. rit, l ) a i l y T exan Serving The University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, October 12, 2004 — ---------- T o d a y 's N e w s DeLay associates released on bond Two men's charges are related to fund-raising through the group Texans for a Republican Majority. SEE PAGE 6A Diversity post apt to be empty till 2005 New vice provost will oversee new student programs By David Kassabian Daily Texan Staff The new vice provost charged with improving race relations on campus will not likely be hired until the summer of 2005, UT Provost Sheldon Ekland-Olson said Monday. UT President Larry Faulkner said in August, when he originally announced the creation of the posi­ tion, he hoped the vacancy would be filled by the end of the current fall semester. An advisory committee is being formed to help in reviewing can­ didates for the job, and Ekland- Olson said he tentatively antici­ pated membership to be finalized by Friday. "They'll convene, and then we'll put an advertisement out and start talking to people interested in these sort of things," Ekland-Olson said. The committee will try to attract applicants through both the adver­ tisement and word-of-mouth, he said, and a deadline will probably be set a month after announcing the position. From that deadline they will then sort through the applicants. Ekland-Olson preceded the time line and committee details with the early-October release of a draft job description for the new vice provost for inclusion and cross- cultural effectiveness. "We are looking for persons who have demonstrated strong lead­ ership in enhancing inclusionary efforts and programs that enhance our abilities to work effectively cross-culturally," Ekland-Olson said. The new diversity officer's primary responsibilitv will be to im plem ent diversity programs across campus for all students, fac­ ulty and staff, he said. Programs' goals will include attracting a more diverse student and faculty body to the University and promoting diversity education. The person will also chair the University coun­ cil on inclusion and cross-cultur­ al effectiveness and will oversee $500,000 for the 2004-05 fiscal year to fund the new programs. Establishing a campus diversity officer was one of several sugges­ tions made by a task force assem­ bled to evaluate racial respect and fairness. It was formed in 2003 after several racially charged incidents, including the egging of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in 2003. In January the task force recom­ mended the officer be a vice presi­ dent. Faulkner's May response to the recommendations recognized DIVERSITY continues on page 7 A O t h e r p u b l ic u n iv e r s it ie s w it h A DIVFRSITY PROGRAM OFFICER • Indiana University, Bloom ington Cam pus • The University of M ichigan • The University of W isconsin-M adison • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University • Texas A & M University • The University of Houston Embracing gay culture Yes, that guy has a mask on Leg and facial waxing and mani/pedicures are becoming more popular for metrosexuals. SEE PAGE 8A Football team getting back up After suffering a shutout to Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout, Texas gets back to work. SEE PAGE 1B Christopher Reeve dies at 52 "Superman" crusader for stem-cell research, after his accident resulting in paralysis, died Sunday. SEE PAGE 4B CORRECTIONS In Monday's Daily Texan story, "Class ends in light of inquiry," the headline and story inac­ curately reported how a University business class dealt with criticisms over a project that involved marketing for the CIA. The project with the CIA was canceled, not the class. Also, a caption on Page One incorrectly stated Phillip Geiggar's position on the UT football team. He is a safety. It also should have stated that the photo was taken at the end of the fourth quarter of Saturday's game. In the same cap­ tion for a different photo, Oklahoma football players Dan Cody and Jason White were not identified. The Texan regrets the errors. H igh Low Taurus: Don't give me any bull. Index World & Nation......... 3A O p in io n ..................4A N ew s...............6-7A,4B Focus*....................8A Sports...................1-3B Classifieds................ 5B Comics....................6B Entertainment........7-8B Volume 105, Number 29 2 5 cents Above, Kirstin Grbic, right, theater and dance sophomore, and Taylor Seyer, a radio-television-film junior, attend com ing-out festivities on the West Mall on Monday. Below, economics sophomore Andy-Mike Emata represents theTrikone-Tejas Pan Asian Gay Straight Alliance, where John Ly, a business junior, checks out a pamphlet. Jennifer Ja n son s | Daily Texan Staff Pride Week starts with Coming Out Day By Noeiene Clark Daily Texan Staff W hen biology freshm an Kane Hosmer came out his 10th-grade year, he was mocked by bullies. "M y neighborhood was pretty con­ servative, so when people found out, they talked," Hosmer said. "I had a guy follow me home in his truck, yelling gay slurs at me the whole way home. If my other friend who was gay and I walked together in the halls, people would laugh." Hosmer was misunderstood by his "There are lots of m isconceptions," he said. "People think you autom at­ ically want to change gender, that you're dirty, that you're attracted to every guy you meet. A lot of teenage guys are insecure with their sexuality, so they're hostile." And he was mourned by his fam- ily. "W hen I told my two sisters, they just cried ," Hosm er said. "They thought somehowr their actions caused me to be this way, but over time, they peers. COMING OUT continues on page 7A fcbe qpeer hub >> o u o w t.o u q Modified names spur 'Dazed' lawsuit By Andrew Tran Daily Texan Staff Three H untsville residents who say they went to high school with Austin film director Richard Linklater accused him of using them as the basis for the girl-chas­ ing, drug-taking characters in his film "Dazed and Confused" in a lawsuit filed last week, 11 years after the movie was released. "D azed and C onfused" is Linklater's 1993 cult classic follow­ the drug-and-alcohol-fueled ing antics of teenagers on the last day of high school in the 1970s. Universal Studios, also included in the suit, is scheduled to release a special edi­ tion DVD of the movie Nov. 2. According to their civil complaint, the men claim the movie subjected them to "relentless harassment, embarrassment and ridicule." Linklater, who wrote and direct­ ed the film, used modified versions of the three plaintiffs' names in the movie. LAWSUIT continues on page 7A P h o to courtesy o f U n iversal S tu d io s Andy Slater, and Richard "Pink" Floyd, portrayed in "Dazed and Confused" by Rory Cochrane, left, and Jason London, respectively, along with Bobby Wooderson, are suing the director for using their likenesses without permission. Newspapers endorse the 'wrong guy' Bush, Kerry opposed by their 'hometown' papers B y Halie Pratt Daily Texan Staff As elections are heating up, so are editorial pages in newspapers across the nation. The Lowell Sun and The Lone Star Iconoclast are under tire for not endorsing their "hom etow n" presidential candi­ dates. The Sun, based out of Lowell, Mass., made headlines recently for endorsing President Bush, while the Lone Star Iconoclast, of Crawford, Texas, has endorsed Senator John Kerry. With a population of more than 100,000, Lowell is no small town. It sits 27 miles outside Boston and is home to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and the Plastic Institute of America. Crawford, however, has 705 residents and, "our favorite son, President George W. Bush," as the Crawford Web site says. The towm collects the majority of its rev­ enue from property taxes and water bills, wTuch include President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch, said Craw ford Mayor Robert Campbell. Reactions to the endorsements are as different as the towns in w'hich they ran. While the Iconoclast has suffered large subscription and advertisement loss, said the paper's publisher W. Leon Smith, the Sun has lost only one subscription and no adver­ tisements, Lowell Sun Editor Jim Campanini said. "Apparently, people in Crawford feel fairly pas­ sionately about Bush, and of course — he is the sitting president," said Smith. Smith said there was a circulation of 920 before the editorial ran, but as of Monday, it had dropped to 747. LOWELL continues on page ?A ENDORSEMENT RECORDS The Sun 2004 - George W. Bush (R) 2000 - George W. Bush (R) 1996 - Bob Dole (R) 1992 - George Bush Sr. (R) The Iconoclast 2004 - John Kerry (D) 2000 -.George W. Bush (R) 1996 - N o Endorsement 1 9 9 2 -Bill Clinton (D) j Día de la Raza exalts cultures of Latin America Community says Columbus D a y fails to acknowledge hardships B y Leslie Flynn Daily Texan Staff The L,atin American community w ants to continue honoring Columbus' discover)' of the Americas because of the culture that came with it, but Columbus Day doesn't acknowTedge the mis­ er)' that the Spaniards brought dunng the next 300 years of their colonial rule, said José Limón, direc­ tor of the Center for Mexican American Studies. "Columbus Day acknow ledges )ust the Spanish discovery of America. That was a problematic thmg for people in Latin America," Limon said. Instead the Latin American community created Día de la Raza — the day of the people — to cel­ ebrate the indigenous people and the culture that developed when they incorporated European influ­ ences, Limón said. In honor of Dia de la Raza, the Center for Mexican American Studies will present Forjando Lazos Culturales/Com unitarios A Través de las Artes, which translates as Building Cultural Community Through the Arts, today at 7 p.m. in the Texas Union Showroom. Also sponsored by the Hispanic Faculty/Staff DE LA RAZA continues on page 7 A TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12,2004 AROUND CAMPUS | OCTOBER 12 & 13 BMX IS BACK T h e D a il y T e x a n NEWS NOTES _ UNIVERSITY Study: Eligible students don't apply for financial aid A new study says hundreds of thousands of college students who may be eligible for federal financial aid don't get it for a sim­ ple reason — they don't apply. The study released Monday by the American Council on Education says half of the 8 mil­ lion undergraduates enrolled in 1999-2000 at institutions par­ ticipating in federal student aid programs did not complete the main federal aid application. The government has worked to simplify the FAFSA form, but it still runs four pages and sev­ eral worksheets. Department of Education spokeswoman Susan Aspey said the department launched a public relations campaign last year to increase awareness. — Justin Pope Professor recommends transportation strategy A multifaceted transportation strategy is needed to find ways to alleviate the traffic conges­ tion problem in Austin, accord­ ing to a survey by Chandra Bhat, a UT civil engineering professor. Bhat said a transportation strategy should combine such things as commuter rail, toll roads, infrastructure improve­ ments, telecommuting and coordinating land use with transportation. "We use this survey and other surveys that we have to help us improve transportation plan­ ning for the region," said Cathy Stephens, air quality program manager. — Heesook Choi Jurors continue to weigh Sandra Bullock case Jurors will begin a third day of deliberations today to decide who will pay for damages on Sandra Bullock's unfinished $7 million house. A decision in the trial would put an end to a controversy that started in 2001 when home builder Benny Daneshjou sued Bullock for not fully paying him. Bullock countersued, claiming she was overcharged for a poor job needing $4 million in repairs. "It's a very complex charge — very much like a math prob­ lem," said Judge Paul Davis. — Juliana A. Torres Austin drivers wasted about 49 hours in 2002 Austin area commuters wasted 49 hours in traffic in 2002, down an hour from 2001, according to the Texas Transportation Institute 2004 Urban Mobility Report pre­ sented Monday at a Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization transportation policy meeting. The average commuters in a medium-sized city only wasted 25 hours in traffic, and conges­ tion cost those local economies $387 million and wasted 37,000 gallons of gasoline, according to the report. — Melinda Merola David Poe, 16, rides his BMX bike over a jump at the Ninth Street BMX trails Monday afternoon. Reena Karia | Daily Texan Staff STATE & LOCAL UT fan loyal to football Graduate hasn't missed home gam e since '45 By Kimberly Garza Daily Texan Staff is a Com ing off a fifth-straight loss to Oklahom a this past Saturday hard any Longhorn fan W ilC r C to swallow. Frank Denius is no excep- ■■vW for m i l thing tion. “ It's a good thing you d id n't talk to me on Saturday," he said, only half joking. " I w asn't in a very good m ood." This surly response is noth­ ing you w o uld n't expect from a man w ho has bled burnt- orange for 61 years. Denius, 78, has attended every home football game and all but seven aw ay games since 1945, when he was a law student here at the University. " I love it," D enius said of his habitual game attendance. “ I go w ith friends, I go w ith family. I have a great time every time I go to a gam e." W hich is quite often. In addi­ tion to football games, Denius makes it a point to attend near­ ly every men's basketball game and tries to catch as m any baseball games as possible. He also attends football practices, which take place at the prac­ tice fields that bear his name, thanks in part to his generous donations to U T athletics. "A fte r all that, I just run out of tim e," he said, laughing. Asuccessful attorney who has been practicing in Austin for 55 years, Denius has used his suc­ cess as a means of giving back to the University that he loves so much. During the Capital Cam paign, U T's largest-ever fund-raising effort, Denius and the Austin Leadership Council, of which he was chairman, donated more than $300 m il­ lion to the University. Denius also served as president of the Texas Exes from 1964-66 and as president of the Longhorn Club for two years in the late '50s. ® H e atten d ed as 7 U n iv e r s ity the an undergraduate for o n ly one sem ester in 1943 before joining the Arm y. to Im m ed iately called active duty, D enius served for two-and-a-half years, one of w hich he spent in v a ri­ ous parts of Europe, in clu d ­ ing N orm and y and B erlin . In O ctober 1945, D en iu s retu rn ed and enrolled in the U T School o f Law. to Texas He said that, though a par­ ticipant in several intram ural sports, he was focused on his studies. "B y the time I got [back to U T], I'd been discharged from the Army, and I knew that it was time to be serious about school." H is seriousness paid off, and in 1949, he graduated from law school. That same spring, he passed the Texas Bar Exam and began w o rk ­ ing as an attorney in Austin, where he continues to w ork today. So w h y go to so m uch effort to show his pride in this U niversity? D enius said it comes naturally to him. "G ivin g this effort, it's just a part of m y life. It's a part of m y fam ily's life," he said. "W e enjoy the games. A nd I have lots of fond memories [from U T ]. Life there w as terrific." APPLICATIONS A R E NOW BEIN G A CCEPTED FOR H a r r y S . T r u m a n S c h o l a r s h ip s J u n i o r s w i t h a 3.8+ g p a a n d w h o h a v e a HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LE A D E R S H IP AND FU T U R E SUCCESS IN P U B LIC SER V IC E A RE E L IG IB L E TO A PPLY FOR TH E SEN IO R YEAR AND GRADUATE STUDY. A p p l i c a t i o n f o r m s a r e a v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e T r u m a n W EB SIT E : W W W .TRUM AN.GOV, OR FROM L i b e r a l A r t s H o n o r s G e b a u e r 1 .2 0 6 4 7 1 - 3 4 5 8 S C H O L A R S H IP F O U N D A T IO N I I s application deadline: Friday, November 5 , 2 0 0 4 H ig h TO M ORRO W 'S WEATHER L o w 87 59 Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. CAMPUS PROFILE: Kate Brattan, Dance Marathon spokesw om an Student Services Building 8 Sir Biology senior Kate Brattan has been keeping in rhythm with Dance Marathon since its beginning. Brattan, the group's spokeswoman, said the project is a 12-hour event held annually to benefit what is now called the Dell Children's Medical Center. The group is particularly excited about this year's event because Michael Dell agreed to donate half of what the marathon raises. "It's a tangible experience," she said. "The kids come in and hang out with us, and you can actually say, 'Hey, I helped that kid," Brattan said. Kate Brattan The event, which raised more than $17,000 last year, will take place Feb. 19 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The mara­ thon features local bands, comedians and free food donated by local restau­ rants. To register, visit www.utdm.org. — Lori Holcomb ODDITIES World record broken by self- proclaimed'burger king' SINGAPORE — Spurred on by shouts of "Shove it in, shove it in!" 19-year-old Don Ezra Nicholas stuffed more than three McDonald's hamburgers into his mouth — with­ out swallowing — and claimed a new global record at the end of Singapore's contest to be the world's wackiest. Nicholas jumped up, pumped his fists in the air and shouted, "Yes! I am the burger king!" as he spat out the last bits of the three-and-a-half burgers that he hopes put him in the Guinness World Records. "I just thought to myself, 'I've got to do this, I've got to do this," Nicholas said after his feat Sunday. "I'm on top of the world right now, because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth!" The previous burger-stuffing record was set in 1998 by Johnny Reitz, an American who squeezed three into his mouth without spitting or swal­ lowing. 