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ITS office 
lays off 
25 staff 
members

By Hudson Lockett
Daily Texan Staff

The Information Technology Services central of­
fice laid off 25 employees Tuesday in a move offi­
cials say will increase efficiency and make up for 
the loss of contracts within the office, which left 
more staff than existing positions.

Kevin Hegarty, UT vice president and chief fi­
nancial officer, said it is difficult to tell if further 
cuts will be made in the central office, which is 
distinct from the many departm ental ITS servic­
es throughout cam pus. Hegarty said the reduc­
tions were mainly in management positions and 
were partially the result of changes suggested by 
a report delivered to UT President William Pow ­
ers and released in August by the Strategic IT 
Advisory Committee.

Hegarty said ITS will have to review what roles 

it plays in the University.

"Each of the units of ITS will consider what busi­
ness it ought to be in and how it ought to be in 
those businesses," he said.

Hegarty, who is also chief inform ation officer 
for Inform ation Technology, said three of the 25 
laid off employees were offered other positions in 
ITS. He said the layoffs were a result of a decrease 
in possible staff positions follow ing the loss of 
key contracts for providing desktop support at 
larger colleges.

"I presume that there was anticipation that ad­
ditional business would materialize, and it hasn't," 
he said.

Hegarty said one of the big issues from the Au­
gust report was deciding which divisions of ITS 
would provide which services. He said the reduc­
tion in positions was also a result of reorganizing

STAFF continues on page 2

Ruth Rocha and volunteers from Dell's corporate sales department organize donated food at the Capital Area Food Bank. The non-profit 
corporation provides food to more than 350 partner agencies and distributed more than 17 million pounds of food in 2008.

Ta m ir K alifa | Daily Texan Staff

Food bank copes with supply decrease during economic downturn

By Molly Triece
Daily Texan Staff 
The Capital Area Food Bank
of Texas has seen a 40 percent 
increase in dem and for food 
since 2008, serving many first­
tim e clients who found them ­
selves below the poverty line or 
living paycheck to paycheck.

According to the U.S. Census 
Bureau's American Community 
Survey, released last week, ris­
ing costs and stagnant wages

put as many as 144,336 people 
below the poverty line in Trav­
is County alone. The change in 
econom ic conditions is due to 
the recession, w hich also affect­
ed the amount of supplies the 
food bank received.

"It's more difficult for people 
to give," said food bank spokes­
woman Karri Q unell. "W e've 
seen an increase in volunteers 
tnough. People are giving their 
time instead."

Qunell said although dona­
tions have not gone down signif­
icantly, when a slight decrease is 
balanced with an increase in de­
mand, supplies get tight.

"M ost of the families served 
are working poor families, not 
homeless." Qunell said. "If they 
get laid off, they're just one pay­
check away from going to a 
food pantry."

Various steps were taken to 
ease the pressure off the food

bank so it can provide enough 
food for its food pantries and 
soup kitchens. Qunell said the 
food bank increased the direct 
distribution of food to the hun­
gry instead of allocatin g re­
sources to other organizations 
to do the job. The food bank 
also increased the efforts of its 
mobile food pantry and formed 
r e la tio n s w ith r e ta ile r s to

H U NG ER continues on page 2

UT students line up for flu vaccine

UT institute director wants 
to solve energy problems

By Shabab Siddiqui
Daily Texan Staff 
Raymond O rbach, the d irec­
tor of U T 's Energy In stitu te , 
spoke Tuesday evening about 
the goals of the institute, includ­
ing his hopes the University will 
become a leader in solving ener­
gy problems.

The lecture, hosted by the Tex­
as Advanced Com puting C en­
ter, kicked off the Austin Forum, 
a lecture series featuring leaders 
from a numerous backgrounds 
speaking about "the confluence 
of science, technology and society 
in the 21st century."

"O ur goal is to encourage the 
collaboration of different sectors to 
come together and talk about, the 
issues that are relevant to all of us,"

said forum spokeswoman Faith 
Singer-Villalobos.

Before coming to UT, Orbach 
served as a director and chief scien­
tist for the Office of Science at the 
U.S. Department of Energy, as well 
as a two-year tenure as the depart­
ment's first undersecretary for sci­
ence. He said he took the position 
at the University to foster relation­
ships between different depart­
ments both within and outside UT.
"The question is can we bring 
members of the government, the 
public and the private sector to­
gether to solve the energy prob­
lem ," Orbach said. "I want this 
campus to be a leader in this area."
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ENERGY continues on page 5

By Jordan Haeger
Daily Texan Staff

A line of UT students, faculty 
and staff snaked through Gregory 
Gymnasium, and out the door at 
times, as people waited for more 
than an hour to receive a seasonal 
flu vaccination Tuesday.

"We have never had a turnout 
like this," said Sherry Bell, Univ- 
eristy Health Services senior pro­
gram coordinator. "Usually peo­
ple only have 15-m inute w ait 
times."

UHS has 11,500 doses of the vac­
cine, a figure based on the num­
ber of people who received shots 
last year. Bell said 9he expects all 
of the doses will be used.

"There may be a higher d e­
mand this year because there is so 
much flu information in the me­
dia," she said.

Of the 1,900 doses earmarked 
for distribution Tuesday, 1,808 
d o ses w ere u sed . U H S s ta ff

FLU continues on page 2

Raymond 
Orbach, 
director of 
The Energy 
Institute at UT, 
spoke Tuesday 
evening about 
the importance 
of using univer­
sity resources 
to further 
research on 
energy 
security.

Lauren G erson

D a ily Te xa n Staff

Desire Taylor, a graduate psychology student, and Sarah Hunter, a mathematics senior, study 
while waiting in line for flu shots at Gregory Gymnasium on Tuesday.

D a n iela Trujillo | Dailv Texan Staff

Review of police investigation reveals bias

By Bobby Longoria
Daily Texan Staff 
An independent review by a 
group hired by the city found 
som e A ustin Police D epart­
m ent internal in vestig ato rs 
showed bia^ when reviewing 
the actions of officer Leonar­
do Quintana leading up to the 
May shooting of 18-year-old 
Nathaniel Sanders.

Much of the report, including 
its justifications, remain redact­
ed until Austin Police Chief Art 
Acevedo decides •whether or not 
to discipline Quintana.

A Travis County grand jury

cleared Quintana and two sup­
porting officers of any wrongdo­
ing Aug. 5. An internal investi­
gation conducted within the po­
lice department was complet­
ed and sent to the police moni­
tor's office Aug. 11 to determine 
if Quintana used excessive force.
According to the report, the 
incident began at 5:07 aún. on 
May 11, when Quintana noticed 
a Mercedes-Benz station wagon 
traveling on Springdale Road. 
The vehicle had allegedly been 
linked to a series of violent rob­
beries and to complaints of gun­
fire outside the Walnut Creek

apartment complex May 9.

Quintana stopped the vehi­
cle in the complex and detained 
driver Michael Franklin. Officer 
John Alexander Hitzelberg en­
tered the complex while Frank­
lin was being detained. He was 
the only officer who activated 
his dashboard camera.

According to witnesses and 
Hitzelberg's camera, neither he 
nor Quintana had their emer­
gency lights activated. Officer 
Mohammad Siddiqui followed 
moments after and also did not 
activate his emergency lights.

At 5:08 a.m., the officers in-

vestigated the vehicle and de­
termined Sir Smith, who was 
also in the car, and Sanders 
were sleeping.

Quintana and Hitzelberg at­
tem pted to aw ake San d ers 
from the back seat, and at A09 
a.m. Quintana said, "Oh, pistol, 
32! 32!"

He retreated and fired two 
shots. The first struck Sanders in 
the shoulder. A third shot struck 
Sanders in the back of the head, 
killing him. Quintana later said 
that he had found a handgun in

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in efficiency

From page 1

em ployees into teams w o rk ­
ing under few er managers.

B ra d E n g le r t , 

in te r im 
c h ie f o p e ra tin g o ffic e r of 
IT S , said the goals of the fir­
ing s w ere to red u ce la y e rs 
of m anagem ent and consol­
id a te fu n c tio n s th a t w ere 
u n d er d iffe re n t g ro u p s, in 
accordance w ith the A ugust 
Strateg ic IT A d v is o ry C om ­
m ittee report.

According to a recom m en­
dation in the report, officials 
m ust "H o ld [th e ] IT S [fis ­
cal year] 2009-2010 operating 
budget constant and target 
10-20 percent increase in effi­
ciency from 60 percent central 
funding."

Englert said the layoffs rep­
resented a significant step to­
w ard that g oal, along w ith 
measures to use saved funds 
to address campus needs.

H e said IT S w ill add staff 
in other areas where it needs 
m ore su ppo rt, in clu d in g in 
technical and netw ork areas 
responding to increased net­
w ork use on campus.

"Basically, it's a challenge for 
us to look for efficiencies," En­
glert said.

FLU: Vaccines 
may run out, 
worker says

From page 1

stayed late to accom m odate 
those w ho w ere in line before 
4 p.m . Students received the 
shot for $5 w h ile faculty and 
staff paid $10.

U H S has su bm itted a re­
quest for the H1N 1 vaccin e 
to the state health authority, 
Bell said. She said they have 
not received confirm ation on 
how much of the vaccine U H S 
w ill receive or when it w ill re­
ceive it.

Yolanda K eelin g , a retired 
a d m in is tra tiv e a s s o c ia te , 
w orks the flu shot cam paign 
every year.

A s K e e lin g p a sse d o u t 
num b ers to those e n terin g 
the lin e , she w arn ed them 
of the hour-long w a it. Few 
chose to le a ve the lin e be­
cause they knew that every 
U H S clin ic w ould have large 
num bers of people and long 
lines, she said.

K e e lin g w arn ed students 
that U H S is lik e ly to run out 
of a va ila b le doses. She said 
she hasn't seen this m any peo­
ple at the vaccin ation clinics 
since the program started 12 
years ago.

Biology freshman M aria Es­
q uivel said she has received a 
seasonal flu shot for the past 
tw o years. Esq u ive l said her 
mother started to w orry about 
the flu more in the past couple 
of years and encouraged her 
to get the vaccination.

B e ll said the start of U T 's 
cam paign is so far behind that 
of W alg reen s, w h ich began 
in Septem ber, because such a 
large cam paign takes exten­
sive planning.

"T h e y d o n 't do m assive 
clinics like w e d o ," B e ll said. 
"T h is cam paign requires a lot 
of planning."

A n o th e r c lin ic w ill take 
place T h u rsd ay at the Texas 
U nio n's Santa Rita Room from 
noon to 4 p.m.

ACC agrees to free bus pass plan

By Rachel Platis
Daily Texan Staff

Starting next semester, A u s­
tin Com m unity College w ill pro­
vide its students, faculty and start 
w ith free Capitol Metro passes as 
part of the "Green Pass" pilot pro­
gram approved by the ACC Board 
of Trustees, pending a vote by the 
Capitol Metro Board of Directors.

Trustees pa>sed the initiative at 
the group's meeting Monday night 
to help students get to class, ease 
parking congestion and reduce the 
college's carbon footprint. C ap i­
tol Metro's Board of Directors w ill 
vote on the program at their board 
meeting Oct. 28.

"The idea for the plans have been 
out there for a w hile," said Capitol 
Metro spokeswoman M isty W h it­
ed. "Eve ry time an AC C , Concor­
dia or St. Edw ard's student asked 
us for u bus pass program similar 
to UT's, w e've told them to go to 
their administration."

A C C and Capitol M etro were 
able to w ork out a deal in w hich 
the college w ill buy a lump sum of 
passes at a discount rate and hand 
those passes out for free, W hited 
said.

"A C C has been w anting to do 
this for a long time, but it usually 
comes down to money," she said.

A fund of $2501X10 ha> been set 
aside for the initial cost of the pro­
gram. The college w ill be charged 
a discount fare of 40 cents per ride 
instead of the usual 75 cents per 
one-way trip.

The fund comes from revenue 
gained bv the college's parking fee 
increase from $10 to $15 that went 
into effect this fall. Each student 
also pays a $1 sustainability fee 
per semester hour, said Ben Ferrel, 
A C C 's executive vice president for 
finance and administration.

"The program is good in many 
w ays, and it u ltim ately brings 
more people to riding our system," 
W hited said. "W e 'v e found that 
people get accustomed to transit, 
and manv graduates leave U T and 
continue to ride the bus."

Each A C C student, staff or fac­
u lty member that w ants a pass 
w ill be provided w ith a fare card 
that w ill monitor how many pass­
es are being used and how often a 
cardholder is riding.

The program is also in accor­
dance w ith A C C 's "green" initia-

hve, known as policy number C-9.
"O u r C-9 policv basically says 
that A C C is going to do anything 
it can to promote sustainable prac­
tices," Ferrel said. "W e felt that 
part of this included developing 
alternative modes of transporta­
tion for our students."

About 5,000 to 6,000 of A C C 's 
40,000 students ride the bus. If the 
pilot program proves successful, 
the board w ill revisit the structure 
of the program, Ferrel said.

"W e've been looking at the w ay 
U T works with Capitol Metro, and 
the possibility of using a student 
ID card to sw ipe for bus fares," 
he said. "W e're a different college 
though, and this pilot program 
seemed the best way to go for us."
There's also been a lot of com­
m unication between the trustees, 
and students, Ferrel said.

"W e've been working with Stu­
dent Government for the last sev­
eral m onths," he said. " If we do 
som ething that affects a lot of 
students, w e like to talk to them 
about it. We don't care about do­
ing something if it's not going to 
help the students."

