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Allegations halt drug recommendations

By Stephany Garza
Daily Texan Staff

The Texas A ttorney G en eral's 
O ffice has halted a guideline that 
lists preferred psychiatric drugs 
for ch ild re n in lig ht o f a lle g a ­
tions o f drug co m p an ie s in flu ­
encing researchers.

UT researchers based the chil­
dren's guideline on an adult ver­
sion called the Texas M edication 
A lgorithm Project, w h ich cam e

u n d er scru tin y a fte r th e state 
of Texas filed a law suit in 2004 
against the pharm aceutical com ­
pany Janssen. The suit alleges that 
Jan sse n p rovid ed state m ental 
health program decision m akers 
with grants, trips, perks, travel ex­
penses and other payments. Com ­
panies also paid decision makers 
to promote their medications.

The law suit states th at som e 
"proponents" who worked on the

adult project began to work on the 
children's version.

"[Ja n s s e n 's ] p ro d u ct, R isp e r­
dal, received a preferential rec­
om m endation as a m edication of 
choice on the [project] algorithm s 
used to treat children and adoles­
cen ts," according to the law suit. 
"D e fe n d a n ts ' p ro d u ct did not 
have an FD A -approved in d ica­
tion for use in child ren and ad ­
olescents when it w as placed on

the TCM AP algorithm s."

The research is state-funded but 
also includes m oney from private 
sponsors. The Robert Wood John­
son Foundation, an arm of John­
son & Johnson, donated $2.4 mil­
lion for the initial creation of the 
Texas Medication Algorithm Proj­
ect. Johnson & Johnson is the par­
ent com pany of Janssen Pharma- 
ceutica, m aker of Risperdal. The 
program also received $191,183

from Janssen, $146,500 from Pfiz­
er and $103,000 Eli Lily.

U T P h a r m a c y D ea n M ile s 
Crism on received grant support 
from a t least 10 com panies, in ­
clud in g Eli Lily, Forest, Janssen 
and Shire, according to the pro­
cedural manual of Schizophrenia 
Treatm ent A lgorithm s found on 
the D epartm ent of State Health 
Services' Web site.

C ris m o n w as n o t a v a ila b le

for com m ent.

A ccord ing to the cou rt d ocu ­
ment, Janssen experienced an in­
crease in prescriptions and sales 
of Risperdal throughout Texas af­
ter it was made the preferred drug 
th ro u g h new p ro g ram s in the 
state.

"TM A P and TCM AP proved to 
be pow erful m arketing tools for

DRUG continues on page 2A

F r o m t h e g r a s s r o o t s u p

Survey hints at 
long-term impact 
of student debt

By Andrew Kreighbaum
Daily Texan Staff

The results of a new online sur­
vey conducted by Zogby Interna­
tional show that one in four re­
spondents graduated from college 
with at least $5,000 in debt.

An even higher num ber of re­
spondents, 40 percent, said they 
had signed up for a credit card at 
some point during college to take 
advantage of a gift or special of­
fer.

M echele D ickerson, a U T law 
professor who studies bankrupt­
cy and debt, said college students 
reflect how credit cards are used 
by all consum ers — not just for 
emergency purchases but for con­
venience shopping as well.

Dickerson said high credit card 
debt m ay not prevent recent co l­
lege graduates from getting jobs 
but m ay steer them aw ay from 
public-sector jobs to seek higher- 
paying jobs in the private sector.

"It forces them by necessity to

m ake certain career choices that 
they might otherwise not want to 
m ake," Dickerson said. "It w on't 
make it impossible for them to be 
able to get credit in the future. It 
might m ake it harder for them to 
purchase a home and get the best 
mortgage, because they might not 
be able to com e up with a dow n 
paym ent."

Patricia Nash-Christel, a spokes­
w om an for ed u cation -loan p ro­
vider Nellie Mae, said a study the 
group conducted with the Gallup 
polling firm found that the No. 1 
reason cited for credit card use by 
students was emergency expendi­
tures. Ih e second m ost cited rea­
son was convenience.

"College students are a wonder­
ful consum er base for credit card 
com panies, because in four to six 
or whatever years, in theory, these 
borrow ers will in fact have jobs. 
Credit card com panies are willing

DEBT continues on page 2A

O bam a supporters gather on Saturday at the Travis County Dem ocratic Party Headquarters to watch senator's first press event with 

recently announced running mate Sen. Joe Biden during a break from workshops.

Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff

Camp garners local support AT H A IR -R A IS IN G S P EE D

Obama volunteer training 
camp coincides with texts 
making VP announcement

By Tara Haelle

Daily Texan Staff

A train in g ev en t at the Travis C o u n ­
ty D em ocratic Party office this w eekend 
drew approxim ately 60 cam paign v o lu n ­
teers in support of Barack O bam a's pres­
idential bid. The event occurred the sam e 
day that people nationw ide received text 
m essages w ith O b am a's an n o u n cem en t 
of Sen. Joe Biden as his vice-presidential 
running mate.

Cam p O bam a is designed to train vol­
u n te e rs to take on g re a te r le a d e rsh ip 
ro les in the party, said local cam p aig n 
m anager Ian Davis.

"N o c a m p a ig n I'v e b e e n in v o lv e d 
w ith has in v ested this m any resou rces 
into training v o lu n teers," D avis said. "It

show s that Obam a is really com m itted to 
grassroots cam p aigning."

D av is a lso said he is e x cite d ab o u t 

O bam a's running-m ate selection.

"From everybody I talk to, Biden is uni­
versally resp ected ," D avis said. "O bam a 
is p icking som eon e based on q u a lifica ­
tions, com p etence and ab ility to govern 
and not on state electoral v o tes."

R ad io-television-film Ph.D. cand id ate 
K atherine H aenschen, one of the cam p s 
trainers, said she also believes Biden is a 
strong choice for attracting voters.

"H is n a rr a tiv e o f p e rso n a l s tru g g le 
and h ard w o rk sh o u ld a p p e a l to any 
v o te r," sh e said . "H is b ack g ro u n d and 
q u alification s give him a strong n ation ­
al ap p eal."

A n o th e r cam p o rg a n iz e r, J.D . G in s, 
h e lp e d f a m il ia r i z e a t t e n d e e s w ith 
O b a m a 's p latform issu es and recruited 
volunteers to cam paign in sw ing states.

"I think w e're going to m ake inroads 
in all o u r s ta te s ," he said , ad d in g that

Texas is exp ected to p rovid e m ore v o l­
unteers than any other state except New 
York and C alifornia.

The Travis County office hopes to send 
200 Texas volunteers to New M exico, 200 
to C o lo rad o and 180 to G eorgia on self­
funded trips to canvass neighborhood s, 
encou rag e voter registration and set up 
phone banks.

R yan E llis , g o v e rn m e n t s e n io r and 
presid ent of the UT stu d ent group C o l­
lege R epublicans at Texas, said the club 
is focusing more on local cam paigns.

"T h e Texas State R epublican P arty is 
confident that M cCain w ill win Texas, and 
w e're trying to focus our efforts where we 
can m ake a difference," Ellis said.

D avis said he exp ects O bam a to co n ­
tinu e u tilizin g local o rg an izatio n s as a 
m ajor part of his cam paign.

"M o s t c a n d id a te s run from the top 
d ow n ," he said. "O bam a is w orking from 
the bottom up. It's a unique strateg y to 
em pow er volunteers to this exten t."

RV park files lawsuit against construction company

Emily Kinsolvlng | Daily Texan Staff

Ivan Zoot gives Kavindu Karunasekara a haircut in just under tw o 
m inutes Friday evening at Roosters. Zoot broke the Guinness W orld 
Record for the most haircuts in one day with 340 cuts.

see daily texa u o id ü ie. coin f o r video

Austin Energy proposes 
plan to use wood scraps 
for renewable electricity
Officials hope to buy 
electricity from East 
Texas power plant

A s p a rt o f a d h e r in g to th e 
A ustin C lim ate P rotection P lan, 
w h ich c a lls fo r 30 p e rc e n t o f 
A u s tin 's e n e rg y to co m e fro m 
re n e w a b le re s o u r c e s by 2 0 2 0 , 
A ustin Energy officials said they 
would like to purchase e lectrici­
ty generated from an East Texas 
biom ass pow er plant.

By Pierre Bertrand

Daily Texan Staff

Saw dust and wood chips and 
scrap s could be used to pow er 
Austin hom es if a plan put forth 
by Austin Energy is approved by 
the Austin City Council.

O n A ug. 21 the co u n c il d e ­
lay ed ap p ro v in g th e plan u n ­
til its next m eetin g , sch ed u led 
for this Thursday, becau se they 
w anted to review A u stin E ner­
gy's proposal.

Austin Energy's proposal calls 
for the p u rch ase o f 100 m e g a ­
w atts of pow er for 20 years, re­
sulting in a $2.3 billion price tag. 
With the plan, 18 percent of A u s­
tin 's pow er w ill co m e from re ­
new able resources 

T h e b io m a s s p o w e r p la n t

WOOD continues on page 2A

By Sean Beherec

Daily Texan Staff

The ow ner of a local m obile 
hom e park has filed a law suit 
ag ain st a n eig h b orin g co n d o ­
m inium project over con stru c­
tion cranes alleged ly invading 
the park's airspace.

L im e sto n e C o o p e r P ro p e r­
ties, ow ner of the Pecan G rove 
RV P ark on B a rto n S p rin g s 
Road, filed the law suit against 
B a rto n P la c e C o n d o m in iu m s 
am id con cern s of recent crane 
collapses across the-nation. The 
law su it states co n cern s o f the 
crane h ov erin g over the park, 
w hich houses betw een 130 and 
140 residents

According to the lawsuit, park 
representatives told the develop­
ers in mid-July that the construc­
tion crane was not allowed over

the park's property.

The law suit alleges that de­
velopers are not concerned with 
the safety or legal rights of the 
RV park residents and have tres­
passed into the park's airspace 
to build the con d o m in iu m s as 
quickly as possible.

Mary Dietz, an attorney rep­
resenting L im estone, said in a 
statement on behalf of both Bar­
tonPlace and Pecan Grove Park 
that both sides are w orking on 
settling the law suit ou tsid e of 
court.

"B oth parties are op tim istic 
that a mutually acceptable reso­
lution will be achieved shortly," 
Dietz, said.

John McKetta III, the attorney 
representing BartonPlace in the

LAWSUIT continues on page 2A

Looming over the Pecan Grove RV Park, a building crane for BartonPtace 
Condominiums has attracted controversy for violating the park's airspace.

Caleb Miller j D aily Texan Staff

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DRUG: UT System requires 
researchers to document 
all supporters in detail

From page 1A

R isp erd al," the law suit states. 
"D riven by these gains and rev­
enues, defendants turned to de­
v elo p in g a co n certed m ark et­
ing plan to replicate these p ro­
g ram s, and the d ram atic reve­
nue and market share generated 
by TMAP and its progeny in oth­
er states."

W h istle-b lo w er A llen Jon es 
w o rk ed as a state official for 
P e n n sy lv an ia and d isco v ered 
that the state's chief pharm acist 
pocketed m oney from Janssen 
while designing a sim ilar drug 
plan for Texas.

The Texas Attorney General's 
Office will not com m ent due to 
pending litigation.

B ecause of restra in ts on in­
form ation from officials and re­
searchers, there is only specula­
tion that researchers who worked 
on the adult health plan w ere 
paid by pharm aceutical com pa­

n ies, and th e co u rt d o cu m en t 
mentions the possibility of a con­
flict of interest.

A spokesm an on behalf of tw o 
researchers w ith the U T S o u th ­
w estern M ed ical C enter at D a l­
las w h o w o rk e d on th e c h i l ­
dren's project said they were not 
influenced by drug com p an ies. 
The anonym ous spokesm an also 
said m ost of the researchers w ho 
w o rk ed on th e c h ild re n 's v e r­
sion o f the state m en tal h ealth 
plan w ere not involved w ith the 
adult plan.

T h e U T Sy ste m re q u ired a ll 
fo u r re s e a r c h e rs w h o w o rk e d 
on th e ch ild a lg o rith m to fill 
o u t a n e x te n s iv e d is c lo s u r e 
form ab ou t w h o su p p o rts th eir 
w o rk. A ll re se a rc h e rs m en tio n 
fin a n cia l su p p o rt or w o rk as a 
co n su ltan t or sp eak er for a list 
of p h a rm a c e u tic a l c o m p a n ie s , 
acco rd in g to p u b lica tio n s s e p ­
arate from th e c h ild re n 's a lg o ­
rithm project.

DEBT: Students primarily 
attracted to credit cards to 
help build financial history

From page 1A

to risk som e am ount of default 
from th ose s tu d e n ts," D ick er­
son said. "T h e w ay they m o st­
ly make money now is from late 
fees and penalties and interest."
It is illegal for banks to adver­
tise credit cards on the UT cam ­
p u s, b u t the Bank of A m e ri­
ca branch on the Drag was open 
during move-in weekend adver­
tising its "Longhorn" package for 
a checking and savings account.

Teller o p e ra tio n s sp ecialist 
Dave Bibiano said Bank of Amer­

ica is the official sponsor of Long­
horn athletics.

B ibiano said the prim ary rea­
son students activate a credit card 
is to start building a line of credit 
to buy a car or obtain a mortgage 
on a house in the future.

L ib e ra l a rts so p h o m o re Ian 
Saha said he got a cre d it card 
p artly at the urging of his p a r­
ents, w ho w anted him to start a 
line of credit.

"I kind of try and keep it under 
co n tro l," Saha said. "I only use 
my cred it card on gas, books. I 
don't want it to catch up on m e."

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Members of the Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team practice on campus over the weekend. The team, a UT student organization, is a lion dance 
group that performs at cultural events and festivals in Austin year round.

Erika Rich | D aily Texan Staff

LAWSUIT: Attorney says both parties hope to resolve conflict out of court

From page 1A

lawsuit, could not be reached for 
comment Friday.

A representative in the Pecan 
G rove office said he could not 
com m ent on the case pend ing 
a decision on the lawsuit. Dietz

said she w ould m ake no further 
com m ents on the lawsuit until it 
is settled.

"W e're trying to resolve it and 
that's where our efforts are now," 
Dietz said.

The Daily Texan reported last 
month that the BartonPlace con­

dom inium project was involved 
in a n o th e r c o n tro v e rs y w h en 
som e Austin residents spoke out 
a g a in st the rem ov al of p ecan 
trees from the area for develop­
m ent purposes. The tree rem ov­
al also caused a decrease in busi­
ness for Austin Java, whose own­

er is also developing the Barton­
Place property.

The M obile M anor RV Park, 
also on Barton Springs Road, will 
be relocated to m ake room for a 
five-story apartment complex be­
ing built by a separate construc­
tion company.

WOOD: Environmentally friendly process does not produce carbon dioxide

From page 1A

is sch ed u led to b e o p e ra tio n ­
al by 2 0 1 2 an d w ill p o w e r 
75,000 homes.

