t?Z¿£“ £0£*6¿ XI OSVd 13 ¿q 113 OH VA 1S V 3 ¿Z9Z 9N I H S IIa nd 013 IW 1S3ftHIftOS 3 Q V Q3XIW Daily T ex a n Private companies likely to bid on Los Alamos lab Serving The University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Wednesday, July 14. 2004 mvw. dailytexanonline.com U T S yste m m a y consider w ith a p a rtn er By Clint Johnson Daily Texan Staff The University of Texas System will likely not be alone if it bids in the fall for a contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory. At least two companies are also officially considering a bid for the New Mexico weapons lab, cur­ rently operated by the University of California System. Spokeswomen for Lockheed Martin Corporation and the Battelle Memorial Institute, a non-profit research company, said Wednesday they formally noti­ fied the National Nuclear Security Administration of their interest in the Los Alamos contract. The NNSA will not accept bids until it issues a request for proposals, which is scheduled to happen in late August. The administration set a July 12 deadline for companies to submit written expressions of interest, but refused Wednesday to release information about the companies that met the deadline. The UT System has already expressed its interest in Los Alamos. Dan Saiz, a NNSA contract specialist in charge of the bidding, said the names and numbers of the other responders were deemed confidential. Lockheed and Battelle spokes­ women said their companies have experience operating research facilities, but that it is too early to tell how that could influence the bidding process. Battelle operates four large labs, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which it runs with the University of Tennessee, said spokeswoman Kate Delaney. Delaney said the four labs are not classified as Department of Energy weapons labs, but work at the facilities does include some nuclear research. "We have a long history in nuclear research, and we might be interested in Los Alamos," she said. She said Battelle also plans to compete with a partnership that includes Bechtel Corp. and Texas A&M University for a con­ tract to manage Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratories. Bechtel spokesm an Jonathan Marshall refused Wednesday to discuss rumors of the company's interest in Los Alamos. Lockheed has operated Sandia National Labs, another DOE weapons lab, since 1993, said spokeswoman Wendy Owen. The UT System also consid­ ered a bid to manage Sandia in 2002, but the DOE extended Lockheed's contract until 2007. Lockheed M eghan M ariman spokesw om an told The Albuquerque Tribune in June 2003 that the extension was a recogni­ tion by the DOE of Lockheed's skill in managing the lab. Delaney said the government has recently awarded more con­ tracts to partnerships than to individual companies. "The trend is to give the con­ tracts to partnerships," she said. "But we haven't decided who we might consider working with." The System has said it might consider working with another company, but officials said they have not contacted any compa­ nies. In an April 2003 speech, U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham said management and the security problem s caused DOE to put the Los Alamos con­ tract up for bidding in 2003. "The University' [of California] bears responsibility for the sys­ temic management failures that came to light in 2002," Abraham said. This week, new Los Alamos security problems surfaced as security officials began investi­ gating missing classified data. Owen and Delaney both said their companies will take the security issues into account as they research the possibility of managing the lab. UC President Richard Atkinson has said the university is considering its own bid, but like the other companies, it will wait until the fall to decide officially. T oday’s N ews WORLD & NATION Austin to convert public wading pools New operation to launch in Afghanistan The U.S. military is involving thousands of troops in an effort to thwart attacks on the presidential election. SEE PAGE 3 OPINION Gay rights reflect American values J O Daily Texan columnist Mike O ’Connor tells his opinion on the much-debated topic: Gays should be allowed to marry. SEE PAGE 4 SPORTS Soriano, AL sm ash C lem ens in Houston In front of his home crowd, Roger Clemens didn’t make it past the first inning in a 9- 4 American League victory. SEE PAGE « CORRECTIONS • A Page 1 subhead in Tuesday’s paper incorrectly identified who was linked in Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn’s report. Gov. Perry’s chief of staff helped Clarendon win the CHIP con­ tract. The Texan regrets the error. • A Page 1 story titled “Council narrows list of applicants” in Tuesday’s paper incorrectly identified the number of applications the city received for the Travis County Hospital District Board. It received 65. The Texan regrets the error. Today’s Weather High Low ladelphia, you ruined a cameo Index World & N a tio n ........................... 3 O p in io n ......................................... 4 Entertainment.............................. 5 C la ssifie d s.................................... 6 Com ics............................................ 7 S p o rt s ............................................ 8 Redesign w ill be tailored to co m m unity desires By Susan Shepard Daily Texan Staff The sm allest m em bers of A ustin's municipal pool system are tucked away in city parks and playgrounds. They are a dozen w ading pools scattered throughout the city, shallow splashing areas for young children and their parents. The pools have short seasons and shorter hours, opening in mid-June and closing in earl} August, but w hen open, they provide resting points for those who haven't yet mastered the shallow end. "Most of these pools were built in the '30s and '40s," said Farhad Madani, the city's aquatic and safety division manager. "Kids are playing in the playground, they get hot, and there is a pool to enjoy." municipal pools — most city pools can get up to 5-feet deep in the shallow area, whereas the wading pools average under 2 feet — and most of them are filled and drained every day. Since they are stand­ ing water pools rather than recirculating ones, they can't be kept open for very' long, Madani said. "There are two pools we've converted, Shipe and Stacy, to circulating pools," he said. The pools open for up to seven hours at a time, as opposed to the three or four hours the other wading pools are open daily. Sometimes even those three or four hours are interrupted by a half-hour break for chlorination. The convenience of the wading pools is a draw for Shelly Wallace and her two These pools are far smaller than the city's See POOLS, page 2 Photos by Lauren Niemcewicz I Daily Texan Staff Heide Mendt, and Clemente Lopez, 10 months, spend the afternoon at Shipe Park wading pool in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Right, Mila De Spain, 1, also cools off in the Shipe Park wading pool on Tuesday afternoon. The pool has been converted from a standing-water pool to a circulating pool. Congressional candidates gear up Redistricting issues promise unusual November election By Rachna Sheth Daily Texan Staff Texas congressional hopefuls are revving up their campaigns for the November elections in the new congressional districts drawn by the Texas Legislature last year. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, w ho currently rep­ resents the University and the Central Texas area in District 10, is running in the newly formed District 25 that runs from Austin to the border town of McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley. "The dis­ trict is not new to me," Doggett said. "It runs to Lockhart and Luling, which I served as a state senator, and it continues for another 300 miles to communi­ ties I have worked with and won twice in statew ide elec­ tions, and where I have signifi­ cant local support." Doggett has said in the past that splitting the city of Austin into three separate districts was a move personally aimed at him by the House majority leader, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land. Although he will be run­ ning against Republican candi­ date Rebecca Armendariz Klein, Doggett said he considers DeLay his "real opponent." Arm endariz Klein said the configuration of the new district motivated her to put her name on the ballot against the five- term incumbent. "[The district] is 70-percent Hispanic by population, and the fact that I'm a daughter of a Mexican immigrant — I feel that I reflect all the diversity in the district," Armendariz IGein said. "A large num ber of people in this district have never had a Republican congressional candi­ date on their ballot, and so this is historic." See ELECTIONS, page 2 U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett Rep. candidate Rebecca Arm­ endariz Klein Electronic voting issues prompt debate (¿roups question much i ne-certification process, security By C. Daniel Guerra Daily Texan Staff Representatives of several citi­ zens' groups met at the Capitol Tuesday to press for reforms in the use of electronic voting machines. The event was part of "The Com puter Ate My Vote Day," a nationwide effort by activist organizations to bring attention to electronic voting, which has fallen under increased scrutiny this year because of the upcom ­ ing November presidential elec­ tion. Harris County election offi- Terrorism talle stresses public action APD-sponsored forum held Tuesday to educate citizens By Clay Reddick Daily Texan Staff Law enforcement and emergency managem ent experts stressed public awareness as the key to pre­ venting terrorism in a forum Tuesday sponsored by the Austin Police Department. "Citizen involvement is critical to preventing crime and preventing terrorism," said APD Chief Stan Knee to a crowd of about 65 people at the LBJ Auditorium. APD and local television station K-EYE held the forum to educate the public about the threat of ter­ rorism and hopefully make them more cooperative with law enforcement, said keynote speaker Byron Sage. Sage, a former leader