DTWEEKEND Western Week contin Ñ How to kill a coyote, Eat, drink, be classy Ah, the hell with it Perry style this weekend COMICS PAGE 10 OPINION PAGE 4 TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 89 THE DAILY TEXAN Thursday, April 29, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar Mœsica en campus The UT Conjunto Ensemble performs a tardeada de acordi—n. Texas Union Santa Rita Room, Noon to 1:30 p.m. PalinÕs here! Heroic Media hosts ÒAn Evening with Sarah Palin.Ó Austin Convention Center, 5:30 p.m. PalinÕs not here! The Travis County Democratic Party hosts ÒAn Evening without Sarah PalinÓ Serranos, 1111 Red River St., 6:30 p.m. Mystery dishes Cookbook author Diana Kennedy discusses the rarely published dishes and recipes of Mexico. Blanton Auditorium, The Blanton Museum of Art, 6 to 7 p.m. Serve it up WomenÕs tennis begins play in the Big 12 Championships. Penick-Allison Tennis Center, all day. Today in history In 1945 United States troops liberate the Dachau concentration camp. Inside In News: Yellow Bike Project gets a permanent location. page 6 In Opinion: A Daily Texan editor wants SG to boycott University apparel. page 4 In Sports: Texas baseball coach takes a chance on Chance Ruffin. page 7 In Life&Arts: High Voltage Fashion Show features senior work. page 12 Quote to note Ô Ô ÒBut just as a mullet is business in the front, party in the back, Ruffin is business on the diamond and party in the locker room.Ó Ñ Chris Tavarez Daily Texan sports writer SPORTS PAGE 7 Workers protest unpaid wages After deaths at complex, workers seek recompense for overtime labor hours By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Construction worker Gumer¥cindo Rodriguez can still recall the events of June 10, when the scaffolding underneath his feet gave way as he and his fellow co¥workers were applying stucco to the exterior of the 21 Rio Apart¥ments complex. As the scaffolding fell apart, Rodriguez leaped onto a nearby patio and sustained mi¥nor injuries, but his three friends were not so lucky. ÒEver since that accident hap¥pened, it has had a big impact on me,Ó he said. ÒSome of the things we suffered at work Ñ they didnÕt treat us like people Ñ they didnÕt treat us like human beings.Ó The incident, because of its proximity to the University and its location within a dense area, brought to light Òunsafe and un¥fairÓ working conditions for con¥struction workers, said Patricia Zavala, spokeswoman for the Workers Defense Project. The project advocates for con¥struction workersÕ rights, and Bobby Longoria | Daily Texan Staff on Wednesday, the groupÕs Construction worker Sixto Jaimes holds a banner for the Workers Defense Project as he and several others gather outside of the 21 Rio 21 RIO continues on page 2 Apartments in West Campus to protest unpaid worker wages. The project claims about 24 workers are owed approximately $120,000. HaitiÕs soccer team displays resilience, delivers message endurance, survival, and most Crowd of fans attends importantly, hope for its na¥sporting event to show tion to see. ÒWe mean a lot for the peo¥ support to country ple of Haiti,Ó defender Peter By Michael Sherfield Germain said. ÒIt shows them Daily Texan Staff soccer can come with some- For most of the victims and thing. The people here help survivors of the Jan. 12 earth-Haiti a lot. We will never for¥quake that shook Haiti to its get that.Ó core, killing more than 250,000 The result of the game, a 0-0 and shattering the lives of mil-draw against the Aztex, Aus¥lions of others, there have been tinÕs USL-1 team in its second few days of optimism. year as a professional team, But Wednesday night, under didnÕt matter much. The game the illuminated backdrop of was overshadowed by an out¥a welcoming foreign city, the pouring of support from the Haitian menÕs national soccer team played out its message of HAITI continues on page 9 Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff Haitian National Team soccer player Jean Baptiste meditates during a break in the Austin Aztex vs. Haitian National Team soccer game on Wednesday evening. Allergies signal springÕs arrival Austin offers alternate treatments including herbal medications By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Among the many things Austin is famous for Ñ live music, festivals, blue politics in a red state Ñ the city of con¥stant pollination is also infa¥mous for one year-round prob¥lem: allergies. While there are various methods that help al¥leviate allergies, students be¥set by itchy red eyes and an irritating tickle in the nose as they walk to class may be in¥terested in trying something ALLERGIES continues on page 2 Catalina Padilla | Daily Texan Staff Acupuncturist Katie McBrearty-Shields who runs the Ancient Arts Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine clinic in Central Austin, gives Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, a Daily Texan reporter, a session to help her with her allergies Wednesday afternoon. Researchers unite to advance child health By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Researchers from sev¥eral institutions in the UT System are lending their ef¥forts to a national childrenÕs health study that will track the effects of environment and genetics on a childÕs health from the time a moth¥er is pregnant until the sub¥ject reaches 21 years old. The National ChildrenÕs Study will collect data on 100,000 participants. Dr. Debra Cherry, an assistant professor at the Universi¥ty of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, is the loca¥tion lead investigator of the UT study team that will, be¥ginning this summer, col¥lect data from mothers and children from Lamar Coun¥ty, one of 10 counties already selected for the study. Cher¥ry said the National Chil¥drenÕs Study is the largest study ever conducted on the effect of childrenÕs environ¥ments on their health. Ò[The study] has the po¥tential to discover the causes of pre-term birth, asthma, obesity and autism,Ó Cher¥ry said. ÒWith any research study, thereÕs no guarantee, but itÕs a powerful study be¥cause itÕs a nationally repre¥sented sample, and nothing RESEARCH continues on page 2 Cactus CafeÕs fate depends on feedback By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The fate of the Cactus Cafe will not be determined until at least May 7 in order to accept feedback regarding the two options for fu¥ture operations of the cafe. Vice President for Student Af¥fairs Juan Gonz‡lez was origi¥nally charged with making a rec¥ommendation to the Texas Union Board of Directors for their April 30 meeting about what to do with the cafe. He and Dean of Students Soncia Reagins-Lilly have spent the last several weeks CACTUS continues on page 2 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 110, Number 197 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Jillian Sheridan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Ana McKenzie (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Photo O¥ce: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all infor¥mation fairly, accurately and complete¥ly. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 87 71 Ô90s radio. 21 RIO: Protesters demand improved safety From page 1 100-plus supporters, including several workers, marched to The Gables Park Plaza and the 21 Rio Apartments complex. During the protest, staged during National Workers Memorial Day, the pro¥testers demanded that the com¥plexes push the developmentsÕ subcontractor, Greater Metroplex Interiors, to pay approximately $120,000 in unpaid wages to more than 24 workers, whom Zavala said were never paid for overtime work and their last two weeks of work on the 21 Rio project. ÒWhile [GMI] are the ones that technically owe the workers the money, really, itÕs the responsi¥bility of everybody on the work site to ensure itÕs a fair site and that people are getting paid,Ó Za¥vala said. The families of the three work¥ers who died filed a lawsuit against American Mast Climbers, the man¥ufacturer and owner of the mast¥climber scaffold, and alleged neg¥ligence against the general contrac¥tor of the project, Andres Construc¥tion Services Company and Great¥er Metroplex Interiors. A search warrant of the 21 Rio construction site concluded that employees of American Mast Climbers committed the offense of criminally negligent homi¥cide, a state jail felony, by con¥structing the mast-climbing unit in a way that created a substan¥tial risk of death. As a result of the 21 Rio acci¥dent, the City Council passed a resolution October 1 that asked the city manager to develop a list of options to address safety at pri¥vate construction sites. Sara Hart¥ley, spokeswoman for the cityÕs Department of Public Works, said the options have been presented to the council. The council has not made any final decisions about the options. Zavala said the workers labored for about 70 hours a week on the project for six or seven days at a time, but they never received over¥over the unpaid wages because they are not under contract to pay the workers. It is the subcontrac¥tor who was under contract to pay the workers, Hanson said. ÒWe have fulfilled our duties. We certainly can sympathize and empathize with the workers, but we are the property manager of the building,Ó Hanson said. Ò21 Rio doesnÕt have any involve¥ment or input on it. Any of these grievances and issues needs to go back to the subcontractors that this all stems from.Ó Doug Nies, the CEO of GMI, said they have always paid their workers correctly, and this also applies to overtime wages. He said that there is something not right with the projectÕs claim of $120,000, but he did not comment further on the issue. None of the parties involved know when the issue will be re¥solved. and water, Fritz said. Another way to treat allergies is through acupuncture, said licensed acupuncturist Katie McBrearty-Shields, who runs the Ancient Arts Acupuncture and Herbal Medi¥cine clinic in Central Austin. Ò[Acupuncture] usually works best if you come in for three to five treatments before your aller¥gy season starts because the re¥sponse is better, but coming in the middle of the season is just like putting a fire out,Ó McBrearty-Shields said. ÒThe response is still good for clearing symptoms and strengthening the body.Ó There are 389 regular points along the bodyÕs 12 meridians, or energy paths that connect the or¥gans and carry blood to the neck, said McBrearty-Shields, who spe¥cializes in Oriental medicine. For her treatments, she inserts two to 12 needles through the allergy points. The procedure is typical¥ly painless and relaxes patients, sometimes even leaving them in a meditative state, McBrearty-Shields said. The needles act like jumper cables for when the energy paths are blocked, McBrearty-Shields said. Blocked paths can weak¥en the immune system, causing the body to produce an excess of phlegm, she said. Allergy specialist Dr. William Otto, who works at the Austin Re¥gional Clinic, said the overreaction of the immune system does not necessarily indicate a weakened immune system. While herbal rem¥edies may work for some, the ef¥fects are questionable because of the lack of research. Not all of OttoÕs pa¥tients have experienced positive re¥sults from herbal medication. ÒThe [Food and Drug Adminis¥tration] hasnÕt done any tests, and there arenÕt really a lot of good studies about homeopathic ther¥apies,Ó Otto said. ÒThe effects of these therapies are questionable because we just donÕt know much about them.