sports page 7 Life&arts page 12 texas runners make quick handoff in relay Destination: neWs page 9 Wimberley eat the words right off the page toMorroWÕs WeatHer Low High 80 The Daily Texan Friday, April 2, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Pitch and Catch Daniela Trujillo | Daily Texan Staff Workers pave a new roof a top the Hotel San Jose on South Congress Avenue on Thursday afternoon. The hotel was built in 1939 and offers guests bike rentals, Polaroid camera check-out and has both a music and video library. Gay Muslim offers perspective By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff When Faisal Alam was 16, he was an active leader within the Muslim community in Connecti¥cut and throughout the Northeast. He was a New England represen¥tative for the Muslim Students As¥sociation of North America and organized camps and conferences for young people. But two years later, Alam had a nervous breakdown when he re¥alized he was gay. The communi¥ty he once represented ostracized him when he began working as an activist for GLBT Muslims. Alam addressed a small, at¥tentive audience about the cul¥tural stigmas, personal struggles and legal and religious oppres¥sion GLBT Muslims face during an event called ÒHidden Voic- Jeff Heimsath | Daily Texan Staff GLBT Muslim activist Faisal Alam gave a lecture Thursday about gender identity and religious ideologies. es: The Lives of LGBT MuslimsÓ ity Center on Thursday night. But, hosted by the Gender and Sexual-he said, there is hope and change happening around the world, as the number of people working to¥gether to create progress grows. ÒIslam is not a monolithic reli¥gion,Ó he said. ÒThe people who are trying to hijack our religion have the mediaÕs attention, but Is¥lam is going through a transfor¥mation. ItÕs happening around is¥sues of gender equality and gen¥der equity right now, very similar to what happened within Christi¥anity and Judaism not very long ago.Ó When Alam was 10, his family immigrated from Pakistan. At age 19, prompted by loneliness and confusion, Alam first started to reach out to other gay Muslims by creating an e-mail group. His re¥ligious community shunned him GLBT continues on page 2 Fiscal review shows Cactus made profit By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff Although administrators have partially attributed the Cactus Ca¥feÕs budgetary shortfalls to over¥paying bands, the on-campus mu¥sic venue managed to rake in a prof¥it from music performances every year over the last decade, accord¥ing to a University Unions budget spreadsheet acquired through the Texas Public Information Act. Over the past 10 years, the cafe made an annual average of about $55,000 in profit when compar¥ing ticket sales to the amount the cafe paid its performers. The fig¥ure, however, does not include la¥bor costs and other expenses. When the cafeÕs budget is considered as a whole Ñ in which ticket sales and performer expenses only play a part Ñ the venue lost more than $50,000 in each of the last four years. David Puntch, the current di¥rector of the Texas Union, was in The numbers $400,000 $350,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 1999-2000-2001-2002¥2000 2001 2002 2003 charge of overseeing the cafe for the last seven years as the UnionÕs associate director of operations. Puntch said one reason for the con¥tinuing losses at the Cactus was a sudden surge of the music business in Austin, giving formerly Cactus¥bound performers other venues to choose from. ÒThe result of that was that we had to pay them more money for every performance because they had a choice of places to play. [This was] especially true of touring acts,Ó Puntch said. Despite the increased competi¥tion, the cafe has still been able to cover all the costs of the perform¥ers through ticket sales, including earning more than $59,000 last year. Cactus manager Griff Luneburg could not be reached for comment. Puntch said although the admis¥sions profits have been steady, they CAFE continues on page 2 2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008¥2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Esteemed sportswriter speaks to UT students By Hannah Jones decades heÕs covered the sport- Daily Texan Staff ing green. While newspapers used to be the A six-time recipient of ÒU.S. main voice to the public, Sportswriter of the Year,Ó sports could be the new and regular commenta¥lengua franca of the tor on NPRÕs Morn¥world. ing Edition as well as Legendary sports HBOÕs Real Sports, writer Frank Deford Deford spoke about brought this message the issues involving to a gathering of UT the future of journalism students and staff at the and about the difference McGarr Symposium. He spoke between hard news and sports about the significant changes journalism. heÕs witnessed in sports culture and sports journalism during the SPORTS continues on page 2 Increased security canÕt stop string of PCL thefts By Bobby Longoria partment and library officials in Daily Texan Staff October 2009, when a series of Despite increased surveillance eight break-ins suggested thieves and a newly installed warning had become more sophisticat¥system, there were more locker ed in their approach. UTPD Offi¥break-ins at the Perry-Casta–eda cer Darrell Halstead said the new Library in March than any month string of thefts show the same since August 2009. method of prying open the lock-Locker vulnerabilities came to the attention of the UT Police De-PCL continues on page 2 Roses offered as Holocaust reminder By Radhika Sakalkale Daily Texan Staff The White Rose Society hand¥ed out 10,000 roses on Thursday to students and faculty on campus symbolizing the 10,000 people who died everyday at Auschwitz dur¥ing the Holocaust. The rose distribution was creat¥ed to encourage Holocaust remem¥brance and to raise awareness of the genocide, said Margo Sack, director of Jewish student life at Hillel. The society is based on the orig¥inal White Rose Society in Mu¥nich, Germany, which consisted of college students who spoke out against the Holocaust. The out¥reach group is part of Texas Hillel, an organization that aims to create opportunities for Jewish students at UT The handout takes place every year before Holocaust Remem¥brance Day on April 11. Next week, the society will hold a symposium featuring human rights activists to Daniela Trujillo | Daily Texan Staff promote genocide awareness. ÒThe idea behind having the ap-Seven-year-old Laila Brustin passes out roses on the West Mall in remembrance of Holocaust victims. Brustin, athy or human rights symposium along with her mother and sister, volunteered Thursday in an effort to bring about human rights awareness. and tying it together with the Ho¥locaust is if you canÕt learn from Republic of Congo and Myanmar. Malaspina said. ÒWe had to fund-dents from McNeil High School those past mistakes, whatÕs the ÒWe de-thorned all 10,000 ros-raise to be able to raise money for volunteered to hand out roses. point?,Ó Sack said. es in four hours, and contacted all 10,000 roses.Ó Keith KregelÕs German 4 Advanced The White Rose Society has be-different types of organizations Ñ The organization raised about Placement class has helped hand gun to focus on other topics, includ-like fraternities and sororities Ñ to $5,000 to help distribute the roses. out roses at this event for the past ing child soldiers in the Democratic volunteer,Ó White Rose chair Katie Along with UT students, stu-two years. 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SPortS: Internet may cause loss of storytelling From page 1 ÒSociety has become option¥ally illiterate in a digital age where the Internet drinks the blood of newspapers. So much is being lost,Ó he said. ÒThe real fear is the loss of storytelling and, even more important, the loss of investigative journalism because itÕs the only way that the press keeps those with control honest.Ó Regardless, Deford said he cannot imagine anything dimin¥ishing the popularity of sports. ÒThe whole journalistic world is becoming sports writing Ñ itÕs all about whoÕs ahead and whoÕs losing,Ó Deford said. ÒEvery¥thing is changing so much in all of journalism. Anyone would be a fool to predict how it will sort itself out.Ó Journalism and radio-televi¥sion-film junior Torrie Hardcas¥tle thought DefordÕs talk was relevant for students hoping to make a long-term career out of journalism. ÒIt is scary, but thatÕs why IÕm double majoring,Ó Hardcastle said. ÒI would really like to be a journalist, but I canÕt completely rely on that.Ó Deford said sports has taken on a new audience with wom¥en, an attitude which he says has been the most significant change in sports in his lifetime. ÒWhatever form sports jour¥nalism takes, it will not have any effect on games themselves because more and more women are involved with sports,Ó De¥ford said. ÒThis suggests the fu¥ture of sports is going to be even more popular.Ó Jeff Heimsath | Daily Texan Staff Sports writer Frank Deford listens to questions after giving a lecture on sports and society at the McGarr Symposium. Deford has been writing and commenting about sports for over 50 years. ÒNow that more women take part in sports and women dom¥inate academia, sports should naturally gain stature like the other arts,Ó Deford said. ÒSports will be studied more in the fu¥ture and may be emphasized more in the classroom. ItÕs becoming a discipline.Ó ÒDeford speaks to the breadth of sports, which extends beyond the field of play and teams,Ó said Christopher Hart, manag¥er of the College of Communi¥cationÕs Texas Program in Sports and Media. He said until womenÕs sports have a popular team game, they can never equate to menÕs sports. However, more women in bas¥ketball and softball demonstrate the transformation of sports. Deford said journalism is not the only academic discipline that has seen an increased sports-re¥lated presence. America is the only country that mixes academics and ath¥letics in terms of sports scholar¥ships and majors like sports psy¥chology and sports management, Deford said. gLbt: Speaker uses personal history to shed light on issue From page 1 after members found out. However, he continued to reach out to other GLBT Muslims, and in 1998, he founded an internation¥al organization called Al-Fatiha, which hosts conferences and does advocacy work to raise awareness and connect members of the com¥munity. Alam said he is still strug¥gling to develop his own spiritu¥ality and reconnect to his faith, as are many others. ÒAt one of our conferences, out of a hundred people, maybe five to 10 will actually pray on the first day because often the act of pray¥ing is so spiritually repressive in many ways, especially for wom¥en,Ó Alam said. ÒBy the third day, at least half the people will have stood in prayer, and it will be one of the most profound experiences of their lives.Ó The program faces challenges because both the GLBT and Mus¥lim communities have misunder¥standings about one another based on preconceived religious and cul¥tural stigmas, Alam said. Thurs¥dayÕs event was intended to share accurate information and spur di¥alogue about the two groups, said the GSCÕs director, Ixchel Rosal. For a few students, AlamÕs pro¥gram struck a personal chord. Haseeb Asani, a post-graduate natural sciences student, said he identifies both as Muslim and ho¥mosexual and has struggled to reconcile the two since he realized he was gay at age 14. ÒMy brother was the one who told me what being gay was. Be¥fore that, I didnÕt know what it meant,Ó Asani said. ÒI knew that it described what I was the moment I read it, but I stayed quiet about it. It was very isolating.