t?otzs \£i saiava: hvqsd MS 3 A V I iS I Z W1IIOHDIW 30 VXIH3H oav aaxiw * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WllCIOU HE BEST OF THE BREAST This week, Tasty Tuesday goes gourmet with a recipe for grilled guail In a mushroom cream sauce LONGHORNS NO. 8 SEED Team relieved to make the tournament after disappointment last year » LIFE& ARTS PAGE 4B 3 “ v f \ I J T h e Da ily T exan Melecki appointed financial director Serving The U niversity o f Texas at Austin co m m u n ity since 1900 w w w .dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, M arch 18, 2008 Former director Lawrence Burt dismissed in April 2007 fo r violating University policies By Maya Srikrishnan Daily Texan Staff Thomas Melecki, the newly ap­ pointed director of student finan­ cial services, said he will employ optimism and commit to public service when taking on his new position at UT. Melecki will start work at the Office of Student Financial Ser­ vices on April 7. His appointment was announced Friday after a six- month search to replace the previ­ ous director, Lawrence Burt, who was dismissed last April for own­ ing stock in a student loan compa­ ny on UT's preferred lenders list — a violation of University rules. A ccording to docum ents re­ ceived in an open-records request, Student Financial Services also took into account the gifts the of­ fice received from student loan companies when compiling UT's preferred lenders list. Juan Gonzalez, vice president for student affairs, said in an e- mail that the search for a new di­ rector began in October 2007 with an advertisement for the position on the University Web site. UT also enlisted the help of an exec­ utive search firm and created an internal search committee com­ posed of students, faculty and staff members, he said. "W hen hiring someone at this level, we needed to take a very careful, methodical approach to the search for a student financial services director. This position re­ quires a comprehensive knowl­ edge and understanding of how financial aid programs work — at both the federal and state levels," Gonzalez said in the e-mail. "Our search paid off because I believe we have found the perfect match in Tom Melecki." Melecki said the position was M ELECKI continues on page 2A University Towers gets sprinklers long after fire 'rr By Sarah W ilson Daily Texan Staff Nearly seven years after a fatal fire at U niversity Towers, the off-campus dormitory installed a sprinkler system over spring break. Building manager Will Rogers said the project has been under way since Fairfield Residential LLC acquired the building in 2006. "We began planning the process as soon as we took over, but it's a $1.2 million project, and it doesn't happen overnight," Rogers said. Though some residents were incon­ venienced when the building turned off its w ater for three days over the break, the installation is closure for fire victim Zawardy Ab Latiff's negligence suit against the dorm. Ab Latiff's roommate, who allegedly set the fire on May 1,2001, was killed in the blaze, and Ab Latiff suffered bum s on more than 40 percent of his body After seven weeks of hospitalization, he sued University Towers for failure to equip rooms with sprinklers or smoke detectors. Rogers, who did not work for Uni­ versity Towers when the fire occurred, said he does not know why previous building managers failed to install a sprinkler system. Donald Sm ith, Austin Fire D epart­ m ent battalion chief, said U niversity Towers was not subject to the 1981 fire code that requires buildings to have a 24-hour sprinkler and alarm system , pressurized stairwells and smoke de­ tectors in every living area, because the three buildings that comprise the dor­ mitory were built before the ordinance passed. Smith said three other residential high- rises in Austin are still not required to in­ stall a sprinkler system, which has re­ sulted in controversy over the years. “These system s are not d e sig n e d to save b u ild in g s from fire b u t to allow residents to escape m ore quickly." Donald Smith, Austin Fire Departm ent battalion cheif "There has never been a multi-fatal­ ity fire in buildings with sprinkler sys­ tems, except in New York at the Twin Towers," Smith said. Sm ith said Austin fire-prevention services offered low -interest loans to pre-ordinance buildings to update their fire systems several years ago but that none of the buildings accepted the in­ centive due to refurbishing costs. He said sprinkler activation can lead to thousands of dollars in water damage in rooms that are not at risk for catch­ ing fire but that every Austin building should offer the protection of fire sprin­ klers and smoke detectors. "T h ese system s are n ot designed to save buildings from fire but to a l­ low residents to escape more quickly," Smith said. Kim Polston, an aerospace engineer­ ing freshm an and University Towers resident and em ployee, said she was not aware that the building lacked a sprinkler system but said she felt safe with fire escapes and fire alarms in the hallway. Polston said she hopes the fire sys­ tem will reassure new students that University Towers is a safe place to live and that the managers are taking pre­ cautions to protect residents. APD Pipe and Drum Corps celebrates St. Patricks Day By A m ie G lover Daily Texan Staff M em bers of the Austin Police D epart­ m ent's Pipe and Drum C orps, dressed in kilts and standing in front of an Irish flag, perform ed outside the storefront of cen­ tral Austin's Things Celtic on Monday. The C orp s' rep ertoire included tunes ran g in g from w h at O fficer Todd Birch- er called "th e Old Spice and Irish Spring s o n g " to "A m a z in g G r a c e ," ty p ica lly perform ed at funerals for officers killed in the line of duty. An Ohio native, Bircher m oved to Tex- as while serving in the Army and joined APD in 1990. Bircher started the Pipe and Drum Corps in 1998 when he ap­ proached Commander Jim O 'Leary with his vision. Bircher sought to help APD honor the long-standing tradition of po­ lice department bagpipe players. He noticed that officers did not play at other police funerals in A ustin and wanted to bring the northern tradition to the city 's force. Because of his initia­ tives, officers, rather than civilians now CORPS continues on page 6A Local plum bers and handym en install sprinkler systems at University Towers on 24th Street. John Gilchrist | Daily Texan Staff Board considers rail line to San Antonio By A m y Bin gh am Daily Texan Staff The A ustin a re a 's tran sp o rtatio n board con tin u ed d iscu ssio n s ab out an A u stin -S an A n to n io co m m u te r rail, p lan s to lo w er city em issio n s and w ays to fix a d an g erou s stretch of U .S. H igh w ay 7 1 , at its M onday m eeting. T he C a p ita l A re a M e tro p o lita n P la n n in g O r g a n iz a tio n a llo c a te s fed eral tran sp o rtatio n funds, plans tra n s p o rta tio n im p ro v e m e n ts an d p rovides air quality services for Wil­ liam son , Travis an d H ay s cou nties. The group m et at the Joe Thom pson C onference C enter at U T 's public af­ fairs school. M uch of th e d iscu ssio n focu sed on a possible com m u ter rail between G eorgetow n an d San A n tonio. This p assen ger tra m sy stem w ould have variou s stops along the 112-m ile cor­ rid o r and w o u ld w o rk in co n ju n c­ tion w ith C ap ital M etro to p rov id e "th e first really good transp ortation altern ativ e" in the region , said A li­ son S ch u lze, the sen io r p lan n er of the A ustin-San A ntonio Interm unic­ ipal C o m m u ter Rail D istrict. If a p ­ p roved , the rail w ou ld begin o p era­ tion in 2011 or 2012 and w ould offer d isco u n ts to stu d e n ts , sen iors and frequent riders, she said. The organ ization 's board will vote A p ril 21 w h eth er to fund the p roj­ ect. Sen. Jeff W en tw orth , R-San A n to­ n io, w as one of m an y to v o ice his su pp ort of the rail at the meeting. "This [com m u ter rail] will provide a dependable altern ative to 1-35," he said. Sid C o v in g to n , ch air of the co m ­ m uter rail's board, said studies show the rail w ould im p act the econ om y positively. A n o th e r a g e n d a to p ic w a s th e M arch 12 c h a n g e in the E n v iro n ­ m en tal P ro te ctio n A g e n c y 's ozon e CAMPO continues on page 2A Kim Espinosa | Daily Texan Staff Charles Nichols speaks at the CA M PO m eeting M onday night. South by Southwest continued to grow in 2008 By Katy Justice Daily Texan Staff Businesses look forw ard to the in­ creased cash flow that com es in d ur­ ing the w eek of the South by South­ w e s t F e stiv a l, w h ich g ro w s e v e ry year. Yet the surge in visitors each year c o m e s w ith c o n c e rn s ab o u t h ow m any people Austin can handle d ur­ ing the week-long m usic, film and in­ teractive festival. H ugh Forrest, w ho is event d irec­ tor for the in teractiv e festival, said som e people liked the festival w as b etter when it w as sm aller and they are u n h ap p y w ith the ch an g es the even t has had to m ake to accom m o­ date to the grow th each year. The attendance at the music events has grow n from 700 people in 1987 to nearly 10,000 people in 2008. Last y ear, SXSW sh o w ed 240 film s and 1,580 bands. This year, it hosted more than 250 films and 1,700 bands, a c ­ cording to the SXSW Web site. "The event has enjoyed some very healthy grow th the last few years and SXSW continues on page 2A Jeffrey McWhorter Daily Texan Staff Linda Ponder, left, and Ken M urphy, m em ­ bers of the Austin Police Pipe and Drum Corps, play the drum s during a perform ance at Things Celtic M onday m orning. 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Austin, TX 78713. _________________________________ 3/18/08 Texan Ad Deadlines M o n d a y Wednesday, 12 p.m. Thursday...............Monday. 12 p.m. Tuesday ............ Thursday, 12 p.m Friday................... Tuesday, 12 p.m W ed nesd ay............. Friday, 12 p.m. University Seeks Nominations for Presidential Citation ................. Paul del Bosque. Jacqueline Bustos Danny Grover Ashley Moreno. Drew T homas Elena Watts r I H F ! i Hi 1 / v i i j i 1 1 \ 11 Y This newspaper was printed with IV Y A I V pride bv The Dai,y Texan and 1 rh a \ > Texas student Medja COPYRIGHT T h e D a il y T e x a n MELECKI: Director hopes to provide ‘great customer service’ to students From p a g e l A irresistible to him. "I began m y career at stu ­ dent financial aid at UT, and I received my doctorate at UT," he said. "M y wife is also a na­ tive Texan, and she used to work at UT. Austin is where both our daughters were bom, so in a lot of ways we really feel like we're coming home." Before accepting the position at UT, Melecki w as vice presi­ dent of the N ational Student Loan P rogram , the n a tio n 's sixth-largest student loan guar­ anty agency. While with the program, Melecki expanded re­ lationships with congressional offices, the U.S. Department of Education, the state higher ed­ ucation coordinating com m is- "I just want to see what I can do to pitch in and help out" Thomas Melecki, newly appointed director o f student financial services sion and national higher edu­ cation associations. M elecki sa id he w an ts to provide "gre at custom er ser­ vice" to stu den ts by e xp an d ­ ing U T 's need-based aid and scholarship program s, recruit­ ing diverse students and help­ ing students understand their rights and responsibilities with educational loans. "You can a w a rd som eon e all the financial aid they need, but if they can't m anage those funds, they won't make it until the end of the year," he said. "I just w ant to see what I can do to pitch in and help out." Melecki said he is not intimi­ dated by the national attention and scrutiny on student finan­ cial aid or the circumstances of Burt's dism issal. "I think what has happened in the past is past. My objective is to make sure that people who are concerned about the finan­ cial aid office will have confi­ dence that it is being run in an ethical manner," he said. CAMPO: Safety on stretches of US-71 also key From p a g e l A level stan d ard s. According to the EPA's Web site, it has low­ ered the accep tab le am oun t of ozone at g rou n d lev el, a m ajor co m p o n en t o f sm o g , from .08 parts per m illion to .075 ppm. A ustin's ozone levels range from .08 to .084 ppm , which could designate the city a non­ attainm en t area and require it to im plem ent stra te g ie s to lower em issions and clean up the air. Safety on H igh w ay 71 w as another a m ajor issue for the organ ization , sa id Kirk Wat­ son, the b o ard 's chair and an A ustin senator. C o llisio n s on the stre tch n ear Bee C reek Road have claimed the lives of 11 people since 2006, the Daily Texan previously reported. " I f w e w ere h a v in g that many deaths from a hurricane or a tornado, it w ould be de­ clared a natural disaster," Wat­ son said. Copyright 2008 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y Sem ester in Washington Program in Law Get W ashington internship experience and Georgetown academ ic credit th is summer. June 2-August 9, 2008 Gain experience that can help launch you r legal ca re e r this su m m e r in W ashington, O.C. 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ENROLL TODAY V«¿sit s c s . g e o r g e t o w n . e d u / w a s h i n g t o n or call 2 0 2 . 6 8 7 . 