IIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 Taste the fall season SPORTS PAGE 12: L o n gh orn s know h ow to run T h e u a il y T exa n Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Serving the University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 www.da TOI H IVEATHCBt n Low % Fate of tier one schools in voters' I ids Budding research universities in Texas may receive increased funding following Nov. 3 election By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff When polls open in less than a month on Nov. 3, voters will de­ cide whether to amend the state constitution to increase the num­ ber of Texas national research or "tier one" universities. The p ro p ositio n , fourth on the list of 11, would give seven emerging tier one Texas univer­ sities — including UT-Dallas and UT-Arlington — access to $425 million which would help them eventually achieve tier one or na­ tional research university status. The proposition is based on a bill that was passed unanimously in the Texas House and Senate dur­ ing the 2009 legislative session. The money would come from the now-defunct Higher Educa­ tion Fund, created to provide an alternate source of funding for state colleges and universities not in the UT or Texas A&M Univer­ sity systems. The state legislature began depositing $50 million a year into the fund in 1996, but the amount decreased until the de­ posits stopped in 2004. The prop­ osition would reallocate the un­ used money from the Higher Ed­ ucation Fund into a new national research university fund. UT-Austin is already a tier one research university, so it would not be able to access any of the money from the national research university fund if the proposition passes. "(The proposition] would take a fund of about $500 million that was set up for schools that do not participate in the Permanent Uni­ versity Fund," said UT President William Powers Jr. "U T and Tex- a: tl re money from versify Fund." t U n iv ersity F .mount of mon­ ey the UT and A&M system earn from 2.1 million acres of land lo­ cated in West Texas. The land was allocated to the universities in the Texas Constitution. F U N D S ontinues on page 9 Safety week explodes onto scene Commission says Craddick contributions are unlawful By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Texans for Public Justice filed a complaint Mon­ day with the Texas Ethics Commission against a po­ litical action committee linked to former House Speak­ er Tom Craddick. The organization alleges that the PAC illegally dis­ tributed contributions funded by Craddick to three Democratic representatives in 2008. The Texas Jobs & Opportunity Build a Secure Fu­ ture Political Action Committee reported that it re­ ceived $250,000 from Craddick's campaign committee Jan. 10, 2008. The next day, three $50,000 checks were distributed to Democratic House Reps. Kevin Bailey, Kino Flores and Aaron Pena. Rep. Dawnna Dukes was also ottered a check but rejected the contribution. Craig McDonald, director of Texans for Public Justice, said the committee was obligated by this law to inform the Democratic representatives that CRADDICK continues on page 2 Students conduct study to test guilt of prison inmates By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff Four journalism students are working with law stu­ dents this semester to investigate claims by some in­ mates that they are innocent of the offenses for which they are incarcerated. Three print journalism students and one broadcast student are in the first independent study of its kind that allows them to work with law students already in­ volved with the Actual Innocence Clinic, the organiza­ tion affiliated with the law school that reviews claims of innocence. Together the students conduct research, interview witnesses and visit prison inmates to gather evidence that may prove an inmate's innocence. Journalism lecturer Kate Dawson and clinical journal­ ism professor Bill Minutaglio oversee the independent Week-long event pushes students to develop personal safety plan By H an n ah Jones Daily Texan Staff UT's Safety Week kicked off with fire safe­ ty Monday morning at the Speedway Pedes­ trian Plaza with members from UT Fire Pre­ vention Services providing fire basics aijd putting out a simulated grease fire. The U niversity's annual safety week was moved from the spring semester, as in pre­ vious years, to correspond with the National Fire and Crime Prevention Month. University fire safety specialists Roosevelt Easley, Francisco Gutierrez and Rick Trevi­ no helped with the fire sim ulation and an­ swered students' questions. "The biggest advantage is the hands-on part," Trevino said. "A lot of students have never used a fire extinguisher." U T PD O ffic e r D arrell H a lstea d , w ho helped Student Government coordinate safe­ ty week, emphasized students taking respon­ sibility for their own personal safety. "W hen it com es to safety, many students have an idea of what they need to do but do not have a p lan ," Halstead said. "Students need to develop a personal safety plan." Stu d ents who stopped by learned new facts on fire issues, including the anatomy of a fire and how to manage a fire in a high-rise building. "W e had a fire in our oven last w eek, and after talking to fire safety profession­ als, I found out we could have ju st closed the oven," said international business senior Stephanie Abma. Fire Prevention Services provides portable fire extinguisher training classes each month for students, who can sign up online with their UT EID. Sarah Watson, the campus safety director for Student G overnm ent who planned all four days of the events, said she wants to get students thinking about safety precautions, including mental and sexual health. "W e're looking at safety in a holistic view," Watson said. Safety week continues today with drunk driving, featuring a mock DWI collision in Speedw ay pedestrian m all. Stu dents can also participate in the STAR cart program in Awareness events prompt students io contemplate consequences o f AIDS By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff In preparation for Austin Red W eek/designed to bring attention to AIDS-related issues, the Student Services Building is displaying eight patches of the national AIDS Memo­ rial Quilt until Oct. 18. First created in 1987 by human rights activist Cleve Jones, the quilt is the largest community art project in the world, according to the AIDS Memorial Quilt Web site. The 45,000 6-by-3-foot patches travel around the globe to be displayed in presen­ tations and memorials. The last time all pieces of the quilt were displayed in one place was in 1996 at the Na­ tional Mall in Washington, D.C. Each patch is personally designed with messages such as "You were my inspiration" and "Just say no to polyester" and memorializes an in­ dividual who died of AIDS. X S AFE continues on page 2 S ociology assistant professor Sim one Brow ne learns to extinguish a fire with the help of safety specialist Francisco Gutierrez of Fire Prevention Services. A n n e -M a rie H u ff | Daily Texan Staff UT displays patches from AIDS quilt for Austin Red Week CLINIC continues on page 2 as Face AIDS Austin, plan to be in­ volved with Austin Red Week by spreading awareness and walking in AIDS Walk Austin on Oct. 18. Truong Lam, biology senior and the organi­ zation's public delations officer, said the message of the quilt is central to the work of Face AIDS. "The best way for people to ed­ ucate themselves is to see different mediums of how something is ex­ pressed," Lam said. "People know what AIDS is, but they don't know what it is that makes it so w ide­ spread. Tons of UT students are big on philanthropy, and they're always trying to figure out different avenues of opportunity to give back. Some­ thing like [the quilt] returns commu­ nity focus to the fact that it's impor­ tant to be aware of AIDS and how it impacts the world." This is not the first time UT has been involved w'ith the AIDS quilt. In 2002, Texas Zephyr Service Soror­ ity made three patches in memory of the older sister of one of its members, who died of the disease in 1995. Pandian said she hopes this dis­ play w ill encourage activism by AIDS continues on page 2 Mechanical m aintenance technician Jorge E. M o re no and technical trades assistant supervisor Andrew Stirton prepare to install a square of the national A ID S M em orial Quilt at the Student Services Building. Erik Reyna j Daily Texan Staff Foods Market are also featuring sec­ tions of the quilt. According to the AIDS Services of Austin's Web site, there are around 6,000 people in Austin living with AIDS. it is important for the University to take part in such a historic project. "U T was approached, and it be­ cam e [a Stu dent Services B uild ­ ing] thing," Pandian said. "I didn't know what to expect, but it's real­ ly moving." Some student organizations, such Several other sites around Austin including City Hall, the Long Center for the Performing Arts and Whole Prathiba Pandian, a biochemistry senior and president of the Student Health Advisory Committee, said r V : Edm arc H ed rick j Daily Texan Staff Adjunct professor and Director of Actual Innocence Clinic Larry F. York em phasizes to his students the com plications of exonerating inm ates Monday. N ews Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Up i n s m o k e CRADDICK: Earlier complaint says speaker violated statute From page 1 Craddick was the source of the money, but that this did not happen. Texas Election Code states that individuals or po­ litical committees are prohib­ ited from secretly distributing funds from other donors. The law states that any interm e­ diary must divulge the name of the original fund source to the recipient so that they may rep o rt it in their cam paign contributions. "Clearly Craddick and the Democrats themselves had a mo­ tive to hide that the Republican speaker was supporting these [Democrats," McDonald said. "He knew he was going to face a hard election in 2009 and so he wanted Democratic support... [The Dem­ ocrats] didn't want to give their opponents more am m unition by accepting Craddick's mon­ ey — therefore, they devised this scheme to hide the original source of the money." Texans for Public Justice first filed a complaint against Cradd­ ick in March 2008 stating that he was violating the speaker's stat­ ute, which dictates that contribu­ tions cannot be made to a speaker candidate, or any other person di­ rectly or indirectly related, to aid or defeat the election of a speak­ er candidate. The Travis County District At­ torney's office received the com­ plaint but did not prosecute Crad­ dick because the law was too loophole-ridden. "We looked at the situation again and we looked at the [com­ mittee] that Craddick gave mon­ ey to," McDonald said. "We think that the [committee] vio­ lated the law that said you can’t give a contribution in someone else's name." Craddick received criticism from Republicans and Demo­ crats alike in 2007 and 2008 re­ garding his alleged use of cam­ paign contributions to m ain­ tain control in the House. Sev­ eral motions to remove Cradd­ ick from office and elect a new speaker were made, but Cradd­ ick remained in office until his defeat in the 2009 election by Re­ publican Rep. Joe Straus. Certainly there was nothing sinister about it." — Roy M in to n Tom Craddick's lawyer McDonald said C raddick's daughter Christi Craddick, who handles C raddick's campaign committee, gave specific instruc­ tions to the committee to distrib­ ute funds to the four democratic representatives. Craddick's law­ yer Roy Minton said Christi mere­ ly suggested the four candidates. "Certainly there was nothing sinister about it," Minton said. "[Christi Craddick] gave it to [the committee] and had them consid­ er giving it to these four people. I am certain they were aware it was coming from Craddick... She han­ dled [his office] in the sense she took what it was and made tenta tive suggestions to her daddy and ran it by him, [but] 1 am not say­ ing he was oblivious to what was going on." He said the contributions were open to the public, and that it garnished lots of media attention. Minton said the contributions were entirely legal and that alle­ gations of inappropriate action are unfounded and have been augmented by journalists. "He appointed [the Democrats] as chairmen, and they worked together on what they were do­ ing and he was happy to support them," Minton said. Tim Sorrells, deputy general counsel for the Texas Ethics Com­ mission, said by law the commis­ sion is not allowed to speak on any complaints of the past or present nor are they allowed to acknowledge if a complaint has been filed. He said all that is able to be told are the open orders published on the commission's Web site. Sorrells said that within five business days the commission will announce whether they will accept or not accept the complaint. A letter will go out to the respon­ dent and the organization issuing the complaint and depending on the nature of the allegations, the respondent either has 10 or 25 business days to respond. "If a complaint is filed that al­ leges a violation, the commission can issue a civil penalty, but not criminal." Sorrells said. "The com­ mission will gather evidence and information [including informa­ tion] from the respondent...If there is no evidence, then [the commis­ sion] can dismiss the complaint." T h e D a i l y T e x a n Volume 110, Number 85 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512)471-4591 Editor: Jillian Sheridan (512) 232 2212 editor@daityt0 fanonline.com Managing Editor: Stephen Keller (512)232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexamnHne.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 nem@dailytexanonline.corn Web Office: (512) 471 8616 ohline@daHytexanonline.com Sports Office: (512; 232-2210 sports@da lytexanonline.com Life & Arts Office: (512 2^2-2209 ¡ifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512)471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com . 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The Austin Police Depart­ ment SWAT Team, the Aus­ tin Police Departm ent and the U T Police D epartm ent K-9 units will provide crime prevention tips and a Taser dem onstration Wednesday. Students will have the op­ p o rtu n ity to speak w ith UTPD Chief Robert Dahl- strom in Jester West from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. T hursday is health and wellness day, and a sexual health panel discussion will be held at the Tejas House from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. This newspaper was written, edited and designed with pride by The Daily Texan and Texas Student Media. AIDS: Hopes for consciousness resonate through UT campus From page 1 serving as a reminder to stu­ dents and faculty of the impor­ tance of fighting AIDS in the 21st century. "I think it's really powerful— just walking by it and looking at all the panels. It's still an issue today, and it really brings a per­ spective on a lot of the issues we face as a society," Pandian said. "I hope it brings an awareness to AIDS Walk Austin. 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J i n g C P O S T M A S T E R S e n d a d d r e s s c h a n g e s to T h e D a lly T e xa n P O — — . ... , wl . , . . — . ...... B o x D, A ustin. T X 787 13. 10/6/09 Texan A d D e a d lin e s | Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday, 12 p.m. Thursday Thursday, 12 p.m Friday Friday. 12 pm . g j Monday. 12 p.m. ..Tuesday. 12 p m .......................... ...................................................................... ....................... ............................................................................... Leigh Patterson — your — seasonal J. Robert Pierce, Melanie Robinson and Rob Robinson escape the mid-afternoon heat beneath a bridge in south-central Austin. The three were discussing everything from the difficulties of homeless life to a film that J. Robert is planning to make. Michael Baldón Daily Texan Staff CLINIC: Lawyers, journalists to thank for exonerations From page 1 study, which began this fall. The journalism and law students meet in the John B. Connally Center for Justice every Monday evening. "This is not Morgan Freeman and the 'Shawshank Redemp­ tion,'" Dawson said. "The [in­ mates] are not exactly sympathet­ ic characters. They may have com­ mitted petty crimes [such as theft], but this is not a country that con­ victs people before they commit a crime [such as murder or rape]." The clinic receives nearly 100 investigation requests from across the state per month, said Tiffany Dowling, the clinic's staff attorney. Dowling screens the requests and decides which ones warrant fur­ ther investigation. Cases are inves­ tigated until either the inmate's in­ nocence is established or it is de­ termined enough proof of inno­ cence does not exist. Each student is looking at three to five cases. Broadcast journalism senior Kaitlin Lawrence went to Huntsville, Texas, to interview an inmate who claimed innocence for the first time last Thursday. "I guess I'm used to interview­ ing people, but there were bars separating me from the person I was interviewing, and that's obvi­ ously not normal," Lawrence said. "I was basically trying to piece to­ gether, 'Did you or did you not commit this crime?' I expected it to be intimidating, but it really wasn't. I was more or less judging [him] instead of trying to just get to the heart of the story. The im­ portant thing to consider is, 'Do we really believe these people are innocent?"' Dawson's father, Bob, found­ ed the Texas Center for Actual Innocence, a nonprofit corpora­ tion that operates the Actual Inno­ cence Clinic, in 2003 with two col­ leagues, clinical law professor Bill Allison and adjunct law profes­ sor David Sheppard. Bob Dawson died in 2005. "H e's the reason I'm doing this," Dawson said. "[The clinic] is something that kept him alive probably two years longer than he should have. He wanted me to be involved with the clinic." There have been four exonera­ tions in Austin, two of which were done by Allison and another done by Sheppard. There are only two other inno­ cence organizations in the country that actively work with journal­ ists, Allison said. "Of all the almost 500 exon­ erations obtained in the U.S. so far, there are only two groups in­ volved in it: lawyers and journal­ ists," Allison said. "Journalists of­ ten have an innate curiosity that doesn't exist in law students or is somehow beaten out of them." Many involved, including Daw­ son and Minutaglio, said they hope the study becomes a class in the future. "In a time of some confusion and turmoil in the news media in­ dustry, I think there's no more im­ portant time to get back to the sort of fundamentals of journalism and think about what it's supposed to do for us in a democratic soci­ ety," said Tracy Dahlby, director of the School of Journalism. "One of those things is to play the role of the watchdog. There's no better example than journalists studying cases where wrongful conviction might be a possibility." Dahlby said the class is in its be­ ginning stages and that it may be too early to predict the future of the course. "Eventually, it may take a dif­ ferent form," he said. Other journalism department staffers were "overwhelmingly supportive" of the project, said se­ nior journalism lecturer Dave Gar- lock, who is not involved with ei­ ther the clinic or the project. "The project gives students a chance to do real journalism and maybe explore the ability to do things that help look out for peo­ ple who can't look out for them­ selves," Garlock said. 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Y ( ASM und ( H I :> ire ACCEPTED C u rre n t UT ID m u st b e p re se n te d . r O l i » B THE U N IV E R S IT Y OF TEXAS AT A U S T IN D I V IS I O N O F S T U D E N T A F F A IR S U N I V E R S I T Y H E A L T H S E R V I C E S healfhyhtern s.u texas.edu African billionaire decries massacre in Guinea NATION BRIEFLY Obama continues to deliberate plan of action in Afghanistan WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama won't walk away from the flagging war m Afghan­ istan, the White 1 louse de< lared Monday as Obama faced tough i decisions — and intense adminis- tration debate — over choices that | could help define his presiden­ cy in his first year as command­ er in chief The fierce Taliban attack that killed e ig h t American soldiers ov er the weekend added to the pres­ sure The assault o v e rw h e lm e d a remote U.S. outpost where Ameri­ can forces have been stretched thin in battling insurgents, underscor­ ing an appeal from Obama's top Afghanistan commander for as many as 40,000 additional forces. Obama's defense secretary, Rob­ ert Gates, appealed for calm —■ and for time for tile president to come to a decision Obama may take w'eeks to de­ cide whether to add more troops, but the idea of pulling out isn't on the table as a way to deal with a war nearing its ninth year, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. "I don't think we have the op­ tion to leave. That's quite clear," Gibbs said. Three Americans win Nobel Prize for chromosome work NEW Y( >Rk — Three Ameri­ cans won the Nobel Prize in med­ icine Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has in­ spired experimental cancer ther­ apies and may offer insights into aging. 1 he research by Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W ( .reider and Jack W. Szostak revealed the work­ ings of chromosome features called telomeres, which play an important role in the aging of cells It's the first time two women have shared in a single Nobel sci­ ence prize. A total of 10 women have won the prize m medicine. Complied from Associated Press reports People react before they look for the bodies of fam ily m em bers and friends w ho were killed during a rally, M on da y Sept. 28, at the capital's m ain m osq ue in Conakry, Guinea, Friday, Oct. 2. S ch a lk van Z u y d a m | A s s o c ia te d Press rica's 10 best performing coun­ tries are southern African nations. North Africa is second, West Af­ rica is ranked third followed by East Africa while Central Africa is the worst performing. "The rest of Africa — where coups are taking place — should look at southern Africa and see how these guys are getting their act together," Ibrahim said in a telephone news conference from Cape Town, where the index was launched. He attributed southern Africa's success to strong democratic insti­ tutions, and that the protection of human rights and the rule of law prevails in these countries. Mauritius remains the best-run country according to the index. Somalia, which has not had an ef­ fective central government since 1991, retains its bottom ranking. Prosecutors can take Jordanian to trial Wire Editor: Dylan Clement www dailyte xanonl i ne.com By Celean Jacobson The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — The Su­ danese billionaire behind a lucra­ tive prize to promote leadership in Africa on Monday condemned the killing of pro-democracy pro­ testers in Guinea. Mo Ibrahim was speaking at the launch of his foundation's 2009 Index of African G over­ nance, which tracks development on the continent. He said the shooting of 157 people by troops in "cold blood" at a rally in Guinea last week was unacceptable. Ibrahim also called for African leaders to "stand firm" against those who seize power and then try to legitimize their rule by holding elections. Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara seized control of Guinea in De­ cember 2008. Elections are to be held in the West African country in January 2010. Camara initial­ ly said he would not run but re­ cently indicated that he may have changed his mind. Ibrahim also referred to Mad­ agascar, where a military-backed politician toppled an elected pres­ ident in March and is also prom­ ising elections. Guinea is placed 44th out of 53 countries in the index while Mad­ agascar ranks 13th. The index does not reflect the effect of this year's coups in both countries. For the first time, the index now covers all 53 African coun­ tries. It was launched in 2007 and the ranking is based on a number of indicators including security, crime, corruption, health and ed­ ucation. Ibrahim acknow ledged that data collection in Africa was inad­ equate and that statistical offices need to be strengthened. Southern Africa ranked as the continent's best-performing re­ gion thanks to stable democra­ cies such as South Africa, Botswa­ na and Mozambique. Five of Af- By Anabelle Garay The Associated Press . DALLAS — There is enough evidence for prosecutors to con­ tinue their case against a Jordani­ an man accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he believed to be a car bomb, a judge ruled lyionday. The ruling came after a brief probable-cause hearing for Hosam Maher Smadi, 19, who is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. If convicted he faces up to life in prison. FBI Special Agent Tom Petrows- ki, who oversaw the investiga­ tion, testified at the hearing that Smadi had researched how to use a cell phone to detonate a bomb and made a 7-minute video he believed would be transmitted to Osama bin Laden. Petrowski also said Smadi indicated he was con­ cerned that he had not parked a wicccmom ; . ' ) h i vehicle, which he believed had a car bomb, in a way that would destroy the entire structure. No dates have been set for a tri­ al or any preliminary hearings. On Sept. 24, Smadi parked a truck he believed held a live bomb in the garage underneath the 60-story Fountain Place of­ fice building, authorities said. Later, he allegedly sat in a car at a safe distance from the Dallas tower and dialed a cell phone he