Ó He didnÕt come out to his par¥ents until he was 21, when they realized he was in a relationship with a man. Asani said they are very accepting of him, but his mother has said she hopes he will become straight. Asani said he is not a practicing Muslim because there is no sup¥port structure or opportunity for dialogue about GLBT issues with¥in the community. He said AlamÕs talk inspired him to start to re¥claim his faith and work for a shift of perspective among Muslims. ÒMost of my friends are gay, and the few Muslim friends I have are gay, too,Ó Asani said. ÒBut I do identify culturally as a Mus¥lim, and spiritually I believe I am a Muslim. If I can bring change about in myself, it will be obvious to other people and maybe the community will change.Ó However, many Muslims, in¥cluding Muslim Students Asso¥ciation president Sabina Moham¥med, believe it is impossible to ful¥ly practice the faith while identify¥ing as an openly gay person. But she does believe a dialogue about different ideologies is important. ÒIn the end, [homosexuality] is a sin, so if people have these inclinations, the way Islam pri¥marily looks at it is that itÕs a challenge and a struggle they need to overcome,Ó Mohammed said. ÒGod tests us with tempta¥tions to see whether weÕre strong enough to withhold these temp¥tations and not act upon them or act upon them in a manner thatÕs permissible.Ó Because of conflicting view¥points, Alam said that there have been splits within some Muslim communities, and there are many mosques and Imams who advo¥cate progressive ideas about gen¥der equity and GLBT rights. Dia¥logue is also emerging on many college campuses with religiously based and interfaith GLBT groups that he said give him hope. ÒLGBT people are afraid to talk about spirituality and religion be¥cause weÕve been wounded for so long,Ó Alam said. ÒIf you start to counter that by having this di¥alogue, youÕd be amazed at how many people want to engage in Cafe: Admissions cover performer expenses, not entire operation From page 1 Acoustic VenueÓ at the South by are unable to keep up with the Southwest music festival in March, costs of labor and other expens-boasts a profit model different es, including the cost of setting up from most other alcohol-serving special equipment and holding venues, which derive two-thirds special shows in the Union Ball-of their revenue from alcohol room. sales, according to a 2002 study by ÒThereÕs not a whole lot you market research firm Mintel. The can do about that,Ó Puntch said. Cactus Cafe receives two-thirds of ÒEven though the admissions cov-its revenues from admissions and er the performer expenses, they one-third from alcohol. donÕtcoverthewholeoperationof ÒAlotoftheplaceswilloffer100 the Cactus.Ó percent of admissions at the gate The cafe, which won its ninth and will live off the bar,Ó Puntch consecutive award for ÒBest said. ÒThatÕs not possible here.Ó Wire Editor: Megan Gottlieb www.dailytexanonline.com Friday, April 2, 2010 World&NatioN The Daily Texan Boycott threatens Sudan elections By Mohamed Osman & Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan Ñ SudanÕs major opposition parties threat¥ened Thursday a total boycott of the countryÕs first multiparty elec¥tions in decades, citing irregulari¥ties and government bias. Opposition leaders gave them¥selves 24 hours to consult with their parties before making a final deci¥sion. A boycott would shatter the credibility of the landmark contests, which were meant to stabilize the fractious country and could spark renewed unrest and bloodshed. ÒPolitical forces decided to re¥ject and boycott the incomplete and deformed elections which the ruling party insists on holding in April devoid of the minimum con¥ditions of freedom or fairness,Ó the oppositionÕs statement declared. The opposition boycott threat includes parliamentary elections, which are to be held at the same time as the presidential contest, the first multiparty vote in 26 years. The opposition is demanding the government delay the April 11 elections seven months and ad¥dress their complaints that the in¥stitutions governing the election are under the authoritiesÕ control and biased. ÒSeveral parties are still in con¥sultation over the next 24 hours to formulate the nature of their boycott,Ó Mariam Sadiq, a senior member of the Umma Party, told the Associated Press. A number of the 11 candidates challenging President Omar al-Bashir had already indicated they would boycott the presidential contests. Al-Bashir came to power in a military coup in 1989. The boycott and the threat come on the heels of a decision Wednes¥day by the southÕs main party, The Sudanese PeopleÕs Liberation Movement, to withdraw its own presidential candidate, who would have been a key contender. The SPLM said the party de¥cided late Wednesday to with¥draw its candidate, Yasser Ar¥man, from the presidential race because of Ònumerous violationsÓ committed by al-BashirÕs ruling National Congress Party. The SPLM is the junior partner in al-BashirÕs governing coalition, and the partyÕs boycott throws its relations with the presidentÕs par¥ty into jeopardy. The opposition has accused the National Congress Party of using state resources, limiting their access to the media and controlling the in¥dependent National Election Com¥mission, undermining their chances and the fairness of the process. International observers and rights groups have said all signs point to a flawed process where the National Election Commission is unlikely to deliver a free and fair process and on time. California loses battle to salvage last auto plant By Brooke Donald The Associated Press FREMONT, Calif. Ñ Cali¥forniaÕs sole auto plant shut down Thursday as the last car rolled off the assembly line and thousands of now unem¥ployed workers walked out the doors, some crying. A Toyota Corolla was the fi¥nal vehicle to move through production at New United Mo¥tor Manufacturing Inc., known as Nummi, and a throng of workers accompanied it on the final leg of the line. ÒI saw a whole lotta men crying in there when things started going quiet and we said our goodbyes. It made me choke up,Ó said David Guer¥ra, who has worked at Num¥mi for 25 years Ñ as long as the plantÕs been open. The Nummi plant, estab¥lished in 1984 as a joint ven¥ture between GM and Toyota Motors Corp., employed 4,700 workers. GM decided to with¥draw from the alliance last year after filing for bankrupt¥cy protection; the Detroit au¥tomaker is now liquidating its stake in the factory. Toyota said in August that without GM, it could not sus¥tain the factory and would halt production April 1. There have been no an¥nouncements of what will be¥come of the sprawling proper¥ty that covers more than half a square mile near the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. For the past several weeks, state and local officials have appealed to Toyota to keep the factory open Ñ both in an ef¥fort to save jobs and as a way to raise the Japanese automak¥erÕs standing following a string of massive safety recalls. The pleas didnÕt stop, even as workers trickled out of the factory and into job centers across the street. Holy day arrives in midst of scandal By Victor L. Simpson The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Ñ Cardinals across Europe used their Holy Thursday sermons to defend Pope Benedict XVI from accusa¥tions he played a role in cover¥ing up sex abuse scandals, and an increasingly angry Vatican sought to deflect any criticism in the Western media. The relationship between the church and the media has be¥come increasingly bitter as the scandal buffeting the 1 billion¥member church has touched the pontiff himself. On Holy Thursday, Benedict first celebrated a Mass in St. Pe¥terÕs Basilica dedicated to the union between the pope and the worldÕs priests. In the late after¥noon, he washed the feet of 12 priests in a ceremony symboliz¥ing humility and commemorat¥ing ChristÕs Last Supper. Although there were expec¥tations by some that the pope would address the crisis, Benedict made no reference to the scandal. VeniceÕs Cardinal Angelo Sco¥la expressed solidarity with Benedict in his Holy Thursday homily in the lagoon city, de¥scribing him as a victim of Òde¥ceitful accusations.Ó He praised the pope as seeking to remove all ÒdirtÓ from the priesthood. Warsaw Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz said the church should take notice of individual tragedies and treat sex abuse cases very serious¥ly, but at the same time, he crit¥icized the media for Òtargeting the whole church, targeting the pope, and to that we must say ÔnoÕ in the name of truth and in the name of justice.Ó And ViennaÕs Cardinal Chris¥toph Schoenborn, speaking of BenedictÕs long years as head of a Vatican office that investigates abuse, said the future pope Òhad a very clear line of not covering up but clearing up.Ó The church presented on Wednesday its highest-level of¥ficial response yet to the story in The New York Times about the churchÕs decision in the 1990s not to defrock a Wisconsin priest ac¥cused of molesting deaf boys. In the article posted Wednes¥day on the VaticanÕs Web site, Cardinal William Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doc¥trine of the Faith, wrote: ÒI am not proud of AmericaÕs news¥paper of record, The New York Times, as a paragon of fairness.Ó Levada, an American, said the newspaper wrongly used the case of the Rev. Lawrence Mur¥phy to find fault in BenedictÕs handling of abuse cases. A Times spokeswoman defend¥ed the articles and said no one has cast doubt on the reported facts. ÒThe allegations of abuse with¥in the Catholic church are a seri¥ous subject, as the Vatican has ac¥knowledged on many occasions,Ó said Diane McNulty. ÒAny role the current pope may have played in responding to those allegations over the years is a significant as¥pect of this story.Ó Pier Paolo Cito | Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI holds his pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate a Chrism Mass on Thursday in St. PeterÕs Basilica. THESE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES... ¥ Recognized in Princeton ReviewÕs Best 117 Law Schools ¥ Top 10 Scores in Princeton Review 2010 ¥ #2 Ð Best Classroom Experience ¥ #3 Ð Quality of Life ¥ #7 Ð Professors Rock ÐLegally Speaking ¥ 10:1 Student to Faculty Ratio ¥ 45 Full-Time Faculty ¥ One is a Nobel laureate in economics ¥ Six are former clerks to U.S. Supreme Court justices ¥ 92.5% of alumni are employed within nine months after graduation ¥ 7 clinical programs: entertainment, military justice, immigration, domestic violence, constitutional jurisprudence, dispute resolution and appellate law CHAPMAN LAW: BY THE NUMBERS www.chapman.edu/law And hereÕs what our students are saying: ¥ Administrators are Òincredibly receptive to student ideas.Ó ¥ Classes are taught by Òsome of the most knowledgeable people in the country.Ó ¥ ÒStudents participate with top scholars in the actual representation of clients in cases of constitutional import.Ó ¥ Professors Ògive career advice and provide contacts.Ó ¥ ÒIncorporates courses from its prestigious College of Film.