SPORTS PAGE 6 WhatÕs to come of Big 12 baseball? NEWS PAGE 2 Austin looks to citizens for ideas to alleviate traffic TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 95 THE DAILY TEXAN Friday, June 18, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com FRIDAY And everything is going to the beat Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club and Brahms play a sold-out show at StubbÕs at 8 p.m. Passion Pit and Tokyo Police Club also play a free show at Waterloo Records at 6 p.m. To infinity and beyond! ÒToy Story 3Ó hits theaters everywhere. SATURDAY Juneteenth June 19 marks the 145th annual celebration of Emancipation Day. At the bottom of the big blue sea Bob Schneider and Mitch Watkins play AntoneÕs at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15 to $40. SUNDAY FatherÕs Day DonÕt forget to call your dad. ÒMoney isnÕt everything, Jett.Ó ÒGiantÓ plays at the Paramount Theatre at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $9 at the box office. Quote to note Ô Ô ÒThe energy onstage always helps no matter who you play with or what kind of music you play.Ó Ñ Aaron Pearson Singer of The Paper Shapes LIFE&ARTS PAGE 4 TRY OUT FOR THE TEXAN! We are currently hiring in all departments: t/FXT3FQPSUFST t&OUFSUBJONFOU8SJUFST t'FBUVSFT8SJUFST t1IPUPHSBQIFST t$PMVNOJTUT t4QPSUT8SJUFST t%FTJHOFST t$PQZ&EJUPST t.VMUJNFEJB3FQPSUFST (video/audio) t$PNJDT"SUJTUT Come pick up an application in the basement of HSM and sign up for tryouts. THROUGH JUNE 23 Pease ParkÕs future uncertain Jordy Wagoner | Daily Texan Staff Austin resident Joshua Frenzell putts on the disc golf course at Pease Park, which city officials say will more than likely face closure. Officials say closure of Ôloved-to-deathÕ park may have to be permanent By Destinee Hodge Daily Texan Staff Stakeholders and Austin residents con¥vened at the Lamar Senior Activity Center on Thursday to discuss the uncertain future of Pease Park, which, according to Austin Parks and Recreation Department officials, will more than likely face closure. City camerasÕ effectiveness questioned By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff The armed man who demanded Linda SelfÕs purse in downtown Dal¥las in May Ñ as he had done to three other women that night Ñ he might as well have turned over his right shoulder and smiled at the police. The Dallas Police Department captured the man on tape moments before the attack, which ended with Self suffering a mild injury when a bullet grazed her head and the arrest of the assailant, DPD officials said. While the arrest may seem like the latest victory for supporters of a citywide camera system, SelfÕs at¥tack shows both the possibilities and the limitations of the camera tech¥nology that could be implemented in Austin as early as October. ÒWe didnÕt catch the actual rob¥bing,Ó said DPD Lt. Tony Crawford, who oversees DallasÕ 112 cameras. ÒWe found him walking down the street the next day.Ó While security cameras have been involved in several high-profile ar¥rests, most notably the London un¥derground bombing in 2005 and the CAMERA continues on page 2 cal condition of the park. ÒThe report weÕre doing is leading us to think that we wonÕt be able to put [Pease Park] back,Ó said assistant department director Kelly Snook, who also said they would not close the park until another park conducive to disc golf was in place. PEASE continues on page 2 Staff Council adjusts costs of employee health plans By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff The UT Staff Council elected new officers for vice chair and re¥cording secretary Thursday and discussed changes to benefits for staff that included premium in¥creases in three UT SELECT medi¥cal health coverage plans. Vilma Santos, senior human re¥sources representative from Hu¥man Resources Services, an¥nounced changes in benefits after the elections. ÒIf you are enrolled in the med¥ical plan here at UT, you receive a $10,000 term life benefit and a $10,000 accidental death and dis¥memberment benefit at no cost to you,Ó Santos said. ÒThat applies to full-time and part-time employees enrolled in the medical plan.Ó The prescription drug plan will not change in costs, and will re¥main exactly the same. The UT SELECT medical employee-only monthly cost will not change from $0, but employee-and-spouse plans will increase by $20.31 per month; employee-and-children plans, by $21.24 per month; and employee¥and-family plans, to $39.99. Enrollment for staff plans is open the entire month of July, and bar¥ring a marriage or other signifi¥cant life event, staff members may not change plans until the next en¥rollment period. Even staff mem¥bers who are already enrolled in UT FLEX accounts Ñ both medical and day care Ñ must update those accounts during the enrollment pe- STAFF continues on page 2 A 2007 study performed by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center said the park was being Òloved to deathÓ because of factors such as foot traffic too close to the creek bed and people allowing their dogs to freely roam the grounds. This damage can be reversed by the temporary closure of the park, park officials said. The department is investigating the ecologi- White condemns Perry as Ôpart-timeÕ governor By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White wasted no time attacking what he called the ab¥sentee governorship of Rick Perry at a campaign press conference held in Austin on Thursday. White blasted PerryÕs work ethic Ñ slamming him for not meeting with state employees, not holding working groups with teachers, princi¥pals or superintendents to work on public edu¥cation and not working with state senators as the budget picture has grown increasingly worse. ÒDespite this looming [budget] crisis, which threatens ... essential services to all Texans, the governor hasnÕt been working a full-time week,Ó White said. ÒWeÕve got a part-time gov¥ernor working a full-time job.