SPORTS PAGE 6 Three Longhorns face the NBA draft NEWS PAGE 2 Texas Exes website compiles UT history TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 95 THE DAILY TEXAN Thursday, June 24, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar Bringing sexy back The Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz hosts a Justin Timberlake Sing-Along at 10 p.m. Tickets costs are TBA at the door. The original Girl Talk? DJ Z-Trip, whom SPIN magazine dubbed Òthe original Girl Talk,Ó plays Republic Live at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $25. Slaid Cleaves The Austin songwriter plays ThreadgillÕs World Headquarters with Graham Weber at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $15. ÔSorry, love, IÕm sentimental.Õ The Harry Ransom CenterÕs Making Movies Film Series presents Alfred HitchcockÕs 1959 classic ÒNorth by Northwest.ÓThe show starts at 7 p.m. and admission is free. Today in history In 1957 The U.S. Supreme Court rules obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States. Inside In Opinion: Is a science degree for fashion necessary? page 3 In Life&Arts: What to do around Austin this weekend page 4 Quote to note Ô ÒAll the artists who made [absinthe] popular Ñ who claimed to see things Ñ were also alcoholics. When you have a bottle or two a day of something thatÕs 60 to 70 percent alcohol, youÕre going to see things. ThatÕs not a symptom of absinthe; itÕs a symptom of alcoholism.Ó Ô Ñ Carter Wilsford bartender at PŽchŽ LIFE&ARTS PAGE 4 Cruising on the wings of victory By Destinee Hodge Daily Texan Staff After almost 60 years of operation, the Student Organi¥zation Bank Ñ which serves every student organization on campus Ñ is slated to close in January. Although there has not been a formal announcement about the bank closing, the main reason for the impending closure is the cumbersome nature of completing transac¥tions with the bank in comparison to private banks. ÒIt was determined that we really couldnÕt keep pace with the technological improvements that private institutions had,Ó said assistant dean of students Mary Beth Mercatoris, who oversees Student Activities and Leadership Develop¥ment and has been integral in the decision to close the bank. All registered student organizations at the University are required to place the funds made on-campus into the bank. The bankÕs closure will allow student organizations to be thoroughly responsible for the funds they acquire. ÒThere is an institutional rule that will be chang¥ing, which will allow student organizations to choose,Ó FUNDS continues on page 2 Alumni associations admit to selling data Texas Exes gains revenue from contract with bank, credit card solicitations By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Both UT-Austin and UT-San Antonio alumni associations have affinity contracts with Bank of America to sell alumni information, such as names and addresses, to supply the bank with a marketing base. On June 18, 1992, Texas Exes entered a contract to sell alumni information to the predecessor of Bank of America, MNBA, and later to the bank itself, to solicit credit cards to former students of the University. The bank is expressly prohibited from shar¥ing the information with other entities or persons. For every $1 million Texas Exes makes from the contract on an annual basis, $125,000 funds the athletics department and $875,000 funds the alumni asso¥ciationÕs programs, said Bill Mc-Causland, chief operating offi¥cer of Texas Exes. McCausland said the reve¥nue comes into Texas Exes op¥erations, so it supports all of the groupÕs programs and activities. ÒA piece of our revenue goes to the athletics [department],Ó McCausland said. ÒWe provide Bank of America with alumni on a periodic basis so that they can do marketing.Ó McCausland said the contract with Bank of America has been private since its inception and became public earlier this year when a federal law required Texas Exes and entities across the country to make credit card and other information agree¥ments public. McCausland said The Credit Card Accountability, Respon¥sibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 required Texas Exes to make the information public as of this February, but as an entity independent of the Uni¥versity, it is not obligated to disclose the information. ÒHowever, we think in fair¥ness and for the sake of trans¥parency Ñ I donÕt have a prob¥lem sharing this information with [the public],Ó he said. The current six-year contract, signed July 10, 2006, with Bank of America, is set to end June 30, 2012. Texas Exes earns $40 for every account opened, and is guaranteed by the contract to accrue $6 million by the end of the contract. If Texas Exes does not amass the full amount af¥ter the bankÕs telephone and mail-marketing campaigns by the end of the contract, Bank of America will supply the BANK continues on page 2 Merit-based pay raises reduced to single award By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff UTÕs chief financial officer said Wednesday that the merit pay in¥crease promised to faculty and staff was altered from being a re¥curring salary increase to a one¥time, merit-based pay increase to preserve future flexibility when considering which areas to cut in the UniversityÕs budget. In November, a lump sum of about $13 million will be distrib¥uted to colleges and departments to provide a one-time, merit-based salary increase. Chief Financial Officer Kevin Hegarty said sala¥ry for staff and faculty costs the University 65 cents for every dol¥lar it spends, and that permanent¥ly increasing salaries may be diffi¥cult in light of a University-wide 10-percent budget cut that will be submitted to the Legislative Bud¥get Board in August. ÒIf we find that to get to $30 million [in the plan] we really have to start cutting into the cam¥pus, itÕs going to be unacceptable to the faculty, unacceptable to the students and unacceptable to the staff. The better alternative may be, in that case, to take the salary that we spent one time and make that salary not recurring, and [put that towards the $30 million bud¥get cut],Ó Hegarty said. ÒOr we can find a number of ways to economize and reduce what we do today to get to the $30 million so that we do have the $13 million to commit to a recurring salary.Ó On May 28, Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Tex¥as House Speaker Joe Straus an¥nounced a directive for each state agency to reduce its budget by 10 percent for both the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 fiscal years. The merit pay increase was put Òon pauseÓ after President William Powers Jr. said in an e-mail that the 10-per¥cent budget cut may force the Uni¥versity to delay the merit raises. Powers announced the merit rais¥es in his Sept. 16 State of the Univer¥sity address, citing exacerbated sal¥ary compression and inequities in hiring and retaining faculty. BUDGET continues on page 2 City Council to consider urban rail system By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff The Austin Transportation De¥partment will brief the City Coun¥cil about the cityÕs new urban rail plan, which aims to ease conges¥tion through downtown and cen¥tral Austin, at its meeting Friday. The plan, which calls for two main rail corridors to be built, would link Austin-Bergstrom In¥ternational Airport to other parts of the city, such as downtown, the UT area and East Austin. City offi¥cials project the service would car¥ry more than 30,000 people a day. David Dobbs, a mass-transit advocate, says that such a system is key to AustinÕs efforts to con¥tain sprawl. ÒDo you want AustinÕs land to be taken up by lots of parking lots, or by buildings, which are worth significantly more?