NEWS PAGE 6 Rescued hoarded cats available for free adoption LIFE&ARTS PAGE 14 Burlesque dancers captivate Austin audiences TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 88 THE DAILY TEXAN Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar More guns, less crime? Second Amendment and concealed-carry proponent John Lott will argue that looser gun control leads to less crime. School of Law TNH 2.114. 6-7:30 p.m. Son 5 Group of eight Latin-American musicians from five different countries perform at Speakeasy. 9:30 p.m. Capital Punishment in Texas The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty hosts a discussion with three unique perspectives on the death penalty. St. JohnÕs United Methodist Church. 7-9 p.m. Karate Do-Shotokai UT martial arts group hosts demo night in Quadrangle Room of Texas Union. 7:30¥9 p.m. Study Abroad Learn about study abroad opportunities in the College of Natural Sciences. Welch Hall 1.120. 6-7:30 p.m. Campus watch Aloha, Mr. Hand Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Assault: At the end of the game, a non-UT subject and several of his friends stood up to cheer for the Longhorns. An unknown patron took exception to this display of support and demanded the first subject sit down. After the game, the cheerful fan was approached by the not-so-cheerful fan who then proceeded to place his hands around the throat of the cheerful fan. That subject was described as a white male in his 20s, 6Õ tall, 200 pounds who Òlooked like a surfer dude.Ó ÑCompiled by UTPD Officer Darrell Halstead Quote to note Ô ÒBoth of those con¥ditions are conta¥gious, so as a result they can only be in a single-cat house¥hold, so anyone in¥terested in adopt¥ing them cannot have any other cats and a lot of people donÕt want to com¥mit to just having one cat.Ó Ñ Dominika Rogala Adoption counselor at the Austin Humane Society NEWS PAGE 6 Federal stimulus use falls under scrutiny Chancellor stresses more stable funding for future success of SystemÕs institutions By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff EditorÕs note: This is the second in a two-part series about how UT spends stimulus funding. UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa urged the Legislative Budget Board on Monday that their top pri¥ority should be to replace the federal stimulus funds swirling in UT System institution budgets with more reliable state funding. In fiscal year 2009-10, the state Legislature allotted $132 million in stimulus funds into the general reve¥nue pots of the SystemÕs 16 academic and health insti¥tutions Ñ $81 million of which went to academic pro- Executive staff member Michael Kerker listens at a meeting of SYSTEM continues on page 2 the UT Board of Regents on UTÕs budget Monday morning. MONEY continues on page 2 Hands-on designs break boundaries Architecture students get out-of-class experiences By Erika Rich Daily Texan Staff Architecture junior Michelle Merritt celebrated Friday when the structure she built with a team of three other students stood in the glow of the West Texas sunset. The next day, the cardboard structure, which fit together like a puzzle with glue and zip ties, col¥lapsed after a heavy rain. ÒAfter it fell apart, we were still proud to have succeeded in building something that could stand on its own for one full day,Ó Merritt said. Last weekend, a class of UT ar¥chitecture juniors participated in a project that took them out of their on-campus studio and sev¥en hours down the road to Marfa to build large-scale structures. The structures functioned as both tem¥porary shelters and art pieces for two days. Jack Sanders, an architecture adjunct professor and class lec¥turer, said it is a worthwhile ex¥perience that is hard to replicate in a classroom. ÒThere is a moment when the materials come to life and up until that point, students donÕt know how the materials bend and Committee testimonies at Capitol disclose single-use spending by state agencies By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Several state agencies testified at the Capitol on Mon¥ day about the billions of dollars in federal stimulus mon¥ ey they have spent since last February. The department directors said spending has varied drastically according to the agencyÕs need over the past year. The hearing in the Select Committee on Federal Eco¥nomic Stabilization Funding focused on 10 state agen¥cies, including the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Department of Housing and Com¥munity Affairs. Anastasia Garcia | Daily Texan Staff Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott said the Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff Architecture undergraduate students Alex Diamond, Chris Smith (a graduate student), Nick Gregg and Lauren Mays lift up a construction project made of steel wire and ironed plastic bags during a trip for their architecture class to Marfa, Texas. class projects. this relates to us is that it is very ÒThe idea is to teach young hands-on.Ó architects to think beyond de-The students had one day to sign and pursue architecture that build their structures with some serves people,Ó said architecture junior Wes Haynie. ÒThe way DESIGNS continues on page 7 APD to update dash cams with estimated $15 million By Aziza Musa mit the footage, which is stored Daily Texan Staff on a card, to the main server sev- The city is borrowing an es-eral times a day. Once the officer timated $15 million to update sends the footage, the data will the Austin Police DepartmentÕs be erased from the card to pro¥dashboard camera system, vide more space, Gay said. which is currently operated us-After initial assessments, each move,Ó he said. ÒPart of this style of learning is realizing you wonÕt always have perfect conditions.Ó ing VHS tapes. vehicle in the 550- A P D C m d r. car fleet will col- Troy Gay said the lect approximate¥ c i t y bo r ro w ed money to pay for After intial ly four gigabytes of data on a daily the system and will be under contractual obli¥gations until the assessments, each vehicle in the 550¥car fleet will collect basis, he said. APD is in the process of pur¥chasing all of the debt is paid. Police save the dashboard tapes for 180 days before approximately four gigabytes of data on a daily basis. equipment for the implementa¥tion, scheduled for January 2011. wiping the foot- The department age and reusing will perform in¥ Sanders said his mentor and former professor, an architect named Samuel Mockbee, said stu¥dents should be the architects of their own education. He said the Marfa project succeeded in setting the energy and tone for the rest of the semester, which he hopes the students will bring to their other Security guard Joey Gassie stands at the Barton Springs entrance to the Great Lawn at Zilker Park, which is closed to the public in preparation for the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Stephanie Meza Daily Texan Staff Zilker Park prepares lawn for ACL By Amyna Dosani Daily Texan Staff The northern area of Zilker Park known as the Great Lawn will be closed until around Oct. 15 to pre¥pare for the upcoming Austin City Limits Music Festival, said Victor Ovalle, spokesman for the Austin Parks and Recreation Department. Thearea,northofBartonSprings Road and east of Stratford Drive, closed Monday to begin setting up for ACL, which will take place from Oct. 8 to Oct. 10, he said. After the festival, C3 Presents, the producers of ACL, will tear down the stages and other struc¥tures, and the Austin Parks and Recreation Department will be re¥sponsible for cleaning up the land. ÒTheyÕll look at the turf and as¥sess the conditions,Ó Ovalle said. ÒOnce weÕve made repairs to the park and once they go in and aer¥ate the turf, we will try to open it as soon as possible.Ó Aerating the turf involves put¥ting holes in the ground to make sure it can breathe and is main¥tained, Ovalle said. Last year, because of rainy weather and throngs of traffic, the grassy park was decimated as mud came to the surface and left Zilker Park a mess, said chemical engi¥neering sophomore Laura Blohm, who attended last yearÕs festival. ÒIt was terribly muddy,Ó Blohm said. ÒEveryone was dirty. There was no grass. It was disgusting. Mud was oozing through peo¥pleÕs toes.