@thedailytexan >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com TODAY Chaos in Tejas The four-day festival kicks off today, with line-ups of rock, punk, hip-hop and more at venues around Austin. Ticket prices and start times vary. FRIDAY About Face Celebrate the Blanton Museum of ArtÕs summer exhibit at the museumÕs bi-monthly art party. 6-10:30 p.m., tickets are $12 for non-members. SATURDAY Nu-metal The Deftones play Austin Music Hall with Dillinger Escape Plan and others at 7 p.m. SUNDAY Can I borrow your underpants? The Paramount Theatre offers a special screening of Sixteen Candles at 6 p.m. Today in history In 1896 Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for the radio. Campus watch Stolen wheels On Tuesday, a UT staff member reported a suspicious parked vehicle that turned out to be a stolen automobile. DT Blogs Check out our Weekend Recs at bit.ly/dtculture and Pick of the Pics at bit.ly/dtthrulens Quote to note Ô ÒThe freshmen on Ô this team havenÕt been to Omaha yet. They donÕt know what itÕs like to play there, but we made it there my freshman year and itÕs the most fun IÕve ever had.Ó Ñ Brandon Loy Junior shortshop SPORTS PAGE 8 Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff Warren Chisum and Diane Patrick exchange playful remarks before the special legislative session opened Wednesday morning. A slow start has given representatives a chance to thoroughly prepare for the session. By Audrey White York Times article, young peo- Daily Texan Staff ple underestimate the health risks, The patios at local hookah bars not realizing they may be as severe are crowded on summer evenings as those associated with smoking when the trendy practice pro-cigarettes or other tobacco prod¥ vides a nice way to relax after busy ucts. Many people believe the wa¥days, said Arab Cowboy co-owner ter pipes filter out harmful carcin-Dawn Scheel. ogens, but thatÕs simply not true, But according to a Tuesday New said Philip Huang, the medical di- UT stands to lose $92 million if proposed budget is finalized By Huma Munir justment and changes they were Daily Texan Staff already anticipating. ÒThe cost of group insurance may Under the proposed state bud¥ increase, and there may be revisions get for the next biennium, UT could to annual deductible amounts and lose 16.5 percent of its funding com¥ co-payments. The employer con¥pared to the 2010-11 biennium, ac¥ tribution to retirement plans could cording to an email President Wil¥ also be affected,Ó Powers said in liam Powers Jr. sent Wednesday. the email. ÒThis represents a $92.1 million He said the University does not decrease in funding for the 2012¥ know how the budget will impact 2013 biennium compared to 2010¥ the salaries of faculty members at 2011,Ó Powers said in the email. UT and it is something that has yet He said if the budget is final¥ized, the departments and schools will have to make some painful ad-BUDGET continues on PAGE 2 facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, June 2, 2011 Special session of legislature called as result of filibuster By William James Because balancing the budget is not fully developed and laid out by Daily Texan Staff mandatory for the state legislature, the end of the regular session,Ó Da-Davis blocked the legislative session vis said. ÒThe [House of Represen-Gov. Rick Perry and Texas legis-from finishing. tatives] had never seen a school fi¥lators started working overtime dur-For her nearly 80-minute filibus-nance bill come to the floor, and the ing a special session Perry called ter, the senator read letters from Senate was engaged in the legisla-Tuesday. her constituents who opposed cut-tion but not fully aware of the billÕs Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, ting public school funding and en-impact either.Ó filibustered the school finance bill at couraged lawmakers to use the Davis said there are three solutions the end of the 82nd regular legis-Rainy Day Fund to balance the to balancing the budget that do not lative session, which reduces K-12 budget instead. public school funding by $4 billion. ÒThe school funding bill was LEGE continues on PAGE 1 Trant Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff Zakaria Issa smokes hookah on the patio at Arab Cowboy on Wednesday evening. Experts say young people underestimate the dangers associated with smoking hookah. SMOKE AND MIRRORS rector for Austin Travis County Health and Human Services. ÒIf you compare hookah smoke to cigarettes, it can have 15 times more carbon monox¥ide, far more tar and byproducts like nickel and lead,Ó Huang said. TSM director offers advice for improving content despite cuts By Victoria Pagan Daily Texan Staff Newly appointed Texas Student Media director Gary Borders said the future of the UT media out¥lets lies in increasing the use of technology and cooperation be¥tween TSM branches to maximize quality coverage. Borders begins his job as TSM director June 20, replacing inter¥im director Jennifer Hammat who worked in the position for a year and a half. He received his mas¥ters degree in journalism from UT and will leave his post as pub¥lisher of Cedar ParkÕs Hill Coun¥ty News. As he steps into the position, Borders will see the impact of shrinking budgets as The Daily Texan reduces its print editions from five days a week to only publishing Mondays and Thurs¥days because of budget cuts, but he said he does not fear for the fu¥ture of print newspapers. ÒThereÕs no doubt that the land¥scape has shifted over the last few years,Ó Borders said. ÒBut I think the printed product is really going to be around for a long time. It is a great vehicle for advertisers and people will always want to have something to hold in their hands when they sit down to have a cup of coffee.Ó Borders, a former newspaper writer, editor and photographer said he hopes to see more synergy between The Daily Texan, KVRX and TSTV. ÒAt my last job in Cedar Park, I wrote the story, took pictures and used my iPhone to take video,Ó Borders said. ÒItÕs what you have to do. ItÕs what they are doing out there.Ó Borders said he hopes to hold the position for as long as possible and will wait to ful¥ly understand the operation of TSM before he makes any significant changes. Hammat said she knows with BordersÕ previous experience, she is leaving her staff in the right hands. ÒThe job entails having great administrative oversight but also letting competent peo¥ple do their job,Ó Hammat said. TSM continues on PAGE 2 Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff Gary Borders starts his new job as Texas Student Media director June 20. Borders steps into the position amid budget cuts and a reduction in the number of weekly print days for The Daily Texan. HOOKAH continues on PAGE 2 WHILE YOU WERE OUT Released data could misguide public By Huma Munir Daily Texan Staff Data on UT System faculty spending, earning, research pro¥duction and course enrollment could mislead the public about the so-called productivity of pro¥fessors and researchers in the sys¥tem, a UT faculty chair said. The UT System Board of Re¥gents created the task force on ex¥cellence and productivity in Feb¥ruary. Upon their request, the UT System created the 820-page doc¥ument containing faculty names, their tenure status and course en¥rollment numbers and released it to the task force on May 5. The UT System had numerous open-record requests, and in the interest of keeping the adminis¥trative processes transparent, the system released the data before they could verify the informa¥tion, which they received from the Texas Higher Education Board, said system spokesman Anthony de Bruyn. ÒThe analysis is not intended to gauge performance on an indi¥vidual basis, but rather to review university departments by institu¥tion so that the presidents of the nine UT System academic insti¥tutions can assess the strengths of institutional departments by cam¥pus and recommend adjustments as necessary,Ó de Bruyn said in an email. Dean Neikirk, an engineer¥ing professor and the chair of the Faculty Council, said the data is premature because it does not take into account individual ef¥forts of the faculty members. For DATA continues on PAGE 2 HOOKAH continues from PAGE 1 ÒThe way that a hookah is smoked, er types of smoking because it is youÕre taking longer and harder cooled through water. CONTACT US drags on the pipe, so you get in-ÒYou donÕt get the nasty creased levels of the carcinogens throat, so even nonsmokers are Main Telephone: and nicotine.