Ó Dobbs asked. One route would run along Riv¥erside Drive, linking Bergstrom In¥ternational Airport to downtown Austin and eventually terminating at the intersection of San Antonio and 23rd streets, in West Campus. The other route would run on Con¥gress Avenue and San Jacinto Street through the UT campus Ñ linking downtown to the University, and the University to the new Mueller developments in East Austin. The transportation department hasnÕt decided which way the Riv¥erside route should take to cross Lady Bird Lake and enter down¥town, department spokeswoman Karla Villalon said. RAIL continues on page 2 Illustration by Thu Vo | Daily Texan Staff The urban rail plan, as previously detailed to the City Council, includes two main corridors Ñ one connects UT with East Austin and the new Mueller developments, and the other connects Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with downtown Austin and West Campus. The dashes on the service map signify possible routes the new rail system might use to cross Lady Bird Lake. 2 NEWS Thursday, June 24, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 16 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Ben Wermund (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. CORRECTION Because of an editing error in TuesdayÕs story about the Simkins Hall Dormitory forum, a quote from Tom Russell should read that there may be up to three other buildings named after Klansmen in the U.S. Because of a reporting error, MondayÕs story about the CANPAC meeting should read that the proposed zoning alterations would impact several of the other neighborhoods surrounding the University Neighborhood Overlay Plan in the CANPAC region, but not UNO itself. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 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. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 91 75 ÒI named him after JFK.Ó Texas Exes debuts website commemorating UTÕs past By David Colby Daily Texan Staff To mark the 125th anniversa¥ry of the Texas Exes alumni as¥sociation, the UT Heritage Soci¥ety launched the first version of UT History Central, a website designed to preserve and share the UniversityÕs history. The website is organized into three sections that allow users to browse photos of the University and campus life from the 1880s to the 1980s, lis¥ten to historic audio clips and read articles explaining the or¥igins of well-known Longhorn traditions. ÒWe are really hoping to have one central location for all the history and traditions that we have been compiling through the years,Ó Texas Exes spokes¥woman Erin Huddleston said. Other features of the site in¥clude a comprehensive list of UT buildings, traditions, orga¥nizations and individuals who have played a significant role in the UniversityÕs history. The Heritage Society plans to continue adding content, in¥cluding video, to the site on a regular basis. ÒRight now I have film from We are really hoping to have one ÔÔcentral location for all the history and traditions that we have been compiling through the years.Ó Ñ Erin Huddleston Texas Exes spokeswoman the 1950s that is being turned into digital,Ó committee staff liason Jim Nicar said. ÒWeÕre going to be putting up sam¥ples of correspondence, mostly from the University archives. We are also going to be creat¥ing a nostalgia section with things like football schedules from the 1920s.Ó The Heritage Society plans to upgrade the site by the end of the summer, making it more us¥er-friendly by improving search capabilities and creating special sections of the site for use by different members of the Long¥horn community. ÒWe also want to create a special page just for incoming freshmen that lets them learn about the basics Ñ the mas¥cot, the colors, those kinds of things,Ó Nicar said. The Heritage Society is look¥ing for volunteers to contribute submissions from all members of the UT community. Those in¥terested in adding content can visit the ÒContact UsÓ page on the UT History Central web¥site, located at texasexes.org/ UTHistory/. FUNDS: SG plans to help with bank transition From page 1 Mercatoris said. Ò[The current rule is that] any money collect¥ed on campus has to be deposit¥ed to the Student Organization Bank or University account.Ó The bank operates out of one account with Frost Bank that the University has com¥partmentalized to service the funds of 700 to 750 stu¥dent organizations. This has made modern bank ameni¥ties, such as electronic funds transfer and debit cards, dif¥ficult to implement because it would be nearly impossible to attribute a transaction to one group or the other. Mercatoris said that in her time with SALD she has re¥ceived comments on the archa¥ic nature of the system, but be¥cause of the singular account, it was impossible to change the system without completely do¥ing away with it. Student Government has been involved with the deci¥sion-making process and said the new rules should allow stu¥dent organizations to take more responsibility for their funds. ÒFrom our perspective, basi¥cally, weÕre trying to be more accountable,Ó SG Internal Fi¥nancial Director Aryele Brad¥ford said. ÒSo, by them moving off-campus, theyÕll be able to do withdrawals faster [and] do online banking faster because our banking system right now is outdated.Ó SG has also been instrumen¥tal in planning a fair that will help student organizations make the transition to private banks smoothly. The fair, which will be held in the fall, will al¥low local banks to come to the University and present their services to students. ÒThe advantage to that is that banks are competing with themselves,Ó SG Vice Presi¥dent Muneezeh Kabir said. ÒThat will kind of pressure the banks to offer better ser¥vices [to students].Ó Student organizations seem optimistic that the change is for the better. ÒWeÕve always kind of joked about having [the bank close],Ó said Melanie Schwartz, presi¥dent of College Republicans, an organization that has worked with the bank for almost 50 years. Ò[Because] in other plac¥es you can have some type of debit card.Ó Mercatoris said the function of the bank is primarily Òtrans¥actional,Ó and that advisory services will still be available to student organizations. ÒWe take very seriously the contributions of student or¥ganizations on campus,Ó she said. ÒThey significantly add to the educational fabric of the University.