SPORTS PAGE 7 Men's swimming makes splash at nationals NEWS PA GE S Hundreds attend memorial for influential alumna L i f t & A R T S PAGE 12 Kat Edmonson chats about why she came tc T h e D a i l y T e x a n Monday, March 29, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 TOMORf High 80 www.dailytexai ' « M M W W g 1 HER ow >3 ; - T il- - . Health care bill raises ques ns By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Univ ersity and UT System lead­ ers are still determ ining how the massive health care bill and rec­ onciliation package that passed last week will affect Texas students w hen it comes to health services and financial aid. Students will not see immediate changes to University Health Ser­ vices policies, procedures or financ­ es because the bill is so new and is such a vast change from the cur­ rent health care structure, UT Sys­ tem spokesman Matt Hores said. "There are questions that still h a v e n 't been an sw ered o u t of Washington," Flores said. "It is go­ ing to take quite a while to digest everything so w e're able to give a truer sense for how it is going to impact our institutions and the sys­ tem as a whole. At this point, no one can attempt to hazard a guess; it would be too premature." Texas legislators sit on different sides of the fence regarding the leg­ islation, although most Texas con­ gressmen, including both senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Comyn, voted against the bill. "This is a disastrous bill that will cut access and increase costs," Hutchison said in a public state­ ment. "It Ls appalling that the Demo- crats ad arrogant­ ly dLsregaraeu uit- wui of their con­ stituents and the American people." H o w ev er, D em ocratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett — who represents the 25th Congressional District in Texas, which includes UT — held a BILL continues on page 2 Holi festival awash with color MetroRail rider count surpasses expectations Fares implemented for Capital Metro Red Line; UT students still ride free By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Capital M etro will start charg­ ing fares today for those riding the tran sit a u th o rity 's recently launched com m uter rail line. M oving into its second week, the M etroRail Red Line, w hich has nin e sta tio n s an d ex ten d s from the d o w n to w n statio n at 401 E. F ourth St. to the Leander statio n at 800 N. U.S. 183, h ad 10,899 boarding passengers as of Thursday. The num ber exceeded the expected 2,000 boarding p as­ sengers per day, said Cap M etro spokesw om an Erica McKewen. The n in e sta tio n s are d iv id ­ ed in to tw o zones. If a rid e r chooses to ride w ithin one zone, it costs $2. It costs $3 to m ove acro ss th e tw o zo n e s, w h o se borders m eet betw een the H o w ­ ard statio n at 3710 W. H ow ard Ln. and th e K ram er statio n at 2427 1 /2 K ram er Ln. UT faculty, staff and stu d en ts will be able to continue to ride for free, McKe­ w en said. "For folks w ho w ant to go to UT, their best bet is to go to the MLK sta tio n ," M cKew en said. "There's a shuttle bus that takes you directly to UT." MetroRail revenue is currently projected to be $495,575 for the 2010 fiscal year that begins Oct. 9 and ends Sept. 10, b ut the esti­ m ate will likely be revised once the M etroR ail has been in se r­ vice for a while, McKewen said. Cap M etro spokesm an A dam Shaivitz said the num ber of rid ­ ers is h ard to p red ict rig h t af­ ter the opening and offering one week of free rides. "It'll take tim e o v er several m o n th s just to see w h at actual rid ersh ip p attern s are," S haiv­ itz said. C ap M etro interim p resid en t and CEO D oug A llen said Cap M etro m ay expand services in the coming years. "L o n g e r-te rm , w e 're lo o k ­ ing at ways we can add vehicles and lengthen the platform s, but that's a several-year process," Al­ len said. "Near-term, w e're look­ ing at ways to add more trains, if we can afford it w ithin our b u d ­ get. We also have buses assigned to be backup [so we d o n 't leave] anybody stranded." Students throw a colored pow der called "ra n g" on each other d u ring a celebration of Holi on Saturday afternoon. The festival, held on the South Mall, w as hosted by the Hindu Students Council. Bruno M o rla n | Daily Texan Staff IN SID E : Read more about this celebration of spring on p a g e 9 Cathedral of Junk receives building-permit extension Eclectic building's creator, supporters band together to bring structure up to code By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff A fter m eeting w ith city officials, the C athedral of Junk creator and his advisers received an extended dead­ line to restru ctu re the b u ilding and file their building permit. E arlier th is m o n th , V ince H an- nem ann, creator of the structure, was g iven a M arch 31 d ead lin e to m eet city codes an d o b ta in p e rm its for the stru ctu re. F rid a y 's m eeting ex­ tended th at d ead lin e to allow Han- nem ann to better structure the cathe­ dral and file for his building permit. The new deadline w as not set at Fri­ d ay 's meeting. "The political w ill is totally there, and the reason is that the people's will is there," H an n em an n said. "I can't believe the su p p o rt w e've received. We got [the cathedral] w hipped into shape, and w e're going to m ake ev­ eryone happy w ith the safety." H annem ann started co n stru ctin g the cathedral in 1988. The structure, entirely m ade of eclectic objects, has grown into a three-story tall building in his backyard — com plete w ith an observation deck. With the original an n o u n cem en t of the cathedral's citations, including the lack of a b u ild in g p erm it, lack of an occupancy code and electrical hazards, m any A ustin residents and UT students began to fear the w orst for the site an d rallied to its side. UT alum nae Peyton Smith and Sar­ ah Londen are tw o of the adm inistra­ tors of the grow ing Facebook group "Save the Cathedral of Junk," which at press tim e h ad m ore than 5,000 members. "I firs t saw th e p lace on N ew Year's Eve," said Aubrey Slaughter, an an th ro p o lo g y senior and ca th e­ dral su p p o rter w ho has help ed re­ stru ctu re the b u ilding. "It w as just this absolutely m agic place. I cam e JUNK continues on page 2 Off to the races B ob Ratliff and Zane Bu m bass add new pieces to the top of the three-story Cathedral of Junk. Rachel T a y lo r ! Daily Texan Staff Student shatters ‘Rock Band’ record By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Shards of red, yellow, blue and green video-gam e targets were blasted apart Saturday as a UT stu­ dent smashed his way past the of­ ficial Guinness World Records achievem ent for highest full- song set-list score on the Xbox 360 game "Rock Band 2." Civil engineering junior M att Smith played all 84 "Rock Band 2" songs on the drum s over the course of seven hours to beat the M ay 16 record score of 10,687,033 p o in ts, according to G uinness World Records. Like the previous record holder, gamer Robert Paz, Smith played at the hardest diffi­ culty level — expert. He accumu­ lated a score of 14,727,919 points and unofficially beat the record around 4:55 p.m. after he finished his 58th song, "Pinball Wizard" by The W'ho, with a score of 10,719,466 poults. Smith said he practiced video­ game drum s for 45 minutes to an hour a day after he finished his UT coursework. "I had been playing for the past few years, but I bought the Guin- ness Book of World Records of 2009 around October of last year," Smith said. "We were looking for records to break, and my friend showed me that one. I thought I could do it, so [October was] when I started working on it." It costs $5,000 a day to bring a G u in n e s ^ W o rld R e c o rd s adjudicator to observe an attempt to break a record, so Smith opted to follow alternate rules, collect­ ing and submitting media and ex­ pert testimony. G uinness World Records also required that he take ROCK continues on page 2 Junior M att Smith broke a world record Saturday playing all 84 "Rock Band 2" so n g s on the drums, recording the highest score. D erek Stout | Daily Texan Staff THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY Calendar: Diabetes chat Diabetes Awareness Confer­ ence, Santa Rita Room at the Union, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. On TSTV: Watch it KVR News 9 p.m. College Pressbox 9:30 p.m. TUESDAY In News: Rocket science Former N A SA astronaut Dr. George Nelson discusses the future of space flight, AVA- YA Auditorium at the ACES Building, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. In Life Arts: Delicious! Taco Stand By M e finds som e more hidden taco gems. In Sports: Batter up Baseball vs. Oral Roberts, UFCU Disch-Falk Field at 6:05 p.m. WEDNESDAY ' Calendar: O ur future Im agine Austin Com prehen­ sive Plan forum looks at the future of the city's growth, SSB Glenn M aloney Room, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. In Life Arts: Porn, boys H um p Day highlights dudes and porn. In Sports: Pro day Colt M cC oy and others try to impress NFL Scouts at Texas' football pro day. THURSDAY In Life Arts: Fashion The Daily Texan kicks off a new series profiling graduat­ ing textiles and apparels stu­ dents, leading up to the se­ nior fashion show at the end of April. O n TSTV: April Fool's Com edy Fest A com edy festival featuring local short films and com e­ dians. 