Ó willing to try it,Ó she said. (512) 471-4591 Scheel said Arab Cowboy AustinÕs smoking regulations Editor: Viviana Aldous (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Veronica Rosalez (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Multimedia O¥ce: (512) 471-7835 dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com Sports O¥ce: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com Photo O¥ce: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Comics O¥ce: (512) 232-4386 Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT LEGE continues from PAGE 1 leave schools without adequate fund¥ing, including using the $9 billion Rainy Day Fund, closing corporate tax loopholes and using the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Emerging Technology Fund. ÒThe message is getting spread and over the weekend and next Monday education officials and activists are going to hold rallies and make their voices heard,Ó Davis said. Perry and many Republican leg¥islators said they were disappoint¥ed to undergo a special session, and they are spending extra dollars and taking up more of peopleÕs time than is necessary. ÒA lot of this work could have been finalized on Monday, yet a member of the Senate decided that they want¥ed to make a statement,Ó Perry said in a press conference. Sherri Greenberg, a former Tex¥as state representative and current UT lecturer, said the original bud¥get was disappointing, and the spe¥cial session will allow both branch¥es of Congress to reflect on the issue. ÒI donÕt foresee the situation to change much during the special ses¥sion because many [politicians] have already made up their minds, so we will still have a $4 billion cut in edu¥cation,Ó Greenberg said. Lauren Pierce, UTÕs College Re¥publicans president, said many members of her organization are hoping Congress votes for the orig¥inal budget Perry introduced and are actively getting involved by ap¥plying to work as interns for the special session. ÒDavis filibustered the legisla¥tion because she wanted to person¥ally gain name recognition among the [Senate and state],Ó Pierce said. The Senate Finance Commit¥tee plans to address the bud¥get in a hearing Thursday, and Perry could add other legisla¥tion to the agenda that could keep legislators busy for the full 30-day extension. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has proposed nine separate issues to be addressed during this special session in addition to the school finance bill, including a contro¥versial ban on immigrant Òsanc¥tuary cities,Ó and an anti-grop¥ing bill that would make it a state crime for security guards to Òintrusively gropeÓ the people they screen. Perry said a balanced budget that does not raise taxes is essential, and he hopes to move along the special session rapidly. ÒI urge lawmakers to work quick¥ly to complete the important work Texans expect us to finish,Ó Perry said in a press release. uses high quality shisha to keep tar and other harmful chemi¥cals out of the shop. She add¥ed that hookah smoking has a cultural and social value oth¥er types of smoking lack and said most people smoke hoo¥kah occasionally or in a large group, so they arenÕt likely to inhale as much tobacco as a pack-a-day smoker. ÒAustin is still growing with its hookah culture,Ó Scheel said. ÒMy husband [owner Anouar Bhiri] is from Tunisia, and we love the culture of hookah there. We wanted to bring a new idea of it to Austin, that itÕs not a dark and dingy thing to do. ItÕs a cafe sort of thing to do, and itÕs a very social thing to do.Ó Austin resident Carolynne Ee¥rit frequents Kasbah, a hookah bar on the drag, and said she has read mixed reports about whether hookah is more or less harmful than cigarette smok¥ing. Regardless of the health risks, Eerit said smoking hoo¥kah feels good compared to oth¥can make it hard for hookah es¥tablishments to conduct their business, Scheel said. Any es¥tablishment that allows indoor smoking such as a hookah bar or smoke shop can only make 5 percent of revenue from non¥smoking items, such as food and drinks. In May, Arab Cow¥boy transitioned its operation to have a full restaurant and bar inside. The smoking area is now outside under a covered, fanned patio in order to meet city regulations. City code does not allow for exceptions for businesses that may want to offer both smok¥ing and food sales indoors, said Robert Wright, the supervi¥sor for the environmental and consumer health department of Austin Travis County Health and Human Services. ÒThe city code reads how it reads. We canÕt make an excep¥tion for an establishment even if their clientele has different ex¥pectations about the presence of smoking,Ó Wright said. BUDGET continues from PAGE 1 to be discussed. and research areas could feel the Mary Knight, associate vice effects of cuts, she said. Special president and budget director, item areas such as the Institute of said the budget cuts will impact Geophysics could face a signifi¥the entire campus. Each vice pres-cant shortfall and may have to re¥ident and each school at UT has duce research funding, she said. developed a budget reduction plan Knight said until the budget is to minimize harm to students and finalized and passed, nothing is faculty members, but academic set in stone. DATA continues from PAGE 1 example, the draft does not in-and Analysis, said the department clude intensive research efforts submits faculty and student infor¥ that some faculty at the Cockrell mation to the Texas Higher Edu- School of Engineering or College cation Coordinating Board each of Natural Sciences are conduct-semester, which is where the task ing. force acquired the data. ÒThe picture [this data] paints ÒI believe what we submitted is a snapshot of a course of at was accurate according to the spe¥ most three semesters which does cific definitions by the [board],Ó not accurately reflect what any Fisher said. faculty mem-But some of ber does over years,Ó Neikirk said. The Texas Ò the research expenditure data does not reflect all the A&M System I believe what we research done Copyright 2011 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High created a sim-by all faculty 100 74 ilar spread-submitted was members be¥ sheet last year cause they are that some spe-accurate according funded dif- Did you say rice? cial interest ferently, she to the specific groups said in-said. For ex¥dicated pro-definitions by the ample, some fessorsÕ efforts organizations were not on [board]. choose to do- TSM continues from PAGE 1 par with their nate direct¥ Ñ Kristi Fisher, associate vice provost of salaries, ac-ly to the fac¥ÒI feel like weÕve done the right cerns caused the reduction, but Information Management and Analysis cording to The ulty members, thing by hiring Gary.