thought would ignite a blast. An FBI agent who infiltrated an online group of extremists dis­ covered Smadi. Officials say he stood out because he seemed in­ tent on conducting terror attacks in the U.S. Two other undercover agents posed as al-Qaida sleeper cell m em bers and com m unicated with Smadi. During that time, agents said Smadi continued to reiterate his intention to carry out a terrorist attack. "By God who created me, there will not be a retreat at all, even if they take me to Guantanamo for the rest of my life," the FBI said Smadi told an undercover agent in Arabic on March 19. Investigators have determined Smadi acted alone and was not affiliated with any terrorist orga­ nizations. Peter Fleury, one of Smadi's attorneys, said after the hearing that the defense still doesn't have much information on the case. Prosecutors don't have to turn over a lot of the evidence until Smadi's indicted, he said. "We've got a scared 19-year- old," he said. Jordan's government has been following the case and remains in contact w ith U.S. au th o ri­ ties about it, Jordanian Embas­ sy spokeswoman Merissa Khur- ma said. In Jordan, Smadi's father has said the family does not condone terrorism and that his son is inno­ cent. Maher Hussein Smadi, said his son entered the U.S. with a stu­ dent visa. But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offi­ cials said Smadi came to the Unit­ ed States legally in 2007 using a tourist visa. A student visa w ould have made Smadi easier to track since a program was established af­ ter Sept. 11 to monitor academic visitors. However, such a system doesn't exist for tourists. Friends and acquaintances say Smadi and his brother came to the U.S. after their mother died. They lived in Santa Clara, Calif., before Smadi moved to tiny Italy, Texas, near Dallas. There, Smadi was known as "Sam," a kind, fun-loving guy who enjoyed dancing to tech­ no music. Neighbors say Smadi, who is Muslim, let them know when he was fasting for religious reasons. But he also would occa­ sionally drink alcohol — some­ thing prohibited in Islam. He worked as a cashier at a large gas station. ICE officials w ould not say what aspects of Smadi's case the federal agency might be investi­ gating, but it's likely examining how Smadi got a job since a tour­ ist visa doesn't entitle its holder to work in the U.S. Graduate and Professional School Day Authorities have accused Hosam M aher Sm adi o f attem pting to blow up Fountain Place, a 60-story glass office tow er in Dallas. D o n n a M cW illiam | A s s o c ia te d P re ss w w w .m e d illin te xa s.co m NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY O p i n i o n T u r D mi o T enais GALLERY A V • \ \ Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Dan Treadway Lauren Winchester 4 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 VIEWPOINT A royal blunder In a display of weakness, the University of North Texas' student government voted last week against a proposal that would have amended the association's by­ laws to permit same-sex couples to run for homecoming king and queen. The bill, introduced by student senator Christopher Passafiume, incited parents and alumni to threaten to withdraw students and financial support from the uni­ versity. Ten student senators ultimately voted against the proposal, five voted for it and eight abstained, accord mg to the North Texas Daily. "I felt as if we would lose too much alumni," said student senator Jason Howeth, who voted against the bill, to the Daily, suggesting that the association likely — and embarrassingly — caved to the gav-panic parental concerns that Texas mid­ dle and high schools would be more accustomed to fielding. The assembly had the opportunity to make a relatively harmless statement in support of inclusion but instead likely heeded pressure from worried university administrators. The eight abstainers, who cowardly ducked out and missed a chance to send a mes­ sage to the public as well as to the administration, are of particular concern. While the importance of an issue centering on university homecoming sash­ es shouldn't be inflated, this vote speaks to a broader concern for the state of gay rights at public universities in Texas. A strong gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgen­ der community has thrived over the years at UT, and UNT has surely seen the emergence of a similar presence, albeit in less-liberal Denton. But these same forc­ es — those that have helped lead the fight in red Texas for visibility and have fa­ miliarized anyone who has entered college in the last 10 years with the now-pro­ lific "GLBT" and its variants — are fighting a seemingly stagnant battle for the ex­ tension of benefits to domestic partners of Texas public institution employees. The effort gained momentum at UT in the spring, with conferences and ral­ lies drawing heavy support. UT President William Powers and administration ex­ pressed public support for the extension of benefits, charging that the current pol­ icy puts the University at a competitive disadvantage in recruiting faculty. But the University is hamstrung, they say, by the Texas Constitution, which Texas voters amended in 2005 to prohibit the establishment of legal arrangements for gay cou­ ples — leaving the issue in the hands of the Texas Legislature. In an interview with the Daily Texan editorial board, Powers said the U ni­ versity "w ill continue discussions with the Legislature" on what he called a "human issue." We hope the University is not only discussing but also working to devise a strong approach to push for smart action in a Republican Legislature likely to stay Republican for the foreseeable future. As the isSue is particularly relevant in light of budget cuts at UT set to prioritize recruitment of top faculty, we stress that the time for action — in the academic interests of the University, at least — is now. As for the human side of the issue, the culture of equality in Texas, in part, hing­ es on universities' dealings with GLBT issues — whether they be on the home­ coming court or in faculty contracts. Maybe a sash is a big deal after all. The Texas Union and slavery By Kandace Vallejo Daily Texan Guest Columnist The day after Thanksgiving 1960, mil­ lions of .Americans tuned into the landmark documentary "Harv est of Shame." Narrat­ ed by Edward Murrow, the legendary pio­ neer of television news broadcasting, the re­ port provided viewers with vivid portray- aLs of the degradation experienced daily by migrant farmworkers throughout the U.S. In an iconic soundbite, one produce grow­ er casually explained, "We used to own our slaves. Now we just rent them." Very little has changed in 50 years. For example, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders notes that "the norm is a di­ saster, and the extreme is slav ery " for tom a­ to harvesters in Flori­ da. The picking piece rate has remained stag­ nant since 1980. A work­ er today must pick and haul roughly two and a half tons of tomatoes to earn minimum wage for a typical 10-hour day. These wages, combined with the precarious na­ ture of farm labor and virtually nonexistent le­ gal protections, result in workers' sub-poverty an­ nual earnings and create an environment where abuses as extreme as slavery can flourish. ------------------ Slavery. As in seven prosecuted cas­ es involving 15 farm employers and over 1000 workers - native-born and immigrant alike - in the last decade. In the most re­ cent case, a dozen workers escaped from a box truck in Immokalee, Honda where they were being held against their will, beaten, chained and forced to pick tomatoes for lit­ tle or no pay. After successfully prosecuting their enslavers, U.S. Attorney Doug Mol- loy acknowledged that the handful of cas­ es that hav e come to light are "just the tip of the iceberg." At the forefront of today's abolition movement is an award-winning farmwork­ er's organization, the Coalition of Immoka­ lee Workers (CIW). Their anti-slavery ef­ forts have been praised by Florida Gover­ nor Charlie Crist, FBI Director Robert Mu­ eller, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and leading trafficking experts the world over. The CIW is not only the undisputed lead­ er in uncovering slavery cases in Horida's fields., it is also advancing a strategic pro­ gram to eliminate the systemic poverty and powerlessness that lie at the heart of the state's agricultural industry. On Sept. 25, the CIW and Com pass Group North America announced sweepmg changes to improve to­ mato harvesters' wages and working conditions. Compass is the first ma­ jor foodservice provider to join Yum Brands, Mc­ Donald's, Burger King, Subw ay, and W hole Foods Market in partner­ ing with the CIW to ad­ dress the human rights crisis in Florida's fields. These innovative agree­ ments harness the mar­ ket power of large re­ tailers to improve labor standards in their toma­ to supply chains. Yet A ram ark - the foodservice provider of the Texas Union - re­ mains on the sidelines. On its Web site, Ara­ mark claims to "conduct business ... accord­ ing to the highest ethical standard." With news of the Compass agreement, Aramark can no longer claim that it meets the high­ est ethical standard. If it wishes to retain the goodwill of students and the broader Aus­ tin community, Aramark should, with all due diligence, establish an agreement with the CIW to demand those same higher stan­ dards of its tomato suppliers. Until that time, Aramark will continue to play an in­ defensible and unnecessary role in prolong­ ing Horida's harvest of shame. Valte/o is a cultural studies in education graduate student Yet Aramark — the foodservice provider of the Texas Union — remains on the sidelines. LEGALESE SUBMIT A COLUMN Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the editorial board or the writer of the article They are not necessari­ ly those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan editorials are written by the editorial board, which is listed in the top right comer of this page Have someting to say? Say it in print, and to the entire campus community. The Daily Texan Editorial Board welcomes submissions for guest columns. Columns must be between 500 and 700 words. Send columns to editor@ daily texanonhne com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity, brevity and liability. — David Muto for the editorial board By Joshua Avelar Daily Texan Columnist U n iv er sity P r io r it ie s... Religious speech on campus: Censure or debate A few w eeks ago, C onstitution Day activities were held across UT's campus. This ode to the most impor­ tant document in our country brings awareness to certain concrete ideals most Americans share. Yet, interpre­ tation of those ideals causes many dis­ putes within our society, and one of the most prominent disputes arises over the freedom of speech. The Alliance Defense Fund, a con­ servative Christian advocacy group, issued "red lights" from its Center for Academic Freedom to 14 institutions of higher learning in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Sun­ day. Greg Scott, the national media re­ lations director for the fund, told the Star-Telegram that red lights are indi­ cators that institutions implement free speech codes that are unconstitutional. The group's main focus is the way that, these free speech codes affect the lives of Christian students willing to express their faith in open discussion. UT received red lights from the fund, along with that hotbed of godless, free- loving hippies known as Texas A&M University. UT and Texas A&M find themselves on few lists together - ex­ cept The Associated Press list of good football teams - but this list seems more interesting. A closer look must be taken at these free speech codes to see if there is any room for discriminatory error within our own regulations. UT's General Inform ation cata­ log, which is not a part of UT's offi­ cial rules, for the 2009-2010 school year reads, "Students, faculty members and staff members have the right to as­ semble, to speak and to attempt to at­ tract the attention of others, and corre­ sponding rights to hear the speech of others when they choose to listen, and to ignore the speech of others when they choose not to listen." What the ADF's Center of Academ­ ic Freedom finds disturbing about most university free speech codes are aspects regarding the prohibition of "offensive" content. The group alleges that restrictions on offensive or intoler­ ant content are biased against the reli­ gious, particularly those of the Chris­ tian faith. However, UT's policies re­ stricting speech are directed towards such issues as harassment and obscen­ ity. In terms of harassment, the rules clearly state making arguments for or against opinions on religion are not verbal harassment. When it comes to protecting free speech, at least by the books, UT has its bases covered. The