8 PM @ Scoot Inn. No Cover. All ages. FRIDAY Calendar: Butterflies Nature Night at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center celebrates the butterflies of the Hill Country, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY 83rd annual Texas Relays begin, running through Saturday N e w s Monday, March 29,2010 C a n y o u h e a r m e n o w ? M atthew Gullet, a global policy studies graduate student, makes a call on the LBJ Library plaza Friday. B ru n o M o r la n | D aily Texan Staff BILL: Act instates Direct Loan program Aid Financial Responsibility Act, which passed as part of the recon­ ciliation package last week. Presi­ dent Barack Obama will sign the act into law Tuesday. SAFRA will elim­ inate the Federal Family Education Loan Program that provides student loans through third-party, private- sector banks and lending agencies. Under SAFRA, all student loans will be conducted under the Direct Loan program, which finances stu­ dent loans directly through the fed­ eral government. According to the bill's proponents, it will save Amer­ icans $87 billion by cutting out in­ termediary factors and reducing in­ terest rates levied against students. Last week, before the bill was passed, the UT System voted to move to direct loans instead of FFELP loans because many credit unions working with UT said they were not sure they would be able to effectively finance loans in the future regardless of SAFRA, said Tom Melecki, director of Student Financial Services. "In terms of the actual terms and conditions of loans students get, it is not going to change much of anything," Melecki said. "But, this is important for the reliabili­ ty of loans." SAFRA will also provide a stim­ ulus for Pell Grants, increase sub­ sidized loans and improve interest rates for Federal PLUS loans, he said. The process of securing loans under the Direct Loan program is largely identical to the current Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) is host­ ing a “Salute to a Significant New Investment in Higher Education"at 2 p.m. Tuesday on the Austin Com­ munity College's Rio Grande Cam­ pus. Students from area universities are invited to discuss the bill and its impact with the congressman and other student leaders. i ; j program. Students will most likely not notice a difference in their loans right away because many of the bill's provisions will not apply to loans taken out before July 1, 2014. Flowever, he said the long-term im­ pact will be substantial. C ritics of the bill, including Hutchison, are concerned that the bill will decrease competition and therefore decrease the quality of loans. And, rather than saving $87 billion, the bill could add $1 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years, according to Hutchison's office. The exact deficit or surplus num­ bers SAFRA could cause are wide- ly disputed. M elecki said that despite the many still-confusing areas of the bill, student financial-aid reform was necessary to serve the grow­ ing num ber of students attend­ ing college. 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M y parents didn't really support ploying video gam es, but they support getting world records. " — M att Smith "Rock Band 2" enthusiast "F o r a while, I did long stints where I played for four hours at a time on the week­ ends, just to see if I could physically do it," he said. From page 1 no breaks, accept no help from friends, be unaware of upcoming songs and submit a recording of the attempt. Between playing the drums, playing the guitar and singing, drumming offers the most strenu­ ous workout in the game. He used his own large Sony TV to play while a room full of whooping friends watched his progress on a projector screen in the theater room of The Castilian dormi­ tory, where he is a resident assis­ tant. "W h e n are you going to let som eon e else p la y ? " a fan jeered. Fry 's Home Electronics soft­ w are d e p a r t­ m ent m a n a g ­ er D avid Ra- | m a z a n i, w ho served as the testifying video-game expert, en- ! dured all seven hours of "Rock Band 2" with a grin and said he was excited to see Smith beat the previous record. "He's probably the best Rock Band' player in general I've seen," Ramazani said. "I don't know any­ one even remotely close as good at drums as he is, and I know a lot of 'Rock Band' players." Sm ith said his parents and Castilian residents supported him throughout his months of preparation. Human devel­ op m en t ju n io r Sarah Sorce said she was able to watch Smith practice before he at­ tempted to break the record. "As he practiced and practiced and practiced, he got more and more points, and he could get a higher percentage on each song," Sorce said. "If he met a goal, he'd make a new one, and he would keep on going and going. It was awesome to watch." Guinness World Records will inform Smith if his attempt was accepted for the Guinness World Records in four to six weeks. JUNK: Organization rallies in support for cathedral From page 1 back later in the day and was still stunned by the fact that one man did all this." The s u p p o rt g ro u p h eld "Junkfest" on Sunday. The fes­ tival included live music, vol­ unteer sign-up sheets and do­ nation tables at Spider House Cafe to encourage students and Austin residents to support the cathedral. A "Junk R ide" with cathed ral supp orters and b i­ cy c lis ts w as also h eld . R id ­ ers ended their tour at the ca­ thedral and helped, restructure and remove some of the junk to help bring the cathedral up to code. The com plaints w ere orig-, inally filed on M arch 9 after someone visited the structure, said Jen n ife r H erber, sen ior pu blic inform ation sp ecialist with code compliance. "They felt like it could be a p o ten tially d angerou s situ a ­ tion," Herber said. "C ode com­ p lia n ce is co m p le te ly co m ­ plaint-driven." When asked about the safe­ ty of the structure, Hannemann was sure that it was safe for ev­ eryone. "I had kids from the [Texas School for the Deaf] running around it," H annem ann said. "I w ouldn't ever let my own kid s run around som eth in g that I didn't feel was safe." Neighbors also filed a previ­ ous com plaint about a porta­ ble toilet being on their proper­ ty, which was unrelated to the safety concerns. "W e 're n ot s in g lin g them ou t." Herber said. "I personal­ ly think it's a really cool struc­ ture that makes Austin weird. It goes back to once we're made aware of an issue we have a li­ ability to protect the residents and those who visit." Herber explained, though, that the cathedral will not be demol­ ished, which only occurs in ex­ treme scenarios where an own­ er completely neglects his or her property. The city of Austin can fine people in violation of these codes up to $2,000 a day. However, Herber was quick to mention it would not come to that point, since everyone is actively working to bring the cathedral up to code. "W e've been m ainly taking apart the tower, but that's not good enough," Slaughter said. "R ig h t now, w e're ju st w ait­ ing for an engineer to come out and look at the building." After his meeting on Friday, Hanneman explained that the en gin eer w ould help ensure the safety of the newly rebuilt structure. "[T h e m eeting] w as ju st a s ta rt, th o u g h ," H an n em an n said. "We came up with a few things, but nothing's concrete. We're going to meet next week again, but this time the pres­ sure is off." Wire Editor: Beth Waldman www.dailytexanonline.com WORLD T h k I > \ i u T k v w Sarah Palin greets conservative activists after sp eakin g at the "Sh ow d ow n in Searchlight" tea party rally in Searchlight, Nev., on Saturday. Jae C. H o n g | Associated Press Palin speaks out against senator By Michael R. Blood The Associated Press SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. — Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assem bled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. H arry Reid will have to explain his votes w hen he comes back to his hometown to campaign. The w ind w h ipped U.S. flags behind the form er Alaska gov­ ern o r as she stood on a m ake­ shift stage, holding a microphone and her notes as she spoke to the cheering crow d. She told them Reid, fighting for re-election, is "gambling away our future." "Someone needs to tell him, this is not a crapshoot," Palin said. A bout 7,000 people stream ed into tiny Searchlight, a form er mining town 60 miles south of Las Vegas, bringing A m erican flags, "D o n 't Tread on Me" signs and ou tsp o k en anger to w ard Reid, President Barack O bam a and the health care overhaul. P alin told them the big-gov- e rn m e n t, b ig - d e b t s p e n d in g spree of the Senate majority lead­ er, O bam a an d H ouse S peaker Nancy Pelosi is over. "You're fired!" Palin said. A strin g of polls has show n Reid is vulnerable in political­ ly m oderate