstanding of Israel. Texans for Israel said they thought the ch an cellor's trip was very important for UT. "It is important for leaders, TRIP continues on page 2A Index Volume 108. Number 86 25 cents World & Nation 3A O p in io n ...................... 4A University.......................5-6A Sports __ ,_______ 1-2B Classifieds.................. — ... 3B Co m ics......................... 4B Life&Arts. ............5-6B TOMORROW'S WEATHER He has hair like Lyle Lovett. H ig h 64 L o w 39 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,2008 T h e D a i l y T e x a n PROJECT: Milked venom donated to cancer studies TODAY'S WEATHER High 76 Low 38 Did we just get psyched out of budget? 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Royal, who thought that the color would help his players conceal the football when they ran the triple option. • When the University of Texas opened in 1883, its fac­ ulty consisted of eight pro­ fessors, four assistants and a proctor. Sources: Rhonda Weldon, UT cam­ pus and employee sendees spokes­ woman Today, UT has 2,766 facul­ ty members, 10315 instructors and 9,368 student employees. Robin Gerrcrw, vice president o f public affairs, received information • Singer Jams Joplin attend- from Jim Nicar, history and tradi- in an e-mail. ed UT and went on to become tions coordinator fo r Texas Exes, a musical icon of the 1960s. • UT's Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Muse­ um was the first presidential library built on a college cam­ pus. It was built in 1971. Betty Sue Flcnvers, director o f the LBJ Library and Museum http://www.utexas.edu/ visualguidelines/vg_colors. html From pagel A the snakes," he said. "This is a safety demonstration." Riley Saw yers, president of the Sw eetw ater chapter of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, o ffered to w rap the sn a k e s around ch ild re n 's necks and shoulders for photo opportuni­ ties, but only a few accepted. Gray said a group of ranch­ ers began the project in 1958 to m anage the rattlesnake ov er­ population that threatened their livestock. Fifty years later, locals still have to control rattlesnake presence in the area. T h e Ja y c e e s ca tch s e v e r ­ al thousand pounds of rattle­ snakes every M arch, identify their genders, milk them, col­ lect venom and give it to Tex­ as universities for cancer and A lzh eim er's disease research. All the biological data collect­ ed during the process is giv­ en to Texas Parks and Wildlife, Gray said. The snakes are then slaugh­ tered, and the skin, head, rat­ tler and m eat are sold w orld ­ wide, he said. The profits go to local schools and organizations like the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, the Special O lym pics and the area children's advoca­ cy center, according to the Rat­ tlesnake Roundup Web site. The Texas House recognized th e Ja y c e e s fo r th e ir w o rk Kim Espinosa | Daily Texan Staff Gene Bartlett o f the Sweetwater Jaycees dem onstrates the danger of a rattlesnake's fan gs to onlookers at the Capitol Rotunda M o n d a y afternoon. Rattlesnakes do not respond to sound but to m ovem ent only. w ith in the S w eetw ater com m u ­ nity last year. The roundup festival, parade, Miss Snake Charmer pageant and rattlesnake meat cook-off draws a crow d of about 45,000 people to Sweetwater, Gray said. Sweetwater Jaycee snake safety expert David Sager gives 30- to 45- m inute dem onstrations through­ out the year and during the round­ up, and said the first thing he telLs people is to stop and stand still if they encounter a rattlesnake. Gray said human fear of snakes is natural, but people should learn to m anage that fear to get out of the situ a tio n safely. Sager said people will be safe as long as they do not m ake any sudden m ove­ ments, and a snake will not strike unless it is threatened or about to kill its prey. A lthough the ro u n d u p o cca ­ sionally draws controversy, Gray said data collected over the years shows Sweetwater rattlesnakes are the some of the healthiest in the re­ gion because of the yearly round­ up and slaughter. LONGORIA: Ex-UT law student serves on additional boards From pagel A working with her as we continue to advance higher education ex­ cellence in the state." Additionally, Longoria serves on the boards of directors of the G re a te r H ou ston P a rtn e rsh ip , the G alveston Bay F ou nd atio n and the H e rita g e Society. She also served as a m em ber of the board of tru stees o f the H ou s­ ton Sym ph ony, H ou ston S y m ­ p h o n y E n d o w m e n t, C u ltu ra l A rts C o u n cil o f H ou ston H ar­ ris C o u n ty and the P resid en t's A d v isory C ou ncil of St. T h o m ­ as University. "S h e 's an ou tstand ing can d i­ date. She has outstanding com ­ m u n ity in v o lv e m e n t and w ill be an excellen t ad d itio n to the board ," said A llison C astle, the governor's spokesw om an. Longoria w ill attend her first Board of R e g en ts m e e tin g on Feb. 6 and 7 at U T -Pan A m eri­ can in Edinburg. Recycle your copy of T h e D a i l y T e x a n TSM BOARD MEETING Friday February 8, 2008 3 :0 0 P . M . Campus Club Room 203 405 W. 25T H STREET AUSTIN, T X 78705 Visitors Welcome We encourage any community m em ber w ho h as any k in d o f tem p orary or p erm an en t disability to contact Texas S tu d en t M ed ia b e fo r e h a n d so th at a p p ro p riate accom m od ation s can be made. 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Then they burned and looted the home that serv ed as the only refuge for 130 chil­ dren with troubled pasts. One child heard an attacker men­ tion President Mwai Kibaki, who is accused of stealing this country's Dec. 27 election. The attack on the Sugoi- Munsingen Children's Home and School this weekend is one more example of the tur­ moil that has followed the dis­ puted election. Protests quick­ ly degenerated into clash­ es that killed more than 1,000 people. U.S. military says 9 civilians' deaths in raid were accidental BAGHDAD — The U.S. mil­ itary said Monday it acciden­ tally killed nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq, the deadliest known case of mistaken iden­ tity in recent months. In northern Iraq, Turk­ ish warplanes on Monday bombed some 70 Kurdish reb­ el targets, the Turkish military said. It was the fifth aerial at­ tack against Kurdish rebel bas­ es there in two months. Also Monday, 15 suspected militants were killed in U.S. raids targeting a possible hide­ out for a senior al-Qaida lead­ er in Iraq northeast of Bagh­ dad, the military said. Evans did not say exact­ ly how the civilians died, but said the killings occurred as U.S. forces pursued suspect­ ed al-Qaida in Iraq militants. The incident is under investi­ gation, he said. "We offer our condolenc­ es to the families of those who were killed in this incident, and we mourn the loss of in­ nocent civilian life," Evans said in a statement e-mailed to the AP. Thousands flee Chad's capital as fight continues for third day N'DJAMENA, Chad — Thousands of people fled Chad's capital Monday as gov­ ernment troops and rebels bat­ tled for a third day. Gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the city, a U.N. of­ ficial said. The U.N. Security Council condemned the rebel offensive and authorized France and other nations to send troops to help defend President Idriss Deby's government. Casualties were believed to be high, and the violence threatened peacekeeping and aid operations intended to sta­ bilize a wide swath of Africa that borders