8 2 0 0 to e n ro ll o r find o u t w h e n a r e p r e s e n t a t iv e w ill v is it y o u r c a m p u s . T he University is seeking nom inations for the Presidential C itatio n , the highest honor the president can bestow on an individual. The award has been given to only 45 people in the University’s history. The Presidential Citation honors the contributions o f people who per­ sonify the University's core purpose: to transform lives for the benefit o f society. The University does not award honorary degrees, and these citations are designed to salute individuals whose service exemplifies the values shared by the University community. Ihe deadline to subm it nominations to the Presidential Citation Com m ittee is April 15. The award will be presented at a ceremony later in the year. For more inform ation, including criteria for the award and nomination instructions, visit: w ww .utexas.edu/president/citation/ M embers o f the 2008 Presidential C itation N om inating Com m ittee: Professor Richard R. Flores, College o f Liberal Arts, chair Professor Anthony P. Ambler, Electrical and C om puter Engineering Professor Allen J. Bard, Chem istry and Biochemistry Professor Eli P. C ox, M arketing Administration Professor Sherry L. Field, College o f Education Professor Coleman A. Jennings, Theater and D ance Professor M aggie R ivas-R odriguez, Jo u rn alism Dean Barbara W. White, School o f Social Work T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF T E X A S AT A U S T I N W h a t S t a r t s H e r e C h a n g e s t h e W o r l d High 64 TODAY'S W ITHER Lr Low 48 I am just trying to use the lingo. SXSW: Festival spreads across city as it grows From page 1A I anticipate we will continue to grow in 2009," Forrest said. "I don't know exactly where we will place these people, but we have a lot of time to figure these things out." Forrest said the new h o­ tels being built downtown will help with the influx of people needing a place to stay during the festival. "These are good problem s we have to figure ou t," For­ rest said. "There were years in the past we had issues on how to grow." The festiv al continues to expand because it is alw ays im proving connections with film an d m usic in d u strie s and communicating with the public, Forrest said, but tick­ et and hotel reservation limi­ tations have resulted in a self- restricting growth. Forrest said people like to com e to A ustin d uring the spring, and the online commu­ nity has given SXSW a good reputation. SXSW faces the challenge of ensuring that the attendees continue to have positive ex­ periences each year and do not get squeezed out by the thou­ san ds of people who want to attend. "There are a lot of great things when it was smaller, but for the most part, it's been suc­ cessful in retaining the things that make it desirable to at­ tend," Forrest said. Hampton Inn general m an­ ager Roger Miller said the ho­ tel reserved a block of rooms for SXSW, which were booked more than a year in advance because of its location in the center of downtown Austin. Millei said he thinks that be­ cause the festival has spread to venues throughout the city, people do not mind staying ir. other places outside the down town area. A irlines and the A ustin Bergstrom Inter national Air­ p o rt a lso exp erien ce high num bers of travelers during SXSW. The a ir p o r t recently in ­ stalled ad d ition al elevators and escalators to accom m o­ d ate the large num bers of people, and it is considering a term inal expansion within the next couple of years, said airport spokesm an Jim Hal- brook. "It's a very busy time. Yes­ terday we had long lines be­ ca u se of retu rn in g sp rin g breakers and South by South­ west," Halbrook said. "March is the third m ost trav eled month in [the] year." • Apple Authorized Reseller & S e n ice Provider W arranty S e n ice New & U sed M acs U pgrades & Peripherals Pro V ideo & A udio Pro-Tape System s 512-443-3911 http: w vLW .D ro -ta n e .co m Fam ily-O w ned Since 1986 TSM BOARD MEETING Friday M arch 2 1 , 2 0 0 8 3 : 0 0 P .M . Campus Club Room 203 4 0 5 W. 25T H s t r e e t AUSTIN, TX 7 8 7 0 5 Visitors Welcome We encourage any community member who has any kind of temporary or permanent disability to contact Texas Student Media beforehand so that appropriate accommodations can be made Anyone is welcome to attend. i H IrVbule Y O U R W O R L D E daily Texan • oailvtixanonlini (At STUDENT TELEVISION • KVftX S1 3 M M 3A Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Iraqis remove the dead from the scene of a suicide bom b­ ing in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. A female suicide bom b­ er attacked a group of Shiite worshippers near a mosque, killing at least 32 people and wounding 51, officials said. Wire Editor: Megan Wintersteen www.dailytexanonline.com T T T TWORL T h e D a i l y T e x a n Female suicide bomber kills 43 in Iraq holy city By Kim Gamel The Associated Press BAGHDAD — A female suicide bom ber stru ck Sh iite w o rsh ip ­ pers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a wit­ ness said, killing at least 43 people and leaving pools of blood on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques. The b la st w a s the d e a d lie st in a series of attack s that left at least 72 Iraqis dead, including six youths killed when mortar rounds slam m ed into a soccer field in eastern Baghdad. Two U .S. so ld ie r s w ere also k illed M o n d ay in a ro a d sid e bombing north of Baghdad, bring­ ing the American death toll closer to 4,000 as the U.S.-led w ar enters its sixth year. At least 3,990 m em ­ bers of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, accordin g to an Associated Press count. The violence m arred ov erlap ­ ping trips by Vice President Dick C heney and Sen. John M cCain to B ag h d ad . T heir v isits w ere aim ed at touting recent security gains and stressing W ashington's to l o n g - t e r m c o m m it m e n t "The only thing I know is there was a big explosion and I saw bodies flying in the air" Hassan Khazim, victim fighting insurgents in Iraq. The U.S. Em bassy and military issued a joint statem ent blam ing al-Q aida in Iraq for the K arbala attack. The bo m ber stru ck after the w o rsh ip p ers had gath ered at a sacred historical site abou t half a m ile from the gold en -d om ed shrine of Imam Hussein, a grand­ son of the Prophet M uh am m ad who w as killed in a seventh-cen­ tury battle. A police officer, sp e ak in g on condition of anonym ity because he w asn't authorized to release the information, said the attacker w as a woman, as did a witness. The U.S. military described the attack as a suicide operation but pu t the casualty toll at 40 Iraqis killed and 65 w ounded. The U.S. statement said the identity of the bomber remained unknown. Brig. Gen. Raed Shakir Jaw dat, Karbala's police chief, said 43 peo­ ple were killed and 73 w ounded. He denied it w as a suicide attack, saying a bomb had been planted in the area. The discrepancies could not immediately be resolved. If true, it w ould be am ong the d ead liest attacks carried out by women during the Iraq conflict. The U.S. m ilitary has w arned that insurgents are using fem ale attackers because they can more easily avoid checkpoint searches and can hide the explosives under traditional all-encompassing black Islamic robes. Ali H assan, 30, a clothing mer­ chant w ho w as w ou n ded in the blast, said he w as standing near his stall "when I heard a big explo­ sion and I felt strong fire throwing me in the air." "The only thing I know is there w as a b ig ex p lo sio n and I saw bodies flying in the air," said H as­ san Khazim, 36, who w as w ound­ ed in the face. "A ll the tight securi­ ty m easures designed to protect us were in vain." NATION BRIEFLY Ship's pilot charged in crash that spilled oil into bay WASHINGTON — The pilot of a ship that spilled 58,0(10 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay af­ ter crashing into a bridge last No­ vember has been charged with cnminal negligence and breaking environmental laws. Capt. John Cota faces misde­ meanor charges, including harm­ ing migrant birds protected by the government. Cota was at the helm of the container ship Cosco Busan dur­ ing the Nov. 7 collision with the Bay Bridge. Investigators search Georgia landfill for missing couple JESUP, Ga. — Investigators with cadaver dogs searched a southeast Georgia landfill Monday for a missing couple last seen two weeks at the marina where they lived and worked on Hilton Head Island, S.C. John and Elizabeth Calvert, who live part time on a yacht at the Harbour Town marina they lease and manage, were last seen March 3. Police think Dennis Ray Gerwing, a business associate of the couple who committed sui­ cide last week, was the last per­ son to see them. Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner has refused to say wheth­ er he believes the Calverts are dead or alive. Florida Dems abandon plan for mail-in primary re-vote TALLAHASSEE, Ha. — Facing strong opposition, Horida Dem­ ocrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presiden- tial primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party. While the decision by Hori­ da Democrats left the state's 210 delegates in limbo, Democrats in Michigan moved closer to hold­ ing another contest on June 3. Legislative leaders reviewed a measure Monday that would set up a privately funded, state-ad­ ministered do-over primary, The Associated Press learned. In Horida, a frustrated Demo­ cratic Party chairwoman Karen L. Thurman sent a letter announcing the decision. "A partv-run primary or cau­ cus has been ruled out, and it's simply not possible for the state to hold another election, even if the party’ were to pay for it," Thur­ man said. "This doesn't mean that Democrats are giving up on Hor­ ida voters. It means that a solu­ tion will have to come from the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee, which is scheduled to meet again in April." There was no indication when tire court would rule. Obama tells war veterans he will not lower drinking age SCRANTON, Pa. — Democrat Barack Obama on Monday prom­ ised Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans help with their grievanc­ es — save one. "I know it drives you nuts. But I'm not going to lower tire drink­ ing age," the presidential candi­ date said. Army veteran Ernest Johnson, 23, of Connecticut, said one of the things that peeved him before he turned 21 was that he couldn't come home and drink a beer — even though he was old enough to serv e in the armed serv ices and die for his country. Compiled from Associated Press reports NOMINATE G i v e y o u r P r o f e s s o r s w h a t t h e y D e s e r v e Have you had a great Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences professor? Stu d e n ts fro m all colleges m ay nom inate professors for the J e a n H o l l o w a y A w a r d for T e a c h in g E xc elle n ce in Liberal A r ts or N a tu r a l S c ie n c e s N o m in a tio n form s are now available at: www. T exasExes.org/holloway Deadline: 5:00 pm, Friday, M arch 28, 2008 A hm ed Alhussainey Associated Press UN, NATO T R O O P S C L A S H W I T H S e r b D E M O N S T R A T O R S D U R I N G P R O T E S T S KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo — Serb demonstrators attacked international peacekeep­ ers with rocks, grenades and Mo­ lotov cocktails Monday, setting off the worst violence in Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last month. The Serbs traded gunfire with U.N. and NATO forces in hours of clashes that wounded at least 62 U.N. and NATO forces and 70 pro­ testers outside a U.N. courthouse. The clashes began when the U.N. stormed the courthouse in the Zveki | Associated Press Serb stronghold of Mitrovica just before dawn to pull out protesters who had occupied it for three days to protest Kosovo's independence. Hundreds of Serbs swarmed the area, blocking three red-and-white U.N. police vans as they moved through the angry crowd and order­ ing the officers to open the doors. About half of the 53 arrested Serbs went free The rest were taken out in armored vehicles and were released by the U.N. after questioning. — The Associated Press W e’re hiring now TUTORS • PEER MENTORS • PEER EDUCATORS for Fall 2008 Find out more at the Job Fair Wednesday, March 19th Jester Concourse 5:30 to 7pm BE PART OF THE UT LEARNING CENTER We are one of the largest student employers on campus, and we pay some of the highest student salaries. • Work on cam pus • Flexible hours • Learn more about your field of study • Minimum 3.0 G P A required T E X A S © EXES ^ iii'iTTn^juaa ir U T Learning C e n te r Su rvi ve • S u c c e e d • E xcel Diether Endlicher | Associated Press Consulate employees and police investigators view the scene at the entrance to the Chinese consulate in Munich, Germany, after 25 Tibetan demonstrators sprayed slogans on the walls and tore down a Chinese flag and set it alight. China vows to defend sovereignly in Tibet Troops mobilize after deadline for leniency, surrender passes reportedly set up m any check­ points to control movement. By Audra Ang The Associated Press B E IJIN G — C h in a v o w e d Monday to defend its sovereign­ ty in Tibet as Chinese troops set up checkpoints and m obilized to quell an uprising. A deadline for protesters in the Tibetan cap­ ital to turn them selves in passed without any apparent surrenders or arrests. In the central gov ern m en t's first comment on the anti-China protests in Tibet, Foreign M in­ istry sp o k e sm an L iu Jian ch ao blam ed the violence in Lhasa on su p p o rte rs of the D alai Lam a, the revered spiritual leader who fled in 1959 after a failed u p ris­ ing against Chinese rule. "The Chinese government will unwaveringly protect its nation­ al sovereignty and territorial in­ tegrity," ministry spokesm an Liu Jianchao said at a hastily-called new s conference. "T h e violent acts have dem onstrated the true nature of the Dalai clique." Some residents reported Mon­ day that Lhasa had quieted down and many people were returning to work. Chinese military police "A ll across the city today there are checkpoints where you can only enter if you have a permit," said M arion Berjeret, an intern for a French fashion design com­ pany who has lived in Lhasa for four months. Police w ere d oin g "door-to- door searches and just going in and rippin g ap art and looking for in su rg e n ts" a s o f Su n d ay, said Susan Wetmore, a Canadian who arrived by plane M onday in Chengdu, a neighboring Sichuan province. In Beijing, Liu accused the Da­ lai L am a's su p po rters of being behind som etim es violent dem ­ onstrations at Chinese em bassies an d consulates in the U .S., Eu­ rope and Asia. Germ an police detained 25 Ti­ betans on M onday after dem on­ strators tried to force their w ay into the C h in ese c o n su late in Munich and spray-painted "Save Tibet" and "Stop Killing" on the building. Tibetan protesters also clashed with police in N epal and India. The T ibetan p ro te sts b egan March 10 on the anniversary of the failed 1959 u p risin g. Tibet had been effectively independent for decades before Chinese com­ munist troops entered in 1950. Do You Suffer From Asthma? Healthcare Discoveries needs males, ages 18-50, with Asthma for a clinical research study to compare an investigational medication to placebo. Participants complete: A screening visit A 8 night stay in our research facility 1 outpatient follow-up visit I follow-up phone call Com pensation up to $2,700 Fur i h u r e ; ¡ ¡ f u i n u t i o ! . u i l l 210-CALL HCD usit , ( . i i w w w .c a llh c d .c o m Editor-in-Chief: Claire Harlin Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Aboubacar N'Diaye Leah Finnegan Andrew Vickers Q UKy cJp p o v ^ & fé u l keep d ° i r\$Vy, stupid things ? QUEST/oM ‘ B O X THE PACT THAT VOU'^e EC EXPENSIVE JUST MAfá£S /r Mop£ ExartNG. KOXPOQ -pKu)AÍHiKK AwP who AR£ UEHURJTNC? Tuesday, March 18, 2008 VIEW POINT O p i n i o n T h e D a i l y T e x a n GALLERY Please don’t stop the Muse-ic On M arch 6, the city council voted 4-3 to deny the Villa M use project the right to opt out of the city's "extraterritorial ju risd iction" (ETJ). Though creative types m ay have missed the new s last w eek amid SX SW 's loud m usic, free beer and the Texas sun, the stakes have been raised in the controversy surrounding the planned "stu d io city " that w as to be built in eastern Travis County. Villa M u se's propo­ nents argue that the city of A u stin's stringent environm ental and zoning restrictions (and sem i-notorious reputation for trying to gobble up successful d evelopm ents, as evidenced by the fight over Circle C in the 1990s) would m ake the project im possible to com plete as desired if they were forced to operate under the city 's critical eye, and as such, the devel­ opers have begun to shop around for another Texas city w here they could operate. But at the heart of the issue is a controversy that is d ivid ing Austin'.s increasingly d ispa­ rate coalition o f liberal sentim ent. Old Austin liberals, the