SPORTS PAGE 7 Home-run hit for the win LIFE&ARTS PAGE 9 Fist-pump for one more season TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 60 THE DAILY TEXAN Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com A mysterious case A year later, questions linger surrounding a UT studentÕs death By Bobby Longoria & Pierre Bertrand T Daily Texan Staff he details of the last night of UT sophomore Jeffrey WengÕs life remain a mystery to his grieving friends, family and puzzled police investigators a year after he was found lying face down, 20 miles from home in Kyle, struggling for his life on Interstate Highway 35. Weng, 19, entered a Yellow Cab at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday Feb. 14, 2009 in the company of an unidentified person and headed to San Mar¥cos after leaving downtown, where he was last seen by friends at 2 a.m. As the taxi was moving at 70 miles per hour, the taxi driver heard Weng open the door and say, ÒWhere are you taking me?Ó before he ex¥ited the vehicle. Once the driver realized that Weng was not in the taxi, he called 911, alerted an officer of the incident and eventually contin¥ued his fare, according to interviews between the driver and The Daily Texan. Weng suffered severe head injuries and died Sunday Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m, at University Med¥ical Center at Brackenridge. The driver, the only known person present at the incident, was interviewed by the Kyle Police Depart¥ment during the investigation. He said he didnÕt immedi¥ately realize that Weng had exited the taxi and continued driving on for two more exits. ÒFirst thing I did, I whiplashed back to see where he was. I looked ON THE WEB: behind to see if he was there, and Interactive map I started screaming to [the strang¥ of Jeffrey WengÕs er] in Spanish ÔWhereÕs your friend, estimated route WhereÕs your friend?Õ and he said ÔHe jumped! He jumped!ÕÓ said the @dailytexanonline.com taxi driver, who wishes to remain anonymous in order to ensure his privacy. ÒI started shaking when he jumped. I was shook up.Ó A year later, police officials are no closer to understand¥ing what happened that night. The Kyle Police Department, which spearheaded the investigation, turned up no conclu¥sive leads since last summer when it was deemed inactive. ÒI was actually expecting the police to [solve the case], but apparently they didnÕt,Ó said Stephanie Weng, Jeffrey WengÕs sister. ÒEven though it has been a year already, we need some kind of closure.Ó Kyle police requested public help Feb. 24, 2009 by send¥ing out a sketch of the unknown passenger. It was sent to the San Marcos, Austin and UT Police Departments, but au¥thorities have yet to locate the second passenger, who may be the only person who knows exactly what happened in the cab. ÒWe exhausted everything we had to find the person we are looking for,Ó said Jerry Hendrix, spokesman for the city of Kyle. ÒWe followed up on all leads we had, and if we get any more we will follow up on those as well. We are at a loss of places to look at this point.Ó WENG continues on page 5 UT System can no longer subsidize cuts University now held accountable for total amount of budget trims By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff UT will need to dig a little deeper in its pockets than antici¥pated in its original plan to cut 5 percent of the budget that is com¥posed of state revenue. Start of early voting inspires student support By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Early voting for statewide pri¥mary elections opened at 7 a.m. today, giving Travis County vot¥ers a chance to cast their ballots at any county precinct two weeks before the March 2 election day. Several Texas state offices and congressional seats are up for elec¥tion this cycle, including all U.S. and state representative seats, the lieutenant governorÕs office, the governorÕs office and three Tex¥as Supreme Court seats. Students can cast early ballots in person at the Flawn Academic Center. In anticipation of the polls opening, members of Universi¥ty Democrats camped overnight on the West Mall from 9 p.m. Monday until 7 a.m. today to be among the first voters in Texas. ÒThere are so many things Though the University had to create a plan for a $29 million budget reduction, the UT Sys¥tem was supposed to cover about $7 million of the potential cuts. But President William Powers Jr. said at the Faculty Council meet¥ing Monday that the UniversityÕs plan will now have to reflect the full amount. ÒWe got the bad news on Fri¥day Ñ that itÕs back up to $29 mil¥ ©2010 Google - Map data said Jeremy Yager, Universi¥ty Democrats vice president and government junior. ÒOne of the lion,Ó Powers said. ÒWe are still working to see exactly how this will work through.Ó Matt Flores, spokesman for the UT System, said the reason for the systemÕs withdrawal from its initial offer has not yet been made public. On Jan. 15, a letter signed by Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. Da¥vid Dewhurst and Texas Speak¥er of the House Joe Straus asked things that make people hesitate to come out on election day is that itÕs so crowded, itÕs difficult to get through the lines. During ear¥ly voting, thatÕs not so much of a concern.Ó Every major election cycle, University Democrats holds an overnight campout on the West Mall. About 50 students attend¥ed the campout in 2008 when Barack Obama was running for president. Because of a city or¥dinance, the students are not al¥lowed to sleep on campus over¥night, so they plan to entertain themselves with a game of foot¥ball, Yager said. College Republicans at Texas have not planned any events for early voting, but the organization encourages participation through RACE continues on page 2 all state agencies Ñ including the UT System Ñ to prepare a priori¥tized plan to cut 5 percent of their budgets containing state revenue. The letter, which asked agencies to submit their plans to the Legis¥lative Budget Board by Monday, came as a result of lower-than-an¥ticipated sales tax revenues from the holiday season. BUDGET continues on page 2 119 W. 8th St. By Gabrielle Cloudy Daily Texan Staff The Cockrell School of Engi¥neering launched its interactive Web site Monday in order to ed¥ucate the public about natural re¥sources and provide undecided students with information about the petroleum engineering field. ÒThe [goal of the] Web site is to attract students and show them how the school can help the com¥munity and help the world,Ó said senior operating systems special¥ist Matt Mangum. ÒWe want to reach out to potential high school, undergrad and grad students.Ó The Faculty Innovation Center and the Engineering Department came together to create the Web site as a campaign to reach out and make research more accessi¥ble to the public. ÒWe want [the public] to be the solutions to the future,Ó Mangum said. Steven Bryant, associate profes¥sor of petroleum engineering, and Lauren Conrad, petroleum engi¥neering senior, discuss the impor¥tance of natural resources and how to save them in a video on the Web site, iamthenaturalresource.org. While visiting the site, students can also watch a second video on a new technology project called car¥bon sequestration and even leave comments on the videos. By Mon¥day evening, people had already begun to leave solutions in the form of comments for fixing natu¥ral resource and energy issues. In addition to receiving feedback from the public, the campaign will help recruit students who might be interested in engineering. Erin Gandy, recruitment support spe¥cialist for the Department of Petro¥leum and Geosystems Engineer¥ing, said many students donÕt have a clear comprehension of what en¥gineering is, but the Web site aims to help educate them. Jason Levinson, petroleum en¥gineering senior and president of the Petroleum Engineers Soci¥ety, said that people are misguid¥ed about engineers and the petro¥leum engineering field. ÒMany people are misinformed about energy and how itÕs ob¥tained,Ó Levinson said. ÒThe oil and gas industry get negative opinions, and people look down on them as [companies that are] holding prof¥its and that are not interested in be¥ing green. ThatÕs not true.