the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan. "Fighting and shelling has started again in N'Djamena," said Helene Caux, a spokes­ woman for the U.N. refugee agency. Speaking from Geneva, she said U.N. staff in Chad told her it was impossible to move around the city. Compiled from Associated Press reports T h e D a i l y T e x a n Holocaust float banned from parade By Alan Clendenning The Associated Press RIO DE JA N EIR O , Brazil — A Brazilian carnival group banned from parad ing w ith a dancing Hitler and mannequins represent­ ing Holocaust danced the samba through the streets M onday with men and women in white gowns wearing gags. "You don't build the future by b u ryin g the p a s t," read a b an ­ ner on the float that the Viradou- ro group was forced to alter after a judge sided w ith a Jew ish or­ ganization and ordered it not to use the float designed to remind people of past horrors to prevent them from happening again. Viradouro's new float was de­ signed as a statem ent in favor of freedom of exp ressio n . Its oth­ er floats kept w ith the group's main theme, "It Gives You Goose- b u m p s," w ith h u n d red s samba dancers w earing electric chairs, dressed as cockroaches and skiing down a 130-foot ice-coated slope. Sergio W idder, Latin Am erica representative for the Simon Wie- senthal Center, said the Jewish hu­ man rights group never wanted to censor the parade but wanted to protest "the banalization and trivi- alization of the H olocaust." "N o one w ants or should bury the past," he said. "In fact, if there is one thing that the Jew ish com ­ munity is renowned for, it is its re­ fusal to bury the past." The fren zy o f p a ra d in g that started Sunday night and didn't end until dawn M ond ay also in­ cluded a nearly n u d e Brazilian woman who hopes to set a record for plastic surgeries dancing before thundering drum m ers in a tribute to the first wave o f Japanese immi­ gration to Brazil 100 years ago. The 36-year-old star of the Por­ to da Pedra samba group, Ange­ la Bismarchi, who had her eyelids surgically altered to look Asian, danced with thousands of people decked out as geishas, sushi chefs and sam urai. In the shadow of a golden pagoda float, rotating Hel­ lo K itty dolls opened to expose fur-lined shells with scantily clad women inside. " I t 's b e tte r th an th e S u p e r Bow l," said 33-year-old Elsa Yu of Toronto as she waved a flag from the stands. "T h e Super Bowl be­ longs to A m erica. C arnival b e ­ longs to the world." Above, men work on a float at the Viradouro sam ba school in Rio de Janeiro. Rio's sam ba parade is the h igh ­ light of Carnival, but som e Brazilians are upset a bout Viradouro group's plans to parade with a float show ing a heap of dead bodies, representing the Holocaust. Below, dancers parade carrying Chucky dolls, a homicidal character in a series of movies, to represent the them e "It Gives You G oosebum ps." Ricardo Moraas | Associated Press C o l o m b i a n s p r o t e s t w o r l d w i d e Today in History Dado Galdieri | Associated Press 1631 — The co-founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and his wife, Mary, arrived in Boston from England. 1897 — The Indiana House of Representatives passed a measure redefining the method for deter­ mining the area of a circle, which included altering the value of pi. 1917 — Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians. 1917 — Mexico's constitution was adopted. 1973 — Services were held at Arlington National Cemetary for Army Lt. Col. William B. Nolde, the last official American combat casualty before the Vietnam cease-fire. 1983 — Former Nazi Gestapo of­ ficer Klaus Barbie, expelled from Bolivia, was brought to Lyon, France, to stand trial. He was ul­ timately convicted and sentenced to life in prison. — The Associated Press Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Police say boy killed parents, brothers By Kasey Jones The Associated Press C O C K E Y S V IL L E , M d. — Police say a 15-year-old Boy S co u t ch a rg e d w ith k illin g his p aren ts and tw o y o u n g ­ er brothers shot them as they slept, then returned a day lat­ er after sp en d in g tim e w ith friends to stage the discovery of their deaths. A ju d g e d e n ie d b a il fo r N icholas Brow ning on M o n ­ day, though his attorney cit­ ed his strong academ ic b ack ­ g ro u n d and lack o f a p r i­ or crim in a l record in s e e k ­ ing to have it set at $1 m illion instead. "I don't even think he's even been suspended from school," attorney Steve Silverm an said. "Q uite frankly, it's really quite shocking." Officials believe the teen had shot his father, m other, and b ro th ers w ith one of his fa ­ ther's guns Friday, then tossed the handgun in som e bushes and left. F rie n d s d ro p p e d N ic h o ­ las off on Saturday, authorities said, and soon after, he cam e out of the house to say he had found his father's body on the ground floor. He then called 911. "A caller reported to 911 that a 45-year-old m ale w as lying on the couch with blood com ­ ing out o f his nose. He w as not breathing," charging docu­ ments said. Shortly before 5 p.m., officers found Nicholas' father dead in a ground -floor room and his m other and b roth ers' bod ies in u p stairs b ed ro o m s. T h ey also found the gun. The v ic­ tims were John, 45; Tamara, 44; Gregory, 13, and Benjamin, 11. P olice said N ich o las c o n ­ fessed early Sunday and w as charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder. 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Noted in passing... Happy trails, TSHA After a 110-year tenure in Austin, the Texas State Historical Association is packing its bags and moving from UT to the University of North Texas in Denton. While employees of the association seem positive about the move — president Frank de la Teja told the Austin American-Statesman that "it's the best thing that could have happened to us" — still waters run deep. Over the past few years, the group had become micromanaged by UT. Several years ago, they were moved from offices in the history department to the Center for American History, weaken­ ing important ties with history faculty, and more recently, UT wanted to usurp the association's autonomy by requiring that its employees become employees of the University. According to de la Teja, the University was reticent to compromise. So despite its longstanding history in Austin, the TSHA will have to go Denton and begin work on a new legacy. Majoring in charity Philanthropy has long been an art reserved for image-con­ scious tycoons and ladies-who-lunch. But Stanford University is trying to change that. The university recently established a Center on Philanthropy and Society to put philanthropy in focus for its students. However, programs like Stanford's are slow to revo­ lutionize philanthropy because the field still needs to be clearly defined in a modem context: According to the center's Web site, "the knowledge base about philanthropy's behavior and impact, including its effectiveness, is quite thin." But the discipline is becoming a major arena for power and change, and can only move forward with serious youth interest and dedication. As Princeton professor Stan Katz notes on his Chronicle of Higher Education Web log, "the establishment of the Stanford Center highlights the importance of convincing bright young schol­ ars that the field is one that can sustain first-rate scholarship... Perhaps the momentum is picking up, and a real 'field' of philan­ thropy will finally emerge." Harvard, UCLA, Johns Hopkins