fund's problems with our free speech codes appear to lie somewhere within the confines of discussion and intimidation. Having conversations with certain students and professors within an academic setting can lead to harsh criticisms of one's own beliefs. The fact that an enti­ ty may align with a viewpoint oppos- ing your own is not grounds for claim­ ing harassment or censorship; it is just evidence that you are outnumbered and not in Sunday school anymore. Religious students with a desire to attend secular institutions such as UT have to get used to the fact that they will likely be on the defensive whenev­ er the topic of religion comes up. Trin­ ity College in Hartford, Conn. recent­ ly released the results of their study titled, "American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population." The study finds that the number of peo­ ple who identify with no religion is ris­ ing. The rising population of non-be­ lievers is also mostly non-discrimina- tory, spreading across demographics of race, educational achievement, in­ come and martial status. Chapter 5 of the Book of Matthew says that Jesus told his listeners that those who had to defend their beliefs would be rewarded in one way or an­ other if they, in fact, stood up for their faith. It seems as though conservative Christian groups like the fund ought to be teaching their followers to suck it up and stand up for what they be­ lieve, rather than worrying about get­ ting their feelings hurt. If somebody is worried about having their faith reg­ ularly challenged, then that is a pret­ ty good testament - no pun intended - to the actual strength of Jus or her faith in the first place. Avelar is a government senior Issues for abstinence-plus By Rebecca Counts Daily Texan Columnist In a rare move, school officials across Central Texas seem posed to make rational, fact -based decisions about sex ed­ ucation. As the Austin American-Statesman points out, this move comes partly in response to President Obama's refus­ al to extend federal programs that make federal funding for sex education contingent on abstinence-only curriculum. Whatever the stimulus, the decision to move past absti­ nence-only sex education is clearly the right one. The States­ men notes that pregnancies among Austin middle and high school students reached 400 this year. An American Medi­ cal Association report found that abstinence-only programs produce "no delay of initiating sexual activity, no reduction in the number of sexual partners and no increase in absti­ nence." Meanwhile, a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that girls who receive more comprehensive sex education are 50 percent less likely to become pregnant than those in abstinence-only programs. In the face of this overwhelming evidence and given the federal funding available for comprehensive programs, one might expect Austin schools to be going all out, selecting a curriculum like the ones cited in the studies that show the dramatic reduction in pregnancy rates. At the very least, one would think that the new curriculum would cover the most important aspects about the use of contraceptives, like how to use and store condoms or where to obtain hormon­ al birth control. Yet a quick look over the Big Decisions curriculum, the so- called "abstinence-plus" curriculum developed in San An­ tonio and lauded in a recent Statesman article, reveals that only 20 minutes of the 10 hour-long lessons are devoted to discussing contraception. The curriculum names the most important and effective types of birth control, but does not contain any information about where to get them or how to use them. This is particularly dangerous in the case of con­ doms, which cannot protect against STDs or pregnancy if they are not used correctly. But perhaps the most galling aspect of this is that these omissions cannot be fixed without breaking Texas law. Sec­ tion 28.004 of the Texas Education Code requires sex educa­ tion programs to "devote more attention to abstinence from sexual activity than any other behavior" and "emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity, if used consistently and correctly, is the only method that Ls 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, infec­ tion with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired im­ mune deficiency syndrome, and the emotional trauma as­ sociated with adolescent sexual activity." The authors of the Big Decisions curriculum note that many of the programs that have "demonstrated effectiveness in changing behav­ ior" do not conform to this law. Another problem Texas schools face when trying to pro­ vide reasonable sex education is lack of funding. Because sex education is not required by the Texas Education Code, many poor school districts have no resources to implement evidence-based programs. Soon, schools may have access to federal funding for these programs. As the Statesmen re­ ported last week, Congress is considering replacing the ex­ piring abstinence-only funding with funding for programs proven "to delay sexual activity, increase contraceptive use (without increasing sexual activity), reduce the transmis­ sion of sexually transmitted infections or reduce teenage pregnancy." Of course, Texas will be unable to benefit from this change until we change our strict education laws. It's hard to imagine that any rational policy-maker would create a law that prohibited programs proven to achieve the desired result. These outdated sex education laws help no one and need to be changed. Counts is a plan II honors and history senior Tuesday, October 6, 2009 V I K & J H A I APD invests funds of latest budget in defensive gear By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff At a tgtal of $240,737,419, the Austin Police Department budget took effect late last week. Critical one-tim e expeases in­ clude $333375 for 525 bulletproof vests and $2,000 for one tactical shield used in riot scenarios. Ac­ cording to bu d get d ocum ents, the A PD has continued to im ­ prove fiscal responsibility by bet­ ter m anagem ent o f overtim e re­ sources, creating a Risk M anage­ ment unit, reorganizing fleet re­ sources and standardizing travel and training requests. The budget features a 1-percent increase from last year's numbers. About 93 percent of the m on­ ey com es from the city's general funds. Departm ent revenue gen­ erates another $3,651,175, while grants total $5,205,000, or 2 per­ cent. The budget is also supported by expense refunds at $9,861,966 and asset forfeiture funds, such as cars and other property seized by police, at $2,752,065. Chief financial officer Alice Sut- er said the largest source of reve­ nue is alarm permit fees and false alarm fees. The second largest source is wrecker fees and aban­ doned vehicle sales. A rrest fees and report sales also contribute to the revenue. About 94 percent of the bud ­ get goes toward salary and ben­ efits. The two m ost funded areas of the departm ent are neighbor- hood-based policing at about 50 percent and opera Hons support at 17 percent. Suter said the budget process begins in December with business planning, and by March, a fore­ cast is developed. After a series of reviews within the department, a figure is given to the agency's fi­ nancial staff, which discusses the allocatio n and origin of funds during June and July. There are more than 26 grants contributing to the budget, and m ost are awarded by federal and state agencies. The Traffic Safety Enforcement program is one of the largest grants at a total of $887,000, with funds com ing in from the U .S. Departm ent of Transporta- Hon's Federal Motor Carrier Safe­ ty AdmirustraHon. The funds for this program will be used to im­ prove the safety on Austin's major transportaHon roads. APD grant coordinator Kyran Fitzgerald prepares many of the grants needed for the department. She works full Hme with key staff m em bers from the departm ent's research and planning and finan­ cial management divisions. She said the department man­ ages about 30 achve public safety grants which focus on such areas as highway enforcem ent, gang- prevenHon programs, cadet and advanced officer training, forensics and community development. A PD's m ost recent grant, $1.4 m illion from The A m erican Re­ cov ery and R einvestm en t A ct, w ill be used to hire four em er­ gency 9-1-1 dispatchers and eight emergency 9-1-1 operators. F itzg e rald said fu n d in g re­ quests are presented and priori- Hzed by the APD Budget C om ­ mittee. All applicahons are sub­ mitted with the approval of Police Chief Art Acevedo and his execu- Hve staff. All grant awards must gain approval from City Council before becoming effective. The goals of the budget, as stat­ ed in the document, are to reduce the violent crime rate by 1 percent, reduce the property crime rate by 1.5 percent, improve traffic safety and improve the residents of Aus­ tin's perception of safety in their neighborhoods and their satisfac­ tion with police professionalism. "T he A PD Budget Committee is continually looking at strategies to save money and be more effec­ tive and efficient," Suter said. Ransom Center Archivist Stephen Cooper looks through letters between former University of South Carolina professor Matthew Bruccoli and famous literary authors. Bruccoli was a literary biographer and corresponded with authors such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. A nne -M a rie H uff | Daily Texan Staff Widow gifts famous letters to UT By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff H undreds of correspondences betw een a literary bibliographer and various American writers wait to be inspected before being dis­ played at the Harry Ransom Cen­ ter as part of a new donation. Form er English professor M at­ thew Bruccoli, who taught at the U niversity of South C arolina for the m ajority of his teach in g c a ­ reer and died last year, w rote more than 50 literary biographies of w ell-known writers, including Thom as Wolfe and Joseph Heller. T h e m ajority of the d o n ation consists of correspondences from 1955 to the near present betw een Bruccoli and authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest H em ­ ingway, used in B ruccoli's b ib li­ ographic research. This research, which focused on Fitzgerald and Hemingw ay, am ong others, w as gifted to the center by his widow, Arlyn Bruccoli. "H e was a great admirer of the Ransom C enter and used it often w hen he was here to v isit," said Tom Staley, director of the Harry Ransom Center. "It was his wish, and his widow carried it out." He also edited many letters and w orks of literatu re and helped com pile the "D ictionary of Liter­ ary Biography," an encyclopedia of American literary history more than 400 volum es thick with in­ form ation on m ajor m ovem ents and figures, like John Updike and Norm an Mailer. "Basically, what Bruccoli did was buy anything he saw that was valu­ able," said W illiam Rivers, chair­ man of the English Department at the University of South Carolina. "H e put together an incredible col­ lection of all kinds of things." Rivers said m uch of Bruccoli's collection of contem porary writer memorabilia has been donated to USC, while his actual writing and research came to UT. Staley said it was the nature of Bruccoli to hold on to everything that helped m ake this collection an important piece of history. "It's a rem arkable archive that cuts a broad swath across m odem American literature," he said. A ss is ta n t E n g lish p ro fe s so r C olem an H utchison said the im ­ portance of B ruccoli's collection lies in his detailed consolidation of writers and their works. "O n e of the m any things this d o n a tio n a llo w s is fo r fu tu re scholars of Am erican literature to see, not necessarily the w orks of Fitzgerald and H em ingw ay, but the works of a very important bib­ liographer and literary critic w rit­ ing about Fitzgerald and H em ing­ way," Hutchison said. He said this collection will help people further understand how and why these writers shaped lit­ erary history. "W hen a literary critic and bib­ liographer becom es available to s u b s e q u e n t sch o lars, it allo w s us to th in k of A m erican lite ra ­ ture, not as a given, but as som e­ thing that was actively m ade and constructed in the 20th century," Hutchison said. Staley said the collection will becom e available to the public in a matter of months, as soon as the papers are inspected for contam i­ nants bv archivists. Former undersecretary envisions energy efficiency DALLAS m By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff Finding a way to close the car­ bon cycle and replicate the pro­ c e s s o f p h o to s y n th e sis w ou ld be like finding the holy grail for Ray Orbach, the new director of U T 's Energy Institute. O rbach, the form er u n d ersec­ retary for science in the U.S. D e­ partm ent of Energy, w