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Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday, 12 p m Thursday, 12 p.m. Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday..............Monday, 12 p.m Friday..................Tuesday, 12 p.m www.dailytexanonline.com Wire Editor: Christine Wang Phone: (51?) 232-2215 WORLD BRIEFS Main opponent in Afghan elections backs off boycott KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the for­ mation of an independent com­ mission to look into any irregulari­ ties in the vote. The announcement by ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni that he would accept the forma­ tion of the election commission followed similar statements Sunday by Massooda Jalal, the only female presidential hope­ ful, ethnic Hazara candidate Mohammed Mohaqeq and Abdul Satar Sirat, a minor Uzbek candi­ date. The announcements were a huge victory for election organiz­ ers, who agreed to set up the panel Sunday in hopes it would end the crisis that emerged when all 15 opposition candidates declared the boycott in the mid­ dle of Saturday's voting. Gorbechev wants political answer in Russia, Chechnya NEW YORK — President Vladimir Putin should grant Chechnya spe­ cial status within Russia to end a decade-long insurgency, although some Western countries would like to see Moscow trapped in the "Chechen quagmire" for years, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Monday. Russia has twice invaded largely Muslim Chechnya on Russia's southern rim. The second war is still raging, and Putin classifies it as part of the global war on terror. But at the same time, Putin is trying to make Chechnya self-gov­ erning with a native leadership. Chechnya this year approved its own constitution in a referendum and voted on a new president. "My formula for a solution is: Chechnya is part of Russia, all of Russia should help Chechnya to rebuild, and Chechnya should have a special status within Russia," Gorbachev said. C om p iled fro m A ssociated Press re ports ON Sadr City Shiites give up arms T he D aily T e x \ n By Alexandra Zavis The Associated Press B A G H D A D , Iraq — Shiite fighters in tracksuits and sneak­ ers unloaded cars full of m achine guns, m ortars and land m ines M onday as a five-day, w eapons- for-cash d isarm am en t program kicked off in B aghd ad 's Sadr City district — a sign of progress in the center of Shiite resistance in Iraq. Iraqi police and* N ational G u ard sm en w ill then assum e security responsibility for the dis­ trict, w hich is hom e to m ore than 2 m illion people. In return, the governm ent has pledged to start releasing al-Sadr follow ers w ho have not com m itted crim es, sus­ pend raids and rebuild the war- ravaged slum . M em bers of al-Sad r's M ahdi A rm y started sh ow in g up at three designated police stations early M ond ay m orning, carting bags full of guns and explosives — even T N T paste. M any of the w eapons appeared old and rusted, but governm ent officials expressed satisfaction w ith the first d ay's haul. A bdul al-N aw af pulled up in front of al-H abibiya station in a w hite sedan and started unload­ ing m achine guns, m ortar shells and grenade launchers. "W e hav e m ore, but w e're w aiting to see w hether m oney w ill be paid or n o t," the 26-year- old fighter said. "W e also w ant to see if there will b e a truce — and w hether that truce will last." He ap p eared d isappointed w hen police handed him a receipt and told him to com e back later to collect his cash. M ilitia fighters started arriving in larger num bers once officials turned up with cash to pay them. Rates ranged from $5 for a hand grenade to $1,000 for a heavy- caliber m achine gun. If disarm am ent is successful in Sadr City, officials hope to rep­ licate the process in other insur­ gent enclaves so they can curb resistance by nationw ide elections in January. "U n til that process is com pleted, and until the Iraqi governm ent itself is satisfied, it is way too early to characterize it as a success," said Lt. Col. Jam es Hutton, spokesm an for the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. Iraq's interim Prime M inister lyad Allawi, left, arrives under tig h t security at Samarra, north o f Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday. A m m ar Awad | Associated Press Saudi Arabia bars women in election By D onna Abu-n asr The Associated Press R IY A D H , Saud i A rabia — W om en m ay neither vote nor run in Saudi A rabia's first nation­ w ide elections, the governm ent an n o u n ced M onday, d ash in g hopes of progressive Saud is and easing fears am ong conservatives that the kingdom is m oving too fast on reforms. Som e w om en considered the m ove yet another indignity in a country w here they need their husbands' perm ission to study, travel or w ork. But others said they w o u ld n 't trust them selyes to ju d ge w h ether a candidate is m ore than just a hand som e face. T he relig iou s estab lish m en t had been lobbying against w om ­ e n 's participation in the elections, diplom ats said. But an electoral official cited adm inistrative and logistical rea­ sons M onday for the decision to ban w om en from the m unicipal elections, scheduled to be held in three stages from Feb. 10 to April 21. The official, w h o spoke on con­ dition o f anonymity, said there are not enough w om en to run w o m en 's-o n ly registration cen­ ters and polling stations, and that only a fraction o f the country's w om en have the photo identity cards that would have b een need­ ed to vote. M any w om en in Saudi Arabia, the b irth p lace o f Islam , have balked at getting the ID cards — introduced three years ago — because the photographs would show their faces unveiled. Saud i w om en hav e lim ited freedom s. W ithout w ritten per­ m ission from a m ale guardian, they m ay not travel, get an educa­ tion or work. R egardless of per­ m issions, they are not allowed to drive, mix with m en in public or leave hom e w ithout covering them selves w ith b la ck cloaks, called abayas. T h e d ecisio n w as first announced by Interior M inister Prince N ayef interview published Monday. In his terse com m ent to a Kuw aiti new spa­ in an per, N ayef said only: "I d on 't think that w om en 's participation is possible." N adia Bakhurji, 37, the first w om an to announce she planned to run, said she hoped N ayef and the elections com m ittee w ould "reth ink their d ecision " and show tran sp aren cy by say in g w hy w om en have been banned. She said that would give w om en the chance to "w ork hand-in-hand w ith them to solve these prob­ lem s in time for elections." "M y concern is if they d on 't bring us on board now, we w ill be fighting for som ething that should be a given right," she said. 3 A Tuesday, October 12, 2004 NATION BRIEFS Senate passes $136-billion tax bill to White House WASHINGTON — The Senate shipped President Bush a wide- ranging $136 billion corporate tax-cut bill and a disaster aid pack­ age, chiefly benefiting Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, on Monday, letting lawmakers head home for the finale of the presidential and congressional campaigns. The tax bill, which the Senate approved 69-17, began as an effort to help U.S. exporters avoid European tariffs. But as Republican leaders hunted for votes, it swelled into the most profound rewrite of the corporate tax code in two decades. The White House has signaled that Bush will sign the legislation. But the administration kept a low profile as the bill progressed, underscoring the controversy enveloping some provisions. Congress plans negotiations for 9/11 intelligence bill WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday he will decide in the next two days whether there is a realistic chance Congress can get the Sept. 11 intelligence reor­ ganization bill completed before Election Day. The Tennessee Republican later said he still planned to ask nego­ tiators to begin work immediately to "see if we can work through the differences and bring people back before the election." Negotiators from the Senate have been appointed, but the House has not announced its negotiators yet. 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K erry has m ad e it clear 4A Thursday, October 7, 2004 on the ISSUeS Social Security The third in the Editorial Board's continuing series on election issues deals with social security. This series is meant to engage voters on a variety o f topics, as ivell as provide insight fo r the presidential election on Nov. 2. By the time the average UT student turns 62, the m inim um age to collect Social Security, the trust fund w ill be com pletely spent. That m eans, w ithout a change in the w ay the current system is fundad, taxes students are currently paying into the Social Security trust w on't be there w hen students are ready to retire. T he issue o f Social Security, long ignored by younger voters as a geriatric problem , m atters m ore to people in their early 20s, who stand to lose if the current system isn't repaired. Unfortunately, neither m ajor candidate seem s to have the fore­ P r e s id e n t B u s h scarcely m entions his plans for reform ing Social Security on his Web site, except to say he will guarantee "n o changes in benefits for current retirees and near-retirees" and give people of our generation "the opportunity to use their Social Security payroll taxes to build a nest egg for retirem ent that can be passed on to their fam ilies." T h e first elem ent of B ush's plan will take vir­ tually no effort; "cu rrent retirees and near-retir- ees" w ill not likely bare the brunt of the Social Security shortfall. In fact, benefits w on't exceed incom e into the fund until 2018 — long after % * B ush's term (and concern over cam paign prom ises) is over. As far as ou r generation is concerned, Bush seem ingly prom ises to privatize Social Security, although he m akes no explanation as to how he w ould do so. S e n . Jo h n K e rry at least acknow ledges the prob­ lem: By 2042 the current Social Security system w ould only be able to pay 73 percent of ben­ efits. But Kerry view s Social Security as "p art of the broader fiscal challenge facing A m erica." Follow ing focuses on th at m entality, he strengthening the econom y and fiscal disci pline as m eans to com bat the problem . H e also p rom ises never to raise Social Security taxes, raise the retirem ent age, cut benefits or privatize the program . It can be inferred, based on his prom ises and goals, that K erry's plan is to sim ply cut governm ent spending and then divert the surplus into the trust fund. In 2008, 79 m illion "b aby b oom ers" begin retiring. As they do, the am ount o f taxes pouring into the Social Security trust dim in­ ishes as more people collect their benefits. At the sam e time, life expectancy is increasing. W hen Social Security w as created in 1935, 65-year-olds were expected to live 12.5 more years; now they are expected to live 17.5 more years. With these tw o factors com bined, w e have a Social Security system that is headed for a com plete crash — and tw o presidential candidates w ho have no clear-cut, w orkable plan betw een them. Bush's plan — privatization — forgets the purpose of govern­ mental aid. If everyone was savvy enough to save for his or her retirement, Social Security w ouldn't be necessary in the first place. But, according to U.S. Social Security Online, tw o-thirds of the nation's elderly currently rely on Social Security as a "m ajor source of incom e." The system is obviously vital. M eanw hile, K erry's plan — penny pinching — is naive. Even if it w ere possible to cut all unnecessary spending, which is highly debatable, ensuring the funds w ould go to Social Security w ould be difficult and require leadership in that direction for far longer than the eight years Kerry can provide. N either Bush nor Kerry has incentive to fix the current Social Security system , because the im pending turmoil w on't happen for another 38 years — and both of them w ill likely be dead b y then. At least they'll be out o f public office. Editor: Ben Heath Phone: (512)232 1212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: AJ. Bauer Emma Graves Fitzsimmons JJ Hermes T in D u n T e x a n VIEWPOINT Election will affect abortion rights F or the d isenchanted voting bloc still vac­ the right to lim it federal pow er and alig n ­ abortion as a litm us test in p ick in g a justice illating betw een Bush and Kerry, on e issue should inspire you to storm the polls com e Nov. 2 — B u sh 's d eliberate p lan to take aw ay ing w ith the left on abortion and affirm ative and will p ick som eone "w h o w ould strictly action — w ould give the presid ent im m ense interpret the C o n stitu tion ." pow er to tip the cou rt's cu rrent delicate H is record sh ow s oth erw ise. B ush h as a w o m an 's right to h av e an abortion. balance. A bortion has m ysteriously disappeared Kerry has a perfect record on abortion, m ents, w hich a recent stud y by a political sci­ alread y m ad e alm ost 200 ju d icial a p p o in t­ from election discourse, d espite the fact that according to lead ing abortion rig h ts groups. e n tist at the U niversity of H ou ston deem ed He voted against a ban on third -term ab or­ "th e m ost conserv ativ e on record " on civil d ecad es of em otionally ch arged d ebate may finally com e to a head in the next four years. If P resident B u sh rem ains in the W hite H ouse, there is a substantial chance R oe v. W ade could b e overturned. tions th at d id n 't take into accou nt the m oth­ liberties. e r's h ealth and opposed B u sh 's global gag rule, w h ich prohibits A m erican aid to health providers in oth er cou n tries w h o counsel W illiam Pryor, a Bush ap p o in tee to the E leventh C ircu it C o u rt of A p peals, has called R oe v. W ade "th e w orst ab om in ation in the h istory of constitu tional law ," and Jam es that he w ould appoint a ju stice w h o w ould L eon H olm es, a Bush ap p ointee to the U.S. D istrict C o u rt for A rkansas, not on ly said the id en t will likely appoint a U.S. Sup rem e uphold Roe v. W ade. C o u rt ju stice for the first tim e in 10 years. T h ree of the oldest justices should depart in the near future: C hief Ju stice W illiam R ehnquist, 80, who suffers from chronic back "I can n o t tell you how deeply I respect the role of "th e w ife is to su bord inate h erself to belief ab ou t life and w hen it b eg in s," K erry h er h u sb an d ," but com pared abortion rights said at F rid a y 's debate. "I'm a C atholic ... activists to N azis and abortion to slavery. religion has been a huge part of m y life. But B ush has said he m ost ad m ires cu rrent jus­ pain; Paul Stevens, 84, w ho has served for I can't take w hat is an article of faith for me tices A ntonin Scalia and C laren ce Thomas alm ost 30 years and Sandra D ay O 'C onnor, 74, w ho has battled breast cancer. and legislate it for som eon e w h o d oesn't — both staun chly anti-abortion. share th at article o f faith ... you h av e to afford T here are tw o im p ortan t issu es here. First, R ehnqu ist votes consistently to the right people their constitu tional rights." B u sh 's pu blic com m en ts m ask h is zealous and Stevens to th e.left, and