Top two Big 12 teams Author hopes Ôchican@Õ face off in volleyball will draw attention NEWS PAGE 5 SPORTS PAGE 6 FRIDAY Preview day The Blanton Museum of Art previews this fallÕs exhibition, ÒTurner to Monet: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum.Ó Free admission for those with UT IDs. Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tosh.0 Comedian Daniel Tosh gives his take on pop culture and the Internet. UT Bass Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $38 SATURDAY Laramie The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later tells the story of traveling theatre group Tectonic Theatre ProjectÕs trip back to Laramie, Wyoming, 10 years after a gay college student, Matthew Shepard, was murdered in a hate crime. Tickets cost $20, and the show starts at 8 p.m. White for Texas Bill White answers votersÕ questions at a town hall event in Austin. Starts at 10:30 p.m. and runs through noon at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex. SUNDAY ÔLove SongÕ Sara Bareilles performs at La Zona Rosa at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $18. Puppies! The New Movement Theater hosts its Puppy Class & Social event, which offers classes in housebreaking and biting. Event starts at 11 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Admission is $5 Quote to note Ô Ô ÒThe counselors said, ÔStay away from this one cabin or else Hatchet-face will get you.Õ I was totally excited, asking, ÔWhoÕs Hatchet-face? WhatÕs he gonna do?ÕAnd they didnÕt have any answers. They just had this name ÔHatchet-faceÕ. Ó Ñ Adam Green Writer-director of ÒHatchet IIÓ LIFE&ARTS PAGE 9 TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 87 THE DAILY TEXAN Friday, October 1, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com OU weekend may see rise in sexual assaults By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff Following an increase in sex¥ual assault reports following the weekend of the Texas-OU foot¥ball game for the past nine years, the UT Counseling and Men¥tal Health Center staff are again bracing for a jump in reports from this weekend. The presence of alcohol and the vulnerability of being away from home may contribute to the in¥crease in reports, said Jane Bost, associate director of the Counsel¥ing and Mental Health Center. ÒThere is just sort of an extra sense of intensity about this par¥ticular game,Ó Bost said. ÒPart of it is that so many people are go¥ing out of town and away from the more familiar support base.Ó The spike after the Red River Rivalry weekend does not seem to happen after any other types of events except for spring break, said Lynn Hoare, coor¥dinator for the centerÕs Theatre for Dialogue program. The pro¥gram includes interactive per¥formances that create a dia¥logue about the issues of sexu¥al assault, relationship violence and stalking but does not place the scene in a specific environ¥ment, such as the game. ÒWeÕre trying to raise the is¥sues without pinpointing that this is going to happen to you here,Ó Hoare said. ÒWe might Texas revs up for Red River Rivalry Members of the UT Longhorn Band hold up the Hook ÔEm sign at the 2009 Red River Rivalry. By Jordan Godwin son and the hostile animosity between the important at Texas. ItÕs very important to us, Daily Texan Staff two sides will have never felt so comforting. but obviously peopleÕs lives are more impor- After one of the gloomiest weeks in the Tuesday morningÕs tragedy had the campus tant than some football game.Ó history of the University, weather forecasts on edge, including the players and coaches, The team practiced on Tuesday after¥ promise that Saturday afternoonÕs game in but the aftermath helped put last SaturdayÕs noon and for the players, getting back to Dallas couldnÕt possibly have more perfect loss to UCLA into perspective. the game they love was a refreshing return conditions. ÒYesterday was a great reminder that foot¥ to normalcy after a frantic morning of un- Half of the Cotton Bowl will be covered ball is not life and death,Ó said head coach ease. Brown emphasized the need to move in burnt orange and the other half in crim-Mack Brown on Wednesday. ÒItÕs very, very RIVALRY continues on page 7 INSIDE: For more on the Red River Rivalry Double Coverage think further about how students can be safe in specific contexts.Ó Student Government Vice President Muneezeh Kabir said that although the weekend is something that students really look forward to, she encourages everyone to be safe. ASSAULT continues on page 2 Lenient laws may have let UT shooter acquire gun By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff To purchase a gun like the AK¥47 assault rifle Colton Tooley used in TuesdayÕs shooting on campus, Texans just need to be 18 years old and in possession of enough cash to buy the firearm. TexasÕ gun laws are among the least restrictive in the nation Ñ no permit is needed to purchase a gun, no registration is required of firearms, there is no Òassault weap¥onsÓ ban on military-style semi¥automatics such as AK-47 or M-16 assault rifles and no license is re¥quired to own a firearm. The state does require a license for concealed carry of a handgun. When the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Ñ which fa¥vors tightening gun control laws Ñ evaluated how stringently states regulate firearms in 2008, Texas scored a 9 out of 100. ÒTo be honest with you, there re¥ally arenÕt many gun violence laws in Texas,Ó said Brian Malte, director of federal and state mobilization for the Brady Campaign. ÒWe think Texas basically lacks laws that keep dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people.Ó Texas must comply with feder¥al laws that strictly limit the sale of machine guns, also known as auto¥matic weapons, which are capable of firing all of the bullets they car¥ry by just pulling and holding the trigger. Those federal regulations donÕt GUNS continues on page 2 Students show appreciation for police departments By Allison Kroll Daily Texan Staff Education sophomore Addison Eastman and her roommate, edu¥cation sophomore Kelly Coward, said their idea for showing appre¥ciation to the UT and Austin police departments began small. They created a Facebook group called ÒHelp us thank the UT and Austin Police forces,Ó invited 40 friends to join and planned to bring baked goods and other treats to the offi¥cers. By Thursday, the Facebook group had grown from 40 to 1,440 attendees as of press time. Eastman said several friends Jono Foley | Daily Texan Staff currently attend Virginia Tech, Students sign a giant thank-you card for the UT and Austin police which is the site of the worst school departments on the West Mall on Tuesday. shooting in U.S. history, and still Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan Staff Student members of S.L.O.S.H., or ÒSwing Lessons on Saturday, Hey,Ó practice together in Jester Center for a ballroom dancing midterm. Social dancers meet for free lessons to brush up on ballroom routine lesson begins. Ballroom dancing lovers, old and new Social Dance TAÕs and interested newcomers are among the 50-some students who show up to dance and socialize. Most students are members of the Asian American Campus Ministry orga¥nization, but everyone is encour¥aged to attend. ÒS.L.O.S.H. stands for ÔSwing SWING continues on page 5 feel the aftereffects of those events on their campus. ÒThe immediate and effective re¥sponse from the UT Police Depart¥ment prevented what happened at Virginia Tech from happening on our campus,Ó Eastman said. ÒIt made me think, ÔWhat if that hap¥pened here?Õ Gratitude must be given to UTPD for preventing the situation from escalating because who knows how many lives could have been lost?Ó As the word spread, Student Government President Scott Parks expressed interest in EastmanÕs campaign. ÒSeveral SG officers and myself felt something was missing as far as a student response. We need¥ed to find a way for students to be involved in expressing grati¥tude for UTPD,Ó Parks said. ÒShe felt strongly about something and wanted to take action and weÕre happy to help her in any way.