and the City University of New York's Graduate Center have similar institutions to Stanford's. Perhaps UT could establish one in lieu of the logistically impossible medical school our top officials con­ tinue to dream about. Sorry, bud, you've had one burger too many A bill recently introduced in Mississippi's state legislature would bar restaurants from serving people determined to be obese. House Bill 282 requires dining establishments to follow guidelines set by the state's health department to determine a prospective customer's obesity, turning away those considered too fat to serve. Considering the Magnolia State's perennial status as "fattest state in the union," the bill seems to come from good intentions but what, if we may wonder, would keep those hordes of hungry people (nearly a third of Miss.'s population) from descending on a supermarket and gorging themselves at home? HE wants to be president; SHE doesn't Hillary Clinton's rise to the top of the presidential hopeful field appears to be a harbinger of a new age of gender-diverse politics. But it seems that women applying to the politico grooming acad­ emy that is law school are not following in her flat-heeled foot­ steps. According to a Kaplan survey of LSAT takers, 52 percent of males say they will either "definitely" or "probably" run for public office eventually, while only 34 percent of female test-tak- ers saw politics in their future. Perhaps this marks a shift in the cultural evolution, or most likely, the women polled had more honest life ambitions in mind. Land reform needed in Zimbabwe By Jordan Frisby Daily Texan Colum nist to force stores Every few w eeks, another bizarre news item pops up about Zim babw e's econom ic collapse. Governm ent price- control units trigger riots when they low er prices. Everyone is a m illion­ aire because bread costs more than a million Zimbabwe dol­ lars. Private economists claim inflation is up to 9,000 per­ cent, while government insists inflation is "o n ly " around 3,700 percent (five percent in this country would be a concern). Such stories would be wryly amusing if it were not for the context of deprivation in which they are occurring. econom ic in Zimbabwe behind this insanity has several causes, but com ­ mentators often blame the gov­ ernm ent's land redistribution program. Beginning in 1999, the government of Zimbabwe began expropriating the coun­ try's white commercial farm­ ers w ithout com pensation. Subsequently, the farm sector collapsed and — voila! — eco­ nomic meltdown. If Zimbabwe were the only example under consideration, it would seem fair to conclude that land reform is a misguided, anti-capital­ ist, anti-democratic, autocratic policy. Despite how tempting it crisis The may be to draw this conclusion, careful inquiry shows that well- managed land reform can lay the groundwork for impressive economic growth and poverty reduction. Land reform essentially con­ sists of taking land from one group, usually landowners, and giving it to another group, usu­ ally peasants. Aisia in the post-war era often credits land reform in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan for laying the groundwork for economic devel­ opment in those countries. In fact, comparative studies show that land reform is only effective when the governments in question do not intervene excessively in the market for agricultural inputs and crop sales. The e co n o m ic crisis in Z im b a b w e has several causes, b u t com m en tators often b lam e the govern m ent's land redistrib ution prog ram . B e g in n in g in 1999, the g o v e rn m e n t b ega n ex propria tin g th e country's w hite com m ercial farm ers w ith o u t representation. It is easy to romanticize land reform with a political narrative of equality or righting past wrongs, but the logic behind letting the people who work the land own it too is a relatively banal phenom­ enon: Peasants in poor countries tend to grow more crops when they own their own land instead of working someone else's or rent­ ing the land. This fact is reflect­ ed in both economic theory and practical experience. For example, thorough land reform in South Korea laid the groundwork for three decades of annual growth in agricultural output. While government seizure of land sounds hostile to the spirit of capitalism, analysis of the phe­ nomenal economic growth in East Zimbabwe in 1999 was not a country prime for land-to-the- tiller land reform. Instead, the targets of expropriation were commercial farms, which were large, modern, mechanized and with experienced farmers. These farms were seized and replaced with small subsistence plots. Instead of giving land to the peasants who already worked it, the new farmers in this case tended not to have experience running their own farms. The new farmers have trouble get­ ting seed, fertilizer and loans, and many were replacing farm­ ers with years of experience squeezing the most crops pos­ sible from the land. It is no surprise then that after land sei­ zures, Zimbabwe's exports of grain and tobacco stopped, and there was a major food shortage that continues today. The major logic behind the expropriations was to shore up support for the government in the coun­ tryside among the rural poor, while sim ultaneously getting rid of the whites, who owned the farms. Political consider­ ations came before economic ones in this case, and the people of Zimbabwe are reaping the consequences. A sensible land reform program in Zimbabwe would have preserved the com­ mercial farms and their high output levels, even if the own­ ers were changed. It also was unethical to seize the farms without compensation. in recent weeks One failed implementation of a policy doesn't mean that the policy is a failure. Days have gone by in which electric power in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, has been on for only four hours a day. News analysis is quick to blame this on land reform. Soon we can expect some other head­ line highlighting another new low of misery coming from the southern African nation. But no matter how much Zimbabwe failed in its implementation of land reform, we must bear in mind that well-executed land reform is key in delivering eco­ nomic growth and reducing rural poverty. Frisby is a Plan II, economics and math junior. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-m ail your Firing Lines firingline@dailytexanonline. to com. Letters m ust be fewer than 300 words and should include your major and classification. The Texan reserves the right to edit all letters for brevity, clarity and liability. BE A C O L UM NI S T for sa m p le The D aily Texan is hirin g co l­ the sprin g sem es­ um nists ter. To apply, please su bm it tw o u n p u b lish e d co lu m n s to editor@dailytexanonline.com. C o lu m n s d e m o n stra te a strong o p in io n and not be a response to som ething published in The Daily Texan. sh o u ld L E G A L E S E O pin ions expressed in The D aily Texan are those o f the editor, the Editorial Board or w riter o f the article. They are n ot necessarily those of the UT adm in istration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student M edia Board of O perating Trustees. All Texan ed ito rials are w ritten by the Editorial Board, w hich is listed in the top right co r­ ner o f this page. AMVBg>DY up b u r 5/X KOMTRS overtime? -UÉ. Freud's take on sexuality m 9 By Nick Staha Daily Texan Colum nist Over the last several weeks, The Daily Texan has published a number of argu­ ments by students, staff and profes­ sors that malign