Ó BUDGET: Some say selections could cause faculty tension From page 1 In an e-mail announcing the change to a one-time pay increase sent to the UT community late Tuesday, Powers said, ÒWhile not ideal, we believe this plan is our best course of action. We will con¥tinue to look for creative ways to deal with budget challenges in the future.Ó Individual colleges and de¥partments will determine the criteria for the merit pay increas¥es and how much of an increase faculty and staff will get from the merit pool. Not every staff or faculty member will get a pay increase in November. Research accounts that are ful¥ly funded by research grants will be eligible for permanent pay in¥creases. Contracts for coaches in the athletics departments or oth¥er self-supporting units such as UTIMCO will also obtain per¥manent increases to honor con¥tract obligations. The one-time merit increase will also be considered in calcu¥lating retirement benefits in UTÕs retirement plans. Associate Spanish profes¥sor HŽctor Dom’nguez-Ruval¥caba said the merit pay increase should be instituted to keep fac¥ulty from leaving UT. ÒI think the University of Tex¥as has a very big [budget] crisis, and itÕs very possible that faculty would leave to go to other plac¥es where the situation is better,Ó Dom’nguez-Ruvalcaba said. Jacqueline Dana, former vice chair of the Staff Council and an academic adviser in the Depart¥ment of Sociology, said while it is commendable for the University to institute the merit pay-increase program, the fact that many will not get a raise could breed resent¥ment between co-workers. Ò[One person might say], ÔHey, what are you doing with your bonus?Õ [Another might respond] ÔOh, I didnÕt get one.Õ IÕm a lit¥tle concerned about that,Ó Dana said. ÒFrom what I gather, a lot of staff would rather forgo the [mer¥it pay increase] to see their area of work remain whole.Ó Benjamin Bond, Staff Coun¥cil chair and training specialist in the McCombs School of Business, said he is thrilled about the merit pay increases. ÒI absolutely applaud [Pow¥ers] for working in these dif¥ficult economic times to pull something together to award our faculty and staff that have been working hard through the years and havenÕt been reward¥ed through merit raises,Ó Bond said. ÒThis is not a cost-of-liv¥ing adjustment, where everyone gets a raise because of the in¥crease in the cost of living. This is based on performance.Ó Student Government Vice Pres¥ident Muneezeh Kabir said the UT administration needs to take a proactive approach to receiving student input, such as adopting a budget advisory board. ÒInherently, these cuts are not going to be vetted. A lot of these decisions are going to have to be very quick, like this one. We ought to have some mechanism in place so that when these [de¥cisions are made] thereÕs an im¥mediate way to vet them,Ó Kabir said. ÒThere needs to be a [much] more proactive approach to in¥put Ñ especially for students Ñ on budgeting, rather than a reac¥tive [approach].Ó BANK: Contract increases funding From page 1 missing difference. In 2002, the UTSA Alumni As¥sociation entered a similar con¥tract with Bank of America, sell¥ing names, addresses and other information to the bank to sup¥port student scholarships and alumni programming. ÒEvery opportunity we can find to fund more scholarships and to help support alum¥ni programs is a good oppor¥tunity for us,Ó said David Ga¥bler, associate vice president for communications and mar¥keting of the UTSA association. ÒOur partnership is exclusive with Bank of America. ItÕs very clear in the contract; the bank permits entities handling those mailing lists to use them for any other purpose.Ó The association made $450,000 from the contract this year: 0.5 percent of all retail purchase transactions generat¥ed by the alumni customers us¥ing a Bank of America credit card account, $1 for each bank account that is opened by an ex-student and $1 for each year the customer pays the annual fee for that account. Jonathan Estill, a recent UT-Austin alumnus, said he would have no objections to an agree¥ment between Texas Exes and Bank of America if the reve¥nue only went to student schol¥arships, but that he has reserva¥tions about the contract. ÒSelling names is always a bad practice. It removes our ability to control what comes to us and who has our information,Ó Es¥till said. RAIL: Red Line faces light-rail comparisons From page 1 She said the city is contem¥plating the use of either the Ann W. Richards Congress Av¥enue Bridge, the South First Street Bridge or building a new rail bridge. ÒThe key to this systemÕs suc¥cess will be how much of it they can keep out of traffic,Ó said Mike Dahmus, a former mem¥ber of the Urban Transportation Commission. ÒIf you canÕt keep it out of traffic, then the service wonÕt be quick enough or reli¥able enough for people to want to take it.Ó Dahmus, who was an impor¥tant booster of the 2000 light¥rail plan that was defeated at the polls and a fierce critic of Capi¥tal MetroÕs Red Line commuter train, said he was Òcautiously in favor of the plan.Ó City leaders initially thought the matter could be put before voters as part of a bond package for the 2010 election, but Mayor Lee Leffingwell announced June 16 that the issue would hopefully be put on the 2012 ballot instead. ÒThe Red Line is a failure,Ó Dahmus said, citing Cap MetroÕs ridership statistics. Ò[The vote] has been pushed because the city wants voters to forget about it.Ó The light-rail system pro¥posed on the 2000 ballot would have cost about $1 billion and carried about 45,000 people a year, Dahmus said. The Red Line has cost more than $100 million to build, carries 450 peo¥ple a day and opened more than two years late. THE DAILY TEXAN The Daily Texan Mail Subscription Rates One Semester (Fall or Spring) $60.00 Two Semesters (Fall and Spring) 120.00 Summer Session 40.00 One Year (Fall, Spring and Summer) 150.00 To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 471-5083. Send orders and address changes to Texas StudentMedia, P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713-8904, or to TSM Building C3.200, or call 471-5083.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Texan, P.O. 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Vivian Graves, David Colby, Nasha Lee Texan Ad Deadlines Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m.Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m.Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m.Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m.Classified Word Ads 10 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Heath Cleveland Doug Luippold Thursday, June 24, 2010 OPINION Dave Player Dan Treadway OVERVIEW UT history database should mention SimkinsÕ affiliation with Klan The Texas Exes website recently launched ÒUT History Central: A Comprehensive Guide to University of Texas His¥tory.