Ó Austin Parks and Recreation had to close the area longer than planned to clean up and repair it because C3 Presents could not ACL continues on page 2 them. If the tapes capture a criminal offense, they will be turned in as evidence and are unlikely to be re¥used, Gay said. The existing system requires officers to manually turn on the camera to record footage. The new system will include various triggers Ñ including door, light, siren, crash and speed sensors Ñ within the patrol car to automati¥cally activate the dash cams. Officers will wirelessly trans¥house tests in November to make sure the equipment is ready for the rollout. Once that is complete, they will test the functionality of the cameras to ensure the data is transmitting from the vehicles to the server. The digital system will miti¥gate the likelihood of the camera not capturing a critical incident that could serve as evidence for APD continues on page 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, September 28, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN MONEY: Offices Volume 111, Number 77 Changingseasons 25 cents plan long-term CONTACT US uses of funding Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 From page 1 Texas Education Agency received Editor: $5.9 billion for education from the Lauren Winchester stimulus. The agency has commit¥ (512) 232-2212 ted $2.6 billion to various projects, editor@dailytexanonline.com but not all of it has been spent. While the TEA has $3.2 billion Managing Editor: remaining, Scott said the stateÕs Sean Beherec school districts are careful about (512) 232-2217 their expenses. managingeditor@ ÒMany districts are being conser¥ dailytexanonline.com vative in case things get tight over time,Ó Scott said. News O¥ce: State Rep. Jim Dunnam, a Dem¥ocrat from Waco and chairman of (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com the committee, said it is important that agencies plan stimulus spend- Web O¥ce: ing for the long term. (512) 471-8616 Dunnam and state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, said Scott online@dailytexanonline.com should have applied for the fed- Sports O¥ce: eral education funding through (512) 232-2210 the Race to the Top Fund, which were U.S. Department of Educa¥tion grants offered to states for ed¥ sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: ucation funding. The agency spent (512) 232-2209 almost $200,000 on the application lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com for funds before ultimately decid¥ ing not to apply, Coleman said. Photo O¥ce: Gov. Rick Perry said in January (512) 471-8618 Andrew Torrey |Daily Texan Staff that Texas would not compete for photo@dailytexanonline.com Sarah Bremer takes advantage of the weather to lunch outside at Whole Foods on Monday. The cooler temperatures are expected to con¥ about $700 million in federal edu¥ tinue for the rest of the week. Retail Advertising: cation grants, adding that the ap¥ (512) 471-1865 plication would take power away joanw@mail.utexas.edu from the State Board of Education to set curricula. ClassiÞed Advertising: SYSTEM:Administrators worry about budget holes Scott said the agency declined to (512) 471-5244 complete the application because classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com of federal requirements that would From page 1 requires weekly stimulus spend-tors are concerned about the lack would they prefer cuts to formu¥ force the state to change curricula as ing reports to the state comptrol-of recurring funds to support the la funding or to special items. a condition of accepting the funds. grams. The UniversityÕs share of ler, monthly reports to the Texas financial needs of the University. For UT-Austin, special items in- The Texan strives to present all information Representatives from the Tex¥that money was $9.9 million in Higher Education Coordinating ÒIt is a worry that budgeting clude the Bureau of Economic fairly, accurately and completely. If as Higher Education Coordinating formula funding, which makes we have made an error, let us know Board and quarterly reports to from the state in ways that use Geology and several engineer¥ about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail Board, Arturo Alonzo Jr. and Dan up the base of the budget. the federal government. stimulus funds to support insti-ing buildings, and generally in¥ managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. Griffiths, said much of $723 mil-Cigarroa said a stable, pre-UT budget director Mary tutional budgets leaves us in a clude expansion. lion they received from stimulus dictable base of funding is crit-Knight said a federal auditor vis-situation where weÕll need to find William Henrich, president has funded the expansion of pro¥ ical to the success of the Sys-ited UT and two other auditors ways through the state or other of the UT Health Science Cen¥ grams and scholarships at colleg¥temÕs academic and health-re-have requested information on funding mechanisms to replace ter at San Antonio, said he es across the state, such as the pro¥is imperative to appropriate Administrators have ex-Knight said it all depends items because the institution COPYRIGHT lated institutions, and that it use of the funds. those funds,Ó Leslie said. would prefer cuts to special posed law school at the University Copyright 2010 Texas Student of North Texas. general revenue to replace the pressed concerns about more on how the Legislative Budget must have base funding to be Media. All articles, photographs Griffiths said since demand for federal stimulus dollars in the than just regulations; they are Board and the Legislature deter-strong. However, without spe¥ and graphics, both in the print and public institutions will continue to 2012-13 biennium. worried that the state Legisla-mines the base funding for UT. cial item spending, the health online editions, are the property of ÒThese formula funds are the ture will not replace the stimu-ÒIf theyÕre not counting the center would not be able to af¥ increase, the board needs to start Texas Student Media and may not be very core of state funding for lus funds with state money in stimulus in our base, that reduc-ford a new medical school, a looking for ways to save money, reproduced or republished in part or the 2012-13 biennium, leaving es our base [funding] quite a bit,Ó key component of the centerÕs such as using electronic textbooks, sizeable budget holes. she said. plan for growth, he said. higher education, and without in whole without written permission. which the state has spent about Several state legislators did At the hearing, several pres-Rick Travis, an analyst on the them, our institutions will be se¥ $361 million on in 2010. not return phone calls over the idents from UT System institu-budget board who represents the verely impacted,Ó Cigarroa said. The University spent most of past week. tions expressed similar concerns Texas Higher Education Coor¥the formula funding on natural TODAYÕS WEATHER UT Provost Steven Leslie said about the stimulus funds, but dinating Board, said he doesnÕt gas and utilities Ñ and a much ACL: Great Lawn the stimulus funds provided a members of the Legislative Bud-know what the chances are that smaller portion on salaries for High Low significant amount of support get Board were unresponsive to the Legislature will supply recur¥the School of Law Ñ because for UT in terms of faculty-led re-their requests. ring funds to replace the stimulus drainage issues 86 62 the federal government requires search products, but as the fed-David Young, Gov. Rick Per-funds in the university budgets. less extensive reporting on stim¥eral money was also funneled ryÕs adviser on higher education ÒTheyÕll have to revisit that Imagine a Pokeball full of cats. ulus expenditures on operation-through the budgeting process funding, repeatedly asked the when they get back in town,Ó seen to with sod al costs. The federal government into the institution, administra-presidents if they had to choose, Travis said. From page 1 break anything down until the land was dry, said C3 marketing APD: Precautions to protect police, public director Lisa Hickey. To prevent the same problem this year, she said RECYCLE your copy of self-defense. He had not acti-as the UT Police Department, that Austin Parks and Recreation vated his camera at the time of have acquired digital dash From page 1 has made drainage improvements THE DAILY TEXAN prosecution, Gay said. the shooting. cams. UTPD Lt. Dennis Chart¥to that entire part of the park, and One such incident occurred Gay said any time an incident ier said the department transi¥one acre of sod was replaced in the in May 2009 when former APD occurs and officers donÕt have tioned to digital cameras be-Great Lawn. This newspaper was printed with Officer Leonardo Quintana fa¥footage, it reinforces the need fore most other law enforce¥ÒThis year, the park has had a pride by The Daily Texan and THE DAILY TEXAN tally shot 18-year-old Nathaniel Texas Student Media. for digital technology. ment agencies Ñ nearly five year for the grass to establish a root Sanders II in what he said was ÒI think when you look at years ago Ñ because it has a system and to experience soil com- Permanent Staff policing in general, youÕll find smaller fleet. paction, which will greatly help,Ó Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Winchester Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Beherec Associate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Cardona that crime is very spontaneous Chartier said he lost some Hickey said. Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viviana Aldous, Susannah Jacob     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Luippold, Dave Player and dynamic,Ó Gay said. ÒBe-footage of patrols when UTPD According to the Texas Depart- News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Kreighbaum Associate News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Cervantes, Lena Price, Michelle Truong cause of safety precautions and first got the system, but they ment of Transportation, Stratford Senior Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Collin Eaton, Aziza Musa, Nolan Hicks all the things going on through have worked out the bugs since Drive will be closed from Sept. 29¥ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Sanchez, Audrey WhiteCopy Desk Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cristina HerreraAssociate Copy Desk Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elyana Barrera, Sydney Fitzgerald, Reese Rackets c the officersÕ mind when they then. He said that although the 30 and from Oct. 11-12 when set- Design Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Veronica Rosalez Senior Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Carr, Martina Geronimo are trying to protect people, digital system requires more ting up and tearing down the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexa Hart, Simonetta Nieto      turning on the camera is one maintenance, he was pleased festival. From Oct. 8-10, Strat¥ 20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price. Special Projects Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Camri Hinkie Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Gerson more thing the officer has to with its footage and testimoni¥ ford Drive, Barton Springs Road, Associate Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Kang, Peyton McGeeSenior Photographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Heimsath, Tamir Kalifa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nasha Lee, Erika Rich, Danielle Villasana do. We want officers to react al capabilities. San Antonio Street between West Life&Arts Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amber Genuske plus t/s appropriately without having ÒCameras are an officerÕs best Third and West Fifth streets and Associate Life&Arts Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madeleine Crum Senior Life&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Layne Lynch, Allistair Pinsof, Sarah Pressley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francisco Marin, Gerald Rich, Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, Julie Rene Tran that one extra thought.Ó friend,Ó he said. ÒItÕll exonerate West Fourth Street between Nuec- Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Hurwitz Senior Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Will Anderson, Sameer Bhuchar, Jordan Godwin Other police departments officers far more than they are es and Guadalupe streets will also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laken Litman, Andy Lutz, Jon Parrett, Bri ThomasComics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victoria Elliott in and around the city, such going to get them into trouble.Ó be closed.    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Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 09/24/10 Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m.Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Texan Ad Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. 512.769.3993 Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. Deadlines Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) Wire Editor: Nolan Hicks WORLD&NATION www.dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, September 28, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Kim Jong Ilmight givepromotionsto son, sister at meeting By Kwang-Tae Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea Ñ North Korean leader Kim Jong Il promot¥ed Kim Jong Un to the rank of gen¥eral in the Korean PeopleÕs Army, the state news agency reported, the clearest signal yet that the younger Kim is on track to succeed his father in ruling the impoverished country. Kim Jong Il issued an order hand¥ing six people Ñ including son Kim Jong Un Ñ the rank of gener¥al, the Korean Central News Agen¥cy said in a dispatch published ear¥ly Tuesday.Also promoted was Kim Kyong Hui, which is the name of Kim Jong IlÕs sister. Her name was listed ahead of Kim Jong UnÕs in the report. The report came hours ahead of the start of the countryÕs biggest political meeting in three decades and amid intense speculation that Kim Jong IlÕs youngest son and sister could be given key posts at the gathering. It marks the first time that Kim Jong UnÕs name has appeared in of¥ficial media. It is widely believed that the rul¥ing WorkersÕ Party meeting, which was set to take place later Tuesday, may pave the way for Kim Jong Un to become his fatherÕs succes¥sor. Some experts also said that Kim Kyong Hui might also get a promi¥nent party job to oversee a transfer in case the leader dies before the son is ready to take over. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell said in a con¥ference call that Washington was Òwatching developments carefullyÓ and was working to interpret the announcementÕs significance. The Associated Press NEW YORK Ñ SouthwestÕs de¥cision to buy AirTran will mean more routes and fewer delays and cancellations in small cities but higher fares in the Northeast and perhaps the end of the super-low sale fare. Southwest Airlines, which has built a loyal following with its tongue-in-cheek ads and refusal to charge for checked bags, said Monday it planned to buy AirTran for $1.4 billion. The deal will move Southwest into 37 new cities, expand its pres¥ence in cities like New York and Boston and move it into Atlanta, the busiest airport in the nation. Jim Mahoney| Associated Press President and CEO Bob Fornaro, AirTran Airways Chairman, left, and President and CEO Gary C. Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman, talk after a press conference Monday, at Southwest Airlines headquarters in Dallas. Airline merger may increase fares Southwest routes means more connecting options for people fly¥ing through places like Moline, Ill., and Wichita, Kan., which should result in fewer delays and cancel¥lations because there will be more options for rerouting passengers. In bigger cities like the North¥east hubs, however, fares will prob¥ably eventually go up. They may not rise right away because many of those cities are still served by a third discounter, JetBlue Airways, said fare expert George Hobica. The acquisition may also spell the end of the deep-discount sales currently offered by AirTran and Southwest because there will be less competition. Right now, for one-way fare between Baltimore and Boston. ÒThe era of irrational, stupid, de¥structive fare sales is over,Ó Hobica said. ÒThis is the new normal. Jet-Blue now has permission to raise prices between Baltimore and Bos¥ton. Other airlines now have per¥mission to raise prices between Washington, D.C., and Florida.Ó In welcome news for weary travelers, Southwest said it will drop AirTranÕs bag fees when the pair combine in 2012. Right now, AirTran charges $20 for the first checked bag, $25 for the second. Some major airlines charge even more. Southwest claims it has lured passengers by refusing to charge keting campaign around the pol¥icy, with baggage handlers shout¥ing declarations of love to suitcas¥es on the tarmac. The combined airline probably wonÕt be large enough to pres¥sure big competitors like United and American to give up the hun¥dreds of millions of dollars a year they make from baggage fees, air¥line analyst Joy Sorenson said. While Southwest will be about 25 percent larger when the deal is complete, it will remain the fourth-largest by traffic. The up¥coming combination of United and Continental will be No. 1, followed by Delta and the parent of American. NEWS BRIEFLY Sex offenderÕs conviction overturned by judge DALLAS Ñ A judge on Monday overturned the 1993 conviction of a deaf man who was sent to prison for raping a 5-year-old girl despite an ab¥sence of physical evidence linking him to the attack. Stephen Brodie, 39, dropped his head in relief after an in¥terpreter signed to him that Judge Lena Levario had set aside his conviction on the grounds of actual innocence. He then turned to face the courtroom audience, some of whom waved both hands in the air. ÒI feel like a burden has been lifted,Ó Brodie told re¥porters through a translator. ÒI feel light. I feel extremely happy.Ó BrodieÕs legal woes didnÕt end immediately, despite the judgeÕs finding of innocence. He was taken back into cus¥tody and forced to change from a suit and tie back into a striped jail uniform. Hawaii telescope discovers asteroid making Earth pass HONOLULU Ñ An aster¥oid that will come within 4 million miles of Earth in mid-October has been discovered by a University of Hawaii tele¥scope. The universityÕs Institute for Astronomy said Monday that the object located by the Pan STARRS PS1 telescope on Maui has a diameter of about 150 feet. ItÕs the first potential¥ly hazardous object it has been used to discover. A university member of the PS1 Scientific Consortium, Robert Jedicke, says the object wonÕt hit Earth in the imme¥diate future. It was discovered in images acquired Sept. 16, when it was about 20 million miles away. Compiled from Associated Press reports Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob Tuesday, September 28, 2010 OPINION Doug Luippold Dave Player Dan Treadway THE DAILY TEXAN Photo illustration by Amelia Giller EditorÕs note: Each year before the Red River Rivalry, The Daily Texan exchanges editorials with OUÕs student newspaper, The Oklahoma Daily. OU sucks ÒIf you are reading this, congratulations. YouÕve already surpassed what we thought to be the mental capacity of an OU student.