>iMi ■C M l SQId’ítí iL£ ¡ K S '¿AM w'iiiOHOiw ss > x f h h < < * * f IVLIH2H ! X 4 f * * * exuiDii opens at Bullock Museum FOCUS PAGE8A Office Supply Psych 101 WORLD&NATiON PAGE 3A EU opens talks with Turkey SPORTS PAGE1B Longhorns start OU preparations T h e Da il y T e x a n Serving The University o f Texas at Austin co m m un ity since 1900 w w w .dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, O ctobe r 4, 2005 Bush nominates new justice Bush chooses White House counsel with no judicial experience By Marjon Rostami Daily Texan Staff President Bush nominated his White House counsel and former personal lawyer, Harriet Miers, to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. If confirmed, Miers will replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a key swing voter on the court who retired in July after 24 years of service. In his speech Monday at the W hite House, President Bush described Miers as "exceptionally well-suited" and "an outstanding addition to the Supreme Court." On July 19, President Bush nominated appellate federal court judge John Roberts to fill O 'C onnor's seat. When Chief Justice William Rehnquist died Sept. 3, Bush elevated Roberts' nomination to occupy Rehnquist's vacancy. Miers advised Bush on that decision. If appointed to the court, Miers will replace a justice who was often seen as a swing voter. Miers has not yet expressed her posi­ tion on key issues. Deece Eckstein, director of People For the American Way- Texas, a liberal group, said he was concerned about Miers' stance on issues such as civil rights, pri­ vacy, reproductive rights and the criminal justice system. "She is somebody who literally has almost no record whatsoever in terms of temperament or phi­ losophy," Eckstein said. "The real problem is that people don't real­ ize how pervasive the reach of the Supreme Court is. For decades to come, young people will spend the majority of their lives living with the decisions of the court of which Harriet Miers may sit." Sarah Wheat, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, said Miers pushed for the American Bar Association to drop their pro- choice position when she head­ ed the Dallas Bar Association. The association did not return a phone call on Monday. A Texas native, Miers Miers continues on page 7 A President Bush listens as W hite House counsel Harriet Miers speaks from the Oval Office. Bush nom inated her the Supreme Court on Monday. Ron E dm onds 1 A sso cia te d Press Raising Austin to new heights M B DeLay indicted with new charge Texas grand jury adds money laundering By April Castro The Associated Press A Texas grand jury on Monday indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on a charge of money laundering, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporar­ ily step down as House majority leader. a ^ t^ accused y , n contributions by Tom DeLay tu nneling m oney the through the DeLay-founded Texans for a Republican Majority Political the A ction C om m ittee Republican National Committee in Washington. The RNC then sent back like amounts to distrib­ ute to Texas candidates in 2002, the indictment alleges. to The money laundering charge was the first action from a new Travis County grand jury, which started its term Monday. It came just hours after D eLay's attor­ neys filed a motion to dismiss the case. that The motion was based on the the conspiracy argum ent charge against DeLay was based on a law that wasn't effective until 2 0 0 3 , the year after the alleged money transfers. "Since the indictment charges no offense, and since you have professed not to be politically motivated in bringing this indict­ ment, I request that you imme­ the diately agree indictment so that the political consequences can be reversed," attorney Dick DeGuerin wrote in a letter to Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle. to dismiss D eL ay's associates, John Colyandro of Austin and Jim Ellis of Washington, were each indicted on a money laundering charge last week. Money laundering is a charge under the criminal code, not the election code. "Ronnie Earle has stooped to a new low with his brand of pros­ ecutorial abuse," DeLay said in a prepared statement. "H e is try­ ing to pull the legal equivalent of a 'do-over' since he knows very well that the charges he brought against me last week are totally Delay continues on page 5A Left to right, Rorick Rivas, Ruben Lopez and Julio Ramirez w ork on the construction of Contessa D orm itory East on M onday afternoon on Rio Grande Street in West Campus. The apartm ents will be four stories tall w ith a park­ ing garage underneath w hen finished. Chelcey Adam i D a ily Texan Staff Rapid, vertical growth o f West Campus, East Austin multifamily housing result o f recent zoning reforms By Ricardo Lozano Daily Texan Staff Austin's landscape is chang­ ing: Condos and apartments are rising in West Campus, East Austin and dow ntow n, and developers are dealing with issues such as student rent and the possibility of pushing out longtime residents. "T h e m ore p eo p le you can bring in the b etter," said Taylor A ndrew s, a developer constru cting a 40-story resi­ dential cond o in dow ntow n Austin. New housing and retail space and better streets are planned by developers over the next few years. Geared toward students, young working couples and new' families, Austin's housing boom could have an explosive and divisive impact. West Campus The area w est of the University has seen more con­ struction and development in the last few months than it has in the last 20 years. D ev elo p ers have u su a l­ ly neglected West C am pus' older build ings and student dw ellings becau se of strict zoning guidelines. Last y ear's revised neighborhood plan raised h eigh t re strictio n s, causing d evelopers to seek profits through new d evelop­ ment. There are plans to con­ struct buildings up to 15 sto­ ries tall at least 40 feet from Lam ar Boulevard and at least Condos continues on page 2A State, UT clash on tuition bill OU suicide did not aim to harm others Financial aid compared to expenses 62,000 middle-income Texas students should have received aid By Kathy A d a m s _______ Daily Texan Staff Although the state auditor's office and the University don't agree on how financial aid com ­ ing from tuition increases should be distributed, they do agree on one thing: The law deregulating tuition needs to be clarified. The debate continues over how universities should calculate which students receive priority for financial aid raised from tuition increases. For middle-income students, the non-loan aid Is not sufficient to cover tuition and fees and, according to HB 3015, should be supplemented by money set aside from tuition increases. For low-income stu­ dents, the non-loan aid exceeds the cost of tuition an fees. Father says student under investigation ran out o f optimism By Kathy Adams Daily Texan Staff One missing bench, a patch of lightly singed grass and a few broken windows were the only indications Monday of the suicide that occurred on the University of Oklahoma campus during a football game Saturday evening, when a bomb exploded about a from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. football-field's length One person was killed dur­ the explo­ ing sion, and no one nearby was injured, said FBI spokesman Gary Johnson. Joel Henry Hinrichs III The FBI is still i n v e s t i g a t i n g the incident, but suspects that the body recovered near Cross Hail, the university's botany-microbi- ology building, was that of 21- year-old Joel Henry Hinrichs III. Hinrichs was an engineering junior at OU and a member of the Triangle Fraternity for Scientists, Engineers and Architects. Colorado Springs, Colo., said his son did not intend to hurt any­ one and should not be associated with suicide bombers who try to frighten or harm people. He committed suicide in an open area of campus because he knew it would be a violent explosion, Hinrichs said. "H e wanted there to be no question. He didn't want to live through it, so he used as much as he could carry " Hinrichs said. "H e took pains so nobody would be frightened and nobody would be harmed because he didn't have any ill will in his heart; he just ran out of optim ism." His father, Joel Hinrichs Jr. of 0 U continues on page 2A Tuition Non-loan Tuition Non-loan and Fees Aid Mkktie-lncome Families and Fees Low-income Families Aid According to a state audit released Sept. 7, 62,1% middle- income students in Texas should have received aid from tuition increase revenue set aside from fall 2004 to spring 2005, but did not. This number includes 6,397 Source: Texas State Auditor's Office UT-Austin students. 