LIFE&ARTSPAGE6B W ith one form of farm ing, onsum ers get their ow n h an d s dirty SPORTS PAGE IB Miles from campus, the Texas golf team practices in luxury TOMORROW'S WEATHER High 73 Low ) 54 '70t' z5 . u iu a r y 19, 2 0 0 9 Daily T ex a n Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 ^ 3Qv a a x i w * * * * * * * * * * Black history on the field www.dailytexanonline.com H R Classmates and family honor dead UT student By Pierre Bertrand Daily Texan Staff Multiple memorial services are planned in hon­ or of Jeffrey Weng, a UT music junior from Tai­ wan who died Saturday morning along Interstate Highway 35. The circumstances of Weng's death remain un­ clear as police try to piece together the whole sto­ ry. Weng exited a taxi traveling on 1-35 outside the city of Kyle toward San Marcos, said Jerry Hen­ drix, spokesman for the city of Kyle. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility of foul play. Weng's family and friends will meet at his for­ mer high school in Plano for a candlelight vigil to­ morrow from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., and friends have organized a T-shirt drive in his honor. A memorial service will also be held Feb. 28 at UT's Band Hall from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friends will set up a fundraiser to cover the funerary costs and establish a fund to help purchase musical instru­ ments for underprivileged children, said nutrition junior Katherine Fan. Because of his motivated and outgoing person­ ality, Weng became the external vice president of the Taiwanese Student Association during his sophomore year, Fan, a former Texan staffer, said. “He was really the last person I'd think to have something like this happen to him," Fan said. Asian cultures and languages senior Caley Tm- dal created a memorial Facebook page in Weng's honor. “He was like a brother from another mom," UT team seeks improvements in solar panels Researchers aim to boost popularity of energy source by cutting prices By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff A group of UT researchers is aiming to cut the cost of solar cells, the components of solar pan­ els, to one-tenth of the current price in an effort to popularize the energy source. Using microscopic materials, the researchers are developing a method that would change how the cells — which convert the sun's rays to elec­ tricity — are made. "Solar cells are too expensive," said engineering professor Brian Korgel. “In order to have a wide­ spread replacement of coal, a lot needs to happen. RESEARCH continues on page 5A Above, In a photo published in The Daily Texan in 1972, Roose/elt Leaks, right, rushes against Baylor. Leaks was the first African-American to earn All-American honors for Texas. Left, Julius Whittier joined the team in 1970 and was the first African American to letter at the University. Ike Ba ru ch | Daily Texan file photo | Center for Am erican History The jo u rney toward integration in Texas football W ENG continues on page 2A By Roxanna Asgarian Daily Texan Staff The moment has been dubbed the "Game of the Century" and has stood in Texas lore for 40 years for its national-title implications. But Texas' thrilling 15-14 comeback victo­ ry over Arkansas in 1969 can be remembered for more than Jim Bertelsen's game-winning touchdown late in the game. It marked the last season Texas would field an all-white varsity squad. Texas rode that gam e's m om entum to a 1969 national title and became the last all- w hite team to be crow ned college football champions. Julius Whittier joined the varsity ranks the next season. The first African-American to let­ ter at UT, he represented a milestone in the long struggle to integrate Texas football. Bill Little, a sports information director for Texas football, has been with UT's athletic de­ partment since 1968. He said the hardest part of integrating the team was changing percep­ tions of Texas football. "We had to break down the image that was out there that said we were racist," Little said. "And at some point, when you look back in history, that was the cast' throughout the coun­ try. It just had to change here, and it changed a little later here than it did some places." The Supreme C ourt made segregation il­ legal in 1954, and although the schools were C o u rte sy o f Texas S p o r ts FOOTBALL continues on page 2A History of college football integration Pennsylvania and Ohio State desegregate 1930 1966: Southern Methodist University desegregates 1940 — 1950 — 1960 1954: Segregation made illegal 1970: The University of Texas desegregates 1970 1971: Texas A&M desegregates Facebook clarifies revised terms, policies R u m o r e d in lim b o , C h i n a t o w n in t h e c l e a r Web site claims personal information is retained but not exposed publicly By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff After receiving a flood of online protests, the social networking site Facebook reverted to its old terms of service on Wednesday. Facebook updated its terms on Feb. 4. The w ording generated confusion am ong users regard­ ing who owns the content posted on the Web site. Some people in­ terpreted the new terms to mean Facebook w ould perm an en tly ow n the rights to their photos and information. "Going forward, we've decided to take a new approach towards developing our terms," said Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook's CEO, in a statement released on the Web site. "We concluded that return­ ing to our previous terms was the right thing for now." If users deactiviate Facebook ac­ counts, all of their photos and per­ sonal information are retained by the Web site and not totally delet­ ed. The change in the terms drew attention to this, and many users became uncomfortable w ith the thought of losing ow nership of their information. Facebook adm inistrators cre­ ated a group — Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities — to clarify some of the terms. According to a statem ent on the gro u p 's Web site, Facebook "will not share your information w ith anyone if you deactivate your account." Biology freshman Valerie Do deleted her Facebook account sev­ eral weeks ago and reactivated it one week later. “I would find myself at the PCL looking at my Facebook instead of studying," Do said. "It wasn't un­ til after I deleted it that I realized it was my main form of communi­ cation with my friends." Do said it was convenient not to have to upload p hotos and send friend requests over again. She was not concerned with the c o n tro v e rsy s u rro u n d in g the new terms. "I'm not too worried about it," Do said. "Just because they have the ability to, doesn't mean they would actually do anything with the information." Communication sciences & dis­ orders freshm an Brittany Post would prefer to have total control over the content she places on the Web site. "I think if by owning my pho­ tos, they could do what they want with them and give them to who- FAC EB00K continues on page 5A N hung Nguyen answers a phone W ednesday at her shop, NYI Fashion, in Austin's Chinatown. The shopping center will remain open despite reports about a possible foreclosure. W p a g e oA for coverage of the center's inaccurately reported d o in g . Sa ra Y o u n g | Daily Texan Staff 2A T h e D a i l y T e x a n Volume 109, Number 93 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Leah Finnegan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Vikram Swaruup (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 nem@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifed@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all informa­ tion fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanoniine.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2009 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. High 68 Today's w e a th e r I hate the Oscars a lot y n The Princeton Review c* S « u *f &cixefc Battfcf Schools \ i - W ' Thursday, February 19, 2009 FOOTBALL: Students fought discrimination on campus From pagel A in te g ra te d , th e football fields d id n 't follow until m uch later, especially in the South. The SMU and A&M football teams did not integrate until 1966 and 1971, re­ spectively, even though the their largest co m petitors at the tim e — including Pennsylvania and O hio State — had black players in the early '30s and '40s. In 1963, then-editor of The Dai­ ly Texan Sam Kinch met with for­ m er head football coach Darrell K Royal to discuss integration. "My impression was that Roy­ al w as looking for an excuse not to take black a th letes," K inch said. W hen asked to com m ent on this story, Royal's wife said her husband w as unable to recall de­ tails of those decades because of hi.s declining health. D a rre n K elly, a k in e s io lo ­ gy g rad uate stu d en t w riting his thesis on the integration of Tex­ as football, said m u ltip le fac­ tors caused Texas to in te g rate its team later than other schools. Kelly has found that Texans felt a strong connection w ith the school th ro u g h football, and an older generation of w ealthy alum ni ex­ erted pressu re on the school to remain segregated on the field. "W hether it w as hesitation be­ cause of fear of losing money from boosters, or lack of being able to get great w hite recruits w ho d idn't w ant to play w ith African- Americans, or fear from other fans or parents and players who didn't agree with it; all of these were fac­ "The regents were like a big old block of concrete right in the middle of a country road. There wasn't any way you could get around them, wasn't any way to bust up that rock, and you couldn't climb over them." — Sam Kinch, former Daily Texan editor tors," Kelly said. "You don't w ant to a x k the boat too much and lose your support." Integrating the football team cam e in the context of a larger battle against discrimination in all facets of student life. From 1956 to the late '60s, the University slow­ ly integrated student groups, in­ cluding dorms, fraternities, soror­ ities, band, chorus and other in­ tercollegiate sports teams. Kinch said m any students on campus were pushing to integrate, and that resistance came primarily from the administration. "The regents w ere like a big old block of concrete right in the m iddle of a country road," Kinch said. "There w asn't any w ay you could get aro u n d them , w a sn 't any w ay to bust up that rock, and you couldn't climb over them ." In the early 1970s, a running back nam ed Roosevelt Leaks be­ cam e the first African-American to earn All-American honors for the Longhorns. Leaks said Royal w as sup p o rtiv e of him w hile at Texas, but Leaks acknow ledged that donors played a part in hin­ dering the integration process. "Royal gave me the opportuni­ ty to play and to make some deci­ sions about how I w anted to get things d o n e," Leaks said. "But w hen you have folks you have to report to, it's som etim es difficult to m ake the decision you w ant, and to satisfy everyone." Leaks said he understood when he came to Texas that it w ould be a struggle. "I w ent through those same issues I had in high school. Was I going to be the player that p lay ed on team s w ith p eo p le w ho called m e nam es in high school?" Leaks said. L eaks rec alle d th a t p e o p le w ere m ore critical of black ath ­ letes' perform ance because there w ere so few of them. A lthough incidents of discrimination arose b o th on a n d off th e field for Leaks, he said he still believes the experience was well w orth it. "We h a d an o p p o rtu n ity to get an education at the U niver­ sity of Texas," Leaks said. "I had a good tim e at school. That w as probably the best time of my life, my school days." Bill Little, w ho now w orks closely w ith coach Mack Brown, said Leaks set prec­ edents for future recruits. "W hat Roosevelt Leaks did in Courtesy of TexasSports Julius Whittier and Roosevelt Leaks, tw o of the first African- American members of the Longhorn football team, are seen in this photo from the early 1970s. playing for us was he opened the door to Earl Campbell," Little said. "The odds are good that we would never have been able to recruit Earl if it hadn't been for him." E arl C a m p b e ll b ec am e the 1977 H eism an tro p h y w inner. Little said athletes like Leaks and Cam pbell boosted Texas' image in the m inds of potential African- American recruits. "There w ere so m any false ru­ m ors ou t there that w ere nega­ tive," Little said. "O ther schools w o u ld use it against Texas, be­ c a u se th e y k n ew th a t if Tex­ as w as ev er co n sid ered a v ia ­ ble place for A frican-A m ericans to go, then they w ere in trouble w ith recruiting." Black History Month This is the second in a series of articles for Black History Month about the history of black athletics at Texas. ODDLY ENOUGH Thong bandits sentenced to 12 years in Colo, prison DENVER — One of two Col­ orado men who used wom­ en's thong underwear to cover his face while robbing a conve­ nience store has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Joaquin Rico was sentenced Tues­ day. He and 25-year-old Jo­ seph Richard Espinoza pleaded guilty to the May 15 robber)'. Prosecutors say Rico grabbed the store's clerk by the neck and punched her in the face sever­ al times, breaking her jaw. He then collected about $100 from the cash registers, while Espino­ za stole 37 packs of cigarettes. Espinoza's sentencing is scheduled for Monday. $35,000 of marijuana found ingas tank of used SUV SANDY, Utah — A stash of grass can take the place of a lot of gas, but it won't do anything for mileage. A Utah man took his new­ ly acquired