Ó By The Daily Texan Editorial Board If you are reading this, congratula¥tions. YouÕve already surpassed what we thought to be the mental capacity of an OU student. We at The Daily Texan think itÕs just adorable that your football team would care to play us once again de¥spite losing four out of the past five seasons. While A&M is our disappointing little brother, always trying so hard but laughably failing to be significant, we feel that your university is more akin to our awkward uncle Ñ he used to be really buff in the 1980s when he was taking steroids but is now a shell of his former self, con¥stantly asking others to pull his finger for attention. IÕll level with you Ñ weÕve never real-dozens of national¥ly taken the time to ly renowned pro¥consider the idea of grams at our univer-Oklahoma, so we fig-sity, but this would uredweÕdjustGoogle all be a waste of it. What we found time. Comparing the was a Broadway play quality of education and a bunch of pub-at UT-Austin to the lic urination arrest University of Okla¥ warrants. We would com¥ment on the inferior¥ity of the members of your team individu¥ally, but we canÕt seem to think of any of note. Plus, we hate to criticize our fellow Texans. Regardless, we donÕt understand why you feel so much hostility to¥ward our school Ñ after all, we did send Kevin Durant on a mission trip to Oklahoma City to attempt to make your state relevant. God bless his char¥itable heart. ItÕs just not in our nature to be com¥bative. Longhorns are lovers, not fight¥ers. After all, MenÕs Health Magazine recently named Austin the most sex¥ually active city in America. We tried to find Norman on the list, but then we realized farm animals werenÕt ac¥counted for in the study. We feel itÕs unnecessary to con¥stantly hold your horns downward while playing against other teams, regardless of how flattering we may find it. ItÕs a cute gesture to always symbolize your status below us in the conference rankings, but the ob¥sessive acknowledgment of our su¥perior university isnÕt necessary. Plus, we already get plenty of media exposure as it is, as you will learn once ÒtelevisionÓ finds its way to Oklahoma. Really, itÕs not that we hate OU or anything; weÕre just hurt that your state has yet to issue an apology to the nation for producing Toby Keith. Shame on you. I suppose this is the part where we compare the world-class academics at the University of Texas to whatev¥er you have at OU. We could discuss the breakthrough re¥search done in Aus¥tin, the competi¥tively-selected stu¥dent body or the homa would be like pitting Heidi Klum against a microwave in a beauty contest. WeÕre sure youÕll poke fun at our disappointing loss to UCLA last weekend. Perhaps the toughest part of the upset is that it ended our 36-week streak of being ranked in the top 10. Admittedly, our fans took the defeat pretty hard. We wish we could have taken it in stride like your fan base does, but we just arenÕt used to losing big games. As sad as we are, we realize all streaks must end. After all, yÕall won a bowl game last year. Honestly, weÕre sure that youÕre all kind, hard-working individuals, but this simply does not detract from the fact that on an empirical level, you suck. Good luck at the game and hook Ôem horns! Love always and forever and ever, The Daily Texan Editorial Board No we donÕt By The Oklahoma Daily Editorial Board We would like to extend our sincerest con¥dolences to you, University of Texas. While we relished in UCLAÕs 34-12 utter stompdown of your usually decent football team, we couldnÕt help but feel a little sorry for you. ThereÕs no doubt weÕve had our own prob¥lems and many of our players are still inexpe¥rienced, but thereÕs a crucial difference: WeÕve won all of our games this year. What happened, Texas? When the under¥dog comes biting, you roll over and die like a little punk-ass bitch? Please donÕt die on us like that Saturday; at least make it a good game. We love the Red River Ri¥ valry. It sucks a little bit be¥cause we have to go to Texas, but at least the game is a lot of fun to watch, because no matter who wins, both teams are often on the same level of play. tal smackdown of Islam during the Crusades. That way, students will know whose God is tougher. No other time period displays Chris¥tianityÕs superior status. As Jesus said, ÒLet he who is without sin kick the first ass.Ó You wouldnÕt think Texas would have such a bigotry problem, given the fact that UT only accepts the top 10 percent of high school grad¥uates. But this elitist mindset just fuels the stateÕs blatant Òbrain drainÓ problem. Obviously, this doesnÕt stop the best and brightest from fleeing the state in droves, leaving only those who ought to readily ad¥mit their KKK membership. Still not convinced you live in hell incar¥nate? Your very own state Sen. Eliot Shap¥leigh, D-El Paso, has even admitted Texas is the worst state in the nation. In his report, generously titled ÒTexas on the BrinkÓ (we wouldÕve preferred ÒTexas Ð What Else Could You Expect?Ó), Shapleigh gives a few statistics on During the previous de-your stateÕs utter failure at ÒWeÕve won all cade, the games have usually existence. Here are a few been within 10 to 20 points, of our games this favorites: providing some great enter-year.Ó -No wonder your state tainment Ñ besides our 2000 and 2003 thrashings we de¥livered to you Ñ 63-14 and 65-13, respectively Ñ those games just got old. So please, UT, make our forced exodus to your cess¥pool of a state worth it, be¥cause thereÕs really no other reason to be there. Here are just a few developments out of your state that prove it could be fairly titled the Òscrotum of America.Ó Take the Texas State Board of Education, which wants to replace public school teachers with little ÒFŸhrers.Ó The boardÕs latest attempt to reshape history to fit its xenophobic worldview is its approval to strike out Òpro-IslamÓ biases in world his¥tory textbooks. The resolution says textbooks that devote more lines to Islamic beliefs and practices than to Christian ones should no longer be used. Yes, we remember finding ourselves strangely willing to convert to Islam after reading about the Ottoman Empire in Glen¥coeÕs world history textbook. Come on Texas, how could you let Islam gain an edge over our nationÕs dominant re¥ligion? In place of the lines about Islam, Tex¥as ought to add more about ChristianityÕs bru¥education blows Ñ teach¥er pay ranks 49th in the nation. -HowÕs that abstinence¥only education work¥ing out for you? At least 80,050 teen moms, report¥ ed by the Guttmacher In¥ stitute in 2004, no lon¥ger believe storks deliver babies. Congratu¥lations, you rank first in the nation in teen pregnancy! -Democracy? Why bother? Citizens of Texas donÕt have any hope that things will change: The number of registered voters who actual¥ly vote is last in the nation. And Texas ranks third in the nation for number of convicted public officials. -Obamacare wonÕt kill your citizens; Texas politicians are happy to do it for you. Those who voted against the federal health care bill werenÕt worried about death panels; they just didnÕt want to abandon their state-of-the-art, citizen-killing health system. A whole quarter of the Texas population is uninsured. We disagree with all of those who fought to make sure Texas didnÕt secede from the Union. The U.S. would have been better off without you. The Oklahoma Daily Editorial Board RECYCLE LEGALESE SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange news stand where you found it. the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not nec¥essarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brev¥ity, clarity and liability. NEWS Tuesday, September 28, 2010 College educated earn more than high school grads cy virus,Ó Rogala said. ÒEven though they have tested negative so far, it does not mean that six months down the line they will not test positive.