the University and the state of Texas for the "injustice" of the University's failure to provide same-sex couples with the same employment ben­ efits married couples have. Morality has been central to the issue in most arguments, and more than one made an audacious comparison to the civil rights movement. Justification for treating the issue as a moral question has been lost in the fervor. The University's so-called "discrim i­ nation" targets lifestyles, not individu­ als The law applies equally to every­ one. People who identify themselves as homosexual may enter a heterosexual marriage, as has presumably been done in the past and present. One may argue that the law threatens equal opportuni­ ties for pursuing happiness. However, the matter is not simply one of happi­ ness, as there exist many lifestyles that no reasonable and decent society could allow but that make certain individuals happier. The question is where to draw the line. This question is addressed in Sigmund Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents." The issue for is not Freud h o m o sex u a l­ ity in particu­ lar, but rather the appropri­ for role ate sexual activity in a society. --------------------------------- Freud's strongest insight is the hostile relationship between society and sexual activity, and that it is justified, if not necessary, for a society to restrict sexual activity when not serving the valuable function of procreating and binding par­ ents to one another and to a child as a result of the activity. Put simply, sexual activity alienates a person from society. It is the worst kind of narcissism. It often binds two people together against the rest of society, its institutions and even their own families, like in "Romeo and Juliet." Society demands much of one's time and energy, and sexual activity can drive one to indifference about meeting worldly obligations. Freud thinks that repression of sexual instincts enables the work of civilization, and that the demise of repression is a return to the infantil­ ism of bar­ barians. On resolv­ ing the ten- ——-------------------------------- sion between society and sexual desires of the individual, Freud remained expressly silent. In the 1950s, German émigré Herbert Marcuse took up Freud's question and laid part of the intellectual foundation for the "sexual revolution" by arguing that the civili­ zation itself is the problem. Proffering tired Marxist themes, Marcuse found 20th-century civilization to be a source of aggression, domination and destruction. If society were only to lift its repres­ sive laws and taboos, people would lose tensions that cause such unhappiness in their ordinary relations and experi­ ence the joys of polymorphous affection. Sexuality would lose its genital associa­ tion, and people would experience sexu­ ality through body of the whole human organism so that everyday activities, even certain kinds of work, are made erotic. Repression would be unnecessary, yet sublimation would remain. Anxiety and earnestness cast aside, Marcuse unapologetically states that his happi­ ness is an ever-present feeling of the infantile. Marcuse seems to have won the day. Sexuality surges through society. Feelings of polymorphous affection and child­ like indignation are now accepted as an adult mentality. For proof of the matter, consider the naive moralizing so often at play in matters such as same-sex couple employment benefits. Staha is a law student and former chairman of the Senate of College Councils. Sexual activity alienates a person from society. It is the w orst kind o f narcissism . Tuesday, February 5, 2008 U n i v e r s i t y 5A World’s largest supercomputer opens for access ‘Ranger’ to 'push the boundaries’ of space, climate research By Lauren Winchester Daily Texan Staff U T 's supercom puter, Ranger, entered full prod u ction M on­ day, allow ing scientists and re­ searchers to run com putational applications on its system . A com pu ter is cla ssifie d as a su p ercom p u ter b ased on its sheer size and how m any pro­ c e ssin g co res are in the s y s ­ tem. R anger has about 63,000 p r o c e s s in g c o re s an d 4,000 serv ers, said project m an ager Tommy M inyard. H o u se d at the T exas A d ­ van ced C o m p u tin g C e n te r 's bu ild in g at the J.J. Pickle Re­ search C am p u s, Ranger is the largest general purpose system for open research in the world. "This is significant, as it will be the first opportunity for many researchers across the U.S. to ac­ cess a system of this size and ca­ pability," Minyard said. Before its full production sta­ tus, a lim ited num ber of staff and early u se rs could access and run the system . R esearch­ ers who w ant to use the sy s­ tem need to subm it a proposal through the N ational Resource Allocation Committees. The system will run applica­ tions ranging from climate, weath­ er and ocean modeling to compu­ tational chemistry and high-ener­ gy physics, Minyard said. "For m any of these ap p lica­ tions, Ranger will provide ad ­ ditional capability that had not been available previously, allow­ ing scientists to push the bound­ aries of their current research and explore new problem s that were not feasible with older sys­ tems," he said. Astronomy assistant professor Volker Bromm and his research team are among R anger's early users. They are studying the first stars in the galaxy, which formed shortly after the Big Bang. "All we know has to rely on theory and com puter sim u la ­ tions," Bromm said. "We know the law s of nature and the ini­ tial conditions of the universe — how the Big Bang w as set up. The m ost pow erful supercom ­ puter av ailab le will be R an g­ er. It w ill be used to sim ulate how these first stars and galax­ ies formed." R an ger's full production sta­ tus will allow the team to more fully explore the form ation of the first stars, galaxies and black holes, Bromm said. "We need a lot of co m pu ta­ tional pow er to study both the universe on large scales — many millions of light years — and si­ m ultaneously on the very small scales of in d ivid u al stars — a few light m in u te s," he said . "This sim ultaneous treatment of the large and sm all can only be achieved with the most powerful supercomputers available today, such as Ranger." The team will use its com put­ er sim ulations to predict what NASA's Jam es Webb Space Tele­ scope will be able to see in a few years. There will be a formal Rang­ er dedication ceremony Friday, Feb. 22. G e t t i n g o u t t h e v o t e Studio art junior Audrey Campbell and rhetoric and writing sophomore Lane White register to vote outside the Co-op Monday afternoon. Monday was the last day to register to vote in the upcoming primaries. Volunteers from University Democrats and other political organizations set up tables on the Drag from 8 a.m. to midnight where students and other passers-by could quickly register. The Texas pnmaries will be held March 4. Jeffrey McW horter | Daily Texan Staff Board of Regents convenes to act on legal issues, evaluate university fund distribution By William Gest Daily Texan Staff The UT System Board of Re­ gents will convene at the Uni­ versity of Texas-Pan Am erican in E din burg th is W ednesday and Thursday to make decisions involving cam pus construction projects, legal issues and distri­ bution of funds from the Perma­ nent University Fund. Regents will decide on sev ­ eral large construction projects under the Capital Improvement Program. UT-Austin projects in­ clude adding permanent seating at the south end zone