frOfrzg v i saidVH nvaao HS 3AY 1S I2 WTI30HDIW 39VXIH3H D Q Y Q 3 X IW ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥Da ily T e x a n D T W eeken d Monthly community event draws eclectic crowd of thespians L i f k & \Kr< P a g e 6 B U p-and-com er Gerald G dishes on Austin’s hip-hop scene S p o r t s P a g e I B F o r two tennis p la y e rs9 sport is a fa m ily a ffa ir Thursday, October 9, 2008 Serving The University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com • UT moves to enforce political-sign ban Students who don't comply to be barred from registration By Pierre Bertrand Daily Texan Staff Two University Democrats mem­ bers had until 7 p.m. Wednesday to take down two political signs in their dorm room windows. Room m ates and cousins C o n­ nor Kincaid, a music junior, and B lak e K in ca id , a g o v e rn m e n t sophomore, were told by Univer­ sity officials that if the signs were not taken down by the deadline, the stu d en ts w ould be barred from registering for spring class­ es. By 9:30 p.m ., the signs w ere still up and both Connor Kincaid and Blake Kincaid had no regis­ tration bars. Both students were notified over the course of the semester that cam­ paign signs placed in their Prather Dormitory windows were against Division of Housing and Food Ser­ vice guidelines. The students were approached three times by resident hall officials warning them of their violation. On Oct. 2 they were noti­ fied that University officials expect­ ed them to appear at a disciplinary hearing at Roberts Dormitory, Con­ nor Kincaid said. W in d o w s and s c re e n s m ay not be used to display advertise­ m ents, posters, flags, clothing or any externally visible display, ac­ cording to the h ou sing d ep art­ ment's handbook. Both students d efended their decision to place signs in their w indow s at a W ednesday after­ noon disciplinary hearing. Blake Kincaid said as he left his hearing that housing officials did not ex­ plain why the sign mandates ex­ isted or how U niversity officials defined the rules. "I don't know what to think re­ ally," Blake Kincaid said. "They put us in a serious position." D esp ite the threat, both stu ­ dents refused to take down the sig ns, citing the im portance of keeping students politically mind­ ed and active. "I'm prepared to take this to court if that's where it has to go," Connor Kincaid said. "Th e signs are not going down." " I f the U n iv ersity w a n ts to prosecute them, bring it on," said Zack Hall, University Dem ocrats president. "If it's not breaking fire code, and if it d oesn't hurt stu ­ dents, they should be able to put the signs up." Jeffery G raves, associate vice president for legal affairs, said the University does not have an aes­ thetics policy but instead has rules that lim it the locations of signs throughout campus. "It is our view that placing a sign BAN continues on page 2A A l i g h t w i t h p r i d e Music junior Connor Kincaid is interviewed by reporters after attending a disciplinary hearing at Roberts Dorm itory on W ednesday afternoon. Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff System approves nonprofit research center in Mexico UT collaborates with Monterrey to create scientific association By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff The U T System Board of Re­ g ents on W ednesday approved the creation of a new non profit association in Mexico. T h e n o n p r o f it a s s o c ia tio n w o u ld e sta b lis h a U T -A u stin - sp o n so red ce n te r fo r research com m ercialization in Monterrey. In Septem ber 2006, UT President William Powers and José N ativi­ dad G onzález Parás, governor of the M exican State of Nuevo Leon, signed a letter of understanding for future collaboration. P ow ers said the civil associa­ tion would be com posed of UT- Austin personnel. The U T Sy stem 's approval of the civil association w as neces­ sary because the C onsejo N acio­ nal de C ien cia y Tecnología — w hich Pow ers d escribed as the M exican e q u iv alen t of the N a­ tio n a l S c ie n c e F o u n d a tio n — is p erm itted to d isp e rse m on­ ey only to M exican institutes. A tim eline for the construction of the UT facility in M onterrey has not been established. Pow ers said the Univ ersity has p re -e x istin g p a rtn ersh ip s with T ecn o ló g ico de M onterrey, the U n iv ersity o f N uevo Leon and the state of N uevo Leon that in­ clude student exchanges and re­ search collaboration. The p ro ject w ill not use any m oney from U T -A u stin or the U T S y ste m . T h e M e x ica n s c i­ ence fo u n d atio n has p rom ised $500,000 to fu nd , am ong oth er things, the construction of a UT facility in Monterrey. "In d ev elo p in g this research triangle, they would like to give us m o n ey to c o n s tru c t a v ery m odest office space there so that we can facilitate these program s that we currently have and build other program s," Powers said. P o w e rs said the M o n te rre y in stitu te , w h ose estab lish m e n t must still officially be negotiated, is part of an effort to collaborate w ith in te rn atio n al u n iv ersities and allow professors to exchange inform ation w ith colleagues d o­ ing sim ilar w ork. Possible uses for UT-Austin personnel also in­ clude student exchanges and in­ ternships in Monterrey. "W e do a lot of basic research and basic innovation. There's in­ n o v a tio n th a t can be a p p lic a ­ ble for the econom y in M onter­ rey, and w e think that th a t's a con n ectio n that we w ould like to fo ster," Pow ers said. "It also gives us access to people at those universities who are w orking on sim ilar issues and problem s for us to collaborate." Voters often overlook judicial races in Texas Non-partisan group launches campaign to educate voters es m ake decisions that can im ­ pact our daily lives," Hachtm an said. "Yet so many voters didn't cast ballots in the Supreme Court race." By Erin Mulvaney Daily Texan Staff Although the presidential cam­ paigns have sparked national and statewide enthusiasm, candidates in judicial contests remain unno­ ticed by Texans, according to a re­ cent survey presented Wednesday at the Capitol. The C itizen s A g ain st L aw ­ suit Abuse launched a campaign Wednesday called "Good Judg­ es Matter" to urge Texas voters to make their voices heard in "the least understood branch of govern­ ment," said Mike Hachtman, one of the group's board members. The non-partisan campaign will use an informational Web site, ra­ dio advertisements and brochures to disseminate the experience and philosophies of judicial candidates to Texas voters. "From schools to the environ­ m ent to health care, ou r judg­ A survey conducted in July by Baseliee & Associates polled more than 800 Texans, and 60 percent of Texas voters said they were inter­ ested in elections for president and U.S. senators, but only 30 showed any interest in judicial elections. In the 2004 general election, half a million — out of 7.5 million — did not vote in judicial contests. There are three contested rac­ es for the Texas Supreme Court and many local judicial contests in the upcoming election. Supreme Court judges have a large impact on state laws because they can in­ validate law s approved by the Texas Legislature, Hachtman said. "Y o u all k now th e n am es 'Obama' and 'McCain,' but there are other people on the ballot," Hachtm an said. "Texans simply d on 't know enough about the candidates." D em o cratic P arty vo lu n teer Charlie Paine stood in the West S te p h e n D u r d a | Uaily Texan btatt Flag-bearers for the Longhorn Band march near the front of the procession during the Torchlight Parade and Rally on W ednesday night. Parade marches across UT By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff L in g u is tics s e n io r R e b e c­ ca Leath m arched dow n 21st S tre e t on W ed n esd ay n ig h t along with hundreds of Long­ horn supporters at the annual Torchlight Parade and Rally. Some students painted their faces and carried torches, illu­ minating the night sky as they chanted UT cheers. you proud to be a Texan," Leath said. "It lives up to its name be­ cause there's a crowd of people with the same hope: to beat OU." T h e T e x a s E x e s S tu d e n t Chapter sponsored the event, w hich aim s at building team support for Saturday's UT-OU football game. The parade be­ gan on the corner of 25th and G uadalupe streets and ended with a rally at the Main Mall. Rally is sim ply a way to hype up the U niversity before the big gam e on Satu rd ay ," said rally co-director Meera Rajago- palan. "It is a way for the cam­ pus to show their school spirit and support for the team." The event featured the Long­ horn football team and head coach Mack Brown and included perfor­ mances by the Longhorn Band, Texas Cheer and Texas Pom. people who weren't planning to go to the game to go or at least watch it and support UT," said psychology freshm an Hillary Edelman. "Events like this make you proud to be a Longhorn." The Torchlight Rally and Pa­ rade tradition began in 1916 and was celebrated before gam es against Texas A&M until 1986. "It's a tradition," said Plan II "The pep rally definitely makes "The Torchlight Parade and "I hope the parade convinced PARADE continues on page 2A Former department now School of Human Ecology By Rachel Platis Daily Texan Staff The D ep artm ent of Hum an Ecology will now be known as the School of Hum an Ecology. The upgrade occurred in an ef­ fort to increase the program 's profile and better com pete with peer institutions. An inauguration celebration will be held Oct. 17 at Mary E. Gearing Hall to initiate the new title. The division of human devel­ opment and family sciences and the division of nutrition scienc­ es will now have their own de­ partments. Textiles and apparel, the third area of study within the school, will remain a division un­ til the minimum number of fac­ ulty needed to apply for depart­ ment status is reached. The idea has been in the mak­ ing since 2003, said newly ap­ pointed director Catherine Sur­ ra. To fund the transition, the de­ partment raised $5 million, some of which was then matched by the University. T he D ep artm e n tal V isitin g Committee, an external advising group m ade up of alumni and friends of the School of Ecology, helped raise funds and awareness about the growth in each area of study within the school. These contributions will go to faculty support, increased research and student career advising. "E ach field, especially nu tri­ tional sciences, has evolved in the past 30 years to a transdis- ciplinary science," said Stephen Hursting, head of the nutritional sciences department. "M any uni­ versities across the nation have recognized this demand." The clout that com es with the new titles will give UT a better chance at competing with major universities in the field such as Penn State and Cornell Universi­ ty, Surra said. The transition w ill bring in­ creased visibility and definition to the programs, making it easier to a ttra ct stu d en ts and sta ff, Hursting said. "I picked this major because it sounded like me," said Bridgette Harvey, a freshman human devel­ opment and family sciences major. ECOLOGY continues on page 2A Roger Borgelt and M ike Hachtman, m em bers of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, listen to an audience member's question. Elizabeth M oskow itz | Daily Texan Staff M all on W ednesday urging stu ­ d en ts to su p p o rt S e n . B arack O bam a and becom e involved in the D em ocratic Party. He adm it­ ted to know ing very little about the ca n d id a te s in the ju d icial races. " I t's m ore d ifficu lt to create aw areness at the state level b e­ cau se som e can d id ates are not well-known in the local regions," he said. R o g e r B o r g e lt, a C itiz e n s A g ain st L aw su it A b u se board m em ber and Baseliee attorney, said electin g good ju d g es w ho have the background to serve is critical. Issues that com e before the state Suprem e Court include health care and funding for pub­ lic school systems, he said. " A s y o u n g p e o p le b e co m e v o ters, it's im p ortan t for them to be aw are of how the cou rts affect their liv es," B orgelt said. "A n in fo rm ed e le c to r a te is a p o w e rfu l e le c to r a te , and o u r su rvey show s that voters w ant JUDICIAL continues on page 2A Index Volume 109, Number 28 25 cents World & Nation______ 3 A Opinion.»