LIFE&ARTS PAGE 6 Pizza worth shelling out the dough fo r N EW S PAGE 5 A u s tin real e state try in g to sta y afloat EATHER Low Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dail Br in g o n t h e t ig e r s ! Monday, June 22, 2009 wmwmmmmmmmmm, Bill offers funding for Ike damage Gov. signs bills supplying $150 million to UTMB, expanding storm insurance By Andrew Martinez Daily Texan Staff On Friday, Gov. Rick Perry signed into law bills that will provide $1 50 million in natural disaster relief for the Hurricane Ike-ravaged Univ ersity of Texas Medi­ cal Branch and reform the state's windstorm insurance fund to allow for more expansive coverage for home­ owners and business owners during a storm. The signing took place in Galveston after a 30-min- ute ceremony on the UTMB campus where a sling- bound Perry addressed the audience of universi­ ty faculty and staff on the significance of the much- needed legisla Hon. "The past year was especially difficult for this area as Hurricane Ike destroyed homes, displaced our cit­ izens and knocked out one of only three Level One trauma centers in this area," Perry said. "1 am pleased that the Legislature has funded a number of key initia­ tives that will help UTMB continue to serve this com­ munity by treating patients, training doctors and set­ ting the standard for medical excellence in this area." The bill allocates more than $425 million in funds to relieve Galveston of damages caused by Hurricane Ike in 2008, including a $62 million increase* in the state's disaster contingency fund and $39 million for beach restoration and reconstruction. Hurricane Ike caused over $1 billion in damages to the medical branch — only $130 million of these dam­ ages were covered by insurance. Nearly 3,000 employ­ ees were laid off as a result. The $150 million sent to the medical branch will help repair its educational, research, hospital and clin­ ic spaces and fund the rebuilding of the trauma center, set to reopen this summer at Level Three status and eventually back to Level One by 2010. These funds will be matched by the Federal Emer­ gency Management Agency, insurance compensation and private foundations to amount to nearly $1.4 bil­ lion fn relief that will allow the university to restore and expand after the uncertainty caused by Ike. "Because of great legislative support, we remain true to a motto that has served us well for over a cen­ tury: 'UTMB stops for no storm,'" said UTMB presi­ dent David Callender during the ceremony. In addition to the Ike-related relief, Perry also signed a bill set to restructure the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to provide more complete coverage for home and business owners durmg a storm. The association's insurance fund was depleted af­ ter Hurricane Ike's devastating foray of the Texas coast, which caused an estimated $24 billion in dam­ ages to the state. Perry said without this new legisla­ tion, Texas would go bankrupt should another major storm make landfall. "This bill represents progress and represents in­ corporating sound business practices to how we deal with a storm," Perry said. The associafion now becomes the state's insurance provider of last resort and will allow coverage of up to $2.5 billion in storm-related damages. The Texas De­ partment of Insurance will also create incentives for in­ surers to voluntarily provide coastal coverage. By Nathan Batoon Daily Texan Staff D ro v e s of e x c ite d fan s mobbed stores all over the na­ tion to purchase A pple's lat­ est edition of the iPhone — but none more dedicated than A.J. Landeros. Landeros, a UT natural sci­ ences senior, received an e- mail at 12:19 p.m. last Thurs­ day from AT&T stating that his pre-ordered iPhone 3G S had arrived. As luck would have it, Landeros had just finished his shift at the Division of Instruc­ tional Innovation and Assess­ ment at UT and was headed in the direction of the AT&T store in South Austin. When he got to the store, he asked a manager if he could wait outside - 18 hours before the 7 a.m. Friday release date. Ready with a folding chair and a sign that read "A pple's #1 Teammates surround Longhorn sophomore center fielder Connor Rowe after Rowe hit a walk-off home run to give Texas a 4-3 victory and send the team to the College World Series championship series starting today at 6 p.m. The Longhorns entered the bottom of the ninth inning down 3-2. INSIDE: Texas battles LSU for championship in best-of-three series starting today Perry campaigns with social media By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Gov. Rick Perry has employed new tactics, such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs, to attract youn£ supporters for his gubernatorial campaign. Texans for Rick Perry sponsored the Volunteer Leadership Summit on Saturday to discuss important conser­ vative issues and promote new ways of supporting the campaign. The gov­ ernor will presumably face U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in a hotly con­ tested Republican primary. Campaigning through social media is a stretch from traditional campaign methods; however, for some support­ ers it has proven useful to voice their opinions directly as well as connect with Perry's work and personal lives. "You may be following up with me on 'tweeter' or on Facebook or some of the other social media sites," Per­ ry said in his speech. "You may have found out through 'tweeter' first that my arm is healing up alright." Young Conservatives of Texas mem­ ber Brianna Becker, a UT government senior, follows Perry on Twitter and said the governor is an active user. "His interns also have a Twitter and they give updates from the office," Becker said. "On Facebook, he posts a lot of pictures, some funny quotes, Perry spokesman Mark Miner said social media allows the campaign to connect with supporters without a middleman. "Social media is an important tool to reach new audiences — young­ er audiences," Miner said, "And get your message directly to people in­ stead of being filtered through other forms of traditional media." Perry's Web site has about 1,300 new visitors every day and his Twit­ ter site has over 10,600 followers and grows by a hundred each day, said Will Franklin, Texans for Perry's direc­ tor of new media and research. On Fa­ cebook, Perry is connected to roughly 7,500 people. The campaign also has a text message platform in which 12,000 people have opted to join, said Frank­ lin. Franklin said Perry has already made decisions based off of user com­ ments on his social media sites. The governor vetoed a bill last week that would give the Depart­ ment of Family and Protective Ser­ vices more control in child protec­ tion cases. The legislation essential­ ly gives the Department of Family and Protective Services workers more control in the legal process during an investigation of potential child abuse PERRY continues on page 2 Governor Perry fist-bumps his finance coordinator, Dana Parish, at his Volunteer Leadership Summit on Saturday at the AT&T Conference Center. Peyton McGee ¡ D aily Texan Staff a lot of different stories of people that he meets on the campaign trail." Cal Jillson, professor of political sci­ ence at Southern Methodist Universi­ ty, said Perry's new media use is a re­ sponse to democrats' successful use of it, particularly citing the success of President Obama's campaign. "Most major campaigns today do employ new media and it is always dangerous for someone 50 plus on a Twitter," Jillson said. "The Obama campaign was very efficient and ef­ fective in using new media and so most other campaigns try to include that in their arsenal." 2007 and even for the updated 3G model last July. This year, however, the lines were much smaller, largely because Apple allowed customers to pre-order online for home delivery. "I didn't really have to stand in line, but I'm just such a huge Apple fan," Landeros said. "I used to carry a laptop around with me like 24 hours a day. Now, if I have to Google some­ thing or look up my e-mail, or whatever, it's literally in my pocket. It definitely connects me to all my social networking sites and the Internet in a way that was never really possible." The 3G S is faster and has a longer-lasting battery life. New updated features include vid­ eo recording and voice con­ trol. Most of the features absent in the iPhone and iPhone 3G, iPHONE continues on page 2 UT team develops new tool to study evolution By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff In the past month, evolutionary study has been im proved with SATé, an algorithm designed by UT researchers to take DNA se­ quences and automatically align them to one another in order to infer an evolutionary tree. The development of the algo­ rithm, Simultaneous Alignment and Tree Estimation, "SATé," is the culmination of a two-year joint ef­ fort by UT computer sciences pro­ fessor Tandy Warnow and inte­ grative biology associate profes­ sor Randy L inder, along with sev­ eral graduate students. Darwinian evolutionary theo­ ry recognizes that all life forms on the planet are related to one an­ other. The theory proposes that all species originate from a single ancestor. Linder said figuring out these relationships with phyloge­ netic study, the study of the rela­ tionships of organisms at a nu­ cleotide level, can be applied in many ways to modem biology*. "People use [phylogenies] to figure out