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assistant professors for early, noteworthy successes

By Bryan Lee

Daily Texan Staff 
Four UT assistant professors 
have been recognized by the pres­
ident for their research in science 
and engineering, which aids on­
going government projects.

The U.S. D epartm ent of De­
fense nominated Christopher Bie­
lawski, Seth Bank, \ia«>?]in Li and 
Gregory Flete for the Presiden­
tial Early Career Science ind En­
gineering Award, which grants 
each winner $1 million over five

years to continue their work.

"I think the Department of De­
fense is generally interested in in­
vesting in the development of ma­
terials that perform better, last lon­
ger and are cheaper than those 
currently available," Bielawski 
said. He is an assistant professor 
of chemistry and biochemistry.

Bielawski researched biologi­
cal polymers in natural systems

to earn his award. He said that 
he will study new ways to create 
synthetic polymers that rival the 
sophistication and function of 
DNA, proteins and other biolog­
ical polymers prepared by natu 
ral systems.

"I believe this award com es 
with a responsibility to keep L T 
competitive in the chemical sci­
ences," Bielawski said. "This in-

eludes not only efforts in the la 
but also the classroom."

White House officials said this 
award is the highest honor be­
stowed by the U.S government 
on young profe* sionals in ear­
ly stages of their independent Re­
search careers.

"It's a great honor to be recog­
nized by the Executive Office of 
the President," Bank said. "But

auld go to my stu- 
Uaborators who ac­

tually do the work in the lab."

Bank, assistant professor of 
electrical and computer engineer­
ing, said the Army Rest arch O f­
fice nominated him based on his 
study or new materials that could 
be usedto monitor environments

A W A R P continues or page 2

Austin, fo r we, is not port o f Texas, it's Austin.

— Jérémy Marie

Campaign rallies 
for construction 
workers’ rights

By Ryan Moore
Daily Texan Staff

Pedro Hernandez fell off a 
roof while working on a con­
struction project and was se 
verely injured.

His employer had no health 
insurance or worker's compen­
sation. He now ow es $7,000 
to the hospital and is still not 
completely healthy. According 
to the Workers Defense Project, 
his story is common.

Construction workers, activ­
ists, politicians and concerned 
citizens gathered at the Mexi- 
can-American Cultural Center 
Tuesday night to rally support 
for the rights (yf Austin's con­
struction workers.

The project is launching the 
"Build a Better A u stin" cam ­
paign, which aims to improve 
legal protection for construc­
tion workers in Texas.

"Do people deserve to work 
in safe conditions?" UT associ­
ate journalism professor Robert 
Jensen asked the crowd.

According to a report by the 
Workers Defense Project, more 
constru ction w orkers die in 
Texas every year than in any 
other state. Workers also have 
a 20 percent chance of not be­
ing paid.

your family go without because 
some employer decided not to 
pay you, but we can change 
that," said Martin Ruiz, a work­
er on the group's construction 
worker committee. "I have seen 
fathers worry about not being 
able to bring their pay home 
and sustain their families."

Jensen said the group wants 
em ployers to respect w o rk ­
ers' rights, including providing 
them w ith m edical attention 
if they are injured and paying 
them legitimate wages.

"We are launching this cam­
p aign so every w orker can 
bring bread to their home and 
bve a better life." Ruiz, said 
through a translator.

Antonio Melo was employed 
as a construction worker with 
nine others who w orked on 
several East Austin condos and 
whose em ployer did not pay 
them nearly a month's wages.

The group protested outside 
the business on their behalf. At 
the meeting, they were present­
ed with a check from the em ­
ployer for $18,000 dollars in 
lost wages.

The success was made possi­
ble by community involvement 
and determination, said Emily

"The saddest thing is to see

W O R K E R S , continues or. page 2

French hitchhiker Jérémy M arie has been traveling for tw o years and plans to visit six continents.

Jackie Gilíes ¡ D aily Texan Staff

World traveler sizes up Austin

By Pierre Bertrand

Daily Texan Staff

Editors Note: Jérém y Marie's interview 

was translated from French.

Alm ost two years since world hitch­
hiker Jérémy Marie, 23, left his home in 
northern France to em bark on a world 
travel tour, he has arrived in Austin bare­
ly halfway through his trek.

Marie decided to hitchhike through six 
of the world's seven continents, rejecting 
conventional forms of traveling.

So far, he has hitchhiked more than 
33,243.3 miles with the help of 667 modes

of transportation including a donkey, 
a catam aran and a tractor through 38 
countries.

"1 have done a lot of hitchhiking in Eu­
rope before," Marie said. "Finally, I like 
hitchhiking because it lets me meet the lo­
cal population in a way that is complete­
ly diversified."

Marie said he started his tour in October 
2007 from his hometown of Caen in Nor­
mandy. From there, he hitchhiked into Ita­
ly, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Su­
dan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and 
South Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean,

through Central America and Mexico.

Marie said one of his motivations is to 
meet people from across the world, but 
he said he tries to give back, hosting con­
ferences and teaching classes wherever 
he goes.

"I have a project in mind — it's to 
spread a m essage afterw ard s," M arie 
said. "If I travel in all these countries and 
people help me while they don't know 
me, it means that there are people with 
good intentions in all the countries."

M A R IE continues on page 2

Emissions, ozone could be problematic for city

By Syeda Hasan

Daily Texan Staff
The Clean Air Force of Cen­
tral Texas, an organization that 
promotes improving air quality 
through educational programs, is 
continuing its efforts to inform cit­
izens about the harmful effects of 
ozone emissions in the region.

The group designed its "Big 
Push" campaign this year to keep 
Austin in compliance with the En­
vironmental Protection Agency's 
regulation standards this "ozone 
season," the period from April 1 
to October 31, when ozone levels 
are highest.

Bryan Lambeth, spokesman 
for the Texas Commission on En­
vironmental Quality, said at the 
group's presentation at Green 
Pastures Restaurant on Tuesday 
that while Austin's ozone levels 
have been in decline, they still do 
not meet the new EPA standards 
which lowered the amount of 
emissions permitted.

"W e're right on the edge," 
Lambeth said. "We'll just have to 
wait and see but right now' we're 
slightly above standards."

He said that if Austin does not 
meet the EPA guidelines for emis­
sions levels, the city could be des­
ignated as being in non-attain­

Bryan Lambeth, spokesm an for the Texas Com m ission on 

Environm ental Q uality speaks at Green Pastures on Tuesday.

S h e lle y N e u m a n | D aily Texan Staff

ment of achieving ozone stan­
dards, which would put them in 
a probationary period with the 
agency. This would make it more 
difficult for the city to receive fed­
eral funding for projects such as 
road construction.

Deanna Altenhoff, executive di­
rector of the Clean Air Force, said 
the team is urging local residents 
to help reduce em issions this 
ozone season.

"I think we're so close and 
so on the cusp," Altenhoff said.

"We're here to ask you for your 
help. We've got government and 
businesses doing their part, and 
we need to get citizens engaged. 
We're try ing to create awareness, 
so we can get through the really 
harsh months."

She said businesses that partner 
with the Clean Air Force offer in­
centives for lowering ozone emis­
sions to their employees, such as 
allowing them to trade in their 
parking spaces for bus passes to 
reduce traffic congestion.

"It's wise for them to do this 
now rather than to have restric­
tions put on them later," Alten­
hoff said.

The Clean Air Force also orga­
nizes initiatives to lower ozone 
levels with other members of 
the Austin community, such as 
their clean school bus program 
and their electric lawn mow er 
program.

We think we can make a dif­
ference if everyone does their part 
and realizes that there is a prob­
lem," Altenhoff said.

She said A u stin resid ents 
should try to reduce unnecessary 
driving and electricity use to limit 
their emissions.

"Being aware of ozone alert 
days is one of the main things so 
that people know when to take 
precautions," Altenhoff said.

James Frank, a Capital Met­
ro bus driver, said he felt more 
students should use local public 
transportation systems to com­
mute to school and work.

"You would have lower ozone 
emissions because there would be 
less cars traveling and less con­
gestion on the roads," Frank said. 
"More kids should take advan­
tage of the bus system because 
they pay for it with tuition."

Antonio M elo holds up an $18,000 check at the Build a Better 
Austin cam paign launch at the Mexican-Am erican Cultural Center 
on Tuesday night.

Melissa Dominguez | Daily Texan Staff

Austin engineer chosen 
to lead Libertarian Party

By Ryan M oore
Daily Texan Staff 
Austin political activist Wes 
Benedict will take over as the ex­
ecutive director for the National 
Libertarian Party today.

Benedict previously served 
as the director for the Libertar­
ian Party of Texas from 2004 to 
2008 and has run for Austin City 
Council three times.

He makes the move to Wash­
ington following Libertarian Bob 
Barr's presidential campaign 
in which Barr garnered 523,686 
votes, according to the Federal 
Election Commission. The result 
was the second-most by a third- 
party candidate in the 2008 elec­
tion as well as a Libertarian Par­
ty record.

Although this accounted for 
only 0.4 percent of the vote, it

was seen as a success by third- 
party voters who hope that tak­
ing votes from the two m a­
jor parties will force people to 
consider their issues, said Rock 
Howard, the Travis Countv Lib­
ertarian Party chair.

"Libertarians support indi­
vidual liberty and small gov­
ernment controlled by a clear­
ly worded constitution," How­
ard said. "We feel less govern­
ment is better than more gov­
ernment, and we are for fiscal 
responsibility."

Benedict said he hopes to 
raise the amount of funds avail­
able for candidates by increasing 
the number of donating mem­
bers. Despite recent increases 
m members, the group has seen

P A R T Y continues on page 2

 Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Coffee experts 
discuss trends 
in global trade

By Toree Roy
D aily Texan Staff

The rise in labor costs and high 
oil prices have hindered coffee 
production for Latin American 
and African countries, but the in­
dustry has not suffered as much 
as others, said Néstor Osorio, ex­
ecutive director of the Internation­
al Coffee Organization.

'To talk about coffee, you know 
where to start, but you never know 
where to finish," Osorio said to a 
crowd of more than 80 students 
and other coffee enthusiasts at the 
Long Center for the Performing 
Arts on Tuesday evening.

The London-based internation­
al organization is a United Na­
tions agency that develops policy 
for the world's coffee trade.

Osorio was the first speaker 
in the new "Faces of the Ameri- 
cas/Rostros de las Americas" se­
ries presented by the Teresa Loza­
no Long Institute of Latin Ameri­
can Studies at UT in partnership 
with the Greater Austin Hispanic 
Chamber of Commerce and Uni­
vision Television Channel 62.

Surveys conducted by the inter­
national organization, the Nation­
al Coffee Association of U.S.A, Inc. 
and the Specialty Coffee Associ­
ation of America show that there 
has not been a significant reduc­

tion in coffee consumption, but 
that production has suffered in re­
cent years due to the increase in la­
bor and oil costs.

Globally, 130 million bags of 
coffee are consumed every year 
and consumption has grown 2 
percent each year over the past 
nine years, Osario said.

Osorio said it is too early to see 
the effects the economy will have 
on the industry.

"Coffee is a product that has a 
great influence on the economy 
and society in Latin American 
countries," Osorio said. "[Coffee] 
is a very important component 
in the relationship between Lat­
in America and the United States 
of America."

Michelle Weisblatt, sales and 
m arketing consultant at Fara 
Cafe, said the talk was a great 
opportunity.

"It's a good way to learn about 
what other com panies are do­
ing," she said.

Marco Muñoz, the assistant 
director of the LLILAS, said that 
the purpose of the series is to find 
topics that |ire common through­
out Latin America.

"We needed to have a person 
who represents coffee worldwide, 
because he can tell us what's go­
ing on in the industry," he said.

MARIE: Hitchhiker seeks good intentions’

From page 1

Studying tourism at a French 
university, Marie expects to return 
to France by 2012 where he plans 
to write a book about his adven­
ture. Throughout his travels, he 
has been shadowed by a French 
school which keeps in touch with 
him through e-m ail and v id­
eo conversations. By sharing his 
trip with children in France and 
throughout the world, he sáid he 
hopes to spread a message of tol­
erance and peace.

