SPORT Jevan S transfer, reports say Move could leave Texas without QB in bowl game LIFE & ARTS PAGE 6B Dancing for charity, 6 years running A nnual m arathon funds childrens health foundation OT WEEKEND. INSIDE Rock finds a home on Red River Street Stretch of clubs host b u reco ilin g local scene T h e Da ily T exa n Serving The University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 Thursday, Novem ber 30, 2006 www.dailytexanonline.com Scope of spying surprises some By M.T. Elliott Daily Texan Staff From the same dusty boxes that provided a former police chief's notes on the Charles Whitman shooting, a darker insight into University law enforcement's role in campus surveil­ lance has emerged. Earlier this month, The Texas Observer published an article on the notes and photographs collect­ ed by former UT police chief Allen Hamilton. The documents are avail­ able online at unmv.texasobserver.org. Hundreds of handwritten notes and typed lists revealed that from 1963 to 1970, Hamilton kept close tabs on students and activists on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Surveillance ranged from students' personal information and photos to letters between University deans about marijuana problems. Even more sur­ prising is that much of this surveillance was conducted by students, and, on at least two occasions, by an editor for The Daily Texan. "We had an inkling we were being spied on," said Gary Chason, a for­ mer campus activist mentioned in the files who now teaches acting in Austin. "But I had no idea we were being taken that seriously." Chason said he was surprised at U T P D continues on page 2A T h e M o s t W o n d e r f u l T i m e Mikhail Matz, UT integrative b iology professor, will use the new Inland Reef Sim ulator to continue his research on how corals adapt to environm ental changes. Lonnie Anderson Artificial reef on Town Lake to model coral environments By Scott So lom on Special to The Daily Texan There will soon be a coral reef on the banks of Town Lake. But don't grab your snorkel just yet — this reef is for scientific purposes only. Mikhail Matz, a new faculty member in UT's inte­ grative biology section, is building the artificial reef as part of his research on the evolution of coral com­ munities. He hopes to use the facility to understand the rate at which corals can adapt to threats caused by environmental changes such as global warming. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring. Coral environments have been changing over the last few years, Matz said. "There is really too much heating up of the sur­ face waters around the corals, and it caused several really severe bleachings and die-offs. A few reefs just totally and completely died off," Matz said. Bleaching occurs when tiny algae that live inside the coral, which produce the food upon which the corals depend, leave in search of better conditions. The results can be disastrous. "Bleaching is basically a symptom of something real bad happening to the coral," Matz said. "It can be likened to a high fever in humans." Coral bleaching has caused the death of at least one entire reef system. The Okinawa Reef, off the southern coast of Japan, was once the northernmost reef in the Pacific Ocean, but is now completely dead as a result of bleaching, Matz said. Matz hopees to use the new artificial reef facility, which he calls an Inland Reef Simulator, or IReS for short, to determine whether corals can adapt to such environmental changes. By simulating the exact con­ ditions of several existing reefs and modifying them to simulate the effects of global climate change, Matz C O R A L continues on page 6A Courtney Dudley | Daily Texan Staff M ena Amin, Shradha Motwani, Ruchy Sharda and Nausheen Jivani encourage students to join their cam­ paign to build a statue of Gandhi built on campus. Group wants Gandhi statue to represent universal values By Colleen Leahy Daily Texan Staff With social justice, activism and nonviolence in mind, the Mahatma Gandhi Statue Task Force held an informational session Wednesday to inform the University community about its upcoming plans to campaign for a Gandhi statue on campus. The meeting, held in the Graduate School of Business Building, was one of a series of events to educate the community about Gandhi and his values, said task force member Anita Ahmed, an Asian American Studies and government senior. She G A N D H I continues on page 2A New site provides lowdown on tuition By Shara Challa Daily Texan Staff Many students write a tuition check twice a year without knowing how the tuition rate is set and what the money pays for. Student Government and the University's Budget Office launched a Web site this month to provide students with all the information they need to know about tuition. "When you're writing a big check around the time tuition is due, it's hard not to w ond er where all the money is going," said Marcus Ceniceros, vice president of SG. The site offers information about tuition history at UT and the reasons behind tuition dereg­ ulation in 2 0 0 3 , said Ceniceros, a government junior. There is also a link that allows students to see how the University receives and spends its funds, he said. A comparison of UT's tuition rates with its peer institutions, 12 similar public state schools, shows that the University falls in the middle, said Prathiba Pandian, SG Longhorn legisla­ tive aide. Padian, a m athem at­ ics freshman, said when she was a prospective student, the site would have been useful to her when comparing schools. Links to scholarships, finan­ cial aid and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid are all in one place on the new Web site, said Shannon Perry, a communi­ cations studies sophomore. The site will be helpful to juniors and seniors in high school, especially those who cannot afford college and would benefit from know­ ing that there is aid money out there, she said. Clinton Hovey, a sports man­ agement senior, said the site would be great to show his par­ ents. "My parents are always has­ sling me about tuition costs," Hovey send. "I can just send them to this Web site for infor­ mation." Don Davis, Student Financial Services assistant director, said the Web site is a nice concept, though he was not aware of the site. However, all the informa­ tion provided on the site was already available through vari­ ous portals on the UT Web site, Davis said. "The site does offer an easier and more direct way to find the information," Davis said. "There are great links that pro­ vide specifics about tuition and aid." WORLD & NATION PAGE 3A Bush, al-Maliki talk abruptly cancelled C o n flic tin g rep o rts, co n fu sio n left in w ake o f unusual m ove Patrick Michels | Daily Texan Staff Annual dinner rings in holiday season By Paige Cantrell Daily Texan Staff W ith the purchase of a discounted ticket, UT students can revel in a Renaissance-themed play and a four-course meal at the 26th annual Madrigal Dinner, which began Wednesday evening. The dinner, coordinated by the all­ student Madrigal Dinner Committee, will have nightly performances at 6:30 p.m. until Saturday in the Texas Union Ballroom. UT student tickets are $13, $15 or $17 and admission for non-students is $26, $28 or $30, depending on seating. Tickets may be purchased at the Frank Erwin Center, the Bass Concert Hall ticket center and Texas Box Office. The play this year is a comedy titled "The Feast of Folly," written by history major Francisco Patino, said Ameer Mobarak, a mathematics junior who chairs the committee and produced the dinner Each spring, the committee selects a student-written script to be performed at the dinner, he said. The Madrigal choir will open the show by singing Christmas carols from the balcony and will sing dur­ ing the meal breaks for each of the four courses. The dinner is a UT tradition that ushers in the start of the holi­ day season. The Madrigal Dinner Committee is part of the Texas Union Student Events Center, the primary student event planning organization on campus, and charges admission in order to cover the expense of pro­ duction, Mobarak said. Front to bring near-freezing temperatures Five-day forecast Today High 50 Low 30 70 percent chance of showers Wind chill 15 to 25 degrees Friday High 56 Low 30 Sunny Saturday High 62 Low 31 Mostly sunny Sunday High 54 Low 30 Partly cloudy Wind chill 35 to 40 degrees Monday High 58 Low 39 Partly doudy Patrick M ichels | Daily Texan Staff Stu de nt* soak up the late fall heat and hum idity on the Sou th Mall ahead of the cold front expected for W ednesday night. Source: National Weather Serme, all temperatures are Fahrenheit ¡Pi By Jessica A. Frescas Daily Texan Staff Students planning on going out for a night on Sixth Street this weekend may have to trade in their halter tops and flip-flops for sweaters and boots. A cold front swept through Central Texas Wednesday night, causing an overnight drop from 80-degree temperatures to about 50 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service. Lower Colorado River Authority meteorologist Bob Rose said students should expect showers and thun­ derstorms to accompany the cold weather. Although the forecasted high for today is 50 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 mph wind gusts will make it feel like 15 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Rose said he is fairly confident freezing precipitation wül not reach the campus area, but encouraged students to keep a close watch on the weather forecasts for the next couple C O L D continues on page 2A INDEX Volume 107, Number 63, 25 cents World & Nation......... 3A O p in io n .................. ___4 A SA University................ State & Local........... 6A Sports................... 1-2R 3R Classifieds............... 4R Com ics................... 5-6R Life & A rts............... TOMORROWS WEATHER H ig h There was , som ething in the air , that night. The stars were bright, Fernando. They were LOW shining there M for you and me, for liberty, Fernando. T h e Daily T exan Around Campus THE BIG BEND BOOK SIGN ­ ING, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., Texas Memorial Museum. Author Joe Nick Patoski and photographer Laurence Parent will be sign­ in g their new book during the museum's Holiday Sale Days. Benefiting the Texas Natural Science Center's educational programs for children, there will be 20 percent off all items through Dec. 3. SCREENING: "TOW N BLOODY HALL," 7 p.m., Harry Ransom Center. D. A. Pennebaker's 1979 film records a raucous 1971 debate in New York City between Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer, Diana Trilling, and Jill Johnson. ... T H EY 'LL LET "PO LIT IC S ANYONE DO IT,"3:30p.m.-5 p.m., GEB 3.312. State Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, will lecture on his expe­ riences with politics and busi­ ness in Texas. This event is part of the Texas Politics Speaker Series, an initiative created to help Texans become more informed and engaged political citizens. It is free and open to the public. PRO JEC T OPPORTUNITY, 8 p.m., BEN 1.122. Project Opportunity is a student organization that aims to identify social problems that lead to poverty. Through a strong community outreach, we help research poverty problems, create and propose policy solutions, and provide better opportunities for oth­ ers through com munity service events. Campus Watch Where was Abel? BATTS HALL South Mall Criminal trespass: A non-UT subject activated the police help call box, mumbled into the call box, then walked away toward Jester center. During the investigation, the non-UT subject was found sitting at a table talking to himself. The subject admitted he had activated the call box to inform the Austin Police Department that he had been assaulted by Jezebel, the daughter of Cain. The officer issued the sub­ ject a written criminal trespass warn­ ing and escorted him from the area. Occurred Nov. 27 at 5:46 a.m. Coneheads BRAZOS PARKING GARAGE, 200 East Martin Luther King Blvd. Theft: Four unidentified subjects were observed picking up orange- colored traffic cones and placing them into the bed of a tan Ford truck. The truck was last seen travel­ ing south toward MLK Blvd. During the investigation, it was determined 10 traffic cones had been taken. Loss value: $100. Occurred Nov. 23 at 12:23 a.m. Boy wonder saves the day CALHOUN HALL, South Mall Suspicious activity: Coca-Cola syrup was observed oozing out from under an unplugged coke machine. An unknown caped crusader wrote, "Holy nauseat­ ing discharges, Batman! Have unplugged machine." The unknown subject identified himself as The Boy Wonder. Occurred Nov. 26 at 4:02 p.m. I'm telling mom! SAN JACINTO DORMITORY, 309 East 21st St. Public intoxication / false report: A non-UT subject reported that his sister was in her dormitory room with 10 other people and that they were all using illegal drugs. During the investigation, the officer located the reporting person and discovered that he was intoxicated. The subject stated that he had been drinking, a lot. During the investigation, the offi­ cer observed that the subject was staggering and had a very strong odor of alcohol on his breath. The subject informed the officer that he should be fined for lying. When asked to explain, the subject stat­ ed that his sister was in Michigan and not inside her dormitory room doing drugs. The subject was taken into custody for public intoxication and false report. The student was transported to cen­ tral booking. Occurred Nov. 24 at 12:27 p.m. Educators of Excellence Teach for the future! We will have you teaching and earning by August 2007 Start a new, rewarding career Come to our orientation session on December 19th from 6-8pm at AUSTIN CAN ACADEMY 2406 Rosewood Avenue Austin, Texas contact us: phone: (877) 358-8824 fax: (512) 369-1980 email: inf 0 @educatorsofexcellence com E A R N W H I L E Y O U L E A R N Wireless Internet Available GANDHI: Group to hold info session tonight From page 1A said more task force meetings are planned for the spring semester. "A Gandhi statue is important for various reasons. Gandhi is an international icon for peace, truth, collaboration and nonviolence, and h is efforts impacted and inspired civil rights leaders all over the world, including Nelson Mandela, M l.K Jr., Cesar Chavez and many more," Ahmed said. Nausheen Jivani, a communica­ tion studies sophomore, said she felt many of the statues on campus do not fully represent the values of the community. The Martin Luther King Jr. statue on the East Mall is currently the only statue of a minority figure on campus. "W e feel that Mahatma Gandhi represents universal values like truth and empowerment," she said. During spring 2006, students began meeting and discussing the steps needed to erect a Gandhi statue on campus, Ahmed said. The task force is currently in the planning stages and hopes to have a referendum on the ballot for Student Government elections next spring. They plan to fund the statue through student fees, Ahmed said. "M uch like the efforts for a Barbara Jordan and Cesar Chavez statue, a Gandhi statue would allow Asians and Asian-Americans, a critical mass and the largest com­ munity of color at UT, to see them­ selves embedded in Longhorn his­ tory/' Jivani said. The Mahatma Gandhi Statue Task Force w ill hold another infor­ mation session tonight at 7 p.m. in UTC 4.110. TSP BO A RD M E E T IN G Frid ay Decem ber 1, 2006 3:00 P.M. 