__________ .4A State&Loca!.........................5A 1-2B Sports............... Classifieds...........................3B Comics........................... — 4B Life&Arts..................... 5-6B My piggy bank is small. Yours is just embarrassing. H igh 88 Low THURSD AY, OCTOBER 9 ,2 0 0 8 BAN: Campus political groups in favor of signs From p a g e l A in a window has the same effect as putting it on a wall," Graves said. "We want to prevent things plas­ tered around campus willy-nilly." As previously reported by The Daily Texan, the University abides by a history of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, which dictate that stu­ dents' free speech rights must not interfere with their surroundings or with the University's primary role of educating students. U niversity D em ocrats, w ith sup p ort from College R epubli­ cans, plans to challenge the Uni­ versity and would take the issue to court if necessary, Hall said. Ryan Ellis, president of Col­ lege Republicans, said he does not know if his members have been ap­ proached by University officials re­ garding political signs but said he would support any student who desires to challenge the University. While the Kincaids have been the first to undergo a disciplin­ ary h e a rin g , U n iv ersity o ffi­ cials told Connor Kincaid that all o ther residents w ith signs in their w indow s will undergo similar processes if the signs do not com e do w n , C onnor K in­ caid said. "We are going to m ake UT have 1,000 hearings," Hall said to local and regional news channels at an im prom ptu press confer­ ence Wednesday. "Make UT fight you — put your signs up." Graves said UT believes in free speech and believes it is important to the educational process, but the University only allows free speech in certain places on campus. "We encourage rather than sup­ press free speech," Graves said. Hall said the U niversity is breaching the stu d e n ts' First Amendment rights to free speech by limiting political expression. M ark Kincaid, C onnor K in­ caid's father and Blake Kincaid's uncle, said he is frustrated by UT's actions and does not believe the University is on the right side of the issue. Mark Kincaid, who is also an attorney, said he was not afraid to represent his son and nephew. "I am definitely here as a dad and uncle, but it can evolve into legal representation," he said. CONTACT US M ain Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Leah Finnegan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com M an agin g Editor: Adrienne Lee (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com W eb Office: (512)471-8616 online@dailytexanonline.com COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008Texas 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. 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The guidebook, "Best 174 Law Schools," ranks the top 10 schools in 11 categories from "Best Career Prospects" to "Most Competitive Students." The Princeton Reiew compiles the list based on a survey of 18,000 students attending 174 law schools. More than 100 students at each law school complete an 80-question survey on their school's academ­ ics, student body and campus life, themselves and their career plans. "We aren't just looking at how much research is published or the quality of that writing," Anderson said. "We are looking at how good they are as teachers. This is kind of a verification that it is working. " Loyola Marymount University, Chapman University and Stanford University followed UT on the list. — Megan Gerard ECOLOGY: Titles to benefit research From p a g e l A "This degree can help me in whichever direction I turn, includ­ ing nursing, teaching and working in human resource departments." The sch o o l's m ission is to study and foster the develop­ m ent of individuals and fami­ lies. The school currently serves 1,200 u n d erg ra d u a tes and 75 graduate students. Though the departm ents in the school will be housed in the same buildings, the new titles bring about increased opportu­ nities for research and faculty, Hursting said. "We are now a health-focused school, so all of the limitations of being divisions have been lift­ ed," he said. "It all goes back to growing and reaching tow ard the goal of being the best in the country at what we do." PARADE: Students rally for ’Horns From p a g e l A and government freshman Ishaq Fahim. "My expectations were high because it was m ade out to be such a big deal, with news crews and by word of mouth. My expectations were fulfilled." The event was open to anyone, and m any stu d en ts w ho said they did not plan to attend the game still attended the rally. Ed­ ucation freshman Chau Do said she is not attending the game but will watch it from home. "I came to the Torchlight pa­ rade because I want the team to know I'm behind them, and I want them to win," Do said. The game starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl Sta­ dium in Dallas and will be aired on ABC. "We're finally going to play some good, tough teams in the Big 12," said electrical engineer­ ing junior Angel Silva. "This pa­ rade represents the beginning of the excitement." Ed Lozano and Rey Reyes sit on th e steps ou tsid e City Hall on W ednesday afterno on . "We ju st met," Reyes said. "N ow he's g o in g in my will." Elizabeth Moskowitz | Daily Texan Staff Study says school-age children perceive political sexism, racism By Clay Sam pson Daily Texan Staff Some children believe it is ille­ gal for anyone other than a white male to be the U.S. president. A recent UT study, published in the October issue of the jour­ nal A nalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, indicates that most children are aw are there has never been a female, black or H isp a n ic p re s id e n t, an d many attribute this to discrim ­ ination. In 2006, the research­ ers interviewed 205 children be­ tween 5 years old and 10 years old about their beliefs, attitudes and know ledge of U.S. p resi­ dents. One in four elementary- school-age children said it was unlawful for a woman or minor­ ity to hold the office of the pres­ ident. One in three said bias ex­ isted among the voters. "We were surprised at w hat kids knew," said Rebecca Bigler, a UT psychology professor who conducted the study with a team of UT and University of Kansas researchers. "We asked, 'How do you know?' And they said won­ derful things." Bigler said the children learned from encyclopedias, posters and television th at p resid en ts are w hite males. One girl said she learned just by looking at money, Bigler said. Young children ore more a w a r e of everything. They see the presidents an d notice the p a ttern o f white m a le s.” — Andrew Rider, g o v e r n m e n t senior "They have to think of an ex­ planation," she said. "Some think it is illegal. If you run and lose, no one's ever heard of you. So when you look at the presidents, it pret­ ty much looks like it's illegal." The current presidential race, how ever, could c h an g e c h il­ dren's views, Bigler said. "This election is critical," she said. "If Obama is elected, it will change kids' perceptions. It should real­ ly diminish the prejudice against blacks. If Obama loses, there is po­ tential to get worse because a black man ran and didn't make it." Bigler said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin does not have as m uch of an impact with children because she is running for the position of vice president, which is not as prestigious or visible as the posi­ tion of president. She added that most children are not aw are of what the vice president is. Bigler said most children sur­ veyed said they believed people of all races and genders should be president. G overnm ent senior A ndrew Rider said he was not surprised by the study. "I would say children see rac­ ism with the least clouded eyes," Rider said. "Young children are more aware of everything. They see the presidents and notice the pattern of white males." JUDICIAL Students, others unaware of candidates From page 1A more inform ation so they can make inform ed choices in the contests." M any UT stu d e n ts show ed disinterest or a lack of know l­ edge about the candidates for the judicial contests. Biology senior Cari Sagum said she has not heard anything about the candidates, and busi­ ness senior Andy Kuhn said he does not think the judicial races will have a direct effect on stu­ dents or young people. "The first time I voted, I either picked can didates at random or left it blank," Sagum said. 