of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadi­ um, renovating the fifth floor of Jester East Residence Hall and constructing experim ental sci­ ence and liberal arts buildings. Regents will have a chance to act on legal issu es concerning "holistic ad m issio n s" and the border fence. The UT System could not elaborate on the issue, but U T -Brow nsville is under threat of a federal suit for not complying with a request to al­ low cam pus property to be used by surveyors for the fence. Regents will also re-evaluate the Permanent University Fund distribution rate, which deter­ m ines how m uch m oney the UT-System can take out of the fund each year. The rate has not been changed since 2001, when it w as raised from 4.5 to 4.75 percent. Other topics to be discussed at the meeting include system- wide fire and safety upgrades, changing the compensation sys­ tems for certain employees and a discussion on the search for uni­ versity presidents for UT South­ western and the UT Health Sci­ ences Center in Houston. The m eetin gs w ill be held from 12:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. on W ednesday and 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. A live w e­ bcast will be availab le on the board's Web site. Recycle your copy of T h e D a il y T e x a n After McCombs ban, Philip Morris loses exposure on campus By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff After UT's McCombs School of B usiness severed m onetary ties to tobacco com p an ies in November, students groups are still looking to generate support from other corporate sponsors. The Asian Business Students A sso c ia tio n relied on A ltria Group Inc., a parent com pany of Philip M orris USA, to fund its mentoring and social events, said presiden t Jeena Lee. A c­ cording to M cCom bs figu res, the association received $3,000 in 2006. Although Philip Morris is still permitted to recruit from the b u sin ess school, the com ­ pany's inability to sponsor stu­ dent organizations has hurt its exposure on campus. More than a year ago, George G a u , d e an of the b u s in e s s school, decided not to solicit funds from tobacco companies, in cludin g Philip M orris. The donations kept flowing, though, forcing the dean to eventually ban them outright. Paula Murray, associate dean for u n d e r g r a d u a te s in M c­ Com bs, advocated for the ban upon assum ing her position on Sept. 1. Although faculty were co n su lted , G au said the ban w as a "leadership decision" in w hich stu d en t org an izatio n s did not have a role. G au said the decision w as an attem pt by the adm inistration to display ethical leadership. The business school did not want a decision like this to open the door to a re-evaluation of each of its corporate partners, said Dave Wenger, spokesm an for the McCombs school. While ethical flaw s m ay ex­ ist in the dealings of some oth­ er co rporatio n s, tobacco is a "unique product" and "unique­ ly harm ful," Wenger said. The reality is that M cCom bs stu ­ dents will work in the corpo­ rate w orld for a large part of their careers, and corporations have a lot to offer them while in school, including speakers, research funds and networking opportunities, he said. W enger s a id he s u s p e c ts that corporate partnerships are stronger in M cCom bs than in any other UT college because McCombs produces "busin ess­ people, not architects." Howev­ er, he said he shares M urray's concern that partnerships, like that with Philip M orris, could appear to be endorsem ents, a concern that motivated the ban. "The decision limits students' opportunities to learn about possibilities after college." G re g M athe, sp o k e sm a n for Philip M o rris M cC om bs sp o k esm an Rob Meyer said Philip Morris' share of corporate contributions to M cCom bs' grou p s w as 2 per­ cent of all contributions. The company has donated $308,557 to b u sin ess school o rg a n iz a ­ tions since 1989. Lee said Philip M orris' rep­ resen tatives did not come to the cam pus to sell their prod ­ uct but to provide professional advice and mentoring, and she said she disagrees with the a s­ sertion that it is somehow dif­ ferent from other companies. Greg Mathe, a spokesman for Philip Morris, echoed Lee's be­ liefs and said the com pany is disappointed with UT's ban. "The decision limits students' o p p o rtu n ities to learn about p o s s ib ilitie s a fte r c o lle g e ," Mathe said. T h e T e x a s E x e s w i s h to c o n g r a tu la te the re cip ie n ts o f th e 2008 T e x a s E x e s T e a c h i n g A w a r d s School o f Architecture C hristopher Long, A ssociate Professor T a ra D udley, Teachin g A ssistan t M cC o m bs School of Business Lynda C leveland, Lecturer C ollege o f C om m u nication Benjam in Steinbauer, Lecturer Eric G reen, A ssistan t Instructor C ollege o f Education Bonnie Elliott, A ssistan t C linical Professor Cockrell School o f Engineering C on stan tin e C aram an is, A ssistan t Professor M o ss Evan Sh im ek, Teachin g A ssistan t C ollege o f Fine Arts M ark G oodm an , Professor Sarah M osher, A ssistan t Instructor lackson School o f Geosciences M ark C loos, Professor E stibalitz U kar, T eaching A ssistan t School o f Inform ation Randolph Bias, A ssociate Professor M aggie D eB aldo, Teachin g A ssistan t School o f Law M itchell Berm an, A ssistan t Professor C ollege o f Liberal A rts Sean Theriault, A ssociate Professor D avid Siller, A ssistan t Instructor C ollege o f N atural Sciences Lorenzo A lvisi, Professor Rebecca Sym ula, T eaching A ssistan t School o f N ursing C orinne G rim es, A ssistan t C lin ical Professor C ollege o f Pharmacy W alter Fast, A ssistan t Professor Ju stin T olm an , T eaching A ssistan t LBI School of Public A ffairs C y n th ia O sborne, A ssistan t Professor M ichael M eyer, Teachin g A ssistan t School o f Social W ork Shirley H aulotte, C lin ical A ssociate Professor Stephanie R ivaux, A ssistan t Instructor Texas Exes Teaching Awards seek to promote quality teaching at The University of Texas by publicly recognizing professors and teaching assistants who have had a positive influence on the educational experience of University students. TEXAS0EXES *til Gabriel blows his horn. 6A Tuesday, February 5, 2008 l i N J V K R S r i s^ isr GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT Radio-tele- vision-film sophomore Bill Saxelby photo­ graphs Jamie Linter, left, and Matt Benavidez as Line Allen throws in a choreographed punch Monday afternoon. The four friends were working on a project for an RTF class. Jeffrey McWhorter Daily Texan Staff Texas Monthly honors work of UT scientist By M egan Kaldis Daily Texan Staff Texas Monthly lauded a UT re­ search scientist for her efforts in reducing carbon dioxide em is­ sions produced by power plants. The m agazine named Susan Hovorka, a scientist for the Bu­ reau of Economic Geology, one of the top "35 people who will shape our future" in its February issue. The final 35 seemed poised to make a transform ation or leap forward, said Jake Silverstein, a senior editor at Texas Monthly. Tremendously well-known fig­ ures were not included, he said. "It's a IJT team effort," Hovor­ ka said, "It's not me by myself, but I'm flattered to represent the community." The bureau and the chemical and petroleum engineering de­ partments at UT are working to­ gether to research and test car­ bon sequestration, the process by which carbon is captured af­ ter leaving power plants. They are also determining safe sites to store the carbon dioxide and en­ suring