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"For me it was exciting, wom ­ en's lib was starting," said Kaye Northcott, a former D aily Texan editor whose name appeared in some of the surveillance memos. "W e didn't have to wear skirts on campus anymore." Members or associates of the activist organization Students for a Democratic Society seemed to be the prim ary focus of the surveillance. Northcott, Dreyer and Chason were all associated w ith SDS, among other groups. "W e all knew that virtually every meeting had informants there," Northcott said. One of the longer lists of names in the released documents details people connected to the short-lived student organiza­ tion the Texas Student League for Responsible Sexual Freedom. Those lists included the full names of suspected members, dates and places of birth and often the father's occupation. Other descriptions border on absurd, like that of Frank Horsfall, who escaped a detailed description, but still warranted the notation "unable to locate, rides a bicycle and sells various sundries." A Nov. 21, 1967 memo describes a sit-in at an Arm y that was recruiting stand eventually mediated by then- U T senior and student body president Lloyd Doggett, now a member of the U.S. House. Two memos to the former University police chief were from John Economidy, a former D aily Texan editor who suc­ ceeded Northcott. Economidy said he developed a bond with Hamilton during the Whitman shooting when the chief person­ ally picked him up and drove him to the Tower, making him the only member of the press on-scene. " I thought highly of him ," Economidy said. "H e was a hero." Economidy said he had not read the Observer story, and the memos he scrawled to Hamilton were hard to recall after 40 years. He denied hav­ ing taken photos specifically for U TPD surveillance. "They were the same photos they could have got by clipping the front page," he said. However, one of the scrawled memos implies Economidy had more tiran a passive role in cam­ pus surveillance. "Here is the list of persons which I promised you ... I w ill get you the negatives of the shots I took Tuesday at the lat­ est," Economidy wrote in one letter to Hamilton. Northcott said Econom idy partly won the 1966 editor elec­ tion, because students wanted more conservative leadership of the Texan since she had been "prem aturely" against the war. Chason recalled Economidy saying he planned to rid the Texan of "nattering nincom­ poops of negativity." Economidy is now a defense in San Antonio. attorney Though, he dow nplays the importance of his role in any U TPD surveillance, he seems to have rethought his actions. " I don't think I'd do it again today," Economidy said. COLD: No need to sand cement From pagel A of weeks. The only area where Rose said he expects to see freez­ ing rain is in the H ill Country. for Steven Kraal, U T associate vice president facilities management, said there was no reason to sand sidewalks and streets since temperatures are not expected to drop below 20 degrees Fahrenheit on campus. The U niversity only sands side­ w alks when temperatures fall below 20 degrees Fahrenheit for more than two days, Kraal said. However, overnight lows on Thursday and Friday w ill drop below freezing, according to the National Weather Service, and the cold weather w ill continue into next week. During exam week last year, the University closed for two days due to frozen streets. This year, meteorologists do not expect temperatures to reach sim ilar lows. Kathy Bartsch, executive assis­ tant to the president, said school w ill not be cancelled this week due to weather. The U T shuttles and the E-bus w ill run as sched­ uled, said Andrea Lofye, Capital Metro spokeswoman. 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Tuesday, 12 p m Friday. 12 pm Wire Editor: Ariel Lumbard www.dailytexanonline.com W o r l d & N a t io n T h e I ) m ia T exan 3A T hursday, N o v e m b e r 30, 2006 Bush, al-Maliki reschedule talk Latvia. "That negated the purpose to meet tonight together in a trilat­ eral setting." A senior administration official, who spoke with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, basi­ cally echoed Bartlett's account. The Jordanians and the Iraqis jointly decided it was not the best use of time because they both would be seeing the president separately, said the official. the M em bers of Jordanian and Iraqi delegations contacted Khalilzad, who called Air Force One and spoke with Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, giving them a heads-up, the official said. However, Redha Jawad Taqi, a senior aide of top Shiite politician Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim who also was in Amman, said the Iraqis balked at the three-way meeting after learning the king wanted to broaden the talks to include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With Maliki already gone from the palace, Bush had an abbrevi­ ated meeting and dinner with the king before heading early to his hotel. The cancellation came after the disclosure of a classified White House memo, written Nov. 8 by Hadley. In one particularly harsh section, Hadley asserted: "The reality on the streets of Baghdad suggests Maliki is either ignorant of what is going on, misrepre­ senting his intentions or that his capabilities are not yet sufficient to turn his good intentions into action." NATION BRIEFLY Judge orders FEMA to make Katrina housing payments WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the Bush adm in­ istration Wednesday to im m edi­ ately resume housing payments for thousands o f people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said the Federal Emergency Managem ent Agency did not adequately explain w hy it ended a housing assistance program for people w h o lost their homes in the 2005 storm. This spring and summer, FEMA told thousands o f evacuees that they no longer were eligible for housing reim bursem ent or that they had to reapply. Leon said the com puter-generated letters from the agency were to o vague and he described the application p ro ­ cess as "Kafkaesque." Until FEMA explains itself and allows victim s to appeal, Leon said the governm ent m ust keep m aking housing payments. Republican Sen. Bill Frist declines'08 presidential run WASHINGTON — Senate M ajority Leader Bill Frist renounced a bid for the W hite House in 2008 on Wednesday, an early d ro p o u t from the most wide- open presidential race in decades. "In the Bible, God tells us for everything there is a season, and foi me, for now, this season o f being an elected official has come to a close," said the Tennessee Republican, a surgeon before he entered politics in 1994. Frist made his announcem ent as several potential GOP hopefuls were descending on Miami for the annual m eeting o f the Republican Governors' Association. Am ong them were Massachusetts Gov. M itt Romney, o u tgo in g head of the group, and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., planned private meetings w ith governors Thursday follow ed by a reception. C om piled fro m Associated Press reports By Tom Raum The Associated Press AM MAN, Jordan — President Bush's high-profile meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday was canceled in a stunning turn of events after dis­ closure of U.S. doubts about the Iraqi leader's capabilities and a political boycott in Baghdad pro­ testing his attendance. Instead of two days of talks, Bush and al-Maliki will have breakfast and a single meeting followed by a news conference on Thursday morning, the White House said. The abrupt cancellation was an almost unheard-of development in the high-level diplomatic circles of a U.S. president, a king and a prime minister. There was confu­ sion — and conflicting explana­ tions — about what happened. Bush had been scheduled to meet in a three-way session with al-Maliki and Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday night, and had rearranged his schedule to be in Amman for both days for talks aimed at reducing the spiral o f violence in Iraq. The last-minute cancellation was not announced until Bush had already come to Raghadan Palace and posed for photographs alone with the king. W hite House counselor Dan Bartlett denied that the delay was a snub by al-Maliki directed at Bush or was related to the leak of a m em o written by W hite House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley questioning the WORLD BRIEFLY Investigators find radiation on 2 British Airways jets LONDON — Officials found traces o f radiation on tw o British Airways jets as part o f an investi­ gation into the poisoning death o f a form er Russian spy, and the airline appealed Wednesday to tens o f thousands o f passengers w ho flew to Moscow or other cit­ ies to contact health authorities. Two Boeing 767s at London's Heathrow A irport tested posi­ tive and a third was grounded in Moscow awaiting examination, British Airways said. The airline said "the risk to public health is low " b u t that it was a ttem pting to contact some 33,000 passengers w h o have flow n on th e jets since Oct. 25. The announcem ent was the latest tw ist in a case that has aggravated tensions between Britain and Russia and could strain sensitive negotiations on issues as diverse as energy, NATO expan­ sion, and the nuclear am bitions of Iran and North Korea. Britain has been careful n o t to blame the Kremlin for the death o f Alexander Litvinenko — a for­ m er KGB agent and fierce critic o f Russian President Vladim ir Putin. But criticism o f Putin's increasing authoritarianism has intensified since the poisoning. Iranian president's message to Americans blasts Bush UNITED NATIONS — Iran's pres­ ident urged the American people in an open letter Wednesday to demand the w ithdraw al o f U.S. troops from Iraq and reject what he called the Bush adm inistra­ tion's "blind s u p p o rt"fo r Israel and its "illegal and im m oral" actions in fig h tin g terrorism. President M ahm oud Ahmadinejad's letter to "Noble Americans," which was distributed by Iran's mission to the United Nations, also accused Bush o f governing by "coercion, force and injustice." He urged Bush to p u t the United States'"wealth and power in the service o f peace, stability, prosperity and the happiness o f all peoples thro u g h a co m m it­ m ent to justice and respect for the rights o f all nations, instead of aggression and war." Ahm adinejad has alienated m any Americans by calling for Israel's destruction and repeatedly dismissing the Nazi Holocaust as a myth. He also strongly supports th e Palestinian m ilitant g roup Hamas and the Lebanese faction Hezbollah, which the U.S. consid­ ers terrorist organizations. U.N. Human Rights Council ignores Darfur, officials say GENEVA — Top U.N. officials said Wednesday that th e U.N. Human Rights Council has ignored the Sudanese govern­ ment's role in atrocities being com m itted in Darfur, and called on it to ignore regional and other loyalties and stand up to regimes that violate human rights. The com m ents came one day after the 47-nation body rejected an a tte m p t to hold the Sudanese governm ent responsible for halt­ ing the brutal attacks on civilians in Darfur, a region o f western Sudan where more than 200,000 people have been killed, and 2.5 m illion others displaced. The rights council, w hich in its six m onths o f existence has only criticized Israel, rejected a resolu­ tio n from the European Union and Canada calling on the Sudanese governm ent to prosecute those responsible for killing, raping and injuring civilians in Darfur. C o m piled fro m Associated Press reports Jo rd a n ia n p ro te ste rs b u rn a s y m b o lic A m e rican e ffig y to p ro te s t President Bush's visit, d u rin g a d e m o n s tra tio n in A m m an , Jordan, W ednesday. prime m inister's capacity for con­ trolling violence in Iraq. "Absolutely not," Bartlett said. He said the king and the prime minister had met before Bush arrived from a NATO summit in Pentagon plans to send more troops to Iraq that has been pushed by many congressional Democrats. The Pentagon's decisions on which reserve battalions to send to Iraq next year would depend on how long tire units had already served on the battlefront, because the Pentagon is trying to uphold a policy of deploying troops no lon­ ger than 24 months on the ground in Iraq. The process was described by defense officials who requested anonymity because the plans have not yet been announced. By Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentag­ on is developing plans to send four more battalions to Iraq early next year, partly to boost secu­ rity in Baghdad, defense officials said Wednesday. M eanwhile, a commission studying Iraq policy said it would make its report next week. The extra com bat engineer battalions of reserves, likely to be sent to Baghdad, would total about 3,500 troops, officials said. They said the units, coming from around the United States, have already done tours in Iraq but there has been no final decision on v Which will go. The moves come as violence continues to rise in Baghdad, and President Bush is under growing pressure to craft an exit strategy that would withdraw a substan­ tial number of U.S. troops from Iraq while shifting more responsi­ bility to the Iraqi government. The Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission looking into Iraq war policy, said it will release its report on Dec. 6. The commission, led by former Secretary of State Jam es A. Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., is widely expected to call for regional talks as part of its rec­ ommendations, including involve­ ment by Syria and Iran. The Bush administration has been reluctant to engage those two countries, which it says have abetted the violence in Iraq. It remained unclear what the group would recommend regard­ ing possible U.S. troop w ith­ drawals. As of Tuesday, its mem­ bers — five Democrats and five Republicans — were divided over the appropriate U.S. troop levels in Iraq, and whether and how to pull American forces out, accord­ ing to one official close to the panel's deliberations. A second official has said that the commission is unlikely to pro­ pose a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops but that some mem­ bers seem to favor setting a date for an initial withdrawal, an idea m t ¡ m '• l n S l : I m E43rd ^M Jancock ■ >KOPD \ U ' ¿ i r V v, C - H - J Because Aunt Joan needed m ore Botox _ , She got a facelift, you got the tuition bill. 