NEWS PAGE 6 Cap Metro makes its final budge proposal SPORTS PAGE 7 Wide receiver earns starting position back TOMORROWÕS WEATHER Low High 91 THE DAILY TEXAN Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar ÔYou made a woman meow?Õ Get two helpings of Meg Ryan at the Paramount Theatre with ÒSleepless in SeattleÓ at 7 p.m. and ÒWhen Harry met SallyÓ at 9:10 p.m. Tickets cost $9. DonÕt forget Friday at 4 p.m. is the cutoff to drop any courses without your deanÕs approval. Study abroadinformation fair More than 50 study abroad programs will be featured at a fair at the Gregory Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Today in history In 1892 The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. Campus watch I swear officer; these are mine 300 Block West 21st Street A UT police officer observed a non-UT subject sitting on a bicycle while looking at another bike. Several minutes later the officer saw the same subject attempting to ride away with both bicycles. During the investigation, the subject claimed that he had gotten too drunk the night before to safely ride his bike home. During a search of his backpack officers located several cutting tools, including a pair of bolt cutters. The subject claimed he used those tools at his job parking cars. The officers confiscated the bike and bolt cutters and issued the subject a criminal trespass warning. Inside In Opinion: Title IX has flaws, but has given females opportunities page 4 In Sports: Cowboys prepare for probable Superbowl run page 7 In Life&Arts: UT students make an iPhone app page 12 ÔÔ Quote to note Ò[A hurricane is] kind of like a party; people come, but if itÕs not the right mix of people or you run out of drinks it sucks, it never happens.Ó Ñ Anderson Price Business school graduate student LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Perry hosts honors for fallen Texas heroes Officer Jacob By Daniel Sanchez ther was a hero and didnÕt just die in vain or Rivera of the Daily Texan Staff anything. He was honored the way he should Houston Police Monica Mani held her 4-year-old son and his green monkey in her lap, pointing to the have been and that he was here.Ó The award was created in 2003 by the 78th Department plays gold star and certificate they had just re- Texas Legislature and was originally meant with Eydelmen ceived from Gov. Rick Perry. to honor select peace officers, firefighters Mani Jr. in The monkey is Eydelmen Mani Jr.Õs secu¥ and emergency medical first respondents. the Senate rity blanket, his mother said. Normally he leaves it in the car, but when the state of Tex¥as presented his family a Star of Texas Award honoring the passing of his father, police of- Amendments in 2005 and 2007, however, ex¥panded the honor to include all peace offi¥cers and federal law enforcement officers or special agents who were seriously injured or Chamber of the State Capitol after the Star of Texas award ficer Eydelmen Mani Sr., he felt compelled to killed in the line of duty in Texas. ceremony. bring it into the Capitol building with him. Perry thanked the families and coworkers ÒRick Perry is just another man to him,Ó for the sacrifices theyÕve made, and the dif- Mani said. ÒThis building, the history behind ference their loved ones, such as the elder it Ñ he doesnÕt understand any of that. What Tamir Kalifa I want him to know from that is that his fa- HERO continues on page 2 Daily Texan Staff Tuition aid Hermine pours through Austin plan facing budget cuts due to deficit By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff A business management senior, Alex Ferraro, will end his under¥graduate career at UT after col¥lecting more than $23,000 from the TEXAS Grant program, which fac¥es significant cuts in the next legis¥lative session. Without five years worth of grants, going to UT Ñ serving as a Student Government representa¥tive, ÒfindingÓ himself and decid¥ing to become a management con¥sultant Ñ wouldnÕt have been in the cards. Ferraro said that borrow¥ing much more in student loans would have sunk him and his fam¥ily in mounds of future debt. ÒI have no idea where I would have ended up,Ó he said. ÒThe grant has made a massive impact on my life.Ó This fall, UT awarded nearly $30 million in TEXAS Grants to more than 4,500 students like Ferraro, about 1,000 of whom are entering freshmen. The Toward EXcellence, Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff Access and Success Grant is tai¥ lored to needy, academically pre- Sucharit Katyal carries an Indian harmonium to safety from a vehicle buried beneath branches in his driveway while Ardan Kumar offers pared students whose families are only expected to contribute $4,000 toward the total cost of college. cover from Tropical Storm Hermine on Harris Park Avenue, one block north of the UT campus. By David Colby and Collin Eaton Hermine moved area before 10 a.m. Tues-that sent the most intense rain-In response to a directive in Daily Texan Staff quickly through day, according to the fall down the Interstate High- INSIDE: May from state leaders, the Tex-National Weather way 45 corridor, said NWS me-Sandals and sunglasses gave Central Texas after as Higher Education Coordinat¥way to umbrellas and rain boots drenching South Read on how the Service. Austin was teorologist Pat McDonald. ing Board proposed cutting 24,000 as the fashion items du jour Tues-Texas, where more Red Cross prepares spared the worst of ÒIt is good [for Austin] that for flash flooding TEXAS Grants for students across the tropical storm, it is moving so quickly during poured record-breaking rainfall rain had fallen on day as Tropical Storm Hermine than 7 inches of thanks to its high ON PAGE 6 totals onto the Austin area. the Corpus Christi speed and a trajectory HERMINE continues on page 6 PROGRAM continues on page 2 Rivals clash for good cause By Audrey White hosted the competition, increasing the number of Daily Texan Staff marching bands participating from six to 20. The halftime show of the Red River Rivalry game Bonnie Walsh, executive director of the ALSA this year will ring in a different key, as the Long-South Texas Chapter, said OU drove the program horn Band and the Pride of Oklahoma band com-last year and she is excited that UT will be taking pete to raise the most funds for the Amyotrophic part this year. Lateral Sclerosis Association. ÒWe are ecstatic about the opportunity of bring- The ALS Association offers services for those ing awareness to the country and region and at the plagued by ALS, commonly known as Lou Geh-sportsmanship of the bands at both of these schools rigÕs Disease, and funds research to find a cure for that have embraced not only the competition but the disease, which destroys communication be-the philanthropic effort of what weÕre doing,Ó tween the brain and muscles by killing motor neu¥rons. This is the second year the association has GEHRIGÕS continues on page 2 Shereen Ayub | Daily Texan Staff Cmdr. Marci Gonzales and Lt. David Ortiz of the Austin Police Department follow up on a question over future safety measures. APD holds public forum on surveillance cameras By Aziza Musa tes attended the Austin Police De-Daily Texan Staff partmentÕs public forum Tuesday to When neighborhood activist Lo-learn more about the installation of rie Renteria first heard about sur-the cameras in the city. The forumÕs veillance cameras, she knew her purpose was to educate the people community needed them. living in the area about the camer- Renteria, who chairs the East Ce-as that police hope will reduce crime sar Chavez neighborhood associa-rates. tionÕs crime and safety committee, Police estimated that downtown said her neighborhood has had sur-Austin will have about 25 cameras, veillance in the past because of high spanning from 5th to 7th streets and crime rates, but the community no from San Jacinto Street to Interstate longer has the added security. Illustration by Veronica Rosalez| Daily Texan Staff She and nearly 20 other Austini-FORUM continues on page 2 2 NEWS Wednesday, September 8, 2010 6 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 63 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Sean Beherec (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News O¥ce: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAYÕS WEATHER Low High 86 75 BROKEN UMBRELLAS! GEHRIGÕS: Competitive spirits fuel search for cure From page 2 sign up on the website to start ÒWeÕre such a well-known ert Carnochan said the friend¥ collecting money as individ-organization, so why not par-ly spirit of the competition will Walsh said. uals or by sections. All mon-ticipate in such a great cause?Ó hopefully spur more donations According to the ALS Asso-ey is tallied by each band, and Masole said. ÒWe have so many and add a new purpose to the ciation website, the UT fund-both bandsÕ fundraising efforts students with so many con-classic rivalry. raising goal is $45,000 and the will support the South Texas nections that do so many great ÒItÕs definitely a competition OU goal is $30,000. The bands chapter of the ALS Association. things and we have an opportu-in terms of one school wanting will announce the winner at Most students are using Face-nity to really get out there and to raise more money than the the UT-OU game on Oct. 2. At book to encourage friends and raise money for the South Tex-other, but teaming up will help press time, UT had collected family to donate to the project, as chapter of the ALSA. This is everyone involved, and the $10,476, while OU had collect-said Nicole Masole, the Long-a great thing for us and for the most important goal is helping ed $1,247. horn Band clarinet section program weÕre working for.Ó ALS raise more money,Ó Car- Students in each band can leader. Marching band director Rob-nochan said. FORUM: Residential windows, doors cannot be recorded ÒItÕs just a trend,Ó said APD Lt. of the police station, we could read an immobile pair of eyeballs?Ó From page 2 Pat Cochran. ÒItÕll pop back up.Ó license plates at the WendyÕs drive-Renteria said. ÒI know they are Highway 35. Up to five cameras The cameras will be funded by through across the highway,Ó Co-controversial, but itÕs something will be installed near the Rundberg a grant of $350,000 and a donation chran said. ÒWe could also get the that we need.Ó Lane and I-35 interchange. of $250,000 from the Downtown basic description of a person.