neither w ould Bush, on the other hand, h as un fairly agend a to ov erturn Roe v. W ade, thus for­ be likely to retire if their favored cand id ate allow ed his personal v iew s to affect policy d o esn 't get elected. But the d ep arture of since h is first days in office by supp ort­ O 'C o n n o r — who has been the d ecid ing ing lim its to abortions and giving rights to feiting a w o m an 's right to control her body. Second , in d oing so, he tarn ishes the presi­ d en cy by im posing his faith and personal v ote in m ost recent decisions, sid ing with unborn children. But he claim s h e w on 't use v alu es on m illions o f A m ericans. Moderator exceeds expectations By Clint Rainey Daily Texan Columnist For those of us w ho believe the media have taken a dive off the left end, the real Friday night lights this w eekend didn't shine on Billy B ob Thornton. T h ey cast their interrogating glare on C harles G ibson as he m oderated the second presidential d ebate — som eone had to keep a vig i­ lant eye on the officiating. Surprisingly, w hat could have been another liberal media elite d isaster passed o v er w ithou t causing any dam age — despite giving full discretion to a m edia b ig dog to d eterm ine w h ich "u n com m itted " voters would get to ask their questions. As usual, this election's debates are m oderated by the left. It's just a fact of political life, but one that has taught liberal m edia w atch­ d og s a lesson, especially after Jim Lehrer m oderated the Bush-G ore debates. Conservatives can usually tol­ erate Lehrer, unlike Dan Rather or Peter Jennings. Lehrer has a tell-it-straig ht new scaster style that keeps editorializing dow n and his personal aversion to con­ servatives silenced. Critics of the liberal m edia have joked that he h as the guts to be boring. However, he let h is slant sur­ face during the 2000 town hall debate. O ut of 15 questions Lehrer pre-selected, only tw o challenged the candidates from a conserva­ tive angle, about six were neutral and the rest were liberal. There w ere questions about gay rights and affirm ative action, but noth­ ing about the ineffectiveness of gu n control. C onsidering more A m ericans identify them selves as conservatives than liberals, the debate severely underrepre­ sented the voice and the view s o f the right. T his tim e around , w e got C h arles G ibson, a co-host on "G o o d M o rn in g A m e rica " that calls "co m p assio n ate con­ serv atism " an oxym o ron and B u sh 's 2000 fund-raising levels "o b scen e." G ibson th e m ornin g before the debate that he would "elim inate som e [questions] that seem ... su p erflu ou s or seem red und ant" and that he w ould "sim ply p ick " others "a t random , trying to cover the subjects that [he thinks] are im portant to vot­ e rs." said Hrnm, full d iscretion in the hands of a netw ork hoblesse? G ood for Kerry, d isastrous for Bush — but the m edia elite w ould n't have it any other way, right? But, the bot­ this line tom tim e? Strangely, G ibson d id a good job. Charles Gibson O u t o f all th e q u estions, s o m e w h e r e aro u n d five w ere from a con serv a five persp ectiv e, and three w ere liberal. I suppose in a perfect w orld, the num ber w ould be four and four. Just consid er that reparation for the last town hall debate. G ibson even tried to play fair w ith the order o f the questions. K erry's opening question poked the flip-flopper w ound by label­ ing him "w ishy-w ashy," and his last question was from a conser­ vative, pro-life angle. B u sh 's first question doubted the rationale for going to war in light o f the D uelfer report, and he w as hit heavy at the end w ith a request to list three things h e's done w rong in office (the K erry cam paign needed new sound bytes). Also striking w as the sim plic­ ity and straightforw ardness of the questions that Gibson chose. N o evidence of ulterior plotting o r long political calculations. Just genuine questions. W ho w as this m oderator, and w hat did he do w ith the real C harles G ibson? G iven the m an the p o w er wielded, this w as unbelievable. For a conservative, hearing pre­ d ebate G ibson talk ab ou t his arbitrary control over the night's questioning is like w atching the Von Erich bothers flex their m us­ cles, know ing that the infam ous C law is com ing. I w as looking forw ard to gut- ring G ibson's questions that w ere con sp icu ou sly han d -p icked to favor the left. But, honestly, it's a beautiful letdow n. If it w eren 't for the usual, m is­ erable failings o f the m edia elite — w hom less than h alf of the cou ntry trusts an yw ay — we w ould n't be able to appreciate how nice Friday n igh t's debate really w as. R eco g n iz in g the elites' inability to q uestion civic- m indedly and w ithou t partisan bias lets us slap them on the back w hen they finally do. (Thanks, C harles.) So m etim es a letd ow n can renew confidence in ou r d em o­ cratic process — that w hen the m edia elite fail, the citizens are there, levelheaded and interest­ ed, to do it right. Rainey is a journalism sophomore. THE FIRING LINE Keep Mack! I'm exhausted with A nti-M ack Brow n Rhetoric. Ignorant "fa n s" and lame Web sites attem pt to perpetuate the necessity for firing M ack Brow n and actually believe that we w ould be better off w ith­ out "C oach Febru ary " T hese fans ought to look at the facts: O ur football program has never been m ore profitable; we have yet to lose a player early to the NFL, and w e've had at least a nine-w in season every year since he arrived. Tom O sborn e, like M ack Brow n, had problem s conquering the urine-soaked hell hole to the north know n as O klahom a. Barry Sw itzer ow ned O sbourne. Yet, once he b eat the M obilehom a, he w ent on to win three national titles and is rem em bered as a legend. Stev e Sp u rrier ow ned the rights to Phil Fu lm er's soul until he finally b eat the G ators in the sw am p and later w ent on to w m the national cham pionship. T hese are two great coaches w ho, like Brow n, w ere under fire. They are now regarded as leg­ ends. G ive the guy time — he has put Texas b ack on the map and, if given tim e, will lead us to the ON THE WEB Additional Firing Lines were posted today on the W eb site at www.dailytexanonline.com. elu sive national title. David Page American studies junior Ditch Mack! T h e Red River Shootout was anything but on Saturday. The gam e, offensively, w as very on e­ the Texas d efense sided, and spent an im m ense am ount of tim e controling A drian Peterson, w ithout any scoring to back them up. People can say w hat they w ant about each player and how he or she could have done this or that, but the bottom line is, Oklahom a had better coaching. Every year UT has one of the top 5 recruiting classes in the nation, but we can­ not beat Oklahom a, win the Big 12 or go to a BCS bow l game. I am tired of M ack Brow n's lame apol­ ogies for his inability to integrate am azing talent on the football field. The only way to stop this is to end the thing that is hindering the team: Fire Mack Brown. Tessa Hoerner Finance and biology sophomore Too much talk radio I've noticed a couple of letters in the Firing Line accusing the Texan of further liberal bias due to the staff's lack of coverage of the Lowell Sun 's end orsem ent o f George W. Bush. W hile I am not arguing that the Texan is not liberal, I d o not fault the Texan for not running the story since there is no story there. is not Lowell John K erry's "h om etow n." It is a place about 30 miles outside o f Boston where Kerry lives. There are about half a dozen papers betw een Lowell and his actual hom e in Boston, so it's not fair to call the Sun his "hom etow n paper." (Most would consider The Boston Globe Kerry's hom etow n paper.) in 2000 The C raw fo rd Ico n o clast end orsed Bush then "flip -flop p ed " for Kerry this rime around, citing the w ar in Iraq and econom ic policies as their main reasons, w hereas the Lowell Sun largely endorses Republican can­ didates, so their end orsem ent of Bush is nothing new. I'm all for readers keeping the Texan honest, but we should m ake sure that ou r "journalistic research" com es from varying sources and not just talk radio. Richard Hasenmyer UT alum, 1994 EDITOR'S NOTE O p in ion s expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the edi­ tor, the Editorial Board or writer of the article. They are not nec­ essarily those of the UT adm inis­ tration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-mail your Firing Lines firingline@dailytexanonline. to 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. States resist federal influence By Mike O 'Connor Daily Texan Columnist D uring the stock m arket boom of the 1990s, Wall Street firms routinely advised their custom ­ ers to buy stocks of com panies that w ere doing business with investm ent-banking the firm 's arm. In the face o f inaction from the Secu rities and E xchange C om m ission and the W hite H ouse, New York A ttorney General Elliot Spitzer negotiated a $900 million settlem ent and an industry-w ide reorganization with the 10 biggest firms, under the threat of legal action. H aving since taken on execu­ tive pay at the N Y SE and corrup­ tion in the m utual fund indus­ try, Spitzer is now predicted by many to be the next governor of New York. The M assachusetts Suprem e Court ruled earlier this year that a ban on gay m arriage violated that state's Constitution, and, on May 17, gay and lesbian couples began receiving m arriage licens­ law m ak ers have es. Though begun the process of am ending the M assachusetts Constitution to m ake future w eddings ille­ gal, for the tim e being, sam e-sex M assachusetts couples are get­ ting married. Vermont recently filed a law­ suit against the federal govern­ ment to obtain the right to import prescription drugs from Canada. Though the Food and Drug A dm inistration has explicitly forbidden the im portation of the generally less-expensive m edi­ cines, Verm ont had subm itted a proposal to do so through a pro­ gram that they had hoped could becom e a model for other states. G ov ernor Jim D ouglas stated that "[t]h e claim s on w hich [the FDA has] based this denial are, in our view, unsubstantiated, and we have no choice but to pursue any and all legal rem edies avail­ able." O n Nov. 2 citizens of California will vote on Proposition 71, w hich would authorize $3 billion of state funds to support scien­ tific w ork on stem cells. If voters approve the measure, President B u sh 's stem -cell com prom ise, w hich authorized federal m oney for research on already existing lines, but not for the creation of new ones, will effectively be overturned. W hat these seem ingly dispa­ rate cases have in com m on is that they are all recent exam ­ ples o f federalism, one o f the m ost significan t principles of A m erican democracy. First pro­ posed by Jam es M adison, feder­ alism refers to an idea by w hich the governm ent of the United States has certain responsibili­ ties, w hile the states have other, different duties. T h ro u g h o u t m uch of the 20th century, how ever, pow er leaned much more heavily in favor of the federal governm ent. The N ew Deal and Civil Rights M ovem ent w ere largely federal and not state projects, and there­ fore federal pow er has becom e associated in many m inds w ith liberal or D em ocratic causes. But support for federal ism i tself is far more opportunistic than ideological. R ep u b lican p resi­ dents have overridden the states w hen conservative policies were at stake, as w hen R eagan cham ­ pioned the N ational M inim um D rinking A ge A ct of 1984, w hich denied highw ay funds to any state that did not raise its legal drinking age to 21. M ore recently, President Bush has gone so far as to suggest a m en d in g the C o n stitu tio n to forbid states from sanction­ ing sam e-sex m arriages. And D em ocrats tend to be far more excited about the "activist fed­ eral ju d ges" w ho decided Roe v. Wade than those w ho ruled on Bush v. Gore. In that fact, m any argu e Am erican federalism is watered- dow n; they say that if the nation­ al governm ent w an ts som ething bad enough, the states are never strong enough to deny it. But the exam ples listed above suggest otherw ise. A s long as the states provide a different base of pow er than does the federal govern­ ment, the people can alw ays turn to the other w hen they feel that one is dom inating their lives. "A m b ition ," M adison argued in Federalist 51, "m u st be m ade to counteract am bition." stem -cell Though it is im possible to say w hat he m ight have thought about research or C anadian drugs, it is not too m uch to argue that he would be quite pleased with the m achin­ ery by w hich w e decide these issues. O'Connor is a Ph.D candidate in American studies. I V I S I O I I O Intramural Sports Tournament at Clark Field \ fc. i I Don’t miss out! Deadline for strip s: Oct. 19 atj5 Entries taken in GRE 2.204 sfesi ^ ' All players will receive W - ¿Tr-shirt with entr jurveotW e i" v UT students Frée Preview Week Oct. 18-22 recJuired! UTid § mid-semester gift , from RecSports! Students - get free access to all TeXercise classes Faculty/staff - get free access to all TeXercises classes and all RecSports facilities r 0 9r a m s w w w .ulrecsp orls.org 6 A DeLay cohorts released By Jonathan York Daily Texan Staff Two men charged with ille­ gal political fund-raising through a group affiliated with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were booked into jail and released on bond Monday. James Ellis, charged w ith a first-degree felony count of money laun­ dering, post­ ed a $20,000 bond. Tom D e L a y , H o u se m a jo rity leader W a r r e n RoBold posted a $10,000 bond on each of nine third-degree felony counts of accepting illegal con­ tributions. B oth m e n 's charges involved the political action committee Texans for a Republican Majority, created by DeLay. Ellis has been identified in news reports as director of for a Republican Americans Majority, the Texas FAC's nation­ al affiliate. RoBold reportedly is a Washington consultant. The brief hearing was Ellis' and RoBold's first appearance in court on indictments the handed dow n in September. They have not formally entered pleas John Colyandro, former executive director of Texans for a Republican Majority,, already posted bond on charges of money laundering and accepting illegal contributions. R o B o ld for the Texas PAC from corpora­ tions such as Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Sears Roebuck and Co., according to indictments. Ellis allegedly directed $190,000 of corporate money through the Republican National Committee to seven Texas candidates. raised money "1 le's not guilty" RoBold's law­ yer, Rusty Hardin, told reporters outside the courtroom. In Texas, corporations may not contribute to political campaigns. [-W s Tuesday, October 12, 2004 Professor delves into volcano action Geology expert says Mt. St. Helens activity m ay slow By Ricardo Lozano Daily Texan Staff "Mount "St. Helens continues to rumble, with the latest plume of steam that sprang from its mouth on Sunday rising several hundred feet over the 8,364- foot-tall peak. James Gardner, a UT associate professor of geology, said activ­ ity around the volcano should be calming down. "According the daily reports, the volcanic activity is quite down from where it has been," Gardner said. to But, he said, "God only knows" what the volcano will do in the future. He said experts make their best educated guess­ es on what the volcano will do based on its past and present activity and data from other volcanoes. "There is a lot of speculation going on, spur-of-the-moment kind of thing," he said.. G ardner said experts who predicted m assive eruptions may have been hasty in their forecast, but he would rather see them err on the side of cau­ tion. "Volcanic activity is caus­ ing the earthquakes, steam or magma moving beneath the lava dome," Gardner said. He also found the media cov­ erage of the volcano discon­ certing. He said he understood people's interest in the volcano but found the coverage similar to the horse-race coverage of presidential elections, with the media eager to predict some measure of destruction. Steven Bergman, a volcanolo­ gist at the University of Texas at Dallas, said the volcanic activity is just part of the normal cycles of a volcano. He said M ount St. Helens is the most active of 13 volcanoes in that area. Bergman held a public lecture as part of "Earth Sciences" week on Monday