p eople w ho have (and w ill) go to the m at w ith b ig developers, are increasingly at odds w ith a younger generation w ho tend to be more laissez-faire toward their ow n pro­ gressive values. M any of the city 's m ost recent battles, such as the sm oking ban or W al-M art's attem pts to install itself in N orthcross m all, have cut the city atw ain as A ustin struggles to adjust to its changing identity in the new millennium . U nlike m any of A ustin's more fam ous busi­ ness blunders, Villa M use w ill be entirely financed through private investm ent — no subsidies or cash incentives for the taxpayer to carp about here. In a capitalist system , this should be enou gh to guarantee the project's The residential, retail, commercial community would bring a host of much-needed jobs and economic revitalization to East Austin, while at the same time making sure that Austin's creative talent pool wouldn't be constantly forced to move to greener pastures in L.A. or New York to make it big. Though there isn 't m uch of an "an ti-M u se" m ovem ent, per se; quite a few m em bers of the city's old guard have protested the project's desire to rem ove itself from the ETJ because o f the financial and environm ental im pact the developm ent will have in Eastern Travis County. As usual, the solution to this problem falls right betw een the hardheaded argum ents on both sides. There is no doubt that A ustin w ould benefit im m ensely from Villa M u se's construction, w hich w ould be located about a 15- to 20-m in­ ute drive east o f dow ntow n. The residential, retail, com m ercial com m unity w ould bring a host of m uch-needed jo b s and econom ic revitalization to East Austin, w hile at the sam e time m aking sure that A u stin's creative talent pool w o u ld n 't be constan tly forced to m ove to greener pastures in L.A. or N ew York to m ake it big. On the other hand, critics of the plan would like to call the project w h at it is — more urban spraw l in an area w hose infrastruc­ ture is m ost likely now here near ready to handle the influx of people Villa M use would attract. A dditionally, becau se the d ev elop ­ ment is planned to be built on a flood plain, even m ore attention m ust be paid to the project's environm ental consequences. As for the M u se's prom ise of an eventual artistic Renaissance, m any argue that planned com ­ m unities and creativity d o n 't tend to go hand in hand, and that the "stu d io c ity " is a thin veil to cover d evelopers' real objective of plopping D isney's "M ain street U SA " sm ack in the m iddle of W ebberville. independence to develop on its ow n. But the fact is, the influx of com m uters and new residents on the city 's doorstep w ill result in quite a bit o f infrastructure degradation that Austin taxpayers w ill be forced to pick up the bill for dow n the road, with nary a dim e of the V illa's potentially m onum ental taxbase to help d efray the cost. Additionally, creative people for one reason or another (O K, for more than one reason) tend to find suburbia a bit of a bore, so Villa M use w ill never reach its dream of being an artistic "u to p ia " unless it finds a way to cooperate with its diverse talent pool that resides in the city. Thu s, the city (and its so m etim es o v er­ b earing p o w ers-th at-b e) should rig h tly hold som e in flu en ce on the d irection o f this c o lo s­ sal p roject, b u t at the sam e tim e shou ld rec­ ognize the lim ited role it can play in shaping Villa M u se's in n o v ativ e future. T h e d ev elo p ­ ers, on the o th er hand , should ab an d o n their cu rrent "ta k in g ou r ball and g o in g h om e" stance and a llo w their 800,000-stro n g heist a proper say on the exp an sion of its eastern border. Villa M u se should co n tract itself to build w ithin the en viron m en tal gu id elin es of the city (reg u latio n s m uch stric te r than those requ ired u n d er cu rren t state law s), and shou ld a llo w the city to re-ev alu ate the p ro je ct's ETJ sta tu s every five or ten years (rath er than th e 40-y ear m o rato riu m the M use d em an d s). A u stin 's g ifts and a w orld - class p ro fessio n al and creative stu d io w ill be a p erfect m atch , but that can on ly happen if A u stin ites d o n 't let their fav o rite gam e — p o litics — g et in the way. — A.V THE FIRING LINE Obvious link between social work and socialism I have two problems with the opinions expressed in the March 17 opinion page. First, in The Firing Line "Bitten by the social work dog," Michael Costanzo acts as if it is some mystery as to why social workers and those that study such things are typically Marxist sympathiz­ ers. Throughout the history of the U.S. we have watched as charities and free market capitalism failed the poor of this country. It wasn't until FDR stepped up and introduced some mildly socialist policies that the government even began caring about the poor at all. So the major­ ity of people that care about the poor enough to actually become social work­ ers typically realize how ridiculous "non­ liberal solutions" are, as they have been proven wrong historically. Realize that the government is the only entity big enough and far-reaching enough to solve the poverty problem. That in itself is socialistic, so deal with it. Second, Daniel Earnest again tries to pass off as journalism his idiotic opinions and blatant disregard for facts ("John McCain can win with the ladies"). He calls the war in Iraq and Afghanistan a war to liberate women. If these wars were succeeding, then they would be liberating women. But instead, because they were ill-planned, these wars have killed or made refugees of thousands of women. What will McCain say about those women? What will he say about the thousands of innocent civilian bystand­ ers who have been killed by our private armies (that are not held accountable) and the hundreds of suicide bombers we have helped spawn and motivate? If my memory is correct the Taliban is gaining ground again, and death squads roam Iraq freely, implementing even stricter Islamic law and vigilante justice. So if by saying "liberating" Earnest means "killing, allowing others to kill or making them live in a place where they are constantly scared they will be killed,"then yes, we are liberating the women of Iraq and Afghanistan. Just yesterday, a female suicide bomber killed 42 people in what was "one of the most secure perimeters in Iraq,"according to The New York Times. Is she being liberated or doing the liberat­ ing, Daniel? Charles Allen Government sophomore Earnest hypocrisy In response to "John McCain can win with the ladies," March 17: Did anyone bother to mention to Daniel Earnest that there were no "islamo- fascists" in Iraq before we invaded? The two countries harboring most of these so-called "islamofascists" are our allies Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Someone really should tell him that invading Iraq has dramatically increased the power of Iran in the region and that Americans are sick of the war in Iraq that should never have been started. I suppose Earnest would have a conniption if he were to realize there's little difference between the "islamofascists" and conservative fun­ damental Christians like himself. Both worship the God of Abraham and try to force people who don't believe in their God to live according to the rules set forth in their holy books. Welcome to hypocracy, Daniel. How do you like it? Mark Phillips Biochemistry senior UNC president’s murder should spark societal action By David Fiocco Duke Chronicle Columnist (U-Wire) Eve Carson was a model lead­ er, student and human being. I was shocked and angry to hear about her death. I did not have the privilege of knowing Eve per­ sonally, but I had certainly heard a lot about her from friends at the U niversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the days follow ing the shoot­ ing, it w as disturbing to think about the killers potentially free in our community. I was im agin­ ing barely hum an, cold-blooded m urderers; who else could com ­ mit such a crime? Learning that the suspected kill­ ers were 17- and 21-year-old kids com mitting a "random " robbery was alm ost as much of a shock as hearing about Eve's death. Just like 19-year-old Stephen Oates, who was arrested for the January murder of Duke graduate stu­ dent Abhijit M ahato, Lawrence Lovett and Dem ario Atwater are young Durham residents. Lovett and Atwater were dropouts from D urham 's Jordan High School — the alma m ater to a num ber of Duke students each year. Few people are likely to shed tears for these three individ u­ als. All are D urham y ou th s long crim i­ w ho already had nal records. Lovett's rap sheet, som eone for ju st 17 years old, is appalling. In ad dition to C arso n 's murder, D urham au th orities also charged him in the death of M ahato. Ju st tw o days before that shooting, At that point, there was likely little question we would attend college after we graduated. So w here did their paths diverge from ours? It is hard to imagine a more startling picture of the stratification in our society or more tangible evidence that som ething is failing in the com ­ munity. Children do not gener­ ally just become crim inals. by city, cou n ty, state and fe d ­ eral taxes. L aw ren ce L ovette, D em ario A tw ater and Step hen O ates are lik ely to sp end m o st o f the rest o f th eir lives in ja il. If c o n ­ v icted , they certain ly d eserv e a harsh sen ten ce for their crim es. The sen ten cin g m ay feel good and help alle v iate a b it of ou r anger. H ow ever, p u ttin g three It is hard to imagine a more startling picture of the stratification in our society or more tangible evidence that something is failing in the community. Children do not generally just become criminals. he had been placed on p roba­ tion for a previous robbery, and betw een January and March he w as arrested and charged w ith nine different crim es. At age 17, most of us were juniors or seniors in high school. We were finishing our SATs, play­ ing on sports teams or participat­ ing in academ ic com petitions and perhaps w orking part-time jobs. Bad p a re n tin g an d p o o r fam ily v a lu e s m ay be som e o f the m o st fo rm a tiv e facto rs, b u t there is n o t m u ch w e can d o to en force b e tte r p aren tin g. H ow ever, th ese k id s m anaged to slip through the crack s in the p u b lic sch oo l sy stem , the ju v e n ile ju s tic e sy stem and e v ery so cial se rv ice and child s u p p o rt p ro g ra m su p p o rte d y ou th s b ehind bars in d e fin ite ­ ly can hard ly be con sid ered a v icto ry for anyon e. It is easy to p lay the blam e gam e, p o in t­ ing fin g e rs at o v erb u rd en ed and u n d erfu nd ed in stitu tio n s. T here is d efin itely a need to re -e x a m in e th ese p ro g ra m s and fix their sh ortcom in gs. In the w ake of the m u rd ers, w e have alread y heard ca lls for in v e stig a tio n an u rg en t in to D u rh am 's gang p ro blem s and a look at the parole and p ro b a ­ tion sy stem s. It w ill be up to all D urham citiz e n s to m ake sure the p ressu re on this and oth er in itiativ es co n tin u es even a fter the m edia hype from the m u r­ d ers w an es. But long-run political so lu ­ tions are not enough, and no am ount o f our collective anger will stop the next juvenile d elin­ quents from becom ing m urder­ ers. The young men com m itting these crim es are the sam e age as Duke stud ents and are living just a few m iles from cam pus. It is not acceptable for us to leave change to an im personal p o liti­ cal system . in in volved U n less w e are content a llo w ­ to grow, ing so cia l d iv id es ev e ry o n e the D uke co m ­ m u n ity h as an o b lig atio n to b eco m e d irectly to brid ge those d ivides. N othing set a b etter e x am p le cou ld than legions of Duke stu d ents — black and w hite, rich and poor, a th le tes and en g in e e rs — d irectly involved in the lives of D u rh am 's young and needy p opulations. SUBMIT A COLUMN Please e-mail your column to editor@dailytexanonHne.com. Columns must be fewer than 600 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE! 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Tuesday, March 18,2008 j\[ £ W S 5A Assistant dean studies restaurant eating habits By Lauren W inchester Daily Texan Staff Though eating out has becom e a com m on activity, a U T a s s is ­ tant dean says people can do this w ithout packing on the pounds G ayle T im m erm an, U T a ssis­ tant dean in the School of N urs­ in g , is re sea rch in g how to eat m o re h e a lth ily at re s ta u ra n ts . H er study focuses on 18-year-old w om en w ho have difficulty con­ trolling their eating behavior. UT stu d en ts w ho fit the a fo rem en ­ tioned criteria and eat out at least three tim es a w eek can p a rtic i­ pate in the study. "T h ey are more likely in a res­ taurant setting to eat too m u ch," Tim m erm an said. "A restaurant settin g, for people w ho struggle w ith controlling their eating, is a high-risk situation." Startin g A p ril 4, T im m erm an w ill host sm all weekly, tw o-hour g ro u p se s s io n s w h ere p a r tic i­ pants will study their healthy eat­ ing goals and report w hat strate­ gies they found effective during recent dining experiences. Tim m erm an said h ealthy eat­ ing stra te g ies in clu d e co n su m ­ ing sm aller p o rtio n s at re sta u ­ ran ts, know in g w h at th in g s on the m enu are healthier than oth­ ers and savoring food instead of eating it quickly. "A re sta u ra n t se ttin g is a h ig h -ris k situ a tio n ." Gayle Tim m erm an, UT assistant dean in the School o f Nursing She also w an ts to teach p ar­ ticip an ts tip s like ord erin g sa l­ ad d ressing on the side and or­ dering less fattening toppings for baked potatoes. "It's going to be very p erson ­ a liz e d , b eca u se y o u go o u t to e a t to h av e fu n ," T im m erm an said . "W h en you go out to eat, there are certain things you are not w illin g to g iv e up. It's sil­ ly to think, 'I'm not going to eat som ething I've really w anted all w eek.' I'm looking at how to in­ d iv id u alize the [healthy eatin g strategies] so it's som ething you can live w ith." L ydia S te in m a n , n u tritio n is t and senior lecturer in the D epart­ m ent of Hum an Ecology, said it is possible to eat healthily at restau­ rants, but avoiding the large por­ tions can be challenging. "R estaurants are notorious for giving huge, huge portions that cou ld feed tw o or three people w ith one plate of food," Steinm an said . " I f you have a large p o r­ tion, you eat it. The m ore th at's in front of you, the more you eat. It's a huge problem ." She said a person should share an entree or order an appetizer as a m eal in order to cut dow n on portion size. S te in m a n a lso said p a tro n s should look at the description of foods on the menu to determ ine their nutritional value. " I f it's crispy, you know it's frie d , or if it's cream y , it has cream in it and could have satu­ rated fats," Steinm an said. "You want baked or stir-fried." Stu dents w ho w ish to p artici­ pate in the study should contact Tim m erm an at 471-9087. G ayle T im m e rm a n , U T assistant