N evada after p u sh ­ ing Obam a's agenda in Congress. His standing has also been hurt by N evada's double-digit unem ­ ploym ent and record foreclosure and bankruptcy rates. The Searchlight native respond­ ed w ith sarcasm to th e large crowd gathered in the hardscrab­ ble tow n of about 1,000 he grew up in. "I'm h ap p y so m any people cam e to see m y h o m eto w n of Searchlight and spend their out- of-state money, especially in these tough economic times," Reid said Saturday in a statem ent released th ro u g h his Senate cam paign. "This election will be decided by N evadans, not people from other states who parachuted in for one day to have a tea party." Traffic on a h ig h w ay le a d ­ ing into the town was backed up more than two miles Saturday af­ ternoon as people gathered for the rally, which kicks off a 42-city bus tour that ends in Washington on April 15, tax day. 3 Monday, March 29, 2010 Pope enters into Holy Week amid sex abuse scandal By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Bene­ dict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most se­ rious crises facing the church in decades, with protesters in Lon­ don dem anding he resign and calls in Switzerland for a central registry for pedophile priests. Benedict made no direct men­ tion of the sex abuse scandal in his Palm Sunday homily. But one of the prayers, recited in Portu­ guese during Mass, was "for the young and for those charged with educating them and protect­ ing them." Jesus Christ, Benedict said in his homily, guides the faithful fol­ lowers "toward the courage that doesn't let us be intimidated by the chatting of dom inant opin­ ions, towards patience that sup­ ports others." Palm Sunday commemorates C hrist's trium phant entry into Jemsalem, and is the start of the church's Holy Week, w hich in­ cludes the Good Friday re-enact­ ment of Christ's crucifixion and death and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. This year, the most solem n week on the Catholic Church's li­ turgical calendar has been stained by a clerical abuse scandal that has spread across Europe to the pope's native country, Germany. In London on Sunday, a few dozen people gathered outside W estm inster C athedral to de­ mand the pope resign. Demon­ strators carried placards saying "Pope? Nope!" and "Don't Turn a Blind Eye." The Archbishop of Westmin­ ster Vincent Nichols insisted the pope w ouldn't — and shouldn't — quit. "In fact, it is the other way around," he told BBC tele­ vision. "He is the one above all else in Rome that has tackled this thing head on." Pope Benedict XVI is celebrated by the crowd at the end of Palm Su n day m ass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday. G re go rio B o rgia | Associated Press Become a c< GO TO www.car2go.com. CLICK mber on REGISTER NOW become a fan of car2go on facebook on twitter at car2goNA You must be 18+ and p o sse ss a valid U.S. driver's licence mm - mm m mm m i mb* i s p , . , 4, * : - o participate A l l A T f f T QUOTES re On Texas education "Our public education is continually improving. It is getting better as each day and year goes bv in Texas as a result o f increased accountability. — Got. Rick Perry § new or Texas educatx? roar high school studente or- Saturday accords as told to lu­ to the Austin We need to be realistic. We don t have room for lost kids in our system. The solution to the dropout rate is not to lie about it." — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White promot- exas education at the Associater of Tex- Educator? on Saturday, according to the Austin .iew ot mg a rea as Professional Aiaeneato-Statesman On UT alumna Uz Carpenter "ICarpenter] was a true trailblazer. Her life and career opened unlimited doors for wom­ en in politics." — Former president Bill Clinton, reflecting on major Texas •ore Liz Carpenter's Tie in a video played, at her me- ice poancai r.; mona] ser On a controversial student project "Every citizen is entitled to the freedom o f speech, but no one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to por­ tray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast majority of Americans." — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a statement on a Tarleton State University student's production of "Corpus Chnsti." a 1 S6»8 play featuring a gay Jesus On the Texas State Board of Education "They want to save our history, but from what? I haven't heard any specifics. If it's from inclusion o f conservative ideas, then that is just partisan bickering." — Gail Lowe, Republican member of the State Board of Ed­ ucation on protests to the proposed changes to the state social studies curriculum "These people are living in a Utopian la-la land, and they don't understand real histo- ry. rr — Mary Helen Berlanga, Democratic member of the State Board of Education, on the push by the conservative members to change the social studies curriculum "The de-emphasis on civil rights in so many areas — reducing the scope of Latino histo­ ry, especially in a state like Texas — is just mind-boggling." — Adam Keigwm, chief of staff for San Francisco Democrat Leland Yee on the state senator's attempt to block Texas' social studies curriculum from being used in California textbooks, ac­ cording to The Texas Tribune On health care "It's like saying, 'Everyone has to buy a car, or we re going to fine you. The College Re­ publicans completely support Greg Abbott." — Melanie Schwartz, vice president of College Republicans at Texas, on the Texas attorney general's role in filing a joint law­ suit against the federal gov eminent "There's nowhere for this lawsuit to go for four years, so with as many people we have in prison in Texas, we have bigger problems for our attorney general to be solving." — University Democrats spokesman Michael Hurta on Greg Abbott's lawsuit GALLERY N N S S S A R A H S TEA PW C T Y M Êm m àntm j Unpopular art censured and shut down J5U By Douglas Lurppold Daily Texan Columnist University of Illinois at Chicago stu­ dent Jason Connell recently attracted atten­ tion by organizing a gay nghts fundrais­ er outside the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, the extremist congregation known for protesting soldiers' funerals, threaten­ ing violence on abortion clinics and pick­ eting public places with signs reading, among other lines, "God Hates Fags " Drawing on the church's notoriety, Con­ nell and his associates are collecting mon­ ey outside the church and donating to gay adv ocacy' groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the International AIDS foundation in the church's name. I have another donation suggestion: Contribute to Tarleton State University student John Jordan Otte so he can pro­ duce "Corpus Chnsti," a one-act play he was set to direct but was then canceled by the school's theater department due to safety concerns stemming from the play's controversial topic, a gay Jesus Chnst liv­ ing in modern-day Texas. Otte chose to direct scenes from the Ter­ rence McNally plav for an upper-level the­ ater class at Tarleton, located in Stephen- ville, about 100 miles southw est of Dallas. Otte said he w anted to direct the play to help gay Christians like himself w ho strug­ gle to reconcile their sexuality and faith — a message that has clearly taken conserva­ tive Stephen ville by storm. To quell the cnes of community' mem­ bers who were understandably offended by the play's subject, Tarleton President F. Dominic Dottavio released a public letter stating that while he didn't personally ap­ prove of the play, the University is legally and ideologically bound to allow the play to be performed. Controv ersy grew w hen L t Gov David Dewhurst weighed ire "Every citizen is en­ titled to the freedom o f speech, but no one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to portray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast major­ ity' of Americans," te said in a statement. Texans don't deserv e to see their hard- earned tax money used to debase their re­ ligion. This lew d display runs completely contrary to the standards of scholastic ex­ cellence and common decency that we de­ mand in our publicly funded institutions for higher learning.'' This should have been a nonissue. It was a student-directed one-act play — the kind usually produced on a shoestring budget and attended only by friends of the cast. I'm not sure which is more troubling: De­ whurst appointing himself spokesman for the morals of "the vast majority' of Ameri­ cans" — implying there should be a litmus test for art that is even partially state-fund­ ed — or that he has enough free time to monitor the content of college theater de­ partments. Shouldn't he be busy spend­ ing my hard-earned tax dollars repealing health care legislation or suing the Envi­ ronmental Protection Agency ? After initially changing the play's loca­ tion, restricting the audience to only stu- dents and moving the curtain call to 8 a.m., an official from the university's theater de­ partment canceled the show altogether, cit­ ing safety' concerns. ’ I certainly recognize the threats as causes for concern. That said, according to an Abilene