on the UT-Dallas campus to educate people on natural disasters in general and M ount St. Helens in particular. According to the American Institute of Geology's Web site, Earth Sciences week is an annual event intended to pro­ mote appreciation and under­ standing of the importance of earth-science research and its relevance to people's lives. This year's theme is "Living on a Restless Planet." The focus is on the natural disasters that affect the planet and how earth's scientists can work to reduce their effect on society. Fahrenheit 9/11 'release has video stores at odds One owner kept movie behind counter for 3 days By Melinda Merola Daily Texan Staff Phillip Patrick knew his video store would stand alone when he decided not to put "Fahrenheit 9/11" on the shelf when it made its DVD/VHS debut Oct. 5. Until Friday afternoon, the Cedar Park Blockbuster on Cypress Creek Road kept its copies of the con­ troversial Michael Moore docu­ mentary behind the counter, requiring customers to ask for it. "I thought it would be con­ troversial, and I didn't want to offend anyone," Patrick said. After being visited by oppo­ sitional community members attempting to push the film back onto the shelf, Patrick said he was even more inclined to keep it behind the counter. "[One of the community mem­ bers] was overbearing," Patrick said. "After she made her stand, I didn't want to put it out, but decided I would when it was fair and balanced." By 3 p.m. Friday he decided to put Moore's film on the shelf, after receiving copies of "Farenhvpe 9/11," a move he thought would make rental options more politi­ cally balanced. The documentary by Dick Morris provides insight into the real motivation for mak­ ing "Fahrenheit 9/11," according to the film's Web site. Patrick said the Cypress Creek Road Blockbuster tracked com­ munity feedback. "I thought it was a lot of fun," he said. "We were keeping score of the customer reactions. The majority thought it shouldn't be out on the shelves." Patrick said he received long­ distance phone calls from San Marcos, Georgetown and a town in Louisiana commending his decision. He said at least 20 cus- 'Fahrenheit 9/11'movie rentals # of COPIES # RENTED TO DATE # SOLD (total) STORE I Love Video Vulcan Video Guadalupe Blockbuster Red River Hollywood Video 4 13 179 2 50 4 13 79 125 not for saie not for sale 15 8 (sold out) Inform ation compiled by Melinda Merola tomers came in and told him they appreciated that he took a stand, but maintains he was not trying to take a stand; the situa­ tion just happened that way. Patrick owns two Blockbuster stores in Cedar Park. The other store has offered the documen­ tary on the shelves from the day it was released. "I was trying to perceive how it would be received by both places. It was never denied and always available if someone wanted to get it," Patrick said. Austin Moore, a clerk at Vulcan Video, also said he had strong sentiments regarding the Cypress Creek Road Blockbuster incident "You shouldn't have to walk up to the counter to get a movie." "W e w e re kee p­ ing score o f cus­ to m e r reactions. The m ajority t h o u g h t it s ho u ld n't be o u t on the shelves." Phillip Patrick, Cypress Creek Blockbuster owner Moore said. "It should be on the shelf whether you agree with the politics or not. It's a milder form of censorship." Other Austin-area video stores have cashed in as a result of THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OFFICIAL RING ORDERING EVENT á?» I v„7 ! íaá 7 For those who are eligible, this is your opportunity to order your official ring. It is time to become part of the UT tradition. C o m e by th e T ex a s E x e s E tter-H a rb in A lu m n i C en ter 2 1 1 0 S an J a c in to B lv d . October 11-1[5:1Mon-Fri 10:00 a . m . - 4 :0 0 p. m . JUNIORS AND SENIORS: Order your class ring today! 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The volcano erupted at 10:40 a.m. The new hole appears twice the size it was before. Bruce Ely A ssociated Press Moore's film. " Almost all of our 250 copies are out," said Wade Abraham, store director of the Hollywood Video on Red River Street. "The copies we were able to sell sold out immediately." I Love Video only has four copies of the movie, but store clerk Crissy Osborn said she thinks the store should carry more copies because people rent it like crazy. Patrick said he does not think keeping the film behind the counter affected revenues at his store because there was not a lot of interest. "I was kind of wishy-washy, like John Kerry," Patrick said. "I decided not to put it out, then I decided to." 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For the week's schedule www.queerut.org ^ "It's an issue of visibility," said Ixchel Rosal, director of the new Gender and Sexuality Center on campus. "F or people who are in the closet, seeing others out doing positive things creates a sense of community and safety and breaks down their sense of isolation. For people who come from conservative backgrounds, it's a norm alizing process to help them know they don't have to be scared or react negatively when they're exposed to differ­ ent ideas." The w eek's events include a unity march, speakers and gam es h id e-an d -seek- themed "C om e out, come out, wherever you are." like "A lot of students who identify them selves as non-heterosexuals feel invisible," said Jane Bost, associate director of Counseling, Learning and Career Services. "T h is pride week is important as an acknow ledgm ent that they're here, and they're a viable part of the University community." D espite their progress and publicity, the G LBT community believes there's still room for improvement. "A t UT, there's a sort of quiet acceptance, but we need to bring these issues more to the forefront," Rosal said. "There are definitely students w ho feel isolated and w ho are afraid to com e out, so we need to learn to reorient our everyday con­ versations and assum ptions to be more inclusive, instead of just assum ing that everyone is ' straight." Although Hosmer has dealt with questions, gossip and criti­ cism since he cam e out three years ago, he's found support from close friends, many of whom are also GLBT. "A lot of people are kind of hesitant about telling others they're gay right off the bat, because they get labeled, and it's hard to get past first im pres­ sions," Hosmer said. "T h ere's definitely a stigma about coming out, especially to your family, because it's your closest bond, and you're always worried about their reactions. That's why these organizations are there — for friendship and support." DRUMLINE LAWSUIT: Linklater has not yet been notified of suit From pagel A Bobby Wooderson, Andy Slater and Richard "Pink" Floyd are portrayed in the movie as David Wooderson, Ron Slater and Randall "Pink" Floyd, respectively. The similarity in name and like­ ness of the characters is obvious, said attorney Ernest Freeman. "M y clients were not asked nor did they give their permission to be portrayed in this movie," he said. The movie has turned these men into unwitting celebrities and cast them in a less than flat­ tering light, Freeman said. Sarah Johnson, assistant to Linklater, said he had not been notified of the lawsuit and only read about it in the paper. The m ovie's depiction of Wooderson, who was played by actor Matthew McConaughey, as an "aging high school wannabe with the bad-ass car who, despite graduating years ago, can't leave his high school 'daze' behind him," reads the suit. The suit alleges lines attrib­ uted to Wooderson in the movie include M cConaughey's com­ ment to an incoming high-school freshman, "Hey, man, got a joint?" When the freshman says he does not, McConaughey replies, "It'd be a lot cooler if you did." Freeman said these quotes have become infamous, and the real-life Wooderson has never said any­ thing similar, adding that the per­ sonal lives of Slater and Floyd have been similarly disrupted over the years by people making assump­ tions on their personal habits. When classmates of Bobby Wooderson's son at Harvard learned the boy's father was the basis for David Wooderson in the movie, "they asked him for auto­ graphs and wanted to smoke pot with him," Freeman said. The suit was filed in New Mexico because it has a longer statute of limitations than other states for claims of defamation and false light, Freeman said. When it came out, the plain­ tiffs thought the movie would fade out, Freeman said. But they decided to sue years later because the popularity has only grown. The plaintiffs are still living in Huntsville, Freeman said. Slater runs a construction company, Wooderson has a job in the tech­ nology sector, and Floyd works at a local car dealership. Wiley Wiggins, who portrayed Mitch Kramer, said in an e-mail the people pressing the suit do not have a valid claim. "It's half-baked a n d , pathetic opportunism, and I can only im agine how it m ust make [Linklater] feel," he said. Wiggins said at one time Linklater proposed making a sequel, showing how the charac­ ters had degenerated into "gas- pumping, hungry ghosts of their former selves." "It was a cool idea, but I think the real movie would be a docu­ mentary about the sad sacks back in Huntsville who are trying to cash in 11 years later over vague­ ly having something to do with a movie," he said. DE LA RAZA: Celebration hopes to recognize artistic legacy From page l A Association Resistencia and Bookstore /Casa de Red Salmon Arts, the event will educate attend­ ees about the indigenous people living in the Americas at the time of Columbus' arrival in 1492, Limón said. "It's a day to celebrate indig­ enous contributions ... [It's a] cel­ ebration of their history, showing how their traditions have carried on," said raúlrsalinas, founder and director of Resistencia Bookstore/ Casa de Red Salmon Arts. the The celebration aspires to rec­ importance of the ognize indigenous peoples' cultural and artistic legacy with a presentation by cultural activists José Montoya, Carmen Tafolla and raúlrsalinas. The presentation will include poetry readings accompanied by music and an artistic performance by Montoya, said Dolores Garcia, coordinator of the event. Conjunto Aztlan will perform traditional Chicano music, and UT Ballet Folklórico will entertain through their traditional dance. The Center for M exican American Studies hopes to turn the celebration into an annual event, Garría said. to "I look at it as a cultural enlight­ enment spread awareness through our community," she said. Those unfamiliar with the holi­ day will experience the artistic tra­ ditions of a culturally rich people who enjoy sharing their culture with others, raúlrsalinas said. "They will hear elements of the traditions of these native people," he said. "We hope that they really get turned on by the music, poet­ ry and dance." 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Blanca G arcia | Daily Texan Staff LOWELL: Papers get different responses From p age l A Smith said he received hun­ dreds of derogatory e-mails from across the nation, while Campanini reported receiving only two oppositional e-mails from out of state. Both newspa­ pers said they expected varied responses from their endorse­ ments, but the reactions against the Iconoclast are unusual, Smith said. said, because Campanini M assachusetts is a heavily Democratic state, he's gotten a lot of statewide negative feed­ back. "But out of state, we've been overwhelmed by e-mails from across the country prais­ ing us for doing this in Kerry's backyard," he said. As their biographies show, neither candidate was born or raised in the city in which his "hometown newspaper" runs. According to the Senate Web site, Kerry was bom in Aurora, Colo., and resides in Boston. Bush's personal Web site states he was bom in New Haven, Conn., and grew up in Houston and Midland. Because Bush's ranch is located near Crawford, the city calls itself his home. said C am panini Kerry bought a home in Lowell in 1972 to run his first political race for the position of District 5 Congressman. "H e was defeated in that election, largely because the Lowell Sun ran a series of ed i­ torials and stories where he was described as a carpetbag­ ger, because he'd been shop­ ping around from California to M assachu setts the best opportunity to run for Congress," Cam panini said. for though The Sun has a history of not it supporting Kerry, generally supports Democratic candidates running for state representatives has endorsed Republican governors since 1988, Campanini said. The paper did not endorse Kerry in any of his Senate elections. and The Iconoclast, however, endorsed Bush during his first term and changed "based not only on the things that Bush has delivered, but also on the vision of a return to normality that Kerry says our country needs," stated the Sept. 29 endorsement editorial. 7A DIVERSITY: Michigan, A&M have offices From p agel A the need for such a position but waited until August to formally announce the posi­ tion as a vice provost. The University is far short of being first to create a high- level person in charge of pro­ moting diversity at a major degree-granting institution. A diversity position was created at Texas A&M in 2003, and the University of Michigan has had a similar position since 1988. M ost schools with a diversity position are usu­ ally prompted to do so by prominent incidences of racial insensitivity, said Benjamin Dixon, vice president for mul­ ticultural affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dixon said he got his job because of one such incident at Virginia Tech, and when he started in 1998, only a handful of schools had simi­ lar positions. Key leader qualities vary by the institution, but there are several universal traits inher­ ent to the position, Dixon said. "Ideally the person would not only have knowledge of education and higher edu­ cation, but should also have knowledge and training in the business industry sector of society," he said. A pitfall that some schools make is thinking of the person in charge of diversity as an enforcer, Dixon said. "I look at my role as coun­ selor, consultant, stimulator, but I don't see myself as chief, and frankly, nobody else does either," he said. Committed leadership at the highest level is also extremely important, said John Matlock, associate vice provost for aca­ demic affairs and director of the office of academic mul­ the ticultural University7 of Michigan. initiatives at At Michigan, each school in the university has its own diversity coordinator with the university provost and vice provost leading diversity ini­ tiatives, Matlock said. "I do think it's important that the institution have some very clear-cut goals that they want to accomplish," Matlock said. "I'v e seen situations where you're more looking for a savior — it's like saying 'we're not sure what we want to do, but we'll bring on the right person, and they'll bring on the right things.'" SHARE YOUR FILES WITH ANYONE, ANY­ WHERE, ANY TIME INTRODUCING THE WORLDS FASTEST, EASIEST WAY TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR LAB PARTNER With T a k e F o r m y o u can easily and quickly share your project data with anyone, any­ where, any time. 