Ó ItÕs a collection of UT facts and trivia, ranging from expla¥nations of major traditions Ñ such as the ÒHook ÔemÓ hand sign Ñ to random minutiae. The collection is also notable for what itÕs missing: complete information about William Simkins. Simkins is described in laudatory terms as a UT law faculty member who was pro¥moted to professor emeritus Òafter 24 years of serviceÓ and Òresponsible for the organization of the Texas State Bar As¥sociation.Ó From that description, one would never guess that a 21-member panel was formed to discuss re-christening the dorm that bears his namesake. The Texas Exes UT Heritage Society, which compiled Histo¥ry Central, culled information from The Alcade, a 1983 publi¥cation that celebrated the UniversityÕs 100th anniversary. Al¥though the society considers the archive a work in progress and urges readers to send in any items they would like added to the collection, it is strange that it did not preemptively edit the entry on Simkins to reflect his involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. ItÕs a widely-publicized fact, even nationally, that Simkins co-founded a chapter of the Klan in Florida. The question of how UT should preserve its history, even its most unsavory and reprehensible aspects, is a recur¥ring theme in the Simkins renaming debate. But one thing should not be controversial: In a database purporting to represent the history of UT, SimkinsÕ entry should reflect his character in full, even if his character reflects poorly on the University. UT bonds with the IRS As UT-Austin is audited for executive compensation and matters associated with taxable income unrelated to the Uni¥versityÕs educational mission, the University of Texas System sold $516.2 million in Building America Bonds, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Wednesday. For those of us who arenÕt well-versed in financial jar¥gon, a bond is a kind of debt that operates very similar¥ly to a loan and is generally used as a financing tool. Who¥ever issues the bonds (UT in this case) pays interest to the bondholders (whoever buys them) for a principal amount that often has a payment deadline. Depending on the agree¥ment, many bonds can be sold by the initial purchaser to third parties. Building America Bonds are available through President Barack ObamaÕs stimulus package. They were designed to off¥set borrowing costs of state and local governments as well as schools. The federal government will subsidize 35 percent of all interest payments for Building America Bonds sold by these institutions. The catch is that the government will withhold payments if an institution has left some of its federal tax debt unpaid. The IRS recently withheld a payment of $617,284 from the Austin Municipality over a dispute regarding unpaid payroll taxes. If the IRS finds that UT hasnÕt paid up, the University could find itself in a sticky situation. The Austin municipality had enough extra cash to make its payment on time without gov¥ernment support, and we sincerely hope that the UT adminis¥tration has planned appropriately. GALLERY THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY Remember to reduce By Emily Grubert Daily Texan Guest Columnist The University of Texas doesnÕt have a particularly systematic recycling pro¥gram. Facilities Services recycles basi¥cally any paper that tears but isnÕt con¥taminated with food (or your runny nose, etc.), but the rest of the campus recycling relies on student volunteers. This basically means that we donÕt re¥cycle on campus during school breaks. When I first arrived at UT, I wasnÕt sure whether to be audaciously horrified by this lack of a recycling program or to nod approvingly in my room where no one could see me admitting that recy¥cling might not be worthwhile. Welcome to environmentalism, once again: Pret¥ty much everything is situation-specific, and recycling is no exception. If thereÕs no market for recyclables, or if recycla¥bles need to be trucked long distances to facilities that can handle them, or if recy¥cled materials get landfilled anyway be¥cause they arenÕt sorted right, then recy¥cling might not be the right move. I admit that I recycle. Those long CVS receipts drive me nuts, and I dig alumi¥num foil out of the trash Ñ if you re¥cycle nothing else, recycle aluminum to recover 95 percent of the energy that goes into processing Ñ but IÕm always on the lookout for evidence that weÕre paying too much attention to recycling. Because, frankly, recycling is the wrong ÒRÓ to remember from the ÒReduce, Re¥use, RecycleÓ mantra. I guess weÕre just built to remember the last word we hear, and recycling does have a rather romantic ring to it. Use something, then throw it away and use it again. ItÕs a cycle! But wait a min¥ute. IsnÕt it better to use something, then use it again without throwing it away and spending a lot of effort making it desirable again? Here we focus on re¥use, which is better than recycling, but still not as good as the king of the ÒRÕsÓ of waste management. Reduce. DonÕt generate trash in the first place. Lower the amount of pack¥aging on things we want. Make plas¥tic bottle walls much thinner while re¥taining functionality. In general, reduc¥ing the amount of waste we generate is much cheaper and more effective than recycling: It doesnÕt require sorting, transportation and large industrial fa¥cilities to process less trash, so if we can lose the trash without losing the valu¥able product, we should focus on reduc¥ing the waste we generate long before we focus on recycling. Some things are genuinely recyclable and should be processed between uses: having single-use aluminum cans is a pretty good move from a Òkeep the car¥bonation in the sodaÓ perspective, and aluminum can be used repeatedly with¥out degrading the quality of the materi¥al, also known as Òdowncycling.Ó ThatÕs what happens when you recycle a plas¥tic bottle and it becomes a plastic bag, which then becomes filler in insulation or something else that eventually gets thrown away. The quality gets lower and lower. A particularly intriguing 1996 arti¥cle by The New York TimesÕ John Tier¥ney attacks recycling as a wasteful pro¥cess. I am in total agreement that there are better ways to cut down on waste Ñ namely, reducing sources. But Tier¥ney makes a few anti-recycling argu¥ments that seem to miss the point that, once a waste stream exists, itÕs worth¥while to try to recover as much useful¥ness as possible. A fairly common argument against do¥ing things such as using a reusable cup instead of disposables is that the energy and other resources it takes to make a reusable cup outweigh those necessary to create a disposable cup by enormous amounts. TierneyÕs figures suggest 900 styrofoam cups are needed before a mug becomes worthwhile. What this ar¥gument overlooks is that most people probably own a reusable cup or mug already. So while I donÕt like the envi¥ronmentalist trend toward giving peo¥ple resource-intensive canvas bags and metal water bottles that they wouldnÕt have had anyway and probably wonÕt use often enough to justify their envi¥ronmental virtue, I also think that itÕs important to realize weÕve often already made the resource investment into lon¥ger-lived goods without