Ó Gandy said the campaign is not only for prospective students but also for students who might already be in another branch of engineering. ÒThe more knowledgeable pe¥troleum engineers [that are] out there searching for that resource, the better,Ó Levinson said. NEWS Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Celebrating a week of women BUDGET: Protection of research at UT is essential, Powers says From page 1 the first area of savings the plan is teaching and research.Ó identifies is from overhauls in the Despite the economic cir- In 2009-10, state general rev¥UniversityÕs Information Technol-cumstances, the Faculty Coun¥enue made up about 30 percent ogy Service department in Octo-cil passed a resolution which re¥of the UniversityÕs academic core ber. Due to the reorganization of quests a raise in the minimum budget. The academic core bud¥the department last semester, 25 salary for teaching assistants get primarily covers faculty and staff members were laid off. Pow-and graduate research assistants staff salaries but also includes ers said the changes in ITS are re-to a level consistent with a liv¥scholarships, utilities, mainte¥ curring savings. ing wage in Austin, without re¥nance and operation. The Uni-The plan also dips into about ducing the number of graduate versity received $333 million in $5 million worth of cash re-students. recurring state general revenue serves acquired from athlet-According to the Poverty in this school year and expects to ics revenue, and the Universi-America Project at Pennsylvania receive a 1-percent increase for ty currently has about $25 mil-State University, the living wage each of the next two years. lion of cash reserves, which is in Travis County is about $1,590 The Legislative Budget Board important to keep for emergen-per month for one adult. Teach¥was closed Monday for Presi¥cy situations, Powers said. He ing assistants at UT receive about dents Day, so the deadline to sub¥also said that the plan identifies $1,590 per month while gradu¥mit proposals has been extended cuts in non-academic depart-ate research assistants, who also to today. ments and the deferral of capital have to pay tuition from their sti-All nine universities and six improvement. pend, receive $929 per month. health institutions of the UT Tamir Kalifa |Daily Texan Staff Powers said the plans are con-Toxicology professor Andrea System were asked to make the Yijiao Zhuang, Nicole Masole and Carissa Huq distribute free T-shirts at a rally outside the Texas Union to structed with the hope of not Gore presented the legislation same 5-percent cut. During the begin the celebration of this yearÕs Week of Women at UT. touching the academic core of the on behalf of the Faculty Coun-Board of Regents meeting ear-University but said he met with cilÕs Responsibilities, Rights and UTÕs annual Week of Wom-week will include ÒThe Vagina the Flawn Academic Center. The lier this month, Scott Kelley, the deans and department chairs to Welfare of Graduate Student Ac¥ en kicked off Monday with T-Monologues,Ó a theater produc-WomenÕs Resource Agency will systemÕs executive vice chancel¥ be prepared. ademic Employee Committee. shirts and vulva-shaped lollipops tion portraying womenÕs experi-screen ÒThe Dildo DiariesÓ at 7 lor for business affairs, originally ÒRight now itÕs just plans, and She said the committee does not to raise awareness about violence ences through the perspectives of p.m. Wednesday in the Union said the System itself would ab¥we donÕt have to deliver the mon-have a proposal for funding the against women. their vaginas, at 7 p.m. Thursday Theatre. sorb some of the cost, reducing ey for some time,Ó Powers said. initiative. Nicole Lockhart, president of at the Recreational Sports Center.The week will also feature cof¥ the total cut to about 3.7 percent ÒWeÕll have to manage through Powers said the resolution Orange Jackets, the female hon- Texas Feminists will present fee with the Texas Roller Der¥ per institution. with as much input and collabo-helps establish the councilÕs pri¥ orary organization that hosts the the film ÒThe LineÓ with mod-by Lonestar Rollergirls at 9 p.m. While the full plan has not ration as thoughtfully as we can orities to move the University event, said the Week of Wom-erated discussion about sexu-Thursday at the Tejas house. yet been revealed, Powers said while protecting the core, which forward academically. en began several years ago. The al boundaries today at 7 p.m. in Ñ Audria Choudhury RACE:Early voting flexible with student schedules From page 1 vote, according to a report from off, the two candidates with the campus campaign manager for the Travis County Tax Office. most votes will go head-to-head Bill White for Texas and broad¥meeting announcements, e-mails During the 2006 gubernatorial in another election. cast journalism sophomore. ÒI and its table on West Mall, said election in Travis County, 7,266 vot-ÒI think that theyÕre only sam-think the general election is go-Ryan Ellis, College Republicans at ers cast early ballots in the Demo-pling registered Republicans, so ing to be a lot tougher. But I think Texas president and government cratic gubernatorial primary, while we donÕt know where [indepen-that if he gets enough name rec¥and communication studies senior. 6,065 Travis County residents made dent voters] stand,Ó said Mela-ognition, people will realize that ÒItÕs important that [students] use of early voting in the Republi-nie Schwartz, College Republi-although heÕs a Democrat, heÕs know that in early voting, they can gubernatorial primary. cans at Texas vice president and more of a moderate Democrat. can vote in any of the precincts Gov. Rick Perry holds 45 per-history sophomore. ÒRight now, We have until November to get rather than just the one that they cent of Republican support, U.S. I think Debra MedinaÕs presence, the word out about him.Ó have to vote in on Election Day,Ó Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison holds no matter what, is probably en-The deadline to register to vote Ellis said. ÒYou can [vote] on your 29 percent and Debra Medina suring a runoff.Ó in the primary election was Feb. own schedule rather than having holds 17 percent, according to a Former Houston mayor and 1, but citizens who hope to vote to cram it into one day. ItÕs more poll measuring public opinion Democratic candidate Bill White in the general gubernatorial elec¥of an incentive for college students from Feb. 2 to Feb. 10 conducted only trails Perry in general elec-tion in November can still reg¥to vote.Ó by The Dallas Morning News, tion polling by 6 percent, with ister. Voter registration applica- There are 619,336 citizens of A runoff election will result if Perry holding 43 percent. tions can be found at the Uni¥voting age in Travis County, no candidate receives a majority ÒFor the primary, I have very versity Station Post Office in the 582,240 of whom are registered to of the vote. In the event of a run-high hopes,Ó said Lara Lapin, UT West Mall Office Building. 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BenedictÕs top aide, Cardi¥nal Tarcisio Bertone, delivered a stinging homily at a Mass be¥fore MondayÕs talks decrying the Òparticularly abhorrent deedsÓ of some in the Irish church hier¥archy, although he didnÕt name any names. Bertone, the VaticanÕs No. 2 who participated in the summit with 24 bishops from Irish dio¥ceses, likened the crisis to a Òmost dangerous storm, that which touches the heart of believers, shaking their faith and threaten¥ing their ability to trust in God.