TEXAN TOP 10 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, October 31, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com TODAY Howling Bake Sale Stop by Jester West from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the Howling Bake Sale for brownies and cookies (pre-decorated or do-it¥yourself). All proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House. TUESDAY Art in Practice Art in Practice presents a talk by Aaron Baker, curator of the Playboy Collection. The talk will be held in ART 1.110 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and is free and open to the public. WEDNESDAY The Miles Davis Experience Miles Davis will be performing at the Bass Concert Hall, featuring a new multi-media musical production. The event is from 8 to 10 p.m. and tickets range from $10-34. THURSDAY Study seeks participants The UT Sound Lab seeks native speakers of American English ages of 18-35 to participate in a perception study. Email utsoundlab@gmail.com with Ònative speakerÓ in the subject heading. There is a $10/hr compensation for participants. FRIDAY Day of the Dead Las Calacas is a Dia de los Muertos show featuring dance, music and a spoken word performance about the cultural significance of the holiday. The event will be held in the Union theater 2.228 from 7:30 to 9 PM. Free punch and pie. Inside In Opinion: Lobby to effect change page 4 Quote to note Ô I wrote this book in Ô a way that reflects how I think. Some¥times itÕs an essay or story, and some¥times itÕs a pliest, which is a piece with a list-y quali¥ty, a term IÕve just made up. Ñ Mindy Kaling Actress and author LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 Three plans aim to improve higher education By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff Each party in the Texas higher education de¥bate presents their plan as the correct answer. But are the plans really that different? The Daily Tex¥an compares the three plans meant to enhance the efficiency of higher education. The final report from the Commission of 125, one of the plans discussed, is a UT Austin doc¥ument created in 2004 which established goals Òfor the purposes of reinvigorating UTÕs aspira¥tions for the next 25 years.Ó The Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conser¥vative think tank, published Seven Breakthrough Solutions for Higher Education to Òstrenghten higher education for TexasÕ future.Ó Texas Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, chair of the Sen¥ate Higher Education Committee, said the Sev¥en Solutions played a part in invigorating a pub¥lic debate last Spring about the role of research at state institutions. UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa presented his Framework for Excellence Action Plan in August in partial response to the signifi¥cant cut in state funding. The framework is an ef¥fort to increase efficiencies at each of the UT in- Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff Drummer Ky Williams and other members of the marching club KreweDCM warm up before a gig Thursday at AbelÕs On The Lake. The self¥described ÒHalloween marching club and parade KreweÓ marches in elaborate costumes on sixth street every Halloween. Halloweekend activities continue INSIDE: Halloween parade takes over 6th Street on page 10 Musem shows off creepy critters on page 5 ONLINE: Dorm creates haunted house stitutions. Zaffirini said many of the initiatives in the framework touted as innovative by the UT System were presented in the Commission of 125Õs report. ÒThese are not new ideas in the action plan,Ó Zaffirini said. Thomas Lindsay, new director for the PLAN continues on PAGE 2 Occupy Austin demonstrators arrested after law confusion By Nick Hadjigeorge Daily Texan Staff Thirty-eight Occupy Austin pro¥testers were arrested Sunday morn¥ing for criminal trespassing on City Hall property after preventing the removal of a food table and refus¥ing to vacate the plaza for pressure washing crews. City hall officials released a memo on Saturday an¥nouncing new regulations that apply to the activities of the Occu¥py Austin pro¥test. The memo states that sleep¥ing and camping are prohibited and includes new regu¥lations for the use of signs and food distribution tables. Occupy Austin protester Michelle Millette said there was uncertainty among the group about the enforce¥ment of these new regulations. She said the Occupy Austin protesters treated the memo as a list of propos- OCCUPY continues on PAGE 2 UT Olympic athletes share advice, discuss University influence By Sylvia Butanda Daily Texan Staff UT Olympians earned 14 medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, enough to tie with Kenya for 18th in the national medal count. Some of UTÕs former and cur¥rent Olympians returned to cam¥pus to share their stories. The Texas Program in Sports and Media hosted a panel discus¥sion where Longhorn Olympi¥ans came together to share their journeys towards the worldÕs biggest athletic stage and the les¥sons they learned along the way. From 1936 to 2010, UT has had 139 Olympians who have won a total of 117 medals. Five Longhorn Olympians representing various decades Ñ swimmer Josh Davis, swimmer Tracey McFarlane, basketball player Andrea Lloyd, track and field athlete Johnny ÒLamÓ Jones and swimmer Brendan Hansen Ñ all discussed their Olympic experiences Friday. Davis, a graduate of the College of Communication, competed in the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Olympics in swimming. He discussed his one-year road Ñ training and trying out for the Olympic team when he was living in a non-air conditioned OLYMPIC continues on PAGE 2 Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff Johnny ÒLamÓ Jones, former track and field Olympian and UT Alumnus, speaks to students at the Student Activity Center Friday. Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan Staff The Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team performs at the TASA Night Market on Friday. The eventÕs activities, performances and food created an experience similar to night markets in Taiwan. Taiwanese students host night market By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff Singing, dance performanc¥es and students eating green on¥ion pancakes dominated the Main Mall at the ninth annual night market hosted by the Taiwanese American StudentsÕ Association. Association co-president Bry¥an Han said night markets are an important cultural tradition in East Asia, especially in Tai¥wan, which has the biggest night markets in the region. Han said night markets are the Taiwanese equivalent to a state fair and of¥fer unique food at low prices. Han said the organization designed the event, which about 1,000 people attended Friday night, to high¥light the Taiwanese culture, which is frequently overshadowed by the Chinese culture. ÒThereÕs this ongoing argument whether Taiwan is its own nation or whether itÕs under China,Ó Han said. ÒWe try to embrace the Tai¥wanese culture as a separate iden¥tity to China, but we also embrace our shared culture together.Ó Han said the night marketÕs in¥teractive elements, such as a food station that showed people how to make green onion pancakes, al¥low non-Asian students to actively learn about Taiwanese culture. ÒFood is just so universal that everyone can understand it,Ó Han said. ÒThis is a piece of Taiwanese culture that people can embrace and they can make it for them¥selves on a daily basis.Ó Seventeen student organiza¥tions hosted booths at the fair that offered games, face painting and crafts. Nine musical and dance acts performed, including a Chi¥nese lion dancing group, tradi- MARKET continues on PAGE 2 PLAN continues from PAGE 1 Center for Higher Education at the mary factor in determining the size Texas Public Policy Foundation, said of the student body.Ó the think tank fully agrees with the ef¥ÒI donÕt think the framework is par¥ forts in the framework. ticularly explicit there,Ó Nietsche said. CONTACT US President of the Senate of College ÒIt doesnÕt talk about the quality.