Austin Energy spokesm an Ed 
C lark said Austin w ould benefit 
from the plant because it w ould 
provide the city w ith a constant 
and d ep en d a b le so u rce o f re­
new able energy and w ould not 
b e s u b je c t to e n v ir o n m e n ta l 
flu ctu atio n s such as w ind and 
solar power.

"W e need to provide ren ew ­
able fuel not just when the wind 
blow s or w hen the sun sh in es," 
C lark said.

The pow er plant, located ou t­
side N achodoches, w ould b u m 
wood scraps to generate power, 
a process that is environm entally 
friendly because it does not pro­
duce carbon dioxide.

According to Austin Energy's 
presentation, no trees would be 
cut down to provide fuel. Instead,

only wood scraps and trimmings 
would be used.

O ver the cou rse o f the p o w ­
e r p la n t's life tim e , tre e s and 
o th e r p la n ts w o u ld re a b so rb 
th e a m o u n t of c a rb o n d io x ­
ide em itted through the b u rn ­
ing of w ood, resulting in no ex­
cess carbon in the environm ent, 
C lark said.

Clark is confident the city coun­
cil will approve the plan during 
its next meeting.

A u stin C ity C o u n cilw o m a n 
L au ra M o rriso n said she w as 
taken aback by the price of the 
p ro je c t b u t a fte r c lo s e stu d y 
co n clu d e d th at the p lan t w as 
n ecessary to m eet A u stin 's e n ­
ergy goals.

T h e p ro je c te d p ric e o f th e 
p o w e r p la n t is d u e to th e 
length of the co n tract w ith the 
plant, the price of fuel and the 
co st of o p e ra tin g th e p la n t it­
self, C lark said.

A m ain criticism of the plan,

voiced by som e attend ees of an 
A ug. 20 tow n h all m eetin g , is 
h ow little tim e A u stin E nergy 
allow ed for public scru tiny and 
h ow th e bid fo r the p lan w as 
not com petitive.

A c c o rd in g to A u s tin E n e r­
g y 's p r e s e n ta tio n , th e c o m ­
p an y h a s b ee n d is c u ss in g the 
to p ic for years b u t has on ly re-

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Energy plan timeline

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biomass power plant. The council delayed its decision until its fol­
lowing meeting.
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lion and last for 20 years.
• Hie biomass power plant is projected to be operational by 2010 
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U.S. aid warship reaches Georgia

U.S. sailers load 
humanitarian 
boxes on the deck 
of guided-missile 
destroyer USS 
McFaul, anchored 
in the harbor of 
Batumi in western 
Georgia on Sunday. 
The USS McFaul is 
the first of five U. S. 
Navy ships carrying 
humanitarian aid 
to Georgia to help 
the country 
following its war 
with Russia over 
the breakaway 
republic of South 
Ossetia.

NATION BRIEFLY

Tongue doubles as computer
control pad, research finds

ATLANTA — The tireless 

tongue already controls taste and 
speech, helps kiss and swallow 
and fights germs. Now scientists 
hope to add one more ability to 
the mouthy muscle, and turn it 
into a computer control pad.

Georgia Tech researchers be­
lieve a magnetic, tongue-powered 
system could transform a dis­
abled person's mouth into a virtu­
al computer, teeth into a keyboard 
— and tongue into the key that 
manipulates it all.

"You could have full control 
over your environment by just be­

ing able to move your tongue," 
said Maysam Ghovardoo, a Geor­
gia Tech assistant professor who 
leads the team's research.

The group's Tongue Drive 
System turns the tongue into a 
joystick of sorts, allowing the 
disabled to manipulate wheel­
chairs, manage home applianc­
es and control computers. The 
work still has a ways to go — 
one potential user called the de­
sign "grotesque" — but early 
tests are encouraging.

The system is far from the first 

that seeks a new way to control 
electronics through facial move­
ments. But disabled advocates 
have particularly high hopes that 
the tongue could prove the most 
effective.

C o m piled fro m Associated Press reports

WORLD BRIEFLY

8 climbers missing in Alps 
avalanche presumed dead

CHAMONIX, France — An 
avalanche swept down a major 
summit in the Mont Blanc range 
before dawn Sunday, leaving 
eight climbers missing and pre­
sumed dead along a trail often 
used to reach western Europe's 
highest peak.

"There's no chance of find­
ing anyone alive," French Interi­
or Minister Michele Alliot-Marie 
said while visiting the area.

The avalanche was set off at 
around 3 a.m. by the fall of a mas­
sive block of ice on the Mont 
Blanc du Tacul, one of the peaks 
in the Mont Blanc range, at an al­
titude of some 11,800 feet, the 
Haute-Savoie regional govern­

ment office said in a statement.
Authorities deployed a vast 
search mission involving four he­
licopters, dozens of rescue work­
ers, doctors, Alpine guides and 
sniffer dogs, said the statement.
The regional government at 
first said 10 climbers — includ­
ing five Austrians and three 
Swiss — were believed miss­
ing, but that figure was low­
ered to eight because two Italians 
thought to be among them had 
already returned to Italy.

Seven people were hospitalized 

— not eight as originally indi­
cated — and of those, only three 
were staying overnight. Most suf­
fered broken bones or sprains, 
and a guide who was injured was 
treated for a broken vertebra but 
has no risk of paralysis, rescue 
team leader Jean-Yves Moracchi- 
ni said.

C om piled fro m A ssociated Press reports

QUOTE OFTHE DAY

o country in its right m ind would want 
this p e rv e rt at large on its soil. 99

An editorial in London 's Daily Mail about 
d is g ra ce d ro c k e r G a ry G litter

Fa y l i n g e r s , f o r c e s e v a c u a t i o n

Navy destroyer will 
help distribute baby 
foody water; goodwill

By David Rising
The Associated Press 

A BO ARD TH E USS MCFAUL 
— A U.S. N avy destroyer load­
ed with humanitarian aid reached 
G eorgia's Black Sea port of Batu­
mi on Sunday, bringing baby food, 
b ottled w ater and a m essage of 
support for an embattled ally.

Before the w arship arrived, a 
Russian general suggested U.S. 
ships moving across the Black Sea 
w ould w orsen tensions already 
driven to a post-Cold War high by 
a short but intense war betw een 
Russia and Georgia.

"The population of Georgia will 
feel more safe from today from the 
Russian aggression," Georgian De­
fense M inister David Kezerashvi- 
li told The Associated Press on the 
aft missile deck of the McFaul after 
greeting U.S. Navy officers in crisp 
white uniforms on the shore.

"They will feel safe not because 
the destroyer is here but because 
they w ill feel they are not alone 
facing the R ussian ag g ression ," 
he added.

Local children offered the Amer­

icans wine and flowers.

In Europe, French President Ni­
colas Sarkozy said he would con­
vene a special meeting of Europe­
an Union leaders over the crisis as 
Russia ignored W estern accu sa­
tions that it has fallen short of its 
com m itm ent to w ithdraw forces 
from its smaller neighbor.

T he w ar eru p ted A ug. 7 as 
G eorgia launched a m assive ar­
tillery barrage targeting the Rus­
sian-backed separatist province of 
South Ossetia. Russian forces re­
p elled the offen sive and drove 
deep into Georgia, taking crucial 
positions across the small former 
Soviet republic.

R ussia pulled the bulk of its 
troops and tanks out Friday under

MIAMI — The remnants of Trop­
ical Storm Fay lingered Sunday, forcing res­
idents in several parts of northern Rorida 
to leave their homes as floodwaters rose.

Officials used boats to ferry people from 

homes in DeBary, 25 miles north of Orlan­
do, where some streets were under four 
feet of water, and from several neighbor­
hoods in and around Tallahassee.

"The water is very deep. It's already 
at everybody's door," said Debra Gallo­
way, who lives in the Timber Lake subdi­
vision just east of Tallahassee. She was still 
at home Sunday evening but had no pow­
er and said if the rain continued she would 
join neighbors who had already left by 
boat.

About 70 homes in DeBary were un­
der an evacuation order after ponds spilled 
over. A handful of people were taken out 
by boat, while others were able to leave on 
their own, county emergency officials said.
Fay made landfall a record four times 
in Rorida before it was downgraded to 
a tropical depression late Saturday. The 
storm caused plenty of flooding as it zig­
zagged across Ronda for nearly a w eek.

— The Associated Press

Steve Cannon I Associated Press

New Orleans levee rebuilding 
shows similar previous defects

By Cain Burdeau
The Associated Press 

NEW O RLEA N S — Signs are 
em erging that history is repeat­
ing itself in the Big Easy, still 
h e a lin g from K a trin a : P eo p le 
have forgotten w hat happened 
a fte r H u rrican e B etsy cau sed 
catastro p h ic flood ing fo u r d e­
cades ago and again believe the 
federal governm ent is construct­
ing a levee system they can pros­
per behind.

In a yearlong review of levee 
work here, The Associated Press 
has tracked a p attern of p u b ­
lic m isperception, political jock­
eying and legal fighting, along 
with econom ic and engineering 
m isca lcu latio n s sin ce K atrin a, 
that threaten to m ake N ew O r­
leans the scene of another devas­
tating flood.

Dozens of interviews with en­
gineers, historians, p o licy m ak­
ers and floo d zon e re sid e n ts 
confirm ed that m any have not 
learned from public policy m is­
takes m ade after Hurricane Bet­
sy in 1965, w hich set the stage 
for Katrina; m any m istakes are 
being repeated.

"P eop le forget, but they can ­
not afford to forget," said Win- 
dell C u róle, a Louisiana h u rri­

cane and levee expert. "If you be­
lieve you can't flood, that's when 
you increase the risk of flooding. 
In N ew O rlean s, I d o n 't think 
they talk about the risk."

T yrone M arsh all, a 48-y ear- 
old bread vendor, is one person 
wrho d oesn't believe h e's going 
to flood again.

People fo r g e t , but 
they cannot a ffo rd 
to fo rg e t. ”

— H indell C u ró le. 
Louisiana h u rrica n e 
a n d levee exp ert

"T h e y 'v e heightened the le­
vees. They're raised up. It makes 
m e feel s a fe ," he said as he 
toiled outside his home in hard- 
hit Gentilly, a form erly flooded 
property refashioned into a Caii- 
fom ia-style bungalow.

Geneva Stanford, a 76-year-old 
health care worker, is a believer, 
too. She lives in a trim and tidy 
prefabricated house in the Lower 
9th Ward, 200 feet from a rebuilt

floodwall that Katrina broke.

"T h is w all here w asn 't there 
w hen w e had the flo o d ," Stan ­
ford said , ra d ia n t in a b rig h t 
kanga-style dress. "W h en I look 
at it now, I say m aybe if w e had 
had it up it there then, maybe we 
w ouldn't have flooded."

T h e y 're n ot alon e. A recent 
University of New O rleans sur­
vey of residents found concern 
a b o u t lev eé safe ty w as d ro p ­
ping off the list of top w orries, 
replaced by crim e, incom petent 
leadership and corruption.

This sense of security, though, 

may be dangerously naive.

For th e fo re s e e a b le fu tu re, 
N ew O rleans w ill be protected 
by levees that w ill be unable to 
p ro tect a g ain st a n o th er storm 
like Katrina.

W hen and if the Arm y Corps 
of E ngin eers finishes $14.8 b il­
lion in p o st-K atrin a w ork, the 
city will have lim ited protection 
— what are defined as 100-year 
old levees.

T h is d oes not m ean th ey 'd 
stand up to storms for a century. 
Under the 100-year standard, ex­
perts say that every house being 
rebuilt in New O rleans has a 26 
percent chance of being flooded 
again over a 30-year mortgage.

Bela S zandelszky

Associated Press

a cease-fire brokered by Sarkozy, 
b u t b u ilt up its fo rces in and 
around South Ossetia and Abkha­
zia, another separatist region. They 
also left other military posts at lo­
cations inside Georgia proper.

T h e U .S . an d EU sa y b oth 
th o se m o ves v io la te d R u ssia 's 
com m itm ents. N ATO halted the 
operations of its vehicle for inter­
action w ith R ussia, d em and in g

a fu lle r w ith d raw al, and M os- 
cowr responded by freezing m il­
itary contacts with the alliance — 
its Cold War foe w hose eastward 
exp an sion has angered a resur­
gent Russia.

The guided-m issile cruiser USS 
M cFau l, carry in g ab ou t 55 tons 
of hum anitarian aid, is the first of 
three A m erican ships scheduled 
to arriv e this w eek. It b ro u g h t

baby fo od , d iap ers, bottled w a­
ter, m ilk and hyg ien e p ro d u c- 
Sailors in a chain on deck passed 
the supplies up from the hold to 
be lifted by a crane for transport 
to shore.

T h e co m m a n d e r of the U .S. 
task force carrying aid to Georgia 
by ship, N avy Capt. John Moore, 
dow nplayed the significance of a 
destroyer bringing aid.

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Forecasting a bus strike

If you ride a Capital M etro bus to cam pus, you 
m ight w ant to start thinking about an alternate 
form of tran sp ortation . Cap M etro w orkers are 
poised to strike after rejecting a new contract of­
fer. The contract has been a source of contention 
betw een union w orkers and the com pany since 
M ay 2007. B esides the fact that the con tract o f­
fered a 10-percent raise to Cap M etro em ployees, 
the m ain reason the union cited for rejecting the 
p ro p osal on A ug. 21 w ere its 
decreased health benefits.

ro ck etin g h ealth care co sts in ord er to rem ain 
com petitive and protect jo b s." In com paring the 
salaries and b en efits of those in sim ilar jobs in 
Austin, we have com e to agree.

M in im u m w ag e in T exas is $6 .5 5 p er hour. 
The av erag e b ase salary of a C ap M etro fixed 
route b u s or p aratran sit van op erator is $18.23 
per hour, or $37 ,91 8 per year. A n exp erien ced 
driver m akes $40,955 per year. In fact, bus d riv­
ers for C a p ita l M etro are the 
h ig h est paid bus op erato rs in 
Texas.

U nder the new plan, em ploy­
ees w o u ld face in creased c o ­
pays and a new d ed u ctib le of 
$600 per fam ily (the old p lan 
did not inclu d e a d ed u ctib le).
T h o u gh the p lan o ffe rs m ore 
coverage in som e areas, includ­
ing nu trition, diabetes, card io­
vascular disease and orthodon­
tia, it is overall a less com p re­
hensive health care plan.

f / í a p M etro is f o r c e d 
into a deal that 
increases benefits a n d 
salaries f o r em ployees, 
the p eo p le who will 
really h u rt a re the 

custom ers

S in c e c o m p la in in g a b o u t 
h e a lth ca re is a b o u t as p o p ­
u lar as the Jo n a s B ro th ers, it 
w ould b e easy to ju m p on the 
tour bus and blam e Cap M etro 
for callou sly den ying em p lo y ­
ees crucial support. On the oth­
er hand, we could consider the 47 m illion A m er­
icans w ho are uninsured. H ow do m any of those 
47 million people get to w ork? Buses. If Cap M et­
ro is forced into a deal that increases benefits and 
salaries for em ployees, the people who w ill real­
ly hurt are the custom ers, as Cap M etro m ay have 
to raise fares.