Ó The Perry campaign responded to WhiteÕs attacks with a statement that read in part, ÒGov. PerryÕs leadership has positioned Texas as the nationÕs leader in job creation and as one of the strongest economies in the world.Ó PerryÕs public schedules, compiled by the White campaign, show he did not conduct government business on 38 separate days dur¥ing the work week, excluding public holidays, between January 1 and May 31. ÒReal leadership consists of setting a good example at the top,Ó White said. ÒHow can the ÔNo. 1Õ state employee work, by our calcu¥lations, about seven hours a week and expect other state employees to do what they need to do to deliver services during a recession?Ó When asked if the primary battle between Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison excused many of the spring absences, White said no. ÒWhen I was running for re-election as the Jordy Wagoner | Daily Texan Staff Gubernatorial candidate Bill White speaks to state Sen. Kirk Watson and state Rep. Mark Strama after a press conference Thursday. mayor of Houston, I didnÕt take significant time ÒNo,Ó White said. ÒHe doesnÕt want to de¥off to campaign for re-election,Ó White said. bate me because his handlers want him in a ÒThere are a lot of hours in the week Ñ you can scripted environment so he doesnÕt have one of go on nights and weekends and campaign.Ó those ÔBP act of GodÕ moments, so he doesnÕt The long-running controversy over possible have to account for his action.Ó gubernatorial debates also came up during the The Perry campaign insists Perry wonÕt de¥press conference when conservative journalist bate White until the White campaign releas-William Lutz asked if White was surprised that es his tax returns from 1993 to 1998, which the Òwith all of the holes in the governorÕs sched-Perry campaign claims is necessary to ensure ule, that he canÕt find time to debate you.Ó transparency in the election. Charity cyclist reports on groupÕs progress EditorÕs note: Riders from the Sense Corp Texas 4000 for Cancer will correspond with The Daily Tex¥an through a series of articles from the road. Each week over the 70-day trek, riders from the Rocky Mountain and Coastal routes will describe their experiences along the journey, depict¥ing the places they pedal through and the people they meet along the way. By Shilen Patel Courtesy of Sense Corp Texas 4000 for Cancer Daily Texan Guest Columnist John Fitch, Dyar Bentz, Lauren Waldrop, Ashton Dippelstand arm in arm Rocky Mountain Route at a ride dedication at the start of Day 9 in Oklahoma City. WOODWARD, Okla. Ñ In 10 short days, weÕve managed to leave Texas and are already 300 miles into Oklahoma. We are cur¥rently in Woodward, but have passed through everything, from the sprawling metropolis of Dal¥las to Watonga, Okla., with a pop¥ulation of 2,800 or so. Riding has been eventful, and we have hit a few milestones: our first rain, our longest ride, our first rest day. We started the week with a rest day in Dallas, but were kept busy with a presentation at a local middle school, a tour of UT-Southwestern and a hap¥py-hour fundraiser in the eve¥ning. The rest day was a wel¥come relief after being physi¥cally and mentally exhausted. Day 5 brought us to Lindsay, our last stop in Texas, where we were greeted with a barn party. We had a border race to Oklahoma the next day, with the front-runners doing the 15-mile race at close to 30 mph. Our first day in Oklahoma end¥ed in Ardmore, where two of CYCLING continues on page 2 2 NEWS Friday, June 18, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 11 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Ben Wermund (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Web O¥ce: (512) 471-8616 online@dailytexanonline.com Sports O¥ce: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts O¥ce: (512) 232-2209 dailytexan@gmail.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 information fairly, accurately and completely. 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 95 75 SPM Sister act City welcomes input on traffic concerns By Ashley Meleen Daily Texan Staff By 2035, the number of people living in the Austin area is expect¥ed to increase by 1 million people, which is going to further stress Aus¥tinÕs already-strained arteries. City officials are trying to create a con¥tingency plan to address the cityÕs growing traffic congestion, but first they need to gather public input. ÒAt the open house, the goal is ba¥sically to continue to collect input,Ó Transportation Department spokes¥woman Leah Fillion said. ÒPeople can walk through and see the pro¥cess. We have a room for public comments, and we can answer any questions people may have.