LIFE&ARTS PAGE 10 Vince Young Steakhouse raises the stakes NEWS PAGE 5 Service Day mobilizes AustinÕs volunteers TOMORROWÕS WEATHER High 78 THE DAILY TEXAN Monday, November 22, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Tie-dye day Art Above Ground, a UT organization that promotes art in public places, will host a tie-dye party in the South Mall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hex Rally Join thousands of other students in front of the Tower from 8 to 9 p.m. for the annual pre-A&M pep rally. Let there be light The Four Seasons Hotel at 98 San Jacinto Blvd. will unveil their gingerbread village and lit Christmas tree for the first time at 5:30 p.m. Y UT vs. A&M blood drive The Blood & Tissue Center of Central Texas will hold a contest between UT and A&M football fans to see who can give the most blood before ThursdayÕs game. Y NOMS Happy Thanksgiving! ÔJingle BellsÕ The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown will host a Christmas pop song sing-along beginning at 9:45 p.m. for $12. Cmus wtch All the cool kids 200 Block West 8th Street A UT staff member reported a non-UT subject was staggering and falling into the roadway. During the investigation, the officers located the subject and detected a very strong odor of alcohol on the subjectÕs breath and noted his pants were wet and unfastened. The officer asked the subject if he had been drinking. The subject replied, ÒMore than a normal person can handle.ÓThe officers took the subject into custody for Public Intoxication and transported him to Central Booking. Occurred on Thursday at 11:08 p.m. ÒI know people look toward me to perform well. I still donÕt know if IÕd consider myself a leader. Our older guys do a good job of taking care of us and telling us what to do.Ó Ñ Ryan Dohner Junior runner SPORTS PAGE 7 Dashing through the mud Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff Warrior Dash participants race through a mud puddle, the last obstacle course of four at Cedar Creek on Saturday afternoon. About 20,000 people from around the country participated in the race. INSIDE: Read more about Warrior Dash on page 10 UT professor returning to Law School after SEC job By Nick Mehendale Daily Texan Staff UT law professor Henry Hu will return to School of Law af¥ter heading a division of the Se¥curities and Exchange Commis¥sion for 13 months. Hu is a graduate of Yale Law School and his writ¥ings have appeared in Colum-Henry Hu bia Law Re-UT law professor view, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Hu was named director of the Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation (Risk Fin) in 2009. Hu announced his decision Thursday; the SEC has not yet named a replacement. The SEC set up Risk Fin as a regulatory agency in Septem¥ber of 2009 in response to the 2008 banking meltdown and RETURN continues on page 2 Methodists to vote on GLBT inclusion By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff This winter, the University United Methodist Church at 24th and Guadalupe streets may join a growing list of Methodist churches across the coun¥try that are officially open to GLBT Christians. The churchÕs leadership will vote in December or January on whether to join the Reconciling Min¥istries Network of the United Methodist Church, a group of 300 churches that explicitly accept gay congregants. ItÕs a move that has been a long time coming, said senior pastor John Elford. The official law of the United Methodist Church says homosexuality is incompatible with Chris¥tian teachings. ÒOne of the struggles the early church had was whether gentiles had to be included, because Jews werenÕt supposed to spend time with gentiles,Ó El¥ford said. ÒThe early church was stretched at that point just like we are stretching now, but our stretch is how to include women, people of other ethnici¥ties and people of diverse sexual identities.Ó Only two of the 300 Methodist Churches in the Southwest Texas Conference are members of the Reconciling Ministries Network, one in San Antonio and Trinity United Methodist Church in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin. Trinity joined the net¥work in 1992 under the leadership of Pastor Sid Hall, who has worked to include GLBT Christians into the Methodist Church since the early 1980s. Hall said in the early years he received threats of damnation from anonymous Methodists and came into conflict with his overseeing bishop, but now the Reconciling Ministry is simply a part of Trini¥tyÕs culture. University United is well-suited to join the network, especially under ElfordÕs leadership, GLBT continues on page 2 Stephanie Meza | Daily Texan Staff RenŽ Pinnell, founder of Hurricane Party, presents a social-networking iPhone app during the Texas Venture Labs Venture Expo at the AT&T Conference Center on Friday afternoon. Expo features Texas Venture Labs President, professors stress importance of increasing schoolÕs business revenues By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors listened intently Friday as Dan Street, founder of a company that attempts to con¥nect people with their neighbor¥hood, showed off his new spin on social connections and tech¥nology in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Cen¥terÕs amphitheater. StreetÕs company, Borrowed Sugar, could serve AustinÕs 1,200 neighborhoods by posting on a website local events, news ar¥ticles, restaurant information, deals with area businesses and a forum for communication. Bor¥rowed Sugar can find anything happening online that is relevant to a particular neighborhood, Street said. ÒWhen you move into a new house, you can feel connected to your neighbors and connected to your community,Ó he said. Borrowed Sugar was one of several UT-originated business ventures on display at FridayÕs inaugural Texas Venture Lab Expo, which also featured talks from UT President William Pow¥ers Jr. and other University lead¥ers about the state of entrepre¥neurship at UT. For years, UT has struggled to keep up with other large pub¥lic research universities in tech¥nology commercialization reve¥nue, according to data compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Ed¥ucation. Though its intellectu¥al property revenue has risen steadily since 2003, and UT spent $640 million on research in fis¥cal year 2010, the University ac- EXPO continues on page 2 Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff John Elford, senior pastor at the University United Methodist Church, is in discussions to declare the church a reconciling congregation. Bookstore to open inside Dobie Mall, offer rental option By Allison Kroll Daily Texan Staff Students will have a new al¥ternative for textbook rentals and purchases starting next week. BookHolders, a 10,592-square¥foot store, is set to open Nov. 29 in Dobie Mall. The BookHolders on campus is the first Texas store of the Mary¥land-based chain. In addition to two Maryland locations, Book-Holders has two locations in Vir¥ginia and one in West Virginia and Florida. BookHolders Marketing Man¥ager Ryna Luckert said the choice to bring the store to Texas is based on the UT community and prox¥imity to students. ÒThe UT community is great,Ó Luckert said. ÒWe really liked the area and we thought it would be a wonderful opportunity.Ó Travis Watkins, Dobie Mall leas¥ing agent and 2003 UT graduate, said he enjoys working with Do¥bie MallÕs location because of his familiarity with the campus and customer base. He said the new store will be convenient for both the company and students. ÒIts proximity to campus and students will be a huge benefit to the customers,Ó Watkins said. ÒWeÕre one of the only retail cen¥ters on the Drag that has a parking garage to accommodate students who live off-campus or are buying a lot of books.