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The metrosexual allows his B1C razor to travel below his chin, claiming ter­ ritory previously unknown to a m an's razor. W hat began as the tweezing of an occasional stray nose hair has spread indiscriminately to all parts of the male anatomy underneath the neck. Popularized by the Fab Five on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," the term "metro­ sexual" identities a "w hite middle-class urban heterosexual male who is concerned about the presentation of the self, mainly defined by style and fashion," said Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, an assistant professor of sociology at UT who specializes in gender and sexuality studies with populations of Mexican origin. Gonzalez-Lopez suggests that globalization, new expressions of cap­ italism and western ideals of masculin­ ity are contributing to the metrosexuality spread in other ethnic communities. H p n m i n r p i While O'Connell said he denounces many elements of metrosexuality, he val­ ues the importance of fashion. enirl "In the business world," he said, "it is important to look competent and well- put-together at all times. Dressing well shows, attention to detail, self-worth and a good sense of the world around you." O'Connell said the same philosophy applies to social situations because "peo­ ple are attracted to people who know how to dress well." is The importance of looking good emphasized by celebrity and gossip mag­ azines that illustrate society's infatuation with well-groomed men through their constant coverage of the fashion elite. David Beckham may be the quintessential metrosexual: hot body, hotter clothes and shoes to match. Gonzalez-Lopez points out that ideas of masculinity and femininity are fluid, and these concepts change with A m erica's. dynamic capitalistic society. "O ur generation certainly does have more options than our fathers in the fash- Hairless icons of metrosexuality regu­ larly appear in Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch and a plethora of other style advertisements, Gonzalez-Lopez said. "Fashion, in particular new expres­ sions of masculinity as defined by new is European-dominated a significant social factor affecting this trend," Gonzalez-Lopez said. fashion style, While academics monitor this trend, women are becoming curious, too, now that the men they date often have smooth­ er legs than they do. "I don't think that I would call it effemi­ nate," said Wendy Bradley, a government senior, "but lately I've noticed that the men I date are curiously hairless in most areas." Bradley said her first experience with this updated form of male grooming occurred during her freshman year at UT. "One of my best friends was eliminating unwanted hair for a big date but needed help for a hard-to-reach surface," she said. "W e drove to HEB, bought some sugar wax, and by the end of the evening, his butt was as smooth as a baby's bottom While only recently popularized by the metrosexual trend, hair removal has been a part of the lives of UT athletes for decades. Runners, swimmers and cyclists such as Norman Caston Meyer shave off hair to shave off time in races. Meyer, a geological sciences junior, pre­ sides as secretary of UT's Cycling learn and competes regularly in mountain bike races. "If hair gets in the way of anything, it's just got to go," he said. This is not your father's fashion But it's not only an increased passion for sm ooth skin that drives the m etro­ sexual. A flair for good fashion is also on the top of his list. "While I don't have a hairless body or an overabundance of hair products," said Joe O'Connell, a finance senior, "I do have more clothes than your average guy might." "I don't think I would call it effiminate, but lately I've noticed that the men I date are curiously hairless in most areas." W endy Bradley, gove rn m e nt senior ion departm ent," O'Connell said. "As being fashionable becomes less a sign of femininity and more a sign of social apti­ tude and success, the younger generation of males is becoming less afraid of coordi­ nating a snappy tie and shirt." Girlfriends affected by this trend are sharing closet space at home and cardio machines at the gym. And beer guts are a thing of the past as men clamor for the bodies of the hairless, well-dressed mod­ els in GQ and Maxim. Putting effort into appearance no longer carries a "girls-only" label. " I do not have an extensive hair product collection. I don't have the finest clothes. Hell, I don't even wear cologne," said Olle Lorehn, a petroleum engineering senior. "But I work hard to keep my body in good physical condition." As male fashions become more enter­ prising, the male physique falls under more scrutiny. Designers create low-rise jeans for lean bodies— bodies that do not occur effortlessly. A full-time student with a part-time job, Lorehn said he still manages to spend time in the library and at the Rec Center. "I swim two times a week, run two times a week and lift weights four times a week," Lorehn said. And Lorehn is not alone. "M ore people today are in the weight room than there were 30 years ago," he said. "A person's appearance has become s a i d very important in today's society, and this can be seen no matter where you look." Eager to cash in on the trend, companies axe expanding to cater to the demands of im age-conscious men. Vera Wang, Redken, Clinique and Lancome recently developed new lines of men's skin care products. Clearasil markets Energizing Face Scrub for Men in a chrome-trimmed container, which matches quite well with Adidas' Energizing Face Lotion for men in a sporty-looking box. The other side of the razor Even salons and spas are rapidly expanding their list of services to support the influx of male customers. Zhanna Savitskaya, owner of Halina European Skin Care Spa and Salon in Austin, said her spa has seen an "expo­ nential increase" in the amount of male customers clamoring for spa services over the last four years. "We feel a lot of it has to do with the emergence of the 'metropolitan man' con­ cept," she said. Girlfriends and wives do not force their significant others to get pampered any­ more; instead, many metrosexuals schedule their spa tnp right next to guys' night out. "M en are much more comfortable in the spa environment than in the past," Savitskaya said. "It is finally OK for men to look good." Many sociologists say that it is the increasing acceptance and popularity of homosexual icons such as the Fab Five or "Will & Grace" making the metrosexual trend so popular, but some in the gay com ­ munity say this is misleading. Dana Cloud, a gay activist and an asso­ ciate professor of communication studies at UT, feels the term metrosexual creates a false impression that heterosexuals are more accepting of homosexuality than in the past. While metrosexuals themselves are not gay, the fact they've embraced ele­ ments of what is usually considered gay culture creates the illusion discrimination is a thing of the past. "The inclusion of some images and inat­ tention to others is problematic," she said. The development of the term metrosex­ ual, Cloud said, highlights the adoption of certain aspects of gay culture, while ignor­ ing the fact many homosexuals are of the working class. Despite Cloud's concerns, the popular­ ity and influence of the metrosexual does not appear to be fading any time soon. Just take a glance at any television show, men's magazine or a lecture hall on the UT campus. Like Meyer, O' Connell and Lorehn, guys don't have to go to extremes and wear makeup like David Beckham or get manicures like Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. But they are part of a growing population of men who invest more time in their over­ all appearance. They may not be sugar and spice and everything nice, but metrosexuals are cer­ tainly a whole new flavor. Shaun Stewart Daily Texan Staff David Beckham: With looks that rival his "posh" wife, Beckham maintains a stylish image on and off the soccer field. mk jM ■ ' & ¡V': ■ ' ' Sean "P. Diddy" Combs: P. Diddy brought a stylish new edge to rap videos and continues to influence other artists with his style and sense of fashion. Lenny Kravtiz: From his "Are You Gonna Go My Way" days to his appearance at MTV's Video Music Awards this summer, Kravitz has always had a noticeable flair for fashion. Michael Jordan: Rumors have it that Mr. Jordan gets manicures every 10 days Oavid B« Fernando Llano I Associated Press I f y o u're lo o k in g for . . . Pampering of all kinds H a lin a E u ro p e a n S k in C a r e Sp a a n d S a l o n 5403 Clay Ave. M a xim u m FX — 1007 S. Congress Ave., Suite 10C Hot, hip hair W et S a l o n — 1109 S. Congress Ave. P in k — 1204 S. Congress Ave. A v a n t — 318 Colorado St. Sassy shopping haunts B y G e o r g e — 2346 Guadalupe St. U r b a n O u t f it t e r s — 2406 Guadalupe St. T h e ra p y — 1113 South Congress Ave. F a c t o r y P eople — 702 Patterson Ave. www.dailytexanonline.com S p o rts Editor: Melanie Boehm E-m ail: sports@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 The Texan spotlights a pair of golfers from across the pond S E C T IO N Tuesday, October 12, 2004 S i d e l i n e Texas recruits from 'cross the country Vigilante's passive recruiting strategy lures top talent By Jeff Zell Daily Texan Staff There are 309 Division I colleges and 218 Division II colleges that offer cross country scholarships for male athletes, which total 6,688 col­ legiate scholarships available. With only 12.6 scholarships available per university, a full ride doesn't come easily. Erik Stanley did not care. "I was looking for a balance,' the Texas freshman said. "Other schools offered more, but that wasn't important." Stanley, a highly touted runner from Klein, chose the 40 Acres over multiple schools, including the University of Virginia. Stanley entered his senior year at Klein High School as the fastest returning high school miler in the entire country. He placed second in the Foot Locker Regional meet. And with those honors came the hype. Letters, phone calls and visits by recruiting agencies and univer­ sities came often. As well as visits to colleges all around the country. And then there was Texas. "I have a more passive technique of recruiting," coach Jason Vigilante said. "They first have to come to Texas for the right reason." Being passive was the perfect solution for Stanley. At the beginning of the recruit­ ing process, he initially wanted to relocate out of state. After casual phone calls and a visit to Texas, the decision was still up in the air. Vigilante didn't push anything and let the prestige of the program play itself out. "I came because of the recruiting class," Stanley said. "All the guys I competed against came here, and they're all good." Good is an understatement. Stanley is one of six freshmen to join the 2004 Longhorn squad. Vigilante doesn't hesitate when it comes to boasting about his recruit­ ing class of 2004. "I really believe we have the best recruiting class in the entire nation," Vigilante said. "It's not just about how talented they are; they're all special and here for the right reason." Recruiting for the Longhorn team begins in the fall with genenc phone calls expressing interest. In particular instances, the parents and athlete visit the University and meet with Vigilante one-on- one. That's where Vigilante looks RECRUITS continues on page 3B Astros advance to face Cards Lance Berkman hits two home runs as Houston defeats Atlanta in Game 5 of the NLDS. SEE PAGE 3B Putting it back together Topic leads Horns to No. 9 Mira Topic earned Big 12 player of the week for the second week in a row, third time overall for Texas (15-0, 7-0). The two time All- American senior notched 25 kills, 10 digs and four blocks in No. 9 Texas'win over No. 16 Kansas State on Saturday. Topic is aver­ aging 7.17 kills per game, currently 13th in the nation, and posted nine double-doubles in the 15 contests. On Monday, Texas also cracked the top 10 for the first time this season, garnering a No. 9 ranking in the weekly American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. As one of four undefeated teams in the country, Texas is second in the conference to only No. 4 Nebraska (13-1,5-0), though the teams remained tied in the Big 12. Texas a n d Tech under the lights The time for Texas' game at Texas Tech on Oct. 23 has been set for 6 p.m. The game between the Longhorns and the Red Raiders in Lubbock will be televised nationally by TBS. Texas Tech (4-2,2-2 Big 12) beat Nebraska, 70- 10, Saturday in Lubbock on TBS. The Red Raiders knocked off Texas the last time the two met at Jones SBC Stadium, in 2002. Tennessee wins clash o f titans Coming off a concussion, Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre threw three interceptions as the Packers lost in Lambeau Field to the Tennessee Titans, 48-27. Compiled from staff and Associated Press reports M L B Playoffs Boston at New York Yankees, 7 p.m., FOX W N B A Playoffs Connecticut at Seattle, 8:15 p.m., ESPN2 Series tied, 1-1 Search for Texas offense, fixing m istakes begins a n e w B y Ben Cutrell Daily Texan Staff Texas head coach Mack Brown woke up Sunday morning and went back to work. It would have been easier to stay away from the office, considering Brown and the Longhorns suffered their first loss of the sea­ son and fifth consecutive defeat to Oklahoma in Dallas on Saturday. But Brown and his staff met with their players Sunday and worked on correcting mistakes in prepara­ tion for Missouri. "When you get beat by the No. 2 team in the country who is really good, you don t bum the house down," Brown said. "You just try to figure out what happened and what you can do better." After the loss at the Cotton Bowl, the Longhorns got on the bus and made the long trip back to Austin. While his players tried to put the loss behind them, Brown went home and popped in the game tape. He wanted to rid himself of the emotional aspects of the loss and review the team's performance. He was pleased by his players' effort, but he also saw mistakes on key plays that decided the outcome of the game. "Our inability to make plays in the pass­ ing game, and our inability to keep Adrian Peterson from making explosive runs really hurt us," Brown said. "We spent so much time working on Jason White and their receivers after last year. We did a great job FO O TB ALL continues on page 2B Ben Sklar | Daily Texan Staff Above, Vince Young looks dow n field during a run in the first quarter of the Red River Shootout. Young rushed for 82 and passed for 86 in the 12-0 shut­ out to O klahom a on Saturday. Left, Oklahom a safety Brodney Pool talks with Texas head coach Mack Brown after the game. Sh a u n Stew art D aily Texan Staff Texas Tech posts historic win over Cornhuskers Red Raiders hand Nebraska its worst loss in program's 114-year history, 70-10 B y Jacob Brow n Daily Texan Staff Texas Tech's first ever victory over Nebraska was certainly a memorable one But it's one Com husker fans would like to forget, considering it was the worst loss in the team's history. Red Raider quarterback Sonny Cumbie threw for 436 yards and five touchdowns for Tech (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), who defeated Nebraska (3-2, 1-1) by a score of 70-10. The previous high mark for margin of defeat for the Cornhuskers was 54, which happened three times and most recently against Minnesota in 1945. The 70 points scored against Nebraska is also a new high, eclipsing the 62 points the Cornhuskers allowed to Colorado in a 2001 loss. Because they were playing from behind all game, Nebraska quarterbacks were forced to continue throwing the ball, and they combined to complete just 15-of-42 passes with five interceptions. The Cornhuskers w ere also held to less than 100 yards on the ground for the first time this season. Kansas finally beats Kansas State Texas fans may think five years is a long time, but they've got nothing on the Kansas Jayhawk faithful. The Kansas football team <3-3, 1-2) went 11 years between w ins over in-state rival Kansas State (2-3, 0-2) before ending the losing streak with a 31-28 win Saturday. Since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996, the Wildcats beat the Jayhaw7ks by an aver­ age of 40 points in each game, including a 42-6 win last season and a 64-0 victory in 2002. Saturday's game could be a sign of things to come in the rivalry. Kansas is a team dear­ ly on the rise, as it won four more games last year than it did in 2002 and played in its first bowl game since 1995. The Jayhaw?ks are a few plays away from being undefeated, and their three losses have come by a combined 10 points. BIG 12 continues on page 2B iraska's Barrett Ruud tackles Texas Tech tight end Bristol Oloum a during the third quarter of Red Raiders'70-10 win over the Cornhuskers on Saturday. 2B S p o r t Tuesday, O ctober 12, 2004 Not a great weekend to be an ex-Longhorn T i h f i POWER POLL ^ Daily Texan Staff i; OKLAHOMA SOONERS (5-0,2-0 BIG 12) Any questions about Oklahoma's defense were more than answered Saturday. OU is the best team in the Big 12 and looking more and more like the best in the nation. 2. TEXAS LONGHORNS (4-1,1-1) The remaining teams on Texas' schedule have a blueprint for how to stop the Longhorns, but until Texas loses another game, they are still second to OU. % T 3. OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (5-0,2-0) OSU's 42-14 rout of Colorado proved they are a force in the conference, and that the difference between the Big 12 North and South is astronomical. 4. TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (4-2,2-1) Everyone knew the Red Raiders could score, but the Tech defense makes this team bet­ ter than the one in years past. The Red Raiders forced seven Nebraska turnovers. Ti a i . i f " i f t O\P*m 5. TEXAS A&M AGGIES (4-1,2-0) The Aggies keep winning, but impressiveness of those victories con- tinues to dwindle as Clem son (1-4) and Kansas State (2-3) keep losing m t m 6. MISSOURI TIGERS (4-1,2-1) Gary Pinkel's team will come to Austin Saturday hoping to regain some of the respectability it lost against Troy earlier in this season. 7. KANSAS JAYHAWKS (3-3,1-2) Kansas had lost its first tw o conference gam es by a com bined seven points but finally took the next step in its upset win over Kansas State. 8. COLORADO BUFFALOES (3-2,0-2) The Buffaloes should get back in the win colum n this week against Iowa State, but it m ay be a while before Colorado w ins again. 9. NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (3-2,1-1) Nebraska has never been this bad. The Huskers suffered their worst loss in its 114- year against Tech. Maybe Nebraska should have stuck with the option. N 10. KANSAS STATE WILDCATS (2-3,0-2) The Wildcats, like Nebraska, is a program on the decline. Nothing says that more than Kansas State's first loss to Kansas in 11 years. 11. IOWA STATE CYCLONES (2-3,0-2) Iowa State is two weeks away from the battle of the Big 12 bottom feeders, but íSÚx the Cyclones play in the weaker division than Baylor. 12. BAYLOR BEARS (2-3,0-2) Baylor's defense is im proving but still can't make up for the lack of talent and ability on the offensive side of the ball. BIG 12: Peterson recognized after Red River performance O klahom a running back Adrian Peterson dives past Texas defen­ sive back Michael Huff for a first down. The run eventu­ ally set up a Sooner field goal in the third quarter. From page IB Kansas State, on the other hand, has already lost as many conference games as the team did last season when it won the Big 12 Championship. With upcom­ ing games against Oklahoma and Texas Tech and at Missouri and Colorado, it's possible that the Wildcats will not even be bowl eligible for the first time since 1992. Cowboys roll past Buffaloes Every game this season for O klah om a fresh m an State quarterback Donovan Woods has resulted in career-highs in completions and passing yards. Saturday against Colorado (3-2, 0-2) Woods' numbers continued to rise as the No. 16 Cowboys (5-0, 2-0) won 42-14. Woods completed eight pass­ es in only 11 attempts for 193 yards, and his three touchdown passes increased his season total to seven. He has also hooked up with his brother D'Juan for a touch­ down in three straight games. D'Juan is the Cowboys' leading receiver with 180 yards and 10 catches this season. to thanks The passing game has opened up the continu­ ing solid play of running back Vernand Morency. The nation's second-leading rusher in total yards compiled 165 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. He now has 869 yards and eight touchdowns this season. Missouri emerges in North With Nebraska's loss to Texas Tech, Missouri (4-1, 2-0) is now the lone undefeated team in the Big 12 North Division in confer­ ence play after defeating Baylor (2-3, 0-2) by a score of 30-10. Since losing to Troy in the second game of the season, Missouri has outscored their last three opponents by a combined 76 points. Junior quarterback Brad Smith, who threw two interceptions in his team's only loss, has not thrown a pick since then in 84 passing attempts over the last three games. The Tigers, who were among the favorites to win the Big 12 North in the preseason, are in the driver's seat in their division once again. Ben Sklar Daily Texan Staff Players of the week Jonathan Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson and Jackson were named Big 12 O ffensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, and Oklahoma State punter Cole Farden was selected as the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week. the Peterson becam e first Sooner running back to rush for over 100 yards in the first five games of his career. He rushed for an O klahom a freshman- record 225 yards on 32 carries in the 12-0 win over Texas. Texas running back Cedric Benson was held to less than 100 yards for the first time this sea­ son, thanks in large part to senior defensive end Jackson. He came up with a season-high eight tack­ les to go along with 12 quarter­ back hurries, anchoring a defense that shutout the Longhorns. In Oklahoma State's 42-14 win over Colorado, Farden averaged 48.1 yards per punt on seven attempts, including a season-long 63-yarder. Four of his punts were downed inside the Colorado 20- yard line, and five of his six. kick- offs went for touchbacks. Form er Texas q u a rte rb a ck Chris Sim m s throws a pass during the Bucs' win over New Orleans on Sunday. Sim m s in jure d his sho uld er during the first quarter and is listed as day-to-day: Bill H ab e r | A ssociated Press Sim m s' tenure as starter lasts just 19 plays with the Bucs By The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Chris Simms' first NFL start lasted 19 plays, and it may be a while before he plays again for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Although second-year the quarterbac k is day to day with a left shoulder sprain, coach Jon Gruden said Brian Griese, who came off the bench to pace Sunday's 20-17 win over New Orleans, will start next Monday night at St. Louis. "There will be no surgery. We're going to call it a sprain. He's going to be sore for a period of days," Gruden said, adding Simms will be listed as doubtful. Asked if he expects Simms to practice this week, Gruden was not optimistic. "It depends on how quick the soreness subsides. I would say that that's questionable at best," the coach said. "H opefully as the week unfolds, he'll get some strength and mobility back." The son of former New York Giants star Phil Simms was 5-of- 8 for 68 yards and produced a 3-0 lead before he was hurt when Saints rookie Will Smith sacked him in late in the first quarter, causing a fumble. X-rays taken Sunday showed no structural damage, and a MRI exam performed Monday was negative, too. Griese, also the son of a Super qu arterback, B ow l-w inning replaced Simms and completed 16 of 10 passes for 194 yards and one touchdown. Gruden shrugged off a ques­ tion about wrhether Griese earned the starting job, which was held by Brad Johnson through an 0-4 ^tart, or if Simms would return to the lineup when he's healthy. "We're just going to deal with the reality of business. Chris is hurt," Gruden said. "If Chris had stayed healthy and played like he was playing, he would continue to be our starter. He's not healthy. He's hurt. Brian Griese did a heck oi a job. r le’s starting." Meanwhile, Gruden said the team will not trade Johnson, who has lost 13 of 20 starts since lead­ ing the Bucs to a Super Bowl vic­ tory in January 2003. "I'm not going to answer all the m m or mill," Gruden said. "There's a lot of inaccuracies out there. Brad Johnson is a big part of this football team and w ill con­ tinue to be that." Williams maimed in Detroit ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Lions sacked Michael Vick six times and forced four turnovers in Sunday's 17-10 victory. Vick threw for only 196 yards and rushed for just 29. "N ota lot of guys can come back from a sprained ankle in one week, but I think I can do it." Roy W illiam s, w id e receiver "Michael Vick had never been sacked six times in one game in his life," Lions coach Steve Mariucci said Monday. "We hit him inside the pocket and outside the pocket and harassed him all day. "To contain him like we did was phenomenal." Atlanta also entered the game with the league's leading rush­ ing attack, but Detroit held the Falcons to just 94 yards. "O ur front four has just been dominating people," Mariucci said. "There have been 49 play­ ers to run for 100 yards in a game this season, and none of those have been against us. A lot of that is coming from our team speed on defense." Mariucci also was encouraged that standout rookie receiver Roy Williams does not have a high ankle sprain. Williams leads the team in every receiving category. "It feels pretty good — I was on crutches before, but just as a precaution," he said. "We'll just have to see what happens. Not a lot of guys can come back from a sprained ankle in one week, but I think I can do it." Another Panther bites the dust C H A R LO TTE, N.C. — DeShaun Foster joined Carolina's growing list of injured offensive FREE POKER CHIPS J p r M u , . é> C a s in o Q u ality ^ Free c a s e j* * I * •VU; \ w / P Jfk Free sh ip pin g! For d e ta ils, visit: % V e g a sP o k e rP ro .co m stars and will be out six-to-10 weeks with a broken collarbone. After remaining fairly injury- free last season en route to the NFC championship, the bumps, bruises and breaks have piled up early this year for the Panthers (1-3). Star receiver Steve Smith is out indefinitely with a broken leg, top running back Stephen Davis has missed three games following knee surgery and kick returner Rod Smart, also the No. 3 running back on the roster, is out with a knee injury. And next up is Philadelphia in a rematch of last season's NFC title game. "I don't think there is any quit in our football team regardless of the circumstances," coach John Fox said Monday. "We've still got three quarters of the season left, and whether there are injuries or not, nobody is going to come rescue us, so w e've got to bow up and compete." Fox said Smart definitely won't play against the Eagles, and Davis is uncertain. That leaves him eye­ ing Joey Harris, an undrafted rookie from Purdue currently on the team's practice squad, to pos­ sibly start in Philadelphia. "We're going to obviously do something," Fox said. "We are very thin there at this point." Giant tumbles to the ground EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tim Carter, the New York Giants' best deep threat receiver, might miss the rest of the season with a hip injury. "W e're very disappointed," coach Tom Coughlin said Monday. "H e did so many things. He gave us so many opportunities to press the coverage." The team may put Carter on injured reserve, although it is not clear if the third-year pro will need surgery for a possible fracture in the hip area, Coughlin said. Coughlin believed the injur}' happened when Carter and a defender went sprawling after a ball in the. end zone in New York's win Sunday at Dallas. Carter has had each of his three seasons cut short by injury. He appeared in five games as a rookie before being sidelined with a torn Achilles' tendon. He played 12 games last year, start­ ing two, but missed the end of the season with a concussion. Carter has 12 receptions for 182 yards (15.2 average, best on the team) and a 38-yard touchdown catch. Rookie Jamaar Taylor, a sixth- round draft pick from Texas is getting "strong con­ A&M, sideration" to replace Carter, Coughlin said. Taylor is coming off recon­ structive knee surgery performed in his senior year. Sport" 3B Houston finally wins playoff series A group of Astros m ob outfielder Jose Vizcaino after Houston defeated Atlanta in Gam e 5 o f the N ational League Divisional Series. The Astros will travel to St. Louis W ednesday to kick off the conference championships. John Bazem ore | A s s o c ia t e ! : re ss H ouston poured it on in the seventh after Atlanta sum m oned Chris Reitsma from the bullpen. With two outs, Biggio lined an RBI single to right and w ound at third w hen the throw hom e skipped aw ay from Estrada. Beltran followed w ith another single, driving in his third run of the gam e, before Bagwell launched a m am m oth drive to left-center for a tw o-run homer. Before the seventh was done, Jeff Kent also drove in a run off Tom Martin, giving the Astros a 9-2 lead. They could have broke out the cham pagne right then. Bagwell and Biggio, w ho took m uch of the blame for 1 louston's futility, finally silenced their crit­ ics. Biggio w as 8-of-20 (.400) w ith a hom er and four RBIs in the series. Bagwell w as 7-of-22 (.318) w ith two hom ers and five RBIs. football Lack o f deep threat stifled Longhorn o ffe n s e From page IB with their passing gam e, and then they [broke] some big runs on us." Im m ediately after the game, Brown saw the final stats for his offense: 240 yards, three turn­ overs, zero points. He faced m ul­ tiple questions in the post-gam e press conference about the unit's execution and about the gam e plan and play selection of offen­ sive coordinator Greg Davis. After w atching the film, Brown found problem s but refused to be publicly critical of his coach­ es or players, saying it isn't his way of doing things and that the Longhorns are not a professional football team. "If you d o n 't score, obviously it w asn't good enough," Brown said. "T hat's unacceptable at Texas, and w e understand that." Brown w as particularly d is­ pleased w ith the L onghorns' lack of success in the passing game. Q uarterback Vince Young and his y ou ng receiving corps were unable to move the ball or force O klahom a to back its defenders aw ay from the line of scrim m age. The Longhorns had even bigger problem s on long yardage plays — w ith the Sooners expecting passes — and converted only six of 15 third dow ns. Young com pleted only 8-of-23 passes for 86 yards. The redshirt sophom ore w as also sacked three times, pushing the Longhorns out of field-goal range. Texas trailed by less than a touchdow n for m uch of the game. Despite the lack of production from their offensive teammates, m em bers of Texas' defense refrained the offense for the loss. from blam ing "This is a team gam e," senior linebacker Derrick Johnson said. "The defense m essed up too. We d id n 't shut them out. We w eren't pleased because w e d id n 't w ant to give up any points." Defensive tackle Rod Wright d id n 't have to think very long before rem em bering a gam e w hen the defense "d id n 't show up" and the offense bailed them out. He said successful football teams d o n 't always have even contributions from both units. To prove his point, W right took all of his offensive team m ates w ho apologized for Saturday's loss and pointed out last season's 43- 40 win over Texas Tech. "The offense w as coming to us on Saturday and telling us they w ere sorry and that we plaved well," W right said. "I brought them back to Tech last year. They saved our butts. That's w h y it is called a team. But it's not on them. We don't p u t it on them at all." With the loss, Texas dropped to ninth in The Associated Pres> an d 11th the ESPN USA Today Coaches polls. in Tuesday, O ctober 12, 2004 Texas slugger passes away Former Astro, NL M VP dies of heart attack at age 41 By Pam Easton The Associated Press HOUSTON — Former National League M ost Valuable Player Ken C am initi's death came as a shock to those w ho believed the form er slugger was turning his life around after being released from jail last w eek on a 2001 dru g charge. "H e had a lot of setbacks, but h e w as a p e rso n w h o alw ays o v er­ came ad versi­ ty," C am initi's law yer, Terry Yates, sa id M onday. "H e K,„ Caminiti| P e r ' Former NL MVP w a s f son w ho w as alw ays positive and had a posi­ tive outlook on life." Caminiti, 41, died of an ap p ar­ ent heart attack Sunday in N ew York City, said his agent-law - yer Rick Licht. The city medical exam iner's office perform ed an autopsy M onday but could not rule on a cause of death until toxicology tests were complete, spokesw om an Ellen Borakove said. The process could take as long as 10 days. Last week, Yates stood next to Caminiti as the ex-athlete adm it­ ted testing positive for cocaine. State District Judge William H arm on sentenced Caminiti to 180 days in jail, which allowed for Caminiti's release last Tuesday. He already had served 189 days behind bars and in a drug treat­ m ent center since he received deferred adjudication for felony cocaine possession in March 2001. Because of the probation viola­ tion, Cam initi w as convicted of the felony charge. He had failed four d ru g tests during his proba­ tion, w hich began in 2002. o ptim istic Yates, however, said Caminiti his w as future and planned to p ursu e som e developm ent projects in Montana. ab o u t H e also w as talking w ith the San Diego Padres about retu rn ­ ing to the organization, possibly as a coach. "K en h a d been w ith us W ednesday afternoon, and w hen he left, he w as upbeat in a good m ood and anxious to come back to H ouston so we could figure som e things out regarding his future," ad ded another lawyer, Kent Schaffer. C am initi the H ouston Astros twice over a 15- year career. played for said. "We are truly sad dened by the death of Ken," Astros ow ner D rayton M cLane "We adm ired him