Ó The event, which lasted from 4 to 8 p.m. at City Hall on Thursday, gave citizens a chance to speak di¥rectly with city staff and Citizens Advisory Task Force members be¥hind the project, as well as fill out comment forms and speak with representatives about the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan guid¥ing the growth and development of the city. After collecting 3,000 sugges¥tions for improvement and con¥struction all over the city, the Trans¥portation Department organized a list of roughly 474 projects to focus on. From the list, they selected 45 top-priority projects to be funded by a proposed $85 million mobili¥ty bond package. Approximately 21.5 percent of the funds are estimated to go to¥ward projects in the Central Aus¥tin area, according to a published draft of the bond proposal. These projects include bicycle improve¥ments on Guadalupe, Rio Grande and Nueces streets, as well as ex¥pansions to Interstate Highway 35 and Riverside Drive. Projects like these in the UT area could prove beneficial to both the safety and efficiency of bikers and commuters. For some students, however, the urgency of the proj¥ects is debatable. ÒThe congestion isnÕt an imme¥diate concern for me,Ó business junior Jessica Jose said. ÒWhen I travel to Houston, I see that Austin definitely has a designated traffic time. But Austin has lots of trans¥portation. ItÕs very health-con¥scious, and I think it caters to peo¥ple trying to walk.Ó Once the publicÕs comments from Thursday and the coming weeks are taken into account, city manager Marc Ott will present the final mobility bond package to City Council on July 29. If approved, it could be on the ballot for public vote in November. STAFF: Council elects vice chair, recording secretary From page 1 Only members of the Staff ate runoff election between Grego-Council could vote in the elec-ry, who won 18 votes, and Dana, riod. Plans that are not updated tions; other staff members were who won 17 votes. A total of 58 will not continue next year. not permitted to vote for Staff members voted in the initial vote. The officer candidates were Council officer positions. Gregory won the runoff with 35 nominated at the regular Staff The candidates for recording to 23 votes. Council meeting held May 20. CAMERA: Surveillance system scheme sparks controversy From page 1 attempted Times Square bomb¥ing in May, they have also failed to clearly prevent and solve crime. Much of the problem stems from the difficulty in identifying a perpetrator even when a crime is caught on tape. But as the city of San Francisco Ñ which has a system comprising 76 camer¥as in 26 locations Ñ has learned, whatÕs even more important is whoÕs watching. While Dallas has set aside about $250,000 a year for a full-time mon¥itor of camera activity, San Francis¥co police are not allowed to view videos in real time, requiring spe¥cial approval from headquarters. ÒItÕs not a process that is condu¥cive or encouraging to law enforce¥ment,Ó said San Francisco Police Department Lt. Mikail Ali, who took charge of San FranciscoÕs sur¥veillance program in December. The Austin system, which As¥sistant Police Chief David Carter described as a Òhybrid,Ó will at¥tempt to split the difference be¥tween the San Francisco and Dal¥las systems and balance the com¥peting interests cameras repre¥sent: safety against privacy, vigi¥lance against fiscal reality. Carter said the Austin Police De¥partment will not be able to con¥stantly monitor cameras, and will selectively use them during large events in high-crime areas, or to view a reported crime. Security cameras have a history of mixed results. In the U.K., one of the most heavily monitored coun¥tries in the world, studies have not found cameras to consistently of¥fer the deterrent effects and inves¥tigative tools proponents cite. Yet, there is also evidence to the contrary. Ali said San Francisco has seen a 25-percent drop in property crime in areas around the cameras, while Dallas has seen crime rates drop since the camera program be¥gan, although no clear link can be established between the two. ÒStatistically, crime is down since we put the cameras in,Ó Crawford said. ÒItÕs down in all areas.Ó The APD initiative, to be vot¥ed on by the City Council in July or August, is the culmination of a slow march toward an increased technological presence in policing. It was helped by a $350,000 grant from the federal government and a $250,000 donation from the Down¥town Austin Alliance, which will cover most of the programÕs costs. But concerns remain over the camerasÕ effectiveness, their cost and, most stridently, the poten¥tial privacy infringements that may result. Different cities have taken differ¥ent approaches, but Crawford and Ali said neither DPD nor SFPD had any serious complaints about privacy violations. ÒThe courts have absolutely ruled you donÕt have a right to pri¥vacy in the public eye,Ó Ali said. Austin, meanwhile, has taken the most expansive approach, with plans to create an oversight board and conduct random audits of the surveillance system. But no matter how the City Council votes, Ali had words of warning to his fellow police de¥partments. ÒMy suggestion to cities look¥ing at cameras is, you canÕt do it piecemeal. It has to be strategic,Ó he said. ÒItÕs important for peo¥ple to understand there is no one approach to dealing with crime. It has to be comprehensive.