Ó Otto said there have been stud¥ies that show a favorable response of acupuncture to treat symptoms, but they have only shown short¥term results. One natural method Otto rec¥ommends to clear decongestion is a salt-water nasal wash, which soothes the nasal cavity by washing out pollen and drain¥age, he said. ÒI try to base treatment on good, strong evidence,Ó Otto said. ÒMay¥be the FDA should take a better look at some of these homeopath¥ic therapies.Ó CACTUS: Added time beneficial for supporters From page 1 engaging in discussions with interested parties and holding open forums. The board meets Friday at 3 p.m. in the Texas Union Board of DirectorÕs Room. Gonz‡lez will not be in attendance due to a death in his family. Reagins-Lilly said she will read a statement and facilitate conversation in Gonz‡lezÕs absence. Hayley Gillespie, an ecology, evolution and behavior gradu¥ate student and co-founder of Student Friends of the Cactus Cafe, said more time to discuss business models for the future operation of the cafe would be beneficial and that many in support of the cafe have previ¥ously asked Gonz‡lez to delay decision deadlines for 60 to 90 days. Additional reporting by Collin Eaton. RESEARCH: Act pushes lengthy, expensive study From page 1 like this has ever been done before. This has the potential to really revolutionize health care for children.Ó In 2000, Congress passed the ChildrenÕs Health Act, which charged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic¥es, the National Institute of Child Health and Human De¥velopment and other agencies to conduct the nationwide study. The planning phase of the program, which lasted from 2000 through 2006, cost $12.2 million. The implemen¥tation phase, beginning in 2007, has cost $193.8 million to date. Travis, Bexar, Harris, Hidal¥go and Lamar counties were selected as study sites, and seven other counties are po¥tential future study sites. Margaret Caughy, an asso¥ciate professor at the Univer¥sity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said the re¥searchers will frequently in¥terview mothers during their nine months of pregnancy and throughout the first years of the newborn childÕs life. When the children are old enough, the researchers will begin to ask them questions and will continue to do so periodical¥ly until the children turn 21. Caughy said the study will be able to generalize its results be¥cause its participants are care¥fully selected to create a large and diverse sample. ÒOne of the reasons they have this very large sample size is that theyÕre really try¥ing to come up with a sample that is representative of chil¥dren of the United States as a whole,Ó she said. ÒTheyÕre trying to get children who represent the United States as a whole in terms of race and ethnicity, residence [ar¥eas such as] urban, rural [and] suburban.Ó George Lister, a pediatrics professor at UT-Southwest¥ern Medical School, will be the lead investigator of the UT physician research team. The participants, women who are pregnant or are of child¥bearing age, will be identi¥fied through their health care providers Ñ one of their new strategies. Recruitment will begin this summer after a long delay, Lister said. ÒWe received this grant two years ago,Ó he said. ÒIt was put on pause because enrollment was more slug¥gish than [previous research¥ers involved with the study] thought. We are now explor¥ing ways to improve enroll¥ment.Ó Cherry said researchers tried new methods of recruit¥ment because door-to-door re¥cruitment is too resource-in¥tensive. ÒIn February 2010, 30 ad¥ditional locations across the country were selected to test alternative recruitment ap¥proaches,Ó Cherry said. ÒLa¥mar County is one of 10 that will be testing provider-based recruitment. Our goal is to get [participants] as early in preg¥nancy as possible.Ó time pay. Rodriguez said he was promised $14 per hour, but he only received $10 an hour, sometimes less. A study by the WorkerÕs De¥fense Project found that 50 percent of Texas construction workers do not receive overtime pay and that one out of five have been seriously injured on the job. Robert de Bruin, vice president for construction of Gables Resi¥dential, said that in August, WDP officials claimed the workers of the Gables Park Plaza were only owed $35,000 by GMI. He said that Ga¥bles itself is not able to pay the workers because they are under contract with a separate entity. He said Gables has facilitat¥ed three discussions between the project and other subcontractors. In May, Gables brought together the project and a now out-of-busi¥ness subcontractor named Pro Rock and settled a $6,000 claim of unpaid wages to cabinet install¥ers for the Gables development on Fifth Street. They helped set¥tle a $1,000 claim for electricians not paid by Pro Rock on the same project, as well. De Bruin said Gables helped settle an $18,000 claim in January for cabinet installers of the Gables Park Plaza project. ÒI am disappointed. We have a good track record of helping to negotiate settlements in the past, and we have told them we would help them with this one,Ó de Bru¥in said. ÒI am really disappointed they would resort to a protest af¥ter everything we have done.Ó He said the WDP has not com¥municated with Gables for close to three months now and that the protest blindsided the property management. Tim Hanson, spokesman for Campus Advantage Property, which manages 21 Rio, said the management has little control Wire Editor: Keith Gardner www.dailytexanonline.com Thursday, April 29, 2010 WORLD&NATION THE DAILY TEXAN Ex-first lady to release memoir Bush recalls fatal crash, husbandÕs alcoholism before rise to presidency By Jamie Stengle The Associated Press DALLAS Ñ Former first lady Laura Bush says in her new book that she lost her faith for many years after her pleas to God to spare the life of a high-school classmate whose car she hit were not answered. Bush talks in detail for the first time publicly of the accident she was involved in as a 17-year-old in Midland that killed her friend Mike Douglas. She says that she and a girlfriend were on their way to a drive-in theater on Nov. 6, 1963, when she ran a stop sign and hit DouglasÕ car. The memoir, ÒSpoken from the Heart,Ó is set for release next week. Bush says that in the emergen¥cy room after the accident, she could hear DouglasÕ mother sob¥bing on the other side of a cur¥tain. Guilt over the accident con¥sumed her for years, and she re¥gretted not visiting DouglasÕ par¥ents following the accident. Bush says in the book that when she became a mother, she began to fully empathize with his parents. She says that after a high-school classmate of her twin daughters committed sui¥cide, she insisted that they visit the friendÕs parents. Bush also talks about every¥thing from her childhood to meeting George W. Bush Ñ the man she fell in love with for his humor and steadfastness Ñ to her time as first lady. She also dispels rumors that she considered leaving her hus¥band over his drinking. She says that while his drinking was in¥deed a problem at one point, they loved each other and never considered divorce. But she says he was Òa boreÓ when he drank too much and she felt he could be a Òbetter man.Ó She says her husband would drink bourbon before dinner, beer during and B&B after, a combination she called ÒlethalÓ but Òcompletely acceptedÓ by their social circle. The man who went on to serve two terms as president quit drinking in 1986. She says his de¥cision came as a result of a grow¥ing religious faith, being a hus¥band and father and recognizing that Òfailures are best met head¥on, clear-eyed.Ó British politician calls voter ÔbigotÕ after tense meeting By David Stringer The Associated Press LONDON Ñ BritainÕs Prime Minister blundered into the first major gaffe in his countryÕs short campaign season Wednesday when an open television micro¥phone captured him slamming a voter heÕd just been trying to win over. Gordon Brown, apparently for¥getting that heÕd left a microphone pinned to his chest, called 66-year¥old Gillian Duffy a Òbigoted wom¥anÓ as he was being driven from a public meeting where she had needled him on immigration. Within minutes, the bad-tem¥pered aside had exploded across the British media, and with¥in a couple of hours, Brown was rushing back to her home to beg DuffyÕs forgiveness and writing to his supporters to make his apolo¥gy clear. All the rest of the country could do was look on as the cringe-in¥ducing drama played out over television and radio. The debacle dealt Brown a big setback on the eve of the last TV debate ahead of the May 6 vote. Duffy, a retired widow and a self-described supporter of BrownÕs Labour party, met with the prime minister at a campaign stop in the northern town of Roch¥dale and questioned him about the influx of eastern European im¥migrants into Britain. Brown brushed the question aside and explained that Britons were also working in Europe, jumping into his prime ministe¥rial Jaguar before complaining to an aide about the awkward en¥counter. ÒThat was a disaster. They should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that? ItÕs just ridiculous,Ó Brown is heard saying. Asked what Duffy had said to upset him, Brown told the aide: ÒEverything. SheÕs just a sort of bigoted woman.