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One day after a presidential de­ bate that focused heavily on the economy, both m ajor candidates embraced the decision. Both Dem­ ocrat Barack Obama and Republi­ can John M cCain described the crisis as global. E ven the coord inated action may not break the panicky mind­ set that has gripped investors across the world as jobs evapo­ rate and retirem ent savings dry up. Banks may still be inclined to hoard cash, and until they decide to lend again the crisis is not like­ ly to let up. If anyone needed evidence, ma­ jor Am erican retailers turned in dism al sales figures for the third quarter — further proof that con­ sum er spending, the lifeblood of the economy, is sputtering. "T h e tu rm o il w ill n o t end quickly and significant challeng­ es remain ahead," Treasury Secre­ tary Henry Paulson told reporters at a preview of meetings later this week of the finance officials of the G roup of Seven m ajor industri­ al countries, the 185-nation Inter­ national Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The global credit cri­ sis w as expected to be the major agenda item at those talks. Thursday, October 9,2008 NATION BRIEFLY Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed DENVER — House Speak­ er Nancy Pelosi said Wednes­ day that a $150 billion econom­ ic stimulus plan is needed now because of the faltering econo­ my and she may call the House into session after the election to pass it. Pelosi told reporters that the stock market meltdown, which has caused an estimated $2 tril­ lion loss from pension funds, was a factor in her recommen­ dation for a second stimulus bill. The first relief plan sent out $600-$l,200 tax rebate checks to most individuals and couples this year. The House did pass a $61 billion economic aid propos­ al last month before lawmak­ ers left Capitol Hill ahead of the Nov. 4 election. But a simi­ lar plan failed to pass the Sen­ ate. President Bush had prom­ ised a veto anyway. Obama: McCain mortgage bailout plan impracticable INDIANAPOLIS — Demo­ crat Barack Obama's campaign criticized John McCain's mort­ gage bailout plan Wednesday, saying it would cause the gov­ ernment to lose money by pay­ ing too much for bad loans. McCain's proposal to spend $300 billion in federal funds to buy distressed mortgages was a highlight of Tuesday's pres­ idential debate, and it seemed to catch Obama off guard. At first, Obama's campaign said he had made similar proposals and there was nothing new in Mc­ Cain's remarks. But after McCa­ in's aides offered more details Wednesday, Obama's campaign shifted gears. The plan would cause the government "to massively over­ pay for mortgages in a plan that would guarantee taxpayers lose money, and put them at risk of losing even more if home values don't recover," Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said. C om piled from Associated Press reports By Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press W A S H IN G T O N — W a ll Street bounced higher and lower Wednesday trying to make up its mind about an unprecedented co­ ordinated interest rate cut by cen­ tral banks around the world. In the end it settled on a familiar feeling — fear — and plunged again. The Federal Reserve Board, des­ perately trying to jum p-start the lending that keeps the U.S. econ­ omy moving, dropped its closely watched federal funds rate to 1.5 percent. The cut from 2 percent took the rate to its lowest level in more than four years. Central banks in England, Chi­ na, C an ad a, Sw eden and S w it­ zerland and the European C en­ tral Bank also cut rates after a se­ ries of h ig h -stak es phone calls over several days betw een Fed Chairm an Ben Bernanke and his counterparts. But the Dow Jones industrial average lost another 189 points, or 2 percent, to close at 9,258. It was the sixth straight day of losses for the Dow. The index has shed more than a third of its value, near­ ly 5,000 points, since its all-tim e high, set one year ago Thursday. The Dow opened down more than 200 points. Within an hour, it was up almost as much. A late morning sell-off gave way to an afternoon rally, and the Dow was ahead for the day in the last half- hour of trad ing — then took a dive at the close. The d ay 's losses were lighter Traders Russel Boose, center, Richard Felman, left, and Michael Carusiello, far right, work in the Eurodollar trading pit W ednesday at the CM E Group in Chicago. M. Spencer Green | A ssocia te d Press for the N asdaq com posite index and the Standard & P o o r's 500. And Wall Street as a whole fared far better than Asia, where some stock exchanges were down 9 per­ cent, and Europe, where some lost 5 percent. The Fed acted in concert with the E uropean C en tral B ank to make emergency interest rate cuts after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001. But W ednesday's cuts were unprecedented with the num ber of nations that participated, the Fed said. For m illions of Am ericans, the Fed's cut means borrowing mon­ ey becom es cheaper. Home equi­ ty loans, credit cards and other floating-rate loans all fluctuate de­ pending on what the Fed does. Bank of Am erica, Wells Fargo and other banks cut their prime rate by half a point to 4.5 percent, also the lowest in more than four years, after the Fed announced its decision early Wednesday. Fed watchers believe the central bank might cut rates further wben it meets later this month, and per- WORLD BRIEFLY German farmer gets world's first double arm transplant MUNICH, Germany — A Ger­ man farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that in­ credulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again. Karl Merk, who lost his arms in a farming accident six years ago, said he at first could not believe that the transplant appeared to have been succesful. "It was really overwhelming when I saw that I had arms again," said the 54-year-old, who wore a sleeveless black shirt showing clearly where his new arms had been grafted. "These are my arms, and I'm not giving them away again," he told reporters at the Munich Uni­ versity Clinic. He will remain at the clinic for close to three months following Wednesday's 15-hour operation. 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A ndy Jones, pub­ lic relations director for the U niversity Dem ocrats, noted that the D ep artm en t o f H o u sin g and Food Services did not feel the need to enfo rce its "a e s ­ thetics g u id e lin e s " in the w eeks arou nd the p ri­ m ary election in M arch, d uring w hich dorm w in ­ dow s across cam p u s w ere plastered w ith political paraphernalia. Now, the acad em ic w elfare o f sev eral students w ho refuse to com ply w ith this asin ine and frivo­ lous rule is in danger. The U niversity is threatening to bar the stud en ts from registering for the spring sem e ste r in a p a ssiv e -a g g ressiv e m o v e to pu sh them off cam pus. T his is not an issue o f aesth etics. It is an issue o f control and pow er, and it grossly infringes on stud en ts' rights. W hat are the signs d oing besides d isproving the stereotype o f the ap ath etic young v o ter? S tu d e n ts' p assion for politics should be a source o f pride for the University, not an alarm for concern. If the U niversity is intent on enforcin g its aes­ thetics guidelines, w e'd like to alert them of a situa­ tion on the third floor o f the Roberts Hall D orm ito­ ry. Som eone has flagrantly put both a lion w indow sticky and a bow w indow sticky on the second w in­ dow from the left on the east front end of the build­ ing. A round the com er from the offensive stickies, a w ind ow scream s with a D allas C ow boys sign. A n­ o ther w in d o w could b e accused o f false ad vertis­ ing: It boasts a sign for Sw eet Leaf Tea. We cannot begin to surm ise w hy the U niversity is trying to invoke this rule at this time. We can only take this shallow yet frighteningly authoritative dic­ tum of w hat can and cannot be done in term s of ex­ pression on cam pus as a sym bol of a university un­ interested in the voices of its students. — Leah Finnegan and fosh H aney CARTOON CONTEST GALLERY Are you an im pres­ sive doodler? An art student? A painter/pol­ itician7 Think you can draw the Texan's cur­ ren t'to o n s off the newsprint? The editorial board is holding a contest for the best U niversity-re­ lated editorial cartoon (because it's never too early to begin satirical­ ly critiquing institutions through art). Send subm issions to editor@ dailytexan on lin e. com by Nov. 1. The w in­ ner will recieve a $10 gift certificate to Cafe Medici. T H E FIRING LINE Reverse sexism? I have... a liberal arts degree I cannot even begin to describe how appreciative I am of the article written by Dustin Stonecipher over one's choice of major ("You want fries with that M BA”>" Oct. 8). I have faced the same criticism in the wake of telling people that I am seeking a liberal arts degree' Never they mind that I am a double major (English and sociology) graduating a year early with a grade point average that demolishes any engineer­ ing or business major that I have met or that I am extremely passionate about both of my majors. The onlv thing that matters to so many people is whether my major(s) will put me on the fast track to earning big bucks as soon as I finish school, regardless of my future- happiness. Well, I am happy, and I will con­ tinue to be happy in my "stereotypical of liberal arts" career as a professor, teaching the future generations of America and continuing my own education for as long as possible. Martin Luther King Jr. had a bach­ elor s in sociology. Show me a business major who has been more influential or beneficial to this country than he, and I'll change majors. Spencer Wall E nglish and sociology Jun ior Ettmueller's ignorant speech Rick Noriega, a state representative and lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, delivered a stirring address to a large group of students in the mid--1 of the largest voter registration drive in the his­ tory of the University. His message was that of change and progress. But in a year where race has played far too large a part in the campaign, I was appalled to see blatant racism a few feet in front of me directly following N oriega's speech Monday evening. Harry Ettmueller, a veteran invited to speak by the College Republicans at Texas, started off his speech with a racial slur. He blatantly called Noriega "M anuel," then followed that up with, "I mean Rick." A collective gasp fell over the crowd after his words, and from my mouth came booing. Ettmueller then called me out of the crowd, saying "They don't teach ignorance here." While he is certainly right about that, the last time I checked, we shouldn't be teaching racism on this campus either. On paper his slip-up may seem like a mistake, but with the advantages of sight and sound, one could tell exactly what Ettmueller meant. Just as it doesn't excuse Sen. John McCain from voting in ways that have put the country's neediest worse off, being a veteran doesn't excuse Ettmueller from com­ ing on to my campus and spouting racism. I believe that Ettmueller owes his fellow veteran and the entire Latino community an apology. ( « * . 'X f.S i -W L iW je r In response to the Oct. 8 Firing Line "A woman's place is in the House ... of Representatives:" The writers end their Firing L.ine with "Women need to come out and vote for some very impressive women legislators ..." I find this to be against everything that has said this election cycle, starting with Sen. Hillary Clinton's run for the Democratic nomination and ending with Gov. Sarah Palin's selection as Sen. John M cCain's running mate. Sexism has been shouted about endlessly since January' 2008 — and the biggest problem has been women voting for women. It was said that women should not just vote for women but vote for the issues. And for the writers to tell Texas women to vote for "impressive women legislators" is telling said women to vote based on their reproduc­ tive organs rather than on the candidate who will best help them. It goes against everything both campaigns have said — including Clinton herself. The writers should restate their beliefs that "women need to come out and vote for very impressive legislators, regard­ less of gender." Justin Silver H istory and govern m en t sophom ore The boiling point It's apparent that there is going to be a lot of mis­ information and disinformation spread about the current financial crisis. Many misguided people are trying to blame this crisis on banks being "forced" to lend money to people who should never have been loaned money in the first place — i.e., people of color and the working poor. First of all, a lesson from Gov. Sarah Palin: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are not part of the government. Secondly, if the root problem of this ensis is as simple as these people seem to