Ó April 16 thru 18 at Auditorium Shores Headliners include Easy Star All Stars, Mightly Diamonds and the Sierre Leone Refugee All Stars exotic foods + arts & crafts advanced tickets at Planet K www.austinreggaefest.com or call 512-684-2533 Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto OPINION Roberto Cervantes Dan Treadway Friday, April 2, 2010 Lauren Winchester OVERVIEW UT application rates fall With undergraduate admissions data on the top American universities beginning to trickle in, UT has appeared to have Ñ perhaps curiously Ñ bucked a national trend, according to The New York Times. Unlike many Ivy League universities that saw applications for the fall 2010 semester increase anywhere between 5 and 20 percent, as well as prestigious public schools like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of California, Berkeley Ñwhich saw 1 and 3.6 per¥cent increases, respectively Ñ applications to UT dipped 1 percent from last year. The decrease is small but notable, especially when compared to a uni¥versity like UC-Berkeley, where regents voted in November to raise tu¥ition rates by 32 percent next year as the state grapples with unprecedent¥ed financial woes. The reason for the dip? ItÕs unclear so far, but Augustine Garza, a dep¥uty director in the UT Office of Admissions, said that despite a campaign aimed at alerting high-school students, an earlier deadline for this admis¥sions cycle Ñ Dec. 15 rather than Jan. 15 Ñ might have tripped some stu¥dents up. The earlier December date, he said, also kept the University from accepting SAT and ACT scores for tests administered in December. Prospective students would be wise to keep this in mind, he said, as next yearÕs deadline for undergraduate applications will move up again Ñ to Dec. 1. When asked if the UniversityÕs revised automatic-admissions rule Ñ which will now give automatic admission to high-school students who graduate in the top 8 percent of their class rather than the top 10 percent, starting next year Ñ might have alarmed some students this year and caused them to self-filter, he said, ÒWe didnÕt get that feedback.Ó We wonder, though, how the top 8 percent rule will factor into studentsÕ decisions next year, and whether that, combined with an earlier deadline, may start UT on a path toward admitting smaller incoming freshman classes for the foreseeable future. The library scraps its laptop program Another important service succumbed to budgetary pressures on Wednesday, as the Perry-Casta–eda Library ended its laptop loaning ser¥vice. Since 2003, the library has checked laptops out to students for up to 24 hours. The computers were becoming unusable from technical prob¥lems due to old age, and with budgets being slashed across the Universi¥ty, there is no money to repair or replace the machines. Although the program has dwindled recently, reducing as many as 28 computers to fewer than a dozen, it was still used frequently. Last month, 554 laptops were checked out. The program provided students who were either unable to afford personal computers or whose laptops were under¥going repairs, an alternative option for completing schoolwork. Students can still check out laptops from the Fine Arts Library and the Flawn Academic Center. But according to Suzanne McAnna, head li¥brarian of circulation services, Òalmost all of the [PCLÕs] laptops [were] checked out almost all of the time,Ó which indicates that the program will be missed. In a time when the University is moving increasingly online, with pro¥fessors making syllibi available solely through Blackboard and communi¥cating extensively by e-mail, it is important for the University to be care¥ful when reducing access to computers on campus. It is impossible for UT students to operate without computers, and the University must recog¥nize that when allocating money. It is unfortunate that Governor Rick Perry has added to UTÕs budgetary pressures by forcing the University to cut its budget when there is nothing left to cut. As student services fall one by one to the cutting floor, we also question our stateÕs commitment to higher education and President Wil¥liam Powers Jr.Õs decision to cut from the student services area to continue handing faculty members hefty raises. UT students are considered for the student regent position The search for the next UT System student regent is in its final stag¥es, with two of the five finalists coming from UT-Austin. UT law and Mc¥CombÕs School of Business student Brad Wright and French, Plan II, busi¥ness honors and finance sophomore John Rutkauskas represent the two remaining Longhorns up for the position, to be appointed by Gov. Rick Perry before June. Current student regent Karim Meijer is a fourth-year medical student at UT-Southwestern and a 2005 graduate of UT-Austin. The two Longhorns still in the race both offer something new and something familiar Ñ both Wright and Rutkauskas have a business back¥ground, but Wright brings with him a law background while Rutkauskas, outstandingly young for a finalist, brings a liberal arts education (albeit only two years of one) to the table. Never short on qualifications, student regent candidates compete for the exclusive opportunity to sit in on UT System Board of Regents meet¥ings and, as the thinking goes, bring a student perspective directly to the regents. But itÕs easy to see the student simply as token representation on the board, since the student regent doesnÕt get a vote when it really mat¥ters. This deficit severely hinders the studentÕs influence on the board and takes away the most visual indication of whether or not the student is rep¥resenting his constituents Ñ us. That is, all 190,000 of us, which is an al¥most impossible task in and of itself. There are problems with the student regent position, but almost exclu¥sively in the nature of the position itself, not the current candidates or past student regents. Given that the position is appointed by Gov. Perry and holds relatively little tangible clout on the board, itÕs easy to see the stu¥dent regent as less of a student representative and simply a student pres¥ence. Still, opportunities to increase the transparency of the board exist. We hope the next student regent makes the most of the position and opens greater access for students to peer into the workings of the board and, more importantly, provide serious and effective input. Hutchison takes back her promise to leave the Senate Reversing on her public pledge to resign from Congress after the March gubernatorial primary, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced Wednes¥day that she will serve the remainder of her full Senate term, set to end in 2012. Hutchison, whose announcement has surprised few, began toying with the idea of resignation last year, saying multiple times that she would leave the Senate Ñ for personal reasons Ñ regardless of the outcome of her gubernatorial bid. But around the time polls started to show Gov. Rick Perry pulling far ahead of her in their race for the Republican nomination, she began to waffle on a timeline for her departure, saying she would stay put until the Senate had finished debating health care reform and cap¥and-trade legislation. HutchisonÕs decision to abandon her pledge is disappointing, but we re¥alize she had little political incentive not to: As one of the stateÕs highest¥ranking politicians, she holds much sway in the Republican Party, which needs all the political capital it can muster while squaring off against the Obama adminstration. WeÕre more disappointed with the words the senator Ñ whom weÕve viewed in the past as an effective force for Texas Ñ has chosen to justify her move. Casting away the image of the measured, moderate statesman sheÕs built for herself throughout her two decades in office, Hutchison said Wednesday, ÒMy experience will be better used fighting this effort of cap and trade and the president trying to do so much that it really is taking away the essence of America.Ó WeÕd expect such language from over-the-top Perry, her former ri¥val. But we thought Hutchison would know better than to pan¥der to the same archconservative voters who turned away from her in last monthÕs primary, awarding brainless Texas-is-best swagger over thoughtful conservatism. We have little reason to believe that she will, but we hope to soon see Hutchison back to her old, moderate ways Ñ the same traits that pushed her to the top of the Texas Republican heap in the first place. THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY Confronting consumerism by redefining happiness We live in a society obsessed with ac¥cumulation of all types. Whether itÕs the amount of money in someoneÕs bank ac¥count or the amount of points racked up in a video game, the goal is the same: Get more. A countryÕs GDP reigns as the prevailing indicator of societal well-be¥ing; economic growth is the ultimate preoccupation to which all other issues take a back seat. WeÕve become a soci¥ety of consumer addicts who collect so much random stuff that it literally be¥comes a residue on our existences, fol¥lowing us wherever we go. Consum¥ing in general is a compulsion, some¥thing that is thought absolutely neces¥sary for sculpting oneÕs identity and being happy. But does material wealth really provide us happiness as is so intuitive to assume? A book review in last monthÕs New Yorker magazine by Elizabeth Kolbert cites numerous cases where expectations have been dashed regarding moneyÕs ca¥pacity to provide contentment. The most striking of the findings appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psy¥chology roughly 30 years ago. Three psychologists assembled two groups of people, one of Illinois state lottery winners and another of sufferers of crippling accidents. Each group was surveyed with an array of questions de¥signed to gauge happiness. After all the results were tabulated, the researchers were surprised to find that overall, lot¥tery winners considered themselves to be no more happy than they were before their lucky break. Astoundingly, accident victims expect¥ed to become happier within a few years than their counter group did, who were indifferent to their current situation and got less pleasure out of everyday activi- Consuming in general is a compulsion, something that is thought absolutely necessary for sculpting oneÕs identity and being happy. But does material wealth really provide us happiness? ties, such as talking with a friend. Although this is a bite-sized summa¥ry of the experiment, it should lead us to pause and ask ourselves some sim¥ple questions: Why do we devote our lives to the pursuit of affluence if it ac¥tually does nothing to boost our col¥lective felicity? Is this voracious appe¥tite for wealth a temporary condition that weÕll grow out of, a drunken stupor from which weÕll eventually sober up? Perhaps the era of relentless consumer¥ism is concluding. In a world of finite re¥sources, one can only hope. A perpetu¥al increase in GDP doesnÕt mean abso¥lute success, just that we are getting bet¥ter at scarfing up the world and spitting it back out. Also discussed in KolbertÕs review was a report issued at the outset of the current economic crisis headed by No¥bel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Kolbert plucks from it an inno¥vative idea the commission proposed concerning the collection of GDP crite¥ria: Òthat a wide variety of new statis¥tical tools be developed, including ones that measure income distribution, natu¥ral-resource depletion and happiness.Ó Such an idea may seem na•ve in the black-and-white arena of economics, but in a world where more and more effort is being spent to contract our countryÕs resource-devouring tentacles, seeming¥ly guileless ideas could prove practi¥cal. In addition to rethinking our con¥ceptions of unhindered growth, we should also think hard about what really makes us happy. Conversing with friends into the dead of night, marveling at the grandeur of nature, taking the time to stop and day¥dream; all these things require no pur¥chasing or harvesting of resources yet sustain us more than any status symbol ever could. Ingram is a sociology sophomore. RECYCLE! GALLERY Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. 