Ó BookHolders will offer free de¥liveries to local areas during buy periods, online price compari¥sons, no late fees for rented text¥books and options for students to receive cash in hand when they re¥turn books. The store is also accepting ap¥plications and is a source for stu¥dent jobs with flexible hours, Luckert said. Students can participate in an Advantage Program, where Book-Holders acts as a service to sell books for the student, and the stu¥dent has the option to receive a check when the book is sold, Luck¥ert said. ÒItÕs very easy and convenient, and students can be very proactive with what they do with the book,Ó he said. ÒTheyÕre very much in control of their bookÕs destiny so they get the optimal amount of money back.Ó History freshman Harrison Dromgoole said the options for students to save money and re¥ceive textbooks in a timely manner convinced him to visit the store when it opens next week. ÒBookHolders sounds like theyÕre doing what they can to help students with the costs of college,Ó Dromgoole said. ÒDo¥bie Mall has a lot of stores in it already; a bookstore would just make it even more convenient.Ó 2 NEWS Monday, November 22, 2010 Wire Editor: Elyana Barrera WORLD&NATION www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, November 22, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Top leaders trying to get ban repealed by next year By Anne Gearan The Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia Ñ The PentagonÕs top leaders warned Sunday that if Congress fails to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military, the courts may order changes that military leaders consider too fast or poor¥ly thought-out. The Pentagon is trying to make it easier for the Senate to consider lifting the ban in the current post¥election session. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday he will release a study of the effects of re¥peal on Nov. 30, a day earlier than planned. That could allow the Sen¥ate Armed Services Committee to hold hearings on the ban the same week. The report on the impact of lift¥ing the ban is meant as a guide for Congress as it considers what the Pentagon hopes will be a gradual and carefully calibrated change. The Washington Post has report¥ed that the study concludes the mil¥itary can lift the ban with only min¥imal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts. ÒThe timing and the legislative approach and so on, that is com¥pletely up to the Congress. All I know is if this law is going to change, itÕs better to be changed by legislation rather than have it struck down by the courts,Ó Gates said. Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said later that Gates pushed his staff to deliver the re¥port a day early in order Òto en¥sure members of the Armed Ser¥vices Committee are able to read and consider the complex, lengthy report before holding hearings with its authors and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Ó Gates spoke in Bolivia, where he is attending a regional defense conference. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he supports Congress using its lame-duck session to end the ban known as ÒdonÕt ask, donÕt tell.Ó ÒThe courts are very active on this. And my concern is that at some point in time the courts could change this law and in that not give us the right amount of time to implement it,Ó Mullen said on ABCÕs ÒThis Week.Ó Mullen said he supports end¥ing the ban because asking people to lie about themselves Ògoes counter to who we are as an institution.Ó Pope allows male prostitute condom use Catholics express general agreement, satisfaction with stance revealed by recent book By Jeannie Nuss The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio Ñ Some Catholic believers in the Ameri¥cas greeted Pope Benedict XVIÕs comments on condoms as a sign that the church was stepping into the modern debate in the fight against AIDS, though the church was adamant Sunday that noth¥ing has changed in its views ban¥ning contraception. Churchgoers had praise and wariness for the popeÕs comments that condoms could be morally justified in some limited situations, such as for male prostitutes want¥ing to prevent the spread of HIV. Others cautioned it could Everything is illuminated open a doctrinal PandoraÕs box. And the exact meaning of what the pope said was still up for in¥terpretation. ÒThatÕs a theological mind trap,Ó said Wendy Lasekan, a 47-year-old stay-at-home mom, after Sunday morning Mass at Saint Michael Catholic Church in Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. ÒIn some cases, it would be justifiable Ñ or acceptable Ñ to use a condom,Ó she said. ÒIf your goal would be to prevent the spread of AIDS, that would be a charitable act.Ó Ellen Reik, a 79-year-old house¥wife who attended Saint Michael, NEWS BRIEFLY Flood in China coal mine leaves 28 workers missing, trapped BEIJING Ñ Rescuers were rac¥ing Monday to reach 28 people trapped while doing safety work in coal mine in southern China, the latest accident in the worldÕs deadliest mines. Forty-one workers were un¥derground at the small, privately owned Batian mine in the south¥western province of Sichuan when it flooded early Sunday, said an official with the provincial work safety bureau. He said 13 workers escaped and rescue work was under way to lo¥cate the 28 missing. It was not clear what caused the flooding. A county-level work safety offi¥cial said Monday that no rescues had been made overnight, and the 28 were still believed trapped. US Air Force satellite launched after weather concerns, delays CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Ñ The Air Force has launched a new classified spy satellite. An un-manned Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasted off From Cape Ca¥naveral Air Force Station on Sun¥day at 5:58 p.m. It carried a satellite that was de¥scribed in a news release from the National Reconnaissance Office as Òthe largest satellite in the world.Ó The 23-story rocket took off af¥ter several delays over the past few months because of technical glitches, including a problem dur¥ing fueling for a launch on Fri¥day. Weather concerns on Sunday cleared shortly before launch time. Compiled from Associated Press reports said if taken out of context, the popeÕs remarks could renew the debate over the morality of birth control Ñ both as a contraceptive and a means to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Several more believers who spoke to The Associated Press following Sunday services felt the popeÕs comments marked a ten¥tative step into a more modern stance in the fight against AIDS. Jean Jasman, an 81-year-old state worker from Montpelier, Vt., called the stance a departure from church doctrine on condom use, Òbut itÕs to the betterment of humanity, if we can help prevent the spread of this horrendous disease.Ó Lois Breaux rolled her eyes when asked about the PopeÕs statements as she was leaving Mass at St. Kieran Church in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. ÒAbout time Ñ and it wasnÕt enough,Ó she said. ÒAs a Catho¥lic, they need to recognize this is an epidemic. The church needs to stand up and say what he did, but he should have gone further.Ó Vatican officials strong ¥ly emphasized Sunday that the churchÕs position on contracep¥tion has not changed. The pope spoke in an interview given to a German journalist. Vat¥ican newspaper LÕOsservatore Romano on Saturday published excerpts from the book, ÒLight of the World,Ó three days ahead of publication. In the interview, Benedict says that in certain cas¥es, such as for a male prostitute, condom use could be a first step in assuming moral responsibility for stemming the spread of the vi¥rus that causes AIDS. The Holy SeeÕs chief spokes¥man, the Rev. Federico Lombar¥di, stressed that Benedict was not Òmorally justifyingÓ the unbri¥dled exercise of sexuality and the churchÕs main advice in the fight against AIDS remains the same: promoting sexual abstinence and fidelity among married couples.           Everybody counts on having safe, effective medicine for anything from the common cold to heart disease. But making sure medications are safe is a complex and careful process. At PPD,        to help evaluate medications being developed Ð maybe like you. You must meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. We have research studies available in many different lengths, and youÕll Þnd current studies listed here weekly. 