in the Federal Bureau ot Investigations, has spoken at similar events across the country since the Sept. 11 attacks. Sage said that, while he knows of no terrorist threat against Central Texas, historically, the region has seen more international and domestic terrorist activity than other parts of the country. Sage warned against using stereotv'pes to find terrorists, noting that domestic terrorist groups are often overlooked. "Not every terrorist is a Middle Eastern male, and not every Middle Eastern m an is a terrorist," said Sage. Sage estimated that APD has over 40 officers in its homeland defense division. "Austin, without a doubt, is one of the most highly prepared and proactive communities that I have seen," Sage said. Knee called Austin one of the best prepared cities Volume 104, Number 176 25 cents See VOTING, page 2 Lauren Niemcewicz I Daily Texan Staff Karen Renick voices her opinion on the importance of paper ballots Tuesday. Groups gathered at the Capitol and reported nationwide problems with electronic voting. See TERRORISM, page 2 WEDNESDAY. JULY 14,2004 Restoration in progress to preserve Alamo survivor's home P ageT wo T he D a il y T exan Candidates ready for fall elections ELECTIONS, FROM 1 DeLay, who has represented District 22 for the last 20 years, will run in that district, which did not change significantly during redistricting. The Democrat running against DeLay, Richard Morrison, expects the race to be tough, said Morrison spokeswoman Sue Davis. "Obviously, beating Tom DeLay is no slam dunk," Davis said. This year's races have also presented a unique situation in which both major party candi­ dates in the new Congressional Districts 19 and 32 are incum­ bents. "It is always unusual when you have incumbents running against incumbents," said Chris Homan, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, who is running in District 32. of Because redistricting, Sessions is running against U.S. Rep. M artin Frost, D-Dallas, longest-serving congress­ the man from the Texas delegation. Sessions may have an advantage because the new district includes 50 percent of the population he already represents, Homan said. Frost and Sessions will engage in five different public debates to educate the public about their views on issues, spokesmen for both candidates said. "It is important to educate all of the new voters on Frdst's 26-year record of accomplishments," said Frost spokesman Justin Kitsch. U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D- Waco, and his opponent state Rep. Arlene Wohlgemuth, R-Burleson, will also engage in debates in the new District 17. The new district has a solid Republican voting base, which will work to W ohlgem uth's advantage, said Bo Harmon, spokesm an for the National Republican Congressional Committee. to Edw ards' But according cam paign, incum bent's the bipartisan appeal makes him a com petitive opponent. Key Republican and Independent leaders in the district, including former supporters of Republican congressional candidate Dot Snyder in the GOP primary, have endorsed Edwards for Congress, according to a statement from Edwards' campaign. TOMORROW’S WEATHER High 95 Low 73 We should let them vote in our election UNIVERSITY BRIEFS KLRU employee found dead in Communications building A KLRU employee was discov­ ered dead early Tuesday morning on campus, KLRU and UT officials said Tuesday. KLRU is the public television station famous for the Austin City Limits television pro­ gram. Another employee found the individual at approximately 6:30 a.m. in the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center - Building B, said Robert Meckel, a University spokesman. The UTPD is investigating, but the cause of death has not been determined, said UTPD Sgt. Donna Maga. UTPD should know the cause of death within two weeks, when the toxicology report is returned, Maga said. Foul play is not sus­ pected, Meckel said. UTPD treats all deaths with unknown causes as crimes or homicides until proven otherwise, Maga said. The employee's name has not been released because relatives had not been notified as of press time. — Rebecca Quigley University of Houston ups security with cameras HOUSTON — The University of Houston Police Department has new members who are all fewer than 3 feet tall. Despite their diminutive height, UHPD anticipates the new squad will play a key role in crime pre­ vention — a squad composed of surveillance cameras installed by the university as the first phase of an effort to improve campus security. Associate Vice President for Plant Operations David Irvin said cameras have already been installed in a parking lot, and installation is underway in two other lots. Irvin said the $150,000 camera system and more than $100,000 in new lighting will be installed on campus before the beginning of the fall semester. The cameras are exterior-mounted and placed at varying heights, Irvin said. Additional locations for cam­ eras are being considered based on input from the Student Government Association. SGA President Jon Quintanilla said the student Senate identified some areas of campus it felt needed attention, then met with Wilson to compare those with high-crime areas. — U-wire City to convert, remodel wading pools Austin wading pool locations Terry “Tex” Toler uses faux paint to make the wall of the Susannah Dickinson house look more like the original. Volunteers participated in a project to restore the home at Brush Square Park on Saturday. The work is a temporary solution until $500,000 can be raised to fully renovate the Alamo survivor’s house. The building has been relocated twice since 2001 and Jeremy Balkin I Daily Texan S ta ff will most likely remain where it now stands. Organizers believe that the Susannah Dickinson house is Austin’s only link to the Alamo and should therefore be kept in good shape. Tim Garbutt, head of FaulknerUSA, the organization that financed the home’s relocation, says that the restoration will "preserve history, beautify downtown and add tourists.” Forum addresses terrorism TERRORISM, FR0M1 in the country. Officials devel­ oped an emergency plan quickly after Sept. 11, he said. In 2002, the Austin City Council created a 21-member task force on public safety with civilian and law enforcement representatives. Task force member Clint Smith, a representative from the commu­ nity activist group Gray Panthers, threatened to quit out of frustra­ tion in September 2002, saying the task force was too focused on law enforcement at the expense of public services, such as hospitals. Smith, who did not attend the forum, said public safety and resources have anti-terrorism remained adequate, but hum an services have suffered through the poor economy. The city's public safety task force has not met since making its recommendations to the council in August 2002. "If the threat of terrorist attack is so bad, we should have more frequent meetings," Smith said. "If we invest too much in public safety and not enough in public services, everybody gets hurt." POOLS, FR0M 1 children, Bennett, 8, and Henri, 6, who passed Tuesday afternoon at the West Austin wading pool. "I think they like it, because they can decide they want to go, and in five minutes, we're here," Wallace said. But she thinks the pool could use some maintenance. "It's nice and in walking dis­ tance, but it obviously needs some work," she said. "It looks like it needs to be completely redone." The Eastwoods Park wading pool sits near the University, a few blocks off of Dean Keeton Street. Lifeguard Shaun Haugen, 17, was the only person there mid-afternoon on Tuesday. "Some days, we get a few peo­ ple out here. Some days, we don't get any people out here," Haugen said. He added that the weekends, when people throw parties in the surrounding park, are busier for the pool. Madani said that the city is working on converting the rest of its 10 wading pools to either recirculating pools, which have filtration system s and do not need to be emptied daily, such as the ones at Stacy and Shipe, or w ater playgrounds, which have w ater features like sprinklers and fountains but no standing water. What becomes of the pools will depend partly on the desires of the surrounding neighborhoods, Madani said. "We do n't w ant to build a w ater playground in an area where people don't want it. If they'd rather have a wading pool, we'll build that." That will be good news to Wallace and others who frequent the West Austin pool. Wallace said that even though the pool needs some attention, she appre­ ciates its convenience. "I would definitely be sad if they took it away," she said. VOTING, FR0M 1 dais reported malfunctions with the electronic voting machines during the 2003 municipal elec- tions. Last week, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced two people that filed a lawsuit against Diebold Inc. in November that alleges the machines make California elections vulnerable to hackers and software bugs. Last year, a hacker allegedly broke into Diebold's com puter system and stole company software, internal This newspaper was printed with pride by The Daily Texan and Texas Student Publications. T h e D aily T e x a n Permanent Staff Editor...................................................................................... ........................ Ben Heath Managing Editor....................................................................... .......................... Erin Keck Copy Desk C h ie f..................................................................... ............... Rebecca Ingram Associate Copy Desk Chief...................................................... Shaun L. Swegman Design Editors .............. ..................................... 