for his accom plish­ m ents and the respect he gained w ith his team m ates because of his passion for playing the gam e of baseball." "We all rooted hard for Ken on the field, and we rooted equally hard for him in overcom ing his problem s off the field." RECRUITS: 40 Acres hard to resist From page 1B at his four keys to the proto­ typical recruit: connectivity w ith the guy, im provem ent potential, cohesiveness with the program and most importantly, academ ­ ics. "I bring a guy in and show him the cam pus," Vigilante said. "O nce he sees the university and the su p p o rt for athletics, it's a no-brainer." With a Longhorn team that has finished higher than fourth in conference only one time in the * last eight years, Vigilante estim ates that 70 percent of the roster turned dow n full scholar­ ships to w ear burnt orange. "Every kid feels special w hen they come to this university." Vigilante said. "That's w hat w e do here at Texas." Astros hit three hom e runs, beat Atlanta 12-3 By Paul Newberry The Associated Press ATLANTA — It took 43 years, but the H ouston Astros are final­ ly postseason winners. Carlos Beltran hit tw o more hom ers an d drove in five runs, while original Killer B's Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell chipped in d u rin g a five-run seventh inning that carried -the A stros to a 12-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves on M onday night in the deciding Game 5 of their first-round NL playoff series. The Astros snapped an 0-for-7 record of futility in the playoffs, beating their longtime nemesis. The Braves eliminated H ouston in 1997, '99 and '01, b u t they couldn't escape their ow n post­ season dem ons this time. "This is w hat you can do w hen you've got special guys," said Roger Clemens, w ho came out of retirem ent to pitch for his hom e­ tow n club. "Every cham pionship team has guys w ho are special like this. I'm so happy. This is w hat I cam e here for." The Astros m atched the 1955 Brooklyn D odgers for m ost series losses before getting their first win. The Bums w on the World Series on their eighth try. "W hen I got here, they told me they had alw ays had problem s getting to the next step,", said Beltran, w ho w as acquired from Kansas City in June. "I knew it w as going to be tough." Atlanta has lost Game 5 of the division series three years in a row — all at Turner Field. The second-largest crow d in fran­ chise history, 54,068, saw another familiar ending. Beltran hom ered four times in the series, breaking the H ouston record for a postseason series. In a poignant note, the record was formerly held by Ken Caminiti, w ho hit three in an opening- round loss to the Braves in 1999. Caminiti, w ho spent 10 seasons with the Astros, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at age 41. The new s h it C am initi's for­ mer team m ates — higgi° ar>d Bagwell — especially hard. "I'm not going to lie to you. It was tough," Biggio said. "I think I felt his spirit o u t there." Next up for the w ild-card Astros is a m atchup against Central Division rival St. Louis in the NL cham pionship series starting W ednesday night. The team that proudly dis­ plays 13 straight division titles still has only one World Series to show for it. It marked the fifth straight year th at the Braves' sea­ son ended at the Ted. This one w as especially dis­ mal, equaling the w orst postsea­ son loss in franchise history. "Looking back at this team over the whole season, I'm pretty proud of the w ay we played," Chipper Jones said. G am e 5 w a sn 't a shining moment, though. H ouston jum ped ahead 3-0 on Braves starter Jaret Wright, scor­ ing tw o in the second and a d d ­ ing to their lead w hen Beltran hom ered into the Atlanta bull­ pen in the third. The Braves had the big crowd roaring in the fifth. Rafael Furcal led off with a hom er against Roy Oswalt, and Johnny Estrada hit another into the seats w ith two outs, pulling Atlanta to 3-2. But Beltran quickly turned the tide back in H ouston's favor. He started the sixth with a towering drive off W right that just cleared the right-field wall. The Astros w ere back in con­ trol. The Braves were done. Unlike Los Angeles a night earlier, A tlanta players d id n 't come out w hen it w as over to shake the victors' hands. Cactus Yearbook Photo Studio! UT’s first all-color yearbook! 2 weeks only! Graduating Seniors call now for an appointment: 471-9190. Underclassmen just walk in tor your class photo. Texas Student Publications (CMC) 25th and Whitis Ave., Room 3.302 9 a.m .-l p.m., 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Christopher Reeve leaves legacy of triumph Left, Christopher Reeve as Superman in "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" in this undated photo released by Warner Bros. Right, Reeve excepts the '96 National Courage Award given in this Oct. 27, 1996, file photo. By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press B y th e t im e h e d ie d , Christopher Reeve had at last "escaped the cape" — he had become bigger than the Superman character he portrayed on screen. Reeve championed cutting- edge research into spinal cord injury, offering himself as a guinea pig for new therapies and vowing he would one day walk again. He never did. But his dream is now a plausible one for thousands of others who are paralyzed. "The biggest hope is in biologi­ cal research to allow the spinal cord to heal itself and even regen­ erate. That's just over the horizon but closer than ever before. Most people feel within the next 10 to 15 years, somewhere within our lifetimes," said Dr. Jack Ziegler, president of the American Spinal Injury Association. Some even thought it would come in time for Reeve. "I thought it was going to hap­ pen," said Dr. Doug Kerr, a Johns Hopkins U niversity neurolo­ gist who works with stem cells — controversial research that Reeve advocated with superhu­ man strength even as he wheezed through a respirator from his wheelchair. "It was Star Wars science fic­ tion, this concept of rewiring the nervous system," but Reeve "thrust this field forward by leaps and bounds," Kerr said. Reeve died Sunday at age 52 after developing a serious blood­ stream infection from a bedsore, a common problem for para­ lyzed people. He w ent into car­ diac arrest Saturday at his home in Pound Ridge, N.Y., then fell into a coma, dying the next day at a hospital. His wife, Dana, Photo courtesy of Warner Bros File Photo ! Associated Press We were named one of Fortune® magazine’s “1 >( Best Companies To Work For.” And you can bet it wasn’t because of the free coffee. FORTUNE 100 BEST ^ COMPANIES § TO WORK FOR S Job perks are great. And at Ernst & Young we happen to think the most important ones are those that help our employees grow. That's why we’ve given them access to some of the best professional development programs in the country. As well as the opportunity to work on some of the most prestigious brands in the world. In turn, Fortune magazine recognized us as one of the “100 Best Companies To Work For" six years in a row. So if you're looking for a great place to work, look for us on campus. Maybe we can grab a cup of coffee, ey.com, us/careers and other family mem bers were with him. As an actor and a man, Reeve strength and ath­ em bodied leticism and performed his own movie stunts, including his 1978 starring role as Superman. It made him famous but he longed to, as he often put it, "escape the cape" and take on other characters. He played a crippled Vietnam vet­ eran in the Broadway play "Fifth of July," a love-struck time-trav­ eler in the rriovie "Somewhere in Time" and an aspiring playwright in the suspense "D eathtrap." But real life — not a movie — gave him the best opportunity to shed the cape and show extraor­ dinary human powers. Reeve suf­ fered one of the most severe spi­ nal injuries possible when he was thrown from his horse and broke his neck during an equestrian competition in May 1995. Aided by access to the best medical care available, Reeve endured years of therapy to allow him to breathe for longer periods without a respirator while tena­ ciously seeking a cure that would allow him to walk again. "I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don't mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery," he said. He sparked hope even in many skeptics in 2000, when he was able to move an index finger. Motivated by success, he thrust himself even harder into workouts to strengthen his legs and arms. Electrical stimulation of muscles allowed him to regain sensation in some parts of his body. Treatments advanced, too. Improvements in surgical tech­ niques helped stabilize the spine more, and electrical stimulation and exercise therapy have helped many, according to Ziegler. As Reeve transformed his body, he morphed into an advocate, first for better benefits for people with long-term disabilities, and then for science to help the 250,000 Americans who suffer paralysis. The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation has given $40 mil­ lion to spinal cord research since he merged it with the American Paralysis Foundation in 1999. Some of that has been for embryonic stem cell research, a promising but contentious field of medicine that the Bush admin­ istration has restricted because it involves destroying embryos. Scientists think these early, all­ purpose cells can be coaxed to form nerves and specialized tis­ sues to repair a host of woes. Reeve and fellow actor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's dis­ ease, have helped make stem cells a major campaign issue between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry. Kerry even mentioned Reeve during the second presi­ dential debate on Friday and praised him Monday in remarks before a speech in Santa Fe, N.M. "H e was an inspiration to all of us and gave hope to millions of Americans who are counting on lifesaving cures that science and research can provide," Kerry said. "In part because of his work, mil­ lions will one day walk again." At Hopkins, research a few years ago demonstrated that stem cells could allow paralyzed mice and rats to do just that. Reeve "appropriately brought a sense of urgency to this issue," said Daniel Perry, president of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, a stem cell advocacy organization. "O n Capitol Hill he was such a high­ ly regarded figure and was so focused on the message." He also reached out beyond those with spinal cord injuries. to "H e was able inspire hope in patients with diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease ... tragic and life-threatening condi­ tions that face tens of millions of Americans," Perry said. But Reeve's real legacy is more than dollars and advocacy, many said. It's the hope that fewer dis­ ease- in the future will be called incurable. "H e put a human face on the dreams," Perry said. "H e used his star power as a celebrity for a great good that transcends any­ thing that most of us will ever achieve." if Before Reeve, som eone had a spinal cord injury, "there was really no hope," said Dr. John McDonald, director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program at in St. Washington University Louis, where Reeve was treated. "H e's changed all that. 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T HR006H FIELD OF CHICKEN' FRIED C U w W H E / l D i S . 0 H . . . W Í U . CAN I AT LEAST TAKE YOUR /AOwE y A W D F ick Y 00 I N T H E T E E T H ? S U P P O S E . Tuesday, October 12, 2004 KNTKRT.UWIFYI 7B SOUND BITES The wonder o f The Violettes, an electro-session with Mouse on Mars, Niobe and washed-up screamo from The Used in Sound Hites It seems that while many of us have been busy fawning over Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and other such next-big-things, some­ thing interesting and extraordi­ nary has been afoot in the Great White North. Minneapolis group The Violettes have crafted, with their self-titled debut, an album at once so singular and acces­ sible that it seems to herald noth­ ing less than the emergence of a major creative force in the world of rock music. The strongest qualities of the Violettes' music lie in their abil­ ity to weld obscure and unlikely sonic parts into a coherent and familiar whole. The prominently featured sitar and tabla, the drum machine, bright guitars tones, cello and keyboards which, in various forms and combinations, make up the band's sound join so seamlessly together, with so little contrivance, that they mask their peculiaritity. "1-2-3 Go!," for example, sounds like a beatnik Edith Piaf fronting a psychedelic Turkish disco band, as the second semes­ ter French lyrics of vocalist Sarah Khan weave their way through the group's signature sitar and tabla. Roughly translated: "Do ypu speak English? I don't speak French. from Canada. Where's the car?" Yeah, it's that good. I'm / Against these more adventur­ ous tendencies, the balance of T h e U s e d * * * * * Al ill M: “ In Lov e a n d D eath IjA B E L : R ep rise R ecord s "In Love and Death" was the death of my love for The Used. A once raw sound defined by the trials and tribulations that cre­ ated it, has been replaced with a manufacturer's dream of layered vocals and poppy summertime riffs. Indeed, on the cover of the CD is a quote from Alternative Press magazine declaring this to be "One of the most antici­ pated releases of 2004." The Used formed in Orem, Utah and recorded their self-titled debut after playing about 20 shows in or around their Mormon-based hometown. The band's trouble- ridden past of homelessness, poverty and substance abuse helped create a sound that was part beauty, part tragedy. Tracks such as "Bulimic" and "Maybe Memories" displayed the bands chaotic nature through intensity and rhythmic momentum, while "The Taste of Ink" and "A Box Full of Sharp Objects" flaunt lyrics over pulse- unabashed shifting guitar riffs. More through importantly, tracks such as "Blue and Yellow" and "On My Own," The Used exhibited diversity through acoustic and piano-laced ballads without the overproduction that dominates their latest effort. "Take It Away," the first single and opening track of the new record, begins with the first of several sampled speeches insert­ ed into the album to make it interesting. After tearing into a Hoobastank-esque opening riff, lead singer Bert McCracken struggles to match his vocals to the pitch-shifting bridge before overproduction ruins the prom­ ise of this song. Good Charlotte's "The Anthem" is seemingly sam­ pled and placed into the middle of the breakdown where Bert delivers a small speech before Recycle your copy of T h e D a il y T e x a n A £ « > The Violettes have donated an expansive and intelligent offering to the rock scene with their recently released self­ titled album. NlOBK ★ ★ ★ ★ * AI .Hi M: “Voodooluba L a b k I.: Sonijj; _ J and nearly Disorienting first blush, impenetrable at Niobe's "Voodooluba" grows infec­ sweeter and more tious with repeated listen­ ing. Compared to her fairly straightforward collaborations with Mouse on Mars, Niobe's debut album finds her in inti­ mate, alien territory, conjuring up softly glowing songs and soundscapes that are by turns dreamy and difficult. The tracks on "Voodooluba" meander, almost without structure, from microscopic electronic sketches to Fluxus-inspired vocal experi­ ments. Arrythmia and helium-tinged atonality collude on opener "Voodooluba TV Show," jar­ ring the album into being. But the irksome art-punk pretenses gives way to lucid mystery by the third track and the bizarre and lovely "Zur Wilden Flotte," on which Niobe weaves togeth­ er disparate elements to create an unlikely, dynamic composi­ tion. The recipe for most of "Voodooluba" is a shifting ratio of noise, quiet electronic ambi­ ence and whispers of laconic, otherworldly folk. The aesthetic is singular, and yet somehow in keeping with other releas­ es on Sonig by artists like So and Lithops, not to mention the sublime, warm experimen­ tation of Alejandra & Aeron. Niobe's cartoonish but not unsoulful voice helps things mesh: "Voodooluba" is almost a folky analog to the haunted, clinical sorties of labelmates Microstoria. With references to sources as disparate as old jazz 78s, the exotica of Arthur Lyman and music concrete, "Voodooluba" is a remarkably dense, diverse listen. On the brief, beautiful "Good Old Owl," Niobe almost sounds like a funhouse version of Joni Mitchell. Elsewhere, "Hawaii's Garden" recalls both the High Llamas and vintage Stock, Hausen & Walkman. As a suite of songs, "Voodooluba" is