newspaper, security measures in­ cluded university police, Stepheriville po­ lice, 18 police cars from the ¡Department of Public Safety, street barricades, additional resources from the Erath County sheriff 's department, the Stephenville fire depart­ ment and the Department of Alcohol, To­ bacco and Firearms. I have trouble believing all of these re­ sources Could not secure an auditorium for 40 minutes at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morn­ ing. Due to the university administration’s lackluster support for the play and stu­ dents to begin with, it seems like the play's cancellation has less to do with safetv and more to do with the university finding a way to legally cancel the play and save face. It's not that they couldn't protect their students' free speech — they wouldn't. This should have been a nonissue. It was a student-directed one-act plav, the kind normally produced on a shoestring bud­ get and attended only by friends of the cast and other theater students. Because the theater department w’iil be under increased scrutmv — from senior state officials, apparently — it should prob­ ably stick to producing classics that uphold the public's moral standards. Perhaps it could produce "Oedipus Rex"; I'm sure the community would not react so harshly to incest and murder. Shakespeare is a safe bet, too: I doubt there would be a backlash over the opi­ ate-filled, five-act outdoor orgv "A Mid­ summer Night's Dream." Or perhaps it could produce a play that encapsulates the entire controversy — "M uch Ado About Nothing." Luippold is a journalism and government senior. THE FIRING L I N E In support of free speech Although I do not agree with all the views expressed in The Daily Texan's "Hump Day" column, I strongly sup­ port toe right of students to openly discuss this and other topics of interest to students More generally, 1 disagree with the views expressed by my fnend ate colleague Dr. Andy Ellington in Friday's Firing Line about the useful­ ness ate importance of The Daily Texan in general. The Daily Texan provides a critical forum for discussion and presenta­ tion of issues that are important to the University' community. In particular, 1 applaud The Daily Texan's new s cov­ erage ate editorial writing this year, which has been excellent. Loss of publication of The Daily Texan, ev en in the summer, wouid be a great loss for the University' and would end one of the major means of Informa­ tion dissemination for the campus. Even Dr Ellington seems to be a regular read­ er, since he is knowledgeable enough about the contents of the paper to object to specific columns in detail. How many students, staff and fac­ ulty would understand current issues about the Cactus Cafe, or the University budget problems or tuition increases or major UT initiatives without the coverage by The Daily Texan? And how would we leam about Dr Ellington's concerns about sexual harassment train­ ing, for that matter? Please do not shy' away from contro­ versial topics because of a few objections from cranky' people. And thank you to all of The Daily Texan staff for an out­ standing job this year. — Dr. David Hillis Integrative biology professor Don't ignore an important issue I w ish Dave Player was right and white supremacy didn't really exist. Out, despite what he argued in Friday's column, "Students must focus the noise for effective protesting," we do not live in a post-racial society. Issues of tuition regulation are not unrelated to racism, or patnarchy, or the fact that we live in a classed society The systematic oppres­ sion of people of color is not a statistical anomaly; it is a racist sodal force also known as white supremacy. lt is also dear that Player only heard what he wanted to w hen he attended the event. We discussed at length how immigration controls and free-trade policies have hurt workers of all races on both sides of the border We talked about how organizing to fight for the nghts of undocumented workers will benefit the labor movement as a whole by raising the lowest common denomi­ nator of exploitation. Histoncally, white workers have alw'ays benefited from the struggles of people of color (whether they’ sup­ ported them or not). From formal demo­ cratic nghts like suffrage, which Black Reconstruction governments extended to white workers after the fall of the Confederacy, to informal pow er and control on the job — when black work­ ers slowed down the assembly line or shut down production in response to racist attacks by management and the union bureaucracy — white workers got to chill or quit work as wrell. Player noted that "Hispanic" enroll­ ment has gone up at UT in the past 10 years, though he curiously decided to leave out an March 24 article in The Hom reporting on a study of dispro­ portionately low graduation rates for "Hispanic" students at UT. But "Hispanic" is not a racial cat­ egory, and anti-racism does not mean giving UT a demographic facelift. Texas is a majonty-people-of-color state. The proportion of people of color in the K-12 public school system is extremely high, and that system is grossly underfunded. This is a bamer to most students attend- ing UT. We also made the distinction between classes within different communities of color. Certainly, there are more people of color at UT than in the past, considering UT was not integrated until the 1960s. But, not only is Player being disingen­ uous by implying that it is the benevo­ lence of the administration and not the blood, sweat and tears of movements prior that fostered such change; it is not enough that some people from our com­ munities are admitted ate become chit rruddle-class "representatives" while the rest of us are shut out. Ultimately, as Player noted,fee want everyone to have ffie nght to attend LT ate get a decent public education. Our other demands include: demo­ cratic control over tuition and curricu­ lum as well as an end to layoffs of work­ ers and no pushing students through school faster than they can afford by imposing semester limits. These are things that would benefit ev ery single student, worker and faculty member at UT. But a movement where people of color are asked to take the backseat and not talk about our histones and our demands is not a "united front," as Player argues. It is Player who is being "divisive" by not encouraging white working-class students to join with ;ella pelea!, MEChA and other people of color to fight the cuts. He wants us to put in the hard w ork of fighting for gen­ eral demands but to be quiet about our struggles and to subordinate our politics for his. We have no desire to organize with people who want to control what w’e say' and are not willing to fight racism — that's not our vision of a united stu­ dent movement. And it's certainly not what is going to win the fight against budget cuts. — ¡ella pelea! GALLERY What a :„s£a,t HecRuTrtiUT Pcsrft) I LEGALESE Opinions in The Daily Texan are not neces­ sarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. RECYCLE! Please remember to recycle this copy of The Daily Texan by placing it in a recycling bin around campus or back in the bumt-orange stand where you found it SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firinglme@daily- texanonline.com. Letters must be fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit for brev itv, clarity' and liability. Monday, March 29, 2010 \KW Bands compete to raise funds for volunteer group ect, said Arjita Shrimali, the or­ g a n iz a tio n 's finance director. Shrimali said this year, UT has not given N ourish Internation­ al any grants, and the m oney cam e solely from fu ndraising efforts. A lthough the project is a l­ ready funded, the money from the event will still go tow ard helping the tribe, she said. The organ izatio n concentrated on raisin g a w a re n e ss ab o u t the project and of the group itself at Battle of the Bands. Biology freshm an Josh N ew ­ man said he cam e to the event to hear the bands ___________ but liked that the b attle w as for a good cause. We're not ju s t givin g Ithese people] money, we're g ivin g them opportunities." — M itesh Patel, Finance senior ____________ "I h a d n ' t h ea rd of any of th e b a n d s b e ­ fo re," N ew m an th in k s a id . "I th is is a g o o d id e a , b u t [ th e cam pus] d o esn 't h av e en o u g h of th e m . M o st of th e th in g s I'v e been to are ju st e v e n ts an d n o t By Aziza M usa Daily Texan Staff P ink lights e m an a ted onto the colum ns of the Main Build­ ing as an audience of about 75 p eo p le cheered on the ban d s com peting in N ourish Interna­ tional's second annual Battle of the Bands event. T h e o r g a n iz a tio n r a is e d $1,270, m a k in g a $70 p ro f­ it. The m oney w ill go tow ard the g ro u p 's su m m er in te rn a ­ tional project. This year, volun­ teers w ill help the indigenous C h ip ao ta tribe in P eru build a m ore sustainable flow of in­ com e. V o l u n - _____________ teers w ill help c o n s e r v e th e rain forest, cre­ ate a s e c o n d ­ a ry r a in f o r ­ est by rep lan t­ ing seeds from t h e p r i m a ­ ry ra in fo rest c lo s e r to th e tr ib e 