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Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline. com. cannot in good faith recommend these machines." M adeleine Hervey, chair of Com m on C ause Texas's Electronic Voting Committee, said her group has collected more than 16,673 signatures from around Texas to have a backup system for machines, such as a voter-verified paper ballot. Hervey said her vote was lost during a com puter malfunc­ tion in a 1998 Dallas election. "W ith paperless machines, there cannot be a meaningful recount, and an audit is impos­ sible," Hervey said. Dan Wallach, an assistant pro­ fessor of com puter science at Rice University, has studied the vulnerability of electronic voting machines. He said the voting machine certification process, which requires the state to test the function and design of the machines through "independent testing authorities," needs to be improved. "There is strong agreement that the certification program doesn't work," Wallach said. "The first thing to fix is to get a better idea of w hat [the state] is certifying the machines for." Connor said in a statement that Texas' voting system certifi­ cation standards are among the most stringent in the nation and that abandoning electronic vot­ ing or implementing untested printing technology before the November elections would lead to voter confusion. "I continue to have the utmost confidence in the direct record­ ing electronic voting systems ... and have no intention of arbi­ trarily decertifying any of these systems w ithout just cause," Connor said. Thirteen counties in Texas use electronic voting machines. Travis County uses H art InterCivic's eSlate machines, which were the same used in Harris County elections last year. memos and e-mails. The Austin groups that ral­ lied at the Capitol, which includ­ ed Common Cause Texas and Drive Democracy, called for Texas Secretary of State Geoffrey Connor, whose office controls the statewide election process, to change the state's electronic vot­ ing machine certification process and include a paper ballot print­ out to verify accurate voting. Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D- Austin, who was present at the meeting, said he is concerned about the safety of his constitu­ ents' votes. "The current system in Texas can be better," Rodriguez said. "I Richard A Finnell leed your wisdom teeth removed? Right now PPD Development is looking for men for a post surgical pain relief research study. The surgery is performed by a board certified oral surgeon and managed by Austin Oral Surgery Associates by James R. Fncke, Jr. DDS, MSD. Financial compensation is provided. PPD DEVELopmENr m A subsidiary of PPD Inc \ www.dailytexanonllne.com Wire Editor: Katie Walsh Phone: (512) 232-2215 WORLD BRIEFS Blair denies inaccuracy o f prewar intelligence LONDON — A day before the release of a potentially embar­ rassing report on British intel­ ligence, Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday he did not believe his government received poor information about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. Blair spoke after he and senior officials received an advance copy of the findings from a six-month inquiry into the qual­ ity of intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s arsenal. The report is to be released to opposition politicians and the public on Wednesday. Last week, a Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry concluded that most of the CIA’s claims on Saddam Hussein’s alleged arsenal were overstated or unsupported. The committee chairman, noting that the United States was not alone in its beliefs, called it a "global intel­ ligence failure.” Blair’s office has declined to comment on the findings, saying the “ Senate report is a matter for the U.S.” Chechnya's acting president escapes assassination VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia Chechnya's acting president escaped an assassination attempt Tuesday when an explo­ sion tore through his motorcade, officials said. Sergei Abramov, who was appointed to lead the Kremlin- backed Chechen government after the May 9 assassination of Akhmad Kadyrov, was not injured by the roadside blast. The attack came six weeks ahead of a scheduled presiden­ tial election in Chechnya. The explosion underscored Russian forces' inability to purge insurgents from the city, despite a huge troop presence, and challenged Kremlin contentions that Chechnya is stabilizing after nearly five years of war. The explosion that hit the con­ voy was believed to have been a land mine set off by remote con­ trol, a method frequently used by separatist rebels to kill and demoralize Russian forces. Compiled from Associated Press reports W o r l d & N a t io n New operation to launch in Afghanistan T he D aily T exan An Afghan woman gets her voter identity cards as others wait at a voter registration center in one of the mosques in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday. Manish Swarup I Associated Press its 6,500-strong peacekeeping force focused on Kabul and fan out across the relatively peaceful north in the run-up to the vote. Peaceful elections would reflect well on the U.S. military and deflect criticism that it has failed to capture Osama bin Laden or Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. The military' is also dealing with a widening investigation into allegations that Afghan prisoners have been abused in American jails here. Bam o said the U.S.-led coali­ tion had forces working exclu­ sively on tracking dow n top fugi­ tives. But he said that he had no firm intelligence on where. There have been reports from Washington that bin Laden and his top aide, Ayman al-Zawahri, might be planning major new al-Qaida attacks to disrupt the upcom ing U.S. elections. But Bam o said he had no know l­ edge of the m en's whereabouts or activities. "Those are, I think, the most difficult targets w e have over here," Bamo said. "Because of the lack of information we have on them, I think the inference is that they are well-protected." He said U.S. intelligence-gath- erers were hoping that Pakistani military operations against al- Qaida suspects in a tribal region across the border would produce vital leads. By Stephen Graham Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has launched a new operation in Afghanistan involv­ ing thousands of troops to pro­ tect the upcoming presidential election, the top American com ­ mander said Tuesday. nam ed o p eratio n , Lightning Resolve, is "kicking off as we speak," Lt. Gen. David Bamo told The Associated Press in an interview at his headquar­ ters in the Afghan capital. The He said the operation con­ tains enough "offensive punch" to keep militants off-balance and would include targeted, intelli­ gence-driven raids. He gave no specifics. A 2,000-strong M arine force w hich has ham m ered Taliban militants in a southern strong­ hold since it arrived in March is in the process of leaving the country, Bamo said. The remaining force of 17,000 soldiers will intensify its coop­ eration with the United Nations, w hich is helping organize the Oct. 7 presidential election, seen as a key step on this war-shat­ tered country's path to recovery. some 7 million voters, despite a string of attacks that has raised fears that security will not be adequate to ensure a fair and free vote. "W e'll be shifting our efforts to helping to build the required security going into the election itself," Bam o said. "The specifics of that plan are still being worked out." U.S. forces are expected to pro­ vide broad security across the south and east during the elec­ tion, leaving Afghan police and soldiers to protect polling sta­ tions. The U.N. has helped register NATO is expected to increase Red ( xoss suspects U.S. of hiding detainees By Naomi Koppel Associated Press GENEVA — The international Red Cross said Tuesday it sus­ pects the United States is hid­ ing detainees in lockups across the globe, though the agency has been granted access to thou­ sands o f pnsoners in Iraq and elsewhere. Terror suspects reported by the FBI as captured have never turned up in detention centers, and the United States has failed to reply to agency demands for a list of everyone it's holding, said Antonella Notari, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross. "These people are, as far as we can tell, detained in locations that are undisclosed not only to us but also to the rest of the w orld," At the Pentagon, Notari told The Associated Press. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday he was "looking further into" the Red Cross concerns and added: "We do work closely with the Red Cross on all detainee issues." He did not concede a problem exists. spokes­ m an Bryan W hitman said, "The of International C om m ittee the Red Cross has access to all D efense D epartm ent detention operations." However, in his report into allegations of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba found that military police there had "routinely held persons brought to them by other governm ent agencies without accounting for them, knowing their identities, or even the reason for their deten­ tion." Hussein. On at least one occasion, they moved these "ghost detainees" around the prison to hide them from a visiting Red Cross delega­ tion, he added. He described the actions as "deceptive, contrary to Army Doctrine and in violation of international law." Under the Geneva Conventions, the United States is obliged to give the neutral, Swiss-run ICRC access to prisoners of war and other detainees to check on their conditions and allow them to send messages to their families. The United States says it is cooperating with the agency, and has allowed Red Cross delegates access to thousands of prison­ ers in Afghanistan, at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and in Iraq, where agency delegates have visited Saddam IC RC It is unclear whether terror sus­ pects would be covered bv the Geneva Conventions, but Notari said that "for humanitanan rea­ sons," the Red Cross should be told about all detainees. P resid en t Jakob Kellenberger made the request in January on a visit to Washington during w hich he m et with Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. "So far we haven't had a satis­ factory reply," Notari said. She said the FBI has posted details of arrested suspects on its Web site, and other arrests have been reported by the media, but some of those people have never shown up in prisons that the Red Cross visits. Wednesday. July 14. 