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There was no H-E-B on Plymouth Rock, and the only way for communi¥ties to survive the harsh winter was to grow enough food to last them until spring. Today, most of us take the quan¥tity and variety of our food for granted, but a lot of work and a lot of energy went into the abundance on your holiday ta¥ble. This Thanksgiving, take a moment to say thank you to some of the people who made it possible. First, thank the cooks. And if any of your dishes come from family recipes, thank the grandmother or great-grand¥mother who passed that information down. Food makes a meal, but cooking makes this meal a celebration. Next, thank a farmer. When America gained its independence, about 90 per¥cent of the labor force were farmers Ñ to¥day that number is less than 2 percent. Farming is not glamorous work, but it is the work that makes everything else we do possible. And unless you bought your food straight from a farm, thank a truck driver. Thank a slaughterhouse worker, a packag¥ing plant employee, another truck driver, a grocery distributor, another truck driv¥er (or two, or three), a grocery store man¥ager, a stocker and a cashier. And why stop with the humans? If youÕre eating turkey, thank the turkey. It did give its life for you, after all. Thank a pumpkin or sweet potato plant for pro¥viding so much nutrition. If your food is organic, you can thank a cow for poop¥ing Ñ those plants probably couldnÕt have grown so well without rich com¥post made from manure. If itÕs not organ¥ic, thank a fertilizer plant employee and a pesticide maker. In fact, organic or not, your food used a lot of fossil fuels on its journey to your table Ñ think about the machines it took to do all that harvesting, packaging, pro¥cessing and driving. So thank a petro¥leum refiner. Definitely thank an oil rig worker Ñ itÕs a dangerous job. Thank a family in Ecuador or Nigeria or Iraq who moved off of its ancestral land or gave up its access to safe drinking water because its community was squatting above an oil reservoir. And thank a soldier. In kindergarten, I learned that on the first Thanksgiving, the pilgrims thanked the Native Americans for showing them how to grow, forage for and prepare New World foods such as corn and squash with which the pilgrims were unfamiliar. Of course, this story ignores the massive genocide of indigenous people that sub¥sequently took place, but it speaks to a truth that most of us have forgotten. The food crops we rely on were developed by our ancestors over thousands of years, and coaxing good food out of the earth when you donÕt have synthetic fertilizer or even tractors requires an intimate un¥derstanding of the land. As you enjoy that green bean casse¥role, thank the first person who took the risk of tasting a distant wild relative of that bean. Thank the first bean farmers Ñ the people who searched for wild beans that were bigger or tastier than their rela¥tives, saved the seeds and planted them. Through observation, trial and error, they learned the conditions this plant needed to thrive, and they learned to create them. They saved the seeds from their highest quality plants, and slowly they coaxed the plant into growing those large, crispy green beans that we know and love to¥day. And thank another farmer. A farmer who is learning these traditional meth¥ods and growing a wide variety of tradi¥tional crops. Someone committed to agri¥culture that actually improves soil qual¥ity, rather than degrading it, so that his land will be productive for years to come. Someone who understands that we canÕt rely on fossil fuels indefinitely and who is pioneering techniques that will let us keep farming without them. These farm¥ers may not have grown your food, but they are out there. And they are the ones who will be growing food far into the fu¥ture. Thank them, and your children will thank you. Happy Thanksgiving. Clabby is an English senior. Encourage college education By Erin Gleim Daily Texan Columnist Last year, I volunteered at an elementary school as a teacherÕs aide in a second-grade classroom. One day the students were talking about what they wanted to be when they grew up. When they asked me, I said I didnÕt know and that I would have to figure it out in col¥lege. They looked very confused. ÒOh! I know what the college is! ItÕs the ATM!Ó offered one girl, and her friends murmured in understand¥ing. Now I was confused. After a while, I figured out they were talk¥ing about Texas A&M. The elementary school encourages the teachers to expose the students to college by talking about where they went to college and to hang pennants of their alma mat¥er in the classroom. Thus, most of these kidsÕ entire understanding of higher education came from that maroon banner in the classroom. The only college some of them had ever heard of was Texas A&M. Obviously, this is a problem, not just be¥causethey thought A&M was the only college in the world, which would be tragic Ñ but it showed that college wasnÕt even on their ra¥dars; they barely knew what it was. As a con¥trol, I asked my little sister, who was also in second grade if she knew what college is. She did, and she could name quite a few colleges. Although, her list did include Hogwarts. My little sister attends a private school that emphasizes the importance of college, and we talk about college a lot in my family. I am lucky to have grown up in a family that emphasizes college, but some of the kids I worked with are not so fortunate. Because not all of the kidsÕ parents attended or even see the value of college, a lot of these kids are only going to hear about college in school, and thatÕs not happening enough now. This is exactly why there must be some sort of college-prep program for all kids in Texas pub¥lic school. There is a clear disconnect between higher education and first and secondary education, and many people, including Texas Rep. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, believe this results from the fact that two different organizations oversee education in Texas. Currently, the Texas Education Agency over¥sees pre-K through 12th grade, and the High¥er Education Coordinating Board deals with community colleges, colleges and universities. Brown filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would merge the two groups so that there would be one unified system. ÒThereÕs always been a real disconnect,Ó Brown recently told The Texas Tribune. ÒWe need to be thinking about K-16. For the sake of our students, it just makes sense.Ó Other education officials such as A&MÕs chancellor Mike McKinney and several law¥makers support the proposal. Four other states, including New York and Florida, have unified systems like the one in the proposal. There are some downsides to the bill. Among them, and perhaps the most compelling to Tex¥as residents, is that higher education would likely be overseen by the State Board of Educa¥tion, a group that has been the center of much controversy lately. Another potential pitfall is the possibility that the new combined agency wouldnÕt be much different than the current system. Opponents of the bill believe commu¥nication between the TEA and HECB should simply be improved and complimentary pro¥grams be implemented to solve the problem. Whatever the solution, the problem is a vast and serious one, especially in Texas, a state that continually lags behind other states in educa¥tion. We need encouragement about higher ed¥ucation in all of our elementary and middle schools so these kids stay aware of and excit¥ed about college. IÕd hate for the 23 kids I was working with, who are now all hell-bent on be¥ing Longhorns, to lose sight of their dreams, especially since college is now a part of those dreams. Gleim is a journalism freshman. LEGALESE SUBMIT A FIRING LINE RECYCLE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the pa-Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessari-Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. per in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevi¥ ly those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas burnt-orange news stand where you found it. ty, clarity and liability. Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Monday, November 22, 2010 NEWS Show promotes Indian culture ÔJhalakÕ educates students about countryÕs history; groups compete in dance By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff A student organization gave the UT community a glimpse into Indian culture at ÒJhalak,Ó an educational and entertaining event about IndiaÕs history. The show featured eight dance performances and four singers at the talent compe¥tition, which included teams from Rice University and Texas A&M University. To fund FridayÕs event in the ON THE WEB: Hogg Me¥ morial Au- View a photo ditorium, slideshow from Jhalak the Indi¥an Cultural @dailytexan online.com Association raised about $15,000. The as¥sociation paid for the housing and transportation costs of out¥ of-town team. ÒIt was a tough thing plan¥ning out and we had to fund¥raise a lot so we could make this free for the UT communi¥ty,Ó said petroleum engineer¥them all the dances that India has to offer, not just one kind,Ó he said. ÒWe wanted to fuse the West and the East together.Ó The eventÕs theme, ÒIndia To¥day,Ó highlighted contemporary We wanted to showcase to [the audience] all the dances that India has to offer, not just one kind.Ó ÔÔ Ñ Nabeel Abid, Petroleum engineering sophomore ing sophomore Nabeel Abid. ÒI think itÕs worth it to see the smile on everyoneÕs faces. All of the performances went very smoothly.Ó Abid, who is on the groupÕs ex¥ecutive board, said the event plan¥ners wanted to reach out to all au¥dience members by including tra¥ditional dances from across India. ÒWe wanted to showcase to life in India, including education, military and business issues. ÒI think the videos got a re¥ally positive response,Ó Abid said. ÒOverall, I think it was a very successful event.Ó Two UT dance teams, the Mohini Dance Team and Tex¥as Raas, tied for first place in the dance category. The Mohi¥ni Dance Team combined clas¥sical, Bollywood, jazz and hip¥hop choreography into their routine, while Texas Raas chose a more traditional dance style. Biology freshman Arjun Ada¥palli bested three other compet¥itors in the singing category to win $650. Biology sophomore Sabeena Shaikh, a member of the Moh¥ini Dance Team, said her teamÕs long practice hours helped the group tie for first place. ÒWinning is a thrill, itÕs a rush,Ó Shaikh said. ÒBut after all of our hard work, it feels amazing. We practiced three hours every day for the past two weeks, but it was totally worth it.Ó The dancing teamsÕ precision impressed biochemistry fresh¥man Vivek Sreeram. ÒI thought it was a brilliant performance,Ó Vivek said. ÒEv¥eryone was so in sync. It was very professionally done. My favorite team was WreckinÕ Raas, even though they are from A&M. They were amazing.Ó Study connects gender, Facebook use UT professor, grad student highlight different reasons groups use social networks By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff In a comprehensive study of Facebook, a UT professor and graduate student identified major differences between the way peo¥ple of different genders and eth¥nicities use the social networking site. Radio-television-film associate professor Samuel Watkins and ra¥dio-television-film graduate stu¥dent H. Erin Lee conducted a sur¥vey of about 900 college students and recent college graduates from multiple states. ÒWe wanted to identify with greater precision some of the complex factors that impact how people use social media,Ó Watkins said. Watkins said the team identified a clear distinction between how men and women use Facebook. ÒWomen were more likely to in¥dicate that they posted photos,Ó Watkins said. ÒBut they put photos up that were of family gatherings, friends and more personal pho¥tos. Men were more likely to re¥port than women that they posted photos that were more functional, as opposed to intimate.Ó He said men would be more likely to post pictures of their hobbies and links to current news stories. Although the content of what men and women share is different, the amount they share is very similar. ÒWe knew anecdotally that both men and women use social me¥dia,Ó he said. ÒWe had some evi¥dence based on other research that we had done that men and women are different in their motivations in using social media and how they use social media in terms of what they do.Ó Undeclared freshman Akshay Vijay said he thinks the findings make sense because women are in general more open about their personal lives and are usually con¥cerned with creating connections. ÒMen usually donÕt publicly show much interest in those things but instead would use Facebook as a tool to expand their interests through networking,Ó Vijay said. Applied Learning and Devel¥opment freshman Lauren Dever agreed with the information com¥paring menÕs and womenÕs uses of Facebook. ÒMy dad is constantly post¥ing stuff about electronics and ÔnerdyÕ stuff,Ó Dever said. ÒMy mom just posts things about her day or family. But the same goes with people our age. Guys posts things about the news or electron¥ics while girls post song lyrics or stuff about their weekends.Ó The study also revealed Afri¥can-Americans use Facebook as a source of news and information more than any other ethnicity. ÒAfrican-Americans see so¥cial media as a gateway to get in¥volved in civic life and politics and current affairs,Ó Watkins said. He also said there was specula¥tion years ago Latinos did not use Facebook as much as other ethnic¥ities, but the study proves the ear¥ly claim wrong. Watkins said he was surprised to find about half of people who play games such as Farmville are college graduates. Service projects unite Austinites in weekend of aid By Anna Fata Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of Austinites par¥ticipated in a weekend devoted to service a few days before the Thanksgiving holiday. Service Austin takes place the weekend before Thanksgiv¥ing every year, and different or¥ganizations plan service projects throughout the city. More than 750 registered volunteers contrib¥uted to 41 local service projects. Service Austin chair Jeff Black¥welder said he hopes the service event evolves into a well-known tradition for Austin. ÒIn the future, people will eventually come to realize that the weekend before Thanksgiv¥ing is the weekend for giving thanks by giving back,Ó Black¥welder said. Now in its fourth year, the event has more than four times as many projects and volunteers as it did in its first year. Blackwelder said he estimates more than 900 people actually arrived to volun¥teer to the service projects. ÒItÕs been our experience de¥pending on the weather that more people will show up than actually signed up,Ó he said. ÒItÕs always doubled in size every year, but this year it exceeded our expecta¥tions considerably because we got much better media coverage.Ó The organizations performed service projects such as cleaning parks and playgrounds, teach¥ing children to read and sorting library books. Blackwelder said he has seen people venture outside their homes for the first time in more than a year-and-a-half, made possible by a Service Austin proj¥ect that builds wheelchair ramps at homes of the disabled. The Southern Baptists of Tex¥as Convention participated in an event for AustinÕs homeless where they brought a truck for showers. More than 30 homeless people received haircuts, mas¥sages, food, as well as winter ne¥cessities such as extra clothing and blankets behind the Shell gas station at 38 1/2 Street and Interstate Highway 35. Government senior Ellen Muench, who helped the home¥less on Saturday, said she vol¥unteers twice a month. The pro¥gram Saturday encouraged ef¥forts from members of all faiths, she said. ÒThings are really bad, and you just need to do what you can, re¥gardless of religion,Ó she said. More than 40 people volun¥teered at the Austin Fire Depart¥mentÕs training facility sorting uniforms, cleaning the yard and painting. Battalion Chief Thayer Smith said Saturday was the first time a service project was held at their facility, and the work the volun¥teers performed in one weekend probably would have taken six months for his staff to complete without them. ÒWe were very pleased to have a bunch of extra hands to help us do some of the projects we need¥ed to get done,Ó he said. NEWS BRIEFLY Texas Youth Commission report recommends various measures The Texas Youth Commission should remain an independent agen¥cy for at least another six years after implementing many of the reforms mandated by the Legislature in 2007, according to a Texas Sunset Adviso¥ry Commission staff report. ÒStaff turnover rates are down but the TYC continues to have difficul¥ty staffing specialized treatment posi¥tions,Ó according to the commissionÕs report. ÒThe agency can still improve the number of youth enrolling in and completing needed treatment.