adaptations," Linder said. "Say you wanted to know how hemoglobin has changed in placenta. They have been used to help discover drugs. They have been used in forensic cases." Warnow said the phylogenet­ ic algorithm produces an evolu­ tionary tree based off of m athe­ matical processes. "An evolutionary tree is the graphical representation of the fun dam ental relatio n sh ip be­ tween the organisms represented in the tree," Warnow said. "SATé is a heuristic for a mathematical SATÉ continues on page 5 Senior natural science major AJ Landeros texts his friend with his iPhone 3GS at the main mall on Saturday. M a iy Kang | D aily Texan Staff Fan," Landeros settled in for the long night. "All I was going to be doing at home was hitting the refresh button on Google News to see if there was any iPhone news," he said. "So I figured it was best that I go wait outside AT&T." Lines at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation snaked around city blocks for the origi­ nal release of the iPhone in June ‘# 1 fan’ camps out for a new iPhone NEWS BRIEFLY Perry vetoes TV recycling bill, environmentalists disapprove Gov Rick Perry vetoed a bill Fri­ day that would have created a tele­ vision recycling progrant, prompt­ ing criticism from state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin. The program would curb increas­ ing electronic waste by mandat­ ing television manufacturers take back their televisions and recycle them. The Env ironmental Protection Agency estimates that more than 2 milium tops of electronic waste were deposed of in US. landfills in 2005, potentially leaking harmful chemicals into the* environment. Amy Rames, a Goodwill Indus­ tries spokeswoman, said it costs the company 25 cents per pound of tele­ vision recycled. Unlike computers, televisions don't have precious met­ als that can be extracted in the recy­ cling process to offset costs Was ton said tire recycling pro­ gram would have been tree and convenient for consumers. "The bill represented a com­ promise between environmental groups and industry," Watson said, "Advocates of the environment saw the bill as a stef> forward for recy­ cling, and as an important environ­ mental protection, preventing toxic contamination of our soil and water. Industry saw the bill as a solution to a problem and hoped that the bill would become a model tor other states to follow.'' He said the governor disavowed environmental practice. "Regrettably, the governor is choosing to protect big business rath­ er than the people of Texas, even when business is eager and willing to step up and assume responsibility tor the end -of-life treatment of their own pnxiucts," Watson said. The governor's office could not be reached by press time. — Erin M u hm tey Man shot Friday near Riverside, suspect claims self-defense A 33-year-old black male was found dead Friday morning in a residential neightxirhood near East Riverside Drive. Police continue to investigate the murder of Jerry' Duane Still. Po­ lice responding to a disturbance call Thursday night found Still's bt>dy in the 2200 block of Town Lake Circle at 2:43 a.m., according to the affida­ vit. Another man, also found on h e scene, was taken in for questioning the same morning and admitted to killing the man in self-defense. The second man was released Friday afternoon, after being ques­ tioned by police. The nature of the men's relationship is undeter­ mined, said APD Corporal Scott Perry, a spokesman for the police department. "We are still investigating his claim to self-defense," Perry said re­ ferring to the second male. "There was an altercation and that's why we were called out." Perry said the investigation is still pending but said h e police depart­ ment believes here is no more dan­ ger to the public following Friday's possible murder. APD asks anyone who may have information regarding h e incident to call h e Homicide Tip Line at 477-3588 or Crime Stoppers at 472- 8477(TIPS). — Pierre Bertrand Monday, June 22, 2009 ¡PHONE: Student waits 18 hours for new phone From page 1 however, can be obtained by dow nloading the free new iP­ hone OS 3.0 operating system. For new custom ers signing a two-year contract with AT&T, the 3G S costs $199 or $299 de­ pending on the memory capac­ ity. Most existing owners of the oíder 3G model are not eligible for the new-custom er pricing. These custom ers will have to the pay the unsubsidized price of $599 for a 16 GB m em ory chip or $699 for a 32 GB mem­ ory chip. Landeros said he would sac­ rifice sleep any day for the iP­ hone, but that was the least of his worries. "There were so many birds and nature sounds. I was kind of w orried about my safety," he said. "I had a little crowbar with me just in case." Fortunately, Landeros had a strong support group to help him brave the lonely night. His sister, Christina Landeros, a UT social work graduate stu­ dent, visited him multiple times, even holding his place in line so he could go to Wal-Mart. "We brought him a couple of things of water," Christina Lan­ deros said. "I even brought him Subway at the end of the night." Scared for her brother's safe­ ty, she said she couldn't sleep the entire night and sent him periodic text messages making sure he was still alive. "I think it's a little crazy," she said. "He is a cool, simple guy, and when he really likes things, he really goes after it." The waiting was brutal, A.J. Landeros said, but his batter­ ies were recharged periodically when family and friends popped in to visit. His dad even brought him some water on his way to pick up cereal for his mom. "We talked about if homeless people would come through — what w ould we do," Landeros said, about a conversation he had w ith some friends while w aiting in front of the AT&T store. "W hat if they started at­ tacking us? Then we started talking about women, of course. A guy's dream conversation." A round 2 a.m., m ore fans showed up. Landeros had al­ ready been waiting close to 14 hours. As 7 a.m. approached, Lande­ ros readied himself. He w ant­ ed to get in and get out, zoom home and sync his new prized possession with iTunes. "I was trying not to speed, but 1 was going like 72," he said about driving home receiving his new iPhone. "Yeah, but no tickets, no tickets, so I'm okay." If Apple decides to release a new iPhone, Landeros said he will bring a comfortable cot to sleep on next time. "Man, it was brutal," Lande­ ros said as he walked to work on Friday. "I'm surviving on caffeine. My eyes are so heavy right now." T h e D a i l /y T e x a n Volume 110, Number 13 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512)471-4591 E d ito r Jillian Sheridan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Stephen Keller (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Web Office: (512)471-8616 online@dailytexanonline.com Sports Office: (512)232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts Office: (512) 232-2209 lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512)471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 ioanw@mail.utexas.edu Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifieds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all Infor­ m ation fairly, accurately and com plete­ ly. If we have made an error, let us know abo u t it. Call (512) 232-2217 o r e-mail managingeditor@daHytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2009 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. TODAY'S WEATHER High 101 Low 7 6 In West Philadelphia born and raised. Editor Managing Editor Associate Managing Editor Associate Editors News Editor Associate News Editors Senior Reporters Copy Desk Chief Associate Copy Desk Chief Design Editor Senior Designers Photo Editor Associate Photo Editors Senior Photographers Lrfe&Arts Editor Associate Ute&Arts Editors Senior Ufe&Arts Writers Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Senior Sports Writers Comics Editor Web Editor Multimedia Editor Associate Multimedia Editors Editorial Adviser Photographers UfeAArts Writers Columnists Copy Editors Editorial Cartoonist Volunteers ........... Edmare Hedrick | Daily Texan Staff Johnte Johnson jo ts dow n num bers o f p o te n tia l em ployers at the W orkforce Solutions Career Center, a jo b search service contracted under the Texas Workforce Commission. The center provides many jo b assistance resources to th e unem ployed. Report reveals local job growth Low unem ploym ent, jo b creation key to stable Austin labor conditions By Nathan Batoon Daily Texan Staff Although Austin faces a tight­ ening job market and rising un­ employment rate, the region may be poised for growth, according to the Texas Work Force Commis­ sion's monthly report. The comission's report, released Friday, states that Austin's unem­ ployment rate rose from 5.5 to 5.9 percent in May. The Austin area, however, added 5,500 jobs in May — h e fourth straight month of job growth — according to h e report. Government job creation led all sectors with an addition of 3,000 jobs during the month. The only sectors to report job losses were in the manufacturing and retail in­ dustries, but those losses are be­ ing offset by gains in government and service fields, according to data released by the Bureau of La­ bor Statistics earlier this month. Texas tends to have business laws and a tax environment de­ sirable for businesses and compa­ nies, said Weston Sythoff, Work­ force Solutions-Capital Area