2 00 4 NATION BRIEFS Kerry, Edwards oppose gay marriage ban BOSTON — Democrat John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards may not end up voting on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, a polar­ izing issue in the presidential campaign. President Bush has called for the amendment and top Republicans are trying to get one passed in the Senate. While Kerry and Edwards oppose gay marriage, they argue that it is an issue that should be left to the states to decide. Both senators support civil unions, which would give gay couples all the legal rights of married cou­ ples without letting them wed. Son of murderer seeks to ‘divorce’ his father SANDOWN, N.H. — Patrick Holland was 8 years old the night his father shot his mother eight times, then beat her in the face with the rifle. After years of therapy for depression and anger, Patrick is suing to “divorce” his imprisoned father in a case legal experts say is highly unusual and maybe unprecedented. Patrick, 14, wants to make sure Daniel Holland can no lon­ ger play a role in his life. “ He took away a home, a mother, a father and all my friends. Everything I had was gone because of him,” the teen­ ager said in a recent interview. "I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive him.” The case is extraordinary because Patrick himself — not his legal guardians, Ron and Rita Lazisky of Sandown — is trying to terminate Holland’s parental rights. Attempts to terminate a parent's rights are common, but they are nearly always initi­ ated by state child protection agencies, foster parents or stepparents to free children for adoption. “ He’s not my father,” Patrick áaid. “ If he wanted to have a relationship with me, he should have thought of that before he killed her.” The trial is scheduled for July 26-27. Compiled from Associated Press reports After aiding Sudanese refugees, Chad villagers in desperate need By Alexandra Zavls Associated Press BAHAI, Chad — Soundaiye Younous beat out her frustration on the laundry she was trying to scrub in a muddy puddle. The sun was not yet high in the sky when she got to the well, but already it w as dry. "B efore there was lots of water," the 15-year-old Chadian said. the refugees "B u t since came, there isn't enough." O n either side of Chad's border with Sudan, tens of thousands of villagers have slaughtered their last sheep, shared their last water and given up their clothes to help the more than 1 million black Africans driven from their homes by largely Arab militias in Sudan's Darfur region. W hile international attention has focused on conflicts else­ where, U .N . officials estimate as many as 100,000 on both sides of the border are in as desperate need of food, water and help as the refugees. W hen first Sudanese straggled across a dried-up river the bed into Chad, residents of this remote desert town opened their homes, their pastures and their wells to them. Six months later, refugees out­ num ber residents three-to-one, and the strain shows. Food prices have skyrocketed, animal fodder is running out and fights break out regularly at wells that still function. Fatime Ousman turned up on Mariama Sou lei m an's doorstep one morning in tears. She said Arab militiamen, known as the Janjaweed, had killed her hus­ band, leaving her to care for their four children along with the six offspring of her dead brother and sister-in-law. All 11 w ere living under a thorn tree on the out­ skirts of Bahai, a border town. "M y sister-in-law was bombed by an Antonov airplane. M y brother tried to run, but the Janjaweed caught him and cut him to pieces before our eyes," Ousman recounted. "W hen my husband heard they were killed, he went back to try and save the cattle. The Janjaweed caught him and shot him ." The children are now so afraid the bombers will return, they cry' at the sight of a bird, she said. Souleiman, w ho sells candv and soda at the market, gave the family two rooms to live in and food, clothes and blankets. "W e don't have much our­ selves, but we couldn't watch people suffer like that," she said. "If you had seen them when they first came, you too would take the clothes off your back to help them ." For 17 months, Arab raiders on horses and cam els, backed by Sudanese airplanes and heli­ razed copter gunships, have hundreds of villages in Darfur in attacks described by human rights groups as ethnic cleans­ ing. Up to 30,000 people have been killed, the United Nations estimates. The Janjaw eed — the word means "horsem en" in the local dialect — have followed the more than 200,000 refugees into Chad, attacking the refugees and their hosts and reportedly killing hun­ dreds and stealing thousands of cattle, say Chadian officials. U.N. and U.S. officials accuse President Omar el-Bashir's gov­ ernment of backing the militias. Sudanese authorities deny any complicity in the attacks and have pledged to disarm the Janjaweed. Armed Chadian soldiers now in cruise the 375-m ile border pickup trucks to ward off fur­ ther attacks. On Saturday, el- Bashir and his Chad counterpart, President Idriss Deby, agreed to set up joint border patrols and to investigate the damage caused by cross-border attacks. Jan Egeland, U.N. under-sec­ retary-general for humanitarian affairs, concedes the internation­ al community took too long to respond to the slaughter in Sudan and its consequences in Chad, in part because of the focus on the Iraq war. He also blames the remoteness of Darfur, insufficient funding and restrictions imposed by the Sudanese government on hum an­ itarian work in the region. In the meantime, the burden A Chadian woman shops at a clothing stall owned by a Sudanese refu­ gee, seen in the background, on Monday. Karel Prinsloo I Associated Press of supporting the displaced has fallen on local communities — stretching m eager resources to the limit. Refugees began arriving in Bahai in January, but it took another two months for the first international food aid to come. So residents pooled what thev had to provide food, blankets and clothing to the refugees. Many of the locals come from the same ethnic groups as the refugees, said Heken Bechir, an administrator in Bahai. But the cost has been high. "N ow (the local people) have run out of evervthing," Bechir said. "But nobody is helping the local population." Bush, Kerry build moral positions fo r ‘ values’ vote Wow, affordable college! That’s what I’m talking about. • L o w e s t tu ition in the a re a . • Chech o u t financial aid a t w w w .a w s tin c c .e d u / fm a id • M o r e options '-Honors student a c tivitie s, onfine classes - m o r e t h a n I expectedI Current and former ACC students can r e g is t e r n o w ! Orientation and registration for new students begins J u ly 19. Classes start A u g u s t 2 3 . Pick u p a fall schedule at any A C C location, or log on to www.austincc.edu to get started. Call 512.223.4ACC for a campus near you. ^ C Á ustin C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e S ta rt H ere . G et Th ere. Low T u itio n • S m a ll C la s s e s • C o n v e n ie n t L o c a tio n s • G r e a t In s tru c to rs Carlos Osorio I Associated Press SAGINAW, Mich. — President Bush and John Kerry are trying to define the debate on gay marriage, abortion and other values in a scramble for voters. Along with the economy and the war on terrorism, values have emerged as a critical issue in the close presidential campaign, with polls showing Americans evenly split on which candidate shares their personal values. The values debate energizes Bush’s strongest supporters, particularly in rural America. Here, he gets a group hug after addressing supporters during a rally at the Superior Dome at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., on Tuesday. EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-chief: Ben Heath Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editor: Jonathan York uIt does not affect your daily life very much if your neigh­ bor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right ... Now you must raise your children up in a world where the union of a man and a box turtle is on the same legal footing as a man and w ife.” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, equating gays and lesbians with amphibians. u Outdoors: Box turtle num­ bers are dwindling because of fragmented home ranges.” Headline in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, possibly describing the effects of gay marriage. MA1BE the jv/zAAd c4A/ Q V E US ki&tTS! MrFt/S Wednesay, July 14, 2004 VIEWPOINT T h e D a il y T e x a n Our modest proposal “I think the relentless flow of homosexual propaganda in television and movies has taken a toll, so that people feel even defending marriage is an act of intolerance." — Robert Knight, Director, Culture & Family Institute San Francisco Chronicle, July 12 It's high time someone said what every decent American was thinking! Hardly a day goes by that a child doesn't endure unnecessary trauma as a parent explains, "Your friend Bobby has two m om ­ m ies," or "Your uncle Jimmy likes men the w ay your daddy likes me." Texans as Am ericans, w e m ust fight this epidem ic of excessive tolerance and moral capitu­ lation! and As A constitutional am end­ ment banning gay marriage could be up for a congres­ sional vote today. Experts say the ban is unlikely to pass the Senate. But even if it does, gays in this country will not stop indoctrinating our youth with their filthy lusts until the amendment is removed, and they can affirm those foul relationships in the sam e way heterosexual couples do. This country must draw a line in the sand before it's too late. Why, if men can marry men, and women can marry women with impunity, then what will stop our society from degenerating into the vile ruin of Ancient Rome? We'll be burning Christians at the stake before we know it! In June, the Texas GOP supported a law applying crim inal penalties to any governm ent official who sanctions a same-sex mar­ riage. Fine! Good! But it's not strong enough. We recom­ mend the