ill discuss plans for researching the process o f replication tonight at the re­ lau n ch in g of the A u stin Forum on S cien ce and T ech n olo g y for Society at the AT&T C onference Center. " C a n I take ca rb o n d io x id e , sunlight and water and produce fu e l? " O rbach said . "P la n ts d o. th a t all the tim e in p h o to s y n ­ th esis, but nature h as had four and a half billion years to d evel­ op th is process. We n eed som e m ore tim e." W hen O rbach took the p o si­ tion at UT last m onth, he stated that one of his m ajor long-term g o als is to w brk w ith U n iversi­ ty faculty to find a w ay to m ake d iesel out of the sam e elem ents p lants use to create their energy. "T h e re has been so m e w ork in this field, but it's very prelim ­ in ary ," O rbach said . "W e hav e one of the w orld's forem ost au­ th orities in taking su n lig h t and trying to figure out how to con ­ vert it to fuel at UT." Jay Boisseau is the director of the A ustin Forum , a group that b rin g s preem inen t scie n c e fig ­ u res to UT. H e said it w ill put m ore of an em phasis on collabo­ ration between fields for the im ­ provem ent of society. "W e w ant p eo p le to le a rn ," B o is s e a u sa id . " B u t w e a lso w an t them to u n d erstan d how to learn more, support and even participate in activities relevant to the topics." T he Energy In stitu te w ill in ­ te g ra te existin g U T p ro g ram s, in c lu d in g th e law , b u s in e s s and policy departm ents, to cre­ ate solutions to A u stin 's energy issues. "T h e re are m any p o te n tially com pelling topics that m ight be p resen ted in future m e e tin g s," B oisseau said. "B u t w e will cer- Dr. Ray Orbach recounts how he ended up as the new director of the Energy Institute at UT. Prior to taking this position, Orbach worked in the U.S. Department of Energy during the George W. Bush admin­ istration. E dm arc H edrick | D aily Texan Staff tainly intersperse these with top­ ics in the m any other im portant and in te re stin g areas in w hich A ustin is, or can be, a leader." O rbach said a concern in A us­ tin is carbon dioxide em issions. "T h e city has already suggest­ ed a series of m easures that they th in k w ill re d u c e the c a rb o n fo o tp rin t," O rb a c h sa id . "M y role is to w ork w ith the faculty and stu d en ts at the U n iversity to develop m ethods that will en ­ able us to have a sustainable en ­ ergy future." O rb ach said that in o rd er to be su stain able, the city m ust be able to m ain tain or im prove its standard of liv ing w ithout d am ­ aging the environm en t. C arbon cap tu re s to ra g e and a relian ce on wind or solar pow er are two m ajor step s in a c h ie v in g s u s ­ tainability. W ind pow er is cu rren tly u n ­ d er-u tilized in A u stin b ecau se the c ity 's electrical grid cannot to lerate large su rg es that com e with wind and solar power. " R ig h t now , th e g rid g o es u n s ta b le if y o u p u t in la rg e am ounts of pow er that sud den­ ly occur when the wind starts or sto p s," O rbach said. " It's d ead ­ ly for the grid at significant con­ cen tration s. In ord er to rely on wind pow er, w e have to figure out a way to sm ooth it out so the grid can accept it." O rbach and U T faculty m em ­ bers are w o rk in g to d ev elo p a way to store the excess power. Here's ours ••• Christy ministers to women in North Africa. Celestin survived genocide and now preaches in Rwanda. Aaron sacks quarterbacks while studying online. Ben teaches more than 5,000 college students. Chico ministers to recovering addicts. Wed love to hear your story. Meet DTS reps UT Wed., Oct. 7, 1 0 am-3 pm Texas Union Ballroom these stories and more at www.dts.edu/texas Hutchison gains grassroots ally Texas Farm Bureau endorses U.S. senator after supporting P erry By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff A fter supporting Gov. Rick Perry in both the 2002 and 2006 elections, the largest grass­ roots organization in Texas an­ nounced its endorsement M on­ day of Perry's new opponent in the race for governor, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Texas Farm Bureau Fnends O f Agriculture Fund is comprised of more than 400,000 members in the farm ing and ranching com m unities throughout the state. H utchison spokeswom ­ an lennifer Baker said its size makes it an extremely im por­ tant endorsem ent for H u tc h i­ son's campaign. A lot of these endorsements are little trade associations that usually endorse an incumbent gov ernor because that's just how it w orks [and] because they're lobbvmg, Baker said. But this is the big endorsement." T h e d e c is io n to s u p p o rt Hutchison, a Republican, in 2010 w as reached unanim ously by their board. Texas Farm Bureau President Kenneth Dierschke calls it a matter of trust." This is the most im portant race for g o ve rn o r in a long tim e. " D iersch k e said. "F o r the future of Texas, w e call for new le ad e rsh ip . W e ca ll for new ideas and a new vision. We know that Texans w ill trust G o v e rn o r H u tc h is o n in the same w ay w e've alw ays trust­ ed Senator Hutchison." Hutchison said the Bureau is run in a w ay that m im ics the U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison addresses the media at a press conference in regards to her endorsem ent for Texas governor by the Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund. Erik Reyna | Daily Texan Staff w ay she hopes to manage her campaign, and she is honored to have their endorsement. "They have a very democrat­ ic network in process," H utchi­ son said. "It's very important to the kind of campaign that I'm going to run, because I w ant a grassroots campaign. We need to listen to people as w e ll as talk to people. W e need grass­ roots involvement, and I think ' I \ 11 & I < >( \l Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Street-side signs impair visibility for Austin drivers C ity agency cracks dow n on local realtors' signs in rig h t-o f-w a y areas By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff A local city departm ent has been cracking d o w n on signs stuck in city property, confiscat­ ing more than 2,000 of them in the past two weeks and issuing two citations. The m ain problem for A u s ­ tin's Code Com pliance D epart­ ment comes from signs that real­ tors stick in the ground to draw attention to a house for sale. Matt Christianson, assistant division manager for the department, said to increase the likelihood that their signs w ill be seen, realtors sometimes stick them in the right- of-way, decreasing visibility for drivers and creating a challenge for city workers w ho need to ac­ cess power lines and water pipes. The 65-member city agency lead­ ing the sign hunt can write a cita­ tion for up to $500 for every sign found obstructing the right-of- w a y — the city-owned land be­ tween the street and a house. "W e'd rather not take down the signs. W e'd rather people com­ ply," Christianson said. "In the city of Austin, we regulate the right-of-way. It is not someone's personal property." The distance covered by the right-of-way m ay differ from property to property. Planning committees for subdivisions work w ith city officials early on to de­ termine the exact size. Christianson said a possible indicator of this arbitrary d ivid ­ er is an invisible line drawn from the first big man-made crack in a drivew ay across the lawn. Side­ walks, water meters, utility poles and fire hydrants are other possi­ ble indicators. Buddy Schilling, president of JB G o o d w in Realtors, said the company oftentimes puts direc­ tional signs in the right-of-way on Sundays for a couple of hours to guide people to open houses. He has yet to receive a citation but worries that if the code is en­ forced, it could potentially create problems for people trying to sell their houses. "W e don't want tons of signs in the right-of-way all the time, but seeing a directional sign can be good," Schilling said. " I cer­ tainly think that there ought to be an exception for a sign on a Sunday afternoon." Christianson said the city cre­ ated a permit program about six years ago that allow ed certain companies to display signs in the right-of-way. It failed, however, after there were too many signs to regulate. "It was an issue that added to the problem, rather than solving the problem," he said. Frances Hargrove, spokeswom­ an for Austin 3-1-1, said the call center received 160 reports of ille­ gal signs in the right-of-way last fiscal year. the Texas Farm Bu rea u w ill provide that kind of leadership for our state." Dierschke said Hutchison has long been a supporter of the protection of private property, one area in w hich he said Per­ ry falters, especially w ith his support of the Trans-Texas Cor­ ridor. The plan that w ould ac­ quire private land for the state to build a transportation net­ w ork running from M exico to northern Texas. During the announcement of the Bureau's endorsement in a press conference M onday at A l­ lens Boots, Hutchison addressed the issue of private property, as w ell as concerns about elevat­ ed taxes on businesses and ho­ meowners and the importance of education. One issue given special attention was the impor­ tance of keeping tolling for free highways. "I'm not against toll roads if it comes from the ground up, but I w ill always reject putting a toll on highways that have already been built by the taxpayers," Hutchison said. " It is double taxation, and I w ill put a stop to it when I am governor." Baker said the endorsement w ill not a ffe ct H u tc h is o n 's policies as governor, but she hopes the bureau and H u tch i­ son can m ain tain a re la tio n ­ ship throughout the campaign and beyond. "It won't affect her policy, be­ cause she has a principle posi­ tion that private property rights are important," Baker said. "But 1 think it ’s an im portant en­ dorsement, because they have members that w o rk in e ve ry part of the state that work tire­ lessly for their candidates." 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The low­ est-scoring actors are eliminated from the com petition every cou­ ple of rounds. W hen the group has dw indled dow n to four play­ ers, each finalist perform s his or her own skit. Then, after much anticipation, a w inner is declared. The w inner's prize? "To show the audience the com­ petition doesn't really matter, we have this silly prize," said Kareem Badr, m anaging director and im ­ prover. "It's a Canadian $5 bill." "They don't actually get to keep it," said Jessica Arjet, youth d i­ rector and fellow improver. "We have it fram ed and they have to give it back." Although Maestro winners earn little more than bragging rights, it's no secret why the perform ers keep coming back. The Hideout is one of the few theater groups in Austin that provides viewers with a high degree of intimacy. D ur­ ing their weekly shows, there are usually fewer than 15 audience members in attendance. The a u ­ dience is not only called upon to judge the skits, but members also play a key role in the develop­ ment of each scene. For one skit, an audience member's driver's li­ cense picture provides the sole in­ spiration for the actor. In another, the audience is asked to provide iPods for the actors to use as back­ ground noise. Not only does the Hideout The­ atre rely on the general public to at­ tend their shows, but they also re­ cruit actors from open auditions and from the improv classes they offer. The majority of the actors fea­ tured in the Maestro competition started out in the Hideout classes. " A fte r p e o p le h a v e g o n e through three levels of classes, th e y 're invited to subm it their availability for M aestro," Badr said. "We take one or two relative­ ly new players every week. With the way the show is structured, it actually works very well to have some players who are less experi­ enced as well as players who are a lot more experienced. Everyone gets to mix in and play with each other." This September, H ideout held auditions for their upcoming pro­ duction of "Im provised Charles D ickens," w hich w ill be p e r ­ formed in November and Decem­ ber. The play will feature over an hour of Dickens-inspired comedy. 'It'll be a fully improvised play that takes place in Victorian-era London," Badr said. "[In rehearsal], IMPROV continues on page 8 Jessica Arjet improvizes a comedic skit du ring Maestro, an im prov com edy show held every Saturday night at Hideout Theatre. Sara Yo u n g | Daily Texan Staff Interactive exhibit calls for volunteers to recreate eclipses A rt project tracks path o f m oon fo r next solar event visible front A ustin By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff The Blanton Museum of Art will host famous Mexican artist Pablo Vargas Lugo today for a massive­ ly interactive event, "Eclipses for Austin." L u g o 's w o rk , th e n ex t e x h ib ­ it in the Blanton's W orkspace pro j­ ects, will require around 350 p eo ­ ple to g ath er at the Darrell K Roy- al-Texas Memorial Stadium and par­ ticipate in recre­ ation of the next 10 solar eclipses visible over A us­ tin. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., partici­ pants will flip double-sided cards, one side yellow and the other black, and be given simple chore­ ography to follow. The combined effect will mimic the moon's path between the sun and the earth. As of press time, the event had over 200 confirmed attendees from the UT and Austin comm unites. W orkspaces invites em erging contemporary artists to the Blan­ ton so they can create new exclu­ sive pieces for one of the galler­ ies in the museum. Lugo, a veter­ an of many different media, will be working with UT films and pho­ tography students to capture the perform ance and will then open the exhibit Nov. 14. "Eclipses are very momentuous events," Lugo said. 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"H e's very interested in the universe, both in terms of the science and the rom antic idea of the stars, the su n and th e m oon. The other theme he's very interested in is time, specifically w h at it m eans and how w e m easure it by the ro­ tation of the planets." To better u n d erstan d the eclips­ es, Lugo has been w orking closely w ith UT's astronom y d ep artm en t to trace th e trajecto ries of so lar eclipses. Each eclipse is unique and features different paths of the m oon crossing in front of the sun. O nce the orbit w as plotted, he broke each eclipse dow n to 40 distinct stages to be mimicked w ith the cards. Additionally, the artist has been w orking w ith the stadium staff and athletics d ep artm ent to coordinate the event. "It has been great to see an insti­ tutio n such as UT bringing an art­ w ork to the stad iu m an d to bring the stadium to the m useum - join­ ing these tw o landm arks on cam ­ pus," Lugo said. "I am sure it's go­ ing to be an aw esom e experience. We have only the w eath er's coop­ eration left to recruit." Childrens memoir an honest story of tragic loss Oil *> uH ts / rH E KIDS \ K h A L I i l T ¥ ¥ rl ii. i v j H i By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff There has been a grow ing inter­ e st in m em o irs a n d p e rso n al bi­ ographies o ver the last few years. These stories are n o t only of the en­ tertainm ent an d political elite, b u t of "ordinary" people as well. N on ­ fiction w orks like Jeannette Walls's "T he Glass C astle" an d D avid Se- daris's m any collections of autobi­ o g rap h ical essays g iv e rea d ers a relatable glim pse in to the lives of p e o p le th a t cou ld v e ry easily be their next d o or neighbors. A b ru ta lly h o n e st p o rtray al of loss, "The K ids A re All R ight" is told throu gh the eyes of four sib­ lings, their childhood m em ories in­ terw eaving an d m eld ing together throughout the work. In their m em ­ oir, sisters Liz and D iana Welch nar­ rate their family's unusual and trag­ ic story by cond ucting interview s w ith each other and their other sib­ lings, A m anda and Dan. "T he K ids A re A ll R ight" re­ co u n ts the tru e sto ry of how the Welch children's quirky lives w ere w re n c h e d a p a rt b y th e s u d d e n d e a th of th eir successful, h a n d ­ som e father and the m ounting pile of m ysterious deb t he left behind. T heir m other, v ib ran t soap opera s ta r A nn W illiam s, stru g g le d to m en d the gash left b ehind by her h u s b a n d 's s u d d e n p a ssin g , b u t w as diagnosed w ith cancer shortly after his death. "The K ids are All Right" hooks reader's attention from the first jar­ ring sentence and d o esn't let go u n ­ til the very last p o ign ant m om ent. T his m em oir read s like a fiction­ al narrative, and readers m ay find them selves unable to p u t it dow n, enthralled as if it w ere a page-turn­ ing m urder mystery. A t times, the accounts of events differ from sibling to sibling, p ro ­ vid in g a refresh ing co m m ent on the fleeting quality of m em ory and perspective: N o tw o m em ories are exactly the same. Remarkably, ev­ ery sibling's voice is u n iq u e and readers are able to perceive them each as fully d ev elop ed, separate characters. The b ru ta l h onesty of th e Welch ch ild re n is p ain fu l at times, but it's also one of the w ork's greatest strengths. The inclusion of thoughts an d d etails that cast the Welch children in a negative light are a necessary co m pon en t to the book's success. From page 7 w e try to im provise stories th at are sim ilar in th em e and tone to w h at D ickens d id . T here w ill probably be an o rp h an o r tw o." ’ In a d d itio n to p ro d u cin g " Im ­ p ro v ise d C h a rle s D ick en s," th e theatre p lan s to increase the n u m ­ ber of classes an d show s it offers per w eek in th e future. "W e're lim ite d to h o w m u c h w e can e x p a n d as far as th e a u ­ dience, b u t w e're going to slow ly a d d m ore sh o w s," Badr said. "A lot of people in A ustin d o n 't even know a b o u t im prov a t the H id e ­ o u t. T h e y 'll co m e to th e coffee shop and be like 'O h, there's a th e­ ater upstairs?' So w e need to m ake sure that people know about us." T he H id e o u t T h e atre w a s re ­ cently ackn ow led ged by the A u s­ tin C h ro n icle as b ein g the "B est C reative Takeover of a D ow ntow n Perform ance Venue" of 2009. W ith in c re a se d re c o g n itio n from th e public, the theatre m ay soon hav e m o re im p ro v e rs v y in g for th a t m uch-desired C anadian bill. 12 cups flour up white sugar up pumpkin puree 3% vegetable a « ti>p baking soda tsp cinnamon 12 tsp salt 4 tsp baking powder ^ S f c i n a n u m . r f t . b . - k . n g p „ „ d e r t m g e ^ m l ^ d o ilM , Add pumpkm puree, gg, bowl, mix well and bake fix 40-5C n casionally with toothpick comes out dean, vNTren the bread is finished. • . Cool before serving. g^n^s 10 By Lisa Holung Daily Texan Staff T he re c e n t o v e rp o p u la tio n of all th in g s o ra n g e in retail sto res p ro v e s th a t p e o p le are n o t o n ly re a d y to 1 em b race fall, b u t also re a d y to em - I b race p u m p k in . T his w e e k 's reci- ■ p e fe a tu re s m o ist p u m p k in b re a d ■ th a t w ill fit in p e rfe c tly a m o n g ■ b o w ls o f c a n d y c o rn a n d sc a re - ■ crow fig u rin es. If p u m p k in pie is w h at's for des- ■ ■ sert, th en p u m p k in bread is w h a t's ■ for breakfast. Som etim es th e cere- al-y o g u rt-to ast ro u tin e g e ts tire- som e, so p airin g a w arm slice of bread w ith som e fruit so u n d s perfect. P re p a rin g th e b re a d is ra th e r s im ­ ple, g iv en th a t y o u th ro w e v e ry th in g in to a b o w l a n d m ix u n til th e in g re ­ d ie n ts are s m o o th ly b le n d e d . If y o u w o u ld lik e a m o r e in te n s e p u m p ­ kin flavor, I w o u ld e n c o u rag e a d d in g p u m p k in p ie sp ic e o r m ore p u m p k in p u ree; h o w ev er, th e su b tle flav o rs of th is recip e w ill still satisfy a c ra v in g for this fall fav o rite . I'v e n e v e r f e lt g u ilty a b o u t e a t ­ ing p u m p k in p ie in th e m o rn in g , b u t th an k s to this b re a d , I can a d d a n o th ­ e r p u m p k in - in f u s e d p r o d u c t to m y d aily routine. IMPROV: Theatre group offers classes to community Mike Kinald, left, enters a skit with Monique Daviau at Hideout Theatre on Saturday night. Sara Young Daily Texan Staff CD REVIEWS The xx xx Originality evades KISS, xx produces a ‘fresh perspective’ ing from Sims that aptly fulfills the seductive theme of the album. The xx have managed to skip the wobbly starter albums and jumped straight to a level of refinement that some bands will never reach. Their indefinable style is intriguing and unlike the droves of copy-cat bands that wear out a style in one album. With an air of confidence and sensi­ bility, The xx bring a fresh perspec­ tive to indie music. — Abby Johnston KISS Sonic Boom ple to he astounding — guitar, drums, bass and keyboard. There is no exceptional guitar work, no elec­ tronic hum, not even exhibition­ ist vocal melismas. Yet, without the frills that bands often needlessly add, The xx create a sophisticated, rich sound. Singer-guitarist Romy Mad- ley Croft and her male counter­ part, bassist and singer Oliver Sims, have some of the most intriguing vocals to appear on record in the last few years Female leads, out­ side of some outstanding solo acts, are generally a novelty rather than an actual talent, but Croft's smooth voice holds its own, purring innu­ endo after innuendo. Sims's sleepy tenor plays the essential coed in this mix, and he gently laces his voice with Croft's for gentle duets and call-response type narration. Early favorite "Crystalised" has the addictive, pop-like qualities that lodge themselves in the brain but doesn't sound like the typical washed-out hit from every other in­ die-rock album. "Islands," too, has a bit more bounce than the rest of the album, and features sexy croon­ Dated. Irrelevant. Horrendous. Those are just some of the adjec­ tives that come to m ind upon lis­ tening to Sonic Boom, the newest release from aged party-rockers KISS. Back in the band's heyday, they represented everything naugh­ ty, the kind of things that m ade all fathers cringe: booze, sex and tongues so long the imaginations of every hormonal teenager went wild with anticipation and fantasy. The problem is that they're still try­ ing to represent those things, mak­ ing them no longer innovators but creepy old men. In today's cultural atmosphere, the sex symbols are kids like the Jo­ nas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, not actual rockers. Whereas the face paint and sexual innuendo were perfect in the '70s, today's crowd wants slickly polished radio-friend­ ly tunes, and the group that wrote "Detroit Rock City" just ain't gon­ na cut it, what with the recession and all. Cultural implications aside, the music on Sonic Boom doesn't offer anything to save the band, either. This year's reunion album by Al­ ice in Chains — a '90s band trying to rekindle their former glory - was bad enough, but for a group even older, it's just plain sickening. Ev­ ery single riff has been played by the band before on some other re­ cord. Every lyrical motif and high- energy, party anthem chorus has been sung, not only by KISS, but also by the legions of bands that cropped up and mimicked them. Nothing is original. Nowhere is there even a hint of growth or ex­ perimentation from a band try­ ing to be relevant once more. The tracks on the album play out like tired rehashes of the band's past, desperate attempts to grasp hold of fame again, to stand on top of the world as a rock god. The problem is, the band's members have lost their swagger. Things that made them cool in the '70s aren't so cool anymore, and grown men in face- paint and chains'makes them seem more like fanatical goths than rev­ olutionary rockers. Sonic Boom pro­ duces an explosion, all right, but it's the exploding of the band's dig­ nity, talent and artistry. Robert Rich While we're spending the better part of our youth in the classroom, The xx, the newest buzz band out of the UK, is making waves with their sex-driven vintage sound. Comprised of four 20-year-olds, their debut album, xx, has all the youthful exuberance you could ex­ pect from college-aged kids but has enough technical skill to establish them as a serious band. The group's makeup is too sim- 9 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Professor sparks interest in Chinese revolution, culture By Lara Berendt Daily Texan Staff In a visit four days after the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a H ar­ v ard U n iv ersity p ro fesso r h ig h ­ lighted the positive outcom es of the Chinese Com m unist revolution and its reverberations in the next 40 years of the country's history. H arvard governm ent professor Elizabeth Perry spoke to a crowd of m ore than 70 students and faculty mem bers about C hina's revolution­ ary past on Monday. Perry is w ork­ ing to learn the true m eaning of the revolution as experienced by com ­ m o n w o rk ers and to d istinguish changing interpretations of the rev­ olu tio n th ro u g h o u t the w orld as time passes. "W hen I visit China and ask peo­ ple, 'W hat is the legacy of the C hi­ nese revolution?' alm ost nobody can give me an answ er/' Perry said. Perry discussed her current re­ search on the An yuan coal mine la­ bor m o vem ent from 1926-27 and its connection to the C hinese rev­ olu tio n . M ao Z ed o n g o rg an ized a school for w orkers in A nyuan, w hich led to the creation of a labor union and a strike. The strike w on hig h er w ages and b etter security for A nyuan workers, and the com ­ m unity stood out as a positive ex­ ception d u rin g the period of o p ­ pression