Ó APD still needs City CouncilÕs APD Officer Ryan Huling said Austin Alliance. In response to the privacy con-approval of the departmentÕs use the department was looking to The cameras will stay on contin-cerns of some citizens, APD offi-of funds for the cameras before crack down on prostitution and uously, wirelessly transmiting im-cers said the cameras cannot re-they can move forward. Still, they robberies along the Runberg ob-ages to police headquarters. The cord anything above the street lev-expect to install the first cameras at servation corridor and aggravated surveillence footage will be auto-el and will be able to block out res-the beginning of 2011. assaults in downtown. matically deleted after seven days idential windows and doors from ÒFrom any indiction that we The data presented at the forum, unless an officer stores it for inves-the footage. have, when youÕre using overt however, showed rates of aggra-tigative purposes. ÒGiven the choice, for people cameras with big signs, it really vated assault and property crimes, Images from the cameras will that donÕt like police presence, cuts down crime in the area,Ó Co¥such as residence and auto thefts, provide a clear picture even thought would you rather have officers chran said. ÒItÕs more of a force dropped from September 2009 to they arenÕt high definition. with guns patrolling the streets or multiplier for the police depart-September 2010. ÒWhen we were testing it on top could you compromise and have ment, if anything.Ó HERO: Friends, family reflect on officerÕs enduring memory From page 2 Tuesday, including fellow Hous¥ton police officer Henry Canales Mani, made through their passing and Abilene police officer Rodneyor injury. Tomlinson Holder. ÒThatÕs what first respondents Mani died in May in a car acci¥do,Ó Perry said. ÒGive back birth¥dent while on duty, his wife said. days. Give back graduations. Give James Lowery was the elder back Christmas mornings while ManiÕs partner at the Houston Po¥putting their own lives at risk. lice Department. He said he nev-They make a difference in the pur¥er thought an incident like this est sense.Ó would ever occur. Mani was among three Texas Ò[When I heard the news] I went police officers who were honored straight to the hospital,Ó Lowery said. ÒI sat there all night and half the day. He didnÕt pull through. ItÕs real sad.Ó Lowery said Mani was always talking about his son Ñ he was a true family man. Through tears, Monica Mani said her husband was a mild-mannered man. ÒHe loved his son more than anything,Ó she said. ÒHe loved his job, representing HPD and at home, he enjoyed watching mov¥ies and the Houston Rockets.Ó He would run around with his son, playing tag and hide-and-go¥seek. TheyÕd box together, watch cartoons and play Wii, she said. But since her son is still too young to fully comprehend the ceremony, Monica Mani said she just wants one thing. ÒI just want to make sure that my son knows that his father is a hero,Ó she said. UT government professor dies after falling down staircase A UT government professor died after falling down the stairs at his home Monday night. Melvin Hinich, the Mike Hogg Professor of Local Government, started teaching at UT in 1982. He earned both his bachelorÕs and masterÕs degrees in mathematics at the Carnegie Institute of Tech¥nology and earned his doctorate in statistics at Stanford University. Gary Freeman, chair of the gov¥ernment department, said Hin¥ich was unusual as a colleague be¥cause he was so distinguished. ÒHe had an international repu¥tation as an economist, a statisti¥cian and a political scientist,Ó Free¥man said. Hinich would have taught two small classes this semester. Both have been canceled, Freeman said. Freeman said he delivered the news of HinichÕs death to a class¥room full of students who were ready to turn in a written as¥signment. In the last few years of his life, HinichÕs passion was to teach undergraduates and he taught smaller courses with sig¥nificant writing components to get to know the students more, Free¥man said. As a teacher, Hinich had a pe¥culiar method of teaching that did not connect with every student, but many still thoroughly enjoyed his classes, Freeman said. PROGRAM: Many qualified students unable to receive any grant monies From page 2 academic year to eligible students, Houston, said the state leadership and the University was allocat-hasnÕt been interested in provid¥the state Ñ what amounts to 10 ed about $6.8 million in TEXAS ing the money to adequately fund percent of their budget for the Grant money this year, said Tom the grant program, especially con¥2012-2013 biennium. Melecki, director of UTÕs Office of sidering that they would have to Spokesman Andy Kesling said Student Financial Services. provide for new students as well the coordinating board wants ÒThe long and the short of it is as students who have been in the to preserve as much money for that we need more, not less, TEX-program. needy students as possible be-AS Grant dollars if we are going After tuition deregulation, cause itÕs in their best interest in to keep UT and other Texas colleg-the price of higher education in¥the state of Texas. Kesling said creased across the state, Hochberg the coordinating board wanted to said. And the cost for the state of avoid dropping any programs en-just keeping even with demand tirely and considered how all cuts for subsidized higher education is would affect needier students. We hope that the very expensive. ÒWe hope that the Legislature ÒWe made a huge increase in Legislature will will preserve as much as possible the program this year to get back ÔÔ of [the grant program] because fu-preserve as much as up to half of the eligible kids get¥ture generations of Texans depend possible.Óting the grant,Ó he said. ÒBut now on it,Ó he said. it sounds like some of that is go-The state Legislature created Ñ Andy Kesling ing to be undone by the gover¥the grant in 1999 and provided the norÕs action in holding back that Spokesman program with $20 million in 2000-grant money.Ó 2001. Over the years, the Legisla-State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D¥ture expanded the program signif-Houston, who wrote the TEXAS icantly, providing $614 million this Grant bill, said the proposed cuts fall, a 43-percent increase over the es and universities affordable for would devastate students already previous year. needy students from low-income struggling with the high price tag Yet there are still hundreds families,Ó Melecki said. of higher education. Ellis said stu¥more qualified students than the Melecki said about 26 grants dents will need to make the cuts program can afford. may become available after the an issue in the upcoming elec- At UT, about 890 out of 1,900 12th class day for qualified stu-tions and during the next legisla¥qualified students couldnÕt get the dents as others decide to not at-tive session. grant. The higher education board tend UT. ÒSilence isnÕt an option Ñ requires UT to provide $6,780 per State Rep. Scott Hochberg, D-thereÕs just too much at stake.Ó Wire Editor: Nolan Hicks WORLD&NATION www.dailytexanonline.com Wednesday, September 8, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN US readies new Afghan offensive By Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers ASHEQUE, Afghanistan Ñ Zhari, the birthplace of the Tal¥iban movement and a major stronghold of the Taliban insur¥gency, looks set to become a bat¥tle zone where 2,400 U.S. troops will lead an attempt to reclaim the region for the Afghan govern¥ment. Zhari district is the last ma¥jor piece in the slow-moving, be¥hind-schedule military operation to repel the insurgency from Kan¥dahar province and safeguard the city of Kandahar, the second¥largest city in Afghanistan, to the east. Mullah Mohammad Omar founded the militant Islamic Tal¥iban movement in Zhari and in 1994 led an uprising against feud¥ing warlords who were setting up roadblocks, robbing travelers at gunpoint and molesting children. The Taliban first secured Zhari, where Mullah Omar ran a sem¥inary in the village of Singesar, and the part of National High¥way 1 that passes through the area, and went on to conquer much of the country over the next two years. The Taliban abandoned Zhari in the face of the U.S.-led inva¥sion in 2001, but they made a re¥turn in 2006 Ñ establishing an administrative structure, includ¥ing tax collection and courts. ÒThis area is the TalibanÕs Wash¥ington D.C,Ó said Lt. Col. Johnny Davis, the commander of one of the three fighting battalions of the 101st Airborne Division that were deployed to Zhari in May. He noted that until this sum¥mer, the U.S.-led international force hadnÕt made Kandahar a priority, devoting its resources in¥stead to adjacent Helmand prov¥ince. ÒThe required concentration of coalition forces has not been here, but the concentration of Taliban is just as high as Helmand,Ó said Davis, the commander of the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regi¥ment. For much of the time since 2006, a Canadian company fought a losing battle to clear the Tali¥ban out of Zhari. Today, the 101st AirborneÕs battalions provide a strength of 2,400 soldiers there. The insurgents are holed up in a 25-mile sliver of lush farm¥land south of the highway thatÕs known to the U.S. military as the Ògreen zone,Ó where trees and fields of grapes and pomegran¥ates provide excellent protection. The terrain is ideal for guer¥rilla warfare. A network of irri¥gation canals crisscrosses it and grape fields are laid out on earth¥en mounds 3 feet or more high Ñ a unique feature of the area built to keep the fruit off the ground Ñ grape storage huts with 2-foot¥thick mud walls have withstood 500-pound bombs. ÒThese grape fields are agrari¥an trench lines. This is not Napa Valley,Ó said Capt. Dan Luckett, the executive officer at combat outpost Asheque, which is inside the Zhari farm belt, surrounded by Taliban-held villages. American forces think there Women candidates face Taliban threats By Laura King Los Angeles Times KABUL, Afghanistan Ñ Five years ago, when Afghanistan was last preparing to hold parliamen¥tary elections, Rahela Alamsha¥hi would sometimes hop into her car and drive herself to campaign events in her home province. This time around, the 41-year-old parliamentary candidate has made only a few clandestine trips to meet with supporters. Out on the cam¥paign trail, such as it is, she wears an all-enveloping burka and sits in the back seat of the car. ÒThese are brutal times,Ó said Alamshahi, a mother of two politically engaged, fears are grow¥ing that the hard-fought gains they won in recent years will be reversed if the government and the Islamist insurgents strike a deal. ÒMore than ever now, we must be part of the political process,Ó said Shahla Rahimy, a 27-year-old can¥didate from a village on the edge of Kabul. ÒWhen people say, ÔPar¥liament is not a place for women,Õ I want to stand up and show them they are wrong.Ó In the current climate of fear, many female candidates are settling for what they call proxy campaign¥ing: sending surrogates to meet with their backers, mak¥ing endless rounds are signs that the Taliban donÕt have popular support. Residents of many villages abandoned their homes because of the Tali¥ban presence. Poorer ones moved just north of Highway 1 to make¥shift new communities, while the wealthier ones moved to Kanda¥har city. ÒI was surprised that people were afraid of the Taliban here. I had expected a lot of hard-core support. People want to move back to their homes,Ó said Capt. Brant Auge, the commander of the outpost at Asheque. ÒWeÕre trying to stress to the people that this (coalition mili¥tary presence) is not something theyÕve seen for the last nine years,Ó said Auge, a 30-year-old from Ocean Springs, Miss. ÒWeÕre trying to create a bubble, hold down the Taliban long enough to allow the local security forces to be in a position to take over.