Ó With SGÕs help, a table was set up on the West Mall on Thursday to collect donations for the gift bas¥kets and sign students up for the Campus Emergency Text Alert system, which was used on Tues¥day. Advertising senior Carrie Schmidt was one of hundreds of students who signed up for the emergency alert text messages on Thursday. ÒI was out of the loop because everyone found out through the THANKS continues on page 2 By Olivia Watson Daily Texan Staff On a typical Saturday night, the evening routine goes some¥thing like this: Go out to dinner, get ready, hitch a ride or walk to West Campus and dance the night away to the wondrous melodies of the latest Lil Wayne party jam. However, a typical Saturday night for attendees of S.L.O.S.H. means dancing the night away to a differ¥ent, much classier tune. Enter the Fireplace Lounge in the basement of Jester West and in¥stead of dispersed chairs through¥out the room, there is a collage of chairs clustered together at the center, with students filling every other area of the lounge. Music plays and students grab partners, lift their hands to one another and shift about the room in swift movements. The dance of the night this Saturday is the waltz, and at 9 p.m. the hour-long 2 NEWS Friday, October 1, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN THANKS:Students express gratitude Volume 111, Number 80 25 cents with thank-you cards, baked goods CONTACT US Main Telephone: From page 1 gency response unit that kept Eastman and Coward will con¥ (512) 471-4591 students safe. tinue to accept donations at the emergency alert texts but I had Each student who signed a Lonestar Lofts apartment com- Editor: to find out through the radio,Ó card, including architecture soph-plex over the weekend, and will Lauren Winchester Schmidt said. ÒI feel better know-omore Madison Dahl, left a mes-be on the West Mall again on (512) 232-2212 ing that IÕll be alerted of impor-sage showing their appreciation Monday. editor@dailytexanonline.com tant events in the future and that for the police departments. UTPD Captain Julie I wonÕt be in the dark if some-ÒI was super impressed with Gillespie said the show of Managing Editor: thing like this happens again.Ó the way they handled [the situa-gratitude is both overwhelm- Sean Beherec The Co-op donated 500 tion Tuesday],Ó Dahl said. ÒI love ing and heartwarming. (512) 232-2217 thank-you cards for students to seeing the police around cam-ÒI would never believe we managingeditor@ Jono Foley |Daily Texan Staff sign, which will be included in pus now because I know theyÕre would have a response like this,Ó dailytexanonline.com the gift baskets set to be deliv-ready to handle any situation and she said. ÒItÕs great to be appreci-Rachel Loewenstein signs a personalized thank-you note showing her ered on Tuesday to each emer-that theyÕre here to protect us.Ó ated for just doing our job.Ó appreciation for UT and Austin police departments. News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com NEWS BRIEFLY Web O¥ce: GUNS:Restrictions are easily avoided (512) 471-8616 bergs have previously created a McCombs, law school receive online@dailytexanonline.com professorship at McCombs and From page 1 from a licensed arms dealer in three out of the four guns, used cross-disciplinary endowment an endowment in the law school. Sports O¥ce: Texas must undergo a federal a girl who was over 18 to obtain ÑAmy Thoton The University announced (512) 232-2210 apply to assault rifles Ñ military background check. the guns. She went to an unli¥ that the cross-disciplinary ef¥ sports@dailytexanonline.com style semi-automatic weapons ÒIf you can pass the back-censed dealer at a gunshow to forts of the McCombs School UT professor discovers effect such as the AK-47 Tooley used, ground check, youÕve just got to do it and it was cash and carry, of Business and the UT School which require the user to pull the have the cash,Ó said Richard Se-no questions asked.Ó of Law will be given a boost of stress hormones on fertility Life & Arts O¥ce: trigger every time he/she wants gura, a lawyer who works on Tooley wrote in a proposal for through the establishment of A UT psychology professor re-(512) 232-2209 to fire a bullet, said Alice Tripp, the Criminal Justice Project at the a class research project, obtained the Sandra and Stanley Rosen-cently completed a study he says lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com legislative affairs director for the UT law school. 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The RosenbergsÕ tant professor of psychology at Retail Advertising: cial about that rifle that would However, the background bate because I have been a vid¥$500,000 commitment to the en-the University of Oregon, exam-(512) 471-1865 make it different than a lever-ac-check requirement can be circum-eo game junkie since my cous¥ dowmentÕs establishment was ined the relationship between the joanw@mail.utexas.edu tion deer rifle,Ó she said. ÒItÕs not vented by purchasing guns from in introduced them to me, and matched through the McCombs stress hormone cortisol and the a machine gun.Ó private dealers at gun shows since then my parents have Matching Gift Program to cre-hormone testosterone. Josephs ClassiÞed Advertising: UT Police Chief Robert Dahl-since no background check is re-been constantly criticizing me ate a total fund of $1 million. A said testosterone influences be-(512) 471-5244 strom said the police had learned quired, Malte said. for it,Ó he wrote. ÒThey have part of Red McCombsÕs original haviors including aggression, classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com a good deal about the gun Tool-ÒThat has to change,Ó he said. thrown every argument at me $50 million gift to the business dominance, leadership and sex. ey used but would not yet release ÒIf you look at the weapons theyÕve heard on television school, the matching program Results of the research show the information to the public. used in the Columbine shoot-like it makes [me] unproduc¥ doubles donated funds and cre-that high levels of cortisol, re-The Texan strives to present all information Everyone who purchases guns ing, youÕll see that they had, for tive or violent.Ó fairly, accurately and completely. If ates an added impact for each leased because of stress, limit we have made an error, let us know donorÕs gift. the effects of testosterone on the about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail For McCombsÕ Dean Thomas body. Josephs said he conducted managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. Gilligan, this endowment is also the study because past research significant because it supports the into testosteroneÕs effects on be- ASSAULT: Rape increases with alcohol use priority of collaboration with oth-havior gave inconsistent results. COPYRIGHT er schools to give students broader Through the lens of his study, From page 1 the safety of friends by remov-community as taking respon¥ experience in the classroom. however, these inconsistent re-Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs ÒSo many things go on at other sults make sense. Josephs said ing them from risky situations. sibility for actions and not and graphics, both in the print and schools at UT that are relative to a these previous studies ignored an ÒStudents should be respon-ÒWe really advocate for by-putting it at the foot of the online editions, are the property of business audience, not just in Mc-important variable and his study sible about their alcohol con-victims. ItÕs holding every- Combs,Ó said McCombsÕ director indicated that variable is cortisol. Texas Student Media and may not be sumption and know their lim-body accountable.Ó David Wenger. ÒThis endowment ÒWhen cortisol levels are high reproduced or republished in part or its,Ó Kabir said. ÒIf you see a In terms of public safety, the in whole without written permission. is great news for students whose Ñ in other words, when we are student who may need help, let community should look at how interests lie across business and stressed Ñ testosteroneÕs in¥ them know youÕre there to help. ... if a person drinks, other people are taking a stand law, providing opportunities that fluence on behavior is blocked. If the situation calls for help, in situations that seem unsafe, it is not ... an might not otherwise exist.Ó When levels are low, testoster- TODAYÕS WEATHER you should do so.Ó ÔÔ Hoare said. She said college The Rosenberg Endowed Ex-oneÕs influence is facilitated,Ó excuse for someone Sexual assaults can happen students do not have a lot of ex¥ cellence Fund will go to support Josephs said. ÒApparently, the High Low any time alcohol is being used, to sexually assault perience giving consent nor do programs such as joint facul-body understands that when a Bost said. A 2004 nationwide they understand what it means. ty appointments and collabora-threat is present, conditions are 88 60 them.Ó college survey conducted by ÒThe bottom line here is that tion between McCombs and the not safe for reproduction or be¥the Harvard School of Public if a person drinks, it is not an law school. haviors associated with repro¥ Ñ Muneezeh Patience, young unicorn. Health, the University of Ari-invitation or an excuse for ÒIÕve always believed that duction, which include competi- Kabir zona and Saint JosephÕs Uni-someone else to sexually as¥ when we can reach across cam-tion, aggression, dominance and Student Government versity revealed that 72 percent sault him or her,Ó she said. pus like this, it gives our stu-leadership Ñ all of which help of rapes occurred when the vic-vice president ÒThey may choose to get intox¥ dents a superior educational ex-to defeat oneÕs rival and increase tim was intoxicated. icated, but they do not choose perience,Ó Gilligan said. the likelihood of reproducing.Ó Bost said students should to get raped.