A fraternity was responsible for

creating U T 's first shuttle system 
in 1957, and chargtxl a $6 monthly 
fee to get students from West Cam­
pus to the main campus. In 1989, 
Capitol Metro contracted with U T 
to provide the service students use 
today, said Blanca Juarez, altema- 
b\ e transportation manager at UT.
U T shuttle ridership is roughly 
600,OCX) rides a year, w hich is the 
largest collegiate ridership in the 
nation, Juarez said. The mainline 
of C apitol M etro sees 40,000 U T 
riders per month.

"Students do pay for the ser­
vice, though a lot of students may 
not realize it," Juarez said. "The 
fee is roughly $53 and is part of the 
registration fee you pay when you 
register for classes."

A C C student Jam es Jacobs is 
studying com puter science and 
takes his car, w alks or rides his 
bike to school, though his sister Al- 
exa rides the bus twice a week to 
the Northridge Campus, 18 miles 
from their house.

It can be difficult to find park­
ing at campuses, so it might help 
that situation," James Jacobs said. 
"I'm sure it'll help with people's fi­
nances and gas, too."

HUNGER: UT students offer 
donations, time to food bank

G o o d e a t i n

From page 1

receive perishable goods.

" A ll three of these [strate­
g ies] h ave been su ccessfu l," 
Q unell said.

U T students contributed to 
the food bank in donations and 
volunteer hours. Paige DeLeon, 
the food bank's volunteer re­
sources director, said students 
raised a total of $12,190 and 
gave more than 1,200 hours of 
service to the food bank. O n 
O ct. 22, the M u slim Students' 
A ssociation w ill hold a fast-a- 
thon and donate up to $1 for 
each reg istered person w ho 
commits to fasting.

"O u r record num b er w as 
2,500 pledges several years ago, 
and w e're hoping to break this 
record," said Lauren Jacobsen, 
M iddle Eastern Studies sopho­
more and outreach director for 
the organization.

J.C . D w yer, state p o licy co­
ordinator at Texas Food Bank 
N etw ork, said he favored the 
federal and state Leg islatu re 
m aking changes to alleviate the 
amount of hunger in Texas.

"It's too big of a problem for 
charity to deal w ith on its ow n," 
D w ye r said. "P e o p le need to 
call their congressm an. H ope­
fully, that w ill spur the change 
that is needed."

On the state level, D w yer said 
the food stamp program in Texas 
needs extensive reform to serve 
the needs of those in poverty.

"Fo o d stam ps are a fed er­
al benefit — all the state has to 
do is adm inister the program ," 
Dwyer-said. "F o r years, w e've

been underfunding and under- 
investing in the program ."

In 2005, the state decreased
the n u m b er o f s ta ff at the 
H e a lth and H u m a n S e r v ic ­
es C o m m issio n , w h ic h run s 
the food stam p program , and 
privatized the task of process­
ing applications and distribu t­
ing stamps.

"T h e s e b u s in e s s e s w e re 
charged w ith help ing people 
get food stam ps, but they cut 
corners w h erever they could 
to turn a p ro fit," D w ye r said. 
"P e o p le w e re n 't being w ell- 
served."

The center is now back in 
charge of the food stam p pro­
gram , but D w ye r said w ith a 
new staff and few old m em ­
bers, it could take the center a 
year to get up to speed.

"F o rty percent of a p p lic a ­
tions are not being processed 
on tim e," D w yer said. "H u n g ry 
fam ilies are having to w ait."

Som e soup kitchens in A u s­
tin are not served by the food 
bank, in clu d in g A n gel House 
Soup K itchen. D irecto r Frank 
Deutsch said the group receives 
enough donations despite the 
recession.

"W e 'r e h a vin g to p rep are 
more food," Deutsch said. "W e 
push 400 a d ay now w hereas 
five years ago, w e'd look at 200 
to 250 a day at the beginning of 
the m onth and 300 at the end."

D eutsch said that p o ve rty 
in Texas goes beyond the re­
cession and that the hom eless 
needed to be served, recession 
or not.

"P a rt of it is, w e in Am erica 
are such a m obile society, and 
people leave behind fam ilies 
and friends for jobs, and some­
times, there's an illness or a job 
interruption or w hatever, and 
there's no support group to fall 
back on," he said.

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Football player charged 
with assault at Gregory

By Bobby Longoria
Daily Texan Staff

A w arrant of arrest w as filed 
Thursday against K enny Vacca- 
ro, U T football backup safety, al­
leging that he punched a U T law 
student and com m itted an as­
sault w ith bo dily injury, a Class 
A misdemeanor.

According to the arrest affida­
vit, the incident between Vaccaro 
and U T law student Jonathan R. 
Fuhrm an occurred the night of 
Sept. 20 on the basketball courts 
of Gregory Gym nasium .

Vaccaro stated in the affidavit 
people w ere "g oofing aroun d" 
and throwing basketballs at one 
another, and he and Fuhrm an 
w ere "ta lk in g mess w ith each 
other."

In the affid avit, Vaccaro said 
Fu h rm an ackn o w led g ed that 
V acarro w as a footb all p la ye r 
and that Vaccaro w ould not hurt 
him.

A cco rd in g to Vaccaro state­
ment, Fuhrm an was on the court 
tryin g to start a fight. Vaccaro 
said Fuhrm an later got mad and 
threw a basketball at Vaccaro, 
striking him in the ear. Vaccaro 
then fought back and punched 
Fuhrm an in the face.

Fu hrm an said in the affid a­
v it that Vaccaro's team had lost 
a gam e and that th ey w o u ld

not leave the court to let anoth­
er team play. H e said Vaccaro 
and his friends started throwing 
basketballs at him and began to 
taunt him.

H e said Vaccaro threw a ball 
at him and struck him in the 
head, at w hich point Fuhrm an 
did the same to Vaccaro.

F u h rm a n s a id so m e o n e 
pushed him from behind, and 
then V accaro "d e ck e d [h im ] 
hard in the face and knocked 
[him ] dow n."

Fuhrm an suffered a cut upper 
lip and sw elling. Vaccaro's ear 
was red ahd tender to the touch, 
according to the affadavit.

So far this season, Vaccaro has 
played in all four games and has 
gained a total of nine tackles, six 
of w hich were solo.

Fu hrm an and Vaccaro w ere 
unable to provide comments by 
press time.

"W e 're aw are of the s itu a ­
tion w ith Kenny Vaccaro. W e've 
talked to K en ny and his fam ily 
and, pending the com pletion of 
the legal process, w ill do w hat's 
best for the U n ive rsity, K en ny 
and the team ," said head coach 
M ack Bro w n . "O n e th in g w e 
have really prided ourselves on 
in our program is our Vam ily at­
mosphere, and this w ill be han­
dled w ithin our fam ily."

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Freedom of speech 
laws under review 
by Supreme Court

By Mark Sherman

The Associated Press 

WASHINGTON — Suprem e 
Court justices indicated on Tues­
day that a federal law aimed at 
graphic videos of dog fights and 
other acts of animal cruelty goes 
too far in limiting free speech.

The court heard arguments on 
the Obama administration's ap­
peal to reinstate a 10-year-old law 
that bans the production and sale 
o f the videos. A federal appeals 
court struck down the law and in­
validated the conviction of Robert 
Stevens of Pittsville, Va., who was 
sentenced to three years in prison 
for videos he made of dog fights.

Several justices suggested that 
the law is too broad and could 
apply, for instance, to people who 
make films about hunting.

"Why not do a simpler thing?" 
Justice Stephen Breyer asked an 
administration lawyer. "Ask Con­
gress to write a statute that actual­
ly aims at the frightful things they 
were trying to prohibit."

But the lawyer, Deputy Solic­
itor General Neal Katyal, said 
Congress was careful to exempt 
hunting, educational, journalis­
tic and other depictions from the 
law. Katyal urged thr justices not 
to wipe away the law in its entire­
ty, but to allow courts to decide 
on a case-by-case basis.

When Congress passed the law 
in 1999, lawmakers were espe 
dally interested in limiting Inter­
net s,ill's of such \ id eos. The gov­
ernment said the videos virtually 
disappeared after the law took ef­
fect. Only three people have been 
prosecuted under the law.

Animal r i g h t s g r o u p s , includ­
ing the Humane Society of the 
United States and the A m eri­
can Sodety for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals, and 26 states 
have joined the administration in 
support of the law. The govern­
ment says videos showing ani­
mal cruelty should he treated like 
child- pornography, unentitled to 
any constitutional protection.

United States Suprem e Court justices pose for an informal group p hoto 
with President Barack Obam a and Vice President Joe Biden on Sept. 8 .

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After an attem pt to stabilize Jerusalem, Israeli bord er police officers react to the tear gas fired at Palestinian stone-throw ers d uring clashes 
at the Kalandia checkpoint betw een the W est Bank city of Ram allah and Jerusalem on Tuesday.

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Israelis intervene in Jerusalem

Arab states that have signed 
peace treaties with Israel, both 
had scathing criticism for Is­
rael. E gyp t's foreign minister, 
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said Mon­
day that A rabs and M uslim s 
"w ill never tolerate these Israeli 
measures in Jerusalem."

Som e A rab m ed ia rep o rts 
appeared to feed the tensions, 
with the Al-Jazeera satellite sta­
tion reporting at the start of the 
clashes that Jew ish "se ttle rs" 
tried to enter the disputed hill­
top com p lex and that po lice 
had put M uslim w orshippers 
"under siege."

By Am yTeibel

The Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israeli police 
mobilized reinforcements from 
across the country to secure vol­
atile Jerusalem on Tuesday, de­
ploying thousands of officers on 
city streets for fear that two days 
of minor clashes with Palestinian 
protesters would escalate.

By nightfall, no serious clash­
es had developed, and an Israe­
li Muslim leader was arrested on 
suspicion of sparking tensions.

Rumors that Jewish extremists 
planned to march on the most sa­
cred Muslim and Jewish shrine in 
the Holy Land apparently fueled 
the unrest in Jerusalem, the city 
at the heart of the ongoing Israe- 
li-Palestinian conflict.

No such march has taken place. 
But the low-level violence has in­
flamed political and religious pas­
sions, stoked breathless reports in 
the Israeli and Arab media and 
laid bare once again just how 
much of a tinderbox Jerusalem is.
Prime Minister Benjamin Ne­
tanyahu's office said Tuesday the 
Israeli leader was "following the 
events" and holding consulta­
tions with security officials.

Is ra e li p o lic e sp o k e sm a n

Micky Rosenfeld said thousands 
of police were called in to secure 
the city on Tuesday, describing 
the reinforcements as exception­
al. There were brief .clashes with 
stone-throw ing youth protest­
ers in an east Jerusalem neigh­
borhood and at a checkpoint out­
side the city, but no serious inju­
ries were reported.

The week-long Jewish holiday 
of Sukkot, which draws many 
Jewish visitors to Jerusalem, has 
been the backdrop for the recent 
unrest. On Tuesday, Israel agajjn 
accused Muslim leaders from the 
country's Arab minority of incit­
ing the disturbances.

Israel and the Palestinians both 
lay claim to Jerusalem, with Isra­
el insisting it will retain control of 
all of the city, including the east­
ern sector it captured and an­
nexed in 1967.

The Palestinians want east Je­
rusalem, with its major Jewish, 
Muslim and Christian holy sites, 
for their future capital. Like the 
rest of the international commu­
nity, they do not recognize the Is­
raeli annexation and regard the 
Jewish neighborhoods that ring 
east Jerusalem as settlem ents, 
which Israel does not.

"Israel is working on a dai­
ly basis to ludaize Jerusalem by 
building settlem ents, not per­
mitting [Palestinians] to build 
and by assaults on the Al-Aqsa 
mosque, like we see today," Pal­
estinian President Mahmoud Ab­
bas told Yemen's state-run televi­
sion on Monday.

Jerusalem's 220,000 Arabs and 
550,000 Jews live in an uneasy co­
existence that frequently leads to 
friction and occasionally erupts 
into outright violence.

Raed Salah, head of a militant 
branch of Israel's Islamic Move­
ment, told the Haaretz newspa­
per on Monday that the clash­
es would last as long as Israel's 
"occupation" of the city and the 
mosque continued.

"The m osque com pound is 
Muslim, Palestinian and Arab, 
and Israel has no rights to the 
m osqu e or e a st Je ru sa le m ," 
Salah said.

C>n Tuesday, Israeli police ar­
rested Salah for incitement, citing 
a "statements in recent days" that 
constituted "sedition." The cler­
ic has been arrested on numer­
ous occasions in the past on sim­
ilar charges.

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North Korea offers to resume 

m ultinational nuclear talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea — 
North Korea's leader is offering to 
return to multinational disarma­
ment talks in a renewed effort to 
draw Washington into one-on-one 
talks that the United States has yet 
to fully embrace.

Kim Jong D's offer, reported 
Tuesday by North Korean state 
media, reflects Pyongyang's desire 
for direct engagement with Wash­
ington. The Obama administration 
has said that might be possible but 
any talks should be part of the six- 
nation process aimed at ending the 
North's nuclear programs.

Kim told Chinese Premier Wen Ji- 
abao on Monday that the North "is 
willing to attend multilateral talks, 
including the six-party talks, de­
pending on the progress in its talks 
with the United States," China's 
Xinhua News Agency reported.