com­ munications coordinator. "The reason Austin does so well in comparison with other cit­ ies around the country is: num ­ ber one, it is in Texas, and number two, the existence of UT and h e state and local government," Sy­ thoff said. "Those are usually the jobs that are more stable and aren't necessarily affected by a recession as drastically." Health care and professional and business services continue to show growth, the commission reported. According to the Austin Cham­ ber of Commerce, Austin's popu­ lation has grown faster than any other city in the nation and has a young workforce, with nearly half the working population between 18 and 44. Austin's median age is four years younger than the na­ tional median of 36.4. "Austin is h e second-fastest growing city in the country," Sythoff said. "It's a good sign for employers because they know h a t it is a growing area with an educated workforce." Beverly Kerr, vice president of research at the Austin Regional Chamber of Commerce, said that after h e recession in 2001 h e Aus­ tin chamber beefed up its econom­ ic development staff to absorb fu­ ture economic downturns. "This recession — being that we don't have the housing bub­ ble and here isn't really a defined tech com ponent to this reces­ sion — we haven't lost too many jobs," Kerr said. "We are still add­ ing jobs, which make us h e only metropolitan area out of the top 50 that are adding jobs." A ustin's com paratively low unem ploym ent rates and over­ all brighter economic forecast than many other regions' might help it attract corporations when the economy improves, accord­ ing to economists, economic de­ velopment officials and site se­ lection analysts. The current recession has, how­ ever, changed employers' tactics. Bill Kasko, president and chief executive officer of Frontline Source Group, a temporary staff­ ing agency and direct hire firm based out of Dallas, said that in the current economic climate, em­ ployers are seeking more quali­ fied applicants. "So the employer understands, because of supply and demand they can ask for more right now, not only from the skillset side, but they can also ask that the sal­ aries come down," Kasko said. "So, h e employer is really taking advantage of the situation where they can ask and search for the individual with everything and then some." In a burgeoning recession, with people all over the country squeezed by h e contracting econ­ omy, Austin is making moves to facilitate infrastructure conducive to upward mobility. "What we are doing right now is working real hard to make sure jobs that are going to be created are jobs h a t are going to support long-term economic growth," Sy­ thoff said. "We feel like we are do­ ing a good job when we see job growth and an unemploym ent rate that stays relatively stable." Jillian Sheridan Stephen KeMer R. Henry ................................ David Jeremy Burchard. Roberto Cervantes .................................Erin Mulvaney Audrey Campbell. Francisco Marin ........................................ Pierre Bertrand Andrew Martinez Ben Wermund Ben Lankford Austen Sofhauser .......................................................Thu Vo Olivia Hinton Colby White Janie Shaw T. ........................................ Caleb Miller Jordan Smothermon Jackie Gilíes. Karina Jacques Mary Kang, May-Ying Lam Leigh Patterson Brad Barry , Mary Lirvgwall, Ana McKenzie Alex Regnery, Robert Rich Austin Talbert Michael Sheffield Will Anderson Dan Hurwitz Carolyn Calabrese Erik Reyna Rachael Schroeder Stephen Gamache Richard A Finnell From page 1 PERRY: Internet lobbying influences policy tive session only helped those ics of Texas are changing in seeking to attend four-year uni­ many ways, which could work versities and not necessarily the against the R epublican p a r­ youth and Hispanics looking for ty. Younger voters are moving higher paying jobs. tow ards the Democratic Par­ ty, and H ispanic voters, who tend to vote democrat by a 2-to- 1 margin, are growing from 37 percent of the general popula­ tion to a projected 50 percent by the 2030s, according to Jillson's research. by clarifying the current require­ ment of '"good cause shown" by requiring protective service work­ ers to present to a judge credible evidence in writing signed under penalty of perjury. "I think young people should be interested in higher job qual­ ity prospects," Jillson said. "Tex­ as still has a lower m edian in­ come than the national average. There are a lot of job openings in Texas, but they don't pay well. Hispanics are interested since they are such a large part of Tex­ as, but they are poorer than the average Texan." "This past week the gover­ nor's Facebook page was filled w ith things about [the bill]," Franklin said. "1 think the gover­ nor got on there and that played in on his decision to veto that overreaching bill." Jillson said the dem ograph­ Although Perry's campaign is expending energy to gain young supporters through social me­ dia, Jillson said the last legisla­ T n r IY a n v HTir Y AIV pfide byThe Dally Texan and 1 L A A l l i I I Hi T e x a s S tu d e n t M e d ia . T h is n e w s p a p e r w a s m a d e w ith Permanent Staff Issue Staff .............................................. Peyton McGee Jordan Turk. Risa Punzalan, Courtney Sevener Edgar Vega, Lola Mojimimyi, Douglas Luipold Dan Leyendecker Lauren Scott ^ ' ,»........................... Edgar Vega Bobby Longoria. Nathan Batoon. Kimberty Dahl. Ariel Min. 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The m useum holds m ore than 4,000 ancient w orks, including some of the best surviving classi­ cal sculptures that once adorned the Acropolis. T he p u b lic o p e n in g cam e a day after a lavish cerem ony a t­ te n d e d by foreign d ig n ita rie s in c lu d in g E u ro p e a n C o m m is­ sion President Jose M anuel Bar­ roso, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro M atsuura, and foreign heads of state and governm ent. C onspicuously, there w ere no gov ern m en t officials from Brit­ ain, w h ich h as re p e a te d ly re ­ fu sed to re p a tria te d o z e n s of 2,500-year-old sc u lp tu res from th e P a rth e n o n tem ple th a t are held in the British M useum. A bout 200 visitors h ad lined up early before the official open­ ing on Sunday, even though they had all pre-booked their tickets online. The first w eek — w ith the ex cep tio n of a few tickets available for Friday — is already com pletely sold out through In­ ternet sales. Chryssa Salamanou, from A th­ ens, w as first through the doors onto the m useum grounds, along w ith her husband and child. "W e felt that today, w ith ou r child, we had to be the first ones here to adm ire the m asterpieces w hich finally found such a w or­ thy, such an im p o rta n t hom e," she said. Paige M oore, a v isito r from H o u sto n , Texas, sa id sh e w as very excited to see the m useum on the first day. "I've been w aiting for the last couple of m onths to come. A nd so I tim ed it just so I could come to this," Moore said. Once inside, visitors w ere im ­ pressed both by the exhibits and th e la y o u t of th e u ltra m o d e rn building, w hich includes a glass hall designed to show case all the surviving P arthenon sculptures in their original alignm ent The Greek governm ent hopes th a t th e $180 m illio n concrete a n d g la ss m u se u m w ill r e in ­ force the case for th e re tu rn of the sculptures pried off the P ar­ th e n o n in th e 19th c e n tu ry by British diplom at Lord Elgin and currently displayed in L ondon's British M useum. The m u se u m 's top floor d is­ plays the section of the frie/e that Elgin's agents left behind, joined to p la ste r casts of th e 90-odd w orks in London. The display is deliberately set to reinforce the fact that there are missing pieces. Entry to the m useum is set at a nom inal charge of $1.40 until the end of the year, w hen it will in­ crease to $7.00. According to the m u se u m 's m anagem ent, a ty p ­ ical visit could take up to three h o u rs, n o t in c lu d in g p o ssib le stops for food and refreshments. Visitors ad m ire the sculptures at th e new A cropolis m useum in A thens on Sunday. The Acropolis M useu m o p e n e d its gates tod ay to the first visitors w ho cam e to see the m ore than 4,000 exhibits on display. T h a n a ssis S ta v ra k is A s s o c ia te d Press E m a d M a tti A s s o c ia te d P re ss People sit in the ru bble of destroyed hom es after a truck b o m b in g near Kirkuk, 180 m iles north o f Bag hd ad on Sunday. Mosque razed by truck bomb By Patrick Q uinn The Associated Press BAGHDAD — Police and rescue crews sifted through the rubble of a mosque and dozens of flattened mud-brick homes on Sun­ day looking for survivors of the worst attack in Iraq this year — a truck bombing blamed on al-Qaida that killed 72 people. Political parties said S atu rd ay 's attack against a Shiite m osque near the ethnically tense city of Kirkuk w as aim ed at destabi­ lizing Iraq, which is slowly trying to return to normal after years of ethnic and religious bloodletting. The bombing, w hich w ounded 163 peo­ ple, came as US. troops have been withdraw­ ing from Iraqi cities as part of a secunty agree­ ment that requires all troops to leave the coun­ try by the end of 2011. There are concerns that violence will spike after US. troops fully pull out of the cities by a June 30 deadline. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for calm and said there will be no delay in the U S. withdrawal. He warned over the week­ end that there could be attem pts to destabi­ lize the country. Police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Q adir said the death toll from Saturday's attack was so high because most of the 30 homes that were dam ­ aged around the mosque were m ade of mud. The mosque was flattened. "T he o p e ra tio n h as al-Q aid a fin g e r­ prints," he said, adding that an investiga­ tion was ongoing. There were conflicting re­ ports about w hether the attack w as carried out by a suicide bomber or if the truck was booby-trapped. It took place in Taza, 10 miles south of Kirkuk, which is hom e to about 20,000 peo­ ple — many of them Shiites from the Turko- men minority. "It .is a quiet town, but al-Qaida targeted it to try to ignite the sectarian sedition in Iraq," said Tahseen Kahaya, a member of the Islam­ ic Turkomen party. Sunni insurgents and terror groups such as al-Qaida remain active in northern Iraq despite security gains around the country. Tensions have also spiked in the oil-rich area as Kurds seek to incorporate Kirkuk into their semiau- tonomous region despite opposition by Arabs, Turkomen and other rival ethnic groups. "There are groups working to inflame the situation in Kirkuk, which cannot be solved w ithout calm and constructive dialogue," the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party said. It blamed the attack on the "the enemies of Iraq and their agents w ho do not wish to see Iraq as a stable and calm country." Although violence has dropped sharply in Iraq, daily attacks continue. In northern Mo­ sul, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol on Sunday killed a bystander and w ounded three others, police said. According to an Associated Press count, at least 1,678 Iraqis, civ ilians and security personnel have been killed since Jan. 1. Al­ though the figure is lower than the 4,809 who died from attacks in the first six m onths of last year, there have been at least 19 bom b­ ings that killed more than a dozen people so far this year. WORLD BRIEFLY NATION BRIEFLY NM police looking for suspects involved in killing at Denny's ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Al­ buquerque police on Sunday were looking for at least two men who they believe helped commit an armed robbery that turned deadly at a packed Denny's Restaurant. Two suspects were arrested within minutes of the crime Satur­ day on suspicion of murder, kid­ napping, robbery and child abuse because there were at least five chil­ dren in the restaurant, Albuquer­ que Officer Nadine Hamby said. Hamby said the men who were arrested are in their late 20s to early 30s and are from South America, but she did not know where specifically. She said police were working with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement to verify their identities. Hamby said at least four masked men with rifles and handguns rushed into the northwest Albu­ querque 13600/s around 9:30 a.m. Saturday and demanded money. A teenage female employee was fatally shot during the robbery. Po­ lice have not yet identified her. One restaurant employee told police a manager was forced to open the cash register and the rob­ bers took an undetermined amount of cash. Hamby said police believe the men committed 10 similar robber­ ies in the Albuquerque area in the past year, but no one was shot in those incidents. Greener diet reduces dairy cows'methane gas burps COVENTRY, Vt. — Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrink- ing their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp — dairy cows' contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal meth­ ane by feeding them flaxseed, alfal­ fa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fat­ ty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front and not the back end of the cow. The dairy industry contributes about 2 percent to the country's total greenhouse gas production, said Rick Naczi, a vice president at Dairy Management Inc., which funds research and promotes dairy products. Compiled from Associated Press reports Haitians leery of 2nd election round amid political violence PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Election officials flew street ban­ ners and sent text messages to en­ courage a big turnout for Haiti's hotly anticipated Senate run-offs, but very few in the capital city were voting Sunday. Eleven vacant seats in the 30-member Senate are on the line. With them are President Rene Pre- val's hopes of overpowering un­ cooperative legislators and push­ ing through internationally backed economic reforms and constitu­ tional amendments that would give his successors more power. By early Sunday afternoon, one person was reported killed during a skirmish between rival parties in the western Grand Anse region, and three partisans were injured in the southern a h ' of Jacmel, accord­ ing to Frantz Lerebours, Haitian national police spokesman. Many Haitians said they are wary of voting following weeks of political clashes, some deadly, and they're fed up with what they see as an ineffective government that has done nothing about the coun­ try's dire poverty. Afghan firefight presents big challenge for American troops NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Mis­ siles, machine guns and strafing runs from fighter jets destroyed much of a Taliban compound, but the insurgents had a final sur­ prise for a pair of U.S. Marines who pushed into the smoldering build­ ing just before nightfall. As the two men walked up an alley, the Taliban opened fire from less than 15 yards, sending bul­ lets and tracer fire crackling inches past them. They fled under cover­ ing fire from their comrades, who hurled grenades at the enemy po­ sition before sprinting to their ar­ mored vehicles. "This was the first time we pushed this far. I guess they don't like us coming into their back door," said Staff Sgt. Luke Med- lin, who was sweeping the alley for booby traps as Marine Gunner John Daly covered him from be­ hind when the Taliban struck. 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As universities around the cou n­ try auction off art collections, let faculty m em bers go and cut staff pay, the econom ic d eci­ sions that m u 't go into keeping higher education afloat have never been more obvious. So it com es as no -u rp rise that when the UT System Board of Regents hired Cooper, R obertson & Partners LLP, a New York-based architectural and urban planning firm , to adv ise them on the best use of the Brackenridge Tract, m oney was the cornerstone of the two proposals that the firm cam e up with. W hen consultants surveyed the picturesque, lakeside property, they could not picture it as hom e to a biology lab, a historical golf course and 500 graduate students too poor to buy brand name cereals. Instead, as M ichele van Deventer, a principal at the firm , explained to the Regents, the consultants envision the tract becom ing “a natural extension of d ow ntow n," and A u stin's new lake front d istrict." Their plan calls for extensive housing d evelopm ents' shopping centers, market squares and a spa-hotel. The plan also depends on elim inating Lions M unicipal G olf Course, which was found­ ed in 1^24, reducing or relocating U T ’s Brackenridge Field Laboratory and consolidating graduate and m arried student housing. We agree that the tract is not currently being used to its full potential. W hen George W ashington Brackenridge donated 500 acres to the U niversity of Texas in 1917, he intend ­ ed for the site to becom e a new m ain cam pus. B u t 5 0 , 0 0 0 students continu e to attend classes on the 40 Acres, w hich is three m iles from the Brackenridge Tract. The main cam pus' location is ideal for student involvem ent in city politics and entertainm ent, but students com pete intensely for on-cam pus hous­ ing M ost are all but forced to leave cam pus after their first or second year and retreat to the overpriced housing m arket of dow ntow n Austin. U T's Perm anent U niversity Fund has dropped 27 percent (from 11.7 billion to 8.6 b il­ lion) since 2007, the legislature has not increased its funding for the U niversity and tu­ ition is already skyrocketing. M aintaining fiscal security is crucial for the health of the UT System and its ability to pursue its educational m ission. It would be reasonable for the R egents to develop som e of the Tract for shopping centers and non-student housing. But instead of a spa-hotel, UT could build m ore student housing and class space. The current proposals go way too far when they com prom ise the B rackenrid ge Field Laboratory. Ironically, while the Regents claim to be looking for ways to further the U ni­ v e r s i t y ' s educational m ission, they will seriously dam age the education and research of UT if they choose to interfere in the work of the laboratory. The lab is used an n u ally by 15 facu lty, 20 g rad u ate stu d en ts and 300 u n d e rg ra d ­ uate stu d ents from U T as well as facu lty and stu d ents from Saint Edw ards U n iv ersi­ ty, C o n co rd ia U n iv ersity and A u stin C o m m u n ity C o lle g e , a cco rd in g to the A u stin A m erican-Statesm an. The tract is also hom e to 163 sp e cie s of b ird s, 19 ty p es of m am m als, 377 typ es of p l a n t s , 60 species of ants and 1,200 m