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Friday, April 2, 2010 News Change in gender roles stirs issues of supermomsÕ pride By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Dads, on the other hand, are still Daily Texan Staff seen in more of a babysitter-like As more women enter the work-role Ñ a helper in parenting, but force, dads are taking on parental not an equal parent, she said. duties that women have histori-The social standards stem from cally spearheaded. Although Òsu-a long history of established gen¥permoms,Ó mothers juggling both der roles, but there is no evidence childcare and housekeeping duties women are intrinsically better at with their careers, can appreciate taking care of children than men, helpful dads, their help can also be Hazen-Swann said. Women tend a blow to womenÕs self-esteem, ac-to be better at raising children be¥cording to a recent study. cause they usually have more ex- The study, published in the perience, but men in the study March edition of research journal who grew up taking care of sib-Personal Relationships, showed lings showed sensitivity and that although all women who competence as fathers, she said. participated oversaw the major-During the interview, research¥ity of childcare, they tended to ers asked the couples to rate each feel less secure about their compe-otherÕs parenting quality. The hus¥tence as mothers when their hus-bands tended to rate their wives bandsÕ share of domestic duties in-highly, but the women showed creased. At the same time, though, much more criticism. the women expressed greater hap-The growing number of men em¥piness in their marriage. bracing fatherhood as a main part Led by UT alumnus Takayu-of their identity is one aspect of ki Sasaki, UT psychology profes-the evolution of gender roles with¥sor Bill Swann and Nancy Ha-in the family, said Aaron Rochlen, zen-Swann, an associate profes-associate professor of educational sor of human ecology, researchers psychology. Although more wom¥recruited 78 local women, most-en are also making their career a ly from child-birthing classes, core part of their identity, it might who were in their third trimester not be easy for them to let go of or of pregnancy and also in dual-in-shift their role as a mother, he said. come relationships. Rochlen gathered from his own After recording their pre-preg-interviews on the subject that nancy expectations, researchers many career women feel guilt interviewed the double-income when they miss milestones in couples when the infants were 8 their childrenÕs lives. months old, measuring the wom-Just as men taking on childcare enÕs level of self-esteem and can lower womenÕs self-confi¥spousesÕ confidence in each oth-dence, men who tie their egos too erÕs parenting skills. strongly to the breadwinner role ÒOur main finding was that even may find shocks to their self-con¥if the moms felt that the dads were fidence when women out-earn doing a good job, they still felt bad them, Rochlen said. about themselves,Ó Hazen-Swann However, not all men are like said. ÒWhen dad takes over the that, he said. Though historically caregiving domain, she feels in-seen as the providers, more men complete not doing it all.Ó are taking on domestic responsibil- Hazen-Swann said one possi-ities and shifting their roles to more ble reason for this is that although than just providing money. more women have joined the ÒLike any relationship, figur¥workforce, they accept their roles ing out roles and responsibilities as ÒsupermomsÓ because social can cause points of stress, especial¥norms still dictate that mothers ly when working against socialized are the main caregivers. gender roles,Ó Rochlen said. Symposium combats stereotypes Forum discusses cultural images, issues for African American athletes By Hannah Jones generalizations about their sex-participating in sports. Wide-receiverJamesKirkendoll, Daily Texan Staff uality and appearance, said Ak-According to the WomenÕs a kinesiology junior who spoke at A small group of professors and ilah Carter, assistant professor in Sport Foundation, an estimated the symposium, shared his experi¥student-athletes participated in a sports management health and ki-3 million women throughout the ence as a UT athlete and what his University-sponsored forum ex-nesiology at Texas A&M Univer-country were high-school athletes plans are for the NFL. amining the stereotypes and cul-sity. in 2007 and 2008, but they partic-ÒIf I donÕt make it to the NFL, I tural conceptions surrounding The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ipated in fewer sporting events want to work with ESPN and at¥black college athletes. Title IX of 1972 provided racial mi-then their male counterparts. tack issues that were covered at The forum Ñ coordinated by norities and women increased ac-Black women represent less the conference,Ó Kirkendoll said. Louis Harrison, assistant profes-cess to education and sports. But than 5 percent of all high school Assistant health and kinesiol¥sor of curriculum and profession-Carter said black women still play athletes and less than 10 percent ogy professor John Singer made al instruction Ñ was a part of the a diminished role in sports. of all college athletes, according a presentation on the American UniversityÕs fourth-annual minor-Black males represent a dis-to the foundation. male athlete and stakeholder man¥ity symposium. The goal of the fo-proportionate number of ath-ÒFemale athletes are always agement in college sports. rum was to discuss what it means letes when compared to the gen-positioned in a sexual under-ÒThe athleteÕs educational in¥to be an African American athlete eral population and participate tone or generalized as lesbi-terests should come first, before and about the challenges these in more sport activities than do ans,Ó Carter said. ÒItÕs impor-the interests of ESPN, the media athletes face, including gender in-women. At the same time, black tant for young black women to or coaches,Ó Singer said. ÒRight equalities and prejudices. females are underrepresented in know they are important and now, athletes are exploited eco- For African-American women, the general female population know their story and history.Ó nomically and academically.Ó being an athlete means hav¥ing to deal with stigmatized Rivals Week offers friendly contests Rivals week events included ÒWe envy business students for Business and engineering bowling, dodgeball and capture having less work.Ó undergrads square off in the flag at the Capitol. There will Business honors freshman also be a trivia competition and Whitney Groves said he has sev¥ inter-college competition awards ceremony at 4 p.m. today. eral friends in the engineering By Karishma Hossain The rivalry exists because schoolwhomhehasworkedwith, Daily Texan Staff students in business and engi-and they have provided the basis Bowling pins and dodgeballs neering are both extremely pas-for his judgment. flewthisweekasbusinessandengi-sionate about their respective ÒEngineering students canÕt neering students competed against schools, said Kenny Worrell, fi-write business proposals,Ó Groves each other to prove the superiority nance and business honors se-said. ÒTheyÕre great at math, but of their respective colleges. nior and Undergraduate Busi-they lack social skills and are not Rivals Week, a series of com-ness Council president. good at presentations.Ó petitions between the business ÒAlthough both are top-notch, The rivalry began about 10 and engineering colleges, be-the skills required in each school years ago, when an engineer¥gan Sunday and continued vary widely. Business students ing student started the compe¥all week at various locations generally stay out of advanced tition. Students in both schools around campus. math and science, while most en-take academics very seriously, The Undergraduate Business gineers probably donÕt know ac-but this week gives everyone Council and the Student Engi-counting,Ó Worrell said. an opportunity to put down the neering Council hosted the event Both schools judge their busi-books, Worrell said. and invited students from both ness or engineering counterparts ÒBusiness and engineering stu¥schools to participate. based on stereotypes that are ob-dents, who almost never inter- Edward Panuska, engineer-viously not all true, Worrell said. act on a large scale, get a chance ing senior and coordinator of ÒA general consensus among to prove which college is supe¥the event, encouraged engi-engineers is that we learn more rior,Ó he said. ÒWhile the most¥neering students to come out difficult material than business ly irrelevant competitions always and defeat business for the sec-students do,Ó engineering fresh-produce a winner, the week is all ond consecutive year. man Ambrish Vasudevan said. about having a little fun.Ó Academic dishonesty triggers Senate resolution President-Elect of the Senate of College Councils Chelsea Adler reacts to new members being appointed to the Senate Executive Board during a meeting of the Senate in the Glenn Maloney Room of the Student Services Building on Thursday night. Maxx Scholten Daily Texan Staff Activation fee/line: $35 ($25 for secondary Family SharePlan¨ lines w/ 2-yr. Agmts). IMPORTANT CONSUMER INFORMATION: Subject to Cust Agmt, Calling Plan, rebate form & credit approval. Up to $350 early termination fee & other charges. Device capabilities: AddÕl charges & conditions apply. Offers & coverage, varying by svc, not available everywhere. 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The resolution aims to foster discussions about the amount as well as severity of plagia¥rism and decreasing instanc¥es of plagiarism and cheating at UT. ÒWe want to push for more di¥alogue to go on in each college on campus,Ó Senate Presi¥colleges inform students about academic dishonesty. The Senate will send the rec¥ommendation to the deans of all of the colleges as well as to the deputy to the president. The Senate will collaborate with deans to look at each col¥legeÕs policies and procedures to come up with a solution. The resolution pointed to the College of Pharmacy as an ex¥ample of how to discourage ac¥ademic dishonesty. ÒThe college does an amaz¥ing job by making students sign an honor statement before they take exams,Ó Ratliff said. ÒAc¥ademic integrity is ingrained into their culture.Ó The resolution was intro¥duced a week before spring break, and it will be sent to college deans as soon as possible. ÒIt will be an uphill battle be¥cause people are busy and the budget is the number-one pri¥ority,Ó Ratliff said. ÒBut this is an issue that is important dent Lauren to all stu -Ratliff said. dents at the ÒWe need to college and We need to acknowledge school level.Ó the individ-acknowledge the The pro ¥ ÔÔ ual needs of posal cit¥ individual needs of different col-ed legisla ¥ different colleges leges and de-tion passed partments on and departments on by the Fac¥campus.Ó ulty Coun¥ campus.Ó In last cil in 2007, yearÕs Eyes Ñ Lauren Ratliff that called on of Texas Re-all instruc- Senate president port on Stu-tors to en¥dent Percep-hance student tions, more than half of the students surveyed said they knew of a UT student who had intentionally cheated. The infor¥mation from the report and the increase in academic dishonesty cases prompted the resolution, said Meridith McGraw, Students for Academic Integrity chair. The purpose of the Senate is to coordinate activities and fos¥ter communication among the 17 college student councils at UT. The senate recommended implementing more preventa¥tive measures to curb academ¥ic dishonesty. Although the leg¥islation did not cite any specific methods to prevent cheating or plagiarism, it did recommend awareness of the Uni¥versity Honor Code on their syllabi. The proposal also sug¥gestedprofessorsshouldverbally explain the definition of plagiarism. The Senate is pushing the University to devote more of its resources to this area Ñ not money, but time. The council will look at how academic ad¥visers can integrate this discus¥sion into advising sessions. ÒThis legislation is not com¥ing from the top, but from a grassroots base Ñ from the classroom,Ó Ratliff said. ÒWe are taking a more drastic ap¥proach to address the issue, but we have a long way to go.