Ó Councils, Carisa Nietsche, said Sen-One point shared by the frame- Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 ate does not move forward with any-work and the 7 Solutions is the es¥ thing contrary to the Commission of tablishment of quantitative mea- Editor: 125, which points to quality of educa-surements to evaluate faculty per- Viviana Aldous (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Lena Price (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Multimedia O¥ce: (512) 471-7835 dailytexanmultimedia@gmail.com Sports O¥ce: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.com tion as the end goal. ÒI think thatÕs why there is some flexibility Ñ to allow for task forces to follow up on those recommendations,Ó Nietsche said. She said the framework has broader objectives than the Com¥mission of 125. ÒI think there is some flexibility in the framework so that the recommen¥dations can be applied different at the system schools,Ó Nietsche said. Both the ÒCommission of 125Ó and the framework emphasize the improve¥ment of four-year graduation rates. The Commission of 125Õs report states low four-year graduation rates can partial¥ly be blamed on the fact that UT stu¥dents Òtake, on average, just 13.1 semes¥ter hours, which is unacceptable.Ó ÒIn the framework they talk about the pathways for students where¥as, the commission puts a lot of the blame the students,Ó Nietsche said. ÒIt formance and to compensate pro¥fessors based on their performance. According to the 7 Solutions, profes¥sor bonuses should be based on the results of student evaluations. ÒThe overall goal there is very much in line, but the framework doesnÕt say which criteria it will use to determine whoÕs a good teacher,Ó Nietsche said. Number two of the 7 Solutions is to Òpublicly recognize and reward ex¥traordinary teachers.Ó The UT System Board of Regents started an awards system for teaching excellence which is outlined in the framework. UT Sys¥tem Board of Regents Chairman Gene Powell described the initiative at a meeting a few weeks ago. ÒNone of us in higher education have taken care of great teachers,Ó Powell said. ÒWeÕve taken care of our researcher but not our great teachers.Ó Nietsche said there are similarities across the three documents. Photo O¥ce: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com asks students to step up.Ó ÒA lot of people are describ- One of the main commission ing the same problems, but ap¥ points is that Òthe quality of the ed¥proaching them in different ways,Ó Illustration by Alexa Hart ucational experience must be the pri-Nietsche said. Comics O¥ce: (512) 232-4386 dailytexancomics@gmail.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. OCCUPY continues from PAGE 1 als and not the actual law. ÒThe general assembly wanted to let people know about what the memo said,Ó Millette said. ÒWe re¥quested 48 hours to discuss the pro¥posals, but they never got back to us.Ó At a press conference Sunday af¥ternoon, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo addressed the arrests and reflected on what they mean for the city of Austin and the Occupy Aus¥tin protests. Acevedo said the new regulations and the regular power washings are required to make the environment safe and comfortable for the Occu¥py Austin movement and anyone who wants to participate in it. He said many of the new regulations came at the request of people who were concerned about the environ¥ment of the protests. ÒThere are a few folks that creat¥he is proud that 38 people were ar¥rested Sunday morning without in¥juries to protesters or police officers. ÒIÕm very proud of the fact that folks that chose to challenge the rules did so in a responsible manner with¥out resorting to violence,Ó Acevedo said. ÒWe have shown that people can engage in civil disobedience and the police, the city and everyone can work together.Ó Eighteen protesters were arrested for criminal trespassing after refus¥ing to allow police to remove Occu¥py AustinÕs food table after the new regulations stated the tables must be taken down from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. A second group of 20 protesters were arrested for refusing to vacate City Hall for the scheduled power wash cleaning. Bryson Gilreath was among the sec¥ond group to OLYMPIC continues from PAGE 1 apartment Ñ to his three gold and two silver medals. He said making a commit¥ment to excellence, with the help of UT, will help some¥one achieve in whatever field they choose. ÒThe opportunities, facul¥ty and resources here at UT coupled with commitment to excellence can take you any¥where, just like it took us to the Olympics and beyond,Ó Davis said. Fellow swimmer McFar¥lane discussed her path to the Olympics and the issue of the East German swimmers using performance-enhancing drugs. ÒOur relay team ranged from a height of 5Õ8 to 5Õ10, and once we stood next to those women from Germany, we looked like Farlane said. Steven Ungerleider, a visiting scholar with the Texas Program in Sports and Media, wrote a book titled ÒFaustÕs Gold: Inside the East German Doping Ma¥chine,Ó in which he discussed the subject. He said that the athletes fea¥tured in the panel, especially in McFarlaneÕs case, learned their values at the University. ÒSure, they came as gift¥ed athletes and they had great coaches, but their value system was built upon the UT experi¥ence with faculty, coaches and mentors,Ó Ungerleider said. Lloyd, a gold medalist in womenÕs basketball, discussed her experience with Title IX, a law enacted in 1972, which stat¥ed no one could be discrimi¥tional program or activity based on gender. The Title IX law allowed her to play basketball, tradi¥tionally a menÕs sport, and lat¥er go on to compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Moderator for the discussion was Longhorn Olympian Don¥na de Varona, who competed in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in swimming. De Varona said all the Olym¥pians had great lessons to share about achieving their goals as shown by their experiences. ÒThe OlympiansÕ experi¥ences really are a metaphor of how to achieve in life,Ó De Va¥rona said. ÒAs they all basical¥ly said, the way you succeed is hard work, reaching out to a mentor, dedicating yourself and ed an environment that is challenging get arrest¥for the occupiers, visitors and workers ed and said around city hall,Ó he said. ÒSome fami-he wanted TOMORROWÕS WEATHER lies with children showing up to show to engage in support Occupy Austin have been dis-civil disobe- Low High couraged because of these conditions.Ó dience after 61 82 table, said he helped a woman who was pushed to the ground by a police officer. He said he was arrested after telling another police officer to arrest the one who pushed the woman. ÒThey said I was an organizer and an antagonizer, and I couldnÕt be in¥volved with the rest of the protest¥ers,Ó Vasquez said. Protester Kirk Goodman said the police were arresting people who re¥fused to move and people who were compliant with moving. ÒSome police were just picking random people from the crowd,Ó Goodman said. The Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team performed a lion dance with two performers under a red and black lion while six oth¥er performers danced and played percussion. Client contact man¥ager Jin Kwon said their lion performance, frequently used in Chinese New Year celebrations, helps spread awareness of East Asian culture. ÒAmerica is a diverse, multi¥cultural country,Ó Kwon said. ÒI feel like itÕs always important for people to see what other kind of cultures there are and what oth¥fabric fans that incorporated modern elements like music that featured saxophones. Com¥pany co-founder Janet Zhou said the groupÕs performance helped overturn misconceptions people may have had about Chinese dance. ÒOur main thing was just showing them how unique, how beautiful Chinese dance can be,Ó Zhou said. ÒWhen I say I do Chinese dance, [peo¥ple] think ÔOh, is that the real¥ly slow kind of thing the gran¥nies do in the parks?Õ And itÕs ÒItÕs really lively and when I first got here it was really excit¥ing,Ó Blacknal said. ÒIt makes me want to go to Taiwan and go to an actual night market.Ó er cultures do.Ó like, ÔNo, not really, there is a different side to it.