used SUV to a me­ chanic to find out why the gas gauge always read half-full. The mechanic in Sandy looked inside the gas tank and found about 35 pounds of mar­ ijuana in plastic-wrap packag­ es that filled about half of the tank's volume. Police estimate the pot is worth about $35,000. Sandy police are trying to figure out who stashed the pot but say the current owner is not a suspect. C om piled fro m Associated Press reports HARRY RANSOM CENTER T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A U S T I N WENG: Questions linger in wake of UT student’s mysterious death From pagel A Tindal said. "H e w as sw eet. I believe he is still w ith us. I d on't think he's gone." Tindal, w ho w orked alongside Weng, said she w as alerted of his death the m orning of Valentine's Day and initially thought he had been in a car accident. "It's pretty tough. I'm trying to be strong, p u t a smile on my face," Tindal said. "T hat's w hat Jeffrey w ould w ant to see." "All w e know is [Weng] was picked u p in a taxi cab along w ith som e o th e r g en tlem an ," H endrix said. H endrix said the taxi driver alerted em ergency services at about 3 a.m. after doubling back along the interstate in search of the missing passenger. The driv­ er then flagged Jennifer Baker, a H ays C ounty sheriff's d e p u ­ ty, w ho helped locate Weng. In­ stead of w aiting for Weng to be found, the driver and other pas­ senger, w ho has yet to be identi­ fied, continued on their way. "The taxi d riv er w as not al­ lowed to leave the scene," H en­ drix said. "H e w as asked to re­ m ain at the site b u t chose to leav e a fte r w a itin g a b o u t 20 m in u tes for the d e p u ty to re­ turn." H ays C ounty Sheriff's Office Lt. Leroy O piela told a sim ilar story. "She told him to w ait w here he w as w hile she w ent to search for the passenger," Opiela said. " A p p a re n tly , th e cab d r iv e r stayed w here he w as, w ent into th e new L o w e's, m a d e a call to Kyle P.D. and continued his fare." N o charges have been filed, a n d K yle p o lice officers are w orking w ith the driver to iden­ tify the other passenger. G rad u atin g Seniors also w anting cap and gow n photos m ust call for an appointm ent: 471- 9190. 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The emerging deal would re­ quire Israel to make major con­ cessions, including an open­ ing of Gaza's blockaded bor­ ders and releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. In return, Israel is seeking an end to all rocket fire on southern Israel, a halt to arms smuggling into Gaza and the freedom of Sgt. Gilad Schalit, an Israeli service­ man captured by Hamas nearly three years ago. Wednesday's meeting was expected to last for hours and given the complexity of the sit­ uation, one participant said the government might not even make a decision on all issues. "I think hopes have been raised just a little too high ahead of this Cabinet meeting," Social Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog told Army Radio. "We shall examine what is the cur­ rent status of the truce and the intensive efforts to free Gilad Schalit, where things stand and what are the parameters." Participants arriving at the meeting went into the closed session w ithout commenting to reporters. Pope Benedict and Pelosi meet over abortion issues VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most promi­ nent abortion rights politi­ cians in America, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politi­ cians have a duty to protect life "at all stages of its develop­ ment." The U.S. House speaker, a Catholic, was the first top Democrat to meet with Bene­ dict since the election of Barack Obama, who won a majority of the U.S. Catholic vote despite differences with the Vatican on abortion. On his fourth day in office last month, Obama ended a ban on funds for internation­ al groups that perform abor­ tions or provide information on the option — a sharp policy change from former President George W. Bush's Republican administration. The Vatican's attempts to keep the Pelosi visit low-profile displayed its obvious unease with the new U.S. administra­ tion. Benedict and Bush found common ground in opposing abortion, an issue that drew them together despite their dif­ ferences over the war in Iraq. The Vatican also said — con­ trary to its usual policy when the pope meets world leaders — that it was not issuing ei­ ther a photo or video of the en­ counter, claiming the meeting was private. Clinton hopeful to mend America's image in Asia JAKARTA, Indonesia — Sec­ retary of State Hillary Rod­ ham Clinton is continuing the Obama administration's efforts to rehabilitate America's image abroad, especially with Mus­ lims, with a visit to Indonesia that began Wednesday. The country, once the home of President Barack Obama, is the second stop in Clinton's in­ augural overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. The itiner­ ary is intended to symbolize the administration's commit­ ment to Asia. In Jakarta, Clinton intends to announce plans to step up U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia in particular, stressing the growing importance of a region that often felt slighted by the Bush administration. Her two-day schedule in In­ donesia includes a visit to the Southeast Asian Nations (ASE­ AN) secretariat, the first by a secretary of state, where she is likely to signal U.S. intent to sign the regional bloc's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, offi­ cials said. Clinton also plans to pledge to attend the group's annual re­ gional security conference, they said. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice skipped the ASEAN Regional Forum twice during her four years in office C om piled from Associated Press reports NATION BRIEFLY GM, Chrysler put in request for larger government loans DETROIT — Billions of dollars in government loans to prop up Gen­ eral Motors and Chrysler won't be enough. The companies, which have received $17.4 billion so far, filed plans with the government more than doubling that request to a staggering $39 billion. The requests, made in govern­ ment-required restructuring plans filed Tuesday, were accompanied by plans for thousands more job cuts, slashing of models and brands, union concessions and the prospect of even further expense cuts. In a dramatic acknowledgment that conditions in the U.S. auto in­ dustry have grown significantly worse in just two months, GM alone said it would cut 47,000 jobs global­ ly by the end of the year — 19 per­ cent of its work force. It also said it would close five more U.S. factories, although it did not identify them. Chrysler said it will cut 3,000 more jobs and stop producing three vehicle models. The grim reports came as the United Auto Workers union said it had reached a tentative agreement with GM, Chrysler and Ford Mo­ tor Co. on contract changes. Conces­ sions with the union and debt-hold­ ers were a condition of the govern­ ment bailout. New York Mets'Shea Stadium meets end after 44 years NEW YORK — Shea Stadium, the circular modem stadium that hosted two World Series title win­ ners but was criticized for its lack of charm and amenities, met its end Wednesday. It was 44. The last remaining part of the ballpark, the section 5 ramp, was knocked down at 11:25 a.m., New York Mets spokesman Ethan Wil­ son said. A remembrance for the ballpark, where the Beatles played their first U.S. stadium concert in 1965, was held Sept. 28, following the Mets' final game there. Demolition began immediately after the Mets were eliminated from postseason con­ tention on the final day of the reg­ ular season. After pilings that supported the stadium are removed, the area will be converted to parking for Citi Field, the $800 million ballpark that opens in April on what had been parking space for Shea. Opened on April 17,1964, with a 4-3 Mets loss to Pittsburgh, Shea Stadium was among the first of what became known as cookie-cut- ter ballparks that could be shared by teams from different sport. New York won the 1969 World Series there, beating Baltimore in Game 5 and setting off a wild scene. The Mets won their only other Se­ ries title there in 1986, when they rallied in the 10th inning to defeat Boston in Game 6, then bounced back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Red Sox in Game 7. Man commits suicide inside Crystal Cathedral in California GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — A man shot and killed himself in front of a cross inside televangelist Rob­ ert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday, police and church officials said. The man handed a note and his driver's license to two ushers, walked to the cross and then shot himself in the head as he appeared to be praying, Senior Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz said. The man's identity was not re­ leased, but police Lt. Dennis Ells­ worth said the man was in his 40s. Church spokesman Mike Nason said there was no record of the man at the cathedral. Betty Spicer, a volunteer ush­ er at the famous sanctuary, said she greeted the man when he entered. She said he handed her a folded note with two cards inside as the man told her: "You may want this." Spicer said he then walked to the foot of the cross. She and another volunteer said they thought the man was praying when she heard a pop. A tourist, one in a group of seven or eight visitors from Canada, told her the man had shot himself. C om piled fro m A ssociated Press reports A foreclosure sign sits outside a Phoenix home on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Obama announced this housing program in Arizona, which has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Ross D. Franklin | Associated Press Obama unveils housing plan vide incentives to m ortgage lenders to cut m on th ly p a y ­ m ents in an effort to persuade them to help u p to 4 m illion borrow ers on the verge of fore­ closure. The goal: C ut m onth­ ly m ortgage paym ents to sus­ tainable levels, using m oney from the $700 billion fin an ­ cial in d u stry b ailo u t passed by Congress last fall. A n o th er p a rt w o u ld help people w ith dw ellings w hose m arket value has sunk below the principal still ow ed on the m o rtg a g e s. Such m o rtg a g ­ es have traditionally been al­ m ost im possible to refinance. But the W hite H ouse said its program w ill help 4 m illion to 5 m illion fam ilies d o just that — if their m ortgages are ow ned or guaranteed by Fan­ nie Mae or Freddie Mac. O bam a em phasized that his plan focuses on helping fami­ lies w ho have "played by the rules" stay in their homes. By Liz Sidoti The Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — P resid en t B arack O bam a th rew a $75 billion lifeline to m illions of A m eric an s o n th e b rin k of fo reclosu re W ednesday, d e ­ c la rin g an u rg e n t n e e d for drastic action. The le n d in g p lan aim s to p re v e n t as m a n y as 9 m il­ lion hom eow ners from being evicted and to stabilize h o u s­ ing m a rk e ts th a t are a t the center of the ever-w orsening U.S. recession. G o v e r n m e n t s u p p o r t p le d g e d to m o rtg ag e g ian ts Fannie M ae and Freddie Mac is being doub led to $400 bil­ lion as p art of an effort to en­ c o u ra g e th em to refin an c e lo a n s th a t a re " u n d e r w a ­ ter" — those in w hich hom es' m arket values have sunk be­ low th e am o u n t th e o w n ers still owe. The adm inistration is loos­ ening refinancing restrictions for m any borrow ers and pro­ viding incentives for lenders in h o p es th at th e tw o sid es will w ork together to m odify loans. But no one is required to p a rtic ip a te . T he b ig g e st p la y ers in the m o rtg ag e in ­ d u stry tem porarily had h alt­ ed foreclosures in advance of O bam a's plan. C om p licatin g m atters, in­ vestors in com plex m ortgage- linked securities, w ho m ake m oney based on interest pay­ m ents, could still balk, espe­ cially those w ho hold second m o rtg a g e s o r h o m e eq u ity loans. Their approval w ould be n ee d ed to p rev e n t m any foreclosures. A n o th e r c a u tio n a ry no te c a m e from Jo h n C o u rso n , chief executive of the M o rt­ gage Bankers Association. "It seems to offer little help to borrow ers w hose loan ex­ ceeds their property value by m ore than 5 percent," he said, noting that that requirem ent w ould limit the plan's success in som e of the hardest-hit ar­ eas in California, Florida, N e­ v ad a and A rizona and p arts of the East Coast. In d e e d , O b a m a h im s e lf said, "This plan will not save every hom e." T he O b a m a a d m in is tr a ­ tion a p p e a rs co n fid en t that it is providing the right mix of incentives and penalties to m ake sure m ortgage com pa­ nies take part. O bam a said he backs legislation in Congress that allow s bankruptcy judg­ es to modify the term s of p ri­ m ary hom e loans — an idea ardently opposed by the lend­ ing industry. Nearly three in four people say they know som eone w ho has lost a job in the p ast six m onths as a result of the tough econom ic conditions, accord­ ing to an A ssociated Press- GFK poll released Wednesday. A nd m ore than half say they w orry about not being able to pay their bills and about see­ ing th eir retire m en t in v e st­ m ents decline. The $75 billion H om eow ner Stability Initiative w ould pro­ ATTEN TIO N FACULTY A N D UNDERG RADUATE STUDENTS NOMINATIONS SOUGHT AWARDS TO BE GIVEN IN THE A M O U N T OF $2,000, $5,000 & $20,000 University Co-op/George H. Mitchell Student Award for Academic Excellence ¡R* < 4 "V f : George H M itchell