Ó Other Senate actions In addition to passing a resolution designed to create college-wide policies for promoting academic integrity, the Senate of College Councils: ¥ Unanimously passed five amend-¥ Adjusted the way student or¥ments to its Constitution and By-ganizations would receive fund¥laws to increase efficiency in the ing from the senate. The organi¥handling of senate funds. zations would also have to report how they use the money. ¥ Proposed including giving a vote in the senate to the Undergradu-¥ Approved a new board of execu¥ate Studies Council. tive officers. Ñ Karishma Hossain Featuring New Music By OF LCD SOUNDSYSTEM The highly acclaimed new film from the director of ÔTHE SQUID AND THE WHALE.Õ Greta Gerwig Rhys Ifans Jennifer Jason Leigh ben stiller is ÒEXTREMELY ENTERTAINING! THE WONDER OF THE FILM IS HOW GOOD IT MAKES US FEEL! Remarkable. 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Greta Gerwig is pitch-perfect.Ó -CLAUDIA PUIG, USA TODAY MOBILE USERS: For Showtimes Ð Text GREENBERG with your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS NOW PLAYING Sports Editor: Blake Hurtik E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SportS www.dailytexanonline.com Friday, April 2, 2010 The Daily Texan TEXAS RELAYS 2010 Day Two gives Horns chance to shine Texas sophomore hurdles past illness, qualifies for SaturdayÕs relay finals By Ryan Betori Daily Texan Staff On Thursday, Day Two of the Texas Relays, UT All-American Angele Cooper was feeling a lit¥tle under the weather. But she certainly didnÕt let it show. Despite battling a persistent cold, the sophomore standout notched an outstanding 59.39 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles preliminar¥ies. The mark, which was the top time out of a field of 26, qualified Cooper for SaturdayÕs finals. ÒBefore the relays, I told [head coach] Bev Kearney that I believe I can win the 400-meter hurdles, so IÕm going to go out and do it,Ó she said. CooperÕs confidence is justified. She ousted her current season-best by eleven-tenths of a second. All of this was done despite heavy winds Ñ an obstacle that makes CooperÕs finish all the more noteworthy. ÒThe winds took a toll from the 100-to 300-meter [mark], but I just told myself that I wouldnÕt let it get to me,Ó she said. If not for the winds, Cooper and her coaches feel her performance was good enough to clock a low 57-second or high 56-second time. With the top NCAA 400-meter hurdle time being 57.92 seconds, either one of those wouldÕve es¥tablished Cooper as the countryÕs fastest hurdler. And in fact, Coo¥per may have to be if she hopes to win SaturdayÕs final. ÒIf Dalilah comes with her ÔA¥game,Õ IÕm going to have to run a high 55 or low 56 to win,Ó she said. Cooper was referring to USCÕs Dalilah Muhammad. Two weeks ago, Muhammad beat Cooper in the 400-meter hurdles at the USC Tro¥jan Invitational. Although she only finished fourth at yesterdayÕs pre¥liminaries with her time of 1:00.31, Cooper expects Muhammad to be her top competition in the finals. In addition to Cooper and Mu¥hammad, seven of ThursdayÕs oth¥er top qualifiers will compete in SaturdayÕs final. Brown making headway Cooper wasnÕt the only Tex¥as athlete to show improvement at ThursdayÕs meet. Senior Jor¥dyn Brown placed ninth out of the collegiate athletes in the ham¥mer throw finals. More important¥ly, Brown threw for 56.21 meters Ñ a mark that improves on her pre¥vious personal best by 3.66 meters. Such an improvement is signifi¥cant, and it did not go unnoticed by BrownÕs coaches. ÒIÕm happy with the perfor¥mance,Ó throwing coach Rose Brimmer said. ÒSheÕs really start¥ing to find her way.Ó Like Brimmer, Brown was also pleased with her performance. ÒTechnically, a lot of things came together today. I just threw it and it went,Ó Brown said. With a few tweaks, Brown may do even more. ÒThere are still a lot of things to correct, but theyÕre easy fixes,Ó Brimmer said. In the past, BrownÕs strength has been the shot put. She placed fourth in the event at last yearÕs in¥door national championship and garnered an All-American nod in the process. But with her recent showing, Brown has her coach feel¥ing like the hammer throw could WOMEN continues on page 8 Oregon decathlon athlete runs all over competition at relays By Jim Pagels Daily Texan Staff The decathlon may be one of the less popular sports at the Texas Relays, but itÕs hard to ignore OregonÕs Ashton Eaton. The senior dominated the decathlon, winning with a score of 8,310 points, over 750 points more than second-place finisher Michael Morrison of California. Eaton didnÕt seem surprised by the re¥sults though. After all, he just set the world record in the heptathlon at the NCAA In¥door Championships in March. ÒThisisareallybigevent,butafterawhile, [winning] just doesnÕt seem to phase me very much,Ó he said after the final event. Eaton led from the start, running a 10.34 in the 100-meter in WednesdayÕs first event. He finished the first day with a command¥ing lead of over 300 points but didnÕt seem to be satisfied, adding an additional 450 points to his lead on Thursday. Even with his remarkable eighth-straight decathlon of over 8,000 points, Eaton blew off the accomplishment. ÒHonestly, I canÕt see the [8,000-point] streak ever ending, but the decathlon really doesnÕt get much love,Ó he said. ÒPretty much everyone in the stands to¥day was here to watch the 400-meter MEN continues on page 8 SIDELINE NCAA MenÕs NIT No. 4 North Carolina 68 No. 3 Dayton 79 NCAA WomenÕs NIT California 61 Illinois State 45 NBA Orlando 97 Dallas 82 Portland 92 Denver 109 NHL Florida 1 Boston 0 Philadelphia 4 NY Islanders 6 Buffalo 2 Toronto 4 Atlanta 1 Washington 2 Columbus 2 Detroit 3 Carolina 3 Ottawa 4 St. Louis 2 Nashville 3 MLB Minnesota 3 Boston 5 Florida 3 St. Louis 1 Washington 9 New York Mets 3 Atlanta 1 Detroit 4 New York Yankees 5 Toronto 2 Detroit 4 Houston 2 Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 4 Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 3 Arizona 4 Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 9 Seattle 4 Cleveland 6 Anaheim 7 Arizona 11 Milwaukee 3 Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 2 Texas 6 Cincinatti 7 sofTBALL Freshman making a name for herself at Texas By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff ItÕs been a rough two weeks on the mound for Taylor Jungmann. The Texas sophomore went into his first conference start of the sea¥son against Nebraska with 2-0 and a 0.93 ERA. He gave up five earned runs in 7.1 innings against the Huskers and managed to es¥cape with a no-decision thanks to a three-run walk off home run from Cameron Rupp. Last week against Texas Tech, the right-hander gave up a sea¥son-high eight runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings, earning his first loss of the season in a 12-5 loss to the Red Raiders in Lubbock. No. 7 TexasÕ 5-0 win over Okla¥homa on Thursday night was a completely different story for Jung¥mann, where he gave up zero runs on four hits in seven innings, strik¥ing out six Sooners in Norman. And this time, the wind didnÕt matter. ÒI talked to people during the week, and they all said that you canÕt pitch to the wind,Ó Jung¥mann said. ÒYou have to stick with your normal routine.Ó It was exactly what the Horns (19-7, 5-2) needed after a 3-2 loss to Oral Roberts Tuesday where head coach Augie Garrido felt his team didnÕt compete. Texas did just that Thursday night thanks to solid pitching per¥formances from Jungmann and Chance Ruffin, with timely hits to shut out the 17th-ranked Sooners. TexasÕ game started and ended on the mound as Jungmann (3-1) and Ruffin combined to give up only four hits while striking out 12 Soon¥er batters at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Ruffin came into the game in the eighth, and after hitting the first batter he faced, the junior set¥tled down and struck out the next six to end the game to grab TexasÕ second shutout of the season. ÒThe pitchers pitched a domi¥nant game,Ó Garrido said. ÒTaylor came right at hitters, and Chance came right at hitters.Ó The Horns struck first in the top of the second when Russell Mold¥enhauer belted a 2-1 pitch from Oklahoma starting pitcher Zach Neal (3-1) over the left-field fence for his third home run of the sea¥son. Neal finished giving up three runs on seven hits, striking out nine in 5.2 innings of work. That was all Jungmann and Ruffin needed, but TexasÕ offense wasnÕt finished. The Longhorns added to their WIN continues on page 8 By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff Fourteen practices are in the book, and now itÕs time for Tex¥as to conclude its spring practices with the annual Spring Game on Sunday at 4 p.m. For offensive coordinator Greg Davis, SundayÕs intra-squad scrimmage is a time to take a step BAseBALL no. 7 texas 5, no. 17 oklahoma 0 Jungmann, Ruffin shut out Sooners in Norman By Kate Guerra Daily Texan Staff Compared to the dangers of vicious monkeys, play¥ing softball for a nationally ranked team isnÕt as scary as it sounds. It was just another day in a Bolivian rain forest a few years ago for Texas outfielder Taylor Hoagland, who is one-fourth Bolivian, when a sudden en¥counter with a rambunctious monkey sent her rushing to the medics. A big fat rabies shot was waiting for her there. ÒIt was an experience IÕll never forget,Ó Hoagland said. Take the leadoff spot in the batting order? Sure. Set a school record for most con¥secutive games with a hit? No problem. But leave your mon¥keys at home, please. Hoagland is one of the lead¥ers in just about every statisti¥cal category for the Longhorns this year. She flew under the ra¥dar for most of the season until it became known that she was inching closer and closer to ty¥ing former Texas player Lind¥say GardnerÕs record for 16 consecutive games with a hit. She broke that record on March 24 against Texas State and ex¥tended it to 21 games, ending it on Tuesday at UTSA. Her num¥bers so far echo those of a sea¥soned veteran: .402 batting av¥erage, six home runs, 19 RBI. SheÕs a freshman. With all the attention new¥comers such as Hoagland, FRESHMAN continues on page 8 fooTBALL NoTeBook Spring game lets coaches see talent, early enrollees back and see exactly what his team can do. ÒWhen you go to a final scrim¥mage or a final game, all the coaches are off the field,Ó Davis said. ÒYou really get to pick up what they know, and thatÕs whatÕs important. In a typical spring, you break the huddle, and the coach is standing 10 yards away, and theyÕre reminding them of tips and keys and Ôbe alertsÕ and none of that happens.Ó Beyond just scouting his team to see it how the reacts to game¥time situations, Davis is also scout¥ing TexasÕ three early enrollees and next yearÕs redshirt freshmen. ÒYou want to see the guys com¥peting, and obviously, thereÕs some young guys we want to take an ex¥tended look at to see where theyÕre going to fit,Ó Davis said. The next big thing Junior wide receiver Malcolm Williams has shown some big-play SPRING continues on page 8 win: Horns bounce back after TuesdayÕs home loss From page 7 Tech, but then we took a step back against Oral Roberts. Tonight, we 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth. Tex-showed we can put that behind us as got runners on first and sec-and play a solid game.Ó ond when Kev-Texas added in Lusson sin-another run in the gled and Jordan top of the seventh Etier reached on with another sac¥a hit by pitch. Af-rifice fly RBI from ter Cohl Walla Rupp to score This is the kind of failed to advance Walla, who went the runners with game we needed.Ó 3-for-5 on the a sacrifice bunt, ÔÔ night and three Brandon Loy sin-Ñ Cameron Rupp runs scored. Lus¥gled up the mid-Catcher son and Molden¥dle to score Etier. hauer each add-Walla later scored ed two hits. ÒThat thanks to a sacri-was the kind of fice fly from Texas effort I was look¥catcher Cameron Rupp to give the ing for all the way around,Ó Garri-Horns a 3-0 lead. do said. ÒWe had some difficulties ÒThis is the kind of game we early at the plate, but guys picked needed,Ó Rupp said. ÒWe end-each other up and fought. ThatÕs ed the series well against Texas what you want.