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For more details on your graduate fair, please visit: w w w .g s e .u p e n n .e d u / a d m l s s i o n s _ f i n a n ( i a l / e v c n t $ .p h p Condos: Cityscape changing 60 feet away from the street along G uadalupe Street. Austin developer Simmons- three Vedder and Co. has buildings u n der construction and four in the w orks over the next three years, the most projects of any West C am pus builder. The seven projects will bring in 722 units and 50,000 square feet of retail. John M cKinnerney of Simmons-Vedder, said a lot of the housing was built in the 1980s, so much of it is old and not well-kept. Along with the new apart­ ments, the new zoning regu­ lations demand stricter design guidelines, including wider sidewalks and new light fixtures and trees. Despite the high number of apartment complexes coming to the area, McKinnerney sees enough demand to meet the increased supply. McKinnerney said there are only 6,600 beds on campus and 12.000 beds in the surrounding area. He said another 32,000 stu­ dents have to either ride the bus or commute. "How many students out of 55.000 want to live within walk­ ing distance?" McKinnerney said. East Austin The search for closer and more affordable housing has caused a surge of mixed-income resi­ dents into East Austin, which in turn has spurred a development boom. But developers have not had the same broad welcome they received in downtown and West Campus. Frances Martinez, president of the Barrio Unido Neighborhood Association, said she is happy with new Villas on Sixth Street. The developer has worked with the community to incorporate some of its ideas, including a community meeting center and a YMCA. The 76-year-old East Austin resident, who lives in a house that belonged to her grandmoth­ er, said she is still scared of being forced out by rising property values. "It is a very real threat, and a lot of people like me are retired and living on fixed incomes," Martinez said. Affordable housing advocate People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources has compiled a survey of East Austin homes that suggests the slow gen- trification of the area as property taxes increase because of devel­ opment. They have requested a 90-day hold on condominium development in East Austin from the Austin City Council. PODER director Susana Almanza says the hold will give them the opportunity to see what the development is doing to people who have lived there their whole lives. "They'll see how they're driv­ ing people out. Seventy per­ cent of last year's foreclosures happened here in East Austin/' Almanza said. The Saltillo Lofts on Comal and Fifth streets, where 38 units will be complete in three months, are participating the city's affordable housing pro­ gram. In this case, 12 of the units will be designated affordable housing. The Saltillo Lofts have already sold or leased 30 of their units for December m ove-in. A proposed com ­ m uter rail stop is across the street, and retail stores will m ake up the first floor of the complex. East End P artners dev el­ oper Larry W arshaw said that as an East A ustin resident this is w hat he w ants to see. W arshaw said the d evelop­ m ent will im prove the area and the neighborhood asso­ ciation of East Cesar Chavez has endorsed the project. PODER, however, said it feels the affordable housing pro­ gram still undercuts the poorest of the working class and will force them out regardless of how "affordable" the housing may be in name. Warshaw said it's harder for developers to price affordable housing any lower because of increasing land and construc­ tion costs. "No one can afford to build lose money," housing and Warshaw said. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Low 5 7 H igh 9 0 Your mama rides a bike in the middle of the night without a flashlight. 0U: FB I has no comment on case From pagel A Hinrichs said his son Joel was very bright and "always interest­ ed in anything technical." He was lively and outgoing, but had a dif­ ficult time forming relationships with people his age, he said. "He realized that the things that energize your life were not pres­ ent in his," Hinrichs said. "He looked at death through the end of a telescope and said, 'That's my entire future, why not go there now?"' Hinrichs spoke with his son on the phone three or four weeks prior to his death and through e-mails. Joel did not tell his father that anything was wrong, but he had told his two brothers some of his problems, Hinrichs said. Joel, the youngest in his family, had two brothers and two sisters. As the investigation continued, police officers were seen on the OU campus Monday picking up the last bits of evidence from the grass, said Riley Harmon, an art freshman at OU. OU President David Boren said during a press conference Sunday that Hinrichs had a history of emotional problems. He declined to comment further out of respect for the Hinrichs family, said OU spokesman Blake Rambo. The roughly 35 students who were evacuated from Parkview Apartm ents, w here Hinrichs lived, and from nearby Ashley Apartments on Sunday morning returned home by Monday after­ noon, said Sooner Hotel employ­ ees. OU covered the cost of their hotel stay, Rambo said. The apartm ents, which are located within walking distance of campus, were evacuated at 7 a.m. Sunday because of a possible connection with Saturday's explo­ sion. The FBI refused to comment on the results of the search. 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Africans tear down fence bordering Morocco and Spain MELILLA, Spain — Hundreds of Africans tore dow n sections of a high-security fence on the border between Morocco and a Spanish enclave, fighting with police as they poured across the frontier M on d ay in the biggest wave of immigrants seeking a foothold in Europe. The pre-dawn surge left dozens of men bloodied and limping, and embarrassed a governm ent relying on new, higher barriers to keep out undocum ented immigrants seek­ ing to escape the grinding poverty of sub-Saharan Africa. Officials said an estimated 650 people tried to cross, and about 350 succeeded in the frenzied rush into Melilla, a small, crowded, centuries-old Spanish enclave on Morocco's northern coast. Police on both sides of the border were overwhelmed. About 135 immigrants were injured, as were seven police officers. NATION BRIEF _ Investigators look for cause of boat accident, 20 killed LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The pas­ sengers aboard a tour boat that capsized on Lake George, killing 20 people, were sitting in portable, plastic seats that slid sharply to one side of the vessel just before it flipped over, authorities said Monday. Wayne Bennett, State Police superintendent, said that investi­ gators do not know what initially caused the Ethan Allen to tip. But he said survivors reported that the unfastened plastic benches m oved rapidly to one side before the boat went over in the chilly mountain lake Sunday. The captain of the 40-foot glass- enclosed boat told authorities it was hit by waves from at least one other vessel and turned over as he tried to steer out of them, authori­ ties said earlier M onday.The boat flipped so fast that none of the 47 passengers — all senior citizens, most of them from Michigan — could put on a life jacket. Compiled from Associated Press reports W o r l d & N a tio n T h e D a i l y T e x a n 3A Tuesday, O c to b e r 4, 2005 EU agrees to open talks with Turkey By Robert Wielaard __ The Associated Press LUXEM BOURG — Turkey and the European Union agreed Monday to start membership talks — a historic step that would trans­ form the bloc by taking in a pre­ dominantly Muslim nation and expanding the EU's borders to the Middle East. Turkish Foreign M inister Abdullah Gul said before leaving for Luxembourg that his country had agreed to the EU's terms for opening the negotiations. He ear­ lier had delayed his departure, insisting Turkey could not accept second-class status in the EU. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish offi­ cials had spent about four and a half hours analyzing a frame­ work document agreed upon by EU foreign ministers following two days of intense negotiations in Luxembourg. Gul said there was “intense diplomacy" on behalf of Turkey from the United States, the United Nations, and Arab states. He thanked the Arab league for mak­ ing a call on EU to act fairly toward Turkey. “After the negotiations start, the whole world will benefit," he said. "God willing, it will be benefi­ cial." Austria had been resisting the bid by Turkey to join the EU, demanding the EU grant Ankara something short of full member­ ship in case it cannot meet all membership obligations. Opening membership talks requires the unanimous approval of all 25 EU governments. Diplomats said Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik had final­ ly relented, accepting language in the negotiating rules that state unambiguously that "the shared objective of the negotiations is [Turkey's] accession." Failure to start the membership talks would be seen as a serious blow to the credibility of the EU, which made Turkey an associate member in 1963 with the prospect of future membership. This year, the bloc saw its proposed consti­ tution collapse when Dutch and French voters rejected it, while a nasty spat between France and Britain over EU funding in June left it without a budget for the 2007-13 period. The issue of EU member Cyprus — which Turkey refuses to recog­ nize — complicated matters. A French diplomat said Cyprus demanded stronger language in the negotiating mandate to ensure Turkey does not use international organizations to hinder Cyprus. In the past, Ankara has vetoed EU-NATO m ilitary exercises involving Cyprus, where Turkey props up a renegade Turkish Cypriot state that no other country recognizes. Cypriot officials denied they sought additional demands. Turkey belongs to NATO, but A billboard o u tsid e the E urop ea n U n io n fore ign m inister's center in L u x e m b o u rg calls o n the EU no t to talk with Turkey. Yves L ogghe | Associated Press its shaky human rights and poor economic past have kept it from becoming a full EU member. In recent years, Turkey has implemented key political and economic reforms, and now wants the EU to make good on its prom­ ise to bring it into the bloc. The EU's 24 other foreign min­ isters spent eight hours Sunday trying to sway Plassnik to endorse a negotiating mandate for Turkey. A N A LYSIS Bush gambles that Miers will be smart, safe choice By Ron Fournier The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Som e liber­ als call it cronyism. Some conser­ vatives call it a betrayal. President Bush is gambling that it will prove smart and safe — choosing a lit­ tle-known loyalist with no judi­ cial experience to fill a second Supreme Court vacancy. Harriet Miers seems destined for confirmation. Despite howls from the fringes of both parties, Democratic and Republican strat­ egists expect her to take a seat alongside newly minted Chief Justice John Roberts barring a sur­ prise development. It's a good sign for Bush and his attomey-tumed-nominee