Ó UT alumnus Stanley Rosen-Because of the link his study build a sense ofw community Telephone counseling is berg earned his business and law establishes between stress and degrees through the Universi-sex, Josephs said the results in unsafe situations, including standers to notice and take available through the UT ty and supports his three grand-should inform doctorsÕ decisions high-alcohol consumption en-appropriate action in these Counseling and Mental Health children carrying on the legacy in treating patients with repro¥ vironments. 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When Colton Tooley fired the first shots on 21st Street around 8:10 a.m., my classmates and I were oblivious. Sitting in a medium-sized classroom in the CMA, approximately half a mile away, we took notes. For those un¥aware of its location, CMA is about a 10-minute walk north of the library. Ten minutes. Eleven minutes later, my cell phone started vibrating. At 8:21 a.m., I re¥ceived the first safety alert informing us of the Òarmed subject reported last seen at the Perry Castaneda Library.Ó Quick¥ly, I browsed over to utexas.edu, The Daily Texan and the Austin American-Statesman. Nothing. Class continued. I turned the face of my phone over to my friend sitting next to me, and we shared a concerned look that was spreading across the faces of my class¥mates as more cell phones were begin¥ning to chirp. ÒShould we tell the professor?Ó he whispers. ÒI donÕt know,Ó I say. Luckily, someone with sense finally does. The professor, uncertain of what to do, gently nudges the door not com¥pletely shut and continues to lecture. We should be fine, right? Finally, a girl raises her iPhone a few seconds later, yelling hysterical¥ly, ÒFour people have been shot on Guadalupe!Ó Ñ in retrospect, clear¥ly false. But at the time we thought it was true. This seems pretty serious to every¥one involved and class officially ends. ÒWeÕll meet back in the lobby once this is all over,Ó the professor chimes in as we scurry out the door. Right. For whatever reason, it seems log¥ical that rather than quickly head away from campus, of which we are already on the periphery, we should all run upstairs. The 30 of us nervous¥ly stand in the hallway of the sixth floor for about five minutes, cringing every time the elevator doors open. Clearly this was a better choice than staying in the lockable classroom we just left. Eventually, several kind wom¥en from the advertising office let us into a windowless room, fortunately secured from the outside by a coded entry system. Unfortunately, it was not secured from indecisive students such as myself who would open the door for whoever knocked. ÒI hope itÕs not the shooter,Ó weÕd nervous¥ly laugh as someone placed his face in the crack of the door to see who it was. Once inside our Òbunker,Ó the me¥dia blitz began. Thirty students with laptops and wireless Internet connec¥tions scoured through several news websites before realizing that the best information was to be found on Twit¥ter. Tweets were shouted (also proba¥bly not a good idea) across the room revealing the latest, breaking news. ÒI heard heÕs got an AK-47!Ó or ÒIt says here heÕs wearing a tuxedo!Ó followed by the obligatory, ÒOf course, I read it on Twitter so, yeah.Ó Once the likelihood of a second shooter became increasingly less plausible, anxious humor replaced the terror from earlier. We all felt pretty foolish for our panic, especial¥ly given the fact that the women in the adjacent office would brave the open hallways to provide us with water and Cheez-Its. In the wake of the shooting, sourc¥es from The Daily Texan to Austin Po¥lice Chief Art Acevedo have lauded the quick response from the Universi¥ty and law enforcement. But if it werenÕt for the apparent predisposition of Tooley to not fire at students Ñ several witnesses indicat¥ed that they had been easy targets Ñ this event could have easily eclipsed the tragedy at Virginia Tech in 2007. What is really the cause for our rela¥tive fortune? Have we confused the ef¥fectiveness of the UniversityÕs contin¥gency plan with the apparent desire of Tooley not to harm anyone? To be clear, the University alert sys¥tem and the quick reactions of the po¥lice were swift and effective. And cer¥tainly, thereÕs only so prepared a uni¥versity can be for an event like this. But ultimately the student and faculty response was uncoordinated and un¥derwhelming. When left to our own logic about what to do, we continued class, loi¥tered in hallways, opened doors for strangers, were loud and even pro¥claimed our specific whereabouts on¥line. Next time Ñ and letÕs hope there is no next time Ñ the University should provide students and faculty with a plan of their own while the police car¥ry out theirs. Curl is an advertising graduate student. Doug Luippold Dave Player THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY THE FIRING LINE DonÕt demonize Tooley I want to extend my deepest sym¥ pathies to the family and friends of Colton Tooley. Our hearts go out to you for your loss. I also want to register my apprecia¥ tion to The Daily Texan staff for its reporting of TuesdayÕs events; Collin EatonÕs feature on Tooley was espe¥ cially thoughtful. However, the salacious headline of the Wednesday edition, ÒGunman terrorizes campus,Ó was nothing but a perverse characterization of a tragedy in which a young man lost his life. That kind of sensationalism is deplor¥ able in any publication, but it was especially insensitive to the grief of TooleyÕs loved ones and, in light of the gravity of what happened Tuesday, was completely unacceptable. Perhaps referring to Tooley as a ÒshooterÓ or ÒgunmanÓ makes it easier for the UT community to ignore the fact that he was one of our own. But he was only Òthe armed suspectÓ for one morning; for the rest of his life, as Eaton reported, he was like any other student, remembered warmly by teachers and classmates as Òbrilliant,Ó Òrespectful,Ó and Òhelpful.Ó Those close to Tooley are undoubt¥ edly hurting right now. Many who witnessed the shooting are also dis¥ tressed by the experience. However, itÕs an insult to them and to TooleyÕs memory for us to use language that demonizes a young man the vast majority of us never knew. As we con¥ template the recent events, we should ask ourselves who the real victim is. This tragedy calls all of us to ensure that nobody else at UT ever Òfalls through the cracks,Ó as John Woods says in the article on counseling ser¥ vices, again. On a campus of this size, itÕs easy not to notice thousands of people until crisis strikes. But itÕs also our responsibility as Longhorns to care for each member of our community. Ñ Merrit Martin Spanish and religious studies senior A conversation about suicide TuesdayÕs tragic incident has been misclassified as a school shooting. The perpetrator and victim, a single indi¥ vidual, apparently worked to avoid inflicting physical harm on fellow Longhorns; he reserved the violence for himself. Our campus bore witness not to a shooting but to an extremely public and immensely painful suicide. Yet the most stunning aspect of the discourse over TuesdayÕs tragedy is the lack of any meaningful discussion of suicide. We fixate on school shoot¥ ings because they are rare, but we fail to give similar attention to suicide because it is so incredibly common on college campuses. Have we already forgotten that last week was Suicide Prevention Week at UT? Suicide is a much greater threat to persons of college age than homi¥cide. UT, for example, has seen only two homicides perpetrated over the last 30 years. Contrast that statistic to the six suicides over the last 12 months. Tellingly, even the two mur¥ders Ñ which were perpetrated by a single individual Ñ ended in suicide. Typically, UT experiences only three or four per year. Yet the bulk of the discussion cen¥tered on whether or not we should arm students to protect against school shootings. This is a complete non sequitur given the nature of TuesdayÕs tragedy. ÒQuick! Shoot him! Before he kills himself!Ó Is this really our best plan? Coincidentally, Tuesday also saw a talk by John Lott, the author of ÒMore Guns, Less Crime.Ó I suggest modifying the title: ÒMore Guns, More Suicides.