Ó Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Roberto Cervantes Dan Treadway OPINION Thursday, April 29, 2010 Lauren Winchester Walking across the campus on any given day, one will be exposed to a sea of burnt orange. Burnt orange longhorn shirts, hats and, unfortunately, Nike running shorts be¥come wardrobe staples for most students while attending the University and long after they graduate. In appearance, this is a good thing. Many universities can only dream of having a student body that possesses the remarkable pride students here have for their school and choose to openly display. The popularity of its clothing also makes for a tre¥mendous source of income for the University Ñ UT sells more merchandise and apparel than any other university in the nation. Unfortunately, displaying this pride and gen¥erating this income often comes at the expense of human rights. Much of the UTÕs apparel is made under sweatshop conditions Ñ a sadly under-publicized fact. Fortunately, there is an organization called the Workers Rights Consortium that seeks to be an independent voice for laborers by inspecting factories that license University apparel to ensure they are engaging in fair labor practices. Unfortunately, unlike several other heavy hitters in the col¥lege apparel industry such as Ohio State University, Duke University and the entire University of California system, UT is not a member of this organization. UT solely affil¥iates with the Fair Labor Association, which has a pretty name on the surface, but is faulty in practice. The FLA has six apparel industry representatives sitting its board of di¥rectors, a conflict of interest to say the least. Not surpris¥ingly, the organizationÕs record reveals that it is particularly lenient on corporate misbehavior, and it allows corporate¥sponsored monitoring of factories as opposed to indepen¥dent monitoring, which the WRC endorses. Of note is that both College Republicans and University Democrats support the University becoming a WRC mem¥ber, a rare consensus among the two student groups. WeÕre frustrated by the UniversityÕs failure to work with the WRC, and after last nightÕs Student Government meet¥ing, it is apparent that they are too. Last night, SG voted in favor of AR 8, a bill voicing support of the University affil¥iating with the Worker Rights Consortium. Cait McCann, a member of Oxfam UT, who helped author the bill, was pleased with the vote, ÒWeÕre really happy to have the res¥olution passed. ItÕs been a long semester. It was exciting to see that the Student Government believes in this and sees that itÕs important.Ó While the bill was passed by a vote of 25-4, a striking majority, its passage would have been even stronger had communication representative Sydney Fazende, who vot¥ed against the bill, not been misinformed in her reasons for doing so. Fazende and fellow communication repre¥sentative Ashley Carlisle voted against the bill for fear that it would force the University to sever lucrative ties with Nike. This is not the case as several WRC members associ¥ate with Nike. Fazende confirmed that had she known this, she would have reconsidered her vote. While the passage of the bill is definitely a positive step, we feel its real significance could be felt if SG members uni¥laterally took further action. If SG wants to truly show its dedication to fair labor practices in the production of UT apparel, its members should boycott UT apparel made by companies known to not have fair labor standards and en¥courage other students to do so as well. The boycott should last until the University becomes a member of the WRC. SG, by virtue of its high standing at the University, has a unique opportunity to use its platform as representative of the student body to send a resounding message to the ad¥ministration as well as the University Co-op. Philip Wiseman, a liberal arts representative who spon¥sored the bill, expressed great interest in an SG-wide boy¥cott until the University affiliates with the WRC. And we were especially pleased when Vice President Muneezeh Kabir, who often trumpeted her dedication to social justice while campaigning for office, told us that she, too, would support such an initiative by making a commitment to not wear clothing with a logo on it that comes from any com¥pany that is known not to support fair labor standards. SG should follow this example, and by doing so, set an example for the rest of the student body. By proposing a boycott of UT apparel produced by labor abusers, we are not saying that we believe students should stop supporting the University, but rather that they should show their support in a much more meaningful form Ñ by holding UT to a higher standard. Ñ Dan Treadway for the editorial board THE FIRING LINE ArizonaÕs law is justified IÔd like to remind Bobby Cervantes and the many others making noise about ArizonaÕs ÒnewÓ immigration law that there is really nothing new about it, other than allowing local law enforcement officers to actually enforce law. This bill is nearly identical to a federal law on the books. The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was signed into law by none other than Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. In fact, the Alien Registration Act requires that Òevery alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him.Ó The simple fact is that under federal law, documented aliens should already be carrying this documentation with them, and this outcry against Arizona for deciding to actually check for this documentation is not founded in reality. The Arizona law even goes so far as to state that race alone is not sufficient reason to check a personÕs immigration status.The federal government is fail¥ing Arizona in immigration and border enforcement, and Arizona is justified in banning the practice of turning a blind eye to immigration status within their borders. Ñ Josh Perry Government senior Other nations are exceptional In his firing line Monday, Jeremy Grodin talks about U.S. aid after the 2004 Tsunami. I would like to correct his claim that the U.S. was the largest donor. Australia, Japan and Germany all gave more than the US, even without taking into consideration the size of the economy, the population or government expenditure of the respective countries. He also asks how many of the coun¥tries affected by the tsunami offered aid to the US in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Countries affected by the tsu¥nami Ñ India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Maldives -- all offered aid to the US. The nations of the world offered a combined aid of about $850 million. Ñ Suriya Subramanian Computer sciences graduate student A clearer picture of the U.S. In response to Jeremy GrodinÕs firing line, ÒWhy deny American Exceptionalism?Ó America isnÕt excep¥tional, and America isnÕt evil. It is fine to be nationalistic, to a point, but if we donÕt address our fail¥ures, we might repeat them (Vietnam and Iraq, for example). America is a great country, with high standards of living and an important place in world affairs, but for every good thing weÕve done, weÕve done something equally bad. In the mid-twentieth century, the U.S. deposed (or attempted to depose) popular leaders from Guatemala, Cuba, Vietnam, Iran and Korea while killing millions in wars that eventually earned us nothing but global contempt. For over 150 years, a large portion of this exceptional countryÕs economy was supported on the backs of slaves. This country dropped two bombs on Japan at the end World War II, which decimated two cities and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, despite the fact that the best military minds realized that the war would have ended in less than a year due to attrition. And a bipartisan House of Representatives report says plenty about the failures of the government following hurricane Katrina. It is unsettling to see how malleable facts can be at the hands of extremists afraid that ÒtheirÓ history is in danger. Mexicans arenÕt part of American his¥tory, so they are out of the Alamo story. Jefferson coined the term Òseparation of church and stateÓ so heÕs gone. The history of white America starts at Columbus, so Native societies and the atrocities they endured at the hands of European colonizers arenÕt important. The deeper events are in AmericaÕs past, the easier they are to forget. America has done some things right. But that doesnÕt mean we havenÕt been wrong. Often. We need to give students an accurate portrait of our nation Ñ wrinkles and all. Ñ Dustin Stonecipher Alum Student government misrepresents students By Dave Player Daily Texan Columnist Last Tuesday, Student Government passed A.R 5, ÒIn Support of Efforts to Re¥form the State Board of Education,Ó which condemned recent proposals put forth by the State Board of Education. The proposed reforms have drawn intense media scrutiny from national press, in turn fueling a sensa¥tionalized story run amok with our stateÕs history textbooks. In reality, the board is a democratically elected body entrusted by voters to use their best judgment in evaluat¥ing state curriculum. While unpopular, their decisions carry the backing of the general electorate, and as with any elected entity, the board is political in nature and thus motivat¥ed by partisan politics. While I agree that the proposed reforms from the board merit further scrutiny, to use SG as a platform for partisan politics is de¥ceitful and irresponsible. The primary problem with A.R. 5 is the dangerous precedent it sets. A future assem¥bly could use the same reasoning used to justify A.R. 5 to consider legislation on any issue, no matter how irrelevant it may be to students. Representatives justified A.R. 5 by say¥ing that, since the proposed reforms would be affecting Texas high school students, the quality of education for Òfuture students who wish to attend UTÓ would be dimin¥ished. Additionally, they sought to justify the resolution under the premise that the re¥forms could affect current students Òin the field of education who will soon seek em¥ployment in public education.Ó Both are in¥credibly weak correlations. President Barack ObamaÕs recent health care initiative has proven extremely divi¥sive, with passionate opinions on both sides of the issue. Those initiatives will have a broad impact and, while affecting UT stu¥dents, will not disproportionately do so. Yet, the same reasoning behind A.R. 5 could be used by SG to justify giving their opinion on the issue. Since health care would affect Texans under the age of 18, some of whom could be future Longhorns, then clearly the University should be concerned. And, since some current Longhorns may be entering the field of medicine, then SG certainly has a stake. Such an ambiguous interpretation on the scope of SGÕs jurisdiction allows repre¥sentatives to consider any issue, no matter how little it pertains to student welfare. It is unreasonable to expect SG to be a par¥tisan-free assembly. Representatives were elected by students to serve as their collec¥tive voice, much in the same way Texans elected the current State Board of Education. They must be relied upon to vote their con¥science on any issue that comes before the assembly, even if those issues are of a polit¥ical nature. The assembly has passed sever¥al resolutions, such as A.R. 48, ÒIn Support of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure ActÓ passed by the last assembly, that ex¥pressly and directly affected significant seg¥ments of the student body. However, the as¥sembly crosses the line when it seeks to ad¥vocate a political position for issues unrelat¥ed to students. Members of the assembly did not run on partisan platforms. Issues like affordability and transparency were not accompanied by labels of Democrat or Republican. To cam¥paign on student-oriented issues but then pursue a partisan agenda is a betrayal of stu¥dent trust. When SG lobbies the Legislature, it is serving as the collective voice of UT stu¥dents. Just as with any lobbyist group such as the AARP or the NRA, SG has political clout insofar as their constituency (in this