Ó the Texan staff hopes that by only Ò Texas Tribune. Neikirk said he doesnÕt think which means the manage¥Hammat said budget issues and printing two days a week they reorganization challenges filled can be pushed toward the neces¥ the past 20 months when she sary online mind-set. The Texan tem data will have a positive im-the information without pact for the faculty members, es-veying the entire faculty pecially when some of the ex-population. penditure data is inaccurate in She also said the draft lacks con¥ the draft. text because it may seem to the Neikirk said when he gets the public that some faculty mem¥ expenditure reports from UT, bers, including professors Ñ some they rarely match up with his own of whom work nine months a year tracking. Ñ receive lower salaries than some ÒIt essentially has to do with administrators who work the en¥ [how] some of the bookkeeping is tire calendar year. done [at UT],Ó Neikirk said. The UT System administration Kristi Fisher, associate vice pro-said the information is being ver¥ vost of Information Management ified currently, but de Bruyn said served as interim director, but she will resume daily printing in feels sure Gary and the staff will the fall. continue strong. Daily Texan editor-in-chief Former Daily Texan editor-Viviana Aldous said this summer, in-chief Lauren Winchester said the staff will focus on creating a the Texan is cutting its summer more prominent and effective ÒWe couldnÕt afford to keep the site as a breathing, living thing paper printing five days a week that responds to our reader¥ this summer,Ó Winchester said. ship,Ó Aldous said. ÒWe are hoping put it off until this one.Ó use of the website and digital Winchester said financial con-media.Ó World&NatioN 3 Thursday, June 2, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Reese Rackets, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com Serbian ex-general to face war crimes, genocide charges By Mike Corder The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands Ñ Ratko Mladic, who will appear in public Friday for the first time since his arrest when he goes be¥fore a war crimes judge, was Òex¥tremely cooperativeÓ when final¥ly taken into U.N. custody after 16 years as a fugitive, a court official said Wednesday. John Hocking, the registrar of the Yugoslav war crimes tribu¥nal, said the wartime Bosnian Serb military commander understood him clearly when Hocking spoke to him Tuesday night, shortly af¥ter Mladic was extradited from Belgrade in a Serbian government business jet. Hocking, the tribunalÕs se¥nior admin¥istrative offi¥ cial, described 95 Bosnian the rules and war left about regulations of 100,000 peo¥ the detention block that will Sixteen years is a ple dead and forced 1.8 be the ex-gen¥ long time to wait million to flee eralÕs home their homes. until the end for justice. It has Hocking of his trial Ò said he dis¥ on charges of happened very late, cussed with genocide and orchestrating but not too late. Mladic how he would Serb atrocities Ñ Serge Brammertz, mount his de¥throughout the Tribunal Chief Prosecutor fense against Bosnian war. the charges, Hocking and crimes against humanity. Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz praised Ser¥biaÕs pro-Western President Boris Tadic for having Mladic arrested, but also rued how long it took to detain EuropeÕs most-wanted war crimes fugitive, who was first in¥dicted in 1995 while war was still raging around him. ÒSixteen years is a long time to wait for justice,Ó Brammertz told reporters at the court. ÒIt has happened very late, but not too late.Ó Mladic Òwas the most powerful military figure in Bosnia during the war and he is charged with crimes that shocked the con¥science of the international com¥munity ... and symbolize the bru¥tality of the war in Bosnia,Ó Bram¥ mertz said. The 1992- La Nina, El Nino complicate forecasts By Tamara Lush The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Ñ The tough task of guessing what hur¥ricane season will look like could be even more difficult this year for forecasters, who wonÕt be able to rely on the relatively predictable forces son on record, said meteorologist Jeff Masters, who writes a popular weather blog. Last year, there were 19 named storms, 12 of which be¥came hurricanes. The seasonal average is 11 named storms, including six hurricanes, To be sure, there were other im¥portant factors that caused last yearÕs tropical storms to form and strengthen: record warm Atlan¥tic waters, low barometric pressure in the Caribbean Sea and favorable winds coming off Africa. Fore- Meteorologists use all of these patterns, tools and data to pre¥dict the storm season, which runs through Nov. 30. The Climate Prediction Cen¥ter released its seasonal hurri¥cane forecast May 19, while an¥ two them major. casters also looked at something other prominent group of fore- Even though La NinaÕs cooling ef-called the Òmulti decadal signal,Ó or casters from the University of Ò plans. but said Mlad¥ said a doctor who examined the 69-year-old known as El Nino and La Nina. fect is expected to end by June or weather patterns that tend to last Colorado has already predict¥ic has not yet So far, the National Oceano-July, the federal Climate Prediction several decades. Since 1995, the At-ed that 2011 will have 16 named indicated his graphic and Atmospheric Admin-Center says it could continue to af-lantic basin has been in a pattern of storms, nine hurricanes and five Mladic saw no medical problems to prevent him being taken into the tribunalÕs de¥tention unit but declined to pro¥vide details about MladicÕs health, citing privacy concerns. The descriptions of MladicÕs health and powers of concentra¥tion appear to be at odds with those of MladicÕs Belgrade law¥yer, who has said the ex-general is too weak mentally and physically to face a complex and lengthy war crimes trial. MladicÕs family says he has suffered at least two strokes while on the run. Mladic will appear in court for the first time Friday morn¥ing when a judge will ask him to confirm his identity and give him the chance to enter pleas to the 11 charges of genocide, war crimes Several high-profile leaders prosecuted at the tribunal, in¥cluding former Yugoslav Presi¥dent Slobodan Milosevic, have acted as their own defense attor¥neys and used their trials as plat¥forms to spread their political message. Mladic was captured Thursday at the home of a relative in a Ser¥bian village. Judges in Belgrade rejected his appeal to delay his transfer on grounds of ill health, and the Serbian justice minister authorized his handover to U.N. officials in The Hague. Of the 161 suspects indicted by the U.N. court since its establish¥ment in 1993, only one remains on the run Ñ Goran Hadzic, a leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia. istrationÕs Climate Prediction Cen¥ fect weather for months. high activity. major hurricanes. ter is predicting that the season that begins on Wednesday will be busi¥er than normal, with as many as 18 named tropical storms, three to six of them major hurricanes. El Nino and La Nina Ñ warming and cooling trends in the ocean that can either rev up hurricanes or sup¥press them Ñ are expected to be es¥sentially neutral, complicating any predictions. The last time tempera¥tures were neutral was 2005, when hurricanes Katrina and Rita ham¥mered the Gulf Coast with lethal re¥sults. ÒWith a strong La Nina or El Nino year, the forecast is much eas¥ier,Ó said Dan Kottlowski, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.com. ÒSince we donÕt have a strong signal toward El Nino or La Nina, thereÕs somewhat more uncertainty in try¥ing to determine how strong this season will be.