's ho m es a n d p r o v id e lessons in con­ structing a sus- _____________ ta in a b le b u s i­ ness model. P roject v o lu n te e rs w ill a t­ tend w ork sh o p s on topics in ­ clu d in g travel, lan g u ag e and c u ltu ral sensitivity before d e­ parting this summer. ''W e'v e h ad lots of c u ltu r ­ al sensitivity training [for this project] because we d o n 't w ant to ta k e o u r p e rsp e c tiv e and im pose it on them ," said Suchi Pahi, the o rg an izatio n 's in ter­ national projects director. "We a lso e n c o u r a g e o u r v o lu n ­ teers to learn their language — Q uechua." T h e e n tir e p r o je c t c o s ts $5,000, w h ich th e o rg a n iz a ­ tio n a lre a d y raise d th ro u g h o th e r v en tu re s such as H u n ­ ger Lunches. Last year, N o u r­ ish re c e iv e d a b o u t $700 in grant m oney from the U niver­ sity to fund the sum m er proj- NEWS BRIEFLY Violent storms damage homes, injure people in North Carolina CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A hand­ ful of people were reported injured by violent storms that ripped the metal roof off at least one building, damaged dozens of homes and knocked down countless trees in central North Carolina on Sunday night, officials said. National Weather Service mete­ orologist Gail Hartfield said there are initial reports of several injuries from the storms that blew through southwestern Davidson County. Hundreds of lightning strikes have been reported, as well as high winds, hail and heavy rain. Tornado watches and warnings were issued throughout the night for several counties between Char­ lotte and Greensboro. Hartfield said eyewitness­ es have spotted several torna­ does, though none has been con­ firmed. She said the weather ser­ vice would send out a team on Monday to investigate. Northern Georgia also was hit with heavy storms. — The Associated Press Christy Carpenter eulogizes her late mother, Liz Carpenter, at a m em orial service at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Auditorium on Friday. Bruno M o rla n | Daily Texan Staff Memorial celebrates alumna’s life for a cause." The group raised m oney by se llin g tic k ets for p eo p le to buy food and drinks, to enter the raffles and to vote for the bands. M itesh P a te l, fin a n c e s e ­ nior and N ourish Internation­ al m em ber, said th e goal of the event w as to raise m oney for a su stain a b le project. P a­ tel said the m ain difference be­ tw een N ourish and other orga­ nizations is that N ourish sends volunteers to go o u t and help other people instead of sim ply w riting a check. "We're not just giving [these people] m oney, w e 're g iv in g them o p p o rtu n ities," he said. "We w ant to leave w ith the no­ tion that this can go on for 10, 15, 20 years." By Julie Bissinger Daily Texan Staff Several hundred people gathered to celebrate the life of UT alumna Liz Carpenter on Friday at a me­ morial service held at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Auditorium. Carpenter, a journalist and fem­ inist, served as President Lyndon Baines Johnson's executive assis­ tant d uring his vice presidency and as press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. Carpenter died March 20 at University Medical Center Brackenridge at the age of 89. "Liz reflected her passion for life," said C arpenter's daughter, Christy Carpenter. "[She believed] having a funny side was essential for living a happy life." Christy Carpenter said her moth­ er had optimism and a special ener­ gy about her that attracted people. "People flocked to her when she came into a room," she said. Liz Carpenter was remembered for her deep passion for politics. Christy Carpenter said her m oth­ er would campaign for any Dem­ ocrat, anyw here, at any tim e. O n one occasion, Liz C arpenter agreed to dress up as a yellow dog in Fredericksburg, Texas, to help campaign, she said- Christy Carpenter said her m oth­ e r's hum or and wit captured the lives of those around her. Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clin­ ton got to know Liz C arpenter while she worked in Washington, D.C. Because they could not attend, a video of the Clintoas reflecting on their relationship w ith Carpenter was played at the memorial. "[C arpenter] was a true trail- blazer," Bill Clinton said in the video. "Her life and career opened u nlim ited d o o rs for w om en in politics." In 1971, Liz Carpenter co-found- ed the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization promoting women in politics. In 1972, the or­ ganization campaigned for the pas­ sage of the Equal Rights Amend­ ment. The amendment, which has yet to be ratified by the necessary 38 states, would affirm equal ap­ plication of constitutional rights for both men and women to help end sexual orientation discrimination. Carpenter prepared plans for her funeral before she died and told Sar­ ah Weddington, attorney and long­ time friend, to be ready to speak at her memorial service. She even held a rehearsal service at the Para­ mount Theatre where she stood up on stage dressed as an angel while the gospel choir sang "How Great Thou Art," Weddington said. "I wish she could be here," Wed­ dington said. "She w ould have loved all this attention." H a r ry M id d le to n , fo rm e r speechwritér for President John­ son, also reflected on his experienc­ es with Carpenter. "She created laughter, inspired it, absorbed it," Middleton said. "She not only found hum or but took it with her wherever she could." Carole Keeton Strayhom, former mayor of Austin and former Tex­ as comptroller, called Carpenter a modern-day Texas giant w ho will be missed. "All of the rest of us stand on her shoulders," Strayhom said. "She had a fighting passion for w hat she believed in, and all adm ired her, including Democrats, Republicans, moderates and independents." Women Ages 18 to 40 PPD conducts m edically supervised research studies to help evaluate new investigational m edications. PPD has been conducting research studies in A ustin for more than 20 years. . Right now, PPD is looking for healthy and non-sm oking w om en ages 18 to 40 to participate in a m edical research study. The study will require the participants to have a BMI betw een 19 and 30 and w eigh betw een 110 and 220 lbs. The study w ill require 2 w eekends in our overnight research facility and m ultiple b rie f outpatient visits. Study participants will receive up to $4000 upon study com pletion. Please call today to find out more. 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All rights reserved. . 5 4 5 542 Sports Editor: Blake Hurtik E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512)232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com M EN 'S SW IM M IN G T h e D a i l y T e x a n TeXas in a lane of its own Longhorns come from behind to win their 10th NCAA men’s swimming and diving championship By M an esh Upadhyaya Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns came from behind against C alifornia on Sunday eve­ ning at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquat­ ic Pavilion to claim their 10th NCAA championship as Eddie Reese became the first NCAA Division One men's swimming and diving coach in histo­ ry to win team titles in four separate decades. After postponing the start of the meet due to a virus scare, the Horns ended day one six points ahead of Cal and 27 points ahead of Florida. Texas' early lead came from fresh­ man sensation Austin Surhoff, who took first in a thrilling 200 individual medley, and the team, who had four top-five finishes in the night. Texas placed third in the 200 free­ style relay with a quartet of soph­ om ore Jim m y Feigen, ju nior Scott Jostes and seniors Ben Van Roekel and Dave Walters. S u rh o ff b eat F lo rid a 's Shau ne Fraser by 0.04 second to become Tex­ as' second-ever NCAA 200 individual medley champion, swimming it with a time of 1 mminute, 42.95 seconds. "Tonight, 1 knew it was time to swim the race the way 1 know how to swim it," Surhoff said. "I want­ ed to take it out nice and easy and save what I had left to race at the end. That's what [coach] Eddie Reese and [assistant coach] Kris Kubik have trained me to do." Hours after setting a new pool re­ cord (18.97) in the 50 freestyle prelim­ inary, Feigen wanted similar results in the final but placed fourth. Last season's 1-m eter sophomore diving cham pion Drew Livingston came in third place with 413.1 points and, like Feigen, saw his pool record wiped off the board by Purdue's Da­ vid Boudia, finishing with 468.65 points. Texas ended the night taking fifth in the 400 medley relay. Feigen, junior Scott Spann and seniors Hill Taylor and Ricky Berens swam it in 3:6.08. Texas fell to second place behind Cal at the end of day two with 330 points. Freshman Cole Cragin, Spann, Tay­ lor and Feigen placed third for the Longhorns in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:24.64. Monday, March 29, 2010 S ID ELIN E NGAA Men's Top 25 No. 6 Tennessee No. 5 Michigan State 70 No. 3 Baylor 71 No. 1 Duke 78 NCAA Women's Top 25 No. 4 Kentucky 64 No. 1 Nebraska 51 No. 4 Iowa State 36 No. 1 Connecticut 74 No. 3 Oklahoma 77 No. 2 