Ó The commission also recommend¥ed Thursday that the Texas Commis¥sion on Environmental Quality step up enforcement, while not address¥ing the air-quality permit disputes be¥tween the state agency and the feder¥al Environmental Protection Agency. The commissionÕs staff also rec¥ommended changing the name of the Texas Railroad Commission to the Texas Oil and Gas Commission to better reflect the responsibilities of the agency. The report also sug¥gested the position of commission¥er, which is elected, be replaced by a board appointed by the governor. Ò[The recommendation] isnÕt a surprise because it doesnÕt have any¥thing to do with railroads anymore,Ó said Sherri Greenberg, a lecturer at the LBJ School. ÒWhether or not the Legislature wants to give the gover¥nor, any governor, the power to ap¥point all of the members to the board is another question entirely.Ó Ñ Nolan Hicks Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, November 22, 2010 SPORTS THE DAILY TEXAN Longhorns sparked by Hail Mary play By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff Garrett Gilbert stepped back and calmly squinted toward the end zone. The play is called ÒBerlin,Ó and the Longhorns run it at the end of every Thursday practice. ItÕs a desperation play that rarely works, even in practice. ÒOnly on video games,Ó said re¥ceiver James Kirkendoll. But already leading Florida At¥lantic 17-7 with one play left in the first half, Texas decided to give it a shot. With virtually no pass rush pressure, Gilbert had plenty of time to let his receivers get downfield. ÒItÕs pretty much a play where everybody runs to the end zone, and he just puts it up there,Ó said receiver Malcolm Williams. Standing 53 yards from a mira¥cle but wearing none of his usu¥al pressure, Gilbert reared back and hurled it deep. Time expired as the ball floated and floated in the air, making its way toward a pack of receivers and defenders waiting patiently in the anticipat¥ed landing zone. ÒIt felt like I was sitting there forever,Ó Williams said. ÒI kind of wanted to go get a hot dog.Ó Lauren Gerson | Daily Texan Staff Texas junior wide receiver Malcolm Williams, who was on the receiving end of a 47-yard miracle Hail Mary touchdown on the last play of the MIRACLE continues on page 7 first half, celebrates with the Longhorn Hellraisers in the south end zone student section bleachers after UTÕs 51-17 win against FAU. WOMENÕS BASKETBALL Fussell propels offense to run-and-gun victory By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff In their continuing quest to define themselves as a unit, the Longhorns may have done just that on Sunday against Boston University. The Longhorns runned-and¥gunned their way to a 92-46 victo¥ry over the Terriers, behind Chas¥sidy FussellÕs 20 points and Kath¥leen NashÕs 20 rebounds. Ash¥ley Gayle added 16 rebounds of her own. ÒThis was a great game for us because [the Boston Universi¥ty Terriers] are very strong and physical,Ó said head coach Gail Goestenkors. ÒWe had to work for everything we got and it wasnÕt Texas freshman point guard Chassidy Fussell drives hard to the basket in the LonghornsÕ 92-46 win over Boston University on Sunday. Andrew Torrey Daily Texan Staff VOLLEYBALL By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Texas heads into the final week of the regular season riding a sea¥son-high 13-match winning streak after defeating the Kansas Jay¥hawks 3-1 Friday night at Gregory Gymnasium. Senior outside hitter Juliann Fau¥cette continued her latest string of impressive play, pacing the Long¥horns with 26 kills Ñ the fourth time in the last five games sheÕs eclipsed 24 kills Ñ and added 15 digs for her second-consecutive easy. Kat [Nash] and AG [Gayle] were monsters on the board and they ignited our transition game.Ó The Òtransition gameÓ was es¥pecially important for Texas. The Longhorns were able to push the ball at the fast pace they like due to the 25 turnovers they forced against the Terriers, and they net¥ted 35 points off the turnovers and 25 fast-break points. ÒOnce we lost Cokie [Reed] we changed who we were going to be,Ó Goestenkors said. ÒWe fo¥cused on pushing the ball and pushing the tempo and we were going to score a lot of points and do it in transition. Last game I FUSSELL continues on page 7 double-double. Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott recognizes that itÕs the perfect time of the season for his best player to find her rhythm. ÒWith the way sheÕs been playing lately, she would be a Player of the Year candidate,Ó Elliott said. ÒHer early numbers probably wonÕt be good enough, but that is world class swinging, averaging over six kills a game, hitting over .400.Ò ÒThat is big time production,Ó El¥liott said. ÒShe is scoring more than 25 percent of our points, so that is MENÕS CROSS COUNTRY Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff Texas junior runner Brian Rhodes-Devey eyes the front of the pack in a regional competition in Waco. Dohner driven by words of dad By Bri Thomas Daily Texan Staff Ryan DohnerÕs running was always encouraged by his fa¥ther, who served as his junior high track and cross country coach at the John Cooper School in The Woodlands. ÒIt was cool having him coach WOMENÕS CROSS COUNTRY UT remains unfazed despite youth By Julie Thompson Daily Texan Staff Texas heads to the NCAA Championship meet today for the first time since 2002. The LonghornÕs success this season can be credited to all-around ef¥forts from the entire team, but also to a trio of freshmen Ñ Me¥gan Siebert, Marielle Hall and Horns to test streak against ISU, A&M amazing production.Ó The No. 8 Longhorns (21-5; 16-2) needed a spark from junior outside hitter Amber Roberson in the deci¥sive fourth set to propel them to yet another victory. Roberson came off the bench and made an immediate impact for Tex¥as, racking up five kills on just nine swings to lead UT to the win. Texas returns to action Wednes¥day against rival Texas A&M be¥fore heading to Ames, Iowa to try to avenge its only regular season loss from a year ago. me,Ó Dohner said. ÒThe workouts werenÕt hardcore, but there were definitely times where I wouldnÕt want to go on a run with him.Ó Although Dohner knew the decision to run was his own, it was nice to have support at home. ÒI was always told how Sara Sutherland. Texas finished first at the NCAA South Central Region¥al meet on Nov. 13. Hall was the teamÕs second finisher, com¥ing in fifth. Sutherland came in ninth and Siebert came in 27th. ÒHaving a young team de¥finably makes us hungry for success,Ó Hall said. ÒI think good I could be,Ó Dohner said. ÒI was never told that I had to run, though.Ó With this praise, Dohner won the Texas state meet in the two¥mile race during his senior year, and his cross country team made it to nationals. DOHNER continues on page 7 the whole team has just made the decision to not let our age or experience level deter our success.