believe, there already exists an actual government agency (the Federal Housing Administration) with the authority and cash (thanks to FDR, a Democrat) to insure those loans. I would suggest to you that one of the real culprits in this crisis is McCain's former campaign adviser Sen. Phil Gramm, a Republican from Texas, who got the de-regulation of the banking and financial industry passed by a Republican-controlled Congress. The devious and greedy — though not so clever — MBAs who developed the gimmick of "swaps and buybacks" to assuage investors' fears about buying these bad debts are also to blame. These "swaps and buybacks" were essentially insurance on bad debts, but by not calling them insurance, the financial institutions peddling them avoided any government regulation and oversight. Federal regulations require insurance companies to maintain large cash reserves to meet potential liabilities; however, by calling these products "swaps and buybacks," the institutions sell­ ing them did not have to maintain the cash reserves to meet their commitments. Hence, the roots of this current crisis. B rittany D aw n M cA llister Political com m un ication s sophom ore U niversity D em ocrats secretary Jon P earson U T alum \ | y; vi Ym i w ti An open letter to T. Boone By Trevor Lovell D aily Texan G uest C olu m nist Mr. Pickens: T hank you for com ing to our University. Today's E nergy Tow n H all M eetin g in the U n io n w ill no d oubt be an en lig h ten in g exch an g e. M an y yo u n g p eople are excited to see an oil m an in v estin g his w ealth in the fu tu re o f en erg y instead o f stay in g stuck in the past. The basics of you r "P ick en s P lan " w ould have us m ove m ost or all of the natural gas w e cu rren tly use for electrical g en eration (like the g as b u rn ed at the U T p o w er p lan t) o u t o f p o w er plants and into our cars. You propose that wind tur­ bines be used to replace the electricity w e w ould lose as a result of lessening our d ependence on gas, and in this w ay you say w e can cut ou r dep endence on foreign oil. True enough. I am truly appreciative that you are inv esting so m u ch of y o u r ow n m on ey in w ind farm s, and I realize that natural gas is a clean­ er-burning fuel than gasoline. But there are several reasons I'm n o t convinced this plan is the best one available for A m erica and the world. I've listed them here for you. Higher fuel prices Natural gas is cheap in som e places and expensive in others. H ow ever, any one w h o uses gas to heat their hom es can tell you that w hen dem and goes up (i.e. — every w inter), so does the price. N atural gas prices hav e in the last few years gone from $4 per M illio n B ritish T h erm al U n it to $ 1 2 /M M B tu and then back d ow n to around $ 8 /M M B tu . So w hy put m ore natu ral gas vehicles on the road? W hy build natural gas filling stations? W ith such a policy w e are likely to end up right back w here w e are today — o v erd ep en d en t on a h y d rocarb on fuel w ith u n ­ p red ictable p rices that can affect the cost o f ev ery­ thing from a fam ily vacation to a carton o f eggs. the grow th in dem and for energy, though, w hich the Pickens Plan does not effectively address. Scientists are telling us the im pacts of global w arm ing are al­ ready here, and the m ore severe con sequ ences w ill be felt sig n ifican tly in the lives o f stud en ts atten d ­ ing classes today. Replacing gasoline w ith wind tur­ bines does begin to address this issue, but if we w ant to actually avoid the w orst consequ ences of clim ate change, w e'v e got to cut C 0 2 m uch faster than any­ thing proposed in the Pickens plan. The alternative A b o ld er, m o re v is io n a ry p lan d o es exist. I'm not talking ab o u t A1 G o re's call for 100-percent re­ new able energ y by 2018. G o o g le, one of the sm art­ est com panies in the w orld, has announced its ow n "C lean Energy 2030" plan, w hich w ould have A m er­ ica running on virtually 100 percent clean renew able energy b y 2030 and w ou ld save us $1 trillion over the next 20 years. The G oogle plan isn't perfect, but it is w ell-researched and cap able o f ad dressing our dependence o n foreign fuel and our need for low er energy costs, and it does this w hile creating m illions of jobs, grow ing new sectors o f the A m erican econ ­ om y and establishing the U S as a global leader to be respected and follow ed by other nations. A gain, Mr. Pickens, I thank you for com ing to UT, as w ell as for pu tting you r m on ey into clean en er­ gy and into furthering the d iscu ssion on A m erican energ y policy. Your voice has b een a gam e-ch an g - er for an issue that w as neglected during the prim a­ ries, and as a result of your ad vocacy A m ericans are now m ore aw are of their ch o ices for a n ew energy policy. I hope you will consid er adapting your plan by w orking w ith the folks backing the G oogle plan. We have the opportunity to address clim ate change, grow our econom y, red uce en erg y costs and m eet your goal of reducing A m erican d ependence on for­ eign oil. Sou n d s like the beginn ing s of a silver b u l­ let to me. Global warming Your plan could p ossibly reduce our greenhouse gas em issions over tim e. It w ould really depend on Trevor L ovell B usin ess S enior R eE n ergize Texas Stu den t C oalition state director Close the gender gap: Get tested By Jessica Staggs Daily Texan C olu m nist Unlike m any other cam puses in Texas, w e're given access to an abundance of health resources at UT. In fact, our sexual health services on cam ­ pus were ranked 16 out of 139 schools across the nation on Trojan's 2008 Sexual Health Report Card — by far the highest-ranking of Texas colleges (just for reference, Texas A&M cam e in 79th; Baylor ranked 134). As young adults, we are highly susceptible to sexual health issues. According to the 2006 Centers for Disease Con­ trol Surveillance report, of the 19 million new sexually transm itted infections diagnosed each year, half of them occur in our age group. It's extrem ely im portant for students w ho are sexu ally active on this campus to protect themselves and know w hat's going on with their bodies. To that end, the Health Pro­ motion Resource Center provides students with three- free condoms a day (in addition to lubricants and dental dam s), and w e're doing a pretty im pressive job of utilizing this resource — approximately 200 condoms are taken each day from the HPRC. ^ When it comes to getting tested f o r sexually transmitted infections at UHS, there is a giant ga p between the num ber o f women and men getting tested. ” tested for chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV half as often as female students. It's no secret that many men in our culture are hesitant to pay a visit to their doctor — men often wait until they're too sick to function to get help. When you translate this practice into sexual health, it's alarm­ ing. This is an incredibly unsafe practice because most of the male students getting tested for STIs on UT cam pus are already showing symptom s of infection. Of course, individuals can hope they've either been abstaining or have been entirely hon­ est with their partners about what's going on un­ til then, but just as men are hesitant to get help, they're often hesitant to communi­ cate. Many people our age would "rather not know" that they have an STI. Taking an ignorance-is-bliss ap­ proach to sexual health may guard your ego, but it puts your health and those with whom you're in­ timate with at extreme risk. Keep in mind that these programs oper­ ate on your valuable tuition m on­ ey, and tests are done at no cost by University Health Services. If you're interested in avoiding go­ ing through your parents' insur­ ance to have tests done, then get­ ting tested at UHS is a great op ­ tion for you. Remember, once you walk across that stage at graduation, the beauty of student health care will no longer be available. Regardless of gender and sexual orientation, if you haven't taken advantage of the health resourc­ es on cam pus, consider doing so. This is a great place to start taking charge of your sexual health. We should all be making the most of reasonably priced testing and prescriptions at our disposal. Let's live up to our reputation as one of the na­ tion's most intelligent campuses by living smarter, making our money work for us and utilizing the top-notch services we're afforded. Staggs is an English senior LEGALESE BURNT ORANGE JUICE TALK TO THE NEWSROOM O pinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the ed ­ itor, the editorial board or the writer of the article They are not necessarily those of the UT ad ­ m inistration, the Board of R e­ gents or the Texas Student M e­ dia Board of O perating Trust­ ees. All Texan editorials are writ­ ten by the Editorial Board, which is listed in the top right corner of this page. Check out the Texan's Opinion blog at http://umnv.thedadytexanblogs.com/ bumtorangejuice for freshly squeezed content. Have a good story? Know of a good story? Tell us! E-mail tips to editor@dailytexanonline.com or neivs@dadytexanonline.com . SUBM IT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Finng Lines to firin- glme<£ daily texanonhne.com. Letters must be fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the nght to edit for brevity, clarity and Lability. SUBMIT A COLUMN Guest columns must be between 500 and 700 words. Send columns to editor@dadytexanon- line.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability. But when it comes to getting tested for sexual­ ly transmitted infections at University Health Ser­ vices, there is a giant gap between the number of women and men getting tested. According to data gathered during the last school year by the Univer­ sity Health Services Lab, female students are much more cognizant of the need to get tested. Perhaps this is because of the unfortunate societal desig­ nation of women as the key protectors of sexual health when it comes to heterosexual sex. After all, prescribed forms of birth control are manufactured only for women. Women are also buying at least half of the condoms sold each year. Male students, on the other hand, are getting < 5A Rocker Verastique, Nadine Latief and Mayor Will Wynn dance to Michael Jack­ son's "Thriller" at City Hall on Wednes­ day afternoon. Par­ ticipants performed in anticipation of the 25th annual "Thrill the World" event in which people world­ wide simultaneous­ ly dance to "Thrill­ er." This year, w'ith the help of Alamo Draft- house, Austin w'ill at­ tempt to break the Guinness world re­ cord for the most p e o pie doing the dance in one place. — EM Photo by Elizabeth Moskowitz D a ily Texan Staff St ,vi i &I.IM \i T h r i l l e r a f t e r n o o n Thursday, October 9, 2008 NEWS BRIEFLY Police arrest 14-year-old for allegedly shooting friend Police arrested a 14-year-old male Wednesday after his in­ volvement in a Monday shooting that caused several Austin schools to be locked down. Austin police responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. Mon­ day on Kildare Cove in East Aus­ tin and found another 14-year-old male who had been shot. The vic­ tim was transferred to Dell Chil­ dren's Medical Center of Central Texas with life-threatening