Ó wOmEnÕs tEnnis Horns want to continue spring success in April By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff March was a great month for the womenÕs tennis team. Winning four out of five matches during last month gave Texas the confidence boost it needed to go after AprilÕs matches with equal fervor. The Tex¥as squad opens April play with a weekend of away matches against Oklahoma State today and Oklaho¥ma on Saturday. Texas had cruised through match playintheBig12Conference,buton Sunday, it hit a minor speed bump against seventh-ranked Baylor. The Longhorns knew the match would be tough, but they didnÕt go down without a fight as two players won their singles matches, pushing the final match count to 2-5. Today, the Horns (7-4, 3-1 Big 12) will need to recall what itÕs like to play on an opponentÕs turf as they take on Oklahoma State at the De-Bois Tennis Complex in Stillwa¥ter, Okla. Texas has not played an away match since the last weekend in February, when it traveled to Ar¥izona. The No. 61 Cowgirls are com¥ing off of a convincing win against Missouri last weekend and are 2-2 in Big 12 Conference play. The last time Texas faced OSU was last sea¥son. The Horns topped the Cow¥girls 5-2 back in March of 2009. After todayÕs match, the Horns will have to regroup quickly to get ready for No. 31 Oklahoma. With quite the season already un¥der their belt, the Sooners are look¥ing to extend their already impres¥sive 12-2 record Ñ the best start they have had since their 2004 sea¥son. Oklahoma and Texas went head-to-head last season, with Tex¥as holding off the Sooners by a 5-2 count. TheSoonersarebreezingthrough their doubles matches as they have won 11 of 14 doubles match points. Making up one doubles duo is Ana-Maria Constantinescu and Teona Tsertsvadze, ranked 29th in the ITAÕs doubles rankings. But Texas tandem freshmen Aeriel Ellis and senior Vanja Corovic are slow¥ly making their way up the stand¥ings as they come in this week at No. 47. Being ranked is quite a feat for the first-season partners who began the year unranked. The Horns will open the first of the weekendÕs matchups against the Cowgirls today at noon. Rachel taylor | Daily Texan Staff Eric Ou | Daily Texan Staff Texas junior receiver Malcolm Williams catches a ball during a game last season. Williams has been performing well in spring practices. Spring: Even Muschamp impressed with Williams From page 7 potential in his first two seasons. Against Texas Tech in 2008, Wil¥liamsÕ 91-yard touchdown helped spark TexasÕ near comeback, and against Oklahoma State this past season, he had TexasÕ only receiv¥ing touchdown in a 41-14 rout. ÒI think Malcolm Williams has really come on this spring,Ó of¥fensive coordinator Greg Davis said. ÒObviously, he did some re¥ally good things last year. HeÕs such a big, fast guy that heÕs hard to press, and heÕs made a bunch of big plays.Ó WilliamsÕ performance this spring has caught more attention than just that of his offensive co¥ordinator. Even Will Muschamp, TexasÕ defensive coordinator, is comfortable about the base things you do, the staples you do, but then building on that because of the carryover you have year to year, especially with the amount of snaps we have in the secondary. We ... change a lot ... in the [second¥ary] a little bit. Those guys have a lot of carryover,Ó he said. A new beginning Junior safety Christian Scott got a chance to start all over again this spring. Sort of. Last season, Scott missed the first 13 games due to NCAA eli¥gibility issues but was finally able to play in the national champion¥ship game. While Scott was able to practice with the team in the fall, he still missed out on crucial game Texas senior Vanja Corovic returns a ball in a recent match. The Horns take on the Sooners and Cowgirls on the road this weekend. men: Day Two disappoints Murphy From page 7 [hurdle] prelims.Ó The seven-time All-American is the unquestioned alpha dog of his sport. As the two-time de¥fending champion in both the decathlon (outdoor season) and heptathlon (indoor season), he hopes to go for a decathlon three¥peat this June at his home stadi¥um in Eugene, Ore. Also competing in the event was Texas decathlete Isaac Mur¥phy. After finishing 15th in 2009, the sophomore stepped up his training this year. ÒI just try to go out there and leave it all on the line, so right now, IÕm really gassed,Ó he said after the final event. ÒI just want to go home and take a long nap.Ó Murphy started strong in Day One, setting four personal re¥cords in the first five events. Still, that was only enough to place eighth, and his mediocre Day Two dropped him back a spot to finish ninth in the final standings with a score of 7,010 points. Still, Murphy was proud of his singing his praises. ÒWeÕve got some guys outside that have done a nice job, Williams being an example of completing some explosive plays,Ó he said. ÒThatÕs going to be key for us.Ó Is three a charm? Muschamp certainly hopes so, now that heÕs in his third year as defensive coordinator. With every year that passes for a new coach, things get a little easi¥er. It doesnÕt take as long to imple¥ment your system each year, new wrinkles can be added and things can get a little more complicat¥ed because the foundation has al¥ready been in place for a couple of years. ÒYouÕre able to feel a lot more performance at one of the biggest events of the year. ÒI didnÕt do as well as I hoped today, but it just feels great to wear the burnt orange in front of the home crowd,Ó he said. 4x800-meter relay After a thrilling finish to the womenÕs 4x800-meter relay, the menÕs event appeared to be a runaway victory. With a commanding early lead, LSU appeared to be on its way to an easy victory and was in first by over 30 meters going into the final leg. But thereÕs a reason they save the best runners for the an¥chor leg. ÒWe thought we were going to run away with it,Ó said LSU soph¥omore Garrek Thompson, who led off the race with a blistering first two laps. ÒYou gotta respect the guys behind you, though.Ó Baylor, Arkansas, and Tex¥as A&M had been battling in a pack a good distance behind LSU for the first three legs. Their final sprinters didnÕt seem content to merely fight for second. ÒGoing into the final leg, it didnÕt look like IÕd have any shot to catch [LSU],Ó BaylorÕs sopho¥more anchor James Gilreath said. ÒBut down the final stretch, I really thought I was going to get him.Ó In the final 100 meters of the race, LSUÕs quickly fading Jamaal James knew what was lurking behind him. ÒI knew they were right on my tail,Ó he said. ÒI didnÕt think it would be that close, though.Ó As they crossed the line, Gil¥reath appeared to have made a miraculous comeback, but James barely edged him out by 0.29. The two were quickly fol¥lowed by ArkansasÕ Chris Bil¥brew and Texas A&MÕs Oscar Ramirez, who finished third and fourth, respectively. Ultimately, the top four finish¥ers all crossed the line within one second of each other. ÒThis is my first time com¥peting [at Texas Relays],Ó LSUÕs Sadiki White said. ÒI just wish it didnÕt have to be that exciting at the end.Ó women: Razorbacks come back in relay From page 7 be a new way for Brown to find the podium. ÒIÕm feeling like the hammer throw could turn out to be a stel¥lar event for her,Ó Brimmer said. The top two finishers in yester¥dayÕs event, Britney Henry and Erin Gilreath, are both former college standouts-turned-profes¥sionals. ÒThe performances they bring allow the college athletes to see what can be done,Ó Brimmer said about the positive effect the professionals bring to the meet. Arkansas comes from behind The last womenÕs event of the night, the 4x800-meter relay, gave the crowd a fitting amount of fireworks for a finale. LSU was the defending champ in the event, and after getting off to a promising start, it appeared that the team would have little trou¥ble defending their title. But Arkansas had other plans. On the first leg, LSUÕs Brittany Hall secured an early lead for her team. As she handed off the ba¥ton to teammate Charlene Lipsey, LSU was ahead by a comfortable 30 meters. But on the second leg of the race, ArkansasÕ Samantha Learch quickly closed this gap, and her team would remain on LSUÕs heels. ÒIt played to our advantage,Ó said ArkansasÕs Kristen Gillespie about trailing behind LSU for most of the race. ÒWe didnÕt have to worry about setting the pace. [LSU] did that for us.Ó Ultimately, the race would be decided by both teamÕs anchors, Stephanie Brown for Arkansas and LaTavia Thomas for LSU. As an eight-time All-American, it seemed like ThomasÕ long strides would be too much for Brown to overcome. But in the last 10 me¥ters, Brown edged out Thomas for the Arkansas victory. ÒI just pulled my head down and said to myself, ÔThis is our race today,ÕÓ Brown said about the last stretch. ÒI just had a Ôstay with itÕ mentality.Ó In addition to beating the de¥fending champions and notch¥ing the fastest 4x800-meter time in the country, the win was even more notable because of Arkan¥sasÕ age Ñ or lack thereof. The team consisted of two freshman and two sophomores. ÒIt feels awesomer than awe¥some,Ó Brown said afterward. action, setting him back at the start of spring practices. ÒAny time you miss the amount of time, as far as live snaps, itÕs go¥ing to affect you,Ó Muschamp said. ÒI think it showed early, Chris¥tianÕs weight was up, but heÕs got his weight back down under con¥trol to where it needs to be.Ó Spring practices have pro¥gressed, and Scott has been able to refine his play to where it would be if he hadnÕt missed an entire season. ÒAs practice wears on, his re¥action time and his play in space have certainly improved,Ó Mus¥champ said. Scott and the rest of the Long¥horns will have the chance Sun¥day to show all the coaches exactly how far theyÕve come this spring. freShman: Texas needs Hoagland against Kansas From page 7 who is from Flower Mound, Texas, have been getting this year, it would be easy for them to get caught up in the glory of the spotlight. When you hit a home run at Red and Char¥line McCombs Field, jogging around the bases to the famous tune from ÒThe NaturalÓ as the crowd screams your name isnÕt exactly a humbling experience. Despite these influences, itÕs all about the team for Hoagland. ÒMy favorite part about hit¥ting a home run is touching home plate,Ó Hoagland said. ÒYour teammates are there waiting for you, getting really excited and pumped up, and youÕre able to set the tone for your team.Ó HoaglandÕs team is sure to cel¥ebrate every contribution she can make in Friday and Satur¥dayÕs match up against Big 12 ri¥val Kansas. The Longhorns are 2-0 in conference play after being expected to finish only fifth in preseason polls when the Texas squad began unranked. Kansas is 0-2 in Big 12 play, dropping both games to Texas A&M. Hoagland and the Longhorns will begin their two-game series against Kansas on Friday afternoon. The game, which will be played in Lawrence, Kan., is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. SaturdayÕs game is slotted for a noon start. With the spirit and skill Hoagland brings to the table, her teammates and coaches have every excuse to remain her big¥gest fans. ÒItÕs amazing,Ó head coach Connie Clark said. ÒShe has every tool you want in a young athlete. She runs well, sheÕs got a gun for an arm and sheÕs versatile.Ó Hoagland also incorporates her passion for music into her game. When she walks up to bat, LilÕ WayneÕs solo in Keri HilsonÕs ÒTurnin Me OnÓ blares out of the speakers. A rap solo as a batterÕs motivational song isnÕt that uncommon in a soft¥ball game, but Hoagland chose her lyrics carefully: ÒIÕm at the plate again. If you pitch at me, IÕm a swing away at it. Someone better play the fence.