case, students) represent a voting bloc. Con¥sequently, politicians in the Legislature care about what SG says because they believe its representatives are echoing the sentiments of a large pool of potential voters. When SG passes a resolution of a political nature that has nothing to do with student affairs, they are both forsaking their constituents and de¥ceiving lawmakers as to those constituentsÕ beliefs. The real danger behind pursuing a parti¥san agenda is not an off-topic SG assembly that neglects student issues. Rather, SG risks having its autonomy usurped by outside in¥fluences. Currently, the University Demo¥crats are the largest political organization on campus. Additionally, they have a larg¥er presence in SG than any other outside or¥ganization. That presence manifested itself in this past MarchÕs SG elections when several UDems won election to the new assembly. Most disturbing of all was the intervention of three Texas House Democrats, Represen¥tatives Valinda Bolton, Eddie Rodriguez and Mark Strama, who endorsed the executive alliance of Scott Parks and Muneezeh Ka¥bir. Operating on the maxim that politicians will scratch a back so long as the favor is re¥turned, one wonders what those Reps ex¥pecting in return? The Save Our History campaign, spear¥headed by the Texas Freedom Network and UDems, should be lauded for their efforts to check an over-zealous State Board of Edu¥cation. However, they cannot make the as¥sumption that their views are universal to all students. In a column published in last FridayÕs Texan, University-wide representative and UDems vice-president Jeremy Yager wrote that ÒOn Tuesday, Student Government unanimously passed a resolution asserting our student bodyÕs opposition to the boardÕs actions.Ó For SG representatives like Yager to assume that school-wide opinion on the SBOE issue is unanimous is presumptuous and irresponsible. UDems have a right to lobby for the causes they believe in, but they should do so under their own name and with their own voice. Appropriating the student voice is not an option. Player is a plan II and history junior. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dai¥lytexanonline.com. Letters must be fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity and liability. LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are not necessarily those of the UT administra¥tion, the Board of Regents or the Texas Stu¥dent Media Board of Operating Trustees. Thursday, April 29, 2010 NEWS Female body issues may transcend race By Nehal Patel Daily Texan Staff A study by a UT education¥al psychology assistant profes¥sor found that African-American women are just as likely to experi¥ence body dissatisfaction as white women, despite previous studies indicating the contrary. After studying 275 African-American women at the Univer¥sity of Missouri-St. Louis in 2008, researcher Germine Awad found that when studied in their own right and not compared with Eu¥ropean-American women, Afri¥can-American women also suffer from issues related to body im¥age. Awad presented her findings Wednesday in Garrison Hall as the last lecture of the New Faculty Colloquium hosted by the College of Liberal Arts. ÒMost of the research about body image has focused on white, middle-class women and usually eating disorders as opposed to body image,Ó Awad said. ÒThese studies usually use a compara¥tive framework where minorities are evaluated in relation to Eu¥ropean Americans, and any dif¥ferences between the groups are attributed to cultural factors, al¥though these factors arenÕt mea¥sured. Race is often used as a proxy for culture.Ó Awad said that before start¥ing her research, she believed that African-American women with high levels of enculturation Ñ the adoption of ethnic traditions, val¥ues and beliefs Ñ would exhibit low levels of body dissatisfaction. But she found that women in the study with higher levels of enculturation tended to be heavi¥er, and the higher the weight, the more dissatisfied the woman was with her body. Heavier wom¥en also had higher levels of over¥weight preoccupation, meaning body dissatisfaction seemed to come from weight and not from enculturation or cultural factors, Awad said. ÒAfrican-American women donÕt seem to be insulated from societyÕs overemphasis on thin¥ness,Ó Awad said. ÒTheyÕre getting the message that if you are heavy, itÕs not socially acceptable.Ó The participants in the study ranged from ages 18 to 60 with a mean age of 29 years old. Because the average age was higher than that of most universities, the sam¥ple may not have been represen¥tative of a Òusual,Ó non-commut¥er college, said Jodi OÕBrien, visit¥ing sociology professor from Seat¥tle University. Ò[Studies] suggest that non¥traditional students, especially women, already suffer from low¥er self-esteem,Ó OÕBrien said. ÒIf the mean age of the sample was over 29 and they were in college, it could be skewed. PeopleÕs sense of self-image and self-esteem var¥ies directly with the environment theyÕre in.Ó Awad is working on a second study to create measures of body image for African-American wom¥en specifically so they are cultural¥ly relevant and tap into unique is¥sues that African-American wom¥en face. ÒIn the future, I may expand my research to examine body im¥ages of other minority groups, de¥pending on the results of the [sec¥ond] study,Ó Awad said. Awad also plans to examine specific body image issues for Af¥rican-American women beyond weight and body size, such as hair, skin tone and facial features. University professor under scrutiny for mine tragedy CompanyÕs lead director faces questions following heartbreaking explosion By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff While the sounds and after¥math of the April 5 mine explo¥sion in Montcoal, W.Va., may have been more than 1,000 miles away, at least one of the individ¥uals dealing with the situation is much closer to home. Adm. Bobby Inman, a profes¥sor and two-time interim dean at the LBJ School of Public Af¥fairs, is the lead director and the longest-serving member on the Board of Directors of Massey En¥ergy Company. Massey, one of the five largest coal-mining com¥panies in the country, owns Per¥formance Coal Company, which operates the Montcoal mine. This monthÕs explosion killed 29 peo¥ple and injured two Ñ the larg¥est mine-caused death toll since the 1970s. As lead director of the board, Inman said it is his job to oversee all the actions of the board and its committees. Recently, he has been handling phone calls and letters that ask for the ousting of the companyÕs CEO, Don Blanken¥ship. Blankenship has worked for the company since 1982 and has been known for his outspoken political views. Inman has continued to sup¥port Blankenship throughout the process. He said Blanken¥ship is the best coal miner in the business but not the best in politics. Inman said less than 2 percent of the people who have called for Blankenship to be fired have an actual investment in the company. ÒThe last thing you do in the middle of crisis is change the leadership,Ó Inman said. The U.S. Department of LaborÕs Mine Safety and Health Adminis¥tration is charged with overseeing and enforcing federal regulations on coal mines across the country. In an April 15 press conference, President Barack Obama faulted both MSHA and Massey Energy for the explosion, citing a failure of management, oversight and loophole-riddled laws that al¥low unsafe working conditions. Obama emphasized that the in¥vestigation is ongoing. Inman said the most frustrat¥ing part of the entire ordeal has been people accusing the com¥pany of trading Òsafety for prof¥its,Ó a statement he said was once mentioned by a plaintiff law¥yer in court and later echoed by union leaders. Inman said Obama was poorly served by his staff. Massey spends $45 million more than required for safety expendi¥tures, he said. ÒHow can you deal with those kinds of sweeping statements?Ó Inman said. ÒIf youÕre trying to save money from safety for prof¥its, [the extra expenditure] is where youÕd look first.Ó Safety issues have been brought up against Massey for many years, including 515 citations in 2009 alone. Inman said citations have to be dealt with immediately. He said the number of D Notices, the worst type of violation issued, have gone down over the years, and the company also dropped its habit of contesting citations a few years ago, opting instead to pay the penalties. The MSHA also faces a series of questions. Business law pro¥fessor David Spence said the MSHA Ñ along with its larg¥er counterpart, the Occupation¥al Safety and Health Adminis¥tration Ñ are often criticized for weakness due to a lack of re¥sources for thorough inspection and monitoring, as well as a lack of power to crack down and en¥force violations. Spence said OSHA has a tendency to issue more cita¥tions and stronger penalties af¥ter disasters. He said the feder¥al agencies may also be more stringent this time around be¥cause of a change in the presi¥dential administration. Many of the citations often issued to companies are extremely de¥tailed, Spence said. ÒWhen you buy a ladder and there are warnings on it, those are there for OSHA,Ó Spence said. ÒItÕs really difficult for every company to be perfectly in com¥pliance at any given time.Ó MasseyÕs non-unionized mines have also caused friction between the companyÕs leaders and major unions, including the AFL-CIO and the United Mine Workers. Anne Lewis, radio-televi¥sion-film lecturer and a mem¥ber of the Texas State Employ¥ees Union, directed a 1984 doc¥umentary, ÒMine War on Black¥berry Creek,Ó about Massey En¥ergy. Lewis, whose husband was a coal miner, said she feels not much has changed in the way the company treats people. ÒHad those men had union protection, I think they wouldÕve felt they should have closed the mine down,Ó she said. ÒThereÕs a major difference between having a union operation and not.Ó Inman said there has been a deep animosity between Blan¥kenship and union leaders for 25 years but that the willing¥ness to work such a dangerous job shows the loyalty of many of the employees, some of whom have worked at Massey for generations. He said heÕs thoroughly en¥joyed working with the diligent and dedicated mine personnel, though he plans to step down sometime next year Ñ an idea he toyed with last year. Inman said it was important that people not jump to conclusions about the cause of the explosion. ÒWhat we kept saying is, ÔDonÕt rush to judgment,ÕÓ In¥man said. ÒAll we know at this point is that the explosion was massive. As I look at all of this, I would have to tell you, it may be weeks before we know what the actual cause was.