Award if 4» V -v 2 0.000.00 B ria n H a rd in T w e n t y T h o u s a n d m W t t lf W < 3 H». Brian Hardin, past recipient o f the G rand Prize w ith G eorge H. M itchell On April 29, 2009, The Univ ersity o f Texas at Austin with the generous support o f the U niversity Co-op, will recognize up to nine UT undergraduate students for superior scholarly or creative achievem ent. Five students will receive awards o f $2,000 each, three students - awards o f $5,000 each, and one student - the top aw ard o f $20,000. The Office o f the Executive Vice President and Provost provides a concurrent aw ard o f h alf the value o f each student’s award to the academic departm ent in w hich the scholarly work was supervised. Students must be nominated by a faculty member for this award. Nom inees m ust be juniors or seniors currently enrolled at UT Austin or have received their undergraduate degree in D ecem ber 2008. Submitted work should be finished or close to be finished, NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM MARCH 16 UNTIL NOON MARCH 27, 2009 FOR NOM INATION FORM AND AWARD INFORM ATION PLEA SE VISIT http://www.utexas.edu/provost/initiatives/undergraduate awards/mitchell/index.html Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm Friday, February 20, 2009 8:30 am - 5:30 pm AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law presents Bridging the Gap: Universities Meeting Global Challenges I What role can universities play in generating solutions to urgent global problems? The Bridging th& Gap Conference brings together prominent scholars, government officials, and private sector figures to discuss critical international trends and to suggest ways to better mobilize talent on university campuses to help meet the pressing challenges of our global age. For a complete schedule of panels go to www. robertst rausscenter. org The event is FREE and open to the public. O p in io n T h e D a i l y T e x a n Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Abhinav Kumar Abby Terrell MaryTuma 4A Thursday, February 19, 2009 VIEWPOINT Burning through the stimulus When President Barack Obama signed the stim ulus bill into law Tuesday, there's no doubt billions were earmarked for pork-barrel projects and other not-so-stimulat- ing purposes. Unfortunately, one of those was the restoration of the Texas Governor's Mansion. The 150-year-old mansion, damaged last June by a still-unidentified arsonist, will cost an estimated $27 million to restore, $25 million of which has been requested from the state. According to the Austin American-Statesman, private funding was expected to cover the rest. But that was before the stimulus windfall. With Texas expected to receive $16 billion of the $787 billion package, Texas legis­ lators at both the state and federal level are vying to use part of that sum to fund the mansion restoration. According to the Statesman, Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, said about $700 million of that $16 billion is pegged for unspecified public-works projects and that those are the funds the state could possibly use in the renovation. "It's a very creative way to pay for the mansion," he said. Creative indeed. Tuesday, after the stimulus bill passed, millions could be heard let­ ting out a collective sigh of relief. The long-awaited funds, though hotly debated and contested, could arguably set this country's economy straight — that is, if the funds are used for appropriately stimulating activities. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt initiated the New Deal in 1933, he dedicated mil­ lions of federal dollars to public-works projects. Through agencies like the Works Prog­ ress Administration, the deal created millions of jobs through the construction of roads, bridges, dams and buildings, such as the Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New York to New Jersey, and the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh. Though our current economic problems are not completely analagous to those of the Great Depression, the fundamental idea backing the stimulus bill mirrors that of the New Deal: Stimulus money should be used for value-added, economically invigorat­ ing initiatives. The Governor's Mansion should not be on that list of projects. Using the current eco­ nomic crisis as a distraction, our state is pawning off an unnecessary expense on the federal government. The renovation of the mansion would not serve to benefit society in the way Works Progress projects like the Lincoln Tunnel have for decades. Lawmakers are considering turning the mansion into a museum, which would give the plausible renovation an air of legitimacy. But the public benefit would still be slim in comparison to the good that $25 million in school upgrades, road improvements and infrastructure work could bring to Texas. And letting the charred mansion become a victim of nature would in no way affect Gov. Rick Perry and his family. Since the fire, they've been living in a three-story, four- bedroom home near Barton Creek Country Club, com plete with a heated pool and outdoor cabana. The state is currently coughing up almost $10,000 a month in rent to fund the family's fancy digs — unless it can get its hands on some more bailout bucks, that is. — A bby Terrell f o r the editorial board GALLERY ntHurn ME FROM ONE DAY RUING THE Illustration by Pavel Nitchovski L E G A L E S E Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the ed­ itorial board or the writer of the arti cle. They' are not necessanly those of tht I T administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING UNE SUBMIT A COLUMN E-mail your Finng Lines to ftrin- giinAd dailytiramtmlmc com. Ixiters must be fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the nght to edit for brevity, clanty and liability. Not all Finng Lines are published. Guest columns must be between 500 and 700 words. Send columns to editor^dailytexanxmline com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability if chosen for publication. ASkXX. I U¡T¿ Little value in drive-by wisdom By Jeremy Burchard Daily Texan Colum nist It may seem trivial, but vehicle emblems and decals are instant signs of identity. Especially since they are the first things you see when a car cuts you off. Many, including myself, choose University-cen­ tric car adornments as a more refined way to show allegiances — those ubiquitous silver Longhorn emblems and white window decals identify you as one of the gang in a city like Austin and bold­ ly (yet tastefully) set you apart from the rest in a town like College Station (or Norman, if you hate your UT-supporting car enough to drive it there). They even transcend regional differences when it comes to things like national organizations. Plus, they make the school money. According to the University Co-op's web site, the Longhorn emblem is its best-selling item. In fact, UT's trademarked logo is currently the best­ selling out of almost 200 colleges, according to the C ollegiate Licensing Company. And when you buy from the Co-op, all that money suppos­ edly goes back into the institution. It's a win-win situation. While I’m all in favor of accessorizing your ve­ hicle to show school spirit, your car is not always the proper medium for d isplaying m essages. Bumper stickers spring to mind; as Richard N ix­ on once said, "Television is to news what bumper stickers are philosophy." I hate bumper stickers. They are pointless. They instantly white-trashify your car, even if the mes­ sage is ironically anti-white trash (i.e., "coexist" spelled out in cultural symbols). They come in all shapes and sizes, none of which ever look good on your car, and they all essentially do the same thing: m ake the world more stupid. But let me clarify — only certain bumper stickers make me want to intentionally rear end someone. Take, for instance, bum per stickers that vehe­ mently purport one side of an argument. If your "side" is s< * simple that it is accurately represent­ ed in eight or fewer words, you need to reexamine your understanding of the argument. Paradoxi­ cally, bum per sticker-users tend to believe that a sarcastic neon green sticker they bought at a truck stop presents you as knowledgeable. It's a crisis of conscience. Everyone deserves a chance to voice his or her opinion, but when your bumper retorts, "W hat part of illegal immigration don't you un­ derstand?" you instantly fall down the intellectu­ al food chain. Equally as self-incriminating, "W ho would Jesus torture?" cries out, "I'm a tool!" And vegetarians, believe me: It's not that the world doesn't acknowledge your life choice as im­ portant and uniquely your own — it's that we just don't care. So when you exclaim via urine-yellow stickers "I love animals. I don't eat them ," you must realize you're only ruining the paint on your mold-green 1984 Volvo. Besides, don't you read bumper stickers? Vegans love animals more. Then there are the political activists of the world, kindly sprinkling their pearls of wisdom across the roads. They offer such clever musings as "Give Bush another term — in prison." I thank the heavens when that car in front of me slams on its breaks, nearly causing a five-car pile- up. It gives me time to discover the driver's polit­ ical savvy, unevenly plastered on the back of his Mazda minivan, right next to "Your child may be an honor student, but you drive like a moron." Which exem plifies another frustrating devel­ opment. In ingenious acts of counter-terrorism in the war against bumper stickers, manufacturers acknowledge the com mon disdain for pointless stickers and create other pointless stickers to belit­ tle the previous (already pointless) ones. The circle isn't just vicious; it's mind-numbing. To avoid frustration in the face of so many fu­ tile adhesives, the solution seems simple — avoid reading them. But most of the time, I find I don't have a choice in the matter. They tend to fall right in your line of sight and are so terse that by the time you realize you shouldn't be reading it for sake of your intelligence, you already have. I understand the need to express one's identi­ ty, but bumper stickers seem like the wrong ap­ proach to intelligent discourse or even humor. At times when I've considered placing a more salient sticker on my bumper, all I have to remember is that adhering it to my car would put me on the same level as the armies of pickup trucks with na- ked-lady mud flaps I see whenever I drive north on Highway 290. Burchard is a Liberal Arts Honors, rhetoric and writing and radio-television-film sophomore. Women's basketball: The new frontier By Dan Treadway Daily Texan Colum nist While walking to the Erwin Center on a m ild­ ly cool night last Wednesday, I had low expecta­ tions. Asked to examine a public space for rheto­ ric class, I decided to use the assignment as an op­ portunity to explore the great unknown — a UT wom en's basketball game. Not to my surprise, I couldn't talk eny of my friends into coming with if all of their grandmothers had me. It seemed 't night to die. found a conve. 1 and I settled into my desert- The game s t ed section. Afte ead count, I guessed the ma­ jority of UT stua tt attendance were on athlet- ic scholarship; I s* d maybe 15 students sitting around me. The ci 1 mostly consisted of elder- ly couples. I smugl) sumed the lowered excite- ment that comes witi omen's basketball must be better on their hearts. * here was also an alarming number of older men sitting by themselves around the arena, a phenomenon I would have investigat­ ed if the men hadn't looked so unapproachable (read: creepy). During the first half, a young child in a yellow shirt freely roamed up and down the aisle, crawling over chairs and screaming loudly. It seemed his parents weren't too worried about los­ ing him in a crowd of people. The U T band, usually the life force at m ost sporting events, wasn't quite up to snuff for this basketball game against the University of Kansas. At other games they can be seen screaming loud­ ly and jumping up and down nonstop to distract the opposition At thus game, however, I observed one saxophone player resting his cell phone on his shoulder while playing "Texas Fight!" The cheer­ leaders w eren't much better. For some reason I couldn't get over the idea of scantily clad co-eds cheering at a women's basketball game. Was the lack of fan support not embarrassing enough? While I took in the mascot's awkward jaunt and the depressing use of the Jumbotron (good luck not getting on it), something strange and unexpected caught my eye: a great basketball game. I watched as Eamesia Williams executed a textbook pick and roll and drove to the basket for a layup. I tíren saw her hustle back on defense, grab a rebound and run something I haven't seen the men's basketball team try since I've been on campus — a structured offense. While I watched on somewhat intrigued, a group of roughly 50 elementary school students in the section next to mine cheered like crazy. At that moment, I had an epiphany. I realized that an absurd double standard that had been placed in my mind: I was watching the game from the perspective of someone who was told not to give women's basketball a chance. For some rea­ son, if Steve Nash cuts through the lane for a layup, he's lauded for his quickness and court vision, but when a woman does the same thing, she's scoffed at and is told she has weak ankles. I recalled laugh­ ing a little too hard at a recent headline in The Onion reading, "Breast Cancer Launches WNBA Awareness M onth." It had been ingrained in me that the sport was too slow, too boring and, in gen­ eral, had