that properties of the rocks used for storing will keep the gas underground, Hovorka said. A bout 50 people at UT are working on the carbon seques­ tration research along with 100 more collaborators from across the globe, Hovorka said. "UT may have the greatest con­ centration of people working on these things out of the universities in the United States," she said. The bureau received a $38 mil­ lion grant from the U.S. Depart­ ment of Energy in October for a research site in Mississippi that has a large num ber of pow er plants. "People know there's an op­ tion, through our research, to use fossil fuels and not emit [carbon dioxide] into the atm osphere," Hovorka said. Large amounts of carbon di­ oxide emissions change the heat balance in the air and w ater, leading to global warming. "Texas has already been such a leader for so many years in ener­ gy production," Silverstein said. "There is a poetry to [Hovorka's] work that sought to make Texas also a leader in providing green solutions for the byproducts of our energy industry, letting Tex­ as come full circle." UNIVERSITY BRIEFLY Street fight near pizza parlor on Guadalupe yields 1 arrest UTPD arrested one male involved in a street fight Monday night. The fight broke out on the side­ walk in front of Mellow Mush­ room and escalated into Guadal­ upe Street. The male arrested was taken to the Travis County jail to sober up, said UTPD Sgt. Chris Bonnet. The other male was released after pro­ viding UTPD officers with a credi­ ble story. The suspect's name was not re­ leased because UTPD could not confirm his name, as he had no forms of identification on his per­ son. "We're pretty sure he's been ar­ rested before though," Bonnet said. Officers searched the suspect's backpack and pockets and found no illegal substances in his possession. UTPD said they intervened when the men started fighting in the street, posing a danger to both indi­ viduals and drivers. "There's not much you can do about soliciting, but you can for fighting in the street," Bonnet said. Law clinic studies briefs for Pittman case By Lauren Winchester Daily Texan Staff An array of juvenile justice-re­ lated and human rights organiza­ tions filed amicus briefs in sup­ port of a case the UT Law School clinic hopes the Supreme Court will hear. UT Law's Supreme Court Clin­ ic reviewed the five briefs Monday and members hope the briefs will increase their chances of getting their case to the nation's highest court. The clinic hopes the court will review Christopher Pittman's 30-year sentence in prison without parole for the murder of his pater­ nal grandparents. According to the clinic, Pittman was given an exces­ sive sentence considering he com­ mitted the crime when he was 12, yet was sentenced in South Caroli­ na as if he were an adult. An amicus brief is filed by a "friend of the court" who is in­ terested in the case but is not a party to it. professor at the Lyndon B. John­ son School of Public Affairs, is working with the clinic. She said having five briefs filed at this stage of the process is extremely unusual and shows the impor­ tance of the case. "We are gratified that so many influential organizations and in­ dividuals in the field believe our case is important enough to take the time and effort to provide their perspectives to the Supreme Court on this issue," Deitch said. "Each of these briefs reflects a dif­ ferent stakeholder group's unique insights into these critical juvenile justice issues." Briefs regarding the case have been filed by: • the Juvenile Law Center and 15 other juvenile justice advocacy organizations • scientific experts on adoles­ cent psychology and brain de­ velopment the adult criminal court system and have handled cases of seri­ ous juvenile offenders • the Council of Juvenile Cor­ rectional Administrators • five international human rights organizations The clinic filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, which asks the Supreme Court to review the deci­ sion of a lower court, on Dec. 17. Law School Professor Michael Sturley directs the law clinic with professor Lynn Blais. Five law stu­ dents worked on the Pittman case with the clinic and five LBJ School of Public Affairs graduate stu­ dents, under Deitch's supervision, have done background research regarding domestic and interna­ tional juvenile justice practices. "South Carolina called him an adult, but he was a 12-year-old child, and he should suffer the consequences appropriate for a 12-year-old child," Sturley said. • three judges who have writ­ ten about transfers of juveniles to The clinic uses the court's 2005 ruling in Roper v. Simmons to make their case for Pittman. In Simmons, the court rejected the use of the death penalty for ju ­ veniles, holding that "children are different" when sentencing is involved. The clinic wants the court to clarify whether Pittman is pro­ tected under the Eighth Amend­ ment, which bans cruel and un­ usual punishment. A tto rn e y L a n n y V ic k e ry briefed a trial court and the South Carolina Supreme Court on the Eighth Amendment. He brought Pittman's case to the clinic and asked for help in petitioning the Supreme Court to hear his case. Deitch said the Pittman case tests the viability of the juvenile justice system. "If it can't be used for 12-year- olds who commit serious crimes, who is it for?" 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Washington St. 18. Texas A&M 19. Connecticut 20. Kansas State 21. Pittsburgh 22.Nortre Dame 23. Vanderbilt 24. Purdue 25. Saint Mary’s By Brad Gray Daily Texan Staff The all-time w inningest coach in college basketball called it quits Monday afternoon. Bob K night inform ed Texas Tech athletic director Gerald My­ ers that he was resigning im me­ diately and handing over control of the team to his son Pat. Knight ended his career w ith 902 wins, 23 more than former North Carolina coach Dean Smith. Knight told the Lubbock Ava- lanche-Journal that he m ade his decision on Sunday after speaking for an hour and a half with long­ time friend and legendary basket­ ball coach Pete Newell. "M y thinking w as that for Pat and for this team — most of which is returning next year — the best thing for the long run for this team w ould be for Pat and his staff to coach these remaining 10 games," Knight told the Avalanche-Joumal late Monday night. K night has spent the last six years at Texas Tech, compiling 20 w in-seasons five of those years. Texas Tech is 12-8 this season and in 3-3 in Big 12 games. "B ob K n ig h t h a s d o n e an o u tstanding job as Texas Tech's KN IG HT continues on page 2B SH E INSIDE F O E W O M E N S B A S K E T B A L L B Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Bobby Knight unexpectedly made the decision to step down as Texas Tech's head coach after 902 career wins. He hands the program over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named coach- designate in 2005. Tony Gutierrez Associated Press COMMENTARY By Anup Shah Daily Texan Columnist Tiger Woods could make undefeated run in 2008 season By abandoning his job, he summed it up perfectly. On the 17th hole of the Dubai Desert Classic, the greenside mar­ shal — instead of holding up his "Quiet Please" sign and facing the crowd — subconsciously lowered the warning and turned his head to watch the Tiger Woods putt for the lead. And when it went in, the sup- posed-to-be-impartial marshal pum ped his fist in a familiar Ti­ ger-like way. Expect to see that all year long. I know people have been say­ ing it for the last 11 years: Tiger could very easily win