Ó Friday, April 2, 2010 News Design junior Robbie Polk examines an edible cre¥ation called ÒBookmarkÓ during the 8th Annual Edible Book Festival on Thursday afternoon. The event is held by the School of Information each year to promote literacy among college students. Amanda Martin Daily Texan Staff Reading takes the cake at annual literacy festival By Radhika Sakalkale Daily Texan Staff Promoting literacy among college students was a piece of cake for the School of Information on Thursday. About 30 students and faculty gathered in the School of Informa¥tion building to celebrate the 8th Annual Austin Edible Book Festi¥val. Groups around the world have hosted the event for 11 years to en¥courage people to read literature. Each participant created or decorated a cake inspired by a book, and the cakes were judged by event attendees. Ò[The names of the dishes] are [a] play on words of the titles of the books, so itÕs just kind of a fun way to celebrate books that you can eat,Ó said Mary Lively, associate dean of Information studies gradu¥the School of Information. ate student Tiffany Criswell won In the past, the event received Best in Show for her cupcakes in¥funding from the conservation pro-spired by ÒThe OmnivoreÕs Di¥gram at the School of Information. lemmaÓ by Michael Pollan, an en-After the conservation program vironmental journalist at Berke¥was discontinued, members of the ley who emphasizes the impor-Student Association of the School tance of local and organic food. of Information and ArTex, a stu-ÒI used all fair trade chocolate dent interest group, volunteered to and as much organic stuff as I pos¥continue the celebration. sibly could,Ó Criswell said. The goal was to try to get every-The winner of Òpunniest des¥one excited about the festival and sertÓ was Johanna LammertÕs ÒLit¥get them involved, ArTex director tle House on the Praline,Ó a pun LaurenAlgeesaid. on Laura Ingalls WilderÕs ÒLittle ÒI love baking, and I have cake House on the Prairie.Ó The dessert lying around all the time, so I might was a small house placed on pra¥as well decorate one and bring it line, a cookie-sized candy made of in,Ó information studies graduate nuts, brown sugar and pecans. student Jamie Johnson said. By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff After spending two days in a detention facility and borrowing nearly $13,000 to hire a lawyer, a UT-El Paso electrical engineering senior was cleared of all charges months after he was accused of possessing a bomb. The bomb threat at UTEP oc¥curred Nov. 18, when the student, Ahmad Fares-Hammad, accom¥panied his cousin, a biology ma¥jor, to the main office of the De¥partment of Biological Sciences with a breadboard Ñ a board on which a person can build an elec¥tric circuit Ñ in hand. An admin¥istrative assistant, whom Fares-Hammad said he spoke with pri¥or to the threat, asked him about the breadboard. ÒShe [said], ÔYes, itÕs scary, and you guys are scary.Õ At that point, I thought she was jok¥ing, so I decided to joke back,Ó Fares-Hammad said. ÒI told her, ÔYeah, itÕs a bomb.ÕÓ Fares-Hammad said he felt as though he actually scared the woman, so he began to apol¥ogize and explain that the de¥vice was a remote control for the mechanical arm his group was constructing for an electri¥cal engineering project. After he and his cousin left the building, the woman notified the chair¥man of the department, Rob¥ert Kirken, who later informed UTEP police officials about the threat. The police officials noti¥fied local FBI bureaus, who sent agents a week later to investi¥gate and arrest Fares-Hammad, UTEP student cleared of charges regarding supposed bomb threat who is originally from Qatar. FBI agents asked him to re¥count the events leading up to the bomb threat and brought in an expert in electrical engineer¥ing, Fares-Hammad said. He said agents asked to see the re¥mote that was in his work locker, took everything in the locker and searched the computer he nor¥mally uses at work. Agents then arrested him in front of the engi¥neering building on Nov. 25. ÒThey took me to the El Paso [County] Detention Facil¥ity, and I stayed there for two days,Ó Fares-Hammad said. ÒI didnÕt know what my charges were until an FBI agent came the next day before court and took my information.Ó After three months of trials, his charges were dismissed on March 5. UTEP police officials said they will not comment on the arrest, deferring all questions regarding the investigation to the FBI, UTEP spokeswoman Arleene Barrios said. Andrea Simmons, a special agent and media coordinator for the FBI in El Paso, said the bureau will also not comment. UTEP is not the only school in the UT System that has had a bomb threat. The most recent was in the spring of 2008, when the UT-Austin Police Depart¥ment received several bomb threats which targeted the Uni¥versity Teaching Center. Po¥lice searched the building for explosives, but did not detect any. UTPD chief Robert Dahl¥strom said bomb threats are so rare and distinct that there is no set course of action, such as an evacuation plan, that would dic¥tate how the University would react to a threat. UT System spokesman Matt Flores said each campus with¥in the system has its own way of responding to bomb threats, and there is no system-wide protocol for those situations. Upon returning to the uni¥versity, Fares-Hammad said he had to talk to Michael Baily, as¥sistant director for judicial af¥fairs and Office of Student Life member, or else face suspension from the university. The engineering senior has been banned from entering the Biological Sciences building, is not allowed to contact the admin¥istrative assistant who reported him to university officials and is only allowed on campus for edu¥cation and work purposes. Fares-Hammad said he re¥ceived a lot of support from his workplace and the electrical engi¥neering department, but he felt as though the whole situation was blown out of proportion. ÒI just didnÕt know that Ar¥abs are not allowed to say the B-word,Ó Fares-Hammad said. ÒThe whole Muslim and Ara¥bic community in El Paso are scared to say anything anymore. 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It lies in the center of a 126-acre region¥al park and preserve purchased by the city in 2005 to protect the land from encroaching development. Cypress trees line the creek, reaching up from its clear gray wa¥ters. The trees are ancient Ñ they look more like docks and towers than living, growing organisms Ñ and the biggest ones wear wood¥en boards, the remnants of one¥time half-ladders to climb to the limbs above. About 20 feet above the water, a plastic deck chair is nestled in the limbs. Clearly some¥one was ignoring the ÒNo jumping from treesÓ sign Ñ or maybe they took it to heart. Ropes and chains dangle from the limbs, tickling the gentle rolling waterÕs surface. A grassy, treeless strip of land separates the water from a rocky outcrop. A few picnic tables dot the sunbathed area. The park is silent except for chirping birds, buzzing bugs and the quiet hush of the water. Blue Hole is essentially the still¥natural version of Barton Springs Ñ a cold swimming hole that of¥fers an easy getaway from the hustle and bustle of Austin. The city is also preparing to put about $4 million into a nearly two¥year process of improving the park by adding tennis and basketball courts, soccer fields, hiking trails, restrooms and additional parking. The Wimberley Cafe on the Square provides the perfect op¥tion for lunch after a lazy after¥noon at the hole. I got the turkey burger with sweet-potato fries and listened as two groups of old ladies played mah-jongg, laugh¥ing and telling stories, contem¥plating jazzercise and upper re¥spiratory Òthings.Ó ÒSlow down, save a child ... save a goose,Ó reads a sign on the kitch¥en door, which swiftly swings open and closed again. ÒPeople have worked hard to preserve the integrity of this town,Ó Allison tells me back at the pie company. SheÕs explaining the history of the town to me and the fight to preserve it, from the res¥toration of the Wimberley House (the home of the family the town is named after) Ñ which now wears a national and state histori¥cal marker Ñ to the improvements at Blue Hole. ÒThe historical markers across the town prove its history is in¥tact,Ó she says. The lazy village of Wimberley, nestled in the Hill Country, pro¥vides a brief glimpse of Central TexasÕ past. travels: Author finds home where her heart is From page 12 past or where she came from. To finish ÒJust DonÕt Call Me MaÕam,Ó Mitchael left the fran¥tic pace of New York and moved to Denver with the hope of find¥ing a calmer environment. After finishing the first draft of the book, Mitchael decided she was ready to return to Texas. Mitchael also cites family as one of her major reasons for re¥turning to Texas. ÒFor a while, in the back of my head, I think I probably re¥alized that I was missing the comforts of home, but I wasnÕt really ready to articulate it,Ó Mitchael said. ÒI just never re¥ally planned for the fact that I would be pulled back to where my friends and family were. I underestimated that the past really would influence and continue to influence who I would be.Ó ÒI think that I just finally un¥derstood that you can live the life that you want anywhere,Ó Mitchael said. ÒI thought that I had to go somewhere else to get everything that I wanted and not really feel socially pres¥sured to do things a certain way. NEWS BRIEFLY E-book competition heats up between Apple, Amazon Amazon.com Inc. has reached new agreements with some pub¥lishers that had been fed up with the low prices Amazon charges for electronic books that go with its Kindle e-reader. This comes just as Apple Inc. is about to launch its competing iPad device. Simon & Schuster and Harper-Collins said late Wednesday they have signed new e-book deals with Amazon, but declined to de¥tail their agreements. But Simon & Schuster spokesman Adam Roth¥berg said his companyÕs agree¥ment is similar to those that pub¥lishers have been striking with Apple for e-books on the iPad. With AppleÕs model, some e¥books will cost up to $14.99 initial¥ly Ñ $5 more than Amazon charg¥es for some popular e-books. Menagerie of talented hosts coming up on ÔSNLÕ Tina Fey, Ryan Phillippe and Gabourey Sidibe will be taking turns as ÒSaturday Night LiveÓ hosts this month. NBC said Thursday that Fey, for¥mer ÒSNLÓ cast member and head writer, is hosting the April 10 show and will be joined by pop star Jus¥tin Bieber. Phillippe is set to host the April 17 show with Ke$ha (KEHSHÕ-ah) as the musical guest. On April 24, ÒPreciousÓ star and Oscar nom¥inee Sidibe will take on hosting duties and the band MGMT is to perform. Compiled from Associated Press reports. When, in actuality, nobody ex¥cept myself was pressuring me to go down a certain path. I de¥cided that if I was going to have to figure my life out regardless, it wasnÕt just going to be easier in an urban city, and I preferred to be in Texas. I preferred the people and the lifestyle. It was where I wanted to live the rest of my life, I guess.Ó After returning to Texas, Mit¥chael found that she is very hap¥py she settled here. Now she is surrounded by all the things she missed while living up North: good Tex-Mex, friendliness and the sweltering Texas heat. MitchaelÕs other writing proj¥ect, her blog, entitled ÒThe Hap¥piness ProjectÓ gives readers a glimpse into her daily life and constant search for happiness. ÒWe have this whole idea that happiness should be part of the package, our birthright for be¥ing human. For me, itÕs not like that,Ó Mitcheal said. ÒIt does take a little effort, and you do have to weed out those things that are bringing you down. Af¥ter coming back to Texas, I de¥cided that IÕm going to do what I need to be happy here and fig¥ure it all out.