Notre Dame 72 OT No. 7 Mississippi State 71 No. 3 Florida State 74 NBA Sacramento 90 Cleveland 97 Memphis 103 Milwaukee 108 OT Indiana 84 Atlanta 94 Chicago 110 Detroit 103 Toronto 94 Miami 97 Denver 97 Orlando 103 Phoenix 111 Minnesota 105 Portland 92 Oklahoma City 87 San Antonio 94 Boston 73 Golden State 121 LA Clippers 103 NHL Calgary 5 Washington 3 Toronto 4 Pittsburgh 5 Edmonton 1 St. Louis 2 New Jersey 1 Philadelphia 5 CHAMPS continues on page 8 men's sw im m in g and diving cham pionships Saturday in Colum bus, Ohio. O n Sunday, Texas w on its 10th national title. From left to right, Ricky Berens, Dave Walters and Scott Jostes celebrate after w in n ing the 800-yard freestyle relay at the N C A A SOFTBALL Longhorns sweep Huskers at home Jay LaPrete | Associated Press ON THE WEB: For m ore Texas sports, check out w om e n 's track coverage @dailytexanoniine.com Freshmen combine to finish fifth in tournament By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff After weeks of unpredictable Austin weather, the spirit of the 37th Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invita­ tional delivered three nearly perfect days for golf. The wind, however, managed to make its presence felt. The Longhorns finished fifth in their annual home-turf tournament this weekend at the University of Texas Golf Club. The three-day, 54- hole tournament featured 18 teams including top-ranked UCLA, Ar­ izona, Texas A&M, Stanford and Vanderbilt. The team was led by freshman Madison Pressel, who finished tied for 13th with a three-day score of 8-over-par 224. Freshman De­ siree Dubreuil maintained her rep­ utation for consistency with three rounds of 3-over-par 75 each, tying her for 16th. Playing against their toughest field of teams this semester, the Longhorns delivered a second- place showing on the first day of the tournament. Both Pressel and sophomore Nicole Vandermade carded even rounds to sit in a tie for fifth place overall. A stronger breeze on the second day flurried those numbers. The team went a com bined 22-over-par on the last six holes to fall to a three-way tie for sixth place before moving up one spot on the final day. Head coach Martha Richards said she didn't feel the team adjust­ ed very well toward the end of the second day but bounced back well on the third. "For 48 holes, we played great," Richards said. "W hen the wind blows [at your home course], you'd GOLF continues on page 8 Texas freshm an Desiree Dubreuil approaches her ball on the green. Danielle Vilasana | Daily Texan Staff Hoagland extends season hitting streak record to 21 games By M att Hohner Daily Texan Staff . Right fielder Taylor Hoagland is quickly becoming like one of the most legendary b ase­ ball players to ever play the game: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio. DiM aggio is perhaps most w ell-k n ow n for his M ajor League Baseball record of 56 consecutive games with a hit. While Hoagland may have a ways to go before she meets D iM aggio's record, she has already set the single-season record at Texas for 21 straight games. Hoagland's optimism and bubbly personality might be the reason why she a l­ ready holds a school record in her first year at Texas. Head coach Connie Clark has e m p h a siz ed ta k in g it pitch by pitch in the b atter's box and to w ork w ith the count. At tim es, the Texas b a t­ ters have been too anxious to m ake som ething happen at the plate. Sin ce H oagland has su r­ passed the record, it's all his­ tory in the books, for now. "W ell, it's kind of easier, now that it's out of my head," H o a g la n d s a id . " I b ro k e the record, it's been accom ­ plished, hut now it's time to move on. Now it's about put­ ting the ball in play and help­ ing my team win. I'm not re­ ally worried about the streak anymore." Hoagland has m oved her w ay into the lea d o ff p o si­ tion in the batting lineup and hasn't disappointed. "I feel com fortable [at the le a d o ff s p o t ]," H o a g la n d said . "I had to acclim ate to it." The freshm an started Sat­ urday's game off w ith a bang by lead ing the first inning w ith a hom e run. Hdagland also led o ff the gam e w ith a hom e run in T h u rs d a y 's gam e ag ain st Texas A& M - C o rp u s C h r is ti, and she m ade it look easy. " I t was ju st one of those effortless sw ings," Hoagland said. H o ag lan d has co m p ile d a .419 b attin g average, five hom e runs and 16 RBIs for the Longhorns. C la rk k n o w s h e r team is com posed of a bunch of slugging free-sw ingers, but sh e know s it ta k e s d is c i­ pline to find the one pitch to crank it over the fence. "A s w e g et b e tt e r and deeper into the season, you have to be able to he open- m inded," Clark said. "M ake ad ju stm ents, and learn that it is about playing chess and not checkers." After the win against N e­ braska on Sunday, Hoagland to o k the tim e w ith som e of her fellow team m ates to sign autographs for the as­ p iring young softball p lay­ ers in attendance. Longhorn softball fans will be able to w atch H oagland put on a hitting clinic for the years to com e. Texas freshm an Taylor H o a gla n d trots around the bases after hitting a leadoff hom e run during Sunday's 4-1 win over Nebraska. Bobby Longoria | Daily Texan Staff Strong pitching offensive performance lead Texas to perfect start in Big 12 By Kate Guerra Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns left the field Thursday night no longer un­ defeated at home, dropping to a dismal 5-5 in the past 10 games. And though they w alked off tired and sluggish, they knew that Big 12 play was a mere 48 hours away when they would play two games against Nebras­ ka on Saturday and Sunday. It quickly becam e apparent that the team left that mindset on the field that night and never looked back. The Longhorns defeated the Cornhuskers in a run-rule vic­ tory 9-0 Saturday afternoon in a game full of hot bats and a one- hit pitching show from fresh ­ man Blaire Luna. Third b ase­ man Nadia Taylor has been con­ sistent for the Longhorns all sea­ son, and she came up big with a three-for-th ree perform ance with three RBI. Outfielder Tay­ lor Hoagland continued her ex­ traordinary freshman career by recording another two hits and two RBI. "It's a great start to our Big 12 series," head coach Connie Clark said. "I think our confidence, and play overall, is best when we are at home, so we were very fortunate to be able to play the games here. It was a solid team effort from everyone across the board." Sunday's game didn't come as easily. Texas started strong when Hoagland extended her record- setting hitting streak to 21 games by blasting a leadoff home run to SOFTBALL continues on page 8 Men take down Sooners, women fall against Bears 8 TENNIS By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff The Texas tennis squads ar­ rived Sunday ready for a fight as both the men and women faced Big 12 conference rivals Oklaho­ ma and Bavlor, respectively. While the weather was perfect for the afternoon, the teams had to take into account the sweep­ ing w inds that picked up and whipped across the courts. Each team fought dow n to the wire, but only the men emerged victo­ rious over the Sooners, 6-1, while the women fell to the Bears, 2-5. After only a day of rest, the Texas m en's team (18-2, 2-0 Big 12) en tered S u n d a y 's m atch against No. 19 Oklahoma brim­ m ing w ith confidence from an impressive 6-1 win against Okla­ homa State on Friday. The award­ ing of the double point to Texas came down to the third and fi­ nal double match, in which Tex­ as won 8-5. The Horns took five of the six singles matches to con­ clude the match. The Sooners proved to be a lit­ tle difficult for Texas in the dou­ bles round of the match yester­ day. A lengthy fight-to-the-finish matchup, which put Texas senior tandem Dimitar Kutrovsky and josh Zavala against Oklahoma's Andrei Daescu and Costin Paval, was one to remember as Texas took the match 9-8, clinching the doubles point for the Horns. "T he d o u b les m atch w ent do w n to the wire," UT m en's S t o r i CHAMPS: Reese has title in four separate decades From p a g e 7 Spann finished second to Cali­ fornia's Damir Dugonjic in a nail- bitin g 100 b rea ststro k e. S pann sw am it in 52.22, w hich broke the pool record, but it w as not good en o u g h to beat D ugonjic, w ho also set a new pool record in a time of 51.65. Texas' h ig h lig h t of the n ig h t cam e in the session's final race. A relay team consisting of soph­ om ore N eil Caskey, Jostes and O ly m p ian s W alters and Berens w on th e 800 fre esty le relay. It w as the L onghorns' second con­ secutive victory in the event and 11th overall — the m ost in col­ lege sw im m ing. T ra ilin g C a lifo rn ia by 18.5 p o in ts go in g in to S u n d a y 's fi­ n als, so p h o m o re Jackson W il­ cox began the m e et's final day by taking third in the 1,650 free­ style in 14:49.47. For the second straig h t year, Feigen placed second in the 100 freestyle ag ain st his C alifornia nemesis, N athan Adrian. Spann took second in the 200 breaststroke. After sw im m ing the prelim inary in 1:52.24, 0.38 sec­ on d b e tte r than form