Obama reschedules Washington 

conference with Dalai Lama

WASHINGTON — A decision by 

Barack Obama to postpone his first 
meeting as president with the Da­
lai Lama is overshadowing a visit to 
Washington this week by the exiled 
spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists.
The Dalai Lama arrived Mon­
day in Washington and will be re­
ceived by prominent lawmakers 
and the U.S. coordinator for Ti­
bet. But the focus for many in Chi­
na, Tibet and the United States 
is the president's decision not to 
meet with the Dalai Lama until af­
ter Obama visits Chinese President 
Hu Jintao in Beijing in November.
This week's trip comes at a del­
icate time for a new U.S. adminis­
tration looking to improve relations 
with Beijing and win Chinese sup­
port for crucial foreign policy, eco­
nomic and environmental goals.

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if v o te rs ap p ro v e a p ro p o s itio n n ex t m o n th , T e x a s' h ig h e r e d u c a tio n 
la n d sc a p e w ill u n d o u b te d ly c h a n g e forev er. H ow it c h a n g e s an d w h at 
th o se c h a n g e s m ean fo r the s t a te 's u n iv e rs itie s and s tu d e n ts, h o w e v e r, 
is un clear.

O n Nov. 3, Texas v o ters w ill d ecid e w hether to am end the Texas C o n sti­
tu tion to allo w the estab lish m en t of m ore natio n al research , o r " tie r o n e ," 
u n iv e rsitie s in the state. G iv en the b ill's un an im o u s p assag e in the Texas 
H ou se and S e n ate and the fact that the seven u n iv e rsitie s the b ill n am es 
as p o s sib le fu tu re tier-o n e sch o o ls are located in areas h eav ily p o p u la t­
ed w ith v o te rs, it's s a fe to p re d ict that the p ro p o sitio n — w h ich w ill a l­
low sch oo ls to com p ete for n early $500 m illion in h ig h er e d u catio n funds 
— w ill pass.

T h e Texas L eg isla tu re 's ackn o w led g em en t o f the need to fund h ig h er e d ­
u cation in Texas is pro m ising — U T has seen first-h and the fiscal p roblem s 
that arise w h en a s ta te co m m its less and less to its u n iv e rsitie s. B ut the 
m eth od s and m o tiv es behind the cu rren t tier-o n e plan g iv e rise to sev e r­
al con cern s, startin g w ith the p ro cess of allocatin g funds to the sev en com ­
petin g un iv ersities.

T h e p ro p o s itio n lis ts se v e ra l c rite ria u n iv e rs itie s m u st m eet to q u a li­
fy fo r re ce iv in g the fu n d in g . T h e se in clu d e o ffe rin g 200 d o cto ral d eg rees 
per y e a r and h av in g an en d o w m e n t o f at least $400 m illio n . T h e se c rite ­
ria fav o r u n iv e rsitie s su ch as Texas Tech and th e U n iv e rsity o f H o u sto n , 
w h ich are m u ch c lo s e r to m e e tin g th e se b e n ch m a rk s th an o th e r sch o o ls 
su ch as th e U n iv e rsity o f T exas at San A n to n io and the U n iv e rsity o f T ex­
as at A rlin g to n .

A d d itio n ally , o n e o f the fu n d in g in cen tiv e s in clu d e s the s ta te 's p ro m ­
ise to m atch d o n atio n s o f $2 m illio n or m ore to the com p etin g u n iv ersities 
w h ile only m atch in g a p ortion of sm aller gifts. T h e U niversity o f Texas at 
E l Paso, fo r in stan ce, rarely receiv es gifts of that size, m akin g the rew ard s 
it w ill be e lig ib le to receiv e s ig n ifica n tly sm aller than o th er sch o o ls'.

W h ile u n iv e rsitie s su ch as T exas Tech certa in ly s h o u ld n 't be p u n ish ed 
for b ein g c lo se r to m eeting the b en ch m ark s, the con tin u ed n eglect o f Sou th 
T e x as and b o rd e r s ch o o ls is tro u b lin g . U T E P is the o n ly b o rd e r s ch o o l 
am o n g the sev e n e lig ib le for fu n d s, and no sch o o ls sou th o f U T -San A n ­
ton io m ake th e list. A s state S en . E lio t S h ap leig h , D -E l P aso, told the San 
A ntonio E xp ress-N ew s reg ard ing the lack of atte n tio n paid to the regions, 
"W h e n L u b b o ck has 60 Ph.D . p ro g ram s, and the 5 m illio n peop le w ho live 
in bord er cou n ties com bined h av e 50, that tells the story.''

C o n sid e rin g risin g tu ition c o s ts and in ad eq u ate state gran ts and fu n d ­
ing, stu d en ts have to w on d er if the fu n d s w ould b e b e tte r d irected tow ard 
a ttra ctin g and a ssistin g stu d en ts rath e r than research . U T P resid en t W il­
liam P ow ers m en tio n ed that "m o re research u n iv e rsitie s w ould o b v io u s­
ly ben efit the sta te ." But ig n orin g the em p h asis on a ttractin g top stu d en ts 
d o es n o th in g to create the stron g alu m ni bases so often asso ciated w ith the 
be st schools.

T h e id ea th a t top re se a rch ra n k in g s w ill a ttra c t s tu d e n ts is c e r ta in ly 
v alid , b u t it w o n 't m atter if stu d en ts c a n 't affo rd the sch o o ls in th e first
place.

T h e p ro p o sitio n leaves m any qu estio n s u n answ ered , in clu d in g w hether 
or n o t the sta te w ill keep its p ro m ise to fund ev ery in stitu tio n th at m eets 
the n ecessary criteria after the in itial m on ey is spent. B u t w hile U T w ould 
certain ly lik e to see increased state fu n d ing in the fu tu re as w ell, the L eg ­
islatu re's go al to p rovide m ore for up -an d -co m in g u n iv ersities is u ltim ate ­
ly a step in th e righ t d irection . A n atio n al research in stitu tio n in L u b bo ck 
w o u ld p ro v id e a great hub fo r h ig h er ed u catio n in the Texas p a n h a n d le 
and su rrou n d in g areas, and th e sam e could be said for El Paso. T h ey m ay 
ev en reliev e som e of the p ressu re on U T to facilitate a con stan tly in creas­
ing po p u latio n .

If these q u estio n s go un answ ered for too long, the b ill m ay d ev o lv e into 
a p roblem rath er than a solu tio n . But if the L eg islatu re keep s its p ro m ise 
to fund th ese in stitu tio n s, and if sch o o ls ensu re th at the m oney u ltim a te ­
ly goes tow ard fu rthering ed u catio n and stu d en t en rollm en t, the b ill m ay 
serve as a cataly st for increased em p h asis on Texas h ig h er ed u catio n . Pay 
attention to P ro p o sition 4, and on Nov. 3, cast a vo te fo r state p rog ress — 
lim ited as it m ay be — in fu n d ing h ig h er ed u cation.

— Jerem y B urchard f o r the editorial board

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Same-sex divorce constitutional?

By Anna Russo

Daily Texan Columnist

I'm con fu sed . A D allas ju d g e end s 
a sam e-sex m arriag e and the Young 
C o n s e rv a tiv e s o f T exas and T exas 
A tto rn e y G e n e ra l G reg A b b o tt are 
u p se t? I th o u g h t th at A b b o tt an d 
YC T w ou ld be e csta tic at the idea o f 
one few er sam e-sex cou p le th reaten ­
ing the in stitu tio n of m arriag e, and 
yet w hen a sam e-sex m arriage end s, 
th ey 're figh tin g to keep it alive?

O n T hursday, D istrict Ju d g e Tena 
C allah an granted a d iv orce to a gay 
D allas cou p le w h o m arried in M as­
sachu setts. A lm ost im m ediately, A b ­
bo tt in terv en ed in the d istrict cou rt 
proceedings, but C allahan disregard ­
ed his filing. In response to A b b o tt's 
in te rv e n tio n , C a lla h a n arg u ed th at 
the Texas C o n stitu tio n 's ban on gay 
m arriag e v io late s the e q u al p ro te c ­
tion clau se of the 14“ 1 A m endm ent.

S o o n a fte r C a lla h a n 's re s p o n s e , 
A b b o tt filed an a c ce le ra te d a p p e al 
sta tin g th a t h is o ffic e " w ill a p p e al 
the c o u rt's ru lin g to d efen d the tra ­
d itio n a l d efin itio n of m arriag e th at 
w as approved by Texas v o te rs." A b­
bo tt is referrin g to the con stitu tio n al 
am en d m en t p assed by v o ters in 2005 
that d efined m arriage as a union b e ­
tw een o n e m an and one w om an and 
p ro h ib its the reco g n ition o f any o th ­
er type o f un ion . T he d iv o rce filin g 
is c u rre n tly on h o ld u n til A b b o tt's 
appeal is review ed .

N ot su rp risin g ly , N ick P relo sk y , 
e xecu tiv e d irector for the U T b ran ch 
o f Y C T , to ld T h e D a ily T e x a n o n 
M o n d a y th a t th e g ro u p s u p p o r ts 
A b b o tt's appeal.

O b v io u sly , A b b o tt an d Y C T a re 
c o n c e rn e d th a t th e d is t r ic t c o u r t 
g ran tin g the gay c o u p le 's d iv orce is 
a reco gn ition o f their sam e-sex m a r­
ria g e . B u t a c u rr e n t c o d e m ay a l­
read y reco gn ize the m arriage.

T h e T exas F a m ily C o d e , o n th e 
m a tte r o f r e c o g n iz in g s a m e - s e x 
m arriage, seem s to co n trad ict itself. 
F irst, th e co d e s ta te s th a t th e " th e 
law o f this sta te a p p lies to p e rso n s 
m a rrie d e lse w h e re w h o are d o m i­
ciled in this s ta te ." T h is cou p le w as 
m arried in M assach u se tts, b u t th eir 
d o m icile is Texas. T his section o f the 
cod e say s th at a lth o u g h the c o u p le 
w as n o t m arried in T exas, the leg al 
protections and b en efits afford ed to 
c o u p le s m a rrie d in T e x a s are a lso 
e x te n d e d to c o u p le s m a rrie d o u t ­
sid e o f Texas.

B u t a n o th e r s e c tio n o f the s ta te 
fa m ily cod e p ro h ib its th e re c o g n i­
tio n o f any s a m e -s e x m a r ria g e or 
c iv il u n io n an d b a rs th e sta te and 
cities from exten d in g any legal p ro ­
te ctio n s and b e n e fits d eriv e d fro m 
these u n ion s. C allah an deem ed this 
sp ecific section u n co n stitu tio n al u n ­
der the 1 4 *h A m en d m en t.

So w hat section o f the fam ily cod e 
is righ t? Peter S ch u lte, the D allas a t­
torney w ho rep resents the m an w ho 
file d th e d iv o rc e , c la im s th a t th e 
cou p le also has the rig h t to d iv o rce 
u n d e r A rtic le IV, S e c tio n 1 o f th e 
U .S. C o n stitu tio n , w h ich states th at 
"fu ll faith and cred it sh a ll be g iv en 
in e a ch state to the p u b lic a c ts, re ­
c o rd s and ju d ic ia l p r o c e e d in g s o f 
e v e ry o th e r s ta te ." It a p p e a rs th a t 
this p art of the fed eral C o n stitu tio n 
s u p p o rts the fir s t p a rt o f the fa m i­

ly cod e, w h ich says th at law ap p lies 
to th ose w ho live in Texas b u t w ere 
m arried o u t o f state.

S h o u ld n 't Y C T an d A b b o tt su p ­
p o rt th e r e c o g n itio n o f th e sa m e - 
se x m a r ria g e from M a s s a c h u s e tts 
in T e x a s ? A r e n 't th e y s t r ic t c o n ­
s titu tio n a lis ts ? O r d o th e y sim p ly 
a m e n d th e C o n s t itu t io n — b e it 
sta te or fe d e ral — w h en th ey d o n 't 
a g re e w ith it? Is n 't th a t w h a t h a p ­
p en ed in 2005?

A bbo tt and the Y C T are so caugh t 
up w o rry in g ab o u t th e s ta te 's re c ­
o g n itio n o f th e sa m e -se x m a rria g e 
th ro u g h a u t h o r iz in g th e d iv o r c e 
th at they can n o t see how th is situ a ­
tion b en efits th eir cau se.

S c h u lte to ld T h e D a lla s M o r n ­
in g N e w s th a t th e s ta te " is o b v i­
o u s ly c o n f u s e d o r w o r r ie d th a t 
th e co u rt, b y g ra n tin g th is d iv o rce , 
w o u ld s o m e h o w o p e n th e f lo o d ­
g a t e s fo r s a m e - s e x m a r r ia g e s to 
o c c u r in th e sta te . A d iv o rc e c le a r­
ly e n d s a m a r ria g e ."

I c o u ld n 't h av e p u t it b e tte r m y ­
se lf. T h is d iv o rc e e n d s a m a rria g e 
a n d th u s e n f o r c e s law a s e s t a b ­
lished by p art of the fam ily cod e — 
and fu rth e rs the a g e n d a s o f p o liti­
cia n s su ch as A b b o tt and o rg a n iz a ­
tion s such as YCT.

T h e s t a te F a m ily C o d e c le a r ly 
c o n tr a d ic ts its e lf an d v io la te s th e 
U .S. C o n stitu tion . A s con stitu tio n al­
ists, A bb ott and Y C T should b e su p ­
p o rtin g the ju d g e's ruling.

P lu s, a sam e-sex d iv o rce is a point 

fo r their team .

Russo is a gove rnm ent a n d women's a n d gender 

studies senior.

The jumbotron should reflect UT

By Daniel Earriest

Daily Texan Columnist

L ik e m a n y s tu d e n ts at th e U n i­
v ersity , 1 h av e a tte n d e d n e a rly e v ­
e ry fo o t b a ll g a m e th a t h a s b e e n 
p la y e d a t D a r r e ll K R o y a l-T e x a s 
M e m o ria l S ta d iu m sin ce m y fre s h ­
m an year.