Ó The La Nina effect is a cooling of Pacific Ocean waters near the equa¥tor. It decreases wind shear in the Atlantic and can give storms extra giddyap as they form. It has been linked to above-average hurricane seasons in the Atlantic. But it ap¥pears to be weakening. The opposite phenomenon, El Nino, warms Pacific waters, increas¥es wind shear and can blow storms apart. But El Nino isnÕt happening this season. La Nina helped make last year the third-most active hurricane sea- NEWS BRIEFLY Pennsylvania election to be decided by luck of the draw BAINBRIDGE, Pa. Ñ The luck of the draw is going to settle one central Pennsylvania election. Incumbent Gina Mariani and challenger George Rhoads fin¥ished in a tie in the Conroy Town¥ship supervisor Republican primary. Mariani and Rhoads will each pick a numbered ball out of a bas¥ket to settle the race on Friday. Lowest number wins. Lancaster County election offi¥cials tell WGAL-TV such a scenar¥io is unusual. Mariani says sheÕs surprised there isnÕt a runoff instead. Rhoads says the idea of casting lots seems odd to him, but he isnÕt sure how else to pick a winner. Both candidates say the race wouldnÕt have come down to chance if they had campaigned just a little harder. Ñ The Associated Press The Daily Texan June 2 -June 16 We are currently hiring in all departments. news Web Sports Life&Arts Comics Design Multimedia Opinion Copy editing Come sign up in thebasement of HSM. Questions? e-mail us at managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com wisdom teeth removed? DonÕt get all wound up. We have a research study. Right now, PPD is looking for men and women for a post-surgical pain relief research study of an investigational medication. Surgery for qualiÞed study participants will be performed by a board certiÞed oral surgeon. Financial compensation is provided upon study completion and the surgery is performed at no cost. For information, call 462-0492 Text ÒPPDÓ to 48121 to receive study information 4 OpiniOn Thursday, June 2, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com QUoTes To NoTe An unbalanced budget Gov. Rick Perry called a special session Monday night after a Democratic filibuster of a public education reform bill prevented the Legislature from balancing the budget before the legislative sessionÕs end. ÒThis special session is go¥ing to be about putting the finishing touches on what we already know and perceive as a truly historic legislative session.Ó Ñ Gov. Rick Perry said Monday at a press conference to discuss the end of the 82nd legislative session. ÒIf all we do is hold the line on taxes, if all we do is bal¥ance a budget exclusivelyby cutting spending, I thinkthat would represent a prettyamazing accomplishment.Ó Ñ Perry at MondayÕs press conference. ÒIt fails seniors and children and leaves hand-outs to po¥litical cronies, corporationsand power brokers.Ó Ñ Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, on the state budget that cuts about $4 billion from public education and nearly $1 billion from higher education. ÒThe party in control hasdone nothing to deal withthe long-term fiscal problemsthat they themselves created.In fact, doing nothing at all wouldÕve been better than the results that we are seeing today.Ó Ñ Farrar on the 82nd LegislatureÕs ÒRepub¥lican supermajority.Ó Savings for UT The Center for College Affordability and Productivity released a study last week that suggests an increased emphasis on faculty teaching at UT would result in significant savings, according to The Texas Tribune. The center used data released by the UT System that included faculty membersÕ salaries and research expenditures. ÒThese findings bring to lightvery real opportunities toprovide a better education tostudents at vastly lower costswhile preserving UT-AustinÕsability to conduct world-classresearch.Ó Ñ Texas Public Policy Foundation spokes¥man David Guenthner in response to the centerÕs study, according to The Texas Tribune. ÒThe faculty at a top-tier uni¥versity like ours are produc¥tive and efficient, but more important, they engage in the top-quality instruction and research that make an in¥stitution great. That qualityshould be part of any mea¥surement.Ó Ñ UT President Bill Powers in response to the study, according to The Texas Tribune. legalese Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT ad¥ministration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Stu¥dent Media Board of Operating Trustees. sUBMIT a FIrINg lINe E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline. com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submis¥sions for brevity, clarity and liability. reCyCle Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange news stand where you found it. gallery Summertime means minimum wage misery, hilarity By Dan Treadway Daily Texan Guest Columnist Growing up, summertime always meant swimming pools, sleep-away camp and girls who wear Abercrombie & Fitch. But as I got older, my parentsÕ attitude about my favorite time of year shifted from Ògo out and playÓ to Ògo out and get a damn job.Ó And I did. For the most part, they were horrible. While some provided me with a helpful blip on my resume, most of my summer jobs gave me nothing more than sunburns and a few funny stories. Since youÕve already made it this far, I suppose IÕll share a couple of these stories with you. The summer of my sophomore year I in¥terned at a media organization I believe IÕm contractually obligated not to name. They may or may not be last in ratings in their respective nightly time slot. I worked up¥ward of 40 hours a week for $10 a day. In¥terestingly, it wasnÕt this that made me feel like a peasant Ñ it was how I was treated by my boss. I was yelled at, shooed away, and I donÕt recall one point during the summer of her looking me in the eye while giving me orders. One day she summoned me to her office and when I entered, she handed me a dollar bill and told me to go to a park¥ing garage and find a guy named Mark, who would have something for me. Before I could ask her any questions she shut the door to her office, insisting she was busy. I assumed that I was either picking up im¥portant footage or otherwise involved in a very low stakes drug deal. After finding the right parking garage (there were at least four at the intersection she told me to go to), and finding the right Mark (there were at least three that worked at the parking garage), I was presented with a plastic sack. I now understood what the dollar bill was for and handed it to Mark as a tip. I open the plastic bag to discover that I had not been sent out that morning to re¥trieve important footage or crack cocaine, but rather my bossÕs lunch. I promptly closed my eyes and bowed my head in dis¥appointment and thought to myself, ÒThis lady better write me a damn good letter of recommendation.Ó (Her secretary wrote it for her.) While this experience was slightly hu¥miliating, I at least got practical work ex¥perience from it. This could not be said of another summer job I had during college as a bounce house operator for childrenÕs birthday parties. While the job itself is not listed on my resume, I learned more about life, love and the American Dream dur¥ing that long summer of hauling bouncey castles around town than I did from just about all my other college experiences combined. The job basically required me to go to houses, explain to drunk parents why their children shouldnÕt be in the bounce house during lightning storms and make balloon animals (which admittedly gave me great satisfaction), all while dressed up like a wizard. In exchange for my dignity, I got covered in dirt, but not tips. IÕll never forget working at one birthday party for a 9-year-old. I was set up outside the bounce house Ñ making sure only six kids entered at a time, that they were all close in age and that they didnÕt try to kill each other too graphically inside the contraption Ñ and taking requests to cre¥ate accurate depictions of Joe Jonas out of elongated balloons. A strong candidate for Mother of the Year walked up to the bounce house and placed her roughly 2-year-old child inside while I was talking to another parent. I told her that she needed to re¥move the child because there were mul¥tiple kids currently engaged in a Civil War re-enactment inside, and it was dangerous for a young child that could barely walk to be in a bounce house with older kids. She waved me away and insisted that the child would be fine, probably assuming that she could always just procreate again. The com¥pany I worked for had strict rules about not touching the kids at the parties, so I did my best to try to call the child to the entrance of the bounce castle as other kids flew all around him. The child looked at me quiz¥zically, and in a moment I will never forget for as long as I live, he reached in his diaper and pulled out a hot dog ... and then began to eat it. For safety, but more so for sanitary reasons, this was not a good thing. The kid began going to town on the hot dog while walking toward me, and then he stopped and sure enough, he regurgitated the hot dog all over the bounce house. It was at this point he began crying. I removed him from the castle, and the drunken parental onlookers had a mighty chuckle. I did not receive a tip. These are a couple of my better summer job experiences, and I encourage you to share any summer job stories that you may have in the comments section of this column at www.dailytexanonline.com. Treadway is a UT alumnus. Write for The Daily Texan By you Daily Texan Columnist Have something to say? Say it in print Ñ and to the entire campus. The Daily Texan Editorial Board is currently accepting ap¥plications for columnists and car¥toonists. WeÕre looking for talent¥ed writers and artists to provide as much diversity of opinion as possible. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to apply. Writing for the Texan is a great way to get your voice heard. 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The pe¥can trees spread throughout the park provide some shady camouflage, and the residents, whose lawn chair-fur¥nished porches generally arenÕt as noisy as nearby Baby AcapulcoÕs patio, live peacefully in a tight-knit community. From the road, Pecan Grove looks like a stashed-away relic of an old¥er Austin unfamiliar with downtown high-rises and tech booms. ÒItÕs a little community in here that probably is similar to what we had maybe 50 or 60 years ago in neighbor¥hoods,Ó said Joyce Lindner, who has lived at Pecan Grove with her husband for 17 years. ÒEverybody knows every¥body else. Most of the people here live here, just like we do. So we know ev¥erybody and everybody knows us and we feel safe.Ó There are 93 R.V. sites in Pecan Grove; 11 are designated for short-term visitors and the remaining 82 are re¥served for permanent residents. All the permanent lots are currently occupied and Robert McCartney, Pecan Grove manager, said that the short-term sites are rented out Òmost of the time.Ó ÒWe always have a lot of people that come here from Europe, especially on weekends,Ó McCartney said. ÒThey all know about this place. Of course the first thing they want to know is, ÔWhereÕs Sixth Street?Õ If they come to Austin, this is where they are.Ó Mike Westlake and eight of his friends, who are all from Great Britain, are road-tripping across the American Southwest in a rented R.V. The young travelers arrived in Austin on Monday, read about the park online and man¥aged to snag a site Ñ not always an easy thing to do without a reservation, ac¥cording to McCartney. Westlake said he was just happy to be in a laid-back R.V. park so close to Barton Springs. ÒWe wanted to go to the springs, so we just chose the [R.V. park] closest to that,Ó Westlake said. ÒWe wanted to stay central. We were in Vegas last week but we stayed outside of Vegas. It was a bit of a pain in the ass having to get a taxi everywhere. This seems pretty chill.Ó Pecan Grove is the first R.V. park where there are also residential trail¥ers, Westlake said. ÒAll the other ones have been like roll in and out places,Ó he said. The permanent residents, the most senior of whom has lived in Pecan Grove for 25 years, are responsible for that relaxed mood that impresses trav¥elers such as Westlake. ItÕs a diverse group that spans gaps in age and pro¥fession. Linder said the park is full of people that care for each other. ÒIn this park, the people who live here live here because they chose to,Ó Lind¥ner said. ÒI never heard Ôtrailer trashÕ until we bought a trailer, but thereÕs no trailer trash in this park. These peo¥ple are good people. The main thing that we really enjoy is that there just arenÕt any status symbols here Ñ no¥body cares. We donÕt have any Joneses to keep up with.Ó Even celebrities Matthew McCon¥aughey and Lance Armstrong, former Pecan Grove residents, didnÕt taint the parkÕs egalitarian flavor. Lindner said that McConaughey would walk his dog around the park and say ÔHi,Õ just like everyone else. McCartney, who has been manag¥er for 18 years, agreed the park tends to appeal to people who enjoy that neighborly vibe. Once they get there, they donÕt leave, he said. ÒItÕs a good thing here,Ó McCart¥ney said. ÒPeople donÕt want to give it up.Ó The amiable atmosphere might keep residents there, he said, but itÕs Pecan GroveÕs low rent and near¥downtown location that hook people in the first place. The parkÕs short¥term sites cost $30 per day and the permanent lots rent from $360 to $415 per month, depending on the size of the lot. RV continues on page 7 By Alex williams Daily Texan Staff Since ÒX-MenÓ debuted in 2000 to massive box office suc¥cess, itÕs been credited with shap¥ing the modern superhero genre. After a tremendous sequel, the series faltered; first with a me¥diocre third film and then with an abhorrent prequel based on breakout character Wolverine. ÒX-Men: First Class,Ó another prequel to the series, is not only the best film in the series since ÒX2,Ó but is also summer film- MOvie Review X-Men: First Class ÔFirst ClassÕ revives tarnished franchise By Rachel Perlmutter Daily Texan Staff The dry heat hangs over western TexasÕ desert as sparse bits of plant poke out of the ground. The haunt¥ingly soundless land is perfectly out of reach of the law, where drug deals and murder could go unnoticed. It became the perfect setting for the modern western ÒNo Country for Old Men.Ó The Texas film, along with nine others, will be celebrated in Alamo DrafthouseÕs annual Rolling Road¥show this month. Starting Friday, each Texas-made film will be shown in either the exact location or city where it was filmed. In collaboration with Texas Monthly, the tour is the first rolling road show to take place entirely in Texas. With 10 screenings, the road show will also be among the larg¥est outdoor screening tours in the world. The free 35mm film screenings provide moviegoers with a unique opportunity to experience the vari¥ous backdrops of films across Texas firsthand, said Texas Monthly Ed¥itor Jake Silverstein. The tour pays ROaD continues on page 7 matic landscape. Even the most in¥tense film buff might struggle to name a notable Canadian picture worth seeing. Thankfully, they can now refer curious would-be cine¥philes to Denis VilleneuveÕs bold, disturbing ÒIncendies,Ó which was recently nominated for Best For¥eign Language Film at the Oscars. After their mother, Naw¥al Marwan (Lubna Azabal), dies, 20-something twins Jeanne (MŽ¥making at its best Ñ a smart su¥perhero film with strong, well¥acted characters. Following an opening scene ripped from the first ÒX-MenÓ film, ÒFirst ClassÓ chronicles the early Õ60s when Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehn¥sherr (Michael Fassbender) as¥semble their first team of mu¥tants to stop the nefarious Sebas¥tian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), who is relentlessly pushing America and Russia to the brink of nucle¥ar war. With prequels, thereÕs always a chance of the film falling short simply because we know where the story is going. Charles Xavi¥er will always end up in a wheel¥chair and Erik Lehnsherr will al¥ways become Magneto. Direc¥tor Matthew Vaughn, fresh from last yearÕs memorable ÒKick-Ass,Ó makes the smart move of stag¥ing the film as a tragedy, sending the characters on an unstoppable collision course with their des¥tinies and letting the audience watch the pieces slowly fall into XMeN continues on page 7 Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff MOvie Review Alamo Drafthouse and Texas Monthly are hosting a traveling tour, showcasing Texas films in their respective inCendies shooting locations. Dessau Hall, located north of Austin, was a backdrop for the crime film ÒBlood Simple.