oths and butterflies. M oreover, the site continu es to play host to ground breaking scien tific research and d iscov eries that put U T on the map nationw ide. Reducing the acreage of the site w ill reduce the am ount of field research biologists can do there M oving the site to a recom m ended location on the Colorado River will m ake it im possible for faculty and students w ith classes on the m ain cam pus to use it on a d ai­ ly basis. Either plan w ill u n d ou b tably lim it the ed u cation al and research p o ten tial of the site. W hile the Board of Regents m ust reevaluate their use of the Brackenridge Tract to e n ­ sure that it is being used to its fullest potential in furthering the academ ic m ission of the University, if they accept either of the proposals from Cooper, Robertson & Partners, they w ill com prom ise that m ission. — Jillian Sheridan fo r the editorial board Invisible disabilities ignored By Lola Mojiminiyi Daily Texan Columnist F in d in g out from a p ro fesso r that I have w hat som e consid er a d isab ility was painful and h u m iliatin g . My lim itatio n is a cataly st for grow th in my life, so I never once con sid ­ ered it d isabling. And in my mind and p reju ­ dice, a d isability is supposed to be visible. Not necessarily, according to Rachel Tarp, a co o rd in ato r in U T 's Se rv ices for Stu d en ts w ith D isa b ilitie s o ffice (SSD ). Som e of the m ost com m on d isa b ilitie s — w h ich can in ­ clu d e any thing from learn in g im p airm en ts, AD H D and m ental health issues — aren't im ­ m ed iately visible to us. "S e v e n ty -fiv e p e rc e n t o f s tu d e n ts r e g ­ iste re d w ith us h a v e d is a b ilitie s th a t are not im m e d ia te ly or p h y s ic a lly a p p a r e n t," Tarp sa id . "They have w h at we call in v is ­ ib le d is a b ilitie s . It is o u r fa s te s t g ro w in g p o p u latio n ." R o ss, w h o w e a rs a h e a rin g a id , is on e w hose d isab ility is noticeable. W hen he first cam e to UT, R o ss' a u d io lo g ist told him to register w ith SSD. "It took a lot of w ork to get all the n e ces­ sary p ap erw o rk to g eth er for SSD , bu t once I d id , th ey p ro cesse d it q u ick ly ," he said . "[S S D ] gave me eq u ip m en t and show ed me how to tell my professors w hat my needs are. At first, p ro fe sso rs are a little n ervo u s, but once I show them bow to use a m achine [that hooks up to the hearing aid], they are okay." SSD d o e s a b rillia n t jo b o f co m m u n ica t­ ing the n eed s of stu d e n ts w ith v isib le d is ­ a b ilitie s to their p ro fe sso rs. T h ere are w ell e sta b lish e d p ro to co l and to o ls th at are the p ro d u c t o f a h is to r y o f in te g r a tin g s t u ­ d en ts w ith v isib le d is a b ilitie s in to existin g edu cational structures. Stu d en ts w ith invisib le d isab ilities, how ev­ er, need different, m ore individ ualized so lu ­ tions. Too often, these stud ents are m et with in flex ib ility , cyn icism and ignorance — and the effects are d evastating. A t the b eg in n in g of a sem ester, a stu d en t w ith a d is a b ility is su p p osed to p resen t to each of their professors a letter from SSD that sp ecifically ou tlines the acad em ic accom m o­ dations for w hich they have been cleared. An accom m odation letter from SSD requires that UT fa cu lty and a d m in is tra tio n e n g ag e on both intellectu al and em otional levels w ith a student. But it is clear a lot of people on cam ­ pus d on't have the know -how to do this. "I hate doing th is," Brianne, who has an in ­ visible disability, said of her experience talk ­ ing to p ro fesso rs. "So m e p ro fesso rs think I am trying to get out of doing the w ork. Som e of them can be really hostile, and it hu rts. I w ish I cou ld ju st te ll my p ro fe sso rs w hat I have, because then m aybe they would under­ stand. But the way som e of them act, 1 guess it does not even m atter." B rianne, vyho has one year left at UT, said she "ju s t [w ants] to get out o f h ere as fast as I can ." Tarp acknow ledges that stud ents can have negative experien ces in college, but also said the SSD tries its best tb do outreach at the b e­ ginning of every sem ester w ith the resources they have, inclu d in g only five coo rd in ators for the entire University. "C o lle g e s au tom ate m any of th eir serv ic­ es in order to hand le large nu m bers of stu ­ d en ts," she said . "T h ere is a tend ency to be rigid and see things in black and w hite. This is good for som e things but does not alw ays work well for the students we rep resent." As for m y self, I s till hav e not re g istered w ith SSD . I h av e th e s n e a k in g s u s p ic io n th at it m ig h t co m p lica te my re la tio n sh ip s w ith som e facu lty , and th at I w ill acq u ire a lab el of in co m p e te n ce w hen I su b m it an accom m odation letter. We all have lim itatio n s, but they only b e ­ com e d isa b ilitie s w hen u n d erstan d in g and flexibility w ith regards to the ind ivid u al are su b o rd in ated to rigid au to m atio n w ith re ­ gards to evalu ation . W hen this happens, at­ te n d in g U T b e co m e s a d is c r e d itin g r a th ­ er than a lib eratin g exp erien ce for the in d i­ vidual, and we need lessly sacrifice the com ­ m itm ent to diversity that is at the core of the U n iv ersity's m ission. M ojim m iyi is a rhetoric a n d w riting a n d nutrition Senior LEGALESE SUBMIT A FIRING LINE 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 Re­ gents or the Texas Student Media Board of Op­ erating Trustees. All Texan editorials are written by the Editorial Board, the members of which are at the top right corner of this page. Please e-m ail Firing Lines to fin n g lm e@ d a i- ly tex a n o n lin e.c o m . The Texan re s e rv e s the right to edit all letters for clarity, brevity and liability. RECYCLE! Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Illustration by Edgar Vaga The GOP play-offs By Douglas Luippold Daily Texan Columnist R epublicans love football. A H arris Interac­ tive poll conducted in January ranks football as the most popular sport among most Republican demographics. Due to our love affair w ith the p ig sk in , it w ould be pru d ent for our elected officials to pay as m uch attention to the Cow boys as most Texans do. If they did, p o litician s w ould no­ tice striking parallels betw een the 2008 C ow ­ b oys and the 2009 R ep u b lican g u b ern atorial candidates. The sam e type of internal strife and pow er struggle that ruined the C ow boys' season has recently emerged betw een Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Unless their guber­ natorial cam paigns becom e m ore conciliatory and less abrasive, they will have the same level of success (or lack thereof) as the Cowboys. On June 10, the Austin A m erican-Statesm an reported that "Gov. Rick P erry ... plans to call the legislature back for a special session" to address funding issues for several state agencies. Shortly after the governor's announcem ent, H utchison told Todd Gillman of the Dallas M orning News that if she had been governor, a special session would not be needed. She told reporters that she would be "w orking hard through the session and I would be w ork­ ing with the legislature, w hich is what I think the governor should do." The special session was not caused by P er­ ry 's apathy. The arcane Texas C o n stitu tion is in d rastic need of reform and only m andates 140 days for a legislative session. There is no am ount of work and no level of involvem ent that any governor could engage in that would give the legislature adequate time to tend to the state's business. W hile I am very fond of hypothetical accom ­ plishm ents, H utchison's critique is counterpro­ ductive. It is bad for the Texas Republican Party and ultimately the entire state. The senator gave Perry an opportunity. He could have demonstrated a quality of executive leadership and collaboration by inviting her to contribute ideas for the special session. It would hav e b een a sm art p o litica l m ove, b eca u se Hutchinson could not accept the invitation. This session's lack of legislative leadership is going to be a major campaign issue for H utchi­ son. As the Dallas M orning News reported on June 2, "the fractious 140-day session that end­ ed M onday w ithout tackling som e h ig h -p ro ­ file problems gives her [Hutchison] plenty with which to target Gov. Rick Perry in the com ing Republican primary." If Perry reached out to her and she accepted, she would lose the issue, and declining his offer would make her look hypocritical. Fortunately, H utchison does not need to wor­ ry because Perry sim ply responded to her attack with his own. "It's easy to criticize when you're in Washing­ ton and have nothing constructive to offer," the governor said. Texans deserve better than this type of back- and-forth from two of their most senior and in­ fluential public servants. The practice of prim ary candidates whacking away at each other is an A m erican institution. Just ask Secretary of State H illary Clinton and President Barack Obama. However, the race has already becom e co n ­ tentiou s, and the p rim ary is still about nine months away. This is not only irritating, it also represents a serious problem for the Republican Party. Because a dem ocrat has not been elected to statew id e office in 16 years