In Tanzania, Marie volunteered 
for a month in an orphanage and 
helped teach children about geog­
raphy and environmental policies.
"Some kids never traveled out­
side their region. Some don't even

know where their country is on a 
map," Marie said. "All of that is 
really frequent."

To finance his trip, Marie, who 
couch surfs, said he worked small 
jobs while in France accumulating 
roughly $12,536, which has been 
enough to last him through his 
trip on an average of $7 a day.

While in Austin, Marie said he 
is sending e-mails to various col­
leges, French alliance groups and 
rotary clubs, hoping to be giv­
en the opportunity to host a con­
ference and share his experience 
with others while in America.

To date, he has received invita­
tions in Minnesota, Virginia, Ver­
mont and Connecticut.

"What I want to do is explain 
Africa to the U.S. and explain

America to Africa for example," 
Marie said.

Marie said he expects to stay in 

Austin for another week

"Being in the U.S. is different," 
Marie said, who explained it took 
two days to travel from the bor­
der to San Antonio. "Austin, for 
me, is not part of Texas, it's Aus­
tin. I would prefer living in Aus­
tin than in San Antonio or Dallas, 
for example."

From Austin, Marie plans to 
travel to Dallas, head west into 
New Mexico, Utah and then to­
ward Southern California, where 
he intends to travel along the 
West Coast to Alaska. Then, he 
will descend into Ontario, Que­
bec and travel down the East 
Coast. Frpm Miami, he will fly to

South America where he hopes to 
hitch a boat to cross the Pacific to 
New Zealand.

Traveling around the world 
has brought Marie close to certain 
conflict zones. While in the Su­
dan, Marie said he left the coun­
try's capital two days before Su­
danese rebels killed 200 people

'Traveling like this, you are shel­
tered from nothing," Marie said. 
"[Dying] can happen anywhere, in 
America, in France, in Sudan."

Despite the exposure and hav­
ing been robbed on several oc­
casions, Marie said he felt safe 
throughout his travels, often 
times in Sudan opting to sleep in 
an outside cot by a gas station iso­
lated in the middle of the coun­
try's desert.

PARTY: New priority is a larger national membership

From page 1

less donor support in the past few 
years, he said.

"I've got to get state parties fo­
cusing on membership growth. 
Libertarian paying memberships 
dropped from about 30,000 to 
15,000 in the last several years," 
Benedict said, "We've got to turn 
that around, I think that will 
help increase morale."

The party is hoping that the 
recent recession will cause peo­
ple to question current leaders 
and the predom inant political 
parties, he said.

"With the economic downturn, 
which was totally caused by the 
Democrats and Republicans, peo­
ple are waking up to our ideals 
even more," Howard said.

Howard said the position calls

for Benedict to be a behind-the- 
scenes leader, making sure the 
party runs correctly on a mana­
gerial and fiscal level, not out in 
public pushing its cause.

"W es is a very experienced 
b u s in e s s e x e c u tiv e . He has 
bought, run and sold his own 
companies. He has a com bina­
tion of business skills and expe­
rience [working for the party] at 
the state level," Howard said. 
"The party could use better lead­
ership running the day-to-day 
business operations."

Following the success of can­
d id ates like R ep u b lican Ron 
Paul, who targeted college-age 
voters, many parties are imple­
menting their own strategies to 
gain the youth vote. Benedict 
said that although some initia­
tives are in place to target uni­

versity students, no new projects 
can be created until their fund­
raising efforts are successful.

"Stu d en ts are usually good 
vo lu n teers but d o n 't alw ays 
have the funds to donate," Bene­
dict said. "W e're at that point 
now when we need to get our 
funding and membership up."

Libertarian Longhorns is a UT 
group that promotes the ideals 
of individual leadership and re­
sponsibility, said Norman Horn, 
a chemical engineering graduate 
student. The group believes gov­
ernment should be limited only 
to the protection of personal lib­
erty and property, he said.

Horn said that although the 
group is not actu ally a ffilia t­
ed with a political party, it has 
w orked closely w ith the L ib ­
ertarian Party because no oth­

er parties have supported their 
ideals.

He worked with Benedict per­
sonally and described how the lo­
cal party has been successful be­
cause of Benedict's leadership.

"[The Libertarian Party of Tex­
as] has increased its numbers, 
Texas has done very well. He has 
spearheaded the effort that put 
forth more candidates for office 
than any other state combined," 
Horn said. "H e has also done a 
marvelous job fund-raising."

He believes Benedict has prov­
en that he can successfully lead 
the party.

"Wes has been instrumental in 
making the Libertarian Party the 
best state party in the nation," 
Horns said. "There is no one I 
can imagine that would be better 
for this position."

AWARD: Recipients represent best in science

From page 1

for harmful elements.

"There are a number of applica­
tions for chemical/gas sensing and 
security," Bank said. "For example, 
the Army could equip soldiers with 
very sensitive sensors to detect the 
deployment of chemical weapons 
or explosive materials horn an im­
provised explosive device."

Li, assistant professor of phys­
ics, received the award for her 
work on how electrons interact 
with each other. She said mem­
bers of her research group also 
study miniature photonic struc­

tures, which could have an impact 
on future electronic technology.

"The purpose of my research 
is to create compact communica­
tion tools that consume less power 
but run at faster speeds," Li said. 
"When carrying communication 
equipment in the field, operators 
don't want a heavy dev ice. An ag­
ile, lightweight and compact de­
vice is ideal."

Fiete also received the award for 
his research as an assistant profes­
sor of physics. He said he studies 
the quantum theory of many-par- 
ticle systems in a field of research 
called condensed matter physics.

Topics of interest include magne­
tism, superconductivity and more 
exotic types of matter.

A ceremony at the White House 
in the fall will honor all 100 recipi­
ents from around the country.

"These extraordinarily gifted 
young scientists and engineers 
represent the best in our country," 
said President Barack Obama in 
a prepared statement. "With their 
talent, creativity and dedication, I 
am confident that they will lead 
their fields in new breakthroughs 
and discoveries and help us use 
science and technology to lift up 
our nation and our world."

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WORKERS: W h it e folks ne ed to g et 

o f f o u r a s s e s . . . to do s o m e t h i n g ’

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sues to the forefront. ‘

Timm, a community organizer 
for the Workers Defense Project.
"This is just one example of 
what we can do as a community 
if we fight together," Timm said.
G roup m em bers said they 
hope the movement w ill span 
racial boundaries. Jensen said 
he realized that it w ill take 
more than just the workers and 
their families to bring these is­

"We white folks need to get off 
our asses and start kicking oth­
er white folks' asses to do some­
thing about this issue," he said.

G roup m em bers said they 
hope the cam paign can bring 
real change to Austin, and they 
plan to protest outside the gov­
ernor's office today.

"L et's make the city of Aus­
tin set the bar higher to protect 
these workers," Jensen said.

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WORLD BRIEFLY

Liberia's ex-leader proclaims 

himself innocent of war crimes

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — 
Charles Taylor, ex-leader of Libe­
ria, took tire stand Tuesday to em­
phatically denounce the war crimes 
charges against him as "disinforma­
tion, misinformation, lies, rumors."
Once one of West Africa's most 
powerful men, he is charged with 
11 counts of murder, torture, rape, 
sexual slavery and the use of child 
soldiers and terrorism in his role 
backing rebels in Sierra Leone's 
1991-2002 civil war.

"I am not guilty of all these 
charges, not even a minute part of 
these charges," he said from the 
witness stand. "This whole case is a 
case of deceit, deception and lies."
Prosecutors called 91 witness­
es in pressing their case that Taylor 
provided arms, money and politi­
cal support to Sierra Leone rebels in 
exchange for that country's mineral 
wealth, encouraging them to terror­
ize the countryside to suppress any 
opposition.

Dozens of witnesses, »me miss­
ing their hands, testified in the past 
18 months to the brutality of the 
rebels.

Taylor said he worked during his 
1997-2003 presidency to rebuild Li­
beria after a devastating seven-year 
civil war and to broker a settlement 
in neighboring Sierra Leone.

Flight simulation experiment 

involving isolation concludes

MOSCOW — Russian engineers 

broke a red wax seal and six men 
emerged from a metal hatch beam­
ing and waving Tuesday after 105 
days of isolation in a Soviet-era 
mock spacecraft testing the stresses 
space travelers may one day face on 
the journey to Mars.

Sergei Ryazansky, the captain of 
the six-man crew, told reporters at a 
Moscow research institute that the 
most difficult thing was knowing 
that instead of making the 172-mil- 
lion mile (276-million kilometer) 
journey, they were locked in a four- 
piece windowless module made 
of metal canisters the size of rail­
way cars.

The men, chosen from 6,000 

applicants, were paid €15,000

($20,987) each to be sealed up 
in the mock space capsule since 
March 31.

They had no television or Inter­
net and their only link to the out­
side world were communications 
with the experiment's control­
lers and an internal e-mail svstem 
Communications with the outside 
world had 20-minute delays to im­
itate a real space flight.

Soviet engineers also tried a sim­

ilar yearlong experiment, but that 
was interrupted because* of unend­
ing conflicts between crew members.

British musician, wife commit 

suicide amid health problems

LONDON — He spent his life 
conducting world-renowned or­
chestras, but was almost blind and 
growing deaf. His wife of 54 years 
had been diagnosed with termi­
nal cancer. So Sir Edward and Joan 
Downes decided to die together.

They ended their lives last week 
at a Zurich clinic run by the assisted 
suicide group Dignitas. He w as 85 
and she was 74.

The deaths were a poignant 
coda to Edward Downes' illustri­
ous musical career, and have re­
ignited a debate in Britain about 
whether people should be able to 
help ailing loved ones end their 
lives.

One of Britain's most renowned 

conductors, Downes had a long 
and eminent career, which includ­
ed years as head of the BBC Phil­
harmonic and a five-decade associ­
ation with the Royal Opera House.
Joan, a former ballet dancer, cho­
reographer and television produc­
er, had devoted years to working 
as his assistant, but she was recent­
ly diagnosed with cancer of the liv­
er and pancreas, and given only 
weeks to live.

Roughly 100 foreigners — most 

of them terminally ill — come to 
Switzerland each year to end their 
lives. Some are healthy except for a 
disability or severe mental disorder. 
Typically they go to a room run by 
Dignitas, which provides them with 
a lethal drink of barbiturates. In five 
minutes they fall asleep — and nev­
er wake up.

Edward and Joan Downes are 

survived by their children and 
grandchildren.

Com piled from Associated Press reports

Suprem e Court nom inee Sonia Sotom ayor testifies before the Senate Judiciary C om m ittee on Capitol Hill in W ashington on Tuesday.

G e ra ld H e rb e rt j A s s o c ia te d Press

Sotomayor defends past words

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
The Associated Press 

— and predicted she would receive at least 
some Republican backing.

tive as a Suprem e Court justice, citing her 
own comments in speeches.

W A SH IN G T O N — S o n ia S o to m ay o r 
p u sh ed back vigorously T uesday against 
Republican charges that she w ould bring 
b ias and a liberal agen d a to her seat as 
the first H ispanic wom an on the Suprem e 
C ourt, insistin g repeatedly she w ould be 
im partial as G O P senators tried to under­
cu t her w ith her ow n w o rd s from p ast 
speeches.

For all the pointed questioning in a gru­
elin g , d a y -lo n g h earin g, there w as lit­
tle doubt that President Barack O bam a's 
first high court choice — with solid back­
ing from the D em ocrats and their lop sid­
ed Senate majority — w ould be confirmed. 
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D em ocratic chairm an 
of the Judiciary Com m ittee, said as much

Sotom ayor kept her com posure — judge­
like, supporters said — during the intense 
day of questions and answer, listening in­
tently and scribbling notes as senators pep­
pered her with queries, then leaning into 
her microphone and gesturing for em pha­
sis as she responded. She is expected to re­
turn for more questioning on Wednesday.