too much estrogen involved. But to the children beside me, it was just a bas­ ketball game. There were no stigmas involved, no societal understanding that they weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously. They were watching the game for what it was: an entertaining sporting event. I began to observe the game from their objec­ tive perspective and found myself having a great time, which was the last thing I expected. And so the women's basketball team came out with a vic­ tory, and 1 came out of the Erwin Center a wom- en's-basketball fan. I left the over-commercialized excuse for a cave in a pleasant mood. I had expe­ rienced a great game, deserted m en's restrooms and a little bit of perspective, to boot — so much so that later that night, when I couldn't fall asleep, I flipped on the Spurs game. It did the trick. Treadway is a political communications junior Thursday, February 19,2009 |\I ¡, ^ ^ « Study: Diversity slow to shape tolerance By A ndrew M artinez Daily Texan Staff A team of researchers study­ ing the U C LA cam pu s found that living in a multicultural en­ vironment does not change stu­ dents' racial tolerance. "The Diversity Challenge: So­ cial Identity and Intergroup Re­ lations on the College C am pus" describes a five-year study by a team of researchers that started the fall of 1996. The researchers follow ed a portion of U CLA 's 1996 incom ing freshm an class through four years of college, routinely checking up on them at the beginning of each sem es­ ter and asking questions about their sense of cultural diversity and ethnic awareness. "R elativ ely little changes in a stu d en t's attitu d e over four years," said Harvard psycholo­ gist Jim Sidanius, the m ain au­ thor of the book. "Students tend to have the same social and po­ litical attitudes by the time they leave college. E thnic attitudes and prejudices are very m ildly affected." R e s e a r c h e r s p r e v i o u s l y thought that exposure to a mul­ ticu ltu ral environm ent would increase a stud ent's overall ra­ cial to le ra n ce , but th e stu d y found that students who join or­ gan izatio n s p red om inantly of one ethnicity show the opposite effects. "For both ethnic minority or­ ganizations and fraternities and sororities, membership increased a student's sense of discrim ina­ tion," said Shana Levin, a profes­ sor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College and co-author of the book. "There was also an indication that there are negative effects of Greek membership on feeling distant from members of other ethnic groups." The study found that am ong stud ent m em bers of G reek or­ g an izatio n s, there w'as an in ­ creased sense of in-group soli­ darity, leading students to feel m ore d ista n t from oth er e th ­ nicities. The study also found a greater sense of social d istanc­ ing among w'hite students. "The effects were a little more serious for w'hite students than black stu d ents," Sidanius said. "W hites were more likely to join fraternities. The level of ethnic identity w as stronger and this increased feelings of ethnic vic­ timization and conflict." On the other hand , m in o ri­ ty stu d ents seem ed to benefit in important ways from being a part o ta n ethnic student organi­ zation, Levin said. "H om ogeneous contact can be especially beneficial to minority students when looking at social and academic outcom es," Levin said. "Students were more mo­ tivated to perform academically in spite of the fact that the more in-group friends they had, the m ore discrim ination they per­ ceived against their group." Past business contest winners offer insights RESEARCH: Solar facility vote to come before City Council From pagel A W e're trying to com e up with strategies to low er this cost. A dram atically new approach is needed, which hasn't been dis­ covered yet. We're searching to see if nanomaterials might pro­ vide a solution to this problem." N a n o m a te r ia ls a re 1 ,0 0 0 tim es thinner than a strand of human hair, Korgel said. When metals and plastics are reduced to a nanom eter, their chem ical properties change, and they can be used to improve the quality of TV screens and w ater puri­ fication, am ong other uses, he added. "Nanomaterials is a new class of material that people still don't know a whole lot abou t," said M atthew Panthani, a group re­ searcher and chemical engineer­ ing grad uate stud ent. "W e're discovering new properties all the time and how we can use those properties to improve var­ ious processes." Korgel leads a group of 16 stu­ dents and one postdoctoral re­ searcher that is developing new' building methods for nanomate­ rials. Researchers will disperse particles into an ink-like solu ­ tion that w ill be used to print solar cells onto sheets at a low cost. "A com pany would print the solar cells o u t," Panthani said. "P eo p le can use them in any way they desire, like to power a hom e by placing the cells on a roof." N ext w eek the City Council will vote on a proposal to build the nation's largest solar panel fa­ cility. If plan is passed, Austin En­ ergy will have a $250 million con­ tract with a San Francisco compa­ ny to generate 30 megawatts of energy over the span of 25 years. Korgel said he hopes to have de­ veloped efficient, low-cost solar cell printing in five years. "We need to stop relying on fossil fuels and develop renew ­ able energy technologies that are cost effective," Korgel said. "A ustin could become the Sili­ con Valley of solar [energy], but the [governm ent] would abso­ lutely need to involve and uti­ lize the expertise at UT." FACEB0 0 K: Some feel indifferent about retention o f information From pagel A ever they wanted, I would prob­ ab ly ju s t d elete th e m ," Post said. Although she has never tried to delete her account, Post said it would not be too much of a h a s ­ sle to repost all of her information if it was completely removed. "I have all my pictures on mv computer, so I'd still be able to look and show people pictures i f I needed to," Post said. By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff S e v e n U n iv e r s ity a lu m n i, now re p re sen tativ es of high- profile firm s across Texas, a t­ tended the 25th annu al Texas M oot Corp Com petition at the M cC om bs School o f B usiness on Wednesday. The com petition encourages students to com pete in the field of business. A $100,000 cash prize is awarded to the group or indi­ vidual w ith the most unique and elaborate business plan. The seven University alumni present at the com petition were previous winners w'ho succeed­ ed professionally and wanted to share their start-up stories and insights. Halsa P harm aceuticals CEO Phil Sp e ro s w on th e co m p e ­ titio n in 2 0 0 0 . S h o r tly a fte r graduating with an MBA from the M cC om bs Sch oo l of B u si­ ness in 2 0 0 1 , he co -fo u n d e d H alsa, w h ich d ev elo p s tre a t­ m en ts for m e tab o lic d ise ases such as o b e sity and d iab etes, Speros said. The com pany also d evelops m edicines for treating the side C h ip otle fou n d e r Scott Evans participates in a panel d iscu ssio n W e d n e sd a y at the M c C o m b s S ch o o l of Business. The panel featured seven p re vio us w inners of the ann u al M o o t C orp com petition. S a ra Y o u n g | Daily Texan Staf effects of cancer. "[Texas M oot C orp] invited the previous winners from their com petitions who have success­ fully launched com panies and gotten funding," Speros said. The p reviou s w in n ers held a p an el d iscu ssio n fo llo w ed by a question-and -answ er ses sion that covered a wide rang< of topics, including the nation': economy. J o i n the Texas Wesley United Methodist Campus Ministry For Journey through Ephesians at Overflow Thursdays at 5 :3 0 p.m . at U niversity U M C (25 1 and G uadalupe)- Fellow ship , F R E E hom e-cooked m eal, and w orship! Jo in us for a great tim e every Thu rsday night w ith tasty dinner, live m usic, and great people! 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S h e lle y N e u m a n | D aily Texan Staff P atton receiv ed a total o f as at Austin M IS BBA Program eo or any video could be the de- in the McCombs School of Busi- ciding factor for where you go $12,000 in funding for the prize to school or what you w ant to money from different sponsors ness, Conoco Phillips, Ernst & do is fascinating, Patton said. including the University of Tex- Young, Shell and Wal-Mart. NEWS BRIEFLY Austin Chinatown lawyer denies threat of foreclosure Despite reports to the con­ trary, Chinatown, North Aus­ tin's Asian shopping center, is not at risk of foreclosure. An Austin news organization reported this week that China­ town will be auctioned off as soon as next month, but Ben Broocks, the shopping center's management lawyer, said this is not the case. "Foreclosure isn't even in the realm of possibility," Broocks said. Chinatown's recent listing on Central Texas foreclosure lists is common practice among busi­ ness owners and is a common strategy employed by lenders and borrowers or, in this case, Chinatown business owners, Broocks said. "Everyone in the universe — unless you just got born yesterday — is affected by the econom ic situation," Broocks said. "Lenders and borrow ­ ers are routinely affected by loans." Broocks was unhappy about the poor coverage the center re­ ceived in a recent story. "I didn't get a call from News 8," Broocks said. "I don't know why News 8 didn't call me. That is completely irresponsi­ ble. If they're creating the im­ pression that the center is shut­ ting down, that's misleading and wrong. It's not even in the realm of possibility." Broocks? said he was mvsti- fied by the amount of coverage the rumored news generated. "Posting for foreclosure is a relatively routine event," he said. "I'm mildly amused at the interest this is generated. This happened last month, and there was not a peep." — A n d re w M a rtin ez Assistant professors receive awards to fund research Eight UT assistant engineer­ ing professors have received Faculty Early Career Develop­ ment awards and more than $3 million from the National Sci­ ence Foundation. Each professor received more than $400,OOt) to fund his or her research for five years. Christine Julien, an electrical and computer engineering assis­ tant professor, hopes to improve networks that install Internet ac­ cess and other communication channels in remote areas. "I'm quite pleased and excit­ ed to be given the opportunity to work with my students to do the research," Julien said. The award will also fund biomedical engineering assis­ tant professor John Zhang's re­ search, which aims to control disease using gene evolution. "Receiving this award is a great recognition of our high­ ly synergized effort in research and education," Zhang said. Other recipients of the award include Adela Ben-Yakar, Alexis Kwasinski, Laura Suggs, Mary Jo Kirisits, Emanuel Tutuc and Haris Vikalo. — Viviana A ld o u s March - mmw TUESDAY M ARCH 17 KEITH URBAN By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff M ore than 100 u n d erg rad ­ u ate stu d e n ts com p eted for $12,000 at the McCombs School o f B u sin ess N ext Top M ajor video com petition Wednesday night. Teams of students com peted by creating two to three m in­ ute videos that promoted a dif­ feren t m ajor at the b u sin ess school. The purpose of creating the videos w as for other stu ­ dents at the University to visu­ ally experience different majors in the school of business, said business school lecturer Elota Patton. The finalists were chosen by online voting open to students acro ss the n a tio n . T h e v o t­ ing period lasted from Feb. 9 through Sunday. H uong Le, K evin N guyen and Nin Bui, m em bers of the group O ne Hit Wonders, were ch osen as the co m p e titio n 's best runners-up. They received a $1,800 cash prize. Tamir Kalifa, Richard Walls and Tony G riffin , m em b ers o f the group The C arls, won the Grand Prize of $3,000 cash prize. "The idea that a YouTube vid- TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THESE GREAT SHOWS Tuesday, March 3 Rascal Flatts Wednesday. March 4 Alan Jackson Thursday, March 5 Clay Walker Friday, March 6 Gladys Knight Solange Black Heritage Day sponsored by Kroger Food Stores Saturday, March 7 Trace Adkins Monday, March 9 Lady Antebellum Tuesday, March 10 Ford presents Toby Keith Wednesday, March 11# Reba McEntire Thursday, March 12 Brad Paisley Friday. March 13 Clint Black Saturday, March 14 Josh Turner Sunday, March 15 Ramon Ayala Alacranes Musical GoTejanoDay sponsored by State Farm® Grad students not optimistic about job market Uncertainty worsens students already stressful list o f responsibilities By Sam antha Deavin Daily Texan Staff Many academ ic and corporate institutions are freezing their hir­ ing processes, sparking anxiety among graduate students. V irginia D oyle South, a staff therapist for the UT Graduate Stu­ dent Group, which offers therapy, said her 2009 class is close to capac­ ity, reflecting students' concerns that they will not be able to find employment after graduation. "Graduate students invest sub­ stan tial tim e, effo rt and m o n ­ ey into their study," South said. "There is increasing concern that it will not pay off." Graduate students can face in­ creased responsibilities and often have to juggle a job, family, per­ sonal relationships and study re­ quirements. Seth Lew is, a doctoral cand i­ date and assistant instructor in the School of Journalism , is married with three children and is expect­ ing his fourth in March. "G ra d u a te stu d en ts face the sam e pressures as un dergradu­ ates but m agnified for key rea­ sons," Lewis, 30, said. "The chal­ lenge is that you 're alw ays on. There's no space in the day that shou ld n't be used in som e pro­ ductive way. You feel like a con­ stant hamster on the wheel." W hile Lew is enjoys the ch al­ lenges of his high-pressure work, South said increased stress and anxiety lev els am ong grad uate students stem from unrealistic ex­ pectations of higher-level study. "People don't realize how diffi­ cult it will b e," South said. "The pressure of being a graduate stu­ dent at U T carries the responsi­ bility to perform at a certain level and live up to its reputation." But it's not all bad, said Nick M erola, a doctoral candidate in com m unication studies and the com m unications representative for the Graduate Student Assem ­ bly. "T h ere are som e great things about graduate life," Merola said. "I think the opportunity to work on som ething that you think is valu ab le and interesting helps to balance out the pressure and stress." "There's no space in the day that shouldn't be used in some productive way." — Seth Lewis, journalism doctoral candidate As m any attem pt to w ait out the recession, an increase in grad­ uate school admissions is predict­ ed, w hich w ill bring new p res­ sures and demands for students. "T h ere is goin g to be g re a t­ er pressure to produce as a grad­ uate stu d en t," Lew is said. "T h e dem ands are going to be greater, which will lead to greater stress. On the sam e token, it's a good thing as it will push us all to be a little better." 