and rep u blicans have held both sides of the legislature for about a decade, it's easy to believe the real com peti­ tion only exists w ithin the GOP primary. W hile I would be more than happy to watch two of the top republicans in the state destroy each o th e r's p o litical careers, a knock-dow n, d rag-out fight betw een such im portant Texas leaders would ultim ately hurt Texas. R epubli­ cans do control a m ajority of the state govern­ ment, and turm oil and strife w ithin the party detracts from their ability to govern. To be sure, a republican victory in 2010 is by no means guaranteed, and an extended Perry- Hutchison brawl could give dem ocrats an edge. Several potential dem ocratic candidates, such as former U.S. am bassador to Japan Tom Schieffer and Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San A ntonio, have centrist appeal. Polls show b oth could com pete statew id e, and I'm sure they would both be more than hap­ py to wait in the wings while Perry and H utchi­ son spend all their time and, more importantly, money, fighting with each other. In May, the D allas Cow boys released Terrell Owens. This will taper the infighting and allow the Cowboys to focus on football again. Texans should let H utchinson and Perry know that — unless they begin focusing on Texas' problem s — they will get cut too. Luippold is a governm ent a n d journalism junior THE FIRING LINE A new top-tier model The legislature is right, says The Daily Texan, to propose more national research universities for Texas, but should start by adequately funding the ones it has (Texas' fragile top her, June 18). The analysis suffers, however, in assuming that a "Texas national research university" is an unchanging static target. To the contrary, because ever-increasing costs of higher education in their present forms are not sus­ tainable, UT will have to change to become afford­ able. Research institutions of the future will likely bear little resemblance to our present universities. Instead of asking for extra money to preserve the status quo — money that neither the Legislature nor families can provide — we should plan the needed changes. The pressure of ever-escalating costs is under­ standable. Our present universities are labor- intensive, and the University must pay what can be earned elsewhere. That is why, as President Powers reports, the cost of providing instruction at UT since 1990 has increased on average 2.6 percent the next year. Without changes in how we do things, real costs would double in 27 years, quadruple in 54. Among the changes that will mark the future, Texas national research universities will probably shift more learning to secondary schools, a development we see in growing Advanced Placement programs, and to provide greater inte­ gration with community colleges. President David E. Daniel of UT-Dallas recently testified before the Texas Senate Higher Education Committee that he encouraged students not to enroll as freshmen in his university, but to start college at a commu­ nity college where costs were less and transfer to UT-Dallas later. This runs against the generous, if unrealistic, impulse of UT-Austin alumni, who wish for their children the same kind of "college" they experi­ enced. The Commission of 125, a largely alumni group, denigrated satisfying course requirements through high school Advanced Placement exami­ nations, instead advocating "university-level cur­ ricula" at UT-Austin. This view was cited favor­ ably in the Report of the Task Force on Curricular Reform, ot which Powers was chairman, where it was bemoaned that "high school preparation has usurped college-level education." These strikingly differing views make clear that planning the reforms necessary to make college affordable will not be easy. But it is planning these changes that should occupy us — so we can start the process of change here at UT, and so we can help design what a Texas national research univer­ sity might look like in 20 or 30 years. — Francis Dummer Fishei Senior research fellou LB] School o f Public Affairs Monday, June 22, 2009 SATÉ: DNA analyses reveal relationships between organisms From page 1 optimization problem. The tree it produces is a good — perhaps op­ timal, if we are lucky — solution to its optimization criterion." In order to construct the tree, gene DNA sequences are aligned according to the evolutionary his­ tory of their nucleotides. Linder said pnor to the advent of SATé, the alignment process was done manu­ ally and was highly subjective. "P eop le w ould n't trust their alignments," Linder said. "There was an enormous level of subjec­ tivity to how [the alignment] re­ ally should be. What SATé is do­ ing is taking that aw ay and e x ­ ploring the set of p o ssib le a lig n ­ m e n t s m o r e thoroughly than a hum an being could do." D octoral can­ d id a te K e v in Liu contributed to the algorith­ mic design and is one of the au­ thors of the proj­ e ct's recent re­ p o rt. H e sa id SATé will devel­ op more sophisticated analyses of DNA sequences. _____________ "[SATé] is going to enable new analyses on fast-revolving mark­ ers," Liu said. "I am very excit­ ed by the explosion of biologi­ cal sequence data that's coming around, and 1 think this type of analysis and algorithm is going to be essential in the future." Although SATé has eliminated the slow and subjective process of manual analysis, the team still feels there is room for improve­ ment Wamow listed several goals for the improvement of SATé. "First, to extend SATé so that it works well on bigger and small­ er datasets," Wamow said. "Sec­ ond, to add [insertion/deletion of nucleotide] events to the model of evolution and third, to devel­ op a m athem atical understand­ ing of why SATé works as well as it does." Computer science graduate stu­ dent Serita Nelesen was part of the algorithmic discussions and contributed to the report's writ­ ing. She said she intends to be­ come a professor and will contin­ ue research in phylogenetic study. "I am w orking tow ard ta k ­ ing the alignment process ou t," Nelesen said, "so we can build even bigger trees from raw se­ quence data where we can't do every step that we would ideal­ ly like to do." SATé is lim ­ ited to an a ly z­ ing phylogenies of several thou­ sa n d s o f s p e ­ cies. This is an im p r o v e m e n t on old methods that could only h a n d le s e v e r ­ al hundred at a time. However, constructing the "tree of life" re­ q u ires a n a ly z ­ ing the estimat- ed 1.5 million to 10 m illion sp e­ cies on the planet. Linder said although the algorithm is limit­ ed in the number of phylogenies, improvements in genome study may soon be applied to make bet­ ter inferences. _____________ "The next hurdle is to figure out a way to use genomic infor­ m atio n ," Linder said. "To use com plete DNA sequences of an entire organism. To use that infor­ mation to infer phylogenies." W am ow agreed, saying con­ stru ctin g trees for in d ivid u al genes is the major limitation. "We will still need to find ways o f estim ating species histories from the different gene trees," W am ow said. "The problem is that gene trees do not all agree with each other." What SATé is doing is taking that away and exploring the set o f possible alignments more thoroughly than a human being could do" — R a n d y L in d e r integrative biology associate professor Ariel Min | Daily Texan Staff Eric Nebel, a leasing consultant for the Quarters, looks up contracts and plans in his office. Local real estate buyers have recently gained confidence in the housing market and the effects of the federal stimulus, boosting interest in Austin properties. Stimulus aids Austin real estate Local market fairing well despite national trend showing downturn By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff Local realtors say they have seen fig n s of g ro w th in the damaged real estate industry — despite statistics released last Thursday by the Austin Board of Realtors indicating that the local market is still troubled. The volum e of sin gle-fam i­ ly home sales in M ay 2009 was down 19 percent from May 2008, according to the M ultiple List­ ing Service report authored by the board. The median price of hom es has also decreased by 1 percent — which could be a benefit to those searching for a home, but an obstacle to hom e­ owners looking to sell their prop­ erty, said Jay Gohil, chairman of the Austin Board of Realtors. G o h il sa id th a t a lth o u g h those statistics reflect poorly on the state of the local real estate m arket, m any other indicators show that home sales are on the upswing. "A ll indications — including job growth, business op portu­ nity, buyer confidence — are all kind of working through," G o­ hil said. "We have a good stabi­ lized m arket, more than when we had seen it in the last few m onths. We're slow, but w e're becoming more steady and still stabilizing." R ealto rs are also affirm in g an increase in buyer confidence as a reason to hope the market will recover in light of the fed­ eral stim ulus package, w hich will offer an extended tax cred­ it w orth up to $8,000 to those who buy hom es before Dec. 1. a fte r th e s tim u lu s p a c k a g e passed, and there was so much confusion about who it applies to," Gohil said. "In the last few weeks, it's been clarified where the m o n ey w as g o in g to be used, so buyer confidence went way up." Brian Talley, Regent Property G roup ch ief executive officer, agreed that the stim ulus pack­ age has positively affected lo ­ cal sales. "Prior to the stimulus bill be­ ing sig n ed , very few b u y ers were willing to m ake offers on homes and the market came to a halt," Talley said. "Literally, af­ ter that weekend, buyers began actively searching for hom es. P rior to the b ill, nobody w as willing to take a chance on it." O th er realto rs say that the stim ulus w ields less influence on the volatile industry. "Two or three months passed "T h e stim ulus is helping for first-time buyers, but it's only a small part of our business," said Alan Ware, president of 512 Re­ alty, a com pany that specializes in leasing to UT students. "The lo n g -te rm in v e sto rs are ju st looking at it from a long-term view and are just trying to hold on to what they have. Lenders across the country are reluctant to loan just about anything, and that trickles down to the Austin condo m arket." For now, the real estate mar­ ket in the U niversity area ap­ pears to be resistant to the na­ tional trend, he said. "I think the sales have slowed down a little bit, but compared to the rest of the country, it's n oth in g," said N athan N apol­ itano, a realtor for Austin City Realty. "T his area is kind of re­ cession-proof because there are so many students — as a whole, I think w e're really fortunate." 