Ó The diseases are only contagious among cats, which would not allow adoptive owners to have any other cats in their homes. ÒBoth of those conditions are conta¥gious, so as a result they can only be in a single-cat household, so anyone interested in adopting them cannot have any other cats and a lot of people donÕt want to com¥mit to just having one cat,Ó Rogala said. By Vidushi Shrimali Daily Texan Staff As the value of a college de¥gree increases, so does the salary gap between college educated and non-college educated people, ac¥cording to a study released by The College Board. The study, released last week, found that before taxes, the aver¥age salary of a high school grad¥uate aged at least 25 in 2008 was $24,300, compared to $55,700 for someone with a bachelorÕs degree, $67,300 for a masterÕs degree and $100,000 for a professional degree. ÒWe are just 25 or older were employed for some duration of 2008, compared to 80 percent of college graduates. Sixty percent of college stu¥dents were employed for the whole year, while only 44 percent of high school graduates worked full time all year. The study found that the unem¥ployment rate for college graduates was 4.6 percent, less than half of the 9.7-percent rate for those with¥out a degree. Economics professor Daniel Hamermesh, who conducted a study in 2001 comparing graduate student salaries be¥ stating the facts,Ó tween UT schools, said Stephanie said he encourag-Coggin, adver-es all of his under¥tising director graduate students It is clear that having a for The College to finish school as Board. ÒIt is college degree is better quickly as possible clear that hav-ÔÔ and then gain expe¥ than not having one.Ó ing a college de-rience working be¥gree is better Ñ Stephanie Coggin fore pursuing a high than not having degree. one. It really be-Advertising director, ÒYou probably hooves a current The College Board donÕt know what high school or you want to do,Ó college student Hamermesh said. to finish school.Ó The McCombs School of Business Ñ which ranks slightly above the national average with an average salary of $58,428 for graduates with a bachelorÕs degree Ñ has consistently ranked highly among business schools in the nation because of the salaries of its alumni. Velma Arney, director of BBA ca¥reer services at McCombs, attri¥butes the success of business ma¥jors to the schoolÕs core curriculum, which integrates classroom knowl¥edge with real world application. ÒThe type of business curricu¥lum we expose them to [and] the required internships allow them to relate to the real world, as well, [and they have] a better understanding of industries,Ó Arney said. According to the study, 63 per¥cent of high school graduates aged ÒYouÕve been going to school since you were 5 and are probably 22. Take a year off.Ó The report also indicated that those with a college degree lived a healthier lifestyle and were more active in their communities than those who were high school gradu¥ates. In both 2006 and 2008, a high¥er percentage of those with a col¥lege degree were satisfied with their jobs than those without de¥grees. College graduates were less likely to smoke or be obese and more likely to vote, exercise and have health care coverage through their employers. ÒThe question is whether educa¥tion is causing [that] or it is just a correlated fact,Ó Hamermesh said. ÒI like to think education makes us better people, but I donÕt know if [you can prove] that.Ó Shelter seeks homes for hoarded cats Humane Society counselor predicts difficulty finding adoptive owners because of disease, poor conditions By Anna Fata Daily Texan Staff Cats found in a large-scale hoarding in¥vestigation two weeks ago are now avail¥able for adoption free of charge at the Austin Humane Society. A 32-year-old woman hoarded almost 80 cats in her South Austin apartment. After neighbors complained of an odor coming from the residence, the buildingÕs landlords inspected her unit and found more than two dozen dead cats in an un¥plugged refrigerator. Austin Police Department Cpl. Scott Perry said that while APD has not filed any charges, the case remains under in¥vestigation. ÒWe donÕt know if itÕs a case of ani¥mal cruelty, animal endangerment or if there is no law that has been broken at all,Ó Perry said. Animal cruelty and animal endanger¥ment are both misdemeanors under state law, he said. Fearing the cats would be euthanized, the woman adopted many of them from Town Lake Animal Center, a city-and county-run animal shelter. The centerÕs vet services supervisor, Wen¥dy Beaupre, said she has seen worse cases of dogs and cats being hoarded in greater quantities and under worse conditions. ÒOne of the places we had talked to years ago, the electricity was turned off and that makes for a miserable situation for that many animals,Ó Beaupre said. Although the center euthanizes animals it does not have space for, the number of euthanizations has dropped by almost one-half since 2000, according to the cen¥terÕs records. The Austin Humane Society, a no-kill facility, placed 17 of the cats up for adop¥tion over the weekend, one of which has already been adopted. It may be a challenge to find homes for the cats because of the poor condi¥tions they were kept in, said Dominika Rogala, an adoption counselor for the humane society. Rogala said those who want to adopt the cats found in this case will have the regular adoption fee waived, but they may have high medical bills. ÒAll these cats were exposed to feline leukemia and feline immunal deficien¥ Traffic trend spells trouble for motorists in downtown By Shivam Purohit Daily Texan Staff As the city of Austin grows, so does the amount of time driv¥ers spend behind the wheel, ac¥cording to a traffic study by a downtown community group. The Lamar Boulevard Bridge is the most congested street in Austin, followed by CŽsar Ch‡vez Street, the South First Street Bridge, West Fifth and West Sixth streets, according to the Downtown Austin Alli¥ance. The City Council collect¥ed the data in 2009 and the al¥liance published it last week to illustrate the growth of the Austin community, said Thom¥as Butler, streetscapes and transportation director for the alliance. These numbers make it clear that Austinites cannot continue the habit of every person driv¥ing his or her own car, since the city does not have much more room for expansion, But¥ler said. Drivers can spend anywhere between 10 to 25 minutes nav¥igating the busiest streets dur¥ing rush hour, according to the report. Butler said that the alliance is trying to encourage drivers to use other methods of trans¥portation, such as the bus sys¥tem or Capital MetroRail, to al¥leviate the congestion. The alli¥ance is petitioning for a region¥al inter-city rail that would eventually connect to parts of South Texas. ÒWe need to begin thinking of ways to move more people, not more vehicles,Ó Butler said. ÒWe are not just publishing data, we are working on developing so¥lutions for this problem.Ó Computer science freshman Samantha Williamson, who has been driving in Austin for the past year, said she was already frustrated with the frequent traffic jams along the Interstate Highway 35 frontage roads. ÒIf there is a big backup along I-35, drivers on the ramps are stopped and this trails all the way down the frontage road, stopping traffic through red lights,Ó Williamson said. ÒDriv¥ing in Austin has become very exhausting.Ó Adjusting to the traffic in Austin was also difficult for mathematics sophomore Emily Kunkel, who is from Calallen, about 20 minutes outside Cor¥pus Christi. ÒSince I am originally from a smaller town, I am not used to driving in traffic. I have had to learn to avoid driving any¥where during rush hour, espe¥cially on Lamar,Ó Kunkel said. ÒAnd if itÕs absolutely neces¥sary to drive, I just expect to be on the road for twice as long as it should take.Ó Tuesday, September 28, 2010 NEWS DESIGNS: Students display work in Trans-Peco Festival Students assemble the framework of their cubic structure with materials they brought with them, including planks of wood, tools and fabric. They had one day to complete their projects. UT professor Jack Sanders walks through a work in progress. One of the goals of the trip was to build artisitc and functional structures. Photos by:Erika Rich Students haul their cardboard creation back to the campsite from a covered area where they worked during a rainy afternoon. From page 1 materials from Austin and Mar¥fa, including sheets of plastic and cardboard, string, fabric and steel wire. One group brought near¥ly one mile of wire that they cut into strips and twisted into circles around plastic bags, which they then ironed together. They built on the campgrounds of a hotel called El Cosmico, which is owned by Austin hotel owner and entrepreneur Liz Lam¥bert. The site is decked out with vintage airstream trailers, and this year it celebrated its fifth anniver¥sary, marked by the annual Trans-Peco Festival of Music and Love. Displaying their work in a fes¥tival setting gave the students the chance to receive feedback from people outside of the aca¥demic realm, said architecture senior Ty Larson. ÒMaking something people can walk through, enjoy and talk about is a gratifying experience,Ó Larson said. ÓEspecially when you get an enthusiastic reaction from a child running through something you built as opposed to have a pro¥fessor tell you what they thought about it.