Ó To restore faith, Òsinners must acknowledge their own blame in the fullness of truth,Ó urged Ber¥tone, the Holy SeeÕs secretary of state. He worried that the evil could push faithful toward Òdis¥couragement and desperation.Ó A state report last year found that church leaders in Dublin had spent decades protecting child¥abusing priests from the law while many fellow clerics pre¥tended not to see. A separate in¥quiry documented decades of sexual, physical and psychologi¥cal abuse or children and teens in Catholic-run schools, workhous¥es and orphanages. Bishops kissed the pope in a fraternal gesture of respect be¥fore cameras were ushered out. The Vatican wonÕt comment be¥fore the summit ends Tuesday nor has it released BenedictÕs re¥marks at the sessions, which be¥gan in the morning and ran into the evening. The bishops made them¥selves unavailable for comment. Irish bishops conference spokes¥man Martin Long said the bish¥ops had chosen to stay at a guest house within Vatican CityÕs walls so they could better ÒfocusÓ on the crisis talks. The delegationÕs top mem¥ber, Cardinal Sean Brady, arch¥bishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland, described the talks as a first step on a journey to¥ward Òpenitence, renewal and reconciliation.Ó Experts examine professorÕs past, criminal history By Desiree Hunter The Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Ñ Disclo¥sures that an Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues was twice questioned by criminal investigators years ago raised concerns Monday of why background checks didnÕt prevent her hiring at the school in 2003. University of Alabama in Huntsville officials met to review the files concerning Amy Bishop, a Harvard-educated neurobiolo¥gist accused of pulling a gun at a Friday faculty meeting and shoot¥ing six people, three fatally. Two of the survivors remained in criti¥cal condition Monday. Some victimsÕ relatives ques¥tioned why UAH hired her in the first place after the disclosures about her involvement in the two criminal probes. She wasnÕt charged with a crime in either. An expert on background checks whoÕs not involved in the case says the lack of charges made it less likely either case would have shown up when prospective employers looked into her past. BishopÕs husband told the Chronicle of Higher Education on Monday that his wife had re¥cently borrowed a handgun and had practiced at an indoor gun range. He said she wouldnÕt tell him who she borrowed it from and was Òvery cagey.Ó He said he warned his wife not to bring the gun to work. Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Dan Treadway OPINION THE DAILY TEXAN FIRING LINES E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanon¥line.com. Letters must be fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Who can harness the ÔTea PartyÕ rage? By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Columnist When Republican gubernatori¥al candidate Debra Medina made her appearance on Glenn BeckÕs ra¥dio show on Thursday, she probably wasnÕt expecting to face questions about the 9/11 ÒtrutherÓ movement. She probably expected even less that the right-wing talk show host and ÒTea PartyÓ firebrand would go out of his way to embarrass her. After all, Medina and Beck would seem to be natural political allies. Beck led efforts on his Fox News show to organize the first Tea Par¥ty rally at the Capitol in Washing¥ton, D.C., last year. And Medina has picked up some surprising mo¥mentum by riding a wave of an¥ti-incumbent anger. So it must have been baffling to many listeners when Beck, the apparent Tea Party godfa¥ther, humiliated Medina, the only an¥ti-incumbent candidate in the race for governor. Regular viewers of BeckÕs televi¥sion saw him swoon over Gov. Rick Perry, the man Medina is trying to unseat, on his TV show last April. His takedown of Medina received a rap¥id response from PerryÕs office Fri¥day, attacking her for seeming to sug¥gest that the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. The fast timing was enough for the blog Burnt Orange Report, a bastion of lib¥eral Texas thought, to conclude that PerryÕs campaign had orchestrated the whole debacle to embarrass Med¥ina Ñ and perhaps kill her chances of forcing a runoff between the incum¥bent and his biggest challenger, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Of course, on a radio broadcast just a few days before the Medina inter¥view, Beck questioned why Tea Par¥ty darling Sarah Palin would cam¥paign with a ÒprogressiveÓ like Perry. If BeckÕs views on Perry seem, well, schizophrenic, the same could be said for the movement he has endorsed with such fervor. Supporters of Tea Party candidates have embraced grassroots politics at a level both Democrats and Republi¥cans can admire. But as the difficul¥ties of organizing a national confer¥ence show, the movement faces ma¥jor challenges. The most salient aspect of the Tea Party movement so far has been its ground-up organization. Its appeal hasnÕt lain in any charismatic person¥ality, like Barack Obama, but in the enthusiasm and person-to-person in¥volvement of its members. The virtue of the movement, the thinking goes, comes from the fact that it quite lit¥erally reflects the views of ÒaverageÓ Americans. But the grassroots leader¥ship of the Tea Partiers looks like its greatest weakness Ñ if we can take anything away from the ugly inter¥nal bickering outside the national Tea Party convention in Nashville earlier this month. The Republicans, though out of power, have managed to identify, by default, national leaders like Sen¥ate Minority Leader Mitch McCon¥nell and House Minority Leader John Boehner. Meanwhile, outside of D.C., figures like Palin and Perry have tak¥en the helm. The latter two hold considerable appeal for Tea Partiers. In fact, Perry led one of the first Tea Party-inspired protests last spring against the fed¥eral governmentÕs fiscal policies. He marched at the head of a crowd from the Capitol to Lady Bird Lake, where they exercised their First Amend¥ment rights by littering the water Ñ to be symbolically appropriate Ñ with tea bags. Yet there is still enough discontent with PerryÕs policies, even among likely Republican primary voters, that Medina was polling around 24 percent in some polls as of last week. Both Democratic and Republi¥can incumbent politicians are facing a slate of spoilers who espouse little philosophically, aside from a commit¥ment to low taxes and a deep suspi¥cion of the federal government. Even libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, the man who many say created the move¥ment with his rogue presidential campaign, is facing a slew of primary opponents hoping to ride the wave of Òthrow the bums outÓ sentiment. Politico recently quoted a critic of the national convention commenting on the leadership problems within the movement. ÒWe donÕt need Sar¥ah Palin to be the face of our move¥ment,Ó he said. ÒWe donÕt need Newt Gingrich or any of these other peo¥ple, because these people are humans and they can fail. Our values will never fail us as long as we adhere to them.