Ó Canadian film makes lasting impression Rolling road show to take fans By Alex williams Daily Texan Staff on movie road trip across Texas Canadian filmmakers have never made much of a mark on the cine¥lissa DŽsormeaux-Poulin) and Si¥mon (Maxim Gaudette) are sur¥prised by her last wishes; that they find the father they thought was dead and the brother they never knew existed. As Jeanne sets off on her journey and Simon stubbornly remains at home, the audience also follows Nawal through flashbacks as she negotiates her way through a horrific religious war. ÒIncendiesÓ could be a deep¥ly unpleasant film to watch, both because of its often ugly violence and its delight in putting its char¥acters through hell. Villeneuve, who adapted the film from a play, smartly embraces the filmÕs mys¥tery components to keep things entertaining. Villeneuve cuts between JeanneÕs and later SimonÕs quests and their motherÕs journey through a war¥torn country, giving the twins sliv¥ers of information before unleash¥ing a fresh wave of unpleasantness on their mother. VillenueveÕs di¥rection is stylish and packs sever¥al extremely powerful moments, including the disturbing open¥ing scene in which a group of child soldiers get their heads shaved as CaNaDa continues on page 7 while you were out Finales abound on TV, in careers By Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff LADY GAGA: NEVER BROKE, ONLY EVERGREEN When Lady Gaga sings Òthere ainÕt no other way,Ó she isnÕt mincing words. Her second al¥bum, Born This Way, is devoted to her two favorite sonic levels: over-the-top and bombast. She likes her pop with rolling dance beats, grandiose lyrical adages and hooky, arena-sized choruses. Born This Way is her love letter to Õ80s and Õ90s pop-rock anthems, with plenty of tributes to Bruce Springsteen and Madonna. Although most critics were di¥vided, her army of Òlittle mon¥stersÓ didnÕt need any convinc¥ing. They gladly turned Born This Way into a platinum-certified hit. To wit, Nielsen SoundScan re¥ported Tuesday that Born This Way will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 1.11 million copies in its first week Ñ the highest since 2005, when 50 CentÕs The Massacre sold 1.14 million. ItÕs an impressive show¥ing: Born This Way is only the 17th album to sell a million in a week since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS For an awards ceremony that seems to carry as much gravitas as the PeoplesÕ Choice Awards, it had some serious star power: Rihan¥na and Britney Spears arm-danced together in a blitzkrieg of sparks, chains and canned vocals. Cee Lo Green at one point performed up¥side down at a piano. And if there was doubt before of BeyonceÕs tal¥ent, then watch her elaborate dance number, inspired by a YouTube video of Italian artist Lorella Cuc¥carini. SEASON FINALLYS (The following contains spoilers from recent TV show season finales.) The TV season wrapped up with some long-awaited (but not always on-camera) consumma¥tions, lame, anticlimactic fake¥outs and the dullest trip to New York ever. On ÒThe Good Wife,Ó Alicia and Will, finally (finally!) released their sexual tension in a brilliant¥ly done elevator ride to a $7,000 presidential suite. Also (finally) having sex: Booth and Brennan on ÒBones,Ó but the show mad¥deningly withheld their copula¥tion for a surprise scene of Bren¥nan announcing her pregnancy. Meanwhile, ÒThe OfficeÓ chick¥ened out of their months-long buildup of a replacement for the departing Steve Carrell. The fi¥nale didnÕt even make good use of its star-studded lineup of guest stars, including Ray Romano and Jim Carrey. Twice as infuriat¥ing was the finale for ÒHow I Met Your Mother,Ó which included the key piece of Bob Saget narration weÕve all been waiting for (ÒAnd kids, that was how I met your motherÓ), with a slap-in-the-face Òpsych!Ó It would have been fun¥ny had the season not been so mediocre. On the terminally uneven ÒGlee,Ó New Directions final¥ly made it to Nationals in New York. The season came to a close as expected. Rachel and Finn re¥kindled their relationship; Mr. SchueÕs plot line was swiftly aban¥doned for the sake of the kids (if the producers donÕt do something soon to give Matthew Morrison more to do, heÕs just going to be a singing vest); and the team just barely lost the competition Ñ but they all had fun in New York, so who cares! Also, Sam and Mer¥cedes are secretly dating, but itÕs difficult to believe the romance will last. Mercedes would be the third cast member Sam has dated over the course of the season. ARNOLD TERMINATES HIS MARRIAGE, CAREER HopefullyArnoldSchwarzeneg¥ger has no further political aspi¥rations: the bomb he dropped has ruined any chance he might have had. With his run as governor of California coming to a close, he announced that he had fathered a lovechild with one his house¥maids 14 years earlier and heÕd been secretly financially support¥ing them. His wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, announced the coupleÕs separation shortly there¥after. His comeback animated se¥ries, ÒThe Governator,Ó which was set to start production, was cancelled. ÒHasta la vista,Ó never seemed so prescient. ROAD continues from PAGE 6 tribute to the Lone Star stateÕs rich film production history, making it even more special for a Texas crowd, he said. ÒItÕs that much more special for a Texas crowd, because they are all Tex¥as movies,Ó Silverstein said. The tour stops at spots across the state, with showings as far west as Marfa, Texas, where ÒNo Country For Old MenÓ and ÒGiantÓ were filmed, to as far east as Groesbeck, where it was the background for ÒThe Searchers.Ó The films also show many different facets of the Texas landscape, ranging from small-town America to clas¥sic Western. Some screenings will be held outdoors, such as ÒNo Country for Old Men.Ó Others will be shown in iconic buildings, such as the Farm¥ers and Merchants Bank building where the first major heist in ÒBonnie and ClydeÓ took place. The road show will also highlight Austin. The screening of crime film ÒBlood SimpleÓ will be held at Dessau Hall, a landmark Austin music venue that was used as a bar in the film. The screening of ÒThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreÓ will also take place near the Austin area at Junction House in Kingsland, Texas. Formerly the filmÕs house of horrors, it now serves as a southern-style restaurant. ÒLocals eat here all the time just for the food, but tourists come because of the movie,Ó said owner Christina Lee. The road show stemmed from a round table discussion feature in Texas Monthly entitled ÒNo Coun¥try for Bad Movies,Ó in which a pan¥el of five experts, including Alamo Drafthouse CEO and founder Tim League, came together to debate the greatest Texas movies of all time. Af¥ter much back and forth, the top 10 were complied. The list includes the western classic ÒRed River,Ó starring John Wayne, and ÒThe Last Picture ShowÓ, a look at small-town Ameri¥ca starring Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shep¥herd and Cloris Leachman. After reading the article, Texans will hopefully be inspired to take a road trip across the state and experi¥ence one or more of the movies in a surreal way, Silverstein said. ÒIt starts in the magazine, you hear all of the arguments, and then you can jump in your car and drive all over Texas,Ó Silverstein said. ÒYou can see ÔThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreÕ in LeatherfaceÕs house. It really adds a whole other dimension.Ó Silverstein said the intent is to cre¥ate an experience that is totally differ¥ent from what the movie creates on its own and allow people to see all different parts of the Texas landscape. It gives moviegoers a chance to un¥derstand the directorÕs interpretation of that landscape as well, he added. ÒThose who are able to somehow make it to all of the screenings are very lucky,Ó Silverstein said. ÒThey truly will see all of Texas.Ó CANADA continues from PAGE 6 RadioheadÕs ÒYou and Whose Army?