Ó PARK: Closure seems Ôfairly certainÕ from damage, cost of renovation From page 1 Authorities discussed the options available to salvage the park, al¥though all solutions involved a tem¥porary closure. ÒWe were thinking of closing the park in phases,Ó said Morgan Beyers, who has been assessing the parkÕs ecological issues. ÒThere would be limited use during that graduate at UT, I could walk to Shoal Creek [and] I could walk to Pease Park,Ó avid disc golfer Pete Fredriksen said. The Q-and-A segment of the meeting was characterized by passionate arguments against closing the park. ÒThis is sacred ground,Ó park regular Justin Davis said. ÒWe need you to understand the im- Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Heath Cleveland Doug Luippold OPINION Dave Player Dan Treadway Friday, June 18, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Public should push for name change at Simkins open forum On Tuesday, University administrators and student representatives will be holding the first of two open forums to hear the publicÕs thoughts on the renaming of Simkins Hall Dormitory. The possible renaming of Simkins Hall, whose namesake, William Stewart Simkins, taught at the School of Law for 30 years and organized the Ku Klux Klan in Florida after the Civil War, has become a hot-button issue on campus in re¥cent weeks. On a base level, it doesnÕt seem like that diffi¥cult of a decision. William Stewart Simkins was, by all accounts, a deplorable human being. Some people may say he was only playing into the sentiment of the time period in which he lived. Regardless, any person that participates, much less organiz¥es, a group that advocates for the murder of in¥dividuals on the basis of race is horrible, no mat¥ter what era he or she lived in. SimkinsÕ transgressions became a topic of dis¥cussion recently as a result of an article posted in the Social Science Research Network by Tom Russell, a former UT law professor. ÒSimkins engaged in illegal, terrorist behav¥ior during Reconstruction and doesnÕt merit having a building carrying his name,Ó Russell told the Austin American-Statesman. ÒItÕs par¥ticularly true in view of the fact that he was a law professor.Ó GALLERY THE FIRING LINE Why I drank a beer for every goal Brazil scored against North Korea ItÕs the thought behind my pregame vow to drink one beer for every Brazilian goal that counts. But even though Brazil only scored two goals and I was, unfortunately, unable to inebriate myself before mid-after¥ noon, the true disappointment was that I didnÕt get to see North Korea Ñ excuse me, the Democratic PeopleÕs Republic of Korea Ñ humiliated. It was not until the second half, when Brazilian player Maicon snuck the ball into the back of the net, that I finally felt some relief. Before this, while I twisted and turned in my seat, waiting in agony for the Brazilian strikers to break through the stifling North Korean defense, I discussed North KoreaÕs government and my disdain for the so-called republic with my roommate. Of all the negative things I could have said about the countryÕs gov¥ ernment, the stateÕs racist totalitarianism stood out most strongly in my mind. Amongst other strategies to control its people, the regime indoctrinates its population with xenophobic ideologies to scapegoat the populationÕs ills on the outside world and dissociate its problems away from its rock¥ star leader and Òprovider of good,Ó Kim Jong-Il. This strategy is irresponsible from a practical standpoint. Pragmatically, North Korea does not have a self-sustaining economy Ñ the government relies on foreign aid from countries such as China, the U.S. and South Korea to survive. Ironically, by promoting radical nation¥alism, the regime guarantees itself problems with the nations upon which it depends. One day, North Koreans will recognize the discrepancies between their government-induced fantasy world and the injustices that their tyranni¥cal leadership subjects them to. Until then, I hope that the Portugal and Ivory Coast soccer teams give them thumping defeats to speed up the process. Ñ Mario Portocarrero Chemical engineering senior LEGALESE TRYOUTS Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Ed-The Texan is conducting tryouts for entry-level positions in all de¥itorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of partments. Please come to the Texan office in the basement of the the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Hearst Student Media building to sign up. Send questions to editor@ Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan editorials are written by The Daily dailytexanonline.com. TexanÕs Editorial Board. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE RECYCLE! E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. news stand where you found it. The dormitory opened 55 years ago, and it was then that administrators overlooked Sim¥kinsÕ past. ItÕs unfortunate that this oversight went more than half a century without being addressed, but because it took so long to review the practices of the dormitoryÕs namesake, some feel that the name should stay. William Stewart SimkinsÕ presence on campus is an unfortunate part of our history, but part of it nonetheless. By simply painting over the ig¥norance UT administrators displayed more than half a century ago, we may be rewriting history. In addition, if the University is going to make a point of changing the name of this structure because of the unsavory character of its namesake, theyÕre likely going to have a laundry list of other buildings and monu¥ments to rename as well. Even the Texas Stu¥dent Media building, in which The Daily Tex¥an is located, changed its name to the William Randolph Hearst building in 2008. The Hearst foundation may have made a valuable dona¥tion to the school, but that doesnÕt override the fact that William Randolph Hearst himself is widely considered one of the fathers of Òyel¥low journalismÓ and was a Nazi sympathizer in the 1930s. By renaming the building, the Universi¥ty would certainly set a significant precedent, but thatÕs perhaps why the change is neces¥sary. The University of Texas is not the same place today that it was in the 1950s, and as such, equipped with the knowledge we now have about who Simkins was as a person, itÕs appropriate to strip him of the honor of having a dormitory named after him. To draw an analogy, if a person wins a gold medal in the 100-meter dash and tests positive for a performance-enhancing substance after being awarded their medal, that person still has his or her prize revoked. ThatÕs because the person earned the distinction on false pre¥tenses, and as such, his or her character and in¥tegrity are compromised. In light of this, he or she is no longer deserving of the medal. It would be most fitting, both practically and poetically, to rename the dormitory after Ervin S. Perry, the first African-American to be appointed as a professor at UT, or even Ju¥lius Whittier, the first player to break the color barrier on the UT football team. But, most im¥portantly, regardless of who the dormitory is named after, officials should place a plaque in the entrance of the residence hall to explain its history and, ultimately, its justified renaming. If individuals are worried that officials would be sweeping this unfortunate part of our history under the rug by renaming the dorm, IÕd say that by forming a committee to debate the re-naming of the dormitory in the first place, the University has already given the name behind the Simkins dormitory more publicity than any other residence hall on cam¥pus Ñ and it only holds 200 male students. IÕd bet only a handful students on campus could tell me who Beauford H. Jester was, much less his important individual accomplishments, and he has one of the largest residence halls in North America named after him. The meeting on Tuesday will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Main Building in room 212. The second meeting will be held Wednesday, June 28, from noon to 2 p.m. in the San Jacinto Hall mul¥tipurpose room. Treadway is a political communications senior. Life&Arts Editor: Mary Lingwall E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Friday, June 18, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN EVENT PREVIEW THE PAPER SHAPES Post-punk band generates electric style AustinÕs The Paper Shapes transport ÔrobustÕ sound from EP to StubbÕs stage By Kiersten Marian Daily Texan Staff Amid the high-energy elec¥tronic dance music and the soft, folk-rock sounds that permeate AustinÕs music scene, itÕs rare to come across a band catchy enough to get your foot tapping but still rough enough to warrant bona-fide headbanging. And yet, The Paper Shapes are able to distinguish themselves from other local talent by combin¥ing these sounds to create in-your¥face, pop-inspired rock. Though The Paper Shapes have only been playing shows since October, they already have a very distinct style. After a five¥year stint with local band Prom Nite, Aaron Pearson (vocals) and Alex Brown (drums) left to start what is now The Paper Shapes. Through a random web of friends, friends of girlfriends and acquaintances, Pearson and Brown recruited Jason Bearden (bass), Austin Haines (keyboard) and Guerra to join the band. ÒWe had run in the same so¥cial circle, but we all kind of knew each other through chance,Ó Bearden said. The Paper ShapesÕ eclectic sound was born not only from the spontaneity of the bandÕs cre¥ation, but also from a deliberate devotion to its music. The band members capitalized on their indi¥vidual styles and harvested them through countless practices to come up with their unique sound before ever playing a show. ÒIt was about six months of get¥ting everything together,Ó Bearden said. ÒIt got to the point where it was depressing. It was like work¥ing and not getting paid. We would come to practice, and we would practice all the time, but no one heard it or anything yet.Ó Making it through the depres- WHAT: The Paper Shapes at the official Passion Pit aftershow WHERE: StubbÕs Bar-B-Que (inside), 801 Red River St. WHEN: Friday at midnight TICKETS/ON AIR: $6; free with Passion Pit ticket stub sion of having their work un¥heard for so long, The Paper Shapes capitalized on their time spent under wraps. Unlike most bands that have been playing shows for less than a year, The Paper Shapes already have one EP under their belt, and another on the way. Their first EP, Shape Invasion, is a collection of songs that start off unapologetically loud and main¥tain a continuous momentum throughout the EP. ÒWe were trying to think of something that would catch peo¥pleÕs attention,Ó Bearden said with a laugh. ÒAnd, I mean, the three of us can play really fast.