ÕÓ Studio art freshman Briana GOT PARKING? Assigned Garage Parking Available! THE CASTILIAN RESIDENCE HALL across the street from UT 2323 San Antonio St. 478-9811 (ask for Heather) www.thecastilian.com SPACES ARE LIMITED & GOING FAST! WORLD&NATION 3 Monday, October 31, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Klarissa Fitzpatrick, Wire Editor | dailytexanonline.com Heavy October snow storm surprises Northeast By Michael Melia The Associated Press SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. Ñ When winterÕs white mixes with autumnÕs orange and gold, nature gets ugly. A freak October norÕeaster knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and business¥es across the Northeast on Sunday in large part because leaves still on the trees caught more snow, over¥loading branches that snapped and wreaked havoc. Close to 2 feet of snow fell in some areas over the weekend, and it was particularly wet and heavy, making the storm even more damaging. ÒYou just have absolute tree car¥nage with this heavy snow just straining the branches,Ó said Na¥tional Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro. From Maryland to Maine, offi¥cials said it would take days to re¥store electricity, even though the snow ended Sunday. The storm smashed record snow¥fall totals for October and wors¥ened as it moved north. Communi¥ties in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall to¥tals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor had gotten 26 inches by early Sunday. It was blamed for at least nine deaths, and states of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Con¥necticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York. Roads, rails and airline flights were knocked out, and passengers on a Jet-Blue flight were stuck on a plane in Hartford, Conn., for more than sev¥en hours. And while children across the region were thrilled to see snow so early, it also complicated many of their Halloween plans. More than 800,000 power cus¥tomers were without electricity in Connecticut alone Ñ shattering the record set just two months ago by Hurricane Irene. Massachusetts had more than 600,000 outages, and so did New Jersey Ñ including Gov. Chris ChristieÕs house. Parts of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Maryland and Vermont also were without power. ÒItÕs going to be a more difficult sit¥uation than we experienced in Irene,Ó Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said. ÒWe are expecting extensive and long-term power outages.Ó people in for warmth and showers. ship, Tom Jacobsen also recalled ly ticked off Mother Nature some¥ Thirty-two shelters were open At least four hospitals were relying heavy spring flooding and a partic-how, because weÕve been getting around the state, and Malloy asked on generators for power. ularly heavy winter before that. spanked by her for about a year volunteer fire departments to allow In New JerseyÕs Hamilton Town-ÒIÕm starting to think we real-now,Ó he said. Prisoner exchange fails to improve Israel-Palestine relationship By Ibrahim Barzak & Josef Federman The Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Ñ A new round of violence between Is¥rael and Palestinian militants has GazaÕs Hamas rulers caught be¥tween reluctance to take on Is¥rael and discomfort with reining in fellow Islamists from smaller, more radical groups involved in the fighting. The fighting has killed 10 Pal¥estinians and an Israeli, casting doubts on assessments that the recent prisoner swap between Is¥rael and Hamas might improve relations between the bitter foes. Despite the worst bloodshed in months, both sides indicated they were interested in restoring calm. Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, has avoided direct involvement in the latest burst of fighting. At the same time, the group, which has killed hundreds of Is¥raelis in suicide bombings and other attacks, remains committed to armed struggle against Israel. Threatened by even more radical rivals in Gaza, Hamas has not criti¥cized anyone for attacking Israel. Most of the violence this week¥end has been between Israel and Islamic Jihad, an Iranian-backed group that is considered even more extreme than Hamas. Israel says it holds Hamas responsible for attacks from Gaza, and there is little doubt that HamasÕ control Ñ when it wants to exercise it Ñ is strong. In the latest violence, an Israe¥li airstrike hit a pair of militants in Gaza on Sunday as they prepared to fire a rocket into Israel, the mil¥itary said. GazaÕs Health Minis¥try said one man was killed and a second was wounded.The fighting Sunday came a day after eight Pal¥estinian militants and an Israeli ci¥vilian were killed. It took place as Egyptian mediators were trying to broker a truce. Egypt, which bor¥ders Gaza to the south, brokered this monthsÕ prisoner swap be¥tween Israel and Hamas. That deal has raised specula¥tion that the two enemies might somehow create a working rela¥tionship despite their rejection of each other, perhaps with Israel easing its blockade on Gaza. Israel says the closure Ñ which enables basic goods to get in through Isra¥elÕs border and does not affect Ga¥zaÕs border with Egypt Ñ is need¥ed to halt arms smuggling. NEWS BRIEFLY Nationwide ÔOccupyÕ protests escalate over weekend COLORADO Officers in riot gear moved into a Denver park late in the day where pro¥testers were attempting to establish an encampment, hauling off demonstrators just hours after a standoff at the Capitol steps degenerated into a fight that end¥ed in a cloud of Mace and pepper spray and the arrests of 15 people. OREGON Police have begun arresting dem¥onstrators with the Occupy Portland movement who refused to leave a park in the affluent Pearl District after a midnight curfew. An Associated Press photographer says at least one protest¥er has been arrested and police appear poised to make more. CALIFORNIA Demonstrators held a festive march through San Francisco Saturday, but tension marked another march in nearby Oakland as protesters rallied against police violence in the name of an Iraq War veteran who was in¥jured during a police clash. Hundreds marched through the streets of Oak¥land in protest of police violence, as helicopters hovered overhead and of¥ficers in riot gear lined the streets. MASSACHUSETTS Boston Mayor Thomas Meni¥no urged Occupy Boston activists whoÕve been camped out on a down¥town square for weeks in an anti-Wall Street protest to leave for the night due amid an October snowstorm. But media volunteer Jason Potteiger said Saturday night that about 200 people still staying in tents at the site were in good spirits and the people running the food tent had more donations of hot meals than they knew what to do with. NEW YORK Drenched protesters in Central Park hunkered down in tents and under tarps as the plaza filled with rainwater and melted snow. Technically, tents are banned in the park, but protesters say authorities have been looking the oth¥er way, despite a crackdown on genera¥tors that were keeping them warm. 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While these student organizations excel at spreading their messages, many groups are forgetting to use our cityÕs most important as¥set to cause the change they wish to see. At an impressive 308 feet, the Texas Capitol puts the Washington, D.C. capitol build¥ing to shame. The 150 state representatives and 31 state senators are not simply in office to pass questionable legislation; they are here for our use, too. On the weekend of Oct. 22, alongside a number of students from around the country, I lobbied at the D.C. offices of U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison to co-sponsor the Syria Sanctions Act of 2011 . Though the senators receive lob¥byists often, they rarely encounter lobbyists from Texas. While I was fortunate to experience lobbying in our nationÕs capital, I still have access to an entire network of influential politicians in Austin, as do the rest of us. UT students need to place a great¥er importance on lobbying our representatives and senators to achieve the changes we often discuss and rally behind. Voting is the main mechanism Americans use to select their representatives and have their voices heard. However, after the results of the election are published and many of our chosen politicians lose, apathy begins to invade our system. Americans aged 18 to 24 are generally considered politically apathetic. This stereotype often proves true, as the Economist cites that only 24 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds voted in the 2010 midterm. As a result, politicians do little to cater to this demographic, and many of the political issues we find important, including higher education reform and the international crises and efforts that so many of us advocate in West Mall, are not priorities. Increased voting and campaign