er L ong­ horn swimm er Brendan H ansen's school record in the 2003 meet, Spann w as expected to do well in the final. He came up short but just barely, losing by 0.02 second. W ra p p in g u p th e m e e t and d istan cin g Texas from the pack w as the L o n ghorns' goal in the 400 freestyle relay. W alters, Fei­ gen, Jostes and Berens finished second in 2:49.40, finishing the m e e t as c h a m p io n s w ith 500 p o in ts , 35 p o in ts m o re th a n second-place C alifornia. S O FTB A LL: Luna gets both wins for Texas on the mound From p a g e 7 left field against 17 m ph w inds, bu t N ebraska struck back in the next fram e afte r L una w alked tw o batters and allow ed a d o u ­ ble to score a runner. After Texas broke the tie in the fourth, junior catcher Amy H ooks p ad d e d the lead w ith a tw o-run dpuble in the sixth and the Longhorns finished the gam e w ith a score of 4-1. Luna (15-4) got both w ins for Texas an d allo w ed o nly th ree h its over the w eekend w ith. 21 strikeouts. "G oing into conference play, m y confidence w as a big thing that I needed to w ork on," Luna said. "I'm g lad w ith th e o u t­ com e I got, and I think my con­ fidence is back to w here it was. It's definitely a big deal. W e're really excited to com e o u t and get the sw eep over N ebraska." O verall, S u n d ay 's gam e bore a stro n g resem blance to Texas' early play in the 2010 season, re­ m e m b ered m ore for its m u tu ­ al contribution from all players than for one or tw o heroes of the game. "It h e lp s th e m o rale in the clubhouse," Clark said. "E very­ body w an ts to co n trib u te. The le a d e rs can buy into th a t p h i­ losophy of 'Hey, it m ight be me perform ing today, but I'm going to ce leb rate th at it's m y te a m ­ m a te to m o rro w ' k in d of a tti­ tude. It bodes very well for hav­ ing a great club that you can pull so m e b o d y off th e b en c h , an d they can be the hero, an d then som ebody else another day, so I prefer that." Texas jun ior Ed Corrie returns a ball this weekend at Penick-Allison Tennis Center in the Longhorns'6-1 win over Oklahom a. Rachel Taylor | Daily Texan Staff head coach Michael Center said. "We knew they were a very good team. They've had a great year, and their coach has done a great job with their program." The level of emotion did not leave the court as m en's single play ensued. After falling in the first set 3-7, Kutrovsky climbed his w ay back into the m atch against the Sooner's Daescu and quickly jumped out to a 44) lead in the second set. After that, there was no looking back as they went into a third set w ith Kutrovsky knocking off his opponent, 3-6, 6-4,6-4. Meanwhile, junior Kellen Damico/ sophomore Jean Ander­ sen and freshmen Vasko Mlade- nov quickly p u t away their op­ ponents in two sets, clinching the match win for Texas. "Today we were pretty tough out there under duress," Center said. "When we needed to make shots and plays, we did a really good job." But, while the m en were vic­ torious, the w om en w ere not so lucky against a tough Baylor squad. The lady Longhorns (7- 4, 3-1 Big 12) also entered yes­ terday's match with little rest as they opened the w eekend with a strong victory over Texas Tech. Sunday's m atchup proved to be a real test for the H orns as the Bears are ranked No. 7 in the In­ tercollegiate Tennis Association's team rankings. Sarah L ancaster and M ag­ gie M ello p o sted im p ressiv e wins against their Baylor oppo­ nents, but it was not enough to give them the ed g e over the Bears. Freshman Aeriel Ellis and sophomore Krista Damico attem pted com e­ backs but could not finish them off as they both fell in the third set of their match­ es. The Horns will resume conference play Friday at Oklahoma State. GOLF: Lack of experience, winds rough up Horns From p age 7 hopb that you have the advan­ tage. Overall, though, I think we had a good finish." Richards said p art of adjust­ ing com es dow n to experience d u rin g to u rn am en t tim e. The L o n g h o rn s b o a s t o ne of the youngest lineups in the coun­ try w ith V anderm ade, the lone sophomore, and the "Freshman Foursom e" com posed of Pres- sel, D ubreuil, H aley Stephens and Katelyn Sepmoree. "W ind always makes it hard­ er, b u t there w ere a lot of m is­ takes that were m ade," Dubreuil said. "It just m eans we need a lot more practice and need to do a lot more learning." A com bination of great w eath­ er and proxim ity to hom e m ade the to u rn am en t a fam ily-filled event as su p p o rters d ressed in b u rn t orange spilled across the patio area. The tournam ent also featured appearances by former players, coaches and alumni. Playing at hom e allow ed the Longhorns to boast tw o teams. The second team w as led by senior S hannon Fish, w ho fin­ ished tied for 13th overall. Fish also produced the top round in the tournam ent w hen she fired a 2-under-par 70 on the first day. F ish w as jo in e d by se n io rs Alex R ichards and Brittany To- m e rlin as L o n g h o rn s p la y in g for the last tim e at hom e. " I t 's b e e n a n e m o tio n a l w e e k ," sa id F ish, w ho p la n s on a tte n d in g g ra d u a te school a fte r fin is h in g in D ecem ber. "I'v e w atched this to u rn am en t grow , a n d it's a goo d feeling being here." 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Daily Texan Managing Editor, Summer 2010 Daily Texan Managing Editor, Fall 2010 2011 Cactus Yearbook Editor A pplication form s and a a list o f q ualifications are available in the O ffice o f the D irector, W illiam R andolph H earst B uilding (H S M ), 25(X) W hitis Ave., R oom 3.304. The TSM Board of Operating Trustees will interview applicants and appoint positions at 2:00 p jii. on A pril 23.2010 in the College of C om m unication its own refurbished clothing line called Whipped Cream. White said wearing thrift and vintage clothes is a good way to be eco-friendly because you are not supporting companies such as Forever 21, Topshop and Zara, which thrive on mass pnxluction. While White likes recycled fab­ rics, Malissa Long, another lo­ cal designer featured in the show, likes to use unusual objects like bottle caps, men's ties and alu­ minum cans in her green d e­ signs. She began designing eco- friendly designs from a love of transforming the use of things. "I find inspiration in the uncom­ mon,'' Long said. In her collection at the Aus­ tin Eco Fashion Show, Long also used natural dye from rust to add color and print to her billowing, white dresses made from sustain­ able organic cptton and bamboo. The clothes featured at the show will be the blueprint for her spring 2011 collection, and her current line can be found on shcpflick.com and sertfeqffashiott.com. Long said eco-friendly clothes are better to wear than regular ones because the fabrics are made of fibers produced and dyed with­ out harsh chemicals through a pro­ cess that creates less pollution. Melissa Carugati, publisher of Make Sense of Your World maga­ zine, said it is good to recycle re­ furbished and thrift clothing so that less garbage is thrown into landfills. She said it takes between six months to a year for a trend to go out of style, and when it does, those garments sit in the closet and eventually get thrown out. Carugati said the first step to eco-friendly fashion was to not over-buy clothing. "Buy them if you need them; buy them if it fits well," she said. "Don't buy it if you are not going to wear it." From page 12 filmmakers, strongly encouraged Pipkin's creativity as a child. They recognized the importance of al­ lowing Pipkin to express herself in whatever way she desired, which often resulted in the mutilation of her room. "I made such a mess of my liv­ ing space as a child," Pipkin said. "M y carpet was ruined, my walls were ruined, I had paint every­ where, I had clay in everything. When I was 11, 1 remember ask­ ing my mother, 'Can I paint my walls?' And she said, 'Sure! What color?' And I said, 'No, can I paint on them? With dragons and stuff?' And it's a good thing she said yes, because I already had. My parents were so encouraging." Her mother Christy said Pip­ kin never had trouble entertaining herself. "[After] painting her walls, she used her room as a canvas from then on," Christy said. "It got to the point where, when she moved out to go to college, her carpet was this tapestry of paint, chalk and charcou, stains. Everything for her was a canvas: her clothes, her walls, her schoolbooks, her arms. I think that's just the way she sees life — as a canvas. She re­ ceives information from the world as art and then she puts it back out as art." At 14, Pipkin decided to capital­ ize on her artistic talent by starting a business, Tattooed Shoes. Pipkin intricately detailed and decorated canvas shoes with colored Sharpies and sold them through local bou­ tiques and her Web site. Pipkin said each pair of shoes took about 10 hours to finish, but she once did a pair of men's size 15 that took two weeks. Pipkin pro­ duced up to 15 pairs per month. But as successful as the business was, she soon grew tired of spend­ ing upwards of 40 hours per week drawing on shoes. Since Tattooed