"M y record sh ow s that at no p oin t or 
time h ave I ever perm itted m y p erson al 
view s or sym pathies to influence the out­
com e of a case," the ap p eals court ju d ge 
declared during a tense exchange with Sen. 
Jeff S ession s of A labam a, the top R epu b­
lican on the com m ittee that is conducting 
this w eek's confirm ation hearings. He re­
peatedly questioned her ability to be objec­

Sotom ayor backed aw ay from perh aps 
the m ost dam agin g w ords that had been 
brought u p since O bam a nom inated her 
seven weeks ago — a 2001 comment su g ­
gesting that a "w ise Latina 
ju dge w ould 
u su ally reach better co n clu sion s than a 
white m an. She called the remark "a rhe­
torical flourish that fell flat."

"It w as bad because it left an impression 
that I believed that life experiences com ­
m anded a result in a case, but that's clearly 
not what I do as a ju dge," Sotom ayor said.

Republicans sounded unconvinced.
"A s a ju dge who has taken this oath, 1 
am very troubled that you w ould repeated­
ly over a decade or more m ake statem ents" 
like the one in 2001, Sessions said.

Analysis: Income gaps and 
corruption fuel China riots

By Charles Hutzler
The Associated Press

BEIJING — W idening income 
gaps, corrupt local administrations 
and policies that seem to favor the 
well-connected few over the disad­
vantaged many are fueling spasm s 
of violence that spring up in cities 
across China.

In the m ost recent case, more 
than 180 people died in ethnic vi­
olence that convulsed a M uslim 
area of western China last week. 
The spark for the unrest in Xinji­
ang w as a brawl between majority 
Han Chinese and Muslim Uighur 
factory workers 1,800 miles away.

Weeks earlier, tens of thousands 
of people swarmed into the streets 
of a city in the country's heartland, 
overturning police cars and torch­
ing a hotel. The trigger for those ri­
ots, which left hundreds injured in 
Shishou, w as the supp.vsed suicide 
of a hotel chef.

Though the events thai precipi­
tated the two riots were strikingly 
different, the underlying forces be­
hind them were in many ways the 
same. In neither instance did peo­
ple believe accounts from the gov­
ernment and police, and their dis­
belief soon tapped into long-stand­
ing grievances — Uighur unem ­
ployment in Xinjiang and corrupt, 
mafia-like government in Shishou.
Tens of thousands of what the

NATION BRIEFLY

Madoff starts 150-year prison 

sentence in North Carolina

BUTNER, N.C. — Bernard Ma­

doff's life of luxury is a thing of 
the past.

The disgraced financier blamed 
for what is believed to be the larg­
est Ponzi scheme in history ar­
rived Tuesday at a federal prison in 
North Carolina to begin a 150-year 
sentence in a cell with two bunk 
beds, a toilet and a sink.

A prison official said he would 
be treated like any other inmate. If 
so, Madoff can plan to work sev­
en-hour days on jobs like painting, 
plumbing and groundskeeping. 
There's also no Internet access, tele­
visions in common rooms only and 
limited recreation time.

Madoff will be held in one of

Uighur ethnic m inority men pray at a small m osque in the town of 
Lop, Xinjiang province, China on Tuesday.

E liza b eth D a lzie l | A s s o c ia te d Press

government calls "sudden mass in­
cidents" rock China every year, pre­
sumably soaring in number since 
Beijing stopped releasing the sta­
tistic publicly in 2005, when there 
were 87,000 of them. While loss of 
life Ls rarely on the scale of the Xin­
jiang riot, protesters often vent their 
rage on public property, burning 
government offices and cars.

All told, the violence u n d er­
scores how unfair China seem s to 
m any Chinese, rife with inequi­
ties that frequently cause unrest to 
bubble up. Social justice, a phrase

banned by Internet censors earli­
er this decade, is now in vogue as 
the communist leadership realizes 
leaving the tensions unacknowl­
edged risks its credibility.

Beneath the friction is C hina's 
rapid transformation into a high­
ly competitive society. In the head­
long rush from a poor and largely 
rural economy into the world-beat­
ing manufacturing and trading gi­
ant the country now is, many Chi­
nese have lost the secure lifetime 
jobs and social safety nets they en­
joyed a generation ago.

two medium-security facilities, and 
will likely have a cell mate who 
could be a convict sentenced for a 
similar white-collár crime or some­
thing violent.

Madoff pleaded guilty in March 

to charges that his investment ad­
visory business was a multibillion- 
dollar scheme that wiped out thou­
sands of investors and ruined char­
ities His Ponzi scheme was stun­
ning for its size and duration.

Confusing color-coded terror 

alert system to be reviewed

WASHINGTON — The Home­
land Security Department will re­
view and possibly replace the of­
ten-ridiculed multicolored terror 
alert system created after the Sept. 
11, 2001 attacks.

Since it was created in 21X32, the 
system has been confusing and be­
came the butt of jokes by late-night

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television comics. Critics have said 
assigning different categories to dif­
ferent colors is too vague an ap­
proach to deliver enough informa­
tion to be useful. And Democrats 
said the Bush administration used 
it for political manipulation.

Homeland Security Secretary Ja­

net Napolitano appointed a task 
force Tuesday to determine in 60 
days how effective the current sys­
tem is.

The 17-member task force con­
sists of Democrats and Republicans 
and will be chaired by former FBI 
Director William Webster and the 
former White House homeland se­
curity adviser, Fran Townsend.
The system which goes from 
green, signaling a low danger of 
attack, to red, signaling a «pvere 
threat of attack, could either get an 
overhaul or be eliminated entirely.

Com piled from Associated Press reports

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Student Government improves accountability

Student Government just launched a new Web site aimed at providing more current 
Student Government news and initiatives and increasing student feedback. Compared 
to the old Web site, the current site is considerably more user-friendly. Information is laid 
out in an organized manner and, from what we can tell, is going to be much more up- 
to-date and noteworthy. By including updates on current initiatives and session activity, 
the Web site has the potential to keep students aware of SG's goals and what is and isn't 
being accomplished.

A new blog section, which allows instant feedback and reactions from students, is the most 
worthwhile addition to the site. The blog is designed to be updated regularly, with the first 
entry mentioning SG's "effort to be more informative and transparent." Users are allowed 
and encouraged to leave comments and feedback to the blog as a method of instant student 
mput. A virtual "suggestion box" also provides a medium for voicing concerns.

The new Web site is instrumental to SG's mission "to serve the student body and ensure 
that the student experience at UT is rewarding and memorable." If the new features catch on 
and snag student interest, SG will have a new and crucial outlet for receiving input and con­
cerns, assuring the organization's relevance and accountability to the vast and diverse stu­
dent population at UT.

Cornyn's balancing act

Sen. John Comyn, the soon-to-be senior U.S. senator from Texas, is in a delicate position 
when it comes to the confirmation proceedings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next asso­
ciate justice of the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and third woman nomi­
nated for the position. For the two-term senator, the area between politics and the political is 
grayed by this nomination.

Comyn must strike a delicate balance between responding to calls from his conservative 
base — which has made its desires clear in a string of interruptive protests by pro-life sup­
porters during the hearings — and avoiding alienating Texas' booming Hispanic population 
— which flexed its voting muscle like never before last November.

Comyn spoke last week to his party's role in the confirmation hearings. "[Sotomayor] will 
be given an opportunity to clarify her comments, and let us know whether she intends to 
be a Supreme Court justice for all of us, or just for some of us," Comyn said, referring to the 
judge's 2001 "wise Latina" comment that has come under fire from conservatives.

Comyn, who sat on the Texas Supreme Court for seven years, is perhaps the best-known 
Texas politician who has undertaken the arduous task of bringing relevancy to the Republi­
can Party. "I didn't come here to be a wallflower," Comyn said before the hearings began. "I 
came here because I thought I could make a difference."

Comyn should not be a wallflower when it is his turn to question Sotomayor, but he must 
also be aware of the constraints that bind him right now. If he forgets the debilitated yet de­
served condition his party is in at the moment, and instead embraces the partisan zealotry he 
and some in his party have often shown in times of great national importance, the difference 
he seeks to make in Washington might include searching for a new job.

Dimming the Trail of Lights

In the face of daunting budget cuts, the Austin City Council is looking for a new way to 
pay for the Trail of Lights, the annual Christmas light display the city puts on in Zilker Park. 
The two most popular options in discussions are charging $5 per person over the age of 10 
and turning the event over to a private company.

Charging $5 is a reasonable solution that would more than make up the cost of putting on 
the event. The Trail usually costs the city about $500,000, but hundreds of thousands of peo­
ple visit it each year — in 2007, a record-breaking 400,000 people attended.

Putting a priv ate company in charge of the event, on the other hand, would not be wise. 
Although a memorandum sent to the City Council from Assistant City Manager Bert Lum­
breras contained stipulations that the company would be required to "honor and celebrate 
the annual family-friendly tradition of the Trail of Lights" and keep it affordable, once the 
event is corporately controlled it will lose its status as a community event. Instead, it will 
most likely become a for-profit venture.

The city might not be as serious about keeping the event affordable as it claims. Jason 
Maurer, the Parks and Recreation Department's events manager, said that the private com­
pany would choose whether or not to charge admission and that, if it made the event profit­
able, the city might share in potential profits, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Budget cuts should come out of unnecessary events like the Trail of Lights in favor of es­
sential city services. But turning a beloved community event that the city has put on for over 
four decades into a commercial venture is undesired and unwise. We would rather pay ad­
mission to a city-hosted event. That way the funds can go directly to the city budget.

Financial aid confusion

By M ah a la Guevara
Daily Texan Colum nist

Like approximately two-thirds of UT stu­
dents, I rely on financial aid to assist with a por­
tion of my tuition and living expenses. The pro­
cess is the same every semester. Once a student 
has applied for and been awarded financial aid, 
they get an e-mail from the Office of Student Fi­
nancial Services (OSFS), which informs him or 
her of the amount and types of funding. Bor­
rowers are required to fill out a Financial Aid 
Notification agreeing to the terms and condi­
tions of the various loans and then, typically 
around the fourth class day of the semester, the 
funds are released. Students who have the mon­
ey deposited automatically in their bank ac­
counts get a helpful e-mail telling them to ex­
pect the deposit.

Applying for financial aid can be hard, but 
actually receiving it is usually smooth and 
relatively painless.

Not this summer.
Before the summer term began, I got my 
award notification as usual When I checked my 
financial aid status online, CASH told me that I 
should expect disbursement by the fourth class 
day, meaning the money I rely on for living ex­
penses would be available by, but not necessari­
ly before, the listed deadline.

On the seventh class day, when I had not 
yet received an e-mail from the OSFS, I went 
online to check the status again. My personal 
pending financial aid page still referenced the 
fourth class day for disbursement, but there was 
now a small note on the gateway page for the 
OSFS saying that Pell Grants w ouldn't fund un­
til mid-July. At that point, mid-July was more 
than a month away. I had received no e-mail, 
no letter and no phone call alerting me of the 
delay. There wasn't even any information when 
I checked my financial aid status online. If I 
hadn't happened upon the small note on its 
Web page, I wouldn't have known.

My first instinct was to panic. How would I 
pay my bills in the meantime? I went into the 
OSFS to talk to a counselor and told her my 
shock at suddenly learning about the delay 
practically by accident. I assumed that some­
thing must have changed for them recently; 
after all, just a few days before, the Web site 
said something entirely different. "N o ," the 
counselor informed me, they had known for 
months that federal requirements required that 
Pell Grants not be released until the second 
summer term.

Why were students not informed?
A university education is expensive, and 
most students have to plan ahead to manage 
their budgets. This means taking the OSFS at its 
word when it tells us when our funds will be 
released. All students who receive need-based 
financial aid, by definition, need the money 
— not only to pay their tuition and buy their 
books, but also to pay their rents, go to the gro­
cery store and put gas in their cars.

It is not complicated to notify Pell Grant re­
cipients in advance that funds will be delayed. 
The OSFS regularly communicates by e-mail, 
and mentioning the expected date of disburse­
ment in the award notification would have been 
simple. At the very least, misleading informa­
tion should have been taken off of individual 
students' financial aid status summaries.

To its credit, the OSFS arranged a short-term 
loan for me so that I could meet my financial 
obligations in the meantime. When I went to 
the Cashier's Office to pick up the money, the 
woman behind the counter joked with me that 
nearly two-thirds of summer students had also 
come in for loans. Although she may have been 
exaggerating, I saw many students picking up 
emergency hands.