Ó Hall, a New Jersey native, chose to come to Texas because of the coaching staff. Although it can be hard to be so far from BEHM continues on page 7 SIDELINE WHAT TO WATCH VS. NFL Monday Night Football Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Date: Tonight Time: 7:30 p.m. On air: ESPN LONGHORNS IN THE NFL Colt McCoy, QB 17-28, 241 Yards 1 TD, 1 INT 4 Carries, 39 Yards Jamaal Charles, RB 12 Carries, 88 Yards 4 Catches, 38 Yards Cedric Benson, RB 25 Carries, 124 Yards, 1 TD 3 Catches, 22 Yards Jordan Shipley, WR 5 Catches 71 Yards Lamarr Houston, DT 7 Tackles (2 for Loss), 1 Sack Michael Griffin, S 8 Tackles Bo Scaife, TE 4 Catches 51 Yards Earl Thomas, S 8 Tackles, 2 Pass Deflections BCS Standings Mylan Torres | Daily Texan Staff With thousands of loyal Gregory Gym patrons looking on, Texas middle blocker Jennifer Doris returns a ball in UTÕs 3-1 win over KU. Monday, November 22, 2010 SPORTS MENÕS BASKETBALL Longhorns return from NYC with heads high By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff PittsburghÕs Travon WoodallÕs missed free throw with 12 seconds remaining was exactly what the Longhorns needed. But the off-balance and unwise heave of the ball by Cory Joseph missed the en¥tire goal and sent the Longhorns back to Austin with a 68-66 loss Ñ the first of the young season. ÒI knew there was a couple of seconds left and I was trying to get the ball and make a play for the team, and it didnÕt happen,Ó Joseph said. ÒI had the ball in my hands but it didnÕt happen. I was aware of the time. It was just a learning experience and I have to get better.Ó The LonghornsÕ near upset of No. 4 Pittsburgh on Friday and win over No. 16 Illinois showed that this squad can compete among the best in the country. ÒWe got a young group of guys who were able to take in two good games here and learned some things,Ó head coach Rick Barnes said. ÒWe will definitely im¥prove from this.Ó Improvement is something that is needed on both sides of the ball. ÒWe obviously still have a lot of work to do defensively, as I think most teams do this time of year,Ó head coach Rick Barnes said. Those defensive struggles came on guarding the perimeter as the Longhorns allowed their opponents to convert on 17 3-point attempts in addition to a number of open misses. Offensively, the Longhorns continue to stray away from their team mentality at times. ÒWe had some chances to get some momentum going and went one on one as opposed to getting it inside and get¥ting what we needed,Ó Barnes said. Despite scoring a game-high and ca¥reer-high 28 points, including seven of TexasÕ last nine points against the Pan¥ thers, Jordan Hamilton was most notable in taking wild shots. The Longhorns trailed by 10 points with eight minutes remaining, but slowly caught up to a Pittsburgh team that was projected to win the Big East. Forward Tristan Thompson once again had a strong outing finishing with 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks. ThompsonÕs performance at Madison Square Garden should concern opposing coaches who will have to go against the freshmen and this Texas team. ÒWe are not even close to being as good as we can play,Ó Barnes said. FUSSELL: Horns out-hustle BU, streak to win From page 6 said, ÔOkay I think our goal needs to be to score 100 points every game.Õ Whether we do or we donÕt that needs to be our mindset.Ó The Longhorns tried to keep the ball moving with finesse, but they didnÕt give up on be¥ing physical. Though it is not an official statistic, Fussell led the Long¥horns in time spent on the ground. On both the defensive and offensive sides of the ball, Fussell could be seen hitting the deck for loose balls, taking charges and getting fouled. Her hustle paid dividends giving her four steals, one block and eight rebounds in addition to her 20 points. ÒI just felt like theyÕre go¥ing to come at me, so IÕm go¥ing to come at them,Ó Fussell said. ÒThatÕs my mindset when I play. IÕve got to be fearless.Ó The final score may be a bit misleading considering how close the game was in the much of the first half. Texas trailed for the first time this season 11-9 at one point, but after regaining the lead, they never looked back. With their 92-point perfor¥mance the Longhorns have scored over 90 points in each of the first three games, a feat they havenÕt accomplished since 1992. NashÕs 20 rebounds were the most by a Longhorn since 2005. Their victory let Texas fans know that when they fatigue their opponents with their mo¥bility, Texas is virtually unstop¥pable. It is a style they are try¥ing to perfect as they prepare to take on Stanford, Michigan State, Tennessee and the tough Big 12 in the coming weeks. But for now, Goestenkors and her team are celebrating a commanding win over a team she said was the best theyÕve faced so far. ÒWe made them [Boston Uni¥versity] look bad,Ó she said. DOHNER: Indiana meet next step for humble team From page 6 dad coached came here. I heard his worth all of the teamÕs hard work. stories, and that just sparked my With Dohner finishing fifth, the ÒI never thought we could be interest further.Ó Longhorns won a silver medal. that good,Ó Dohner said. ÒPeople After being such a leader on his ÒNow ... nationals,Ó Dohner stepped up, though, and we barely high school team, Dohner was sure said. ÒIÕm nervous, of course, but lost to a team who has won the na-achievements would come during really excited.Ó tional meet over 25 times.Ó his college career. He set a goal for Texas will compete in Terre After this success, Dohner de-himself to be the best freshman in Haute, Ind., today for the NCAA cided to visit Texas and fell in love. the nation. title. Last year, the team was also Assistant coach John Hayes and he ÒI know people look toward me able to pull off a second place at re¥stayed in touch, and Hayes even to perform well,Ó Dohner said. ÒI gionals and ended up tied for 28th made a house visit to show his in-still donÕt know if IÕd consider my-at nationals. terest in Dohner. self a leader. Our older guys do a ÒThe team is going to surprise a ÒI always thought I wanted to good job of taking care of us and lot of people,Ó Dohner said. ÒWeÕre come to Austin,Ó Dohner said. telling us what to do.Ó confident, fresh and we know this ÒWhen I was a freshman, a guy my Nov. 13Õs regional meet was is our time.Ó MIRACLE: Williams, Gilbert connect for play of year From page 6 But instead, Williams stayed in the back of a pack of players, and full of faith, he simply put his hands up Ñ didnÕt jump, didnÕt move. When the ball somehow stuck to his hands for the touch¥down, Darrell K Royal-Texas Me¥morial Stadium erupted in ecstat¥ic disbelief. With the way this sea¥son has gone for the Longhorns, most people watching expected an interception or an incomple¥tion on the Hail Mary play. ÒIn 38 years, that was the first time IÕve ever completed one,Ó said offensive coordinator Greg Davis. ÒThat doesnÕt happen very often, but Garrett threw a perfect ball, and Malcolm went on top of everybody and got it.Ó Gilbert triumphantly pumped his fists in celebration, as if he were thinking, ÒFinally.Ó In his 10-month tenure as TexasÕ quar¥terback, he hasnÕt had many of those plays. Entering the game having thrown more than twice as many interceptions as touch¥downs and dealing with receivers that have consistently dropped passes, Gilbert was in unfamiliar territory as he ran into the half¥time locker room. ÒI honestly couldnÕt tell it was Malcolm that caught it,Ó Gil¥bert said. ÒBut then I heard the crowd, and by that time, I was pretty excited and running down the sideline.Ó Williams said if it were his de¥cision, the catch wouldÕve easily made ESPN SportsCenterÕs top 10 plays, preferably in the top five. The play didnÕt get that kind of love, probably because of unranked Tex¥asÕ irrelevance on the national land¥scape. But regardless of how the Longhorns are perceived outside of their locker room, Saturday nightÕs 51-17 victory has the inside believ¥ing the season has finally turned around with one game to spare and bowl eligibility on the line. Texas head coach Mack Brown said the play epitomized the game, and the Longhorns are hoping that it will represent a strong finish to a miser¥able season. TheyÕre still in a 5-6 hole on the season, but WilliamsÕ catch could go a long way for a team that fi¥nally has momentum. ÒThat was the point where we could finally say, ÔLetÕs have fun,ÕÓ Williams said. ÒThings are finally starting to go our way. Ev¥erybody sees now that weÕre hav¥ing fun; we can come up with those plays. This was a big mo¥mentum for all of us.