Ó Fully half of all firearms deaths in the United States are sui¥cides, and 80 to 90 percent of suicide attempts with firearms are successful. Compare this to drug overdose, which is only successful 30 to 40 percent of the time. The campus gun ban plays a role. Firearms are responsible for far more suicides among college-age non-stu¥dents than among college-age students Ñ a fact which is partially attributed to the lack of handguns on college campuses. Indeed, social scientists use suicide rates as a proxy for household handgun ownership rates because the correlation is so very strong. Instead of pushing for barely trained students to carry guns, letÕs talk about how we can keep firearms out of the hands of those who are struggling. LetÕs talk about getting them access to counseling. I submit to the readers that arming oneself is about restoring a feeling of control in an uncontrollable world. We felt out of control on Tuesday, and it was painful. We want that control back. But is arming oneself truly going to give us control or just the illusion of control? We can at least admit that more guns could not have saved Colton TooleyÕs life that day. So letÕs have an honest conversation about suicide. Ñ John Woods Cell and molecular biology graduate student Forming educated conclusions It is obvious that Professor Barrish performed little or no research on the subject of concealed carry in his Firing Line, and his dogmatic conclusions show it. If he attended our Concealed Handgun License (CHL) class on campus that was held last semester or performed even superficial research on the CHL training curriculum, he would realize that we are taught not to Òwave our gun aroundÓ or act like vigilantes. We are only legally allowed to show and use deadly force if there is an immediate threat to our own life. In addition, police officers are trained for situations involving CHL holders caught in a defensive shooting sce¥nario. I find it very weird and disturb¥ing that, at the time of the shooting, Professor Barrish chose to put politics and his fear of law-abiding CHL hold¥ers ahead of his concern for the safety of his students. He was more afraid of people who werenÕt there than the gunman who was. Since we are on the topic of campus carry, I urge students and faculty to do their research and know their facts before participating in any discussion about this topic. There are numerous non-partisan resources at your dis¥posal, including the Texas DPS annual reports on CHL conviction rates and the FBIÕs Uniform Crime Reports. Read the arguments and supporting evidence put forth by both sides of the debate, and then develop an informed opinion based on that. Go sit in a CHL class. Attend a Students for Concealed Carry on Campus meeting as well as a Students for Gun-Free Schools meet¥ing. Any educated conclusion will help facilitate dialogue on this sensitive issue and is better than one formed by emotional sensationalism. Ñ Jeff Shi President, UT Students for Concealed Carry on Campus Computer science senior Put aside our egos I was invited to a Facebook event: ÒHelp us thank the UT and Austin Police forces.Ó This effort, backed by Student Government, is working to put together gift baskets and thank¥you cards for the officers to thank them for their actions on Tuesday. I immediately responded Ònot attend¥ing.Ó IÕll give it an A for effort but nothing more. In light of what actually happened Tuesday, I think gift baskets and thank you cards are a waste of studentsÕ and officersÕ time. I was not with the officers that morning, and while IÕm sure they were all working very hard, things could have been done better. Shuttle buses continued to bring students to campus. The first text message inform¥ing students that there was an armed gunman on campus was sent 15 min¥utes after shots were fired. ÒGuard sta¥tionsÓ were unmanned, and a young man was able to carry an AK-47 to one of the busiest parts of campus by foot. That should not have happened. So you want to make a difference? Well, instead of baking cookies and drawing happy faces on cards, how about this: Work with UTPD and APD to improve protocols so that if some¥thing like this (or worse) were to hap¥pen again, we can actually save lives by avoiding some of the problems we saw on Tuesday. We are all very fortunate that the intention was not to hurt or kill UT students, but that may not always be the case. So, if we care about this University, we (students and UTPD) will have to put aside our egos and our need for the warm and fuzzy feelings that come with this kind of acknowledgment in order to look at how we could have responded better. Ñ Rachel Brenner Biology senior LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Ed¥itorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Friday, October 1, 2010 NEWS SWING: Students hear of club only through word of mouth From page 1 Lessons on Saturday, Hey,Õ but weÕre a little unsure of what the ÔHÕ actually stands for,Ó said Can¥dace Tzeng, accounting junior and S.L.O.S.H. teacher. S.L.O.S.H. does not publicize its gatherings with fliers on campus. Students simply find out about the event through word of mouth. S.L.O.S.H. is not a registered campus organization. Tzeng start¥ed the group to improve her ball¥room skills, along with several oth¥er UT students. Student leaders with ballroom dancing experience teach a differ¥ent dance each week. ÒWe rotate between two leaders at a time and cater to what students are learning in their ballroom class¥es that week,Ó said electrical engi¥neering junior Gabriel Mok. ÒWeÕll also ask what dance kids want to learn and go from there.Ó Before Mok and several other UT students joined the group, the pri¥mary dance was the Lindy Hop. Now, she said, S.L.O.S.H. teach¥es social dances in general, includ¥ing swing, jitterbug, waltz, tango, country one-step and two-step and some salsa. After the one-hour lesson, stu¥dents are free to dance and go as they please. Sometimes dancing lasts until 2 a.m. ÒItÕs fun to meet people through dance Ñ encouraging people to get through the initial awkwardness is a fun experience,Ó Tzeng said. ÒYou dance with the same people and af¥ter a while get more comfortable.Ó Advertising sophomore Melissa Lim became interested in ballroom dancing through S.L.O.S.H. After nearly a year and a half of attend¥ing dance sessions, she decided to take the Social Dance class offered by UT. Lim tries to take advantage of the gathering by brushing up on recently learned dances. ÒOn regular days, I like to come and meet more people and learn new stuff, just hang out with my friends and enjoy social dancing,Ó Lim said. ÒBut on days like this, itÕs to review for an upcoming ball¥room test.Ó The goal of the group is to make social dancing fun and for students to meet new people in a safe envi¥ronment, Tzeng said. After the initial lesson period ends, S.L.O.S.H. alternates classic music with mainstream hits. As Lil Wayne plays across campus just minutes away from the Fireplace Lounge, the stu¥dents of S.L.O.S.H. are too busy listening to ÒSanta LuciaÓ by Perry Como to give Weezy a sec¥ond thought. WHAT: S.L.O.S.H. dance group WHERE: Saturdays at 9 p.m. WHEN: The Fireplace Lounge in the basement of Jester West Conference covers Cold War culture By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff U.S. policy was not the direct cause of the end of communist regimes, but it contributed to the atmosphere that brought an end to it, former State Depart¥ment official Robert Hutchings said Thursday night. Hutchings, the former chair¥man of the National Intelli¥gence Council and National Security Council director for European Affairs from 1989 to 1992, gave the first keynote speech for ÒCold War Cultures: Interdisciplinary and Transna¥tional Perspectives,Ó a four¥day conference of academics and government officials from across the country this week. His speech, ÒAmerican Di¥plomacy and the End of the Cold War,Ó focused on Amer¥ican Cold War policy un¥der former President George H.W. Bush, who he served un¥der in the State Department. Throughout his presentation, he displayed many documents, diary entries and dialogues. ÒAmerican diplomacy act¥ed right,Ó he said. ÒIt hasnÕt al¥ways been that way.Ó Hutchings said that for¥mer Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev mistakenly believed that domestic reforms opening up more freedom in the 1980s would keep Commu¥nist rule strong. But Hutchings showed a dia¥ry entry from May 1989 by Ana¥toly Chernyaev, a former top Gorbachev adviser, that said, Òhe [Gorbachev] has no concept of where we are going.Ó ÒHe [Gorbachev] never saw the disillusion of Communist rule Ñ he only saw the invigora¥tion of Communist rule,Ó Hutch¥ings said. ÒWe felt we could play a certain role in pushing history along that course.Ó He said the United States began the process of democratization in the Soviet Union with a Òstep-by¥step gradual approach.Ó That carefully thought-out plan did not happen. ÒUnited States policy did not cause these developments but did create an atmosphere that encouraged peaceful revolu¥tion,Ó Hutchings said. Other keynote speakers at the conference include Middle Eastern studies expert Muhsin Jassim Al-Musawi from Co¥lumbia University, Latin Amer¥ican expert Greg Grandin from New York University and Uni¥versity of Chicago anthropolo¥gist John D. Kelly. Mary Neuburger, director of the department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, said Cold War architec¥ture, art, film and hockey will all be discussed at the conference. ÒThe fact is that the Cold War was not just about the United States and Soviet Union,Ó she said. ÒPeo¥ple are coming to this conference from all corners of the world.