noticing. Along with this argument is the idea that the cost of disposable products is so low relative to the cost of reusables that the disposable products must be less resource-intensive. Even ignor¥ing the fact that many environmental costs arenÕt accounted for in the price of goods, this actually argues for reus¥ables in many cases. For example, I can buy a 12-ounce styrofoam cup for about $0.02, and I can buy an 11-ounce ceram¥ic mug for about $0.57. If the ceramic mug is 900 times worse for the environ¥ment than the styrofoam cup, itÕs clear¥ly not reflected in the price. Recycling can be problematic, certain¥ly. But in a lot of cases, depending on whether the goal is cutting costs, using space more efficiently, using less ener¥gy or other factors, it can be appropri¥ate with the right infrastructure. But we spend way too much time and en¥ergy thinking about recycling when we should be focusing first on how to re¥duce the amount of waste weÕll try to recycle later. Grubert is an energy and Earth resources student. Fashion: itÕs not rocket science By Paige Hale buyersÕ market in New York City. I el courses are well-suited for the ma-with stress, life lessons, challeng- Daily Texan Guest Columnist learned the retail trade and how to jor and are valuable to students, but es and courses that you will tru¥ effectively communicate and enter shouldnÕt more time be spent learn-ly hate, never use and never need. When you came to UT, you were contracts with some of its top busi-ing important business skills directly But when the stress and worrying probably really excited about the nesses. Nowhere in that hectic, ex-related to retail? These lessons would become part of an everyday, every¥classes you were about to take and all citing world did I need anything re-be infinitely more valuable than two semester, every-course routine for a the information your eager little brain sembling natural sci-semesters of cellular and degree that would never come with was about to absorb. I suppose thatÕs ence. molecular biology. such anxiety at any other school, it the case for most people, but if you The textiles and ap-Textiles and appar-becomes a problem. plan to pursue a degree in retail mer-parel website introduc-el should be in any col-Many students have graduated chandising, youÕll probably end up es the program by claim-lege but CNS. I did most from UT with a degree in textiles and beating your brains out for a break. ing, ÒThe options of spe-of the science and math apparel, and I applaud them. Com- The degree pathway of retail mer-cialization emphasize the I am a coursework that the ma-pleting the daunting tasks associated chandising is the second degree op-application of principles jor requires and final-with this degree is no small feat, and I casualty tion in the division of textiles and from the arts, sciences ly gave up. When I was am truly impressed with each and ev¥apparel, part of the School of Hu-and humanities as they of a pummeled with courses ery one of them. However, these tasks man Ecology in the College of Natu-apply to career interests that were of little interest make students turn their backs on a misplaced ral Sciences (CNS). I know, itÕs pretty in retail merchandising, or relevance to me or my degree that they might have enjoyed buried. This would all be fine if the apparel design and con-program. goals, my degree in retail otherwise and search for one with a brave students pursuing this degree servation.Ó became pointless. I am a more relevant and useful timeline. werenÕt required to take the same bi-IÕm not arguing with casualty of a misplaced There is a science to retail, but ologies, chemistries and calculi as CNS; it does a lot of great program. that science is about consumer re¥the CNS students who are study-things for students of sci-IÕve spent many lations, business and a basic under¥ing, you know, science. But for stu-ence. However, many hours with fellow stu-standing of style. Natural science is dents anxiously working their way students enter CNS to pursue sci-dents complaining and worrying valuable, but it is not necessary, or through a degree that throws them ence, math or technology, while most about the handful of science cours-very useful, for most students pur¥into the business world, it seems like of the students in textiles and apparel es left and how we would ever man-suing fashion. a waste of time and money. want to work in a dynamic business-age to perform even remotely well Last summer I spent time at a oriented field. The textiles and appar-in them. Any college degree comes Hale is an undeclared senior. THE FIRING LINE Texas needs new leadership In response to WednesdayÕs anti-Bill White letter from Ms. Schwartz, I offer this perspective on the incumbent, Gov. Rick Perry, who is seeking re-election again as her partyÕs candidate. As I see it, Perry is also running for Òthe least effective governorÓ that Texas has had in decades Ñ at least since I moved here 22 years ago. His main areas of responsibility as gover¥nor, public education and state services, have foun¥dered during his time in office, and too many times he has brought derision upon our state. By embracing such extremist views as weakening science education so that a religious belief (creationism) can be put on the same footing as one of the foundations of mod¥ern science (evolution), and by permitting similarly extreme acts by state officials, such as rewriting text¥books to favor a political viewpoint, Perry has lost the authority he once had to be a leader in education. As for government services, his incredible lack of concern for the stateÕs inability to distribute food stamps in a timely manner to Texans struggling with the recession is disheartening, to say the least. That this occurred while he was building a personal fortune from sweet¥heart land deals shows just how far he has fallen. I have never seen a time when new leadership at the helm of state government was needed more than it is right now. Ñ David Herrin Molecular biology professor School of Biological Sciences SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-mail Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanon¥line.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all let¥ters for clarity, brevity and liability. LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administra¥tion, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. RECYCLE! Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan by placing it in a recycling bin or back in the burnt-orange stand where you found it. SUBMIT A COLUMN The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Columns must be under 700 words. Send columns to editor@dailytexanonline.