remarkable and foreign; taken alone, the tracks are like tiny, rare gems — each certain to liven up even the most by-the- numbers mix CD. Although definitely not for everyone, and certainly not an everyday listen, "Voodooluba" is plainly the work of a self- assured musician whose risk- taking has resulted in the hatch­ ing of a completely original aesthetic, as fascinating and idiosyncratic as the images that comprise Matthew Barney's "Cremaster Cycle" films. Hushed weirdness abounds, and the mood is definitely one of transition and interstitial space. Listening to tracks like "Jaguaruna" and "Password" captures the feeling of the sleepy delirium that accompa­ nies an afternoon nap near an open window, as the sounds from the street and a distant neighbor's radio mesh with the nonsense dialogue of a dream. — Kevin Greenberg MOUSE: Belgian outfit to perform tonight "The Violettes" remains more comfortably within the bounds of mainstream popular music. Here, however, it is the band's ability to invest the commonplace with warmth and personality which gives these songs their unique dimension. The layered vocal effects and guitar sound of "Full Spectrum" and album-opener "Blue Hearted Fool" owe an obvi­ ous debt to the work of Kevin Shields on My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless;" but in both, strong choruses, vigorous drumming and The Violettes' off-kilter instrumentation bring an individ­ uality which utterly reshapes and T he Vio leto s * * * * * Ai m \i: “T h e Violettes” L aBKI.! \ iolettes Music transforms their influences. "Melodium" The drum machine on songs such as "Heavenly White Roses" and introduces elements of house music to the album, but again, their respective sitar and keyboard figures, which counterpoint the main melodic line of each, bring a vastness and ethereality to them which tran­ scends and redefines their musi­ cal style. Like a lot of great rock bands, Photo courtesy of Team Clermont much, i f not most, of The Violettes' sound can be traced back to other influences. In a certain sense, out­ side of the sitar they aren't really up to anything very far removed from what a lot of other groups are playing right now, and have been for some time. But it is as equally obvious that in terms of compositional sense and the abil­ ity to adorn and orchestrate these compositions, The Violettes are a sui generis, a type unto them­ selves, even in the diverse land­ scape of contemporary popular music. — Craig W hitney ending the song in repetitive group screaming. Echoed delays and vocal dis­ tortion carry the next track "I Caught Fire" to its sugar-coated and catchy conclusion. The same can be said about "All That I've Got," which adds chimes and strings to fully deliver the words "I'll be just fine pretending I'm not." "Cut Up Angels" suffers from the same creative paralysis while "Yesterday's Feelings" sounds like a cross between Incubus' "In My Room" and Slipknot's "Vermilion Pt. 2." After such redundancy, remaining tracks "Hard to Say" and the snappy "Lunacy Fringe" almost became unbearable. the "Let it Bleed" and "Listening" focus on sadistic laughter in between lyrics like, "If you feel like dying you might want to scream" to make up for the edge the band has lost over its 600 plus tour dates since their debut album. The stand alone track on this album is "Sound Effects and Overdramatics," which uses a very heavy bass-line over powerful guitar progressions to deliver intense breakdowns of pure pain led by Bert's agonized vocals juxtaposed with the deep snarl of Coalesce's Sean Ingram, who makes a guest appearance on the track. Although the closing track "I'm a Fake" is a solid song from the spoken word intro to its faded closure, the listener is left with that feeling you get when your younger sister starts listening to your favorite band. It's time to move on. — A u stin Powell ÍSSDTÍ jTJQ i i l R m ■ ¡1 S I ■ m B • jm ! f^B ^BHlpp H ^^BBVBiflPlin ■ 1 u ■ ■ m J i a I dIB. -^Pk B i l l 1 i l f c B i s s N p A College- rock heroes Cake satisfy with a rela­ tively safe new record, "Pressure Chief." Photo courtesy of Shore Fire Media While innovation might have been desirable, Cake still deliv­ ers their distinct sound solidly on "Pressure Chief." The con­ struction of a song like "Carbon Monoxide," where melodies coming from vocals, guitar, and trumpet sing over a catchy, driv­ ing beat, proves that Cake is still going strong. "Pressure Chief" goes by fast (it's only about forty minutes long) but provides an easy listen; it drifts by as quirky yet non- provocative background music. The second half of the album is more toned down from the more raucous beginning. If you like Cake, you'll like "Pressure Chief;" it delivers the sound you'd expect. — A vim aan Syarn From page 8B On live feel, and features a dipped voice-over above a smeared back-beat that showcases an itinerant organ-and-marimba melody worthy of Stereolab, with whom Mouse on Mars have frequently toured. gleeful the "Wipe that Sound," one of "Radical Connector's" early highlights, Nkishi's imperatives are made in a swirling vortex of choppy, stuttering beats and static that's wildly danceable — almost like a Timbaland jam remixed in the 23rd century and broadcast back in time to confound and delight us. Which raises another of Mouse on Mars' most unique and likeable qualities: It's rare that "serious" electronic musi- dans manage to be really inter­ esting and at the same time as unabashedly fun, and funny, as Toma and St. Werner do. St. Werner consents that "Radical Connedor" is "more of a band record" than previ­ ous outings, but is careful to add that "you don't talk about C a k e * * * * * Aim M: “ Pressure C h ief’ L a b e l : C o l u m b i a Records Count 'em — Cake's been around for 12 years. Makes you feel old at 21, doesn't it? Over so ,much time, some bands might have made prolific changes to their sound, their approach and the genres they explored. Cake, on the other hand, stays with their tried and true methods on their latest release, "Pressure Chief." The same mix is brought to us again: John McCrea's particu­ lar, halting vocals, the trademark horn-lines of trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitar, rocking beats and the rest. The only noticeable dif­ ferences from past albums seems to be an increase in synth lines (noticeably on the Bread cover, "Guitar Man," and their first single, "No Phone") and more simple, more-electronic sound­ ing rhythms, otherwise these songs could have easily come off "Comfort Eagle," or even "Fashion Nugget." Two of the songs in fact, "She'll Hang the Baskets" and "Tougher Than It Is," were originally written for "Prolonging the Magic." o GALAX V f tl U I K l S GALAXY® HIGHLAND STADIUM 10 I-35 & MIDDLE FISKVILLE RD * 512-467-7305 All N e w Stadium Seating! 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Of the band's upcoming appearance at the Pansh, St. Werner describes a scene of coordinated dance moves, white clothes and fireworks. Of course he's kidding but such theat­ rics wouldn't necessarily clash with the hyped weirdness that Mouse on Mars bring to the table. Regardless of costuming and pyrotechnics, St. Wemer and Toma's music is even more inexplicable and stunning in person. 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Both night and day shifts available. 6 5 2 8 North Lamar 5 12 .4 5 8 .2 1 0 6 DIGITAL SOUND! ■ SHOWS BÍF0RE 6PM S5.50 • ONLINE TIX AT 0RAFTH0USE.COM ALL SHOWS MON S5.50 - NO INFANTS UNDER 6 ¡EXCEPT BABY DAY) ALL SNOWS ARE 18 A UP ■ • NO PASSES \ m C o m in g to m o rro w : Late-night eats at Katz's Deli 8B Tuesday, O ctober 12,2004 www.dailytexanonline.com E n tertain m en t Editor: Fito Belis E-mail: dailytexanmusic@hotmail.com Phone: (512) 232 2208 T h e I K i l t T e x a n Monsters of folk unite and descend on Austin By Shelley Hiam Daily Texan Staff The line for the Bright Eyes show Saturday at the Paramount started at 8 a.m. Doors would not open until 7 p.m., but the most dedicated and eager of fans arrived early to ensure front row spots to the general admis­ sion event. By 6 p.m., the line wrapped around the Congress Avenue entrance in each direc­ tion by a block. The anticipation became im possible to ignore. What followed was a perfor­ mance from three of the best indie-folk songw riters — M. Ward, Jim Jam es (My Morning Jacket) and Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes). Opting to forgo the tra­ ditional opening, m iddle and closing act plan, the night was instead a three-hour collabora­ tion of sorts, with no interm is­ sion. Som etim es solo, som e­ times duet and often all together (including some help from Mike the evening was an M ogis), unique stop for an already one- of-a-kind tour. The stage was simple — no fancy stage props, lights or even a drum set, despite the ample possibility the Paramount pro­ vides. But with music so pro­ found it speaks for itself, the bareness of it all was appropri­ ate. With Bright Eyes touring with everything from just Oberst to a 15-piece orchestra, no show is the same. The huge movie screen varied betw een blood red, turquoise and purple and made the occu­ pants on stage seem smaller than their voices, but also made the experience larger-than-life. Even the faintest noise w as am pli­ fied to the corners of the upper balcony. M. Ward began w ith an im pressive instrum ental. An attentive audience was the qui­ etest probably in the history of an Austin Bright Eyes show. Playing harmonica, guitar and singing with the grittiest, octave- ranging voice of the three, Ward controlled the first third of the set, which included an am az­ ing cover o f David Bow ie's "L e t's D ance." O berst joined the stage for Ward's "O 'B rien ." C onsistently sounding better live than on album, M. Ward's songs took on new life, trickling through the air into the ears of new and old fans. Jim Jam es broke the ice a lit­ tle with som e humor, describ­ ing the evening as a must-have "M onsters of Folk D VD ." Jam es' already-haunting vocals sent even more tingles up the spine with the gorgeous acoustics of the theater. Without the support of his five-piece Kentucky band, My M orning Jacket, the songs took on a different, stripped- down form, though nothing w as really lacking. A cover of Elvis' "You Were Always on My M ind" was the highlight of the middle portion of the set, replicating the reverb wailings of a folk singer at an empty blues bar. Bright Eyes began with a few solo songs from O berst and ended with a new song written for the tour. The change of lyrics on "W aste of Paint" from "son of a banker" to "brother of a folk singer" pleased the crowd. Playing a mix from past albums and a small preview of at least one disc from the double album dug out Jan. 25 (one disc is sup­ posedly full of beats), O berst brought his signature quivering, heartfelt lyrics in the best Bright Eyes set Austin has seen. Sunday, Bright Eyes recorded its first Austin City Limits tap­ ing, which is now in its 30th season. Well-rehearsed from the night before, Oberst took the stage alone with his hair stick­ ing up, looking small and fragile in a room where every eye w as on him, including that of the camera. "C am eras trip you out if you look at them ," he said, closing his eyes often to avoid the inter­ action. T he setting w as intim ate incredible, the sound was gor­ geous and the* performance was, again, unm atchable. O berst's songs seem ed like w hispered conversations to the microphone, and the audience (which includ­ ed Britt Daniels) w as merely a sea of eavesdroppers. Violently tapping his foot, O berst seemed poised to explode at any given moment. The intensity trans­ the ferred to the songs, and vocals were strong enough to punch everyone in the stomach. When M ike Mogis joined the stage, the lucky audience was treated to a brand new song, "W e are Nowhere and It's N ow " from the Jan. 25 album. W hen M. Ward joined the stage for his "O 'B rien ," O berst seem ed thrilled to have the company. And when Jim Jam es entered, O berst looked like a 5-year-old boy on C hristm as. G enerous enough to share his taping with the two friends, Oberst played the role of musician and fan, often glow ing when he got to introduce some of his favorite songs from Ward and Jam es. Jam es played "G o ld en " from My M orning Jack et's "It Still M oves." Fresh off the Vote for Change tour, Oberst asked the audience w hat they would be doing Nov. 2. A voice called out, "K erry!" "G ood ," Oberst said. "'C ause if you d on't do the right thing, you're going to hell." The encore included the true three w rote the love ballad together tour. Their the for unique styles were prominently displayed in a round of each singing a line of the chorus. Seem ingly cursed in Austin (a fan died of a heart attack at a La Zona Rosa show, then Johnny Cash at 2003's Austin City Limits festival), Oberst ended the 12- song taping with "The Bottom of Everything," dedicated to his friend Rose, who had passed earlier that day. The taping airs on PBS on Jan. 8 and will also feature W ilco's set, recorded earlier last month. Conor Oberst and his Bright Eyes entertained Austin with tw o unforgettable performances arithe Paramount Theater and Austin City Lim its this weekend. P h o to co u rtesy o f Press H ere P u b licity 'Radical'and fresh electronic sounds beam down from Mars By Kevin G reenberg Daily Texan Staff extracurriculars contribute added richness and depth to their sound as Mouse on Mars. Mousi on M a r s \ l 111 M : “ Radical C o n n e c t o r * * * ★ ? I.AI1KL: T h r i l l J o c k Roman Polanski stated in "Chinatown" that "Politicians, buildings and whores all become respectable if they get old enough." The same seems to hold true in the notoriously fickle field of elec­ tronic music. All you need do is show a little endurance, survive the wane of a few trends, and bingo: instant venera­ tion. Some artists, like Aphex Twin, have done it by taking whatever happens to be popular and doing a singular, stellar version of it before moving on. Others have achieved longevity by plowing stoically ahead as if in a vacuum, with hardly a glance around to see what anyone else is doing. Mouse on Mars, the duo of Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner, fall firmly into the second camp. For the past decade Toma and St. Werner have been honing their chops, working overtime to become world champi­ ons of a game that no one else is playing. The result is a suite of highly enjoyable albums without expiration dates, records that sound timeless and fresh years after their creation. In addition to their main work in Mouse on Mars, both Toma and St. Werner contribute to numer­ ous side projects, such as St. Werner's solo sideline as Lithops and experimental forays into ambience with Markus Popp as Microstoria. Additionally, the two maintain Sonig, an active record label. All these Their latest album, "Radical Connector," is their most potent and colorful release in years. According to St. Werner, the band "wanted to create something more diverse and quite profound, and which had a different dynamic" from the last three Mouse on Mars records, which can be grouped together as a cohesive trilogy, he noted. It's a slightly surprising statement, since "Idiology," Mouse on Mars' last record, found the band departing markedly from the burbling synths and hiccupping rhythms of "Niun Niggung" and "Autoditacker" in favor of a sound with precedents in live rock music, including a very peculiar breed of vocals. But, St. Wemer contends, "every record starts with the record before. Every record shows, in a way, what you haven't succeeded in. Some people didn't get the pattern of 'Idiology.'" Is "Radical Connector" more transparent than its predecessor? Nothing in the Mouse on Mars universe is ever very straightforward, but the new record is definitely more infectious, and almost impossible not to like. The vocals are back, provided both by the band themselves as well as familiar collaborators like Niobe and Dodo Nkishi, and in more traditional pop format than ever. "Detected Beats" has an especially M O U S E continues on page 7B Electronic group Mouse on Mars continues to receive massive acclaim for their peculiar brand o f music that has becom e more accessible on their latest album , "Radical Connector."The group plays The Parish tonight. P h o to c o u rte s y o f T h rill Jo cke y S U P E R S A V E R C O U P O N S BE THE HEAD OF YOUR CLASS. Wan! a haircut that'll make you stand out? 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