Shoes, Pipkin has found other means of express­ ing herself artistically. Recently, she began live-painting onstage at concerts, which she now does about every weekend. "The first live painting I ever did was when I was hanging out with friends of mine who were playing a show in Los An­ geles," Pipkin said. "About 45 minutes before they went on, they asked me if 1 wanted to Pin Down Your Future! Earn your M a s te r’s D egree & Be a Licensed A cupuncturist! T exas C o liege o f T r a d it io n a a m ese M e d icrne The Oldest School of Acupuncture in Texas • One of the fastest growing fields in healthcare allows you to have a rewarding career as a healer and be your own boss • Enrollment available in January, May and September • Scholarships & Financial Aid availableI • No GRE, GMAT or MCAT required do a live painting. I didn't have any paint, but I had Sharpies and some lipstick. It was absolutely ri­ diculous, but I made a prettv rad painting." In between the time she spends painting, doodling and thinking about painting and doodling, Pip­ kin writes poems and short stories. "I have a book of short stories that is almost done," Pipkin said. "The working title is 'Diary of Lies' because that is exactly what it is. It is a diary, it is my life, but a lot of it is feelings that 1 wish to express or have felt but can't actually explain through events that have happened to me. So I had to make up stories to tell them, which is kind of what being an artist is all about." Pipkin was skeptical of attend­ ing art school because she felt that the reason most people attend is to get their work in shows. But Pipkin has been happy with her choice to come to UT and enjoyL the challenges the program has presented. "Sometimes, I question the va­ lidity of going to an art school as an artist who's already work­ ing the scene, but there's a simple beauty in existing in an education­ al facility when you don't have to worry about buyers yet," Pipkin said. "To be in a situation com ­ pletely devoted to learning is pret­ ty important for an artist. I think a lot of people get stuck in what they're good at, which is valid. If you're good at it, do it. But the good thing about being forced out of your element with different as­ signments is that sometimes, you surprise yourself." To learn more about Pipkin's work and upcoming shows, visit her Web site at katierosqnpkin.com. aprii IO o Spun FRANK ERWIN CENTER texasboxoffice.com <\ uterwincenter.com ry» 1** fOCMt cltonjoluMom ---- A m odel struts down the runway at the Austin Eco Fashion Show wearing clothes th a t are all environm entally friendly. 4005 Manchaca Rd. Austin, TX 78704 TCTCH Jeff H e im sa th | Daily Texan Staff www.TexasTCM.edu • 512-444-8082 Log on to uferwincentBr.com/doilytexan for your chance to w in a p a ir of tickets to the show and be entered for the g ra n d p rize o f front ro w seats. a co-producti Submit your 10 min. (or less) funny film winners will receive cool prizes! ) ¡¡§ É Instructions 1. download the submission form ww.texasstudenttv.com/comedyffest 'K R p | ff s? ! vH ? : ; 2. turn in your finished vid and • IL L A JL AAA Native Houstonian moves to music capital, chases creative dreams ^ M U SIC M ONDAY ^ By Francisco M a rin On an unusually warm Tues­ day night, Kat Edmonson is at Vino Vino, singing alongside Fastball m ember M iles Z uni­ ga to a full house. As the au­ dience passes around bottles of Spanish wine and sam ples garlic-and-oil-drenched ju m ­ bo shrimp and fried calamari, E d m o n s o n 's sw e e t, liltin g voice floats through two black speakers and reaches the far­ thest corners of the dim, sen­ sually lit wine bar. And, at the right moments, the audience's din of ch atter and clin k in g glasses quiets down enough to hear her sing, a Greek siren for the modern age, Billie Holiday reincarnated, Austin's favorite chanteuse. The next day, we meet to in­ terview at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on South Lamar Bou­ levard, near Lady Bird Lake. Edmonson embodies the spir­ it of the Austin music scene — she came from Houston to live out her dreams of becoming a musician and flourished in the local m usic scene. The D aily Texan spoke with the young singer about m oving to A us­ tin, landing a gig at The E le­ phant Room and quitting her day job. T he D aily Texan: Did you want to get anything? 12Monday, March 29, 2010 L if e & A rts T u r D v i n T e w n Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 www.daitytexanonline.com Kat Edmonson shares her start Artist consumed with her work all the time’ By Katherine Kloc Daily Texan Staff W hether doodling in class, working in the studio or doing live paintings with local electron­ ic bands, studio art sophomore Katie Pipkin is preoccupied with art for the majority of her waking hours. “Discounting sleeping and eat­ ing, I'm pretty much thinking about art all the time,". Pipkin said. "It's constant. I think most artists feel that way. If you're re­ ally dedicated to the lifestyle, you will spend all of your time do­ ing it because it's not a conscious choice. It's not like, 'I want to do this'; it's like, 'I will go absolutely mad if I do not.'" Ever since she can rem em ­ ber, Pipkin has been complete­ ly consum ed by art and her imagination. Her parents, both ARTIST continues on page 11 Jazz singer Kat Edmonson, 26, recently released her album Take to the Sky and is currently working on her follow -up album, which will be released before the end o f 2010. She was inspired at an early age by Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, and she has been perform ing in Austin for five years. Bobby Longoria | Daily Texan Staff KE: I'm from Houston. DT: Oh, how long have you into music? DT: What was that first step lived there? K E: I'v e lived in H ouston pretty much all my life. I went away to college for a year. DT: What did you study? KE: Pretty much just gener­ al studies. to this city? music. DT: W hat m ade you move KE: I moved here to pursue DT: Was it the liv e-m u sic scene that attracted you? KE: Yeah, definitely. I must have heard the "L iv e M usic Capital of the World" thing. K E : A c tu a lly , m y in itia l move was getting on "A m eri­ can Idol." D T: T h a t's rig h t, I heard about that. KE: Yeah, it was kind of out of the box, but after that, I still had a mind to finish school. But ulti­ mately, when I decided not to do that, I'd already lived here for about three years. The day I de­ cided I wasn't going to go back to school, I pulled out of school, opened the paper and looked for bands seeking m usicians, lead singers — anyone looking for a songwriter to work with. I called someone and started do­ ing songwriting collaborations with him , and ultim ately we went with an open mind to The Alligator Grill on South Lamar. When I played there on their open mic night, they offered me a regular Friday night there. So I started doing that for a while, but it fell apart. Someone told me about the jazz at The Ele­ phant Room. I went there one night and played a song, and they asked me to com e back week after week. I started meet­ ing players, meeting people and sitting in with different bands. S oo n , I sta rte d g e ttin g my own gigs, and six months lat­ er after I went to The Elephant Room, I quit my day job in real estate. For the com plete Kat Edm on­ son interview, including discus­ sion on the im p ortan ce o f the Cactus Cafe, the m erits o f tru f­ fle butter in her fa v o r ite san d- wich and why she could not think o f her top-three a ll-tim e fa v o r ­ ite records, go to dailytexanon- line.com. Studio art sophomore Katie Pipkin said making art is not a choice for her because it keeps her sane. Fashion show displays a variety of ‘green designs By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff Silk, cashmere, leather and fur — fine fabrics often draped across models in high-end fashion lines like Chanel and Yves Saint Lau­ rent — were nowhere to be found at the Austin Eco Fashion Show on Thursday. The show promoted eco-friend­ ly fashion by showcasing designs made from organic and vintage fabrics and materials not com- monly used to make clothes. Tht event was hosted by Make Senst of Your World m agazine and Green Cheeks Boutique at tht United States Art Authority. Aluminum cans, tablecloth; and fabrics made from hemp, or ganic cotton and bamboo wert some of the green materials used on the runway. Among the items shown wert FASHION continues on page 11 Kat Edmonson: No, I've al­ ready had my caffeine for to­ day. DT: Were there any specif­ ic artists you saw yourself col­ laborating with? DT: Cool. So tell me a lit­ tle about you rself, au to b io ­ graphical stuff. Are you from Austin? K E : At the tim e, I d id n 't know anyone in the scene, but I knew it was what I wanted to pursue. APPLY fj IS S i Al The Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees has an opening for one at-large student board member to fill an unexpired term from June 2 0 1 0 to May 2 0 1 1 . THIS BOARD OVERSEES THE LARGEST STUDENT MEDIA PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES. 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