when the first words from Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid are these: “I like Harriet Miers." It helps that Republicans hold 55 of the Senate's 100 seats. It helps that Bush bowed to pres­ sure and nominated a woman. Artem us Ward, a Northern Illinois University political science professor, said the public will be suspicious of Miers' lack of service on the bench. Still, he called the nomination a smart move. "You try to pick a nominee that Democrats won't be able to criti­ cize as much because they are a woman or a minority," he said. In strictly political terms, it doesn't matter. With 51 votes required for confirmation, Bush just needs to keep GOP senators in line and avoid a bruising politi­ cal fight. "Conservatives should be very happy with this selection," said Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society. But many social conservatives are unhappy. They had demand­ ed a certified conservative with a long, written record in opposition to abortion and gay rights and in line with Justices Thomas and Antonin Scalia. Public Advocate called her selection "a betrayal of the con­ servative, pro-family voters" who put Bush in the White House. On the Internet, the w ritings of social conservatives dripped with criticism and skepticism . "W here is our Scalia/T h o m as?" w rote a blogger on redstate.org con firm them .com . Several and b lo g g ers about Miers donating to A1 G ore's 1988 presidential cam paign. com p lain ed White House defenders quickly took to the same blogs and noted that Miers had fought to reverse an abortion-rights stand taken by the American Bar Association. As with Roberts, who breezed to confirmation, Bush is counting on his supporters to trust his judg­ ment. Polls show strong support for the president among conserva­ tives, even as some other voters turn away. Southeast Asia on high alert, Indonesia on the hunt By Chris Brummitt _____ The Associated Press BALI, Indonesia — Investigators on Monday hunted for the two suspected masterminds of suicide bombings on the resort island of Bali as Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and other nations went on high alert to pro­ tect their beaches from a repeat of the weekend attacks. Newspapers published graphic photographs of the three alleged bom bers' severed heads, evi­ dence that investigators hope will lead them to the two Malaysians believed to have plotted Saturday's attacks at crowded restaurants that killed at least 22 people and wounded 104, including six Americans. will recognize the faces and call us," police Brig. Gen. Sunarko Dami Artanto told reporters as he released tw o hot line num ­ bers. “It will help us speed up the investigation." The men suspected of master­ minding the attacks — Azahari bin Hus in and Noordin Mohamed Top — allegedly are key figures in Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional Islamic militant group with links to al-Qaida that is blamed for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreigners. security Indonesia's level was raised to “top alert" after Saturday's attacks, with two-thirds of the vast archipelago's 300,000 police on standby, national police spokesman Maj. Gen. Aryan to Budihardjo said. " It is our hope that people Security was increased around and embassies am bassadors' residences in the capital, Jakarta, and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered the city's 11 million residents to re-register with authorities. Yudhoyono has warned that terrorists could be planning more strikes in the world's most populous Muslim nation. The explosions occurred within six minutes on the busiest night of the week. Indonesian anti-terror official Maj. Gen. Ansyaad Mbai said investigators hoped to iden­ tify the bombers within days. Authorities have enlisted the help of a former Jemaah Islamiyah operative to help track down the suspects. Nasir Abbas, who has testified against former colleagues in trials, arrived on Bali two hours after the blasts, working as an informant. Balinese p eople w alk past the w re ck ag e of a b o m b e xp lo sio n at an o u t ­ d o o r cafe on a Jim baran Beach, Bali, In d o n e sia on M o n d a y. A series of e x p lo sio n s rocked three restaurants, killing 19 and injuring a b o u t 100. Ed Wray | Associated Press ITS HARDER 10 BECOME A CHIPOTLE TOMATO THAN GETTING INTO SOME COLLEGES. OKLAHOMA, fon example. Cl/upotte GOURMET BURRITOS & TACOS. Z2W ft GUADALUPE 4A Tuesday, O c to b e r 4, 2005 VIEWPOINT Eclipsing the Sunshine Award In the two weeks since we called on the Society of Professional Journalists to reconsider their awarding of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, not much has changed. Despite her unfa­ vorable treatment of student press freedoms, SPJ still plans to reward Madigan at its upcoming convention for her accomplish­ ments in the field of open government. We acknowledge that M adigan's accomplishments in this field are substantial. Through her actions as Illinois attorney general, she has truly championed the public's right to know. However, simply because Madigan is a proponent of one journalistic cause does not permit SPJ to overlook her neglect of another. Madigan is responsible for the current status of Hosty v. Carter, a court case with serious implications for student journal­ ists in the 7th Circuit and potentially nationwide. In 2001, student journalists at Governors State University in Illinois sued Dean Patricia Carter for requiring approval of the student-run newspaper by university administrators prior to its publications. Initially the lawsuit was a success for the students, but Madigan refused to let the argument die. She petitioned the court in July 2003 to rehear the case on Carter's behalf. An 11- judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed and the original decision was vacated. In June, the panel ruled against the students, approving cen­ sorship of some student-run publications by university admin­ istrators — all thanks to Lisa Madigan. Clearly Madigan is the wrong person to receive a major award from a major journalistic organization. Although she technically qualifies for the award because of her freedom of information work, these extenuating circumstances should disqualify her. The organization's refusal to revoke the award has led Margaret Hosty, a plaintiff in the lawsuit whom the Illinois attor­ ney general sided against, to create an online petition asking SPJ members to reconsider their decision to honor Madigan. We urge you to support Hosty's plight and sign the petition at: http://new.PetitionOnIine.com/SPJPleal/petition.html. As we've said before, Madigan may be a proponent of the freedom of information, but she is certainly no friend of a free press. She should not be honored as such. T H E FIR IN G LINE Localize and prioritize sports I wanted to call to your attention a gross oversight on the part of The Daily Texan sports staff and the paper in general. In the sports section on Oct. 3, there were three articles about the UT football team, a long article about the women's soccer team, a few blurbs about random NFL teams and a nice article about NASCAR in Texas. As a sports fan, I want to point out what was lacking. On Sunday, the Houston Astros (a baseball team, just FYI) beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4. This score was reported in The Daily Texan. However, it didn't mention that with this win, the Astros'regular season ended and they clinched a wild card berth for the second year in a row. Call me old-fashioned, but I consider this more newsworthy than a NASCAR event attended by 7,000 people. And not to belittle women's soccer, but did anyone actually read that whole article? It sure was long. Another thing I wanted to point out was that the New Orleans Saints, who have been displaced because of Hurricane Katrina, played in San Antonio on Sunday — a mere hour's drive away from here. Perhaps the space in "Sports Briefly" where you reported the Denver game could have been devoted to the adopted local team — or even to the Dallas Cowboys, w ho also don't play far from here. Heck, I don't think too many people would be disappointed if you took out the part about the Houston Texans. I know I wouldn't be — and I'm from Houston. D aniel Grysen Electrical engineering senior Innocent until proven guilty As a purely political question, there is nothing illegitimate about questioning DeLay's fitness for lead­ ership of the U.S. House majority, as Matthew Nickson does in his Oct. 3 column, "A chance for new ieader- ship."While no one dares to publicly doubt DeLay's right to a fair trial, the mere fact that the calls, including Nickson's calls for him to step dow n permanently, com e ex post facto to this indictment suggests a com ­ plete disregard for the presumption of innocence. Proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt — which inci­ dentally, is not just an American concept — is, as Nickson concedes, a cornerstone of the criminal justice system. So is the presumption of innocence. And it has to mean something, even if you disagree with his "Darwinism is the cause of the Columbine massacre" politics. Sailesh Rajan Third-year law student on exch ange from Australia Longwang not a bigger threat This past Sunday, Taiwan was hit by Typhoon Longwang, pack­ ing winds as high as 125 mph. It was the fourth hurricane to hit the island this season. Unlike Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, there was no chaotic mass evacuation, because there is no place to evacuate. There was no massive property damage because buildings are generally built above flood plains out of steel and con­ crete. There have been no fatalities, and there has been no impact on world economic markets that are terrified where their next high-tech gizmo will come from. Hurricanes Rita and Katrina would have been worldwide nonevents like Longwang if Texas and Louisiana had better laws about where and how poorly builders are allowed to build houses. Jesper M arklu nd M icrob iology graduate student ON THE WEB A d d itio n al Firing Lines were p oste d to d a y o n the W e b site at w w w .dailytexanonline.com . 