Ó with warm brown of telephone calls to eyes and an easy, voters, working out open demeanor. of homes in relative- The government has ÒThe government ly safe areas, such as surrendered to the has surrendered Kabul. to the Taliban.Ó ÔÔTaliban.Ó Only about one- Not since the third of the countryÕs five-year reign Ñ Rahela Alamshahi provinces are con¥of the Taliban, Candidate for Parliament sidered adequately which ended in secure for voting, by 2001, have female election observersÕ candidates faced such intense political intimidation, the women say. Even in Kabul, the capital, where campaign posters showing wom¥enÕs faces are tolerated, the elector¥al placards are sometimes defaced with marks and slashes. But in vil¥lages where the Taliban is active, campaign workers are often too frightened to put them up. Female candidates and their sup¥porters receive a stream of threaten¥ing phone calls. Large campaign ral¥lies are almost unheard of, because voters and office-seekers alike fear suicide bombings. Terrified fami¥ly members sometimes plead with would-be lawmakers to drop out of the race, and some have heeded the call. At a time when Afghan women believe it is crucial for them to be reckoning. Elector¥al officials have already announced that at least 938 of the planned 6,835 polling centers will not be used be¥cause they would be unsafe. Almost every day brings new setbacks. On Aug. 26, armed men kidnapped a group of 10 cam¥paign workers, all friends and rel¥atives of candidate Fawzia Galani, as they were traveling in Herat province, in the west of Afghani¥stan. Five were later found dead; the rest were released. Galani, as she awaited word of their fate, was distraught, but de¥termined to continue with her run for parliament. ÒWe arenÕt going to retreat,Ó she said. ÒEven with all these terrible problems, we believe in our aims, and we must do our best to achieve them.Ó Wednesday, September 8, 2010 4 OPINION THE DAILY TEXAN Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob Doug Luippold Dave Player OVERVIEW GALLERY The triumphs of Title IX The UT womenÕs volleyball victory against Long Beach State on Saturday night was a near thing. The 15 women on TexasÕ team won the first two sets, lost the third and fourth and triumphed, finally, in the fifth, 15-11. In spite of its closeness, the win was particularly sweet Ñ it marked TexasÕ 1,000th volleyball win since the programÕs inception in 1974. 1974 was a big year for womenÕs athletics at UT. That year, the volleyball team got its first coach, Pam Lampley, who led the team to a 21-15 record, the best in Texas. Also that year, UT awarded the first womenÕs athletic scholarships, doling out just 10. Not all of that occurred by happenstance. Notably, 1974 was two years after the 1972 passage of Title IX, the federal law mandating, ÒNo person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be exclud¥ed from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.Ó Boiled down, Title IX means schools that want federal dollars Ñ a group that certainly includes UT Ñ must make sure women have equal opportunities as men, such as the chance to join sports teams. What has the landmark legislation meant at UT? In 2007, UT offered more than 150 scholarships for womenÕs athletics, including some for women who play on our victorious volleyball team. Nationwide, the influence of Title IX cannot be overestimated. Prior to Title IXÕs passage, womenÕs athletic options were primari¥ly restricted to cheerleading and drill team, but all that has changed now since most public high schools adhere to Title IX given that they, too, depend on federal dollars. Girls at many high schools can now run track, swim and play soccer, basketball, volleyball, golf, softball and tennis. But Title IXÕs history has been uneven. The billÕs origins lie in an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin. In 1965, Pres¥ident Lyndon B. Johnson amended the order to include discrimina¥tion based on sex. From there the order evolved into a bill Ñ first, in the form of an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and then¥separated and passed as its own title on June 23, 1972. For the most part, Title IX moved relatively quietly through the legislative pro¥cess to its passage. It was after the fact, when it became law, that it attracted strong supporters, critics and significant attention. Nearly four decades have passed since Title IX became law, and the distance affords us a new perspective from which to consider its lasting effects. For one, there is overwhelming evidence to sup¥port the notion that Title IX has been a positive force for girls and women. There are the obvious ones: the dramatic increase in female athletes in high schools and colleges nationwide, which has been linked in broad strokes to all things good for the womenÕs move¥ment, even to lowering teen-pregnancy rates, in the press. A recent study conducted by Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, tethers roughly 20 percent of the increase in womenÕs education and about 40 percent of the rise in employment for 25-34-year-old women to the original poli¥cies put in motion by Title IX. But no legislation is perfect, particularly when executed, and Ti¥tle IX is not flawless. This year, the College Sports Council, an advo¥cacy organization that describes its mission in part as reforming Ti¥tle IX regulations, conducted a study showing that male soccer play¥ers at NCAA Division I schools get the short end of the stick as a re¥sult of schools trying to meet Title IX gender quotas. The numbers are striking: about 310 womenÕs soccer teams compared to only 197 menÕs teams, and 8,117 female players in Division I compare to just 5,607 male players. The study reports that 93.1 percent of Division I athletic programs offer womenÕs soccer but just 59.2 percent offer menÕs soccer. These numbers have driven home their point and may raise ques¥tions about whether some schools need to take another look at gen¥der equality of sports programs, keeping men in mind. Overwhelm¥ingly, however, the effects of Title IX Ñ increasingly a part of history Ñ are still powerfully present and should be celebrated. The under¥lying reality: Equality and athletics allow girls and boys, men and women, to thrive and lead healthy productive lives. And congratu¥lations to the UT womenÕs volleyball team. Ñ Susannah Jacob for the editorial board LetÕs get technological By Jonathan Rienstra Daily Texan Guest Columnist I want an iPad. Or Kindle. Or Kno. Whatever. I want the University to give whichever to me and I want it to give one to you as well. ÒI wantÓ is a dirty way to continue this dis¥cussion, so instead, I am going to substitute Òwe needÓ the rest of the way. Everyone will win if UT President William Powers Jr. will put an iPad with my name on it (or yours) up for sale, at a discount price of course, at the University Co-op. Hell, they can even make it burnt orange since everything else in the world is sold there in such a style. Actually, letÕs go one step further in this scenario and make the inside of the Kindle/iPad/whatever burnt orange as well Ñ as in, you pick up an iPad from the Co-op that has been loaded with all the textbooks for your classes. Likewise, give all the teachers iPads that they can use to control the PowerPoint, lectures and what not. The best part is that, because the textbooks are already on the iPad that everyone is using to not play Angry Birds, those PowerPoints can be integrated into the digital textbook. ItÕs no secret that textbooks are rarely found in classrooms. In fact, textbooks usually only hang out in libraries and on your bookshelf at home. This seems backwards to me. Why go to class and not use a textbook? Because they are heavy and cumbersome and this isnÕt high school anymore. But having your textbooks on a tablet would allow them to be used by the professor instead of being either cast aside or considered as supplemental to lectures. This marriage of classrooms and textbooks will put the Universi¥ty on the cutting edge. It is always easy to be reactionary, to wait un¥til it becomes the norm before you act. But I say screw dipping your toes in to check the temperature. LetÕs take action. The University can take action by moving away from archaic tomes that are outdated and behind the curve on their subject mat¥ter by the time they get published. ThatÕs a painful thing to say for a newspaper guy like myself, but it is the honest truth. Few people collect textbooks in the manner that they collect nov¥els, so that whole ÒI-just-like-the-feel-of-a-book-in-my-handÓ argu¥ment is half-baked at best. Plus, it will be the future. ItÕll be the Jetsons (if we get Kindles) or Star Trek (if we get iPads). Either way we go with this, the most im¥portant part to remember is that by being in the future we are that much closer to hoverboards. Also, it would be easier to achieve balance if your backpack had just one little tablet instead of 30 pounds of paper, and thatÕs true re¥gardless of whether you are hovering or not. It wonÕt be easy to convince textbook publishers to give up their racket of releasing new editions every two years, but if anyone can take action, itÕs a school with the clout and purchasing power we wield. The University needs to be the mover and shaker on this one, not content to wait until others have told us the water is fine. A much more active move is to make the water the temperature you want, and giving me an iPad is the how to do that. Rienstra is a journalism junior. A place for meat in a sustainable food system By Kate Clabby Daily Texan Guest Columnist It takes 24 pounds of grain to make 1 pound of beef. This statistic, from Frances Moore LappeÕs 1971 book ÒDiet for a Small Planet,Ó is often cited in ar¥guments for vegetarianism. Because animals eat more food than they produce, meat production also requires vastly more energy, land and water than plant-based food production. Statistics like this are slippery Ñ IÕve read estimates of a cowÕs lifetime petroleum use that range from 13.83 gal¥lons to 284 gallons Ñ but the argument stands: We could feed many more people with much less energy by eating plant food instead of feeding it to livestock. Cows are usually considered the least sustain¥able form of meat because a cowÕs body is least ef¥ficient at converting feed into body mass. This effi¥ciency is known as a feed-conversion ratio. Indus¥trially produced cows are fed mostly corn, mixed with fat and protein supplements, hormones and antibiotics. Most of the energy, water and land required to make beef is embedded in that feed. The crops are treated with fertilizers made from fossil fuels, sprayed with industrially produced and toxic pesticides, heavily irrigated, and sown and har¥vested with gas-guzzling machines. Then they are transported from cropland in the Midwest to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CA-FOs) where the cows are raised, often more than 1,000 miles away. There, the corn is ground and chemicals are added before finally making its way into the massive