Ó Project finds a home, offers help By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff Yellow wooden worktables with multiple sizes and varieties of wrenches hanging on the back¥boards lined the inside of Aus¥tin Yellow Bike ProjectÕs new East Austin location. After years of moving around between different city-owned warehouses, the nonprofit bicy¥cle advocacy project Ñ joined by supporters and City Council mem¥bers Chris Riley and Laura Mor¥rison Ñ held a ribbon-cutting cer¥emony Wednesday at the new, permanent workshop. The 13-year-old project, com¥posed entirely of volunteers, teach¥es bike mechanics and mainte¥nance to Austin residents. The proj¥ectÕs goal is to put more bikes on the streets of Central Texas and to educate people on bicycle safety. ÒPeople can come in and fix mi¥nor things on their bikes and learn more while they are here,Ó Yellow Bike volunteer Tom Wald said. Volunteers at Yellow Bike recon¥dition used bikes to either sell or donate for the communityÕs use during events like the Austin City Limits Music Festival in September and the East Austin Studio Tour in November. People can also bring their broken bikes to Yellow Bike, where a volunteer will show them how to make the necessary repairs. After 12 hours of volunteer work with the project, Austinites can earn their own free bike. Wald, a UT alumnus, also helped found the Orange Bike Project, a volunteer-based organi¥zation at UT that teaches basic bike maintenance to students, faculty and staff. UTÕs project, established in 2006 and modeled after Yellow Bike, is housed in the Guadalupe Garage at 16th and San Antonio streets. Similar to Yellow Bike, UTÕs proj¥ect also fixes old bikes and lends them out to members of the UT community. Wald said both the Austin and UT projects are important because they help bikers learn basic re¥pairs and laws of the road. He said many students around campus are oblivious to the fact that bik¥ers are bound by the same Texas laws as motor vehicles, and the bi¥cycle advocacy groups help spread the knowledge. ÒOne of the challenges of Or¥ange Bike is the natural turnover of students at UT,Ó he said. ÒYou may find a great student volunteer, but they are gone in a few years.Ó yellow and allow people to take them around town and drop them off for someone else to use, the or¥ganization quickly realized that method wasnÕt going to work. Schaffer said the bikes were be¥ing stolen and that when the bikes broke, riders would leave them This is one of the best examples of a public-private partnership.Ó ÔÔ Ñ Chris Riley, City Council member Unlike UTÕs project, some Yel¥low Bike volunteers work with the project for many years. Shop coordinator Jennifer Schaffer has been with the Austin project for seven years. ÒI like whatÕs going on,Ó Schaf¥fer said. ÒI like making bikes the way to go.Ó While the original goal of the project was to fix bikes, paint them along the side of the road. ÒIt was never successful,Ó Schaffer said. ÒWe know that doesnÕt work. But we do so much more. We fix them and give them away.Ó In addition to giving bikes away, she said the organization sells them on a sliding scale based on what people can afford. Bike sales are currently the only source of income. Despite the small sums of money coming into the orga¥nization, Schaffer said they were able to raise $200,000 and another $100,000 from lenders, which the group intends to pay back within five years. Councilman Riley, who spoke at the ribbon-cutting event, said the program has helped extend the reach of bike programs in the city. ÒThis is one of the best examples of a public-private partnership,Ó he said. ÒIt is exciting to see things come together.Ó In April, the city issued its fi¥nal recommendations for a Down¥town Bicycle Boulevard that will create additional bike lanes and make certain roads safer and more navigable for bikers. The exact lay¥out has yet to be finalized. The Yellow Bike headquar¥ters, located at 1216 Webber¥ville Rd, will open to the pub¥lic on Tuesday, coinciding with the start of National Bike Month. The organization will host an open celebration that day from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with shop tours and performances. Citizens gather to address issues of gentrification By Shamoyita DasGupta Daily Texan Staff The second annual Freedom Weekend will address gentri¥fication in Austin and other is¥sues facing black communities from a human rights perspec¥tive beginning today and con¥tinuing through Sunday. Austin community members and leaders will attend film screenings, religious services and workshops. The weekend will also feature an open forum with Ajamu Baraka, the exec¥utive director of the U.S. Hu¥man Rights Network, on Satur¥day afternoon and an offi - Last year, Freedom Weekend focused on the criminal justice system. This year, however, the weekend will emphasize gen¥trification in the East Austin area. As more people are mov¥ing further into the Austin city limits, many people who were members of the original East Austin community are being pushed to Pflugerville, Manor and Round Rock, Al-Nur said. ÒThe black population has decreased significantly, and itÕs continuing to decrease,Ó she said. ÒThis is a really hard expe¥rience. ItÕs going to take a collec¥tive effort to ad¥dress a historic cial after-party community be¥that night. ing able to stay One of the rooted [in East main goals of ItÕs going to take a Austin].Ó Freedom Week-As more of collective effort to end is to al-ÔÔthe community address a historic low communi-is being forced ty members to community being able to leave East come togeth-Austin, the di¥ to stay rooted [in East er and share in-versity of the Austin].Ó formation and area is decreas¥resources with ing, said Ar¥ Ñ Kaleema Al-Nur each other. Ka-mando San- Human rights attorney leema Al-Nur, chez, a social a human rights work graduate attorney and research fel¥low with the Center for African and African American Studies, came up with the idea for the event after working with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice following law school. ÒWe were working with black communities abroad in Ecuador and in South and Central America, and it oc¥curred to me that we werenÕt using a human rights frame¥work for local black communi¥ties,Ó Al-Nur said. ÒVery often, when we talk about human rights, we just donÕt apply it to black communities.Ó student. The week¥endÕs events are hosted by UTÕs Warfield Center for Af¥rican and African American Studies and the Department of African and African Diaspora studies, and they are free to the public. Al-Nur said she hopes the weekend will encourage Austinites to work to maintain their communities. ÒWeÕre just [gathering] the groups, the organizations [and] the individuals who are involved in change work in their community,Ó Al-Nur said. ÒWeÕre sharing resources [and] strengthening our voice and our power.Ó With the ETS My Credentials Vault SM service powered by Interfolio   #       "  " #letter writers and applicants#     ! My Credentials Vault !  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But for some reason, other teams that merely used to exist in the play¥offs have cast off their submissive roles. Now, these scrappy, ragtag teams and B-list stars actually be¥lieve they can win Ñ and upset the mighty Lakers. Oklahoma City Thunder Whether the Thunder upset the Lakers in this first-round series is irrelevant. The Thunder are still a big factor in why the Lakers will ultimately fall, even if that fall comes later rather than sooner. Sure, the No. 8-seed Thunder got walloped in Game 5. What else would you expect from a Lakers team playing at home? The real reason the Thunder are so instru¥mental in stopping the Lakers is because they love to run. The Thunder are the youngest team in the NBA and have the legs to prove it. Prior to Game 5, the Thunder had 72 fast-break points against the Lakers. The NBA continues on page 8 SOFTBALL WOMENÕS TENNIS Maxx Scholten | Daily Texan Staff Senior Sarah Lancaster returns a volley in a match against Stanford in February. The start of the Big 12 Championships today will give Lancaster one last chance to redeem the loss to Baylor during her freshman year that cost Texas the conference title. Senior has one last shot at Bears By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff Sarah Lancaster has been wait¥ing for this moment for more than three years. ItÕs a chance for redemption. ÒIn my four years [at Texas] as a player, we have never beaten Baylor in the finals of the Big 12 Championship,Ó the senior said. Competition runs in Lancast¥erÕs blood. ThatÕs why she can never forget the fact that she had a chance to beat Baylor. ÒIn the finals of my fresh¥man year, we were tied at three¥all against Baylor, and it came down to my match. I was the one who, of course, was cramp- Horns hope to return to winning ways against Tech By Kate Guerra Daily Texan Staff At the beginning of the sea¥son, Texas coach Connie Clark once referred to her team as Òroad warriors,Ó due to the LonghornsÕ grueling early-sea¥son travel schedule. But itÕs been a while since the Longhorns have been on the road. Texas hasnÕt had an away game since April 7 in College Station. The team fi¥nally gets on the road again to¥night as they take on Big-12 op¥ponent Texas Tech. The Red Raiders may be un¥ranked, but donÕt let that fool you. They are an impressive 35¥12 on the season and are quickly moving up in the Big 12 stand¥ings. Just before Texas faced Oklahoma State last weekend, Tech swept them in Lubbock. ÒIt should be really excit¥ing,Ó senior outfielder Kori Cook said. ÒTheyÕve turned it around and are doing really well. They just swept Oklaho¥ma State, so it should be inter¥esting going up there.Ó The Longhorns are com¥ing off of a tough loss to that same Cowgirl team, cruising to a run-rule victory on Saturday but falling Sunday when the balls just couldnÕt find a gap to drop in. The Horns finished the game hitless. ÒAlthough the team was real¥ly quiet in the locker room, there was a lot of good conversation going on,Ó Clark said. ÒYou tip your hat to a pitcher any time she throws a no-hitter, but [the Oklahoma State pitcher] only struck out three of our batters É You just have to get ready to come back to work, and I think theyÕre in that mindset.Ó Despite the loss, Texas still moved up two spots in the rankings to No. 12 in the coun¥try, and they still hold the top spot in the Big 12 standings. But donÕt expect the coaches or players to keep up with that. ÒYou know, we wonÕt talk a lot about the standings yet,Ó Clark said. ÒWe have to take care of business one game at a time.Ó Her players have adopted the same attitude. ÒNobody really knows about anything like that unless our coaches come in and tell us,Ó Cook said. ÒWe try not to get caught up in [the rankings].Ó One thing that the Long¥horns are acutely aware of is the fact that their next few op¥ponents know how highly ranked Texas is. ÒThis week, weÕll talk about the challenge of going on the road and that absolutely, some¥times people might not be in contention to win it, but they can be a spoiler,Ó Clark said. ÒBut more than anything, weÕre just going to stay focused on playing Texas softball. WeÕre not going to think so much on what other people want to do or what their goals are. We just have to focus on what our plans are.