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All Rights Reserved Equal Opportunity Lendfer CULTURAL HOMESTAY IN TE R N A TIO N A L w w w .c h in e t.o r^ w ta T h e D a i l y T e x a n Editor: JJ Hermes Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@ dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Claire Harlin A drienne Lee Reggie U g w u 4A Thursday, November 30, 2006 V I E W P O I N T The shadows of our sacrifices As another semester rolls by with only a glance to our country's continued military occupation of a foreign country — so far we've now seen eight long semesters pass — it's pretty easy to ignore the fact that we're still at war. Perhaps that's the most successful mission our masters of war in the White House have accomplished. The only military flybys we have here in Austin are over roaring crowds at a football game. With a volunteer army, students do not face being drafted to serve in Iraq. Gasoline prices stay below $3. The economy heeds a relatively steady course. Violence in the country spirals — in October alone, more than 3,700 Iraqis were killed, the most in any month since the U.S. invasion, and 99 American service members were killed. But our only fleeting glimpses, fleeting connections to what we have wrought, are through a few flickers of cathode rays from CNN. Most of us seem content to continue to block out the images and deaths and go on with our days, our finals, our weekends. We voted to change the party in control of Congress, so now we wait for the chess pieces of democracy to realign. But with our cowboy of a commander in chief determined to keep standing in front of the mirror flexing, we seem stuck in our Iraqi straightjacket, afraid to destabilize with withdrawal but weary of our continued destabilizing presence. In the latest issue of The New Republic, several windbags offer their suggestions for "what next in Iraq. It's mostly a well-reasoned — if not entirely contradictory and direc­ tionless — collection of opinion worth digesting. A closing sentence by Leon Wieseltier about sums it up: "We are at the mercy of Iraq, where there is no mercy." Of course there are the talking points: civil war, victory, stay the course, cut and run, phased realignment, three-state division, "the last soldier to die for a mistake," four-to-six months, troop increases, lost cause, disintegration, and the overwrought "one last try." But nowhere in the 17 essays on Iraq did contributors mention American sacrifice. That's because we never expected to make sacrifices for the war in Iraq. The majority of us have placed that burden on the people of Iraq, as well as those Americans either eager to take revenge after Sept. 11 or those who need financial assistance to go to college. Now we're left looking for some sort of resolution without sacrificing more American lives or the pristine image of American dominance. It's all too bad that we have already sacrificed so much honor by invading a country for its oil, which is really the only thing keeping us there. THE FIRING LINE Ignoring political jerseys Walking down the South Mall on Wednesday, a game of football (soc­ cer for Americans) caught my atten­ tion. The goal downhill was gaping wide, whereas the one uphill was tiny. It was a mock match between Israel and Palestine, with an inef­ fectual referee from United Nations and the bullying and interfering United States. The proceedings did not require a weatherman to know which way the wind blew. After the game had proceeded for a while, timeouts taken, flyers distributed, some of the players forgot the color of jersey they were wearing and started playing just for fun. That they are better players than actors was obvious, and in no time, a guy with an Israeli jersey was tending fiercely to the Palestinian goal post. And I said to myself, to repeat a cliche, "'that is a picture worth a thousand words'" All is said. Sreangsu Acharyya Electrical engineering graduate student November 29, 2006 Prioritize talent, not heritage Erik Malmberg writes about his displeasure with the Graduate Student Assembly's decision to reject racial minority set-aside appointments to the President's Student Advisory Council (Firing Line, Nov. 29). Personally, I com­ mend the GSA for recognizing it as, at best, a distraction and, at worst, a counterproductive idea. I take offense at Malmberg's pre­ sumptuous comments remarking the relative lack of discussion that goes on within the engineering and science departments compared with his own. These are value stat- ments that are not necessarily shared by all. While he may feel for­ tunate that his department discuss­ es this non-issue on a daily basis, I feel fortunate that my department instead prioritizes producing some of the most-talented engineers and scientists in the country, regardless of race or heritage. Chris Burns Computer sciences graduate student November 29, 2006 No Easter without Christmas I found Brian Morrison's column ("Happy Holidays, Lord Vader," Nov. 28) to be overreaching when it stated that "[Christmas] isn't really even that important in the Christian theology, anyway. Easter is the big day to celebrate." If Christmas didn't exist,then what would be the point of having Easter? Furthermore, Morrison also sug­ gested that Christmas be centered around our "love of stuff." Has America really been reduced to such flagrant materialism that it is the only thing we can find in com­ mon with one another? I, for one, will choose to celebrate the true reason for the season. Dean Farley Biomedical engineering freshman November 29,2006 Mmmm, forgotten, you are Brian Morrison's ignorance about what Darth Vader and Voda have to do with Christmas is under­ standable. "The Star Wars Holiday Special," with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew and Anthony Daniels reprising their roles, aired (erred) only once on television — on Nov. 17,1978. The special was a two-hour movie set on Kashyyyk, the Wookiee homeworld, where Chewbacca's wife Malla, son Lumpy and father Itchy are waiting Chewie to join them for Light Day, a Wookiee holiday described as Thanksgiving and Hanukkah rolled into one. Morrison's ignorance of the movie is understandable, because he was probably not even a gleam in his parents'eyes in 1978. Given the amount of research that went into the column, it is harder to explain his failure to mention the movie, but then some things are best forgotten. Apparently, the world needed another boring, highly derivative rant (sorry, it doesn't qualify as a diatribe) on Christmas, Christianity, Puritans, Bill O'Reilly and the com­ mercial exploitation of a religious holiday (or religious exploitation of a commercial holiday), complete with disinformation, misinformation and factual distortions — but not Wookiees howling at each other, which the column so resembled. Or it may just be that Morrison, like the writers of "The Star Wars Holiday Special," isn't really that creative. Charles Tolliver UT alum November 28,2006 O N T H E W E B Additional Firing Lines were posted today on the Web site at www.dailytexanonline.com. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-mail your Firing Lines x.ofiringline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be fewer than 300 words and should include your major and classification. The Texan reserves the right to edit all letters for brevity, clarity and liability. S U B M IT A C O L U M N Please e-mail your column to editor@dailytexanonline.com. Columns must be fewer than 600 words. Your article should be a strong argument about an issue in the news, not a reply to some­ thing that appeared in the Texan. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for brevity, clar­ ity and liability. L E G A L E S E Opinions expressed In The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the ITT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan editorials are writ­ ten by the Editorial Board, which is listed in the top right corner of this page Hadi Mizban | Associated Press An Iraqi woman walks along a smeared blood trace left by a wounded victim near an explosion site in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 21. A bomb hidden in a minibus went off, killing a civilian and wounding 15 others, police said. Pushing a hysterical agenda By Phil Lovegren Daily Texan Columnist It is hard to see how State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, thinks his bill stripping a large segment of U.S. citizens of an array of medical and social services could survive. Berman recently filed House Bill 28, which would take away those services to children who are U.S. citizens but have at least one illegal parent. He had previously said that although his bill no longer would deny a free public education to those children, the provision would have been in his bill had it not been for a 1982 Supreme Court decision mandating that a basic education is an inalienable right. But while Berman's antics have been laughed away by most con­ stitutional scholars, he isn't the only one of our state's politicians in favor of similar legislation. UT's U.S. Congressman Lamar Smith, proposing a bill similar to Berman's, wrote in an op-ed last year that "Congress is long overdue in making sure the 14th Amendment is correctly inter­ preted." While Smith has given us the impression that the amendment is vague, here is what the 14th Amendment says: "All persons born or natural­ ized in the United States, and sub­ ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and While many of the anti-im m igrant bills being introduced are unlikely to pass ... this legislative agenda rises out of a desire to fom ent hysteria against illegal immigrants. of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citi­ zens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any per­ son of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." (For those interested, a reading of the Constitution is available in civics textbooks, Wikipedia and Vice President Dick Cheney's hamster cage lining). Back in the Texas Legislature, introduced Berman has also HB 29, which would impose a transaction fee upon those who wire money to "certain desti­ nations" — those destinations being Mexico, Central America and South America. The bill, of course, would not merely tar­ get illegal immigrants, but all immigrants with foreign families, and it would not target all immi­ grants, merely those who speak Spanish. But while many of the anti­ immigrant bills being introduced this session are unlikely to pass, it is important to remember that this legislative agenda rises out of a desire to foment hysteria against illegal immigrants, based on the stereotype that they take our jobs, come to the country just to get welfare, food stamps and Social Security, all the while without paying taxes. I have trouble understanding this argument. First of all, those sendees mentioned are funded with payroll taxes. For the pur­ pose of estimation, say we have one citizen earning $7 per hour, but has about 10 percent taken out for payroll taxes. The illegal immigrant has no papers, so is not paying payroll taxes, but for the same reason, he is also work­ ing well below the minimum wage, and thus still makes less money than the man or woman who makes a higher wage and pays a deduction in payroll taxes. Furthermore, a 2003 study by the Urban Institute showed that non-citizens were roughly 5 per­ cent less likely to be enrolled on Medicaid as were citizens. None of that takes into account the fact that illegal immigrants do pay taxes. They pay sales taxes when they go to a restau­ rant or buy almost anything else, just like the rest of us. In fact, most Texans pay a third of their taxes in sales taxes. Aind illegal immigrants, most of whom rent for their housing, pay the hidden property tax that the rest of us renters do: While we don't pay a property tax up front, because we don't own the property, the property owners who do tack that amount on to the rent. The third state tax people nor­ mally pay, the income tax, does not exist in Texas. Thus Texans rely on property and sales taxes that are structurally regressive: The poorer you are, the greater percentage of your income you pay in taxes, in contrast to the income generally progressive tax. Thus, a household mak­ ing $20,000 per year pays more in state taxes than one making $100,000 per year. So regardless of whether some­ one is an illegal immigrant, legal immigrant or a natural-born citi­ zen, the chances are good that they are supporting a dispropor­ tionate share of the state govern­ ment if they're on the bottom end of the socioeconomic scale. When thought of that way, it's hard not to gag when we see the good- ole-boy network, represented by the likes of Berman, jiggling the shiny keys of anti-immigrant hys­ teria while reaching into the back pocket of the average Texan. Lovegren is a government and history senior. Ride the snake; the end is nigh By Sid Mahanta Daily Texan Columnist On the same day scientist James Lovelock definitively predicted global warming will one day make our planet uninhabitable, scientists at Missouri University declared they now have conclu­ sive evidence that proves that the dinosaurs were killed off by a single impact and that we're due for another big one soon. AIDS was found to be the third- leading cause of death globally, Bush has (again) declared that we're not leaving Iraq till we win, Mel "Jewlover" Gibson's film "Apocalypto" was added to the Golden Globe race for best for­ eign language picture, and it was discovered that women talk three times as much as men. Sounds like the apocalypse is upon us. It was nice knowing you. But I think I'm entitled to some say in how we go out. Global warming? Lots of hype, sure. But can you blame me for hoping that the end of days is heralded by Frost Bank-sized tidal waves rather than news reports of Gulf Coastal-sized greenhouses broiling our women and young children? Let's say we get a little of both: a nice, toasty basting, followed Read your headlines, and read 'em carefully. And if you w ant to read into what you're seeing, all the better. by a flood of Pat Robertsonian proportions. Those of us who make it — those that haven't been melted into slurpy pudding or been killed off by atheroscle­ rosis or AIDS — will probably be watching the reports of mass green gas carnage and cratering on our News Corporation HDs (Fox News 24 hours a day), hud­ dled in some lead bunker nestled in the deserts of the Democratic Plutocracy of Southern Iraq. On our off days, we'll fire up a DVD of "Mad Max: Return of the Goy," nervously hoping that our lead bunkers are poisoning us to death a little slower than it says on the label. Those women that won't shut the hell up? They'll put me out of my misery when I'm good and ready. The conscious, technological­ ly networked reader will note that I yanked those "signs of the apocalypse" off Tuesday's issue of drudgreport.com. So no, those events didn't all necessarily hap­ pen on the same day. But I like to think that ol' Matt Drudge knew what he was doing when he smacked those headlines together. There's a certain deli­ ciousness in the power to control how we see (and not even neces­ sarily read) the news: to assemble a story package that provokes maximum titillation or curiosity. That's the kind of synergy I admire in the media: Using the power of assembly to plant seeds of thought, to have people sud­ denly stop themselves in the middle of work or lunch or sex to think, "Wait, is that what's hap­ pening?" I don't think it's a manipu­ lative or abusive use of power in the media. In fact, it makes it fun again. It gives us a new way to interpret what we read, and at least gives know-nothing blowhards like me something to do other than bitch about media consolidation and the Simpson/ Regan/Murdoch triumvirate. Read your headlines, and read 'em carefully. And if you want to read into what you're seeing, all the better. Now, I obviously don't know if that's what Mr. Drudge was up to, but I sure had a good time pretending it was. But speaking of endings, my time as your sometimes senior, sometimes bi-weekly columnist is nearing its end (as is my time at this institution). I tried to enter­ tain, to please (too often) and to infuriate (rarely). I admit the latter freely, even if that tends to be a point of shame for most of my fellow opinioni- stas. I took the middle ground a lot, because I just don't know that there'll ever be a high or low ground I'm comfortable saying is mine. But in a beautiful way, I think this little piece about thought- power exemplifies the only thing I really care about when it comes to opinion: The reader's willing­ ness to construct and reconstruct messages, to keep fighting against the meteors and the WMDs (that exist) and the social satire that doesn't work (um, Michael Richards). So, if I want to think that the end is nigh, I probably have good reason. So let's talk about it. If you're a woman, you'll probably have a lot more to say than me. M ah an ta is a Plan II senior. www.dailytexanonline.com University Editor: Robert Kleem an Phone: (512) 232-2206 Now Sto p, D r o p a n d R o l l Geological sci­ ences junior Christina Skelton puts out a co n ­ trolled fire on the East Mall during a fire extinguisher training course hosted by cam pus Fire Prevention Services. The safety program is offered m onthly to students w h o work in science labs, and covers how best to fight vari­ ous types of fires. T? D C TTV Im I d I I i T h r D a i l y T e x a n 5A Thursday, N o v e m b e r 30, 2 0 0 6 Students teach on AIDS day World AIDS Day Events at the University of Texas at Austin: By Jennifer King Daily Texan Staff University of Texas student organi­ zations will host a film screening and approach students at Jester Center and on the West Mall to teach AIDS preven­ tion techniques and provide informa­ tion about the disease in recognition of the 19th annual World AIDS Day Friday. World AIDS Day is an annual global movement to spread knowledge about the epidemic, prevent spread of the disease and improve the lives of people living with the virus, according to the event's Web site. The UT-Austin chapter of the Student Global AIDS Campaign is taking the opportunity to focus on edu­ cating students