feeding troughs. But cows donÕt have to eat petroleum-based corn laced with chemicals. They evolved to eat grass, and grass can easily grow without irriga¥tion or pesticides. In a CAFO, manure is expen¥sive pollution. On a pasture, it becomes the only fertilizer the grass needs. Suddenly, harvesting and transporting feed is a nonissue: Cows given grassy fields to graze happily are harvesting their own food. Much of Central Texas is too hilly for farming, and our dry climate means vegetable production usually requires an unsustainable amount of wa¥ter for irrigation, but we can easily grow grass on all of this land. Additionally, including grass-based meats in our diets would allow us to source more of our food locally, reducing the carbon emissions from transportation. And because we can raise ani¥mals on land where vegetable production isnÕt possible, Òeating what the cows eatÓ is no longer an option. Feed conversion ratios arenÕt relevant: Cows are turning grass Ñ inedible to humans Ñ into high-quality food. WhatÕs more, properly managed animal pro¥duction is a great way to regenerate degraded land. Intensive crop production has eroded the soil and depleted the nutrients on most of Amer¥icaÕs agricultural land. When cows are pastured on a large plot of land for a long period of time, their grazing pattern weakens the grass and contributes to the problem. However, a system known as management-intensive grazing actual¥ly increases soil ecology and builds topsoil. Vir¥ginia farmer Joel Salatin, who is featured in Mi¥chael PollanÕs book ÒThe OmnivoreÕs DilemmaÓ and the documentary ÒFood, Inc.,Ó popularized this system which involves enclosing the cows in small sections of the pasture for short periods of time, then giving the grass time to grow back be¥fore allowing them to graze the same area again. Killing an animal is a serious decision and one that most probably donÕt give much thought. Veg¥etarianism is a reasonable response to the reality of todayÕs beef-production industry. Additional¥ly, we donÕt have enough land to continue to sup¥port the average AmericanÕs level of meat con¥sumption. Grass-based meat production requires more land per animal than crop-based meat pro¥duction, so even though we can do it on marginal land, it canÕt produce enough meat for us to eat at every meal. In terms of environmental impact, a diet based on industrially produced vegetables is less damaging than one based on industrial¥ly produced meat. But a truly sustainable food system is about more than just doing the least damage. Rather than calculating which cur¥rently available option uses less fossil fuel and causes less environmental damage, we need to create a new system of agriculture that ac¥tually reverses the current systemÕs environ¥mental damage. And in Texas, that system will probably have to include meat. LEGALESE SUBMIT A FIRING LINE RECYCLE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Edi¥ E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanon- Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place torial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of line.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit or back in the burnt-orange news stand where you Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan editorials are written by The Dai¥ all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. found it. ly TexanÕs Editorial Board. Wednesday, September 8, 2010 NEWS SG launches effort to better relations between UT, city By Audrey White encouraging students to remain Daily Texan Staff connected to City Hall by voting Student Government officially and supporting initiatives such announced the MayorÕs Student as MSAC. Advisory Council at its meeting ÒWe have great hopes for this Tuesday night in an effort to im-group. UT is such an important prove relations between the city part of our community that we and the UT campus. have to work together,Ó Leffin- The council will meet month-gwell said. ÒThe University is a ly with repre-government en¥sentatives from tity and theyÕre Mayor Lee Lef-sovereign in so fingwellÕs office many respects. to discuss city We are all one issues of impor-community, and tance with stu-I look forward to dents, especial-the opportunity ÔÔ We selected people ly transporta-to get input.Ó tion and hous-who we felt had an The bylaws ing, said SG and exact struc¥ interest in city issues City Relations ture of the com¥ and also could help Director Thad-mittee are yet to deus Woody. complete a diverse be determined, The commit-but it is likely and active voice from tee will include that the month¥ the student body.Ó Woody and City ly meetings will Relations Co-feature specific Ñ Thaddeus Woody director Nicole themes and fea-Faulkenberg, as SG City Agency Director ture members of well as five stu-specialized city dents appointed committees, said based on appli-SG President By Ahiska Sanders Daily Texan Staff What began as weekly crick¥et matches among Indian UT students in the 1990s is now a 50-member organization that hosts events yearly with thou¥sands in attendance. The groupÕs second event of the semester, Beat the Heat, was forced indoors by rain¥fall Tuesday night Ñ organiz¥ers renamed it ÒBeat the Rain.Ó About 25 showed to the event, which featured free pizza, bowling and games of pool. Interior design junior Sana Sabharwal said the Indian Cul¥tural Association has notably drawn crowds by hosting service dents who are involved in the events such as last yearÕs Bene-planning of the groupÕs event, fit Bazaar, which featured Indian while second-tier members are ÔÔ I canÕt believe that an organization that began with 10 boys now hosts programs for 3,000 peopleÓ Ñ Sana Sabharwal, interior design junior delicacies such as samosas and responsible for regular atten¥dance at events. Nutrition junior Palav Chos¥ki, the groupÕs public-relations chair, said the annual Jhalak event will be held in November and feature a talent show with $2,500 in prizes. This year, Del¥ta Kappa Delta is co-sponsor¥ing the event, a first in the his¥tory of the event, Choski said. ÒThis yearÕs Jhalak will be even better,Ó he said. ÒThrough the entire show, we show vid¥eo clips of modern day India to help educate the crowd on whatÕs going on over there.Ó cations, and two ex-officio mem¥bers: liberal arts representative John Lawler and Transportation Agency Director John Brady. ÒWe selected people who we felt had an interest in city issues and also could help complete a diverse and active voice from the student body,Ó Woody said. ÒWe whittled it down to five and weÕre excited to get started.Ó The city has expressed sup¥port for the idea since SG first proposed it in the spring. The mayor attended the meeting, ex¥pressing his approval and en¥thusiasm for the program and Scott Parks. ÒMSAC will serve as a nexus between the students and the city,Ó Woody said. ÒWeÕll be talking with peo¥ple from the cityÕs planning de¥partment, both on their Strate¥gic Mobility Plan, which is the big transportation plan, and also Cap Metro 2020. Other big things weÕll discuss with the city are parking meters in West Cam¥pus and affordable housing.Ó The first meeting will take place within the next month, he said. MSAC fits into a campaign platform goal of improving city relations, Parks said. NEWS Wednesday, September 8, 2010 HERMINE: Storm stirs debris on campus From page 1 daylight hours,Ó McDonald said. ÒDuring the day [storms] tend to spread out, distributing the rain over a larger area, which means less rain for Austin. At night, [storms] become more condensed and dump more rain on a small¥er area.Ó Despite avoiding the worst of the weather, Austin-Bergstrom In¥ternational Airport reached a dai¥ly record for rainfall at 2.55 inches with more expected today. The inclement weather knocked out the traffic signals at the inter¥section of Guadalupe and Dean Keeton streets, creating bumper¥to-bumper traffic and leaving com¥muters stuck in the rain during the afternoon rush hour. The lack of extreme severe weather in Austin was little con¥solation to the UT students who spent much of Tuesday dodging puddles and huddling under any available shelter. ÒI drove back from Houston at 6:00 this morning,Ó said Haley Hussey, a theatre and dance and pre-journalism junior. ÒI didnÕt get to campus until 9:45. The rain add¥ed about an hour to my trip and made me 15 minutes late.Ó ÒIÕve had to change my socks two times today,Ó said pre-journal¥ism junior Austin Laymance. The city of Austin closed three roads around the city because of flooding, according to the Austin Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. While students on campus were either soaked or skipping class Tuesday afternoon, the tropical storm caused rolling power black¥outs, building leaks and trees to fall into UT-Brownsville parking lots. Though classes were cancelled at UTB, the cleanup crew is ex¥pected to work overtime mak¥ing the campus ready for classes Wednesday morning. Rosemary Martinez, UTBÕs vice president for business affairs, said repairs and cleanup will proba¥bly cost $20,000. Martinez said the university will hire contrac¥tors to help with repairs and pay overtime salaries for their exist¥ing staff. ÒWeÕve got lots of debris all over campus,Ó she said. ÒThe wind blew harder than it did than during Hurricane Alex for about three hours last night.Ó Red Cross mobilizes to prepare for possible flooding By Nadia Hill Daily Texan Staff Expectations of heavy rains and flash flooding because of Tropical Storm Hermine prompted hun¥dreds of American Red Cross of Central Texas volunteers to prepare for possible relief efforts. ÒWe have highly trained vol¥unteers on standby, always near a phone and ready at a momentÕs no¥tice,Ó said Amir Roohi, spokesman for the American Red Cross of Cen¥tral Texas. ÒThey are mostly in Wil¥liamson, Travis and Hays counties but are in the eight counties sur¥rounding Travis.Ó While hurricane season techni¥cally runs from June 1 to Oct. 30, the recent rainfall totals from Trop¥ical Storm Hermine are expected to be unusually high Ñ between 3 and 5 inches. ÒSouth Texas was hit pretty well Monday night with primari¥ly strong winds, heavy rain, power outages and 50 to 60 mph winds,Ó said Paul Yura, warning coordina¥tion meteorologist at the Nation¥al Weather Service. ÒThatÕs moved inland and tracked north through towns and straight through San Antonio. Even [in Charleston], weÕve seen 40 mph winds.Ó Flash flooding is the natural di¥saster responsible for the most deaths in theAustin area, according to the National Weather Service. In the aftermath of these events, the Red Cross provides victims with first aid, food and water. ÒWe rely heavily on the Red Cross for outreach,Ó Yura said. ÒWe pro¥vide the weather information, such as when the weather will change and where itÕs going, but the Red Cross takes care of outreach.Ó In addition to Red Cross mem¥bers on standby, local police are also part of the recovery process. ÒIf thereÕs some type of disas¥ter and people get evacuated, we work with the Red Cross,Ó said Veneza Aguinaga, senior officer with the Austin Police Department. ÒWe also tell people to not drive through flooded areas; turn around and donÕt drown.