Ó ÔChican@Õ lecturer defies social norms By Yvonne Marquez Daily Texan Staff When Amanda Gray, a Mexi¥can American studies graduate student, asked her University of Wisconsin professors to review her graduate school application, she didnÕt understand why they advised her to change the word Òchican@Ó on her application. She was part of the ÒChi¥can@ and Latin@ StudiesÓ cer¥tificate program at the Univer¥sity of Wisconsin from 2000 to 2004, the only program in the U.S. to use the ÒatÓ sign in its name. Even though the sym¥bol was in the name of the pro¥gram, GrayÕs sociology profes¥sor thought it was a typo. Gray said she believes the ÒatÓ sign in Òchican@Ó repre¥sents all facets of the commu¥nity Ñ including all ages, gen¥ders and sexualities. Gray was in attendance Thursday as San¥dra Soto read portions from her newest book, ÒReading Chi¥can@ Like a Queer: The De-Mastery of Desire.Ó Soto, a womenÕs studies pro¥fessor at the University of Ari¥zona, said she wants the word Òchican@Ó to be more than just shorthand for Chicana and Chi¥cano. She wants the word to catch peopleÕs attention. ÒThe ethnic signifiers ÔChi¥cana,Õ ÔChicanoÕ and ÔChicana/o;Õ when they are used as nouns and not adjectives, announce a politicized identity embraced by a man or a woman of Mexican descent who lives in the United States and who wants to forge a connection to a collective identi¥ty politics,Ó Soto said. ÒI like the way the non-alphabetic symbol for ÔatÕ disrupts our desire for intelligibility, our desire for a quick and certain visual register of a gendered body the split sec¥ond we see or hear the term.Ó Gray said she eventually left the term Òchican@Ó as it ap¥peared in her program in her applications. She said it was important to keep it that way. ÒNames matter and the way people identify themselves and people identify others matters,Ó she said. ÒIt matters how peo¥ple view themselves and peo¥ple like them or not like them.Ó Emmet Campos, a curriculum and instruction graduate student, said he attended SotoÕs lecture because she is actively involved in the Chicano community. ÒThe kind of active scholars that I would like to see are the ones in¥volved in the community,Ó Cam¥pos said. ÒI really like that Sandy is involved in Arizona with the anti-immigration laws.Ó During her lecture, Soto also spoke about queer theory and embracing the word ÒqueerÓ in society. ÒThe point of queer theo¥ry is it gives us a tool for un¥derstanding how and why the norms of all sorts [are] pro¥duced and managed,Ó she said. COMICS Friday, October 1, 2010 Friday, October 1, 2010 LIFE&ARTS ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. 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ÒAfter the coach recruited us [for Team Texas] my mom would bring us down to Austin and we would climb around here.Ó Corcoran has been competing FACEBOOK: Actor commits self to part of both Harvard twins From page 10 end race at this yearÕs Henley Re¥gatta that had 350,000 spectators. ÒWhich was insane,Ó Hammer said. ÒWe had two takes to get that, like two chances and that was it.Ó After spending eight months try¥ing to think like the Winklevoss brothers, when he met them, he said it was surreal to realize how well he knew them. Hammer and the rest of the cast did not get to meet the char¥acters they were playing during production. Although the cast wanted to, especially since it is not often that actors get to meet the person they are portraying, Hammer said, it impressed on them that this story belonged to Fincher and Sorkin. This does not go to say that ÒThe Social NetworkÓ holds no truth or since she began climbing in the fifth grade. She qualified for the European Youth Cup in France her junior year of high school and missed five days of class in Septem¥ber to compete in the Youth World Rock Climbing Championships in Scotland. ÒI still remember when Caro¥line won her very first regional championship and I thought she was a rock star for that,Ó said Will Butcher, a fellow Team Texas mem¥ber and a Plan II freshman. ÒNow, sheÕs had the amazing opportunity to represent the U.S. in Scotland at the Youth World Championships.Ó To qualify for the champion¥ships, Corcoran had to place in the top bracket of regionals and di¥visionals in Dallas and then be at least fourth at nationals in Atlanta. Yet even with daily practices and international competition, she has somehow made sure not to fall be¥hind in any of her classes. ÒI did homework on both flights and when I was there,Ó Corc¥oran said. ÒI was technically gone is entirely fictional. According to production notes about the film¥makerÕs approach, Sorkin had a number of first-person conversa¥tions with many of the characters portrayed in the film. Those were invaluable, Sorkin said, as well as ZuckerbergÕs college blog, The Hardvard Crimson newspaper and MezrichÕs book. The crew also went out of their way to create a sense of authen¥for 10 days, but I only missed five days of school. So thatÕs a pretty good ratio.Ó At championships Corcoran competed in speed climbing, where the objective is to climb the wall faster than the opponent and hit the laser at the top of the wall. To get herself competition ready, she had a cross-training regimen and was encouraged to run, take yoga and climb five days a week for four to five hours each day while remain¥ing in a healthy state of mind. ÒSheÕs always the one whoÕs the most enthusiastic just to be with,Ó Butcher said. ÒShe always sup¥ports her friends even when sheÕs not competing.Ó In addition to speed climbing, Corcoran also loves to compete in bouldering, a low-to-the-ground climb without a harness or grip. It is as dangerous as it sounds and was the source of her only signif¥icant injury while climbing, a bro¥ken ankle. ÒI basically just slipped off the wall and my ankle went between the two big crash pads we always ticity, said Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Zuckerberg. Besides look¥ing at countless videos, interviews and pictures, Eisenberg also prac¥ticed speaking quickly, learned a programming language and how to fence. It is through objectivity, SorkinÕs magnificent, spellbinding dialogue and humanistic characters that re¥ally make ÒThe Social NetworkÓ a masterpiece. have on the ground,Ó Corcoran said. ÒI ended up missing boulder¥ing nationals because of the two¥and-a-half month recovery from my ankle.Ó Despite the danger, sheÕs long de¥termined climbing is worth the risk and over the years has even made the transition from being just one of the kids on the team to becoming a leader and taking on the role of junior guide on the four-week-long summer trip that the team takes ev¥ery year to postcard destinations. ÒThe Wyoming Wild Iris trip was my favorite view,Ó Corcoran said. ÒItÕs absolutely gorgeous. There are snowcapped mountains and green valleys. ItÕs the most stunning place IÕve ever seen.Ó SheÕs traveled all over the coun¥try, been to Europe twice for com¥petition and has climbed the wall at Gregory Gym, but whereÕs the fear factor? ÒClimbing is as much mental as it is physical,Ó Corcoran said. ÒFear has never played a role in it for me. You just always have to keep your composure on the wall.Ó Gruesome horror flick plays unrated at AMC By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff In writer-director Adam GreenÕs fourth film, ÒHatchet II,Ó which hits AMC theaters today, hopeful horror icon Vic¥tor Crowley (Kane Hodder) saws, disembowels and decap¥itates his way through a group of hunters sent into his swamp to kill him. The Daily Texan inter¥viewed Green about the film before ÒHatchet IIÕsÓ North American premiere. One of the biggest differenc¥es from the original film is the recasted character of Mary¥beth, with Danielle Harris fill¥ing Tamara FeldmanÕs shoes in the sequel. Green was torn be¥tween casting Harris or Feld¥man in the original film, but went with Feldman because of HarrisÕ prolific horror career, he said. Harris has appeared in four ÒHalloweenÓ films, in¥cluding both of Rob ZombieÕs remakes, and has a starring role in Stake Land, another film that caused waves at Fantastic Fest this year. ÒIf I stacked [ÒHatchetÓ] with horror cameos, no one would take it seriously,Ó Green said about the original film. After Feldman dropped out of the sequel, Green was ner¥vous but thought the gamble of recasting Harris was worth¥while in the end. ÒNormally, if you recast a pre-established character with somebody new, the audience turns on you. When we said we were recasting Tamara, there was a lot of grumbling online,Ó he said. ÒItÕs actually made the whole movie better because of it.Ó Green had other ways of dis¥tinguishing the sequel from the original, however. ÒThe story is a big part of that. It was set up before we made ÔHatchet,Õ so we already knew where it was going and what was going to happen. We purposely held certain infor¥mation back in ÔHatchet,Õ and were able to really kind of take everything we did in ÔHatch¥etÕ and do it better. The kills in this one are even more ex¥travagant than in the first one. In ÔHatchet,Õ there were sev¥en onscreen deaths. In ÔHatch¥et II,Õ thereÕs 17,Ó Green said, grinning mischievously. The deformed murderer Vic¥tor Crowley was conceived by Green at summer camp when he was 8. ÒThe counselors said, ÔStay away from this one cabin or else Hatchet-face will get you.