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"We know Oklahoma State is really fighting for their lives right now — their NCAA tourna­ ment lives," Goestenkors said before the game. "We're going to have to be on our toes." The No. 12 Longhorns were unable to find an answer for the Big 12's leading scorer, junior Andrea Riley, who, after a four-point first half, scored 17 in the game's final 13 minutes to fin­ ish off Texas in a grueling contest. "It was a great team win, but when it comes to the end of it, we have a bigtime player, and Andrea came through at a big time for us," said the Cowgirls' head coach Kurt Budke. Riley, the shortest player on the court at 5 feet 5 inches, added eight rebounds in 39 min­ utes of play for the Cowgirls, who ended a four-game losing streak. "We wanted to limit [Riley's] touches," Goes­ tenkors said. "She makes so many great things happen when she has the ball, either with her scoring or her passing." Texas' biggest question — its frontcourt — wasn't answered Wednesday, but fans got a glimpse of what it could become. When senior post Ashley Lindsey played physically on the inside, she was able to score and rebound, reg­ istering her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds. "I think Ashley Lindsey probably played the best game of anybody," Goestenkors said. Our guards had been dominating our play ... and now we re starting to get our post players to play a little better. I think if we can get it all going together at the same time, it'll be pret­ ty special." Forw ards Aubry Cook and Ashley G ay­ le both played considerable minutes as well. Freshman Gayle once again got the start and finished with three points and two rebounds. Cook grabbed three rebounds. Offensively, Texas failed to find a go-to scorer. Brittainey Raven, the team's points leader, did not have a field goal until three minutes into the second half and finished with just five points. "We're going to keep our heads up and our confidence up," senior Earnesia Williams said afterward. "We weren't aggressive on defense, and we didn't execute on offense. When you don't do that, you lose games." Junior guard Erika Arriaran shot well for the Horns. She scored eight points in the first half, including two 3-pointers she had to make over defending players. In the pink • There were 10 tied scores and nine lead changes • Score was tied at 25 at halftime • Senior forward, Ashley Lindsey, led the Horns with 16 points and 10 rebounds W ednesday night's game was also a part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Associ­ ation s Pink Zone week. The event featured both teams wearing pink on their uniforms, from fuchsia shoelaces to rose-colored head­ bands, as well as special presentations before the game and at halftime to help raise breast cancer awareness. The entire Erwin Center glowed a shade of pink Wednesday, but the players in burnt or­ ange left feeling a little blue. Goestenkors said her team will have to fight hard in Texas' next game, Saturday against No. 14 Texas A&M. Tip- off is set for 11 a.m. Longhorn golf teams can now call new oasis home By M att Hohner Daily Texan Staff Every Longhorn fan knows that UT provides some of the highest-caliber facil­ ities to its student athletes, from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. However, one of the best-kept secrets in Texas athletics is the University of Texas Golf Club. The course is just a 30-minute drive from campus, in the beautiful hill coun­ try of Austin near Lake Travis. The Tex­ as m en's and w om en's golf teams like to think of it as their home away from home. "It's nice to get away from cam pus," says senior Caney Hines. "It's such a beautiful place and setting over here." University supporters set out on a mis­ sion to give the Longhorns a permanent home for their golf teams, and the teams have been calling the golf club home since November 2003, though it is not owned by UT. The golf club exudes a Texan image, and from the club's architecture to its in­ terior and exterior design, life is clearly lived home on the range. "I want my guests and members to GOLF continues on page 2B Emily Kimolving | Daily Texan Staff The recently renovated University of Texas Golf Club rests in the hills o f West Austin near Lake Travis. „ . . Sara Young | Daily Texan Sta Junior Kristen Nash and senior Aubry Cook hang their heads after the Longhorns'disappointing loss at the Erwin Center on W ednesday nioht The loss m ade ,he team uneasy, bu, the players vowed ,o keep their heads up and rheir confidence strong as they head to C ollegeStation on^Saturday , Senior Ashley Lindsey goes up for one of her three blocks against Oklahom a State on Wednesday. Shelley Neum ane | D aily Texan Staff Starting positions up for grabs; Clark says whole team will get a fighting chance in Calif. By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff California, here they come. The Longhorns and their hot bats are heading west for their first road trip of the year. For the last three games, the Long­ horns have combined for 20 runs and 28 hits. The regular starters, led by junior Loryn Johnson hitting .375 and fresh­ man Lexy Bennett hitting .400, have been serving opponents problems at the plate. Of course, there aren't many regu­ lar starters. Coach Connie Clark has begun ex­ perimenting with different lineups and plans to continue doing so this weekend in California at the Cathe­ dral City Classic. "In the early gam es everyone wants to perform," Clark said. "It's a very competitive environment for starting positions now." Freshman Courtney Craig and ju­ nior Brittany Chalk both got starts on Tuesday, giving a couple of the regu­ lars a day off. Even catcher Amy Hooks was able to take off a couple of innings for the first time this season in game two of the team's double header against UT- Arlington. "It was good to sit in there and watch the defense play ball," Hooks said after an 11-1 victory over UT- Arlington. The w hole team should get a chance to play this weekend as the Longhorns play five games over four days starting today against Tennes­ see Tech. C lark wants to see as many play­ Jeffrey McWhorter | D aily Texan Staff The Longhorn softball team w as all smiles after its doubleheader sweep Tuesday. The team looks to have similar results this weekend on the road. ers as she can and find the right com­ bination in both the field and at the plate. But sometimes the bench play­ ers get a little excited when their names are called. "Some people put added pressure on themselves because they want to be at in the lineup and want to con­ tribu te," C lark said. "Therefore, they tend to be a little anxious at the plate." The Longhorns showed more pa­ tience at the plate Tuesday after hav­ ing a week off from games. The pitching staff, which got rocked early on, showed improvement with a week of practice. S o p h o m o re B r itta n y B a r n ­ hill looked in midseason form on Tuesday a f t e r onl y a l l o wi n g the Mavericks two hits in a complete shutout. "Personally, I feel more confident going into the weekend," Barnhill said. "Most of the adjustments I made were mental stuff. 1 have grown a lot mentally over the past few weeks." Clark wants to make sure her team continues improving. "Make sure we are taking steps forward and not taking steps back," Clark said. This tournament and the rest of the nonconference gam es are all preparation for the daunting Big 12 schedule. "We are just moving forward and building up practicing harder every­ day and getting ready for conference play," Hooks said. 2B S p o r t s Thursday, February 19, 2009 UT badminton club sets record straight about its reputation GOLF: Texas Golf Club and new clubhouse like no other facilities in Austin area Quickness and stamina the sport. required, but competitive streak is not necessary "You have to start from scratch in badm inton," Aldaba said. "You have to learn how to hit shots from every squ are inch o f the court." Aldaba, who also plays tennis and ping pong, said he becam e interested in p laying b ad m in ­ ton w hile w atching the Beijing Olympics. The club, which meets Tuesdays and T hu rsd ay s from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sundays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., offers members the chance to play com petitive bad­ minton, something uncommon in Texas before the collegiate level. "They didn't really have com ­ petitive badminton when I was in high school," Luu said. "It's fairly rare in Texas." T he m a tch e s o n ly in te n s i­ fied as the m eeting progressed. Players d isplayed a variety of shots from d ifferen t ang les in an a tte m p t to o u tsm art th eir opponents. "Badm inton presents a w hole new set of challenges from ten­ nis," said Jennifer Luu, a business freshman and D avid's sister. "It became addicting very fast." Club m em bers participate in a variety of tournam ents across T exas, in c lu d in g on e in San A n tonio called The G am es of Texas. The club's nature isn't competi­ tive, though. It is more geared to­ ward helping members improve at the sport. "I want to meet new people in the club, have fun and get better in all aspects," Jennifer Luu said, "it's a good change of pace from going to school all day." By Jonathan Babin Daily Texan Staff Imagine an unfamiliar sport de­ scribed by its participants as fast- paced, highly competitive and re­ quiring a high degree of skill. N ow im a g in e h e a rin g th at th e s p o r t b ein g d e s c rib e d is badminton. Don't laugh. "There's a common misconcep­ tion that badminton is only a pic­ nic or Fourth of July sport," said b iolog y freshm an M ich ael A l­ daba. "It is a great workout. You only have a split second to make decisions." The U T B ad m in to n C lu b is doing w hat it can to shed those m isco n ce p tio n s a b o u t a sp ort that is the fastest of the racquet variety. "W h at really drew m e to the sport w as the sp eed ," said club president and electrical engineer­ ing junior David Luu. "You need to have great stamina and reflexes to be successful." D uring their Tu esd ay m eet­ ing, club members began playing matches to warm up — matches which, from the beginning, dis­ played the sport's intensity. "The shuttle can m ove as fast as 320 kilometers per hour during play," Luu said. The shuttle is a cone-shap ed p ro jectile that is h it ov er a net by opposing players. Its unique d esig n p resen ts v a rio u s c h a l­ lenges to players as they learn From page IB get that true Texas g olf ex p e ri­ en ce," said the clu b 's m anager, Steve Term eer. "W e try to cre­ ate an en v iro n m en t th a t's c a ­ sual and com fortable. We w ant people to see som e of the form er p la y e r s a n d o u r L o n g h o r n m em orabilia." T erm eer also fe e ls th a t the U n iv ersity o f Texas G o lf C lub is lik e no oth er g o lf co u rse in A ustin. "W e d o n 't like to look at oth­ er g olf courses as com p etition ," Term eer said. "There are a lot of com m on interests and goals out h ere. A m a jo rity o f o u r m em ­ bers are alum ni from Texas and m em bers of the Texas Exes. It's a very cohesive un it." Som e o f the a m e n itie s the U n iv ersity o f Texas G o lf C lub h a s to o f fe r a re m e n 's an d w o m e n 's lock er ro o m s, a fit­ ness facility com plete w ith car- d io e q u ip m e n t, w e ig h t-tr a in ­ in g c a p a b il it ie s , f la t - s c r e e n T V s , a r e s t a u r a n t a n d an academ ic center. Talk about living luxuriously. M em bers share these am eni­ ties, plus spacious locker rooms, a bar, an open-air, 3,400 square- foot pavilion ov erlookin g U T 's e x tra o rd in a ry p ra ctice fa cility E m ily K in s o lv in g | D aily Texan Staff Photos of UT g o lf alumm adorn the halls of the University of Texas Golf Club at Steiner Ranch. The pictures are one element that enhances the impressive golfing facility. . and the p ictu resq u e 18th hole. The clu b h ou se is also hom e to an in sp irin g d isp la y area fe a ­ turing UT leg en d s' m em orabil­ ia, su ch as M a jo r C h a m p io n ­ ship trophies, a Ryder Cup d is­ play and N CAA cham p ion sh ip trophies. The club supports the m en's and w om en's golf team s and ca­ ters to m ost of the team s' needs. W om en's g olf head coach M ar­ tha R ich ard s loves the w o rld - class facilities. "O n e thing about Texas is, if w e're going to do it, then w e're g oing to do it rig h t," R ich ard s said. The w o m en 's golf team loves p r a c t ic in g th e re b e c a u s e it lets p la y e rs e sca p e th e ch ao s Luu volleys against fellow teammates during a badm inton match. Luu said that what excites him m ost about badm inton is the speed of the sport. Jeffrey M c W h o r te r D aily Texan Staff of cam pus. " I t s ju s t so p e a c e f u l o u t h ere," R ich ard s said. " It allow s us to focus and put us in a p o si­ tion w h ere the thing that needs to be d o n e, g ets done. R ain or sh in e, th ese fa cilitie s a llo w us to have that o p p ortu n ity to get b etter." Richards uses the facilities to her ad vantage w hen recru iting new athletes. "T h ey know if th ey 're co m ­ ing to T exas, th e y 're g o in g to get b etter," R ichards said . "W e have e v e ry th in g they n eed to h e lp th em a c c o m p lis h th e ir goals and get better. The L on g h o rn s host annu al to u rn am en ts, such as the M or­ ris W illiam s In terco lleg iate for th e m en and the B etsy R aw ls In v ita t ion a 1 fo r th e w o m e n . Both team s w ill host occasional an n u al ch am p io n sh ip to u rn a ­ m ents, such as the Big 12 C h am ­ p ion sh ip s and the N CAA C e n ­ tral R eg ion al C h a m p io n sh ip s, w hich the m en's team w ill host in May. But the story h a sn 't alw ay s been a fairy tale. Tragedy struck the g o lf club on D ec. 26, 2007, w hen a fire destroyed the clu b ­ house w ith its $8 m illion ren o­ vation nearly com plete. A roof­ ing a c c id e n t, c o m p lic a te d by h ig h w in d s c a u s e d th e fire w h ich led to $5.4 m illio n d o l­ lars in dam age. Term eer can recall the fateful D ecem ber m orning w hen he re­ ceived the bad news. "It w as very hard to im agine, hard to sw allow ," said Termeer. "W e w e re o n ly 60 d a y s from com pletion. It w as just an unbe­ lievab le exp erien ce, like so m e­ one ju st punched you in the gut. I talked to M ack B row n , w ho w as really p o sitiv e in rally in g w ith the m em bership and to re­ group the process. I'm ju st glad nobody got h u rt." B row n s its as c h a irm a n of the board for the g olf clu b . He loves to hit the fairw ay s in the o f fs e a s o n w h e n n o t o n th e gridiron. The club regrouped after the fire and b eg a n a seco n d re n ­ o v a tio n . A lo n g w ith re n o v a ­ tion s to the clu b h o u se and ad ­ ditional features, renovators ex ­ panded the 7,154-yard course to 7,412-y ard s. Th e second ended in O ctober. U n fo rtu n a te ly for s tu d e n ts , tuition w ill not allow them a c­ cess to this exclusive and lavish golf course. But those w illing to pay w ill play in good c o m p a ­ ny with the m en's and w om en's g olf team s. Details at www.utrecsports.org or call 512-471-3116. Thursday, February 19,2009 I . i n & V r t s 3B FARM: Workers volunteer time, get free box of produce in return From page 6B I sit on a m o u n d of d irt and get to work. Kneeling next to m e is Michele F reem on, a full-tim e trainer at a health services agency and a reg­ u la r J o h n s o n 's v o lu n te e r. The farm w elc o m e s v o lu n te e rs on h arvest d ay s to assist w ith tasks like this, as w ell as to help pack­ age the boxes of CSA vegetables. As an incentive, v o lu n te ers can ta k e h o m e a CSA box of th e ir ow n after the w o rk d ay is done. F re em o n a n d I m a k e sm a ll talk. She h as o n ly been v o lu n ­ teering at Joh n son's for a couple of m onths, b u t already she looks forw ard to it every w eek. M ind­ lessly h a rv e s tin g broccoli a n d w ash in g carrots; it's like a form of therapy. A fter the m in t is done, I w alk over to the m ain building for m y next task. A n o th er v o lu n te er is ch o m p in g on a c a rro t h e 's ju st picked. "Here, try one," he says, h a n d ­ ing me a sm all carrot still covered in dirt, its b righ t green leaves still attached. "It's like candy." A fter rin sin g it off in th e g i­ a n t w ash in g sta tio n — a w o o d ­ en s ta n d to p p e d w ith a p iece of w ire fo r d ra in in g w a te r — I ta k e a bite. H e 's rig h t; th e c a r­ rot is pro b ab ly the sw ee te st I've ev er tasted. J o h n s o n 's F am ily G a rd e n is the creation of Brenton Johnson, a fo rm er ag ric u ltu ra l engineer- tu rn e d farm er. Before last year, Johnson and his wife, Beth, grew and sold crops ou t of their back­ yard in dow n to w n A ustin. W hen business started to pick up, Brenton lucked o u t in stu m ­ b lin g u p o n th e lo c atio n w h ere he is today. M oving his wife and four children to the farm , he b e­ g an ru n n in g th e farm as a fu ll­ tim e job. Today, th e farm sells CSA boxes to ab o u t 500 people. Johnson h op es th a t n u m b e r w ill be 600 in a year. In 10 years, he hopes it will be 1,000. Jo h n so n is s o ft-s p o k e n a n d lo o k s to o y o u n g to h a v e fo u r kids. As w e w ork, he quietly sur­ veys the tractor that is dropping a row of cabbage seedlings into the soil, stopp ing occasionally to ex­ change pleasantries w ith som e of the regular volunteers. We all w ork silently in the gar­ den, each entranced by the m onot­ onous yet consum ing w ork w e're all involved in. Everyone is wel- From left to right, Brenton Johnson, _ , Edgar Fisher and Lukas Wuest plant vegetable plugs, or seedlings, at Johnson's Backyard Garden on Saturday afternoon. Peyton McGee I Daily Texan Staff com ing, kindly ignoring the fact that I d o n 't know w hat I'm doing. H ow ever, it's clear that the over­ all attitu d e at Johnson's is strict­ ly business. A n d a f te r an h o u r o f s li d ­ ing across m o unds of d irt on m y k n ees, p u n c h in g sm all b ro cco ­ li seedlings into the ground, I can m ore clearly see the reality behind the novel idea of volunteering at Johnson's. As a spon tan eous Sat­ urd ay activity, it's fun: In its ow n sm all, self-sustaining w orld, it's fascinating to o bserv e the com ­ ponents that allow a business like this to operate. H ow ever, doing this for a life­ tim e? M uch m ore difficult. In a b u sin e ss th a t is co m p letely d e ­ p en d a n t on perishable goods, the The existence of Johnson's fulfills the som ew hat fabulous-sounding possibility that m aybe we could really "know our farmers "a concept that seems more at hom e in the days o f m ilkm en. farm and, subsequently, the John­ sons, cannot afford to take even a day off. "F or m e, th e farm is a seven- d ay -a-w eek job," Jo hnson said. O th er than taking a w eek off in the m iddle of the sum m er and an­ other off for Christm as, m aintain­ ing the crops is hard work, requir­ ing nearly constant attention. The factors th at co n trib u te to the farm 's success are n o t so le­ ly dependent on the hours p u t in, either. They d ep e n d on a steady flow of c u sto m e rs to reg u la rly shell out $30 for a box of produce every week, som ething that can be more of a luxury than a necessity. Additionally, the farm relies on so m ething even less p redictable than the tum ultuous econom y — the weather. Like this year, w hen the lack of rain forced the farm ers to install fo u r a d d itio n a l w ells, w hich w as b oth a financial b u r­ den and time com m itm ent. A t n o o n , a fte r four h o u rs of labor, w e finish the d a y 's w ork. I'm e x h a u s te d , d ir ty a n d still cold. My tennis shoes, w orn for probably the first tim e since I last took a m an d ato ry gym class, are caked in m ud. In a m ethodically organized as­ sembly line, w e take our final po­ sitions in putting together the CSA boxes that will go out to m em bers la te r th a t day. P assin g a ro u n d ca rd b o a rd totes, w e each d ro p our designated vegetables into the box. Four grapefruits, tw o orang­ es, tw o tom atoes, fresh mint, spin­ ach, broccoli, p u rp le cauliflow er, beets, carrots, tw o head s of cab­ bage — all go in the box. The existence of Johnson's ful­ fills th e s o m e w h a t f a b u lo u s - so u n d in g possibility th at m aybe w e could really "know our farm ­ ers," a concept that seem s m ore at h om e in the d ays of m ilkm en a n d w alk in g eig h t m iles in the snow to school. The possibility of this operation m akes red u c in g the n u m b e r of steps betw een the harvesting and purchasing of crops m ore plausi­ ble. As I leave the farm , I feel tri­ um phant, carrying m y box of pro­ duce as if it w ere a hard-w on tro­ phy. Truly, this feeling — elation through a box of vegetables — is w h a t Jo h n so n 's has ca p ita liz ed on. It's w hat keeps the farm pros­ p ero u s, w ith a su b sta n tia l C S A m em ber waitlist. Now, if only I could figure out w hat to do w ith all these beets. 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Decked out in old jeans and a ratty shirt, dow ning the last of m y coffee and squinting to decipher the d irectio n s on a printed-out map, I'm on m y w a y to Johnson's Backyard G arden, an all-organic local farm and venue for com m u­ nity-supported agriculture. Com m unity-supported agricul­ ture farm s, or C SA s, are, as John­ son's defines them, "d ire ct part­ n ersh ip s betw een the consum ­ er and the farm er." In a nutshell, a C S A is com posed of interested custom ers b u yin g shares of the farm in the form of produce. For a w eekly fee, a shareholder can pick up a box of this season's freshest o rganic, pesticide-free crops. The farm is m aintained by the com m unity. It's a green, eco­ log ically conscious option as w ell as a boost to the local econom y — w in-w in. I p u ll up to the farm and step o u tsid e . T he d a y is d re a ry — cold and w et. It's the first w in ­ ter-like w eather A u stin has had in months. I'm greeted by Bess Steiner, an intern at Johnson's w ho has been w o rk in g and liv in g at the farm since N ovem ber. H a n d in g me a p air of w ork gloves, scissors and a sm all plastic crate, she directs me to m y first task — clip p in g and tying bunches of fresh mint. FARM continues on page 3B Lukas Wuest, left, and Dylan Alford remove plugs that were not planted at Johnson's Backyard Garden on Saturday afternoon. Peyton McGee | Daily Texan Staff OSCAR COMMENTARY The academy just cant seem to get it right M ü Awards committee has tendency to give Oscars to less-deserving films By Michael Thompson Daily Texan Staff You m ight recall Three 6 M a­ fia's O scar acceptance speech a few years ago w hen they w on a Best O riginal Song aw ard for "It's Hard O ut Here for a Pim p." W h at w as more m em orable to most film aficionados came soon after, w hen Jon Stew art said, "N u m b er of O scars w on by Three 6 M afia — 1. Num ber w on by M artin Scorsese — 0." T h a n k fu lly , the a u d ie n ce chuckled as did Scorsese him ­ self, but the fact rem ained that the film m aker had yet to w in an Oscar. The m oment illustrated w hat m any critics h ave charged is the A cadem y's in ab ility to rec­ ognize real talent. "T h e A cad em y tends to re­ w ard bleeding-heart, political- ly-correct m ovies — much like this year's 'The Reader,' w ith its five Oscar noms including Best Picture and Best D irector," said Fran k Schatz, w h o teaches a class about Scorsese's films. So, even though "T h e Read­ e r" has not been w e ll received by critics or audiences, it should not come as a surprise that this pompous Holocaust m ovie has racked up several nominations. Crowd-pleasing m ovies also have a tendency to w ipe out the Oscar chances of superior films. Professor Charles Ramirez-Berg of the radio-television-film de­ partment has an explanation for the "G o o d Fellas"' loss to K evin Costner's "Dances w ith W olves" at the 1990 Academ y Awards. 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A fter years o f research, Connell w rote the play about a year ago. Neel was a portrait painter, born in Pennsylvania in 1900 and schooled at the Philadelphia School o f Design for Women. W hile her influences included the darker side o f Spanish painting and the expression­ ism o f Northern Europe and Scandinavia, she had a unique style. A lthough she was a painter o f urban areas, landscapes, still lifes and people, her most famous work came about around 1970 when she began painting her family and a series o f nudes. Neel becam e a famous painter and lecturer and was the first woman to be honored with her own show at the W hitney Mu­ seum of Modern Art in New York. “1 was im m ediately taken by her portraits, which felt like a gallery full o f characters w aiting to be w ritten ,” Connell said. “Portrait” seeks to portray not only Neel’s life but also the struggles o f an artist. Neel was a female artist in a field dominated by men and was a portrait painter in a time when portraits had been abandoned for photographs. The play also deals with N eel’s attem pted balance between being an artist and a mother. N eel’s children were her most frequent subjects in her paintings, but the play seeks to ask if they were more subjects than sons to Neel. “The play is about the ch al­ lenge o f navigating the roles o f artist and m other — artist and person, really — and the struggle betw een Alice and her sons to control how they see the world and how they are seen by the world, both on A lice’s can ­ vas and off,” Connell said. Further, the play engages the audience by askin g what can and cannot be portrayed in art and about the fullness o f life. “I’m tryin g to get at the dif­ ference between what can be captured on canvas, on a stage and the broader, richer life that exists around and outside o f each,” Connell said. In the small tim e left before the play’s opening night, the cast, crew and playw right are overcom ing challenges to per­ fect the production. “There have been a lot o f ob­ stacles, but I’ve had support on all sides. It’s been a delight every step o f the way,” Connell said. Through set design, sewing costum es, vocal exercises and run-throughs o f the play, the group has enjoyed putting the play together. “It’s been incredible. This is the first play I’ve directed. 