participation may demonstrate the youthÕs interests in politics, but a more influential demonstration is lobbying. Entering a politicianÕs office and demanding that our voices be heard is the most powerful message we can transmit. Lobbying seems a daunting task, involving business-casual dress, concrete facts about current and previous legislation and, the most intimidating of all, interacting with members of the governing elite. However, normal citizens interacting with these elites is vital to the democratic process. While the lure of contin¥ued reelection is a powerful motivator to ensure that our elected officials represent our viewpoints, decisions on which pieces of legislation to create or support falls to these representatives. Fur¥thermore, if oneÕs elected officialsÕ political views fail to align with oneÕs own views, important issues will remain unresolved, ignored or mishandled. Lobbying gives the average citizen an opportunity to commu¥nicate which issues are of importance and to educate our elected officials, who often are ill-informed. In D.C., my colleagues and I made our appeals to one of HutchisonÕs staffers and one of CornynÕs staffers. The senators use these employees to research legislation, investigate domestic and international conflicts and inform policy choices. As many of the staffers are recent college graduates, lobbyists who procide information about complicat¥ed, convoluted issues can immensely benefit policy decisions. While lobbying itself is a powerful action, what you do while lobbying also influences policy makers. Bringing along peti¥tions with hundreds of signatures or dozens of hand-written let¥ters urging representatives to take action or delivering a giant, hand-painted banner, as we did in D.C., further demonstrates oneÕs commitment to an issue. The trick of this political game is to raise your voice loud enough so the representatives have no choice but to listen. The results of my lobbying experience were fruitful, as we bet¥ter educated the staffers on the situation in Syria, argued persua¥sive points as to why the senators should co-sponsor the legisla¥tion and warned of repeated follow-ups until our demands were met. Both staffers responded positively, and our cause has now advanced. If student activists at UT realize the importance of lobbying our policy makers and take their protests from West Mall to the Capitol, they may begin to effect change. Waliany is a Plan II and government senior. LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. RECYCLE Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. THE FIRING LINE No loans means no bad loans The Know Before You Owe initiative, as reported by The Daily Texan in ThursdayÕs paper, fails to address the root of the problem of student debt, which is the govern¥mentÕs own intervention in the education industry. If more people have access to a college education, then the price of that education will go up. But price increases lead only to calls for more student loans, which again lead to higher tuition and more debt. But as more college degrees are granted, degrees necessarily become less valuable. If everyone has a college degree, then a college degree says no more about a job candidate than that he is a warm body. The result of government student loans is quite predictable: a generation of underemployed adults laden with crippling student loans they cannot pay. By contrast, a system without government intrusion would be very different: No student would be able to get a loan without strong evidence that their future degree would lead to a lucrative career. People not likely to benefit from a college degree would be less likely to be approved for a loan and therefore less likely to be tricked into the mistake that so many graduates have today. In a perfect world, not everyone will have access to a college education. The benefit a person provides to his society comes from how he differentiates himself from the rest. Some will be college-educated, but others will be educated by their own deliberate efforts, careers or experiences in everyday life. Daniel Krawisz Electrical and computer engineering graduate student SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Email your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevi¥ty, clarity and liability. Monday, October 31, 2011 NEWS 5 Local church aims to give out Thanksgiving meals to poor Marisa Vasquez |Daily Texan Staff Children in costumes watch a green slime creation at the Texas Memorial Museum on Sunday afternoon. The museum hosted several free themed exhibits to celebrate Halloween. Museum hosts fright fest for kids By Sylvia Butanda ed live scorpions, spiders, worms and ton Sorcery,Ó which featured several Daily Texan Staff bugs for the public to learn about. animal skulls for the public to view The 3rd Annual ÒFright at the Mu-One of the three scorpion booths and learn about. seumÓ at the Texas Memorial Mu-featured African Emperor scorpions in ÒThis is a chance for visitors to ex¥seum featured special exhibits that a white box with a black light. The ef-plore the beauty of skulls,Ó said Pame¥highlighted the museumÕs scariest fect of this black light showed kids how la Owen, senior paleontology educa¥specimens and offered a variety of all scorpion species have a fluorescent tor for the Texas Memorial Museum. Halloween-themed childrenÕs arts and outer shell. ÒWeÕre showing skulls from the mu¥crafts activities. ÒWeÕre trying to show kids seumÕs teaching collection and talking This Halloween event was that [scorpions are] really inter-to people about them.Ó By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff With almost 18 percent of the cityÕs approximately 750,000 res¥idents living in poverty, a local church is registering families to receive Thanksgiving care pack¥ages for the 21st year as part of the organizationÕs ongoing ef¥forts to fight hunger. The El Buen Samaritano Epis¥copal Mission registered an addi¥tional 444 families for its Hands for Hope charity program Sat¥urday to pick up Thanksgiving care packages on Nov. 19, which brings the total number to 844. The church plans to have anoth¥er registration drive to reach its goal of 1,400 families, said Com¥munication Coordinator Ivan D‡vila. D‡vila said the Thanks¥giving holiday highlights stark income inequalities. ÒWe are sitting at the table with an abundance of food on Thanksgiving, but there might be people who donÕt have that,Ó D‡vila said. ÒI will feel so much better, sitting at the table, see¥ing all the abundance of food on Thanksgiving, knowing that I did what I could to help those in need.Ó Julia Bunch |Daily Texan Staff Children decorate trick-or-treat bags for Halloween at the Hands for Hope event Saturday morning. The event registered 1,000 families who would be elegible to receive Thanksgiving meal baskets. of poverty is homelessness, and thatÕs not the case,Ó D‡vila said. ÒOur families are working or recently lost their job due to ex¥tenuating circumstances.Ó I will feel better About 65 staff members and on Thanksgiving, volunteers screened applicants and input data from those who knowing I did what I registered. To qualify, an indi¥ Ò vidual had to show proof of ad-could to help those in dress, a birth certificate and proof that household income need.was at or below 185 percent of Ñ Ivan D‡vila, Mission Coordinator the federal poverty level, which Ò An estimated 17.5 percent of is $22,314 of annual income for aimed at educating kids about ani-esting and thereÕs no need to be Kids gathered around a station that a family of four, the average Austin residents live below the afraid of the animals,Ó said Lynne featured a variety of fossilized insects mals they might think are ÒspookyÓ federal poverty level, according household size of people served Marie Weber, a volunteer at the which are uncommon to find with and Òcreepy,Ó said Christina Cid, education director at the Texas by El BuenÕs food pantry. to 2005-2009 American Com- Texas Memorial Museum. as much detail as the examples at Antonia Ramirez, a house¥munity Survey estimates. This Miranda Tacoronti, a UT grad- Memorial Museum. The Blood Center of Central Tex-the museum. cleaner from Dale, said re¥uate curriculum and instruction is higher than the state val¥ ÒAnimals such as insects and snakes as hosted a blood drive in front of ÒThe level of resolution that you student, said the Thanksgiving ceiving the Thanksgiving care ue of 16.8 percent during the that are considered to be scary are the museum and an activity titled, need to get a fossil insect well preserved package will allow her to cele¥program helps people feel more same period and the U.S. Cen¥ ÒWhoÕs out for Blood?