The loan would come due in 30 days, the 
OSFS said, but it could "roll it over" if the Pell 
funds were not yet available.

Last weekend, I got an e-mail from the Uni­
versity telling me that, as of Monday, the loan 
is due in full. Early Monday morning, I went to 
the OSFS to ask representatives to extend the 
loan until the financial aid comes through. They 
informed me that they could not extend the loan 
unless it was preventing me from doing some­
thing that I needed to do — such as register for 
classes — and that I shouldn't worry about the 
due date as the funds would be released toward 
the end of this week anyway.

First, the O SFS fails to* responsibly in ­
form students about timelines so we can plan 
ahead, then they encourage students to ignore 
UT payment deadlines. I expect better from 
the University.

While the OSFS has no control over federal 
financial aid disbursement guidelines, they do 
have control over their own actions. Informa­
tion should be disseminated in a timely fash­
ion and deadlmes respected in a manner consis­
tent with encouraging student financial respon­
sibility. Failure to do so is a lapse in the OSFS' 
professional responsibility.

Guevara is an economics and Latin American Studies junior

Money can’t fix education

By Rebecca Counts
Daily Texan Colum nist

In a recent issue, The Economist magazine featured 
a special report that compared the economies of Cal­
ifornia and Texas. Overall, the picture it paints of our 
state is a quite positive one. According to the story, 
Texas has a diversified economy, a sensible tax struc­
ture and a welcoming attitude toward immigrants. 
Texas is blessed with natural gas and wind power to 
help replace coal, the article said. One section calls 
Texas "the future of America."

The glaring hole in this rosy picture is Texas' edu­
cation system. Only one university (Rice University) 
is on the US News and World Report list of the top 20 
universities in America. The Kauffman Foundation, 
an organization dedicated to entrepreneurship, ranks 
Texas 41st in the nation when it comes to the educa­
tion level of its workforce. Moreover, Texas has one of 
the worst high school graduation rates, particularly 
among the state's Hispanic students.

The state of Texas' education system must change. 
The Legislature has taken some steps to improve 
higher education, approving a bill committed to de­
veloping at least seven more tier-one research univer­
sities (read: universities that undertake at least $100 
million-worth of research per year). If the bill works 
as promised, Texas will have more tier-one universi­
ties than any other state. The Legislature approved a 
study last week to research the feasibility of creating 
a law school in the Rio Grande Valley, a region domi­
nated by Hispanics.

But reforming higher education is only one part of 
the equation. Unless Texas begins providing a more 
solid base for its students — particularly minority 
students — during primary and secondary school, 
developing universities that compete for top students 
from across the nation will be an uphill battle.

Many have discussed the lack of funding for ed­
ucation as the root of the problem, but funding is 
only half the battle. As The Economist points out in 
its feature, states can spend more on students without 
achieving any substantive results.

Unfortunately, fixing Texas' education system is not 
as easy as throwing more money at a broken system. 
All of the criticism that has been levied against the No

Child Left Behind Act can be said double about Tex­
as — the state whose governor, George W. Bush, pio­
neered the idea that standardized testing could give a 
clear picture of educational outcomes.

Gov. Rick Perry's short list of possibilities for chair­
person of the State Board of Education included a 
woman who homeschooled her children and infa­
mously asserted that schools undermine parents' au­
thority to teach children scriptural interpretations, ac­
cording to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Perry's pick 
to head the board, Gail Lowe, has also drawn criti­
cism for her ideological approach to education.

It's time for Texas to move away from TAKS tests, 
the state's standardized test every third through 12th 
grader must take, and away from religious debates 
that have recently plagued the board.

The state needs to focus on real results: reduc­
ing dropout rates, increasing educational outcomes 
among m inority groups and increasing college 
enrollment.

The market has shown a few ways to achieve this.
Two of the most successful charter schools in the 
nation, Yes! and KIPP, started here in Texas. Both 
schools embrace a similar formula for changing ed­
ucational outcomes, which include longer school 
hours, well-trained teachers and a strong organiza­
tional culture. Some of these schools' successes are no 
doubt due to their abilities to return students to the 
public school system if they do not work hard enough 
— but much of their formula could be replicated in 
public school systems. School days could go a few ex­
tra hours to make time for more in-depth coverage of 
subjects, and more teachers could be hired to ensure 
smaller classes.

All of these suggestions, of course, cost mon­
ey. So Texas will have to provide more funding for 
education.

But, as California has shown, building a world- 
class education system takes more than money. To 
provide a solid foundation that can stand inevita­
ble budget cuts down the road, Texas needs to take 
an innovative approach to reforming primary and 
secondary education.

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Cyclists provoke problems

By Joshua Avelar
Daily Texan Colum nist

Austin has an enthusiastic cy­
cling culture compared to most 
Am erican cities. Many Austini­
tes get around via pedals and 
two wheels.

W hile most of us in this city 
see the en v iro n m en tal b e n e ­
fits that traveling by bicycle pro­
vides, Austin is going through 
a sort of culture clash between 
the m otoring m ajority and the 
cycling minority.

Cyclists' issues had a noticeable 
presence at the Capitol the past sev­
eral weeks. Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 
Senate Bill 488, which would have 
required drivers to give cyclists at 
least 3 feet of clearance when pass­
ing the cyclists.

This veto upset the Austin cy­
cling community, to say the least. 
The Austin American-Statesman 
reported that as many as 3,000 cy­
clists signed a petition pledging to 
take the Perry veto into consider­
ation when voting in the upcom­
ing Republican primary. As Tex­
as is an open-primary state, the 
tactic by this coalition of cyclists 
may prove fatal to Perry's chance 
of re-election.

Riding a bicycle among motor 
vehicles is dangerous. Being armed 
with nothing more than a plastic 
helmet against automobiles — an 
overwhelming amount of which 
are quite large here in truck-hap­
py Texas — it is easy to understand 
bicyclists' desires to be protected 
by law.

However, bicyclists have largely

brought this lack of representation 
on themselves.

The UT-Austin campus is the 
perfect place to observe cyclists on 
their worst behavior. It is not un­
common to see bicyclists maneu­
ver between cars, hop on side­
walks to beat traffic or run stop 
signs within the confines of the 
40 Acres. Earlier this year, UTPD 
led a fierce campaign against cy­
clists who violated traffic laws on 
campus. Not surprisingly, some 
of the cyclists subject to the crack­
down were oblivious to the laws 
they violated.

The problems with the cycling 
community have been confronted 
by authorities throughout the city. 
The Austin Chronicle reported that 
APD officers led a crackdown on 
cyclists last fall, particularly in the 
downtown area. Just as with UTPD, 
APD officers came in contact with 
many cyclists who were unaware of 
their obligation to the laws that all 
motorists need to follow.

Now, the city of Austin and UT 
could probably use the extra reve­
nue from the crackdown on law- 
breaking cyclists, but these cam ­
paigns wouldn't have been possi­
ble if it were not for the complaints 
of other citizens Business owners, 
pedestrians, and motorists have 
all given their two cents about the 
problems and dangers caused by 
careless cyclists.

Real concerns are expressed in 
these complaints. Citizens aren't 
complaining because they're an­
noyed by the sight of somebody 
killing their workout and transpor­
tation birds with one stone.

Many Austin motorists would 
like to see the cycling communi­
ty organize to educate itself about 
and abide by traffic laws — in­
stead of organizing to destroy the 
career of a political candidate. I am 
far from being a fan of Perry, but I 
disagree with this cross-primary 
voting tactic.

It would greatly serve the en­
tire Austin community, especial­
ly the cy clists, if there were a great 
shift among cyclists towards obey­
ing the law. Having drivers swerve 
or suddenly break when they see 
a cyclist run a stop sign is a breed­
ing ground for horrific accidents. 
With most cars weighing well over 
4,000 pounds of metal, plastic and 
fiberglass, a vehicle-versus-person 
wreck does not seem like one cy­
clists would be wise to incite.

Edu cation efforts are under 
way to inform cyclists of the laws 
by which they must abide, and 
the danger they put themselves 
in if they choose to ignore those 
laws. The Austin Cycling Associ­
ation offers a class on safe riding, 
something that all cyclists should 
consider taking.

It takes respect to get respect. If 
cyclists feel the law is not on their 
side, it is due to the fact they have 
formed a reputation of not being 
on the right side of the law. Un­
til cyclists earn the respect of their 
peers, they can expect to find more 
campaigns against them, and pos­
sibly an escalation in severity of 
fines and violations for the sake 
of deterrence.

Avelar is a government senior

 Wednesday, July 15,2009

5

Friendly families 
foster forgotten 
felines to fitness

Austin animal shelters 
promote cat adoption 
during sum m er months

By Syeda Hasan
Daily Texan Staff 
Town Lake Anim al C enter 
and the A ustin H um ane So­
ciety have increased effo rts 
to save the lives of stray and 
abandoned cats this year by 
treating sick anim als rath er 
than euthanizing them 

Amber Rowland, Town Lake 
Animal Center program devel­
opment manager, said the cen­
ter has seen increased partic­
ipation in its foster-care pro­
gram , w hich allow s p eople 
to care for sick pets in their 
homes and return the animals 
to the shelter when they are 
well enough to be adopted.

"W e've increased our abili­
ty to save lives, and now, we 
need places for all the cats to 
g o ," R ow land said . "In the 
m eantim e, w e'v e had to b e­
come creative about where to 
house the cats. We are current­
ly keeping cats in our isolation 
ward, ou r conference room , 
hallways and offices."

She said Town Lake Animal 
Center functions as a lost-and- 
found for stray pets. The shel­
ter also receives pets from own­
ers who can no longer care for 
them, owners whose pets have 
recently had an accidental litter 
and from members of the local

community who find the ani­
mals in their neighborhoods.

"O ur adoption rates are go­
ing s tro n g ," R ow land said . 
"W e have saved a higher per­
centage of cats and kittens, so 
we need a higher num ber of 
people to adopt to find homes 
for the cats."

She said that while people 
occasionally donate pets b e­
cause of job losses, the sh el­
ter had not seen an influx of 
animals being donated due to 
economic difficulties.

Rowland said there are sev­
eral advantages to adopting 
a cat during this time of year. 
Through Sept. 6, the center is 
offering a low ered ad option 
rate of $35 for kittens and cats. 
Those more than five years old 
are free. All cats also come w ith 
adoption packages, which in­
clude free vaccinations, collars, 
tags and microchips for track­
ing lost pets, valued at $200.

Robert Lovie, Pet Supplies 
Plus assistant manager, said he 
tries to save anim als at Town 
Lake Animal Center from eu­
thanasia by referring his cu s­
tomers to the shelter.

"It seem s th at m ore p e o ­
ple are com ing in and asking 
about puppies lately," Lovie 
said. "But anybody that comes 
into our store looking for a 
puppy, we refer to Town Lake. 
We want those dogs or cats to 
be adopted rather than put to 
sleep."

Due to low adoption rates this summer, Town Lake Anim al Center 
has lowered the adoption fees for cats to $35. Cats m ore than five 
years in age are free.

Shelley N e um an | Daily Texan Staff

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APPLIED
MATERIALS

Kenneth Gladish, president and CEO of Austin Com m unity Foundation, speaks about the $500,000 grant from the Applied Materials Foundation.

M ay-Yin g Lam ] Daiiy Texan Staff

Local nonprofits find new funds

By Toree Roy
Daily Texan Staff
The Austin Community Foun­
dation and the Applied Materials
Foundation announced Tuesday 
that they have teamed up to start 
the Basic Needs Emergency Assis­
tance Fund, which helps econom­
ically disadvantaged families in 
Central Texas and nonprofit orga­
nizations that are having problems 
meeting their clients' needs.

Applied Materials Foundation, 
a California-based, nonprofit cor­
poration, donated $500,000 to local 
families and four nonprofit agen­
cies in Austin.

The four nonprofit agencies re­
ceived their donations Tuesdav at 
City Hall.

"It's part of our company cul­
ture to support basic needs," said 
Mark Walker, executive director of 
the Applied Materials Foundation. 
"As we saw our friends and neigh­
bors struggling during this eco­
nomic turmoil, we couldn't stay si­
lent. We needed to step up and do 
something about it."