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A band playing in a comer sets the mood, a chef prepares hors d'oeuvres, and sparkling water and wine are proffered by clean-cut waiters with polished silver trays. As I devour another choc­ olate truffle, I think to myself, "I could get used to this exhibition-opening business." This particular opening was for the Blanton's "Francisco Matto: The Modem and the Mythic" ex­ hibition. The Blanton has the distinction of housing the first comprehensive exhibition of Matto's work in the United States. Bom in 1911 and hailing from Montevideo, Uruguay, Matto was especially inter­ ested in m odem art coupled with the traditions of ancient America. As a result, his work carries with­ in it an array of symbols and inspiration from pre- Columbian culture. Tearing myself away from the fried yucca balls, I finally entered the exhibit, excit­ ed to see if Matto's work could live up to my expec­ tations of blending modem with ancient. His work does not disappoint. It was refreshing to see Matto's use of so many media, from wood to cardboard to canvas. If I was pressed to choose a favorite, I would say that his woodwork pieces are not to be missed. From far away, the pieces look perfect, but as you draw near to them, you begin to see all of the imperfections in the wood, all of the nicks and scratches they bear. They are far from sleek and modem, and 1 love them for it. The wood itself looks naked, with no stain or polish and a sparse amount of oil, which lends the work a very natural and spiritual air. Of course, not every piece of art can be a favor­ ite. Matto is famous for his "totems," and as a group they are spectacular, but if I saw one by itself in an art gallery, I would be left scratching my head. And his still-life paintings did absolutely nothing for me. There were also the obligatory my-six-year-old-cous- in-could-draw-that paintings, but you quickly forget about those once you move on and see some of his other works. Matto was a man of many talents; moving from totems to cityscapes with buses to simple, geomet­ ric lines in one fluid motion. The colors of his paint­ ings are striking and bold, and words can do them no justice. If you need something other than mere aesthetic beauty to fulfill your lust for art, make sure to pay close attention to Matto's paintings. Hidden words and symbols can be found throughout, and I at least feel a sense of elitist accomplishment when I can point out something to a friend that they would have normally overlooked. There is a certain lingering power to Matto's work that remained with me even after I exited the doors of the Blanton, and ,his work is so diverse and de­ tailed that I could easily spend another night there discovering new symbols and meanings. I left feel­ ing ancient yet current, enthralled with buses as well as totems. "The Modem and the Mythic" is an alto­ gether fulfilling exhibit that shouldn't be missed. "Fhmcisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic" will be exhibited at the Blanton until Sept. 27. A b o v e, Miles Jones points out all of the m usic he knows in the jukebox at H ouse Pizzeria. Below , H ouse Pizzeria, located on the corner of 51 st and A irpo rt Blvd, attracts m ost of its custom ers d uring the w eekends. T he establish m ent is one o f m any in Austin which m ake a co m m itm en t to local, P h o to s b y E d m a rc H e d ric k | D a ily T e x a n S ta ff organic and h o m e m a d e products. House Pizzeria serves tasty pizza made from flavorf ul ingredients By Risa Punzalan Daily Texan Staff Pizza is a favorite m eal among m ost college stud ents. H ow ever, the only pizzas know n to many are the ones delivered to your door: cheap, but lacking a certain quality. Instead of settling for regular, run-of-the-m ill pizzas, consider going to House Pizzeria. H ou se P izzeria is a new p izza p arlor at 51 st Street and A irp o rt B ou lev ard w ith a uniqueness that com es largely from the res­ tau ran t's com m itm ent to local, organic and h om em ad e p ro d u cts. W hen I dined there this past w eek, I d ecid ed to start w ith the cold-m ix olive appetizer. A mix of three d if­ ferent types of olives, the dish seem ed more intense and flavorful than m ost I'v e had b e­ fore, vet it retained that characteristic briny fruitiness. W hile my friend and I w aited, we played songs on the kitschy ju kebox th at's inside. The restaurant itself has am ple seating: an outdoor porch in addition to inside tables. For my pizza, I ordered sausage and m ush­ room. The Italian sausage was hom em ade in the restau ran t and ab so lu tely d eliciou s — the clear h ig h lig h t of the m eal. The m u sh­ room s, roasted red peppers and m ozzarella cheese com plem ented the sausage nicely. Be­ cause they cook their pizzas on a wood burn­ ing stove, the crust com es out fluffy on the Rilo Kiley front woman rocks to gospel and soul for a little side project By Courtney Sevener Daily Texan Staff Jenny Lewis never fails to put on a show that is both physically and emotionally moving. Though the 33-year-old Lewis is normal­ ly found playing guitar and sing­ ing in the band Rilo Kiley, she is currently doing her own thing as a solo artist. Her latest release, 2008's Acid Tongue, is reminiscent of '70s style rock 'n' roll mixed with a healthy portion of soul. The track on that album that stands out more than any other, "The Next Messiah," is eight minutes and 45 seconds of screeching guitar chords and plowing drum beats. It's a real treat to hear Lewis sing the song live, as she lets her soul scream in the song and even breaks it down with a little help from Jon­ athan Rice, who plays guitar in her band. C o u rte sy o f Je n n y Lew is Jenny Lewis, lead singer o f Rilo Kiley, plays a solo show today at Stubb's Bar-B-Q. Lewis is not only a little bit rock 'n' roll, she's a little bit gospel as well. She experimented with this sound on her first solo release, Rabbit Fur Coat, for which she sang alongside the Watson Twins, who are known for their amazing harmonies, and a church-choir background. Though the Watson Twins no longer tour with Lewis, the songs she performs from that album are still awe-inspiring and worth experiencing live. On stage Jenny Lewis is full of energy and always seems en­ gaged with her lyrics and audi­ ence. She smiles and laughs play­ fully throughout her shows, let­ ting you know that she is having a good time and that you can too. She has the ability to make you dance with songs like "See Fer­ nando" and to make you want to cry with songs like "A cid Tongue." No matter which por­ tions of her multifaceted cata­ log she draws from, if you catch Lewis tonight at Stubb's, prepare to be moved. W H AT Jenny Lewis, Heartless Bastards W i R E Stubb's Bar-B-Q, outdoors WHE • Today, doors open at 7 p.m. TIC KETS $17-19 inside and nice and crispy on the outside. two entire pizzas between the two of us). One of House Pizzeria's claims is that "good ingredients make good pizza." And while the ingredients House Pizzeria uses may be more upscale than their chain-restaurant com pet­ itors, a pizza from H ouse Pizzeria d oesn't break the bank. All the pizzas are 12 inches, can feed one or two people and range from $9-$13 (although my guest and I devoured In all, House Pizzaria certainly m akes for a great alternative to D om ino's. The pizza is fresh and feels less greasy than normal pizza, and the eclectic assortment of side dishes and appetizers available makes for a great meal. H ouse Pizzeria is located at 5111 Airport Bou­ levard and is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Singer Lewis goes solo, bares soul O l d - t i m e y c a r s d r a w t h e y o u n g R obert D elgade a n d John Pfeffer Jr. look at the display of a ntiq ue cars at the 9th A nnu al Father's Day A n tiq u e Car Show on Sunday afternoon. M a ry K a n g | D a ily T e x a n S ta ff ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY Bullock's 'Proposal' woos date crowds with $34.1 M LOS ANGELES — Movie