Ó Tea Party sympathizers in the Re¥publican Party will soon have to make that choice for themselves. Do they choose a Òtotally authen¥ticÓ candidate or a sitting governor who they believe has compromised ideologically? Whether Perry can pull enough Tea Partiers to his side to avoid a run¥off could predict how well the na¥tional parties, especially the Republi¥cans, can harness this nebulous rage coursing through the country. Kreighbaum is a history senior. GALLERY Reasons you shouldnÕt dodge the census The U.S. Constitution mandates that a cen¥sus be conducted every 10 years. And while huge population growth has nearly ren¥dered the decennial mandate outdated, the census remains the most important survey youÕll ever fill out Ñ no matter how boring or creepy it may seem. U.S. census data is used ad nauseam in ac¥ademic studies, especially in the social sci¥ences. The daily functioning of the nationÕs population is best deciphered with this data Ñ no survey distributed by a professor or academic brain trust can have the reach or efficiency of the census. For some fields of study to remain intact and effective, the census must be accurately completed by as many citizens as possible. According to the U.S. Census BureauÕs Web site, $400 billion of federal money is spent each year on infrastructure and servic¥es such as hospitals, schools, transportation and emergency services. That amounts to $4 trillion of your money over a decade, so ac¥curacy of data is important. Students in general tend to have a tal¥ent for avoiding responsibilities. It would be hard to find more than a dozen people on this campus who havenÕt had to rely on somebody elseÕs notes when they Òjust couldnÕt make it to class.Ó But college studentsÕ census-dodging is a cause for concern, especially since the infor¥mation collected through the census will af¥fect us the most. With the exception of fresh¥men hoping to go to medical school, we can all count on being members of the work¥force in a decadeÕs time, when the next cen¥sus will be distributed. Likely the most important aspect of the census is its role in determining congressio¥nal representation, with the amount of seats granted to an area hinging on the collect¥ed data. A large number of uncounted peo¥ple can result in insufficient representation and congressmen spreading themselves way too thin. Travis CountyÕs exploding population over the last 10 years will likely alter its own congressional representation, and an accu¥rate account of the student population Ñ which will only grow larger, mirroring UT student enrollment Ñ is critical for efficient redistricting. When it comes to assessing the future of the country, college students are by far the most important sector of the popula¥tion. Travis County Constable Bruce Elfant told The Daily Texan that students were among the 15,732 uncounted people in the 2000 census. Nobody can expect great improvements in the community when nearly a Frank Erwin CenterÕs worth of people is not represent¥ed, especially when the county can expect to pay $1,500 a year for every census-neglecting student. The U.S. Census BureauÕs Web site esti¥mates that it will take about 10 minutes to fill out the survey, which is more than likely an underestimation itself. Nevertheless, it is still important to take it seriously. After all, if you think filling out a survey is annoying, just wait until one of the 4,000 new Travis County census workers comes knocking on your door. Avelar is a government senior. THE FIRING LINE An incorrect and incomplete picture In Joshua AvelarÕs Feb. 9 column, ÒItÕs time for UT to scrap UIL,Ó the author indicates that the ÒUIL is a budget constraint for UTÓ and that it should be Òscrapped.Ó In actuality, the UIL does not receive funding from UT. All of the UILÕs revenue comes from sources other than the University. The UIL primarily receives funds from its member schools, events and corporate sponsorships. In fact, the UIL provides administrative costs to the University as well as rental and facility usage fees to the University for hosting state cham¥pionship events in excess of $500,000 annually. Furthermore, through its scholarship program, the Texas Interscholastic League Foundation, the UIL issued $295,800 in academic scholarships to 135 stu¥dents at UT for the 2009-10 school year. In the 2007-08 fiscal year, the UIL had a surplus of $1.3 million. A portion of this surplus was due to the state-mandated steroid testing program that was to begin in the 2007-08 school year. The funding for that program was issued to the Texas Education Agency by the state, and the TEA trans¥ferred those funds to the UIL for more testing than could be completed that year. The $1.6 million dol¥lar deficit that shows up in the 2008-09 fiscal year is due to the fact that the bulk of the testing was con¥ducted during that year. This deficit was reconciled with the UIL budget surplus earmarked for steroid testing from 2007-08. The purpose of the UIL is to conduct extracur¥ricular activities for Texas schools, not to recruit stu¥dents to UT as reported. As part of the Division for Diversity and Community Engagement under Vice President Gregory Vincent, the UIL fulfills the mis¥sion for community engagement through the mem¥bership of more than 1,400 member high schools. Across its nationally recognized interscholastic pro¥grams in music, theater, academics and athletics, the UIL annually draws thousands of students, teach¥ers, parents, administrators, sponsors and coaches to the UT campus. It is disappointing that UIL was not contacted for clarification. The UIL staff has always been coopera¥tive with requests from student journalists, and we would have been happy to answer questions. Ñ Charles Breihaupt UIL executive director A tale of the tale of two regents When I first came to UT, I had the good fortune of reading a fantastic Daily Texan article titled ÒA Tale of Two RegentsÓ written by Jim Nicar, the Texas Exes resident expert on UTÕs history. The article was called to mind by MondayÕs story ÒUniversity Monuments Spur Praise, Controversy,Ó which expressed confusion as to the history and meaning of the George Washington, Woodrow Wilson and Confederate statues on campus. To recite the story told by Nicar in this short space would not do the tale justice. However, the article explains the symbolism behind the place¥ment of Wilson, Davis and the others. In short, viewed from left to right, the figures on the left side of the South Mall (Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Albert Sidney Johnston) represent the heroes of a South severed from the North during the Civil War. The figures on the right (Woodrow Wilson, John Reagan and Gov. Jim Hogg) represent in Reagan and Hogg two men who did much to bring Texas back into the Union to finally see the South united again with the North during World War I, under the leadership of Wilson. Viewed in total, the array of statues is an interesting expression of national division and union from the Civil War through World War I. I would encourage students to Google ÒA Tale of Two RegentsÓ and read NicarÕs article. It is not just a history of the statues but explains why our University sits where it does today and the origins of the Brackenridge Tract, which has been in the news lately. I also encourage the current editors to consider reprinting NicarÕs article, or commission¥ing a new piece regarding the vibrant history of the Littlefield Fountain and South Mall statues. Ñ Tony McDonald UT law student Tuesday, February 16, 2010 NEWS WENG:StudentÕs last night leaves questions, desire for closure From page 1 WengÕs final hours WengÕs fateful night began at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 when he attended an event at the Bass Con¥cert Hall with former UT student and friend Angela Chen. Chen said she last saw Weng at 10 p.m. when he left the event before going to his dorm to change for a party hosted by the Taiwanese International Stu¥dent Association at the downtown club, Karma Lounge. He was seen at approximate¥ly midnight at the club, where he stayed until the club closed at 2 a.m., said Caley Tindal, a friend of Weng. Tindal said Weng did not see him drinking that night. Chen said Weng did not typically drink. That night, between 2 a.m and 3 a.m. Chen, who was not at the club, received a text from Weng saying ÒAre you feeling it?Ó ÒHe is very adventurous and cu¥rious about the world, and he has been very daring,Ó Chen said. ÒHe is just always trying out new things. He is impressionable, in a way.