I h a v e w itn e s s e d a ll th e g r e a t 
p la y s , a ll the g r e a t m o m e n ts an d 
hav e e v en been arou nd to see som e 
d ra stic c h a n g e s in scen ery . B e g in ­
n in g in fall 2 0 0 7 , o u r b e lo v e d s ta ­
d iu m u n d e rw e n t m a n y m o d ific a ­
tion s, in clu d in g th e a d d itio n o f the 
" G o d z illa tr o n ," th e in s ta lla tio n o f 
a new p la y in g s u rfa c e an d an in ­
crease in seatin g capacity.

But b ein g the sp o iled T exas L o n g ­
ho rn fan that I am , I'v e re co g n iz e d 
in the la s t c o u p le o f h o m e g a m e s 
th a t th e re is s o m e th in g e ls e th a t 
can, and shou ld , ch an g e. P art of the 
e x c ite m e n t th a t a llo w s fa n s to in ­
te ra ct m o re w ith the team and th e 
gam e is the an im a tio n s and v id eo s 
th a t are p lay e d o n the ju m b o tro n . 
In this d ep artm en t, we are w ay p ast 
due for a m ajor facelift.

To start, the video that is played di­
rectly before the team enters the field is 
nothing more than juvenile. I know, I 
know. I am talking about a college-foot­
ball entrance video. But hear me out.

Fans pay a lot o f money, travel long 
distances and som etim es sit through 
unbearable heat to w atch their Long­
horns play football. The least the ath­
letic departm ent could do is make the 
entertainm ent aside from the gam e as 
excellent as the team .

T h e e n t r a n c e v id e o h a s b e e n 
s lig h tly a lte re d s in c e la s t year. In ­
stea d o f b e in g e le c tro c u te d by E arl 
C a m p b e ll and R ick y W illia m s , th e 
h a l f - s t u d e n t - a t h l e t e , h a l f - S u p e r 
B e v o (n o t P s y c h o B e v o , a lth o u g h 
th a t w o u ld b e p re tty fu n n y ) p la y ­
ers a re now la se re d b y th e n a tio n ­
al c h a m p io n s h ip trophy.

W h ile I s t ill g o a b s o lu te ly n u ts 
w h e n th e v id e o is p la y e d , it c o u ld 
b e m o r e p r o f e s s io n a lly d o n e . To 
q u o te a F a c e b o o k g r o u p form e*d 
la st y e a r in h o p e s o f m a k in g a n ew 
e n t r a n c e v id e o , "W e n e e d a v id ­
eo th a t s h o w c a s e s th e g r e a t h i s ­
to ry a n d t r a d it io n o f T e x a s f o o t ­
b a ll a n d th e U n iv e r s ity o f T e x a s 
as w e ll."

C a n you e v e n im a g in e how am - 
ped u p e v e r y o n e w o u ld g e t if the 
v id eo a ctu a lly re fle cte d the q u a lity 
of the U niversity, its h isto ry and its 
trad itio n s?

L ik e m y ro o m m ate said at the b e ­
g in n in g of the year, "P e o p le w o u ld 
b e ju m p in g o f f th e s ta d iu m th e y 
w o u ld be so e x c ite d ." W ell, n o t lit­
erally, b u t you know w h at I m ean .

In a d d itio n , th e a n im a tio n s d u r­
ing the gam e and slew o f " g r e a ts ," 
su c h as " G r e a t R u n " a n d " G r e a t 
P a s s ," are u n d e n ia b ly u n w o rth y of 
the fo otb all team and th e U n iv e rs i­
ty itself.

But how d o w e go a b o u t so lv in g 
this triv ia l p ro b lem , if w e can e v en 
call it that?

In v o lv in g s t u d e n t s in th e c r e ­
a tio n o f new v id e o s an d a n im a ­
tio n s w o u ld b e a g re a t w ay to not 
only im prove the q u a lity of the o n ­

scre e n e n te rta in m e n t at g am es, bu t 
a ls o to p ro v id e a w ay fo r th e U n i­
v e r s ity to u tiliz e its s tu d e n ts ' d i­
v e rse talen ts and ab ilities.

I p ro p o s e th a t fo r n e x t y e a r the 
a th le tic d e p a rtm e n t h o s t a c o m p e ­
titio n and allow stu d en ts to su bm it 
v id e o s for c o n sid era tio n as the p re­
g a m e teaser. T h e U n iv e rs ity cou ld 
a ls o e m p lo y the r a d io -te le v is io n - 
film d ep artm en t to create and draw 
s o m e n e w e r, b e tte r a n im a tio n s to 
b e p layed d u rin g the gam e. T he an ­
im a tio n q u a lity c a n b e im p ro v e d , 
and stu d en ts w ill h av e an o p p o rtu ­
n ity to p lay a larger role in the a th ­
le tic d ep artm en t.

H ow can w e get th is m u ch -n e e d ­
ed ch an g e? First, let the a th le tic d e ­
p a rtm e n t kn o w th at you are a p ro ­
p o n e n t o f c h a n g in g th e e n tr a n c e 
v id e o by sen d in g an e -m a il o r m a k ­
in g a p h o n e c a ll. N e x t, jo i n th e 
F a c e b o o k g r o u p a n d in v ite y o u r 
frie n d s. It is called "T ex a s F o o tb a ll- 
N ew E n tra n ce V id eo for 2 0 0 9 , YO U 
C A N H E L P !" T h e r e a re h e lp f u l 
lin k s on th e p a g e th a t sh o w b e tte r 
v e r s io n s o f w h a t th e v id e o c o u ld 
b e as w ell as lin k s to e -m a il fe e d ­
b a c k to the a th le tic d e p a rtm e n t and 
a p e titio n to sign.

T h e re a re m o re th a n 7 0 0 s ig n a ­
tu r e s o n th e p e titio n a lre a d y , b u t 
if s o m e th in g is g o in g to h a p p en , it 
n e e d s e v en m ore to get the a th le tic 
d e p a rtm e n t's atten tio n .

L ik e th e F a c e b o o k g r o u p s a y s , 
y o u c a n h e lp , so w h y n o t? I t 's a 
w in-w in.

Earnest is a finan ce senior.

 W e dn esda y, O c to b e r 7, 2009 

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Institute receives 
state funding for 
cancer research

By S h a b a b S id d iq u i

Daily Texan Staff

T h e first tw o g ra n t a p p li­
catio n s for state-fu n d ed can ­
cer research were released by 
the Cancer Prevention and Re­
search In stitu te of T exas and 
aim to expand preventive care.

The funding com es from a $3 
billion , d ecad e-lo ng initiativ e 
passed by Texas v oters in the 
2007 bond election. T he Lance 
A rm strong Foundation served 
as a lobbyist for the cam paign.

"T h e re 's no one in Texas or 
the world whose life hasn't been 
touched by cancer," said Doug 
U lm an, president and CEO of 
LIV ESTRO N G . "T h e se grants 
will have immediate impact by 
preventing, screening and treat­
ing cancer in m edically under­
served populations of Texas."

A lth o u g h the p ro p o s itio n 
passed two years ago, no m on­
ey had b een sp e cific a lly ap ­
propriated until this June, af­
ter the state legislature passed 
iw o bills giving the research in­
stitute $450 million for the next 
two years.

T hese initial g ran ts are fo ­
cused specifically on exp an d ­
ing preventive care m easures 
and require grant-receiving in­
stitutions to match the am ount 
of money appropriated.

"To show an im m ediate ben­
efit to the state of Texas, they 
will fund program s that great­
ly challenge the statu s quo for 
cancer prevention," said M ary 
Lou Adam s, a clinical nursing 
associate professor at UT. A d ­
am s also serves on the cancer 
p re v e n tio n in s titu te 's S c ie n ­
tific and P re v e n tio n A d v iso ­
ry Council as a m em ber of the 
A m erican Cancer A ssociation.
Adam s said many of the pre­
ventive m easures will focus on 
d etectin g breast, cerv ical and 
colon cancers at earlier stages.

The legislation also produc-

es e co n o m ic in cen tiv e s. T h e 
H ouse Research O rganization 
of the state Legislature released 
a study which indicated that the 
state, in 1998, paid m ore than 
$4.9 billion in the direct cost of 
cancer and alm ost double that 
amount in indirect costs.

T h e a p p r o p r ia te d f u n d ­
ing ranks as the second larg ­
est source of cancer funding be­
hind the N ational C an cer In ­
stitu te, w hich is an incen tiv e 
for renowned cancer research­
ers to com e to Texas during the 
struggling economic times. The 
study also says Texas has the in­
frastructure in place to support 
cancer research.

"[T h e legislation ] w orks to 
build around our state's assets 
and m ake Texas more of a cen ­
ter of cancer research than it al­
ready is," said Scott M erville, 
spokesm an for the U niversity 
of Texas M .D. A nd erson C an ­
cer C en ter. " It w ill h e lp re ­
searchers fill gaps in research 
that w o n 't be usually funded 
through other channels, and it 
helps all of us advance cancer 
research in gen eral."

A d a m s s a id th e fu n d in g 
is b a s e d o n p r o v id in g fo r 
" h ig h -im p a c t, h ig h -r is k r e ­
search in itia tiv e s" w hich o th ­
e rw ise w ould hav e been d if­
ficult to fund.

"A n y o n e th at can p ro v id e 
an in n o v ativ e idea for cancer 
research, [the institute] is like­
ly to accept their application," 
A d am s said . "T h is is a great 
thing for the state of Texas to 
have funds available for."

W hile the funding is only the 
first step , U lm an and A dam s 
said it will potentially change 
the lives of m any people.

"Today, we see the fruits of 
those labors, and it's a truly re­
w arding feeling," U lm an said. 
"T h e real w ork is beginn ing . 
This is what we fought for."

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B a llo o n s are re le a se d at th e S u san G. K o m e n F o u n d a tio n 's 13th a n n u a l Breast C a n ce r A w a re n e s s e v e n t at t h e C a p ito l o n T u e sd a y . T h e 159 b a l­

lo o n s re p re s e n te d th is year's e s tim a te d b re a st ca n ce r victim s.

Eric O u | Daily Texan Staff

Self-exams aid in early detection

m en 's W omen Involved in N ur­
turing, Giving, Sharing program , 
w hich arranges for her transpor­
tation, aids her through the diag­
nosis and treatm ent process and 
covers the m edical costs of ch e­
motherapy and radiation.

Through the program , Cam pos 
and other particip an ts take part 
in a S p a n ish -sp e a k in g su p p o rt 
group that m eets m onthly to dis­
cuss their fears about treatm ent 
and lives with cancer. The group 
provides support and fam iliarity 
to Spanish -speakers w ho w ould 
o th erw ise h av e to b attle a la n ­
guage barrier.

"It helps seeing a lot of younger 
survivors," Cam pos said. "I hope 
young women w ho get diagnosed 
keep fighting and survive this. I 
will definitely com e next year."

By V id u sh i Sh rim a li

D aily Texan Staff

Three years ago, M ichelle B y­
num believed she w as a healthy 
31-year-old w ith no risk of breast 
cancer.

Then one morning, she found a 
lump in her breast, which her doc­
tor quickly told her was nothing to 
worry about. As nearly two years 
passed with several misdiagnoses, 
Bynum discovered she had stage 4 
breast cancer, which is terminal.

Tuesday m orning, Bynum ad ­
dressed a group of cancer survi­
vors and victim s' fam ilies at the 
Su san G. K om en B reast C an cer 
Fou nd ation's 13th annual Breast 
C ancer A w areness kickoff at the 
Texas Capitol in hopes of helping 
to prevent another family from ex­
periencing her ordeal, she said.

" I d o n 't w ant to w aste my ca n ­
cer," Bynum said. " I d on't w ant 
another fam ily to have the trials 
and tribu lation s m y fam ily w ent 
th ro u gh ."

After a round of speakers, vol­
u n teers re le a se d 159 pink and 
w h ite b a llo o n s from the sou th 
steps of the state Capitol to repre­
sent the 159 lives of Central Texas 
w om en that researchers say will 
die from breast cancer this year.

Texas first lady A nita Perry, 
w ho d eliv ered the key no te ad-» 
d ress, p resented Bynum w ith a 
plaque from the governor's office.
Perry also encouraged the au-

dience to talk to friends and fam ­
ily m em bers about cancer screen­
in gs so that they cou ld p rev en t 
m any deaths.

their 20s and 30s should be getting 
clinical breast exam s every three 
years, and women above 40 should 
have mammograms every year.

"Every 13 minutes a woman dies 
from breast cancer, a wife, a friend, 
a grandmother, a niece, a mother, 
a life is lost because she didn't get 
early screenings," Perry said. "We 
are here to remember and pay trib­
ute to those wom en w hose lives 
w ere tragically cut short, but we 
k n o w it d o e s n 't 
have to be so. [As 
w o m e n ], w h e n 
fa c e d w ith any 
p r o b le m a lo n e , 
we are strong, but 
when together, we 
are a force of na­
ture."

P e r r y s p o k e 
a b o u t h e r h u s ­
b a n d 's d e c is io n 
to allo cate funds 
ov er the next d e­
c a d e to re lo ca te 
can cer experts to 
Texas fo research for a cure.

" It's vital that w om en fighting 
[can cer] hav e rep resen tatio n of 
governm ent and decision m akers 
across Texas and the nation," Per­
ry said. "It's heartening to know 
that fipding a cure for cancer is a 
priority in Texas."