Applied Materials, Inc., glob­
al leader in Nanomanufacturing 
Technology solutions, established 
the Applied Materials Foundation 
in 1994.

People have their own economic hurricane in life, 
and it's time we do something about it."

Applied Materials Foundation executive director

—

 M a r k W a l k e r

Walker compared the response 
to this crisis to that of Hurricane 
Katrina.

"People have their own econom­
ic hurricane in life, and it's time we 
do something about it," he said.

This is the first donation to the 
fund and the Austin Community 
Foundation will continue to. solicit 
money from companies and indi­
viduals in the Austin area.

"This is an ongoing issue, so 
we're going to give people in the 
community an ongoing opportu- 
nitv to donate to this fund," said 
MariBen Ramsey, vice president 
of the Austin Community Founda­
tion. "We will be asking the com­
munity to dig deep, and we will 
continue until this economic situa­
tion has righted itself."

C aritas, a nonprofit agency 
working with refugees and people 
living in poverty, received $100,000

from the foundation to help it pro­
vide its clients with basic needs, 
including emergency rent, utility 
payments, food and shelter.

United Way 2-1-1, a call cen­
ter that helps provide assistance 
with health care, employment, ed­
ucational, legal, housing, coun­
seling and transportation needs, 
received $50,000 from the foun­
dation to help link an addition­
al 18,000 community members to 
critical resources and other human 
and health services.

"It will help make sure people 
get what they need, and no one 
is dropping through the cracks," 
said Debbie Bresette, interim pres­
ident and chief privacy officer of 
the organization.

Another group that received 
money from the foundation is Best 
Single Source, a collaboration of 10 
nonprofit organizations which is

i T h e D a i l y T e x a n

geared toward providing emergen­
cy relief for the impoverished.

"We're just thrilled with this gift 
from Applied Foundation," said 
Karen Langley, chair of the group.

Best Single Source received 
$200,000 from the foundation and 
will use that money to help with 
a program similar to its Katrina 
Evacuee Project, a community col­
laboration that provided intensive 
recovery for victims of Hurricane 
Katrina. This same care will be ap­
plied to families living in poverty 
in Austin.

Greenlights, another nonprofit, 
also received a donation from the 
foundation.

Dell Inc., 3M, the RGK Foun­
dation, IBM and Silicon Labs will 
also contribute to the Basic Needs 
Emergency Assistance Fund, ac­
cording to the Austin Community 
Foundation.

Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell 
spoke at the announcement and 
said the fund is very important to 
the Austin community.

"During tough economic times, 
needs for social services go up and 
donations from the private sec­
tor go down," he said. "I am really 
grateful to the companies who are 
contributing to this fund."

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By Austin Talbert
Daily Texan Staff

Every sum m er weekday m orn­

ing he wakes u p at 4 a.m.

There is no sleeping in, no sum ­

m er vacation, no time to rest.

N o t for Jeff M a d d e n , Tex­
as' associate athletic director for 
strength and conditioning. For 
M adden, the sum m er is his time 
to build the Longhorns into bet­
ter athletes, better leaders and a 
better team.

It's his tim e to m old the team 
before fall Saturdays become the 
pulse of the University.

"I d o n 't sp e n d m u ch tim e 
sleeping," he said. "I spend time 
working to get better."

A nd w hile M adden w as just 
nam ed the president of the Colle­
giate Strength and C onditioning 
Coaches Association this m onth 
— and has been recognized as 
one of the best strength and con­
ditioning coaches for nearly tw o 
decades — for "M ad D og," as 
the players he trains affectionate­
ly call him, there is never time to 
remain stagnant.

Everyday is a day to improve: 
an o p p o rtu n ity to im prove his 
program , stay ing on top of the 
n ew est scientific research and 
scholarly fin d in g s to keep his 
ath lete's train ing p ro gram s u p 
to date. A chance to im prove re­
lationships w ith his athletes, dis­
covering their needs and goals. 
An occasion for him to im prove 
his leadership abilities.

H e n ev er stops learning. H e 

can always get better.

"I am like a sponge trying to 
so ak u p k n o w le d g e in e v e ry 
area," M ad d en said. "We have 
k id s from all d iffe re n t b a c k ­
grounds, so there is alw ays som e­
thing to learn and then adapt our 
program to fit their specific ge­
netic m akeup."

M adden is a big sponge. A real­
ly, really big sponge whose strong 
sta tu re d e m a n d s resp ect a n d 
com m ands the Longhorns' state- 
of-the-art w eight room. A former 
linebacker at Vanderbilt, M adden 
has been a strength and condi­
tioning coach for 25 years and will 
be starting his 12th season at Tex­
as w hen the Longhorns kick off.

"H e is one of the keys to o u r 
p erfo rm a n c e ," said d efen siv e 
tackle L am arr H o u sto n . "T he 
reason w e beat people is because 
w e are in better shape, and he is 
the one w ho gets us there."

A nd w hile M ad d en h as re­
m a in e d a co n sta n t u n d e r th e 
M ack B row n era, the role he 
plays in each of his athletes' In i's 
— like his training philosophy — 
is continually adapting.

"I am a big brother to some, a 
d a d d y to others, for som e I am 
the g u y they go to w ith th eir 
problem s," M adden said. "I am 
w hatever som eone needs m e to 
be, w hile w e w ork on g ettin g 
them stronger and aggressive."

M add en is passionate ab o u t 
gettin g better. As p resid en t of 
the Strength and C onditioning

Williams, w ho w ent from weigh­
ing just m ore than 200 p o u n d s 
w hen entering Texas as a fresh­
m an to notching 16 reps of 225 
po un ds in the bench press.

For M adden, the goal is to de­
velop each of Brown's superb re­
cruiting classes into the best play­
ers they can be.

"T here w as one before O rak­
po, an d one before him ," M ad­
d e n said . "W h en O ra k p o got 
here w e had Brian Robison and 
Tim C ro w der setting the exam ­
ple for him A nd now, O rakpo 
has set the tem po for Sam Acho. 
Alex O kafor comes in this su m ­
m er and gets acclim ated to the 
tem po of Texas football."

A nd on it goes.
"D id an y o n e kno w th a t he 
w o u ld be 265 a n d b e n c h in g 
500?," M adden said of O rakpo. 
"But he got in here and started 
w orking out w ith C row der and 
B-Rob, and they pushed him. As 
a freshman, he was trying to lift 
w hat they were, to get there."

The sum m er, w hen M adden 
leads the L onghorns in 6 a.m. 
workouts, is where the tone is set.
"H e tells us, 'Be here at six and 
be ready ,"' said g u ard C harlie 
Tanner. "A nd then, he pushes us 
places w here w e w ouldn't go."

A nd once M adden pushes, the 

Longhorns keep going.

"We started at six, and they are 
still going" M adden said one day 
from his office overlooking the 
w eight room after 9 a.m. "They 
know the time is up, but they are 
still working. 1 get to see this ev­
eryday, all sum m er, b u t all they 
[Longhorn fans] see is Saturday."

"I see nine weeks of hard work 
a n d ru n n in g in th e su m m e r 
heat," M adden said. "I am trying 
to get broken factions to bring it 
all together in one. Get individ­
ual leaders to come together and 
w ork all sum m er long."

W hile he loves his job, M ad­

den know s it isn't easy.

"It's a hard ass job," he said. 
"Getting 120 people going in the 
sam e direction, at the sam e time, 
and they are all 17 to 24 years 
old, that Is tough."

A nd leading the L onghorns' 
early m o rn in g w o rk o u t is just 
w here the day begins. After con­
ducting the sym phony of sweat, 
M ad den retreats to his office to 
grow his m ind.

"It is very exciting if you stay 
on every issue," M adden said of 
the continual d ev elo p m en ts in 
the science b ehind strength and 
co n ditio ning. "I catalog every 
periodical th at has an y th in g to 
do w ith fitness or exercise.

"If th ere is on e exercise in a 
m ag az in e th a t w ill m ak e o u r 
athletes better, I'll use it," M ad­
den said, his h a n d s resting on 
a stack of reading m aterial, in­
cluding two books on leadership 
am ong other fitness m agazines 
and scientific journals, covering 
his desk.

"H e is a beast," T anner said. 

"He Is M ad Dog."

Sports Editor: Austin Talbert 
E-mail: sports@dai ytexanonhne.com 
Phone: (512) 232 2210 
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Tiger trying 
to get name 
on Claret 
Jug, again

By Doug Ferguson

The Associated Press 
TURNBERRY, Scotland —
The sea breeze in his face w as 
not nearly as im portant to Tiger 
Woods as finding the best route 
around three pot bunkers on the 
10th hole at Tumberry.

He aimed his tee shot to the 
right, on the high side of two bun­
kers, then pulled his 3-wood just 
enough that the ball bounded along 
the links until it stopped rolling just 
three yards short of the sand.

This w as OK.
"T hat's the w hole idea,"

W oods said "Some of these holes 
sucker you into trying to take it 
over the bunkers."

A bold tee shot w ould leave a 
shorter approach into the green, 
perhaps a greater chance at birdie.
"But can you do that over four 

days?" Woods replied.

H e doesn't appear willing to 

take that chance.

Woods has captured the Brit­
ish O pen three times on tw o links 
courses. H e won his first claret jug 
at St. A ndrew s in 2000, a victory as 
m uch fam ous for his career G rand 
Slam as his four rounds w ithout 
once playing out of the bunker.

His most recent victory was three 
years ago at Hoylake, where Woods 
hit dnver only one time in 72 holes. 
He chose that week to play m ain­
ly long irons and the occasion­
ed 3-wood off the tee, anything to 
keep him short of the bunkers.

"I d o n 't think I've ever been able 
to reach the green from a bunker," 
Woods said. "It's a one-shot pen­
alty. Even if you can advance it 60 
yards, you still have a 6-iron left to 
the green."

Tum berry is a far different ven­

ue. The strategy is no different.

Woods makes his return to the 
British Open, missing golf's oldest 
cham pionship last year while in 
the early stages of recovering from 
knee surgery that kept him out for 
eight m onths.

H e had never seen Tumber­
ry until arriving Sunday, and he 
played the last of his three practice 
rounds Tuesday m orning beneath 
a mixture of clouds and sunshine, 
fickle w eather that likely will con­
tinue for the week.

Woods rem ains w ithout a m a­
jor since his return — the first time 
since 2(X)4 he doesn't have one in 
his possession — yet is pleased 
with how far he has come in the 
five m onths he has been back.
His victory tw o weeks ago at his 
AT&T N ational w as his third this 
year, m ore than anyone else on the 
PGA Tour, as m any as anyone in 
the w orld this year.

"G ranted, I haven't w on a m a­

jor," he added. "But I've come 
close. I've p u t myself in position 
to w in the first few. I just haven't 
done it."

Nebraska 
head coach 
Bo Pelini is 
looking to 
get the 
Huskers back 
to the Big 12 
Cham pionship 
for the first 
tim e since 
2006.

Jeff M adden, the strength and conditioning coach for the Texas football team, makes sure his players 
will be the strongest on the gridiron com e Sept. 5 when the Longhorns face Louisiana-Monroe.

A rie l M in | D a ily Texan S ta ff

Coaches Association — an orga­
nizatio n th at he has served on 
the board of directors for the last 
nine years — he is integrally in­
volved in the group's operations.
"I am in th ere g ettin g dirty, 
th e re is a lw a y s so m e th in g to 
d o ," M ad d en said of h is new 
p r e s id e n ti a l d u ti e s " L o o k ­
ing into any collegiate train in g 
d eath s in the off season, keep­
ing everyone in the association 
on the sam e page. C ontinually 
w o rk in g to m ak e su re train in g 
is better and safer."

"M ad Dog" has never been a 
figurehead, and he d o esn 't plan 
on becoming one now. In a field 
th a t is constantly changing, he 
m ust stay on the cutting edge.

"It continues to evolve, all the 
tim e," M adden said. "T he guys 
we had here in 1998 w ere not do­

ing the sam e things w e are d o ­
ing now. We w ere trying to get 
tougher then, that w as our main 
focus. They w ere n o t the sam e 
stallions w e have now , n o t the 
thoroughbreds we have now."