Ó blares over the soundtrack. Incendies Villeneuve also demonstrates Denis Villeneuve impressive restraint for most of the film, infusing the proceedings with Genre: Drama, Mystery an indelible sense of impending Runtime: 130 minutes doom before letting tensions occa- For those who like: sionally boil over into an act of un¥ everything is illuminated, Life is speakable, brutal violence. Beautiful An even bigger asset to the film than Villeneuve is Lubna AzabalÕs Grade: A stunning performance as Nawal. Taking the character across sever¥ al decades, Azabal cold-blooded killer to war-ravaged mains a powerful film. Both enter¥ is simply aston-old woman effortlessly. The filmÕs taining and sobering in its effective ishing, sell-makeup is also worth mentioning, portrayal of a family dealing with ON THE WEB: ing Naw -as even the smallest characters are the consequences of war decades Watch the trailer for alÕs trans-realistically aged as the film skips later. Thanks to VilleneuveÕs confi- Incendies formation between eras. dent storytelling and a disturbing @bit.ly/incend¥ from an ide-ÒIncendiesÓ may have been too ending that will haunt you long af¥ iesreview alistic college brutal to win this yearÕs Best For-ter the credits roll, ÒIncendiesÓ is an student to a eign Language Oscar, but it re-unshakable, masterful film. RV continues from PAGE 6 ÒThis is a lifestyle thatÕs not as there wonÕt be much room for expensive as owning a house,Ó anything else. Lindner said. ÒAnd you donÕt ÒMost of our friends donÕt have the workload that a house understand why we want to live has. The maintenance, the up-here,Ó Lindner said. ÒThey think keep, the tax¥es Ñ you have to work 16 hours a day to pay for all of that. When you live in one of these you can clean house in an hour while dragging your feet. And thereÕs not much in the way of yard work. Leisure time is leisure time.Ó The life de¥void of struc¥ture isnÕt for every¥one though. Convenienc¥es aside, liv¥ing at Pe¥can Grove re¥quires sac ¥rifices that You donÕt have the workload that a house has. The maintenance, the Ò upkeep, the taxes Ñ you have to work 16 hours a day to pay for all of that. When you live in one of these you can clean house in an hour while dragging your feet. And thereÕs not much in the way of yard work. Leisure time is leisure time.Ó Ñ Joyce Lindner, Pecan Grove resident weÕre cra¥zy. They donÕt understand why we donÕt want a house. You have to be willing to give up stuff. ThereÕs not much room in [an R.V.] to put stuff. And I didnÕt mind giving it up at all, but they donÕt want to give up grand¥maÕs dishes.Ó For the mo¥ment, howev¥er, grandmaÕs dishes can stay where they are. There arenÕt any vacancies for perma ¥nent spots at Pecan Grove. But according to McCartney, XMEN continues from PAGE 6 place. VaughnÕs brisk pacing and strong character work makes the slow march to a predetermined destination entertaining and sur¥prisingly suspenseful. The filmÕs massive cast is al¥most flawless. James McAvoy more than fills the shoes of Pat¥rick Stewart. The radiant Jen¥nifer Lawrence is compulsively watchable, even when buried un¥der a layer of blue makeup as the perpetually conflicted Mystique. Nicholas Hoult stands out as the quiet, ashamed Hank McCoy. ThatÕs not ON THE WEB: even men- Watch the trailer tioning online the strong @http://bit.ly/ turns by xmenreview Rose Byrne, Oliver Platt and many others. The only weak link is January JonesÕ Emma Frost, mostly thanks to the icy delivery that Jones manages to call acting, but director Matthew Vaughn wisely sidelines her for most of the filmÕs second half. Despite the amount of talent on display, no one shines more than Michael Fassbender as Erik. Fresh from a memorable turn in ÒInglou¥rious Basterds,Ó Fassbender ooz¥es movie star charisma, especial¥ly in his early scenes, which play like a classic Bond film. Fassbend¥er steals every scene with minimal effort and his slow descent into vil¥lainy is truly something to behold. A big summer action film is nothing without good action sequences, and Vaughn deliv¥ers here as well. The filmÕs mu¥tants all have uniquely cinemat¥ X-Men: First Class Matthew Vaughn Genre: Action, Adventure Runtime: 132 Minutes For those who like: thor, Green Lantern Grade: A ic powers and itÕs a sight to be¥hold when they come to blows, especially in the filmÕs climax. Two fleets of American and Rus¥sian warships are on the verge of firing on each other while the X-Men face down their first formi¥dable antagonist. After the massive misstep of the past two films, ÒX-Men: First ClassÓ almost single-handedly re¥deems the once laughable fran¥chise, thanks in no small part to director Matthew Vaughn and the fantastic Michael Fassbender. Despite working with a recipe for disaster, ÒFirst ClassÓ manages to be one of the most ambitious, in¥telligent and purely entertaining films of the summer so far. some people donÕt want to make. Lind¥ ner said that Ò that doesnÕt stop people from asking living in an every day. R.V. isnÕt the same as living in ÒTo get in this park some¥a house, and if youÕre not pre-body has to die,Ó Lindner said. pared to give up some niceties, ÒNobody leaves.Ó June 2 -June16 We are currently hiring in all departments.Come sign up in the basement of HSM. Questions? e-mail us at managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com Courtesy of AP Exchange The massive cast of ÒX-Men: First ClassÓ includes Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Rose Byrne. 8 SPORTS Thursday, June 2, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Trey Scott, Sports Editor | (512) 232 2210 | sports@dailytexanonline.com WHILE YOU WERE OUT BASEBALL Texas looks to carry momentum into regionals By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff Right now, the Longhorns are on a roll. They finished the regular season with a share of the Big 12 Champi¥onship, won the final series against Texas A&M and put together a fine showing at the conference tourna¥ment in Oklahoma City. And that was before the best of the news: Texas, for the seventh time since 1999, received a national seed for the NCAA Baseball Championship. Should the Longhorns, the No. 7 national seed, come out of this week¥endÕs regional tournament in Aus¥tin, theyÕll be guaranteed to host a su¥per regional in the comfy confines of UFCU Disch-Falk Field. ÒItÕs what we work on all year,Ó said junior pitcher Taylor Jungmann. ÒWin the Big 12 and set ourselves up to play at home for the super regional.Ó If they advance past the super re¥gional round, the Longhorns will head to Omaha for the College World Series, which has been the goal all season. ÒThe freshmen on this team havenÕt been to Omaha yet. They donÕt know what itÕs like to play there, but we made it there my freshman year and itÕs the most fun IÕve ever had,Ó said junior shortstop Brandon Loy. ÒThatÕs what weÕre playing for, and we have to win these games to get there.Ó Up first for Texas: the Prince¥ton Tigers. The champions of the Ivy League, the Tigers are the No. 4 seed in the regional tournament and havenÕt played a game since May 8. On the year, Princeton is 23-22, with a 13-16 record in away games. If Texas takes care of business Fri¥day, it will face the winner of the Kent State-Texas State game. The Long¥horns have already played Texas State twice this year, beating the Bobcats by scores of 3-1 and 2-0. ÒThese guys arenÕt on everybodyÕs watch lists, so itÕs tough to come out there and get ready for these smaller games,Ó Loy said. ÒBut weÕre anxious to get out there.Ó SOFTBALL Sophomore pitcher Blaire Luna couldnÕt lead the Longhorns out of the regional round, but headlines a talented group of players returning. Lawrence Pert Daily Texan Staff Erika Rich | Daily Texan file photo Junior pitcher Sam Stafford, shown pitching against Texas A&M on May 21, has a 5-2 record this year to go with the second-lowest ERA on the team. He will start TexasÕ first game of the regional tournament Friday against Princeton. StaffordÕs performance key to HornsÕ opening round By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff Sam Stafford will get the ball for TexasÕ first game in the Aus¥tin Regional, Friday night against Princeton. The question is, which Stafford will show up? Good Stafford has control of his pitches, gets ahead in the count, turns bats into jelly and lasts well into a ball game. Bad Stafford canÕt find the strike zone, gets be¥hind the count and is given a quick hook. Good Stafford has won five games and has an ERA of 1.70. Bad Stafford has issued 37 walks in 63 innings. ÒHeÕs had trouble being consis¥tent from inning to inning and pitch to pitch,Ó said head coach Augie Garrido. ÒBut heÕs brought most of that under control now.