Ó Investigators have yet to piece together the events between 2 a.m. and 3:13 a.m., when Weng and the other passenger were photo¥graphed by surveillance cameras at 13th and Lavaca streets. At approximately 3 a.m., out¥side of CharlieÕs Austin, a well¥known gay club, the driver picked up Weng and the other passenger, a Hispanic male about 5 feet, 8 inch¥es. The driver told The Daily Texan the two were Òhugging very close¥ly,Ó and the other passenger told him they had met that night. The other passenger offered the driver $60 to drive the pair to San Marcos. He said Weng entered the taxi voluntarily, and the men did not exhibit drunken behavior. They drove down the road about 20 miles on their way to San Mar¥cos, nearing exit 215. The driver said he heard the rear door open and Weng say to the other passen¥ger, ÒWhere are you taking me?Ó The driver said he does not be¥lieve Weng was pushed from the taxi by the other passenger. ÒHe didnÕt get pushed out. He voluntarily opened the door and jumped out. I didnÕt believe he would jump out of a cab,Ó the driv¥er said. At first, the driver perceived it as a practical joke and did not re¥alize Weng had left the vehicle un¥til he drove past another two exits, he said. A woman driving down the highway placed a 911 call at 4:02 a.m. when she saw WengÕs body on the side of the road near exit 213. According to the dispatch, she said he was lying face down by the concrete median. At 4:05 a.m. the taxi driver called 911 and said Weng had left the ve¥hicle near exit 215. He told the dis¥patch that he and the other passen¥ger were Òfreaking outÓ and could not believe Weng jumped out, ac¥cording to the 911 audio files. He said he then found a Hays County sheriff deputy stopped at a traffic light on the frontage road and they briefly spoke about the incident. The dispatch called the driv¥er back at 4:08 a.m. when he was parked in an H-E-B parking lot. Ac¥cording to the 911 audio file, dis¥patch told the driver not to move, but the driver told The Daily Tex¥an that he was given permission to drop off the other passenger. The driver said he believes he dropped off the unknown passen¥ger after 4 a.m. approximately 25 blocks east of I-35 from either exit 205 or 207. He said both he and the passenger were in shock after the event. ÒI never asked him his name. Afterwards, a couple days lat¥er, I thought ÔHow stupid. how dumb,ÕÓ the driver said. ÒThat wasnÕt very smart of me just tak¥ing him home. I wish I could have waited so [police officials] could ID him. At the time, it seemed like the sensible thing to do, and I want¥ed to go to sleep and crash out as soon as possible. I was distraught for a couple of days because of that. I guess I am very, very sorry that [Weng] jumped out.Ó At 4:15 a.m., Joshua Cenk Van Al¥stine, a former UT-San Antonio stu¥dent, called 911 after seeing WengÕs body, as he was driving by. Van Alstine was the first person to ap¥proach his body. He told dispatch that Weng was breathing very shal¥ÒWe just carry each other so much. We always try to help each oth¥er out and even protect each other from harm.Ó Among his friends and family he was most known for his musi¥cal prowess. Upon entering high school, he showed an affinity for percussion and was mentored by Michael Hernandez, the percussion coordinator at Plano Senior High School. ÒThere was something about him Ñ the way his hands moved,Ó Her¥nandez said. ÒHe showed a level of understanding that is uncanny for people his age. Everything he did had phrasing to it, he had musical expression.Ó He played the xylophone, trom¥bone, piano and several other per¥cussion instruments. He also com¥posed songs for the percussion sec¥tion of his high school band. He ul¥timately wanted to be a movie pro¥ducer and was even assisting his friend Chen, who graduated with a degree in radio-televsion-film, in composing the soundtrack for her thesis film while at UT. Before WengÕs death, Ben Buono, WengÕs friend since high school, was discussing moving in with Weng in Austin. Buono has yet to move to Austin because he said the memory of Weng permeates the city. ÒThe thing that I always take to my grave is Jeffrey was always the happiest person alive,Ó Buono said. ÒWhen he was playing the piano, it sounded like Mozart. I still have songs he played for me three years ago stuck in my head Ñ it was phenomenal.Ó Even though the investigation has stalled a year later, Stephanie Weng said she hopes that some¥one will come forward with more information to provide closure for her family. ÒRight now, I still think he is just somewhere out there, trying to pur¥sue his dream, but heÕs actually not anymore,Ó Stephanie Weng said. ÒHeÕs my little brother. Everyone around us would say that we were so close. When he passed away, I felt like half of me was gone. He made up what I donÕt have. He is the most important person for me, and heÕs gone.Ó Courtesy of Taiwanese International Student Association Jeffrey Weng seen with his sister, Stephanie, at Emma Long Park during a TISA-sponsored barbeque in fall 2008. lowly but was unresponsive. A group of four friends includ¥ing Van Alstine, all UTSA students on their way back home, flagged a nearby officer before making the call. Van Alstine said Weng had blood on his face, and it had coagu¥lated on the side of the road. Van Alstine said he noticed that WengÕs body was facing north, away from traffic. He said WengÕs hands were still grasping the rum¥ble strip along the left side of the southbound highway. Emergency responders arrived at the scene approximately at 4:30 a.m., 10 minutes after Van Alstine made the emergency call, he said. Weng was taken to the hospital and died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Investigators questioned the driver, and on Monday Feb. 16, 2009 attempted to recreate the nightÕs events by driving with him           Everybody counts on having safe, effective medicine for anything from the common cold to heart disease. But making sure medications are safe is a complex and careful process. At PPD,        to help evaluate medications being developed Ð maybe like you. You must meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. We have research studies available in many different lengths, and youÕll Þnd current studies listed here weekly. PPD has been conducting research studies in Austin for more than 20 years.    to Þnd out more.        Age Compensation Requirements Timeline Healthy & Sun. 21 Feb. through Thu. 25 Feb. 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Hendrix said it is possible that the driver may have misunderstood the dis¥patch instructions, but that it would have been highly unusual for a dis¥patch to instruct him to leave. The post-mortem examination and toxicology analysis by Trav¥is County Medical Examiner Da¥vid Dolinak, concluded Weng had an approximate blood alcohol con¥tent of .08-.09 at the time of exami¥nation, which is considered legally intoxicated. No other drugs or sub¥stances were found in his system. Dreams cut short Weng, a native of Taiwan, moved to Plano seven and a half years ago and began attending school in the U.S. in the eighth grade. Stephanie Weng said it was dif¥ficult for herself and her brother as immigrants to adapt to the new environment because they did not have any immediate family mem¥bers in the region, other than their mother and older brother. His father lived in Taiwan work¥ing to support the family, and dur¥ing WengÕs senior year of high school, his mother worked in New Jersey. 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The former Texas quarterback said Monday that the nerve in¥jury in his right shoulder is Òre¥ally coming alongÓ and is close to being 100 percent. ÒHopefully IÕll be able to throw in the combine. ThatÕs my goal, I love to compete, I want to go out and compete with those guys, go out there and throw and be myself,Ó Mc-Coy said. ÒBut obviously if the doctors donÕt let me, IÕm not going to be able to do that.