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D a i l y T e x a n D iR rY PoLrncs G o lly . iV\R. hammer, what happened T o Y o u ? . spoke on campus Monday, is a recipient of the Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, which is recognized as Asia's equivalent to the Nobel Prize. The Austin chapters of the Association of India's Development and Asha for Education invited Pandey to speak and show a docu­ mentary at the University Monday night. The social activist, who spoke on campus Monday, is a recipient of the Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Pandev's central struggle has been against bottling plants in T h e D a i l y T f a a n www.dailytexanonline.com University Editor: Kristi Hsu Phone: (512) 232-2206 , is so destructive to the culture, com­ munity and environment. "Coke is not a product with which we cannot live," Pandey said. "Coke is something that is not essential." Kari Bjorhus, Coca-Cola spokes­ woman, said the company fosters economic development with jobs and taxes and makes products for the people in the community. "It doesn't make sense to go in and hurt the community," Bjorhus said. "The Coca-Cola Co. has one standard for environmental stew­ ardship around the world." In a country where water is so precious to the culture, it is not unusual for tins type of disagree­ ment between a company and environmental activists to occur, said Vijay Mahajan, marketing pro­ fessor at the University. "Both sides are right and both sides are wrong because whenever you have economic development in a country there are environmen­ tal concerns," Mahajan said. "There . i i i : ___ t needs to be mutual understanding between the parties." i . According to his research, a Coca-Cola plant produces 250,000 liters of soda per day and employs 500 workers. He said an individual producing and selling traditional drinks, such as buttermilk and lemon juice, can make 100 liters per day, and so it takes 2,500 workers to match Coca-Cola's 250,000 liters per day. "In order to employ 500 people, Coke has displaced 2,000 people," Pandey said. Pandey said plants that employ 500 workers have about 300 to 400 daily employees working without job security. According to Coca-Cola, a bot­ tling plant was commissioned for construction in Varanasi in 1999. Bjorhus said records from India's State Ground Water Department showed the pre-monsoon season water level in the aquifer near the plant was 7.05 meters (23.27 feet), which is the distance that I f f K i i i a ml i f ^ r i__ l below ground to the aquifer. In 2004, Bjorhus said the pre-mon­ soon water level rose to 6.75 meters (22.28 feet), which she said meant total water had also increased. Pandey disagreed with the water table findings provided by Coca- Cola. "They have influenced, fuzzed, the data," said Pandey, who said authentic data comes from local government and farmers. "If you go and ask tire farmers, they will tell you the water table has gone down." Pandey said Ram Jiyawan, a leader in the Panchayat, or village government, publicly admitted to media in November 2004 that the water table had gone down 50 feet in Varanasi while he was in office. Pandey said Jiyawan was later removed from office for let­ ting Coca-Cola build a portion of its Varanasi plant on common lands shared by the community. "The real culprit is Coca-Cola," ^ id Pandev. Sandeep Pandey speaks in Jester Auditorium on Monday about the social and environmental violations of the Coca-Cola Co. bottling plants in India. Daniel Feeser | Daily Texan Staff India, especially in the north central state of Varanasi. Currently, no law exists that regulates the use of groundwater below an individual's or a com­ pany's property, but Pandey said legislation is being worked on in India's parliament. Pandey said activists in India will not negotiate with Coca-Cola because its product Insider says media need focus on quality ABC political director: Integrity, truth essential for new journalism By Zachary Posner & M ark Yeh Daily Texan Staff Mark Halperin thinks journal­ ism needs to get serious. Halperin, ABC New s' political director, said he believes there will be an absence of credible news sources in the future as people becom e more dependent on newr, alternate media sourc­ es. A m ateur new's Web sites and bloggers have been gain­ ing increased readership, and H alperin said he feels those out­ lets are hurting the credibility of journalism. "People like opinionated news," Halperin said. While he credited new media with having certain benefits, such as providing checks on mainstream media, he said they are generally not objective, fair reporting. Others view Internet journalism as a positive force that may even­ tually improve credibility across all media. Associate professor of journalism Mark Tremayne said a grass-roots movement may even­ tually grow from the Internet to address issues of accountability in journalism. "People will desire quality jour­ nalism again at some point in the future," he said. Halperin, who worked as a researcher for Peter Jennings and covered President Clinton's past campaigns, discussed the current "People will desire quality journalism again at som e point in the future." M a r k T rem ayne, jo u r n a lism a sso c ia te p ro fe sso r "crisis in media" with UT fac­ ulty and students for two hours Monday. News networks such as ABC are struggling to gain viewership of their programs without losing their journalistic integrity, he said. "W e can be serious and still make money," he said. "A s long as we hire the best people and stay dedi­ cated to our ideals." Halperin cited two objectives as a journalist's most important goals in the profession. He said a journal­ ist should remain true to the prima­ ry ideal of holding powerful inter­ ests accountable for their action as society's "watchdogs." Also, he said, journalists need to make the stories compelling. "(Journalists] aren't performing their roles cor­ rectly," he said. Halperin cited his former col­ league Jennings in advising jour­ nalists to sim ply "p ut the journal­ ism back in it." He asked them to avoid "non- serious" articles about Paris Hilton or a "squirrel on roller skates." Halperin will speak tonight at 5 p.m. on the 10th floor of the LBJ Library on what candidates for the U.S. presidency need to do to win and govern in a politically divided nation. Mark Halperin, political director of ABC News, addresses faculty and stu­ dents in the College of Com m unication on Monday. 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Sponsored By: s Ttw Untvarslty of Tauw M Auatan Career Exploration Center A115Jester w w w u t e x a s . e d u / s t u d e n t / c e c . Get a taste of Dallas Seminary! “baristas” available on Wednesday, October 5 @ The University of Texas Texas Union Ballroom from 10 A.M. tO 3 P. DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Tuesday, October 4, 2005 N E W S UT grad campaigns door-to-door Lawyer begins work on Democratic bid for state Legislature B y P atrick G e o rg e D a ily T e x a n Staff When people ask Andy Brown about his first venture into politics, his response isn't a typical one. The Democratic candidate for House District 48 got his start back when he was in Cub Scouts. "I was about 11 or 12 when we went around our neighbor­ hood and handed out yard signs for Mayor Frank Cooksey," said Brown. "Alter that, I was hooked." Since then, Brown, a 32-year-old graduate of the UT School of Law, has worked as the campaign man­ ager for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and as an aide to former Texas Speaker of the House Pete Laney. Brown is now prepared to enter the spotlight on his own and hopes his grass-roots campaign will be effective in securing the election. His opponents, however, don't know if Brown has what it takes to defeat state Rep. Todd Baxter. Even if Brown wins the prima­ ry in March 2006, his opponent, Baxter, has been known to run smear campaigns against his oppo­ nents, said Democrats experienced with Austin politics. "When Todd Baxter campaigns, he goes on the attack," said Kelly White, who was defeated by Baxter in 2004. "He calls you a lying lib­ eral, makes you look like you want tax hikes, takes bad pictures of you, then coats the town with attack mail." In 2004, the race between Baxter and White turned negative when both sides used insulting mail advertisements. Baxter's wife later attacked White in an e-mail, calling her a "lying, male-hating liberal." Baxter defeated White by 147 votes after a recount. Baxter was unavailable for com­ ment. For the Democratic primary, Brown is up against former Austin Independent School District board President Kathy Rider and former 7A Students prepare for hunting season By Robert K leem an D aily T ex an Staff It's October, and Matt Ray is locked and loaded. Hunting season has arrived and the economics freshman will be spending many of his weekends in the next few months in Texas' wild areas hunting deer, doves and turkeys. Some UT students are already in the thick of the sport, while others are preparing for weekend family trips. The season typically lasts from Aug. 1 to late January. Dove season begins in early August, and duck and deer seasons usual­ ly begin in late September or early October to early November, said Joe McBride, owner of McBride's Guns in Austin. The seasons' beginning and ending dates are determined by when the game are most common and by breeding season in a par­ ticular region of the state. Ray said shooting a deer is the most rewarding part of hunting. "It's pretty exciting when you see a deer run out — it's almost like a pinnacle," he said. "It's like practicing for a football game and then actually playing