Ó auction: Crichton forged close friendships with artists From page 12 the American flag that Crichton bought from the artist in 1974 and which decorated the writ¥erÕs Beverly Hills bedroom. It was last exhibited in 1992-93 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. About 70 of the 100 works from the collection, including paintings by Jeff Koons, Pablo Picasso and Robert Rauschen¥berg, will be displayed at Chris¥tieÕs Rockefeller Center galleries from Friday through April 13. Brett Gorvy, deputy chair¥man of ChristieÕs Americas, said Crichton was generous in lend¥ing works from his collection for exhibitions but possessive about the ÒFlag.Ó ÒWith the ÔFlagÕ it was such a personal thing because of his relationship with Johns,Ó said Gorvy. Their close friendship and CrichtonÕs knowledge of JohnsÕ work led the artist to ask Crich¥ton to write the catalog for his 1977 retrospective at the Whit¥ney Museum of American Art in New York. Within the art world, Gorvy said, Crichton was renowned as a leading authority on Johns and the Whitney catalog, expanded and reprinted, has become the definitive text on the artist. The ÒFlagÓ has a pre-sale es¥timate of $10 million to $15 million, but ChristieÕs believes it will set a new world record for the artist. ÒIt will go substantially high¥er,Ó given that the work Òis so superb and rare ... and com¥ing from a famous fella and also from someone who understood the artist,Ó Gorvy said. The current Johns record stands at $18 million for ÒFig¥ure 4,Ó set at ChristieÕs in 2007. A larger flag of the artistÕs seminal image was purchased privately last month for $110 million by hedge fund billionaire Steve Co¥hen, Gorvy said. Crichton Òwas a master of re¥searchÓ in his art collecting as much as in his writing, he said. ÒHe collected artists in depth to know them better.Ó Crichton, one of the worldÕs most commercially success¥ful writers whose many books have been turned into films, also forged close friendships with Oldenburg, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg. OldenburgÕs 1970 ÒThree Way Plug Soft Sculpture,Ó which he purchased from the artist, is es¥timated at $250,000 to $350,000. LichtensteinÕs ÒGirl in Wa¥terÓ has a pre-sale estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million, while RauschenbergÕs ÒStudio Paint¥ingÓ is estimated at $6 million to $9 million. Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Friday, April 2, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN EditorÕs Note: This is the fourth in a weekly series exploring day¥ and-weekend trip destinations across Texas. By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Staff When asked which of the pies on display at the front counter of the Wimberley Pie Company she recommends, Jan Allison, an em¥ployee of the store and a 33-year Wimberley resident, suggests ba¥sically everything. ÒIt depends on what you like,Ó Allison says. ÒFudge is good. Pe¥can is popular. Fudge pecan is, too. So is buttercream, lemon chess Ñ coconut custard might be our most popular. BlueberryÕs always a favorite, as well.Ó I settle on blueberry Ñ which does not disappoint Ñ and sit in one of the small two-seater ta¥bles lining the storefront oppo¥site the counter, watching cus¥tomers come and go. A rack of empty, unbaked pie crusts sits in the kitchen, waiting to be filled ÒEnjoying this beauti¥ful weather?Ó Allison asks a regular who has come in to pick up a pre-ordered pie. ÒOh yeah, bluebonnets are popping up all over,Ó he replies. ÒSpring has sprung,Ó Alli¥son says. Allison is right: The weath¥er is what makes the drive half the fun of a trip to the tiny town. About an hour shot down a se¥ries of farm-to-market and wild¥flower-lined ranch roads leads straight to the heart of the Tex¥as Hill Country, where the Òvil¥lageÓ of Wimberley lies. The Wimberley city limit sign stands in front of a panoramic back¥drop of rolling cedar-blanketed hills and endless blue sky. ItÕs the WIMBERLEY continues on page 11 Nomadic grad returns to tell story of travels By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff If thereÕs one thing Anna Mit¥chael simply wonÕt tolerate, itÕs being called ÒmaÕam.Ó Mitchael may seem like a quintessential Texan at first glance: She lives on a cattle ranch where the nearest town has a population of 30, but Anna is anything but typical. In her new memoir, ÒJust DonÕt Call Me MaÕam: How I Ditched the South, Forgot My Manners, and Managed to Sur¥vive My Twenties with (Most of) my Dignity Still Intact,Ó Mit¥chael offers readers a candid and comedic glimpse into her life and her search to find her¥self throughout her 20s. She will discuss the book at Book-People today. After graduating from the UT with an advertising degree, she was eager to experience life outside of Texas. Mitchael moved far away from the Lone Star State, settling in Boston to work as a copywriter at an ad¥vertising agency. Mitchael describes herself as a nomad for the better part of the next decade, constantly moving from city to city across the country. ÒI think I was really out there trying to figure out different ways of life, essentially,Ó Mit¥chael said about her tendency to move frequently. ÒIÕd grown up in the South, and I had this idea that life had to unfold in a cer¥tain way: You went to college, then you got a job, got married and had kids. I had this feeling that that wasnÕt exactly what I wanted to do. I thought that if I went to these new places, there would be new formulas for liv¥ing, and I could figure a new path for my life.Ó Constantly moving, Mitchael has learned a thing or two about reinventing herself and argues that the idea of reinvention is re¥ally just a myth. ÒI guess you can tie it back to the whole ÔSex and the CityÕ thing,Ó Mitchael said. ÒThose women donÕt really have any kind of past. They just set out in a new city, start from ground zero and build up. I think that I thought I could do the same thing, that I could just move somewhere new, put on all these clothes, get all these great jobs and build this whole new life.Ó But Michael found that this mindset didnÕt stick Ñ no matter how many times she changed zip codes, she couldnÕt erase her TRAVELS continues on page 11 and fed to the oven sitting under a window on the other side of the room. The kitchen looks like one in a home, not in a bakery. The whole city has a cozy, wel¥coming feel. WilderÕs ÔOur TownÕ examines beauty of lifeÕs moments By Sarah Pressley Daily Texan Staff Old rockers, photo albums and dusty antique toys fill the en¥trance to a world from days past. Wooden chairs and ladders hang from ropes over a bare stage. A woman asks, ÒDo any human be¥ings ever realize life while they live it?Ó This is Emily Webb, played by Sofia Ruiz, in the UT produc¥tion of Thornton WilderÕs ÒOur Town,Ó which opens today in the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre. The play, which takes audience members back and forth between the late 1930s and the present, spreads a message of embracing and enjoying life while living it. ÒThis is about everyday peo¥ple living life in an everyday town, and everyday people go¥ing through the big thresholds of life: puberty, first love, marriage, birth, death,Ó play director Marie Brown said. Wilder wrote the play in the Ô30s and included flashbacks from that decade and 1901 to al¥low audience members to watch as characters lives evolve and ex¥perience increasingly difficult sit¥uations. To make the play more relatable to current audiences, though, Brown chose to update the story and place it in the 1930s and now, but she kept antiquat¥ed objects from the original set¥ting of the play. ÒWe had to acknowledge that 1901 is not something we grew up living, as many of [WilderÕs original] audience may have ex¥perienced,Ó Brown said. Ò1901 is more than a century ago, so we have created an environment that gives our audience a sense of the context of 1901 as they enter the theatre to give them a point of reference WilderÕs audi¥ence would not have needed.Ó However, this change in set¥ting was one of the few adjust¥ments Brown made to the play. He included many of the orig¥inal elements, like a very mini¥mal stage and miming by many of the characters. ÒOne of the major goals has been to trust Wilder Õs words and ideas,Ó Brown said. ÒI be¥lieve it was very intentional that Wilder wrote that the entire play would be mimed and performed with minimal set pieces. The ob¥jects of daily life are not visible, but an enormous amount of ac¥tion in the show revolves around them. Wilder was not only bold¥ly trusting his audience to fill in the world for themselves, but he also perhaps was using a simple theatrical convention to demon¥strate how little we actually see in life.Ó Wilder Õs radically minimal technique helps audience mem¥bers understand the point of the story. ÒThis play is about recogniz¥ing impermanence. It is show¥ing us how hard it is to actually see the depth and beauty of ev¥ery second we are alive,Ó Brown said. ÒWhile we may not be able to see it all the time, I think we are capable of noticing life at mo¥ments. I think Wilder believed we could, too. ÔTaal 2010Õ boasts electric South Asian culture Participants showcase According to the organizationÕs tude, we can really spark the in-petitive selection. Web site, the event, which required terest of anyone who is looking Among the chosen talents that Indian talent, compete a rigorous application and try-to expand the bounds of their will participate is the dance group out process for acceptance to one cultural knowledge and help ÒTexas Mohini.Ó Comprised sole¥ for hefty grand prize of only 12 spots, is the cityÕs larg-students gain an understanding ly of females, Mohini has fared ex-By John Ross Harden est South Asian talent show and is of South Asian culture.Ó tremely well in past competitions Daily Texan Staff guided toward allowing others to ÒTaalÓ Ñ translated to ÒbeatÓ Ñ not only in ISA competitions, With The Texas Relays and the experience some of the many cul-Ñ is one of ISAÕs longest-planned but other talent shows as well. Urban Music Festival both sched-tural traditions of India. event of the year. Participants, Though Dadhich claims that Mo¥uled for this weekend, Austin is Freshman ISA member and who are divided into three cate-hini is one of the favorites in the sure to get its fix of competition fundraising coordinator Pranav gories Ñ dance, music and exhi-dance portion of the competition, and music. Dadhich elaborated on the organi-bition acts Ñ have been practicing he remains positive that the com- However, tomorrow night, the zationÕs goal of providing an expe-for months with hopes of achiev-petition will showcase multiple UT Indian Students Association is rience of Indian practices through-ing the $1,000 grand prize. talents, some unlike years past. suretofulfillanycravingfortalent outAustin. Ranging from extravagant ÒTaal2010issuretobebigger that you havenÕt already received Ò[Indian culture] doesnÕt gar-dances to mesmerizing music, and better than ever,Ó Dadhich when Hogg Auditorium opens its ner much attention in todayÕs so-the program will feature both said. ÒAnd with 12 highly compet¥doors for the 56th Annual ISA Tal-ciety,Ó Dadhich said. ÒBy show-group and individual acts that itive acts, Hogg Auditorium will ent Show. casing an event of such magni-made it through the highly com-be electric.Ó CrichtonÕs art collection placed on auction block blockbusters as ÒJurassic Park,Ó Family of the man who ÒThe Andromeda StrainÓ and created Jurassic Park, ER the TV series ÒER.Ó But he also left a 20th-century art behind move to hold sale collection that features some of pop By Ula Ilnytzky artÕs best known artists, including The Associated Press Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and NEW YORK Ñ Best-selling au- Claes Oldenburg. thor Michael Crichton approached CrichtonÕs family is selling art in the same way he did his about 80 percent of the collec¥ writing Ñ through extensive re¥ tion at ChristieÕs auction house search Ñ but also by developing in New York on May 11-12. close friendships with many of the artists whose works he collected. The popular thriller writer died in 2008, leaving behind such AUCTION continues on page 11