about the "hum anitar­ ian crisis," said Zack Phillips, campaign member and Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies senior. "A lot of Americans have the basic knowledge, but we need to educate people on how important the epidemic is," Phillips said. "It is easy to feel over­ whelmed about the huge scope of the issue, but by spreading awareness, we can make progress." Phillips said the campaign will host tables on the West Mall and at the Jester Center Friday to provide information Friday: • 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Inform ation Tabling West Mall and Jester Center • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Film screening: "A Closer W alk" South Mall • 7 p.m., W orld A ID S D ay Service of Rem em brance and H ope St. Edward's University Chapel Source: Student Global AIDS Campaign, Face AIDS, The Care Communities about HIV and AIDS in Africa and pre­ vention methods for students. Another student organization called Face AIDS will be screening the film "A Closer Walk" Friday night on the South Mall. The movie includes 50 interviews from five continents discussing how the dis­ ease has affected lives and cultures on a global scale. The Joint United Nations Programme on H IV /A ID S e stim a te there will be 39.5 million people living with HIV and AIDS globally by the end of this year, according to statistics from the group's Web site. Rachel Smith, communication studies assistant professor, works as part of an international health campaign funded by the Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The program has treated 400,000 people living with HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the White House Web site. Smith said while World AIDS Day can help educate about the disease, it does not break the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS. "People think that people who have contracted HIV have done something wrong and are w idely discredited," Smith said. "W orld AIDS Day can spread awareness of transmission, treat­ ment and attempt to dispel the stigma with HIV." Patrick Michels Daily Texan Staff UNIVERSITY BRIEFLY National association awards GSA for orientation programs UT's Graduate Student Assembly w on a national award this m onth from the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students for its work on the University's orientation programs. The association named G SA the recipient of the award for Outstanding Orientation and Training Programs at the 20th annual national conference in Seattle, Wash. G SA President Am y Forestall, an astronomy graduate student, and G SA Vice President for External Affairs Jessica Cassidy, a law student, accepted the award during the conference on Nov. 18. G SA received the award for their efforts this past year in m aking the graduate orientation process a more meaningful and in-person experi­ ence, said Cassidy. The 2005 graduate orientation was completely online, she said. Cassidy said G SA has been working with the Office of Graduate Studies to improve the quality of resources for graduate students. For example, they held the first graduate student ice cream social this year to welcome incoming graduate students and provide their first campus tour, she said. Another feat for UT G SA was the large turnout, about 2,000 students, to the annual Fall Welcome BBQ and Information Fair for graduate students. "I think the award lends a lot of credibility to our organization and show s that graduate students want services and resources just like any other UT student,"Cassidy said. — Paige Cantrell Pulitzer prize-winner among recipients of Texas Exes award Texas Exes nam ed the four recipi­ ents of the 2007 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award Monday. The recipients include: • John B. M oore Jr., photojournalist w ho w on the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography in cover­ ing the Iraq War • Dennis McWilliams, CEO of Apollo Endosurgery Inc. and mem ber of the advisory committee for UT Medical Branch at Galveston's Center for Technology Developm ent • Kristen Silverberg, assistant secretary of state for International Organization Affairs and former depu­ ty assistant to the president and advi­ sor to the White House Chief of Staff • S. Gayle Stinson, superintendent of the Atlanta Independent School District Texas Exes created the award in 1980 to recognize alumni w h o have stayed connected to the University. Nom inees must by younger than 40 on Jan. 1 of the year the award is presented, said Jim Boon, executive director and chief executive officer of Texas Exes. A selection committee, made up of former award recipients and Texas Exes leaders, determines winners, he said. "Recipients are individuals w ho have excelled past the level you would expect a person that age to have reached and demonstrates pride of being a UT graduate," Boon said. The four recipients will be honored at a cerem ony at the Alum ni Center during the M ay 2007 com m encem ent ceremonies. — PC UT branch leads in robot-assisted colon, gastric surgeries Surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas were the first in North Texas to perform robot- assisted procedures in the weight loss, colon and gastric fields. The first robotically-assisted laparoscopic gastric-bypass and colon-resections surgeries at UT Southwestern were performed about three m onths ago, said Dr. Edward Livingston, chairmain of Gl and en do­ crine surgery. The four-armed robot used to perform the surgeries, called DaVinci, provides better camera images and more precise surgical manipulations than a traditional sur­ gery method, Livingston said. Surgeons operate the robot using a joystick from the operating room about 10 feet away from the patient. The robotically assisted method enables the surgeons to do things dif­ ferently and is especially effective for hard to reach b od y cavities, such as the colon, he said. "W e think patients will want to come to us, because we can offer a better quality surgery with the robots," Livingston said. — PC * « » * # ♦ * * Live Art by Will Rhoten DJ Prince Klassen 1 ■ 4pm. Barton Cree* 2S3o£o73t © 2006 Var is it >c & L ocal T h e D a i l y T e x a n www.dailytexanonline.com State & Local Editor: Marjon Rostami t Police & Courts Editor: Jackie Stone £ Phone: (512) 232-2206 CORAL: Reefs threatened by climate change 6A Thursday, November 30, 2006 STATE BRIEFLY Thanksgiving dinner ends death row hunger strike The last death row inmate participating in hunger strikes at the Allen B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, ate over Thanksgiving week, ending the strikes that have lasted more than a month. "Everything has returned to normal," said Michelle Lyons, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman. She said the strikes had ended without incident over the Thanksgiving holiday, although she could not recall the specific date. As many as 11 inmates par­ ticipated in the hunger strikes at one time, Lyons said. The last holdout was Larry Estrada, she said. In April of 1998, Estrada, then 19, was sent to death row for the murder of a convenience store clerk in Houston during a robbery in which he and a friend stole $23,000, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Web site. There are currently 390 inmates on death row in Texas at the Polunsky Unit, according to the Web site. The hunger strikes protested the restrictions placed on inmates, said Nancy Bailey, a chapter leader for the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, in an earlier interview. Conditions in the prisons included a lack of religious services, no work programs and problematic early health-care services. While a prisoner is on a hun­ ger strike, his health is super­ vised by the UT Medical Branch at Galveston. UTMB provides health-care services for about 80 percent of inmates in Texas prisons and follows special procedures to prevent harm to those on hunger strikes, said Dr. Owen Murray, UTMB's chief phy­ sician executive of correctional health care. — N olan Hicks From p a g e l A will test whether other reefs will die like the Okinawa Reef or will be able to evolve quickly enough to develop a tolerance for the new conditions. Constructing an ecosystem Building a coral reef in Central Texas will not be easy, said Eric Bomeman, an expert on artificial cultivation of coral and a consul­ tant on the new facility. The most important factors, Bomeman said, include water flow, the availabil­ ity of dissolved minerals such as calcium and access to light. to house temperature Unlike most coral aquaria, which use artificial light sources, IReS will use natural sunlight in order to simulate real environ­ mental conditions. This requires constructing a greenhouse large the entire enough reef. The inside the greenhouse must be main­ tained between 76 degrees and 84 degrees Fahrenheit for the corals to survive, which will be not be trivial during hot Texas summers. Inside the greenhouse, IReS will consist of a series of tanks linked to one another through a complex arrangement of tubes and pumps that keep the simulated seawater circulating. Two “mother tanks" will be placed at the center and will double as display tanks for educational and public outreach purposes. Connected to the moth­ er tanks will be culture tanks, in which genetically identical coral will be cultivated. Experimental tanks will allow Matz to simulate changes in environmental con­ ditions, such as increased water temperatures as predicted under global warming scenarios. In total, IReS will contain between 3,000 and 5,000 gallons of seawater. The facility will be constructed at U T s Brackenridge Field Lab. Located on Lake Austin Boulevard, down the street from Hula Hut, fc* : I 5 jpn LOCAL BRIEFLY Austin considers purchase of decontamination trailer Public safety personnel in the city of Austin may soon have access to a self-contained decon­ tamination trailer that would aid in the case of mass chemical exposure. The Austin City Council will vote during today's meeting on wheth­ er to formalize the purchase of the trailer. If the proposal passes, the city will make the purchase within the next few weeks through a cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council, which combines the pur­ chasing power of several municipal governments in order to purchase equipment for the city, said Byron Johnson, Austin's city purchasing officer. Though the cities will not be sharing one trailer, they combine their purchasing power to get a better price on trailers for the cities that need them, Johnson said. A grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will fund the trailer's more than $76,000 price tag, Johnson said. The cooperative will then purchase it from Pittsburgh-based Fisher Scientific Company. In the event of an emergency, contaminated persons would enter the trailer and remove contaminat­ ed clothing before undergoing a shower, rinsing off and drying. The trailer has the ability to decontami­ nate 50 individuals an hour and can be set up and operated by just two people, said Michelle DeCrane, spokeswoman for the Austin Fire Department. "Certainly, every city wants to be as prepared as it can possibly be," DeCrane said. "It's always better to be safe than sorry." The trailer would be housed in AFD's Special Operations Division station, but the city's Emergency Management Services and the Austin Police Department would also have access to the trailer, Decrane said. — M ichelle West "There are very few urban universities that have anything like [the Brackenridge Field Lab]." Larry Gilbert, director of the lab and an integrative biology professor In addition to their aesthet­ ic appeal, coral reefs also serve important functions, such as har­ boring many other forms of life. As such, they have become economi­ cally important as sites for fishing and tourism, Matz said. Coral reefs also protect the shoreline from the effects of tsunamis, he said. Despite their beauty and impor­ tance, corals are threatened not only by global climate change but also by other causes. Caribbean reefs in particular have become threatened in recent years, Matz said, because of increasing water temperatures, hurricane damage and unexplained deaths and sick­ ness of sea urchins, an important player in coral ecosystems. The result is a very poor diagnosis for a region that is home to some 70 spe­ cies of coral, all of which are found nowhere else on earth. “Coral scientists now' think that there are no pristine reefs left in the Caribbean, period," Matz said. Matz hopes his research using the new facility will help determine whether corals are doomed to extinction or whether they stand a chance to adapt to the changing conditions. He certainly hopes for the latter. "It's kind of strange and sad to see that this wonderful coral com­ munity is going away precisely at our time, when it was there for hundreds of thousands of years before," he said. This photo shows coral in the Aleutions Gardens in Alaska's Aleution Islands. A University professor is constructing a reef along Town Lake to study climate change. Associated Press On the Web For more inform ation on the Brackenridge Field Lab, check out the Web site a t www. utexas.edu/resea rch /b fl/ the lab is a little-known part of campus that is already home to a number of research facilities, including labs, classrooms, green­ houses, artificial wetlands and an aviary for housing birds. The lab is also home to something per­ haps more valuable: some 2,758 described species of plants and animals. Larry Gilbert, director of the lab and an integrative biology profes­ sor, said the approximately 82-acre site has been surveyed repeatedly throughout its 40-year tenure as a field lab. These inventories, as well as a history of field studies including the first to document the impact of imported red fire ants, make the field lab irreplace­ able, Gilbert said. In October, the University assembled a task force to deter­ mine just how valuable the lab, as well as other adjacent proper­ ties that are collectively known as the “Brackenridge tract," are as they currently exist or whether the valuable real éstate should be sold to developers. Gilbert, how­ ever, is confident that the facility will persist long enough for IReS to be built. “The [the Brackenridge Field Lab] is what it would cost to replace what would be lost if you lost it," Gilbert said. “There are very few' urban univer­ sities that have anything like it." real value of Doomed beauty? In addition to studying the effects of global warming on coral reefs, Matz, who is actively recruiting undergraduate and graduate students, is interested in the bright coloration of coral and other sea life. Through the use of molecular analyses of coral pigment genes, Matz has been able to recreate the evolution of the many colors that are found in today's corals. 