Õ I was totally excited, asking, ÔWhoÕs Hatchet-face? WhatÕs he gonna do?Õ And they didnÕt have any answers. They just had this name ÔHatchet-face,ÕÓ Green recalled. ÒSo that night, the other kids in my cabin are asking ÔYou think Hatchet-face will get us?Õ And IÕm like, ÔYou know why they call him Hatch¥et-face? HeÕs this deformed man who lives in this house and ON THE WEB: they were Read a review of throwing ÒHatchet IIÓ firecrack¥ers at it @dailytexan and the online.com door got lit on fire and his dad came home and was chop¥ping through the door and he hit him in the face. Now if you guys listen, you can hear him. HeÕs screaming in the woods for his dad.Õ All the other kids started crying.Ó Both films in the franchise have struggled with the Mo¥tion Picture Association of America ratings board. Green went to court over the restric¥tive NC-17 rating the original received, and he decided to re¥lease the sequel straight-to-vid¥eo after receiving another NC¥17, even after cutting out two full minutes of violence. For¥tunately, distributor Dark Sky screened the film for the AMC Theatres chain, which agreed to release the film unrated across the country, the first unrat¥ed release since 1985Õs ÒDay of the Dead.Ó ÒIf this movie performs well next weekend, this could change everything for the way movies are released,Ó Green said. ÒOther people will start doing this.Ó ÕUP tion visit Careers at con¥bros.com or visit http:// POTENTIAL PARALEGAL Texas 77010-1028. sumerinsuranceadvi¥www.garrisonbros.com/ to $500 Rebate or FREE Move credit! 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Facebook, popularly defined as a Òsocial networkÓ where more than 500 million people spend countless hours a day clicking, typing and re¥freshing in order to be updated on their friendsÕ whereabouts, has a complex backstory. Unraveling the drama, the sci¥ence and the humanity of it all, di¥rector David Fincher (Fight Club) and writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) tell the story of Facebook in three interwoven narratives in ÒThe Social Network.Ó Inspired by the novel ÒThe Accidental BillionairesÓ by Ben Mezrich, ÒThe Social Net¥workÓ is told in the perspectives of Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), who is Zuck¥erbergÕs best friend-turned-enemy, and Cameron and Tyler Winkle¥voss (Armie Hammer), twin broth¥ers who claim they are the original creators of Facebook. Ultimately though, ÒThe So¥cial NetworkÓ is what Sorkin be¥lieves happened the night in Octo¥ber 2003, when Zuckerberg created the prequel to Facebook, Facemash, and what transpired after Ñ a tri¥al, where the present-day perspec¥tive in the movie takes place, flash¥ing back to the conflicts that arose along the way. Armie Hammer, who, through CGI technology, plays twin broth¥ers Cameron and Tyler Winkle¥voss, said being a part of the ÒThe Social NetworkÓ was surreal for him. Not only did he get to be in a David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin movie, he said, but he also got to play two parts in a David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin movie. ÒIt was like Christmas when I got the call,Ó he said. Though the brothers share the trait of aristocratic blue bloods, they are distinctively different and Hammer wanted that to be shown, he said. Cameron adheres to the code of chivalry and believes in behaving like a gentleman. Tyler, on the other side, is more of the modern man who wants to fly off the handle and fight those who are wrong. It was a process trying to come up with a way to make both of these guys human, Hammer said. ÒIt would be easy to kind of car¥icature the Winklevoss twins and turn them into the big, blond jocks who are picking on Mark Zucker¥berg, but these guys are alive and we owe them respect; we didnÕt want to do any harm to their por¥trayal. Plus, they are Olympic row¥ers and they are bigger than me,Ó he adds, laughing. To prepare for the roles, Ham¥mer spent eight months rowing, memorizing HarvardÕs Code of Ethics and researching the twinÕs early life in Connecticut. Hammer began rowing at 4 a.m. the morn¥ing after he got casted, he said. And the final rowing shot was the actual FACEBOOK continues on page 9 HEALTHY HOOK By Addie Anderson ItÕs hard to figure out the right kind of exercise when thereÕs so much information being thrown around, like, Òcardio is the way to stay fit,Ó or, Òweight training will give you the muscles you want.Ó The gym may also seem intimidat¥ing to those who donÕt go regularly or to those who just stick to work¥ing out one body part. Both males and females should be doing three cardio and two re¥sistance training work outs each week, according to the Fitness In¥stitute of Texas, or FIT, and the U.S. Department of Health and Hu¥man Services. Cardio or aerobic exercise can include walking, bik¥ing, running or other activities that get your heart rate up. Resistance or weight training can be lifting weights, doing push-ups or oth¥er muscle-strengthening activities. The combination of the two will keep your heart, skeletal muscles and bones healthy. ÒCardio is going to be better for developing fitness of the heart and blood vessels Ñ cardiovascu¥lar, obviously Ñ and it will expend more calories than weight lift¥ing,Ó said Edward Coyle, a profes¥sor of kinesiology and health edu¥cation at the UT. ÒWeight lifting is going to build muscle. Sometimes that helps when people have mis¥alignments in their body and they need to strengthen certain areas. So thereÕs a therapeutic aspect of weight training.Ó Classes, work and other com¥mitments make it hard to fit ev¥erything into each day, especially exercise. However, habits can be formed in less than a month, and getting into the habit of exercising while in college can benefit you for the rest of your life. ÒCollege students, youÕre on your way to the real world,Ó Coyle said. ÒThe time pressures that you have in college are time pressures youÕll have when you get a nine to five job or whatever job you will have,Ó said Phil Stanforth, director of FIT and a kinesiology and health education professor at UT, adding that if you have little time to work out, the most effective way to train is more intensely. Do exercises that involve large muscle mass. ÒIf you have limited time, go harder than you normally would,Ó said Mark Faries, a graduate re¥search assistant at the FIT. ÒWalk faster, run faster, pick an uphill run, increase the resistance ramp on your elliptical trainer, give your¥self less rest during your resistance training sets.Ó If your goal for a healthier body includes losing some weight, your diet and exercise schedule are key. Coyle said the best thing for weight loss is eating fewer calories than you normally do. Lower calorie di¥ets are more effective than simply exercising when it comes to weight loss, but exercise helps. He sug¥gests more cardio exercise to those wanting to lose weight because in one hour, you might be able to burn 600 to 900 calories. Lifting weights, you might be able to burn 200 to 300 calories in an hour. Each individual is very differ¥ent and an exercise that may be en¥joyable and work for some may not be the right exercise for you. Find what you like to do in weight training and cardio exercise and then youÕll be more likely to stick to your fitness goals. But donÕt give up after a first or second work out. ÒFor the average person, sta¥tionary bicycling burns the quads so much, you feel the burning in your thigh muscles and that limits how hard you can go,Ó Coyle said. ÒIf you take some spin classes, that will quickly get your muscles into better shape so you can handle a bicycle workout.Ó Also remember to consult a doc¥tor if youÕre drastically changing your activity level and diet. Each individual is different in metabo¥lism and fitness level, so getting a doctorÕs input will set you on the right track. Or, head to FIT. The FIT staff can run multiple tests to help clients meet fitness goals. ÒOur prescriptions to our FIT cli¥ents are very specific to their needs and environmental situations,Ó Faries said. ÒWe are trying to match each personÕs goal to a tangible set of exercise and dietary behaviors very specific for that goal.