it and win­ ning. There's a sense of accom­ plishment." Coleman Dudley, an engineer­ ing senior, gets up at 4:30 a.m. when he goes hunting in New Braunfels and Abilene. He said he doesn't kill animals unless he plans to eat them. He averages four to five deer per season. Amanda Crittenden, an eco­ nomics senior, has hunted for three years, and she takes a differ­ ent approach to the sport. She said that although she grew up with a family of hunters, her boyfriend introduced her to archery. She prefers bow hunt­ ing to rifle hunting, because she believes it requires greater skill. Her family first took her rifle hunting when she was 12 years old, but she didn't like it at first. "When you rifle hunt, you're in a box, and you don't move that much," she said. "When you're bow hunting, you're covered from head to toe in camouflage and any move you make could scare off a deer. You're right there, and you can touch them." Crittenden said that although she sees few other women when she goes hunting, she is not both­ ered. She recommends that other women try hunting. "You have to be rough and tough, but I'm used to being around guys," she said. "You always barbecue and drink beer. It's like camping, and you ride four-wheelers and have a great time." Miers: Senate unsure how she will rule From pagel A graduated Southern from Methodist University in 1970, and two years later was the first female hired at the Dallas law firm Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell. In 19%, she became the first female presi­ dent of the firm. When the firm merged with a major Houston firm, Miers became co-manager partner of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP. Karin Torgerson, a partner with Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, called Miers a "lawyer's lawyer who truly loves and respects the law." Miers was the first female presi­ dent of the Dallas Bar Association in 1985 and the first female presi­ dent of the State Bar of Texas in 1992. She was hailed one of the nation's 100 most powerful attor­ neys by the National Law Journal on numerous occasions. UT School of Law graduate A n dy Brown attends the University Dem ocrats' m eeting on W ednesday to prom ote his cam paign for Texas state representative in the 2006 election. Texas Rep. Elliot Naishtat, D-Austin, right, also Shannon Sibayan | Daily Texan Staff attended the m eeting. "I want to bring ethics back to the Texas Legislature/' Andy Brown, Democratic candidate for House District 48 nurse and Eanes Independent School District board member Donna Howard. White works as the treasurer for Howard's campaign. While she thinks Brown is a good campaign­ er, she thinks Howard would be better for the Legislature. "There's not enough distinction between Andy and Todd Baxter," White said. "They're both young, white, male attorneys with lots of friends already in politics. I'd rather support the move to get more women into elected office." While Brown's vigorous grass­ roots campaign impresses some Austin political insiders, others doubt that his nice-guy approach will be enough to overtake Baxter. Harvey Kronberg, editor and publisher of The Quorum Report, has a different opinion. "The Austin establishment will probably prefer Howard since she's a woman, but nobody should underestimate Andy Brown," Kronberg said. "He's been persis­ tent and visible in his campaign." Brown currently works as an attorney at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, working in intellectu­ al property litigation. An Austin native, Brown said he enjoys coun­ try music, swimming and competi­ tive tae kwon do, in which he has a black belt. Brown has spent the last four months walking the neighbor­ hoods of his district, knocking on the doors of more than 1,000 homes and spreading his campaign message. He has raised more than $70,000 in contributions and has gathered more than 200 signatures for the petition he will need to reg­ ister for the primary election and waive the application fee. The peti­ tion requires 500 signatures. "I want to bring ethics back to the Texas Legislature," Brown said. "We need to close tax loopholes so that corporations will contribute to school finance as well as citizens. Too many big businesses can get around paying taxes if they have enough lawyers, time and money." Brown remains critical of the Legislature's failure to resolve the problem of school finance in 2004 and 2005. "This is the Republican Party at work," Brown said. 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TX Tuesday, O ctober 4, 2005 8A Focus What does your office say about you? www.dailytexanonline.com Features Editor: Rachel Pearson E-mail: features@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 471-8616 T h e D a i l y T e x a n Professor says personal space gives insight into character By Kelsey Wilkinson Daily Texan Staff Associate professor of psychol­ ogy Sam Gosling has spent a lot of time in other people's bedrooms — and offices. Gosling recently published a paper called "A Room With a Cue: Personality Judgments Based on Offices and Bedrooms." In that paper, Gosling discusses what a person ^ office says about him or her. The big open windows in UT President Larry Faulkner's office, for example, suggest that Faulkner is an open, accessible administra­ tor. The books of poetry and the artwork he displays represent his creative personality. Every office is a window into its inhabitant's personality, Gosling writes. He explains that we can't rely only on how clean an office is to judge the occupant's per­ sonality, and identifies five char­ acter traits that can be revealed: extroversion/introversion, agree- ableness, conscientiousness, emo­ tional stability and openness to experiences. The clues Gosling relies on in his paper are merely generaliza­ tions; they may not directly cor­ relate with a person's character. However, Gosling's research can be useful for in informal survey of the personalities behind the desks here at the University. Diagnosing mess Dave Laude, associate dean of the College of Natural Sciences, has arranged all the photographs on his desk to face outward for the viewing pleasure of visitors to his office. "This is a distinct charac­ teristic of someone with an extro­ verted personality," says Gosling. Laude's office reveals extrover­ sion on many levels, from the open doors of his office to the Student Governm ent President Omar Ochoa's desk indicates that he is messy, but not necessarily a messy worker, according to a study by Sam Gosling, an associate professor of psychology. bowls of candy that sit on his secretary's desk. Gosling says that the environ­ ments people create contain two kinds of objects: identity claims and behavioral residue. Identity claims are intentionally placed there by the inhabitant. They can be trinkets or statements made for personal value or reflection, or they can be objects that aim to express directly to others how the object's owner views himself or herself. Behavioral residue is the unin­ tentional display of a person's character, such as clutter. Color and brightness are thought to indicate how kind or sympathetic someone may be. Executive Vice President and Provost Sheldon Eckland-Olson's office is an example; Eckland- Olson has a display of brightly painted Mexican masks covering a significant portion of his book­ shelves. Conscientiousness, or how orga­ nized, time-oriented or prepared employees may be, is also vis­ ible through their work area. Both extremes of organization exist on the UT campus. Art Education professor Jarvis Ulbricht has files of art magazines arranged chron­ ologically from 1964 and draw­ ers of neatly color-coded folders of information on students and staff members. Ulbricht also has a drawer-full of immaculate scrap paper that he says he cut into strips himself. Student body president Omar Ochoa's office is at the other extreme. It contains a sleeping bag, small mountains of paperwork and textbooks from last semester. Ochoa also has a chess set on which he plays with visitors, two small trophies on his desk and his Texas Cowboys outfit, complete with chaps, hanging on a hatrack. Ochoa says he spends 50 hours a week in his office. "Sometimes I just stay the night here," he said. However, having a messy office doesn't necessarily mean you're a messy worker. "You may want your lawyer to be very organized and have a clean desk, but if you are meet­ ing with someone, perhaps from advertising, you would want their desk to be covered in papers and ideas that represent his ability to be creative," explained Gosling. Rank is also a factor in organi­ zation, as people with higher rank generally have someone else to do their filing. How emotionally stable or stressed a person is can be evident in their work space. And an office can also showcase someone's openness to new experiences. UT librarian Dorothy Camer's office decorations consist of only a few bits of longhorn memo­ rabilia and family photos. This could indicate that her person­ ality is more conservative, since she doesn't venture out into more office decorations. When it comes to a person­ al living space, "Everything got where it is, because someone put it there," said Gosling. "What we want to look at is what is there and how it is working in that space." UT student’s dog shot by Williamson County deputy Officer says dog tried to attack; owner says dog wanted to play By Jimmie Collins Daily Texan Staff Kristen Butler was in her liv­ ing room the afternoon of Sunday Sept. 4, when she heard three gunshots in her front yard. Butler bolted to the front door and called for her two pets, pit bulls named Trixie and Gauge, who had gotten out of the gate. The 1 -year-old dogs rushed to the door, Butler said, when a Williamson County deputy shot Gauge in the head, killing him instantly. Afterward, the officer told her to clean up the remains at the end of her Georgetown driveway. "I didn't expect