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C A P I T A L METRO year www.cactusyearbook.com t INSIDE The Texas mens and womens swim teams host the Texas Invitational, starting today www.dailytexanonline.com Sports Editor: Eric Ransom E-mail: sports@dai!ytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 Newsworthy Reports: Snead seeking transfer Jevan Snead may be seeking a transfer. Several reports say the back­ up Texas quarterback will seek a transfer following this sea­ son. Both the Dallas Morning News and Austin-American Statesman cited sources close to the situation. Snead passed for 371 yards and two touchdowns during the regular season. A report from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said Snead denied asking for a release, cit­ ing both Snead and an anony­ mous source. After beginning the season in competition with Colt McCoy for the starting position, Snead was relegated to backup duties. His only significant action of the season came against Kansas State, when the fresh­ man was inserted in place of an injured McCoy. If Snead transfers, NCAA rules call for players to sit out a year before playing at the new school. It would also leave Texas in a bind at quarterback for the bowl game. McCoy is recovering from a pinched nerve, while freshman Sherrod Harris is redshirting this season.' — Eric R an som NFL C O L U M N T h e D a il y T e x a n Vince Young doing his thing in the NFL SEC T IO N B Thursday, N ovem ber 30, 2006 By Ramon Ramirez Daily Texan Columnist L ast w eek, Vince Y oung p la y e d like a faster R an d all C u n n in g h am . H e m ad e in te llig e n t d e c isio n s in cru c ial s itu a ­ tio n s, he p la y e d ev ery d o w n u n til th e w h istle blew , all w h ile d a rtin g aro u n d th e h eld like G ale Sayers. For his efforts, he p u lle d off th e b ig g est fo u rth -q u a rte r co m eback in NFL h isto ry by a rookie q u arterb ack . O n the other hand, Eli M anning blew a 21-point fourth-quarter lead against Vince Y oung's su p p o sed ly hapless Tennessee Titans. He FedExed tw o gim m e intercep­ tions to A dam "Pacm an" Jones. H e never settled his feet in the pocket an d never capitalized on one of several chances to p u t aw ay his defeated adversaries. T he final sco re w a s 24-21, T itans. But all th e m e d ia a tte n tio n w e n t to the G ian ts, Eli M a n n in g an d to a lesser ex ten t, Tom C o u g h lin 's co ach in g in e p t­ itu d e . T he u n iv e rsa l an g le w a s "th e G ian ts b ea t the G ian ts." This has been boiling over m y m ind, m ainly because the Titans seem fairly legit. Football fans have seen it this season w ith Tony Romo and Ben Roethlisberger in '04 w hen an invigorating, young stud spark­ plugs veterans and their respective squads get on a roll. A couple m onths back in Indianapolis, on one of Young's first starts, the Titans took advantage of the C olts' soft running defense and used their ground gam e to keep Peyton M anning off the field. It w orked to perfection — for half the game. N ow Tennessee is truly "Vince Young's Titans." They're rallying behind the guy on an em otional tidal wave. The m ovem ent is moving. W hat does that mean? A nother M usic City Miracle is forthcom ­ ing. As long as Tennessee keeps it grimey, controls the clock and hangs in there until the fourth quarter, VY will take care of the rest late. The Titans will pull off a shocker this w eek against Indianapolis. Tonight, in one of those unexpected w eeknight treats, the quietly hot ESengals keep it rolling against the stout, yet content, and thus beatable, Baltimore Ravens. Chad Johnson is steam -rolling defensive backs in single coverage. With this w in, Cincinnati becomes the m ost dangerous Wild Card team around com e January. In an o th er m ini-upset an d m ini-playoff gam e, the M iam i D olphins, w ho are the m ost o p p o rtu n istic little b u g g ers d efen­ sively (fantasy ow n ers take note), will h an d the inconsistent Jaguars an o th er set back. A nd w h at of the m uch-hyped show ­ d ow n in the M eadow lands for first place? The G iants are fading, the Cow boys are .soaring, but this feels too easy. If the G iants w eren 't so badly injured, one could m ake the case for a big rebound at home. But they are so I wont: The 'Boys handle their busi­ ness like grow n men. Lastly, the Panthers will finally bury the floundering, no-depth Eagles on Monday. VOLLEYBALL John Russell I Associated Press Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young (10) throws as he is chased by New York Giants linebacker A ntonio Pierce Sunday. However, I suggest keeping the ACL-less Donovan M cNabb on your fantasy bench o ut of respect. It's good karma. Arizona native gives Texas versatility Though they have to label her, the Longhorns know Christian can play anywhere on the court By Anup Shah Daily Texan Staff Take one look at Texas volleyball, and you'll find players w h o are m asters at their posi­ tions. Destinee H ooker and Ashley Engle spike m onster kills, Michelle M oriarty sets balls bet­ ter than anyone in the conference, and Jennifer Todd can block. A nd then there's Jen Christian. The junior "outside hitter" can do just about anything on a volleyball court. "Jen is a solid player for us," Texas coach Jerritt Elliot has said. "She can h u rt you in so m any different ways. H er versatility allow s us to m ove her around a lot." C hristian d id n 't start playing volleyball until she w as in seventh-grade, w h en a friend h ad to d rag her into the gym to play. But once she got started, she co u ld n 't stop. As a 6-foot-3-inch superstar, Christian led G ilbert H igh School to a 5A state cham pion­ ship her senior year and w as nam ed A rizona's G atorade player of the year. As the eighth- ranked recruit according to prqjvolleybaII.com, Christian knew that Texas w ould provide her the greatest opportunities. "C om ing into a p ro g ram like this, w h en I cam e in, it w as a rebuilding year," C hristian said. "T hey d id n 't m ake it to the to u rn a ­ m ent. Me, A lyson [Jennings] an d Michelle [M oriarty] all cam e in at the sam e tim e and decided th at w e w an ted to m ake a difference, an d w e d id ." Moriarty, w ho w as one of the top recruits herself, knew that Christian w ould ultim ately become one of the pillars of Texas volleyball. "I m et Jen a couple of m onths before w e cam e in, and I knew she w as going to be a stud," M oriarty said. "You could tell by the w ay she just carried herself. Together, w e knew w e w ere slowly going to grow into that leader­ ship position." Yet her rise to the top has taken a brief stop. In her sophom ore season, C hristian p u t up stellar num bers, averaging 2.41 kills p er gam e along w ith 25 service aces an d 73 blocks. This season how ever, her num bers have been dow n com pared to last year. The junior is p u ttin g up just 1.62 kills per gam e, 28 blocks and only five service aces. "It's n ot really attrib u ted to anything," C hristian said. "O u r team has elevated in talent com pared to last year for sure. I think it's just taken everyone longer to find their groove." O ne elem ent th at has alw ays helped her succeed has been the su p p o rt of her parents. T hroughout her career at Texas, the Christians have m ade several trips to A ustin to see their d aughter play. "The su p p o rt they have for me is w onder­ ful," Christian said. "1 definitely w o u ld n 't be here w ithout them , that's for sure." With the NCAA tournam ent just around the comer, Christian and the Longhorns will need all the su p p o rt they can get — especially after falling in a 3-0 heartbreaker to No. 1 N ebraska on Saturday. This w eekend, C hristian hopes to show off h er w ide range of skills at hom e in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournam ent. Though she can do just about anything, there is one p art of the gam e that gives her the big­ gest rush. "Stuffing the ball into your opponent is defi­ nitely the best feeling you can get," Christian said. W O M E N ' S B A S K ET B A L L Junior Jen Christian is Texas' m ost versatile player, th o u gh she's labeled an outside hitter. Christian didn't begin playing volleyball until seventh grade, but ended her high-school career in Arizona as the state's Gatorade Player of the Year. Stephen Durda Daily Texan Staff Longhorns host Texas Southern as part of homestand Texas A&M to play in H oliday Bowl SAN DIEGO — Texas A&M will play California in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 28, the Aggies'first appearance in the game since they roughed up Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer in 1990. Both of Detmer's shoulders were separated as the Aggies routed BYU 65-14. The 51- point victory margin remains a Holiday Bowl. The No. 22 Aggies (9-3, 5-3 Big 12) finished their regular season by beating Texas 12-7. No. 21 Cat plays Stanford in the Big Game on Saturday. "The majority of our guys have never been to California, so they are thrilled," Aggies coach Dennis Franchione said. The schools have met twice before. Texas A&M beat California 29-28 at Berkeley in 1981, and the Golden Bears edged the Aggies 19-17 to open the 1983 season at College Station. The Holiday Bowl, spon­ sored by Pacific Life, is played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. — The Associated Press Track star works out for Texans HOUSTON — Track star Justin Gatlin worked out for the Houston Texans on Tuesday, but coach Gary Kubiak said signing him was "not something we would do right now." Gatlin, an Olympic gold medalist and co-world record holder in the 100 meters, test­ ed positive for testosterone and other steroids in April. Kubiak said Gatlin, w ho last played football in high school, had worked out for several teams over the last month. The Texans worked him out as a receiver and Kubiak said team officials told him he was “very impressive." Tiffany Jackson races for a loose ball during Texas' 84-56 victory over Sam Houston State Nov. 20 at the Frank Erwin Center. The Longh orn s are 5-1 this season and host Southern tonight. — AP Jason Sweeten Daily Texan Staff By Dennis Killian Daily Texan Staff It's difficult to predict how this sea­ son will tu rn o u t for Texas w o m en 's basketball. It's only six gam es into the season, an d the L onghorns have already hit a few high an d a few low points. This d o esn 't change the bottom line that the Longhorns have been w in ­ ning gam es. With a record of 5-1, Texas looks to continue gaining its confidence tonight as the Longhorns host Southern University at 7 p.m. "For everything w e d id n 't d o in the second half of the Sam H ouston game, w e did today," said Texas coach Jody C onradt following the victory against O ral Roberts last Saturday. C onradt w as referring to one of the low points this season, w hen Texas com ­ m itted 28 turnovers against a feisty Sam H ouston State squad. The Longhorns also lost 33-31 in the scoring colum n in the second half of that game. Ju m p ahead to the victory against O ral Roberts, an d it's hard to believe this team could have com m itted so m any turnovers. G u ard s Carla Cortijo and Erika A rriaran controlled the pace of the gam e and took care of the ball "I have to com plim ent both Carla and Enka," C onradt said. "They responded, and I thought both of them were dis­ ciplined and protected the things we needed to protect." Protecting the ball w as one area of im provem ent, b u t even m ore encourag­ ing w as their intensity and consistency on the defensive end, w here they forced 29 turn o v ers against O ral Roberts. Tiffany Jackson is the anchor for Texas defensively, but guard Eamesia Bailey has show n she can change a gam e w ith her defense as well. Bailey pulled d o w n 10 rebounds, scored 10 points and had four steals versus O ral Roberts. She d id all of this w hile forcing 10 turnovers from point guard M ariana Cam argo, arguably the G olden Eagles' best player. Texas' identity as a team is based on ru n n in g the floor, playing to u g h d efen se an d cra sh in g th e b o ard s. T hey seem to h ave the m ost success w h en they p ressu re defensively, force tu rn o v ers an d tu rn on the transition gam e. Bailey h as e sta b lish e d h er id e n ­ tity as a h ard -n o se reb o u n d er, consis­ ten t d efe n d er an d a reliable scoring th rea t to co m p lim en t Jackson. C ortijo a p p e a rs th e floor m an ag er, w hile A rriaran p ro v id es th e o u tsid e sh o o tin g an d ab ility to p en e trate th e defense. to be It's still too early to say how this team will fare against m arq u ee co m ­ petition such as Tennessee or D uke, b u t th ey 're certainly in the process of b u ild in g confidence before those big gam es. 2 B W O M E N ' S SW IM M IN G S p o r t s Thursday, November 30, 2006 Laid-back atmosphere led transfer to Texas By Colby W hite Daily Texan Staff No one knows more about the importance of comfort than diver Mary Yarrison. When Yarrison first began her collegiate career at Arizona, her comfort level was high. She was named the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year and placed in the top three in both the 1-meter and the 3-meter diving events at the Pac-10 championships. Yarrison's next year proved to be a bit different. She was hit by the injury bug and found it difficult to recover. After a long chain of injuries and reinjuries, Yarrison began to get flustered. “I felt like it was cursed," former Yarrison said of her school. I was injured a lot [at Arizona], My diving suffered, because 1 couldn't train prop­ erly." With so much of her time spent recuperating and fighting off the injury bug, Yarrison even­ tually decided it was time for a change of scenery and decided to transfer out of Arizona and into Texas. "It was almost entirely a div­ ing decision," Yarrison said. "I just needed a change." Yarrison also flirted with the idea of diving for Ohio State and Florida, but it wasn't the nine national titles that made her choose Texas. After the Junior National Diving team, traveling with Yarrison had already come to know fellow Texas divers Jessica Livingston and Kathryn Kelly. With the laid-back atmosphere, that was enough to provide the comfort Yarrison was seeking. "It was the most comfortable situation for me," Yarrison said of her choice. "Here, the swim­ mers and divers are really close. At a lot of places they are two different teams." With the change of environ­ ment, the coaching change has helped to make Yarrison more comfortable. Head diving coach Matt Scoggin's style of coach­ ing has fit well with Yarrison's personality. "[Scoggin] is a lot more laid back," Yarrison said. "If you don't care and don't want to work, then you won't get better, but if you do, he's the guy to work with." Scoggin's philosophy has cer­ tainly proven itself over his 13- year stay at Texas, being named NCAA National Diving Coach of the Year five times, three for women's. "H e's good at taking a good diver and turning them into a great one," Yarrison said. "I felt that's what I needed." Yarrison's change of sur­ roundings has paid off thus far, becoming the one steady light of consistency during Texas' recent struggles in dual-meet compe­ tition, earning her the Big 12 Diver of the Week award the Mary Yarrison swims at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Yarrison, a Texas diver, transferred from Arizona. Srujana Pattabathuia Daily Texan Staff last two weeks the award has been given. Though Texas has had trou­ bles this season, Yarrison is con­ fident that first-year head coach Kim Brackin will have the team ready for the national champi­ onship in March. "We didn't perform well against A&M ," Yarrison said. "That lit a fire in all of us." With almost a full year of increasing her comfort level as a diver, what could be more comforting than a national title trophy? Women’s swimming to host powerhouses at Texas Invitational By Colby White Daily Texan Staff The Texas women's swimming team will come out of its month­ long break today to host the Texas Invitational at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. In atten­ dance at the invitational will be No. 1 Stanford, who defeated No. 11 Texas 195-150 in October. No. 2 Arizona, No. 6 Florida and No. 9 USC will also attend. The invitational will be the sixth event for the struggling Texas team, which has dropped its last three meets. First-year coach Kim Brackin has put her swimmers in a new training workout that focuses on long-term gain. Brackin said those gains will show in March. In the short-term, the intensity of the workouts has left the team a little weary and with a 1-3 dual-meet record. But despite the struggles and the increased intensity, the team has responded positively to the extra work. "It's definitely the hardest workout we've ever done," senior Elizabeth Tinnon said. "But we're all enjoying it. Everyday, everyone is in here working harder than ever before." But the team is not entering panic mode. Instead, they are keeping their focus on the nation­ al championships in March. "We are definitely on the March plan," said junior diver Mary Yarrison, the reigning Big 12 Diver of the Week. With all the powerhouses in attendance, the invitational will give Texas a chance to get a glance at what the competition will be like in March. Among