Ó Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SPORTS Friday, October 1, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN VOLLEYBALL Horns look to end road skid in Lincoln By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff Texas travels to Nebraska to take on the No. 3 Cornhuskers on Saturday in a matchup of the top two teams in the Big 12. The No. 13 Longhorns will look to improve their 1-3 record away from the friendly confines of Greg¥ory Gymnasium as they take on a Cornhusker squad that is 13-1 over¥all and undefeated in the Big 12. Texas will take the court in Lincoln fresh off an upset at home against No. 9 Iowa State on Wednesday. Senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday. She was instrumental in the LonghornsÕ victory on Wednesday and played a solid game all around, finish¥ing with 13 kills and a team-high 11 digs. Freshman libero and defensive specialist Sarah Palmer also had 11 digs in the win over Iowa State as she came off the bench. ÒThe girls were confident and trusted me throughout the game,Ó Palmer said. ÒThat reassurance helped me a lot, knowing that I could step in and do the job.Ó The team has talked about be¥ing able to rebound from adver¥sity and have shown growth in that area of the game over the past week. ÒGrowth is what this is about. ThereÕs a lot of teams that are in our same boat,Ó said head coach Jerritt Elliott. ÒItÕs important for us to learn how to create that charac- TENNIS Amanda Martin | Daily Texan Staff Juliann Faucette sets the ball over the net. Faucette and the Longhorns will face a tough No. 3 Nebraska team in Lincoln this weekend. Last year, Texas controlled the series 3-0, but the Longhorns have played poorly on the road this year, especially against top five opponents. ter and that team dynamic that we victory over Missouri and bat¥can apply all the time.Ó tled back to win the last two The Longhorns ended a three-sets of WednesdayÕs 3-2 upset of match road losing streak with a Iowa State. Texas heads west for prequalifying rounds of ITA By Alex Endress Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns look to build on the success that they had last weekend in the UNLV Fall Invita¥tional this Saturday, when they will compete in the prequalifying rounds of the ITA All-American Tennis Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Last week, six players pushed to the final rounds of their respective events, three of whom bringing home the title. Seniors Amanda Crad¥dock, Maggie Mello and Caroline Larsson, junior Krista Damico, sophomore Aeriel Ellis and fresh¥men Cierra Gaytan-Leach will attempt to mimic that performance this weekend. According to head coach Patty Fendick-Mc-Cain, this is the Òfirst huge national eventÓ for the Longhorns. ÒThe main draw has returning All-Americans. The winner of this tournament gets an automatic berth into the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoors later this fall, so itÕs a pretty big tournament,Ó Fen-dick-McCain said. ÒIn the qualifying draw, it is al¥most exclusively nationally ranked players, and the main draw is mostly All-Americans and other highly ranked players.Ó Great things are expected from Ellis, who finds herself on alternate lists for the main singles draw and also qualifying doubles. ÒAeriel came back a little older and wiser, and she is much more mature as a tennis player. She played well at Duke and only played doubles last weekend. She didnÕt get to play a lot of doubles before she came to college, so more is better for her,Ó Fendick-McCain said. Mello will be competing with Ellis in the dou¥bles event this weekend. However, despite Mel- Amanda Martin | Daily Texan Staff Senior Amanda Craddock tosses the ball in the air as she prepares to serve. loÕs worthy numbers from last yearÕs ITA All-American event, she remains excluded from the singles draw. ÒMaggie had solid enough results from last year to get into the prequalifying singles draw, but she did not get in. She has been good in doubles and was very good with Caroline Larsson at Duke. Every cloud has a silver lining and it will be great for Maggie to go play doubles with Aeriel.Ó Damico, who advanced all the way to the semi¥finals of her flight one singles event last weekend in the UNLV tournament, will be playing in the ITA continues on page 7 SOCCER UT tries to find scoring identity Top Horizon League team primed for upset against tough Texas defense By Jon Parrett Daily Texan Staff Texas (6-2-2, 0-1-1 Big 12) will look to remain undefeated at home when they host Mil¥waukee-Wisconsin (6-3-2, 2-0 Horizon) tonight. The Long¥horns will then look to notch their first Big 12 win on Sun¥day when they travel to Law¥rence, Kan., to face Kansas. Though the Horizon League is not as competitive as the Big 12, Milwaukee-Wisconsin is its top team and already has two road wins against Big 12 teams Ñ the Panthers beat Missouri and Kansas two weeks ago. They also have wins against Ohio State and Michigan State, so the Long¥horns will need to be on their game tonight to avoid an up¥set. Panther forward Sar¥ah Hagen leads the Horizon League with seven goals and will be a tough matchup for the Longhorn defense. Texas transitions from a home game tonight to a road game on Sunday, a first for the Longhorns this season. Kansas currently sits at the bottom of the Big 12, going 0-2 in their opening weekend, UPSET continues on page 7 Texas will look to rebound ranked in the top five and will from early season troubles against have their work cut out for them top five competition. The Long¥horns are 0-3 against teams ROAD continues on page 7 MenÕs team prepares for full weekend ahead Rice tournament features regional foes, while Tulsa showcases best of best By Wes Maulsby Daily Texan Staff Texas is entering the third week of the young 2010 season, and with it, they will be par¥ticipating in both the Rice Fall Tennis Classic on RiceÕs cam¥pus in Houston and the Inter¥collegiate Tennis Association All-American Championship. The Rice Fall Tennis Clas¥sic will feature teams and play¥ers from Rice, LSU, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas-Arling¥ton. Beginning on Saturday, the ITA All-American Champion¥ship will be the first of three na¥tional championship events of the season, with the other two being the ITA National Intercol¥legiate Indoors Championship and the NCAA Championships this spring. For some players, this will be a return to the spotlight as they con¥tinue their pursuit of a champi¥onship and for others this will be their first shot at glory. Texas will have David Holiner, Ben Chen, Alex Hilliard, Daniel Whitehead, Chris Camillone and Sudanwa WEEKEND continues on page 7 Bobby Longoria| Daily Texan file photo Vasko Mladenov stretches out to return a ball in a match earlier in the season. Jeff Heimsath | Daily Texan file photo Erica Campanelli clears a ball during a game against Iowa State last season. Campanelli and company are looking for their first Big 12 victory this weekend. SIDELINE FOOTBALL 38 35 JOKE OF THE WEEK: An amateur golfer is one who addresses the ball twice: once before swinging and once again after swinging. SPORTS BRIEFLY WomenÕs coach among first class to be inducted into Hall of Fame Texas womenÕs golf coach Martha Richards was announced among the first class of women to be induct¥ed into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. Though she coaches golf, Rich¥ards started her athletic career as a basketball player in the second grade. She quickly rose among the ranks of her peers and even held her own against the boys in the gym. She had a stellar high school career where she still holds the schoolÕs scoring record -- for both girls and boys --with 2,038 points. Richards was given the 1988 Wis¥consin Miss Basketball award, and was also one of just five named to the USA Today All-USA high school girlÕs team. She later went to Stanford Uni¥versity where she was a two-sport athlete in golf and basketball. Her golf presence at Stanford was ap¥preciated as she led her team in countless tournaments, and when it was all said an done, Richards was named to the Pac-10 All-Decade Golf Team for the 1990s. On top of that, she led the Cardinal to a 1990 NCAA basketball title. After college, Richards went on to dabble in a little bit of everything, from playing in the LPGA tour to coaching golf at Stanford, Vander¥bilt and Texas. She will officially be inducted into the Wisconsin Basket¥ball Coaches Hall of Fame later this month. Richards says basketball, like all sports, can teach individuals impor¥tance of hard-work. ÒThatÕs what growing up playing basketball teaches you -- if you real¥ly want something, itÕs got to come from the inside. You canÕt just put words to it,Ó Richards says. -Sameer Bhuchar Friday, October 1, 2010 SPORTS RIVALRY: Despite low ranking, Horns still optimistic after loss The UT Longhorn Band marches across the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during last yearÕs Red River Rivalry against OU. From page 1 the Longhorns through their first four tivation, especially from a team brand¥ games was a lack of passion not charac-ed with an ugly No. 21 ranking. The forward, especially after a particularly teristic of BrownÕs teams. In the second eighth-ranked Sooners are 4-0 and con¥rocky three days by TexasÕ standards. half of last SaturdayÕs loss, the bulk of fident that the Longhorns wonÕt even ÒWeeks after losses are tough for the Longhorns looked unenthusiastic come close. Well, the fan base is that coaches anyway and then you add the and uninterested in the game, with the confident at least. Brown always keeps tragic distraction of [Tuesday],Ó Brown exception of a few veteran leaders such his eyes peeled when riding the Long¥said. ÒIt was a long and tough day for us, as Sam Acho. hornÕs bus through the State Fair into but we try to pick the guys back up and But now that Texas has finally the stadium. go back to work.