Ó Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, September 28, 2010 SPORTS THE DAILY TEXAN MARATHON Race supports childrenÕs financial literacy By Julie Thompson Daily Texan Staff More than 2,000 runners par¥ticipated in the sixth annual Sil¥icon Labs Austin Marathon Re¥lay on Sunday in a spirited ben¥efit for Junior Achievement of Central Texas. ÒThis is a big race that we push for our members because there is a great community atmosphere,Ó said Andrew Howard, president of UTÕs Texas Running Club. The relay started and ended at Auditorium Shores near Town Lake, with all proceeds from the race going to Junior Achievement of Central Texas, which generat¥ed more than $100,000 from last yearÕs Marathon Relay. Junior Achievement is a non¥profit that started in 1919 with the goal of increasing financial lit¥eracy in children. The organiza¥tion sends teachers with Junior Achievement-prepared curricu¥lum into classes from kindergar¥ten through 12th grades. ÒThere is a mix of volunteers; everything from university stu¥dents, doctors, lawyers, people in the financial industry that recog¥nize the importance of financial literacy,Ó said event organizer Sar¥ah Russ. ÒThere are also a lot of volunteers who went through Ju¥nior Achievement themselves and feel a sense of paying back the or¥ganization that helped them.Ó Mike Meroney, chairman of the board for Junior Achievement Central Texas, has been teaching classes for 18 years in three cities and knows the importance of ed¥ucating children on the difference between wants and needs and how to manage their money. ÒWe are teaching kids about business and teaching them how to be entrepreneurs,Ó he said. According to the Junior Achievement website, almost FOOTBALL Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Runners cross the finish line after completing the sixth annual Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay on Sunday. The race raises money and awareness for financial literacy in children. 10 million students are taught about work readiness and entre¥preneurship every year. Goals of Junior Achievement include teaching youth how to gener¥ate and manage wealth, how to create jobs in their communities and how to apply entrepreneur¥ial thinking to the workplace. The organization reached more than 13,000 students in Tex¥as during the 2008-09 academ- By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff Before SundayÕs team meet¥ing, head coach Mack Brown ap¥proached senior defensive end Sam Acho and asked if he would speak to the team as a means of encouragement after the UCLA loss, heading into OU week. Honored to do so, Acho spent a few minutes telling his teammates to stick together as a family and not to panic because they still have a lot of goals to achieve this year, despite SaturdayÕs outcome. ÒHe just told us, ÔThis is when we need to pull together as a fam¥ily and trust each other,ÕÓ junior safety Blake Gideon said. ÒWe are each otherÕs support system and thatÕs the kind of mentality weÕre heading into Dallas with this weekend.Ó Acho exerts outstanding leader¥ship qualities and is a person ev¥ery Longhorn looks up to, which is why he was the only player Brown asked to talk to the team. Though the speech was pret¥ty impromptu according to Acho, he spoke emotionally, inspiring his teammates to approach OU week with excitement and come out fighting as a team on Saturday. ÒI reminded everyone that we have a 24-hour rule at Texas after a win or after a loss,Ó Acho said. ÒYou watch the film, you learn from it, you get better from it and then you move on. ItÕs done. WeÕre going to be ready to play OU.Ó Monroe to continue playing Since the start of the season, the media has been pestering Brown about sophomore receiver-turned¥tailback D.J. Monroe. When will he play? When will he start? Will he return punts or kick-offs? BrownÕs responses were always very skeptical, saying that al¥though Monroe has a lot of speed, he doesnÕt have the size to be an effective back, nor is he used to pass protection. Brown bit his tongue on Sat¥urday as Monroe played more than any other back, carrying the ball six times for 51 yards, 31 of which were yards after contact. He was also on the field for ev¥ery kick off return. ÒHeÕs not a power runner, but ic school year. Among the eight districts where Junior Achieve¥ment volunteers teach are Aus¥tin, Bastrop, Pflugerville and Round Rock. The entrepreneurial focus of Junior Achievement combined with the physical fitness aspect of the race inspired many lo¥cal corporations and business¥es to get involved and help raise funds. Companies including heÕs real fast,Ó Brown said. ÒWe got a little spark by giving him the ball Saturday and we got more yards than weÕd been get¥ting. WeÕll go back and look at what that means and if it works, weÕll keep doing it.Ó ItÕs that time of the season... Now that itÕs week five of the season, injuries are popping up and forcing lineup alterations. This week, two starting Long¥horns will be nursing injuries so they can play against Oklahoma. In the first half on Saturday, freshman Mike Davis, who has arguably been the most pro¥ductive player on offense in the first three games, injured his knee and was limited in the sec¥ond half. It is unknown whether Da¥vis will play on Saturday against Oklahoma. If he doesnÕt, that will be a serious detriment for an al¥ready struggling offense. ÒMike wonÕt be out for the rest of the season or anything like that, but he is questionable for Saturday,Ó Brown said. Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff Senior Sam Acho shakes hands after TexasÕ game against Tech last year. Acho recently gave an encourag¥ing talk to his teammates after the teamÕs loss to UCLA this past weekend. Texas takes time to heal after loss at home to UCLA Whole Foods, H-E-B, Samsung and Dell had teams run in the corporate categories. ÒWe are seeing more corporate teams because companies are so interested in the health and wel¥fare of their employees,Ó said Dave Swincher, President of Ju¥nior Achievement. Thanks to the Marathon Re¥lay, all variations of Austin run¥ners were able to raise money for a good cause while simulta¥neously competing and enjoy¥ing the fun atmosphere. Zack Liu, a runner with a group from the DeanÕs Scholars Honors Program said that the variation of distances in the race enticed he and his group to participate. ÒWe brought homework to do,Ó he said. ÒWe got too involved, though. We havenÕt even looked at our homework.Ó Fifth week of season brings rivalry games By Andy Lutz Daily Texan Staff ESPN College GameDay is headed to Eugene, Ore., this weekend to cover the mam¥moth Pac-10 match up of the No. 9 Stanford Cardinals against the No. 4 Oregon Ducks. LaM¥ichael James leads the way for the Ducks, while sophomore quarterback Andrew Luck will lead Jim HarbaughÕs club. The top-ten match up should be a doozy and could go a long way in deciding who gets to repre¥sent the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl this year, or even in the BCS na¥tional championship in Arizona. Marve injured before opener Purdue starting quarterback Robert Marve underwent an MRI on Monday to assess the damage done to his left knee in the BoilermakersÕ surprising 31¥20 loss to upstart Toledo on Sat¥urday. The former Miami Hur¥ricane threw for 1805 yards and 12 touchdowns in his first cam¥paign at Purdue last season but also tossed 17 picks. Luckily for Marve, his team will get a bye week this weekend before head¥ing to Evanston, Ill. to face un¥defeated Northwestern (4-0) Oct. 9. Key conference match ups Aside from Stanford-Or¥egon, week five of college football action is loaded with other massive confer¥ence match-ups that could easily seal the fate of a few teams in their division races. Key match ups include No. 7 Florida at No. 1 Alabama and No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 24 Michigan State. Oh, and of course, the Red Riv¥er Rivalry could be thrown in there, pitting No. 21 Tex¥as against No. 8 Oklahoma, in a battle of whoever looks least shaky to determine the fate of the Big 12 South. RaineyÕs charges dropped Florida Gators wide re¥ceiver Chris Rainey agreed to a plea that could lead to his female stalking charges involving inappropriate text messages being dropped. According to the Flori¥da state attorney and head coach Urban Meyer, Rainey was supposed to be a vital part of the UF offense last season but finished with ten catches for 161 yards in Tim TebowÕs final campaign in Gainesville. Robinson expected to play Heisman frontrunner Den¥ard ÒShoelaceÓ Robinson is expected to play for Michi¥gan on Saturday in the Big Ten opener against the In¥diana Hoosiers after injur¥ing his left knee early in the first half of MichiganÕs 65-21 home win. SIDELINE MLB Mariners Rangers 7 5 NFL Bears Packers 20 17 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Position: Outside Hitter Height: 6Õ2Ó Class: Senior Hometown: San Diego Senior Juliann Faucette led the Longhorns to a victory over Missouri in their only match last week, earning Big 12 player of the week honors. Faucette, an All-American outside hitter, managed 22 kills in the match, one short of her personal best record she set last year. TRIVIA TUESDAY What is significant about 1976Õs Red River Rivalry? MENÕS OVERALL PING PREVIEW RESULTS Darrel Royal accused Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer of spying on TexasÕ practices. The game ended in a 6-6 tie and was DKR Õs last Shoo¥tout. Check out The Daily Texan @dailytexanonline.com