Ó McCoy has remained most¥ly in California doing rehab since getting hurt in the BCS ti¥tle game Jan. 7. He returned to Texas Monday night to accept the Davey OÕBrien Award, rec¥ognizing him as the nationÕs top quarterback, and plans to return to the West Coast af¥ter speaking at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes banquet Thursday night in Austin. On the LonghornsÕ fifth of¥fensive play against Alabama last month, McCoy took a hard tackle that pinched a nerve and caused his throwing arm to go numb. He didnÕt return in Tex¥asÕ 37-21 loss. ÒThe injury and I think the way that my college career end¥ed has kind of sparked a fire in¥side of me as far as IÕm going to show that IÕm going to be ready to go. IÕm going to show them that IÕm the best, IÕm going to show that IÕm confident,Ó he said. ÒI canÕt wait to step out on the field again, forget the taste thatÕs in my mouth for the last time I played a game. ThatÕs whatÕs driving me every day.Ó McCoy, whose rehab is being overseen by noted sports doc¥tor James Andrews of Birming¥ham, Ala., said if his doctors determine he canÕt throw at the MCCOY continues on page 8 Honeymoon is over for Texas By Kate Guerra Daily Texan Staff Think of it this way: Compare the LonghornsÕ championship victory this past weekend to the thrill of a new marriage. Head coach Connie Clark, represent¥ing the proud mother, wanted the team to go on a honeymoon and bask in the happiness of its tournament win without rush¥ing into preparations for the next game. She compares the pace of the season to a mara¥thon rather than a sprint. Unfortunately, work calls two days later and demands they re¥turn to reality. In short, the hon¥eymoon period is over, and the Longhorns (5-0) have to get back to work tonight against Centenary College (0-0) at Mc-Combs Field. The Longhorns feel they have already learned plen¥ty in their opening weekend, which featured five wins over ranked opponents. Atletico Madrid upsets Barcelona in La Liga fixture Early lead ends up being just enough for underdog to get by heavy favorite By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff And the giants finally go down. Barcelona suffered its first loss of the La Liga season Sunday, fall¥ing away to Atletico Madrid, 2-1. Madrid was expected to be one of the top teams in La Liga with a plethora of attacking talent, but the teamÕs 2009-10 campaign has been largely disappointing. Ma¥dridÕs manager Quique Flores hopes that the win Sunday night can turn around the young teamÕs season. ÒIÕm very pleased with my players,Ó Flores told ESPNStar. com. ÒWe were united, and we stopped the Catalan side from developing their usual play. We were good in attack in the open¥ing 45 minutes, but not so much in the second half. I wasnÕt sur¥prised by their performance. That backline has been play¥ing well in recent matches, but the team hasnÕt been winning. WeÕve not made changes in those positions in order for them to get to know each other better. I think thatÕs been fundamental for them.Ó MadridÕs two top-notch strik¥ers, Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan, initiated the quick start SOCCER continues on page 8 ÒThe main thing this week¥end is we never gave up, even when we were behind,Ó fresh¥man pitcher Blaire Luna said. ÒWe just kept the energy up and didnÕt give up.Ó After facing an early deficit in the final three games in this past weekendÕs Texas Invita¥tional, the Longhorns are try¥ing to keep their cool. ÒItÕs one of our goals to play every inning the same, whether weÕre winning or los¥ing,Ó said senior Loryn John¥son, who currently ranks sec¥ond in home runs and batting average in Longhorn history. ÒI think we just stayed calm, and we knew we could get the job done.Ó Texas is 2-0 all-time against Centenary, which features the return of eight players from last season. Though the two teams havenÕt seen each other in almost 11 years, the Longhorns can be sure that the Ladies Ñ the menÕs teams at Centenary are called the Gents Ñ have heard about their recent victories over three teams in the Top 25 and are gearing up to start their season off with an upset. The Longhorns plan to take the positive points of last week¥endÕs performance and apply them to tonightÕs game, as well as the rest of the season. ÒIf anything, we knew we were capable, and now weÕve proved to ourselves that we can play at this level,Ó John¥son said. The Longhorns are now certain that a lot of pressure can be put on the young play¥ers Ñ including Luna, who pitched a no-hitter in her first career game, and fellow fresh¥man Taylor Hoagland, who is playing right field for the first time in her softball career. Ò[The coaching staff] told me I have a good arm and to get out in the outfield,Ó Hoagland said. With the tournament-clinch¥ing home run, Hoagland is having no problem with any pressure. The leadership of third base¥man Nadia Taylor, catcher Amy Hooks and Johnson also had a huge impact on the LonghornsÕ opening weekend. ÒI think we looked outstand¥ing,Ó Hooks said. ÒI couldnÕt be happier with my team.Ó The Longhorns will bring that energy into tonightÕs match¥up, hoping their marriage with a winning spirit wonÕt end any¥time soon. WHAT: Centenary (0-0) vs. Texas (5-0) WHERE: Red and Charline McCombs Field WHEN: Tonight, 6:30 p.m. ON AIR: Texassports.com Point guard problems emerge By Will Anderson Daily Texan Columnist ThereÕs this fun new game I like to play called, ÒWhat Are the Longhorns Missing in Con¥ference Play?Ó Think you know the answer? If you guessed a signature win, youÕre only half-right Ñ and a 40-point blowout win against Nebraska is hardly that. No, the real problem is more basic. ItÕs the root of the teamÕs recent struggles, you might say. Give up yet? ItÕs a new start¥ing point guard. No, you might respond, thereÕs Dogus Balbay, an ad¥ept starter with a 2.66 assist-to¥turnover ratio. Plus Avery Brad¥ley, Justin Mason and JÕCovan Brown can all play the point. ThatÕs where youÕre wrong, and hereÕs why. Balbay does indeed have the most assists on the team, but thatÕs about all he brings to the table. The junior av¥erages just more than four points per game. Despite scoring 13 points against Big 12 underachiever Texas Tech, Balbay isnÕt a consistent shooting threat, which means teams donÕt have to respect his drives to the basket. Case in point: Balbay is one-of-six from the field in TexasÕ last three losses. Balbay had no assists against Kansas, and the result was a stagnant effort in half¥court situations. Overall, his turnovers have increased in conference play while his as¥sists have gone down. And when Balbay canÕt create of¥fense for Texas, the entire team suffers, as the recent los¥ing streak attests. SIDELINE Winter Olympic Medal Count G.S. B. USA 2 2 4 France 2 0 2 Germany 1 3 0 Canada 1 2 1 Switzerland 3 0 0 Norway 0 2 1 Italy 0 1 2 South Korea 1 1 0 Czech Republic 1 0 1 Netherlands 1 0 0 Slovakia 1 0 0 Sweden 1 0 0 Australia 0 1 0 Estonia 0 1 0 Poland 0 1 0 Austria 0 0 1 Croatia 0 0 1 Russia 0 0 1 NCAA MenÕs Basketball No. 1 Kansas 59 No. 24 Texas A&M 54 Connecticut 84 No. 3 Villanova 75 Hawaii 64 New Mexico State 88 Virginia 66 Maryland 85 Rider 72 St. PeterÕs 66 North Texas 107 Houston Baptist 87 Jacksonville St. 63 Austin Peay 83 Louisiana-Monroe 52 Arkansas St. 69 Norfolk St. 72 Howard 52 AP MenÕs Basketball Top 25 1. Kansas 2. Kentucky 3. Villanova 4. Purdue 5. Syracuse 6. Duke 7. Kansas State 8. West Virginia 9. Ohio State 10. Georgetown 11. Michigan State 12. New Mexico 13. Gonzaga 14. Wisconsin 15. Texas 16. BYU 17. Vanderbilt 18. Butler 19. Pittsburgh 20. Tennessee 21. Temple 22. Baylor 23. Wake Forest 24. Texas A&M 25. Richmond NCAA WomenÕs Top 25 No. 1 Connecticut 76 No. 11 Oklahoma 60 No. 10 Florida State 69 Georgia Tech 