Ó ing,Ó Lancaster said. ÒI could hardly play, hardly move or do anything, and I ended up losing the third set 6-0.Ó That match has defined her career as a Longhorn. For one, it caused her to revamp her style of play. ÒIt was our best chance to beat Baylor, and since then, IÕve always wanted to get off the court quick¥ly and never be put in that posi¥tion again Ñ basically, making my team lose,Ó Lancaster said. Saying competition is the same thing as seeking out re¥venge may be a stretch, but for Lancaster, having the chance to meet Baylor again in the finals of this weekendÕs Big 12 Cham¥pionships Ñ and winning Ñ would be the ideal way to finish her time at Texas. ÒIt has definitely been one of our goals all season, to beat them and get back on top,Ó she said. But for the senior, just winning her own matches this weekend would be quite a way to leave her mark after four years on the squad. SheÕs already ended the regular season with a remarkable 38-1 record against conference op¥ponents. Having such an impres¥sive record under her belt could easily go to her head, but for Lan¥caster, itÕs quite the opposite. ÒI feel pretty fortunate to have that record and have been able to do that. I donÕt really think about [winning matches]. I just go out and play and try to win,Ó Lan¥caster said. ÒThatÕs definitely my mindset going into every match, I just want to win.Ó Winning in sports has played a fundamental role in Lancast¥erÕs life. She played everything growing up, but she ultimate¥ly chose tennis over her other love, basketball. ÒI saw that I had a better fu¥ture in tennis, and IÕve always liked that tennis is an individual sport,Ó she said. ÒI like that you TENNIS continues on page 8 Daniela Trujillo | Daily Texan Staff Senior Talllie Thrasher, left, junior Raygan Feight, center, and freshman Kim Bruins watch from the dugout as Texas takes on Texas Southern University. The Longhorns will return to the road for the first time since the start of the month as they take on Texas Tech in Lubbock. BASEBALL Lauren Gerson | Daily Texan Staff Chance Ruffin helps secure TexasÕ win against Texas State earlier this month. RuffinÕs move to closer this year has been a success this far. Ruffin succeeding in new role as TexasÕ closer By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff In a field of perfectly manicured grass, Chance Ruffin lay on his back and watched hundreds of ex¥plosions light up the Denver night in reds and blues, greens and yel¥lows. It was the perfect way to end the perfect Fourth of July. Except, Ruffin wasnÕt watching from the stands with the thousands of fans in attendance. He was lay¥ing on the field that his dad, Colo¥rado Rockies pitcher Bruce Ruffin, had just pitched on. This was the life TexasÕ new clos¥er lived as a child. Ò[I grew] up around these guys that were major league baseball players,Ó Chance Ruffin said. ÒThe Larry Walkers and AndrŽs Galar¥raga, and those guys. Eric Young throwing me onto a couch when I was in the locker room every time IÕd see him.Ó ÒMost of the motivation for me to play major league baseball is just how great of a life I had as a kid,Ó Ruffin said. ÒIÕd like to be able to give to my kids [that] one day and share that kind of a life.Ó Those experiences helped spark a desire in Ruffin to be a pro base¥ball player. When Ms. Reynolds, his kindergarten teacher, asked him what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, he had an easy answer: play baseball. ÒIÕm pretty sure she said, ÔWell, what do you want to do just in case that doesnÕt work out?ÕÓ Ruf¥fin recalled. ÒI was like, ÔWhat do you mean? Of course itÕs gonna work out. I donÕt even have to con¥sider that.ÕÓ After the graduation of closer Austin Wood last year, Coach Au¥gie Garrido decided that Ruffin would be the best person to fill the hole that WoodÕs 41 appearances and 15 saves left behind. GarridoÕs experience with Hus¥ton Street in 2002 further empha¥sized to him the importance of hav¥ing a strong closer to win the Col¥lege World Series. That year, Street led Texas to its fifth national cham¥pionship with 14 saves. But for Ruffin, who had grown accustomed to being one of TexasÕ starting pitchers, the switch was a difficult one to make. ÒI was a little tentative,Ó Ruffin said. ÒI had established myself as a successful starter. Starting is one of the most esteemed roles a pitcher could have, so it was a little tough giving that up.Ó ThatÕs when pitching coach Skip Johnson intervened and called on Street, who was the 2005 Ameri¥can League rookie of the year and signed a three-year, $22.5-million contract with the Colorado Rockies this off-season. ÒWe asked Huston to talk to him. CLOSER continues on page 8 SIDELINE NBA Playoffs Milwaukee 91 Atlanta 87 Utah 97 Denver 108 NHL Playoffs Montreal 2 Washington 1 MLB National Leauge Cincinnati 6 Houston 4 San Diego 6 Florida 4 Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 5 F/14 LA Dodgers 3 NY Mets 7 Washington 3 Chi Cubs 2 Arizona 12 Colorado 11 F/10 Philadelphia 7 San Francisco 6 F/10 Atlanta 0 St. Louis 6 American League Minnesota 6 Detroit 11 Cleveland 3 LA Angeles 4 Boston 2 Toronto 0 Oakland 3 Tampa Bay 10 Chi White Sox 5 Texas 6 SPORTS BRIEFLY Astros lose second straight after winning 8 of last 10 Rookie Mike Leake pitched sev¥en sharp innings and the Cincinna¥ti Reds beat the Houston Astros 6-4 on Wednesday night. Leake (2-0), who never pitched in the minors, gave up five hits and struck out five. ÒHe is a quick learner,Ó Reds manager Dusty Baker said. ÒHeÕs very confident, but not cocky with his confidence. Like I said in spring training, he came there to make the team. He didnÕt come there to at¥tend his first big league camp, so that says a lot for his confidence and poise and his ability to learn and re¥tain very quickly.Ó The Reds were up 2-0 in the fourth inning when Pence lost the ball in the sky at dusk with the Min¥ute Maid Park roof open on a high fly hit by Brandon Phillips. The ball dropped just beyond his glove for an error that cleared the bases. ÒItÕs a play that has to be made,Ó Pence said. ÒHere, when the twi¥light hours are going on the balls disappear and you just have to keep going with it and try to find it. I lost it and found it late and wasnÕt able to recover.Ó Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Nick Mas¥set. Closer Francisco Cordero gave up Geoff BlumÕs run-scoring single before retiring the last two batters with runners on first and second. Leake, the eighth overall pick in last yearÕs draft, is the 21st play¥er since the draft started in 1965 to play in the majors without spending a day in the minors. Humberto Quintero drove in HoustonÕs first run with his groundout that made it 6-1. Leake walked pinch-hitter Cory Sullivan but was able to limit the damage by striking out Michael Bourn to end the inning. Orland Cabrera singled and Ra¥mon Hernandez doubled with one out in the fourth. Drew Stubbs walked with two outs to load the bases before PenceÕs costly error made it 5-0. Scott Rolen added an RBI double off Felipe Paulino (0-3). Bourn said he couldnÕt see that ball in the outfield either and yelled to Pence to help him out. ÒItÕs always around the fourth or fifth inning ... the sky makes it tough to see and you just hope that the situation doesnÕt come up in the game,Ó Bourn said. Joey Votto hit an RBI triple in the third. Stubbs singled to start the game, stole second and scored on RolenÕs grounder. Ñ The Associated Press NBA: James wins if Cavs meet Lakers for title From page 7 Lakers had 12. The aging Lakers are reliant on tall, lanky centers to work their game inside. This gives Kobe Bryant some freedom from the outside. Asking Lakers like Andrew Bynum, Pau Gas¥ol and Lamar Odom to keep up with the speedy Thunder team will take its toll. Not to mention that when Oklahoma City plays at home, it has the support of an electric crowd. The series should go sev¥en games, and even if the Lak¥ers come out on top, they will be battered. They will then have to immediately turn around and play a series against either the Utah Jazz or the Denver Nug¥gets. Though Kevin Durant con¥tinues to laud Bryant and the rest of the Lakers as a team that can more than keep up, the signs are obvious. BryantÕs point-produc¥tion is down, and their reliance on their slower big men will be their downfall. Phoenix Suns Assuming the Lakers make it past the first two rounds, they will likely face the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference Fi¥nals. The Suns are expected to close out their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blaz¥ers very soon. They will then most likely face the San Anto¥nio Spurs Ñ barring a mirac¥ulous comeback by the Dallas Mavericks. This is the unfortu¥nate truth for the Mavs, who, up until Game 5, were down three games to one. After all this plays out, the Suns will be the favor¥ite against the Spurs, largely due to the renaissance of Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire. When and if the Lakers and Suns meet up in the confer¥ence finals, donÕt expect Phoe¥nix to be an easy obstacle. The SunsÕ advantage comes in the form of the two aforemen¥tioned players. Nash is a supe¥rior point guard to the LakersÕ Derek Fisher in both his scoring ability and team-control ability. Similarly, Stoudemire is a much more physical and athletic pow¥er forward than Gasol. He can score at will and snag rebounds like a magnet. The Suns, like the Thunder, will try to outrun the Lakers. Los Angeles will be col¥lectively gasping following this series, victory or not. King James (and the Cavs) Say the Lakers run through ev¥ery hurdle presented to them be- James is confident that he can play despite discomfort in his elbow. After beating the Chica¥go Bulls in Game 5 of their first¥round series, James does not be¥lieve the injury is serious. ÒIt bothers me because I donÕt know what it is,Ó James told re¥porters. ÒHopefully, it doesnÕt continue to bother me. But IÕm not concerned. Cleveland fans have nothing to worry about. They have no reason to panic. I donÕt think itÕs that serious.Ó If he recovers from what¥ever this injury is quickly enough, it is safe to say his Cavaliers will be the Eastern Conference representative in the finals. And when that happens, James will be fu¥eled by the memory of sev¥en years of almost achieving his goal but falling short. James thinks Bryant and the Lakers have enough cham¥pionships, and he will stop at nothing to bring one to Cleveland. CLOSER: RuffinÕs ÔgoofballÕ traits fit new role perfectly From page 7 ThereÕs no doubt youÕve got one of the best closers in Major League Baseball, and heÕs an alumni here. He ... sat down and ... talked to him to try to figure out a routine that he could go into.