Ó The Red Cross suggests families develop a plan and create a disaster kit in preparation for possible flash flooding, Roohi said. ÒSit down and talk to every¥one about how to get out of the community as soon as possible,Ó he said. ÒHave everything neces¥sary and get out quickly and safe¥ly when you need to.Ó Proposed budget to reduce shuttles, increase fare costs Capital Metro decreases service hours of UT buses after reduced ridership By David Colby Daily Texan Staff A reduction in UT shuttle ser¥vice and potential fare increases highlight the proposed Capital Metro budget that will be voted on later this month. UT shuttles have seen reduced ridership over the last few years because of a higher percentage of students who do not live on routes serviced by the shuttles, according to Cap Metro. This re¥duction in ridership has led to Cap Metro decreasing shuttle service hours by 7 percent be¥tween the fiscal years of 2009 and 2011. ÒShuttle hours are based on ridership patterns that weÕre see¥ing,Ó said Cap Metro spokes¥woman Misty Whited. ÒWe have many students who are shifting to mainline routes so we are see¥ing less productivity on some of our shuttle routes.Ó Whited said UT students have increasingly moved into areas that are in easy walking or bik¥ing distance of campus, reducing the demand for shuttles servic¥ing some areas of Austin. Capital Metro has not made specific plans to cut trips on par¥ticular shuttle routes, although service changes are considered several times each year. Facing harsh criticism from the Texas Sunset Advisory Commis¥sion earlier this year, Cap Met¥ro will also consider beginning to charge senior citizens and dis¥abled persons who currently use Capitol Metro services free of charge starting in January 2011. The potential increase is part of an effort to increase the agencyÕs revenue earned by bus fares. Cap Metro earns about 10 per¥cent of its revenue from passen¥ger fares, according to data re¥leased by the agency. Under the proposed budget for next year, senior citizens and disabled per¥sons would pay 50 cents per trip. Capitol Metro expects to raise about $1.3 million through the fare increase, Whited said. ÒWeÕre shifting things so that it makes our structure a little more simple,Ó she said. ÒRight now, we have so many differ¥ent fares for all of our differ¥ent services so weÕre trying to bring all of the different fares to¥gether to offer fares that are not as complicated.Ó Charging senior citizens and disabled passengers for public transit was also proposed as part of the budget process last year, but Cap MetroÕs board ultimate¥ly rejected the idea. This year, with a new board, the propos¥al seems to have more support, said Cap Metro spokeswoman Erica McKewen. ÒI donÕt mind seniors hav¥ing to pay for bus service,Ó said Austin resident Anita Privett. ÒI think those that can afford it, like me, should pay. IÕm just con¥cerned about the inconvenience of having to pay each trip.Ó Capital Metro responded to PrivettÕs concerns by stating that, should the new proposal pass, senior citizens and disabled per¥sons would fall into the existing category of reduced fares and would be eligible to purchase 31¥day passes at the reduced rate. Capital MetroÕs board vote on the budget Sept. 24, however, ap¥proval of the budget does not guarantee approval of the fare increase. Following the budget approval, Cap Metro will hold a series of public hearings to dis¥cuss the potential fare increase with concerned citizens be¥fore a final decision is made on the increase. Sports Editor: Dan Hurwitz E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SPORTS www.dailytexanonline.com Wednesday, September 8, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN FOOTBALL Wide receiver returns to starting roll By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff Two weeks ago, when Texas coaches told receiver Malcolm Williams that he lost his starting spot, he was devastated. Williams took time to reflect on what he had been doing wrong, but he was mostly angry at him¥self for letting the grind of fall camp get the best of him. Coaches love the relentless effort he gives on every play, but the once rising receiver was starting to plateau and Williams knew he deserved the demotion. ÒIt wasnÕt a shock,Ó Williams said. ÒI knew it was coming, but it hit me hard because I knew I had to earn it back.Ó In SaturdayÕs opener against Rice, Williams did just that. He led the team with four receptions and 77 yards. Williams had the same hunger and never-give-up attitude on each play that made him a favorite target of former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy the past two seasons. ÒI definitely had to play with a chip on my shoulder,Ó Williams said. ÒBecause even though I had lost my spot, IÕm still a contribut¥ing part of this team.Ó Because of WilliamsÕ impres¥sive play, which included a game¥high 47-yard reception that he al¥most turned into a touchdown, the coaches not only rewarded him the offensive player of the game, but he also earned his starting job back. ÒHe was the player of the game because he did just what you want a guy to do,Ó said of¥fensive coordinator Greg Davis. Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff Malcolm Williams looks on from the sideline during TexasÕ 34-17 win over Rice in Houston on Saturday. Williams finished the game with four receptions for 77 yards. ÒYou hope they respond to not Williams caught the coachesÕ eyes starting like he did.Ó with his spectacular catches and All the player of the game gets his ruthless blocks. HeÕs one of the is a gray shirt with a Longhorn few receivers who enjoys block¥logo on it, but itÕs the principle of ing because at 6-foot-3-inches, 225 the award that weighs the most. pounds, he finds it fun to put a hit VOLLEYBALL Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Junior libero Sydney Yogi gets set to return a volley from TCU in TexasÕ 3-0 win Aug. 27th. Texas replaces star on defense By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Longhorn attack has been solidin its first two weeks of play, featuring kills by big swingers like senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette and sophomore utility player ShaÕDare McNeal set up by freshman Hannah Allison. Meanwhile, a less bombas¥tic Texas defense has quietly been the teamÕs anchor. When the Longhorns passing and ball control faltered in a sweeping loss against now third-ranked Illinois on Friday, head coach Jerritt Elliott was left pondering what went wrong in the aberra¥tion from the defenseÕs perfor¥mance up to that point. ÒI donÕt know why it hap¥pened,Ó Elliott said. ÒWe knew we had some areas we needed improvement on. It showed it¥self on Friday and Saturday, but again it was uncharacteristic to the way our team has been per¥forming all season long.Ó A powerful Fighting Illini of¥fensive attack triggered a series of errant first-hit passes by the Longhorns, making it difficult to set up good hitting opportu¥nities of their own. Illinois out¥killed Texas 20-12 in the first set and finished with a .361 hitting percentage, compared to .318 from the LonghornsÕ. Much of the defensive re¥sponsibility is often placed on NFL FOOTBALL Tony Gutierrez | Associated Press Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant catches a pass during training camp. Bryant is part of a receiving core that could be tops in the NFL. the teamÕs libero, whose differ¥ently colored jersey not only has her stand out on the court, but also on the box score. For¥mer co-captain Heather Kisner donned the black jersey for the Longhorns and was one of the valuable pieces to leave because of graduation after last yearÕs championship run. ÒHeatherÕs one of the biggest losses weÕve had,Ó Elliott said. ÒEverybody talks about Ashley [Engle] and Destinee [Hooker], but Heather was a big compo¥nent in holding down our of¥fense and defense.Ó Junior libero Sydney Yogi VOLLEYBALL continues on page 8 on a smaller defensive back. ÒItÕs always fun hitting those little guys whenever I get the chance,Ó Williams said. ÒI take pride in blocking because I know theyÕll be hitting me later, any¥way. ThatÕs your chance to get back at them.Ó WilliamsÕ big size also made him an easy target for quarter- WILLIAMS continues on page 8 NCAA FOOTBALL Boise State jumps Texas to claim third in coachesÕ By Jon Parrett Daily Texan Staff Boise State is ranked third in this weekÕs coachesÕ poll, released Tues¥day. The Broncos moved up two spots from number five, leaping both Texas and Florida. Boise State remained third in The Associated Press poll, which isnÕt taken into consideration in factoring the BCS Poll, released after the eighth week of the season. Boise made the jump after beating Virginia Tech on Mon¥day in Landover, Md. The Hokies are BoiseÕs strongest opponent on their schedule, and the win puts the Broncos in a position to play for the BCS Championship later this year. Boise also plays Oregon State out of conference, and their toughest games in conference come against Fresno State and Utah State. Bush to lose Heisman ... maybe The Heisman Trophy Trust is ex¥pected to strip former USC run¥ning back Reggie Bush of his 2005 Heisman Trophy, Yahoo! Sports re¥ports. The trust is expected to leave the award vacant for that year. This announcement comes on the heels of the Heisman Trophy Trust completing their investiga¥tion into BushÕs eligibility. The trust is expected to agree with the NCAAÕs ruling made over the summer that Bush received im- NATIONAL continues on page 8 SIDELINE USA Today CoachesÕ Poll Week 2 1 Alabama (55) 2 Ohio State (4) 3 Boise State 4 Texas 5 TCU 6 Florida 7 Nebraska 8 Oregon 9 Iowa 10 Oklahoma 11 Wisconsin 12 Miami (FL) 13 Virginia Tech 14 Penn State 15 Arkansas 16 LSU 17 Georgia Tech 18 Florida State 19 Georgia 20 Auburn 21 Utah 22 West Virginia 23 Arizona 24 Brigham Young 25 South Carolina LONGHORN SPOTLIGHT Keenan Robinson #1 Position: Linebacker Height: 6Õ 3Ó Weight: 239 Class: Junior Hometown: Plano Robinson awarded Defensive Player of the Week honors Linebacker Keenan Robinson has been named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. Robinson tallied six tackles, one tackle for loss, one interception and a fumble recovery for a touchdown in TexasÕ 34-17 win over Rice on Saturday. Robinson shares the honor with Missouri de¥fensive end Aldon Smith. Ñ Jon Parrett Offensive lineman stays mean guarding GilbertÕs blindside This season, the offensive line wants to be known for itÕs mean streak thatÕs worthy of ÒHard Knocks.Ó One of the players leading the efforts to make defenses shake in their cleats when they line up op¥posite TexasÕ offensive line is senior left guard Michael Huey. ÒThe [mean streak] is definitely there,Ó Huey said. ÒIf you put a mi¥crophone on the field you can hear everyone yelling, pumping each other up big time.