injuries and was listed in serious but stable condition Wednesday, said Austin police detective James Mason. Mason said the two males wen' friends and the shooting oc­ curred after the two were playing with the gun in the front yard of a house. "Whether it was an accident or not, it's irrelevant," Mason said. Mason said the department's SWAT team surrounded a house in which they believed the 14-year-old, whose name will not be released because he is a mi­ nor, had barricaded himself after the incident. The situation was re­ solved late Monday when it be­ came apparent that no one was inside the house. Mason said police booked the suspect for aggravated assault and will hold him in the Gardner Betts Juv enile Justice Center. Police had previously detained the suspect on a separate charge, Mason said. — Sean Beherec Traffic accident causes power outage for 2,000 Austinites A traffic accident involving a Capital Metro shuttle and a vehi­ cle left 2,000 Austinites in the dark Wednesday morning after the crash clipped a line supporting an electric pole. Austin Energy spokesman Ed Clark said the accident occurred around 10 a.m. and power was restored by 10:37 a.m. The crash caused one of the 360 circuits in Austin's pow er grid to blow, he said. "It was a pretty minor situation as far as the outage goes," Clark said. Capital Metro spokesman Adam Shaivitz said the bus opera­ tor, driving a Far West route shut­ tle, received non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital. Monetary damages to the bus and vehicle were not immediate­ ly known. Shaivitz said Cap Metro equips every bus with a cam­ era that records video inside the bus after detecting sudden move­ ments. Cap Metro is working with the police departm ent to re­ lease the footage recorded on the bus, he said. "If there is evidence that'd be helpful to police, we would al­ ways turn that over," Shaivitz said. — SB SG approves endowments for organizations, research Student Government has ap­ proved the creation of three new endowments: the Student Gov­ ernment Excellence Fund, the Re­ becca H. Carreon Scholarship Fund and the Eyes of Texas Stu­ dent Government Academic En­ deavor Fund. The excellence fund is open for any group or student on campus to use toward projects or events and to give groups more money beyond what SG appropriates for campus organizations. Taylor Ellison, endowment au­ thor and external financial direc­ tor, said the Carreon Scholarship is meant to honor the 22 years of ser­ vice of Becky Carreon, an SG ad­ viser. Once the application is avail­ able, any UT student will be able to apply for the need-based schol­ arship money. "[The scholarship] is meant to relieve the financial burden of col­ lege and for students to have a more meaningful experience at UT," Ellison said. The academic endeavor fund is a research stipend for any student to pursue academic projects or re­ search while at UT. "These endowments will be a great way for Student Govern­ ment to give directly back to stu­ dents," SG President Keshav Rajagopalan said. "Whether it means in financial support, in the academic arena or for a project, it's a prime example of students giving back to students." The excellence fund currently has $18,692 to allocate to students, Ellison said. The final numbers for the other two endowments and applications for all three en­ dowments will be available in the spring semester. — Lee A n n H olm an 40% not receiving aid in community colleges Many grants are only available to four-year university students By Kiera McCaffrey Daily Texan Staff N early 40 p erc en t of co m m u ­ nity college stu d e n ts in the U.S. do n o t a p p ly for federal fin a n ­ cial aid, according to a report re­ leased this w eek by the A dvisory C om m ittee on S tu d en t Financial Assistance. O nly 31 percent of stu d e n ts at A ustin C o m m u n ity C ollege re­ ceive federal aid, school adm inis­ trators said. The rep o rt show s that a large portion of com m unity college stu­ dents come from low-income fam­ ilies and w ould be eligible for stu­ dent loans. The U.S. Board of E du­ cation calls for the application pro­ cess to be as simple as possible and for ed u c ato rs to encourage s tu ­ dents to take out loans rather than work jobs to afford their tuition. K a th le e n C h r is te n s e n , v ic e p resid e n t of s tu d e n t services at ACC, said a lack of inform ation ab o u t loans is no t a problem at the college. "We m ake a concerted and ag­ gressive effort to inform all incom ­ ing stu d en ts or students that are considering ACC about our finan­ cial aid opportunities," C hristens­ en said. "We train our staff across the board an d stu d e n t services to be versed in financial aid. The w hole process can be done online. That's m ade it m ore accessible." Christensen said the proportion of students receiving aid at ACC is rising at more than twice the rate of enrollment. She said many com m u­ nity college students are unwilling to take on debt and prefer to hold jobs. O thers do not find it difficult to pay their tuition w ithout aid. For 12 credit hours, ACC s tu ­ dents residing in the district pay $648, ac co rd in g to the sc h o o l's Web site. Christensen said tuition has not increased in four years. She said efforts by the city and local high schcxils to disperse' infor­ mation about the financial aid pro­ cess are also beneficial to students. L auren Zakes, a first-year bio­ logical sciences stu d e n t at ACC, said she applied for financial aid before m aking up her m ind about attending com m unity college and found the process easy. Fin Gunter, a second-vear ACC m ath stu d e n t, did not com plete the full fed eral aid ap p lic a tio n process b u t said it w'as n o t b e ­ cause of a lack of inform ation or any other difficulty "I applied, and I guess I d id n 't follow' th ro u g h ," she said. "But m y tuition here is very cheap." Not all Texas educ ators feel finan­ cial aid is as accessible to students at two-year colleges as it should be. Richard Moore, executive direc­ tor of the Texas C om m unity C ol­ lege Teachers Association, said fi­ nancial aid, from both the sta te and the federal governm ent, is an issue of concern. "There are challenges w ith the Texas grants for community colleg­ es," he said. "M any of those grants are only available to [four-year] uni­ versity students, and w'e know that our students are am ong the m ost in need of financial assistance. We've spoken out on this, trying to get the Legislature to structure those aid program s in a way that helps com­ m unity colleges." UT governm ent junior Rachel Nicholson, left, and an Austin Com m unity College student participate in an ACC astronomy class on Wednesday. Jeffrey McW horter D a ily T e xan Staff ,, ■- ■ Prime Outlets in San Marcos 3939IH-35 South Suite 340 San Marcos, TX 78666 SHOP NEW PINK LOOKS ^^^■ONLT 6 PINK FREEBIES WITH ANT PINE PURCHASE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS . f 0 T HE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 MCKINNEY AVENUE TAVERN WALGREENS PARKING LOT 2822 MCKINNEY AVENUE OPEN NOON-7 P.M. 1461 ROBERT B. COLLUM BLVD. OPENS 8 A M B Thursday, October 9, 2008 A FAMILY TRADITION T h k D a i l y T e x a n Sports Editor: A n u p Shah E-mail: sports@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512 ) 232-2210 w w w .dailytexanonline.com VO LLEY BALL Texas tops Bears 3-0 at home By Austin Talbert Daily Texan Staff It was a tale of two sets for Texas. The Longhorns (11-2,5-1 Big 12) cruised in the first, hitting a ridiculous .696 percent. They had more ser­ vice aces than total errors. Though Baylor (12-4,4-2 Big 12) entered the game Wednesday at Gregory Gymna­ sium tied with the Longhorns for second place in the Big 12, the Bears looked bewildered by the Texas at­ tack in the first set, falling to the hard-hitting Long­ horns 25-14. And while the Bears fought back in the second set, the result was still the same, and ultimate­ ly the high-powered attack of Texas was too much for Baylor. The Bears fell 3-0. "It was a good win against a team that was tied with us coming in tonight," Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott said. "We showed great energy and made good ad­ justments towards the end of the game defensively." There w as virtually nothing Baylor could do throughout the match. In the first set, the Bears hit the ball well (.318) with three service aces, committing only four errors and were well-prepared, putting themselves in the right position defensively throughout the set. But it didn't matter. Texas just attacked. The most telling play of the match came in the first set when Baylor had its defense perfectly set to dig a Texas attack. Outside hitter Destinee Hooker drilled the ball straight at the ready and waiting Bear, whose attempt at digging Hooker's smash knocked her three feet back. The Longhorns are now 62-2 all-time against the Bears and have never lost a home match to the Bears in 30 meetings. But that didn't stop the resilient Bears from respond­ ing. After Texas cruised through the fast-paced first set, the Bears bounced back and took an early lead in the second. The teams fought back-and-forth until Baylor took a 22-20 lead, forcing a Texas timeout. "I said in the huddle between sets that 'They are not done. We are in for a fight, we can't give up,'" outside hitter Juliann Faucettte said. "And we responded and did a great job with some key points blocking and get­ ting some defensive balls." Faueette's prediction was dead on. The Bears came out of their first set hibernation swinging. But Texas, which only hit .250 in the second-set com­ pared to the unworldly .696 in the first, regained the swagger that dominated the first set. Out of the tim­ eout and down two points, Texas picked the perfect time to go on a 5-0 run. An Ashely Engle kill capped the run and the set 25-22. V B A LL continues on page 2B Freshman Krista Damico, left, and sophom ore Kellen Damico, are both becom ing an integral part of the Texas men's and women's tennis teams. The siblings have been playing together for years and are keeping the fun rivalry going on the 40 Acres. Damicos making name at Texas Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff By Dan Hurwitz D aily Texan Staff While Kellen Damico was just beginning to learn how to hit a backhand using a racquetball racket, his 5-year-old sister, Krista, would sit around and watch the grass grow. But Krista soon followed w hen she picked up a racket and started hitting around with the daughters of the club pro — beginning relation­ ships with tennis and her brother that have last­ ed her a lifetime. Bom only 13 months apart, sophomore Kellen and his freshman sister Krista have gone through a lot together. As children, the Damicos were often on the move. From California to Oregon to Colorado, Kel­ len and Krista finally made it to Texas in 2004. They came to Texas on a mission to improve their tennis skills, leaving behind their family and friends to join about 10 others at the Roddick Ten­ nis Academy in San Antonio. "It was stressful at first," Krista said. "We didn't know what we were doing. I had to rely on my brother a lot." In San Antonio, the two were able to connect and build on their relationship. Before they made it to