d e a n in th e n u rsin g sch ool, is re se arch in g how to eat h e a lth ily at restaurants. Ph o to ¡Illustration by Jeffrey M cW h o rter | D a ily Texan Sta ff College junior launches class notes Web site NEWS®R'EFLVJ, O / Students post notes online and get paid for each download By J.D. Haney Daily Texan Staff A new W eb site th at a llo w s s tu d e n ts to m a k e m o n e y by p o stin g cla ss n o tes o n lin e has p ro m p ted som e eth ical and le­ gal considerations. Schoology.com w as launched Feb. 25 by Jeremy Friedman, a ju­ nior at W ashington U niversity in St. Louis, and several of his friends. The Web site has since grown to a netw ork o f more than 2,000 stu­ dents from 60 universities. "It has picked up nationw id e from the s ta rt," said Friedm an. "G iv e n the fact th a t [S ch o o lo - gy.com] has only really been up a couple of w eeks, I think the re­ sponse has been unbelievable." W hile the steady growth of the Web site's users is exciting, Fried­ m an said , he d oes not p lan to "pull a Bill Gates" and drop out of school anytime soon. W ith Schoology, every tim e a m em b er's files are dow nloaded by another user, funds are auto­ matically transferred to the m em ­ b e r's account balance. All docu­ m ents generate paym ent as long as they remain posted. "E v en after you graduate col­ lege, if people continue to dow n­ load it, you will continue to make money," Friedman said. There are several contributing factors w hen deciding the amount of financial com pensation for the notes. Once the materials are post­ ed, they can be reviewed by any­ one who dow nloads them. More positive review s gen erate m ore money paid out per download. "W e are only interested in com­ pensating people w ho post qual­ ity n o te s ," Fried m an said. "W e w on't com pensate you equally if you are just posting garbage." professor, said that students are being un fairly com pensated for their professors' work. Schoology also appropriates 90 percent of its advertising revenue to its contributors. As the site con­ tinues to grow and more advertis­ ing dollars come in, compensation to contributors will increase. In addition to selling lecture notes, Schoology also offers a student-tu­ toring feature, Friedman said. Schoology's PeerTutor chat sys­ tem allows students to tutor each other through an online chat sys­ tem. Stu dent tutors then choose th eir area o f exp e rtise and set their own rate. Each session is free to b eg in , and charges are only incurred af­ ter users "h ire" the tutor. Though the Web site could be a helpful tool for m any students, it has som e professors d ebating its legality. Thom as Pangle, a governm ent "I have no problem with studying together or sharing notes with class­ mates," Pangle said. "But it seems to me that these students are profiting from someone else's work." The students may also be infring­ ing on copyrights from companies that sell recorded copies of lectures. Pangle said he sells a lecture course to the Teaching Company and that students who post notes and gen­ erate income from these lectures online could be subject to a lawsuit from the company. Fried m an said S ch o o lo g y is m eant to be a place w here stu ­ d en ts can e xch an g e n o tes, not copyrighted material. "W e are not trying to sell any­ thing," Friedman said. "This Web site is only fostering collaborative learning. I don't see any conflict of interests." Creator of The Wire to deliver this year's Hearst Fellow lecture David Simon, creator of the ac­ claimed HBO series "The Wire," will speak to UT community mem­ bers tonight at 6 p.m. at the Austin City' Limits studio. He will deliver the 2008 William Randolph Hearst Fellow lecture. College of Communication spokesman Wade Lee said fellows are chosen based on outstanding work in the communication indus­ try and in the past have included Spike Lee, Robert Rodriguez and Walter Cronkite. Simon's work in television has enlarged his profile, but his var­ ied career, beginning with the po­ lice beat at the Baltimore Sun, em­ bodies the concept of media con­ vergence promoted by communi­ cation school Dean Roderick Hart, Lee said. The college received RSVPs for the event in excess of the 300 seats available. "The response has been over­ whelming to say the least," Lee said. Students interested in standing by can form two lines outside and may get in if there are people who RSVP'd who do not attend. The Austin City Limits studio is located in the Communications Complex, building B, at the inter­ section of Dean Keeton and Guada­ lupe streets. — A ndrew Kreighbanm Texas Democratic Party won't honor Clinton caucus requests The Texas Democratic Party said Monday it won't grant a request from Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign that it take extra steps to verify the signatures of election night caucus-goers before party conventions are held March 29. State chairman Boyd Richie said Texas will not "set up an unneces­ sary, ad hoc 'verification' process that could effectively disqualify del­ egates selected at their precinct con­ ventions after the fact." An estimated 1 million people at­ tended the Democratic caucuses. — The A ssociated Press Subscribe to our news feed and get the news as it happens. 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Kelley East, Natalie * Eberhardt, Caitlin * Edwards, Adelaide Edwards, Caitlin Elsener, Susie Epstein, M arissa Estep, Julie Ewell, Maddie Eyre, Kathryn Fair, Laura * Fanty, Lauren Fechtel, Samantha * Feezel, Ashlea Fegley, Caitlin Ferguson, Kristen Fernandez, Tamara Fischer, Lauron * Fitzgerald.Rachel Fletcher, Lauren Flieller, Sara Flume, Reagan * Folkes, Stuart Foreman, Sophie Forshey, Lauren Forsythe, Cara Frank, Lauren * Fnefield, Lindsay Frierson, Elizabeth Friesen, Kristen Frost, Erin Frye, Jennifer Fussell, Carrie Gahring, Hilary * Gaines, Lauren * Gamble, M ariclaire Gannon, Grace Ann * Garcia. Daniele * Garcia, Sandy Garrett, Emily Gelsomini, Lauren Genna, Meghan Genson, Rachael Gerson, Hayley Gibbs. Lauren Gibbs, London * Gilbert, Megan * Gilley, Samantha* Gittemeier, Callie * Glen, Amanda Glenewmkle, Grace Glover, Kate Gold, Tracy * Goldberg, Jenny * Goldfaden, Lauren * Goodman, Jessica Goodman, Rachel * Gorin, Amanda Goza, Nicole Grasty, Reghan Gray, Katie * Green, Megan Gregorcyk, Lauren Grice, Nikki Griffin, Madison Grossfeld, Emily * Gruver, Amanda Gruwer, Jamie * Guerriero, Jennifer * Guest, Holly Guinn, Megan Gustafson, Kirsten Haas, A llie * Hafez, Rheem Hagan, Jackie * Hambright, Georgie Hamilton, Jacqueline Hamilton, Megan* Hanks, Callie Hansard, Catharine Hansen, Kayla Haralson, Natalie Harnden, M allory Harris, Christina Harris, Courtney Harris, Erin Harrison, Ashley Harrison, Haley Harrison, June * Hart, Emily Hartman, Lauren Hawes, Rachel * ‘ Hawkins, Sibley* Heather, Allison * Heep, Sarah Heeren, Kaitlen * Heller, Lauren * Helms, Dana * Hendrickson, Lauren Henham, Christy * Henry, Casey Hermanson, Kristen Herndon, Anne * Herrington, Savannah * Hester, Lauren Hightower, Hayley Hinch, Hailey Hinchey, Carolyn * Hinson, Hutton * Hirsch, Elaine Hoffman. 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Stephanie * W isw ell, Claire* W itley, Tracey W olff, Rebecca * W olff, Taylor Woliver, Vanessa Wood, M ackie * Wright, Catherine Wright, Khaki Yarjam, Layla * Young, Jaclyn Young, J ill * Younger, A shley Yu, Hana Zaunbrecher, Katie* Zombetg, Giselle * Tuesday, March 18, 2008 N e w s Sean Bruno and S am antha Peters teach a ballroom dancing class at the Anna Hiss G ym nasium Monday. The Texas Ballroom team w on several awards at the Harvard Invitation com petition over spring break. Elizabeth M oskowitz | D a ily Texan Staff Waltzing off with awards By Caroline Brownlie Daily Texan Staff C ouples from the Texas Ball­ room te a m w a ltz e d a ro u n d som e of their Ivy League com ­ petitors at the H arvard Invita­ tional ballroom dancing com pe­ tition in Cam bridge, Mass., ear­ lier this month. Lindsay Leblanc, a hum an re­ lations senior, placed second in gold division w altz and quick­ step, fifth in gold division foxtrot and tango, and fourth in gold di­ vision Viennese w altz w ith her partner Josh Brewster, a linguis­ tics graduate student. "I w ould say that H arvard is the biggest com petition of the year," Leblanc said. "We've been preparing since last June." Brewster said the competitors never expect Texas team s to be competitive at w hat they consid­ er to be "their sport." T exas B allroom c o m p e te d against schools such as H arvard and MIT and had several cou­ ples place. Texas Ballroom com petition director Sam antha Peters said the organization sent nine cou­ ples, and eight advanced at least one round. "It was terrifying, yet absolute­ ly amazing at the same time," she said. "W hen you get o ut there you're all dressed up in your cos­ tum es and you can't w ait to get out on the floor because you just get to let loose." Peters' partner Chris Green, a biom edical engineering senior, began ballroom dancing this past January and is the newest compet­ itor on the Texas Ballroom team. "It w as m y first com petition and it was huge. To go up against so m any people and try to catch the judges' eye w as am azing," Green said. Pharm acy senior Laura Black­ burn, vice president of Texas Ball­ room, placed first in bronze d i­ vision cha-cha and bronze divi­ sion rumba; second in bronze di­ vision waltz, bronze division tan­ go, bronze division foxtrot and bronze division quickstep; and third in bronze division tango with her partner Andy Boothe. The Harvard Invitational, host­ ed March 8-9, is the largest com­ petition in which the organiza­ tion com petes. M any co u ples have been practicing seven to 10 hours per week to prepare. Tex­ as Ballroom offers instructor-led classes six nights per week and also makes private lessons avail­ able to competing couples to pre­ pare them for competition, Black­ burn said. T he c o m p e titio n in c lu d e d dancers from universities across the country as w ell as priv ate studios. There were several dif­ ferent skill levels rep resen ted at the com petition, Blackburn said, as w ell as a p ro fe ssio n ­ al showcase that the group was able to watch. "It w as a great experience," she said. "You get to bond with y o u r team an d m eet p e o p le from other areas. It's nice to see the sam e people com ing back year to year because you get to w atch them grow, and they get to watch you grow." Several Texas Ballroom m em ­ bers said the experience allowed the team to bond. "It has really impressed me how well everyone gets along. We're like family," Blackburn said. She said th at ballroom has taught her to interact with differ­ ent personality types and that she has developed leadership skills that have carried over into her life outside the dance floor. G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y S C H O O L O F C O N T I N U I N G S T U D I E S Master’s Degree Flexible full-time or part-tim e evening schedules Sports Industry Management S tra te g ic Marketing, C om m unications, and N e w Media I B u sin e s s, Management, and O p e ra tio n s Two Austin police officers suspended over discrimination By Stephen Keller Daily Texan Staff Austin Police Chief Art Aceve­ do fired a police commander and suspended another M onday be­ cause of a sexual discrimination complaint. A cevedo su sp e n d e d C om ­ mander Larry Oliver indefinitely and Com m ander Calvin Smith for 20 days, according to a dis­ ciplinary memo. The memo said that during his dismissal review hearing, Oliver was offered a 30- day suspension, b u t the com ­ mander refused. "As a commander, I hold him to a higher stan d ard ," Aceve­ do said in the memo. "I have no option other than to indefinitely suspend Commander Oliver." O liver's lawyer could not be reached by press time. "Com m ander Smith's opinion concerning the sexual orientation of these e m ploye e s... failed to demonstrate an impartial attitude required of all APD employees." Art Acevedo, police ch ie f In September, a female police officer requested transfer to the training academ y w hile Oliver w as in co m m a n d , the m em o said. Before the tra n sfe r w as com pleted, Oliver m oved from the acad em y to a staff co m ­ m a n d e r p o sition and w as re­ placed by Smith. Smith denied the fem ale o ffic e r's re q u e st. Sm ith later had a conversation w ith O liver regarding the offi­ c e r's transfer, the m em o said, com m enting on "w hat kind of message it w ould send" to have three fem ale officers w orking in the academy. "C om m ander Oliver told In­ ternal Affairs that he was 'pret­ ty taken aback' by the comment and, 'In m y opinion, I ... I think he m eant because of, uh, their being lesbians,"' the memo said. Oliver did not report the pos­ sible discrim ination but told a subordinate about the comment, the memo continued. The officer heard about the com m ent and filed a sex discrimination charge against Smith in January. "It gives the impression that the department condones that behav­ ior," Acevedo said in the memo. "Furthermore, an insubordination charge is even m ore egregious when committed by a senior man­ ager of the department." During the internal affairs re­ view, Oliver called the female of­ ficer to tell her "that he did not hold it against her for filing the complaint," the memo said. The contact violated adm inistrative warnings that he could not con­ tact any officer to discuss the in­ vestigation. The memo said Ol­ iver had worked in the internal affairs unit before and knew of the restrictions. Acevedo said that Smith stat­ ed nondiscrim inatory reasons for the transfer denial, b u t a d ­ mitted that the comment regard­ ed the sexual orientation of the three female officers. The m p o said there w as insufficient evi­ dence to prove the denial was discriminatory. "C om m ander S m ith's o p in ­ ion concerning the sexual orien­ tation of these em ployees, and their assignment within the Aus­ tin Police Department, exhibited a personal bias, was inappropri­ ate and failed to demonstrate an impartial attitude required of all APD employees," Acevedo said. 7A NEWS BRIEFLY Barr replaces Wilson; associate athletic director still needed James Barr, an assistant equip­ ment manager in the UT athletics department, replaced Douglas Wil­ son as the Texas Relays director. Wilson's associate athletic director position has not yet been filled, said UT Athletics spokesman Nick Voin- is. Wilson resigned last month dur­ ing an investigation of at least $50,000 in missing Texas Relays entrance fees. On Feb. 8, police obtained a search warrant and searched his office in Darrell K Royal Memonal Stadium for missing money and other records. The officers found checks, cash and receipts in Wilson's office, ac­ cording to an affidavit. UTPD Detective Michael Riojas said the case is still under investiga­ tion. The Travis County District At­ torney's office said no charges are pending. " I have no idea if there will ever be charges filed," Riojas said. The annual Texas Relays will take place from April 2 through April 5 on the UT campus. — S teph en K eller Waco-based student loan company lays off 69 workers Brazos Higher Education Sen ice Corporation, a student loan compa­ ny that serves UT students, is cut­ ting more than half of its total staff, including 69 workers in Austin. Ellis Tredway, executive v ice president of planning and govern­ ment affairs, said the move will not affect students who rely on the com­ pany for loans. Those loans will be transferred to another entity. "This is simply a cost-contain- ment move in our organization," Tredway said. "The students who do business with us hav e nothing to worry about." The Waco-based com pan v plans to keep a staff of six employees in Austin and is considering closing its service center on Highland Mall Boulevard, though no final decision has been made. Tredway said the cuts are large­ ly due to new legislation passed by Congress that cut federal subsidies to student loans. Without these sub­ sidies, Tredway said, the company was barely breaking even and was forced to cut costs where it could. — J.D . H a n e y A fast way to help pay off your car. m e ie cue lu ia ui p ia c tic a i w d y i iu u s e me m u n e y you earn at PPD. Or you could choose to go on a much-deserved vacation. 