As M ack Brow n b u ilt Texas 
back into a national power, M ad­
den built the elite athletes Brown 
turned into phenom enal college 
players and ultim ately p ro fes­
sional p ro sp ects — m ore th an 
250 of his form er players h ave 
become pros.

"T here is no one better th an 
coach M adden. H e is d efin ite­
ly a leader. H e gets us going, he 
gets us right, he gets us in shape 
an d conditioned," said quarter­
back Colt McCoy. "Being able to 
have him there and listen to him, 
he has put so m any guys out into 
the NFL. H e is getting us ready

year after year."

O ne of those professionals — 
defensive end Brian O rakpo — 
is the m ost recent shining exam ­
ple of M ad d en 's d evelopm en t. 
O u t of high school, O rakpo w as 
a lanky defen siv e e n d , barely 
w eighing more than 200 pounds, 
a far cry from the 260-pound first- 
round draft pick w ho can bench 
over 500 pounds.

"I think coach M adden is the 
best strength and conditioning 
coach in the country," O rak p o 
Kaid. "H e p u ts on good w eight 
and m akes everybody stronger, 
bigger and faster."

C ow boys w ide receiver Roy 
W illiam s also cred its M ad d en 
for m o rp h in g him in to an NFL 
prospect.

"M ad D og is th e o n e w h o 
got m e to th e NFL," said Roy

FOOTBALL

Cornhuskers trying to keep up in ‘pass-happy’ Big 12

Team nam e: N ebraska C ornhuskers 
Coach: Bo Pelini 
C onference: Big 12
2008 record: 9-4 

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• Roy H elu — Junior — RB
2008: 803 yards rushing/266 yards receiving/7 TD 

H elu will be num ero uno in a tw o-pronged ru n n in g at­
tack as w ell as th e focal p o in t of the Big R ed's offense 
w ith the d ep arture of a starting QB and tw o veteran re­
ceivers.

• N d a m u k o n g S uh — Senior — DT 
2008: 76 tackles/7.5 sacks

The C o rn h u sk ers' best p lay er an d a L om bardi trophy- 
hopeful, Suh is a projected top-10 pick in next year's NFL 
draft an d sh ou ld m ake an im pact in every game.

G a m e to w atch: Sept. 19 at Virginia Tech (ABC)

W hile this gam e m ay not count as m uch tow ard season's 
end, it sh ould be the most obvious litm us test for N ebras­
k a 's p ro g re ss an d the only chance, aside from a gam e 
against O klahom a, to im press BCS voters.

T h e w o rd o n N eb ra ska :

H ead coach Bo Pelini d o e sn 't rebuild, he reloads; he has 
the chance this year to shake u p one of the m arquee con­
ferences w ith a young, talented an d determ ined group of 
C ornhu skers w ho feel like their respect is well past due.

By Will Anderson
Daily Texan Staff

Bo Pelini understands. H e real­

ly does.

"It's been a to u g h 12 m onths, 
b u t th e r e 's b e e n a lo t of h a rd 
w o rk by a lot of p eo p le and it's 
p aid off," the head coach said af­
te r N e b ra sk a b eat C lem so n 26- 
21 in last se a s o n 's G ato r Bowl. 
But, he m ad e sure to ad d , "Now, 
w e 'v e g o t to k eep it g o in g an d 
pick that torch the seniors left and 
keep running w ith it."

It's b een a long, ard u o u s road 
for th e N e b ra sk a p ro g ra m , b u t 
P elini's back in Lincoln an d that 
m eans th e C o rn h u sk ers are back 
as well.

Pelini show ed u p as the defen­
sive co o rd in ato r for the Big Red 
in 2003 after a stin t in the NFL. 
He took N ebraska's defense from 
55th to No. 11 in the country and 
then p ro ceed ed to coax an o th er 
w inning season out of the H usk- 
ers as interim head coach in 2004.

B ut h e left w h e n th e sch o o l 
hired Bill C allahan as head coach 
in 2005. Pelini h eaded south and 
m ad e a n am e for him self oh a n ­
other Big 12 pow erhouse's payroll 
as d efensive co o rd in ato r for the 
Sooners. H e won a conference title 
there, and then a national cham pi­
onship later w ith LSU It w as be­

g in n in g to seem lik e th e C o rn ­
huskers had m ade a mistake.

T h a t's w h e n In te rim A th letic 
D irector Tom O sborne decided it 
w as time to bring Pelini back. O s­
borne hired him as head coach in 
2008, and Pelini returned the favor 
w ith a w inning season to the tune 
of a 9-4 record, including a victory 
in a January bowl gam e — the first 
for the program in nine years.

Now, hopes are even higher, with 

Pelini's eyes set on a Big 12 title.

H e'll have the supporting cast to 
do it. The "Blackshirts" on defense 
return tw o hell-raisers u p front, in­
c lu d in g 300-pound N d am u k o n g 
Suh, b u t the secondary will have 
' to im prove if the H uskers hope to 
fair the pass-happy Big 12.

O n th e o ff e n s iv e s id e , th e 
H uskers will rely on the runn in g 
ta n d e m of Roy H elu an d e q u a l­
ly cap ab le Q u e n tin C astille. The 
d u o finished th ird in ru sh in g in 
the Big 12 last year, w hich is good 
new s for the H uskers — they lost 
startin g q u arterb ack Joe G anz as 
w ell as the u n it's to p tw o receiv­
ers to graduation.

C an Zac Lee h a n d le the p re s­
su re of startin g quarterb ack ? He 
has perform ed well in the spring, 
b u t w e w o n 't see for su re u n til 
o p e n in g day. D u a l-th reat fre sh ­
m an C ody G reen seem s like an

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adm irable back up if things d o n 't 
go as planned in Lincoln.

T h e Big R ed N a tio n is h o ld ­
ing its breath, w aiting for the first 
gam e of the 2009 season to see if 
N ebraska can live up to the hype.

T h e C o rn h u s k e rs w o n 't face 
an y FCS o p p o n e n ts th is y ear, 
b u t still g et aw ay w ith m atch es 
ag ain st F lorida A tlan tic an d A r­
kansas State early in the season.

H owever, the H uskers will trav­
el to Blacksburg to take on A C C -,

fa v o rite V irginia Tech in we 
three, an d from there, all bets . 
off. T hey'll have to p lay at riv 
M issouri and Kansas and face c 
of th e S o u th 's to u g h e s t te a r 
O klahom a, in a late-season test 
For the first tim e in a long tin 
N ebraska is a probable candid, 
to tak e th e N o rth a n d a sp o t 
the Big 12 title gam e, b u t it v\ 
com e d o w n to follow ing throu 
on expectations, som ething Pel 
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tain that sex w ith toys is very u n ­
likely to becom e a sexual crutch.

"Sex w ith toys is basically like 
trying a new position," a friend of 
m ine explained to me. "It's great, 
b u t it's n o t like once you orgasm 
in one position y ou'll only be able 
to orgasm in that position for the 
rest of y our life. Sex toys are about 
variation, not dependence."

HUMP DAY
By Mary Lingwall

The first tim e I ever saw a dildo, 

I was about 10 years old.

I w as a t m y fr ie n d 's h o u se , 
and in our bored stupor, w e ru m ­
m ag ed th ro u g h the n ig h tsta n d s 
in her p aren ts' bedroom until w e 
found a thin, p urple, 4-inch long 
rod of plastic th at vibrated w hen 
w e tw isted it. We gig g led a lot 
about this p u rp le rod as it vibrat­
ed against the sides of the w o o d ­
en draw er. A nd I rem em ber think­
ing, "So this is w h at life com es to 
w h en y o u 're old a n d y o u r h u s­
band is boring."

By h ig h school, th e esteem ed 
ladies of "Sex an d the C ity" beat 
into m y b rain th a t vibrators and 
dildos (and by default, vibrating 
dildos) w ere alm ost as innocent as 
afternoon tea and petit fours But 
even then, 1 h ad this n otion that 
e v en th e m ost in n o cen t o f toys 
w ere for lonely people.

T he id ea of u sin g so m e th in g 
like th e in fam o u s p u rp le v ib ra t­
ing d ild o m ad e m e a little bit sad 
— g iving in to th e u se o f a fo r­
eign, inanim ate, loveless toy m ust 
m ean that I w asn t getting enough 
h u m an satisfaction, right?

O bviously, m y te en a g e m in d 
w as g ro ssly u n e d u c a te d o n th e 
m ultifarious uses and alm ost infi­
nite variety in the w orld of sex-toy 
paraphernalia. But far an d above 
the m ost im portant sex toy-related 
piece of information I ever received 
w as from Lynn R aridon, o w n e r 
and operator of one of A ustin's best

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

The cast o f'H arry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/w hich opens in theaters today.

Sexual tension and scant exposition throw fans right in the action

By Alex Regnery
Daily Texan Staff 
W h en th e firs t “H a r r y P o tte r" film 
cam e out, w ay back in 2001, there w asn 't 
too m uch to be excited about.

Sure, it w as an adaptation of the first in 
a series of staggeringly p o p u lar books, but 
the him itself left som ething to be desired, 
d u e p rim arily to p ro d u c e r C h ris C o lu m ­
b u s' m ediocre direction a n d severe adher­
ence to J.K. R ow ling's novel. But as years 
progressed and the films kep t o n com ing, 
it becam e clear th at m uch like the charac­
ters in th e novels, the film s w ere grow ing 
an d m atu rin g in to som ethin g w o rth get­
tin g ex cited ab o u t. N o w co m es "H a rry 
Potter an d the H alf-Blood Prince," w hich 
is n o t only the d a rk e st e n try in th e film 
saga to date, b ut also the m ost endearing.
In his sixth y ear at H ogw arts, H arry Pot­
te r's (Hamel Radcliffe) horm ones are rag­
ing, an d it's not helping th e fact that he's 
the C h o sen O ne to take d o w n th e D ark 
L ord, V oldem ort. W hen h e 's n o t d isap - 
p a ratin g aro u n d the English co u n try sid e 
w ith D um bledore, H arry is trying to deal 
w ith the em otions he has for the fairer sex 
(his best friend's sister, in particular).

T his is w h ere th e film gets to u g h , b e­
cause the p revio us p a ra g ra p h is either all 
th e in fo rm atio n you n e ed o r n o t nearly 
enough. "Half-Blood Prince" is refreshing 
in the fact that screenw riter Steve Kloves 
d o e sn 't take any tim e at all to sit th e a u ­
dience d ow n and catch them u p w ith ex­

pository dialogue. R eferences are throw n 
a ro u n d a n d ch aracters a p p e a r so q u ick ­
ly that, if you are a new com er to the se­
ries, th ere's no question you'll m iss them . 
W h at th is m ean s is th a t if y o u 'v e n e v ­
er seen a "H arry P otter" film or read the 
books, I'd say you n eed to sit d o w n and 
w atch th e p re v io u s five film s (the first 
tw o on fast forw ard, if you prefer).

T h at b e in g said , it's clea r th a t "H alf- 
Blood P rince" is o n e of th e best p o rtra y ­
als of teen angst and sexual anxiety in re­
cen t m em ory. Yes, th e film is ra te d PG, 
b u t th a t d o e s n 't keep it from w o n d e rfu l­
ly exploring the characters' em otions and 
longings. Ron (R upert G rint) a n d H erm i- 
o n e (E m m a W atson) clea rly w a n t each 
other, b u t n eith er k now s h o w to m ak e it 
clear to th e other one.

W hen H a rry an d G inny, R on's sister, 
played by Bonnie Wright, are in a room to­
gether, th e sexual tension is palpable and 
exciting. W hat m akes this experience so un ­
usual is that these are characters that w e've 
w atched grow u p over the past eight years 
and, 13 film hours later, it's nice to see som e 
of the relationship» paying off.

T here are tw o p leasan t su rp rises in the 
film , o n e b e in g R a d c liffe 's im p re ss iv e 
com ic tim in g — so m eth in g th a t seem ed 
to be lack in g from th e p re v io u s en tries. 
T he o th e r is Jim B ro ad b en t, w h o p la y s 
p otions professor H orace Slughorn.