Texas, Kellen and Krista were not all smiles. The two had trouble getting along both on and off the court. "Being 13 months of age difference, our heads butted a lot, and we w ould argue a lot," Kris­ ta said. saw the competitive spirit from the start. "W hen Krista started to get really good at tennis, a rivalry began to grow," Ermie Damico said. "Kellen's improvem ent made Krista want to get better." When the two siblings began traveling around the country, the competition between the two was taken to another level. E very time I p u t on m y JJ ranglers a n d boots, she has a problem with it. I am more o f a coun try guy, while she is more o f a city g ir l . ” "We wanted to see who could win a national tournament first," Krista said. Kellen first won a doubles tournament at the age of 12, and Krista won her first singles tournament at 14. Their competitiveness expanded beyond the United States. The two traveled throughout the world trying to see who could first win an interna­ tional competition and maybe even a pro event. "I guess now it wall be who can first win the The fight for the first NCAA championship by a Damico began last year when Kellen was part of Texas' run to the NCAA title match in which the Longhorns fell to Georgia. The rivalry deteriorated when the two were at the Roddick academy. This began when Kellen, 16 at the time, got a girlfriend. "He definitely mellowed down a bit," Krista said. "We were able to mature and realize how im­ portant family is," Despite their busy schedules, Kellen and Krista made sure to spend time together. "We would wake up, play tennis, get a lunch break, play more tennis and then study all night," Krista said. Now, the Damico siblings are best friends, hav­ ing almost everything in common. Kellen is the typical protective older broth­ er who is always making sure his sister is doing what's right and is always concerned that she isn't getting mixed up with the wrong crowd. "I think she has a gcxx.1 enough judgment to pick who she sees, but I am a lot easier about that in col­ lege than I was in high school," Kellen said. "As long as they are good guys, I am all right with it." Krista appreciates her protective big brother but doesn't want to live in his shadow. "She wants to be her own person," Ermie Dam­ ico said. Kellen did help influence her coming to Austin, but there was more to it. Ermie Damico, father of the two tennis stars, NCAAs," Krista said. DAMICO continues on page 2B FOOTBALL COLUM N Fozzys questionable status needs an answer before OU Sophom ores Jennifer Doris, left, and Juliann Faucette, right, both go for the ball against Baylor Wednesday. Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff NFL Jones involved in another light By Jeff Carlton The A ssociated Press DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meet­ ing with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. No one was arrested and no one will be charged in connection with the fight late Tuesday night at The Joule, an upscale downtown hotel. Jones missed all of last season for Tennessee while serving an NFL suspension for off-field incidents. Goodell fully reinstated the cornerback, acquired by Dallas in a trade in April, just before the season opener. "Someone from the business called police," Dallas police spokesman Cpl. Jerry Monreal told The As­ sociated Press. "Police arrived and spoke to the par­ ties after they had a verbal argument. Both parties agreed to leave, and they left." The incident report lists no names, and Monreal said he did not know if Jones was involved in the fight, which was first reported by Dallas-Fort Worth TV station KTVT. But the details of the incident and Jones' involve­ ment were confirmed to The Dallas Morning News by Deputy Chief Vince Golbeck, who is a com m and­ er of the central patrol division, which respond­ ed to the call. Golbeck was not in the police station Wednesday night, and a dispatcher at the central pa­ trol division declined to comment. Jones' agent, Warrick Robinson, said he had spoken JONES continues on page 2B McCoy has been the leading rush­ er so far with 386 yards, but most of that has come against inferior compe­ tition. It will be much harder to rush for big gains against an Oklahom a defense with Ryan Reynolds, Auston English and Gerald McCoy. Colt can't do it all by himself. You can't be one dim ensional against a defensive m asterm ind like Stoops. H e'll m ake you pay. He c e rta in ­ ly m ade Texas pay in 2001. Oklaho­ ma held Texas to 27-net yards rush­ ing in that game and won 14-3. To be fair though, Colt McCoy is no Chris Simms. And th a t's Texas' hope — that McCoy will keep up his stellar performance against Oklahoma. It's not like they have a choice. "When you have a guy that makes good decisions and is as accurate as a guy like Colt, you can't sit there and let him throw the ball 14 or 15 times a game and force-feed the run game. That would be foolish," said running backs coach Major Applewhite. "You have to let your best players do what they do. And for us, that is throw ­ ing the football and doing things in the passing gam e with the running backs and picking ou r spots w ith when to run." But wrhen th ey 'v e picked those spots to run, it hasn't really worked out. And against a defense as good as Oklahoma's, they'll be at wit's end. Let's hope that leads to Foswhitt's end — of his time on the injured list. If Mack Brown has a VIP new slet­ ter similar to the one Coach Fran had last year, then please let us know if you receive it and tell us w h e th ­ er Foswhitt "Fozzy" Whittaker w ill play Saturday. As desperate as it sounds, it could be a last resort. Brown is guarding Whittaker's status like Fort Knox. The redshirt freshm an has been listed as "questionable" each week af­ ter the UTEP game. Every week since then, w e've expected him to play, and yet he hasn't. Are Brown and o ffe n siv e coor­ dinator Greg D avis trying to save Whittaker for Oklahom a? Is W hit­ taker more seriou sly hurt than the coaches are letting on? Is he actually healthy to play but in the doghouse for som e reason? Perhaps the biggest question is w hy a running back that has only played one college game is drawing so much attention from fans and media? The answ er to that, though the coaches don't want to admit it, is to say Texas w ill not beat No. 1 Okla­ homa w ithout Whittaker. The Long­ horns need som e kind of rushing at­ tack other than Colt McCoy, and the C h ris Kominczak | Daily Texan Staff Redshirt freshman running back Fozzy Whittaker has been listed as question­ able each week since the UTEP game. other running backs in Texas' rotation haven't been getting the job done. The last time Texas didn't have an explosive running back for the Red River Rivalry w as 2001. We all know how that turned out. Does Roy Williams flying over Brett Robin to get his hand on Chris Simms ring any bells? Every year since then they've had Cedric Benson or Jamaal Charles for the game. Whittaker has the ability to make people m iss that none of the other running backs have. After carrying 12 times for 76 yards in the UTEP game, Whittaker's six-yard-per-carry aver­ age is a vast improvement over Cody Johnson (3.9) and Vondrell McGee (3.7). Chris Ogbonnaya had his best game of the season last wreek against Colorado, but he is, and always will be, a glorified receiver. Bob Stoops isn't having nightmares over him. 2B S p o r t s Thursday, October 9, 2008 DAMICO: Siblings enjoying time together VBALL: Longhorns take sole second in Big 12 From page 1B "[K ellen] w asn't the only rea­ s o n ," K rista said. "I still w an t­ ed to m ake a name for myself. I didn't want to just be Kellen's lit­ tle sister." But the Damico roots at the Uni­ versity of Texas run deeper than the current generation of Damicos. Their grandfather, Edwin G il­ bert, swam for the Longhorns and is currently featured in the Long­ horn Athletics Hall of Honor. Gilbert's achievements and pride for the University also helped influ­ ence Kellen and Krista in their col­ lege decision. "E v er since we were children we wanted to come to Texas," Kel­ len said. Their decisions to become Long­ horns have exceeded all expecta­ tions. Krista's favorite part of Texas so far is the football games, though she won't be able to make her first Red River Rivalry this weekend. Though Krista is determined not to be known as "Kellen’s little sis­ ter," she still makes time for him. The two see each other at practice every day, but they also have fami­ ly time every week. The two dine at Kellen's apart­ ment where Kellen cooks and Kris­ ta bakes. Kellen's menu stays on the healthy side, often including chicken or pasta, while Krista likes to satisfy her sweet tooth by mak­ ing brownies. The two get along so well and are so sim ilar to each other that it m akes it d ifficu lt for one to point out something that irritates the other. Except music. "H e hates the type of music that I listen to," Krista said. Krista prefers rock music, while Kellen enjoys country. "Every time I put on my Wran­ glers and boots, she has a problem with it," Kellen said. "I am more of a country guy, while she is more of a city girl." But besides taste in music, Kellen and Krista are just too alike. "T h ey are pretty sim ilar, ju st one's a boy and one's a girl," their father said. The rivalry may still be there, but Kellen couldn't be happier that his little sister chose Texas. "We are like best friends," Kellen said. "It is good to have someone like that around." From page IB W hile the Bears lim ited Tex­ as' hitting to a m ere .250, they struggled even more only hitting .150 and com m itting eight cost­ ly errors. The Bears hit .225 for the match, wThile Texas hit .446, coo lin g from their torrid pace in the first set but still strong enough to tame the Bears. The third set was alm ost a re­ play of the first, with the Long­ horns cru ising to a 25-15 w in, sweeping the match 3-0. W h ile the p a st tw o w eek s have been the D estinee H ook­ er show for the L onghorns, on Wednesday junior Ashley Engle w as the star. E ngle sm ashed a season-high 16 kills on .536 hit­ ting, adding a service ace and four digs for Texas. "[M ich elle] K ocher w as g et­ ting me really good sets," Engle said. "I ju st found spots on the court and put the ball there." conn ection b etw een the fresh ­ man setter K ocher and the se ­ nior hitter Engle. "Engle was huge. The last two m atches she has been swinging better than she has all year," El­ iott said. "H er and Kocher are re a lly c o n n e c tin g w ell rig h t now. W hile D estinee has been huge for us, it is nice to see oth­ ers carry the load ." H ooker w as s till strong for Texas, netting nine kills on .350 hitting and adding another Tex­ as service ace. The Longhorns had seven service aces on the n ig h t. F a u ce tte led the team w ith three kills, a season-high mark for the sophomore. "O u r gam e plan was to come in and serv e them tough and b lo ck and d ig ," B ay lo r head coach Jim Bam es said. "U nfortu­ nately we only did that in game two, and that gave us a shot. In the first and third gam e, Texas just played too good." Elliott is noticing a bloom ing T h o u g h B a rn e s k n ow s h is JONES: Commissioner not jumping to any conclusions From pagelB w ith Jones on W ednesday