Perry said that one out of eight 
w om en w ill be d iagnosed w ith 
breast cancer in her life. Women in

Friends Sarah Silva and M ari- 
bel Cam pos were diagnosed with 
breast cancer at an early stage and 
have a better chance of survival 
and longer life expectancy.

Silv a, w ho w as d iagnosed in 
2004 with stage 1 breast cancer, 
has attended the aw areness kick- 
o ff fo r th e p a st 
three years w ith 
her daughter A sh­
ley Flemandez.
" N o w , 

I hope young women 
who get diagnosed 
keep fighting . "

t h a t 
she's okay, w e're 
b e tte r, s tro n g e r 
as a family," H er­
nandez said.

— M a rib e l C a m p o s

Silva, w ho is a 

breast cancer 

aw areness activist

certified nurse 
aide supervisor 
at N ew H ope 
H ealth Care in 
.Austin, discov­
ered a lum p in 
her breast w hile conducting a 
routine self-breast examination. 
She e n co u ra g e d c o lle g e s tu ­
dents, who often aren't worried 
about cancer, to do self-breast 
exams monthly.

Through a translator, Cam pos 
said she also discovered a lump 
in her breast and w ent to the 
doctor. Uninsured, Cam pos be­
came a m em ber of Susan G. Ko-

ENERGY: Orbach 
highlights eight 
areas of focus

From page 1

chancellor of University of Cali­
fornia, Riverside, outlined eight 
major energy initiatives, focusing 
on carbon capturing, energy stor­
age and fuels from sunlight. In 
regard to carbon capturing, O r­
bach dted UT professor Gary Ro­
chelle as a preeminent leader in 
the field .and said it was the most 
important endeavor

Carbon capturing consists of 
extracting and separating the car­
bon from a source and then us­
ing it as energy. While scientists 
have developed, a way of captur­
ing carbon, Orbach said the cur­
rent process is too inefficient.

"If we can figure out how to 
capture carbon efficiently, then 
that's an export," he said. "When 
we get the cost dow n, we can 
demonstrate to the world how to 
do it."

Gregory Fenves, dean of the 
Cockrell School of Engineering, 
said Orbach brings the Universi­
ty leadership and experience in 
the field of energy.

"H e's an outstanding research­
er and understands the role of 
the University in developing re­
search and education programs," 
Fenves said, "here to pull togeth­
er the assets of the University and 
coordinate them better to grow."

O rbach said the role of the 
University and the involvement 
of the com m unity are "terribly 
important."

"The econom ic future of our 
city, state and nation depends 
on the viability of our energy re­
sources," O rbach said. "It gets 
difficult to make progress, but we 
have to make progress."

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E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com 
Phone: (512) 232-2210 

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NCAA SOCCER

Big 12 could 
attract top 
prospects in 
men’s soccer

Texans are forced to head out o f state if 
they want to play at the collegiate level

By Laken Litman
Daily Texan Staff

M any people are surprised when they discover 

that the Big 12 does not have m en's soccer.

Som e o f the m ost astounded and disappointed 
are high school ju niors and seniors looking to con­
tinue their soccer careers in college.

"M y senior year in high school, I had heard that 
The U niversity of Texas w as trying to get a m en's 
so ccer p rog ram , and I thou ght that w ould have 
been u n b eliev ab le," said C am eron Brow n, Dallas 
native, ex-Solar Soccer C lub m em ber and current 
star on the No. 2 N orth Carolina m en's soccer team. 
"A lm ost m y w hole club team said they'd definitely 
go [to UT] to play, but then the idea fold ed ."

Brown, w ho is o n e of the Tarheels' m ajor play- 
m ak e rs, is a p ro d u c t o f th e D a lla s -F o rt W orth 
a re a 's s e le c t s o c c e r p ro g ram s. T h e D a lla s-F o rt 
W orth m etro p lex is w ell-k now n th ro u g h ou t the 
n atio n 's soccer com m u nity as a hotbed for young 
soccer talent.

"Players from Texas are on a level above the rest," 
Brown said. "O bviously, there are exceptions from 
other states, but Texas definitely has the best m ajor­
ity, along with Florida and C alifornia."

Southern M ethod ist U niversity and Trinity are 
the only D ivision I m en 's soccer pro g ram s in the 
state of Texas, b u t there obviously a re n 't enough 
spots on the rosters for ev ery Texas player. SM U 
usu ally ran ks am o n g the top 20 in the N ational 
Soccer C oaches A ssociation of A m erica poll, and 
19 out of 29 players on the M ustangs' roster com e 
from Texas.

"A lot of the Texas and O klahom a schools could 
benefit from that," said Surna Napper, executive di­
rector of the C h am ber C lassic Soccer A lliance Inc. 
and Boys Prem ier League in Dallas. "T h e kids who 
are going to the Big 10 scho o ls or to C on feren ce 
USA to play for Tulsa and M em phis w ould proba­
bly much rather stay in the Big 12 area."

Brown said that Dallas and the state of Texas in 
general has club team s w ith coaches w ho teach a 
m ore "creativ e sty le of play with a m ore creative 
v isio n ." M ajor so ccer u n iv ersities, such as UN C, 
M aryland and W ake Forest are looking to add that 
to their p ro g ram s, w hich is why the top schools 
constantly look sou th for recruiting.

Because Texas prod uces a plethora of elite soc­
cer players, it would be easier on players and their 
fam ilies if the Big 12 had a m en's soccer program.

"A ll o f m y so n s got in to UT, b u t they d id n 't 
have soccer there so they d id n't stay," N apper said. 
"[T h e D allas soccer com m unity] has been pushing 
for Texas to have a m en's soccer program . It would 
just be great to get som e of these top notch players 
w ho are also top notch students. I m ean, that could 
do nothing but bring Texas up."

N a p p e r's sons played for the C o m ets and the 
Dallas Texans, tw o of the top boys' clu b team s in 
D allas. Now, th e y 're on sch o larsh ip s p layin g for 
H arvard, G eo rg etow n and N o rth w estern , team s 
consistently ranked in the top 25.

"[M y kids] w ould have stayed closer to hom e if 
they could, but they just d on 't have the luxury of 
playing for one o f the top program s in the nation 
anyw here near h o m e," N apper said. "A n d from a 
financial stan d p oin t, once the boys got recruited 
and got their scholarships, w hat we d id n 't take into 
account w as how m uch it costs for them to travel 
back and forth and for us to travel. All of the sud­
den that scholarship w asn't that w onderful. If they 
went to a Big 12 school, going to their gam es would 
only be a car ride away."

N apper said m any young men stay in Texas for 
financial reasons and play club ball at Big 12 schools

S O C C E R continues on page 8

Jeffrey A. Cam arati | UNC Athletic Com m unications

U NC midfielder Cam eron Brown darts dow n the 
field as he attentively controls the ball.

Longhorns establish true identity

Wednesday, October 7,2009

Quarterback Colt M cCoy avoids a sack as he looks to d o d ge a Texas Tech defensive lineman in the Longh orns revengeful win a few weeks ago.

Caleb M iller | Daily Texan file ph o to

McCoy empathizes with the enemy by sending positive messages their way

By Blake Hurtik
Daily Texan Staff 
C olt M cCoy has sent m ore sym ­
p ath etic text m essages this season 
than he would like.

The first was to O klahom a quar­
terb ack Sam B radford. T he latest 
w as a m essage to Tim Tebow after 
the Florida quarterback and fellow 
H eism an candidate suffered a con­
cussion on Sept. 26.

" I b a sic a lly told him the sam e 
th in g I told Sam : 'I'm pray in g for 
you. T hat was tough. H ope you re­
co v e r as q u ick as you c a n ,'" M c­
C oy said.

injury. H e's had tw o con cu ssio n s 
during his playing career. The first 
cam e while playing defense in high 
sch o ol and the second cam e in a 
2007 loss to K ansas State.

C o n cu ssio n s hav e been a p o in t 
o f d is c u s s io n th is s e a s o n s in c e 
T e b o w 'c in ju ry and a fte r T e x a s 
Tech quarterback Taylor Potts su f­
fered cu e .-aturday.

" It 's part of the g am e," M cC oy 
said. "F o r me, I realize I'm going get 
hit. I realize I'm going to be blin d ­
sided, so I w ork out all the tim e. I 
have my body in the best shape to 
be able to take those hits."

M cC o y cou ld relate to T ebow 's

A p lay er m u st pass a serie s of

tests to be cleared to play follo w ­
ing a concussion. Texas leaves that 
decision up to its training staff and 
head trainer K enny Boyd. D espite 
popular belief, the head coach has 
no say in the m atter. T h a t's fin e 
with Texas coach M ack Brown.

" I h av e a b s o lu te ly no in p u t," 

Brown said. "I d o n 't w ant it."

Identity search

E v e n th o u g h th e L o n g h o r n s 
don't have a clear-cut starter at tail­
back, Brown feels the team is start­
ing to estab lish an identity, e sp e ­
cially on defense.

T h a t's som ething Brow n puts a 

lot of stock into.

"W e d on't think unless you know 
w ho you are and w hat guys you 
need to fe a tu re th at yo u can d e ­
velop your offensive gam e plan or 
your defensive gam e p lan ," Brown 
said . " D e fe n s e h as g o tte n th ere 
faster and they u su ally do. T h ey 
have less things that they do."

O ffe n s iv e ly , B ro w n sa id T e x ­
as has a "th ro w in g em p h asis" but 
that the key is developing the run­
ning gam e.

"Y ou need to be able to identify

B A L L continues on page 8

Horns remain atop Texan’s Top 10 poll after week off

NCAA FOOTBALL

By Austin Talbert
Daily Texan Columnist

Excuse me while I celebrate.
SE C o ffic ia ls be d am n ed , I w ant 
to s h a r e th is m o m e n t w ith y o u , 
m y team m ates.

W hat is the event that is worth the 
risk of losing this issue by celebrating 
with my teamm ates — the readers — 
in front of thousands of our scream ­
ing fans — also the read ers — you 
ask?

We m ade it. We made it five weeks. 
W hile many of you no doubt trashed 
my poll, m y colum n and my intern 
who does the rankings, w e m ade it.

You said it cou ld n't be done, but 
thanks to the advanced sonar chips, 
p laced in yo u r stu d en t ID s by the 
Eyes of Texas, I have listened in to ev­
ery word uttered about my rankings.
"D id you see that albmo idiot from 
the Texan voted BYU No. 3 in his self- 
righteou s p o ll?" was the m ost com ­
mon thing that students nam ed Jere­
my scream ed in the West Mall.

A nother popular reaction: "W h at 
planet does C aptain Pale pull these 
rankings from ?"

M EN'S TENNIS

Texas

S t r e n g t h o f s c h e d u l e , 
sm ength of sm hedule. W hile 
the Longhorns were out hunting var­
m ints on their off-week, their already 
vanquished opponents were p u m p­
ing them selves full of steroids.

UTEP, which some called the weak­
est opponent on Texas' whole sched­
ule, now h as the sam e n u m ber of 
wins as O klahom a (two) in a stretch 
that has seen the M iners face three 
team s ranked in the Texan's Top 10 
this season.

T h eir win ov er H ou ston is leaps 
and bounds ahead of both of O klaho­
m a's wins, and M iner fans find sol­
ace in this — if they let m e vote for a 
com plete Top 25, and I had the p er­
siste n ce to stru g gle that far, U TEP 
would m ost definitely rank ahead of 
the Sooners.

Florida

If Tim Tebow suits up and

T O P 1 0 continues on page 8

Auburn's Terrell Zachary scores a touchdow n during the second half of the 
Tigers' 26-22 win over Tennessee Saturday.

W ade P ay n e Associated Press

From now on, instead of forcing me 
S om e o f you d arin g so u ls h a v e 
even labeled me a homer, an accusa- 
to listen to all of your conversations 
bon so ridiculous that I w on't w aste on cam pus, send you r hate m ail to 
an inch of this newsprint addressing, 

sports@dailytexanonline.com .

Texas struggles at ITA tournament

By Rishi Daulat
Daily Texan Staff 
It w as n o t the b est w eek 
fo r th e T exas p la y e rs w h o 
h ad to q u a lify fo r a s p o t 
in th e s in g le s m a in d ra w 
o f th e ITA A ll- A m e r ic a n 
C h am p io n sh ip s.

S e n io rs Jo n W iegand and 
R o o k S c h e l l e n b e r g b o t h 
w e n t o u t in the p re -q u a l- 
ify in g ro u n d o f 64 and a l­
t h o u g h fr e s h m a n V a s k o 
M la d e n o v d id m a k e th e 
q u a lify in g ro u n d , the B u l­
g arian fell on the third d ay 
o f th e c h a m p io n s h ip s to 
L o u isia n a L a fa y e tte 's P io tr 
Banas in three sets.

" H e ' s a g r e a t p l a y e r 
a n d is try in g h is h a r d e s t, 
b u t it 's g o in g to ta k e h im 
so m e tim e to ad ju st to e v ­
e r y th in g s in ce he is so far

aw ay from h o m e ," said as­
s is ta n t c o a c h R ic a r d o R u ­
b io of M ladenov.

J o s h Z a v a la w a s c o m ­
in g o ff an im p re s s iv e run 
to the fin als at the R acqu et 
C lu b C o lle g ia te In v ita tio n ­
al w h e re he to o k o u t ITA 
N o. 40 A nd rei D aescu and 
fo rc e d a th ird set a g a in s t 
ITA No. 22 Bruno Rosa.

But, the L o ngh orn sen io r 
c o u ld n 't c o n tin u e h is h o t 
streak as he su ffered a 6-4, 
6-4 d efe a t to U C L A 's N ick 
M eister in the early stag e s 
of qualifying.