across China, Perry said. "T here m ay actually be so m e­ thing w orth retrieving from on e's youthful idealism about the C h i­ nese revolution," Perry said. Perry said the current rejection of rev olutions as tragic m istakes is a fairly recent phenom enon and that previous generations saw rev­ olutions in a positive light. The C enter for East Asian S tud­ ies h o ste d th e lecture to a ttra c t m ore students to the study of C hi­ nese language, history and politics, said Patricia M aclachlan, director of the center and associate profes­ sor of Asian Studies. Students and faculty m em bers attended the lec­ ture in the Texas U nion's Santa Rita Room, m any staying for a Q&Ases­ sion and refreshments afterward. "We think this is a really good m ove for us academ ically," M a­ clachlan said. "Som e ev en ts w e hold are designed to draw interest to China, and this is one of them." W illiam H u rst, a UT assistan t professor of governm ent, said Per­ ry is one of the w o rld 's leading scholars on C hinese politics in the first half of the 20th century, and her visit w as a great o p p o rtu n ity for the University to raise the pro­ file of Chinese studies and politics. "W hat's particularly interesting to me Is that all of China's revolution­ ary leaders w ho w ere involved in labor politics w ere in [Anyuan] or­ ganizing coal miners," H urst said. Jeff M arrs an d his classm ates from the Texas N ational G uard are prep arin g for d ep lo y m en t to A f­ ghanistan early next year and re­ cently stu d ied M ao Z ed o n g and E astern p h ilo so p h y in a course. They atten d ed the lecture to fur­ ther broaden their perspectives on the issue, M arrs said. "Coming here w as an opportuni­ ty to take a look at different aspects of revolution," M arrs said. "It gives us m ore of an intellectual curiosi­ ty instead of getting into a group- think mentality or tunnel vision." P erry's w ork is w ell-grounded historically, appealing to both polit­ ical scientists and to historians, said D avid Sena, assistant professor of Asian Studies. Sena studied under Perry as an undergraduate. "I hope people come aw ay w ith a better understanding of the w ay the C om m unist revolution is p er­ ceived in C hina and a richer u n ­ derstanding of how the m eaning of that historic event changes all the time," Sena said. Dr. Deborah Kapchan, professor of perform ance studies at New York University and former associate professor of a nthropo logy at UT, dis­ cusses her recent research and publications as part of the Departm ent of A nthropology's Cultural Studies Colloquium on Monday. Edmarc Hedrick I Daily Texan Staf f Former professor shares articles By H annah Jones Daily Texan Staff A discussion on the spread of m u sic acro ss v a rio u s c u ltu re s an d A u s tin 's salsa c u ltu re e n ­ g ag ed n e a rly 20 g ra d u a te s tu ­ dents and professors Monday. D eb o rah K ap ch an , a fo rm er UT associate an th ro p o lo g y p ro ­ fessor and form er director of UT's C enter for In tercu ltu ral S tudies in Folklore an d E thnom usicolo- gy, spoke at the event. A perfor­ m ance studies professor at N ew York U niversity, she w as one of 11 sp eak ers in th e fall colloqui­ um series of the Am erico Paredes C enter for C ultural Studies. The topics of discussion w ere tw o of K ap ch an 's articles, "T he P ro m ise of S onic T ra n sla tio n " and "Talking Trash: Perform ing hom e and anti-hom e in A ustin 's salsa culture," w hich w ere p u b ­ lished in textbooks. "T he P rom ise of Sonic T rans­ latio n " w as released in D ecem ­ b e r 2008. K a p c h a n s a id s o n ­ ic tra n sla tio n is th e b elief th a t m u sic can be tra n sla te d across ’ codes a n d cultures. "[T h e article] e x a m in e s th e p ro d u ctio n of sacred m usic fes­ tiv als an d how tra n sfo rm a tio n ­ al com m unities of affect are cre­ ated through participation in the p ro m ise o f sonic tra n s la tio n ," K apchan said. "T alk in g T rash: P e rfo rm in g hom e and anti-hom e in A ustin's salsa culture," released in 2006, ex­ am ines how diverse populations come together to form a "public hom e," a space of intim acy in the public sphere that challenges his­ torical concepts of "private" and "public." The article also reflects on how such a unique "cosmopol­ itan com m unity constitutes itself against the d o m in an t A nglo cul­ ture" of Austin. "K apchan is a very im p o rtan t scholar of folklore perform ance," said an thropology g rad u ate stu ­ d en t H alide Velioglu. "She is al­ w ays very articulate." T he A m e ric o P a re d e s C e n ­ ter fosters in te rd iscip lin ary a p ­ proach es to the stu d y of v aried c u ltu ral form s, acco rd in g to its Web site. T he p ro g ra m is locat­ ed in the a n th ro p o lo g y d e p a rt­ m ent and is the only program in the natio n offering m a ste r's and d o cto ral deg rees w ith a g r a d u ­ ate concentration in folklore an d public culture. "We are b ringing people from a w id e rang e," said John H arti- gan, th e c e n te r's director. "A nd I'm h o p in g it becom es an o n g o ­ ing cultural forum ." G ra d u a te s tu d e n ts from v a r­ ious disciplines, in clu d in g folk­ lore, m u sic, A m erican s tu d ie s, A rabic stu d ie s a n d e th n o m u si- cology, an d faculty from the a n ­ th ro p o lo g y d e p a rtm e n t a sk e d K a p c h a n q u e s tio n s re la te d to h er w ork. " It is im p o rta n t to see h o w o th e r sc h o la rs sh a re th e ir a p ­ p ro a c h e s to th e sa m e is s u e ," Velioglu said. FUNDS: Research universities benefit city From page 1 The proposition w ould am end th e sta te c o n s titu tio n to allow e m erg in g research u n iv ersities to access the defunct H igher Ed­ ucation Fund the sam e w ay UT has access to the P erm anent U ni­ v e rsity F u n d w h e n th e y m eet c e rta in b e n c h m a rk s . In o rd e r to b eco m e e lig ib le for n a tio n ­ al research u n iv e rsity fu n d in g , e m e rg in g u n iv e rs itie s n eed to m eet at least five of seven crite­ ria. They m u st issue at least 200 doctoral degrees a year and have at least a $400 m illio n e n d o w ­ m ent. Because the criteria are so strict, no universities will be able to access the fu n d s until 2013 at the earliest. "It w o u ld g iv e an in c e n tiv e for universities to grow their re­ search," P ow ers said. "M ore re­ search u n iv ersities w o u ld o bv i­ ously benefit the state." Texas has th ree tier one u n i­ v e rsities: UT, Texas A&M a n d Rice University. The state of C al­ ifornia has n ine tier one schools. Jam es H u ffin es, c h a irm a n of th e UT Board of R egents, is the co -ch airm an of Texans for Tier O ne, a n o rg a n iz a tio n m e a n t to fin d fu n d in g for m o re tie r one Texas u n iv e rsitie s. N o o p p o s i­ tion g ro u p s h a v e b een created so far. B ecause th e m o n e y w as a l­ read y allocated by the state, the passage of the proposition could adv an ce research univ ersities in Texas w ith o u t raising taxes, said M argaret Justus, Texans for Tier O ne spokesw om an. "U T is a g re a t e x a m p le of ho w a nation al research u n iv e r­ sity can benefit the econom y of the city," Justus said. "L ast year, A u stin alon e created m ore v e n ­ ture capital than Dallas, H ousto n and San A ntonio com bined." Dr. Elizabeth Perry of H arvard University lectures on "Anyuan M ining: China's Revolutionary Tradition" at the Texas Union on M onday. 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They fired Ce­ cil Cooper on Sept. 21 — the fran­ chise's third m anagerial change since 2004 — and promoted third- base coach Dave Clark to run the team over the final two weeks of another disappointing season. Clark will be am ong those in­ terviewed for the perm anent po­ sition. General manager Ed Wade said previous big-league m anag­ ing experience may not necessar­ ily help. "If you're going to do this the right way, you've got to be open- minded," Wade said. "When you start talking about experience, is it experience solely as a major- league manager? Are you w alk­ ing past other guys w ho have great minor-league credentials, or who look like they're on the prec­ ipice of being outstanding m an­ agers in some fashion?" A new manager is only one of the changes the Astros need to be a winner again. They won the NL pennant in 2005 behind a strong starting rotation and this y ear's staff has been the main weakness so far. L eft-h an d e r W andy R o d ri­ guez, one of only three players left from the Astros' World Series team, was one of the few bright spots this year. He won 14 games in 33 starts, both career highs, and finished with 193 strikeouts, sec­ ond all-time among Houston left­ handers. He allow ed one or no earned runs in 20 outings, and was 8-3 with a 2.08 ERA at home. Most of the rest of the rotation w as m arred by injuries and in­ consistency. Roy O sw alt's season w as cut short by back problems. The As­ tros' ace w on a career-low eight games in 30 starts, finished with Rick Scuteri j A ssociated Press Form er H ouston m anager Cecil Cooper will be one of the m any holes the Astros will have to fill this offseason as they try to rebuild and prepare for the 2010 season. a career-high 4.12 ERA and set a team record with 16 no-decisions. Rookie Bud Norris won his first three starts in August and will vie for a starting role at spring train­ ing next year, and Brian Moehler proved capable at the back end of the rotation, overcoming ear­ ly injuries to win eight games in 28 starts. The Astros were 49-46 on July 22, one gam e out of first place in the NL Central. They then lost 42 of their last 67 games as the start­ ing pitching deteriorated. First baseman Lance Berkman, who missed 18 games with a calf strain, thinks the Astros are only one or two solid pitchers from be­ coming contenders again. "W e've got tw o really good s ta rte r s , w e 'v e g o t Roy a n d w e 'v e g o t W andy," B erkm an said. "So if you're looking at our team and saying, 'W hat's there to work w ith?' I think w e've got tw o really good starters, w e've got a p o ten tially good sta rte r in Bud and w e've got an estab­ lished, steady-E ddie starter in Brian Moehler." The offense also needs a boost. Kaz M atsui, signed through next season, batted .250, his low­ est average since his first season in Japan. Miguel Tejada, who will become a free agent, hit .313 for the season. Berkman, a five-time All-Star, batted .274 w ith 25 hom ers and 80 RBIs, all am ong the low est numbers of his career. Lead off man Michael Bourn hit a career-high .285 and led the NL w ith 61 stolen bases and Carlos Lee topped 100 RBIs for the sixth time in seven seasons. But the As­ tros ranked 14th in the NL in runs scored (643) and eighth in hitting with a .260 average Berkm an blam es the A stros' on-base percentage (.319), which ranked 13th in the NL. "You can have guys that are run producers, but y o u 'v e got to have guys who get on base," Berkman said. A total of 10 players are eligible for free agency, including third basem an Geoff Blum, reliever LaTroy H aw kins and closer Jose Valverde. A nother nine players are eligible for arbitration, includ­ ing Bourn, Rodriguez and right fielder H unter Pence, w ho had another productive season. COME JOIN TEXAS STUDENT MEDIA BEFORE EVERY HOME GAME! LOOK FOR THE DAILY TEXAN TENT AT THE CORNER OF MLK & BRAZOS. CONGRESS BRAZOS LONGHORN HOME GAMES j SEPTEM BER 5 I L O U I S I A N A - M O N R O E OCTOBER 10 C O L O R A D O SEPTEM BER 19 J T E X A S T ECH SEPTEM BER 26 I UTEP NOVEMBER 7 C E N T R A L F LORI DI NOVEMBER 21 K A NSA S i n t M VII COUNTDOWN TAILGATE PARTY Presented by C O V E R A G E J--*' SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! TIME W ARNER CABLE rwB ro w s * qp y o v A I R S T R E A M RBFCUJT rkUv art A / / usui WMim S p e c ' s T >»a«5. sratm A m n Foods Ç A N N O L.' I f o m p e r \ ¿ l i n k 1 1 JEFFERSON-* u m ~ ~ u m « * • , V B ft^ O n wireless wmÊtÊiÊÊmÊÊÊÊÊmmsÊÊm Eric Ou | D aily Texan Staff So ph om ore running back Foswhitt W hittaker runs the ball against UTEP as one o f a handful of options Texas has at the position. TEXAS: No clear decision for running back entering Big 12 From page 12 hug him fast," Brown said. "Make it a team celebration." The Longhorns have already taken the step of banning the "you can't see me" hand gesture that de­ fensive backs m ade popular last year after a big play. Comer Chykie Brown was flagged for taunting af­ ter flashing his hand in front of his face following a pass break up in the end zone against Wyoming. "As long as you don't bring at­ tention to yourself, you're proba­ bly OK," said defensive coordina­ tor Will Muschamp. "Always re­ m em ber 'It's not just about you w ho m ade the play. Somebody else helped you to do it.'" Running back roulette The running back by committee is here to stay for another week. Vondrell