Ó Pearson said once the band Òfound their chemistry a little more,Ó The Paper ShapesÕ mu¥sic matured into what is now a multifaceted and robust sound. Newer songs such as ÒBed BugsÓ and ÒCastlesÓ begin with airy in¥troductions juxtaposed with the faster sound found in the body of the songs. While fans may be thrown off by the genre divide between The Paper Shapes and headliner Pas¥sion Pit, the undeniable energy found in The Paper ShapesÕ mu¥sic should keep their attention. ÒThe energy onstage always helps, no matter who you play with or what kind of music you play,Ó Pearson said. ÒThe energy we have is always going to be ap¥pealing. ThatÕs all we can do to fit in everywhere Ñ and that is to give a substantial amount of en¥ergy onstage.Ó Despite sharing a bill with Passion Pit and Tokyo Police Club, The Paper Shapes have no intentions of piggybacking off the fame of the two bands. ÒI would love if there is a lot of foot traffic, but at the same time weÕre treating it like itÕs our show,Ó Pearson said. ÒWeÕre not going to slack off and hope people will just find their way in there.Ó Juana Diaz | Daily Texan Staff Cory Skuldt, co-manager of Treasure City Thrift, looks over a Mickey Mouse sheet for alterations. She and her co-workers will prepare for the Treasure City Thrift Recyled Fashion Show, which will showcase a variety of designs created from items in the store. RECYCLE your copy of THE DAILY TEXAN Shop co-owner spills the beans on his top jams EditorÕs note: This is the first install¥ment of a weekly series that explores the musical tastes of notable Austinites and UT students. By Mary Lingwall Daily Texan Staff Though a Houston native, Thun¥derbird Coffee co-owner Chris Cu¥sack has called Austin home since he came to the city in 2002 to attend UT. ÒIÕm one of those people who nev¥er left,Ó Cusack said. ÒWe have such a great beer and food culture, and our coffee culture is really growing a lot. And I think you would be hard¥pressed to find a city with as many beautiful people in it.Ó CusackÕs current favorites include tracks by Captain Beefheart, LCD Soundsystem, Wreckless Eric, Clinic, Beck, Duran Duran, Brian Jonestown ON THE WEB: Massacre and Biz Markie, Full track listing, but one of his MP3s of CusackÕs playlist and video favorite new clips of the interview songs is local @dailytexan favorite Inter-online.com national WatersÕ ÒOlympia.Ó              Fri: (4:45) 8:00 SatÐSun: (1:30, 4:45) 8:00 MonÐThur: 8:00 Fri: (4:25) 7:00, 9:30 SatÐSun: (1:45, 4:25) 7:00, 9:30 MonÐThur: 7:00, 9:30 Fri: (5:15) 7:30, 9:50 SatÐSun: (3:00, 5:15) 7:30, 9:50 MonÐThur: 7:30, 9:50               Fri: (4:35) 7:15, 9:40 SatÐSun: (2:00, 4:35) 7:15, 9:40 MonÐThur: 7:15, 9:40                           ÔRecycled fashionÕ show benefits nonprofit collective By Gerald Rich funding,Ó Treasure City co-manager for the runway. Even the design- Daily Texan Staff Cory Skuldt said. ÒSo, we try to sup-ers have repurposed materials and A riot shield, a green suit jack-port them financially and redistrib-clothes from the store for their col¥et from Neiman Marcus and an ute materials and [get] them into the lections. antique typewriter all sat waiting hands of people who need them.Ó ÒSome of the pieces [for my col¥to be purchased at Treasure City Skuldt is one of eight managers lection] were made out of a shower Thrift during a fitting Wednesday, who help run the collective, which curtain,Ó designer Dominique Bed¥as models and fashion designers operates purely on consensus from ford said. ÒI found one in the back picked through the eclectic collec-all the managers. that was a big, ocean-blue mirage of tion of items and clothes. ÒPart of what weÕre doing is sea life. I wasnÕt looking too much This year, 30 designers have re-showing the world that it is possible for things that were clothing pieces, all said. ÒI knew this show was go¥worked various items from the to run a business without a boss,Ó but more like fabric I could reuse.Ó ing to benefit La Semilla, so I want¥store into new dresses and other Skuldt said as she watched people Farther back in the clothing sec-ed to be a part of it.Ó garb for the third annual Treasure browsing through the store. ÒSome-tion, Yeni Woodall looked for a new La Semilla Childcare, Queer Sol City Thrift Recycled Fashion Show times thatÕs confusing to customers top while her daughter begged her and Texas Roller Girls have been on Saturday, celebrating the repur-who say they want to talk to a man-to buy a used cell phone. matched up with three of the 30 posing of materials as well as col-ager, and [we] say that you can talk ÒYou realize itÕs just a cell phone,Ó designers. Proceeds raised from lective organizations in Austin. to any one of us. But we tend to get Woodall reminded her daughter. the garments those three designers Treasure City Ñ a nonprof-a really positive response when peo-ÒWeÕd still need to a buy a plan.