Don Ryan | Associated Press Running back LaMichael James, dodging Portland State players, will lead the Oregon Ducks against the Stanford Cardinals this weekend. Tuesday, September 28, 2010 LIFE&ARTS Gaming event Fantastic Arcade wraps up first year Nicole Gonzales cuts limes in ÔStreet FighterÕ tournament popular;front of a fresh¥ly hung sign Drafthouse plays host to ÔlivelyÕ panels depicting the HighballÕs new By Allistair Pinsof spring. Overall, the selection of speak¥arcade. The Daily Texan Staff ers and topics were much more inspired venue, located Fantastic Fest will rage on until Thurs-at the Alamo Drafthouse. ÒJonathan next door to day, but its sister festival, Fantastic Arcade, Blow meets Nacho VigalondoÓ was par¥ the South came to a close Sunday evening. Despite ticularly interesting and it was surpris- Lamar Alamo unfortunate scheduling that often pitted ing to find out how well-versed each of Drafthouse, events against major film screenings, the them were in video games and film de¥ converted its arcade attracted a decent crowd and found spite neither having a hand in both me¥ ballroom into ways to keep them entertained during the diums. The Indie Games Showcase was an old-school four days of the event. Given how support-another novel feature that had indie de¥ arcade in ive festival director Tim League was, you velopers showcasing their games in one order to host can expect to see it again next year. For this of the AlamoÕs theaters while comment¥ the Fantastic Arcade inde¥ year, though, here are the top five event ing on aspects of it. Hopefully next year and games of this yearÕs festival: they can give their speakers more cof¥ pendent games fee and keep the Ògames as artÓ discus¥ festival, which 5 sion to a minimum Ñ nothing interest¥ ran Thursday ÒSuper Street ing about that anymore. through Sunday. Fighter IVÓ tournament Arcade Fest had tour-Datapop 4.0: Closing naments going on every Night Party day Ñ ÒLeft 4 DeadÓ and Typically you think ÒCanabalt,Ó among sev¥of chiptune (music that eral others Ñ but the real draw was Sun¥sounds like and is in¥dayÕs ÒSuper Street Fighter IVÓ tournament 2 spired by video games) hosted by AustinÕs UFO Arcade, the center coming from some skinny guy with for the cityÕs best players on any given Fri¥glassesÕ Game Boy, but for Fantas¥day night. Now they were all pitted head¥tic ArcadeÕs closing night party, Rain¥to-head at the Highball, with their game bowdragoneyes came out to mosh and projected onto a big screen surrounded by headbang in an uncanny imitation of a packed and enthusiastic crowd. it. Decked out in Norwegian metal head attire Ñ scary face paint and all 4 Ñ Rainbowdragoneyes growled along ÒComic JumperÓ to his strange mash-up of happy-hard- At first blush, ÒCom-core dance and metal (itÕs all about the ic Jumper,Ó Austin studio double kick drum). The room was un-Twisted PixelsÕ anticipat-fortunately pretty empty and lifeless, ed follow-up to last yearÕs but that only made the energy of the ÒÔSplosion Man,Ó seems performance more impressive. like a strong case of style over substance. Playing it at length over the Free play arcade four days of Arcade didnÕt change my mind, While there was ad¥but the additional time spent with it con¥mirable effort put into vinced me there is still fun to be had with supporting indie de¥the game. WeÕll see how it holds up when it velopers Ñ giving each is released on Xbox Live Arcade next week. game their own cus¥tom displays and fly¥ 1 ing them out from as Panels far as Switzerland Ñ all Fantastic Ar¥ItÕs a shame that Ar¥ cade needed to do to win me over was cadeÕs panels pulled in offer $2 Stella Artois and free play on a quarter of the atten-their ÒToobinÕÓ arcade cabinet. Austin dance that was seen has now become the most renowned at the average SXSW city for high-tier ÒToobinÕÓ play Ñ at Thomas Allison 3 Interactive panel last least until I leave it. Daily Texan Staff DANCER: Lifestyle offers release, provides confidence to student From page 14 I think the most important thing about burlesque now is the con¥nection with the audience and to be fearless and charming,Ó said Coco Lectric, co-founder of the Jigglewatts, recently named this yearÕs Queen of Burlesque at the New Orleans Burlesque Festival and founder of the Austin Acad¥emy of Burlesque. The word ÒburlesqueÓ ini¥tially meant a comedic or satir¥ical literary style. As storytelling continued to evolve, musical co¥medic sketches performed in 19th century Victorian England adapted the moniker. These per¥formances mostly mocked op¥eras and the upper class but also featured scantily dressed wom¥en in flesh-toned tights to fur¥ther scandalize the conservative Victorians. It wasnÕt until these musical-comedy performanc¥es arrived stateside around the turn of the 20th century that the term burlesque took on the glitz and glamour of striptease. Mod¥ern day burlesque performances come in numerous styles. ÒIt was much more manu¥factured deliberately for profit where as now it has much more of a DIY feel,Ó said Ruby Joule, co-founder of the Jigglewatts and winner of the Best Costume Award at the Texas Burlesque Fest. ÒSo you can emulate the style of performers if you want to with very classic gloves and boas, or you can wrap yourself in latex, pour mayonnaise over yourself, take your clothes off and call that burlesque.Ó Brown and the rest of the Jig¥glewatts keep it classy and stick with the fringed corsets and feathered boas that originally got her into the burlesque life¥style. Neither she nor any of the performers have to strip down to their pasties or further, state laws permitting, for it to be con¥sidered burlesque. ÔÔIt was all the accoutrements of burlesque that drew me in, and if I just wanted to take off my clothes and dance, then I could do that. But, I chose the wrong profession if I did.Ó Ñ Samantha Brown dancer ÒIt was all the accoutrements of burlesque that drew me in, and if I just wanted to take off my clothes and dance, then I could do that,Ó Brown said, be¥fore last monthÕs more classical end-of-the-month performance. ÒBut, I chose the wrong profes¥sion if I did.Ó After learning numerous forms of dance from ballet to ballroom, Brown says that it was simply her chosen form of re¥lease long before she met Joule while they both played fan girls in a short film for last yearÕs South By Southwest and Brown joined the Jigglewatts. However, she said that itÕs not the wild, Bohemian lifestyle that some might imagine. Most of the numbers are choreographed and the costumes are designed or at the very least accessorized by each performer. Furthermore, the actual bur¥lesque lifestyle for the Jiggle¥watts doesnÕt necessarily mean itÕs polyamorous or hyper-sex¥ual. Most of the members are involved in long-term mo¥nogamous relationships, even though their on-stage personas are elaborate exaggerations rid¥dled with tumultuous past rela¥tionships. ÒPearl Lux is the me without flaws as I like to think about it,Ó Brown explained. ÒItÕs your pre¥sented stage appearance. Both Pearl and I canÕt live without this lifestyle that we are now in, and we canÕt live off the stage.Ó In addition to all the time, money and effort spent on cos¥tuming and choreography, bur¥lesque dancers on and off the stage must have confidence. ÒI teach my girls [at the acad¥emy] when you are doing this you have to feel good about this,Ó Lectric said. ÒYou have to feel everything that youÕre doing because that translates to the au¥dience. ItÕs not so much [as the audience] wanting to look like other girls as them wanting to feel like [the performers] do.Ó LIFE&ARTS Tuesday, September 28, 2010 TV: ÔDexterÕalmosttreadsfamiliarterritoryinseasonfivepremier Frompage14 like the plot to some dark super-terfeltguiltyfornotbeingthere,it ferently for season five. herocomic,butheÕsanythingbut seemed like this season was going Of course, DexterÕs still strug¥ his second novel based on his dou¥ a superhero. Troubled with a con- tobearepeatofseasontwo,where gling to show any emotion sinceble life as a detective. flictedconscienceandfueledbyhis Dexterwouldjustbesuspectedof seeinghismotherhackedtodeathThe only downside for some adoptivefatherÕscodeofconduct, his dark deeds all season long be-byachainsawwhenhewasachild,viewers is that the show is extreme¥ heonlyactsinordertosatisfyhis foresomespectacularfinishcovers butthisseasonstartsofffocusingly neurotic. 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C L ASSIFIEDS EVENT PREVIEW ÒONEÓ Aerial dancers light up Long Center By Sarah Pressley Daily Texan Staff If youÕve driven by The Long Center for the Performing Arts lately, you may have seen people dancing around the col¥umns and suspended from the side of the building. These people are a part of the Blue Lapis Light dance company, who debuted their aerial dance show, ÒOne,Ó last night. Blue Lapis Light, a local site-specific dance company, combines modern and aerial dance with acrobatic partnering to create a truly three-dimensional work of art that is now bounding around The Long Center. ÒOneÓ centers on the idea that it is pos¥sible for people to be connected to one another if we all individually change our thought processes. The performance aims to show this through their movements as an ensemble, their connection to the world and the specific location they are flying around. ÒWe can move beyond separation by culture or religion or gender and perhaps move compassion into the world,Ó artis¥tic director Sally Jacques said. ÒÔOneÕ is the idea that if we integrate that within ourselves, we can live in the hot center of compassion.