state also penalize anyone seeking or support­ ing the official blessing of such unlawful unions. Such offenders should be sent to a place where officials have a lengthy history of turn­ ing a blind eye to long-term homosexual activity: Texas prisons. Officials in prisons across the state have been repeat­ ignoring edly accused of sexual impropriety that some would say is even more mor­ ally reprehensible than gay marriage. In 2001, the inter­ national advocacy group Human Rights Watch identi­ fied Texas as the worst state in the nation for prison rape. for­ Roderick mer inmate, sued the Texas Departm ent of Criminal Justice in 2002, saying he was forced into become a sex slave for other inmates, and that guards and prison officials repeatedly ignored his com­ plaints. Also, until recently, almost no allegations of rape in Texas prisons resulted in criminal prosecution. Johnson, a We're not advocating that all homosexuals be thrown into prison and raped at will. That would be un-American and un-Christian! We also acknowledge that, after sever- al court decisions and changes in federal law since 1999, Texas has become more responsive to rape allegations. But if Johnson's and other statem ents accurate, are Texas prisons may have a historically laissez-faire atti­ tude toward sex that would allow gays and lesbians to practice their deviant and socially dam aging lifestyle without interfering with our morality and way of life. We suggest additional wings be built to som e pris­ ons for gay couples. The proj­ ects will pay for themselves if prisoners perform tasks appropriate to their lifestyle that benefit the state: Gay men can work the laundry, prepare meals, and design and make uniforms for pris­ oners and guards, and lesbi­ ans could repair the state's motor vehicles. If we're to have homosexuality, then the citizens might as well get something useful out of it! If our plan is adopted, the most dangerous enemies of family values will be put in a place where they cannot harm our families. They will stay out of our television programs and our movies. Our children will no longer be subjected to the dam ag­ ing footage of Massachusetts gay marriages on CNN. This plan will save our nation before homosexuals send us reeling into the same deca­ dent downward spiral that destroyed Ancient Rome! (If we consider basic civil rights for hom osexuals so dispensable, we m ight as well lock them up.) a t ri¡. s Quotable It’ll be hard to get there, but we do have aggressive drugs.” Dr. Steve Nissen, cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, on cholestrol treatem ent — or so he would claim. Despite rhetoric, gay rights reflect American values m y pocket nor breaks my leg ," and w ith M artin Luther K ing Jr., w ho ch aracterized an unju st law as "a cod e that a m ajority inflicts on a m inority that is not binding on itself." You p ro p ­ erly revere the C on stitu tio n , including the am endm ents that guarantee the equal ap plication of the law s and the sep aration of church and state. Then you should be in favor of allow ing gays and lesbians to marry. But m ost likely, you are not. A ccording to the Pew Research Center, 65 percent of registered voters op p ose gay m arriage, w hile on ly 28 percent favor it. The sam e survey, taken in February o f this year, also found more people taking the issue seriously. "[F]o u r-in -10 voters say they w ould not vote for a candidate w ho disagrees with them on gay m arriage, even if they agree w ith the candidate on m ost other issu es." This fig­ ure is higher than the corre­ sponding num bers for abortion and gun control. In response to this public con­ cern, President Bush has pro­ posed a Constitutional amend­ ment banning same-sex marriag­ es. In a vote that could come as soon as Thursday, he has urged the Senate to pass the amend­ ment. The Governm ent Account­ ability Office (until recently the General Accounting Office) has named 1,138 federal laws that grant advantages to married cou­ ples. The proposed amendment would guarantee that those in same-sex relationships, no mat­ ter how committed, could never receive these benefits. Why not? The oft-heard but poorly artic­ the president's, ulated claim that gays and lesbi­ ans "threaten" marriage merely by participating in it is too facile to play a prom inent role in seri­ ous' public debate. Argum ents such as that same-sex w eddings would "cut marriage off from its cultural, religious and natural roots," ignore the fact that a secular and multicultural society like the United States cannot enshrine one particular set of cultural or religious traditions. More likely is that these weak arguments mask an obvious but deeper truth: Homosexuality still makes many Americans uncom­ fortable. There should be no shame in that discomfort, but to make others suffer for it is noth­ ing short of bigotry. And bigotry should be chal­ lenged, to. Unfortunately, pandering seems pandered not the day. to be the order of the Republican supporters of can grandstand am endm ent with no real consequence, as few' expect the vote to go their way. Dem ocrats, on the other hand, relish the opportunity to be seen com bating Republican extremism, if not actually sup­ porting gay rights. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the presumptive Democratic nominee for presi­ dent, made this point quite clear in a recent Washington Post inter­ view: "L e t's be very firm about it. Both [Sen.] John [Edw ards, D -N .C ., K e rry 's v ic e -p re s i­ d ential choice] and I believe firm ly and abso lu tely that m ar­ riage is betw een a man and a w om an. But w e also believe that you d o n 't play w ith the the U nited C o n stitu tio n o f States for p olitical p u rp o ses." During the Civil Rights era, the federal governm ent played an important role in the integration of African-A m ericans into the larger society, often over tremen­ dous objections from whites. In the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush set an important tone by repeat­ edly calling for an end to igno­ rant and racist hostility against Muslim and Arab-Americans. Courageous politicians can and do contest public opinion when it is manifestly unjust — that is why they are called "leaders." Gays and lesbians deserve no less. O'Connor is an American studies graduate student and a member of the Green party. By Mike O’Connor Daily Texan Columnist "Politicians are always saying that they wish the government could be as good as the people it serves. But have you seen that midget dating show?” — Bill Maher A ssu m e you are a p a tri­ o tic A m erican w ho stron g ly believ es in liberty and eq u al­ ity. You agree w ith T hom as Jefferso n , who said that g ov ern ­ m ent h as no business restrict­ in g that w hich "n eith er picks LANL security flaw may help UT THE FIRING LINE By Stefan Wray Daily Texan Guest Columnist A security breach at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New M exico last week is anoth­ er setback for the University of California's management of the nuclear w eapons facility. The identity of the culprits is still not known. But we do know that the public-relations dam age to the university will likely decrease its chances of retaining control of the lab, while increasing the odds for the UT System and other entities that announced their intent this w eek to bid on the laboratory's m anagement contract. Los Alamos officials reported last w eek that two com puter disks containing classified nuclear research information were m iss­ ing. It is the third incident of miss­ ing classified data at the nuclear weapons lab in the last year. The loss of classified inform ation cam e just before the Departm ent of Energy's Monday deadline for com petitors to express interest in bidding on Los Alamos' m anage­ ment contract, set to expire in Septem ber 2005. The energy department decid­ ed last year to open com peti­ tion on the lab contract, in part because o f poor m anagem ent and security mishaps under the U niversity of California System 's leadership, which has managed the lab since 1943. This summer, the D O E 's National N uclear Secu rity A dm inistration will issue a request for proposals. In addition to the UC and UT sys­ tem s, expected bidders include Lockheed M artin and Battel le M em orial Institute. Given the timing of this latest incident, it makes one w onder if the individual or individuals behind the m issing com puter disks intentionally wanted to cast negative light on UC at the onset of the bidding process on the labo­ ratory's management contract. We can only guess about the motives, but whether the computer disks were taken for personal gain or as an act of malice toward the uni­ versity, the incident adds to U C 's growing list of security problems at Los Alamos and will likely be a contributing factor when the DOE decides early next year on a new lab manager. Not retaining the Los Alamos contract might at first appear to the UC System 's loss. But the university has experienced a lot of grief in the past few years, with scrutiny from Congress and federal agencies and law ­ suits from citizens groups and lab employees. Elements within the UC System might now think that managing the laboratory is more trouble than it is worth. If UC leaves Los Alamos, it could take with it parts of the paper trail that has accumulated over the past 61 years. Some of those records tell an unpleasant history of environm ental con­ tamination and callous disregard for worker safety. It would be in the university's best interest to remove those documents. A concern am ong some sci­ entists and lab adm inistrators could be that their research at Los Alamos would become the prop­ erty of, or credited to, others if the lab m anagement changes hands. Some em ployees at Los Alamos have said in interviews they are eager for change. They view UC as an absentee landlord that doesn't treat w orkers fairly. A new manager w on't necessarily solve the laboratory's problems, but some workers say they are ready to see UC leave. Some companies that subcon­ tract at Los Alamos also could benefit if UC were