" J o s h p la y e d g r e a t 
in 
M id la n d [d u rin g th e R a c ­
q u e t C lu b I n v it a t i o n a l ] ," 
R u b io said . "B u t he d id n 't 
have the b est w eek of p rac­
tice b efore the ITAs b ecau se 
he had to c a tch up w ith a

lot of sch o ol w ork, and that 
w as one of the reasons w'hv 
he d id n 't p la y very w ell in 
h is ITA m a tc h a g a in s t the 
kid from U C L A ."

M la d e n o v w ill h o p e to 
fare b e tte r in the q u alifyin g 
o f th e ITA d o u b le s d ra w 
w hen he team s up w ith ju ­
n io r Ed C o r r ie . B e c a u s e 
C o r r i e 's u s u a l d o u b l e s 
p a rtn e r , ITA N o. 4 7 K e l- 
len D a m ic o , d id n 't tra v e l 
to the to u rn am en t, the Tex­
as c o a c h e s are p a irin g the 
fre sh m a n an d ju n io r from 
E n g la n d t o g e t h e r to s e e 
how th e y w ill fare ag a in st 
so m e o f th e to p d o u b le s 
team s in the nation.

Z a v a la sh o u ld do m u ch 
b e tte r in th e d o u b le s p o r­
tio n o f th e ITA t o u r n a ­
m e n t a s h e an d D im ita r

Junior Ed Corrie looks to keep the rally g o in g in this week's 
ITA Cham pionships.

Tina H o gu e Daily Texan file photo

K u tr v o s k y fo rm th e ITA 
N o. 13 ranked d o u b les ta n ­
d em , and th eir ran k in g has 
earn ed the d uo a d irect spot 
into the m ain draw.

ITA No. 6 K u tro v sk y and 
ITA N o. 46 C o r r ie d o n o t 
h a v e to q u a lify fo r a sp o t 
in th e s in g le s m a in d raw

b e ca u se of th e ir h igh ran k ­
in gs, and b o th p lay e rs w ill 

have sin gles m atch es on e i­
ther T h u rsd ay or Friday.

T h e ITA A ll- A m e r ic a n 

C h a m p io n s h ip s are b ein g 
p lay ed in T u lsa, O kla. and 

w ill con clud e Sunday.

 8

Spi IK i s

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

SOCCER: Mens program not in immediate future “ L^ £ <(

From page 7

\w the state. Some are forced to 
<0 out of state to play soccer at 
smaller schools.

1 think what's happening is a 
lot of the boys who don't have 
the kind of grades to get into the 
Stanfords or the Ivys who need 
scholarship money are going to 
an Eastern Illinois or a smaller 
type ■'vhool Mapper said. "But, 
the\ re getting to play soccer. 
I know tor a fact from being in 
this business a? a parent and on 
the business side that those boys 
w o u ld defin ite ly rather stay 
around Texas.

The Big 12 does not have 
men s soccer because there 
aren't enough schools in the con­
ference who want it.

The Big 12 does not have 
men s soccer because neither 
of our governance groups have 
brought forward a motion for 
men s soccer to be added to the 
championship sports sponsored 
bv the conference," said Bob 
Burda. Big 12 assistant commis­
sioner. "If the school adminis­
trators were willing to put it for­
ward for consideration by our 
governance groups then w e'd 
definitely consider the addition 
But to date, there hasn't been a 
willingness to do that by any 
|Big 12] institution."

The biggest reason w'hv men s 
soccer has not gained much 
clout among Big 12 administra­
tors is because of the strength 
of the conference's football pro­
grams and Title IX which in re­
lation to collegiate sports, de­
mand? that men's and women's 
sports have an equal amount of 
scholarship opportunities

Because footbaL is such a 
nugt oar: or tne Big 12 there 
w ouid n * be enough scholar- 
smr*- ro~ m er s soccer ' Mapper 
saiw ' 1 mear loop, a: TG L Tr»e\ 
r a i l » : fa n r socae* nrograrr be- 
caus- tne’ wants.: m o K scnol—

break schools 

catching record

From page 7

something that you can do in 
the ru n n in g game, and then, 
you need h> get m isd ire ctio n 
off of it and you need to get 
play- action off of it ," B ro w n 
said. "W e need to be able to do 
w hat we do really good better 
than the other teams."

Shipley's big number

Texas receiver Jord an S h ip ­
ley has 36 catches through four 
games, putting him on pace to 
achieve som ething o n ly done 
once in school history before: 100 
catches in a season. w

Kwam e C avil is the only Long­
horn to do it, catching 100 passes 
in 1999 But it would be arguably 
more impressive if Shipley were 
able to reach triple digits.

C a v il w as the featured re­
ceive r in an offense that never 
used more than three receivers, 
w h ile Texas' offense in 2009 has 
a m inim um of three receivers. 
M o re o p tio n s u s u a lly m eans 
few er catches.

B u t to S h ip le y , stats d o n 't 

mean much.

"1 don't care as far as numbers 
or anything like that," Ship ley 
said. "A ll I want to catch is how ­
ever m any it takes for our team 
to be successful. I just want to 
catch it every time they throw it 
to me: that's my goal."

Colorado connection

Texas has had its fair share of 
ties w ith Colorado and has suc­
ceeded in recruiting players from 
the state.

C u r r e n t p la y e r s L a m a r r 
H o u sto n and N o la n Brewster, 
along w ith form er players Bo 
Scaife and Kasey Studdard are 
all from Colorado.

Brow n said it helps that Den­
ver is a direct flight out of A u s­
tin and that Texas games are reg­
ularly broadcast in the area.

'uniot Cameron Brown sprints down toe ' eld during No. 2 North Carolina's win over No. 12 Virginia last weekend. Brown scored the winning
goal with a header in the last minute of double overtime.

Je ffrty A. C a m a ra ti UNC A thlitiC C om m uf.irat'on',

compared to 100,000 people 

In the Big 12. and in other con­
ferences like the Big 10 and the 
ACC, the entire conference doe- 
not have to participau m all of 
the same sports For example 
A C C schools Georgia Tech M i­
ami and Rond.' State don't have 
men s soccer program? cut the 
rest of the schools do. Burda 
said that the Big 12 topically re­
quire? six scncvu? tr sponsor a

OBraerencE sport

récognitions so 1 think if you 
had both bo\ s and girls soc- 
cv: teams .ike at North C aro li­
na IN ive and Santa Clara, you 
n ou Id be able to build stronger 
».vve: programs Napper said.
.x . » g irl? p ro g ra m gets 
m crlcsaked because they don't 
e a bcN s program to com 
r e r . r t t: 1 think that's a rea- 
w ?\ some of the top girls 
c ; ~ • go there Instead th e y'll 
: 
*c N o tre D am e or San ta
C ara w “ ere there ? a bo vs and

Tvtt v otner - soccer programs

It - not that the Big 12 is

NSCAA Top 3 Ranked Schools with players from Texas

A k ro n

North
C a ro lin a

Anthony
Antfmpitakwong

M idfielder

Carrollton

Alex Dixon

Forw ard/
M idfielder

Mumble

David Ri\irigurz

[defender

Dallas

Stephen
McCarthy

M idfielder

Colleyville

Cameron Broum 

M idfielder

Garland

Sooth
Flo rid a

Kevin Olali

M idfielder/
Forward

Plano

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there is a very deep pool of male
"Know ing that [Texas] is a hot- 
5- , - ,r ... officials think hed of recruiting for other sports soccer talent in the state of Tex-
n-jd Pe a bust. It - simply a across the board, you could defi- as and in the Big 12 footprint in

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nitelv make the assumption that general," Burda said.

0 HORNS!

TOP 10: TCU, Iowa, Auburn 
emerge as possible contenders

From page 7

plays in Baton Rouge on Satur­
day, I can guarantee his head will 
hurt. Even if he is com pletely 
over his concussion, the whoop- 
ing of that many Cajuns and the 
alcohol content in the air inside 
Tiger Stadium is guaranteed to 
give any one a headache.

Luckily, Tigers coach Les Miles 
has discovered the cure all: a real­
ly tight cap.

3 Alabama

W h ile O le M iss may 
not he the team w e 
thought they were, .1 trip to Ox 
ford, M iss to face the Rebels 
will still be a good enough test 
for Hama W ho knows It Jevan 
Snead is hu kv enough to get an 
offensive line that protects him 
more than 10 percent ot the time 
O le M iss m ight even make a 
game of it.

TCU

The H o rn e d Fro g s 
brought the pain to cross 
metroplex 11\ al? s M l 

And unlike e\er\ other team m 
the rankings the Horned Frog? 
tlon t e\en need then helmets 

Freshman taimei B n x k s h e l 
h um us block sprung open a

punt return touchdown, and he 
d id it after losing his helmet. 
Other wannabe B C S busters be­
w are, the helm etless H orned 
Frogs are coming.

5 Boise State

T w o s t r a ig h t ro ad 
games on tap for the 
Broncos — at Tulsa and H aw aii 
— might be the toughest tests 
left for Boise State all year That 
or W A C foe and instate rival Ida­
ho who has started 4-1. might be 
for real.

W ho ever thought the Potato 
Bow l might decide the Bronco's 
bowl fate?

6 Cincinnati

The Bearcats have the 
weekend off but circle 
next Thursd.rs w hen Torn Fike 
and Co tra\ el to face Southern 
Florida m a game that w ill put 
one team in the driver s seat of 
the Big East.

The onh problem is that be­
ing m control of the Big Fast is 
like driving a l°Sc> Ford Festiva 
powerle?? insignificant and 

-o me time- flat out pathetic

Iowa

The H a w k e v e 

keep w in n in g

ìust
lu s t

don t make Saturday plans to 
w atch Io w a play, because the 
H aw keves are the living epito­
me of an ugly win.

LSU

8 

The darlings of the ear­
ly computer polls — the 
Tigers rank first in all of 
the released computer polls that 
factor into the BC S rankings — 
continue their trend of ridiculous 
final-minute wins that Les Miles 
seems to thrive on.

Too bad the SEC officials had 
to excessively help them get past 
Georgia.

Kansas

9 

T he Ja y h a w k s ' w in 
in E l Paso earlier this 
vear is looking stronger 
by the minute. A Big 12 
opener w ith Iowa State should 
be sim ple for a team that has 
already conquered the m ighty 
Miners of UTTP.

j p » Auburn

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Where are all the
Gene Chizik haters
now ? With the Tigers off to a 5-0 
start the SEC West is shaping up 
to w in the Big 12 South award — 
gi\ en bv me to the toughest divi- 
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

South Bronx-based 
environmentalist 
backs local business

By Molly Triece
Daily Texan Staff

One of the founders of a green 
business incubator in N ew York 
C ity's South Bronx gave a talk on 
how his organization w orks to 
cut down on pollution and pro­
mote the creation of environmen­
tal and community-based busi­
nesses.

The C ollege of C om m unica­
tion's Senior Fellows honors pro­
gram invited Om ar Freilla, a co­
founder of Green W orker Coop­
eratives, to speak to U T about his 
worker-owned organization.

Jo u rn a lism p rofessor R o b ­
ert Jensen said he invited Freil­
la to speak so members of the se­
nior fellow s program could be 
exposed to people who are doing 
interesting things in the world.

"Universities can be pretty dull 

places," Jensen said.

Freilla has previously worked 
as a transportation coordinator 
for the N ew York C ity Environ­
mental Justice Alliance and pro­
gram director for Sustainable 
South Bronx

"The South Bronx has been an 
easy target for d irty industry," 
Freilla said. "They don't get good 
reception from other places, and 
people of the South Bronx are less 
likely to oppose [them ]."

H e said high unem ploym ent 
and the promise of new jobs has 
allo w ed "d irty in d u strie s" to 
continue operating in the South 
Bronx despite their negative im ­
pact on the community. The city 
sends all of its sewage to factories 
in the area, polluting the air and 
congesting the streets with deliv­
ery trucks. Citizens of the Bronx 
suffer from asthma at six times

the national average because of 
these unclean business practices, 
Freilla said.

"W e 'v e all been fighting for 
clean air and safe places for kids 
to play," he said.

Green W orker C ooperatives 
works w ith entrepreneurs in the 
South Bronx com m unity to es­
tablish neighborhood businesses 
that reuse the waste that other in­
dustries create.

"W e 're creating businesses 
where ow ners are livin g in the 
com m unity," Freilla said. "Then 
they are a lot less likely to engage 
in business practices that are go­
ing to be offensive to neighbors."

He said one of the goals of the 
cooperative is to keep as much 
money in the community as pos­
sible. Friella's organization also 
prom otes worker-owned busi­
nesses. Worker-owned business­
es are owned equally by all em­
ployees. Em ployees decide how 
pay and benefits are distributed 
throughout the business.

"H o w can we expect to get de­
mocracy on a government level if 
we're not practicing it in our day- 
to-day lives?" he said.

ReBuilders Source is a worker- 
owned business that the cooper­
ative assists. Freilla said it dem ­
onstrates all the qualities of the 
green businesses he wants, the 
South Bronx to benefit from. The 
business offers free pick-up ser­
vice to any business or industry 
that has surplus m aterials and 
then sells them out of a w are­
house in the South Bronx.

"I'm amazed every time I go in 
there and w alk around because 
it's amazing the stuff that people 
throw away," he said.

H o l i d a y s e a s o n

By Jordan Haeger
Daily Texan Staff

U T had one of its greatest turn­
outs M onday at N ational N ight 
O ut, an annual event that pro­
motes neighborhood and campus 
safety.

The Oktoberfest-themed party 
in front of Gregory Gym nasium 
also promoted safe, responsible 
drinking, said U T PD Officer W il­
liam Pieper. He said more people 
came than in previous years.