Ó Huey came to Texas in 2007 and earned playing time immediately as a true freshman. Since then, heÕs played in 40 games with 13 starts. Huey and fellow senior Kyle Hix had been fixated on the right side for the past three years, but with the graduation of the left side linemen last spring, Huey and Hix adapted to the left side to protect Garrett Gil¥bertÕs blindside. Huey was never worried or con¥cerned about playing on the left and it showed on Saturday against Rice, as he led an offensive line that didnÕt allow a single sack or tackle on Gilbert. Huey was awarded the Boss Hogg Award by the coaching staff after SaturdayÕs game, which is giv¥en to the most productive offensive lineman each week. He had only re¥ceived the award once before, last year against Oklahoma State. Though they did a solid job pro¥tecting Gilbert in the season open¥er, the offensive linemen arenÕt quite content yet. ÒWhen we watched film, there were a few technical errors, a couple of tough breaks,Ó Huey said. ÒBut once we get them fixed this week, youÕll see a huge, huge difference.Ó Ñ Laken Litman Joe Jaszewski | Associated Press Boise State is third in the polls and has something to celebrate about. Cowboys ready to make Superbowl run By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff One teamÕs cut players are an¥other sideÕs backups. The Cowboys announced their 53-man roster Saturday and ab¥sent were quality players like Junior Siavii, Patrick Crayton and Bryan McCann. Other NFL teams quickly snapped up the veterans, with McCann landing in Baltimore, Siavii heading to Seattle and Crayton getting trad¥ed to San Diego. That Dallas can cut such talent shows the teamÕs depth at most positions heading into the sea¥son. With many pundits predict¥ing the Cowboys to finish atop the NFC East and owner Jerry Jones salivating at the chance of watching his team play for a Su¥per Bowl in his brand new sta¥dium, anything less than a divi¥sional championship will feel like underachieving to fans who have seen only one playoff win in the past 12 years. Behind four-year starter Tony Romo, the Cowboys possess one of the most prolific pass¥ing attacks in the NFL and, if the teamÕs aging offensive line can hold up all year, they could very well top last seasonÕs numbers. Romo threw for 4,483 yards in 2009 as Dallas aver¥aged 8.2 yards per pass, second best in the NFC. No. 24 overall pick in the draft Dez Bryant has some question marks around him after missing camp with an ankle injury, but if healthy, will greatly aid the already-stacked receiving corps. The team also returns two 600-plus yard rushers in Mari¥on Barber and Felix Jones. Bar¥ber, who finished with a team¥high 932 yards, needs more car¥ries if he wants to become a premier back, although Jones is also poised to take over the starting position after a stellar training camp. DALLAS continues on page 8 SPORTS Wednesday, September 8, 2010 DALLAS: Offensive stars hope to shine From page 7 Overall, DallasÕ 22.6 points per game left something to be de¥sired, and the running game will have to improve if the Cowboys want to win their conference. Despite the questions on of¥fense, head coach Wade Phil¥lips is confident there wonÕt be a drop off on the other side of the ball. After allowing an NFC-few¥est 15.6 points per game, Dal¥las returns all but one starter on one of the leagueÕs most athlet¥ic units. The team grabbed Sean Lee plus a few more linebackers in the draft, ensuring depth at a crucial position in the CowboyÕs 3-4 scheme, and promoted de¥fensive back Alan Ball to a start¥ing position at free safety. The Cowboys face one of the leagueÕs hardest non-divisional schedules with home games ver¥sus Tennessee, Chicago and New Orleans and trips to Minnesota, Green Bay and Indianapolis. That means theyÕll be tired but hard¥ened by the time they finish with road games against Arizona and Philadelphia in December. Romo finally shed the repu¥tation of a choker after winning a wild card game in the playoffs last season, but heÕll need to build on that playoff victory to en¥sure his future in Dallas. Phillips, Key Games t0DUBU.JOOFTPUB t/PWBU/FX:PSL t/PWWT/FX0SMFBOT t%FDBU*OEJBOBQPMJT t+BOBU1IJMBEFMQIJB despite last yearÕs 12-6 record, is also under watch. If he canÕt win with this much talent, he might never have the chance. ThereÕs always preseason hype surrounding the Cowboys, but this yearÕs team possesses the proper tools to make a deep run. The Cowboys will be in the Su¥per Bowl if ... Ð Roy Williams and Tony Romo finally develop the mental link theyÕve been missing, pro¥viding a No. 2 option for the All-Pro quarterback after Miles Aus¥tin. WilliamsÕ ascendancy could force Dez Bryant, Sam Hurd and Kevin Ogletree to raise their play, elevating the passing game to elite status. Ð Left guard Kyle Kosier and right guard Marc Colombo re¥turn speedily from knee injuries. KosierÕs replacement on the line, Montrae Holland, hasnÕt played since Dec. 7, 2008. Kosier could return as early as the second reg¥ular-season game while Phillips is optimistic about ColomboÕs recovery and said he may be available for the opener. Ð DeMarcus Ware once again records over 10 sacks. The line¥backerÕs pressure on the weak side frees up Anthony Spencer on the opposite end, while inside backers Bradie James and Keith Brooking (both top-30 tacklers) mop up in the middle. WILLIAMS: ÔIÕm not going to let him down. From page 7 back Garrett Gilbert in his first start at Texas. Texas fans were curious to see who might step up and become a favorite target of GilbertÕs after growing accus¥tomed to the combinations of Mc-Coy and Quan Cosby, then Mc-Coy and Jordan Shipley. Gilbert was fond of Williams, raising the possibility of TexasÕ newest passing tandem. ÒMalcolm has been great ever since IÕve been here,Ó Gilbert said. ÒHeÕs such a great athlete and heÕs a smart receiver. WeÕre always on the same page, and he did a real¥ly good job making plays the oth¥er day when they presented them¥selves. Physically, heÕs a very big target and heÕs fast.Ó Williams, who struggled at times last season with catch¥ing the ball, spent long hours of the offseason in front of the Jugs pitching machine to soften his hands. HeÕs determined to stay on GilbertÕs good side Ñ and the coachesÕ Ñ now that heÕs there. ÒIf [Gilbert] has a chance to throw me the ball,Ó Williams said. ÒIÕm not going to let him down.Ó Williams, who is from Garland, has shown flashes of greatness in his career at Texas. Last season, he caught 39 passes for 550 yards and two touchdowns, including a nine-reception, 132-yard game at Texas A&M. As a redshirt fresh¥man in 2008, he caught 17 pass¥es for 304 yards and three touch¥downs, including a masterful four¥reception, 182-yard, two-touch¥down showing at Texas Tech. Because of those big-time games, coaches have high expectations of Williams, but they probably canÕt measure up to what he expects of himself. HeÕs on each of the spe¥cial teams and rarely gets a break during games. Now that he has his starting spot back, one would think Williams will shift to cruise control and relax. Not hardly. ÒGetting my spot back only makes me hungrier,Ó Williams said. ÒNow, I just have to work even harder because teams are expecting me to be good, and theyÕll guard me closer. I know I have to step up, and IÕm ready to do just that.Ó VOLLEYBALL: Longhorns look to regroup after loss to Illinois From page 7 stepped into the starting role this year and leads the team with 3.36 digs per set, as well as 72 service receptions. Yogi started the game against Illinois feeling under the weather and left after the sec¥ond set, also missing SaturdayÕs game against 23rd-ranked Long Beach State. Yogi said she, like Elliott, was puzzled by the teamÕs passing over the weekend but feels it will be ready for the upcoming tournament. ÒI feel like our passing thus far throughout the year Ñ from pre¥season to our matches before this weekend Ñ had been pret¥ty good, and it just went to piec¥es this weekend, and IÕm not quite sure what happened,Ó she said. ÒBut weÕve been working hard on it and we did some more stuff on passing and on relationships [dur¥ing practice]. WeÕve been trying to fine tune it and I think it will really help a lot this coming weekend.Ó With Yogi out for the game, an¥other Hawaii product was called to step in. Freshman Sarah Palm¥er, whose high school, Hawaii Baptist Academy, is fewer than 4 miles from YogiÕs alma mater, Pu¥nahou School, recorded 15 digs in her debut start against Long Beach State. Elliott said he was impressed with PalmerÕs performance, es¥pecially considering that she had just come off of an injury and had little knowledge of the systems the team was running. ÒI thought Sarah did an excel¥lent job,Ó Elliott said. ÒShe got thrown into the fire, literally, and she responded really well. SheÕs a competitor and we liked what we saw considering how lit¥tle time sheÕs spent on the court with the team.Ó Yogi will remain the starter as her aggressiveness, experience and comfort with the system add a lot of confidence to the teamÕs backcourt, Elliott said. The combination of Yogi, Palmer and freshman libero Julie Olschwanger will likely serve as the defensive foundation for the Longhorns for years to come. ÒAs far as skills go, theyÕre ex-cellent players,Ó Yogi said. ÒIt pushes all of us every single day to try and get better and to com¥pete for the spots on the court. The things weÕve kind of taught them is just what Texas volley¥ball is all about in terms of punc¥tuality, systems, the fight and just what weÕre known for. And theyÕve been catching on really quickly and filling right in, so itÕs been awesome.Ó NATIONAL: Wyoming football suffers Labor Day loss From page 7 proper benefits while at USC, cit¥ing USC for Òlack of institution¥al control.