1 couldn ’t have asked for a more generous and talented group my first tim e out,” Connell said. “Everyone’s given so much time, energy, insight to this project.” The play prom ises to ch a l­ lenge and engage its audiences, and to grab their attention. “N eel’s story is an incred ­ ible one,” Connell said. “It’s a play about fam ilies, and we all struggle w ith that. And a lot o f us struggle betw een what w e’re supposed to be and w hat we want to be.” — KORRl KEZAR portrait Laboratory Theatre Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Admission is free The California T H E “ b i r t h o f t h e c o o l ” has arrived in Austin to set the record straight. W hile many Austinites sashay around town convinced this is the city where cool originat­ ed, the Orange Country Museum o f A rt touring exhibition will trace its origins to the midcentury mod­ ern style o f Los Angeles. T h is Sunday, the Blanton M use­ um o f A rt w ill open the sem ester- long exhibition o f m ore than 200 cultural artifacts that revolution­ ized style as w e know it. “Birth o f the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at M idcentury” will display the work o f artists and creators from around the countiy and the world who fled from the perils o f war and found a cultural haven in Southern California. W h ile it w as Miles Davis who titled his 1949 album Birth o f the Cool, the m ovement refers to the painting, architecture, furniture, design, decorative arts, music and film that the decade spawned. T he exhibit is an interdisciplin­ ary display o f the cultural Zeitgeist in California that influenced every corner o f artistic expres­ sion. T here w ill be the traditional form s o f p ainting by California artists, including Helen Lundberg and John M cLaughlin, but the exhibition w ill also feature unique design experim ents from such art­ ists as A lvin Lustig — the father o f m in im alist typograph y book cover designs — and clips from an im a­ tions, T V shows, m agazine covers and even Barbie dolls. "Birth o f the C o o l” w ill feature num erous artifacts such as those designed by Charles and Ray Eam es, artistic revolu tion ar­ ies w ho designed the m od-ish furn iture m any o f us now scour vin tag e shops for, as w ell as decorative sculp tures, orn am en ts and lam ps. “T h e re ’s such a resurgence o f this tim e period in T V and films right now,” said Brady Dyer, public relations and m arketing m an­ ager o f the Blanton. “You see it in thin gs like ‘Mad M en’ and ‘Revo­ lutionary Road,’ that just by itself this tim e period is som ethin g people are very interested in.” T h e “C o o l” w ill be m ore than just a show case o f objects but an op portu nity for attendees to w it­ ness the extent o f the style’s influ­ ences beyond design. T here w ill be a listening lounge w ith music from the era to include alum s such as Ray Charles, Chet Baker and Stan G etz. A d d ition a lly, th e e x h ib i­ tion w ill not be lim ited to the co n fin es o f the Blanton but w ill spread aroun d A u stin w ith even ts and p ro m o tio n s alread y in place w ith m any bu sin esses. In m id-M arch, the A la m o Draft- h ouse w ill run a series o f film s from the era, and the Elephant Room w ill host a series o f p er­ form an ces, b e g in n in g w ith je ff L o fto n ’s “T ribute to M iles D avis” on Feb. 28. “W e ’re really excited about it — it’s an interdisciplinary kind o f show, more so than the ones w e’ve done in the past,” Dyer said. “W ith the city ’s creative energy and style, people are going to find it appeal­ ing, and we hope they will com e and have a good tim e.” — D IA N A BU E N D IA Birth of the Cool Blanton Museum of Art Opens Sunday Although "Birth of the Cool" opens this Sunday, students can check out MfX on Feb. 26, which will feature the exhibit along with free food, drinks, art activi­ ties, door prizes and music from T-Btrd and the Breaks CALEB M ILLER PHOTO VW- verb onw ions of songs. One little price. V CAST Music with Rhapsody.” America s Largest and Most Reliable Wireless Network. Rhapsody and the Rhapsody logo are trademarks & registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. Subject to Customer Agmt, Calling Plan & V CAST Music with Rhapsody terms and conditions. Compatible V CAST Music phone req'd. V CAST Music with Rhapsody PC software & Windows* XP or higher req'd to download music to PC; compatible USB cable regd to sync music to phone. Monthly access & other charges apply Offers & coverage, varying by service, not available everywhere. Coverage maps, PC software & complete terms & conditions at verizonwireless.com. Always download legally. © 2009 Verizon Wireless Peanut butter hiatus p e a n u t b u t t e r has been one of my greatest allies since the beginning o f my freshman year. It’s cheap, delicious and versa­ tile. But lately, it has also been contaminated with salmonella. Peanut products shipped from Peanut Corp. are allegedly respon­ sible for at least nine deaths and more than 630 cases of illness. Peanut Corp. filed for b an k­ ruptcy Friday. Its list o f recalled products tops 2,000 and is reported to be one o f the larg­ est in history. A ustin Q u a lity Foods peanut butter crackers, Breyers Tin R oof Sundae ice cream and W hole Foods Honey Roasted Peanut Butter were am ong the recalled items. Peanut Corp.’s plant in Georgia was the first to close its doors. The plant in Plainview was next. The interesting thin g about the Texas plant is that it was never visited by health officials, nor was its presence known to the state. The Food and Drug A dm inistration did not find out about the plant’s existence until it investigated the cases o f salm onella caused by the com pany’s other two plants. The FDA has issued a recall o f all products shipped from this plant. As soon as 1 was informed of the salmonella contamination, my mind was made up. I went home and took one last loving look at my ever-present jar of creamy Jif, the No. 1 choice of choosy moms. Before 1 could get choked up, I wished it well and threw it in the garbage. From that moment on, I began my new peanut butter-free life. Being the paranoid person that 1 am, it didn’t matter that jif peanut butter w asn’t one o f the affected brands. 1 was going cold turkey. No more peanut-butter-and- honey sandwiches. No more with toast with peanut butter and blackberry jam. No more snack­ ing on a spoonful o f peanut but­ ter at m idnight. The good news is that the problem will most likely be resolved within a few months. Until then, stay strong and tweak recipes to get your fix. — JACQUELYN NEWELL Almond Butter Cookies with Four Berry Jelly Fronting Cookies 154 cups all-purpose flour % teaspoon baking soda 2 sticks unsalted butter at room tem­ perature Vz cup granulated sugar Vz cup packed light brown sugar 1 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup almond butter t . Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Sift Are flour and baking soda. 2. Mix the butter and sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla Mix well. 3. Add the almond butter. Reduce the speed to tow and slowly add the flour until just combined. 4. Scoop the batter by the tablespoon and roll into a ball. Place the cookies 1 Vz inches apart on a nonstick baking sheet. 5. Bake for 25 minutes until the edges are browned. Cool completely before frosting. Frosting 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons Sght com syrup 2 tablespoons Four Berry Jelly Whisk all ingredients together In a bowl. Place frosting in a plastic baggie and snip one of the corners. Using the baggie, pipe designs on top of the cookies. CALEB MILLER PHOTO C < B C l C ^ A V C Tasty M exican food for J 1 9 L C I 9 the cash deprived IT h a s c o m e TO o u r a t t e n t i o n that the international food section of the Fiesta on 38th Street is awesome. It houses some o f the most delicious (and interesting) foods who can be bought on a budget. This week, our column is for people that are bored of the regular fare but still want a meal that’s tasty and easy to make. For anybody who has been exposed to authentic Mexican food, you probably know that there is an entire world of food that people are either too scared to try or simply aren’t exposed to in the first place. You may even cringe when you see the bastardized version of “gorditas" at Taco Bell. We are not Mexican cuisine masters, but we do know the difference between an authentic gordita and a taco in disguise. We also know that exploring Mexican fare beyond On the Border is a good thing — for both your wallet and your tummy. Let us introduce you to your new best friend: sopes. They’re basi­ cally little cakes made of masa (cornmeal dough) that can be fried and topped with whatever tickles your fancy. These can be found pre­ made in packages at the back of Fiesta next to the chorizo. We used these ingredients this time around: pork chorizo, grated queso fresco (found in the deli), olives and queso de crema (the Mexican version of sour cream). All o f the ingredients cost about $10 and last for about four meals (making two sopes each), so it’s definitely a bargain. To make them, you simply fry the sopes for 30 seconds each, cook the chorizo and top the fried sopes with the rest of the ingre­ dients. Simple. Enjoy them with a tall glass of Horchata (cinna­ mon-flavored rice milk) or jarritos sodas. Con amor y muchos sopes, — ANDREA COWAN & CHELSEA SHANNON T o d a y , F eb . 1 9 th ! 30% OFF TODAY 30% off for Students, Faculty and Staff every third Thursday of the month. 1303 South Congress Avenue 2900 West Anderson Lane 3423 North Guadalupe 5207 Brodie Lane Enticing Ethiopian cuisine ^A IE B MILLER PHO “ d i d y o u w a s h y o u r h a n d s ? " I asked my d in n e r com p an ion sharply. T onight w as n ot the n igh t for p o lite gree tin g s. W e w ere goin g to try E thiopian food, w h ich is cu sto m a rily eaten in a hands-on m ethod, san s u ten sils. I w as a little nervous. Upon our a rriv a l at Karibu, w e w ere im m ed iately w elcom ed by tw o thin gs: th e w arm sm ell o f spices and th e w arm sm ile o f o w n er Solom on Kassa. A fter we w ere seated, the waiter quickly brought a sm all basket o f hom em ade Ethiopian bread, and the lightly spiced strips started to w in over my taste buds. Karibu, a new E thiopian res­ taurant in East A u stin , serves tra­ ditional E thiopian cu isin e fam ily style w ith e v e ry th in g presented on one large plate. T h e m eats and vegetables are scooped up w ith scraps o f injera bread, w hich is sp on gy and sour and resem bles a th ick crepe. Yodit Kassa, S o lo m o n ’s w ife, prepares all th e food fresh daily. T h e alicha w ot, or b e e f sim ­ m ered in a c u rry herb sauce, is d eliciou s. If you prefer chicken , try the doro w ot, dark-m eat ch ick en cooked in a heavily spiced red p ep p er sauce and served w ith a h ard b o iled egg. But the m eat d ish es pale in co m p arison to th e vegetables. injera, hom em ade Ethiopian bread an d vegetable d ish es are all d a iry free. But even if you are a carnivore at heart, don’t let that turn you away. The vegetables have an am az­ ing flavor that com es from Yodit Kassa’s strict standards o f fresh­ ness. Veggie Com bo No. 2 includes a satisfying and tasty selection o f tikil gom en, abesha gom en and fosolia, w hich are stewed cabbage, collard greens and string beans and carrots, respectively. T h e coffee d rin k er w ill also find a little piece o f heaven at K aribu. For $1, your table can p artak e in K aribu’s c o f­ fee cerem ony, set to m im ic the custom o f w elcom e and resp ect in E thiopia. Yodit Kassa roasts fresh o r­ gan ic E thiopian coffee b ean s and brin gs them out to the tab le w ith b u rn in g incense, a llo w in g each person to sm ell the bean s. T h e coffee is brew ed and served in a clay p o t w ith sm all coffee cups. T he end result is a dark and rich d rin k th at is far rem oved from the A m erican cu sto m o f ch u g ­ gin g a Starbu ck s on the w ay to the n ext errand. “C o ffee is a product o f w e l­ com e,” Solom on Kassa said. “In Ethiopia, the first th in g yo u do w hen som eon e com es to your hom e is offer them co ffee.” Kassa, w ho shares ow n ersh ip K aribu is a v e g a n ’s d ream . T he o f K aribu w ith Yodit Kassa and A n ten eh Fanta, e xp lain ed that they are not new to th e re sta u ­ rant bu sin ess. Solom on and Yodit Kassa o w n ed a restauran t in Ethiopia befo re th ey m oved to the U.S. 12 years ago. “W e had been th in k in g about o p en in g a restauran t here for four years,” Solom on Kassa said. “W e found th is location at the right tim e. T h e space w as e x a ctly the w ay w e w an ted it.” T h e sm all d in in g room is d eco ra ted w ith an e c le c tic c o l­ lectio n o f A fric a n fo lk a rt. T h is is co n tra ste d by th e b ig screen T V an d d isco b all in th e re s ­ ta u ra n t’s fro n t co rn er. T h e bar, w h ich o cc u p ie