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Dog & Duck Pub on 17th at Guada­ lupe streets held its 18th annual Saint Patrick's Day celebration offering free live music all day. In case Aus­ tinites didn't get their music fix dur­ ing South by Southwest, they could have enjoyed the nine bands playing Monday. The pub does not have any ties to Ireland, only to its sister bar in London. Even up until 11 p.m., Dog & Duck was unloading multiple kegs out of a truck, keeping the holiday go­ ing well after it was officially over at midnight. Fado Irish Pub and Restaurant on Fourth Street blocked off the street for its outdoor party that began at noon. Cover bands played popular Beatles and U2 songs, as well as traditional Irish music. — Amanda DeBard Top, Nick Classen, pipe major for the Capitol City Highlanders, plays outside Crown & Anchor Pub. Above, Volunteers and members of the Austin Fire Department pass Guinness beer to patrons at D og & Duck Pub. Left, Billy Forrester, 59, carries beer across the St. M ark M aughm er II, fiddle player for Black Irish, performs at D o g & Duck Pub M onday afternoon. Irish-themed bands performed throughout the pub's day-long St. Patrick's Day celebration. Photos by Jeffrey McWhorter| Daily Texan Staff Patrick's Day party. SERVICE MEANS YOU'RE IN COMMAND OF YOUR FUTURE. B A N K I N G I N V E S T M E N T S M E M B E R S E R V I C E S $ > 3 , 0 0 0 AT 2 % A P R . E X C L U S I V E L Y F O R RO TC . Get a leg up with a Career Starter Loan from USAA. Pay off your student loans or credit cards. Buy a new car. Invest in your future. How you use it is up to you. It's our way of helping you get a head start on your career. Because with USAA, you're more than a member, you're a part of the family we serve. » L O G ON TO U SA A .C O M A N D E N T E R KEYW O RD: C A R E E R S T A R T E R OR C A L L 877.208.0233 We know what it means to serve * USAA IN t U A A N C I • B A N K IN G • I N V f S T M IN T B ■ MIMBCM S IR V IC iB U S A A . C O M BTuesday, March 18, 2008 n s » M M H sí i • mm» T h e D a i l y T e x a n * mm WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Sports Editor: Ricky Treon E-mail: sp o rts@ d a ily te xa n o n lin e .co m Phone: (512) 232-2210 w w w .d a ily te x a n o n lin e .co m Longhorns earn eighth seed Texas headed to Connecticut to face No. 9 Minnesota By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff Texas' name flashed up so quickly on the screen nobody really caught it — except for sophom ore guard Brittainey Raven. Raven's screams of ex­ citement alerted the team that their name had been called. The Longhorns' tournament matchup was the second game that the NCAA selection show on ESPN announced. Texas (21- 11,7-9) got the No. 8 seed of the Greensboro regional bracket, drawing the No. 9 seed Minne­ sota (20-11) in the first round on Sunday in Bridgeport, Conn. This season marks the first time Texas has made the NCAA tournament since the 2004-2005 season. "I'm excited because this is a new start for us, and it's been a w hile since this team has played in the NCAA tourna­ m ent," Brittainey Raven said. "We were motivated to get into the tournament rather than sit­ ting at hom e and w atching, and that's why we put together that winning streak at the end of the season. I've never been to Connecticut before, and all I know is that it will be cold up there." The team 's celebration was quite a different scene than last year at tournam ent selection time. Not only did the team find out they were left out of the tournament, but they were losing their coach Jody Con- radt as well. "We kept telling them they were in this year, but they kept asking us if we were sure be­ cause last year they thought they were getting in and they d id n 't," coach G ail G oesten- kors said. "[Last year's selec­ tion night] was a really em o­ tional night for them because they were sure that they were going to get in and then they didn't. That's hard enough as it is, but when you lose your coach it's tougher." The only player on the team with NCAA tournament expe­ rience is senior guard Ernei- sha Bailey, and she didn't even play in the tournam ent as a freshman. "It's going to be a lot differ­ ent now that I'm three years older and more experienced," Bailey said. "I'm ju st ready BRACKET continues on page 3B By Colby White Daily Texan Columnist Olympic training on campus Forward Earnesia Williams and Texas were named as a No. 8 seed in the tournam ent. File Photo COMMENTARY CBS and the madness o f their March Madness Office pools. Multiple brackets. Watching five min­ utes of your team in between classes. Upsets. The realiza­ tion that your bracket is com­ pletely busted. And, of course, CBS. Welcome to March Mad­ ness, basketball fans, where a recent tradition has been made of analyzing — well, mostly criticizing — CBS' cov­ erage of the tournament (or lack thereof, depending on who you talk to). The fact that it's CBS isn't really the biggest concern. It's a concern, but not the biggest. (Am I the only one who can't stand Jay Bilas for more than a minute?) The problem is that it's only CBS. Since 1991, CBS has broadcasted every single NCAA tournament game, ex­ cept for the play-in game, but who even watches that? Not even ESPN gets a chance to offer its unique brand of me­ dia hype to the games. So every year, a healthy amount of gar. ¡es are left to be unwatched by most. A lot of them we weren't going to watch anyway — those No. 1 seeds blowing out the No. 16 seeds for instance. But at least twice a tourna­ ment one of the good games gets left for dead. This year, we got an early taste of the CBS dilemma. On March 1, CBS televised a Big East matchup between Georgetown and Marquette, both top 25 teams at the time and tied for the conference lead. After the game, Texas, a top five team at the time, and Texas Tech, unranked and pretty boring to watch if you ask me, were scheduled to face off on the network's air- WHITE •continues on page 3B MEN'S BASKETBALL Form er O lym pic gold m edalist Michael Phelps swims during the All-American Long Course Cham pionships at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim ming Center last week. Phelps won in the one event he participated in, the 200-meter individual medley. He is preparing for the O lym pics this August in Beijing. May-Ying Lam ¡ Daily Texan Staff Michael Phelps comes to Austin for last-minute Olympic preparation By Arun Bala Daily Texan Staff It has been nearly seven years since Michael Phelps broke the first world re­ cord of his career at the age of 15 in the 200-meter butterfly at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Twen­ ty-two world records and six Olympic gold medals later, the swimming super- star still feels there is much he has yet to accomplish in the sport. "I still have a lot left to do, wheth­ er it's [improving] times, whether it's personal achievements, whatever it is," Phelps said. "I still have a lot of goals that I want to accomplish, and to be honest, my career is not going to be over until it's done ... unless I hit 30 first." Phelps was back in Austin to take part in the All-American Long Course C ham pion sh ip s, w hich w ere held from March 6 to 8 at the Texas Swim­ ming Center. Although he won the only event that he was scheduled to com­ pete in, the 200-meter individual med­ ley, Phelps had mixed feelings about his performance. "It was half of a good race," he said. "M y first half was decent; my second half could have been better." Phelps owns the current world record in that event at 1 minute, 54.98 seconds, but contends that it was not a feasible goal for him to break that record at the Long Course Championships. "I'd love to break a world record ev­ ery swim, I really would," he said. "But I knew coming into today that I wouldn't break it. I wasn't ruling anything out, but it was going to be a long shot for me to break the record today." Phelps also said that while he cannot wait for the Olympics to come, now is a crucial time for swimmers to make any personal corrections and improvements before it is too late. "There's not much between now and trials, and now and the Olympics," he said. "And if there's any time to change, I think this is it." B ut w hat can so m eo n e so a c­ com plished and talen ted in their field improve? "A lot of things actually," Phelps said. "Getting in a better routine, sleeping more, being in better endurance shape, stroke technique — the list goes on and on." Form er Longhorns and Olympic gold medalists Ian Crocker, Aaron Peir- sol and Brendan Hansen also took part in the Long Course Championships. Like Phelps, Crocker only swam in one event, the 100-meter butterfly, winning the race with a time of 51.32 seconds. He did not feel that it was his best perform ance, but w as happy w ith the outcome. "Going into it I felt pretty good, and I felt like I was going to have a great race," Crocker said. "And in the end I'm happy with the improvement over the morning swim [in the preliminaries], but it still wasn't exactly where I want­ ed to be. Obviously, ideally you would like to go your best times all the time; but unfortunately as you get older it's not so easy to do." Hansen competed in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events He won the 100-meter race, but was edged out in the 200 by fellow Longhorn Aquatics member Eric Shanteau. Peirsol swam with Crocker in the 100-meter butterfly, placing fifth, and won both the 100- and 200-meter back­ stroke events. "I did well," Peirsol said. "I swam pretty fast and it's a good place to be for what's going on the next few months." BASEBAL! Barnes to Arkansas: Don’t mess with Texas By Ryan Killian Daily Texan Staff Despite Texas' place in the Big 12 and Arkansas' SEC membership, the relationship between these old Southwest Conference rivals re­ tains a level of acrimony not often seen these days. The L on gh orn s open th eir NCAA Tournament with a game in Little Rock, Ark., against Austin * Peay, and head coach Rick Barnes acknowledged the tension between Texas and Arkansas and simultane­ ously kicked into another gear dur- % ing a teleconference Monday. "Obviously, and honestly, our guys don't know the rivalry that existed between Texas and Arkan­ sas," Barnes said. "W e're sched- \ uled to come play Arkansas next year, and if the farts don't treat us well, we're not going to come. You can p u f ^ a t out there. I'm seri­ ous. We've got enough money here we can búy pur way out of it. So, they'd better be good to us." While Arkansas fans might be distracted by the fact that the Ra- zorbacks also play Friday night, Barnes' comment will undoubtedly draw attention to Texas' situation. Former Arkansas head coach Nolan Richardson spoke with the Associated Press on what the Long­ horns can expect. "They're going to hear it" from Arkansas fans, Richardson told the AP. "G o ahead and buckle your seat belt." While football games have tra­ ditionally fueled the rivalry, the A ustin A m erican -Statesm an 's blog Bevo Beat resurrected a sto­ ry that ran in 1995 showing what happened when Arkansas played its first two games of the Mid­ west Regional in Austin. The team, band and cheerleaders suffered such abuse from Texas fans that former Arkansas Athletic Direc­ tor Frank Broyles said he "would want our team to be sent anywhere but Austin." Texas overcomes milk truck accident to earn a win No one injured in accident; Longhorns record easy 16-5 victory over Road Runners aled in at the plate. The junior, who started the game in right field for the first time this season, went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a triple for a team-high five RBIs. He also scored four times. "It w as all abou t not letting the su r­ rounding things, the bus and the w eath­ er [wind gusts 25-30 mph], affect them ," Garrido said. By Nathan Riojas Daily Texan Staff Milk may do the body good, but it's bad for buses. Texas' afternoon got off to a bizarre start when the Longhorns' bus was struck by a m ilk truck near UFCU D isch-Falk Field Monday. The accident delayed the Long­ horns' travel plans approximately an hour while they waited for another bus. Though it took longer than expected to get there and Texas missed its pre-game bat­ ting practice, the Longhorns (13-5) made it to Wolff Stadium in San Antonio in time to pick up a 16-5 win against UTSA (12-6). "I guess the guys decided to take batting practice during the gam e," head coach Au- gie Garrido said. "They just concentrated on what they are supposed to do at the plate and did it." M issing out on batting practice didn't seem to faze Texas' offense. They produced 14 earned runs on 19 hits for the lopsided victory. Preston Clark was especially di­ "I was just looking for a pitch that I could drive," Clark said of the double that jump- started his night in the first inning. "It was a change up out in the middle of the plate. I had been fouling off a lot of them, trying to see different pitches, and I got off on that change up and it went down the line." First baseman Brandon Belt was right be­ hind Clark with three RBIs on his 3-for-6 night, while the California kids, shortstop David Hernandez and second baseman Mi­ chael Torres, continued their hot-streak at the bottom of the order. Hernandez went 2-for-3 in the eight hole, and Torres finished 2-for-4 in the nine slot. The middle infielders set the table for the top of the order, and both scored twice. Texas' pitching staff was not as dom i­ nant as its offense but easily good enough to get the win. The Roadrunners plated five runs on 12 hits against five different Longhorn hurlers. At the end of the night Garrido was just happy his team m ade it through a day of cdversify. Fortunately for Texas, no one was injured during the collision with the m ilk truck. The Longhorns moved past an incident that could have wrecked their evening and went on to crash the Road Roadrunners'. B a s k b a i j TOP 25 NCAA B A SE B A LL 1. Arizona State 2. Arizona 3. North Carolina 4. M issouri 5. Vanderbilt 6. Miami 7. Long Beach St. 8. Mississippi 9. UC Irvine 10. Florida State 11. UCLA 12. California 13. S. Carolina 14. Baylor 15. Rice 16. Kentucky 17. Stanford 