Ó where kids is incredible and really rare so to have ones that we can help the kids learn brate without worrying aboutintegrated into mainstream sus 2009 national poverty rate of explored the museum exhibits about these fossils on display is something about and get excited about with the booths we have set up,Ó Cid said. The central focus of the event in¥ how it will impact her ability toU.S. society, especially recent 14.3 percent. blood-drinking animals. pretty cool for the kids to see,Ó said D‡vila said the number of One station transformed the muse-geological sciences graduate student pay bills. Hispanic immigrants. ÒThe thought comes to mindÒThey come to this society, new clients visiting the missionÕs cluded several booths that exhibit-umÕs paleontology lab into the ÒSkele-Natasha Vitek. food pantry has doubled in the of not being able to afford aand theyÕre told Thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal because ofdinner is such this big deal, but past three months, up to an av¥having to pay bills, and thatthen they donÕt have the mon¥ erage of 60 new clients every week for the past month and a RECYCLE thought is sad,Ó Ramirez said.ey to buy the food,Ó Tacoron¥ ÒI see it as a blessing being ableti said. ÒThey feel like thatÕs half. 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The Jayhawks got their third and final first down before turn¥ing the ball over on downs, allow¥ing the Longhorns to preserve the shutout and a 43-0 win over Kan¥sas on Saturday at Darren K Roy¥al-Texas Memorial Stadium. The defense turned in its best perfor¥mance of the season, stuffing Kan¥sas for -2 rushing yards and just 46 yards overall. ÒIt was huge for them to get a shutout,Ó said head coach Mack Brown. ÒThose seniors were go¥ing to back out there. I told them if they had gone in there and got¥ten hurt, we would have had a discussion. But it was okay. I was happy for them.Ó Texas was just as physical on the offensive side of the ball, with Malcolm Brown running for 119 yards and Joe Bergeron picking up 136 to become the first fresh¥men duo to run for more than 100 yards in school history. They both scored twice to pace a ground game that racked up 441 yards, the LonghornsÕ highest total since 2004. Senior Fozzy Whittaker had 68 yards on nine carries and ju¥nior receiver Marquise Goodwin pitched in 52, making the most of his five carries to help Texas sur¥pass its goal of 300 rushing yards. Even junior Jeremy Hills, who ran for 31 yards on six carries dur¥ing TexasÕ last possession, took advantage of an opportunity to shine against an atrocious Kansas run defense. ÒRunning the ball was our game plan for the week,Ó Malcolm Brown said. ÒWe focused on it a lit¥tle bit more, and the offensive line did a great job of getting the push, and we kept pounding the rock.Ó A rushing attack of that caliber made David AshÕs job a lot easier. The freshmen was more efficient in his second career start, going 14¥of-18 and scoring on a 2-yard run after having trouble against Okla¥homa State two weeks ago. Ash still made some mistakes, taking a sack for a 20-yard loss and throw¥ing an interception trying to find D.J. Grant in the end zone. But he threw just four incompletions, 14 less than he had in his last game, making crisper throws downfield and benefitting from an effective screen game. ÒHe made some good decisions out there,Ó said co-offensive coor¥dinator Bryan Harsin. ÒI thought he managed the game well. He was seeing what we needed him to see. The sacks and interceptions Ñ when we eliminate those, weÕll be headed in the right direction.Ó TexasÕ offensive outburst was not surprising considering it was facing a defense that gave up more yards than any in the country. But the Longhorns were not expected to blank a Kansas offense that av¥eraged more than 30 points in its first seven games. Jackson Jeffcoat got his first sack of the season, as did converted running back Chris Whaley, and Alex Okafor had two tackles for loss, forced two fum¥bles and also notched a sack. ÒIt was big,Ó Jeffcoat said. ÒIt is very special when you can do something like that.Ó With Texas having the ball for more than 44 minutes, its defense was on the field for just 36 plays, providing the defense to pitch its first shutout since 2005. ÒWe were talking about how we should scrimmage tomorrow,Ó Diaz said. ÒIt was unbelievable watching them chew up the clock. WeÕre hard to score on when weÕre on the bench.Ó With Texas Tech, Missouri, Kan¥sas State, Texas A&M and Baylor left on the regular season sched¥ule, Saturday likely marked the last time the Longhorns will con¥ceivably pick up an easy win. And it was about as easy as it gets. SIDELINE By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff It was worth the wait. After not carrying the ball in a game for more than six quarters Ñ a span of three weeks Ñ Joe Bergeron exploded for 136 yards against Kansas on Saturday. The freshman tailback averaged 10.5 yards per rush and scored twice in the LonghornsÕ rout. Bergeron, whoÕs been in the shadow of the other Texas backs for six games, shined against the Jayhawks in the second half. He entered the game with just 18 car¥ries for 87 yards and rushed for 78 Bergeron gets his chance and runs with it VOLLEYBALL TEXAS 3, IOWA STATE 0 Horns sweep Cyclones, sit at first in conference By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff Texas took a big step toward its goal of winning its fourth Big 12 title in the last five years by de¥feating Iowa State in straight sets (25-14, 28-26, 25-21). The No. 9 Longhorns (17-4, 8-1 Big 12) moved into sole posses¥sion of first place in the confer¥ence with their second defeat of the No. 14 Cyclones (15-4, 8-2 Big 12) this season. ÒI think going in, we both knew that we were tied for first place. Our goal, first off, was to win Big 12,Ó said freshman Hayley Ecker¥man. ÒSo to get past Iowa State was to get another step closer to [win¥ yards in the fourth quarter alone. He hadnÕt touched the ball since the final minutes of the Oklahoma game on Oct. 8, but the lack of car¥ries wasnÕt a problem against KU. ÒI didnÕt really let it get to me,Ó Bergeron said. ÒJust getting a lot of mental reps, waiting my turn, wait¥ing for my number to be called. And when they did, I showed what I had.Ó What he displayed was a bruis¥ing running style that will serve the Longhorns well over the next few weeks. The freshman ran through, over and around the Jayhawks, making a defense thatÕs ranked second-to¥last in the nation against the run look even more hapless. Bergeron pinballed his way for 35-yard touchdown run in the fourth quar¥ter, the second of his career. ÒHe did a nice job of setting the play up and getting vertical,Ó said Bryan Harsin, the Longhorns play¥caller. ÒI thought he finished the run well. Just his mentality, the way he ran and watching him out there, he was running with a pur¥pose. ThatÕs what we want. When there was a crease, we werenÕt dancing around.Ó The 6-foot-1, 230 lb. Mesquite, Texas, product didnÕt waste any RUNNING continues on PAGE 7 ning] the Big 12. So we knew that we had to go in thinking that they were going to be a tough team.Ó Texas set the tone early, win¥ning the first set in dominating fashion 25-14 Ñ spurred on by a 14-3 run in the middle of the set to put it away for good. The second set was much clos¥er, with both teams fighting hard for every point. Texas was up in the set 24-21, but Iowa State clawed back to tie it on three dif¥ferent occasions. The Longhorns were finally able to put it away with a Khat Bell kill and an Eck¥erman ace. The last set was more comfort- SWEEP continues on PAGE 7 Junior Hannah SOCCER Higgins fights for the ball on TEXAS 0, TEXAS A&M 3 Saturday. Texas had seven shots in the second half, but Texas falls to A&M, the effort was not enough to get back in the game. faces Texas Tech next With a 3-0 shutout victory at Mike on goal. The Aggies took 13 shots. A. Myers Stadium, the visiting Texas With the win, the Aggies were A&M Aggies said goodbye to Texas awarded 1 point and took the league in a convincing way. in this yearÕs edition of the State Farm The loss gives the Longhorns a fi-Lone Star Showdown by a score of nal record of 10-7-1 on the season 1-0.5. The half-point awarded to the and 3-4-1 in Big 12 Conference reg-Longhorns was from a volleyball vic¥ular season play. However, since Tex-tory earlier in the month. as A&M was ranked second in the ÒA&M played quite well,Ó said Tex-Big 12, Texas remained ranked fifth in as head coach Chris Petrucelli. ÒWeÕre conference standings and will play in going to have to rebound and get the Big 12 Conference Championship ready to play next week.