Ó The notion revolves around JacquesÕ personal journey and views on life and dance. ÒIt creates sadness in me to see so much hostility and violence in the world,Ó Jacques said. ÒI think dance has a possi¥bility to touch people in a very deep way and for a moment we can transform our lives and have an experience the same as when we see something beautiful in na¥ture, like a sunset or a butterfly thatÕs rest¥ing for a moment on a bird of paradise.Ó Creative associate director and danc¥er Nicole Whiteside has also found a per¥sonal and philosophical story in ÒOne.Ó ÒItÕs a story about someone who is struggling or confused and then realiz¥es that there is a greater good, or a great¥er spirit,Ó Whiteside said. ÒIt helps guide her and eventually brings her into the fullness of being one with everything, as opposed to being in conflict and confused about everything.Ó What sets Blue Lapis Light apart from other modern dance companies is that they use Austin locations to tell their sto¥ries and portray their ideas. They of¥ten create their art 50 feet off the ground, wrapped in silk drapes and hooked into harnesses. They chose The Long Center for this particular performance because of its wide open spaces and columns. WHAT: ÒOneÓ by Blue Lapis Light WHERE: The Long Center for The Performing Arts WHEN: Sept. 27 -Oct. 3, nightly performances at 8:30 p.m. TICKETS: $20-$50 Ò[I like] the idea of the body in space and the body defying gravity,Ó Jacques said. ÒIt lands and it takes off and it flips around. It goes through this whole jour¥ney rather than just pirouetting, where you can see the body carve through space. ItÕs really visually intriguing for me.Ó For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.thelongcenter.org EXHIBIT: Project focuses on theme of transparency From page 14 called the Center Space Project, the exhib¥it brings the work of students at the Uni¥versity to stand alongside the creations of experienced artists to forge a seamless transition from the works of new artists to that of a more seasoned group. One of the first opportunities for students to show their skills in a professional setting of such a scale, ÒUnveiledÓ offers the first look at what the organization intends to bring to UT. Named after the gallery within the arts center it is in charge of, the fledgling or¥ganization is an experimental group that allows both undergraduate and gradu¥ate students to experience a taste of the art world as it exists beyond the education¥al system. ÒWe want to act as a sort of transition¥al stage for students stepping into the pro¥fessional context,Ó said TJ Hunt, president of the Center Space Project and a Plan II and studio art senior. The groupÕs first project, ÒUnveiled,Ó originates from an open call sent out dur¥ing the previous semester. Students from any school within the University were in¥vited to propose the idea around which the exhibition would revolve, a process the organization intends to utilize for all future themes within the gallery. A curato¥rial board was assembled to consider each of the entries and select one to be put into action. Featuring 17 artists who applied for a place in the galleryÕs inaugural ex¥hibition, their works address the theme of transparency from varying perspectives. ÒSome address it in terms of process, while others are about revealing things about the artists themselves,Ó Hunt said. Alongside photography and sculpture, a projector displays an enlarged video on a back wall, adding a film element to the exhibition. The combined pieces create a multimedia experience that highlights not only the diversity of style and scope of the artists involved, but of the organization it¥self as well. The project is separated into four branches: the curatorial, publications, events and film committees. Each has the goal of inspiring students to get involved with art in ways that perhaps donÕt often come to mind when one considers that ca¥reer path. Members who volunteered to help with the exhibition in its planning stages were faced with real-life experiences and work, from loan agreements to submitting work. The curatorial board also worked in con¥junction with Risa Puleo, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Blanton Muse¥um of Art. Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 Tuesday, September 28, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com LIFE&ARTS THE DAILY TEXAN ÔUnveiledÕ lifts curtain on Center Space By Danielle Wallace Daily Texan Staff Students, faculty and guests wander the smooth concrete WHAT: ÒUnveiledÓ WHERE: Visual Arts Center (inside the Art Building) WHEN: Sept. 24 -Oct. 16 WEB: http://www.utexas.edu/ finearts/vac/exhibitions/unveiled TICKETS: Free floors of one brightly lit gallery after another, the thoughtful si¥lence broken only by the dis¥tant murmurs from other exhib¥its. Stepping into a corner near the heart of the building, they are greeted by the artistic offer¥ings of an exhibition tucked into a generous, flowing room. Im¥ages of a girlÕs face flicker across the stark white back wall to airy background noise. A pair of be¥mused spectators slide their fin¥gertips across the scroll wheel of a slightly battered iPod as the screen is filled with a series of photographs, creating a moving image as they scroll past. Others peer up at the ceiling, following a stack of T-shirts in every color of a vivid rainbow extending more than six feet overhead. This is ÒUnveiled,Ó one of the five inaugural exhibitions for the newly renovated Visual Arts Center. Assembled by a collab¥orative group of undergraduate, graduate students and alumni EXHIBIT continues on page 13 Uncertainty for future depicted in HBO humor TV TUESDAY By Gerald Rich ÒBored to DeathÓ DonÕt let the title fool you. Watching ÒBored to DeathÓ is any¥thing but boring. Following the unlicensed detec¥tive, Òself-loathing New York JewÓ Jonathan Ames, played by Jason Schwartzman, the show is less in¥triguing mystery and more his misadventures from case to case. Through it all, Ames is accom¥panied by his fellow pot-smoking, mildly alcoholic friends; comic book writer Ray Hueston, played by Zach Galifianakis, and his edi¥tor George Christopher, played by Ted Danson. Ames works as a freelance jour¥nalist with one published nov¥el who picked up detective work after putting an ad on Craigslist. Hueston is a struggling artist who has a relatively celibate girlfriend and Christopher is an aging editor who has to deal with the decline of print media. What makes it all the more re¥latable is the fact that no one is too sure of what to do with their lives. So while our own existential cri¥sis lasts only four years in college, ÒBored to DeathÓ makes light of the considerably lengthier crisis that is the rest of our lives. Although that sounds rather bleak, thereÕs something comfort¥ing about watching Ames and his friends struggle through their lives like the rest of us. ItÕs not exactly a ray of hope, but more like a friend¥ly acknowledgment that nobody is absolutely sure of themselves. If you didnÕt really watch the first season, donÕt worry. The show is episodic and can be picked up at any point. Just know that Ames started doing detective work after his girlfriend broke up with him for smoking too much pot and drinking too much wine. Howev¥er, heÕs on the rebound and sea¥son one ended with him writing TV continues on page 10 Counterpart comes alive in burlesque performance By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff The lights dim and the elab¥orately gowned and sequined Pearl Lux, an Austin burlesque performer, struts onto the stage in heels. As the va-va-voom mu¥sic ramps up, she begins to slow¥ly pull off her dark silk glove. The crowd goes wild. Never has simply taking off a glove been sexier than when Lux pulls it off with her teeth, lays it across her breasts, shimmies for¥ward and lets it drop to reveal her cleavage. In the world of burlesque, itÕs all about the tease to lead you on and the final reveal to wow you. So when the lights dim and the music plays, Lux, a member of the Jigglewatts and known to her friends as radio-television¥film senior Samantha Brown, she teases the audience by slowly unzipping her dress and corset, revealing and spinning her nip¥ple tassels. ThatÕs just the performance as¥pect, though. The world of bur¥lesque plays with the image of a strip-tease and the reveal of an empowering lifestyle for women of all shapes and sizes. Ò[Burlesque] used to be more about the glitz and glamour, but DANCER continues on page 9 WHAT: The Great Rockabilly Burlesque KISS-off WHERE: The ND at 501 Studios WHEN: Today, 9 p.m. TICKETS: $12, $18 for VIP seating