In 2008, Austin ranked seventh 
in community participation for the 
event, out of 17 cities with popula­
tions of 300,000 or greater through­
out the country. Five other Texas 
cities made the list, including San 
Antonio, Arlington and Houston, 
making Texas the state w ith the 
highest participation, Pieper said.

"Based on today's party, w e'll be 
No. 1 again this year," Pieper said. 
"A lot of people in the community 
are engaged and concerned."

A t the party, students could en­
grave their valuables for free, try 
on beer goggles designed to repli­
cate the vision of intoxicated per­
sons and bowl or dunk a Parking 
and Transportation Services em­
ployee.

G overnm ent senior Jen n ifer 
M ontem ayor attended N ational 
N ight O ut for the first time. She 
said the event is im portant be­
cause it inform s students of U T 
safety policies and procedures.

U TPD Officer Roberto Gonzalez 
said the reason for the event was 
to make students aware of the ser­
vices U TPD provides.

Noah Pawliger, a representative for the Chabad World Headquarters, 
shows Gabrielle Castagno how to make a blessing on the etrog, 
hadas, aravah, and lulav to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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Officer Jeremy Bohannon and a fellow UTPD female officer simulate attacks on women and defense tech­
niques for students during the annual National Night Out at Gregory Gymnasium on Monday.

"It's part of our main motto — 
com m unity, service and excel­
lence," Gonzalez said.

U T P D holds the event to see 
what students need from the de­
partment, so it can be done to the 
best of its ability, Gonzalez said.

Austin Energy and the Austin 
Police Department also participat­
ed in National Night Out.

Carlos Cordova, a spokesman 
for Austin Energy, said the compa­
ny aims to promote efficient light-

ing practices and provides materi­
als for neighborhood parties.

"T h e sim plest and most cost- 
effective w ay to prevent crime is 
lighting, inside and outside," Cor­
dova said.

Austin residents w ho want to 
host a National Night O ut party in 
their neighborhoods can request 
materials or invite Austin police, 
Em ergency M edical Services or 
fire safety personnel to their party.
A ustin Energy has registered

350 parties for this year, a number 
that has not changed much in the 
past 10 years, Cordova said.

M onday's party was part of a 
week-long safety campaign at UT, 
which included a simulated D W I 
collision scene on Speedway Street 
and an opportunity for students to 
drive golf carts while wearing beer 
go ggle s

"A u stin is a fun place to live, 
and w e all want to m aintain that 
safe environment," Pieper said.

POLICE: Chief will make final decision, determine punishment

From page 1

unreasonable.

Sanders' waistband.

Sm ith exited the vehicle and 
m oved tow ard Q uintana, w ho 
fired two shots at him, hitting him 
once in the stomach.

In response to a request made 
by the c itiz e n 's re vie w panel, 
on C ity M anager M arc O ft se­
lected K e y p o in t G o ve rn m e n t 
Solutions on Aug. 21 to review 
A P D 's in te rn a l in v e stig a tio n 
into the shooting.

"W e found the investigation by 
Internal A ffairs to be biased to­
w ard it * in vo lved officers in a 
w ay which undermines the cred­
ibility of its investigation and the 
confidence which the departmerit 
and public have placed in them," 
according to Keypoint's report.

The investigation sought to de­
termine if Quintana and Siddiqui 
failed to activate their incident-re- 
cording equipm ent, if Q uintana 
failed to identify himself as an of­
ficer, if the tactics used by Quinta­
na, Siddiqui and Hitzelberg were 
deficient and if the force used 
against Sanders and Sm ith was

"There is one em ployee that 
we have an indication that they 
did have som ewhat of a partial 
attitude, and we are investigat­
ing exactly w hat the em ployee's 
role w as," Acevedo said. "B u t I 
w ant to make it really clear that 
it w as a supportive role, and it 
w as not a legal [role] in any of 
these inquiries."

Adam Loew y, the law yer rep­
resenting the Sanders fam ily in 
a law suit against Quintana, said 
A P D has a long history of making 
sure police shooting investigations 
"break in favor of the officer."

" I think that the evidence shows 
that Nate Sanders was asleep in 
the car and was shot in the back 
of the head, and if that's not ex­
cessive force, I am not quite sure 
what is," Loew y said. " I just hope 
that Chief Acevedo comes out and 
makes a decision about the disci­
pline sooner than later."

For their review, the group was 
given "thousands of pages and 
hundreds of photographic and 
video exhibits" that were com ­
piled from A PD 's internal affairs

investigation as well as the homi­
cide unit's investigation.

"You have this [investigation] 
spinning out of control, talking 
about bias, tactics, training, de­
cision-m aking — the real focus 
should be, did the suspect pull a 
w eapon on O fficer Q u in ta n a ?" 
said Wayne Vincent, Austin Police 
Association president. " I antici­
pate maybe the side issue of the 
video camera w ill be dealt w ith, 
but as far as the actual shooting 
incident, I suspect the officer w ill 
actually be cleared. He acted w ith­
in policy."

Acevedo said p u nitive action 
toward Quintana may encompass 
no punishment whatsoever, a cor­
rective or counseling m em oran­
dum, suspension or dismissal. H e 
said he w on't make his final de­
cision until Quintana has had an 
opportunity to discuss the matter 
w ith him and all questions are an­
swered.

According to A P D policy, offi­
cers must record all traffic stops, 
pedestrian stops, sobriety tests 
and pursuits. Officers must show 
re stra in t and be courteous to

persons, must explain their rea­
son for contact and must identi­
fy themselves.

Acevedo recognized the fa il­
ure of the officers' ability to turn 
on their cameras and said, "Those 
are the type of specific questions 
that need to be answered directly 
to me."

"M y job as the police chief is 
to rem ove the emotion from the 
equation and to rely on m y experi­
ence, m y training and the law pol­
icies and procedures, and that's 
what w e w ill do — that's our com­
mitment," Acevedo said.

C ity sp o k esw o m a n P a tr i­
cia Fraga said Acevedo has un­
til Nov. 7 to make a decision and 
that by civil law he makes the fi­
nal decision, w hich the city can­
not overrule.

"U n til the chief of police makes 
a decision, he doesn't w ant to be 
swayed or the public swayed un­
til he has time to review the inves­
tigation in fu ll to make his own 
decision," Fraga said. "The total 
findings and the conclusion w ill 
not be available until the final de­
cision is made."

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B a z a n 's con v ictio n s o f faith, 
o r lack th e re o f, h a v e a lw a y s 
been an integral part o f his m u­
sic. On his latest albu m , C u rse 
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peated references to "p oiso n ed 
fru it," "e n ch a n te d tre e " and a 
"fam ily interced ing" to save his 
soul. Specifically, the references 
to A dam of the Book of G en esis 
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" I think I'm ju st referrin g to 
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tw een m y se lf and A d a m ," B a­
zan said. "I'm kind of q u estio n ­
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the actio n s o f tw o p eop le w ho 
o sten sib ly existed ."

H e also said that the album 
title , C u rse Your B ra n ch es, is a 
paternal as w ell as religious ref­
erence.

" I d o n 't kn o w e x a c tly how 
to d escribe it, but I can say it's 
d e fin ite ly a b o u t the r e s p o n s i­
bility that paren ts hav e to their 
kid s, that a creator has to their 
creatio n s," B azan said. "I guess 
in th e ly ric 'a ll fa lle n le a v e s 
should curse their b ran ches for 
n o t lettin g them d ecid e w here 
th e y f a ll,' I th in k i t 's a p p r o ­
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ligious sy ste m ."

D e sp ite an e a rly b o u t o f a l­
co h o lism and his cu rren t p e r­
sp ective on religion, Bazan feels 
that the w orld is finally good to

him , and he has fou n d fu lfill­
m en t and an a p p re c ia tio n fo r 
his art and his life.

" I can't wait to get hom e," Ba­
zan said w ith a hearty chuckle. 
"I'm driving hom e in Seattle right 
now — I can 't wait to just hang 
out with my wife and kids."

H e paused briefly and heaved 

a satisfying sigh.

"You know, I'm feelin g great 

right now ."

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confusing world of sexuality is 
shroud ed in even m ore m ys­
tery when coupled with alcohol 
or other substances that impair 
judgment.

Darnel explained to me that the 
situation usually runs like this: he 
drinks heavily, flirts, clicks with one 
girl, asks her to come back to his 
place, she does and they have sex.

Were any of Daniel's experienc­

es consensual?

Did consent happen from the 
fact that these drunk girls got into 
a cars with him? Did consent come 
from their walking into his room?

Is consent really just given in 
retrospect when each party wakes 
up, looks the other person over 
and decides that the previous 
night was an OK decision?

In reality, none of these actions 

equate to legal consent.

M ore importantly, the Texas 
Penal Code protects both men 
and w om en w ho becom e vic­
tims of sexual assault and rape 
while under the influence of alco­
hol or other drugs. According to 
the Texas Penal Code subsection 
22.011, "A sexual assault is with­
out the consent of the other per­
son if ... the other person has not 
consented and the actor knows 
the other person is unconscious 
or physically unable to resist."

Furtherm ore, the Penal Code 
d efin es "effectiv e co n se n t" as 
"c o n s e n t by a p erso n leg ally 
authorized to act for the ow n­
er. Consent is not effective if ... 
given by a person w ho by rea­
son of youth, mental disease or 
defect or intoxication is known 
by the a cto r to be u n ab le to 
m ake reasonable decisions."

Trying to effectively separate 
sex and the drinking of alcohol is 
futile on a college campus. And 
sometimes people do indeed par­
ticipate in sex that is wanted and 
accepted equally by all partici­
pants while under the influence.

But it is also undeniable that 
sexual assault d oesn 't happen 
in a vacuum, and alcohol plays 
a crucial role in many sexual as­
sault cases.

Moreover, the apathy that per­
vades our peer group regarding 
sexual activity while under the 
influence is unacceptable.

I'm not here to harp on any­
one, but m aybe we should con­
sid er these situations w ith the 
gravity they deserve.

PUMPKIN: Shake 

competition has 

unlikely results

From page 12

W alkin g th ro u g h the s lid ­
ing glass doors was like w alk­
ing throu gh the threshold of 
a pum pkin cave. Insid e, aisles 
were filled with seasonal treats, 
ra n g in g from p u m p k in m alt 
balls to maple pumpkin spread. 
T h ere w ere enough pu m p k in 
item s to keep this colum n run­
n in g throu gh sp rin g break . I 
was on pumpkin overload.

Som ehow , I found m y way 
th ro u g h the a u tu m n a d o rn ­
m ents to the cafe counter to or­
der a pumpkin milkshake. Sev­
eral scoops of pum pkin gelato, 
m ade in-store according to the 
employee crafting the shake, are 
dropped into a blender. Milk is 
added splash by splash between 
blendings until the consistency is 
just right.

A sip of the shake was simulta­
neously disgusting and delicious. 
The extent to which it tasted like 
straight pumpkin innards blend­
ed with milk initiated somewhat 
of a gag reflex, but it was also 
strangely good.

But I was only able to handle 
a few sips spread over the drive 
hom e before dum ping the rest 
in m y sink. As hard as it is to be­
lieve, Central M arket's pum p­
kin m ilk sh ak e m ay h av e too 
m uch pumpkin.

In a way, th e co m p e titio n 
ends in a tie for me. Jack in the 
B ox's "P u m p k in Pie Shake" is 
d elicio u s, but also som ew h at 
s ic k e n in g . C e n tra l M a rk e t's 
p u m p k in m ilkshake w as nice 
for a sip, and certainly intrigu­
ing, but even harder to stom ­
ach in the long run. If you want 
your pumpkin in a pie, head to 
Jack in the Box. If you w ant to 
eat a m ilky pum pkin, head to 
the grocery store.

Relatedly, Sonic, w hich has 
offered a pum pkin pie shake in 
the past, has yet to add it to its 
drive-in menu. They declined to 
com m ent as to why.

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FOOD REVIEW

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Baker remembers beginnings

Nontraditional 
brownie flavors 
earn top reviews

By Layne Lynch
Daily Texan Staff

How does one rate 16 ladies? 
This isn't Miss America: this is 
a brownie tasting.

Even after the w orst break­
up, it would be im possible for 
one person to individually re­
view 16 types of brownies. Af­
ter I enlisted a panel of ad di­
tional palettes, some Daily Tex­
an staffers and 1 set out to sam ­
ple each variety of Mary Louise 
Butters Brownies.

The b ro w n ie s th e m se lv e s 
have personalities. Each "lad y ”
— yes. they have a gender — 
has a nam e and a description. 
Each brownie comes in a beau­
tifully w rapped, color-cod ed 
paper bodice. Some are blondes
— blondies to be precise — but 
most are brunettes.

As far as the culin ary arts 
have com e, con su m ers now 
expect innovation. W hen au ­
diences see chefs on television 
making catfish chocolate truf­
fles and bacon ice cream, they 
come to crave that creativity. In 
fact, they search for it. In this 
sam e regard, M ary L o u ise 's 
uniquely flavored brownies are 
her best.

The first brownie we tried, 
Hot Lips, better known as the 
habanero pepper brownie, was 
perhaps the best of the ev e­
ning. Bite into the brow n ie, 
give vourself fix e seconds and 
feel the tingle of spice. Both 
spicy and nonspicy food lovers 
will appreciate this brownie.

The next two brownies, Un­
cle Sam — patriotically colored

w ith blu eberries, cran b erries 
and w hite chocolate chips — 
and Zen, the crvstallized-ginger 
brownie, also ran out m front of 
the rest. The Zen brow nie real­
ly packs a punch of flavor, with 
the delicious cru n ch o f sugar 
and a hint of ginger that ties it 
together.