the Grand Slam — that is, win the Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Champi­ onship and the PGA Champion­ ship all in the same season. But for the first time ever, Ti­ ger himself has admitted he has a good shot. "I think it's easily within rea­ son," Woods said on his Web site, xmvw.tigerwoods.com, before the 2008 season began. I'm actually going to take it a step further and say that he will win every tournament he plays in this year. I mean let's face it, this isn't some Igor Olshansky or Antho­ ny Johnson guarantee. This is the most dom inant athlete in the world w e're discussing. And every week he gives more and more hints that send the other professional golfers — nowadays known simply as "the field" — back into their own little comer. "For most of my career, I've won more than four tournaments per year, and all I have to do is win the right four," Woods said before the Buick Open, his first tournament of the year. Two wins later and Woods is getting his game geared up for the Masters. There is no question about Tiger winning all the majors. Nick Faldo — a six-time major winner himself — practically guaranteed it as well. Take a look at the schedule. The WGC Accenture Match Play is next, followed by the WGC at Doral. Both of these tournaments he has won before. Then there's the Masters — no surprise there. The U.S. Open at Torrey Pines follows, where Tiger has more than 10 wins as both an amateur and a professional. Then there's his own tourna­ ment, the AT&T National, which I know Tiger won't be able to stand losing this time. He'll know how to handle the role of host and be far more prepared this time around. Then the Open Championship at Birkdale where Tiger can suc­ cumb to his one "weakness." poor driving. Birkdale's wide and hard fairways will definitely play into his favor. Then on to the WGC-Bridges- tone Invitational, where Tiger has TIGER continues on page 2B • Disagree with my opinion? Get on the Web and post a comment on this story. Mason's effort, versatility on court make him a threat even without scoring points Baylor never seriously threat­ ened again. It w as one of his signature games: a little bit of scoring and a whole lot of scrambling. Evans isn't surprised to see Mason's versatility shine on the collegiate level. "I alw ays felt w hen he went there he would find a way to get out on the floor," Evans said. " H e p r o v e d m e / . j m I u " I I n d e \ e 1 ■>iu * 1111 -: u . I " ! I - n :¡ ‘ - ' I ' I . n j a H j H l 1 1 e v e r \ . ' t i H ’ I . H t l game. w a s like u n - leashing a tiger back to the wild when you let him step on the court," Evans said. B etter s till, th e ca t w as consistent. "Pretty much every day you w alked in our gym you knew w h at you w ere going to get from him ," Evans said. "N o one day stands out above the others because you knew you'd get his best." Eventually, recruiters from across the Big 12 and schools such as Marquette and Illinois came calling. Mason narrowed his choices dow n to Texas and Texas Tech. Ri ck B a r n e s o r B o b b y Knight. Justin's mother, Oneta, was wary of Knight's reputation for sw earing, yelling and getting By Ryan Killian Daily Texan Staff When 12-year-old Justin Ma­ son started getting the best of his dad during one-on-one bas­ ketball gam es in their drive­ way, Bobby M ason knew his son was something special. When Justin, the ninth-grad- er, was put on the varsity team in tim e for Palo D uro High School's playoff run, Bobby knew his son would eventually play at the college level. Justin's aunt, Janie Wysner, gets the credit for in tro d u c­ ing her nephew to the sport. He w as getting into a little bit of trouble — nothing major, his dad said, he just "d id n 't w ant to mind the teachers for a while there" — and she figured bas­ ketball w ould give him som e­ thing better to do. So Janie took Justin, the kindergartner, across the street to a school gym and p u t him on a Kids, Incorporat­ ed team. Justin took to the sport im ­ m ediately and devoted him ­ self to getting better. And so it happened that at the end of his freshm an season he found himself playing with the varsi­ ty team. Jeff E vans, J u s tin 's high school coach, was the man re­ sponsible for the early prom o­ tion, and he never had a rea­ son to regret it. Justin quick­ ly established himself as a spe­ cial player by playing through pain, working long hours in the gym and providing more than just points. The value of versatility Texas had a lread y pu lled ahead of Baylor on Saturday, b ut the Bears w ere trying to claw their way back on top. En­ gaged in m an-to-m an defense on the perim eter, Justin's a d ­ versary tried to sneak the ball by him. Justin dove on the lazy pass as it trickled past and called a quick tim eout. M om ents lat­ er, the Longhorns scored, and M E N 'S T E N N IS M A SO N continues on page 2B Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff Texas wins two road matches Longhorns win in double-header to stay undefeated this year By Andrew Martinez Daily Texan Staff Between a day-night double- h eader against UT-San A ntonio and UT-Arlington on Sunday, Tex­ as coach M ichael C enter looked calm sitting in his office as his play­ ers left the locker room to eat lunch as a group. W hen asked a b o u t his bu sy weekend and upcoming match lat­ er that night, Center chuckled and said, "N o Super Bowl for us to­ night." The No. 7 Longhorns ended a long weekend full of traveling dif­ ficulties and emotional tennis with a definitive victory against UTA to remain perfect on the season. The 6-1 win late Sunday night m arked the third consecutive win ag ain st the M avericks in three m eetings as Texas (5-0) continues to showcase its highly impressive tennis play. "I've seen im provem ent in the team since we first started [the sea­ son]," Center said. "It's still early in the season, but we have talent and depth. That's probably what's been carrying us through." Center is happy with his team's performance so far. Texas has four singles players ranked in the Inter­ collegiate Tennis Association's Top 100 and two doubles teams in the Top 15 men's doubles rankings. The Longhorns began the match Sunday against UTA at 6 p.m., rid­ ing a w ave of m om entum after sweeping UTSA just hours before. Texas also played an away game against the University of Arkansas at the Dills Indoor Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday. The Longhorns disposed of the Razor- backs by a 7-0 margin after arriving in Fayetteville on Thursday by bus seven hours behind schedule. "W e've had a long w eekend," Center said. "But I like w hat I've seen from the team." Texas has won 27 out of its 30 sin­ gles matches of the season and con­ tinues to dom inate doubles play, having won all 15 of those match­ es. That is probably why there seems to be a calm atmosphere surround­ ing the Longhorns' locker room af­ ter every match. The sam e one that su rro u n d s their coach. The men's tennis team won its double- header this weekend against UT-San Antonio and UT-Arlington. The No. 7 Longhorns remain undefeated (5-0) this season. Caleb Miller Daily Texan Staff 2B S ports Tuesday, February 5, 2008 MASON: Guard chose against Tech because of Bob Knight From pagelB physical with his players. "She d id n 't like the style of coach­ ing Bobby Knight does," Bobby M a­ son said. His wife w as afraid she'd get her­ self into trouble if Knight ever put his hands on her son. And Bobby Mason said Justin had the same concerns. "He figured if Knight messed w ith him, he m ight not