So is the new contract offer a selfish , greedy 
play by Cap M etro, or a necessary com prom ise? 
StarTran, the contractor w ho handled the negoti­
ations claim s that Cap M etro “m ust control sky-

The average salary of a Star­
T ran m ech an ic is $45,302 per 
year, and the top rate is $49,858 
per year.

To put that in p ersp ectiv e, a 
tea ch er w ith a b a c h e lo r's d e­
gree at an Austin public school 
m akes $39,790 per year, rough­
ly the sam e am ount as the aver­
age bus driver. A teacher would 
have to w ork for 19 years to b e­
gin m aking the sam e salary as 
an e x p e rie n c e d m e c h a n ic at 
Capital Metro.

E m p lo y e es at C a p ita l M e t­
ro are far from im p ov erished . 
T h e ir sa la rie s are w ell ab ov e 
m inim um w age, and they and their fam ilies re­
ceive health care. To ask for a significant raise in 
the current econom y is w ishful thinking. To w alk 
out w ould be foolish.

E m ployees w ould likely lose their jo b s w hen 
others stepped up to take the contract they reject­
ed. In the m eantim e, students, the d isabled , the 
poor and the en vironm entally consciou s w ould 
lose a convenient, intelligent way to com m ute.

— Jillian Sheridan

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Debt for lunch

By Leah Finnegan
Editor in Chief

Recently, I've been feeling guilty for eating.
The peanut butter sandwich has long been my 
comrade in arms. In a testament to the resilience of 
the human body, I grew up eating Holsum white 
bread, Skippy Honey Nut peanut butter, Marshmal­
low Fluff and Frito sandwiches, washed down with 
tropical juice concentrate.

But now, when I look at the updated version of my 
old friend I've made for my lunch — with fair trade, 
biodegradable, omega-3 enhanced peanut butter on 
sprouted seed immunity bread, all nestled in a Iup- 
perware among a few limp carrot sticks, I see not the 
comfort and satiation of my youth but neon, flash­
ing dollar signs.

D espite its upgrades, my sandw ich rem ains a 
humble meal. Each one only deducts $2 or less from 
my checking account, depending on whether or not 
I'm in the mood for jam (I've been saving it for spe­
cial occasions). But it's still money that could go to 
tuition, loans, rent, retirement, charity, gas, insurance, 
Father's Day gifts or the electric bill.

Whenever I'm looking to cut comers, food always 
surfaces as the most pressing, recurring expense. It 
bothers me, all this crunching on money — leaves of 
lettuce form a salad of dollar bills; potato chips are 
pennies and nickels and a carton of lemon yogurt is 
liquid gold. To assuage my guilt, I lick crumbs from 
the cabinets and buy dented cans. Restaurants have 
become an illusory memory, like the original corn- 
flavored Pringle or electronic seat belts.

In an Aug. 18 Salon article, Heather Ryan, an au­
thor and professor at the University of Oregon, wrote 
about how she had to take her children to a soup 
kitchen for dinner one night despite having a grad­
uate degree and a steady job. Her salary just couldn't 
stretch to cover their eating expenses — and it wasn't 
as if she was gorging her kids on organic lamb. She 
had already been to a food bank, but she feared that 
the pouches of tuna and boxes of pasta she received

w ouldn't last long enough. Weighing her options, 
she canned her pride, packed up her kids and told 
them they were going out for dinner.

It's easy for those of us who are in the pre-family 
stages of life to deprive ourselves of necessities in the 
face of the cost of living. I can survive a week on rice 
and beans, but subjecting my hypothetical family to 
that is another question.

Which brings to mind another issue — the dark­
est cloud that hangs over every meal: student loans. 
Like the average student, I have a lot of them. Pay­
ing them off will surely write — or dictate — the sto­
ries of our lives.

Embarrassed by the stigma of his student debt and 
exhausted by the predatory actions of student lend­
ers, Allan Collinge started studentloanjustice.org in 
2005. Now 38 years old, Collinge still carries the bur­
den of thousands of dollars in student loan debt and 
has become a ruthless activist for policy changes — 
according to The New York Times, he's notorious for 
calling loan company executives at home and send­
ing harsh e-mails to loan advocates. But mainly, Col- 
linge's organization works to help graduates whose 
lives are inhibited by their debts by fighting for regu­
lations on how long lenders can follow debtors.

The ethics of student loans are murky. College ed­
ucations are necessary for the health of our coun­
try, but few people can afford to pay for them out 
of pocket. Lenders exploit students, m ost of whom 
have little know ledge of the lending process and 
even less capital to their names.

Stories and situations like C ollinge's are quick­
ly becoming the norm for our generation, creating 
a pool of degree-toting adults looking for quick, se­
cure employment and a chisel of a paycheck to begin 
chipping away at their loans. But in a backward twist 
of fate, the job market is not nearly as dependable as 
the loan collectors. There's no telling when this vac­
uum will ease.

Graduating college with a degree in debt is an in­
tense way to officially begin adulthood. I'm chas­
tened by the idea that I'll spend the next two decades 
clawing at the fence of financial security.

Luckily, it's enough to make me lose my appetite.

Finnegan is an American Studies senior.

SEX ED WITH GULI EAGER

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Q : M y b o y frie n d is a b o u t to v is it fo r o u r 
on ly tim e to g eth e r in the n ext five m o n th s or 
so b ecau se I'm stu d y in g ab road , so o b v io u sly 
sex is a top priority. N orm ally, w e ju st rely on 
the pill (w e'v e both been checked for ST Is and 
are clea n ), but I'v e b een on a n tib io tics for the 
p ast n in e d ay s, w h ich I know can m ess w ith 
pill effectiv en ess.

I'v e suggested using a con d o m , but he co m ­
p letely rebu ffed the idea and su g g ested s p e r­
m icid e. Now, it cou ld be ju st m e, b u t p u ttin g 
som e cra z y ch e m ica l in m y v a g in a th a t fa lls 
in the ca te g o rie s o f h e rb ic id e , p e s tic id e , s u i­
c id e and h o m icid e g iv e s m e th e h e e b ie je e - 
b ies. A lso, I'v e h eard th at it can ca u se ir r ita ­
tion d ow n there. W hat shou ld I do?

A: Y ou 're co rrect that a n tib io tics m ay red u ce 
the e ffe c tiv e n e s s of h o rm o n al co n tra ce p tiv e s , 
and y o u 're rig h t that you need to use a b a c k ­
up m eth o d w h ile h e 's v is itin g . W ay to be on 
top of that.

But sp e rm icid e ? S p e rm icid e s a re n 't in te n d ­
ed to be u sed as a s ta n d -a lo n e m e th o d ; they 
are recom m en d ed for use w ith a n o th er b a rri­
er, like a co n d o m , d iap h rag m or ce rv ica l cap. 
And w h ile sp erm icid e can be used as a “b a ck ­
u p " m ethod for w om en on b irth con trol p ills, 
co n d o m s are eaáier, m uch less m essy and s ig ­
n ifica n tly less lik ely to cau se v a g in al irritatio n 
th a t w o u ld m ak e y o u r b o y fr ie n d 's v is it u n ­
p leasan t for you both.

A n ytim e so m e o n e's p artn er b alk s at the idea 
of u sin g co n d o m s, I su g g e st th a t y ou sim p ly 
tell th em th a t the p o in t is n ot up fo r d is c u s ­
sio n . You are the one w h o w ill be at p o ten tial 
risk fo r p re g n a n cy w h ile y o u 're a b ro a d , and 
you h av e ev ery rig h t to d em an d th a t if y ou r 
b oy frien d w an ts to have sex w h ile h e 's v isitin g 
you , cond om use is part of the b argain .

Have a burning question (or a burning sensation)? E-mail ques­

tions to Guli Fager, healthy sexuality education coordinator at 

University Health Services, at g.fager@ uhs.utexas.edu.

THE FIRING LINE

The UTIMC0 truth

I believe Leah Finnegan sells herself short with 
respect to the "pow er of [her] im agination" when 
it com es to her suggestions in her editorial that 
the University of Texas Investment Management 
Com pany's travel budget results from invest­
m ents in Sudanese com panies (“Believe it or not," 
July 28). A few facts will, I think, serve to provide 
a more accurate perspective.

It is the case that U TIM CO 's travel budget is 
increasing by more than 50 percent. This is due to 
tw o reasons: increase in staff and increase in non- 
U.S. investm ents.

U TIM C O 's staff was thinned last year due to 

resignations during the previous year and has 
been replenished through hires this year. Now 
that we are back at full strength, travel will return 
to m ore norm al levels. UTIM CO staff travel in 
order to exercise our fiduciary responsibility to 
identity new inv estm ent m anagers and spend 
tim e w ith the investm ent managers that we have 
already hired.

It is also the case that travel and travel costs 
are increasing as U TIM C O 's portfolio becomes 
m ore global. Of the approxim ately $23.5 billion 
of assets under m anagem ent, approximately $8.7

billion, or 37 percent, is invested outside of the 
United States. Therefore, more international travel 
is required. Lest one think these trips are fun or 
glamorous, anyone who has ever had to travel on 
business — often being away from home and fam­
ily for more than a week at a time — will be quick 
to note that business travel is far from personally 
desirable.

UTIMCO has repeatedly pointed out that 

almost the entirety of the $12.5 million (five basis 
points or five out of 100 of one percent of total 
assets) of investments that appear to be in com pa­
nies that are on the state com ptroller's Sudanese 
list results from investments in passive market 
indexes such as the MSCI Emerging Markets 
Index. To not utilize such indexes would criti­
cally impair UTIM CO's ability to do its job. I am 
not aware of any endowment that has suspended 
its use of such indexes. UTIMCO does not invest 
directly, nor does it have a separately managed 
account with any investment manager that would 
invest directly, in any of the companies on the 
state com ptroller's list.

While Finnegan's editorial did make for a 
humorous interlude, I feel compelled to high­
light its inaccuracies because it w-as not tagged as 
humor.

B ruce Zim m erm an 
CEO , CIO 
U TIM CO

L f c u A L o t

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SPLASH! AT THE SPRINGS

TABC crackdown 
to hit vendors 
without permits

Commission to focus 
on bootleggers selling 
alcohol in Lubbock

The Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas — College 

students, beware.

The Texas A lcoholic B ever­
age C om m ission is planning to 
crack dow n on bootlegging this 
fall. A nd th a t w ill in clu d e a r­
resting people like Texas Tech 
s tu d e n t N o lan N ew so m , w ho 
charged $8 for people to attend 
a June party w here alcohol w as 
provided.

The 22-year-old 
s p e n t a n ig h t in 
jail for selling a l­
c o h o l w ith o u t a 
p e rm it, th e L u b ­
b ock A v alan ch e- 
Jo u rn a l re p o rte d 
Sunday.

O f fic ia ls s a id 
c h a rg in g m o n ey 
at th e d o o r falls 
u n d e r th e b o o t­
legging law.

e re g oin g to 

look f ir s t —

hostin g, who's 
bootlegging. "

— Michael 
Lockhart, 
TABC Sergeant

the agency has sh u t dow n tw o 
illegal clubs this year and is in­
v e stig a tin g sev e ra l h o u se s in 
the Lubbock region.

N ew som said he w as shocked 
w hen he w as arrested. He said 
it ultim ately cost him $2,000.

N ew som got a noise p e rm it 
for a c o u n try b a n d a n d h ired 
a sec u rity d eta il, w hich c a rd ­
ed p a tro n s befo re th ey co u ld 
atte n d . But he d id n o t have a 
p e rm it to sell alcohol, th o u g h 
he m a in ta in e d th a t th e cov er 
charge w as for the band.

L o c k h a rt s a id p e o p le c an 
l e g a l l y h o ld p a r t i e s a n d 
e v e n ts a n d sell 
a lc o h o l if th e y 
g e t a t e m p o ­
ra ry p e rm it.

 who's 

Lubbock fo r­
b id s the sale of 
p ack ag ed alco­
hol w ith in city 
l i m i t s . H o w ­
ever, th e re are 
a s tr in g of li­
q u o r s to re s in 
S o u th east L ub­
bock, know n as 
T he S trip , an d 
a lc o h o l is b e ­
ing so ld in lo ­
cal restau ran ts. 
N eig h b o rin g to w n s an d c o u n ­
ties are wet.

Some bootleggers set up bars 
in their garage. O thers conduct 
business out of their hom e on a 
custom er-by-custom er basis, or 
set up illegal clubs, TABC offi­
cials said.

Lockhart said bootleggers are 
driving to the Strip, loading up 
alcohol and th en selling it for 
p ro fit in Lubbock. Som e re si­
d e n ts buy it because it's m ore 
convenient, some are old clients 
in the habit of buying from their 
bootlegger and som e just w ant 
liquor at 3 a.m.

T h a t la w a lso 
c o v e rs s o m e o n e 
w ho buys a tru n k ­
load of liquor and 
sells it o u t of his or her hom e, 
and club ow ners w ho operate il­
legally.

"W e're going to look first — 
w h o 's h osting, w h o 's b o o tleg ­
ging," said TABC Sgt. M ichael 
Lockhart.

The b o o tleg g in g law at p a r­
ties has seldom been enforced 
in the past, b u t this new crack­
dow n will focus heavily on p ar­
ties th at u sually crop up w hen 
school starts, Lockhart said.

N ew som 's p arty w as the sec­
ond one of the year to be sh u t 
d o w n for bootlegging, accord­
ing to the TABC. In a d d itio n ,

STRIKE: Manager waiting 
for mediator to respond

From page 6A

Garcia Crews said she under­
stands that the union workers 
are unsatisfied w ith the w age 
increase and certain benefits 
such as the prop osed health 
care plan, but she believes the 
contract is more than fair and 
reflects a bptter deal than the 
average national contracts of­
fered this year.

Wyatt said the plan w ou ld 
include higher health care costs 
and w ould allow the contrac­
tors to lower health care rates

w ith o u t union approval. He 
said several other terms of the 
contract were not acceptable, 
such as the wage increase. The 
union vote against the contract 
was 407-41.

G arcia C rew s sa id sh e is 
w aiting for a fed eral-govern ­
m en t-ap p oin ted m ed iator to 
respond to the problem before 
negotiations can move forward, 
and she said she does not know 
w hen the m eeting w ill occur. 
She said she hopes the union 
and StarTran w ill com e to an 
agreement soon.

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Andrea and Morrison Gardner, age 6, engage with a display at the Splash! exhibit at the Beverly S. Sheffield Education Center on Sunday. 
The center is named after the first director of Austin Parks and Recreation and features educational exhibits about the Edwards Aquifer and 
Barton Springs ecology.

Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff

Couple accused of attempting 
to sell two daughters for sex

SAN ANTONIO — A San Anto­
nio couple accused of trying to sell 
the woman's 5-year-old daughter 
for sex also planned to include her 
10-month-old daughter in the deal 
and then blackmail the person in­
terested in the children, court testi­
mony revealed this week.

The person with whom Jennifer 
Richards, 25, and her married boy­
friend, Sean Michael Block, 40, had 
been in contact with turned out to 
be an FBI informant.

Richards is now charged with 
using interstate facilities to trans­
mit information about a minor. 
Block is charged with distributing 
child pornography.

Both appeared Friday before 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy 
Stein Nowak, who ordered Block 
held. Richards' detention hear­
ing was delayed until Tuesday, 
the San Antonio Express-News re­
ported Sunday.

Richards wanted an apartment 
and a used car in exchange for pro­

viding her daughter for sex, ac­
cording to the affidavit. The deal 
also included child care for the 
10-month-old, who "eventually" 
would be raped herself, testified 
Rex Miller, the FBI's lead agent on 
the case.

Authorities said both children 
are no longer in Richards' custo­
dy and that neither child was sold 
for sex.

Police officer delivers baby in 
vehicle on Dallas overpass

DALLAS — Sgt. Bryan Sher­
man's training as a Dallas County 
deputy didn't prepare him for this.
Seconds after Sherman pulled 

over a speeder on a busy over­
pass Sunday, he was delivering a 
healthy baby girl.

"I had two little girls of my 
own, but was only able to watch. 
We never train for delivering a 
baby," Sherman told The Associat­
ed Press on Sunday night.

The excitement started when 
Sherman's vehicle was passed by a 
speeding car with its hazard lights

on. Sherman began pursuit, and 
the car soon stopped on an inter­
state overpass, just above another 
interstate. As Sherman approached 
the passenger side of the vehicle, 
he saw that a woman was already 
giving birth.

Sherman said he isn't sure how 
he knew what to do, but perhaps 
recalled videos he watched when 
his wife was pregnant.

"I saw it was now or never, and 
told her she was going to have to 
start pushing." he said.

The baby was wrapped in some 
towels and blankets to keep warm, 
and the child's father, who had 
been driving the car, found some 
speaker wire in which to wrap the 
umbilical cord. Paramedics soon 
arrived and took over.

Kemia Mendoza, who was tak­

en to Baylor Medical Center, 
weighed in at 6 pounds, 13 ounc­
es and was doing well. Mother 
Danielle Dansby and father Derek 
Mendoza, both 20, were also fine, 
Sherman said.

Com piled from Associated Press reports

NEWS BRIEFLY

School district asks parents to 
provide emergency contacts
GARLAND, Texas — Garland 
school district officials are taking 
steps to ensure their students are 
not left without a legal guardian 
should their parents be deported 
in an immigration raid during 
school hours.

The Garland school district 
will ask all parents to provide the 
names and phone numbers of six 
emergency contacts. The district 
is also instructing school officials 
to not allow a student to board a 
bus if a parent is detained or de­
ported and no one else is available 
to take the child home, The Dallas 
Morning News reported Saturday.
The plan also forbids anyone 
not on the emergency contact list 
from withdrawing the student 
from school in the event of a raid, 
the paper reported.

"We don't anticipate large- 
scale raids here in our district 
because we don't really have 
the industry (known for hiring 
illegal immigrants) that sug­
gests this sort of thing will hap­
pen here," said Shelly Hopkins, 
who oversees district programs 
for English learners. "But we 
do want to support princi­
pals (in cases) where the le­
gal guardian has been detained 
and deported."

Carl Rusnok, a spokesman for 

U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement in Dallas, said his 
agency repeatedly asks parents 
taken into custody whether or 
not they are the sole caregivers 
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T h e D a i l y T e x a n

Gregorio Ruedas and Noah Mata speak with visitors on Friday m orning at an Am erican YouthWorks hom e they helped build. They spoke about 
how Am erican YouthWorks helps them gain valuable experience in the construction industry. Visitors to the hom e were able to see how 

energy-efficient building m ethods keep hom es affordable for new hom eow ners.

Britt Hackemack | Daily Texan Staff

Green home to help youth

New house will assist 
at-risk students and 
benefit environment

By Lee Ann Holman
Daily Texan Staff 
A lo n g the n ew ly c o n s tr u c t­
ed V illita A v en id a S tr e e t in 
East A u stin, a group o f you ng 
b u ild ers u n veiled a n ew e n er­
g y -e ffic ie n t, a ffo rd a b le hom e 
Friday.

T he you ng men and w om en 
h elp in g to co n stru ct the hom e 
r e p r e s e n t A m e r ic a n Y o u th ­
W o rk s, a p ro g ra m d e s ig n e d 
to h elp a t-risk , d isad v an taged 
youth gain a high school educa­
tion and on-the-job training by

building "g reen " hom es with lo­
cal buildLing company Casa Verde.

a fan tastic program that helps 
the com m unity," Pell said.

Noah Mata has been a part of 
A m erican YouthW orks for two 
years and w o rk ed a lm o st 915 
hours on building the house. He 
plans to use th e $2,340 earned 
from the four-m onth co n stru c­
tion project for tuition at a local 
trade school.

C e r tifie d c o n t r a c to r A n d y 
Pell in sp ects h om es to e v a lu ­
ate their efficiency ratings. Pell 
b o u g h t the n e w e st A m erica n 
YouthW orks hom e after seeing 
it would save him approxim ate­
ly $500 per year on his electric­
ity bill.

"T h e h ou se ap p ealed to me 
for tw o reasons: one, it w as eco- 
friendly, and tw o, it w as built by

The three-bedroom , tw o-bath­
room hom e, w hich is priced at 
$ 1 3 0 ,0 0 0 , is A m erican Y o u th ­
W orks' 204th hom e co n stru ct­
ed using energy efficiency stan­
dards. The city gave the hom e a 
five-star energy rating, the high­
est efficiency rating.

The house boasts several solar 
panels, a metal roof designed to 
last more than 50 years and dou­
b le -p an e led w in d ow s to keep 
out the heat, hum idity and cold.
A m erican YouthW orks' Board 
of D ire cto rs C h a ir M arg arin e 
B eam an said o n e-th ird o f s tu ­
d en ts w h o e n te r n in th g ra d e 
n e v e r g r a d u a t e fro m h ig h 
sch o o l. The p rogram p ro v id es

m e n to r s fo r s t u d e n t s , p a y ­
m ent for w ork and scholarship 
opportu nities.

"YouthW orks tries to see that 
those students d o n 't fall through 
the cracks," she said.

C ou ncilm an L ee L effin gw ell 
said the city of A ustin is one of 
the p ro je ct's sp o n so rs b ecau se 
the project fits into three of Aus­
tin 's m issio n s: e n erg y co n se r­
vation , afford able hou sing and 
helping at-risk youth.

Seven teen -year-old G regorio 
R u ed as said A m erican Y ou th­
W orks has tau g h t him in v alu ­
able skills he can utilize to sup­
port his w ife and child.

"I dropped out at 16, and it 
opened a lot of doors for m e," Rue­
das said. "It taught me a trade."

Anti-violence group questions school gun policy

Controversial move 
authorized employees 
to carry firearms

By Erin Mulvaney
Daily Texan Staff 
An anti-gun organization re­
leased a report this m onth ques­
tioning the legality of a contro­
v e rsia l d ecisio n m ad e by on e 
North Texas school district allow ­
in g teachers to carry concealed 
handguns in the classroom.

T h e H a rro ld In d e p e n d e n t 
School D istrict applied a Texas 
penal code to au th orize school 
e m p lo y e e s to ca rry fire a rm s. 
The purpose of the policy was to 
enable em ployees to respond to 
em ergency situations in an effec­
tive and tim ely manner, accord­
ing to the policy.

T h e c o n tro v e rs ia l d e c is io n 
p ro m p ted a n ti-g u n o r g a n iz a ­
tions in Texas to analyze the le­

gality of the d istrict's decision.

The Brady C en ter to Prevent 
Gun V io len ce, a n atio n al n on ­
profit org an ization w orking to 
fight gun-related violence, hired 
a legal consultant to analyze the 
penal code and predict potential 
consequences.

M ike M cA nally, sp o k e sm an 
for the org an ization , said arm ­
ing s ch o o l te a c h e rs is a d a n ­
gerous resp onse to the risks of 
school vio len ce, and w h en a n ­
a ly z in g the fa c ts o f th e ca se , 
the stu d y found that it w as il­
legal for teachers to carry guns 
in schools.

"It w as a stu p id idea in the 
firs t p la c e ," M c A n a lly s a id . 
"T h ey are m aking the issue big­
ger than it is and actu ally sub­
m itting the students to possibly 
increased violence."

M cA nally said the report cit­
ed G ary Kleck, a gun policy re­
search er, w ho d iscov ered that 
the penal code was not intended

to allow school districts w ithin 
Texas to arm teachers. The law 
sta te s th e sch o o l d is trict m ay 
em ploy secu rity personnel or a 
com m issioned peace officer.

The small school district, locat­
ed 150 miles north of Fort Worth 
and m ad e up o f 110 stu d e n ts 
from kindergarten through 12th 
grade, spent a year researching 
the possibility of allow ing teach­
ers to have gu n s in the cla ss­
room . S u p e rin te n d e n t D avid 
T h w eatt said the school board 
made a unanim ous decision last 
O ctober to m ove forw ard with 
the new law.

The average tim e to respond 
to an em ergency call in the dis­
trict is 20 to 30 minutes, and the 
decision by the school board was 
made with the safety of the chil­
dren in mind, Thw eatt said.

The report show ed that state 
anti-gu n policies have been ef­
fective in reducing the risks of 
gun violence on Texas cam pus­

es. It also in d ica te s th a t few ­
er than 1 percent of school-age 
hom icid e v ictim s are killed on 
school ground s, on the w ay to 
school or in the classroom.

"The law is fraught with prob­
lem s," M cA nally said. "T h e su ­
p e r in te n d e n t u sed th e term 
'com m on sense' when the school 
board m ade its decision, but it's 
just the opposite."

M cA n ally sa id the d ecisio n 
implies a lack of confidence with 
law enforcers and the local sher­
iff's departm ent.

Thw eatt said the teachers who 
do choose to carry guns are re­
quired to be trained and co m ­
missioned under the law to car­
ry firearms.

M cAnally said the Brady C en­
ter plans to release a sim ilar re­
port regarding the legality and 
p o ssible co n seq u en ces o f pro­
posed leg islation allow in g stu ­
dents to carry concealed h an d ­
guns on college cam puses.

‘Trash to Treasure’ recycles goods while raising funds

UT environmental 
centers garage sale 
kicks off semester

By Lee Ann Holman
Daily Texan Staff 
Som e may have considered 
the d u sty old cou ches, m is­
m atched bed sheets and old 
books and clothes d isplayed 
Friday in the UT Recreational 
Sports Center as trash, but for 
others, the contents were aban­
doned treasure.

The C am p u s E n vironm en­
tal C e n te r w e lc o m e d b ack 
students w ith "Trash to Trea­
su re," its annu al g arag e sale 
aim ed at raisin g m o n ey for 
the center and giving students 
a ch a n ce to b u y d iscou n ted , 
donated goods.

The sale prevents thousands 
of pounds of trash from enter­

ing city landfills, said Jenifer 
Wilde, event coordinator and 
assistant director of the center.
"T h is way, students are re­
using the items and getting the 
most out of what would other­
wise be trash," she said.

W ilde said th e cen ter is in 
charge o f 50 alu m in u m and 
p lastic re cy clin g ce n te rs on 
ca m p u s and p ro v id e s s tu ­
dents w ith inform ation about 
the e ffe c ts o f U T 's c a rb o n 
fo o tp rin t th ro u g h e n v iro n ­
m ent-focused projects.

Last yesar the center recycled 
more th an 6,0 0 0 p o u n d s of 
plastic and 318 ink cartridges 
and planted five trees. It is cur­
rently testing U T's greenhouse 
gas emissions.

Liberal arts honors fre sh ­
man Caron Garstkca w ent to 
the garage sale to find a lamp 
but ended up finding the per­
fect dress.

"I th in k it's im p ortan t to

support student organizations 
at U T and help the en v iro n ­
ment at the same tim e," Garst- 
kca said.

The garage sale, the center's 
largest fundraiser of the year, 
raised almost $18,000 last year, 
said math senior and the cen­
ter's co-director Lucia Simonelli.
"A ll th e m o n ey w e ra ise 
goes right back into the ce n ­
ter and our program s," Sim o­
nelli said. " I t's cheap er than 
b u y in g re ta il, and stu d e n ts 
use altern ativ e w ays to help 
the environm ent."

Plan II and psychology ju ­
nior Laura Yonemoto said she 
prides herself on canng about 
the environm ent and that the 
sa le p ro m o tes e n v iro n m e n ­
tal consciousness, a prominent 
theme on the UT campus.

"W e a ll h a v e to liv e on 
E a rth ," she said , "an d if w e 
don't take care of it, what do 
we have to live for?".

Erika R k h | Daily Texan Staff

Senior Liat Arad and Desoto Fire Academ y 
graduate Kyle Hendrichson sort through 
items for sale at Trash to Treasure on 
Sunday afternoon.

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Perry awards 
funds to help 
crime victims

$20 million in awards 
paid for with money 
from criminals'fines

By Sean Beherec
Daily Texan Staff

Gov. Rick Perry awarded more 
than $2 0 m illio n la st w eek to 
about 200 groups that help crime 
victims in Texas.

The Victims of Crime Act Fund 
provides the funding and is a na­
tional program that allots m on­
ey to states, w hich in turn grant 
m oney to state and local organi­
zations that aid and rehabilitate 
victims of crime. The fund is paid 
for by m oney from fines charged 
to crim inals in federal court, said 
Laura Wolf, executive director of 
the Court Appointed Special A d­
vocates of Travis County.

"I guess you could think of it as 
poetic justice in a way," Wolf said. 
"It's someone who is literally pay­
ing the price for having com m it­
ted a crim e."

T h e a d v o c a c y p ro g ra m r e ­
ceived m ore funds than any o r­
ganization in the state this year 
— re a ch in g $ 3,6 11,681 — and 
d istrib u ted the m oney to its 68 
local ch ap ters. Travis C o u n ty 's 
program received about $90,000. 
F u n d in g for th e Travis C o u n ty 
ch ap ter su p p orts salaries of so ­
cial w orkers on staff w ho w ork 
d irectly w ith ch ild ren , but this 
am ount has d ecreased over the 
years. Wolf said the group finds 
the shift concerning.

"It's not any on e's tax dollars, 
and it ought to be preserved for 
the purposes for which it was orig­
inally intended," Wolf said, add­
ing that federal VOCA funds are 
sizeable but that Congress puts a 
cap on the amount that can be al­
lotted each year.