ousted. BWX Inc., w hich has Technologies worked with Oak Ridge and Idaho national laboratories, has been in talks with the UT System to form a partnership to management Los Alamos, according to one labora­ tory employee. The System and the company w ouldn't comment on whether they were discuss­ ing that possibility. Clearly, BWX Technologies would be better off as a partner than as a subcontrac­ tor for UC. Another beneficiary of a new lab manager would be the DOE nuclear weapons program itself. During a transition period of new management, it might be more difficult for outside oversight and scrutiny from opponents of new nuclear w eapons developm ent who wish to access information about those programs. The security breaches will embolden those who want UC to lose its management contract. This is unfortunate for those of us in Texas who do not want our flagship university involved with nuclear weapons development. Wray, a UT alum, is working with a partner on an independent documen­ tary about Los Alamos called “The WMDs Are In New Mexico. ” He works with Iconmedia, Austin Center for Peace and Justice, Peace Action Texas and national anti-nuclear efforts. Canada, the beautiful even NASA. In an era when conservative lawmakers have not found time in their agenda to renew the 10-year-old ban on the worst of worst assault weapons, they do find time in a futile attempt to forever govern from the grave and deprive the youth of this country our right to enter into civil unions, affirming our love for one another regardless of our sexual orientation. The United States, thanks to our Republican so-called leaders, have placed us behind Canada and many European nations — the true lands of the brave and free. God bless Canada and all those who value true freedom under constitutional forms of government. One day, when the Canadian dollar trades for 75 cents against the American dollar, maybe then, just maybe, the U.S. government will wake up and realize gay Americans are more of an asset to our country than could ever possibly be realized in the past. We are everywhere, including the Bush-C heney cam paign (Mary Cheney), the Republican- led Congress, the military and The youth of America does not wish to be governed from the grave by this current administra­ tion, nor its so-called Republican leadership. Leave the youth of America alone. You do not speak for us. We yearn for the day when fair-minded leaders repre­ sent us in Congress. We will not forget in November. Bryan Snook B.S., aerospace, 1998 Make the noises stop As a whole, I find that the UT support staff does an excel­ lent job at keeping UT running smoothly. It does a great job here, and I am very thankful. I am a little disgruntled, how­ ever, that on more than one occa­ sion, I have been taking an exam in a classroom only to be rudely interrupted because som eone has to fix something in the room at that instant; it can't wait an hour. Last Friday I took my M 340L exam, and about two-thirds of the way through, someone came in w'ith a loud key ring try­ ing to unlock something by both fire doors after which someone from outside the room started drilling. Loudly. It was extreme­ ly distracting. And last fall, I was taking a test in FAC 21 when someone from ITS had to fix the instructor console and was inconsiderate enough to leave the mute button off, blaring the Windows startup and shutdown noises during my CS 337 test. I know the support staff mem­ bers work hard and certainly deserve a big "thank you" for the job they do. I can imagine it can be difficult to maintain a room that is constantly being used, but doing so during a test is perhaps the least convenient time to do so. I implore whoever is respon­ sible to please be considerate of the people who use them. Tim Soderstrom Computer science senior ON THE WEB Additional firing lines were posted today on the Web site at www.dailytexanonline.com. 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The Texan reserves the right to edit all letters for liability. brevity, clarity and www. dailytexanonllne. com Entertainm ent Editor: John Muller E-mail: e n te rta in m e n t@ d a ilyte xa n on lin e .co m Phone: (512) 232 -2 21 3 T h e DvOLY T e x w Wednesday, July 14, 2 0 0 4 Staging a secret in a well-loved Austin park OUTDOORS WEEK Celebrating the outdoor versatil­ ity of Austin, this is the third in a five-day series of outside activities around town. Today, we take a look at the musical now on stage in Zilker Park. ish m en t o f M ary and the w ill o f C olin, the garden that w as o n ce ov ergrow n and w hich they w ere forbid den to enter b egin s to flourish. In the end, M ary revives m ore than ju st the secret garden. T h e cast and crew have been hard at w o rk on this produ ction since early M ay w hen rehears­ als began, and have continued to ou td o them selves. "W e'v e gone to great lengths to m aintain the artistic integrity," Beilharz said of the show . T h e vision w as indeed kept true by bringing in a very exp erien ced and talented crew for the job. "W e hav e a m ixed cast from all ov er d oing this show for free," the prod u cer said, w hich he believes ad d s to the passion o f the p erfo r­ m ance. "W e have a great lighting d esigner and d ialect co ach " — an effective decision that ad d s to the larger Indian influence m in i­ m ized in the book. "A n d w e hav e b rou g h t in influences from the L ond on and B road w ay stag e." F or C e n tral Texans, it's no w o n d er "T h e Secret G ard en " is a w ond erfu l venture and a hu ge success. Its ability to exem p lify love through nou rishm ent is a great m essage. Perhaps the co m ­ m u nity und erstand s the im p or­ tance o f tend ing to and fostering ou r natu ral environm ent. But the "G a rd e n " across the street and d ow n the hill from the celebrated Botanical G ard ens co n ­ tains a d eep er m essage. A u stinites reflect in the frailties of their flo w ­ ers and glean pow erful insig ht about the parallel d ev elop m en t o f ou r gard ens and hearts. It is a By Adrian Dickerson Daily Texan S ta ff the F or last 4 6 years, the an n u al Z ilk e r P ark S u m m e r M u sic Theatre h as given Central Texans a little ou td oor adventure. W ith the help o f the com m u n ity and sponsors, this y e a r's event is in full sw ing w ith the m usical "T h e Secret G ard e n ," based on the tim eless 1911 British novel by Francis H od gson B urnett. A t Z ilker H illsid e Theater, the producers have ch osen a m usical ad aptation by M arsha N orm an, a P u litzer P rize -w in n in g p lay ­ w righ t and Tony Aw ard w in ­ ner. The m usic, w ritten by Lucy Sim on , sister o f C arly Sim on, earned a Tony n om in atio n w hen the show hit B road w ay in 1991. like "W e this a d a p ta tio n ," p rod u cer Peter B eilharz said. "It p resents a nice flow o f the story line w hile m ak in g it less con­ fusing overall. It's a good story show ." For those w h o are un fam iliar w ith "T h e Secret G ard en ," it's the story of a girl nam ed M ary w h o finds herself alone after her parents and servant are ravaged by a sw eeping cholera epidem ic. V isiting her uncle A rchibald at his (seem ingly hau nted ) m ansion at M isselthw aite M anor, M ary d is­ cov ers the key to a secret garden, on ce kept by her au n t Lily, am id st an ou td oor m aze. M oreover, sh e find s h erself cau gh t betw een the pain of her uncle ov er his d eceased w ife and the relentless how l of their osten­ sibly ill son C olin. W ith the nou r­ FAIR LAND FAIR LAND » * e-rm « * * * * The audience relaxes on the grass during Zilker Park Sum m er Music Theatre’s production of “The Secret Garden.” The musical, which does not charge admission, is playing weekends at the Zilker Hillside Theatre through Aug. 7. Jeremy Balkin I D aily Texan S ta ff positive lesson to A u stin 's youth and offers a you n g fem ale role m odel. For this o u td o o r ad ventu re, bring a b lank et and stake ou t a sp ot on the hillsid e in preparation for the show. Then let the cast take you to a w orld o f m ystery and intrigue. “ The Secret Garden” Zilker Hillside Theatre 2206 William Barton Drive (512) 479-9491 S h o w tim e s: Th u rsday-Sun d ay T hrou gh A u gust 7 Sh ow b egin s at sunset (A p p roxim ately 8:30 p.m .) A d m issio n : N o charge. P ark in g : $3. A. B. G U T H R I E , JR W IN N E R O F T H E P U L IT Z E R P R IZ E A novel meanders its way out west Herding lost ideas across a dry land By Christine Newgard Daily Texan S ta ff R em em ber that old com p u ter gam e "O regon Trail?" R em em ber how novel it w as in the beginning, and then how q u ickly w e real­ ized that nothing ev er happened along that grating trail except for buying supplies, taking ad van­ tage of Ind ians and killing herds o f buffalo? Well, if you can, you d o n 't need to read A .B. G u thrie's w estern, "F a ir Land, Fair L an d ," becau se it covers m u ch the sam e ground at roughly the sam e b or­ in g and repetitive pace. Set b etw een the 1840s and '80s, w e pick up the story o f m ountain m an D ick Sum m ers, d eveloped in G u th rie's P ulitzer prize-w inning novel, "T h e W ay W est," as he takes off on the O regon Trail. We follow him as he h ikes through­ ou t the West, m eeting up w ith his fid dle-playing sid ekick H iggins and reu niting w ith his N ative A m erican sw eetheart Teal Eye. From the beginning, G u th rie's frontiersm an-w orthy storytelling style hints at a good y a m to com e, b u t sadly, it never d evelops. Sp en d in g m ore tim e con tem ­ p lating the W est than creating a story line, G uthrie raises som e provoking environ m en tal issues including overp op u lation and lit­ ter — "H o w folks could com e and go leaving behind them as junk w hat they had prized once, like a cheery chest there w as no cargo for" — in addition to p en­ sive rants on restlessness, hom e, m arriag e, lo n elin ess, w o m en , N ative A m erican relations and family. But you m ust hunt for these gem s betw een pu rposefullv dry and uneventful chapters. T h ere is a sm all sem b lan ce o f conflict near the m id d le of the novel as