Texas' competition will be Arizona junior Courtney Cashion, who earned two individual wins in the Wildcats last meet against UCLA. Stanford freshman Julia Smit will also be in the pool after post­ ing two NCAA "A " times against Auburn. Though Texas has been strug­ gling, the Longhorns still have an opportunity to finish the fall schedule on a positive note and possibly turn their season around. Men’s swimming faces ‘some of the best competition’ of season this weekend By Adam Bielamowicz Daily Texan Staff The Texas men's swimming and diving team will host the Texas today, Friday and Invitational Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The Longhorns will welcome programs from 10 different schools in what is one of the biggest fall meets of the college season. "This is one of our most impor­ tant meets of the year," coach Eddie Reese said. "We will be facing some of the best competi­ tion we've ever had. This meet is almost like the NCAA's." This tough competition comes in the form of four ranked teams as No. 3 Stanford, No. 10 Florida and No 21 Arizona State come to Austin to challenge the No. 2 Longhorns. Texas will also wel­ come Wisconsin, Hawaii and UNLV among the 10 teams. "There are so many different teams coming in here, and that makes it tougher to reach the finals," junior Chris Seitz said. "In a dual meet you only have to worry about one guy in each event. Here you have to worry about six guys." The invitational will also feature some of the top diving teams in the nation, like Florida, Wisconsin and Stanford. "This will be some very stiff competition," said diving coach Matt Scoggin. "We're really excit­ ed about seeing this meet." The tough competition makes this an exciting weekend for both the Longhorns and for the other nine teams coming in. "This is really a great meet," said Wisconsin coach Eric Hansen. "Historically, this is a very fast meet, and it gives people a great chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships." The plethora of strong teams leads to some of the fastest times and best dives in the nation. Many NCAA-qualifying times are seen at this invitational. "The competition helps the team to stick together," said senior David Donaldson. "You're trying to beat so many schools, it just pushes you to swim a little faster. It also translates to the diving board. "The endorphins kick in, and you'll see guys jump higher and spin faster," said Scoggin. "It real­ ly makes for some great diving." The excitement of the meet has the Longhorns hoping to make a statement this weekend. "We've been waiting for this meet to show the country where we are," said Seitz. Champions League soccer group play drawing to close; Barcelona could be out By Colby White Daily Texan Columnist Next week will be the final match day of the Champions League group play. Many of the teams have already clinched spots in the knockout stage of the tourna­ ment, but some spots are still up for grabs. Most notably is the second spot in Group A. Barcelona, who won last year's Champions League, stands on the outside looking in. They are two points behind German team Werder Bremen. The two will face off in one last deciding match. If Bremen wins or draws, Barcelona will be knocked out of the competi­ tion. It should be no surprise Bremen has played so well. In last year's Champions League, Bremen made it to the round of 16 and tied with Italian club Juventus, who advanced due to the "Away Goals Rule." Bremen's duo of Miroslav Klose and Diego have combined for a total of 14 goals in the Bundesliga, best in the league. What's more surprising than Bremen's quality performance is Barcelona's struggles against their English rivals CheLsea. The matches between the two have seen Chelsea able to get the upper hand against Barcelona. Chelsea defender Khalid Boulahrouz was able to do the impossible and shut down Barcelona's Ronaldinho for an entire match. Barcelona fans might note how much injuries have hurt the club. Samuel Eto'o was out during the Chelsea match, and Lionel Messi has been out for the past couple of weeks. Well, let me offer you a solution — start Javier Saviola. With Saviola, Ronaldinho and Eidur Gudjohnsen, Barcelona still has one of the better front trio in the world. But even without Saviola, Ludovic Giuly is certainly capable of holding down the striker spot. Barcelona's bench should be talent­ ed enough to cope with injuries. So to all the Barcelona fans, if Barcelona slips up against Bremen, don't blame it on the injuries. Blame it on the fact that Werder Bremen is a world-class club. Who will contend with United and Chelsea? Chelsea and Manchester United have been at the top the English table all season, and last Saturday's match between the two saw no change. The two sides fought to a draw, keeping United three points ahead of Chelsea. With both teams comfortably ahead of the table, it's hard to see another club challenging for the title. Bolton is at a distant third place, but United soundly defeated them 0-4. My choice for the top contender is Arsenal. Though they struggled last week against Bolton, the fluid­ ity of their passing in the midfield and the talent of Thierry Henry should be able to give them the consistency night in and night out. Most of the other top teams, such as Portsmouth, are too inconsistent and erratic to compete for the title. As the season progresses, Arsenal should slowly work their way to the top to give Chelsea and United a scare. Palermo misses opportunity In the Italian league, Inter Milan has jumped out to a small lead in the table with A.S. Roma and Palermo close behind. Palermo and Inter's match last Saturday was a chance for Palermo to tie Inter in the standings and make up ground. But Inter Milan's Patrick Viera netted an impressive goal set up by Adnano to win the match for the club 2-1. The win gives Inter Milan some breathing room in the stand­ ings and is a disappointing loss for Palermo. 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THERE'S A GREAT BIG FULL COLOR COM IC STRIP O N THE BACK PAGE OF THE DT WEEKEND! aint& K <© ♦**£$ * t o lo e ^ p o f • ^***1 ---------------------------------------------- __ ___— — J H U — 2 . — THIEVES: Brits bash hometown SHOW: Bands push boundaries, stay accessible 5B From page 6B apply, audiences burned out on more self-conscious material and looking simply to rock out could scarcely do any better. Anchoring the night as openers will be the intriguingly named quartet known as Tacks, the Boy Disaster. With a sound too expansive to be labeled purely as indie rock — like all the best indie rock bands — Tacks' seven-song debut EP offers thoughtful lyricism, solid musical hooks and rich instrumentation. The album and its signature track, "Frozen Feet," currently garnering airplay on 101X, may not be easy to categorize, but are exceedingly easy to listen to. With an accessible sound that still defies conven­ tion, Tacks, even on their first recording and still in the process of carving out a niche for themselves live, exhibits an astonishing musical maturity. With tonight's performance currently the only scheduled opportunity to see the band through the rest of 2006, Tacks may well be the most compelling reason to make it out to Emo's tonight. — P a trick € a ld w e ll — S te p h e n K eller The Boy Disasters will play with IV Thieves, The Lemurs, Tacks, Soundteam and Eugene Mirm an at Emo's outside stage tonight. S l M S S Paradigm Photography Thursday, Novem ber 30, 2006 From page 6B Though he bashed all naive, roman­ tic images of Britain and his home­ town, he holds Austin in unusually high esteem. "W e w anted a chunk of Am erica and the Am erican dream." Shane Lawlor, IV Thieves bassist “We came here about 15 months ago and just fell in love with the place," said the Brit-tumed-Austinite. “It's a bit cooler than everywhere else ... a good place to call home." E N T E R T A I N M E N T BRIEFLY B ritne y unleashed Despite this, he is ecstatic about tonight's free show. “We're very excited to play a free show for our friends in Austin," said the bass player. "It should be good fun ... a bit of a part-ey." Their music fuses indie rock with a taste of old school and bit of the British charm into an insatiable sound that goes down smooth. Lawlor claims that no one band stands alone as a major influence, but rather a slew of bands, '60s British invasion ranging from greats The Beatles and The Kinks to American rock 'n' roll legends Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry, and even jazz. "A whole cacophony of stuff." When asked to describe their sound in his own words, the bassist respond­ ed in a playful tone. “It's fuckin' excellent, the fuckin' best," the bassist jested. “If you like good music you'll like us, if not, tough luck." NEW YORK — Britney Spears is behaving more like her soon to be ex-husband, Kevin Federline, than a pop princess on the verge of a career comeback. Fresh from her split from the club-hopping Federline, Spears looked hip and wholesome weeks ago in a surprise appearance on David Letterman's show and while ice skating in New York's Rockefeller Center in a Gap sweater. But now she's unleashing her inner wild child, running around with party girls Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, sporting unflattering hair exten­ sions and flashing her apparently panty-less crotch to the paparazzi. (Be prepared to cringe if you dare to view the uncensored photos, splashed unceremoniously across the Web). "She's a beautiful girl and now that she's single and she's hav­ ing fun, I think she's just trying to express herself," said New York- based celebrity image consultant Amanda Sanders. "Unfortunately, it's the wrong message that's com­ ing across. And the shame is she was really such a role model." At least Kramer's got one friend NEW YORK — Though he's lost many fans after being captured on video hurling racist epithets at a comedy club audience, Michael Richards has an ally: Mel Gibson. "I felt like sending Michael Richards a note,"Gibson says in an interview in Entertainment Weekly's Dec. 8 issue. "I feel really badly for the guy. He was obviously in a state of stress. You don't need to be inebriated to be bent out of shape. But my heart went out to the guy." The 50-year-old actor-director added: "They'll probably torture him for a while, and then let him go. I like him." After his Nov. 17 tirade became known, Richards apologized on David Letterman's "Late Show" on CBS, saying his remarks were sparked by anger at being heckled, not bigotry. Gibson, star of the "Lethal Weapon" movies and director of "The Passion of the Christ," was mired in a scandal of his own this summer for anti-Semitic comments he made to police in Malibu, Calif., during his arrest on sus­ picion of drunken driving. He publicly apologized. 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"If you are willing to donate bir th to the UT Dance Marathon your time to help this organiza- tion, come join and dance for in 21X12, when a committee was established the kids," said committee mem- to foster a rela- tionship w ith the Children's ber Megan Iliya, a UT govem- Medical Center Foundation of ment senior. Central Texas. The dance m arathon pro- Ov er the years, the UT Dance vides music for the soul by pro- Marathon has raised thousands viding the opportunity for per- sonal interaction with the kids, of dollars to benefit children's health. With the success of rais- or "Miracle Children," invited ing more than $30,000 during by Children's Medical Center Dance Marathon 2006, the com- Foundation of Central Texas, mittee invites all to dance to Homie Kabir, an aerospace the beat and reach their goal engineering senior, has only of $45,000. All proceeds will been an active committee mem- help construct Austin's future bér for one year, but he said the experiences gained from the IDell s Children Medical Center marathon and the children are of Central Texas. forever memorable. The fifth annual UT Dance Marathon 2007 is scheduled "I didn't expect anything big, for Feb. 17 in the Gregory but when I went to the mara- Gymnasium. Throughout this thon, it put things in perspec- week, the UT Dance Marathon tive," he said. "You realize that there are kids out there who committee has been promoting the fundraiser by giving away need support for their obsta- free cookies and T-shirts for the cles." event- So get your dancing shoes ready, invite a friend or two, Beginning at 11 a.m., the mara- practice if you are perform- ing, and spread the word for thon will provide 12 straight hours of pure thematic excite- the upcoming, beat-throbbing ment, tons of games, live music, Dance Marathon 2007. food and myriad dance per- formances from UT and local participants. To bust a move for the marathon, registration is required th rough the UT Dance .______________________ The benefit concert is tonigh at 9 at The This is no ordinary fundraiser, Smile and Danny Malone. Tickets are avail- Parish featuring The Downside Up. Smile able at the door for $io. IV Thieves, Lemurs, Tacks highlight lineup at Emo’s L ife A rts T h e D a i l y T e x a n T H U R SD A Y , N O V E M B E R 30, 2006 PAGE 6B www.dailytexanonline.com Entertainm ent Editor: Lauren Thom pson Features Editor: Kim Garza Associate Features Editor: Katherine Fan M usic Editor: Ramon Ramirez Fine Arts Editor: Emily Watson E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonlme.com Phone: ( S I2) 232-2209 C O M M E N T A R Y Lisa Edelstein, who plays Dr. Lisa Cuddy on "House M.D.," arrives a the Little Black Dress Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 18. Matt Sayles | Associated Pres ‘House’ not as enjoyable without the pill popping By Sara Scott Daily Texan Columnist Who ever thought that it would be better for a doctor to be on drugs while trying to save lives? That's w hat it has come to on House M.D. (Tuesday, 8 p.m., Fox). Seriously, House needs to get back on Vicodin, stat. Now that he's sober, his bastardly behav­ ior has lost what little charm it had. Now, he's just plain mean. It s not fun to watch House destroy the only real friendship he had. Fox had been pushing the "Who will betray House?" angle all week, and when it was revealed that the Judas was Wilson, it was almost a relief (the 30-pieces-of-silver line was pitch-perfect). I hate to see anyone rat out the world's crabbiest doctor, but House s complete lack of gratitude kind of makes him deserve it. So where do we go from here? House could get thrown in the slammer, where he would inevitably assault a guard with his cane, and spend the rest of his days in solitary, where he would lose his mind without anyone to verbally harass. That s probably not going to happen, but it will be interesting to see w hat kind of fancy footwork he does to get himself out of this mess and how he repairs the already fragile relationships he has destroyed. He s probably really wishing he hadn't left that thermometer in the cop's bum for so long. At least his wit wasn't lost with the drugs. As long as he's still throwing out lines like, "This thing won me second place in the clinic's weekly 'weirdest thing pulled out of an orifice' contest," you should be watching "House." On other shows: Ugly Betty (Thursday, / p.m., ABC) "Mode" is throwing a holiday party, and Amanda wants to be in charge. If it leads to Marc trying on more dresses, I'm in. "The Office" (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., NBC) This week's episode was co-written by Ricky Gervais, so hopefully that dry British humor will shine through. "The Closer" (Monday, 7 p.m., TNT) That's right, Brenda is making a special winter appearance in an all-new two-hour epi­ sode partially directed by real-life hubby Kevin Bacon. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (Monday, 9 p.m., NBC) Holiday editions of variety shows are either like a bonus gift under the tree or a lump of coal in your stocking. We'll see which one "Studio 60" produces. Great Britain's IV Thieves, left, and Austin's The Lemurs will play at Emo's outside stage tonight. Dave M ead Free c o n c e r t offers chcince to catch local rock a ctsy A u s t i n - l o v i n g Brits IV Thieves For most Americans, England (London in particular) has become án overly romanticized land of wonder, filled with funny accents, bad teeth, pubs and James Bond or Austin Powers-like blokes using phrases like "guv'nor," "bloody" and, of course, "God save the Queen." But there remains a dark, gritty side hidden from those in "the states." "It's very rough, very poor. You've got to watch your back ... unless you're rich," said bassist Shane Lawlor in a heavy British accent just after he blew out the candles on his birthday cake. The band hails from the mythi­ cal city of Nottingham, which appears in the many tales of Robin Hood, or as Lawlor calls it, "a shit hole. The group, who toured with Oasis and nabbed a record deal before playing a single show, claims that escaping from their former home was their greatest achievement. We wanted a chunk of America and the American dream." TH IEVES continues on page 5B The Lemurs and The Boy Disaster Austin's increasingly popular quintet The Lemurs will be offer­ ing a break from the navel-gazing style of the evening's other bands at Emo s tonight with their signa­ ture brand of visceral, unpreten­ tious techno rock. Taking their nam e from the M adagascar-d welling, noctur­ nal primates, a vaguely appro­ priate inspiration if ever there were one, the group formed in San Marcos in 2004 and has seen their star rise dutifully ever since, as evidenced by recent sold-out shows at Emo's. With a dow right physical rock style blen ing classic rock sensibility wi electronic riffs, Lemurs' perfc manees dem and movement fro audiences that are all too hapf to comply. With an enthusiastic eight-son self-titled debut that dropped ju last m onth now under their be tonight's Emo's performan< represents a choice opportunil to sample The Lemurs for fre While the navel-gazers need n< S H O W continues on page 5B Moments He Daily Te^an P o s itio n a v a ila b le fo r V Student Texas Student M edia and K V R X R a ­ dio are looking for driven students to becom e the future account ex­ ecutives for Texas Student Media. Currently one position is available, but we are alw ays accepting a p ­ plications. The follow ing are the requirements for the position: • work 10-15 hrs. per week • attend weekly m eetings • have a reliable car for transportation. 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"We had this demo that we sold 5,000 copies of that we hand m ade." This DIY mentality typifies Matt & Kim's attitude toward the production and perfor­ mance of their music. Matt & Kim rarely play established venues, and instead prefer more personal settings such as lofts or houses. Johnson says he likes their concerts to "feel more like a party, where everyone brings their own booze and has a good tim e." This is fitting, consider- ___ 1115 11 i d i n i t ’ u d i i u c u e s their number one influence. Matt & Kim play this Sunday at Emo's. Doors open at 8 p.m., the show starts at 10 p.m. and tickets are $12.50. — J W Please recycle your copy of DT Weekend RIO GRANDE M exican K eitau ra nt FAJITAS Matt & Kim @ Emo's When asked to classify his band's sound, Matt Johnson of Matt & Kim said, "som eone once described us as candy thrash; that was thought good." I Brooklyn-based duo Matt & Kim have cultivated a fre­ netic sound filled with unbri­ dled enthusiasm , raw dance beats and anthemic choruses. Johnson plays keyboards and sings while his girlfriend of four years, Kim Schifino, plays drums. M att & K im 's . self-titled debut dropped Oct. 24 on IHEARTCOMIX. Without any­ thing tangible in stores, Matt & Kim have gained a loyal and strong fan base. Johnson credits this success to the Internet and perpetual CD burning, which he and Kim strongly encour­ age. "I think the Internet has had a lot to do with it. We'll be somewhere so far from home like San Diego, and still have a crazy show where everyone knows the w ords," Johnson Novem ber 30, 2 0 0 6 Friday Peaches @ Waterloo Park Tyler Sh ie ld s Peaches doesn't beat around the bush. In fact, her latest album is called Impeach My Bush, and with song titles like 'Tent In Your Pants" and 'Two Guys For Every Girl," Peaches isn't afraid to tell it like it is. Bom Merril Nisker, this former elementary school teacher started out playing folk music before moving to Berlin, where she began tQ create her signature electroclash and renamed herself after a fuzzy little fruit. Catchy dance beats come together with her explosive in-your-face lyr­ ics to create something with the pure raw power that is all Peaches. Her songs center on sex, as she proudly exclaims in one song for everyone to "shake yer dix, shake yer tits." And it's hard to forget a song like "Fuck The Pain Away," where amidst electronic synths and beats is this opening line: "Sucking on my titties like you wanted me." Sporting a beard on an album cover and wearing a strap-on dildo while performing onstage are just a few of the things one can expect from Peaches. Peaches plays FunFunFun Fest at Waterloo Park Friday. Her set starts at 7:30 p.m. on 'Hie Indie Stage. — JoAnne Somera The Octopus Project @ Blanton Museum of Art The Octopus Project, a trippy instrumental Austin trio comprised of drummer Toto Miranda and husband and wife couple Josh and Yvonne Lambert, performs this Friday at FunFunFun Fest in Waterloo Park. However, as the festival comes to a close around 10 p.m., The Octopus Project will head over to the University's very own Blanton Museum of Art to perform at B scene. This event includes performances by The Octopus Project and DJ Polaris, along with refreshments, art activities and tours of the museum's new contemporary collections. Do not be alarmed by your musically induced trance upon entering the Blanton this Friday. Toto and Josh combine beat machines and keyboards with real horn and string samples while Yvonne sways back and forth with her hands carefully manipulating the antennae-like extensions of her Theremin, captivating and hypnotiz­ ing the audience with each distorted note. The band's unique and innovative sound, coupled with the Blanton backdrop, is certain to produce a flawless blend for this rare performance. The Octopus Project plays this Friday with DJ Polaris at the Blanton Museum of Art. Admission is free for students, and B scene lasts from 6-11 p.m. — Jess Wiliamson FRIDAY'S FREE DAYS! Present this ad at T.G.I. Ft .day s on Town Lake, Downtown Austin to receive a FREE main entree with the purchase of one main entrée. h i t g u m m FRIDAYS Check out the com pletely rem o d e le d T.G.I. F riday's on Town L ake and enjoy go o d food, fun & free w ire le s s Internet. Free s e lf-p a rk in g anytim e, a n d free valet p a rk in g 11 a m - 4pm . 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Hunter recently signed to the W orker's Institute label, which is known for put­ ting out the stateside work of Iceland bands like Sigur Rós and Amina, and his first release for the label is an astoundingly beautiful work of minimal folk. For more great folk, bluegrass and independent country music, you can tune m to KVRX 91.7 every Thursday morning from 7-9 for South Side of the Tracks Look for the (jt WEEKEND in every Thursday's paper! Peter and the W olf Lightness (Worker's Institute) Peter and the W olf's first official release, Lightness, b tg in s w ith a question: Are you in ?" Red Hunter asks w hoever may be gathered with him before sliding into the m ellow acoustic notes of "M id n igh t Train." The rem ark, recorded off-hand, is nonetheless an appropriate start and in\ itation to the albu m 's lo-fi production and intim ate character. For Red H unter is inviting us in, or perhaps acknow ledging that unless the listener is w illing to follow on the journey about to unfold, they may easily be left behind. As "M idnight Train" continues: "I'm run­ ning from the rain / looking for som e place clear ... All this time running aw ay from you / N othing much else to do / But I w onder if you 're running to o." The journey of Lightness is one of em otional and mental w andering as m uch as it is physical. The soft interludes of songs like "T h e Ivy " or the gentle w aves of "w o o s" and ahhs that roll into m any of the tracks have the feel o f w atching the passing landscape from the car window, projecting thoughts and m em ories onto the blur of the fram ed night road. "W ake up, w e're driving / It's best to keep m oving" H unter intones on "T h e H ighw ay," and for all the songs' em phasis on escape, on unresolved relationships and incom plete reflections, it's a m ovem ent not about running aw ay or running tow ards, but rather a call to em brace the w onders of the w andering, of aw areness of the passing. The album seem s to wander m usically as well, though it never abandons the softly sanded folk shores by which it is anchored "Safe Travels" and "M y Grey O vercoat" contain sim ple, beautiful m elo­ dies and stand out as two of the best tunes am ong an album of spectacular songs. "D ear Old R obyn" and "C aptain D an" em bark into the realm of barroom sea shanties, the form er offering the hilariously brilliant line "M y friends say I'm bi-polar / M y friends are som etim es w rong / These illusions are all I take with me / on the cold and lonely, unforgiving sea," w hile the chugging electric guitar and reso­ nating vocals o f the latter sound as if the song were being sung w ithin the hull of a ship. The ukulele com bined with Hunter s deep vocals on "T h e Bonsai Tree" could easily allow that song to be cast as the 70th of the M agnetic Fields 69 Love Songs, whereas the eerie experim ental plucking and tuning of "B lack Saltw ater," w hich features the Weird W eeds' Nick Hennies, com es off like Jandek dropped into a bluesy, backw ater bayou. f The songs usually fall w ell-under tw o m inutes, and although the m usical digressions of the sec­ ond half of the album detract a bit from the im pact of the w hole, they fit into the general aesthetic of H unter s ram bling. Dana Falconberry also contributes a gorgeous vocal accom panim ent to m ost of the songs, w hich pairs well w ith H u n ter's husky voice and helps cohere the album overall. Her singing on "T h e Apple Tree" and "H oly W ater" offer som e of the albu m 's m ost beautiful m om ents, and her "w o o s" that are present throughout give the entire album an ethereal quality that enhances its shades of a late night nostalgia. The dream y feel and pared dow n '50s pop of "S ilen t M ovies," for exam ple, recalls the type of classic m ovie duet that d oesn't seem possible these days. Ultimately, nostalgia seem s to be hallm ark of the songs on Lightness, not only for past m em ories that we cling to as m uch as they cling to us, but also a nostalgia of possibility in the open road or sea, in the w andering M oving betw een w hat w as or may have been and w hat may be before us, the title track that concludes the album brings us full-circle: "Every m orning's another chance / To see a different m eaning / Carry only m em ory / M aybe then the Lightness w ill com e to m e." W hile Lightness carries us on a journey, it's as much a traveling aw ay so that w e m ay return as it is sim ply to escape. The constant m ovem ent that H unter em braces throughout the songs is a departure that seem s necessary to allow the m ental fragm ents of the past to becom e memory, to precisely becom e the past, in order that we m ight, as Lightness suggests, "see it all anew ." M l » # * ' f* ¡ GLACIER PARK INC. OPERATES THE 7 HISTORIC LODGES IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT, A N D IS CURRENTLY HIRING THE FOR THE 2007 SEASON. Join us for our JO B FAIR at the Capital Place Hotel in d ow n tow n A ustin on Saturday, December 2 or Sunday, December 3. O p e n interviews will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Pedernales Room . Positions are available anytim e b etw een M a y and Septem ber. • Front D e sk • Retail • H o u se k e e p in g • C o o k s • Se rve rs • Lau n dry • W a re h o u se • Tour D rive rs • N ig h t A u d it • Bartenders 3 m eals and h o u sin g p ro vid e d for $10/day. A d d e d incentives / b o n u se s available for mgm t. If you m iss the job fair, ap ply online at w w w .gp ih r.com , or call 406-892-6739 for an application. Rpck'n' roll finds By Ramon Ramirez [he cauldron is bubbling. The planets are aligning. With I every Lone Star-drenched w eekend of show s, yet another A ustin independent m usic scene is gaining influence, status and power. * Along a series of clubs betw een tw o of the m ost fam ous venues in the country, the textured blasts of noise blaring out from m isfit dives like Room 710 and H ead h u n ters are ^unavoidable. As p atrons w alk to a Blue O ctober or Jack Ingram concert at Stubb's, they're assaulted by the sou n d s of the u n d erground along these three blocks. This is the Red River district. A place w here, since ow ners and book­ ers m ade it a coordinated faction, you can catch capable, independent hip-hop, techno, jazz, soul, folk and indie in any of its given clubs, on any given night. "W e're able to let bands grow; it's like a farm system ," said Mike Boudreau of Raw Deal Productions, a scene veteran and booker of countless local shows. "The structure of the Red River scene allows for it." N ot long ago, as in the late 1990s, gritty w arehouses and a G oodwill littered this Red River stretch. Conversely, Sixth Street became uninhab­ itable for advocates of live music. As the property taxes w ent through the roof, venues on Sixth system atically sh u t dow n. Rock 'n ' roll co u ld n 't hold a candle to "dollar beer night." "People just lost all their leases," said Lee Scott, a 20-year m erce­ nary for A ustin rock as a member of countless b ands and presently the respective singer of both Big Balls (an A C /D C cover band) and A drenaline Factor. "A bunch of sound guys and barten d ers said 'Srew this' and started their own thing. "G uys like Randy Stockton and Heath [M acintosh] from the Red Eyed Fly w orked together, creating a circuit where b ands could cultivate their sound," Scott said.’ "It opened up a w hole new door where a hard-rock scene could live." A fter alm ost a decade, Red River is beginning to brew a signa­ ture, exportable sound. In the self- proclaim ed "Live Music Capital of the World, groundbreaking new m usic is alm ost taken for granted. But these aren t country, blues or counter-culture indie m usi­ this is sharp-toothed retro m etal w ith teeth, brass and cians big sideburns. I think older metal is becom ing p o p u lar again because it's more cerebral. It's not as m uch m eat and muscle," said M argaret M ynck, front w om an of local sh redders The Blackholicus." A lot of us stopped paying attention around Limp Bizkit, because it w as all about kicking your ass and 'I'm a big strong d u d e .'" Four years ago, the mere notion th at a throw back band d raw ing influence from Iron M aiden and Rush could w ork at the commercial, "big picture" level w as absurd. But in 2003, Britain s The Darkness took Q ueen's flam boyance and theatrics to international levels. "I'm 37. My kids grew up listening to my music," Scott said. "Now you got all these young guys in bands w ell-versed in A ustralia's W olfmother rolled through this district back in the spring. An eye-opening stint on the "Jackass: N um ber Two" soundtrack and a gold album later, retro m etal is hot. "There's so m any great, accessible local bands rocking around town, Scott said. "Bands like Broken Teeth, New Disaster and G entlem en's Social Club. They sim ply epitom ize hard rock, any of them could blow up at any m om ent." Lions m ay be the safest bet to strike gold. A fter a recent show ­ case in New York for Road Runner Records and national tours, the self-sustaining band is knocking on the door. For guys like Boudreau and Scott, w ho's extended rock youth has long since expired, the Red River district has brought a second chance at big dream s: Boudreau and his Raw Deal Productions through booking, Scott through an open, accepting audience. The crow d [at Red River clubs like Room 710] is m ore eclec­ tic and w eird, they're not so aggressive and m ean," Myrick said. "I'm able to be a w om an fronting a m etal band and it's not an issue." W hether or not the national spotlight shines on these scrappy venues and their collection of brooding, do-it-yourself aesthetic bands is irrelevant. Thanks to a coalition of advocates for righ­ teous jams, live m usic's place in the hearts and m inds of locals is safe. "It's pretty sim ple," said M atthew Drenik, singer of A ustin's Lions. "Red River saved A ustin music." Left, Blackholics' guitarist D om enic Schiera plays for a small crow d at Room 710 on Red River Street. Above, Schiera and bassist M argaret M yrick are part of a grow ing rock m usic scene on Red River Street betw een Seventh and Ninth streets. Jason Sweeten | D aily Texan S‘ aff Burlesque dancers unwrap for Christmas By Marissa Marlin M onika Bustam ante dances to a rendition of "Santa B aby" d u rin g a rehearsal o f"X -M a s Unwrapped," w hich favorite Christm as carols with burlesque dance and playful audience participation. op e n s tonight at the Hyde Park Theatre. The colorful play mixes versions of your Stephen Durda | Daily Texan Staff Getting through the se a so n h o lid a y can feel as though th ey're "slo w e r than C h ristm as," especially with the m ind-num b­ ing repetition o f holiday songs. A sure-fire w ay to turn your groan s of boredom into groans of pleasure for those traditional C hristm as tunes is to check out "X m as U nw rapped: A H oliday Burlesque" at the nearby H yde Park Theatre (511 W. 43rd St.). This seductive take on seasonal so n gs such as "Santa Baby" and "We Three K in gs" is so much fun, not even Scrooge or Anne C oulter could help but to enjoy them selves. its Shrew d Productions is cel­ ebrating first ann iversary by bringing back this risqué dance show that m ixes classic burlesque with sexy contem po­ rary m oves that will keep you w arm on a frosty night. Artistic Director A ndrea Skola said, "it's not sm utty or slutty, but it's a lot of fun." New to the A ustin theater scene, Shrewd Productions w as locals Shannon founded by G ro u n d s, S k o la, M onika Bustamante and Lynn Mikeska, and had an award-winning first year producing new show s such as "C heater" and "Stillborn" that concentrate on w om en's voices and works. The w ildly p o p u ­ lar H oliday Burlesque also cel­ ebrates wom en with its humor, seductiveness and creativity. "O ne of m y favorite things about the show is that they're H o ld on to DT W e e k e n d as long as y o u can * a n d then recy cle it i AUSTIN - MEXICO NONSTOP STARTING DECEMBER 15, 2006 Cast m em bers o f "X-Mas U nw rapped" — A pril Perez, Sarah Skelton, M on ika Bustamante, Marisa Pisano — perform a group Christm as carol. Last year's run sold out m ost shows and brought a decidedly more adult Christm as spirit to the Austin theatre scene. real people," said one of the emcees, Eirick Ott. The perform ers are not, in fact, professional dancers, but actors from the Austin theater scene that make good use of dance skills they picked up from being in musicals. Bést of all, the Belles have beautiful, healthy and realistic bodies (that only jiggle like a bowl full of jelly in the right places) instead of looking like so many underfed performers that haunt today's stages and screens. It's difficult to say which of Santa's lists these excellent role models dancing in a delightfully naughty show will end up on. The combination of such an enjoyable show, actors who gen­ uinely enjoy performing and the intimacy of the small theater lend the show to audience par­ ticipation and inescapable holi­ day cheer that will remind you what Christmas is really about: beautiful women giving happi­ ness to the world without ever getting naked. Since most shows sold out last year, don't forget to call and resbrve your seats, so you don't get left out in the chilly-but-still- strangely-humid winter night. "Xmas Unwrapped: A Holiday Burlesque" is showing at the Hyde Park Theatre from Nov. 30 to Dec. 16. Shows are Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14 on Thursdays and $17 on Fridays and Saturdays. Call 512-535-6643 to reserve seats. Stephen Durda | Daily Texan Staff non-stop flig h ts betw een A u stin and M exico City on Sunday, Starting Decem ber 15, 2006, A e rom e xico offers you the only M onday, Thursday and Friday. From M exico City, w e offe r con ven ient connections to over 40 destinations in M exico, like A capulco, Cancún, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Leon/El Bajio, Aguascalientes, and m ore. On board enjoy com plim entary meals and drinks served by sm iling professional attendants. For reservations call: 1 800 237 6639 Or visit your travel agent C_ aeromexico.com 1 México BEYOWD YOUR EXPECTATTOMS AEROMEXICO. The best way to travel. Bonds to watch at Funfafun Fest Riverboat Gamblers Spin M agazine recently nam ed the top 25 best live b an d s of right now in its Septem ber issue. A m ong these were, naturally, big nam es like U2, R adiohead, Green Day, Prince and ... the Riverbpat G am blers? T hat's right, num ber 15 out of 25 went to an A ustin punk rock band that got its start playing basem ent show s in Denton. Spin rated these gu y s higher than hugely successful ban ds such as The Flam ing Lips, AFI and the M ars Volta. So w hat is it about the Riverboat G am blers that places them am ong the fore­ runners of the industry? In the dying d ay s of punk rock, when every other seventh-grade girl sports C huck Taylors and CBGB merch, how do these g u y s m anage to successfully and unapologetically execute legit punk rock, w ithout the slightest hint of cheesiness, while skillfully avoiding the age-old punk dissolution of selling out? "We rely less on prop s and lights and vid eo clips that are kind of trite and overdone," said lead guitarist Fadi El-A ssad (a.k.a Freddy C astro) of the b an d 's live show s. "We rely on heart. N othing is choreographed. W hatever happens, happens. M aybe your job suck s or your boyfriend's a dick, but our sh ow s are 45 m inutes to just let go and have fun." Rejected by the blinkered m usic scene of m id-'90s D allas, The Riverboat G am blers took m atters into their own h an ds by form ing a su ccessful circuit of underground house sh ow s in Denton, hosting som e of the top ban ds at the time. "D enton is about 30 m inutes ou tside of D allas, and D allas d idn't accept u s," El-A ssad said. "It w as kind of like a 'Fuck you' to that. B ands like Jim m y Eat World, A lkaline Trio, At the Drive In and ban ds from Japan like The G o D evils and Room 41 were playin g our house show s. If w e heard that a band w e liked w as going on tour, one of the room m ates at the house w ould write them a letter and book a show. It w as all kinds of people: m usic fans, punk rock kids, just people w anting to party. I m iss it. There w as kind of a solidarity to it." The Riverboat G am blers continue to do things their ow n w ay after relocating to A ustin in 2004 and are notorious for their unique and unforgettable live show s. Lead singer M ichael Wiebe (a.k.a Teko Bueller) is known to hang from rafters, sw ing across light m onitors and, quite literally, bounce off the w alls while he sings. He is quoted by Kerrang! m agazine as sayin g "A show ain't no show u n less I'm bleeding from som ew here and som eone is d ead ." The Riverboat G am blers p lays this Friday at FunFunFun Fest in Waterloo Park at 7 p.m. Tickets are — Jess Williamson $20.00 Volcom Entertainment The Circle Jerks If you were asked to make a short list of the most influential American hardcore punk bands, the name Circle Jerks had best be on there. Since 1979, former Black Flag lead singer Keith Morris and his crew of misfits have spat out some of the most vitriolic, am using and unabashedly honest punk songs to ever hit the scene. With the musicality of the Ramones, the politics of the Sex Pistols and an early skateboard-punk edge all their own, The Circle Jerks rewrote what it was to be punk. And as luck would have it, this Friday at Waterloo Park, this dynamic band from way back when will be headlining FunFunFun Fest right here in Austin. One of the original igniters of the flaming L.A. punk scene, The Circle Jerks' first album Group Sex had 14 songs and docked in at a total of less than 15 minutes. With songs ranging from two-minute headbangers to 30-second riots, Morris and co. defined what hardcore punk would become. Their short bursts of anger- fueled political diatribes spoke to a generation of kids disenfranchised by their government during the early '80s. It w as a time when the music mattered, when screaming at the top of your lungs w as a cry for change and not narcissistic self-anguish. Bands like Bad Religion, for which some members of the Circle Jerks still mcxmlight, were created on the foundation laid by early L.A. punks. Even bands like NOFX or Blink-182 owe an enormous debt to the Jerks and their brand of crude, humorous and often thought-pro­ voking music. The term "circle jerk," besides its obvious sexual connotation, originated from the subcultural nickname of those who frequented the L.A. scene but didn't look or dress like a punk. This idea put Morris and his band lengths ahead of other bands in terms of inclusiveness. With the Jerks, you didn t have to kxik a cer­ tain way; you could be yourself and still enjoy great punk rock music. Over the years Morris has continued to tour, despite crippling health issues, all for the service of his fans. The fighting attitude of The Circle Jerks has yet to subside over the past few decades, and their live shows are still as infamous as ever. As many rock journalists over the years have pointed out, the original incarnation of Black Flag w as the earliest thing L.A. had to hardcore punk, and The Circle Jerks, a continuation of that, are still going strong. Their cultural significance has come to transcend their own musical work, as they are featured in many film essentials, such as "Sid and Nancy," as well as cult favorites, such as Repo Man and The Decline of Western Civilization." When an opportunity arises to go and see one of the great bands of the early American-punk era, it's important to go and see what all the fuss w as about, and how a few musicians can have so much influence. And any band that stopped the era of Aerosmith arena-rock in its tracks is worth every penny. Come Friday at 9 p.m. and watch history be made all over again. The Applicators Originally formed as a side proj­ ect, all-female punk quintet The Applicators only intended to play one show, but after an intense first prac­ tice the girls knew they had found something. Eight years later, the band refuses to quit, touring with punk legends such as Fear, Bad Religion and The Circle Jerks (whose guitar­ ist Greg Hetson also produced their debut album). "It w as supposed to be a joke," said lead vocalist Sabrina. "Like 'Haha, The Applicators.'" Back from a recent European tour, the group plans to rock the ATX Friday at 4:15 p.m. at the newly founded FunFunFun Fest. Without a moment's rest, the band will hit the road the day after with longtime friends The Circle Jerks, the Punk Stage headliners. The band cites influences from a wide array of groups and genres, includ­ ing hardcore, metal and, of course, punk royalty The Ramones and The Clash. The group's latest album, My Weapon, blends these into a convenient 12-song bundle that features a familiar yet intriguing sound, panning from pop punk to in-your-face rock. Like most other all-female groups, The Applicators found themselves slapped with the burdensome label "chick band" from the very beginning. Rather than viewing it as an impossible hurdle, they find it an inevitability that can be overcome through sheer talent. "Well, I think it's going happen. The thing is you get put in a box," Sabrina said. "I've had guys come up to me and say, 'I all hate girl bands, but I like you g u y s '... It pisses me off. I mean, how can you hear every girl band?" — John Bradley — Stephen Keller * *............................................................. DEC 09 DOORS 8:00PM DEC 15 DOORS 6:30PM November 30, 2006 i l m FILM BANDITS By Lauren Thompson and Emily Watson Say the word "rem ake" to a group of film enthusiasts and prepare for disgusted rants to ensue Film Bandit fun fact: Rem akes are, more often than not, terrible renditions of the original films. O f course, there are exceptions to this rule, som e of w hich cam e out this fall, such as M artin Scorsese's "T h e D ep arted" (which was based on Hong Kong crim e thriller "Infernal A ffairs") and "C asin o R oyale." Before Daniel C raig becam e Bond, the novel "C asino R oyale" w as adapted into a hilarious spoof film w it an all-star cast including Peter Sellers and W oody Allen. There are m any other great rem akes that live up to or surpass the original films in som e way, but w hat w e're here to discuss is the bad and the ^ e 2006 rem ake of Pink Panther" and 2001's "P lanet of the A p es" com e to mind. Aside from the creepy brilliance of the little boy and Mia Farrow in the 2006 rem ake "T h e O m en ," the original with G regory Peck was far superior. The same with 1998's "P sy ch o ;" is there any point in producing shot by shot rem akes? Trying to remake Hitchcock should have been laughed out of the studio executive m eeting. But alas, there is buzz about a "The Birds" rem ake next year from the producers of the 2003 retread Texas C hainsaw M assacre." We'll see if this gets the laughs it deserves. O riginality seem s to have lost its fervor. In honor of these studio executives the Film Bandits decided to com e up with som e brain children of our ow n com plete with genre confusion and rem ake ridiculousness. Everybody loves Citizen Kane riiiiiight?? W hat this classic needs is a little torture. W e'll get Q uentin Tarantino to direct and have Jack Black play C harles Foster Kane. Rosebud will refer to K ane's sw eet dim ebag, w hich he w ill cry for on his death bed. There will be a huge gunfight in K ane's new spaper, The New York Journal, over plagarism , in w hich Black will kill reporter Ben Stiller. Expect a nice torture scene w ith a thieving butler, played by John Turturro, w ho stole from his w eed stash at his m ansion, Xanadu, w here he lives with second wife Anna N icole Sm ith. With such an all-star cast, it's sure to finally get Best Picture. Burton takes on Casablanca Picture this: a love story set during World War II in sunny M orocco. Two lovers have a second m eet- ing by chance and fall m adly in love with each other, after their untim ely deaths of course. Tim Burton brings "C asablan ca" back to life, literally, in this rem ake of M ichael C u rtiz's 1942 classic. Johnny Depp rekindles his beyond-the-grave onscreen rom ance with Helena Bonham C arter that began with "C orp se B ride" in 2005. Depp plays a suave but decom posing Rick Blaine w hile C arter takes on the role of a tenacious pale-faced Ilsa Lund. Will the two trium ph as a couple in the afterlife or will they rot indefinitely in C asablanca? Eastwood puts action into Jones' diary It's been half a decade since the quirky Brit first cam e to the silver screen, but w e figure it's tim e for a rem ake. The best thing about Clint Eastw ood is that h e's a tw o for one. He w ill play the suave Hugh G rant character of Daniel Cleaver and direct the film. Hilary Sw ank would gain 20 pounds, or r>0 pounds, and play lovable Bridget, leaving M organ Freem an to m ake up the trio taking over Colin Firth's loyal "lik e you just the w ay you are" character. How better to spice up the story of B ridget's neuroses? There will be blood, battles, an epic soundtrack, controlling m others and affairs to rem em ­ ber. weekend DI0 «WW.D7WffKfnO.COM The University of Texas eal Rings L arge S e le c fio n • T h ree Y e a r W a r r a n t y C o m p e titiv e P ric e s V K s t e r c r a f t J e w e r y l w w w . 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