Ó The NCAA penalized the Trojans by placing them on four years probation, implement¥ing a two-year bowl ban and tak¥ing away scholarships. The Heisman Trophy Trust claims that the reports are prema¥ture, and maintains that the deci¥sion is premature. ÒI can tell you the Heisman Tro¥phy Trust has made no decision regarding the Reggie Bush situa¥tion,Ó said Robert Whalen on Tues¥day. Whalen is the executive direc¥tor of the Heisman Trophy Trust. Freshman linebacker dies The Wyoming Cowboys were hit with tragedy Monday when freshman linebacker Ruben Nar¥cisse died in car accident. Nar¥cisse, 19, was returning from visiting friends in Fort Collins, Colo., over the weekend with other members of the team, when the pickup he was riding in drifted off of U.S. Highway 287 around 5:30 a.m. The driver, freshman cornerback Trey Fox, appeared to fall asleep, and po¥lice said that drugs and alcohol were not believed to be factors. Wide receiver Christian Morgan was also in the car and had sur¥gery on his elbow following in¥juries sustained in the accident. He is expected to be released from the hospital today. The Cowboys travel to Aus¥tin to play Texas on Saturday, and Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen is trying to keep his team focused on football. The team held usual team meetings and practice on Tuesday. ÒWhat weÕre trying to do now is just get back on track to do ev¥erything we can to prepare and play a very good Texas team,Ó Christensen said. The Cowboys plan to wear a decal on their helmets with Nar¥cisseÕs initials this Saturday. Wednesday, September 8, 2010 NEWS Event stresses value of engineering Senate holds hearing into DNA backlog at crime labs ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the Þrst day of publication, as the publishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect THE DAILY TEXAN insertion. In consideration of The Daily TexanÕs acceptance of advertising copy for publication, the agency and the advertiser will indemnify and save harmless, Texas Student Media and its ofÞcers, employees and agents against all loss, liability, damage and expense of whatsoever nature arising out of the copying, print¥ing or publishing of its advertisement including without limitation reasonable attorneyÕs fees resulting from claims of suits for libel, violation of right of privacy, plagiarism and copyright and trademark infringement. All ad copy must be approved by the newspaper which reserves the right to request changes, reject or properly classify an ad. The advertiser, and not the newspaper, is responsible for the truthful content of the ad. Advertising is also subject to credit approval. C L ASSIFIEDS By Yvonne Marquez Daily Texan Staff Amultidisciplinary background in engineering is becoming neces¥sary to solve modern-world prob¥lems, engineering professor Mi¥chael Webber said at the Austin Forum on Science, Technology & Society on Tuesday. The discussion was part of The Next Generation Engineer event at the AT&T Conference and Educa¥tion Center, which featured busi¥ness people and academics assess¥ing todayÕs engineering field. John Volkman, corporate mar¥keting fellow at Advanced Mi¥cro Devices, moderated the panel, which included Allyson Peerman, AMD vice president for public af¥fairs, and Melissa Lott, mechani¥cal engineering and public affairs graduate student. The panel members agreed that engineers must have Ò21st centu¥ry skills,Ó such as leadership, in¥terpersonal communication skills, critical thinking, cross-cultur¥al knowledge and background in policy and finances. ÒWe need people who can un¥derstand different cultures, com¥munication, critical thinking, looking at problems beyond the technical aspect [and] looking at things holistically,Ó Peerman said. ÒWeÕre looking for people with multidisciplinary experi¥ences to bring those with them into the workplace and continue to have those experiences while theyÕre employed.Ó Peerman said AMD and other high-tech companies such as IBM are aware that they need these type of engineers. But students donÕt have to spend more money on their education when they can develop their skills informally by, for example, studying abroad or being fluent in a foreign language, she said. Because of new issues in the field, engineers today will have to know more than their counter¥parts 50 years ago, Webber said. ÒI think there is a greater real¥ization today than in the last four or five decades that the prob¥lems that weÕre dealing with are more global in nature and mul¥tidisciplinary,Ó he said. ÒAnd the education schemes and cur¥riculum were created in a post-World War II mindset, [which was] greater scientific depth as an enabler for solutions for so¥cietal problems. We developed that attitude because it worked. But things have changed.Ó He said engineering students can look to liberal arts courses and even another year or two as an undergraduate to help strengthen the new in-demand qualities. By Chris Thomas Daily Texan Staff Major Texas city crime labs, such as those in Houston and Dal¥las, have significant backlogs of untested DNA material from sexu¥al assaults, witnesses told the Sen¥ate Committee on Criminal Justice during a Tuesday hearing. Harris County, which contains part of Houston, has no backlog of forensic materials and could take up the slack for the stateÕs biggest cities, but that would require $20 million more in state funding an¥nually, the Harris County district attorney told the senator. ÒForensic science labs are im¥perative, valuable crime fighting tools that protect the innocent,Ó said Pat Lykos, Harris County district attorney. ÒThe people of Houston are at risk because we donÕt have the capacity to do the job we should be doing.Ó The number of untested rape kits at the forensics office of the Houston Police Department could be as high as 4,000, she said, but Harris County could alleviate that backlog with more state funding, while serving as a model for crime labs statewide. Lykos said plans are already being made to send new cases to the Harris County Institute of Fo¥rensic Sciences from the Houston police, citing the departmentÕs poor record in timely completion of investigations. State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, held the hearing to high¥light the poor state of the Hous¥ton Police DepartmentÕs forensic crime lab, which he described as a Òbroken system.Ó ÒI find it unconscionable to ask women to carry rape kits and then not have them tested,Ó he said. Jeff Boschwitz, vice president of Orchid Cellmark, one of the larg¥est worldwide providers of hu¥man DNA testing, said coopera¥tion with the private sector could also cut down on the backlog in TexasÕ largest cities. His company, which has con¥tracts with the Harris County as well as Houston and Fort Worth police departments, took on ap¥proximately 300 cases, including sexual assault cases, last year. Each rape kit costs about $1,000 to test. There are six other crime labs accredited by the Texas Depart¥ment of Public Safety that could be used to combat the backlog as well, Boschwitz said. Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safe¥ty, said that a total elimination of backlogged cases would not be immediate after receiving further funding. He said the goal of the department is to process all of the backlogged cases in the state with¥in 180 days. ÒOur objective is to get the con¥viction of the right subject, not just convict any subject,Ó he said. COMICS Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 LIFE&ARTS RUNNING: Exercising outdoors may deter treadmill boredom From page 12 build up your mileage,Ó Tam said. ÒSometimes people are too un¥reasonable with their goals at first and try to run 5 miles without pri¥or training. ThatÕs bad and you can injure yourself because your body hasnÕt adapted yet.Ó Even athletes or people who are returning to running after a break should avoid starting too much too soon, Ybarra said. ÒCardiovascular-wise, an ath¥lete might be in shape for a 7-mile run, but the bones and muscles arenÕt going to be used to it yet,Ó Ybarra said. Stretching and doing a short jog to warm up the muscles is also important in avoiding pain and injury. It is also good to do a cool-down jog Ñ the length of about one lap around a track Ñ instead of walking suddenly af¥ter a run to ease the heart rate down, Tam said. Many first-timers become dis¥couraged and quit running be¥cause they find it painful and bor¥ing, Tam said. Running with a friend can make running more re¥laxing and social, he suggested. The Texas Running Club con¥sists of three groups who meet every night: cross country/track, marathon and recreational. Be¥ginners who are not interested in competing Ñ or competing quite yet Ñ can choose to run with the recreational runners, who run 2 to 5 miles, Tam said. Take it outside For those who get bored with running in circles at Gregory Gym or resorting to the tread¥mill, running outdoors can keep things fresh. People who suffer from weak ankles should avoid running on uneven terrain, how¥ever, Ybarra advised. Lady Bird Lake is possibly the most popular site to run in Aus¥tin, with its bridges and trail that stretches more than 10 miles around alongside the water. The lake trail is a great place to run with a dog or with other runners and also offers a great view of the city. For someone interested in a more woodsy, rough terrain that can be used for other outdoor activities, the nearly 8-mile long Barton Creek Greenbelt offers cliffs for climbing and the creek for swimming. The Capitol also provides a his¥torical and scenic place to run with its Trail of Trees, home to 25 differ¥ent species of trees. ItÕs also a safe place to run at night, with bright lights and a state trooper or two hanging around nearby. These are only a few of several trails in Austin. A list of all the trails can be found at ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ traildirectory.htm. VOCALIST: Smith to return to ACL in Ôbetter slotÕ than in the past From page 12 ÒDuring one of the first trips to record demos for T Bone, we were recording a large batch of songs just as one-takes,Ó Owen said. ÒI remember being impressed with how well she was able to play and sing in a studio setting under that kind of pressure.Ó Smith is quickly maturing on the stage as well, as she prepares for her first national tour this month that will eventually find her play¥ing at Austin City Limits in Octo¥ber to a crowd of thousands. ÒI actually played ACL a few years ago,Ó Smith said. "It was an incredible experience and IÕve al¥ways wanted to do it again. This year, we have a better slot, which is so exciting. IÕve gone all but two years so far.Ó For those wanting a sneak peak of SmithÕs new album, Smith and her band will be play¥ing at Waterloo Records today at 5 p.m. From page 12 pany. With a start-up investment of $20,000 and legal assistance from Capital Factory, the team then ex¥panded to include Price, UT me¥chanical engineering graduate Richard McClellan, computer sci¥ence senior Matt Keas and UTSA graduate A.T. Fouty. The Hurricane Party software was developed by mid-August, submitted to Apple and gained approval for produc¥tion on Aug. 31. Now the company is promoting the app around Aus¥tin, encouraging people to down¥load it to help them test for glitch¥es. The company was also recent¥ly accepted into the inaugural class of Texas Venture Labs, a University¥wide initiative to nurture entrepre¥neurship on campus. ÒItÕs a free mobile application that allows you to create sponta¥neous events and broadcast those events prior and during the event to your friends,Ó Price said. ÒSo we tin, such as J. BlackÕs Feel Good Lounge or Birds Barbershop where you will get some form of discount for taking a group of friends there. Businesses can also So we consider ourselves the bridge between social networking and actually being social.Ó ÔÔ Ñ Anderson Price Business school graduate student consider ourselves the bridge be¥tween social networking and actu¥ally being social.Ó One incentive of using the app is setting up a Hurricane Party with a partner company in Aus¥go on the website and initiate an offer for a discount, which can be accessed by any Hurricane Par¥ty user. It would be a win-win situa¥tion, Price said: The local business gets more customers and the Hur¥ricane Party user gets a discount, as well as some help deciding which local spots to frequent. The app is similar to Four¥square and Gowalla in the loca¥tion function, though the makers of Hurricane Party are looking to be more dynamic. ÒWe are all about broadcasting intent, rather than locality, help¥ing share that with a defined set of friends rather than the whole world,Ó Price said. ÒThe app is it¥self a call to action through the of¥fers, but it also lets each user project that call out to their friends. Rath¥er than broadcast past experiences, we are about creating new ones.