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability. Life&Arts Editor: Mary Lingwall E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Thursday, June 24, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN EXHIBIT PREVIEW LIONS, TIGERS AND MORE Get adventurous with absinthe THIRSTY THURSDAY By Gerald Rich Despite all its misconceptions, drink¥ing absinthe, which resumed commercial production in the U.S. in 2007, provides a great way to relax with friends and start the weekend off right. Although the bold, licorice-flavored drink was never specifically banned, thujone, a component of absinthe that is present in small amounts, is deemed poi¥sonous by the FDA. In large quantities, the chemical has been known to cause convulsions; how¥ever, recent studies found that many pre¥ban bottles contained far less thujone than was originally believed. As for see¥ing dancing green fairies, many absin¥theurs say thatÕs false. ÒAll the artists who made it popular Ñ who claimed to see things Ñ were also alcoholics,Ó said Carter Wilsford, bar¥tender at AustinÕs only absinthe bar, PŽ¥chŽ. ÒThey had something called Ôde¥lirium tremens.Õ When you have a bot¥tle or two a day of something thatÕs 60 to 70 percent alcohol, youÕre going to see things. ThatÕs not a symptom of absinthe; itÕs a symptom of alcoholism.Ó Most people say they experience an en¥tirely different kind of drunkenness from absinthe, feeling clear-headed and artic¥ulate. ÒThe botanicals act as stimulants,Ó said Gregg Tunningly, another bartender at PŽchŽ. ÒYou canÕt walk straight, but you can think and speak clearly. ItÕs a lucid kind of drunk.Ó At the height of its popularity in France, absinthe was considered the per¥fect drink for artists or raconteurs, and quickly replaced wine after a blight wiped out the grape crops in the mid¥1800s. It wasnÕt long before 5 p.m., gen¥erally known now as the start of Òhap¥py hour,Ó became known as Òthe green hour.Ó Historians believe that the drink was only banned because wine lobbyists were angered by the Ògreen fairyÓ taking up too much of their market. AbsintheÕs rapidly growing popular¥ity also led to many unregulated brew¥ing practices, such as adding strychnine and turpentine to flavor the drink before storing it in leaded glass. Although most countries have safe, traditional absinthe, Wilsford warned against some foreign countries that donÕt exactly regulate this small industry. ÒI had a friend who had some absinthe in Portugal, and he said it looked like an¥tifreeze and tasted like sucking on a pen¥ny,Ó Wilsford said. ÒHe had a couple of Peyton McGee |Daily Texan Staff Ice water drips into an absinthe pontarlier glass, diluting the alcohol content to make a tradi¥tional and cool summer drink. shots and woke up on the ferry to Moroc-louche. One drop of water will delicately co a day later.Ó spiral down through the emerald liquid, Have no fear, though. Quality absin-leaving a cloudy white trail. Well-made thes, such as the classic Pernod, are made absinthes will eventually turn a milky, after distilling and adding organic botan-opaque green as the water molecules icals to the basic absinthe recipe of anise, combine with the botanicals and have a fennel and wormwood. great complex or floral flavor. Top-shelf absinthes, such as St. George Although the relatively small market or Germain-Robin, can take years to per-has been growing since 2007, just a hand¥fect and require more discipline and ded-ful of bars in Austin sell it, including PŽ¥ication than a Trappist monk. chŽ, the East Side Show Room and The A good absinthe drip in the most tra-Good Knight, and costs about the same ditional preparation, where you dilute as a good, inexpensive glass of wine Ñ it with ice water, will have a very dense just with more interesting effects. Wildlife art exhibit raises money for animal sanctuary By Kate Ergenbright WHAT:Debra BartonÕs ÒLions, Daily Texan Staff Tigers and MoreÓ exhibit ÒI just love animals,Ó artist Deb¥ra Barton said when asked about WHERE:Austin Art Space Gallery & Studios, 7739 Northcross Dr. her exhibit at Austin Art Space Ste. Q Gallery & Studios entitled, ÒLions, Tigers and More.Ó WHEN:Thursday-Saturday BartonÕs exhibit is composed through June 27, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; of 11 oil paintings and 32 framed opening reception Friday, 6:30¥ photographs that depict animals 8:30 p.m. from the Austin Zoo and Animal Sanctuary, a nonprofit rescue or¥ganization that houses 300 animals see the animal in a different way.Ó and 100 different species. All pro-Even though Barton enjoyed her ceeds from the sale of BartonÕs art time visiting other zoos, the Aus¥in ÒLions, Tigers and MoreÓ are be-tin Zoo and Animal Sanctuary re¥ing donated to help the Austin Zoo mained closest to her heart. animals. ÒI love the other zoos, but the Barton Ñ who studied art at the Austin Zoo Ñ well, it was home Art School of the Austin Museum for one thing, and itÕs got a special of Art Ñ focuses mostly on organ-uniqueness, I think, because the ic images, such as animals, people animals are all rescue animals. So, and nature. Her artistic mediums each animal has a special story,Ó are varied, as she creates impres-Barton said. ÒThey just touched sionistic and abstract contempo-my heart, and when I saw what rary work in her illustrations, pho-the staff has to do out there ... these tography and paintings. people just work so hard because Her interest in art began at an they love it. TheyÕre doing what early age, and she credits her suc-they can with what theyÕve got, cess to her mother and the nurtur-but can you imagine what it takes ing and encouraging environment to feed one tiger a week?Ó she was raised in. Barton explained that the size ÒI got such joy from it, even as a of the lion enclosure at the Austin little kid, that I just did it as much Zoo is only large enough for two as I could,Ó Barton said. lions to come out into the open at Although she has always been an time, forcing the other four lions to animal lover, Barton began work-stay behind the scenes. ing seriously with zoo animals as ÒThese animals timeshare every subjects three years ago. After vis-other day. They canÕt all be out at iting various zoos to photograph once, and that really hit home. And their inhabitants, she began enter-then the economy bottomed up for ing her work into contests, such as everybody, globally. It takes a com¥one hosted by the National Wild-munity willing to support this trea¥life Federation, and started donat-sure that weÕve got here,Ó Barton ing her finished pieces to various said. animal and zoo organizations. Inspired to make a difference, Although it may seem that pho-Barton approached Patti Clark, tographing wild animals could president and executive director of pose difficulties because a photog-the Austin Zoo, to organize a fund¥rapher has no way of controlling raiser. Clark said the money raised his or her subject, Barton views this will be used to fund an expansion as a welcome challenge rather than of animal enclosures, including the a burden. addition of a run and exercise yard ÒI love the challenge. ThatÕs just for Northern Timber Wolf Joy and the fun of it,Ó Barton said. ÒEach Wolf Hybrid Bandit. Any addition¥of the animals have their own per-al money raised, Clark said, will be sonality, and the magic that hap-used to fund the construction of pens when youÕre behind the lens a new climate-controlled primate is that you have the opportunity to enclosure and house. AROUND AUSTIN Sample beer, keep city weird with weekend lineup Great Austin East Side Sampler Beer Festival To celebrate the open¥ing of The East Village, a vi- The first Great Austin Beer brant and geometrically de-Festival will take place Satur-signed mixed-use building, day at the Austin Music Hall. Rare magazine is hosting a ÒThe purpose of the event sampling of events that epit¥is to expose Austin beer lov-omize East Austin culture. ers to an opportunity to try The East Side Sampler will beers 4 ounces at a time,Ó fes-feature Team Fabrication Ñ tival coordinator Blake Rich-a fashionable duo that fus¥ards said. ÒIt is also [gives] es disc jockeying with visu¥new craft and import drink-al art Ñ fog machines, light ers the opportunity to learn shows and Indian dancers. more about beers and the The event is worth check¥different styles.