but declined to discuss the details of their conversation. Before meeting with the Cow­ b oy s on W ednesday, G oo d ell said to reporters in San Antonio: "A d am know s how m uch em ­ phasis I put on making sure that he makes good choices going for­ ward, that he avoids situations w here he can reflect poorly on himself, the Cowboys or the NFL. So far he seems to have been able to do that very effectively. "I am supportive of him and am hopeful that he w ill be able to do that for the rest of his life. I am hoping he will not only be a great NFL player but he will con­ tinue to do the right things so he can lead a productive life off the field as well." SPORTS BRIEFLY Barnes to be honored with Wooden coaching award Texas men's basketball coach Rick Bames will receive the John R. Wooden Award's "Legends of Coaching" honor at the end of the Longhorns' 2008-09 season. Bames will be honored alongside the men's and women's Wooden award win­ ners — arguably college basket­ ball's most prestigious honor — as well as with the Wooden All-Amer­ ican teams at the Los Angeles Ath­ letic Club. "I'm humbled to receive this hon­ or," Bames said. "As I've tried to explain to our players who have made the trip to Los Angeles for the Wooden Award event in the past, to be associated with Coach Wooden is truly a special honor." Bames has a 449-227 (.664) re­ cord in 21 years as a head coach at George Mason, Providence, Clem- son and finally Texas. He is also third among active coaches in con­ secutive NCAA Tournament ap­ pearances with 13. Bames, 54, has led Texas to 10 straight NCAA Tournament appear­ ances, including one Final Four in 2003, and has led the Longhorns to nine straight 20-win seasons. Texas, along with Duke and Kansas, are the only schools in the country to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in five of the last seven seasons. During the 2006-07 season, Bames became the winningest coach of all time at Texas. He has coached two Wooden award win­ ners in T.J. Ford and Kevin Durant and a Wooden All-American in D.J. Augustin. Bames' squad was picked to fin­ ish second in the 2008-09 Big 12 preseason coaches poll. Texas re­ turns to action Nov. 14 when it hosts Stetson. — Anup Shah Longhorn men's tennis squad heads to main draw of ITAs The Texas men's tennis team is sending a three doubles teams to the main draw at the ITA All-Amer­ ican Championship — one of three national championship events on the college tennis schedule. Two teams had to earn their way into the main draw through qualify­ M ay-Ying Lam | Daily Texan Staff Junior Ashley Engle goes for a kill against Baylor on Wednesday. team is grow ing, they have yet to reach the next step. "W e 're p lay in g at a p re tty h igh lev el,” B arnes said . "B u t we have to get to another level ... Texas' level." ing-round matches. Junior Dimitar Kutrovsky and classmate Josh Zavala won 8-3 over a University of Miami duo while senior Miguel Reyes Varela and junior Olivier Sajous won 8-4 over a Sacramento State pair — sending both doubles pairs into the main draw. Sophomores Ed Corrie and Kellen Damico already earned an at-large selection into the main draw prior to the start of the championship. Damico, Corrie and Kutrovsky are also playing in the singles draw. The main draw competition begins Thursday and will con­ tinue through the weekend Texas' opponents have yet to be decided. — AS Women's basketball picked second in preseason poll Texas women's basketball was picked to finish second in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll, falling short of Oklahoma. The men's team was also picked sec­ ond to the Sooners Monday. Oklahoma received seven first- place votes likely fueled by the return of the Paris sisters. Tex­ as finished second in the poll and received just one first-place vote despite returning four start­ ers and making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year. Iowa State was a close third behind the Longhorns; Baylor finished fourth; and Texas A&M rounded out the top-five. Oklahoma State finished sixth despite receiving a first-place vote, followed by Kansas State, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas Tech, Colorado and Missouri. The Longhorns have their Big 12 preseason media day on Oct. 22 and will open their season Nov. 9 against the Houston Jaguars. COURSE Wilderness First Aid (WFA) W ilderness First Responder (WFR) Whitewater Rescue (WWR) TAUGHT BY Nov. 15-16, 2008 W M I Jan. 3-12, 2009 W M I April 3-5,2009 R E S C U E 3 Register now! Space is limited. Questions? 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JE F FE R S O N UltlmftW Student Living ^ Al R S T R E A M ' W O R L D T h e D a i l y T e x a n TH U R SD A Y , O C T O B E R 9, 2008 SECTION Life&Arts Editor: Alex Regnery Associate Life&Arts Editor: D ylan M iracle E-mail: lifeandarts@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 w w w .dailytexanonline.com I N T E R V I E W Local hip-hop star describes his start, secrets of success Rap artist Gerald G recalls his discovery and influencial peers By Dylan M iracle D a ily Texan S ta ff U p -an d -co m er G erald G is a rap p er and, to m any, a serio u s co n ten d er in the Texas hip-hop scene. His work is rem iniscent of Pookie w ith reflection s of SPM in his beats and back-up vocals. W hile G erald G is inform ed by D a lla s an d H o u sto n h ip -h o p , he is firm ly rooted in East A us­ tin. W ith raps that call out Chi- con and the East Side, his sound is rapidly progressing under the w ing of Austin staple Rapid Ric and the W hat It D ew crew. The D aily Texan sat dow n to learn about the rise of Gerald G w ith the artist him self and San A n to­ nio rapper P.T. The D aily Texan: What were you doing to get noticed? G e r a l d G: I w as tr y in g to hit all the show s. T h a t's w hen I d id n 't really know n obod y. I knew a couple of artists, but they w as alread y doing th eir th in g , so I co u ld n 't really get on stage w ith th em neither. I ju s t s ta r t­ ed g e ttin g o n sta g e and ju m p ­ ing up there freesty lin g w h e n ­ ever anybody put dow n the mic to change through the sets. Bavu seen me up there freestylin' one night, and I w as on a roll. So he told m e to com e through, bought GERALD G continues on page 5B L&A BRIEFLY Two watch 123 hours of film in NY, breaking world record NEW YORK — You may want to try this at home. Suresh Joachim of Toronto and Claudia Wavra of Germany claim to have broken the world record for continuous movie watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plastic-glass house in New York's Times Square. A Guinness World Records spokesman said it appears the non-dynamic duo have broken the record but said it will take two weeks to officially verify. The attempt began Oct. 2 when eight challengers started watch­ ing "Iron Man." After 72 hours, only two remained. They watched "Thelma and Louise" until the end on 3:10 p.m. Tuesday. Susan Sarandon, a star of that film, dropped off the final film. The rules: Each movie had to be viewed until the last credit rolled, and competitors couldn't divert their eyes from the screen. They were allowed 10-minute breaks between movies. DJ AM's friends announce Hollywood benefit concert NEW YORK — Friends of DJ AM are throwing a party to wel­ come the celebrity disc jockey home after he survived a fiery plane crash last month in South Carolina. Mark Ronson, Cut Chemist, Steve Aoki and other AM pals will perform at the event, which will be held Tuesday night at the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood, Calif. DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker suffered severe bums in the Sept. 19 crash at the main airport in Co­ lumbia. Two pilots and two other passengers were killed. Tickets cost $20. All proceeds will go to memori­ al funds for the crash victims, or­ ganizers said Wednesday. Jenni Weinman, the disc jock­ ey's publicist, said she didn't know if he would attend the event. He and Barker were recent­ ly released from a bum hospital in Augusta, Ga.; Barker is now being treated at a hospital in Los Angeles. Doctors have said they expect both men to fully recover. Compiled from Associated Press reports Recycle your copy of T h e D a i l y T e x a n ... please Editor’s Note Twice or th rice a year, th e course schedu le gives us a peek at our future selves. M idterm has crep t up on us, and now next sem ester is practically next week. In th e late o f night or boredom o f aftern oon , we crawl through th e course listings, im agining who we will be then. W e cran k th e en gin e o f destiny for a new roll o f th e dice. W e can reinvent ourselves as Sanskirt scholars, calculus wizards or literary buffs. W e m ight flail all sem ester, or m aybe we’ll get it right. Graduation will roll around and w e’ll still all be looking for our registration tim es. W h ere do I sign up fo ra real job ? Is the party boat w aitlisted? Fortunately, th e best parts o f life are th e people and events th at squeeze through th e cracks o f your plan. T he life you can n o t sign up for. T he people who are not in the directory. T h e exp erien ces th at you could not predict. As we schedu le away, don't forget to leave space for fate. Your Editor, DT Weekend Staff D ian a B uen d ia Ben C arso n A n d re a C o w an B en Cox L a rry D e c h a n t C a s s y D o rff C h e lse a S h a n n o n M an d y Spivey S ab rin a V era W R IT E R S N atalia Ciolko E D I T O R A d rie n n e Lee MANAGING EDITOR F ran k ie M arin A S S IS T A N T ED ITO R B ran d o n G am m ART D IRECTO R Je n n ife r Kim N ich o la s N g u y en PHOTO E D ITO R S V ikk ey P a c k a rd COPY ED ITO R CONTACT INFO e m a i l : d tw eek en d (g )d cu ly t e x a n o n h n e .c o m PHONE 5 1 2 .2 3 2 .2 2 0 9 w w w .d t w e e k e n d .c o m w w w .d a il y t e x a n o n l in e .c o m w w w .t h e d a i ly t e x a n b lo g s .c o m W E B S IT E S Cover p hoto by B randon G am m Backpage com ic, T he Scientific Method by Joseph Devins * * f * * ? • 4 Diana’s Rees A few recom m endations from staffer Diana Buendia on w hat to do w hen you're n o t studying. — DIANA BUENDIA Night of the Wasted Dead A late night stroll down the drag am ong th e undead out-of-tow ners haunting prom pts investigation. — MANDY SPIVEY 5 Analog Addiction W h ile articles may herald the resurgence o f vinyl enthusiasts, on e th in g rem ains true: som e o f them never left. — BEN COX 6 CampCamp! T h ree years ago UT grad student Rayna M atthew s started a LG BQ T-oriented am ateur theatrical perform ance night. — BRANDON GAMM 8 Gluten-Free Goodness Found On Campus and Around Town Students with Celiac D isease can design their diets around helpful advice on where to get the goods. — CASSY DORFF 9 Get Wise on W est Campus Hunt w isely in the party zone and save your pocketbook unnecessary stress. — SABRINA VERA 10 Forever TWins Identical twin sisters share an unspeakable bond w ith each o th er and ch oose to show' it every day. — LARRY DECHANT 11 Pumpkin Patch Pig Out 1 h e season is ripe for th ese delectab le and sim ple pum pkin treats. — ANDREA COWAN AND CHELSEA SHANNON October 9, 2008 3 2322 guadalupe, unit A 512.391.9009 Money Matters: Your Bank Failed Because You Didn’t Love It Enough BY BEN CARSON I walked in the house and my room m ate was