s th e b a ck co rn er, fea tu re s an array o f S o u th A f­ rican w in e s, in c lu d in g K a rib u ’s ow n h o u se label. I left d in n e r fee lin g satisfied w ith th e food and proud o f m y­ s e lf for try in g so m e th in g new. If you w an t to exp erien ce so m e ­ th in g d ifferen t from th e m e­ diocre ca m p u s e sta b lish m en ts, Karibu w arra n ts a visit. D in n er prices range from $9 to $12 a plate. A lun ch buffet is offered d u rin g the w eek for less than $10. Students receive a 10-percent disco u n t w ith a stu d en t ID. — J A C Q U E L Y N N E W E L L Karibu 1209 E Seventh St. Monday-Thursday, 11:30 am . to midnight Prtday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m, to 2 a.m . : . c Time Only Located at Rundberg ik 35 8 2 5 £. Rundhera Lane S uite GS rq S 1 2 - 8 3 ct - 0 3 0 0 SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS IS ILLEGAL! Has a professor exploited you through sexual contact? If your answer is, “Yes”, then you may be a victim of sexual exploitation and you may have a legal claim against that educator, even if you consented. Call for FREE Confidential Consultation (RN on staff) (512) 708-1650 Austin, TX ATTORNEY KEVIN R. MADISON Former State Prosecutor - Former Police Chief Highest Rating for Ethics and Competence 26 years Litigation Experience. www. s tu d e n tatto rney.com CALEB MILLER PHOTO Best of both worlds i t ’s t h e w e e k e n d after Valen­ tin e’s Day, and already I’m weary o f my retired box of chocolates that sits exhausted and torn apart on the floor of my West Campus apartm ent. wonders of the world. “ 1 decided that Texas needed a law allowing brewpubs in the state. It took us four legislative sessions [eight years] and the help and mon­ ey of a lot of other people to finally get it passed,” the director of beer education said. And from then on, it was an uphill battle. A dear friend and beer lover, David Tucker, also wanted to share his love of beer with an untapped market here in Austin. Thompson became an investor in the new restaurant and brewery, and North by Northwest was uncorked. Her Beer and Chocolate class will be held at the restaurant Saturday, and the two-hour class pairs up to 10 unique fine choco­ lates with just as many beers from their own brewery. 1 was surprised that my hedonistic nature had never picked up on this goldmine. I wondered how in the world one comes across the idea of pairing dessert with fine beer. As it turns out, it is a specialty Thompson stumbled upon herself and de­ cided to share at NXNW. “You always hear about cheese and wine and sometimes choco­ late with wine," Thompson said. “Needless to say, I knew how much I loved both cheese and chocolate with beers. Once I started seriously pairing choco­ lates with beers, 1 knew I was on to something.” Her class is intim ate yet inform al, and the allure of a soul that has had some of the most experience with beer in the entire Southwest is irresistible. I don’t know if I’m drawn more to the of scores of beers or the fine chocolates that have been selected with a m eticulous goal o f tasty paired perfection. O f the myriad of beers she has come across in her line of work, I was dying to know just what her favorite beer was. “I suppose my favorite beer is the one in front of me," she said “I finally gave up on ordering beers I don't know if I like or not. That’s not to say I don't try new ones. 1 just wait for a recommendation from someone 1 really trust. 1 suppose my favorite beer is a great German pils drunk while sitting in a beautiful German beer garden or drinking a Guinness at a boisterous Irish pub I’ve never felt so close to som e­ one I have met just once, but beer can have that effect on people. Som etim es all you need is a spot at the bar, a nice brew and a good soul to share your evening, and everything else in the world is just simple. — MANDY SPIVEY If I were a sentimental person, I could take this as a dark Forrest Gump anecdote, but I’m in no romantic mood. In fact, I’m in the mood to party. And party I shall. There are few things in life that get me talking like good beer. I’m the first person at a party to run up to the keg to see what’s underneath its submerged, icy metal and the last person to go out just because some bar is having a special on $3 wells. To me, beer is as much a social experience as it is a way of soaking up centuries of history and cul­ ture, all culminating in a chilled, frothy glass. So when I heard that there was a brewery in Austin that seemed to pair the Romeo and Juliet of all that is decadence, 1 had to know more about pairing fine beer and chocolates together. And who bet­ ter to ask than the teacher herself and the biggest beer connoisseur in the Southwest? Mary Thompson is quite the woman. Her love for beer has brought her around the world and back, only to realize that Texas was missing one of the greatest * * t * » » * * t i ft. * 4 4 4 _________________________________ FOOD 11 A Little R&R: Kombucha A T FIRST GLAN CE , a b o t t l e o f A bottle o f GT’s claims the k o m b u c h a t e a m a y l o o k l i k e j u s t a n o t h e r f r u i t y b e v e r a g e in t h e r e f r i g e r a t e d a i s l e a t t h e s t o r e . But once you crack open the lid and hear the mucus-y strands of live culture fizz up to the surface, you know you’re in for a unique experience. Kombucha, known as the “immortal health elixir” to the ancient Chinese, dates back to around 250 B.C. Commonly called a “mushroom tea,” it is actually a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast brewed with organic black tea and sugar. GT Dave, a leading brewer o f the tea, began making kombu­ cha him self after his mother won her battle with breast can­ cer while drinking the beverage. He started G T ’s Kombucha at 15, first selling to a single store and eventually expanding in the Los Angeles area. “It was all about making an amazing drink that I love and that other people love,” Dave said. G T ’s Kombucha went national four years ago and can now be found in W hole Foods Market stores across the country. living culture of microorganisms supports digestion, metabolism and immune system health. T he Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved any o f these claims, although the agency recognizes probiotics, found in kombucha, as having “a health benefit on the host.” Kombucha is also a potent source o f glucuronic acid, which is made naturally in the liver. Sometimes, the liver becomes overloaded with toxins from the environment, and the additional acid found in kombucha helps aid the body’s natural cleansing process. “It’s raw and live and evolv­ ing,” said Kimberly Lanski, c o ­ owner and brewmaster o f local kombucha manufacturer Bud­ dha’s Brew, which is sold at Ruta Maya and Daily Juice. “Some­ times it is really fizzy, sometimes it’s not, but it’s always good.” Lanski used to bake vegan cookies for Whole Foods, where she first grappled with the incon­ sistency of unprocessed, organic ingredients. Now she works full time with kombucha, and although no two batches are ex­ actly alike, her brews get positive feedback from the community. Lanski said she receives calls from customers sharing their success stories, from curing colds to reducing the negative aspects o f chemotherapy. “People love it a ton. 1 get calls from people thanking me for making it,” Lanski said. “The benefits aren’t proven, but it’s there in everyone’s story.” GT Dave said four new flavors will be released in March, including a Superfruits blend of berries with high antioxidants and several herbal infusions. Dave said his new flavors focus on being tasty while incorporat­ ing additional health benefits. “It resonates so well with the body,” Dave said. “Once people start drinking it, it opens their minds to the importance of what we put into our bodies.” Wheatsville Food Co-Op will be selling G T ’s Kombucha on sale for $2.50 for the rest of Feb­ ruary. Try one and see what the live cultures can do for you. — R O X A N N A A S G A R I A N & R A C H E L M E A D O R Menus reflect recession y o u r d a d l o s t h i s j o b b e ­ cause o f the recession, and your school schedule prevents you from sleeping, let alone having time for a job. The flow o f your expendable income has slowed to a drip. These are hard times, my friend. Luckily, a growing number of local restaurants are here to dry your tears with their new reces­ sion menu options. Nothing takes care o f those recession blues like comfort food from Hoover’s Cooking. The Manor Road location is now offering two different specials. “Meet at Three” runs Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and offers $3 well liquor, beer and wing appetizers. To be most cost effective, get the Tequila Bock ’n Bird wings, which are marinated in tequila and Shiner Bock. There are also $6 menu items, such as mini smoked burgers, pulled pork mini ’wiches and etouffees. The restaurant’s other new deal, “Meat ’n Three,” offers classics like chicken fried steak for a few dollars less than it is on their original menu. The meat portions are more conser­ vative, and instead of getting two sides, or “house mates,” the specials come with three. No longer will you have to decide between the mashed potatoes or the fried okra. This special runs Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Manor Road location and from 11 a.m. to close every day at the restau­ rant’s northwest location. Sagra Enoteca Trattoria at the corner of 16th and San Antonio streets has added a new lunch menu to its list of Italian delights. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. you can enjoy a bowl o f tomato basil soup for just $5, a mozzarella Panini for $7 or perhaps spaghetti po- modoro for $9. If you can’t make it for lunch, join the happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on week­ days for half-price pizzas and $2 drinks. Pizzas at regular hours run $11-514. To make it a date night, swing by on Monday eve­ ning for a free jazz performance. Feeling fancy but don’t have the bucks to go all out? Judges’ Hill Restaurant in the Mansion at Judges Hill now has smaller plates offered at affordable rates. This mansion-turned-hotel on Rio Grande Street was built in 1900 and exudes an elegant at­ mosphere. You can put on your shiny shoes and nibble at beef medallions with roasted potato and onions for a mere $9.95. If that’s still too pricy, opt for an artichoke mushroom dip with flat bread for $6.95. 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Brunch NA $1 off drafts, 1/2 off Pizzas 3-7PM $1 oH drafts, 1/2 oH Pizzas 3-7PM $1 oH drafts, 1/2 oH Pizzas 3-7PM S1 oH drafts, 1/2 oH Pizzas 3-7PM S1 oH draHs, 1/2 oH Pizzas 3-7PM S1 oH draHs, 1/2 oH Pizzas 3-7PM $2 Champagne Cocktails $2 Light Drafts, 1/2 off Pool All Night HH, 1/2 off Apps $2 Highlife Draft & Lstar Tboys 1/2 oH Burger/Fries, $2 Wells ¿-Close $1 0 8 Select Drinks, $4 Bombs $4 Vodka/Bull 7-11P $2 off Sun Fun Day, $2 Top Shelf $2 Draft Beers $1 Dont Longnecks $2.50 Texas Draft Beers $6 32oz Teas $3.50 Bombs $2 OH ALL Pitchers $1 Wells $2 Wells & Oom $2 W eils and Doms $2 Welts and Doms $2 W eils and Doms $3 Bombs $2 W ells and Doms Until 10PM $2 Wells and Doms Until 10PM S4 Zing Zang Bloodys ALL Mexican Beer $2.50 after 7PM, $325 Michelada $2 Random Beers after 7PM $1.50 Pints, $6 Pitchers $1.50 Select Dom $7 Select Pitchers $7 Select Pitchers $3.50 Ritas & Killer 8 s 3PM - Close $3.50 Ritas & Killer B's Top Shelf Tuesday. Premiums for the price of house $3.75 Ritas All Day $4.75 Palomas All Day $4.25 Strawberry Ritas All Day $4.25 Sangria Ritas All Day $2 W ells & Domestics All Nite $1 Bottled Beer $1 Tall Boys $1 Lonestars, $3 Whiskey $2 You Call It $2 Wells & Dom $2 Wells & Dom 1/2 off Apps, $1 PBR/S10 Bckts $2 XX bottles 7pm - Close $2 Pints 7P - Close $1.50 Lonestar Pints $2 Off ALL Pitchers $1.50 Lonestar Pints 1/2 OH Select Apps, $10 Bckts $2 Beers, $1 Shots 4-7PM $2 Beers, $1 Shots 4-7PM Karaoke $2 Beers. $1 Shots 4-7PM Open M ic $2 Beers, $1 Shots 4-7PM $2 Beers, $1 Shots 4-7PM $2 Beers, $1 Shots 4 7PM $2 Beers, $1 Shots 4 7PM $1.50 Dorn, $2 Imp, $2 Sake $1.50 Oom, $2 Imp, $2 Sake $1.50 Dorn, $2 Imp, $2 Sake $1.50 Dom. $2 Imp, $2 Sake $1.50 Dom, $2 Imp. $2 Sake $1.50 Dom. $2 Imp, $2 Sake $1.50 Dom, $2 Imp, $2 Sake $2 50 Drafts 7PM-Close $2.50 Texas Beers All Day Big Beer Night $2 Pints Of Lonestar All Day $4 25oz Mug Beers & Fro M im osas $3 U Call It 7-10PM, $3 Pints S3 You Call It 7-10P, $3 Pints $1 Domestic Drafts, $1 Wells $1 Domestic Drafts, $! Wells $1 Doms & Wells, $2 Imp Drafts $1 Ooms & Welts, $2 Imp Drafts $2 U Call It until 11P, $2.50 Teas $2 U Call It until 11P, $2.50 Teas $1 Domestic Drafts, $1 Wells, S2 50 Teas NA 1/2 OH Apps 4-10P $1 Corona. $2 Ritas, 99 Cent Tacos till 12A 1/2 OH Apps 4-10P $3 Dom Liters 7-11P, $2.25 Wells, $1 Jello 1/2 OH Apps 4-1 OP NA $2.95 Bloodys and Drivers $2.50 Drafts, $3 Ritas 4 - 730P $3.50 M e x Martinis $2.50 Drafts, $3 Ritas 4 - 730P $2.50 XX. $2.95 Pinklades, $4 Blasters $3 Teas, $2 any Bud, $2 Red Snapper S3 Teas, $2.50 Tecate. $2 Red Snapper $2.50 Dorn, $3 Imp Drafts $2 Dorn & $2 50 Imp Drafts All Day $2 Dorn & $2.50 Imp Drafts All Day $2 Tecate, Free Live M usic Cheap DraHs 4-8PM Live M u sic $2 Dom & $2.50 Imp DraHs 4-8PM $2 Dom & $2.50 Imp Drafts 4-8PM $2 Oom Pints, $6 Pitchers 12 Dorn Pints and Tall Boys $2 Dom Pints and Tali Boys $2 Dom Pints and Tall Boys $2 Drafts (12 Taps), $2 W eils $2 Dom Pints and Tali Boys $2 Dom Pints and Tall Boys $2 Wells/Dom $2 Wells/Dom $1 Tex & M ex Beers, S3 Any Tequila NA $2 You Call It Logan!s OH S i x t h TACO TUESDAYS! 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