Su m m ers rectifies a sm all issue involving Teal E ye's last lover, B oon e C audill, a story line h an g o ver from the last novel, bu t he resolves it w ith alm ost a hundred pages left to b u m . The rest of "F a ir Land, Fair L an d " is sim ply Su m m ers gettin g old, H ig g in s gettin g m arried , and the tw o fretting about the future. Som e governm ental affairs con­ cerning the local N ative A m erican tribes are throw n in near the end, b u t they seem cheap and ou t of place, like script ou ttakes from the latter d ays of "D r. Q uinn, M edicine W om an." In this ep i­ sod ic novel, the storv is an after­ thought to G u th n e 's hom age to the West through rustic, ram bling descriptions and conservationist w arnings. A s a result, the novel is as dull as an old co w 's hide. There are b righ t spots in "F a ir Land, F air L an d ," how ever, that even a citified d an d y can enjoy, including a environ m en tally co n ­ scious m essage that those o f us in 2004 w ould do w ell to abid e by, as w ell as a rem ind er of the trav­ esties the "p a le fa ce " m en inflicted on the N ative A m ericans. N ot to forget, o f course, the utter en jo y ­ m ent o f read in g the ch a racter dialogu es so cou ntry that as you finish the book you m ay get a han kerin g to w ear a Stetson and listen to Je ff Fox worthy. I'm still con fu sed , thou g h, ab o u t w h at being "p la n k -b ro k e" m eans, and despite p assages hailing its fla­ vor, I'd still rath er not try "b u f- fler or painter m eat," w h atever that is. A lth o u g h "F a ir L and , F air L a n d " m ay b e sh ort on som e im p ortan t novel essen tials (i.e. plot, m om en tu m , clim ax), it still provides us a longing look at the d isappearing W est and cap ­ Gamers on film, plus a dwarf dancing contest www.dailytexanonline.com By John Muller Daily Texan S ta ff It's alw ays nice to see the fruits o f h om egrow n talent, and even b etter to see them at the A lam o D ra fth o u se D o w n to w n , w h ere ju st ab ou t every screening is an event — w hich are ju st a couple o f reasons the u p com in g screen­ ing o f the form er U T grad stu­ d en t Steve M etze's d ebu t feature, "Ü b e r G oober," shou ld m ake for w orthw hile entertainm ent. Local C inema In an era w hen film m akers like M ichael M oore and Jeffrey Blitz ("S p ellb o u n d ") are busy reinvig- orating the d ocu m en tary w orld, and G eorg e L u cas and P eter Jackson have b rou ght new respect to the s ci-fi/fa n ta sy crow d (cer­ tainly as a sou ght-after box-office dem ographic, but argu ably as a sociological sect as w ell), M etze unites the tw o trends into an 87- m inute d ocu m en tary about g a m ­ ers. A nd n ot the casual board or v id eo kind o f g am ers. W e're talking ab ou t the "o ften m isu n ­ d erstood , som etim es con trov er­ sial and alw ays kind of g eek y " gam ers w h o thrive on historical m in iatu res, ro le-p layin g g am es and other nerdy niche en tertain ­ m ents. th e y m o ck But M etze d oesn 't m ock his subjects, at least not any m ore th em selv es. than A s the L on e Star H isto rica l M in iatu res group w rote, "[T h e film] sh ow s each g ro u p 's social w arts (som e o f w hich are very, very fu nny) b u t it also show s all o f us as intelligent and articulate people w h o sim ply enjoy a hobby that m ainstream A m erica d o esn 't have m u ch know led ge o f." "U b e r G oo ber," w hich screens W ed., Ju ly 21, at 7 p.m ., w as sh ot on M in iD V and in clu d es in terv iew s w ith the D u n g eon s and D rag o n s creator E. G ary G ygax, the television evangelist B ob Laron and the au thor M ike Stackpole. A nd w ith any luck, the crow d should be at least as enter­ taining as the "L o rd o f the R in g s" op ening-night audiences. T h e A lam o h as p len ty o f other things going on this w eek, like a peculiar event catering to another obsession: "T w in P eaks." Beginning at noon Saturday, the D rafth ou se D ow n to w n w ill be screening all 29 ep isod es o f the show back to back, com plete w ith "b ottom less cu ps o f hot, black coffee, d w arf d ancin g contests, cherry stem tying contests and m o re!" P resu m ably that m eans som ething to fans o f the D avid L y nch-created sh ow (althou gh w h at d w arf d ancin g looks like, I'd hate to speculate). A s the A lam o folks put it, "It's going to be a long and very strange night." C ontinuing the w eek 's streak o f peculiarity, the P aram ou n t Su m m er Film S e rie s offers an fea­ early -T im B u rton d ou ble an d this w eek en d , scre en in g ture "B e e tle ju ic e " "E d w a rd Scisso rh an d s" on both Friday and Saturday. A nd this Su n d ay brings tw o Texas-sized screenings o f the 1958 epic "G ia n t." Tues., Ju ly 20, is a special night in the P aram o u n t's series:Jean - P ierre M e lv ille's 1970 m aste r­ piece "L e Cercle R ou g e" hits the screen in a restored print. The film has only recently begu n to accrue critical veneration, but its influence is visible in the w o rk of som e of the finest film m akers of recent years. C om pare the u n d er­ stated cool of M elv ille's direc­ tion w ith that of Jim Jarm usch, or the exh ilaratin g, ch a racter-cen ­ tered heist story o f "L e C ercle the screen p la y s R o u g e " w ith o f "Ja ck ie B row n ." "P u lp F ictio n " o r A nd speaking o f Jarm u sch, his latest film (or m aybe m ore accu ­ rately, collection o f film s), "C offee and C igarettes," is com ing to the A lam o soon. It's about tim e. UR presents jj ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT" Ü CAN THE DOCUMENTARY ¿WEIRD WEDNESDAY • CRE£ MOVIES! f l OVE m e d e a d l y 7:00 945 m id n ig h t ANCHORM AN* ANCHORMAN» : D OOG EB A ll i DODGEBAl . 1 FAHRENHEIT 911 i FAHRENHEIT 911 • DAY AFTER TOM ' WHITE C HICKS» DIGITAL SOUND1 SHOWS BEFORE 6PM 55.50. ONLINE TIX AT ORAFTHOUS.COM ALL SHOWS MON S5.50 - « 7 1 1 « NO PASSES NO INFANTS L . tarn <9 a # / t/ ji& d k f SUM M ER FILM SERIES WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 S E X COMEDIES - '50s STYLE LOVER C O M E B A C K 7 :0 0 pm P I L L O W T A L K ••• 9:15 pm f a r show times & m ore yisit w w w .am tin theatn .org 7 13 Congress Avenue • 4 7 2 -5 4 7 0 tures ou r all-A m erican urge to go and explore w h ile there are still "y o n d ers and y o n d e rs" ahead of us. B ut y ou should probably forgo the 262 pages o f m onoto­ nous non -ad venture and rather just h op in the car and go see for yourself. "F air Land, Fair L and ," pub­ in 1982, h as lished o rig in ally been re-released in p ap erb ack along w ith a sister novel, "T h ese Thousand H ills," both of wrhich are a part o f the "B ig S k y " novel series. G u th n e has w ritten several novels in addition to the screen ­ play for the film "S h a n e." t e GAL CWIEMAS DIG * DIGITAL SOUND BARGAIN SHOWS IN <) P a s s / D is c o u n t T ic k e t R e s tric tio n s A p p ly * Wednesday-Discount Show s All Day Excluding / Films M ETROPOLITAN STADIUM 14 800-FANDANGO 366* 1-55 S . AT STASSNEY LANE Aflv Tix on Sale I. ROB OT (PG-13) * S LEE P 0 V E R (PG)d ig KING ARTHUR (PG-13) DIG NAPO LEO N D YNAMITE (PG) DIG WHITE CHICKS (PG-13) dig THE TERMINAL (PG-13) D¡G CHRONICLES O F RIDDICK (PG-13) DIG GAR FIELD (PG) DIG ! 1 2 1 5 300 530 i 75 5 ( 1 2 1 0 2 5 0 520) 7 5 5 10 2 0 (12 2 0 10 0 13 0 330 40 0 4 4 0 ) 645 7 1 5 74 5 940 1 0 1 0 '040 ' 3 1 5 120 0 12 3 0 20 0 240 3 1 5 450 5 2 5 : 70 0 73 0 305 950 10 2 5 10 45 (1 2 1 5 12 0 3 15 4 3 0 : 7 1 0 7 3 5 ' 0 1 5 1.235 (105 420) 725 1030 1 1 5 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 23 0 44£ 520 ) 7 3 5 1000 (1 1 5 5 1 5 ) 955 720 1030 TROY (R) ■ ID REQ'D DIG KILL BILL. VOLUM E II (Rl • ID REQ'D DIG W E S T G A T E STA D IU M 11 SO. LAMAR A BEN WHITE BOO-FANDANGQ 369* SPI0ER-MAN 2 (PG-13) DIG Adv. 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GARFIELD (PG) DIG THE STEPFORD WIVES (PG-13) MG 435: 7 ’ C 935 HARRY POTTER: PRISONER OF AZK A B A N(P G ) D C 340 700 1 0 1 0 705 1005 '1 0 930 DAY A FTER TOMORROW (PG-13) DIG SHREK 2 (PG) DIG '2 1 5 230 452 » R l Ci 11 Arbor Cinema § Great Hills icioaBa BEFOR E SUNSET (R) - ID R EQ 'D DIG THE CLEARING iR l-ID R EQ 'D DIG FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (R) - ID R EQ 'D 0IG NAPO LEO N DYNAMITE (P H DIG THE MOTHER (R )-ID R EQ'D AMERICA'S H EAR T & S O U L (PG) DC SAVED (PG-13) DIG SUPER SIZE ME ¡NR) CONTROL ROOM SFWTJtmUl 12 10 250 52C '40 1020 122C 240 500) ” 20 93C M 50 1 252 230 400 510) 700 755 10 0 0 10 3 0 ’ 240 300 5301 730 942 ¡114 0 210 44C 7 1 0 945 ’ 230 245 450 ' ’ 5 ¡1200 505! 1010 220)800 450 ( j VSSII IKDS Wednesday. 