au­ diences accepted a proposal from Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reyn­ olds, who scored the summer's first big romantic comedy hit. Bullock and Reynolds' "The Proposal " took in $34.1 million to open as the weekend's No. 1 movie, according to studio esti­ mates Sunday. The Disney flick delivered the biggest opening ever for Bullock, nearly double that of her previous best of $17.6 million for the 2007 paranormal thriller "Premonition." "I think the market was ready for a really fun, broad roman­ tic comedy," said Mark Zora- di, president of Disney's motion- picture group. "The Proposal" took over the top spot from the Warner Bros, bachelor-party comedy "The Hangover," which slipped to second place with $26.9 mil­ lion. A surprise smash hit, "The Hangover" raised its total to $152.9 million. Disney's animated adventure "Up" was No. 3 with $21.3 mil­ lion, lifting its total to $224.1 mil­ lion and following Paramount's "Star Trek" as the second mov­ ie of 2009 to cross the $200 mil­ lion mark. Debuting in the fourth spot with $20.2 million was Sony's caveman comedy "Year One," starring Jack Black and Michael Cera as Neanderthals on a road trip after they are banished from their village. it was summer's second big- name comedy set in prehistor­ ic times to take a back seat to a wedding-themed romp. Will Ferrell's "Land of the Lost" opened at No. 3 in early June, the same weekend "The Hang­ over" pulled off a No. 1 upset. "June is officially comedy month at the theaters. Comedy is really ruling things," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office ana­ lyst for Hollywood.com. — The Associated Press Box Office Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters. "The Proposal," $34.1 million. "The Hangover," $26.9 million. "Up," $21.3 million. "Year One," $20.2 million. "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," $11.3 million. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," $7.3 million. "Star Trek," $4.7 million. "Land of the Lost," $4 million. "Imagine That," $3.1 million. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 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D ow n or slug 14 Rights org. 15 Go inside 16 Parisian girlfriend 17 Graham cracker pie shell 19 Binges 20 Poster paints 21 President who followed Harry 23 AOL or MSN: Abbr. 24 18-wheeler 25 Exhausted 40 Lois of the Daily Fleming Planet 42 Pan-fries 1 Prickly plants 44 Lending crisis 2 Real estate units 4 7 I.R.A. 3 Batter’s dry spell (savings plan for old age) 4 Camel feature 5 Criticizes openly 48 Tippler 49 Engineering sch. in Troy, N Y. 52 Fruit for a monkey 55 Common burger topper 6 Infuriate 7 A/C measures 8 Hi- monitor 9 Style of the 1920s and ’30s 10 Tex-Mex treat 11 Online ’zine O O O H + ti!! I H A V 6 A ninth-mning, game- tying home run was crushed — it may still be flying across the Nebraska plains. "Talk about it?" said Texas clos­ er Austin Wood, when Rupp was asked about his homer. "That ball is still going." Rupp's ninth-inning Hercule­ an heroics and third homer of the College World Series was trumped by a much shorter shot. Two batters later, before Rosen­ blatt Stadium and the Texas dug- out had the chance to calm down, even before Rupp's monster shot had landed, sophom ore center fielder Connor Rowe would reig- nite the frenzy and secure Texas a showdown with LSU in the Col­ lege World Series Championship series with a walk-off home run Friday to drop Arizona State 4-3. A lthough both balls cleared the fence, the two game-chang­ ing homers were quite different. Rupp's — a 440 foot monster blast to straight-away center — tied the game, but it took Rowe's hit — a paltry 340-foot ball that barely cleared the fence in left — to cap yet another epic comeback win against the Sun Devils. The walk-off homer was enough for Texas to overcome another slop­ py game in Omaha. Texas commit­ ted three errors. "I had no idea how, but I knew when I hit it that we were going to win it," Rupp said. "We have done it all year. We battled." Rupp thought the win was com­ ing in extra innings, because with two outs in the bottom of the ninth he was preparing to play the tenth, reaching down to buckle on one of his shin guards. "I was getting ready to go, and I start to put on my shin guard, and as I buckled the first strap I picked my head up to catch the light of the ball flashing past," Rupp said. "1 knew it. 1 quit buckling it, I dropped it all." By the time Rupp had freed himself of his catcher's gear, the rest of the team was preparing to mob Rowe at home. "I was the last one out there," Rupp said. Texas continually responded on Friday night, as they have all sea­ son. When Arizona State scored a run in the top of the third, the Longhorns responded with a run of their own — a Michael Torres solo shot into the right-center bleachers. It was Torres' sixth homer of the season, three of which have come in the NCAA tournament. The Sun Devils would bum Tex­ as starter Cole Green for anoth­ tj& XH/y ihj Home of the world famous Trudy's Mexican Martini! TEXAS STAR 409 W est 30th St. 512-477-2935 NORTH STAR 8820 Burnet Rd. 512-454-1474 LITTLE TEXAS 901 -C Little Texas Lane 512-326-9899 Paul Chouy | D aily Texan Staff Arizona State's Kole Calhoun w ould have needed stilts to give him a better chance of saving the day for the Sun D evils w ho lost in dram atic fashion due to tw o ninth inning hom e runs by Texas' Rupp and Rowe. er run in the fourth, but the Long­ horns would match it in the fifth. The strong, and nearly identical, pitching performances of Green — six innings pitched, eight hits, two runs and six strikeouts — and Ari­ zona State's ace Mike Leake — six innings, eight hits, two runs and seven strikeouts — had the two teams knotted up. With the team 's two closers, Mitchell Lambson and Wood in the game, it stayed tied. Until Sun Devil center fielder Jason Kipnis reached on an infield single and took second on a throwing error from Travis Tucker after the hard- hit grounder bounced off first base­ man Brandon Belt's glove. Wood battled back to strike out Kole Calhoun — the only time the hot-hitting redhead didn't reach base Friday— but pinch hitter Zach W'ilson, who had only three extra base hits all season, roped a triple down the right-held line to dnve in Kipnis and put ASU ahead 3-2. "We have picked each other up all season," Rupp said. "That is what we do." The two Texas long balls would erase another Sun Devil lead and give closer Wood his sixth win of the season. In three inrungs, Wood allowed three hits and one run with two strikeouts. B A S E B A L L No. 3 LSU vs. No. 1 Texa: Road to championship different for Horns, Tigers By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff OMAHA, Neb. — The Tigers look great. Dominant. Scary. In three College World Series games, they have scored 32 runs while giv­ ing up just 11. While the Longhorns, carried to Omaha by their pitching and defense, have committed sev­ en errors, the Tigers have been per­ fect in the field. Really, they've been perfect everywhere. "LSU has played the best base­ ball in this tournament," Texas head coach Augie Garrido said. "If it's about drama, we got that." While these two teams have scaled the m ountain of O m a­ ha's first week undefeated, they do n 't have much else in com­ mon on their rise to the top. Tex­ as has survived. Louisiana State has dominated. Texas has won two of their CWS games in the final at bat while it took what Garrido de­ scribed as a miracle to stage a 10- run rally after digging an early 6-0 hole agaiast Arizona State. In conquering Bracket 1, LSU trailed for only half of an inning, responding to falling behind for the first time with a three-run rally against Virginia in the open­ ing game, the only time this past week they had been tested. Texas' passage, of course, has been all about tests. "Ours has been a bumpier ride," Garrido said. Now the question becomes, who has the advantage between two of baseball's most historic programs that have dominated the CWS over the past 20 years? Is it the thumping Tigers and their 103 home runs? Or is it Tex­ as' dramatics and penchant for w inning games it has no busi- ness'winning? Both sides feel they are even de­ spite the vast differences on paper. "N o t as ta le n te d ? " LSU's game 1 starter Louis Coleman repeated incredulously to a re- p o r te r 's q u e stio n a b o u t the Longhorns at Sun day 's press conference. "T h e y 're in the national championship game!" Meanwhile, Tigers' head coach Paul Mainieri was quick to pomt out the impact of the cavernous UFCU Disch-Falk outfield on Tex­ as' power numbers. The Long­ horns have flourished on of­ fense in Omaha, scoring 20 runs LSU's Anthony Ranaudo and the Tigers have only trailed for h alf of an inning through the first three gam es in Omaha. Paul Chouy | D aily Texan Staff in three games while hitting five home runs, well above their regu- lar-season rate. W hile the Tigers bo ast a considerable advantage in the power game, with four players with double digit home runs on the season compared to Texas' one, pitching depth is the main advantage in Texas' favor. "Will the magic continue? There's a good reason for it not * WHAT Game 1 of CWS championship series WHERE: Omaha, Neb. i W HEN 6:10 p.m. ON AIR: E S P N / A M 1300 to. We're playing the best team in the country," Gamdo said. "Base­ ball's about the unexpected. Any­ thing can happen."