18. Ttexas 19. San Diego 20. Wichita State 21. Coastal Carolina 22. Nebraska 23. East Carolina 24.Virgma 25. Michigan 2B W O M E N 'S GO LF S p o r t s Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Texas puts three in top 10 despite weather Golfers forced to adjust to inclement wind conditions By Austin Swafford Daily Texan Staff Three Texas players finished in the top 10 individually to help the team to a third-place spot at the end of a windy first day of the Bet­ sy Raw ls Longhorn Invitational in Austin. Senior Julia Best led Texas Mon­ day with a two-over-par 74 to help herself to a tie for third place, while junior Caney Hines is tied for fifth w ith a three-over 75 and senior Ashley Rollins is tied for seventh with a four-over 76. "The three of them are starting to believe and walk it, and not just hope it," Texas head coach Martha Richards said. "You've got to walk around like you know what you're doing and b eliev e in you rself. They're really starting to do that." Texas shot a 20-over 308 as a team to stay in the middle of a tight mix at the top of the board. First- place New Mexico shot a 15-over 303 and 2nd-place Florida shot a 17-over 305. The tournament leader after the first day is Florida junior Om ella Jouven with an even-par 72. There is a lot of room to m a­ neuver in the middle of the tour­ nament pack. A mere four strokes separate fifth place from 11th, and five teams are tied for seventh. And with the changing conditions, any­ thing can happen. "This team was patient and com­ mitted, and the ladies persevered through the conditions," Richards said. "T h ose are things we talk about all the time. You need to have those characteristics all the time to be a good player, especially in bad weather, particularly in wind." G olfers had to deal w ith high w in d s th a t in c re a s e d as th e d ay w en t on, b u t T exas p la y ­ ers felt the w eather w orked to their advantage. "We knew the other teams com­ ing here to Austin would be even m ore fru strated by the w in d ," Hines said. "Knowing this course and the wind that we have from time-to-time, we were prepared for the adverse conditions. Texas also has a "B " team par­ ticipating in the tournam ent. Al- P layer Lea o erbo a rd Betsy Rawls Invitational 1. Jouven (FL) 2. Phelps (NM) T3. BEST (TX) T3. Lewis (ARK) T5. Choy (NM) T5. HINES (TX) T7. Augustsson (MO) T7. ROLUNS (TX) 17. Backstedt (NM) though it sits in last place at 18th, sophom ore R aelyn Sm ith had a strong day, shooting a five-over 77 for an llth-place tie. The remainder of the Texas team is rounded out by sophomore Shan­ non Fish and junior Kristin Walla. Fish is tied for 59th with an 11-over 83 and Walla is tied for 66th with a 12-over 84. Inclem ent weather is expected to continue tomorrow with thun­ derstorms projected overnight and through the day. In anticipation of the weather, opening tee times have b een pushed back alm ost tliree hours to 11 a.m. "You have to be a d a p ta b le ," Richards said of possibly dealing with troublesome weather. "W hat­ ever com es our way, that's w hat we'll face. M em bers o f the Texas wom en's g o lf team com pete at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn International. Three Longhorns are in the top ten after the first day of action. John Gilchrist | Daily Texan Staff N C A A M E N ' S B A S K E T B A L L N C A A M E N ' S B A S K E T B A L L Freshman class highlighting this year’s tournament Dougherty out at TCU after struggling as coach Athletics department refuses to expand on statements, firin g an 89-8 8 loss to e v e n tu a l c o n ­ fe r e n c e c h a m p io n , th e U n i ­ v e rs ity o f N e v a d a , L as V eg as, in th e c o n fe r e n c e to u rn a m e n t q u arterfin als. Rookies like Beasley, Mayo leading teams to tournament bids By Michael Marot The Associated Press I N D I A N A P O L I S — M i­ ch ae l B e a sle y and O .J. M ay o h av e no in te n tio n of p lay in g for one-an d -d on e team s in the N CAA tournam ent. Their college futures m ay be another matter. M an y o f th e n a tio n 's to p in c lu d in g B e a s ­ fr e s h m e n , ley of K an sas State and M ayo o f S o u th e rn C a l, are e x p e c t­ ed to m ake this y e a r's tourney th e ir fin al c o lle g e b a sk e tb a ll s h o w c a s e b e fo re h e a d in g to the NBA. Beasley and M ayo are hardly alone. A m on g th o se expected to join them in Ju n e 's d raft are Eric Gordon of Indiana, Derrick Rose of M em phis, and possibly Kevin Love of U C L A and Je r­ ry d Bay less of Arizona. N one are hinting about their future plans, but fans at Indiana and M em p h is recen tly b egan chanting "o n e m ore year," try­ ing to get G ordon and Rose to Dick W hipple | Associated Press Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley g o es up for a basket dur­ ing the first half of their gam e against Texas A&M. stick around. " I 'v e g o t p le n ty m o re to c o m e ," R o s e in s is te d a fte r S a tu r d a y 's C o n fe re n c e U SA title game. W h en ask ed if th a t m e an t he w ould return, Rose said: "I d on't know about that. I'll have to wait and see. I'm ju st loving it right now. I ju st d o n 't w ant this to end ." S o m e th in k th e s e le c tio n com m ittee likes to put its best ta len t on co lle g e b a sk e tb a ll's biggest stage. C o m m itte e c h a irm a n Tom O 'C onnor was asked about that Sunday night after the pairings w ere announced. The question w as w h ether Beasley, w ho av ­ erages 26.5 points and 12.4 re­ b o u n d s, h elp ed the W ild cats get one of the 34 at-large bids. "W e really look at the team as a w h o le ," O 'C o n n o r said . "W e c a n 't p u t a n y b o d y in to the tournam ent because of one p lay er. We p u t team s in the tournam ent, we d on't put play­ ers in the tournam ent. He is a very good player, though." U s in g th e N C A A to u r n a ­ m ent as an exit lane is hardly a new phenom enon. Seniors often talk about m ak­ ing a last-d itch pu sh to reach the Final Four and deep tour­ n a m e n t ru n s o ften fo rce u n ­ d erclassm en to cash in on the N BA's big bucks. The landscape, how ever, has c h a n g e d d ra m a tica lly . W hen the NBA adopted a rule requir­ ing high school players to wait a year after g rad u atio n before entering the draft, the one-year w o n d e rs b eca m e m o re co m ­ m onplace in college basketball. The results have been mixed. Ohio State used the tag-team tandem of Greg Oden and Mike C onley Jr. to reach the 2007 title gam e, but was left out this year. Florida also m issed this y e ar's tournam ent after last year's ex­ o d u s, m a rk in g th e first tim e since 1980 that both N CA A fi­ nalists from the previous year missed the tournam ent. With so m uch talen t in this y e a r's freshm an class, it could happen again. By Joe Z igte m a Daily Skiff (U-Wire) FO R T W O RTH — TC U m en 's b a sk e tb a ll co ach N eil D o u g h ­ erty w ill not return n ext season and a n a tio n a l search for a re ­ p la ce m e n t w ill b eg in im m e d i­ ately, acco rd in g to a sta te m e n t issu ed by the university. A f te r s ix s e a s o n s a t T C U sin ce jo in in g the team in 2002, D o u g h e r ty 's c a re e r re co rd o f 7 5 -1 0 8 , w h ic h in c lu d e s th re e la st-p la c e c o n fe re n c e fin ish e s, ran k e d 309 o u t o f 3 2 0 am o n g D iv isio n I co a ch e s in w in n in g p ercen tag e fo r co ach es w ith at least five y ears e x p e rien ce, a c ­ cord ing to N CA A records. T C U fin is h e d t h is s e a s o n 14-16 o v era ll and 6 -1 0 in c o n ­ fe re n c e p la y w ith a 198 R P I, e a rn in g a se v e n th -p la ce fin ish in th e M o u n tain W est C o n fe r­ e n c e , th e te a m 's b e s t s in c e it jo in e d the co n fe re n c e in 2005. T he te a m 's seaso n en d ed w ith T h e H o rn ed F ro g s p o ste d a 2 1 -1 4 re c o rd in D o u g h e r ty 's th ird s e a s o n w h e n th e te a m w as a m e m b er o f C o n fe re n c e - U S A , th e t e a m 's m o s t w in s s in c e th e 1 9 9 8 -1 9 9 9 s e a s o n , w h ich in clu d e d a b e rth in the N IT q u arte rfin als. TC U p o sted seaso n record s o f 6-25 in 2005- 2006 w ith a 287 RPI and 13-17 in 2006-2007 w ith a 182 R P I, re­ sp ectiv ely , b oth last-p lace c o n ­ ference fin ish es. A c c o r d in g to T C U 's la te s t tax filin g , D o u g h e rty w a s th e th ird -h ig h est paid em p loyee in the 2004 re p o rtin g p erio d o th ­ er th an o ffic e rs , d ire cto rs and tru stees at the un iversity, e a rn ­ ing $ 3 7 8 ,2 2 7 in c o m p e n sa tio n and $ 9 7 ,0 2 9 in e m p lo y e e b e n ­ e fits. H e w as the s e c o n d -h ig h ­ e st paid a th le tic coach b eh in d G a ry P a tte r s o n , w h o e a rn e d $853,458 and a n o th er 9 6,916 in em p loyee b enefits. The TC U A th letics M edia R e­ latio n s D ep artm en t has refu sed TCU coach Neil Dou gh erty cheers his team during a gam e against UNLV in the M ountain West men's basketball tournam ent in Las Vegas last Thursday. Dougherty was fired after com piling a record of 75-108. Laura Rauch ) Associated Press all in te rv iew s e x ce p t th ose re ­ g ard in g u p co m in g o p p o n e n ts, TC U p lay ers or ath le tics d irec­ to r D an n y M o rriso n , and w ill n o t co m m en t on its statem en t. T h e d e p a rtm e n t a lso re fu se d in terv iew s w ith D ou g h erty for this story. "W e a p p r e c ia te N e il's c o n - trib u tio n s to TCU ov er the last six years," M o r r is o n s a id in the statem en t. "H e cares d e e p ­ ly a b o u t th e s tu d e n t-a th le te s and always had th e ir b e s t in ­ te re s ts at h e a rt. H e p u t a lo t of tim e and e ffo rt in to the jo b , an d w e w ish him th e b e s t in the fu tu re." I N T R A M U R A L C R E W Checking in with Texas Crew, intramural rowing Club doesn't need NCAA recognition to keep rowing along They com pete in fall and spring sem ester events held across the country'. By Harsh Kalan Daily Texan Staff T he fam iliar voice of Kacy Jo Peek guides the w om en's v arsi­ ty team of the Texas Crew past the finish line race after race. The 20-year-old Plan II sen ior from Keller is the coxsw ain, or as she aptly puts it, "th e eyes, the ears and the m outh" of the team S te erin g a h an d fu l of d e te r­ mined rowers is not an easy job, and Peek has been doing it since her first sem ester at UT in 2005. "T h is is my sixth sem ester of rowing, but I never did it in high school or before that," Peek said. "I had some friends w ho went to private schools and they actually suggested that I get into rowing when 1 go to college." Established in 1969, the Texas Crew has both m en's and w om ­ e n 's v arsity and n ov ice team s. "O u r entire club typically has 70 to 100 m em bers, and the var­ sity w om en's squad, w hich I am a part of, has 15 p eo p le," Peek said. "O u r m ain boat has about eight rowers and a coxswain, and there are four-person and paired boats as w ell." Peek also said that the sport is very elegant. "P lu s, [it's] very team -o rien t­ ed, because in collegiate row ing you are alw ays row ing w ith a n ­ other p erson ," Peek said. "I like this asp ect of it. It's about you w ith resp ect to you r team and not just about you as an individ­ ual." W om en's rowing is an N CA A- reco g n ized sp o rt, but th e T ex­ as Crew is a club that gets m ost o f its fu n d in g from R e cS p o rts and som e from fundraising. This is one of the challenges that the team faces, sin ce the boats and equipm ent are very expensive. "W e g et som e fu n d in g from "W e get som e funding from RecSports, which is great and helpful. But we have a limited bud ge t for the equipm ent we u se " Kacy Jo Peek, Texas Crew coxswain R e cS p o rts, w h ich is g re a t and h e lp fu l," P eek sa id . "B u t w e h av e a lim ited b u d g et for the equipm ent we use. The boats can cost up to $30,000 a piece. So, be­ ing a student and fund raising is very difficult." D e s p ite th is , P ee k an d h e r team m ates have fared very well th is year. Th e w o m e n 's v a r s i­ ty team placed 10th in the C o l­ legiate Fours W om en category at tne Head of the C h arles R egat­ ta, which is held in Boston and is one of the biggest rowing events on the collegiate calendar. "T h at w as a really great high­ light for us," Peek said. "O ur eight- and four-person boats also won in their categories at the Head of the Hooch, which is the biggest regat­ ta in the south. This has been the coolest semester so far." A lo n g w ith b e in g th e v ic e p re s id e n t o f the clu b , P eek is a ls o in c h a r g e o f r e c r u itin g new row ers at the b eginning of each semester. "W e recruit each year for about a w eek or w eek and a h alf," Peek said. "W e pretty m uch encourage anyone who is into some kind of sporting activity and is physical­ ly fit to join us. O ur m otto real­ ly is if you wanna row, we w ant you to row." to d a y & w e d n e s d a clu b T O N IG H T ! • ufcu d is c h fa lk field m o n . - e e d , m a r c h 1 7 - 1 9 tu esd ay m arch 1 8 junior kyle russeil dailytexanontli ■ Want more Texas Crew coverage? Go online for an video of the club team. 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Connecticut, ranked atop the AP poll for 12 of the final 13 weeks, is hoping to get to the Fi­ nal Four for the first time since 2004. The Huskies lost to LSU in the regional final last season. "C onnecticut being the over­ all No. 1 got first shot at regional selection," committee chair Judy Sou th ard said. "A s w e m oved on through placing the team s in the bracket, w hen we got to Rut­ gers they also w ere sh ip p ed to Greensboro. "We spent quite a bit of tim e studying that and trying to find a w ay to avoid that happening. Once w e really got to a n a ly z ­ ing it, we got to an impasse if we were to protect the balance of the bracket." If the Huskies d o n 't get to the Final Four — April 6-8 in Tampa, Ha. — it will be the first Connect­ icut senior class in 20 years to not have played in at least the nation­ al semifinals. No. 2 seed R u tg ers h a n d e d C onnecticut its lone loss during the season, beating the H uskies on Feb. 5 in a Big East m atch ­ up. R utgers lost in the national cham pionship gam e last season to Tennessee. "With so m any teams to choose from it's kind of ironic," Connect­ icut coach Geno A uriem m a said. "I guess Rutgers is the num ber- eight seed in the country? I find that hard to believe, but I guess they are. If I w ere them , I'd be questioning a little bit w hat's go­ ing on." Other games in the Greensboro regional are No. 8 Texas vs. No. 9 M innesota, No. 5 Old D om in­ ion vs. No. 12 Liberty, No. 4 Vir­ ginia vs. No. 13 UC Santa Barba­ ra, No. 6 George W ashington vs. No. 11 A uburn, No. 3 California vs. No. 14 San Diego, No. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 G eorgia Tech, an d No. 2 R utg ers vs. No. 15 Robert Morris. D efending cham pion Tennes­ see is the top seed in the O kla­ hom a C ity regional. The Lady Vols' bid for back-to-back nation­ al cham pionships begins Sunday against Oral Roberts. O thers in the O klahom a City regional are No. 8 U tah vs. No. 9 Purdue, No. 5 N otre Dame vs. No. 12 Southern M ethodist, No. 4 O klahom a vs. No. 13 Illinois State, No. 6 Arizona State vs. No. 11 Temple, No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 M urray State, No. 7 Syracuse vs. No. 10 Hartford, and No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 15 UTS A. North Carolina earned the top seed in the New Orleans Region­ al. The Tar Heels open on Sun­ d a y a g a in st No. 16 B ucknell. The Tar H eels ran th ro u g h the A tlantic C oast C onference u n ­ d efeated. Their only tw o lo ss­ es c a m e a g a in s t T e n n e sse e and Connecticut. O ther gam es in the N ew O r­ leans regional are No. 8 G eor­ gia vs No. 9 Iowa, No. 5 Kansas State vs. No. 12 Chattanooga, No. 4 L ouisville vs. No. 13 M iam i, O hio, No. 6 O hio State vs. No. 11 Florida State, No. 3 O klaho­ ma State vs. No. 14 East Tennes­ see State, No. 7 M arist vs. No. 10 DePaul, and No. 2 LSU vs. No. 15 Jackson State. LSU has reached the Final Four the past four seasons. D e sp ite lo sin g in th e ACC tournam ent semifinals to Duke, M aryland is the top seed in the Spokane regional. The Terrapins will face Coppin State in the first round on Sunday. "I tell you, w e're ecstatic," said M aryland coach Brenda Frese of the No. 1 seed. "We obviously feel like you play the entire sea­ son for this moment. The fact that our non-conference schedule re­ ally prepared us for now, to play in one of the toughest conferenc­ es, to go 30-3. I think it's a trib­ ute to our team and to o u r p ro ­ gram , just how hard we w orked throughout the course of the en­ tire season." F rese d e liv e re d tw in b o y s in late February, but is back as the T e rra p in s seek th e ir se c ­ ond n atio n al ch am p io n sh ip in three seasons. Others in the Spokane regional are No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Xavi­ er, No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 New Mexico, No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 M ontana, No. 6 Pittsburgh vs. No. 11 Wyoming, No. 3 Bay­ lor vs. No. 14 Fresno State, No. 7 UTEP vs. No. 10 Western Ken­ tucky, and No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 15 Cleveland State. Stanford is trying to becom e the first Pac-10 team to make the Final Four in a decade. "I think sometimes it's hard [be­ cause] people d o n 't see us play," Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. "If the w orld w as fair, it w o u ld tu rn the other way. We have a great team, great leaders. We have great players. We're re­ ally excited about playing in the tournam ent." The Big East and Big 12 each have a record-tying eight team s in the field. The Big East set the record last season. The ACC has six tournam ent berths. BRACKET: Texas feels seed is ‘too low’ From page IB [to] go help this team. I've been waiting for this opportunity and I'm glad it's here." If Texas w in s their o pening game against Minnesota, they'll play the No. 1 team in the coun­ try, C o n n e c tic u t, 30 m in u te s aw ay from the H uskies' home- court. Of course, that's factoring in that No. 1 seeded Connecti­ cut gets by No. 16 seed Cornell in the opening round. "W hen I realized that I thought 'Wow," Raven said. "Connecticut only beat DePaul by one though, and we beat them by m ore, so that gives us confidence going up against them. It will be a in­ teresting matchup." Texas is one of eight Big 12 team s g etting into the to u rn a ­ m ent. Iow a State, w h o Texas beat in the regular season, drew a seventh seed in the G reens­ boro region. H owever, the C y­ clones' opening round gam e is in Des Moines, Iowa. The potential to attract a lot of fans to the opening two gam es near their hom ecourt probably steered the selection com m ittee to give Iowa State a better seed­ ing than Texas. "I think that the eight seed was too low for us," Texas coach Gail G oestenkors said "We should be a seven seed. We had a bet­ ter record and conference seed­ ing th an Iow a State, p lu s we beat them head to head, yet they got the seventh seed and we got the eighth." Playing far away in Bridgeport and then potentially Greensboro, N.C., m ay seem disap p o in tin g to the players, but not to Eame- sia Williams. The redshirt soph­ omore forward has an aunt that lives in G reensboro, and som e other family members in the u p ­ per M idwest and Northeast. "I'm excited that we could ad ­ vance to G reensboro, because I w a n t as m any fam ily m em ­ bers as possible to get to see me play," W illiam s said. "T h a t's one of the first things I thought about w hen it pop p ed up that we were in that region." P la y in g so far from ho m e w o n 't give Texas the fan su p ­ p o rt th ey w o u ld have g o tten had they played in the New Or­ leans regional, where they were projected to play by bracketol- ogists. H ow ever, after p laying so far aw ay in the Big 12 to u r­ nam ent in Kansas City, Mo. and facing m any hostile road en v i­ ronm ents in the Big 12, the play­ ers are ready. "Oklahoma State brought a lot of fans to our final gam e of the Big 12 tournam ent because they were four hours away, and play­ ing at places like Tech and Okla­ hom a really prepare us for any ty p e of e n v iro n m e n t," sen io r guard Emeisha Bailey said. T exas w o u ld h a v e p la y e d M innesota had they w on their opening round gam e of the H a­ waii Wahine Classic in N ovem ­ ber, so they alread y have film a n d a s c o u tin g re p o rt from back then. "N ow th at all this selection information is over, I'm ready to w atch tape," G oestenkors said. "T hat's w hat I'll be doing from this point on." WHITE: Tournament a one-network show From page 1B waves. A trio of M arquette free throws sent the gam e, w hich h ad a l­ ready lasted longer than the net­ w o rk 's estim ated tim e of tw o and a half hours, into overtime. CBS stuck w ith Georgetown for as long as th ey could b u t u l­ tim ately, at the b e g in n in g of G eorgetow n-M arquette's over­ tim e sw itched over to the Tex- as-Texas Tech game w ith about nine m inutes already ticked off the clock. As is becam e e v id e n t th a t overtime w ould come dow n to a single possession, CBS switched back to G eorgetow n-M arquette just in time to w atch the G old­ en Eagles' Dominic James throw an errant pass, giving the Hoyas the victory. M eanw hile, alm o st 10 m in ­ utes were lost from a Texas-Tex- as Tech game that turned out to be better than it w as supposed to be. (Texas was upset 83-80.) N o m atter w h at CBS d id in that situation, they were bound to upset somebody. Cut to Texas and you miss an overtime thrill­ er; stay w ith G eorgetow n and you m iss ab o u t a fourth of an eventual upset. It has become as m uch a part of M arch M adness as b lin d ly picking an obscure m id-m ajor to upset the No. 5 seed. CBS' solo coverage means that fans are forced to deal with only one n e tw o rk . If a gam e goes long, w e watch w hat CBS thinks is best for us. No other option. T h en , of c o u rse, y o u h av e to deal w ith the CBS an nounc­ ers. Take this Billy Packer gem from this w eekend: "You have no chance at getting a rebound unless you make it." Thanks for that, Billy. As u su al, the an sw er is o b ­ vious: Let up on the tight grip and shovel som e of the gam es to som e to anoth er netw ork. It w o rk e d o u t nicely w ith S u n ­ day's SEC C ham pionship gam e d id n 't it? Those tracking Geor­ gia got to watch them on ESPN, w hile the rest w atched Wiscon­ sin take the Big Ten crow n on CBS. But, as usual, the obvious an­ sw er w o n 't happen. CBS likely only shipped the SEC title game since it wanted to keep its sched­ ule w hen it came to announcing the tournam ent bids first. Welcome to March M adness (brought to you by CBS). dailytexanonline.c<*i|| ■ Disagree with my opinion? Get on the Web and post a comment on this story. APPLICATIONS are being accepted for the following student positions with Texas Student Media 2008-2009 KVRX Station Manager The Daily Texan Managing Editor, Summer 2008 The Daily Texan Managing Editor, Fall 2008 Congratulates the following winners of the 2008 Outstanding Student Awards Application forms and a a list o f qualifications are available from the office o f the Director. Texas Student Media building (CM C), 2500 Whitis Ave., Room 3.304. 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C O M T E X A S S T U D E N T T E L E V I S I O N • K V R X 91. 7 F M T E X A S T R A V E S T Y • C A C T U S Y E A R B O O K L O N G H O R N L I V I N G O R G 4B L ik e & \UTS Tuesday, March 18, 2008 T A ST Y T U E S D A Y M O V IE R EVIEW Tunny Games’ filmed in English Director transforms original Austrian version o f1997film By Fei M eng Daily Texan Staff Is it even a movie? Using the academ ic d iscip lin e of d eco n ­ stru c tio n , o n e could say th a t asking such a question im plies h o stility to w ard the m ovie in question, since the question is the opposite of the enthusiastic dec­ laration, "Now that's a movie!" But the question is a crucial one when thinking about director Mi­ chael H aneke's "Funny Games," w hich is a n early shot-for-shot English-language rem ake of his own 1997 A ustrian movie of the same title. Very little can be said about the plot w ith o u t spoiling the central conceit and rendering the whole affair rather pointless to many interested moviegoers. It's the story of a barely-char­ a c te riz e d b o u rg e o is c o u p le , Ann an d G eorge Farber (N ao­ mi W atts an d Tim R oth), and their young son, Georgie (Dev­ on G earhart), w ho are harassed and to rtu re d in their vacation home by two creepily polite but equally opaque young men (Mi­ chael Pitt and Brady Corbet). But it's also a deliberate deconstruc­ tion of the horror genre that at­ Gourmet feast of quail and mushroom sauce accessible to students By Dylan Miracle Daily Texan Columnist With the rise of popular gour- m an d ism , food th a t w as be­ fore the providence of the rich and French is now available to students. Invite friends to have grilled quail with a wild m ush­ room cream sauce on a bed of penne pasta. Buy one quail for each person — fo u r b ucks a piece at Central Market. For grill­ ing, it is best to use semi-bone­ less quail. Wild m ushroom s differ from their dom estic counterparts in their su p erio r flavors and fe­ ral tem peram ent. In this dish, I used chanterelle and oyster mushrooms. Use any variety of wild mushrooms you like. Hell, use dom estic ones. Use sh iita­ kes. Use portabellos. Wild m ush­ rooms have interesting and deli­ cate flavors — this sauce is per­ fect for releasing these flavors. First, start the coals on the grill. Leave an annoying guest to tend the fire. It will keep him or her out of your hair while you cook. C ut up the veggies and the mushrooms so they approximate the size and shape of the penne pasta. Finely dice the shallot. If you don't have a shallot, use an onion. Throw a tablespoon of butter and a tablespoon of olive oil into a wide-bottom ed skillet on m edium heat. Stir the shal­ lots into the fat until they turn translucent. Add the mushrooms to the skillet, where the pile of m ushroom s will shrink as they sweat. Once they shrink, add the sherry and half a bay leaf. Let the sherry boil dow n until it is syr­ upy, about 15 minutes. Start the pasta. While the sherry is reduc­ ing, move on to the quail. Wash, dry and coat the quail in olive oil and massage the birds, inside and out, with the salt and pepper. Mix a quarter cup of ol­ ive oil with a splash of wine or D inner Recipe dailytexanonline,* ■ Watch video of this recipe being made. vinegar to baste the quail while they are on the grill. Make sure the grill is not too hot — you should be able to hold your hand within an inch of the grill for five seconds. (This is a test of temper­ ature, not pain tolerance.) With the temperature right, place your quail on the grill. Arm your fire- w atcher w ith tongs and a bast­ ing brush. Tell him or her to flip and baste them often. When they look done, snap a leg from a thigh. If the juices run clear, the bird is done. Remove the quail from the grill and keep them warm in a low oven. Back in the kitchen, the sher­ ry should be reduced. A dd a cup of heavy cream and turn the heat to low. Add spices and salt; be careful with the sage and more careful with the rosemary. Rosemary is nice, but too much can turn your sauce into Pine- Sol. Taste frequently as you salt to avoid over-salting. Now sau­ te the green beans, carrots and beets w ith some chopped gar­ lic in a teaspoon of olive oil un­ til they are bright colored and still crunchy. Toss th e green beans, car­ rots and pasta w ith the m ush­ room sauce. Plate the pasta with a quail on top and garnish with som e beets. Serve it w ith red, fruity w ine — I served a caber­ net sauvignon. The meal I cooked was tasty, though m y pasta was slightly under-cooked. Experiment with this meal. Substitute, extract, de­ lete and augm ent until you have made your own masterpiece. Grilled Q uail with Wild M ushroom Cream Sauce In g red ien ts: . 1 lb wild mushrooms . 1/2 lb green beans | . 2 carrots . 1 beet . 1 clove garlic . 1 shallot . 