The fund also provided m on-

Austin and Austin-based 

recipients of VOCA Fund 

money:

$90,000

$60,907

• CASA of Travis County:

• Center for Child Protection: 

• Children's Advocacy Center 

of Central Texas, Inc.:
$112368

• Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.: 

$156,495

• Texas Department of Public 

Safety: $216,780

• Travis County Domestic 

Violence and Sexual Assault 
Survival Center: $141,144 
Sources: Office of the Governor
and CASA of Travis County

ey to several other Austin-based 
organizations, including $60,907 
to the C en ter for Child P rotec­
tion, $112,368 to Children's Advo­
cacy Center of Central Texas, Inc., 
$156,495 to the Texas A dvocacy 
Project and $141,144 to the Ira v - 
is County D omestic Violence and 
Sexual Assault Survival Center.

Texas D ep a rtm e n t of P u b lic 
Safety spokesw om an Lisa Block 
said the agency employs three cri­
sis intervention counselors w ith 
VOCA funds that are awarded on 
a regular, annual basis. The coun­
selors educate victims about their 
rights and available cou nseling 
services. The department received 
$216,780 from the fund.

Perry said in a statem ent that 
funds in Texas are aw arded ac­
cording to his victim restoration 
strategy, w hich focuses on restor­
ing full physical, mental and em o­
tional health to victims of crime.

"T exas has an ob lig ation not 
only to protect its citizens but to 
offer support and rehabilitation in 
the event they become victim s of a 
crim e," Perry said.

A Capital Metro bus drives dow n Guadalupe Street Sunday afternoon. 
Cap Metro union em ployees have authorized a strike.

Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff

Cap Metro strike 
will not affect UT 
buses, officials say

Workers authorized 
strike after rejecting 
proposed contract

By Erin M u lvaney
D aily Texan Staff

O f f i c ia l s s a id th r e a ts o f a 
lo o m in g C a p ita l M e tro s trik e 
w ill n o t a ffe c t the U T s h u ttle 
system .

M em bers of the A m algam ated 
Transit U nion 1901, w hich re p ­
resents 830 C ap M etro e m p lo y ­
ees, voted to au th o rize a strik e 
W ednesday after rejecting a pro­
p o sed c o n tr a c t th a t in c lu d e d 
benefits and a pay raise. City bus 
contractor StarTran offered a bo­
nus o f $1,000 for each bus d riv ­
er and a 10-percent pay increase 
w ithin the next three years.

T he union has not had a c o n ­
tract since the previous contract 
e x p ire d la st Ju ly . T h e u n io n 
w ent on strik e in 2005 and a u ­
thorized a strike in 2006 d ue to 
co n tra ct conflicts.

B eca u se th e U T s h u ttle s y s ­
tem e m p lo y s a d iffe re n t c o n ­
tra c to r, F irs t T ra n s it, a s trik e 
w ill not affect U T shu ttles, said 
Cap M etro spokesw om an M isty 
W hited.

"W e d o n 't know wTh at is g o ­
in g to h a p p e n rig h t now , b u t 
we d o n 't think it w ill com e to a 
s trik e ," W hited said . "W e c a n 't 
pred ict an y th in g , and we w o n 't 
h a v e a d v a n c e d n o tic e if an d 
w h en the strik e o ccu rs."

W hited said that in the event 
o f a s trik e , the c ity 's c o n tr a c ­
tor com pan y is prepared to p ro­
vide bus transp ort in the bu siest 
p arts of A u stin , such as sch oo l 
and b u sin ess d istricts. The co m ­
pany w ould rely on the supp ort 
o f o th e r c o n tr a c to r s ' b u s s y s ­
tem s, including First Transit.

S ta r T r a n G e n e r a l M a n a g ­
er Terry Garcia Crew s sent a let­
ter to union president Jay W yatt 
on Friday say ing she w as w ill­
ing to n e g o tia te and co m e to 
reasonable terms w'ith the union.

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No. 3 longhorns display new talent
fans, plays exhibtion 

scrim m aging each other, signing 
autographs, answering questions 
or eating dinner with fans, it w as 
all in good fun.

ann Faucette said. " I t m akes us 
feel good to get out here and be­
ing able to play in our jerseys with 
a new team. I am pumped up.

Team holds clinic for 

The Big 12 co-cham pions from a 
year ago return three A ll-A m eri­
cans: sophomore Faucette, junior 
D estinee Hooker and senior Lau­
ren Paolini.

match before opener

By A ustin Talbert
Daily Texan Staff 

Gregory Gym was half banquet 
hall, h alf volleyball cou rt Satur­
day. But whether the Longhorns 
were teaching Austin area young­
sters the finer points of volleyball,

The Longhorns, who open their 
season Friday against USC — the 
same team that ended their season 
last year, defeating the 'H orns in 
the regional finals, hit the court for 
the first time this season.

"It w as great to have a chance 
to give back, especially to the kids 
and the fan s," junior hitter Ju li-

N o t o n ly w e re th e p la y e r s 
p u m p ed up to be b ack on the 
court, but the fan s — especially 
the hundreds o f local girls w ho 
attend ed the free clin ic hosted 
by the team b e fo re the s c rim ­
m age — w ere extrem ely excited 
by the little am ount of volleyball 
the Longhorns played Saturday.

But head coach Je rritt Elliott 
knows that while Saturday's third 
annual block party and clinic was 
fun for all, the upcom ing season 
will prove a much tougher task.

"I w an ted to see e x e cu tio n 
[from the scrimmage], we are still 
a w ork in progress, but we will

con tin u e to w o rk ," E lliott said. 
"It w as our first tim e ou t w ith 
our freshmen, first time as a new 
team, first time with the uniforms 
and the crowd, so there were a bit 
of nerves. But we will get better as 
the year goes on."

The w hite squad, com posed of 
most of the returning players from 
last season's team, won both sets 
against the orange team of fresh­
m en, form er players and even a 
m em ber of the team 's staff who

struggled to keep his polo shirt 
tucked in w hile sm ashing kills. 
W hile the L ongh orns and fans 
were having fun, the focus was on 
the upcom ing season, w hich b e­
gins Friday at the AVCA Sh ow ­
case in Omaha, Neb., when Texas 
faces off against USC.

"It is going to be a good test 
early in the season, a good way to 
start out the year," Elliott said. "It 
will definitely let us know where 
we are at."

Perfect start for No. 11 Texas

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VO LLEYBAL l

OLYMPICS

Team USA , w ith 
K o b e Bryant 
at to p right, 
celebratesafter 
their w in over 
S p a in in their 
m e n's g o ld 
m e d a l b a s­
ketball ga m e 
at th e 2008 
O ly m p ic s in 
Beijing.

Eric G ay

Associated Press

Logterman scores 
two goals; Texas 
wins opener 4-0

By M ich ae l Sherfield
D aily Texan Staff

The Longhorns saw a glimpse 
of everything they m issed in 
last y e a r's postseason just 60 
m in u tes in to the new year. 
That's how long it took return­
ing sen ior Step h an ie L o g ter­
m an to score tw ice in Texas' 
season opener at hom e against 
Samford en route to a com fort­
able 4-0 win.

"She w as good tonight, and 
s h e 'll s till get b e tte r," head 
coach C h ris P etru ce lli said . 
"She is still not quite clean, but 
she was dangerous running up 
and down the flank, and she is 
going to be a handful for any­
body we play."

In ad dition to L og term an 's 
return from a knee injury that 
forced her to miss Texas' post­
season run and eventual defeat, 
Texas also saw the em ergence 
of two freshmen strikers capa­
ble of scoring goals.

C o u r t n e y G o o d s o n an d 
A m anda Lisberger com bined 
for g o a ls e ith e r sid e o f the 
break, first putting the L ong­
horns ahead then slamming the 
door early in the second half.

"I thought the freshmen did 
great," Petrucelli said. "[G ood ­
son] started off w ith a great 
strik e ... and then [L isb e rg ­
er] has show n that w hen she 
com es in the game, she chang­
es the gam e."

The Longhorns got the season 
off to a great start by taking the 
lead in the 11th minute through 
G ood son's run and shot from 
the edge of the box, the ball soar­
ing into the side netting of Alys- 
sa Whitehead's goal.

From there, they w ould be 
frustrated by som e desperate 
defending and impressive goal- 
keeping as Sam ford, rarely ca­
p ab le o f ad v a n cin g b ey on d 
midfield, threw bodies behind 
the ball and tried to hang on.

USA Hoops takes 
down Spain, wins 
first gold since 2000

By Brian M a h o n e y

The A ssociate d Press

BEIJIN G — A rm -in-arm , they 
clim bed onto the m id d le of the 
m edals platform, the spot that for 
so long was U.S. private property.
S o m e p la y e rs fla s h e d th e ir 
O ly m p ic m ed als to the crow d. 
O ne pretended to take a bite, just 
to m ake sure it was real.

Yep, it was gold — the color the 
A m erican s alw ays used to win 
but hadn't since 2000.

Culm inating a three-year m is­
sion to end years of em barrass­
m ent, the U.S. team survived a 
huge challenge from Spain, w in­
ning 118-107 in the g old -m ed al 
gam e Sunday.

O rder was restored in interna­

tional basketball.

"M uch respect to Spain, but the 
U.S. is back on top again," LeBron 
Jam es said at a press conference 
attended by the entire team.

But not by that much anymore.
A fte r o v e rw h e lm in g e v e r y ­
one for seven gam es, the A m eri­
cans led by only four points with 
under two and a half m inutes to 
play. Then they proved they could 
handle a close game that it seemed 
would never come in Beijing.

Their prize: the first U.S. gold 
m ed al sin ce the 2 0 0 0 S y d n ey 
Olympics.

A r g e n tin a w o n th e b ro n z e 
w ith an 8 7 -7 5 v ic to ry a g a in st 
L ithuania.

Dwyane Wade scored 27 points 
for the A m ericans, w h o found a 
m uch gam er Spanish team than 
the one they h u m iliated by 37 
points earlier in the tournam ent. 
Kobe Bryant added 20 points.

In a game so devoid of defense 
that it felt more like an NBA All- 
Star gam e than one w ith a title 
at stake, the A m ericans had too 
m uch offense dow n the stretch.

B ryant converted a clutch four- 
point play with 3 minutes, 10 sec­
onds rem aining, holding his fin­
ger to his lips to quiet the rowdy 
Spanish crowd behind the basket.
Wade added another 3-p o in t­
er that m ade it 111-104 with just 
over 2 minutes left, and only then 
could the Americans relax a little.

They began to celebrate during 
a break after some technical fouls 
on Spain with 26 seconds left, then 
partied at m idcourt when it was 
over with "B o m in the USA " blar­
ing over the arena's speakers.

"W e played with great charac­
ter in one of the great gam es in 
international basketball history, I 
think," U.S. coach M ike Krzyze- 
wski said.

N obod y else had b een clo se 
to the A m ericans in Beijing. This 
te a m 's only O ly m p ic co m p e ti­
tion had been history, in a Dream 
m atchup w ith guys nam ed Jo r­
dan, M agic, Bird and the rest of 
the U.S. team that dominated the 
Barcelona Games in 1992.

F o rg et co m p a riso n s to th o se 
g u y s . T h e A m e r ic a n s w e r e 
lucky to be b etter than Spain on 
Sunday.

R u d y F e rn a n d e z sco re d 22 
points and Pau Gasol had 21 for 
the Spanish, the reigning w orld 
cham pions w ho w ere hoping to 
win their first Olym pic gold.

U .S. p lay ers ap p reciated the 
challenge, hugging the Spanish 
players afterward. Bryant had an 
especially long em brace for G as­
ol, patting his Los Angeles Lakers 
teammate on the back.

"They did what they were sup­
posed to d o ," G asol said. "W e 
fought hard all the way."

Seem ing to appreciate the m o­
ment, after congratulating Spain,

8-BALL continues on page 2B

O LYM PICS

Sen io r d e fe n der S te p h a n ie L o gte rm a n (yellow ) scored tw o g o a ls in the L o n g h o rn s' 4-0 w in over 
S a m fo rd Friday. L o gte rm a n is re tu rn in g from last year's se a s o n -e n d in g knee surgery.

Bryant Haertlein | Daily Texan Staff

But with halftime approach­
ing, Texas struck again as Logter­
man, playing as a left winger in­
stead of the usual left back, cut in 
from the left flank, took on two 
defenders and sent a shot into 
the top com er for a 2-0 lead.

"I d id n 't play as w ell as I 
would have liked, but you can't 
really ask for m ore than tw o 
goals," Logterman said.

She scored her second during 
another Texas sui^e in the sec­

ond half, just two minutes after 
Lisberger had given the Long­
horns a 3-0 lead.

The second half saw a low- 
key b eg in n in g as the L on g ­
horns were content to keep the 
ball and force Sam ford out of 
their defensive shell.

But Texas exp lod ed o ffe n ­
sively 15 minutes in as Goodson 
turned on the edge of the box 
and played Lisberger through 
the heart of the defense.

The freshman's first effort was 
well-saved, but she had time to 
collect the rebound and roll the 
ball into the open goal, all but as­
suring a season-opening win.

G o o d so n tu rn e d p r o v id ­
er again two m inutes later as 
she collected a pass from fel­
low freshman Kylie Doniak at 
the byline and laid off the ball 
for Logterm an to score from 5 
yards for a 4-0 lead.

Sam ford w as rarely able to

threaten the Texas goal, regis­
tering just one shot on target to 
Texas' 13.

"I th o u g h t w e co n tro lle d 
the ball pretty well. We w ere 
able to sort of dictate the pace 
of the g am e," Petrucelli said. 
"W e scored a couple of good 
goals, and I think the quality of 
our finishing was pretty good. 
When we created chances, we 
got a lot of stuff on goal which 
is always good to see."

China closes successful Olympics, passes torch to London for 2012 games

By D a vid Crary
The A ssociate d Press 

BEIJIN G — C h ina com p leted 
its stin t as O ly m p ic h ost S u n ­
d ay w ith a s u p e rs ta r-s tu d d e d 
clo s in g ce re m o n y th a t cap p ed 
a 16-d ay p a g e a n t o f s ta te -o f- 
the-art logistics and astou nd ing 
ath letic feats, set ou t for a cu ri­
ou s w orld. The gam es did little, 
though, to erase con cern s about 
the em erging su p e rp o w e r's ap ­
proach to hum an rights.

T enor P la cid o D o m in g o w as 
on hand , jo in in g a C h in e se so ­
p ra n o in a ly rical d u et. S o cce r 
icon David B eckham and g ray ­
ing Led Z ep pelin g u itarist Jim ­
m y P ag e w e re th e r e , h e lp in g 
L ond on take the rein s as h o st- 
to-be of the 2012 gam es.

Yet even as the In te rn atio n al

O lym p ic C o m m ittee w as p ra is­
ing its e lf fo r a w a rd in g B eijin g 
these O lym p ics, the U.S. E m b as­
sy urged C h in a to free fo reig n 
activ ists jailed for p ro testin g at 
the gam es. C h in a, the em bassy 
su gg ested , should have used its 
m om ent in the global sp otlig h t 
to show "g re a te r to leran ce and 
o p en n e ss."