McGee and Tre' N ew ­ ton are listed as the starters, with F osw hitt W h ittak er and C ody Johnson working their way back into the conversation following strong perform ances in practice and against UTEP. While W hit­ taker was knocked off his perch as favorite in camp by a knee in­ jury, Johnson has struggled with weight problems, showing up to camp around 260 lbs. "It's a good problem ," Brown said. "Fozzy seems well. Cody is at 13 percent body fat and 242 lbs. We checked him after going home this week and he's still 242, which is good for him." BIG 12: Oklahoma loses receiver Broyles From page 12 Steven Sheffield will add on to his 238 yards and three to u ch ­ dow n passes from Saturday. "I'm going to w atch ju st as much film as anybody else, tak­ ing notes and seeing w hat I need to do," Sheffield said. "K ansas S ta te 's a good o p p o n en t, b u t I'm ready." Baylor At least for one week, the Bay­ lor Bears did not feel the back­ la sh of s o p h o m o re q u a r te r ­ back R obert G riffin 's season- ending injury. W ith G riffin in a h e a d s e t and to ssin g the football w ith his team m ates on the sideline, the Bears looked to third-string q u a rte rb a c k N ick F lorence to lead their offense against Kent State — and he delivered. A lo n g w ith a to u c h d o w n run in the second quarter, Flor­ ence co m pleted 74 p ercent of his passes for 216 yards and 60 yards ru shing on the w ay to a 31-15 victory. "I think he played admirably," said head coach Art Briles. "We felt like he w ould be successful doing the things that were asked of him and he did. " Florence started after expected second-string quarterback Blake Szym anski m issed significant practice tim e d u e to a bruised sh o u ld e r after replacing G rif­ fin against N orth w estern State tw o w eeks ago. The Bears also played w ithout starting running back Jay Finley w ho m issed his second stra ig h t w eek w ith an ankle injury. "O ur w hole team rallied up, and we did a good job of pick­ ing each other and playing for each other," Briles said. "There is a big difference playing w ith s o m e b o d y a n d p la y in g for somebody." Kansas State In his first collegiate start, se­ nior quarterback G rant Gregory led the Wildcats past Iowa State w hile also gaining national rec­ ognition as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. After evading a sack, Gregory threw a 54-yard touchdow n pass to put the Wildcats up 24-17 over the Cyclones, but it did not a p ­ pear to be enough w hen A usten A rnaud responded w ith a touch­ dow n pass to Jake W illiams in the back of the end zone. W ith 32 s e c o n d s r e m a in ­ ing, 6-foot-4 Em m anuel Lam ur blocked the extra point attem pt to give the Wildcats a 24-23 vic­ tory in Kansa’s City. The sixth-year senior transfer from South Florida threw for 206 yards w ith tw o fo u rth -q u a rte r touchdow ns and a 2-yard touch­ d o w n ru n in the g am e's first possession. "It was a little bit of validation after six years of work," Gregory said. "T hat's one of the best fin­ ishes I've been a p art of." Oklahoma If only O klahom a could have left Land Shark Stadium w ith a 21-20 loss to Miami. Instead, they also lost leading receiver and top p u n t r e tu rn ­ er Ryan Broyles for two to four weeks. Broyles, w ho leads the Soon- ers w ith 23 catches for 346 yards and seven touchdow ns this sea­ son, suffered a broken left shoul­ d er b lad e d u rin g the S ooners gam e S atu rd ay and w ill m iss this w eek's game against Baylor. H ead coach Bob Stoops con­ firm ed th a t B royles su ffe re d the fracture d u rin g their gam e against M iami M onday on the Big 12 coaches' conference call. H e also said the Sooners w ill m onitor Sam Bradford this week to decide w hether he can play. SPORTS BRIEFLY Favre beats Packers in his first meeting with his old team MINNEAPOLIS — Brett Favre proved to the Green Bay Packers he has plenty of fire left inside. Favre's first game against his for­ mer team was all fun for the Min­ nesota Vikings and all frustra­ tion for the Packers, as the graying quarterback kept his cool and con­ nected for three' touchdown passes and 271 yards in a 30-23 victory on Monday night. Favre went 24 for 31, without a turnover. He celebrated his first scoring toss with an awkward body bump with kicker Ryan Longwell, also a former Packers teammate, and showed plenty of emotion — but also stayed poised in the pocket all night and mostly avoided risk. "I don't know how to explain it. I felt right, but 1 guess 1 nev­ er thought I'd be in that situation," Favre said. The Vikings (4-0) sacked Favre's replacement, Aaron Rodgers, eight times. Jared Allen was credited with four and a half of them, in­ cluding a safety in the fourth quar­ ter that stretched the lead to 16. Rodgers two turnovers, which Favre turned into touchdown pass­ es in the first half. "1 definitely wanted to get this win for Brett," teammate Adrian Peterson said "He downplayed it all week, but I just knew it meant a lot to him. I could see it in his eyes." Favre hugged Rodgers, Donald Driver and sev eral other Packers once the game was over. — D avid Cam pbell Tuesday, October 6,2009 S ports I'll K 1> \ I M T K W V Texas’ return game key in victories Sports Editor: Austin Talbert E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com N C A A F O O T B A L L Team captain returns from suspension, Potts injured By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff After being su sp en d ed "indefinitely" by head coach M ike Leach and m issin g a w eek o f prac­ tice, team cap tain B randon Carter d id exactly w hat he said he w o u ld do Saturday: w atch from the stands. "I am not a captain anymore and will not be play­ ing this w eek," Carter tw eeted follo w in g Tech's loss to H ouston. "Good luck red raiders ill [sic] still be cheering on my fam ily from the stands!!:)" On Sunday, Carter returned from his suspension, and Tech spokesm an Chris Cook said the senior of­ fensive guard practiced with the team — mohawk and all. A lth ou gh Carter w as reinstated, Tech has not confirm ed the details of w hat led to the su sp en ­ sion. Carter w as one of the players w ith a Twitter account before Leach banned them, but report^ in­ dicate the suspension w as not Twitter related. The Red Raiders also received n ew s that quar­ terback Taylor Potts w as released from C ovenant Medical Center after treatments follow ing an inju­ ry suffered Saturday. Potts w as sacked tw ice in a span of three plays, and although the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal re­ p orted Sunday that P otts had a con cu ssion , the h o sp ita l sp o k e sw o m a n M ich elle S tep h en s said they could not release the reason for his treatment. Potts m ay not play for Saturday's gam e against K a n sa s S ta te an d it is p ro jected that ju n ior BIG 12 co"! nueson page 11 tirm . Caleb M iller | Daily Texan Staff Texas linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy sacks Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts, w ho suffered a con ­ cussion a gain st UTEP last Saturday. Sara You ng | Daily Texan Staff Freshman running back DJ. Monroe returns a kickoff against Louisiana-M onroe for one of three special team s touchdow ns, which include tw o M o n roe kickoff returns and a Jordan Shipley p unt return. Longhorns trying to steer clear o f in dividu a l celebrations, penalties By Michael Sheffield Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns have been doing their best to put the "special" in spe­ cial teams this year. With tw o kick returns and one punt return for touchdowns m four gam es, already the best in school historv, and an assortment of big p la y s in p u n tin g and coverage, Texas is well ahead of the curve in the hidden vardage that can often swing games. The Longhorns rank second in the nation in kick returns, in large part thanks to the speedv D.J. Mon­ roe who became the first player to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in Texas history. O nly four gam es into his career, Monroe could set the record out of sight for a school that at one point went 20 years without a return score. "I'm really excited about our kick­ ing game," said Texas head coach Mack Brown. "Every tim e som e­ one kicks it to us w e have a chance to score. We haven't had that since w e've been here." Monroe has show n a knack for good timing in his big returns. Both of his returns follow ed opposition touchdow ns from Louisiana-Mon­ roe and UTEP, breaking the games open early as Texas rolled to blow ­ outs in both. Meanw-hile, Jordan S h ip ley re­ turned his second punt for a touch­ d o w n in tw o years, both against Texas Tech. "The returns are a m om en tum sw ing," Shipley said. "It's dem or­ alizing for a team w hen you switch field position on them. Everyone in­ volved feels w e can score every time we're on the field." After a slew of rule changes shift­ ed the advantage on kick-offs to the returning team s, Brown sent h is staff to leading NFL return team s throughout the offseason to boost fus team's performance. In the past season and a half, the Longhorns have scored five return touchdowns. Celebrate good times After Saturday's Louisiana State- Georgia gam e sw u n g on the co n ­ ten tious call o f an u n sp o rtsm a n ­ like penalty against the B ulldogs, teams around the N C A A took no­ tice. Brown p rop osed an in n o v a ­ tive w ay to deal w ith penalties in big moments, suggesting a booth re­ view for im portant behavior fouls or helm et-to-helm et hits that could result in player ejections. "If w e have a guy who's celebrat­ ing too much, w e tell the team to go TEXAS :ontinues on page 11 Preseason rankings only provide fluff J M N By Laken Litman Daily Texan Columnist With all the fluctuations in the top 10 of the NCAA football polls this season, I think it's safe to say that these polls are based on noth­ ing but fluff. You d on 't really k n ow how g ood a team is w h en they are playin g "the little sisters of the poor." Let's get No. 1 Florida and N o. 2 Texas to plav som e major team s and get into a flow before w e make our plane and hotel res­ ervations for Pasadena. H ow can you honestly believe the Gators and the Longhorns d eserve their p restigiou s rankings if th ey've only played team s like Troy and Louisiana-Monroe? At least Okla­ homa and Virginia Tech can say they got beat by top 20 team s in their first few weeks Since the preseason p oll that came out Aug 22, seven o f those top 111 team s have lost gam es And halt ol those team s' losses wen* to unranked teams Remem l»«*i w hen USE lost to unranked W ashington’ i V what alxnit when < >k l.thom.i State lost to H ouston’ Wlio is H ouston? Well actualh now tlw whole nation knows who I louston is alter their tew weeks in llu* lim elight w hen they beat Big 12 p o w erh o u ses O klahom a State and Texas Tech. But then the Cougars lost to UTEP w hom Tex­ as dem olished the week before. It's funny to me that the AP and USA Today pollsters m ake these Holy Grail rankings that the whole Since the preseason poll came out Aug. 2 2 , seven of those top 10 teams h a ir lost games. nation goes n uls ox er before the season e \ en starts If the polLsters sa\ Florida is N o .l, then every­ one better watch out because that means Florida is definitely going to tv just as gixxi as thev were in 2(\1S So shall it be written so shall it he done Right’ Yeah O k W ho ha> Florida played again this vear? C harles­ ton Southern Trv»\ Tennessee and Kentucky l e t > se e w hat hap- }x*ns this weekend w hen the\ not only face an SEC foe, but a No. 4 ranked LSU. W here d id th o se in te llig en t pollsters place now No. 8 Cincin­ nati and N o. 11 Miami in the pre­ season poll? Oh yeah, they weren't ranked. I think p o lls for the first few w e e k s are fo o lis h . T h ey just feed m in d le ss co n v e r sa tio n I g u e ss . A nd d o n ’t coa ch es tell their team s not to look at rank­ ings anvwav? So w ho cares0 The BCS p o ll h a sn 't com e ou t yet and w on't for a few more weeks. M aybe the other rankings should just w a it and com e ou t at the sam e tim e. Preseason p o lls are just old new s, and nobody cares w h a t h a p p en ed last year. Ask a coach about the last tim e his team played so-and-so and he'll give vou the that w as then, this is now answer. So, in m y op in ­ ion the sam e goes for polls. We have no idea w h o 's w ho until conference gam es start. A team s true identity is not revealed until it plavs another top 10 team or an mter-conference rival. May­ be in the next few w eeks things w ill start to make more sense. Or niavbe not if Boise State, Cincin­ nati and TCU remain in the top 10. lsn t that weird? UTEP players and their fans celebrate after they beat then No. 12 Houston, which proved to be one of this seasons overranked teams. 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