in a panic. A s he was dragging th e T V toward the front door, I learned that he was a W ashington M utual custom er and had just learned o f his ban k’s epic demise. Now he was going to pawm appliances for bill money. I could see he was afraid, so I poured him a drink and told him a story that starts in 1933. The phrase “bank failure” connotes grainy Great Depression-era photos o f desperate people being turned away from a boarded-up bank. Lucky for us, the government learned a few lessons from those days, the biggest being "Don t trust banks. FDR signed off on the creation o f the FD1C (Federal Deposit Insur­ ance Corporation) to act as a safety net against imprudent bank management. It’s like this: Banks have liabilities (obliga­ tions to pay people back, including you, the depositor) and assets (obligations to get paid, m ostly from loans). Practically all the banks pay a prem ium into the FDIC fund and then when a bank becom es insolvent (owes more than it can pay), the feds step in and make sure that certain types o f liabilities — especially yours — get paid back by drawing from that collective fund The benefit for the banks is less w orry over custom ers suddenly freaking out and all illustration b y N ich olas N guyen asking for their m oney at the sam e time. The benefit for you is not getting hosed because your bank took your savings to A tlan tic City. There are som e limits, like the FDIC will only guarantee $100,000 in any one account — so make sure you ’re diversified, m oneybags. Also, your bank has to be a member, so look for FDIC stickers in the window. Finally, it’s im portant to realize that banking rules have com e a long way since the Depression. Nowadays, the governm ent keeps a tight eye on measures o f banks’ fitness (called capital-to-asset ratios) and steps in before the lights get cut o ff to shut them down and find a buyer (like Chase) to take over. Think o f the fancy cars that pop the airbags right before you crash. T h a t’s why nine tim es out o f 10 you just show up one day and the bank has a new logo. So don t panic just yet. The governm ent has been keeping the FDIC fund topped off and a sharp eye on the banks (this year, at least). If you ’re really nervous, th ere’s an offi­ cial “troubled bank” list you can check on the Web. I know there’s a lot o f doom sday guff floating around, but it’s not tim e to switch to bartering just yet. If you're worried about the status o f your riches, let us know at moneymattersut@gmail.com. Do You Have Seizures O r K now 'Som eone W h o Does? LEARN from a healthcare professional specializing in seizure control. 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T h is is a c ity th at ju st tw o years ago had an en tire year d eclared th e “year o f th e cran es.” W h e th e r it be tou ch -u p s to pain t or an en tirely n ew co m p lex go in g up o u tsid e yo u r w indow , at th e rate th at n ew co n d o s are go in g up in W est C am p u s, stu d en ts run th e very seriou s risk o f h avin g co n stru ctio n as near as right ou tsid e th eir w in d o w at as early at 4 a m. “A t first w e th ou g h t it w as d u m p ­ ster trucks, so w e th o u g h t n o th in g o f Q/vtfehci STM SHC£T«JUSI* TX 1 0 / 1 0 - 9 pm D e i C astillo 10/10 - MIDNIGHT SHOW WITH TOPAZ AND MUDPHONIC (post W id e sp re ad P a n ic party) 10/11 - GRUPO FANTASMA w ith LARRY HARLOW 10/12- "ROCK THE VOTE" DIRTY WORMZ - IH-5 o p e n s ( d o o r s 9 p m / s h o w 1 0 p m ) A d v a n c e T ic k e t s a v a il a b l e a t a n t o n e s .n e t Disciples Student Fellowship (D S F ) “Come and freely explore your faith with ux" F a ll S c h e d u le : • 9:30am-University Sunday School • 10:50am-Worship service (M a in Sanctuary) •Noon-Free Student Lunch & Faith Related Study •Weekly Bib le Studv UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES of CHRIST) 4 Place with freedom o f Belief 10 October 9, 2008 Forever TWINS Imagine waking up every day to your reflec­ down and we start working again.” tion staring right back at you. Now, imagine this reflection isa living, breathing human being, your twin. For many, this is an unim agi­ nable concept, but for not-so-average twins Daniela and Tesia Cho, this is their life. The Twin Chos, as they are known by their friends, start off their day with a set o f habitual routines — they both wake up at 7 a.m. to prepare for school and also choose to wear the same clothes they picked out the night before. "Sometimes, we disagree on the cloth­ ing choices,” Daniela said. "But when we do disagree, we usually wear [the other] outfit the following day or the following week ” The girls said that if they cannot find two of the same item in the same size, they will not buy them. “1 feel weird if 1 don’t dress the same as my sister,” Tesia said. Both girls said it is discouraging when onlookers and outsiders say it is "childish to dress the same "We have a lot o f people compliment us, and it is cool,” Tesia said. “It’s cool that I can see what 1 look like when 1 walk with my sister.” The twins’ togetherness can sometim es be problematic for others Guys are intimidated by the sisters because o f their “close relation­ ship,” Tesia said. In terms o f courtship, both girls have had one very serious relationship in which they dated best friends. Both girls agreed that as twins, they are a “package,” and there is never one without the other. “If you are not comfortable with us being so alike and together, 1 am sorry. It is your loss,” Tesia said. It is because o f their two very distinct personalities that different boys and different friends are gravitated toward the two sepa­ rately, the girls said. The girls said there are certain ways to dif­ ferentiate between them, starting with facial and social characteristics. "Tesia is more outgoing and talkative, [so] we say ‘Talkative for Tesia.’ She is the one that will talk first when in the room,” Daniela said. "1 am more reserved, and also I have more moles on my face, so we say ’Dots for Daniela. ” Not only do the facial and social character­ istics separate the two, but they have different favorite colors. Tesia loves the color pink and Daniela loves blue. Their m atching cell phones have the same skull emblem on the back, but in their respective favorite colors. Growing up as twins was never hard for the pair, they said. Daniela, who is one minute older, always gives in to her sister, she said. “W hen we were younger, and even now-, Tesia would rather play and let loose, like a typical younger sibling,” Daniela said. “She will sometimes go off-task and want to not focus on her homework, but 1 quickly remind her that we need to get it done, and then she calms In high school, both girls were ranked in the top 10 percent o f their class. Daniela is said to be more math- and science-oriented, w hile Te- sia’s interests and strengths are geared toward English, writing and history. Although they are both intelligent in their own way, Tesia said Daniela tends to make bet­ ter grades than she does. “If I didn’t have her, I wouldn’t get on aca­ demically,” Tesia said “She is really a motivation.” Even though Daniela is said to be making better grades, there is only a half-point differ­ entiation between the two girls’ GPAs. Both girls started off their college careers as pre-pharmacy majors but quickly made the change to Spanish after the rigorous courses a pre-pharmacy student is required to take proved too difficult. “We always say our IQ was split because we are twins — we like to joke about that,” Daniela said. The girls also said the idea that twins feel each other’s pain is a myth. "People ask us, ‘If we hit her, will she feel it?,”’ Daniela said. “And the answer is no. O f course not. It is more if she is sad, 1 am sad for her. If she cries, I cry.” The girls pride themselves on being able to dress alike because they feel they are different than the average twins. “It sounds ironic, but it is our way o f being different from other twins, who typically do not like to be the same,” Tesia said. “You see other tw ins with different hair, different hair colors. Twenty years o f age, and we are twins who dress the same — you don't see that all the time.” “You should be proud to be a twin,” Dan­ iela said. In the future, the Cho twins want to becom e Spanish teachers and would love to teach at the sam e school but realize the need for many Spanish teachers at one institution is unlikely. The Chos pride themselves on sharing the same physical and social characteristics, and their similarity permeates every facet o f their day-to-day lives. Their room decor, religious beliefs and their hobbies — which include playing the violin, practicing piano and playing tennis — are all identical and further enhance their love for each other. “1 love her so much and wouldn’t be the person I am today without her. If I am w ith her, I know everything is all right. I want to thank her for everything she has done for me, and I feel 1 can never be w ho she is to me, Daniela said. “We tell each other every night I love y ou ’ and ‘I can't do anything without you.’ Daniela said "1 have grown into this lifestyle so much that I can’t imagine life w ithout her. — LARRY D E C H A N T O ctober 9, 2008 11 Simple Sisters by Andrea Cowan & Chelsea Shannon Pumpkin Patch Pig Out It is a well-established fact that O c­ tober equals pumpkins. The weather is turning, Halloween is edging closer and every self-respecting grocery store in the country is trying to sell you piles of pumpkins. We, o f course, adore jack-o-lanterns, but there are far tastier ways to enjoy these festive gourds. Here are some o f our favorite ways to use convenient, dorm- and apartment- friendly canned pumpkin. So, during October, get your gourd on in style. Submit your own recipes at dtweekend@gmail.com. and see them in print next week! H um m us, Fali-style Use your favorite hummus recipe, but substitute half a can o f pump­ kin for half a can o f chickpeas. It’s surprisingly tasty and way better for you, anyway. Nerd-out moment: A V2 cup o f pumpkin has a whole day s worth o f vitamin A! This much­ concentrated vitamin A will also turn your skin orange if consumed regularly enough. Fall-Tastic O a tm e a l Stir a few spoonfuls o f pumpkin, along with a pinch of cinnamon, into some oatmeal — it’s kind of like eat­ ing pumpkin pie for breakfast, only minus the tummy ache Pumpkin Smoothies They taste just like pumpkin pie! Blend these ingredients together: iá cup pumpkin 3^4 cup vanilla yogurt j/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons brown sugar 4 ice cubes (Makes two smoothies.) Pumpkin Cream Cheese Put it on bagels, toast, apple slices, etc (or just eat it with a spoon, says Chelsea). Dump the following ingre­ dients in a bowl, and mash it up! 4 ounces cream cheese 3 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons maple syrup V4 cup pumpkin ih teaspoon pumpkin pie spice *4 teaspoon cinnamon V4 teaspoon vanilla (Note: W e got this recipe from a really fabulous food blog: www. pinchmysalt. com) ^ - A / presents PwiEhmiel ■cnnEdy (an awesome and popular open-mic stand-up show) TEXAS STUDENT MEDIA TUE vSCIENTinCmtm ja p i e c e of c m o í A i i ts H M t b CNTÜO0R.S IN Plain s i ^ h t Of E V i ^ Q N Í AS C O N D U C E JOSEPH DEYIrNS. OS 7»iS 5»#Mni 6