59 AP WomenÕs Basketball Top 25 1. Connecticut 2. Stanford 3. Nebraska 4. Notre Dame 5. Tennessee 6. Xavier 7. Ohio State 8. Duke 9. West Virginia 10. Florida State 11. Oklahoma 12. Texas 13. Iowa State 14. Georgetown 15. Texas A&M 16. Kentucky 17. Oklahoma State 18. Baylor 19. Georgia Tech 20. Georgia 21. Gonzaga 22. St. Johns 23. TCU* 23. LSU* 25. Vanderbilt *TCU and LSU received the same amount of votes ItÕs the same story for Mason. Both he and Balbay scored sea¥son highs against the Red Raid¥ers, but itÕs unfair to expect the same from them every night. Since the win over Tech, neither has scored more than five points in a game. Then thereÕs Bradley, a skilled shooter from long range and someone more than capable of taking it to the basket himself. But heÕs also a liability with the ball, turning it over a total of 10 times in the losses to Kansas, Oklahoma and Baylor. Overall, he has as many turnovers as as¥sists in Big 12 play, a damning statistic for a point guard. Perhaps with enough time in Rick BarnesÕ system, Brad¥ley could develop into a skilled point guard, but it wonÕt hap¥pen this season. Instead, heÕs matured into an efficient shoot¥ing guard, as his 14 points per game can attest. That leaves Brown, far from the ideal solution. Even Barnes has admitted that GUARDS continues on page 8 SPORTS Tuesday, February 16, 2010 GUARDS: Brown recent play earns playing time From page 7 Brown has a tough time control¥ling the ball. It seems the fresh¥man is more style than substance, with his behind-the-back and no-look passes. But now isnÕt the time to have that argument. Brown is fourth on the team with 10.3 points per contest, the only guard averaging double digits. Perhaps the best person to ask is the man himself. ÒIt hit me: I want to be a big¥time player,Ó Brown said after the Kansas loss. ÒItÕs the time to do it.Ó Talk is cheap, but so are the LonghornsÕ Final Four chances at this point. Brown started during a two-game stretch back in Novem¥ber and performed well against some big-time competition. He made the first step toward that goal on Saturday. Brown made just his fifth start of the season against Nebraska and re¥sponded with 12 points and six assists after putting up 28 points in the Kansas loss. HeÕll have a truer test on Wednesday against Missouri. It may not solve all of the teamÕs problems, but itÕs the first effort Barnes has made to correct them. Comparing the Longhorn Guards Points per game Assists Turnovers JÕCovan Brown 10.3 58 57 Dogus Balbay 4.0 102 38 Justin Mason 3.6 35 20 MCCOY: Quarterback receives award From page 7 combine that begins next week, he will still do everything else possible in Indianapolis. He also plans to participate in the Long¥hornsÕ Pro Day on March 31. There is nothing structur¥ally wrong with his throwing shoulder, and McCoy is go¥ing through the process of re¥strengthening his arm. ÒMy arm feels really good. IÕm able to do everything they ask me to do,Ó he said. ÒItÕs re¥ally healing quickly.Ó While his 45 career wins at Texas are an NCAA record, McCoy fell short of his ulti¥mate goal of winning a nation¥al championship. ÒItÕs one of those things that youÕll think about forever. ... Dis¥appointing is probably the real word,Ó McCoy said. ÒBut at the same time, IÕve been raised the right way, and youÕve got to find a positive in every situation. I think about that and I think about how I still have a lot of football left to play. IÕm confident that my best football is ahead of me, and thatÕs what keeps me going.Ó The OÕBrien winner last year was Rodger Mallison | Associated Press Former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy answers questions at a news conference before being honored as the Davey OÕBrien Award winner as the nationÕs top quarterback on Monday in Fort Worth. der injury sustained in the season ford is working out in Florida. McCoy said. ÒIt kind of stinks opener last September. Bradford, ÒHe definitely boosted me up that both of us had to go through the 2008 Heisman Trophy win-a little bit, talked to me and said, something like that in the same Tuesday, February 16, 2010 LIFE& ARTS CD REVIEWS Albums showcase depth, detachment Minor Love Adam Green Once people get over the fact that he was one-half of the anti¥folk duo The Moldy Peaches, they might get a chance to hear the real Adam Green. Truth be told, they might not like what they hear. Lyrically, The Moldy Peach¥es and Adam Green are nearly in¥separable Ñ full of cheeky, absur¥dist ideas about modern love and living. Musically, they couldnÕt be more different. Green has been making mu¥sic for nearly a decade, and in that time, he has crafted a sound full of raw energy and powerful-but-sub¥dued emotion. On Minor Love, his sixth solo album, we see Green turn over a new leaf. There is less of the drunken revelry of Gemstones or Jacket Full of Danger and more of the pensive solitude of his previous album, Sixes and Sevens. Songs like ÒWhat Makes Him Act So BadÓ re¥call the laid-back coolness of Pave¥ment paired with post-Velvet Un¥derground Lou Reed vocals. And on ÒStadium Soul,Ó Green sarcastically mumbles ÒI feel lucky to live in a bachelorÕs padÓ over a morose bass line and apathetic gui¥tar strumming. ItÕs Green at his most real, and it isnÕt totally pretty. Hard-core fans of Green will see all of his previous albums as a pre¥cursor to this one. All things that rise must fall, and Green is falling hard after nearly a decade of making mu¥sic about sex fantasies and unrequit¥ed love and not taking himself seri¥ously. The kind of honesty he dis¥plays on Minor Love makes the al¥bum worth another listen. Grade: B¥ Ñ Francisco Marin Work Shout Out Louds Shout Out LoudsÕ previous album began with a symphonic, hyperactive opener and ended with a seven-minute epic, culminating in a wall of reverb and distortion. You get the feeling the groupÕs well¥mannered follow-up, Work, feels a bit embarrassed and hungover. The problem with this pairing is that Shout Out Louds fails to stand out, despite being more consistent than the bandÕs past records. LeadsingerAdamOleniussounds slightly less like Elmer Fudd, and the band is a bit more timid in de¥livering a hook, but otherwise, this is the same band. Ò1999,Ó ÒThrow¥ing StonesÓ and ÒShow Me Some¥thing NewÓ are the pop songs you expect from the band that once oc¥cupied a spot on the sound track of ÒThe O.C.,Ó while slower songs like ÒPlay the GameÓ and ÒThe Candle Burned OutÓ have an ebb and flow that similar songs on past albums lacked. There are no roadblocks, but there are no highs within WorkÕs conservative 10-song track list. The album lacks the warmth, en¥ergy and infectious spirit that made this group of Swedes such a lovable band. But, you canÕt help missing the groupÕs juvenile ambitions of the past. Band members used to blow out their amps and go bankrupt hir¥ing orchestras. Now they politely relay hooks tempered with piano. TheyÕve finally grown up. TheyÕve become one with the crowd. Call me selfish, but I liked them more when they were a bunch of foolhar¥dy dreamers. Grade: C+ Ñ Allistair Pinsof ÔJersey ShoreÕ offers vicarious experience TV TUESDAY By Robert Rich The show that implanted its guidos and guidettes forcibly into our collective consciousness will soon be back. The cast mem¥bers of ÒJersey ShoreÓ finagled their way into raises, and now the group with varying abdomi¥nal tonalities is preparing to film its second season. Online mov-ie-and-TV site Movieline report¥ed last week that, in all likelihood, the new season of the show is go¥ing to be shot in South Beach, Mi¥ami. It seems that the plan is to bring even more controversy to the program this time around by going for the ÒJersey people try¥ing to fit in with Miami peopleÓ storyline Ñ but I donÕt particular¥ly see the difference. Had the producers decided to move the show to the other side of country, say