D espite Slugh orn being a bit of a gooi, 
B ro a d b e n t b rin g s a q u ie t s a d n e s s to a

ch aracter w ho regrets w h at h e 's d o n e in 
the past. M ichael G am bon is finally g iv ­
en a sig n ific a n t a m o u n t m o re to d o in 
the film as D um bledore, an d his chem is­
try w ith Radcliffe is sup erb. A lso given a 
bit m ore scenery to chew is A lan Rickm an 
as S everus Snape. It's a th in g o f b e a u ty 
to w atch R ickm an sav o r every o m in o u s 
p ause he throw s in betw een his w ords.

T he o n ly o th e r d irecto r to com e back 
for a seco n d o u tin g (C olum bus d irected 
th e first tw o film s), D avid Yates is p ro b ­
ably g o in g to go d o w n as th e m a n w h o 
fin ish ed th e "P o tter" film s w ith a b ang . 
M u c h lik e th e c h a ra c te rs, h is sty le h a s 
m a tu red greatly since "O rd er of the Phoe­
nix," an d Yates, w ith the h elp of fantastic 
F rench cin e m a to g ra p h e r B runo D elbon- 
nel, crafts a b e a u tifu l film . A t the helm 
of th e n ext tw o film s in the series (the fi­
nal book is being sp lit into tw o m ovies), 
Yates is su re ly g o in g to c o n tin u e d o in g 
the source m aterial justice.

D e sp ite th is film 's c a te rin g m o re to 
lo n g tim e fans of th e boo k s a n d film s, it 
still m a k e s for a g re a t tim e at th e local 
C ineplex. W ith o u t a d o u b t, " H a rry P o t­
ter an d the H alf-Blood Prince" is the best 
film in th e series, rig h t a h e a d of A lfo n ­
so C u a ró n 's "P riso n e r of A zk ab an ." D o 
yo u rself a favor: H it u p a video store for 
the first five film s, p ull an all-nighter and 
catch u p so you can fully enjoy this film.

Video of hard-core Potter fans waiting for the midnight release

These genre-bending musicians visit Austin for the bars, food and boots

By Francisco Marin
Daily Texan Staff 
My first brush with true musical 
genius, exem plified in the C hica­
go-based band Tortoise, w as years 
ago at a party 

W hile glassy-eyed English m a ­
jors rilled the room w ith the m ilky 
green sm oke of cannabis and dis­
cussed their lucid dream s, I snuck

Standards, the f o u p 's 2001 album , 
o n to the record player, in trig u ed 
by its alb u m art. T he in tro d u cto ­
ry song, "Seneca," a serp en tin e , 
d a rk a n d d is .o n a n t so n g replete 
w ith vibraphones an d handclaps, 
tu rn ed the room silent.

It's th a t k in d of a tte n tio n Tor­
toise h o p es to receive w ith Bea­
cons of Ancestorship, an album that

shares its nam e w ith a co n cep tu ­
al piece of w riting from w hich the 
b an d culled inspiration.

"It lined u p w ith som ething Tor­
toise is w ith — there's a lot of rep­
etition in the book, and w e liked 
the sort of cryptic aspect in its w rit­
ing," said D oug M cCom bs, bass 
a n d g u ita r p lay er tor th e b a n d . 
"It's som ething we try to cultivate

vise on anv n u m b e r o f half-com ­
p leted son gs o r sam p le its p e e rs ' 
d isc o g ra p h ie s. T he b a n d 's d e d ­
ic a tio n to its c ra ft, h o w e v e r, is 
m o st e v id e n t in its in ten sely in ­
tricate live experiences.

" O u r so rt-o f n a tu r a l w a y of 
w o rk in g is to n o t rely so m u ch 
on sam pling other people's m usic 
bu t to im itate w hat sam ples sound 
like," McCombs said. "I think sam ­
pling culture has pushed m usic in 
lots of different and cool directions. 
It isn't the kind of thing that w here 
w e're norm ally looking for — I'm 
not looking for breakbeats or w hat­
ever, b ut im itating the w ay those 
things sound is interesting — how 
cu ttin g u p a live d ru m beat can 
so u n d m ore interesting th a n the

actual drum m er, for instance."

And w hat's at the top of the list 
for Tortoise during the band's stay 
in Austin?

"I actually have had great expe­
riences there and m ediocre experi­
ences there [in A ustin], b u t w e've 
played there a bazillion times and 
w e loved it," M cCombs said. "Es­
pecially for a b an d being o n tour, 
there's good restaurants and good 
bars — an d you can go shopping 
for boots!"

Tortoise w ith 

Balmorhea

The M ohaw k

H Tonight, doors open 

at 8 p.m.

st C lass 
Dining

in our music, too."

L oyal fan s o f th e g e n re -flo u t­
ing g ro u p w ere ecstatic o v er th e 
la te s t a lb u m 's release, th e first 
su ch fu ll-len g th since 2004's It's 
A ll Around You.

"Well, w e'v e been w o rk in g on 
it for such a long time," McCombs 
said. "W e've been w orking on this 
a lb u m for m ay b e th re e o r fo u r 
y ears, d id a b u n c h of to u rin g , 
and it just took us this long time 
to get it all together and end up 
w ith songs w e felt were good."

T h o u g h T o rto ise's d is c o g ra ­
p h y is leg en d ary in its o w n re­
s p e c t, s e v e r a l T o rto ise b a n d 
m em bers are associated w ith or 
linked to a h o st of o th er ban d s 
— including The Sea and Cake, 
Iso to p e 217 a n d B rokeback — 
a n d this d o e sn 't include collab­
o ratio n s a n d sp lits w ith b an d s 
s u c h as T h e Ex a n d B o n n ie 
Prince Billy.

"It can get a little confu sing 
som etim es to keep o ur schedule 
so that w e can w ork on Tortoise as 
m uch as w e w ant to," McCombs 
said. "It seem s to happen organi­
cally — there will be long periods 
of time w hen w e d o n 't have any­
thing going on, an d th e re 'll be 
big chunks of tim e w here every­
thing is happening at once. Part 
of the reason Beacons took so long 
to m ake w as th a t there w o u ld 
only be weeks at a time w hen we 
happened to all be in Chicago to 
w ork on Tortoise songs."

B ut g iv e n th e b a n d 's h is to ­
ry se a te d in th e rich ja zz a n d 
p ost-rock h e ritag es of th e C h i­
c a g o u n d e r g r o u n d , T o rto is e 
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called “Regional W ines 
o f Italy.” The bi-w eekly 
event will feature a w ine 
tastin g , light a p p etizers 
a n d a sitdow n d in n e r 
h o sted by w in e m a k e rs 
from different regions o f 
Italy, Elsey said

ligh t 

“They [wine tastin g 
a p p etize rs] 
a n d 
are m ean t to be casual, 
affordable an d educatio n al for the 
visitors,” he said. “The w ine d in n e r 
w ill be m ore form al, an d th e fea­
tu re d guest will explain th e w ines 
th a t are tasted th ro u g h o u t th e d if­
ferent courses d u rin g the m eal.” 

B ecker V in e y ard s 

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S UMMER IN AUSTIN 

im m ig ra n ts se ttle d 

in 
G e rm a n 
the m id 19th century. The w in ery 
hosts several a n n u a l events includ 
ing a chili cook-off, ram b lin g rosé 
w ine tastin g an d grape stom p.

At 2 p.m . on July 4, judges 
will taste th e chili p rep ared from 
scratch at th e chili cook-off. 
Ihe 
w in n e rs will be d e te rm in e d based 
on five criteria: aro m a, consistency, 
red color, taste a n d aftertaste, said 
A lan D ean o fth e C h ili A ppreciation 
Society In tern a tio n a l.

“The e n try fee is $20 an d p r o ­
ceeds benefit th e local H abitat for 
H um anity,” D ean said.

The a n n u a l ra m b lin g rosé w ine 
tastin g event o c cu rs on Aug. 15. As 
a preview o f th e San A nto n io New

W orld W ine a n d Food Festival, 
it features a b lin d tastin g o f rosé 
w ines from Texas a n d a ro u n d the 
globe, said G inger M cA near, devel­
opm en t d irec to r o f th e festival.

W ith a panel o f e x p erts, guests 
taste a n d 
th e rosé 
lea rn a b o u t 
w ines and sam ple co m p lem en tary 
foods, followed by a to u r o f Becker 
V ineyards. T ickets are $20 per p e r­
son o r $25 at th e door.

The 13th a n n u a l grape stom p, 
a free event, is Aug. 29 an d 30 
an d Sept. 5 an d 6. B arrels are cut 
in half, w ine grapes are p oured 
inside, an d guests are free to stom p 
away.

“G uests will stom p [and] c ru sh 
grap es to m ake w ine,” said Nicole 
Bendele, public relations an d ta s t­
ing room co o rd in ato r. “G uests can 
p u rc h a se T -sh irts a n d p u t th e ir 
fo o tp rin ts on th e back as a so u ­
v e n ir.” The 
th at 
stre tc h es across th ree acres beh in d 
th e w in ery is definitely w o rth see­
ing, she added.

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event, each w in ery plan s its own 
events to a ttra c t visitors. Sipping 
d elicious w ines a n d n ib b lin g on 
ta s ty Italian fare are tw o o f the 
p astim es guests can expect on the 
tour.

S aturdays at M a n d o la E state 
W inery, located in D riftw o o d about 
35 m in u te s from d o w n to w n A ustin, 
a ttra c t a bout 1,000 g u ests. They 
taste M a n d o la s w ine p o rtfo lio and 
tak e a 30-rm nute tour, d u rin g w hich 
they learn th e e n tire w in e m a k in g 
process from the grap es to th e b o t­
tled red and w hite w ines.

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we release th em ,” said Bill Elsey, 
w in e sales m anager. “T hen, m ost 
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E veryone d re am s, but w hat do 
d re am s m ean? In s tru c to r V ictoria 
Vlach, leader o f a d re am g ro u p 

in A ustin, facilitates class d isc u s­
sions an d provides tec h n iq u es to 
help d em ystify d ream s.

D ream s tell us a lot a bout o u r ­
selves a n d o u r relation w ith the 
w orld,” V lach said. “D ream s are 
m u ch m ore clear th a n we th in k 
th ey are.”

to 
She e n co u ra g es stu d e n ts 
record d re am s in a jo u rn a l and 
talk w ith o th ers to b e tte r u n d e r­
sta n d th e m ean in g s b e h in d them .

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a n d also k eeping a jo u rn a l o f 
b o th th e ir sleeping a n d w aking 
th o u g h ts , people beco m e m o re 
aw are o f them selves an d w h a t’s

going on in th e ir life,” V lach said. 

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way to c o n n ec t w ith people. Like 
talk in g about a m ovie, o r m usic, 
o r piece o f artw o rk , by sharing 

o u r experiences we u n d e rsta n d 
each o th e r an d th e w orld b etter.” 

From flying a n d falling, to 
oversleeping an d show ing up to 

school in underw ear, V lach said 
she has heard it all. “I have yet to 
h e ar a w eird o r u n u su a l d re a m ,” 
she said. O dd d ream , sure, but 
th a t’s a co m m o n d re a m .”

is an 

D re a m in g 

in d iv id u a l 
experience for every person, but 
the d re am s all deal w ith e m o tio n ­
al, physical, m ental, relational or 
sp iritu a l them es.

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boy w ho a lm o st d ro w n ed w hen he 
was six, o r different for som eone 
living in th e d e se rt,” Vlach said.

The fo u r-m ee tin g se m in a r is 
u ltim a te ly a n o p p o r tu n ity 
for 
people to explore th e ir d re a m s 
a n d tap in to th e ir w isdom .

1 ho p e to help stu d e n ts o v e r­
com e a n y fears o r re serv a tio n s 
they have a bout d re am s a n d th at 
th em beco m e 
th e class help s 
m ore o p e n w ith talk in g about life 
issues,” V lach said.