Ó Tournament that starts this week. Texas will take on Texas Tech on Despite several scoring opportuni-Wednesday in San Antonio for the ties, the Longhorns could not mount first round of the Big 12 Champion- Kiersten Holms a rally. They had a total of eight shots ship Tournament. Daily Texan Staff SWEEP continues from PAGE 6 able; the team came out firing that we werenÕt good in the be¥and never relinquished the lead, ginning, but we were still trying winning the set 25-21. to find ourselves, in the simplest Compared to their last game terms.Ó against the Cylcones, in which ÒNow, weÕre getting our groove, they had to go to five sets, this and we know what we want to one was easy for the Longhorns. do, and we can say, ÔWe want to ÒWeÕre getting a lot better,Ó win this game. LetÕs go out and said sophomore Bailey Webster. do the things that we want to do ÒWeÕre a totally different team to win the game.Õ We werenÕt able from the beginning of the sea-to execute that in the beginning son, and itÕs a good thing. Not of the season,Ó she said. RUNNING continues from PAGE 6 time when his number was called. ÒI knew we were going to come The two are the first pair of on the edge during the bye week. He broke free for a 21-yard gain on out and dominate,Ó he said. freshman to each rush for more ÒIt worked out well,Ó Harsin his second rush. On the next play, The Longhorns running at¥ than 100 yards in the same game in said. ÒJust having him out there is he scored from four yards out to tack didnÕt skip a beat in the sec¥ school history. an opportunity to get another big put Texas ahead, 33-0. Bergeron ond half once Bergeron replaced ÒWeÕre a one-two punch,Ó body on the edge. He set the edge. also had a 21-yard score called fellow freshman Malcolm Brown, Bergeron said. He got us out there on the perime¥ back because of a holding penalty. who rushed for 119 yards and two Bergeron benefitted from a domi¥ ter by just being physical.Ó The Longhorns rushed for 441 touchdowns. nating performance from the offen- Bergeron will have another op¥ yards on the night, prompting ÒJoe was doing great,Ó said Mal¥ sive line, which was bolstered by portunity for a big game this week head coach Mack Brown to call colm Brown, who leads Texas with Luke Poehlmann, a backup tackle against a Texas Tech defense that it the most physical game heÕs 635 rushing yards. ÒJoe did a real who often lined up at tight end. ranks No. 114 nationally against seen his team play in a long time. good job. Nothing really slowed The coaches decided to move the the run. Bergeron was no exception. down when he got into the game.Ó 6-foot-7-inch, 295-pound junior out PRESS BOX OBSERVATIONS ¥ FOOTBALL HERE ARE THREE OBSERVATIONS ABOUT TEXASÕ WIN OVER KANSAS. ¥BY CHRISTIAN CORONA¥ Even before playing Okla¥homa State, Mack Brown said that his offense need¥ed to get Marquise Good¥win more involved. The ju¥nior wide receiver has been clocked at under 10.5 sec¥onds in the 100-meter dash but had only recently got¥ten into football shape, ac¥cording to Brown. Because Goodwin did not re-join the team until after TexasÕ sea¥son opener against Rice, it took him some time to get used to the new offense. Goodwin did not touch the ball in either of the Long¥hornsÕcontests against Iowa State or Oklahoma but was productive against Kansas, catching four passes for 36 yards and running for 52 more on just five carries. ÒMarquise is a guy that, along with what weÕre do¥ing inside, really comple¥ments us on the outside on the perimeter,Ó said co-of¥fensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. ÒFinding more ways to try to distribute the ball is what we were doing Ñ get¥ting the ball in our playmak¥ersÕ hands.Ó For the fourth-straight game, no Texas tight end had more than two catches for 19 yards. But the Long¥horns got their most pro¥ductive performance from a tight end since D.J. Grant caught three touchdown passes against UCLA. Ju¥nior Luke Poehlmann, list¥ed as the backup left guard behind senior David Snow, moved over and helped pave the way for Texas to run for a season-high 441 yards. ÒWe put Luke Poehlmann in at tight end tonight and that really helped us,Ó said head coach Mack Brown. ÒWeÕve been having some trouble knocking people around on the edges. It looked like he did a great job.Ó The Longhorns were not facing a quarterback near¥ly as good as they had in their last two games, which made the absence of soph¥omore defensive back Adri¥an Phillips hurt a little less. But Jordan Webb helped develop a respectable Kan¥sas offense and threw for an average of more than 200 yards per game com¥ing into Saturday. Thanks to sophomore Carrington Byn¥dom and freshman Quan¥dre Diggs, who intercepted his second pass of the year, Texas held the JayhawksÕ aerial attack in check, allow¥ing just 48 passing yards. Thanks to the LonghornsÕ prolific running game, Tex¥as was able to dominate the time of possession battle, and Kansas attempted just 16 passes. The Longhorns had 93 passes attempt¥ed on their defense in their last two games. ÒThe sky is the limit with this defense,Ó Diggs said. ÒIt was different from playing offenses like Oklahoma and Oklahoma State when youÕre on the field maybe 75 plays. When you go from playing 75 to 36, itÕs a relief on your legs. Playing those 36 snaps was great.Ó West Virginia officially accepted into Big 12 By Chijoke Okorie into the conference,Ó said Burns versity, does not seem too con- Daily Texan Staff Hargis, the chairman of the Big 12 cerned about the laws. Board of Directors. ÒThis is anoth-ÒOur intent is clearly July 1 weÕll This past week, West Virgin¥er step in building a strong founda-be a member of the Big 12,Ó Clem¥ia University was officially ac-ÒOur intent is clearly tion for the future of the Big 12.Ò ents said on Friday. ÒWeÕre in dis¥cepted into the Big 12 Confer-July 1 weÕll be a member Though both the Big 12 and cussions with the Big East regard¥ence. The Mountaineers were vot-West Virginia have agreed to July ing how we make that happen.Ó ed in unanimously during a tele-of the Big 12. WeÕre in 1 as the day that West Virginia of-Though this movement may conference call involving the Big discussions with the Big ficially joins the conference, the have caused a bit of drama over Ò12Õs Board of Directors on Fri-Big East has bylaws requiring a the last week between the confer- East regarding how we day morning and are expected to 27-month waiting period before ences, West Virginia Senator Joe leave the Big East Conference and make that happen.Ó the teams can leave the confer-Manchin may have summed up become a full member in Big 12 Ñ James Clements, ence. The departures of Syracuse the feelings of the West Virginia athletics starting July 1, 2012. The West Virginia University President and Pittsburgh from the Big East University community best when move to add West Virginia result¥ to the Atlantic Coast Conference he told the Associated Press, ÒItÕs Ò ed from the anticipated departure of the University of Missouri from have been delayed by these laws. a great day to be a Mountaineer.Ó However, James Clements, the Big 12. The admission process for West Virginia was first put on hold because of a late push by the University of Louisville and Sen¥ator Mitch McConnell, who de¥sired acceptance into the Big 12. President for West Virginia Uni¥ without ever having won a na¥tional championship and has made it to two BCS bowl games. Its other various athletics, such as the menÕs and womenÕs basket- Texas A&M will be starting play ball teams, have also had success in the Southeastern Conference over the last few years. next summer as well. West Virginia was a founding member of the Big East during its inception in 1991. 