C h in a n o n e th e le s s ach iev ed 
its p a ra m o u n t g o a ls : a d o m i­
nant effort by its athletes to top 
the gold-m edal standings for the 
first tim e and near-flaw less o r­
ganizing that show cased w orld- 
class venues and sm iling vo lu n ­
teers to the largest-ever peaceful 
influx of foreign visitors.

tory — M ichael Phelps with his 
eight gold m edals in sw im m ing, 
Jam aica's effervescent Usain Bolt 
with three golds and three world 
records in the sprints.

D elig h te d w ith the o n -field 
com petition, the IOC insisted its 
much-debated selection of Beijing 
back in 2001 had been vindicated 
"Tonight, w e com e to the end 
o f 16 g lo rio u s d ay s w h ich w e 
w ill cherish forever," IOC Presi­
dent Jacq u es Rogge told the ca ­
p a city cro w d of 9 1 ,0 0 0 at the 
N ational O utd oor Stadium , and 
a global TV audience. "Through 
these gam es, the world learned 
m ore ab ou t C h in a , and C h in a 
learned more about the world " 

As a bonus, not just one but two 
athletes gave arguably the great­
est perform ances in Olym pic his­

"T h ese were truly exceptional 
gam es," he said, before declaring 
them formally closed.

The head of the Beijing orga­
nizing com m ittee, Liu Q i, said 
the games were "testim ony to the 
fact that the world has rested its 
trust in C h in a." He called them 
"a grand celebration of sport, of 
peace and friendship."

Before and during the gam es, 
Rogge and the IOC w ere criti­
cized by human rights groups for 
their reluctance to publicly chal­
lenge the Chinese as various con­
troversies arose over press free­
dom and detention of dissidents. 
Athletes shied away from making 
political statem ents, and "protest 
zones" established in Bei)ing went 
unused as the authorities refused 
to issue permits for them and de­
tained some of the applicants

0LYPMICS continues on page 2B

Firew orks e x p lo d e d u r in g the c lo sin g ce re m o n y of the 2008 O ly m p ic s 
over the N a tio n a l S ta d iu m in Beijing.

Robert F. Bukaty j Associated Press

 S po rts

Monday, August 25,2008

2B

PGATOUR

Singh wins Barclays, 
takes lead in playoffs

By John Nicholson
The Associated Press

PARAMUS, N.J. — Vijay Singh 
ended up beating Sergio Garcia on 
a gopher hole.

Yes, a gopher. Or maybe a mole.
Singh won The Barclays for a re­
cord fourth time Sunday, matching 
Garcia's long birdie putt on the first 
hole of a playoff and finishing off 
his Spanish friend on the second 
extra hole after Garcia got a lucky 
break from the furry critter.

A fter Singh top p ed G a rc ia's 
27-foot birdie putt on the first extra 
hole — the 472-yard 18th — with a 
26-footer, things got a little weird 
on the 577-yard, par-517th.

First, Garcia uncharacteristical­
ly hooked his drive into the left 
rough. Then, with Singh in the fair­
way, Garcia hit his second shot be­
hind a huge tree in the right rough. 
Singh then hit a 267-yard approach 
onto the green, about 20 feet long 
and right.

"I wasn't really concerned about 
him ," Singh said. "I just wanted 
to know why he got a drop, there 
w as obviously a mole there and he 
w as burrow ing at that m oment, 
you could see him popping out. 
... I w as really focused on what I 
w as doing."

The 45-year-old Fijian closed 
with a 1-under 70 to match G ar­
cia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) 
at 8-under 276 on the sun-baked 
Ridgewood Country Club course, 
the first-time site after 41 seasons 
at Westchester Country Club.

"It's a great golf course," said 
Singh, the 1993,1995 and 2006 win­
ner at Westchester. "W estchester 
w as a good golf course. This tops 
Westchester. Every single player 
out there absolutely enjoyed this 
golf course."

The Bridgestone winner three 
w eek s ag o at Fireston e, Sin gh 
earned 11,000 FedEx C up points in 
the playoff opener to take the lead

d i ítt’s really hard to see your friend not win, 
especially if he's playing against you, but 
somebody has to win.”

—Vijay Singh, 
golfer

"I got stym ied behind the tree 
and I got lucky because I got a 
drop because of some gopher holes 
or whatever it w as," Garcia said. "It 
wasn't where my ball was, but like 
about 5 or 6 feet left. It w as actual­
ly moving. You could see the grass 
going up and down. It was actually 
there and we were trying to find it, 
but we couldn't."

Able to get a clear path to the 
green, G arcia advanced the ball 
near the front of the green about 
30 feet from the hole and nearly 
holed his chip. Singh then rolled 
his 20-foot eagle putt within inch­
es for a tap-in birdie.

with 109,500 points — 5,125 ahead 
of second-place Garcia. Singh also 
earned $1.26 million for his 33rd 
PGA Tour victory.

Singh and G arcia, a two-time 
Westchester cham pion who won 
the Players Cham pionship in May 
in a p lay off with Paul G o ydo s, 
had the large crow d around the 
18th green roaring with the bird­
ie exchange on the first extra hole.
"I think he w as su rp rised to 
make his," Singh said. "I w as sur­
prised to see it go in and he w as 
even more surprised to see mine 
go in."

Singh and Garcia high-fived each

other after Singh holed his putt.

"H e 's a good friend of m ine," 
Singh said. "It's hard to see your 
friend not win, especially if he's 
playin g again st you, but so m e­
body has to win."

Su th erlan d w as on the back 
fringe in three when_Garcia and 
Singh holed out.

"I really am happy with how 
I played an d , obviously, d isa p ­
pointed I w asn't able to play a lit­
tle bit better in the playoff," said 
Sutherland, third in the standings. 
"I've got to forget about that and 
think about the other 72 holes."

T h ird -ro u n d le a d e r K e v in 
Streelm an (72), Ben C u rtis (68) 
an d M athew G o g g in (67) tied 
for fourth at 7 under, and M ar­
tin Laird (67), Justin Leonard (67), 
N ich olas T h om p son (67), M ike 
Weir (72) and Paul Casey (72) fol­
lowed at 6 under.

Garcia reached 8 under with a 
tap-in birdie on 17, and m issed 
a chance to get to 9 under on 18 
when he pulled a 16-footer. Singh, 
playing in the final group, reached 
8 under with a two-putt birdie on 
17, and also m issed a 16-foot bird­
ie try on 18.

"It w as a tough day. It w asn't 
easy to get close to the hole, so bird­
ie w as difficult to come by," Singh 
said. "It w as drying out really, re­
ally a lot, and you've got to play al­
most conservative on some holes.

"B u t it w a s a g reat p la y o ff, 

though. I enjoyed that."

Phil Mickelson shot a 68 to tie 
for 19th at 4 under. He dropped 
from third to fourth in the points 
stan dings entering his Deutsche 
Bank title defense.

"I w as a go o d roun d an d it 
gives me som e momentum to car­
ry over," he said.

Steve Strieker, three stro k es 
ah ead after a second-round 64 
and four in front at 12 under after 
10 holes Saturday, had a 71 to join 
Mickelson at 4 under. The winner 
last year at Westchester, Strieker 
shot a 77 in the third round.

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Spanish tenor Placido D om ingo sings with Chinese folk singer Song Zuying during the closing ceremony 

for the 2008 Olym pics in Beijing on Sunday.

OLYMPICS: Phelps, Bolt highlight games

From page IB

But the atmosphere w as festive 
at the stadium as fireworks burst 
from its top rim — and from lo­
cations across the vast capital city 
— to begin the closing cerem o­
ny. After an arm y band played 
the C h in ese nation al anthem , 
sw arm s of gaily dressed dancers, 
acrobats and drum m ers swirled 
onto the field, then m ade room 
for the athletes, strolling in casu­
ally and exuberantly from four 
different entrances.

Two-thirds of the way through 
the ceremony came the pulsating 
show-within-a-show by London, 
com plete with break dan cin g, 
hip hop and ballet. From a stage 
formed from a red double-decker 
bus, Page played the classic rock 
hit "Whole Lotta Love" as British 
pop sensation Leona Lew is belt- 
e*d out the lyrics. Beckham, in a 
stylish black sw eat suit, booted 
a soccer ball into the surroun d­
ing throng of athletes on the sta­
dium floor.

Former Olympic runner Sebas­
tian Coe, now chairm an of the 
London organizing com m ittee, 
was elated.

"W h at w e h av e w itn e sse d 
in Beijing is a truly spectacular 
Olym pic G am es," he said. "We 
have a once in a lifetime oppor­
tunity to build on this moment."

After the Britons relinquished 
the spotlight, the Olym pic flame

ato p the sta d iu m w a s e x tin ­
guished. A carnival-themed seg ­
m ent com pleted the show, fea­
turing a duet by D om in go and 
C hin ese sop ran o Son g Zuying. 
There w as another, noisier b ar­
rage of firew orks and confetti 
filled the air.

C h in a in v e ste d m ore than 
$4b billion in the gam es, which 
it view ed a s a chance to show 
the w orld its dram atic econom ­
ic p rogress. O lym pic telecasts 
achieved record ratings in C hi­
na and the United States, and the 
gam es' presence online w as by 
far the most extensive ever.

R ogge said these O lym pics 
would leave a lasting, positive leg­
acy for China — improved trans­
portation in frastructure, m ore 
grass-roots interest in recreation­
al sports, a more aggressive ap ­
proach to curbing air pollution 
and other environm ental prob­
lems. Sm og that enveloped the 
city early in the gam es gave way 
to mostly clear skies, easing fears 
that some endurance events might 
be hazardous for the athletes.

American rower Jennifer Kai- 
do of West Leyden, N.Y., said the 
gam es exceeded her expectations.

"We were prepared for sm og, 
p o l lu t i o n , d e m o n s t r a t io n s , 
but every th in g h as gone very 
smoothly," she said.

Rogge acknowledged that Chi­
na, d esp ite p ro m ises of p ress 
freedom during the gam es, con­

tinued to block access to num er­
ous politically oriented Web sites, 
including those related to Tibet 
and the outlawed spiritual move­
ment Falun Gong.

H owever, he contended that 
m edia restriction s w ere lo o s­
er during the Olym pics than be­
forehand, "and so we believe the 
gam es had a good influence."

H u m an rig h ts g ro u p s d is ­

agreed.

"T he reality is that the C h i­
nese gov ern m en t's h ostin g of 
the gam es has been a catalyst for 
abuses, leading to m assive forced 
evictions, a su rge in the arrest, 
detention and harassment of crit­
ics, repeated violations of m edia 
freedom , and increased p o liti­
cal repression," said Sophie Rich­
ardson of H uman Rights Watch. 
"N ot a single world leader who 
attended the gam es or m embers 
of the IOC seized the opportuni­
ty to challenge the Chinese gov­
ernment's behavior in any m ean­
ingful way."

Led by Phelps and Bolt, ath­
letes broke 43 world records and 
132 Olympic records during the 
gam es. Yet R ogge, w ho v isit­
ed every venue, said the m ost 
touching moment for him cam e 
after the 10-meter air pistol event, 
when gold medalist Nino Saluk- 
vadze of Georgia embraced run­
ner-up Natalia Paderina of Rus­
sia even as their two countries' 
armies fought back in Georgia.

B-BALL Americans fulfill title o f‘redeem team’

From page IB

the team joined in a circle, jum p­
ing up and down at center court 
and w aving triumphantly to the 
crowd as Krzyzewski applauded 
on the sidelines.

"I know that we had a tough 
road ahead of us. We knew that 
these guys weren't going to roll 
over and give up that easily," U.S. 
forward Chris Bosh said. "So we 
had to be men, and that's what it 
takes to win."

The Americans had won their 
first seven gam es by 30.3 points, 
including a 119-82 rout of Spain. 
But they never had control of 
this gam e, giving up open looks 
from the perimeter and plenty of 
points in the paint against the de­
fending world cham pions, who 
w ere p la y in g w ithou t injured 
point guard Jose Calderon.

Bryant, who waited so long to 
finally w ear the red, white and 
blue, hit two 3-pointers in a big 
fourth quarter to ad d the gold 
m edal to his collection of b a s­
ketball hardware. The three-time 
NBA champion and league MVP 
pounded his hands tow ard the 
floor in celebration at the end.

Jam es scored 14 points, while 
C arm e lo A nthon y an d C h ris 
Paul had 13 apiece for the Amer­
icans, who had won bronze m ed­
als in their last two internation­
al events, the 2004 Olympics and 
'06 world championships

The U.S. started planning for

this gam e after the Athens Games 
four years ago, the low point in its 
hoops history, following a sixth- 
place flop two years earlier in the 
world championships. Jerry Col- 
angelo w as given control of USA 
Basketball and constructed a na­
tional team program in 2006, re­
q u irin g th ose w ho w an ted to 
play to commit to three years.

H e g o t B ry an t an d Ja m e s 
quickly on board and landed al­
most everyone else he asked for, 
finding a group of NBA stars ea­
ger to give up their sum m er to 
get back what they felt belonged 
to their country.

A nd he n eed ed all of them 
again st a Spanish team that on 
this day w ould have likely beat­
en any other recent U.S. squad.

"Being a part of the '04 team, 
we really didn't get the opportu­
nity to showcase our talent," said 
Wade, one of four holdovers from 
Athens. "We really w an ted to 
come in and help lead this team. "
Jason K idd ran his record to 
56-0 in senior international plav 
and collected another gold to 
place alongside the one he earned 
in 2000, becom ing the 13th U.S. 
player with multiple golds.

That elite list, which includes 
Michael Jordan and seven other 
Dream Team ers, could grow in 
2012. Paul and Dwight Howard 
said they would be in London if 
asked, and perhaps half this team 
could join them.

Jam es ran out for p regam e

w arm ups with his finger in the 
air, already believing the U.S. 
w as No. 1. But even though the 
A m ericans were sh ootin g bet­
ter than 70 percent for m ost of 
the first half, it would take a long 
time to prove it.

Jam es and Bryant were both on 
the bench after picking up two 
fouls in the first three and a half 
minutes, and though Wade came 
in and picked up their scoring 
load, the U.S. reserves couldn't 
open their usual cushion.

Spain hit seven of its first nine 
shots, leading for much of the first 
quarter. A quick burst of 10 points 
by Jam es and Wade had the U.S. 
advantage up to 14 points with 4 
minutes left in the half, but Spain 
chipped aw ay and trailed only 
69-61 at the break.

"We faced som e in credible 
team s here," Bryant said . "We 
knew com ing in that Spain w as 
going to be a big problem."

Fernandez's 3-pointer cut it to 
91-89 with 8:13 remaining in the 
game, but Bryant answered with 
a bucket and then a 3, and things 
seem ed safe when Jam es scored 
to make it 103-92.