be able to control himself," he said. Luckily, when Justin stepped foot on the University of Texas campus, he felt right at home. "W hen he m ade his v isit d o w n there, it was dear to him that's where he wanted to go," Evans said. Between the players, the coach­ ing staff and the city, som ething just clicked. Now in his second season with the Longhorns, Justin has forged a rep­ utation for his gutsy play. But som e­ times effort alone isn't enough, and the 6-foot-2-inch guard has struggled at times. Mired in a shooting slum p, Justin lost his starting job w hen freshm an phenom Gary Johnson received clear­ ance to play. His stint on the bench didn't last long, though. A com bination of Johnson's slow start and Ju stin 's unrelenting play m eant he w as still getting plenty of minutes. When Texas struggled against Colorado, it was Justin w ho made the difference. In 36 minutes of play the sophomore contributed only two points, but scor­ ing w asn't what the Longhorns were looking for. He provided four crucial blocks in Texas' tw o-point w in and got to the kind of rebounds that only heart and hustle allow. "He played like a junkyard dog, and th a t's w hat we needed him to do," head coach Barnes said. Desire is never a question with Jus­ tin, but his confidence suffered when he co u ld n 't get things going on the court. Seeing Justin fight through a funk hasn't been easy on Barnes. "It's really hard watching guys re­ ally do everything you want them to do [and still] struggle, guys that you know really care," he said. "That's one of the hardest things as a coach." "H e does everything you ask him to do. Then you've got to do things sometimes to try and jolt him out of it," Barnes said. "You're searching to figure out 'w hat can we do to get him going?"' Justin said he's spent considerable time in practice attem pting shot after shot, but as long as he keeps playing defense and corralling loose balls, he'll still be invaluable. "Every day in practice, he h asn 't changed, even w hen he struggled," Barnes said. "Lord know s he w ants to do the right thing. He's said to me 'm aybe I'd be better coming off the bench. I do n 't think I'm getting any­ thing done for us.'" W hile Ju stin h as y et to b re a k through in the points column, his re­ cent contributions h aven't gone u n ­ noticed and, w h ether or not he re­ m ains a starter, his value to the team isn't in question. "We need his attitude," Barnes said. "I wish I had a team of guys like that. You'd go anywhere with those guys." Bobby takes to the road On Sunday, Bobby Mason got in the truck he takes on a dedicated run from Amarillo, to Tucson, Ariz., to Phoenix and back again. He spent the drive lis­ tening to the Super Bowl on the radio w ith a load of compressed helium in the trailer behind him. 4PTOP25 W O M E N ’ S BASKETBALL 1.UCoim (50) 2. Tennessee 3. North Carolina 4. Maryland 5. Baylor 6. Stamford 7. Rutgers 8.LSU 9. California 10. Oklahoma 11. Duke 12. West Virginia 13. Old Dominion 14. George Washington 15. Pittsburgh 16. Notre Dame 17. Oklahoma St. 18. Kansas St. 19. Ohio St. 20. Utah 21. Texas A&M 22. Wyoming 23.Syracuse 24. Georgia 25. DePaul KNIGHT: Son takes over coaching job From page IB basketball coach," M yers said in a statem ent. Knight was hired by Texas Tech in 2001, six months after being fired by Indiana for w hat officials called "a pattern of unacceptable behavior." Knight started his career at Army, where in 1965 he became the youngest-ever head coach in Divi­ sion I college basketball at the age of 24. K night served as the head coach at Indiana from 1971-2000 and w on three national cham pi­ onships while with the Hoosiers. His 1975-1976 championship team was the last in college basket­ ball to finish the season undefeated. But his career has been filled with controversy, even to this day. Am ong his antics, Knight once threw a chair across the court during a game against Purdue in 1985. He was also accused by Neil Reid, a former player, of choking Reid during a practice in 1997. Just last Novem ber, K night w as accused of shooting in the direction of Lubbock resident James Simpson while hunting. Simpson claimed Knight was hunting too close to his home and videotaped the confrontation after the shooting. Knight had hinted at leaving in April, but his mid-season departure was completely unexpected. "I d id n 't know, I've never really known when I w as going to step dow n from this job,"Knight said. "As I thought about it, my first thought was at the end of this season." Rick Barnes released a statem ent concerning the retirement of his close friend and mentor. "The best that has ever been has just walked off into the sunset," Barnes said. "As people reflect on his career, they will begin to recognize w hat Bob Knight has been able to accomplish." Justin M ason hustles for a loose ball during Texas' 80-72 win over Baylor Saturday. Mason's grab helped Texas hold onto the close win. E liot M e y e r ¡ D a ily Texan Staff Bobby m akes this d riv e all the time, but if his son is playing, the trip takes a backseat to the game. H e'll schedule his stops around games and watches them from motels when he's on the road. It w asn't so long ago that he could compete with that kid that's now run­ ning around on ESPN. Justin also re­ m e m b e rs th o se m o m e n ts on the driveway. "Any time he had some free time w e'd go out and play some one-on- one," he said. "He was a little older, and it was right when I was getting better at basketball so it probably helped me playing with stronger people." Indeed, his dad was no slouch. Bob­ by played forward in high school, and he's still got some advantages of Jus­ tin. At 6-foot-4, he's two inches taller. H e's got a bigger w ingspan and larg­ er hands. Heck, if they were playing a half­ court gam e, he m ight even be able hold his own for 10 minutes or so, he said. Justin doesn't know about that. TIGER: The way he’s played so far, season sweep not all that unlikely From pagelB had a measly six wins. Finally you have the PGA champion­ ship at Oakland Hills which, if he wins all the others, he'll conquer on sheer confidence. Remember Oakland Hills w as where Tiger m ade the cut as an amateur in 1996. Then another three-month hiberna­ tion and Tiger will be back for the Tar­ get World Challenge — which he won by only seven shots two months ago. only does Tiger have a shot to w in every tournam ent, b u t at the end of the year, he will be two wins and one major from Jack N icklaus on the all- time list. The only scary part about it all is Ti­ So, based on th e sc h e d u le , n o t ger thinks he's just getting started. "My career is not done yet," Woods said tw o w eeks ago at the Buick. "H opefully my good years are still ahead of me." So, for now, don't blame the marshal for shirking his duties to watch Tiger. I know I won't. Outstanding Student and Cactus Goodfellow Awards The Cactus Yearbook is soliciting nomina­ tions for their Outstanding Student and Cactus Goodfellow Awards. For your convenience, we have placed the nomination forms on the Cactus web page: http://www.cactusyearbook.com All rules and instuctions are included, so all you have to do is either print the nomination form from our web page or pick up one at the Texas Student M edia building (CMC), 25th and W hitis Ave., room 2.114. The deadline for nominations is February 29, 2008, so don’t put it off, send us your applications today. If you have any questions, please call 471-9190 for more information. 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