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FreeCarJobs.com rent state of American marriages Mindy KalingÕs debut book in ÒMarried People Need to Step It includes humorous musing Up Already;Ó and she describes her on everyday life, childhood By Katie Stroh Daily Texan Staff Casual viewers of NBCÕs ÒThe OfficeÓ probably donÕt realize how much influence Mindy Ka¥ling, the actress behind the ditzy, boy-obsessed Kelly Kapoor, has on the show. In addition to her small role, Kaling is an executive producer and writer for the show and has written some of its most standout episodes including ÒThe DundiesÓ and ÒDiwali.Ó Those who have been follow¥ing KalingÕs career and those who are familiar with her lightheart¥ed, self-deprecating sense of hu¥mor via Twitter (@mindykaling) and her blog, ÒThe Concerns of Mindy Kaling,Ó will be thrilled with KalingÕs new book, ÒIs Ev¥eryone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns).Ó Kaling draws on her own per¥sonal experiences, neuroses and ideals for material in this collec¥tion of essays. She discusses every¥thing from her childhood as the chubby, androgynous Òobedient child of immigrant professionalsÓ who was afraid of riding her own bike to her time living in a tiny apartment in a dangerous neigh¥borhood when she began working on ÒThe Office,Ó unsure if the now¥classic show would even get a sec¥ond season. The short vignettes are written in a conversational, self-effacing style that works perfectly for her sub¥ject matter. Her story about trying to find work in New York City af¥ter graduating from Dartmouth is called ÒFailing at Everything in the Greatest City in the World;Ó she vents her frustration with the cur¥imaginative motivational workout techniques in ÒRevenge Fantasies While Jogging.Ó Although she doesnÕt delve too deeply into her role on ÒThe Of¥fice,Ó Kaling does dedicate an en¥tire chapter to the subject, offer¥ing her thoughts on the mega-star Steve Carell (ÒIÕve always found Steve very gentlemanly and pri¥vate, like a Jane Austen charac¥terÓ) and guiltily recalling her first big fight with her boss, executive producer Greg Daniels. Kaling manages to write about the things sheÕs interested in (Òro¥mance, female friendships, heart¥ache, and my childhood ... Just that really hard-core, masculine stuff men love to read aboutÓ) in a thoughtful and entertaining way that never comes off as shal¥low or irritating as her on-screen alter ego Kelly. ÒI wrote this book in a way that reflects how I think,Ó Kaling writes. ÒSometimes itÕs an essay or story, and sometimes itÕs a pliest, which is a piece with a list-y qual¥ity, a term IÕve just made up.Ó ÒIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?Ó proves not just en¥tertaining, but incredibly, insight¥fully funny. Beware of reading this book in public. ItÕs nearly impos¥sible not to laugh audibly reading pieces such as ÒThe Exact Level of Fame I WantÓ (enough that she could never go to jail, even if she murdered someone, and would never have to stand in line for brunch) and ÒSomeone Explain One-Night Stands to Me.Ó The real heart of the book, though, is its relatability. Any girl Ñ or guy, for that matter Ñ who was an obedi¥ent wallflower in high school or who has geeked out over compiling a list of their favorite comedy moments Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns Mindy Kaling Genre: Humor Pages: 219 For those who like: ÒBossypants,Ó Nora Ephron Grade: A (Kristen WiigÕs Bjork impression Without Me?Ó is that, at 219 pages, on SNL, anyone?) will find a kin-the book is far too short. ItÕs hard not dred spirit in Kaling. The only defi-to want more of KalingÕs bubbly but ciency of ÒIs Everyone Hanging Out sharply-written wisdom. Spirit of Austin By Audrey White I wanted to write an article about the religious aspects of Halloween in Austin. I set out expectantly, seeking pa¥gan groups celebrating Samhain, an ancient tradition that celebrates the dead. I thought I might find ex¥amples of Austin Christian groups protesting the holiday or using it as an opportunity to evangelize. But in a city famous for its Halloween spirit on Sixth Street tional Oct. 31 Gaelic Harvest Festi¥val, nothing city-wide to mark the Christian All SaintsÕ Day. It seems that in Austin, the period from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 is celebrated in an almost entirely secular fashion. And this city is not unusual in that ca¥pacity. According to a Sept. 29 Time Magazine article, the National Retail Federation estimated that Americans will pour $7 billion into secular Hal¥loween paraphernalia this year, in¥cluding costumes, candy and decor. But Time also recently reported on JesusWeen, an initiative Canadi¥an pastor Paul Ade started in 2002. Ade told Gawker for an Oct. 7 arti¥cle, ÒHalloween is not consistent with the Christian faith ... We think people should choose an alternative activity.Ó The group uses Halloween as an opportunity to evangelize by and in West Campus, I found It seems that in encouraging fol¥lowers to give little mention of religious activity. Austin, the period out Bibles in¥stead of candy. S u re , t h e re from Oct. 31-Nov. But on nearly were dozens of Facebook events 2 is celebrated in every article and blog I found, in¥ for Halloween carnivals and an almost entirely cluding ones posted on Jesu¥ f un d ra i s e r s secular fashion. And sween.com, the at churches. concept was met But these are this city is not unusual with derision not by nature religious events. in that capacity. or amusement. Famed conser- Tejas Web, vative Christian one of the most Pat Robertson active Witch¥ chimed in last craft communities in Austin, will cel-month, calling Halloween ÒSatanÕs ebrate Samhain on Tuesday at the night,Ó and online commentors large-Vortex. TheyÕll erect an ancestor altar, ly scoffed at him too. participate in a ritual trance and col-In Austin and throughout North lect donations for SafePlace, a shelter America, Halloween is almost en¥for victims of domestic violence. tirely a nonreligious holiday. Festi¥ ÒJoin us as we journey to com-vals such as Samhain and Day of the mune with our ancestors and de-Dead have their own celebrations scendants,Ó says the groupÕs website. divorced from Halloween, honor¥ÒWe restore the balance and heal ing ancestors while the majority of ourselves and our communities.Ó Americans dress as cats or slutty And the Mexic-Arte Museum beer mugs and eat chocolate. held its annual Day of the Dead Enjoy your candy tonight, and festival on Oct. 22, 10 days before store up some energy for what is to the holiday itself. come Ñ tomorrow begins the ulti- But that was all I found. No pro-mate secular vs. religious throw down tests, no celebrations of the tradi-known as Òholiday shopping season.Ó ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ YesterdayÕs solution OKU YOU LIFE&ARTS 10 Monday, October 31, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Aleksander Chan, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com Paranormal researchers to tour historical house Parade brings dead to life Patrick Marshall practices saxo¥phone before a rehearsal march in Slaughter on Wednesday. Marshall and his fellow bandmates will perform at Sixth Street on Halloween night. Lawrence Peart Daily Texan Staff Annual celebration features marching bands, crowds on Sixth Street By Aaron West After braving the sea of camera Daily Texan Staff flashes and the Sixth Street hoards Ñ who McMillan said are welcome to On Halloween, the restless, un-dance along Òin the back, behind the dead souls of the Circus of the Sev-clownsÓ Ñ the zombie marchers will en Dawns Ñ a haunted, New Orleans split at the intersection of Seventh style carnival-parade that, accord-Street and Red River and host two ing to legend, resides in the world of haunted carnival after parties, one at the dead until the new moon rises Red 7 and one at Elysium. seven days before All HallowÕs Eve Ð KreweDCM, a local nonprof¥will invade AustinÕs rowdy downtown it started by McMillan in 2007, streets and show the world of the liv-describes itself as a ÒHalloween ing what weÕve been missing out on. marching club and parade kreweÓ The cast of characters in the pa-on its website. The club recruit¥rade are all over the place, as long ed local circus-punk brass bands as that place is a hair-raising, su-Major Mayhem, Best Best Best pernatural circus. There will be Friends and the Dead Music Cap¥ three undead marching bands itol Marching Band Ñ which Mc-Lawrence Peart |Daily Texan Staff fronted by skeleton zombie drum¥ Ñ for music. Millan is a part of KreweDCM march through a school parking lot while practicing for its By Elizabeth Hinojos Daily Texan Staff ÒIÕm trying to keep my¥self from sounding complete¥ly insane,Ó said Robyn Ramsey, a paranormal researcher. ÒBut itÕs difficult to do.