to wake up and clean up my dog's blood and brain matter off the driveway," said Butler, a sociology senior. According to police, the deputy was responding to three emer­ gency calls from neighbors claim­ ing Butler's pit bulls were running around the neighborhood trying to attack people. One caller said her husband was nearly attacked by the dogs three times, but he fought them off with a shovel he had on hand because he was landscaping. When Deputy R. Travis arrived at the scene, he claimed to have seen the dogs attacking the same man, Mike Canee liare. Cancellare told police the dogs seemed unfazed by the shovel he swung at them. Travis said he called dispatch and asked for animal control. According to the police report, Travis then picked up his county-issued shot­ gun and exited his vehicle. Deborah Besch, an Austin vet­ erinarian, said people who know dog behavior could have looked at Trixie and Gauge's ears and tails and automatically known if they were being playful or aggressive. Besch said pit bulls have gotten a bad reputation because of own­ ers who raised the dogs with the wrong intentions. Pit bulls have been used for fights, as guard dogs or just kept chained up in the back­ yard with no human socialization. "Most people who are not as familiar with dogs see a big dog running toward them and think it's attacking," she said. The witnesses Butler said the dogs were prob­ ably trying to play with her neigh­ bors, not attack them. "I've never seen the dogs display any aggression, and they love to play with children," she said. Butler said she often played tag in the backyard with Trixie and Gauge, a game that trained them to chase after and catch her. Instead of a fun game of tag, her neighbors believed the dogs were charging at them and decided to call the police, said Butler. Travis said in the report that the dogs began charging at him when they saw him get out of his car. "When the dog? got to between 5 and 10 feet of me, I fired two shots at them in quick succession, at a downward angle so as not to hit any homes," he said in the report. Travis said he fired another sin­ gle shot that killed the dog instant­ ly. From the time Travis got out of his car to the time of Gauge's death, less than a minute and a half had passed, the report said. According to Butler, the dogs had escaped three times before through a hole in the fence, but she never heard any complaints from neighbors, and the dogs always came back. "I never had neighbors talk to me or my boyfriend personally," Butler said, "they just called the police." Butler and her boyfriend Richard Stanley came out of their home when they realized what had hap­ pened to their dog. According to the police report, Stanley began yelling at Travis and calling him a murderer. "I attempted to explain to Mr. Stanley that his dogs had been run­ ning loose and were being aggres­ sive toward several people, includ­ ing myself, which required me to shoot it," Travis said. Stanley continued to yell that the officer and said the dogs only wanted to play, the report said. Witness statements in the police report concur with the officer's statement, saying the dogs were being aggressive, and Travis was forced to shoot Gauge. The officer's in-car video system was not acti­ vated, and he turned on the audio system only when he began talking to Stanley. After Gauge's death, another deputy wrote four citations: one for the dogs not wearing rabies tags, one for not wearing county registration tags and two for not complying with the local leash law. The officer also required Butler and her boyfriend to clean up the dog's remains. Butler took dish soap out and scrubbed the driveway clean after the officer said he would write another citation if she didn't com- ply. traumatic enough," "It was Butler said. Two days later, Butler decided to move out of Georgetown. The paperwork Eight days after the incident, Butler and Stanley were informed by another officer, Deputy J. Saffel, that Trixie would be under close watch for the next 18 months. Because the pit bulls had run around the neighborhood together, they were classified as having a possible "pack mentality," suggest­ ing Trixie could be as aggressive as officers and neighbors believed Gauge was, according to the police reports. "All dogs have a pack mentality when they're running around with other dogs," said Besch. Trixie was placed on a "poten­ in list" tially dangerous dog Georgetown. "If there are no more incidents with her ever getting loose again, then she will be taken off," Saffel explained to Stanley, according to the report. "However, if she does "Pit bulls aren't all aggressive, just like chi­ huahuas aren't all sweet." Deborah Besch, Austin veterinarian get loose and is in violation of restraint law, then we will proceed with declaring her 'dangerous.'" Butler's decision to move out of Georgetown was made more diffi­ cult because of Trixie's designation as potentially dangerous. The deputy told Butler that when she's ready to move she must con­ tact the department, which would then get in touch with the local animal control center in the area where she decides to move. The new animal control center would be informed of the incident, and Trixie would be placed on their list. potentially dangerous dog According to county laws, owners of a potentially dangerous dogs have to submit their change of address in writing at least 15 days before their move. If Trixie's status is ever upgraded to "dangerous," Butler and Stanley will have to purchase $100,000 liability insurance, pay a registra­ tion fee for a dangerous dog and buy a "locked fence/pen/struc­ ture that the dog must be kept in at all times," according to the report. Williamson County law also requires that a dangerous dog is muzzled and on a cable or chain leash with the strength to hold 1,000 pounds that is no longer than six feet. Dangerous dogs are not allowed in public parks and are required to be spayed or neutered. If Trixie is put on the dangerous dog list, Butler and Stanley will have to place a visible sign at every entrance to their property declar­ ing, "Beware of Dangerous Dog." In Travis County, the laws are similar. Across the state, if a dog is labeled dangerous, the owner must register the dog as such, keep it confined and purchase insurance. Austin laws require dangerous dog owners to take out $500,000 liability insurance, five times that required in Williamson Coynty. While there is a perception that pit bulls are qll mean and ready to tear throats out, Besch said that is not always the case. "Most of the pit bulls we see in our office are some of the sweet­ est dogs we've ever come across," Besch said. Pit bulls, Besch said, are often seen as dangerous because when they do attack, the force is deadly. "They have so much strength in their jaws," she said. Pit bulls aren't all aggressive, just like chihuahuas aren't all sweet. "Chihuahuas bite all the time, but no one thinks anything of it because they aren't strong enough to hurt someone," she said. Commg tomorrow: A preview ofTexas volleyball's clash with the Aggies w w w .dailytexanonline.com Sports Editor: Ben Cutrell E-mail: sp orts@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 T h e D a i l y T e x a n SECTION B Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Hines, father swing with the breakfast club Freshman golfer starred in first event for the Longhorns By Jason Billingslea D aily Texan Staff Texas golfer Caney Hines learned at an early age that free breakfast can change your life. "When I was six, I went to the course to drive the golf cart for my dad and to get some free breakfast from the club, and one day I picked up a club and loved it," said Hines. Hines, a freshman on the Texas women's golf t e a m , has. loved, golf ever since. She has landed herself a spot on one of-the top golf teams in the nation, and has used the sport she loves to make a best friend — her dad. "There is no better way to get to know your kid than golf," said Caney's father, Mike Hines. "You get to spend, a lot of one- on-one time with them when you play together." Mike took Caney to her ¡first tournament when she W a s 8 years old, where she placed second. XJpset with her perfor­ mance, she realized she wanted to pursue playing golf later in life, but would only admit her dream to her dad. "She, always wanted to play golf a! tlT but-she was Scared she wasn't good enough," said Mike. Mike recognized her talent and started taking Caney to week­ ly golf lessons. He knew if she wanted to play collegiate golf she had to focus during lessons, and he pushed her to do well in tournaments, but still managed to stay on the good side of the fine line between being encour­ aging and ridiculing. "Dad would challenge me to focus and listen to the teachers," Caney said. "He is never mad if I dp bad, he just gets disappointed for me." Hines earned a scholarship offer to come to Texas because of her dominating performances at Reagan High School in San in tournaments Antonio and around the country. She liked the Texas team atmosphere, the coaches, the academics and the close-to-home location, so she chose the Longhorns. Head coach Susan Watkins has big expectations for Caney this season, and knows that she can count on her to produce solid scores that push her team­ mates to do the same. "The freshman are in the driver's seat right now," said Watkins, "They are doing well in qualifiers, and I know that I can count on them to produce for the team." Mike has missed only two tournaments in Caney's life, and was excited about getting to see all of the college tournaments Golf continues on page 3B FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Weighty week begins again Playoffs Freshman golfer Caney Hines is expected to make big co ntrib u ­ tions in her first season w ith the Longhorns. Hines started playing golf as a young child with her father. Photo courtesy of UT Athletics Texas tailback