Finishing out the top ran k­
ings w ere S erio u sly S to u t (a 
d ark ale b ro w n ie), G rand L' 
O ra n g e (an o ra n g e liq u e u r 
brow nie), M arilyn (the pecan 
blondie) and M ighty M ick (the 
blueberry brownie).

T h e " l a d i e s " th a t wrere 
dubbed m erely av erag e w ere 
M e n tal Ju le p (m in t), D on n a 
(c h o co la te c h ip ), Ja n e (w a l­
n u t), Kona B uzz (h a z e ln u t), 
P eaC e (cran berry ), S an e Jan e 
(p l a in c h o c o l a t e w it h o u t 
n u ts) and M ad elin e (a vegan 
brow nie).

But lo o k in g o v e r th at list 
again, the thought 'Well, what 
d id you e x p e c t? ' c o m e s to 
m in d ; b ro w n ie s m ad e w ith 
plain ingredients and nuts are 
so em bedded in cu lin ary cu l­
ture that thev really can't blow 
the roof off anym ore w ithout 
som e extra punch thrown in.

O n e b ro w n ie in p a r tic u ­
lar that review ers agreed had 
room for im p ro v e m e n t w as 
T he A ztec G od, the ch ip o tle 
chile brownie. Perhaps the fact 
that we tried her after tasting 
the habanero brow nie did her 
an injustice.

In all, M ary Louise Butters 
Brownies, though som e are hit 
or miss, are worth testing.

Local brownie businesswoman 
chronicles h er early influences

By Layne Lynch
Daily Texan Staff

At local grocery store cou nters, a w om ­
an flirts w ith custom ers. S h e stares with 
her flapper-esqu e hairstyle, her beautiful 
w hite teeth, her p erfect jaw line and — oh 
yeah — her chocolate perfum e.

Enter M ary Louise Butters. Sitting in her 
sm all w areh ou se surrou nd ed by the aro­
ma o f h o m em ad e b ro w n ies, she d o esn 't 
look like the flirtatious illu stration on the 
packaging o f the fam ous confection.

As a teenager, Butters grew up on a farm 
in the Rio G rand e Valley. From childhood, 
food becam e im bedded in her life.

W hen one m eal w as done, the next was 
alread y in p lanning . C o n sta n tly p u lling 
out co o k b o o k s and recip es, B u tters was 
alw ays on the m ov e to cre ate som e cu li­
nary w ork of art.

" D u r in g th e s u m m e rs on th e fa rm , 
I w o u ld p ic k c u c u m b e r s ," s h e s a id . 
"W ith th o se c u c u m b e rs, I learn e d how 
to m a k e p ic k le s . It w as a ll a b o u t c a p ­
tu rin g the seaso n and c u ltiv a tin g w hat 
I h a d ."

In c o lle g e , B u tte r e n te r e d in to th e 
U n iv e rsity o f U tah as a b a lle t m ajor. She 
becam e a c la ssic a lly train ed b a lle rin a , a 
qu ilt m ak er and a fib er artist.

Sh e found tim e in her rig o ro u s tra in ­
ing s ch e d u le to d elv e in to o th e r v isu al 
arts. A fter g ra d u a tin g w ith a d e g re e in 
n u tritio n , B u tte rs e v e n tu a lly m ad e her 
w ay to A ustin.

A lo n g the p ath to s e lf-d isco v e ry , she 

en co u n tered the cocoa b ean .

"I m u st have ch eck ed o u t 500 p o u n d s 
o f b o o k s to s tu d y how to m a n ip u la te 
ch o c o la te ," B u tters said . "I started w ith 
a 9-b v -1 3 p an, som e g arag e sale stick e rs 
and a sto v e I had to clo se w ith a chair. I 
th o u g h t th at w as n o rm a l."

W h en h e r first sa le o f b ro w n ie s w as 
su c ce s sfu l, sh e b o u g h t a n o th e r 9 -b y -1 3 
pan.

A s w ith m ost c re a tiv e artists, B u tte rs' 
w o rk b ecam e her life. S h e to ok a ch an ce 
th a t it w o u ld e v e n tu a lly p ay o ff. Sh e 
sold h e r car and q u ilt fa b rics and risked 
lo sin g her hom e to fund h e r b u sin e ss.

"I kn ew it w as g o in g to be a jo u rn e y ," 
she said . " I kn ew I w a s n 't g o in g to go 
from 0 m p h to 60 m p h ."

E n tre p re n e u r M a ry L o u ise B u tte rs sta n d s in fro n t o f her fa m o u s B u tte rs' B ro w n ie s at her 
b ro w n ie fa c to ry in S o u th A u stin . H er sp e c ia ltie s can be p u rch a s e d at C entral M a rk e t an d 
at co ffe e sh o p s a ro u n d A u stin .

Jordy Wagoner | D aily Texan Staff

In the m id st o f B u tte rs' c re a tiv e jo u r­
ney, w ord re a c h e d th e F o o d N e tw o rk 
th at a lad y in A u s tin h ad b e e n b a k in g 
so m e d e lic io u s b a tc h e s o f b r o w n ie s . 
•The D een b ro th e rs, au th o rs of "R e c ip e s 
For "Die R o a d ," m ad e a trip to try the 
bro w n ies.

I w a s n 't re a d y . I o n ly h a d tw o 
w e e k s ," B u tters said . "H o w do you get 
ready fo r M o th er T eresa?"

T h e re st, as th e y say, is h isto ry . She 
w as in v ited to the S u n d an ce Film F e sti­
val, th e A cad em y A w ards and e v en tu a l­
ly m ad e her w ay back h o m e to A ustin.

"I cam e h o m e afte r tra v e l and d id n 't

w a n t to g e t o ff th e train o f c re a tiv ity ," 
sh e said . " I stop p ed b e lie v in g in lim its. 
I started from n o th in g . If I can do th a t, I 
can do a n y th in g ."

H e r o p tim is m e x p la in s h e r " c a u s e 
b ro w n ie s ." A p o rtio n of the p ro fits from 
th e s e b r o w n ie s g o to w a rd s o m e tim e s 
seem in g ly im p o ssib le solu tion s.

T h e "D o n n a " bro w n ie, fo r b reast c a n ­
cer aw aren ess, w as in sp ired by B u tte rs' 
g re a t g r a n d m o th e r 's b re a st c a n ce r s u r­
v iv a l in th e 1 9 2 0 s. H er g r e a t g r a n d fa ­
ther, th e e d ito r o f the H o u sto n P re ss at 
th e tim e, p u b lish e d a plea in the p u b li­
c a tio n c a llin g for fu n d s to h e lp p ay for

h er rad iatio n treatm en ts.

W ith th e fu n d s ra ise d , th e ra d ia tio n 
w as a su ccess. B u tte rs realizes the effect 
th is has had on h er life.

" I f he h a d n 't d o n e that, I w o u ld n 't be 

h e re ," she said .

H er p o sitiv e o u tlo o k is in fectio u s and 
c o m e s th ro u g h in h e r m o tto : "A lw a y s 
lo o k for the silv er lin in g ."

"Y ou get w h at you w ant w h en you fo ­
cu s on w o rk in g tow ard a so lu tio n ," she 
said .

M ary L ou ise B u tters B row n ies can be 
p u rch ased at C en tral M arket and coffee 
shops around Austin.

Drunk sex entangled in legal issues

Butters B row nie s th e creative c o n co c tio n of M ary L o u ise Butters, 
are h a n o -crafte d in a w iae variety of d a rin g flavors.

lordv Wagorwr Daily Texan Staff

Musician 
explores his 
own views 
on religion

David bazan discusses 
thoughts on philosophy 
and Biblical parallels

By Francisco M ann
Daily Texan Staff 
In chaos, there is hope.
Or, at least, that w hat David 

Bazan believes.

A m odern-day troubadour of 
the h ig h est calib er, Bazan got 
his start playing for the alterna­
tive rock band, Pedro the Lion, 
a group that w as both lauded 
and shunned for its sem i-C hris­
tian lyrics. It wasn't until later, in 
his solo electronic project H ead­
p hones and h is self-titled folk 
rock project, that Bazan began to 
question and explore his faith 

1 g u ess I'm a very cu rio u s 
d ude, and th ere w ere a lot of 
th in g s w ith in m y e x p e rie n c e 
with C h n s itia m ty that cau sed 
m e to sort of really sort of fig ­
ure out what I believe about these 
things. Bazan said "W hen 1 see 
som e C h ristian p eople around 
me siding with the religious right 
w in g co n se rv a tiv e a g e n d a , it 
would seem wrong to me, and I 
would try to figure out whv is it 
wrong, and I would just go to the 
Bible, naturally, to see what was 
right . ..I t w as a lot of work try­
ing to decide what my reasoning 
was, and eventually, I ended up 
in a different place."

A LBU M ontmues on page 11

Autumn treat shakes 
up pumpkin search

Jack in the Box was first. De­
spite the advert on the front 
door for som e sort of H allow­
een-themed bucket you can re­
ceive with a kid's m eal, there 
w asn't m uch to make the res­
taurant's normal grungy ambi­
ance any more seasonal.

The makmg of their "Pum p­
kin Pie S h a k e ," w hich each 
lucky customer gets to bear wit­
ness to, fit the general am bi­
ance. A glob of white, glue-like 
soft serve is dropped into a clear 
plastic cup, filling it halfway.

Next, a couple spurts of some 
sticky-looking orange goo is 
squirted on top, which is then 
sandwiched by another white 
glue glob. The three ingredi­
ents are blended into a light or­
ange shake and topped off with 
a sm all m ound of w hipped 
crearn and a cherry, which I de­
clined, because no gtxxi pump­
kin pie would ever be topped 
off with a cherry. Seasonal fla­
vor clash alert.

The shake made strides in this 
competition in the taste catego­
ry My first sip was basically my 
last I literally drank the whole 
thing w ithout rem oving the 
straw from my lips more than 
once or twice. Whatever magic 
chemicals are hidden in that or 
ange syrup worked wonders. I 
was drinking a liquid pie.

Satisfied but sick from my 
poor pacing of the chem ical 
injection, I headed to Central 
Market for round two.

When it comes to ambiance, 

the grocer wins at first sight.

PU M PKIN or t - jes on paqe 11

PUMP IT UP
By Ben W erm und

Editor 's Note: This is the third 
part in a series about society's au­
tumn obsession with pumpkin.

Marketing in stores and eat­
eries across the city seems to in­
dicate that fall is in full swing. 
Signs in browns, oranges, yel­
lows and reds decorate w in­
dow s, ad v ertisin g seasonal 
confections.

On m y alread y see m in g ­
ly never-ending quest to find 
just the right pumpkin fix, I've 
found myself receiving sugges- 
. tions from a variety of sourc­
es — concerned friends, fami­
ly members, teachers and ran­
dom classm ates have all o f­
fered tips.

But one item seemed to keep 
p o p p in g up: p u m p k in s lm k e s . 
Both Jack in the Box and HEB 
Central Market offer pumpkin 
shakes of some kind. It seemed 
an interesting com petition of 
sorts, so I set out to pit the two 
against each other

To make the competition fair, 
I judge them in a couple of cate­
gories the store's autumn ambi­
ance and the taste of the shakes.

By M ary Ling w all

Every so often I receive a ques­
tion about the effects of alcohol on 
sexual performance.

The concern about this topic is 
easy to understand, but I have al­
ways been hesitant to field it. My 
hesitation com es not only from the 
fact that the physical effects of alco­
hol are fairly obvious, but also be­
cause I think it is irresponsible of 
me to discuss under-the-influence 
sex without giving proper atten­
tion to the legal issues that are tan­
gled with such situations.

Physiologically, alco h ol affects 

different people in different ways.

A s w e a ll kn o w , e x c e s s iv e 
amounts of it can inhibit one's abil­
ity to actively participate in and 
enjoy sex.

A lcohol in creases v aso d ilata­
tion, the widening of blood vessels, 
all over the body (that is why some 
people get red in the face w hile 
drinking). Therefore, after heavy 
d rin k in g , the lik elih o od is d e ­
creased that som eone (regardless

Illustration by Carolynn Calabrese I D aily Texan Staft

of gender) can get enough blood 
flow directly to his or her genital 
area in order to prepare for inter­
course, by getting hard or achiev­
ing enough vaginal lubrication to 
prepare for penetration.

And while this could lead a per­
son to b eliev e that drunk sex is 
sim ply im possible, 1 think we all 
know from life experience that re­
ality tells a m uch different story: 
som e people are completely sexu­
ally ham strung by the consum p­
tion of alcohol, but m ost people 
are not.

In fact, the m ental im pairm ent 
that comes from alcohol intake of­
ten makes social and sexual situa­
tions easier because it decreases a 
person's inhibitions and can make 
a person feel more confident. And 
it is this mental im pairm ent and 
the legal issues introduced by it 
that makes me very reluctant to en-

courage people to think of sex and 
drinking as synergistic activities.

W hether or not a person can 
physically participate in sex or not, 
lurking in the back of my mind is 
the fact that sex under the influence 
is an extremely hazy legal ground.

For instance, a few months ago, 
a young male friend of m ine was 
d eep ly sh aken after one of his 
friends was accused of date rape.

My friend, le t's call him Dan­
iel, then asked m e how he could 
"m ake sure" he got a girl's consent 
for sex when in a party/drinking 
setting. 

.

Initially; the question seemed 
very stupid; if you are confused 
about consent, then you probably 
don't have it.

But after talking with Daniel for 
a while, I realized that the already

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