Ó reached the cornerstone Oklahoma ÒI used to look straight ahead and not The biggest thing that hampered matchup, donÕt expect any lack of mo-look, but now you kind of get entertained ITA : Junior Damico worked hard for chance to qualify From page 6 Craddock and Larsson will also be teamed up together in qualifying singles draw. prequalifying doubles. ÒKrista has become much Jana Juricova of the Universi¥more consistent. She has ty of California-Berkeley will be worked extreme-headlining this ly hard. IÕm hap-yearÕs tourna¥py she gets the ment. Last year chance to play in the ITA In¥in the qualify-doors tourna¥ing singles draw. The main draw ment, Juricova She earned that was able to de¥ has returning All¥ right from her ÔÔ feat Irina Fal- Americans.Ó play last year. coni (ITA Play¥ItÕs up to her to er of the Year) Ñ Patty Fendick¥ do something in the finals to with it and IÕm become CalÕs McCain excited for her to Head coach first ITA Na¥get a chance to tional Indoors be in that draw,Ó Champion. Fendick-McCa-She was also in said about her the runner-up junior talent. in the NCAA WomenÕs Sin- Damico is also scheduled to gles Championship, fall¥be in the prequalifying doubles ing to Chelsey Gullickson event with Gaytan-Leach. of Georgia. by the signs you see, and IÕm also includ¥ing hand signs,Ó Brown said. ÒYou get a lot of different stuff when youÕre coming through the stadium. I remember at the emergency room, they used to keep score of how many Texas and OU fans they would get that night.Ó Be safe, Longhorn fans, and as obnox¥ious as those OU fans might be, donÕt put any of them in the emergency rooms. For most of us, this weekend is all about opti¥mism and getting back to the pinnacle of most fall semesters Ñ the Red River Ri¥valry. Brown wears his feelings about this team on his sleeve, but with the beauty that will blanket a crowded Dallas, thereÕs no room for pessimism. ÒWe arenÕt as good right now as we wanted to be, but thatÕs part of the chal¥lenge of being a college football team,Ó Brown said. ÒWeÕve been spoiled, and now we have to work our way out.Ó FOOTBALL Matchups set for re-aligned Big 12 By Jordan Godwin Big 12 have plenty to complain Daily Texan Staff about in the scheduling of home 2011 Texas Football Schedule With Nebraska and Colora-and away games, the schedule is do bolting on the reshuffled Big very favorable to Texas. Oklaho¥12 Conference, scheduling is-ma could complain about con-Sept. 3 vs. Rice Oct. 22 at Baylor sues originally figured to be a secutive road trips to Oklahoma Sept. 10 vs. BYU Oct. 29 vs. Kansas major problem. State and Texas A&M, two of the But Big 12 Conference Com-toughest environments to play Sept. 17 at UCLA Nov. 5 vs. Texas Tech missioner Dan Beebe and his staff in. The Sooners make those same Sept. 24 vs. UCF Nov. 12 at Missouri pulled it off as schedules for the trips this season. 2011 football season were an-The same is true for Texas Tech, Oct. 1 at Iowa State Nov. 19 vs. Kansas State nounced Thursday. which will have to play consecu- Oct. 8 vs. Oklahoma in Dallas ÒNow that weÕve got the tran-tive games at Oklahoma, where sition issues resolved with the de-the Sooners are 67-2 since Bob parting institutions, we were able StoopsÕ arrival in 1999. to finalize the scheduling for-Oklahoma State has to play ference, there will be no confer-be different for the Big 12 since mat going forward,Ó Beebe said. Texas in Austin this season and ence championship. That game theyÕve all moved on,Ó said head ÒWe now have the opportuni-next season. One other noticeable has seen its controversy over the coach Mack Brown. ÒI know peo¥ty to continue positioning our-difference about the LonghornsÕ years on who gets in, particular-ple do make plans a year in ad¥selves as a 10-team conference schedule is the moving of the Tex-ly between Oklahoma and Tex-vance Ñ some of ours make going forward.Ó as A&M game from the typical as, but with the new round-robin them eight years in advance. But The 10 teams will play all nine Thanksgiving date to the Satur-style schedule, thereÕs supposed I know some of them have want¥of the other league games in a day following the holiday. to be a clear, outright winner of ed to know where weÕll be on the round-robin style schedule. While Next season, for the first time the conference. road next year so they can make other elite football schools in the in the history of the Big 12 Con-ÒNext year will obviously their plans.Ó WEEKEND: National ranking hinges on TexasÕ stars UPSET: Team looks for first conference win versus Kansas From page 6 Sitaram in Houston this weekend to play in the Rice Fall Tennis Clas¥sic. For Whitehead, this will be his first time to play since his semifi¥nal loss in the Racquet Club Clas¥sic in the first week of the season. Texas will have only freshmen and sophomores playing at Rice, so the Longhorns will have a very young and inexperienced team vying for the championship. ÒThis will give us a chance to watch them play and see what we need to continue to work on in their games,Ó said Texas head coach Michael Center about his young team heading into FridayÕs opening matches. The first real test of the season comes on Saturday and the old¥er players will be looking to make a statement on the national scene. Representing the Longhorns will be junior Jean Anderson, sopho¥more Vasko Mladenov and senior Ed Corrie. ÒHeÕs a top-10 caliber player,Ó Center said of Corrie, who is cur¥rently ranked as the 18th-best sin¥gles player in the nation by ITA. His doubles partner, Anderson, isnÕt too bad himself, and together, theyÕre also a top-25 caliber team. Anderson and Mladenov will have major parts on the team this season and it starts with this tournament in Tulsa, Okla. ÒWeÕll count on them this year. They both played key roles last year ... IÕm excited for all those guys. These tournaments are great opportunities,Ó Center said. Though it is still pretty early in the season, the stakes are already very high for the guys playing in the ITA Championship. This will be a major test to determine where the Longhorns stand nationally and how these players stack up to the top players in the nation. ROAD: Squad hopes to repeat 2009 streak against rival Cornhuskers From page 6 on the road Saturday against third-ranked Nebraska. ÒItÕs one of the toughest arenas to win at in the country,Ó Elliott said. ÒWhen you get to play in this kind of an environment, itÕs what makes being a part of this From page 6 but the long trip up to Law¥rence will make it harder for the Longhorns to come out with a win. ÒAny time you travel, you have to fight a little bit more adversity,Ó said senior defend¥er Erica Campanelli. ÒBut at least it beats last week when we had to travel twice.Ó The Longhorns failed to get a win in-conference last week, falling to Nebraska and tying Colorado, both on the road. The Texas offense struggled to connect passes through to their forwards, limiting their scoring chances in both games. Scoring has been a problem for Texas all season when they fail to get a lot of shots on goal Ñ theyÕre only 1-2-2 when theyÕve been out¥shot by their opponents. ÒWe really need to focus on coming out strong and play¥ing our brand of soccer,Ó Cam¥panelli said. ÒWe need to keep our composure and make them defend us more than we defend them.Ó Currently, the Longhorns are third to last in the Big 12, but that statistic is misleading as this young season has yet to give fans a sense of how com¥petitive the Big 12 is. Nonethe¥less, Texas also needs to play better away from Austin if they want to compete for the conference title. Texas is only 1-2-1 away from Mike A. My¥ers Stadium, but theyÕll have a great opportunity to bolster that road record this Sunday against a lesser Kansas team. program fun.Ó Texas was an impressive 3-0 against Nebraska in 2009, but the Cornhuskers circled this game on their schedule before the season and will be looking to flip the script on the Longhorns this time around. Elliott said it was an impor¥tant game in terms of Big 12 implications and the win over Iowa State was a big boost for the teamÕs confidence heading into Lincoln. Palmer said the team needs to play their game and stick togeth¥er Saturday to end NebraskaÕs 12-match winning streak. It is a long road ahead to get back to the glory days of the past few years, but Texas con¥trols its own destiny in the Big 12. However, if they fall to Ne¥braska on Saturday the Long¥horns will need some help from other teams to win their fourth¥straight conference title.