Ó BEHM: Upperclassmen lead way as nationals loom From page 6 home, she feels being on the team has helped ease her transition. ÒThe team is definitely a big part of why I feel so comfortable here,Ó Hall said. ÒThey are al¥ways fun to be around and just make competing and practicing a good experience.Ó Siebert also thinks an overall team camaraderie has contribut¥ed to her early success as a Long¥horn. She points out the upper¥classmen for keeping the young team together. ÒI think they have played a big role in keeping us motivated and getting together and doing things and building relationships with each other,Ó Sibert said. Mia Behm, a junior runner, says the upperclassmen on the team do make efforts to motivate the freshmen. However, Behm also credits the early success of the freshmen to the teamÕs relation¥ship and spirit. ÒOur team overall is good and itÕs because of the freshmen that [head coach] Steve [Sisson] brought in,Ó Behm said. ÒThe rea¥son they are doing so well in this environment is because they like it here, and I think that sends a message to the people that are looking to go here.Ó All of the runners agree that having three freshmen on the lineup has been beneficial this season, and will continue to help the Longhorns in the future. ÒThinking about the future, itÕs awesome,Ó Behm said. ÒThey are this good now and they are only going to get better over the next few years. ItÕs comforting to know that when I am gone our team will have a solidified future, and it is intimidating for other teams that our team is so young.Ó Hall thinks that it is the entire teamÕs drive that has led to this seasonÕs success. ÒIt is very exciting to have al¥ready made an impact, but I think no one looks at their age as some¥thing that should mean they arenÕt successful,Ó Hall said. 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At the end of the race, volunteers hosed down the runners. Munirah McNeely, one of the Central Texas race directors, partic¥ipated in the Warrior Dash in oth¥er states. She found it more chal¥lenging than she had expected. ÒAfter the first obstacle you think, ÔOh, I can do this,ÕÓ Mc-Neely said. ÒBut then youÕre just exhausted by the fourth obsta¥cle. Luckily youÕre running in a group, and everyone is really en¥couraging and motivating.Ó One of the most interesting cos¥tumes she had seen was a group dressed up as the band KISS that ran the entire race in plat¥form boots. On Saturday, a par¥ticipant with a physical disabili¥ty completed the race on crutch¥es, which was an emotional high STEAK: Owner remains involved despite active career in football From page 10 manages the culinary aspect of the steakhouse. 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ÒThereÕs everyone from couch potatoes to people who run every day. ItÕs always a sight to see when a 30-year-old man in a smurf costume jumps into a mud pit.Ó Yount said the course makers try to use as much of the natural land and local resources as possi¥ble to make each race unique to the region. Although there have not been any injuries beyond cuts, scrapes and bruises, each Warrior Dash has a medical team on the scene as well. One woman posted a photo on the Warrior DashÕs Facebook fan page of her new tattoo: a warrior helmet surrounded by flames. ÒSheÕll be wearing her hel¥met for the rest of her life,Ó Yount said. ery decision made, including be¥ing at the restaurant when he is in town, Brown said. ÒThis is a partnership and, most of all, a friendship, so we all dis¥cuss any and every idea togeth¥er, from food to decor and every¥thing in between,Ó she said. sage too forcefully. ÒHow to Read the AirÓ signals the emergence of a fully ma¥ture writer who is able to write about the American experience and the immigrant experience as one and the sam, because he un¥derstands that the cultural, lan¥guage and social barriers do not bar us from the universal hope for connection. Grade: A MUSIC: Next album to take lo-fi direction months. We were ready to knock them out and go in there and fin¥ish it, but now itÕs been almost a year since itÕs been recorded. ItÕs free therapy, essentially, because you can write out your feelings and put your energy into this and DT: Yeah, and I was surprised ÔÔ put it out there to world and play it to hundreds of to hear that you had dropped Warner Brothers in favor of people every night.Ó Equal Vision records. Can we talk about what happened? Ñ Sherri DuPree-Bemis, Vocalist SD: Well, when we were young and first starting out, we were SD: Well I think weÕre going to have a lot more freedom in Equal Vision and weÕll be able to do more lo-fi that we want, if thatÕs the direction we take. I think itÕs cool for our fans to have that to themselves. And I feel like Garage Band demos, oh my gosh, itÕs so much fun. The reason we picked those two is because we had written close to 40 songs beforehand, Stacy and I. DT: No way! SD: Yeah and thereÕs always an excess of songs, and those happened to be two that we really loved lyrically. We had a group of about ten we were picking from for the EP. DT: So if IÕm not mistaken these last three shows in Texas will be the last shows until the album drops, right? How does it feel to be coming back home after this long tour. SD: Oh. [long pause] I love tour- ON THE WEB: ing. But I To read the full love com¥ interview go to ing home so much dailytexan more, where online.com are family and friends are. And I love playing Austin, Dallas, Houston because we have fami¥ly all over Texas. And you canÕt beat a Texas show! DT: Can you tell me a little about your sister Christie and her solo project? I was interest¥ed to find out she joined you on tour, is that right? SD: Christie kind of sur¥prised everyone! She start¥ed writing songs a couple of years ago and all of a sudden she blossomed into an amazing songwriter. Her lyrics and mel¥odies are so smart and she has this Joni Mitchell vibe thatÕs really amazing. And us in the band, we were like ÒShe can play music? She can come on tour!Ó [laughs] SheÕs awesome and I love having her, I love having more family. IÕm excit¥ed to see what comes from her as she grows. From page 10 very ÒEisley.Ó But I think lyrical¥ly thereÕs a shift that old fans will definitely notice; itÕs a lot more reality-based, and itÕs not all so much Ògood.Ó Whereas the first record there was a lot of fictional writing because we were young, the lyrics on The Valley are def¥initely bolder and probably the songs are a little heavier as far as the rock aspect. ItÕs not anything that any Eisley fan wouldnÕt want to hear though. You wonÕt be disappointed! DT: You mentioned the lyr¥ics being more reality-based, and I know that there has been a lot of upheaval recently in the band when it comes to rela¥tionships and your previous re¥cord label. Did Eisley see these darker lyrics as therapeutic or a coming-to-terms with all the drama? SD: Oh, completely! ItÕs free therapy, essentially, because you can write out your feelings and put your energy into this and put it out there to world and play it to hundreds of people every night. ItÕs the best thing to pos¥sibly come to terms with things that have happened in my life and things I want to share with people. IÕm so lucky; not a lot of people get a chance to express themselves this way. DT: So I take it all the songs for the upcoming record are re¥corded already? SD: Oh yeah, it was last sum¥mer that we recorded it; we kind of knocked it out in a couple of cord, and they said, ÒWe donÕt know if this record is going to get worked like it needs to, so if you want to make any changes, nowÕs the time to do it.