Ó For more information on launch parties and to download the app, go to hurricaneparty.com or the iTunes App Store. Life&Arts Editor: Amber Genuske E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Wednesday, September 8, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN Innovative app enables users to plan social storms By James Jeffrey Daily Texan Staff On the first day of class in spring 2009, when design gradu¥ate student RenŽ Pinnell was as¥signed to take something occur¥ring in nature and turn it into a product Ñ better known as Òbio¥mimicryÓ in the design world Ñ he thought of a hurricane. He likened the complicat¥ed buildup of the storm to that of a party and, wanting to stream¥line the process of event planning, came up with the concept of Hur¥ricane Party. Hurricane Party is an iPhone ap¥plication that helps create a sponta¥neous social event by allowing the user to broadcast a potential get-to¥gether, locate friends, pinpoint event locations and get the ball rolling. Ò[A hurricane is] kind of like a party; people come, but if itÕs not the right mix of people or you run out of drinks, it sucks, it never hap¥pens,Ó said Anderson Price, a sec¥ond year business school graduate student who monitors the financial side of the app. ÒBut if you have the perfect mix of the right people Ñ men, women, drinks Ñ you have the perfect party: it rages longer, just the way a hurricane happens.Ó Pinnell discussed the idea fur¥ther with Eric Katerman, who re¥cently graduated from UT with a Ph.D. in math, and Avram Dodson, who is enrolled in Columbia Uni¥versity, deciding it would work as an iPhone app that provides a way to broadcast how and where you are going to party. In May they applied to Capi¥tal Factory, a business incubator in Austin, and were accepted as one of five new businesses from 250 ap¥plications from across the country, being the only Austin-based com- APP continues on page 11 Running tips keep enthusiasts safe, fun Choosing correct shoes, setting goals realistically assist amateur athletes By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff When people pick up running at some point in their lives, itÕs usually for health or recreation¥al purposes. For someone who has never really run before, it might look as simple as slipping on a pair of sneakers and find¥ing the nearest sidewalk. Let a couple weeks or months go by and it might be a challenge to not give up in exhaustion and discouragement. Even if you donÕt plan on be¥coming Òa serious runner,Ó there are some things to keep in mind to stay injury-free and not become lax about your running goals. Why shoes matter While all running shoes are generally decent, the correct shoe is based on the individual, and what works for some might not work for others, said Richard Ybarra, general manager of Run-Tex at The Triangle. Ybarra recommended people get themselves fitted for the cor¥rect shoe when at a store, where an expert can examine the shape of the foot and how the body moves activity. People should buy a half Another mistake people make while running and walking. to a full size larger than what they with shoes is kicking them off in- For example, a runner who normallywear,hesaid. stead of untying the shoelaces, Yba¥overpronates rolls toward the in¥side of his or her foot and needs shoes with strong inner-arch sup¥port. A runner who supinates rolls too much toward the outside of his Changing shoes can be like getting an oil change.Ó or her foot and needs shoes that emphasize cushioning to help ab¥ Ñ Richard Ybarra ÔÔ sorb shock. General manager of RunTex The biggest mistake peo¥ple usually make when buying shoes is buying a size too small, Ybarra said. Not only are most running shoes Ybarra said running shoes range rra said. After an extended period manufactured slightly smaller than from $85 to $140, although a runner of time, the laces stay tight on the dress or casual shoes, but feet swell should be able to purchase a high-front and the heels loosen, causing during exercise and other physical quality shoe for no more than $100. the back to expand. This can cause FOOD REVIEW KABOB YO Flavor-filled ingredients outweighed by thin pita, unappetizing atmosphere By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff After the small food-cart spot near The Castilian and Star¥bucks was left unoccupied for most of the summer, Kabob Yo has moved in with a low-key white trailer that serves up sa¥vory, robustly flavored pita wraps. But the place is still new and hasnÕt picked up the slack on some glaring detractors. On the plus side, this is almost how great kabob, shawarma and falafel sandwiches should taste. Each sandwich comes packed with all those flavors in a dense gustatory experience, where bites can vary depend¥ing upon what crunchy veggies or bit of herbs you bite into. The crisp lettuce, crunchy red on¥ions, juicy tomatoes and mildly spicy jalapenos combined with the quintessential sweet cucum¥ber tzatziki sauce only enhances the seasoned meats. There was even parsley sprinkled in here and there. As for the actual meat and veggie options, each one comes with its own complex nuanc¥es. From the light hints of pep¥per sprinkled over the chick¥en kabob and shawarma to the rich, flavorful beef options, the fresh veggies only add to the jam-packed sandwich. Even the vegetarian option of mashed¥up and fried chickpeas in the form of a falafel is a warm, sati¥ating morsel. Best of all for college stu¥dents is the price. You can walk away from Kabob Yo only pay¥ing about $5 or $6. As of now, the cart is still cash-only, but for a sandwich that jam-packed, itÕs worth saving some extra cash for a quick lunch or dinner. However, there are still some kinks to work out. The pita used to wrap all this Mediterra¥nean goodness is way too flim¥sy. Great pita is like a doughy cloud of heaven that delicate¥ly envelopes the fillings; it shouldnÕt be thinner than the notebook paper you use to doo¥dle on in calculus. Nor should the gyro meat, stacked and combined pieces of lamb or beef, be as thin as the pita. All you get is overpower¥ing flavors of those crisp veg¥gies meant to complement and not bury the flavor of the meat or vegetarian filling. All of the gyro meatsÕ potentially delecta¥ble flavors are lost faster than the tzatziki dripping out of the ill-matched pita. Ask for some fries to go with it and you get basic cut pota¥toes dunked in the fryer. Not to say that thereÕs anything wrong with some plain french fries, but given Kabob YoÕs ability to ad¥equately season their meat, one would expect more. As for the other parts like service and atmosphere, Kabob YoÕs exact hours of business are hard to pin down. Plus, seeing the owner of the cart walking around in a Big Bite staff shirt, the notorious grease trap locat¥ed a few feet away, isnÕt appe¥tizing. The owner Õs ho-hum, bland attitude is not the most welcoming to the unspectac¥ular cart. But donÕt write it off just yet until youÕve tried the shawarma or kabob. Grade: B irritation when running, pain in the heels and Achilles tendon, and even blisters, he explained. People should also replace old shoes regularly, or six months to a year for someone who runs an av¥erage of 15 miles a week. ÒChanging shoes can be like get¥ting an oil change,Ó Ybarra said. ÒYou can base it on how much mileage youÕve gotten on it. Typi¥cally you change shoes after 350 to 450 miles, 500 maximum.Ó Factors that also affect how fast someone wears down their shoes include body mass, how often a person uses their shoes for physical activity besides run¥ning and the type of surface on which a person runs. ÒConcrete breaks a shoe down faster than grass,Ó he said. ÒA 6-foot-4 inch, 300-pound man will wear down his shoes faster than a 5-foot, 100-pound woman.Ó Starting out First-time runners should take it easy in the beginning and set a goal, said nutrition senior Jona¥than Tam, the Recreational Run¥ners captain for the Texas Run¥ning Club. ÒMaybe start out with 2 miles the first week and then slowly RUNNING continues on page 11 Singer joins with producer to release her debut album By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff Although her debut record, Myth of the Heart, was released only a week ago, Sahara Smith, who recently made the move from Wimberley to Austin, is hardly an amateur. From playing at local coffee shops at age 12 to winning a national competition on ÒA Prairie Home CompanionÓ at age 15, this moment has been a long time coming for Smith and her band. ÒIÕve had a little bit of vocal training now and I feel more in control of my voice, but I miss the purity it had when I was young¥er,Ó Smith said. Now 22 years old, Smith sings with a range and personality that is as recognizable as it is rare. She bends notes with the pain of a young Joni Mitchell but delivers them with the commercial poten¥tial of Jewel. The artist she looks up to above all others, however, is Leonard Cohen. ÒAs a songwriter, no one has had a greater influence,Ó Smith said. ÒHis songs, particularly his earlier songs, are effortless and lilting, but deeply poetic and of¥ten mournful.Ó Sahara says her unique vocal styles are neither emulated nor a calculation based upon her influ¥ences. ÒI write a song and then deter¥mine from there what I need to do with my voice to convey its mean¥ing,Ó Smith said. SaharaÕs songwriting process hasnÕt changed all that much from when she was in middle school. She still writes the melodies and lyrics in her bedroom, except now she brings it to her backing band to play in the studio with added instrumentation. ÒWeÕve got a great band in place now that comes up with some great arrangements when we get together in a room,Ó said Jacob Owen, SmithÕs guitar play¥er. ÒSahara has always been pret¥ty open-minded about letting players come through as individ¥uals while playing and interpret¥ing her music.Ó For SmithÕs debut album, she worked closely with award-win¥ning artist T Bone Burnett, who has been a major influence on her Ñ even before she walked into the studio. ÒHe was my dream produc¥er, and on a whim, my manag¥er sent him some of my music and he invited us out to L.A. He is so laid-back and comfortable,Ó Smith said. ÒJake and I went up with two acoustic guitars and we were sitting there playing him this song the way we would have played it live. All he said was, ÔTake it down about half.Õ So we did, and something in it clicked in a way it never had before.Ó In the process, Smith used Bur¥nettÕs advice, session band and WHAT: Sahara Smith WHERE: Waterloo Records, 600 N. Lamar Blvd. WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. his assistant-engineer-turned-pro¥ducer Emile Kelman. KelmanÕs first time as a producer comple¥ments SmithÕs vocal skills won¥derfully. The highlight of the al¥bum, ÒThousand Secrets,Ó ben¥efits greatly from the space and clarity Kelman gives to SmithÕs natural ability to perform. VOCALIST continues on page 11