Jamaal Charles scores a to u ch ­ dow n in his first gam e as a Longhorn against Louisiana- Lafayette. The freshm an sensa­ tion w ill be key if Texas beats O klahom a this weekend. Head coach M ack Brown has yet to name a starter at running back. Preparations began M onday for the Red River Rivalry. Rob Strong Daily Texan Staff Young, Charles will share carries as Texas begins preparations for OU game By Eric Ransom D aily Texan Staff Texas' starting tailback remains nameless until the Longhorns kick off against Oklahoma on Saturday. Freshman Jamaal Charles started against Missouri on Saturday, while junior Selvin Young returned in the second quarter after missing one game with an injured ankle. "I don't care," Texas head coach Mack Brown said. "Selvin was good Saturday. I like that, and Jamaal has been great." The Longhorns, ranked No. 1 in rush­ ing, match up against the Sooners, who boast the No. 3 rushing defense. Oklahoma held Texas to 154 yards rushing last season as the Sooner defense keyed on tailback Cedric Benson and quarterback Vince Young. Featuring comerback blitzes and stacking eight men in the box, several of Texas' opponents in the past year have emulated Oklahoma's method. "We saw that against Michigan a lit­ tle," offensive lineman Will Allen said. "Ohio State did a lot of similar things containing the quarterback. We just have to be effective throwing the ball." Loosey goosey On third-and-30 against Missouri on Saturday, Texas' quarterback had a pic­ nic converting for the first down. "Before the play, I asked the offensive line to make a pocket so I could make three or four sandwiches," Young said. "That's how long I wanted." Though the Longhorns held a 21-13 lead at that point, Young wanted extra time to check his receiver options before making a dash. Despite accounting for 14 penalties, Texas' offense showed the quarterback what he wanted going into Oklahoma — namely confidence. In the midst of some trash talking in the third quarter, Young said center Lyle Sendlein tipped Football continues on page 3B Eyes of nation have watched shootout grow since WWII Match found home in Dallas only after Vanderbilt withdrew By Abby Terrell . Daily Texan Staff For the first four decades of the century, games against Oklahoma were only considered part of the standard competition. But it was the game in 1946, directly after World War II as returning GI's flooded the campus and enroll­ ment topped an all-time high of 17,000, that the University won a sold-out game in the Cotton Bowl against OU. The game began a snowballing rivalry, rolling the Texas-OU tradition to its 100th game this Saturday. "Today this rivalry is one of the top two or three in all of sports, especially football," said Trey McLean, spokesman for the Texas Exes and writer for the alumni magazine "Texas Tailgate Talk." "They just detest each other, from the students to the faculty to the alumni. That's not something you can manufacture." Retired UT alum Margaret Berry remembers the past 50 years of the Red River Shootout, now renamed the Red River Rivalry. Berry was a student in the '50s and worked as an administrator in UT stu­ dent affairs from 1961 until 1980. She wrote four books about the University and has become an expert on student culture. "We had the same kind of rival­ ry with Vanderbilt until 1929, and after we played OU, that rivalry got bigger. It went on the radio, then TV, then color TV," Berry said. She said the game turned into a party occasion for students to drink during her experience as the University. "There was a big dance that was held in the convention cen­ ter. The fans took over downtown Dallas, and it got to be a really wild party." Berry said the game even dic­ tated social conventions. "In the early years Students dressed up, but even as late as the '50s going to Dallas was really a social occasion, and The Daily Texan would have articles telling students what to wear and what to take," Berry said. "Girls would have to take a cocktail dress to wear to the party after the game, and a dress for chinch the next day." joins Berry Lou Maysel, author of "Here Come the Texas Longhorns," and Robert Heard, History continues on page 3B national attention once the game moved to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry started small but bloomed, grabbing Photo courtosy of UT Athlotks Is this heaven? begin Three-year streak of wild card winners will come to an end By Brett Riesenfeld Daily Texan Colum nist __ It's October. That's right, base­ ball fans. Time for the baseball playoffs. This postseason is shaping up to be interesting, with no truly dominating team in the mix this year — so here are my October predictions: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Yankees have looked extremely vulnerable throughout this entire season, so look for the Angles to capitalize on this. With shaky starting pitching and sus­ pect defense, the Yankees will not make it out of their first round matchup with Anaheim. Boston's historic comeback last season left New York scrambling to regain their "mystique." Without that aura, the Yankees fall to the Angels in four games. Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox This year's White Sox squad could have the quietest 99 wins in the history of baseball. Few fans know that they actually ended up only one game behind the Cardinals, who dominated the National League all year. The Red Sox are a very different team than the squad that won the World Series last year. Their likely start­ ers for this series include Matt Clement and an old David Wells, not exactly two horses I would like to go to war with. Their line­ up, however, remains as tough as 1 Playoffs continues on page 3B Tuesday, October 4, 2005 T h e D a i i .y T e x a n Rangers start the introspection www.dailytexanonline.com Texas Ranger Mark Teixeira grim aces after sw inging and m issing a pitch from Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jarrod W ashburn during the first inning Saturday in Arlington. Teixeira grounded out on the at-bat.The Angels defeated the Rangers 7-6, and the Rangers finished another sea­ son short of the play­ offs. A dding pitching to com plem ent their powerful lineup will be the focus for the offseason. Hicks seems willing to spend some money in free agency, but repeatedly said over the past week that increases in the payroll will be “player specific." 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Horton Heat renders unto Caesar Littleton, a local drummer, sell­ ing records on a street comer. Courtney's brother, Brad Shanks, w ho happened to be an unem ­ ployed guitarist in the middle of a four-month-long drinking binge following his g ra d u a­ tion from college, moved from Lawrence, Kan., into Courtney's apartm ent in Williamsburg, N.Y., to cement the band's lineup and the spontaneity that dom inates their music. While C ourtney and Brad share the role of lead vocalist, Blood on the Wall rarely har­ monize in the same m anner that was perfected by bands like The Pixies, opting instead to utilize their differences in delivery to create completely different styles of songs. In tracks where C ourtney takes the lead, such as the self- descriptive "Stoner Jam," and the lulling "I'd Like to Take You Out Tonight," the vocals are halfhearted, comparable to Kim Gordan or Carla Azar, where they almost seem detached from the actual music. In tracks where Brad takes the lead, such as "Hey Hey," "Reunite on Ice" or "You Are a Mess," the pace is shifted into an alm ost manic overdrive. His shrieks drive the tracks to abrupt conclusions that leave the listener hysterical and panic stricken. In its entirety, "Awesomer," the trio's fifth release, works by balancing the two vocalists with 7B (C S S dependable and danceable drum backbeats and frenzied guitar riffs. By the time the acoustic guitar and piano-ridden final track "Going to Heaven" rolls around, listeners can be assured they have heard the absolute best that this band has to offer. — A.P. f c t E G J X L . C M E M / V S OC = OPEN C APTi0NED AdO:'' A.A Da : * P a s s D isc ount Ticket R estrictions Apply D IG = D IG IT A L S O U N D F tA R G A tN S H O W S IN ( ) Wednesday - Discount Show s Ai! Day Excíud-nq v Tim s M ETRO PO LITAN ST A D IU M 14 80G-FANDANGO 368» I-35 S. AT STA SSN E Y LANE M y. Tut on Safe TWO FOR THE MONEY (R) • ID REQ'D * M y. 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Packing 17 reckless songs into 32 minutes, Junkbox's debut is the soundtrack for a good, reck­ less, w on't-rem em ber-it-in-the- morning time. — A .P . BLOOD ON THE WALL A LB U M :'A w e so m e r' LABEL: Social Registry tem pos and said to hell with technique. Betraying their psychobilly roots, the Rev. Horton Heat plays it safe and performs the songs just like you've heard them all your life. The C hristm as-pag- eant tem pos and church-choir loyalty to the lyrics makes one w onder where the "Psychobilly Freakout" ran off to. It probably got scared by the commercial viability. For those in Column B, every­ one needs an album to put on the player when they are cleaning up w rapping paper. Either Amy G rant's "A Christmas Album" or this will do. Merry Christmas. S c o tty L oew en JUNKBOX ALBUM: “J u n k b o x ' LABEL: Park the Van Records The members of Junkbox — Darren Van Asten on vocals and rhythm guitar, John Devolle on lead guitar and Shoko Ariba on drum s — met while at art school in London. At the time, Van Asten and Devolle were both m anaging an art gallery, Ashley Gardens, when they met Ariba. They soon decided that she w ould be the perfect drum m er for their band. The only problem was that Ariba had never owned a drum kit or played drum s before. Claiming to have m ade a deal with a mysterious man at the crossroads, like many of the blues Despite their violent-sound­ ing name, Blood on the Wall offer loveable, "drunk enough to dance" indie rock that is both spastic and enchanting. Blood on the Wall were formed in 2000 after bassist/vocalist C ourtney Shanks met Miggy < > ( i A L A X Y GALAXY® HIGHLAND STADIUM 10 I-35 & MIDDLE FISKVILLE RD • 512-467-7305 A ll N e w S t a d iu m S e a t in g ! 