12 oz cream sherry • 1/4 cup chopped parsley 1 tbl thyme 2 leaves of sage (1 tsp) 1/4 tsp rosemary 1 cup cream salt and peppper to taste 16 oz penne pasta Naom i Watts stars in director Michael Haneke's "Funny Games," a remake of his 1997 Austrian m ovie o f the same name. The film also stars Tim Roth and Devon Gearhart. Courtesy of Warner Independent tem pts to question the very n a ­ ture and m oral im plications of entertainment. "Funny Games" is not fun and games, but its genuinely valuable and challenging message is signif­ icantly dimmed by all of the ways that Haneke deliberately tries to alienate the audience. It feels all too calculated and d oesn't really offer m uch view er involvem ent, except at the most visceral level. W ithout giving too m uch away, let's just say that nearly ev ery ­ thing that you've come to expect from a H ollyw ood m ovie gets throw n back in y our face, and you w on't feel any richer for it. Watts is incredibly raw and af­ fecting in a part so underw ritten, and Pitt is ju st as scary as A n ­ ton C higurh from "N o C ountry for O ld M en." The technical as­ pects are solid — as can be seen in the carefully staged long cam ­ era takes — w hich is just w h at you would expect from a (quasi-) "European art film." But is "Funny G am es" even a movie? It feels more like an essay or a conversation piece carries the inescapable whiff of Haneke's sm ug didacticism. Yeast by Sweet Beast boasts creative music Local festival features experimental sounds, celebrates eighth year music while studying at the Uni­ versity of North Carolina at Cha­ pel Hill. She said her professors in the music departm ent turned her on to Charles Mingles, a free jazz player. to run the m usic festival during South by Southwest Music to pre­ vent Yeast by Sweet Beast from be­ coming a "hate fest." combo of O m ar Tamez and G us­ tavo Lorenzatti headlined. By J J. Velasquez Daily Texan Staff Anne Heller is the creator of the annual freak-flag-flying extravagan­ za known as Yeast by Sweet Beast that features experimental music. "Ever since I was a little kid, I'd always thought, 'Wow, a bunch of freaks, light shows, live music and dancing!'" she said. In the '90s, frustrated local ex­ perimental musicians who collec­ tively formed the Austin Creative Music Endeavor struggled to find a venue to call home. "E veryone w as com plaining about how they never had a place to play. So I thought, 'Well, I'll start a festival' so that all these ex­ perimental bands can play at least once a year, and m aybe that'll be g o o d for th e com m unity," Heller said. She first got into experimental Experimental music has its roots in jazz music and voodoo ritu ­ als, Heller explained. The Velvet Underground and Rolling Stones b oth in c o rp o ra te d im p ro v isa ­ tion into their live sound in the '60s and '70s. More recently, the scene was born of collaborations between rock musicians and free jazz players. She described experimental m u­ sic as "transcendent, healing and cathartic" and said it em ploys a largely improvisational style and the use of strange instrumentation and different tunings. This year, the festival, which is now in its eighth year, w ent to a three-day format for the first time. It has typically been held at the same venue for both nights, but this year Salvage Vanguard The­ atre hosted the third night when the M exican an d A rg en tin ean Twenty-four musical performers graced the stages of Yeast by Sweet Beast. Each band's set was accom­ panied by visuals from artist Paul Baker, who projected images onto a 20-by-26-foot screen showcasing abstract and non-abstract images with some improvised. "T hat w as a very exciting as­ pect to Yeast by Sweet Beast. Hav­ ing th a t one guy d o in g video m ade it extra special," said Aar­ on Mace of Church of the Friendly Ghost, a multipurpose art space in East Austin. A n d y W arh o l's m u ltim e d ia event entitled "Exploding Plastic Inevitable" inspired Heller to cre­ ate the festival, which, like War­ hol's, includes film and music si­ m ultaneously. H eller said she holds the festival d u rin g SXSW Film because she finds that the people w ho are in tow n for the film portion usually take interest in the crossover of film and music YXSB offers. Heller deliberately chose not "Hate is very antithetical to the healing properties of experim en­ tal music. I never wanted to direct­ ly compete with South by Music. I want to give them their props and let them do their thing. They've paid us to play before, so I d o n 't want to screw other people out of that opportunity," she said. Mace, w ho assisted in booking bands, said the last rught of the fes­ tival on Tuesday boasted an atten­ dance of about 60 people. "This bodes well for creative music because it shows that there's a grow ing interest in music that lies outside the obscure," he said. "It's not just musicians playing for each other." People w ho drop in to the fes­ tival for the first time tend to be blown away, Heller explained. "Generally people come aw ay saying, 'Oh, m y God. That w as the weirdest shit I've ever seen,'" she said. SUPER TUESDAY COUPONS FREE t J * Said, Sandwich, or Wrap 1 with a purchase of a drink 11 (does not include extras) | valid until April 1. 2008 — SUPER TUESDAY COUPONS WE ACCEPT BEVO BUCKS ! SUPER TUESDAY COUPONS SUPERCUTS on the Draa! 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L a w y e rs A id S e rv ic e .c o m 23 24 25 28 ® ljc i& rttr J J o rk CD X CD 5 S Tuesday, March 18, 2008 G A M E R EVIEW Role-playing game not worth price tag | J F E & A R T S Hitchhiking his way to fame 7B Singer Dean Strickland sold his truck and home to pursue his music career. He performed last Friday during SXSW. C o urtesy o f D e an S tric klan d Country singer rises to the top after years in music training By Mary Lingwall Daily Texan Staff Dean Strickland gave u p every­ thing he had to p u rsu e a career as a country singer. Through his hard w ork, talent and ad m itted "good fo rtu n e," he has safely trav ersed across Texas, Tennessee and Cali­ fornia via the rides of m ore th an 700 g en ero u s stran g e rs, p icking u p fans an d bolstering a su p p o rt­ ive publicity base as he w ent. This ram blin' m usician released his first full-length CD, Hitchhiking Guitar- man, in Ja n u ary an d p erfo rm ed last Friday during SXSW. D a ily Texan: How did you go from being your average working man to ascending to the title of the "Hitchhiking Guitarman"? Dean Strickland: After I g rad u ­ ated high school, I m ade a life for myself. O nce I paid off m y truck a n d m y h o m e an d really d id n 't have any bills to w o rry about ex­ cept utilities, I w as still u n d e r 30 a n d n o t read y to retire o r settle dow n. I h ad to ask m yself w h at I really w anted, and I decided to go after m y childhood dream to be a m usician. I ap p lied for g ran ts to go to college at U N T [U niversity of N orth Texas], and then w hen I decided to head to California to go to the M usicians Institute in H ol­ lyw ood, I sold m y truck and m y hom e. Since I gave eight years to m y m usical training, I p ro m ised m yself at least eight years of try ­ ing to m ake it work. After I g rad u ­ ated m usic college [in 2005], I w ent to A ustin and have been hitchhik­ ing ever since. DT: Your early music features a rock sound and now you are singing very old-time-style country tunes, not to m ention the se n tim en t o f your song "W hy Did Classic Coun­ try M u sic H ave to D ie?" W hat happened? DS: W hen I w as m aking m usic in college, the kids w anted to hear rock — they still liked K urt C o ­ bain. So I played rock. But I've al­ w ays loved country. The first g u i­ tar riff I learned w as Johnny Ca^h a n d th a t n e v e r left m e. I g rew u p liste n in g to H a n k W illiam s w ith m y d ad , an d I have alw ays lik e d W illie N e lso n a n d Jo h n ­ ny Cash. W hen I w as on the road an d w o u ld go into radio stations, they w ere m ore interested in hear­ ing m y co u n try side, so I've kept that up. >» GO TO DAILY TEXAN ONLINE FOR FULL INTERVIEW ♦‘W•*r m n K i H M n i S et in th e p o p u la r D ra g o n Q u e s t u n iv e rs e , “S w o rd s" d e ­ p a rts from th e usu al D u n g eo n s a n d D ra g o n s ro o ts o f th e RPG s e rie s in fa v o r o f a m o re v is ­ c e ra l e x p e r ie n c e w h ile k e e p ­ in g all o f th e d is tin c tiv e sty le of its forebears. P lay ers use th e Wii rem o te as a sw o rd of sorts, w h ile levels p ro g re ss m uch like a n o ld a r c a d e s h o o te r, w ith th e p la y e r m ove a lo n g a lin e ar trac k a n d b a ttlin g m o n sters as th ey ju m p o u t to attack. “ S w o r d s " d o e s n 't c u t all tie s, th o u g h , a n d a tr a d itio n ­ al ro le -p la y in g g a m e is g r a f t­ ed o n to th e g a m e 's arcad e style core. U n fo rtu n a te ly th ese RPG e le m e n ts c a n feel h a l f h e a r t ­ ed a n d te d io u s , a n d y o u r p a r ­ ty m e m b e rs a ll h a v e s tra n g e , o fte n g r a tin g ac c e n ts. Finally, sin c e th e J a p a n e s e re le a se of SOUNDBITES Why? ; Alopecia You'll Like it If You Like. Allen Ginsberg, Lit' Wayne, Silver Jews W ith A lopecia, Yoni W olf h a s c re a te d a p e rfe c t in c a r­ n a tio n of h is b ra n d of av a n t- g a r d e h ip - h o p by p u s h in g th e id e a s of g e n re a n d sty le td th e ir lim it b u t k ee p in g the p o w e r a n d im m ed ia cy of th e m e d iu m . O n p r e v io u s r e ­ le ase s, W olf, th e m a in force b e h in d W hy?, sh o w e d flash ­ es of tru e b rillian ce w ith in ­ tric a te w o rd p la y a n d a tm o ­ sp h e ric ac co m p an im en t. But w ith Alopecia, e v e ry s o u n d a n d c o u p le t h a s b e e n p e r ­ f e c tly c r a f te d . 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NMficScfcMl Production Camp June 9-13 News Camp July 14-18 ■ u a ( f h a A ) wHyw S v H W I Production Workshop June 16-20 Journalism Workshop J u ly 2 1 - 2 5 sm m W P ’08 1 H 6 U PtnftliS»'! y 0 » TWLAS A * Texas Student T V ws summer mtrfcsltpp os T h e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN W . - o r i s * f & I / . r / J . . « If 15 S T U D E N T S . 6 C A M E R A S & A rtr T h e D a i i .y T e x a n 8 Tuesday, March 18, 2008 ‘Piano-driven’ album a winner Life&Arts Editor: Vanessa Orr Phone: (512) 232-2209 E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Associate Life&Arts Editors: Randi Goff Alex Regnery A U D IT O R Y R IC H E S m - n r t un n i r' w—lili in i Jukebox the Ghost Let Live and Let Ghosts You'll Like it if you like: They M ight Be Giants, Ben Folds YWYYWWY By Robert Rich Daily Texan Staff I'm a sucker for the piano. As much as I love Guitar Hero and as awful as I am at playing the actu­ al guitar, there's nothing like hear­ ing a great melody on the ivories. This would explain m y fascination with the term "piano-driven rock," even though it's relatively useless phrase that PR companies often ap­ ply to any band that features keys, whether or not the piano is promi­ nent in the music. Nevertheless, if I see that label, you can bet I'll be giving it a listen. That's what made me listen to this week's selection. According to the lovely folks peddling Jukebox the Ghost's Let Live and Let Ghosts, not only is it piano-driven, but it's also "infectiously groovy." (You had me at "infectious.") As excited as I was to hear this "piano-driv­ en masterpiece," in the back of my tense, dramatic track that plays in­ sanely well, sort of like an indie epic, if you will. If there was such a thing as progressive indie-rock, this is the track of record, the per­ fect example of the genre. Perhaps my favorite part about the album is that the band understands the idea of selecting a musical theme or feel to flesh out during the course of the album. It's not a concept record, but all the tracks play on practical­ ly the same wavelength, enforcing the group's sound without ever be­ coming repetitious. ALERT: Ladies and gentlemen, we have found our first official dia­ mond in the rough. Let Live and Let Ghosts is an amazing album, full of so much happiness and energy that you can stop going to Starbucks for your morning kick in the pants, and just let the music take care of those adrenaline problems for you. The vocals are extremely similar to Ben Folds, but with more flair, a la Queen. Vocalist Ben Thomewill's piano playing reflects his classical training without turning the tunes into indie-Beethoven. Folks, this is a five star album, and if you're one of those people who likes to know about bands before the rest of the world, you need to acquire Let Live and Let Ghosts. Jukebox the Ghost is on the verge of something magical. mind there was still a worry that it would end up being a knock-off of The Fray, and I would subsequent­ ly be required to stab myself in the eardrums. That was far from the case. When the album opener "Good Day" kicked off, I knew it was going to be a good day. Highlighted by a classically influenced piano line, the song is pure indie pop genius: Think old Shins and with a little more production and instrumenta­ tion. Because the tune was so good, I was too scared to immediately lis­ ten to the rest of the album for fear of it being awful and shattering my early perception of the Washington D.C. trio. I finally got over that mi­ nor mental speed bump and con­ tinued onward. The highlight of the record is "Beady Eyes on the Horizon," a lave It Ail Vivid color palettes paired with animal prints and wooden bangles yield a safari-centric outfit. Clothes provided by Wish on the Drag. Bryant H aertlein | Daily Texan Staff Here Just one block from the UT cam pus y o u ’ll find luxurious, hip apartments with a list of amenities a mile long. W hen you graduate, you may not want to leave. Safari-inspired outfits flood style scene with animal prints By Rebecca Adams Daily Texan Staff Are the rising temperatures giving your wardrobe jungle fever? If so, you're in good company. The spring 2008 runways were filled with sa­ fari-inspired looks from Zac P osen 's belted khaki ja c k ­ ets down to Alberta Ferret- ti's w o od en -h eeled w ed g ­ es. This is the season to step out of your comfort zone and into the fashion w ilderness by adding exotic touches to your look. Follow K ate B o sw o rth 's lead and steal a tribal o u t­ fit directly from m odels on the catw alk . H er Etro e n ­ semble topped alm ost all of the "best dressed" lists and made her look as if she had literally walked off the run­ way out into the urban jun­ gle of New York City. Her in­ corporation of loud African prints is the perfect example of a wearable interpretation of this seem ingly intangible high fashion trend. Explore the versatility of neutrals with an easy-to-wear khaki day dress. If the idea of dressing in solid beige puts you to sleep, try a dress with a tribal pattern to add some personal flair. You can bring the look from day to night by choosing an appropriate length for the dress. H em ­ lines were all over the place this season, so feel free to go wild experimenting with w hat length looks best on you. Adding a structured sa­ fari jacket will add function­ ality and turn your look into a sartorial dream. O n ce y o u 'v e m a ste re d neutrals, you'll be ready to move onto the wild world of brights. Pairing vivid color palettes with the safari trend will be the perfect marriage of two dominant runway looks a la Derek Lam's spring run­ way show. There's no need to cam ouflage when you're out and about in Austin, so bust out traffic-stopping colors for your safari look. Style inspiration Local shops Antro pologie 601 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78703 Wish (the Drag) 2332 Guadalupe Street Austin, TX 78705 Old Navy Mueller Development 1-35 & 51st Street AUSTIN, TX 78723 Forever 21 6001 Airport Blvd. Suite 2415 Austin, TX 78752 Don't be afraid to traverse the wild world of safari-inspired fashion and stand out from the pack. W hile tribal patterns and bright fabrics are great ways to update your spring ward­ robe, jungle-inspired accesso­ ries are key. The freshest and easiest way to stand out this season is by w earing w ood­ en jew elry. Stack w ooden bangles up your arm to add a not-so-subtle jungle feel to your get-up. W earing d an ­ gling circular w ooden ea r­ rings will give you the look of tribal African plugs without all of the pain. When it comes to shoes, the sky is the limit. Tall animal-inspired heels or wood w edges w ill not only give you the safari style from Spring runways, but will also bring you one step closer to being at eye level with the models that grace them. Don't be afraid to traverse the wild world of safari-in- spired fashion and stand out from the pack. In a season that is typically dom inated by florals, florals and more flo ra ls, su rv iv in g sp rin g 's e th n ic tw is t sh o u ld be a breeze o n ce you pick and choose w hat styles are best for you and translate the run­ way looks into a more wear­ able ensemble. Designer lighting, Granite countertops, Balconies, Wood floors, High-speed internet, Large, unique floorpians, Rooftop pool, Fitness center w/city view. Garage parking deck, Stainless stee! appliances. Ground floor retail shops, Large kitchens with European-style cabinetry, One block from UT campus 2 Bedrooms from $1850, plus $350 AMEX Giftcards on all Fall ‘08 Leases. 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