Venice Beach or Mali¥bu or the like, that would provide controversy. The tanned, overly ac¥cented trashiness of the kids from Jersey versus the tanned, valley¥girl-accented trashiness of the kids from California ... Oh wait, thatÕs pretty much the same thing, too. The truth is, the ÒJersey ShoreÓ cast could fit in basically any¥where they choose to go because theyÕre going to do the same thing no matter what. TheyÕre going to drink, get in fights and curse, and Snooki will hook up with any¥thing that moves. ThatÕs sim¥ply who they are, and location doesnÕt make a difference. True, Miami will provide another lev¥el of trashiness for the cast to dive into, but it wonÕt be much differ¥ent from season one. Still, the question remains: Why, of all the reality TV shows with young adults making asses of themselves, did ÒJersey ShoreÓ become such a smash hit? The answer is simple. These kids are real, and IÕm not talking ÒThe Real WorldÓ real. Sure, they probably exaggerate a bit for the camera, but that exaggeration is an even truer depiction of who they are. They arenÕt drinking and bang¥ing and fighting because theyÕre on TV and looking to create dra¥ma; theyÕre doing it because even without cameras, theyÕd be doing all of it anyway. Furthermore, the ÒJersey ShoreÓ cast, in some twisted fash¥ion, represents an attractive con¥cept to many of us. The young cast members are living their lives without consequence and sure as hell without inhibitions. ItÕs probably not the smartest move in the world, true, but still some¥thing we as college students so often miss. WeÕre worried about GPAs and finding a job and mak¥ing sure that questionable photo¥graph of ourselves with a donkey from that one party doesnÕt end up on Facebook or Twitter. IÕm just guessing, but Mike ÒThe Sit¥uationÓ would probably love for that picture to be posted. The fact of the matter is that wherever the ÒJersey ShoreÓ kids go, weÕll be watching, and weÕll love it. Everyone from 16-year¥old girls to your grandma knows who they are. And itÕs because of that widespread penetration of pop culture that we have to watch. We all have predefined ideas of adolescence and how we are supposed to act and how weÕre allowed to act according to cultural norms. Watching ÒJersey ShoreÓ is a voyeuristic experience, one that allows us to watch the conflict between how we are sup¥posed to act and how we want to act through others. ANNOUNCEMENTS 530 Travel Transportation '"$'!,!#,+()%$ *''",'& %(!$    875 Medical Study 875 Medical Study PPD StudyOpportunities Men 18 to 45 Up to $1000 Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI between 18 and 30 Sun. 21 Feb. throughThu. 25 Feb. Outpatient Visit: 28 Feb. Men and Women 18 to 55 Up to $2400 Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI between 18 and 32 Fri. 26 Feb. through Mon. 1 Mar. Fri. 5 Mar. through Mon. 8 Mar. Fri. 12 Mar. through Mon. 15 Mar. Fri. 18 Mar. through Mon. 22 Mar. Men and Women 18 to 45 Up to $2500 Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI between 19 and 32 Thu. 4 Mar. through Sat. 6 Mar. 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Return to marathon racing marks triumph over injuries, addiction By John Ross Harden Daily Texan Staff Among the nearly 14,000 run¥ners anticipating the start of the Austin Marathon and Half Mar¥athon on Sunday, Dick Beardsley didnÕt necessarily stand out. His appearance mirrored that of the majority of his fellow par¥ticipants: tight-laced shoes, a smiling face and light clothing. He loosened up his muscles like the other competitors, with a constant shaking of the legs, high knee jumps and repeated arm circles. And, like most, he was seen laughing and talking with whomever was willing to social¥ize openly in the early morning hours. However common Beardsley may seem to the field, just know this: HeÕs not. He is an exception, not be¥cause he has beaten the 26.2-mile course countless times before but because that course Ñ the mar¥athon Ñ has been a part of his life, absorbing every step along the way. Beardsley has faced life¥threatening challenges, including an addiction that led to a brush with death. Beardsley, a 53-year-old Aus¥tin resident, has been a mara¥thoner since realizing after a day of high school football that size in some sports may not be as cru¥cial as speed in others. Beardsley had just that Ñ pure speed. Running his very first mara¥thon in 1977, he was able to clock an impressive time of 2 hours, 47 minutes, 17 seconds. The average finish time is about 3 1/2 hours. His finish time would only get better as he continued. Through the latter part of the Õ70s and the early Õ80s, Beardsley continuous¥ly broke his own marathon per¥sonal records, eventually leading to a Guinness World Record of 13 straight broken personal records. reaching a pinnacle during the 1982 Boston Marathon, which will forever be known as the ÒDuel in the Sun.Ó ÒIt was such a significant race back then and still to this day,Ó Beardsley said. ÒI think part of it was that two young American boys went tooth and nail right down to the very end.Ó The other American boy was two-time New York City Mara¥thon winner Alberto Salazar. The raceÕs finish Ñ in which Beards¥ley posted his all-time best mark of 2:08:53 Ñ turned out in Sala¥zarÕs favor, as he managed to It makes the 1982 Boston Marathon ÔÔ look like a walk in the park.Ó Ñ Dick Beardsley win by a few feet. After his second-place finish in Boston, Beardsley was able to redeem himself with his second win in 1982 at the GrandmaÕs Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, despite hurting his ankle along the way. Following his GrandmaÕs Mar¥athon victory, Beardsley was told he needed surgery on his Achilles tendon, a procedure that would be necessary if he were to have a shot at the 1984 Olympic Games. Contrary to his own wishes, he had the surgery, which seemed to push his body over the limit Ñ only allowing him to race in a few more events, and with little to show for them. In 1989, at least a year removed from his last marathon, Beards¥ley almost lost something more precious: his life. While farming his fields in Minnesota, Beardsley, who was erally about to be ripped apart, but he miraculously managed to stop the machine just in the nick of time. This was only one of the sever¥al accidents to strike Beardsley in the coming years. Two separate car wrecks and a fall from a cliff forced the athlete to endure years of pain before receiving a total of three back surgeries. With the operations came a new challenge far greater even than enduring a marathon: addiction. BeardsleyÕs injuries were so se¥vere they forced him to use pre¥scription pain medication, lead¥ing to his subsequent abuse of the drugs. According to his foundationÕs Web site, dickbeardsleyfoundation. org, BeardsleyÕs addiction became so uncontrollable that he forged signatures on photocopied pre¥scriptions in order to obtain the pills. With a dayÕs work, Beards¥ley could acquire more than 240 pills through these means. His craving for the medica¥tion eventually led to his treat¥ment at a psychiatric unit, where he spent nine days detoxing, pu¥rifying and recovering. Beardsley explained his re¥habilitation as Òthe most diffi¥cult road that [heÕd] ever been down.Ó He said the challenges with the addiction were greater than any heÕd ever faced. ÒIt makes the 1982 Boston Marathon look like a walk in the park,Ó he said. Today, 13 years after an addic¥tion that could have killed him, Beardsley remains sober, free of any drugs. More impressive¥ly, Beardsley has gotten back in his running shoes, has regained membership to the sponsored marathon squad Ñ Team New Balance Ñ and has continued to post remarkable times. Away from his home in Aus¥tin every September, Beardsley is referred to as ÒcoachÓ when he hosts the Dick Beardsley Mara¥ thon Running Camp in Waubun,