Ó Ramsey is part of the team of paranormal researchers that will lead the Haunted History Mys¥tery at AustinÕs oldest home, the French Legation Museum. On Halloween night, Ramsey and her colleagues, Darla Andrews and Melissa Burk, will guide museum-goers in groups of 10 and demonstrate ways to de¥tect paranormal presences with investigative tools. The 170-year-old home will undergo preservation work start¥ing in early November. The con¥struction provides impeccable timing for paranormal investiga¥tion since all museum collections have been moved away from the site. The house is now complete¥ly empty Ñ with the exception of eerie chandeliers and light fix¥tures Ñ for the first time in al¥most 60 years. Director of the French Lega¥tion, Lise Ragbir, said the basis for the belief of Òparanormal ac¥tivityÓ in the house is likely be¥cause of the Robertson family, who owned the home for more than 100 years. Joseph and Lyd¥ia Lee Robertson raised their 11 children there. Ragbir said Mrs. Robertson was the first to be born in the house in 1850 and the last to die there in 1940. Oth¥er residents also lived on Robert¥son Hill during the familyÕs time at the home. Ramsey was a child when the paranormal sparked her curi¥osity. Ramsey and Andrews, whom she has known since WHAT: Haunted History Mystery WHERE:The French Legation Museum WHEN:Oct. 31 from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. WEB:$15 to $35 TICKETS:http:// frenchlegationmuseum. blogspot.com/2011/09/ haunted-history-mystery¥ october-31-2011.html search myself instead of obsess¥ing and being scared over the sit¥uation,Ó Ramsey said. But it was her paranormal experience during her first visit at the French Legation which led her to inquire about the site further. Ramsey said the home is a site which holds a strong place mem¥ory. This is a theory that a de¥ceased personÕs emotional sce¥narios from their past life can be replayed and that living onlook¥ers can eventually catch a glimpse of the spirit re-living the scenar¥io, unaware of viewers. ÒSome people say they have heard noises or felt a presence,Ó said Ragbir. ÒThough I havenÕt had any paranormal experienc¥es myself.Ó When asked whether she be¥lieves in paranormal activity, Ragbir declined to comment. At a venue filled with possibil¥ities for the paranormal, Ram¥sey said there could be a vari¥ety of presences. There is po¥tential for a residual haunting, which happens in a place mem¥ory situation. There is also po¥tential for a poltergeist, which is a noisy source that could be a ghost. There could be sourc¥es of high energy that can move third grade, recorded ÒEVP items around, or transparent lines, dozens of DIY, twisted carni-The music will be performed by Halloween performance. val creature-puppets with reptilian the three marching bands and in¥sessions,Ó also known as elec-cardboard-like cutouts of people tronic voice phenomena, on a may also arise. Demons, animal legs and lifeless souls and cursed clude original compositions like ÒThe ambitious this year than ever before. WHAT:Circus of the Seven cassette recorder. spirits and other sources are also costumed stilt-walkers. Monster March,Ó written by local mu-ÒAustin has definitely grown,Ó Mc- Dawns parade ÒWe knew we were getting sounds a possibility. Throw in a haunted clown float the sic producer and composer Ron Car-Millan said. ÒEven though weÕve been we didnÕt make,Ó Ramsey said. ÒItÕs natural to get scared, but size of a VW Beetle and a homemade son, McMillanÕs own ÒCircus of the doing this for five years, a lot of peo- WHERE:Downtown Austin Ramsey explained that it was thereÕs this zone you get into,Ó mythical, bat-winged wraith elephant Seven DawnsÓ and also carnival vari-ple are still unaware that thereÕs a New the death of an immediate family Ramsey said. ÒIf you put WHEN:9 p.m. at Auditorium so that glows different colors and the ations on spooky classics like ChopinÕs Orleans-style parade group for Hal¥member that was the main reason much time and effort into an ex- Shores Circus of The Seven Dawns is all ac-ÒFuneral March.Ó loween. ThereÕs a lot of folks down¥ she decided to delve into the field. perience that may last a few sec-Acquaintances would tell Ram-onds, you donÕt want to lose it, sey that spirits are stuck on earth so if I feel thereÕs real activity when they are Òviolently killed.Ó going on, I get into work mode ÒThatÕs when I decided to re-ready to catch it.Ó Pu Ying Huang |Daily Texan Staff Programs coordinator Franke Smith at the French Legation Museum peers around the corner of the recently emptied out house. Tours will be conducted Monday with ghost hunters scanning the house for paranormal activity. counted for. Between 150 and 200 pa¥rade participants are expected to show up, according to parade captain Chris McMillan, 32, who said that when the circus begins its death march at 9 p.m., everyone on Sixth Street will know. ÒWe have to warn marchers to keep their heads down because of the camera flashes,Ó McMillan said. He also organized the Circus of the Sev¥en Dawns and the local parade club behind it, KreweDCM. ÒItÕs just crazy. The flashes will totally blind you.Ó The Halloween parade, the fifth McMillan and KreweDCM have arranged since 2007 and the first theyÕve needed a police escort and a special event permit from the city for, will start at Auditorium Shores by the South First Street bridge. It will then march down Congress to Fifth Street, take a left onto Brazos Street and then Òbe released,Ó according to McMillan, Òinto the Sixth Street en¥closure,Ó where theyÕll mingle among thousands of drunken onlookers. McMillan said the haunted sound is a big part of what gives KreweD¥CMÕs New Orleans-style parades Òan Austin twist.Ó He said Austin is a city thatÕs ripe for a parade movement Ð especially a Halloween-themed one Ð since itÕs a city that is built around music and is infamous for its down¥town Halloween celebrations. He came up with the idea for KreweDCM while driving back to Texas from New Orleans, where he has family. ÒIt couldnÕt be Mardi Gras, but Hal¥loween Ð my other favorite holiday Ð that could work,Ó McMillan said. ÒHalloween is the big holiday that a lot of people celebrate in Austin.Ó McMillan, who will lead the march while pounding a bass drum and screaming through an electronic megaphone like a zombie Tom Waits, said surprise is a big part of the pa¥radeÕs thrill. People on Sixth Street on Monday probably wonÕt be expecting the parade, which is bigger and more town that see us, and its just a kind of Ôholy crapÕ moment.Ó That Òholy crapÓ moment is part¥ly because of the totally outrageous puppets and visuals that KreweD-CM prepared for this yearÕs march. Ben Williams, a local metal fabricator and the groupÕs official Master Build¥er and Lieutenant of Logistics, over¥saw much of that aspect of the pa¥rade and said that every year the cre¥ations get Òa little bit bigger and a lit¥tle bit cooler.Ó In 2009, Williams and his crew constructed a 60-foot-long ÒChinese light dragonÓ that blew both smoke and minds when KreweDCM un¥veiled it during their march. The dragon was featured in the 2010 doc¥umentary ÒHalloween on 6th Street.Ó The visuals this year include an evil clown float that will release men¥acing, clowns out of its mouth, circus animal puppets with mutated features and the ÒSkelephantÓ Ð a 7-foot-long, aluminum-framed ghost elephant. WEB:krewedcm.com ÒIÕm going to carry it on a back¥pack harness and pull its wings up and down,Ó Williams said. ÒHeÕs a flying el¥ephant. HeÕs got bat wings, elephant ears, tusks, we put a smoke machine inside of his trunk, heÕs got seven eye¥balls. HeÕs kind of a mythical creature.Ó When Williams and KreweDCMÕs work is combined with the march¥ing bands and a legion of clowns and stilt-walkers and then set loose down¥town, McMillan said that Halloween¥revelers wonÕt know what hit them, ÒWe get pretty much the same reaction every year from peo¥ple who havenÕt seen us before,Ó McMillan said. ÒThey freak out at first because thereÕs a zombie skeleton drumline up front part¥ing the crowd. Then, they look up and see these visuals above the crowd, and itÕs this amazing jaw-dropping moment.Ó