Spain m ade one last push to 
close within 108-104 on C arlos 
Jimenez's 3-pointer, but Wade hit 
one on the other end, and the fi­
nal score became lopsided when 
the Americans hit a bunch of free 
throws after the Spanish became 
frustrated and were called for the 
technicals.

 Monday, August 25, 2008

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fans. 
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Lease. 
$77 5 . C all 6 3 7 -8 2 3 2 or 
4 5 4 -2 9 8 7 .

1/1!!! $ 7 0 0 /m o . A va ila b le 
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IB /IB . W in d o w s , Brick 
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p a in ted , 
c o n c re te flo o rs, p riv a te 
e n tran ce . A TM O S P H E R E , 
v e ry N e w York C IT Y ! W a ­
te r/g a s paid . R eferences 
a nd d e p o s it 
req u ire d . 
A v a ila b le N O W . $ 9 9 5 . 
5 1 2 -4 7 7 -4 3 4 8 ____________
WALK TO UT!
2 70 6 
W e s t 
c am p u s , 
S a la d o . C o n d o 2 /2 
in ­
clud es a w a s h e r dryer, 
C eilin g 
blind s. 
fa n s , 
in n o w pay ren t 
M o v e 
$ 1200. 
fro m 
Call Bill 
512-415-6971
5 1 2 -5 0 8 -3 6 6 4 ____________

S e p t. 

WALK TO UT. 1B/1B 2 9 th / 
N ueces. Free 77 channel 
cab el & w a te r. S ta rtin g @ 
$ 65 0 . Call 5 12 -4 7 6-9 1 3 0.

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1
b e d ro o m s fro m $ 7 7 5 & 2 
B ed ro o m s fro m $1,195 in 
th e U T a re a . P E R S O N A L­
IZED A T T E N T IO N O N LY! 
KHP: 5 1 2 -4 7 6 -2 1 5 4 w w w . 
k h p re a le s ta te .c o m

NEW HO M E. 3 bdr, 2.5 
ba, $ 1 ,2 0 0 m o, $ 1 ,0 0 0 
D ep, 
fe n c e d ba c k ya rd , 
c o v e re d p a tio , a tta c h e d 
g a rag e , 71 & W o o d w a rd , 
5 5 4 -7 5 4 9 . O IO 2892449

W EST C AM PUS 3/2.5
H uge, 2 -s to ry b e a u tifu l 
d u p le x . 4 p a rking s p a c ­
es. N e w in terio r, n e w a p ­
plia n c es , n e w c a rp e t and 
p a in t. $ 1 9 0 0 . A v a ila b le 
A u g u s t. 9 2 3 -1 8 3 2

M U S T RENT!!!! 1, 2, 3,
and 4 b e d ro o m h o u s ­
es! East S id e. M ic h a e l 
8 4 8 -4 7 7 4

B B H pn

fo r 

ro o m m a te s 
lo o k in g 

$600 ONE BEDROOM 
LEFT IN 4/21! H ouse 
is 
lo c a te d a t 3 8 0 8 B ailey 
Ln. rig h t o ff o f Lam ar. 
a lre a d y 
3 
and 
fo u rth 
to fill th e last b e d ro o m . 
H ouse has n e w a p p li­
ances, fe n c e d ba c k ya rd , 
fire plac e , pool ta b le , 4 
b e d ro o m s at $ 6 0 0 per 
b e d ro o m , 2 b a th ro o m s , 
livin g a re a , b ar area. 
N ea r U T s h u ttle bus 
sto p . For 
in q u iries call 
2 1 4 -6 6 3 -7 2 7 4 

ROOM TO RENT C hoice 
o f 2 u n fu rn in 4 /2 house 
in U n iv e rs ity H ills. 11X15 
ro o m w /w a lk in $ 5 6 0 /m o 
+ s h a re o f util a nd cab le. 
ro o m $ 4 8 0 / 
O r 11X11 
m o + u til/c a b le . Large 
fe n c e d y a rd , spa, w ir e ­
less, w a s h /d ry , n e w app, 
re m a in d e r o f house fu r ­
nish ed . 5 1 2 -8 6 9 -1 2 2 5

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ROOMM ATE!!! 
Fur­
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c o n d o , 
b alcon y, W /D , 
fa ll. R iv ers id e. 
k itc h e n , 
$ 4 1 0 /m o . on U T bus 
ro u te . 
jw h p 0 @ y a h o o . 
c o m , 5 1 2 -3 6 9 -4 5 6 7 ___

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W A NT­
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ro o m m a te . V e n u e apts. 
2 /2 . $ 7 0 0 /m o w ith pa rk ­
in g /c a b le /n e t. 
S w e e t 
p o o l/c lu b h o u s e . S e c u re.
9 0 3 -6 4 1 -2 8 6 2 ____________

OFFER
ROOMATE 
2 b d /2 b th 
c ond o w lk- 
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stop, d isw sh r, frig , disp, 
w ifi, m ic ro , cab l, po ol, 
In d ry o n s ite , q u ie t n eig h, 
no d o g s /s m o k in g $ 7 0 0 / 
m o 1/2 u til. 8 1 7 -5 8 1 -6 0 0 9 
£1 ID 2692811

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3
B e d ro o m s 
th e U T 
area. $ 1 ,2 5 0 to $1,8 75 . 
P E R S O N A L IZ E D 
AT­
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re a le s ta te .c o m __________
TREE HOUSE 
SEEKS NEW 
OWNER

C o n te m p o ra ry 
tre e 
ho use seeks n e w fa m ­
ily w h o en jo ys n a tu re , 
B BQs, social g a th e rin g s . 
3 /2 .5 , 326 8 S F , g re e n b e lt, 
e x tra 
la rg e deck, g ra n ­
ite c o u n te rs , h a rd w o o d , 
u p d a te d 
a p p lia n c e s . 
$ 5 9 0 K o r best o ffe r. 
5 1 2 -7 4 0 -4 2 5 7

AID 2692284

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N o r th Cam pus - upscale 3/Z
2 rsvd gated gar spaces, small, 
newer complex. 2 blks from Law 
School. $2250/mo.

W e s t 18th S t. - Charming, |ust 
remodeled with wood 
floors 
throughout granite, paint attached 
2 car garage1 $ 1795/mo

S O C O : 3/2.5/1 cov space, high 
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o w n e rs h ip and a q u a lity 
p ro p e rty at an a ffo r d ­
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lo c a tio n , e x c e lle n t c o n ­
d itio n , tu rn k e y m o v e -in . 
C o m p le x 
h is to ry 
o f bein g n o ta b ly q u ie t. 
S h a d e d patio , pool and 
c lu b h o u s e , 
in ­
clu d es w a te r, w w , trash 
c o lle c tio n , and hazard in ­
s u ran c e. Please c o n ta c t 
5 1 2 - 6 3 2 - 5 1 9 2 _______
WHY PAY 
RENT?
C u te & a ffo r d a b le 1 Bed/1 
B ath cond os 
in c en tra l 
A u s tin . C lose to C en tra l 
M a rk e t, D ra u g h t H ouse, 
Taco 
across 
th e s tre e t fro m R am sy 
Park. C o m p le te 
fin is h - 
o u t and pric e d to sell at 
$ 2 0 8 /s q . ft. Call J a n e t @ 
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D a i i v T f y a n j O A S S I F i r n s . C O M

 Monday, August 25,2008

1,1 F E & \ H T S

5B

Austin Chronicle’s 
hot sauce festival 
crowns its winners

Torchy’s Tacos owner 
places third in red 
sauce, second in green

By JJ Velasquez
Daily Texan Staff 
In 94-degree weather, Austinites 
flocked to the 18th annual Austin 
Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival held 
in Waterloo Park.

H undreds of people lined up in 
the scorching heat carrying home­
made hot sauces to try their hand 
at the festival's yearly contest in 
which several judges crow n the 
best hot sauce.

For Michael Rypka, a two-time 
first prize w inner and ow ner of 
Torchy's Tacos, entering his sal­
sas this time around was perhaps 
more m undane than his first, but 
the restaurateur was still stoked 
for w hat he called his "favorite 
festival of the year."

"For hot sauce lovers, it's def­
in itely a trad itio n . P eople get 
hyped-up and ram ped-up about 
it," he said.

Rypka has been in the food in­
dustry since he was a 13-year-old 
fry cook at Popeye's. But after his 
run with the fast food chain, he at­
tended college in Miami, w here 
he developed a love for Latin and 
spicy foods.

Before arriving in A ustin and 
o p ening his restau ran t, Rypka 
was a chef at Dell, MTV, Disney, 
and the World Bank in W ashing­
ton, D.C., once catering for Presi­
dent Bill Clinton.

He is now a six-year veteran of 
the hot sauce competition, and al­
though the winners aren't aw ard­
ed prizes, Rypka still puts his best 
foot forward.

He entered his red and green 
sauces, the "diablo" sauce, and a 
creamy chipotle sauce, all staples 
at Torchy's.

Many past winners have either 
become hot sauce entrepreneurs 
opening bottling com panies or, 
like Rypka, have opened their own 
restaurants. But he claims he's in 
it mainly "just for the sport."

"You k in d of get b ra g g in g 
rights if you win. To be able to 
w in w ith that m any contestants 
is p re tty im pressive,". R ypka 
said. "There's hot sauce all over 
the place, so to be able to stand 
out is a pretty big deal."

The competition is indeed stiff. 
Last year, contestants entered 350 
sauces. Typically, about 10 per­
cent of the sauces reach the fi­
nal judging stage, w here celebri­
ty chefs and foodies convene to 
crown a victor.

This y e a r's celebrity judging 
crew featured Tyson Cole, Uchi 
owner and former Iron Chef con­
testant, and Bob Blumer of Food 
Network fame.

Before the c ele b rity ju d g es 
flick their thum bs up or dow n, 
however, prelim inary judging is 
held.

Ross Outom, a self-proclaimed 
salsa enthusiast and perennial fes­
tival attendee, has been waiting 
for his chance to be am ong the 
preliminary tasters. This year he 
finally got an in.

Outom said he is more partial 
toward hot sauces with better fla­
vor than sheer spice.

"I tend to lean tow ard salsas 
that have great flavor, no m at­
ter how hot they are," he said as 
a new batch of sauces to taste ar­
rived at the table. "Som etim es 
you'll run across a salsa that's try­
ing too hard to be hot but doesn't 
have any real flavor to back it up. 
But at the same time, if something 
makes the sweat pop off my brow, 
I'm all over it."

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See video of the hot sauce festival.

The three judging criteria in­
clu d e flavor, co n sisten cy and 
appearance. A ppearance proves 
to be an im portant factor in the 
prelim in ary ju d g in g as tasters 
may neglect sauces that may be 
easy on the taste buds but not on 
the eyes.

T h at m ea n s R y p k a 's s a u c ­
es m ust be pretty, because he's 
won five prizes in the six years 
he's competed. This year, Rypka 
placed second in the green sauce 
category an d th ird in the red 
sauce category.

"That's pretty good, huh?" he 

said.

Proceeds from the festival went 
to the Capital Area Food Bank of 
Texas.

For m ore in fo rm atio n , v isit 

AustinChronicle.com.

Lin
Monroe of 
the Austin 
Jam
Company 
distributes 
samples at 
the Austin 
Hot Sauce 
Festival at 
Waterloo 
Park on 
Sunday 
afternoon.

B r i t t

H a c k e m a c k

D aily Texan 

Staff

Houstonian Mitsue Childers displays a crab scupiture made of bamboo at the Austin Bamboo Festival on Sunday afternoon. Childers said 
the bamboo animals offered for sale at the festival were crafted by Sano, a Japanese artist who lives in the foothills of Mt. Fuji.

f c m iiy M n s o i v i n g ¡ u a u y le x a n M a n

Bamboo inspires annual fest

Society hosts 16th 
celebration with 
crafts, exhibitions

By Rachel Meador
Daily Texan Staff 
The Texas Bamboo Society 
continued the tradition of con­
v e rtin g bam boo h a ters into 
bam boo lovers Saturday and 
Sunday at the 16th annual Aus­
tin Bamboo Festival.

The usually quiet Zilker Bo­
tanical Garden was noisy with 
advice from bam boo experts, 
arm atu re bam boo m instrels, 
children, adults, dogs and their 
walkers for a w eekend of pre­
sentations, crafts and vendors. 
Proceeds from the event will 
help fund bamboo research, ed­
ucation, maintenance of public 
bam boo gardens and support 
for bamboo artists.

The Texas Bamboo Society 
is a coalition of bamboo volun­
teers, enthusiasts and experts

who strive to spread awareness 
and appreciation for the often 
m isunderstood and unw anted 
plant. Like many society m em­
bers, Carole Meckes, festival co­
ordinator and bam boo crafts- 
w oman, joined the group after 
her casual relationship with the 
plant grew to a full-fledged love 
affair w hen she m oved into a 
house with an established bam ­
boo grove.

"I knew the plants were ver­
satile, so w hen I started clean­
ing out the grove, I had piles 
of branches, and I w as trying 
to figure out, 'W hat can I do 
with this wood?'" Meckes said. 
"I discovered that the branches 
are hollow between the joints 
and decided to make beads and 
jewelry out of them."

Meckes' beads were central 
to the sea of handm ade bam ­
boo crafts, garden and hom e 
accessories, w atches, clothes, 
knickknacks and instrum ents 
available for purchase. Michael 
Davis sat on a bench surround­

ed by hum an-height plants for 
sale, practicing his new bam ­
boo flute and admiring his spun 
bamboo clothing purchases.

"T h is is the so fte st s h irt 
I o w n , a n d the tag sa y s it 
doesn't stick to the skin, which 
is good because I'm a sw eaty 
guy," Davis said. "W hen I was 
a kid, my dad m ade me tack­
le the bam boo that consum ed 
the backyard, so it was always 
kind of a pain in the ass for 
me, but now I respect its re­
silience, usefulness and con­
tributions to the environm ent. 
Today I learned that it doesn't 
even need pesticides, just w a­
te r a n d love, so I'm tak in g 
hom e som e plants to grow a 
fence so I d o n 't have to pay 
some guys to install it."

In sp irin g ap p reciatio n for 
bam boo in people w ho aren't 
p lant en thusiasts is the soci­
e ty 's goal, Meckes said. She 
w as thrilled w ith the a tte n ­
dance this year, particularly the 
enthusiasm of teenagers and

young adults, as soon-to-be ho­
meowners and planters.

"A side from its versatility, 
it is an easily m aintained and 
beautiful addition to the land­
scape," Meckes said. "You can 
harvest it for so many different 
things, and then, unlike a tree, 
it grows back."

The third Saturday of every 
month, the society has a grove- 
grooming event in the Tanigu- 
chi Japanese Garden at the Zilk­
er Botanical G arden. V olun­
teers are always welcome, even 
those w ho are new to bamboo. 
The only criterion is recogni­
tion that the trees are an under­
taking of care, not a fulfillment 
of community service hours.