 Summer, 2009

SUMMER IN AUSTIN

Page 7

TO THE MOON

i i # 
Waller Cree *

C o m i n g to S t u b b ’s

days later, the first human to set 

Space Adm inistration (N A S A ) in 

¡BÍLLY T M E M T - - k - -

Photo» b y Frank M uto courtesy LBJ Lib rary

“ In your hfe this may become 

tial office following the assassina­

ordinary — today this launch­

tion of President John F. Kennedy 

ing is a great emotional happen­

in 1963, then-Senator 

Johnson 

ing, wrote Lady Bird Johnson on 

did more to support the nation’s 

a postcard mailed to her grand­

space program than any other 

daughter on July 16, 1969. She was 

Am erican leader, says the exhib­

referring to the Apollo 11 m is­

it’s W eb site. He co-sponsored 

sion launch, whose astronaut Neil 

legislation for the establishment 

Arm strong would become,* four 

of the National Aeronautics and 

foot on the moon.

1958 and, as vice president, he 

The original postcard is on 

was appointed chairman of the 

display at the L B J Lib rary and 

National Space C ouncil in 1961 by 

Museum ’s exhibit “ To the Moon: 

President Kennedy.

Ih e American Space Program in 

“ To the M oon” gives visitors 

the 1960s,” which opened last year 

a vivid glimpse into the space 

on the anniversary of President 

rivalry between the U.S. and the 

Lyndon Baines Johnson’s 100th 

Soviet Union that took place in 

birthday.

the 1960s, starting with Sputnik I, 

“ W e decided to do the exhibit 

the w orld’s first artificial satellite 

on the space program because we 

launched by the Soviets in 1957, 

feel that [President Johnson] has 

and ending with the U.S. Apollo 11 

not gotten the proper credit for 

moon landing in 1969. One o f the 

moving it forward in the f960s,” 

im portant aspects of this exhibit, 

said curator Sandy Cohen. “ It was 

said Cohen, is that the Soviet space 

a good way to honor him and also 

program is also emphasized.

tell the story of the space pro­

“ In the early days o f the space 

gram.”

race, the Russians were clear- 

Even before he took presiden-

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It is easy for the glutton within to escape dur­
ing bruncn — the most indulgent meal in our 
where breakfast ancfiunch are served
culture
side-by-side, with morning, cocktails, no less. 
W here in Austin, a city filled with locally-owned 
restaurants, can late risers find the best brunch 
for a reasonable price on a Sunday morning? 
Four places top our list: Nomad, Sagra, South 
Congress Café and E noteca Vespaio.

SAGRA

610 San A n to n io St.

h

Not far sou th ­

west o f campus, 

sits 

S ag ra, 

an 

Italian 

e n o te c a 

and tra tto ria 

in 

what appears to 

be 

the 

rem ains 

o f a 

c h a r m in g 

A u stin 

hom e.

However, 

the 

inside 

is 

a n y ­

thing but quaint.

A modern Tuscan 

vibe d o m in a te s 

with rich golden 

walls and curved, 

black boo ths and 

chairs. T h e look 

says upscale, but 

Sum m er, 2009

SOUTH
CONGRESS
CAFE 

in 
1 6 0 0 S. Congress Ave. h e a r t 

.he
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^ 

South

Congress is the aptly named South 

Congress Café, a sister restau­

rant of Trudy’s. The interior looks 

like an upscale bistro, but feel 

free to go dressed as you are. Go 

early for Sunday brunch, though, 

because there is usually a wait. 

The manager, Chance Robertson, 

said, “We always want to exceed 

customer expectations and really 

wow them with our food.” So far, 

they’ve done just that. Their car­

rot cake French toast was recent­

ly featured on a Food Network 

special. Robertson describes the 

food as, “contemporary classic 

with a Southwestern flare.” Their 

brunch menu puts a new spin 

on traditional favorites, like eggs 

benedict done South Congress 

style, and for a reasonable price 

— only $11. Their cocktails share 

the unique charm of the food 

with concoctions including gin- 

ger-mango mimosas and 

Iito- 

mfused bloody marys. Come in 

At first glance you might over­

culinary tour of the world.

ate different regional dishes every 

week, taking your taste buds on a 

Gabriel Pellegrini, c h e f and 

owner, stresses 

that 

it 

looks 

fancier than it is. 

1 he feel is 

Miguel Jimenez, the owner of 

ac tually casual, people come 

Nomad, said, “One of the neat­

in w earing shorts on Friday 

est things I see when traveling is 

nights,” Pellegrini said.

many classics with a twist, like 

: for Sunday brunch to take advan 

the pan n e tto n e French toast. 

P elle g rin i 

re c o m m e n d s 

the 

sagra pizza, which 

is topped 

with spinach, an over-easy egg, 

: tage of wine flights, a sampling 

: o f three portion-reduced \yines 

: of your choice from the menu for 

: only $7. Brunch is served M on day 

tom atoes and mozzarella and 

: through Friday fro m 10 a.m . to 4 

drizzled with tru ffle oil. None 

: p.m . an d on w eekends fr o m 9 a.m . 

o f the entrees are more than 

: to 4 p.m .

NOMAD

1213 Corona Dr. 
km

look Nomad, a very unassuming 

restaurant and bar on the edge 

o f nearby Windsor Park. Walk 

inside and you’ll be pleasantly 

surprised. Try the brunch catered 

by Traveling Bistro, and you’ll be 

floored. During the week, Nomad 

is mainly a neighborhood bar 

serving tasty gourmet appetizers 

and small plates, but on Sundays 

it transforms into a cozy restau­

rant serving traditional brunch 

favorites including lox and bagels, 

made-to-order omelets and hash 

browns. Beau and Beth Been, own­

ers of the Traveling Bistro cre­

how people of other countries eat 

— the notion that ‘this is my plate’ 

and ‘that is your plate’ is strange 

to me, so we made the menu easier 

to share in order to enhance the 

enjoyment of eating.’ The brunch, 

which is only $13, is served buffet- 

style, making sampling and shar­

ing easy. Add bottomless mimosas 

for only $10. Brunch is served every 

Sunday fr o m 11 a.m . to 2 p.m .

At Sagra, they pride th e m ­

selves on quality. 1 hey don t 

use additives, they buy trom 

local producers and they make 

e v ery th in g possible 

in-house, 

from scratch — and bru nch is 

no exception. T he brunch menu 

$12, and with the purchase o f 

one, mimosas and bellinis are 

only $1, m a k in g this 

Italian 

take on brunch well worth the 

expense. C o m e ev e ry S a tu rd ay 

a n d S u n d ay fr o m 10:30 a .m . to 3 

is Italian-inspired and features

p .m . f o r bru n ch .

ENOTECA VESPAIO

1610 S. Congress Ave. 

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 SUMMER IN AUSTIN

S u m m e r , 2009

Summertime means no home­

ever, the venue’s expired permit is 

work to tie up your evenings. It also 

what led to the cancellation of a con­

means Austinites have the chance to 

cert two weeks ago. W’hile pursuing 

enjoy some of the free outdoor con­

a cocktail lounge classification that 

certs that the live music capital of 

would allow Shady Grove to con­

the world has to offer.

tinue operating at 85 sound decibels, 

This summer marks the 16th sea­

rather than the recently lowered 70 

son of K G S R ’s Unplugged at the 

decibels required for restaurants, 

Grove The free concert series began 

their permit expired The city has 

April 16, but if you missecfout on the 

since retroactively extended the per­

first few shows, don’t worry, because 

mit and it will be in effect through 

the series spans 22 weeks.

November to give Shady Grove the 

Jody Denberg, K G SR ’s content 

time it needs to implement changes 

manager, said Unplugged, which 

required to keep the concert series 

is held on Shady Grove’s patio on 

running.

Barton Springs Road, is a musically 

This season, expect to see Del 

eclectic event.

Castillo, Seth Walker, Fastball, 

W h ile you might have heard 

Bruce Robison and Guy Forsyth 

some of the controversy surround­

among other talented artists, every 

ing Shady Grove’s expired music 

Thursday beginning at 8 p.m. Visit 

permit, Rusty Zagst, general man­

K G SR ’s Web site http://kgsr.com/ 

ager of Shady Grove, said Unplugged 

unplugged/index.aspx 

tor more 

is continuing as planned.

information.

The dispute began when a neigh­

bor called in a noise complaint; how-

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p lan ted it on th e lu n a r surface an d 

w e’d lan d som ebody on th e m oon 

ly w in n in g , u n til th e very end 

a m u ltim e d ia laser show th a t takes 

by th e en d o f th e ‘60s, a n d we did 

[when] th e U.S. forged ahead and 

visitors back in tim e.

it,” C o h en said. “I th in k th a t’s a 

o f course lan d ed th e m an on the 

“It’s alw ays neat to be able to get 

great sto ry an d it also rep resen ts a 

a m ore p e rso n alized view o f w hat 

b ridge into th e fu tu re because it’s 

Photo» b y F rank M u to c o u rte s y LBJ lib r a r y

corn

m o on,” he said.

Even 

th o u g h 

th e 

exh ib it deals

w ith 
e v en ts 
thahappened 
d e cad es ago, 

it has a high-

There has been a fascina-

sa id S a ra h
tion w ith outer space since S irb ask u , a

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enjoyed th e 

tech quality. In tera ctiv e displays 

n ew scasts a n d 

th e n e w sp a p e rs’ 

p ro v id e v isito rs w ith h a n d s-o n 

fro n t pages from th a t tim e fea­

e xperience, in clu d in g sim ulations 

tu re d th ro u g h o u t th e exhibit.

h ap p en e d 

all a bout the o u ter space, w hich o f 

in h isto ry ,” 

course is th e fu tu re on one level 

o r a n o th e r.”

The exhibit closes on July 20, 

2009, which coincides w ith 

the 

40th an n iversa ry o f the A pollo 

11 m oon landing. A dm ission a n d 

p a rkin g are free, a n d the m useum 

is open daily fr o m 9 a.m . to 5 p.m . 

For m ore inform ation, visit the LBJ 

o f C h u ck Yeager’s X-l aircraft, used 

T here’s m ore. G uests in terest­

Library a n d M u se u m ’s Web site at 

by th e A m e ric an test pilot to break 

ed in lea rn in g about discoveries, 

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Flavors!

Free Popcorn 
Day Tomorrow!

Come to the Cornucopia shop anytime from 
10am - 8pm this Thursday the 25 th and get a 
free bag of gourmet popcorn on us! 
Come in from 5-8pm and get free cocktails too!

www.austincornucopia.com 
Behind Veggie Heaven on the drag!

th e so u n d b a rrie r in 1947, an d the 

events and people th at preceded 

spacew alk. T hese have p a rticu la rly 

th e a stro n au ts are not likely to be 

a ttra c te d c h ild ren , C o h en said.

d isap p o in ted . “There has been a 

U T a lu m n u s B ruce Bond v is­

fascination w ith o u ter space since 

ited th e e x h ib it a seco n d tim e 

th e b e g in n in g o f tim e ,” C ohen 

because his tw o sons w anted to 

said. “W e have a few hig h lig h ts 

e x p erien c e th e flight sim u la to rs 

d e ta ilin g th a t.”

again. “We w ere here yesterday 

H ig h lig h ts include th e o riginal 

a n d th ey asked m e to b rin g them 

1543 copy o f N icolaus C o p e rn ic u s’ 

back,” he said. But th e exhibit is 

“O n th e R evolutions o f C elestial 

not just aim ed at yo u n g people.

Spheres,” in w hich he published 

Ih e e x h ib it fe atu res, a m o n g 

his th e o ry o f heliocentrism th at 

o th e r a ttra c tio n s , a fu ll-sized re p ­

states th e sun, not th e E arth , is the 

lica o f S p u tn ik I, th e Soviet Vostok 

cen ter o f th e universe, an d a re p li­

3KA-2 capsule th a t has actually 

ca o f th e telescope used by G alileo 

flown in space, th e o rig in a l c o n ­

G alilei in the early 1600s.

sole th a t th e M ission C o n tro l used 

“ [‘To th e M oon ’] is a nostalgic 

d u rin g th e A pollo p ro g ram , a life­

trip th at really represents in som e 

like scene o f A pollo 11 astro n au ts 

ways th e best o f A m erica, w here 

Neil A rm stro n g a n d Buzz A ld n n 

P resident K ennedy m ad e a p ro c ­

w ith th e U.S. flag sh o rtly after they

lam a tio n w hen he was elected th at

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