Ó DT: And thatÕs when you signed on to Equal Vision? SD: Yes. DT: I feel like youÕre in good getting romanced by big labels and we picked Warner Brothers because they seemed like gen¥uine people and they loved the band. And I think it was good for the first few years but ma¥jor labels shift so much and they always have new people go¥ing through and we were losing people we were working with. And itÕs really hard as a band, with this really artistic group of kids, and people werenÕt getting what we were about and our vi¥sion. We recorded this last re¥ company at Equal Vision, con¥sidering Chiodos and Orbs are a part of the label as well. SD: Yeah! DT: I also wanted to say that the Garage-Band-like demos on Fire Kite were really amaz¥ing, especially Ò192 Days,Ó and I know part of the reason why I liked it so much is because I really like lo-fi music, but was there any reason why these songs werenÕt taken further? VOLUNTEERS TEACHING feated team and the last NEEDED TD run by Vince Young to POSITIONS win the 2006 Rose Bowl Seeking healthy volun¥ NatÕl Championship 3 BARTENDING! teers age 18-25 to partici- Get your education, train¥ sizes Ltd. Ed prints PLUS pate in a clinical research$300/DAY ing and experience now! a Ltd Ed Wilson Football study of an investigation-Hiring part-time school¥ POTENTIAL al MENINGITIS VACCINE.age teachers at all loca¥Eligible participants ext 113 com/employment.html Apply online. MUSCULAR MALES Ages 18-28 Wanted for one month period and a tion may be available for time and travel. 512-374¥0677 or info@PQRinc. com. 512-374-0677 Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 Monday, November 22, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com LIFE&ARTS THE DAILY TEXAN Steakhouse fires up Longhorn spirit Former Texas quarterback opens restaurant that mixes fine dining, university pride By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff When news circulated earlier this year that former Texas quar¥terback Vince Young was going to open a steakhouse in downtown Austin, Texas football enthusiasts were definitely wound up. Now, the wait is over. Opened about three weeks ago at the cor¥ner of Third Street and San Jacin¥to Boulevard, Vince Young Steak¥house competes with the sev¥eral steakhouses around down¥town. But like its namesake, Vince Young Steakhouse is a force to be reckoned with. Immediately upon entering the foyer, guests are reminded that they are in the realm of Tex¥as spirit. A life-size longhorn stat¥ue covered in shiny copper pen- Jono Foley | Daily Texan Staff nies stands sternly below a blown¥up version of the iconic picture of Steaks are flame-kissed over the grill at Vince Young Steak House on San Jacinto Boulevard and Third Street. Young on that victorious day of Jan. 4, 2006 Ñ one finger raised in and a large fireplace set the ro-back, Young is not the sole own-ners in the business, Brown said. the air, standing triumphantly as mantic mood, just steps from the er and force behind the establish-ÒWe all have a stake, no pun in¥confetti falls around him. foyer is a lively bar and lounge ment. In co-ownership are Laura tended, in the restaurant and all Even with the consistency in area, decked with several mount-and Phillip Brown, good friends work extremely close and well the alma mater theme, which in-ed television screens. Several of Young. ÒVince, Phillip, my hus-together to make it a success,Ó cludes touches of burnt orange items on the menu are playfully band and our executive chef and I she said. here and there and pictures of named after the quarterback, in-have been friends for years now,Ó Having attended the Conrad Young in action, Vince Young cluding the Perfect Ten, the steak-Laura Brown said. ÒAnd one N. Hilton College at the Univer-Steakhouse is a sophisticated fine houseÕs esteemed 10-ounce Strube night, we were all talking about sity of Houston, BrownÕs back¥dining restaurant. Ranch Wagyu beef from Pittsburg, how Phil and I wanted to open a ground in business and entrepre- There is a tasteful balance of Texas, the Forever Young choco-restaurant in Austin, and Vince, neurship allows her to direct what fun and class throughout the late cake and all the concoctions who loves to cook, said he would needs to be done on the main steakhouse. While shelves of on the cocktail menu. love to be a part of it as well, and floor while her husband, Phillip, wine, strings of glass beads and Though the steakhouse is thus the idea was born.Ó dimmed lighting from candles named after the Texas quarter-All three are 100-percent part-STEAK continues on page 9 BOOK REVIEW HOW TO READ THE AIR Novel explores feeling of social disconnect By Christopher Nguyen Daily Texan Staff The immigrant experience has become familiar ground for nov¥els in the last decade with Junot DiazÕs ÒThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoÓ and Jhumpa La¥hiriÕs short sto¥ries becoming emotional disconnect with peo¥ple and to the fraught relation¥ship between his own mother and father. He moves from point to point, retracing the steps of his parents as they attempted to re¥invent themselves as Americans three decades earlier while best sellers and he r einvents widening the his identity. scope of Amer- The distinc¥ ican fiction so much so that it Mengestu fully tive factor in ÒHow to Read has become al¥ realizes the power of the AirÓ is the most common¥place to read. Even though Di¥ the past in propelling the future. way in which Mengestu can make the com¥ naw Menges- plex easily con¥ tuÕs latest nov¥ nective to read¥ el ÒHow to Read ers. He graceful¥ the AirÓ tells another story about cultural divide and immi¥gration, it excites readers with its clarity and confidence in de¥lineating the separation of being American yet still so foreign to your country. MengestuÕs second novel fol¥lows Jonas Woldermariam, an Ethiopian-American, on a jour¥ney retracing the steps of his im¥migrant parentsÕ move from Il¥linois to Nashville. The trip is not to be taken as a celebration of life but as a catharsis. Recent¥ly divorced from his wife, Jo¥nas wants answers to his stilted ly untangles the strings of being an Ethiopian-American in New York City to form a tale of the search for a human bond. Also, he depicts the connection be¥tween JonasÕ own marriage and that of his parents with an ease that does not feel contrived but completely nuanced. Through this scope, Mengestu fully re¥alizes the power of the past in propelling the future. In his des¥perate escape to confront his fa¥therÕs abuse as a child, Jonas disappears into the air, only to NOVEL continues on page 9 Tyler quintet brings family touch to melodic indie rock Texas? Or when they signed with more mature, more refined, more anticipation for EisleyÕs appear-tions and Fire Kite had taken MUSIC MONDAY Warner Brothers in 2003? sophisticated. ance at The Parish this Wednes-and IÕm wondering if the Eisley WHAT: Eisley w/ Christie DuPree For this particular East Tex-Coupled with last yearÕs shim-day about using music as thera-sound has changed from that or By Francisco Marin as quintet Ñ composed of three mering Fire Kite EP, Combinations py, finding a new home in Equal does it still have that melodic sisters, a brother and a cousin is the precursor to what is sure Vision Records, and her favorite rock approach? WHERE: The Parish ItÕs difficult to gauge the ex-Ñ perhaps the real coming-of-to be yet another great release science fiction writer Sherri DuPree: Well it doesnÕt act year Eisley came into its age came with their second full-for Eisley, tentatively titled The sound like that much of a shift WHEN: Wednesday, doors open own. Was it in 1997, when sisters length album, Combinations. Un-Valley, which is set to drop next The Daily Texan: So like most the way Combinations did with at 8 p.m. Chauntelle and Sherri DuPree be-like the five EPs and debut al-year. Eisley fans, IÕm very much in-Room Noises Ñ at least not mu¥gan writing songs together? Was bum that came before it, 2007Õs Vocalist and guitarist Sherri terested in your upcoming al-sically and melodically. ItÕs still TICKETS: $15, c3presents. it in the early 2000s, when they Combinations just felt different. It DuPree-Bemis took the time to bum The Valley. I loved the frontgatetickets.com/ performed at small venues across had blossomed into something speak with The Daily Texan in new direction that Combina-MUSIC continues on page 9