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With little regard to trends or scenes, The Evil Queens deliver loud, hard-edged rock 'n ' roll continuing in the tradition set forth by bands like KISS and Q uicksand. Their music drills w ith the sam e distortion and stoner m eanderings of under­ ground desert rockers Kyuss, particularly the atm ospheric acoustic closing track, "Requiem for Antonio Pants," while also the sophistica­ encom passing tion and mass appeal of Kyuss' offspring, Queens of the Stone Age. The Evil Queens spent near­ ly a year putting the finishing touches on this album, compared to a mere two days a piece for their first two releases. Lead singer Jacob Sunderm eyer — w ho is, first and foremost, an exceptional guitarist — has an undeniable, confrontational growl that rings of the current hardcore scene found in New York, and of singers such as Aaron Lazar of The Giraffes. Both singers have handlebar moustaches and borrow heavily from the grunge sound pum ped out of Seattle in the early '90s. This album, their first on NYC indie upstart Addison Records, displays a strong punk influ­ ence. In both the snare thrash­ ing in songs like "The Master Plan" and the non-sequitur lyri­ cal content of tracks like "The Government Has Cloned You" and "Strong-Wristed Women," the Q ueens' sound harkens back to the Glenn Danzig days of the Misfits. While the Ohio quartet is hard to categorize or market, it doesn't take away from the music itself — it will rock you. — A u s tin P o w e ll REV. HORTON HEAT ALBU M :'W e T hree K in g s’ LABEL: Yep R oc R ecords There are two kinds of people that will be interested in buying this album, and they are the only ones who have any business reading this review. a) People w ho obsessively seek out and collect Christmas records and b) People who don 't own any Christmas albums. If you have anywhere from one to 10 albums from various artists that celebrate the birth of Jesus and magic men made of snow, you need not concern yourself with the Rev. Horton Heat's newest release, "We Three Kings." You should move on to the crossword and enjoy the rest of your day. Cheers. For a band the Heat, releasing a C hristm as album should be an opportunity to w rite some cracked-out, frizzle- fried Santa songs. Like "Santa Clause is Coming to Town ... on a Beer Run," or "Grandm a Got Run Over By a Suspect Fleeing a Crime Scene." like If they d id n 't go for the gusto (which they didn't) they should have at least taken all the old Christmas songs, jacked up the CACTUS YEARBOOK the original facebook :Ar , YEARBOOK PHOTO STUDIO OCTOBER 3-21 * ' ■ W ^ 4%- .A- actus Y E A R B O O K Inside Moments I n s i d e Y o u r W o r l d The D a ily T e x a n • D a ily T e x an o n lin e.co m Texas S tu d e n t T ele v isio n • K V R X 9 1 .7 F M Texas T ra v e s ty • C a c tu s Y earbook Underclassmen can j u s t walk in for your class photo. 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Ran Horn's portrait is only one "Face of Texas" now on display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. From small town characters to musical stars, the exhibit captures the spirit of Texas and is, in the words of the photographer, "a celebration of the state through its people." Michael O'Brien began dab­ in photography as a bling youth, developing film in his grandmother's basement. While in college at the University of Tennessee, O'Brien worked for the student newspaper, where he was paid $4 for each published photo. Job opportunities for phi­ losophy majors were scarce, so after college, he took up photog­ raphy full time. O'Brien secured a position as a staff photographer for the Miami News, a period he calls the best time in his life. His wife Elizabeth, a writer, worked for the rival Miami Herald. Eventually, the couple moved to New York, where Michael was able to do freelance work for prominent magazines such as National Geographic, Life, Fortune and Esquire. Elizabeth wrote for Life for four years and then went free­ lance as well. A National Geographic cover story on Austin brought Michael O'Brien to Texas for the first time. The photographer spent over 60 days in and around Austin, docu­ menting the city and its spirit through portraits of the citizens. "I sort of magically fell in love with Austin," said O'Brien. "The people were so gracious." The family, including three chil­ dren, moved to Austin in 1993. In his freelance career, O'Brien worked on assignm ents for Texas Monthly and developed a friendly relationship with art director DJ Stout. When Stout left Texas Monthly and became a partner in Pentagram Design in 2000, he encouraged O'Brien to turn some of his large collec­ tion of Texas photos into a book. "The Face of Texas," published in 2003, pairs Michael's pictures with Elizabeth's words to tell the stories of over 80 individu­ als. Michael calls the publication "a loosely woven mosaic from my random wanderings over the years ... a collection of the people who have touched me." Over 40 of the images from the book were selected for the trav­ eling exhibit, which was orga­ nized by the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas. Every picture in "The Face of Texas" tells a story. You can just smell the stale cigarette smoke in the air while facing the portrait of Ruby Sanchez McGill in her bar in Van Horn. When Elizabeth tracked Ruby down to write her story, Ruby told of the fame cre­ ated by having her picture in Texas Monthly. "I've gotten nine marriage pro­ posals from the penitentiary," she bragged. "People would stop by and have me sign the picture." Ila Johnson is more m odest about her fame. In Ila's portrait, simple, soft pride radiates from her face as she stands in a com field, adorned with a homemade ribbon reading "Best Teacher." Now 97 years old, she remembers the hundreds of students whose lives she touched. Elizabeth O'Brien says that one of her favorite personalities was Obie Satterwhite, "the No. 1 sports fan of Luling, Texas." Over the past 25 years, Obie has rarely missed a football game. He always runs on the field with the cheerleaders at the start of every match. Obie is also a fixture at pep rallies and has thrown the first pitch at almost every baseball game .since he left high school. In O'Brien's work, the small town characters are given the same amount of space as those more famous individuals he has photographed. Pictures of singer Willie Nelson, then-Gov. George W. Bush, football coach Mack Brown and aspiring governor Kinky Friedman stand alongside the Gatorfest Queen and the Odd Fellows trio. O'Brien's photo­ graphs truly show some of Texas' many faces. "The Face of Texas" will remain at the Bob Bullock Museum until Jan. 8, 2006. The accompanying gallery will feature a talk by the O'Briens and DJ Stout on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 2-4 p.m. The families of Austin are invited to come and contribute to the exhibit Oct. 9 and Nov. 6 by making a family portrait and writing their own stories. Picking up where the Spice Girls left off and dropping it like it's hot, the Pussy­ cat Dolls have hit it big with their Top Ten single, "Don't Cha'." Photo courtesy of The Pussycat Dolls By Addie Courington Daily Texan Staff The Pussycat Dolls' platform is to encourage self-confidence in young women all over the nation through poppy, electronic dance times and super short mini skirts. Their debut album, "PCD," fea­ turing the No. 1 hit "Don't Cha," can be heard all over the radio air waves. The first live performance was in 1995 at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. It began as less of a cute pop girl band and more as a raunchy, burlesque dance troupe with Carmen Eiectra as one of the lead dancers. Lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, known as the "triple threat," was bom in Hawaii and got her start with the girl group Eden's Crush that spawned from the WB series "Popstars." She boasts the ability to sing, dance and act. The red­ head, Carmit Bachar, aka Foxy, is most recognized for shaking her bon-bon on Ricky Martin's "La Vida Loca" music video. She also has a knack for phi­ lanthropy. Bacher is currently in the process of founding a non­ profit organization, Smile With Me. Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt also come from dancing backgrounds start­ ing in their adolescence. Melody Thornton began her career sing­ ing the national anthem for the Arizona Diamondbacks while in college. The Pussycats have received support from well-known sing­ ers such as Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani. Almost all 12 of the tracks on "PCD" are exact replicas of poppy dance tunes that have been heard from pop princesses such as Mariah Carey or Britney Spears. Their songs are intended to be woman empowering, with titles such as "I Don't Need a Man" or the track that immediately fol­ lows it, ironically titled "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)." The group's basic platform is that, "inside every woman is a Pussycat Doll," said Robin Antin, the choreographer who started the dance group in 1993. "The line in 'Don't Cha" is m eant to be empowering," Sherzinger said. "The Pussycat Dolls are not about just being hot but also about saying something with real feeling." However, lines such as, "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me" make you wonder for what exactly the Pussycat Dolls are going. Their not-so-subtle innuendos and unoriginal dance beats make a half-hearted attempt to cover the blatant sluttiness of their music. And while this may go against their "girl power" mis­ sion statement, it will certainly help to get people out on the dance floor. 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