"The trees don't take a lot of 
care, but it does take a lot of at­
tention to make sure it stays in 
its bounds and stays healthy," 
M eckes said. "T hey can 't be 
treated as an object but ra th ­
er as a labor of love, and both 
you and the plants will reap 
the benefits."

SEINFELD: Campaign may increase intensity of Mac/PC rivalry

From page 6B

commercials that appeal to young 
m ales, particularly in its cam ­
paigns for Burger King.

Seinfeld has sh ow n him self 
to be a superior prom oter in the 
past, particularly for American 
E xpress (w hich also featu red 
P atrick W arb u rto n as S u p e r­
man) and in selling his D ream ­
w orks anim ated film "Bee Mov­
ie" last summer.

For "Bee Movie," which Sein­
feld co-wrote, co-produced and 
voiced, he also created 20 "TV 
juniors," which seemed less like 
com m ercials th an on e-m inute 
bite-sized bits of comedy. The 
film's.extensive promotion began

w ith him dressing up as a giant 
bee at the Cannes Film Festival.

"You gotta sell it," Seinfeld told 
the AP last year. "I've never been 
uncomfortable with that aspect. I 
don 't feel like it's beneath me to 
sell what I did."

But Seinfeld's greatest triumph
— the nine seasons of "Seinfeld"
— ended more than 10 years ago, 
w hich m eans that m any young 
computer users were still watch­
ing cartoons during his pop cul­
ture dominance.

Of course, the show is still on 
nightly reruns and Seinfeld has 
been active on the stand-up cir­
cuit. There have even been efforts 
to bring "Seinfeld" to younger de­
mographics. Sony Pictures Televi­

sion, which distributes "Seinfeld" 
in U.S. syndication, is holding a 
26-city promotion in a cross-coun­
try bus tour of colleges.

Calls to Seinfeld's agent and 
m a n a g e r w e n t u n r e t u r n e d 
Thursday.

Vista, M icrosoft's latest o p ­
eratin g system th a t launched 
with the slogan "The Wow starts 
now," has received mostly nega­
tive publicity since its release last 
year. But sales have been strong, 
as more than 90 percent of PCs 
sold worldwide run Windows.

A pple's ad cam paign "Get a 
Mac" pits a coat-and-tie clad old­
er guy (John H odgm an), repre­
senting a PC, against jeans and 
T-shirt-wearing Justin Long, who

plays the Mac. The commercials 
have also poked fun at Vista.

Steinberg said this latest cam ­
paign by M icrosoft show s that 
the rivalry between the software 
company and Apple is reaching 
the intensity of Coke and Pepsi's 
cola wars of years ago.

It's also possible Seinfeld seems 
more like a Mac guy, Steinberg 
said.

After all, it's a Macintosh that's 
seen in the background of his 
apartment on "Seinfeld."

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Young writers rise to meet kitchen demands at conference

Students wait tables 
for literary experts 
as part of scholarship

By John Curran
The Associated Press 

RIPTON, Vt. — It's billed as 
the oldest w riters' conference in 
the nation, a gathering at a pictur­
esque mountaintop retreat where 
literary giants, book editors and 
up -and-com ing novelists have 
been coming together once a year 
since the 1920s.

But som ebody's gotta schlep 
the m eals: At the Bread Loaf 
W riters' Conference, the job falls 
to two dozen young w riters who 
serv e as w aiters for the tw o- 
week sum m er summit, donning 
aprons and nam e tags to serve 
breakfast, lunch and d in n er to 
the 225 participants.

Bread Loaf crum bs, th e y 're 
not. M ost are professors, g ra d ­
uate students in the fine arts or 
p rize-w in n in g w riters, chosen 
from 600 applicants for w ork- 
study scholarships that cover the 
$2300 tuition.

W hen they're not taking in po­
etry read in g s, learning about 
character development or getting 
other pointers from Pulitzer Prize 
winners, they can be found in the 
dining hall of the Victorian-era

Bread Loaf Inn, taking orders or 
racing in and out of the kitchen.

"We're wearing aprons, but ev­
erybody w ho's here — the agents, 
the editors, the faculty, the fellows, 
the other contributors — knows 
that this person w ho's waiting on 
you is going to be a very impor­
tant writer in four or five years," 
said Tiphanie Yanique, 29, a poet 
and fiction writer from New York 
w h o 's the head w aiter in this 
year's group. "So for us, it's kind 
of amazing. And I think for every­
body, it's kind of amazing."

Founded in 1926 and named for 
a nearby m ountain, the A ugust 
Bread Loaf takes place at an idyl­
lic campus about 10 miles east of 
Middlebury College, up a w ind­
ing mountain road in a land that 
cell phones forgot. Its yellow-and- 
green w raparound porches, A d­
irondack lawn chairs and slam ­
ming screen doors.

Robert Frost, Theodore Roeth- 
ke, William Carle» Williams, Tru­
man Capote, Isaac Asimov and 
Toni Morrison have taught or lec­
tured here. Past w aiters include 
novelist Julia Alvarez, National 
Public Radio's "voice of books" 
Alan Cheuse and short story writ­
er Amy Hempel.

The practice of m aking less 
estab lish ed w riters and poets 
w ork for their bread began in 
the 1950s, w hen Bread Loaf o r­

ganizers at M iddlebury College 
began steering stu d e n ts to the 
waitstaff jobs. Soon, that became 
competitive, draw ing applicants 
from all over.

The w aiters serve din n er ev­
ery night, and work breakfast and 
lunch as their schedule of lectures 
and writing workshops allows.

"It gets pretty dirty," said Ya­
nique. "It's humbling. We handle 
compost. Things spill. There's a 
lot of running."

It also can be intimidating.
"These are people I would nev­
er, ever, ever talk to, even in a so­
cial situation," said Nina McConi- 
gley, 32, an aspiring novelist from 
Casper, Wyo., w ho w orked as a 
w aitress and is now on the con­
ference staff.

"But you have to go up to them 
and ask 'Do you w ant chicken, 
or the vegetarian option?' And 
w hen you start talking to them 
that way — when you're getting 
them their coffee and their des­
sert — a natural sort of conversa­
tion starts happening."

Indeed , c u rre n t and form er 
w aiters say the dining hall con­
versations have helped them. If 
Bread Loaf lore is to be believed, 
one or two opportunists have got­
ten published by slipping copies 
of poems or manuscripts to visit­
ing editors while serving them.

A ld « n P» ll« tt | A sso cia te d Press

Students Gerald Maa, 27, center, of Washington, D.C., and Christian 
Anton Gerard, 26, right, of Norfolk, Va., refill food trays in the buffet line 
as lunch is served during the Breadloaf Writers Conference in Ripton, 
Vt.,Aug. 19.

thor Edward P. Jones gave an af­
ternoon reading, he w as w el­
comed to the long rectangular din­
ing hall by 25-year-old poet Lillian 
Bertram, a master of fine arts stu­
dent at the University of Illinois.

B ertram too k Jo n es' o rd e r, 
w alked briskly across the h ard­
wood floor to the kitchen, and 
returned m inutes later, plate in 
hand.

"Fam ous or not, w riters are 
people, too," Bertram said be­
tween trips to the kitchen.

53, served as a waiter tw o years 
ago and is back as a participant 
this year. He said his first time at 
Bread Loaf was grueling ("I took 
a lot of naps, and a lot of A d­
vil") but included personal tutor­
ing from author Ted Conover that 
helped him organize the material 
for his book about life as an emer­
gency room doctor. Next month, 
Austin will publish "Something 
for the Pain."

"It's like having Tiger Woods 
help you with your putting," he 
said.

Last week, two hours after au-

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Lunch review a t taco 
bar provokes musing 
on lovey heartbreak

By Alan Hayes

Daily Texan Columnist

As freshmen and first-year grad 
students like myself prepare for 
their first days as UT students this 
week, I decided I would write my 
first column for The Daily Texan 
about two things many of us will 
experience over the next few days 
— tacos and new beginnings.

A fter having a lot of q u a li­
ty "Alan Time" this sum m er — 
much of it spent playing "Guitar 
Hero," by myself, in my under­
w ear — I've spent m uch of the 
past week in the company of my 
future UT law classmates at Face- 
book-enabled get-togethers. The 
efficacy of Facebook in b rin g ­
ing together strangers in a new 
setting and helping them get to 
know each other — or at least re­
member each other's names — is 
pretty amazing. Turns out Face- 
book is good for something other 
than allowing potential employ-

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naughty schoolgirl" party.

Saturday afternoon, after an­
other socially networked gather­
ing that ran into the wee hours 
of Saturday morning, I called one 
of my new friends — I'll call her 
L. — and invited her to lunch at 
the Taco Deli off Barton Skyway.
I intended to w rite a review of 
the restaurant for the paper, and, 
in addition to being glad for the 
company, having another mouth 
at the table w ould enable me to 
w rite about m ore m enu item s 
without having to gorge myself.

As she got into the car, L. told 
me that she had just broken up 
with her boyfriend of about sev­
en months. Having met L. and her 
boyfriend at almost the same time, 
and liking them both, I wasn't sure 
what to say. My first response was 
an incredulous and probably not 
all that comforting "really?!"

During the ride dow n MoPac 
Boulevard, L. and I m ade small 
talk about m usic and how we 
were both still recovering from 
the antics of the previous eve­
ning. Arriving at the restaurant, 
we ordered — steak and chicken 
Fundido Tacos for me, the ironi­
cally named H appy Taco for her 
— and went to sit outside.

I tried to m aintain my focus. 
Notepad and pen in hand, I sam­
pled my taco, w hich w as deli­
cious. I told L. how I don't have 
the vocabulary of a food critic 
and end up w anting to describe 
everything as "moist" — which, 
actually, is how I would describe 
the steak and vegetables in the 
taco I was eating. L. tried to con­
tribute, offering that Taco Deli 
has "good tortillas."

Eventually, though, we ended 

up talking about relationships.

L. told me that when she had 
gotten in the car, she felt OK about 
her breakup — it was something 
she had anticipated — but by the 
time she was halfway done with 
her taco, she was starting to feel 
sad. Having recently experienced 
the many ups and downs of get­
ting in and out of relationships, 1 
tried to sympathize by acknowl­
edging that even if a breakup is 
"for the best," it hurts, and it's 
lonely, and it's sad.

At Taco Deli, the sun was shin­
ing, there was a hint of shade cast 
by the brow n canvases strung 
above the patio, and we were 
su rro u n d e d by the trees that 
m ark the edges of the Barton 
Creek Greenbelt. L. said her taco 
was supposed to have cheese on 
it and didn't, but that it did have 
fresh cilantro, a key ingredient in 
m any of the restaurant's menu 
items. I told a storv about how

fresh cilantro played a key role in 
my last relationship. Sigh.

We ta lk e d a b o u t the a w k ­
wardness of all the "Oh, where's 
... ?" questions that would arise 
as L. continued to socialize with 
o u r new classm ates, m any of 
whom she had met for the first 
tim e w hile in the com pany of 
her boyfriend.

We talked about how it is prob­
ably better to go into the academ­
ic year unattached, not for the 
high-school-sex-comedy reason 
of "keeping our options open" 
but because starting grad school 
— or u n d erg rad for that m at­
ter — can be a stressful, difficult 
time, and perhaps it's best not 
to complicate it w ith emotional 
issues. I'm not sure either of us 
were sold on this idea.

The tacos at Taco Deli are the 
best I've had since m oving to 
Austin in June, and their break­
fast m enu offers equally deli­
cious fare. I eventually finished 
my meal, but L.'s H appy Taco 
looked sad, sitting by itself, half­
eaten on a sheet of wax paper. I 
d o n 't know that anyone w ould 
order a "Heartbreak Taco," but it 
would be a good band name.

M o r e and m ore, I 
realize that jieople 
are the end result oj 
everything they've 

experienced.

A breakup is certainly not the 
w orst thing in the w orld — as 
a recent episode of NPR's "This 
A m erican Life" p o in te d o ut, 
"Breaking up w ith som eone is 
literally the most common thing 
[...] everyone you know broke 
up with everyone they ever dat­
ed." If the end of a relationship 
is the w orst thin g th a t's ever 
happened to you, you've led a 
charmed life.

Still, it isn't fun.
More and more, I realize that 
people are the end result of ev­
ery th in g th ey 'v e experienced. 
Over the course of our lunch to­
gether, L. and I agreed that, while 
b reakups alm ost alw ays hurt, 
they play a role in m olding us 
into the new, im proved people 
we eventually become.

Sometimes the Taco Deli of life 
serves up a Heartbreak Taco, and 
even forgets to p u t cheese on it. 
Next time, though, we know to 
order something else.

L&A BRIEFLY
Phelps to tell life story in book 
to be released in December

NEW YORK — Olympic super- 

star Michael Phelps will write a 
book telling the story behind his 
historic eight gold medal swims 
just in time for the holiday season, 
Free Press, an imprint of Simon & 
Schuster, announced Friday.

In "Built to Succeed," Phelps will

also cover his philosophy on train­
ing and competition, as well as his 
life being raised by a single mother 
and coping with an attention-defi- 
cit disorder, the publisher said.

The book is scheduled to be re­

leased in December.

Phelps, 23, became the win- 
ningest Olympian ever at this sum­
mer's Beijing games, winning eight 
golds to add to six previous Olym­
pic first-place victories He holds 
seven world records.

— The Associated Press

Jerry Seinfeld to join 
Gates in software ads 
geared toward youth

Microsoft will try to 
snag some o f Apples 
‘cool quotient9 in ads

By Jake Coyle
The Associated Press 

NEW YORK — Junior Mints, 
Yoo-hoo, D rake's Coffee Cakes, 
puffy shirts: These are all things 
Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed — at 
least as his alter ego on his clas­
sic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft 
software.

Seinfeld will be a key pitchman 
in a planned $300 million fall ad­
vertising cam paign for the soft­
ware giant, a person familiar with 
the plans confirmed to The Asso­
ciated Press on condition on ano­
nymity because the deal has not 
been formally announced.

The Wall Street Journal first re­
ported the plans. Citing people 
close to the situation, it report­
ed the cqmedian will be paid $10

million for appearing in ads with 
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.

It's Microsoft's latest move to 
try to capture som e of the cool 
quotient that rival Apple has ap­
peared to win so effortlessly.

But for younger consumers es­
pecially, can Seinfeld turn the im­
age tide for Microsoft?

"Seinfeld does represent sort 
of a challenge," said Brian Stein­
berg, television ed ito r for the 
w eekly a d v e rtisin g m agazine 
Ad Age. "H e's not Dane Cook. 
H e's got a m ore sophisticated 
everyday take on things. He of­
ten comes across as a questioner 
of conventional wisdom but also 
can be kind of a crank. It's a fine 
line to walk when you're dealing 
with a younger person."

Steinberg did point out that 
the firm p ro d u c in g the spo ts 
— C r i s p i n P o r t e r a n d Bo- 
guskv — is know n for creating

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