Ó sell at the postshow auction will go it, collectively operated thrift store ple wrap their head around the idea Woodall is a part of Mamas of back to their partner collective. All based in East Austin Ñ will be us-that thereÕs not some guy in charge. Color Rising, a local organization other proceeds will go back to Trea¥ing members from the La Semi-WeÕre all sharing decision-making that assists working-class moth-sure City Thrift to help continue its lla Childcare, Queer Sol and Tex-power equally.Ó ers with accessing housing and community work. as Roller Girls Rock-n-Rollerderby In addition to advocating what food, and she will also model in the ÒWe believe thrift stores should collectives as models in the fashion they feel is a fairer business model, show with her daughter for La Se-be thrifty,Ó Skuldt said. 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Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com SPORTS Friday, June 18, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN BASEBALL Smaller conference brings few changes Garrido does not see many differences with a Big 12 minus Nebraska, Colorado By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff Now that the dust has some¥what settled from the recent conference-shifting fiasco over the past few weeks, Texas is staying put in the now 10-team Big 12 Conference. Of course, the most dramatic change affects football, for which there will no longer be a con¥ference championship game as there was before. Now, the reg¥ular season will decide the out¥right champion. Basketball will also play every team in the conference twice in a round-robin-style regular season, meaning Longhorn basketball fans will get to see Kansas and Kan¥sas State every year at home in the Frank Erwin Center. But as for the next-biggest menÕs sport behind football and basketball, the conference shake¥up doesnÕt really change things for the baseball team, whose sea¥son ended last weekend in the Super Regionals against TCU for a shot at Omaha, Neb., in the midst of conference speculation and reports. Like football coach Mack Brown and menÕs basketball coach Rick Barnes, baseball head coach Augie Garrido is pleased with the deci¥sion to remain in the Big 12. ÒI think weÕd lose a lot of iden¥tity if we went in a different di¥rection,Ó Garrido said after Tues¥dayÕs press conference. ÒI feel good about the conference. Hav¥ing our own presence is better than being the second cousin to the Pac-10.Ó While conference realignment was the least of the HornsÕ worries last weekend, having lost to TCU in three games, losing Nebraska and Colorado really wonÕt impact GarridoÕs bunch at all. The Buffaloes didnÕt even have a team, and Nebraska finished second to last in the conference with a .370 winning percentage. Interestingly enough, the Husk¥ers did hand Texas one of its three regular-season Big 12 loss¥es, but overall, Garrido thinks the conference is as strong as any in the nation. ÒFrom our point of view, base¥ball-wise, the conference is very strong,Ó Garrido said. ÒWe put five teams in the playoffs, and Oklahoma is going to the Col¥lege World Series. The confer¥ence as a whole has established itself in the United States as a powerhouse conference.Ó One of the big tipping points in TexasÕ staying put was considering the longer trips to the West Coast and how it would affect the stu¥dent-athletes. ÒItÕs gonna be a lot easier on the players, too, but weÕll be playing 27 games exactly how weÕve been, so baseball stays exactly the same,Ó Garrido said. While there hasnÕt been any formal talk of inviting two oth¥er schools to bring the conference number back to 12, according to The Houston Chronicle, state Reps. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, and Bill Callegari, R-Katy, co-authored a letter petitioning the Big 12 to al¥low former Southwest Conference member the University of Hous¥ton into the conference. ÒUH is the third-largest univer¥sity in Texas, and is on track to rank among the top research uni¥versities in this state,Ó they said in the letter. ÒThe Cougars, the city of Houston and the state of Texas de¥serve better.Ó The Houston legislators also asked the Big 12 to consider ad¥mitting TCU into the conference as well. WORLD CUP United States go from underdog to favorite against Slovenia Tables as of Thursday down on the U.S. from its lofty perch atop the group. Of course, the way it got there might be familiar to the Americans. Both teams have benefited from incredible goalkeeping errors in their opening games against Eng¥land and Algeria. While Robert GreenÕs error rescued a point for the Americans in the 1-1 draw with England, AlgeriaÕs Farouzi Chaouchi gifted Slovenia all three points when he misplayed a tame shot 11 minutes from time in the 1-0 loss. That error means the United States must now stay on its toes in navigating one of the kindest draws FIFA has ever handed it. Anything but a win today against the smallest nation at the World Cup could take the U.S.Õs destiny out of its own hands or place it on the verge of elimination. So be ready to see a very differ¥ent U.S. team this morning from the one that cautiously tried to stifle England and grind out a draw. As heroically as that team defended, and as close as it came to a second goal, the 1-1 draw suited America just fine. That wonÕt be the case to¥day. America needs a win, and it needs to play like it. Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan, who spent much of their time trying to stop English attacks in the second half, will have to take charge of the game. Jozy Altidore, who came so close to a shocking second goal Satur¥day, will have to lead the forward line and take advantage of the chances he wasted. Most of all, America needs to perform like the favorite it is. ThatÕs more difficult than it might seem. America is used to being the underdog on the worldÕs biggest stage and has played its best when everyoneÕs expectations are low. The U.S. has drawn and defeated England in two World Cup games, and both beat heavily favored Portu¥gal and pushed Germany to the brink in 2002. Yet it has struggled when it shouldnÕt, which was most ap¥parent in its meek defeat at the hands of Ghana four years ago, when a win was necessary to stay in the tournament. The U.S. is a better team than Slovenia. It proved its deter¥mination and grit in a physical draw against England. Now it has to prove its progress from four years ago. The knockout round is beckon¥ing. All it takes is a win. SIDELINE 2010 FIFA World Cup Argentina 4 South Korea 1 Greece 2 Nigeria 1 Mexico 2 France 0 NBA Finals Boston 79 LA Lakers 83 MLB Interleague Play Houston 2 Kansas City 5 Oakland 2 Chi Cubs 3 Colorado 5 Minnesota 1 Washington 3 Detroit 8 Texas 6 Florida 4 Tampa Bay 1 Atlanta 3 NY Mets 6 Cleveland 4 Philadelphia 7 NY Yankees 1 Chi White Sox 5 Pittsburgh 4 SPORTS BRIEFLY South African officials urging fans to cheer for other nations ItÕs come to this. With the home team at risk of an embarrassing ear¥ly exit, South African officials are asking local fans to find other World Cup teams to root for. Even the vu¥vuzelas, those din-creating plastic horns, are quieting down. To most of the soccer world, South Africa was a decided un¥derdog in this tournament. To mil¥lions of South Africans, their be¥loved Bafana Bafana, as the team is known, was bound for glory, and Wednesday nightÕs 3-0 defeat by Uruguay was devastating. ÒAs people walked home, for the first time the vuvuzelas were si¥lent Ñ they were dragged home in pain,Ó said Danny Jordaan, CEO of the local organizing committee, in a day-after postmortem. ÒThe entire country fell into the kind of quietness you find at a monkÕs funeral,Ó said The Sowetan, a daily newspaper, describing the mood when Uruguay seized the lead. South Africa, with a tie and a loss in two matches, still has a slim chance to advance with a victo¥ry over France next week, depend¥ing on other results in its group. But thereÕs a strong possibility it will become the first host nation to fail to reach the knockout phase of a World Cup. NFL commissioner admits four preseason games are too much NEW YORK Ñ Commissioner Roger Goodell says the NFL no lon¥ger needs four preseason games, but the league should change its off¥season training programs. ÒItÕs clear the fans donÕt want four preseason games,Ó Good¥ell said Thursday after speaking to high school players at an NFL foot¥ball clinic in Queens. ÒItÕs clear the players donÕt want four preseason games. They tell me that all the time. You ask them that question and theyÕll tell you. And we really donÕt need it to make the game bet¥ter. So we have to evolve just as we did a couple of decades ago when we went from six preseason games to four.Ó NFL and union officials discussed adding two games to the regu¥lar season when they met Wednes¥day for their first negotiating ses¥sion since February. Teams would still play a total of 20 exhibition plus regular-season games under the proposal. The league would go from four in the preseason and 16 in the regular season to two and 18. Players have expressed concerns about an increase in injuries. Good¥ell suggested adjustments in the offseason programs could allevi¥ate that. ÒI think you do have to make changes,Ó he said. ÒWeÕve been very open about that from Day 1. I think we have to do it regardless.Ó Compiled from Associates Press reports By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Columnist ThereÕs a funny thing about the U.S. soccer team and the World Cup. The supposedly biggest game in history Ñ at least, in the past eight years Ñ is quickly followed by one thatÕs significantly bigger. As highly anticipated as the first Group C match between the U.S. and England was, and as much as American fans salivat¥ed over the prospect of an upset against one of the old guard of in¥ternational football, a 9 a.m. CST kickoff against a country few peo¥ple can find on a map might de¥cide the fate of American football for the next four years. There will be no celebration of a draw, no 1-1 victories this morn¥ing against Slovenia, the Europe¥an minnow that currently looks Group B W L D P Argentina 2 0 0 6 South Korea 1 1 0 4 Greece 1 1 0 4 Nigeria 0 2 0 0 Group C W L D P Slovenia 1 0 0 3 U.S.A. 0 0 1 1 England 0 0 1 1 Algeria 0 1 0 0 Group D W L D P Germany 1 0 0 3 Ghana 1 0 0 3 Serbia 0 1 0 0 Australia 0 1 0 0 Group A W L D P Mexico 1 0 1 4 Uruguay 1 0 1 4 South Africa 0 1 1 1 France 0 1 1 1 Group G W L D P Brazil 1 0 0 3 Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1 Portugal 0 0 1 1 North Korea 0 1 0 0 Group E W L D P Netherlands 1 0 0 3 Japan 1 0 0 3 Cameroon 0 1 0 0 Denmark 0 1 0 0 Group F W L D P Italy 0 0 1 1 New Zealand 0 0 1 1 Paraguay 0 0 1 1 Slovakia 0 0 1 1 Group H W L D P Chile 1 0 0 3 Switzerland 1 0 0 3 Honduras 0 1 0 0 Spain 0 1 0 0