Ó The Longhorns (43-15) are put¥ting their postseason money on the hope that Stafford will be at his best against the Tigers. Giv¥en the opponent and the circum- MENÕS GOLF Hakula, Frittelli keeping LonghornsÕ season alive stance, he should be. Stafford was the Tuesday start¥er for the Longhorns for most of the season. In games against Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Hous¥ton Baptist, Stafford feasted on small-conference hitters. The junior southpaw has ad¥vanced stuff Ñ as nasty as anyone on the Texas staff not named Jung¥mann Ñ and is maybe the most gifted athlete on the team. ItÕs safe to say that Princeton hasnÕt faced a heater or a breaking ball like the one Stafford will be throwing at them Friday. All that, plus the fact that a majority of the hitters in the TigersÕ lineup are left-hand¥ed, means that Stafford has a great shot at setting a winning tone for the LonghornsÕ weekend. the pack early in the regional, but key mistakes almost had the Long¥horns viewing this yearÕs tourna- Team falls short but future looks bright By Nick Cremona Daily Texan Staff It was only fitting the Long¥horns gained entrance into this weekÕs NCAA Championship by the slimmest of margins. Texas has come from behind in a number of tournaments this year, and was able to mount yet another come¥back to keep the season alive. In order to qualify for the NCAA Championship, a team must fin¥ish in the top five in their regional. Placed in the West with top-seed¥ed UCLA, Texas jumped ahead of By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff For the second year in a row, the Longhorns were knocked out of the WomenÕs College World Se¥ries in the first round even though many expected them to reach the finals. Texas was chosen as the third overall seed in the postsea¥son playoffs and hosted their sec¥ond regional in two years. The Longhorns defeated Texas State in the first game of the weekend be¥fore falling to lower-ranked Hous¥ton and Louisiana-Lafayette in consecutive games. As disappoint¥ing as the early exit was, the Long¥horns enjoyed a successful regular season, finishing with a record of 46-10 and finished second in the Big 12 conference with a record of 11-3. The record-setting group will return most of its starters in 2012 as they hope to erase the past two years. Amy Hooks, the starting catch¥er, was named Big 12 Player of the Year and became the first Longhorn to win that award. Hooks, a senior, will be replaced by up-and-coming sophomore Mandy Ogle. Despite HooksÕ departure, the Texas offense will be led in 2012 by junior Lexy Bennett as well as sophomore Tay¥lor Hoagland, both record-setting players on a long-ball team. Freshman Taylor Thom, who was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Brejae Washing¥ton, a starting outfielder, will re¥turn to the field next season, as will juniors Courtney Craig and Nadia Taylor. All the pitching staff is return¥ing in the fall and will be led by sophomore All-American Blaire Luna, who was invited to audition for the USA National Team this summer. Rachel Fox, a freshman last season, will be sharing starts with Luna in the circle, giving the Longhorns one of the best pitching staffs in the nation. ment from home. ÒWe did not play well as a team and did not play the golf weÕre ca¥pable of playing. But, we were able to advance when we didnÕt have our best stuff,Ó said head coach John Fields. After a day that saw every start¥er birdie the decisive 18th hole, the Longhorns held on to fin¥ish fifth in the West Regional, a mere two strokes ahead of sixth¥place SMU. Junior Dylan Frittelli led the way, finishing in sixth place at four-under. The NCAA Championship opened play Tuesday, and the No. 11 Longhorns finished round one SPORTS BRIEFLY In the first round, fresh- Ellis provides bright spot man Cierra Gaytan-Leach, for womenÕs tennis team freshman Juliana Gajic, and The No. 23 Texas wom-senior Amanda Craddock enÕs tennis team advanced registered straight-set sin¥to the round of 32 in the gles wins that, along with NCAA Championships, the doubles point Texas shutting out South Florida earned, put the Longhorns 4-0 in their opening match. in the second round. There, That would be the Long-the Miami Hurricanes hornsÕ last win, as they fell turned the tables, nearly to the tournamentÕs No. 7 blanking them. seed, Miami (FL), 4-1. In the singles tourna¥ ment, sophomore Aeriel El¥lis, seeded No. 21, reached the round of 16 by upsetting WashingtonÕs fourth-seed¥ed Denise Dy, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2, before falling to Stan¥fordÕs Stacey Tan in straight sets, 4-6 and 6-7. Ellis also became the first Longhorn since 2000 to earn All-Amer¥ican honors. ÑChristian Corona Texas canÕt get past Tulsa in NCAA Championships The 13th-seeded menÕs tennis team reached the round of 32 in the NCAA Championships but failed to get to the round of 16, a feat it had accomplished in the past five seasons. The Long¥horns took care of Missouri-Kansas City, 5-0, in the first round, but couldnÕt get past Tulsa in the second round. Four months earlier, Texas had beaten the Golden Hur¥ricane, 6-1. Senior Kellen Damico, seeded No. 48 in the NCAA Championships singles tour¥nament, defeated Bingham¥tonÕs No. 77 Sven Vloedgrav¥en in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-4. He would also lose in the second round, retiring in the second set of his match against TennesseeÕs Tennys Sandgren. DamicoÕs teammate, senior Ed Corrie, was seeded No. at 11-over, good for 13th place. Freshman Toni Hakula contin¥ued to play exceptionally well, as he recorded the best round for the Longhorns. Hakula shot a one¥over-par that included three con¥secutive birdies on the back nine. The teamÕs youngest player has not performed like a freshman late¥ly, and Hakula remains confident that the team will bounce back. ÒI feel we have nothing to lose. Everyone is going out there and giving everything,Ó Hakula said. ÒItÕs the same thing at every tour¥nament. WeÕre going to give every¥thing we have on every shot. We have a good team here, and every¥one is ready to fight the next cou¥ple of days.Ó This yearÕs championship takes place at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., home to the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys have sat atop the college golf rankings all year and are the favorites to finish atop the stand¥ings as well. The Longhorns once again have their work cut out for them, as they will have to fight their way back to keep on playing in this competition. In order to ad¥vance from here, Texas must fin¥ish among the top eight of the 30¥team field. The top eight will then compete in match play to deter¥mine the NCAA champion. 35 in the singles tournament but dropped his first-round match against KentuckyÕs No. 53 seed Alex Musialek in straight sets. Corrie and ju¥nior Jean Andersen reached the round of 16 in the dou¥bles tournament, beating Cal PolyÕs Andre Dome and Al¥exander Sonesson, 6-3 and 6-3, before dropping their next match to DukeÕs duo of Henrique Cunha and Reid Carleton. ÑC.C. SIDELINE WHAT TO WATCH MLB SCORES TWEET OF THE WEEK SPORTS BRIEFLY Shaq retiring after long career, will have spot in Hall of Fame After 19 years, Shaquille OÕNeal is finally retiring. The top overall draft pick in the 1992 NBA draft and the 1993 Rookie of the Year, ÒShaqÓ achieved enormous profes¥sional success, winning four NBA Championships (three with the Lakers, one with the Heat), was named the NBA Finals MVP three times and was the Most Valuable Player in 2000. In his career, OÕNeal played for Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland and Boston. In his career, Shaq averaged 24 points and seven rebounds a game, and the Lakers have already announced plans to retire his No. 34 jersey. ÑTrey Scott TOP 8 NATIONAL BASEBALL SEEDS