Ó ing out if only for the com-The festival will feature plimentary cocktails, featur¥ beers from several Texas ing Austin-made Deep Eddy breweries, including (512) Sweet Tea Vodka, Cavalino Brewing Co., Spoetzl Brew-Tequila and TRU Vodka. ery, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Live Oak Brewing Co., WHAT: East Side Sampler Real Ale Brewing Co. and In-WHEN: Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: The East Village near Peyton McGee |Daily Texan Staff dependence Brewing Co. Other well-known brands, East 11th and Lydia streets Rare magazine will host the East Side Sampler, a party to celebrate the opening of The East Village, such as Dos Equis, Newcas-COST: Free if you RSVP at on Friday at 7 p.m. rareaustin.com tle Brown Ale, Sierra Ne¥vada and Samuel Adams will also have a presence at Ñ Madeleine Crum ganizers will hand out prizes Teenage Cool Kids, psychedeliaÓ by indie blog¥to those with the weirdest cos-gers at HoZacRecords.com and the festival. And though the ticket pric-tumes. Show up early and you Cruddy, Wild America the Teenage Cool Kids have es are a little steep for most Keep Austin Weird can enjoy live music from lo-and Rayon Beach at been getting quite a bit of at¥cal bands such as The Bright tention since the release of students, the sheer variety Fest and 5K Light Social Hour and White the Mohawk their second full-length re¥ of beers offered makes the Ghost Shivers. cord, Foreign Lands, earlier sticker price reasonable. Deemed Òthe slowest 5K AustinÕs own grungy punks this month, so expect a dirty, WHAT: Great Austin Beer youÕll ever run,Ó the Keep Aus-WHAT: Keep Austin Weird Fest Ñ Cruddy, Wild America and sweaty, punk dance party. Festival tin Weird Fest and 5K show-and 5K Rayon Beach Ñ are play¥cases the cityÕs unconvention-WHEN: Saturday, 7 p.m. ing alongside Denton natives WHAT: Teenage Cool Kids WHEN: Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Austin Music Hall, 208 al culture. WHERE: Cesar Chavez and Teenage Cool Kids this Fri-WHEN: Friday, 10 p.m. Nueces St. Held in the evening, this South First streets day at The Mohawk, a night WHERE: The Mohawk, 912 Red COST: $40 at Waterloo Records race is a nice deviation from COST: $40 at that is primed to be a lo-fi, River St. or greataustinbeerfestival.comthe typical early-bird runs. In-keepaustinweirdfest.com punk-loverÕs paradise. Ray-COST: TBA at the door stead of awarding participants on BeachÕs sound has already Ñ Addie Anderson with the fastest times, the or- Ñ Madeleine Crum been dubbed Òexotic punk Ñ Mary Lingwall Thursday, June 24, 2010 COMICS YesterdayÕs solution ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the Þrst day of publication, as the pub¥lishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. 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ÒWe came in to¥means basketball fans all over the country whether to return to school for his sopho-All-American. He was also a unanimous All-gether at Texas. ItÕs great he and Nick [Colli¥will be tuning in to see which prospect their more season. He had until May 8 to pull Big 12 selection and finished with the most son] think so highly of me.Ó favorite team picks to build a future with. out, but decided to stick with his original rebounds and double-doubles in conference Dexter Pittman is the last Longhorn in this Meanwhile, Texas fans across the southwest plan and enter the draft. history. Like Bradley, he is also a utility player yearÕs draft. Pittman loses out to the more will be watching to see who snags the three Forward Damion James is also consid-who can come in at multiple positions. popular big men in the draft, such as DeMar¥former Longhorns in this yearÕs draft. cus Cousins of Kentucky and Cole Aldrich of Avery Bradley is considered by many to Kansas, but is still projected to go somewhere be the alumnus with the highest draft stock, near the middle of the second round because and some analysts, including ESPNÕs Chad of his 6-foot-10 size and shot-blocking ability. Ford, predict Bradley going as high as 17th Kevin Durant wants me here, too. We came in together at Texas.Ó Pittman could turn into a steal if heÕs picked overall. If Bradley does get picked in the top up by a team in need of a reliable center off Ñ Damion James, Forward 30, he will be the ninth Longhorn to go in ÔÔ the bench, such as Miami or Milwaukee. the first round in the past 10 years. Pittman also flirted with the 2009 draft Bradley played one year at Texas before but returned for his senior season to average leaving for the pros. He was named to the 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Pitt-Big 12Õs All-Freshman and All-Rookie teams ered a likely first-round pick. If both Brad-Oklahoma City has the 21st and 26th over-man underperformed for much of the sea¥while averaging 11.6 points per game, sec-ley and James are picked in the first round, all picks in this yearÕs draft and reported-son, including a 12-game stretch where he ond-best on the team and first among guards. it will be the first time since 2006 that multi-ly has shown interest in James. If the Thun-averaged just 5.75 points per contest, but he He was also second on the team in steals with ple Longhorns went in the NBA draft when der pick James, he would rejoin former Long-finished fourth in the Big 12 in blocked shots 44. The dual-threat guard is attracting atten-LaMarcus Aldridge, P.J. Tucker and Daniel horn Kevin Durant, who came to Texas in the and helped the team earn its 12th straight tion because of his ability to play multiple po-Gibson were all selected. same recruiting class as James. Oklahoma NCAA tournament birth despite falling out sitions and score from mid- and long-range. James hired an agent in 2009 but pulled City selected Durant second overall in 2007, of the national rankings in week 16. WORLD CUP Yanks defy referees, odds to make it to Round of 16 By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Columnist The United States was not supposed to advance to the knockout round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Yes, it was a favorite to join England in getting past the group stage prior to the tournament. But after two full games and 91 more minutes of play, the Yanks were supposed to go home in disap¥pointment following their match with Algeria. That is why after five seconds of jumping hysterically in my paja¥mas with a belly full of donuts and kolaches following Landon Dono-worldÕs sport, goalkeeper Tim sneaked through one of the weak¥vanÕs game-winning goal against Howard made a great throw, er groups in the World Cup. But Algeria, I had to pause before cele-starting the counterattack that Donovan, Dempsey & Co. will not brating any further. ended with a deflected shot sent be able to let chances slip by like ÒDid it count? Was offsides from Clint Dempsey and the fin-they have in the previous games. called? A foul? Handball? Any-ish from Donovan, AmericaÕs all-They need to take advantage thing?