Ó StreetÕs advice worked. Ruffin has made the seamless transition from starter to closer. He leads the nation with a 1.06 earned run av¥erage and has already recorded 10 saves this season. While RuffinÕs success comes from his physical ability, he also has the unique personality that a closer must have in order to be successful. ÒItÕs a combination of an instinc¥tive personality and a competitive personality that matches up with quality pitches,Ó Garrido said. ÒHe throws in the low 90s with his fast¥ball. When his instincts take over, heÕs pretty hard to beat.Ó For Johnson, one of the key as¥pects of RuffinÕs personality is his short-term memory. Ò[HeÕs] a guy that can forget about negative things that hap¥pen,Ó Johnson said. ÒThat bulldog mentality. He wants to be in that tight-game situation. HeÕs a very competitive person.Ó The right personality for a clos¥er is more than just having a short¥term memory and being competi¥tive, though. ItÕs also about being a little off the wall. ÒThe cliche is that thereÕs always one goofball on the team, and itÕs usually a reliever on top of that,Ó Ruffin said after working on his handstand at the end of practice. ÒI feel like I fit that role perfectly.Ó Pitcher Taylor Jungmann defi¥nitely sees the clown in Ruffin. ÒHe is rocking a mullet,Ó Jung¥mann added with a laugh. ÒHe likes to flare it out a little bit.Ó RuffinÕs mullet, which heÕll keep growing out as long as Tex¥as keeps extending itÕs current 17¥game win streak, mirrors his ap¥proach to the game. Ò[HeÕs] business on the field, party in the locker room,Ó Jung¥mann joked. ÒOnce he gets on the field, heÕs all serious.Ó When Ruffin gets serious, the pitchers know theyÕre in good hands. ÒHe gets as zoned in and locked in as anyone IÕve ever seen,Ó pitch¥er Brandon Workman said. ÒItÕs comforting knowing that some¥body like that is coming in with your runners on base.Ó For batters, knowing that Ruffin is exiting the bullpen is anything but comforting. If Ruffin keeps striking fear into batters like he has been, one day he may be on the mound pitching on the Fourth in¥stead of laying on the field watch- TENNIS: Senior hopes home-court advantage helps UT this weekend From page 7 can control your own destiny and not rely on other people.Ó Only 18 months younger than her sister, LancasterÕs competitive nature quickly matured as a prod¥uct of sibling rivalry. ÒWe were pretty close in age, so we would always go back and forth,Ó she said. ÒAnything I did, I wanted to make a contest out of it and beat whomever I was going up against.Ó But the tennis court is not the only place where Lancaster proves to be a competitor. For the past three years, she has been honored first-team selection on the Big-12 All Academic Team. This yearÕs selection is extra special for Lan¥caster, as she is just one of two players on the team who can boast a 4.0 GPA. ÒIÕm the kind of person that wants to do my best in anything that I do. I think thatÕs why I take school so seriously,Ó Lancaster said. ÒItÕs great to be recognized with these types of awards, but I have definitely worked hard for it, and the hard work has paid off.Ó Lancaster will graduate in the fall and hopes to attend law school. But, for now, she is focused on this weekendÕs Big 12 Championship, which will be played at the Long¥hornsÕ very own Penick-Allison Tennis Center. TexasÕ impressive play over the last couple of weeks secured them the No.-2 seed in the tournament along with a first-round bye. The Horns will play the winner of to¥dayÕs Oklahoma State and Iowa State matchup Friday at 3 p.m. The last time the championships were held in Austin, in 2005, Texas took the title. ÒLast time womenÕs tennis won Big 12s, it was here [in Austin]. I think being at home is going to help us a lot,Ó Lancaster said. ÒNot only will we feel comfortable, but I think it will give us a definite edge over other teams coming in.Ó To take home the title, the Longhorns will likely have to go through the top-seeded Bears. If the teams do meet up, it will be in the championship match. ThatÕs perfectly fine with Lan¥caster. She has some unfinished business to attend to. fore the NBA finals. The final Ñ and the biggest Ñ one is LeBron James and the Cleveland Cava¥liers. Though he seems to have is¥sues with his right elbow, James is still the best athlete on the hardwood every night. Assum¥ing NBA fans and advertisers get what they have long been lob¥bying for, a Kobe versus Lebron championship series, James will most likely come out victorious. Thursday, April 29, 2010 SPORTS HAITI: Team finds its footing on the field after natural disaster From page 1 community as the thou¥sands who filled House Park brought with them banners, signs, donations and plenty of goodwill. ÒItÕs like being home right now, hearing this and see¥ing this,Ó said Haitian native Ñ but Austin local Ñ Louise Narcisse, who moved to Tex¥as 15 years ago. Narcisse was one of several Haitians in the stands, proud¥ly holding up a Haitian flag. While much of her family has left the island over the years, she has been doing her part to raise dona¥tions of food and clothing while saving money for a trip home. ÒI want to take the plane, walk in and kiss the ground,Ó she said. ÒWe will turned into a camp for Hai¥tians whose homes were de¥stroyed. With a match against world heavyweight Argentina ap¥proaching May 5th in Buenos Aires, the team took the op¥portunity to train and refocus on soccer even as family and friends still struggle in their daily lives. It was also a natural con¥nection after Aztex head coach Adrian Heath had traveled It was nice to see the players with a ÔÔsmile on their face. It was a great night for football, but more importantly, it was a great night for humanity.Ó Ñ Adrian Heath Aztex head coach not die. We will not sit down and die. ThatÕs not who we are.Ó The Haitian team was in Austin finishing a series of practices and scrimmages af¥ter seeing its home building in Port-au-Prince reduced to rubble and its stadium to the island to scout play¥ers last year and midfielder Jean Alexandre played several games for Aus¥tin last season. ÒI donÕt think we realize, real¥ly, what theyÕve been through the past three months, Ó Heath said. ÒWhat we have to be careful of now is that we donÕt leave them down there and think itÕs finished. These people still need every¥bodyÕs help.Ó The city of Austin did its part to help as the 4,132-per¥son crowd raised more than $11,500 in aid and donated mounds of soccer equipment and clothing for Haiti. ÒIt went beyond our wild- Photos by Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff Above, Haitian National Team member Wings Pierre Louis warms up during a break at House Park on Wednesday night. Below, Haitian National Team member Paulin Jean drinks water after the soccer game Austin Aztex vs. Haitian National Team soccer game Wednesday night. est dreams,Ó said Johnny Polk, director of camps at T Bar M, the organization that has housed the team since it arrived in Texas. ÒThey told me the message of love and acceptance Texas gave them was bigger than anything else, bigger than the match with Argentina.Ó Austin assumed the role of gracious host, playing a young, inexperienced lineup for much of the game while Haiti found its footing. In the end, both teams created a few half-chances, Austin coming the closest to scoring when substitute Sullivan Sil¥va headed against the cross¥bar in the closing minutes. But goals and wins were an afterthought as the crowd streamed out after the fi¥nal whistle. Many stayed be¥hind the Haiti bench, hold¥ing signs that said ÒLÕUnion fait la force,Ó meaning ÒUni¥ty makes strengthÓ or simply ÒLetÕs go, Haiti.Ó ÒIt was nice to see the play¥ers with a smile on their face,Ó Heath said. ÒIt was a great night for football, but more importantly, it was a great night for humanity.Ó THE PERFECT LOCATIONS! Five minutes to campus, pool, shuttle and Metro, shopping, parking, gat¥ed patio, summer rates available. 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Advertising is also subject to credit approval. 4 8 2 5 7 3 6 9 1 1 5 3 2 6 9 4 7 8 9 7 6 8 1 4 3 5 2 6 1 4 3 9 7 8 2 5 7 3 5 1 8 2 9 6 4 8 2 9 4 5 6 7 1 3 5 6 1 9 3 8 2 4 7 3 4 7 6 2 5 1 8 9 2 9 8 7 4 1 5 3 6 Thursday, April 29, 2010 LIFE&ARTS SEX: Columnists attempt to ask ÔwhysÕ of behavior From page 12 pointed out a month later in her CampusProgress.org response to DiBrancoÕs article, ÒItÕs not just progressive students [or women] who are writing about sex Ñ itÕs everybody.Ó ÒThough men are readers in equal numbers, the sex colum¥nist is a (straight and queer) fe¥male-dominated profession, with a small minority of queer men,Ó DiBranco wrote. But Hess Õ Òeverybody Ó shouldnÕt refer only to politi¥cal affiliation. It should also im¥plicate the growing numbers of men who use college newspapers to participate in the discourse on sex, too. BerkleyÕs resident sex colum¥nist Mustafa Shaikh identifies himself as straight, as does the University of New OrleansÕ for¥mer sex columnist, Wes Mueller. And Alex Knepper, opinion col¥umnist at American Universi¥ty, though gay and not formally a Òsex columnist,Ó is also an ac¥tive writer on issues of sexuality in his paper. And we canÕt forget American UniversityÕs actual sex columnists, the pseudonym¥ed males ÒBuster DarkholeÓ and ÒMaxwell Hillcrest.Ó In 2010, for men and women alike, it just doesnÕt seem to be enough to write about sex for its own sake. Increasingly, sex col¥umnists are venturing toward discussions on the ÒwhysÓ of sexual behavior, not just admit¥ting that they behave sexually (as was the norm in the sex columns of the past). This seems to suggest that the increased ire directed at the sex columns of today is a response to this sort of meta-inquiry. When a cute, pithy twen¥tysomething like Datskovsky muses about anal sex Ñ it is notable that in her 2006 column on the subject, she disclosed that she hasnÕt done it because Òthere is only so farÓ sheÕll go Ñ it can be well received. SheÕs entertaining and almost pro¥vocative, but she always lands on the safer side of the shock button. SheÕll write the word ÒanalÓ but she wonÕt really talk about it tete-a-tete. But when Shaikh begs the question of what would happen if men were the sexual gatekeep¥ers instead of women, as he did in his April 13 ÒSex On TuesdayÓ article ÒGoing Around in Cir¥cles,Ó people want his head. The fact that honest, non-par¥tisan writing about sex almost always prompts letter-writing campaigns calling for censorship of college newspapers is worth thinking about. Because not every campus has the support for sex writing as Berkeley does, and if only the most topical and obvious of stu¥dent-penned sex columns can stay in print, then are they even serving a purpose? AIDS: Texas ranks high in HIV cases From page 12 first place. ÒI donÕt think this event will help bring awareness,Ó he said. ÒThe people who are coming to the show are already educated. The event is not reaching out to those who need the education, like youths.Ó Guli Fager, coordinator of Uni¥versity Health ServiceÕs Healthy Sexuality Education, said talk¥ing about sex can be scary for people, so Condom Couture is a great way to highlight how seri¥ous HIV and AIDS are without the tension. ÒTexas has the fourth-highest rate of HIV in the U.S. behind New York, California and Flori¥da,Ó Fager said. ÒSo itÕs an issue in Texas.Ó Fager also said only 37 per¥cent of UT students use condoms while having sex. Ok, letÕs take five From page 12 After meeting her Austin-na¥tive husband while teaching and putting on fashion shows for the Hong Kong Polytechnic Univer¥sity, she moved back to Austin with him and started teaching at UT in 1997. Before Nicols joined the facul¥ty, the fashion show was held in a variety of smaller events and ven¥ues Ñ including a fashion lun¥cheon or in the Texas Union Ball¥room Ñ without a real runway. It was through the Õ97 senior classÕ work under Nicols that the event was moved to the Er¥win CenterÕs Lone Star Room. After reaching capacity two years in a row, they took the show to the arena. ÒIÕve had one student every year come up and tell me, ÔWhen I was a kid, I used to dream about being in the UT senior fashion show,ÕÓ Bravo said. ÒIt makes you feel like youÕre do¥ing more than just a presentation of all [the seniorsÕ] hard work; youÕre also shining a light to in¥spire a future student.Ó On the other hand, this will be BravoÕs third fashion show. Through the duoÕs combined ef¥forts, they have encouraged the program and seniors to embrace sustainable fabrics with new tech¥nologies, like digital prints, into their collections and portfolios. ÒWhen they graduate from the University and go on to their in¥ternships and jobs, they will be designing for specific compa¥nies and customers,Ó Nicols said. ÒThis is their time to create their dream, and this is the first time to work with such fine fabrics to put together a whole collection in that amount of time.Ó Despite budget cuts this year, Nicols said all of the participating companies have been accommo¥dating and will continue to work with UT on the fashion show. ÒThe fashion industry is a place where we help and sup¥port one another,Ó Nicols said. ÒI think weÕre in the business of giving people a psychologi- WHAT: UT High Voltage Fashion Show 2010 WHERE: Frank Erwin Center WHEN: Tonight, 8 p.m. ADMISSION: Free cal lift because you know how good it feels when you have something that makes you look good. It doesnÕt need to be friv¥olous Ñ just something thatÕs appropriate, that gives you a moment of joy. Fashion should be something fun, enjoyable and a little moment of lightness in our lives.Ó Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Thursday, April 29, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN ÔSexpectationsÕ place columnists under student fire So what has changed? Perhaps there has been a sig¥nificant political, cultural or ide¥ological shift in our nationÕs col¥lege-aged demographic. Maybe there has been a conservative re¥surgence, and more traditional By Mary Lingwall views on sexuality are growing. EditorÕs Note: This special Thurs¥ day edition of Hump Day is the fi¥nal installment of a two-part series that explores sex columns in student newspapers across the country. By Mary Lingwall Daily Texan Staff In 1996, the University of Cal¥ifornia, BerkleyÕs student news¥paper, The Daily Californian, in¥troduced the first student sex col¥umn in an effort to placate the stu¥dent body after a series of heated political debates took hold of the paperÕs editorial section. Ironically, though the college sex column was introduced to stu¥dent newspapers as a diversion, sex columns have become one of the leading points of contention at college and university newspa¥pers in little over a decade. Politically liberal-leaning sex columns attract scathing reactions even at some of the most histor¥ically liberal institutions in the country Ñ like Berkeley. How¥ever, conservative universities throughout the nation have start¥ed running their own student sex columns, as well. Dartmouth Col¥lege has two. But I doubt it. What seems more likely is that intentions have changed. ÒBy and large, student sex col¥umnists have higher standards for inclusive, woman-positive sex journalism [than] their off-cam¥pus counterparts,Ó wrote Alex DiBranco last September in ÒThe Student Sex Column MovementÓ in The Nation. And during the nascent stag¥es of college sex writing, this seemed to be true. When Min¥dy Friedman was a student at Berkeley and the Columbia Spectator was publishing week¥ly ÒSexplorationÓ columns from Miriam Datskovsky (circa 2004¥2006), the name of the game was pithy writing about sex Ñ pe¥riod. These were articles writ¥ten by women with the sim¥ple (read: simple, not easy) task of showing that women can be sexually empowered and even humorous. But DiBrancoÕs assertion that college sex columns inherently promote this kind of political pro¥gressivism is misleading. Because, as Amanda Hess of the Washing¥ton City Paper blog ÒThe SexistÓ SEX continues on page 11 Senior show reaches Ôfull scaleÕ thanks to UT Co-op sponsorships, and this year, it will feature 32 dis¥tinct collections. ÒMost fashion shows in schools are smaller-scale and intimate with a focus on family and friends,Ó Bra¥vo said. ÒWe put ours out there for the whole public, and the UT Co-op society sponsorship means we donÕt have to charge $50 to $100 per ticket. ItÕs free, so we can invite everybody, and it can be an Austin event.Ó Nicols and Bravo both attend¥ed the highly competitive Central Saint Martins College of Art & De¥sign in London for their masters degrees, at separate times, and went on to pursue their own de¥signs. Nicols sold her line across Europe and went to Hong Kong for what she calls Òan adventure that wound up being 10 years.Ó FASHION continues on page 11 EditorÕs note: This is the fifth story in a series that highlights trends in the UT fashion show. By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff The massive, dimly lit Frank Erwin Center has played host to a number of events ranging from honors ceremonies to comedians and musicians to pro-wrestling matches. ItÕs only once a year, though, when the venue brings out a runway for one of the big¥gest fashion shows in Austin. With the enthusiasm of design seniors and the guidance of tex¥tiles and apparel lecturer Karen Bravo and senior lecturer Eve Ni¥cols, the UT textile and apparel se¥nior event has grown from hum¥ble beginnings to a full-scale fash¥ion show. The show has averaged about 5,000 guests in the past Condom Couture looks to raise AIDS awareness Edwards and 24 other design-number of designers and outfits, luminous and flirty with layers UT FACE AIDS debuts ers will debut their original con-and hopefully, double the mon-of stretched-out orange and yel¥unique fashion designs dom designs tonight for the UT ey raised. low condoms. Shredded metal- FACE AIDS second-annual Con-Each designer was given 1,000 lic condom wrappers cover the in second annual show dom Couture fashion show. non-lubricated condoms, and the bodice, providing a rough tex- By Julie Rene Tran The nonprofit organization is only rule was to not use any pre-tured contrast to the condom ro- Daily Texan Staff hoping to raise awareness about made clothing. settes that fill the shoulder caps. The smell of latex fills the audi-AIDS and HIV with a fun, whim-Edwards, who won last year, To attach the rosettes, Edwards torium as photojournalism junior sical approach, said Amanda Da-said working with the condoms twisted pins through the rub-Ryan Edwards raises his Queen lessio, human development and was difficult. He said it took him ber material and tacked it firmly of Hearts-inspired dress to show family sciences senior and com-almost three weeks in work hours into the bedsheet he used as the off the structural bodice he made mittee chairwoman for the event. over the course of 2 1/2 months dressÕs form. out of clothing hangers. The dress Last year, the organization was to put his dress together. Edwards said he didnÕt make was undeniably a fashion state-able to raise about $2,000 from The thought of making a dress a dress in hopes of making a ment Ñ not because of its loud ticket sales. This year, the cost to out of condoms was a lot more change. He just did it because a color scheme or armor-like struc-attend the fashion show is $5. exciting than the production, Ed-a design he created last year won ture, but because it was made al-Dalessio said this yearÕs show wards said. most entirely out of condoms. will be larger with double the The bottom of his dress is vo-AIDS continues on page 11 BOOK REVIEW Tale of Southern debutant reinforces outdated ideals By Kate Ergenbright Ansley jets off to New York City to Daily Texan Staff live with a grandmother sheÕs nev- Jennifer RossÕ ÒThe Icing on er met who abandoned her family the CupcakeÓ is sweet Ñ sick-when AnsleyÕs mother was only 5 ly sweet. Ross is a former Wall years old. Street Journal and Dallas Morn-In ÒThe Icing on the Cupcake,Ó ing News reporter who currently RossÕ prose is completely formula¥resides in Austin. Her novel rein-ic, and the morals of many of the forces the stereotypical and anti-characters are enough to make quated ideals of Southern belles. any self-respecting woman cringe Her novel follows the story of in disgust. For example, with-Ansley Waller, the quintessential in the first chapter of the novel, Southern debutant with a knack the narrator tells us, ÒAnsley had for baking cupcakes and a strict been raised to believe that one of adherence to so-the highest hon¥cietyÕs code of ors a woman can proper behav-achieve is to mar¥ior. Everything ry right out of in AnsleyÕs life college and nev- Jennifer Ross would er have to work.Ó is going great as she prepares to have been much better Although Ans¥graduate from ley later changes off just writing a Baylor University her tune, the sen¥ cupcake cookbook Ñ timent still seems with a business degree she nev-although, because of so outdated itÕs laughable. er intends to use the recent cupcake At the end of and a fabulous fad, there are already each chapter is engagement ring from her perfect plenty of those to a cupcake recipe with a name cor- Southern gentle¥ go around. responding to an man, Parish. idea or an event According to that occurred in Ansley, Ò... she the chapter. Al¥ had followed ev¥though this is an interesting idea, ery Dallas girlÕs dream life ... Col¥it is executed poorly. Ross would lege, engagement and love were all have been much better off just happening like clockwork,Ó some¥writing a cupcake cookbook Ñthing she had dreamed of since although, because of the recent she was a little girl. But, alas, dur¥cupcake fad, there are already ing a keg party one night, Ansley plenty of those to go around. is publicly humiliated when Parish If youÕre in the mood for some suddenly asks for his engagement good chick lit, just leave ÒThe Ic¥ring back after he witnesses Ans¥ing on the CupcakeÓ sitting on ley being viciously mean to one of the shelves. her sorority sisters. Ashamed and cast out of wealthy Dallas society, Grade: C