Ó time leading scorer. of their opportunities. Two Amer- Finally, when the zero on the The miraculous last-second win ican heads canÕt go after one ball scoreboard changed to a one, all not only advanced the Yanks to when the net is empty, which hap¥questions had been answered. the knockout stage but also put pened yesterday. The defense also No American can be too sure in them atop their group, making it needs to step up. You can man¥this yearÕs World Cup. After all of the first time the U.S. has done so age to make a big mistake or two the questionable calls that had been in 80 years. against Slovenia or Algeria, but made against the U.S. in its three With the Group C champion-when Brazil or Argentina is giv¥matches, why wouldnÕt the offi-ship in hand, there are no more en a gift, they are going to accept it cials remain consistent and screw excuses. We donÕt have to wor-and seize that opportunity. over Bob BradleyÕs squad again? ry about attacking the country of If the U.S. keeps winning, it will At times, it really did seem as Mali for its terrible refereeÕs mis-have to wait a couple of games to though the officials were sup-take. No one will have to see any face one of the world powers as posed to keep the red, white and more replays of the goals that Ghana and a potential matchup blue out of the Round of 16. werenÕt, and no one will have to with either Uruguay or South Ko- But the goal counted. And only wonder about what could have rea loom ahead. seconds after Slovenia had en-been for this U.S. team. At times, this group of Amer¥dured defeat at the hands of the It is time to look ahead. Ghana icans looked like one of the best English, the U.S. handed the team managed to advance out of Group teams in the World Cup. At other another loss Ñ which the Slove-D, setting the scene for a rematch times, it seemed like the worst. nians should have suffered Friday. of the game that eliminated Team Which will show up against And when it appeared that we USA from the 2006 World Cup. Ghana? We will find out after 90 would have to wait another four The U.S. should have the ad-more minutes of play on Saturday. years to get excited about the vantage over a Ghana squad that Or maybe it will take 91. US team takes advantage of last chance to advance referees had robbed the U.S. of a DonovanÕs goal launches place in the last 16 minutes after Americans to top of group; two wrongly disallowed goals in each of its past two games. There England finishes in second were just four minutes of World Cup football left for the United By Naishadh Bhonsle States if the scores in both games Daily Texan Staff stayed the same. Then, in one of the most dra-United States 1, Algeria 0 matic moments in the history of American soccer, U.S. keeper In a pulsating match full of Tim Howard made a save from chances, emotion and ecstasy, an Algerian header to quickly re¥ the U.S. soccer team made fans lease Landon Donovan down wait until the 91st minute for the right side. Donovan streaked the decisive goal. The U.S. need¥up the field with his electric pace ed a win or a draw against Alge¥and passed to Jozy Altidore, who ria, depending on EnglandÕs re¥raced toward the penalty area and sult in the other group game, if then crossed to Dempsey, whose it was to qualify. shot the Algerian keeper couldnÕt The U.S. team, hit by a con¥hold onto. The rebound fell kindly troversial disallowed goal in the to Donovan, who finished into the last game, went out with passion bottom corner, sending the U.S. and attacked the Algerian goal team into celebration and guaran¥ throughout the game. teeing it a place in the next round On an excellent attack, Clint and the top spot in its group for DempseyÕs goal in the 21st min¥the first time in 80 years. ute was wrongly disallowed for being offsides, a horrible moment England 1, Slovenia 0 of deja vu for the Americans. That wasnÕt the end of the dra-England produced the win it ma, though, as the news that Eng-needed against Slovenia thanks to land was winning came in at half-a Jermain Defoe goal that sent the time, which meant that if the U.S. Brits through to the next round. tied it would be out of the World England dominated much of Cup. American coach Bob Brad-the possession, and its goal came ley made changes, fielding a in the first half after James Mil¥more offensive lineup looking for nerÕs cross was volleyed into the the winning goal. goal by a splitting Defoe. The entire second half was a The goal was DefoeÕs first on back-and-forth affair with each the international stage and justi¥team looking for a goal. Clint fied his first start in the tourna-Dempsey thought he had scored ment. England continued to con¥(again) in the 57th minute, but af-trol the game in the second half ter hitting the post, he failed to con-as Wayne Rooney found himself vert his rebound into an open goal. alone in the box Ñ only to hit the With time slipping away, Michael post with his shot. Bradley almost scored in the 79th The miss would not be deci¥minute when he bent a free kick sive in terms of the final result as around the Algerian wall, but the England held on to win by one keeper made an powerful stop. goal. However, the missed op- Time was running out for portunity did mean that Eng¥the U.S. team, and a handful of land would finish second in great chances were missed as it Group C because the U.S. scored looked more and more like the more goals in the first round. SIDELINE MLB National League San Francisco 3 Houston 6 Florida 7 Baltimore 5 St. Louis 1 Toronto 0 San Diego 5 Tampa Bay 4 Pittsburgh 3 Texas 13 WORLD CUP Group A W L D P Uruguay 2 0 1 7 Mexico 1 1 1 4 South Africa 1 1 1 4 France 0 2 1 1 Group B W L D P Argentina 3 0 0 9 South Korea 1 1 1 4 Greece 1 2 0 3 Nigeria 0 2 1 1 Group C W L D P U.S.A. 1 0 2 5 England 1 0 2 5 Slovenia 1 1 1 4 Algeria 0 1 2 1 Group D W L D P Germany 2 1 0 6 Ghana 1 1 1 4 Australia 1 1 1 4 Serbia 1 2 0 3 Group E W L D P Netherlands 2 0 0 6 Japan 1 1 0 3 Denmark 1 1 0 3 Cameroon 0 2 0 0 Group F W L D P Paraguay 1 0 1 4 Italy 0 0 2 2 New Zealand 0 0 2 2 Slovakia 0 1 1 1 Group G W L D P Brazil 2 0 0 6 Portugal 1 0 1 4 Ivory Coast 0 1 1 1 North Korea 0 2 0 0 Group H W L D P Chile 2 0 0 6 Spain 1 1 0 3 Switzerland 1 1 0 3 Honduras 0 2 0 0