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Sq. big w indow s one of a kind specials avail call 4 7 4 -01 11 ccp C L O S E /W A L K T O C A M P U S Large, Luxurious Duplex, 3 / 2 $ 1 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 sq.ft W a s h e r/D ry e r, Dishwasher, C eiling fans. W a u g h Properties 4 5 1 -0 9 8 8 C O N V E N IE N T NORTH CAM - PUS w ith free cable, lo w bills, and covered parking 9 month lease a v a ila b le 2-1 $ 9 9 5 , 1-1 $ 6 7 5 Finders Apartm ent 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 LUXURIOUS WEST CAMPUS 1-1 with reduced pricesl Gates, pool, sundeck, elevators, big enough for 21 $ 6 7 5 + Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 free rent 1 bed­ 2 M O N TH S room spacious 6 blocks to UT across shuttle 34th & Speedw ay under new mgmt C a ll 474-01 1 1 from $ 5 9 5 1 month free 1 bed 1 bath on Red River, new ly remod­ eled, balcony spacious, w a lk to UT call 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp HRD W D firs, new appliances w / balcony starting a t $6 9 5 w a lk to UT 3 blks gated parking call 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp $ 6 5 0 W IT H washer & dryer 26th & S a lado built In desk and drawers pre-lease for Aug, call 47 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp 2 M O N TH S free live in a 2 bed­ room for $ 6 9 0 per month big livingroom across from UT shut­ tle 34th & Speedway under new mgmt. call 474-011 I ccp STARTING AT $ 7 0 0 fabulous O rangetree courtyard washer and dryer w d firs pool covered parking call 474-011 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free 2 bedrooms $ 1 7 0 0 4 parking spaces at Or- angetree condos 2 blks fr UT pool huge place call 474-01 1 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free huge 2bed 2bath st thomas $ 1 4 0 0 In front o f pool gre a t for 2-4 roommates washer & dryer 474-01 1 1 ccp UT SHUTTLE Beautiful Setting & Amenities. Prices 828-4470. Video Tours, Pictures, Floorplans at A u s tln a p a r tm e n ts to re .c o m Best Deal UT Shuttle! FREE ca­ ble, access gates, volleyball, pools, ceiling fans, Studio $3 9 5 1-1 $ 43 5, 2-1 $53 5 Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. EFF. & 1-2-3-4 BDRM Now Preleasing! S ta rtin g in $ 4 0 0 s ; ^ * AUSTIN ^ PROPERTY OF THE • Gated Community •Student Oriented • On U T Shuttle Route • Microwaves • Water & Sand Volleyball • Spacious • Lofts W /Fans •5 Min. to Downtown • Free Video & DVD Library Plans • Basketball us Floor p o i n t s o u t h 444-7536 Rental Office: 1910 Willowcreek 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. CLOSE-IN LUXURY at bargain pricesl W a s h e r/d ry e r, covered parking, access gates, pools 1-1 $ 4 7 5 2-2 $ 6 5 5 Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 ALL appliances, anae # 1 0 2 2B D /2 B A . W / D 2801 Rio G ra r $1 1 0 0 /m o . $1 100 /se cu rity de­ posit cam pus 3 3 1 -1 1 2 2 W a lk to 7 /1 BRAND N E W gara g e apartment. W /D , m icrow ave D / W N e ar DPS, UT fields A va ila b le 8 / 1 . $ 7 5 0 /m o . Dean 8 4 4 -4 8 0 8 . The Voyageurs Apartments 311 E. 3 1 st b / t S p e e d w a y & Duval 9 0 0 Sqft. 2-1 $ 7 9 9 $ 100 Off First Months Rent ‘ G ated Community *2 Blocks from Campus ‘ Renovated Rooms ‘ Excellent M aintenance ‘ Swimming Pool, BBQ Grills, Ample Lighting utapartments.com C a ll N o w 5 8 9 -1 0 1 6 3 9 9 + E HYDE PÍTk 4 1 0 3 Speedway. Efficiency on UT Shuttle M anage r in A p t 105 or call 4 5 4 -3 4 4 9 /4 7 8 -7 3 5 5 CRESTVIEW - 1950s 1 /1 du- plex, new ly refurbished, stained concrete floors, patio w ith large yard, W / D connections; 2 0 0 2 B Pasadena; $ 8 0 0 ; 4 7 2 -2 1 2 3 PRO PERTIES GREAT LO C A TIO N S !! EZ a p p lic a tio n process & no fe e s MOVE IN NOW OR PRELEASEi Cornerstone Apts 2728 Rio Grande 1 bd - $550 1 bd with loft - $625 " k ^ j ? C 2302 Leon St. Eff - $429 Turnberry Apts. 910-920 E. 40th St 1 bd - $595 2 bd - $849 3 bd/2 ba - $1375 Twelve Oaks Apts. 301 W. 39th St. 1 bd - $499 a" Villa Vallarla 2505 Longview Eff - $449—$505 1 bd - $529-$670 2 bd/2 ba - $1015 " A lo r i P ro p e r t ie s - O f f ic e 409 W 38th St. #102 512/454-4663 www.alorl.net W alk to Campus Pre-Leasing Rio Grande 2 /2 $950 W . 25th 2/1 $800 794-3989 (9am-6pm) O n -lin e Search Apartm ent form-best and most com plete covered service. All Apartm ent Finders w w w .ausapt.com areas STUDENT ROOMS 2 blocks to $ 3 5 0 -$ 3 8 5 summer, cam pus $ 3 8 0 -$ 4 4 0 Fall, ALL BILLS PAID. Laundry, parking, on-site management. Peachtree A p a rt­ ments. 1 80 4 Lavaca. 4 7 6 -5 1 5 2 OLD EN FIELD -U nique 2 /1 4-plex built around private courtyard, terazzo tile throughout fireplace, skylights, C A /C H , g a s /w a te r paid, QUIET neighbors, pet friendly! N O W / D connections, $ 8 9 5 . 1603 W o o d la w n M atthew s Properties 4 5 4 -0 0 9 9 , Rollo 7 3 1 -6 7 9 9 , rollotex@ yahoo.com ADORABLE, SMALL 1 /1 duplex, hardw oods, W / D connections, fenced yard, garage . Cats and small dogs welcom e! QUIET neighbors. $ 6 2 5 . 1 105-B Bentwood. M atthew Properties 4 5 4 - 0 0 9 9 , 9 1 4 -1 2 3 3 , nancylem mons@ yahoo.com free 1-1 REMODELED, quiet, m te rn e t/c a b le /h o t water, low-bills, w a s h e r/d rye r connec­ tions August a vailab ility. $ 5 9 5 . 3 4 5 -2 9 7 8 . w w w .cem ete ch.co m / apartments. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. BEST DEAL IN WEST CAMPUSI Spacious 2 /1 in 4-PLEX, C A /C H patio G a s /w a te r pa>d Cats & small, friendf ? Jogs welcome! i O n ly j 1 1 0 8 W 2 2 n d M atthew s Properties 4 5 4 -0 0 9 9 , Rollo 7 3 1 6 7 9 9 . rollotex@yahoo com W a lk to E n g in e e rin g /L a w S ch o o l, sm all & la rg e e fflcie n c es a n d 1 / 1 's $ 4 5 0 , $ 5 2 5 , $ 6 7 5 . Very QUIET property! Reserved parking Cats welcom e 5 0 0 / 5 0 2 / 5 0 4 Elmwood Matthews Properties 4 5 4 - 0 0 9 9 , 9 1 4 - 1 2 3 3 , nancylemmons@yahoo.com COLORADO LODGE LOOK August pre-lease G igantic 3-2.5 duplexes-perfect for roommatesl All appliances (including W /D ), nice patio w /sm a ll yard area, cats & small dogs welcome! $ 95 0+ w a ter, 861 2-A Bowling G reen (off Burnet Rd). Also, 8610-B w /fe n ce d yard, (but only W /D connections). 10 mins to UT shuttlel M atthews Properties 4 5 4 -0 0 9 9 , Rolando 731 -6 7 9 9 , rollotex@yahoo.com BEST DEAL Hyde Park! Small, QUIET community! C A /C H , new carpet & vinyl. All appliances. Gas, water, cable, hot water p a id l 1 /1 ($550) and 2 /1 ($695). Laundry on property. 1 03 7 E,44th (west o f 1-35, by Sears). M atthews Properties 4 5 4 -0 0 9 9 , Rollo 7 3 1 -6 7 9 9 , rollotex@ yahoo.com HUGE Apartm ent W est Campus 1-1 $ 5 9 5 , 2-2 $ 9 9 5 , Gas Paid, Pool, Sun-deck, 9 month lease availab le Apartm ent Find­ ers 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 ELEGANT T O W N H O M E RENT REDUCTION! Nice 2-story units w ith pool, gates, w a sh e r/d rye r, west campus Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 $ 2 0 0 O ff 1 st months Rent Large N Cam pus/Hyde Park Effs$ 3 9 5 - $ 4 6 5 Most Bills Paid Locally O w ned/M anaged W a u g h Properties, Inc. 4 5 1 -0 9 8 8 $ 2 0 0 OFF 1 st Months Rent ABP Large N. Campus 2 /1 's $8 7 5 Locally O w n e d /M a n a g e d W a u g h Properties, Inc. 4 5 1 -0 9 8 8 $ 2 0 0 OFF 1 st Months Rent C entral Campus & N. Campus Effs $4 6 5 $4 7 5 1 /1 's $48 5 1 /1 Lofts $ 57 5 Locally O w n e d /M a n a g e d W a u g h Properties, Inc. 4 5 1 -0 9 8 8 $ 2 0 0 O FF 1 st Months Rent Central 2 / 2 's (Huge Closets) $82 5 Large Eff - ABP $ 5 3 5 Locally O w n e d /M a n a g e d W a u g h Properties, Inc. 4 5 1 -0 9 8 8 GREAT DEAL! “ W e s t Campus and North Cam pus Efficiency starting at $ 4 5 0 . 1 /1 at $ 5 1 5 2 /1 at $ 7 9 5 C able, gas, water and trash paid. A va ila ble Furnished W estSide G roup 4 9 9 -8 0 1 3 For info, em ail: L e a s in g @ W S G A u s tin .co m O W N E R M A N A G E D vintage apts, duplexes, & houses w / ha rd w o o d floors In Central Austin, 4 7 2 -2 1 2 3 , w w w . barkleyi n vestments. com WALK TO CAMPUS M ultiple properties! Efficiency $ 3 9 5 1 /1 $ 52 5 2 /1 $ 79 5 M a n y amenities, some covered parking, pool, & laundry on-site. W est Campus 9 month leases availab le! 478-9151 Fum $ 4 6 5 , HYDE PARK efficiency, pre-lease available, Fall G rea t "IF'Shuttle, 108 W 45th St., 4 5 2 -1 4 1 9 ,3 8 5 -2 2 1 1 ,4 5 3 - 2 7 7 1 , w w w 108 ploce com amenities, in Far UNBELIEVABLE DEAL W est! Access pool, w e ight room, sports court and w alk to shopping) 2-2 $ 7 2 0 Apartm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 gates, CHEAP I CHEAP! CHEAP stu- dios, 1 bedrooms, 2 bedrooms, 3 bedrooms! C a ll us for the best deals Finders Apartm ent 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 BEST DEAL IN T O W N !! W est campus, quick w a lk to school, gas paid, 2-1 $ 5 9 9 , 1-1 $ 4 4 9 , 5tudio $ 3 9 9 G o in g fasti A p a rt­ ment Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 N o A pplica tion Fee* W hen you lease from Apartm ent Finders Service 2 1 0 9 Rio Grande (in the h e a rt o f W e s t C a m pus) Call for details 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 ‘ Limited tim e o n ly Restrictions a p p ly 2 Months Free Rent 1 /1 7 5 0 sqft. $ 4 8 5 2 / 2 1 0 2 5 sqft $ 6 2 5 N e w ly remodeled, excellent m aintenance, very clean community, swim ming pool, low electricity bill and no w ater bill. A nice small quiet community. B ro o kh o llo w A partm ents 1 4 1 4 A re n a D rive 4 4 5 -5 6 5 5 in desir- QUIET C O M M U N IT Y able, close-in. N orth location. 1 /1 , $ 4 2 5 , $99m ove-in, on bus route,im m ediate move-in. 8 3 7 -3 6 5 6 celadonpm @ aol.com W ALK UT Elegant O a k Floors, Tile, Frost Free Refrigerators, Etc 1-1 $ 5 9 9 , 2-1 $ 8 9 9 3 Lo­ cations 4 7 2 -7 0 4 4 , 9 2 4 -0 1 1 1 . F IN D THE PERFECT APAR TM ENT! magiclamp.com UP TO 2 MONTHS FREE RENT WEST CAMPUS W a lk to UT. 2 very nice apartments In a beautiful 2-story home with a shared kitchen. Q uiet. Females only. Ideal for profession al/gra duate students. N o S m o k in g /N o Pets. A va ila ble August15 (or sooner). Lease $ 3 3 5 and $ 4 5 0 plus shared utilities. 4 5 4 -2 9 8 7 BEST DEAL! 1 st stop on UT shuttle. Immediate Move-ln. 1 /1 $ 4 2 5 2 / 2 $ 6 7 5 N e w O wners N e w C arpet and appliances In select apts. 4 5 4 -5 6 3 8 Villas of La Costa 10 1 6 C am ino La Costa T e m e d a p a r t m e n t s 1 2 0 0 W est 40th Street Sausalito Apartments 4 6 0 5 Avenue A 2-1 $ 6 9 9 , 11 $ 4 9 9 Central. N o a p p lica tion fee. O N E M O N T H FREE! Free g a s . 453-3545 APARTMENT FINDERS We pay for your Application fee!* W est Cam pus EH Walk To School EH Access gates 1-1 So Close 1-1 Furnished 2-1 Unbelievable Deal $599 2-1 Spacious 2-2 All Bills Paid 2-2 Best Pool $995 N o rth Cam pus EH Close In EH Cable Paid 1-1 Furnished 1-1 Red River 2-1 Coble Paid 2-1 Hyde Pork 2-2 Access Gates $399 $449 $449 $525 $775 $895 $375 $395 $495 $525 $750 $785 $705 $399 $535 $605 $720 2-2 Cable & Gas Paid $1050 Shuttle 1-1 Fastest Shuttle 2-1 Free Cable 2-2 Washer/Dryer 2-2 Far West ‘ Limited time only. Restrictions apply. AFS 2109 Rio Grande 322-9556 www.ausapt.com HYDE PARK Exceptional 2 / 2 's and 1 /1 's in small, quiet com­ plex. location. Fantastic UT M a n y amenities O w n e r man­ aged. 4 3 1 2 Duval. 3 7 2 -8 7 9 7 or 7 9 1 -5 8 5 9 30th. Full EFFICIENCY 411 kitch e n /b a th new carpet new paint A ll Bills Paicl $4 9 5 3 4 3 -2 2 7 8 /4 7 0 -2 2 7 8 FREE ROADRUNNER, CABLE, & ALARM in W est Campusl Q uain t & w o oded community, furniture a v ailab le $ 5 9 5 A part­ ment Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 U N IQ UE HYDE PARK HIDE- W A Y l 9 M onth lease available, G as & W a te r Paid, 2-1 $ 7 9 5 A partm ent Finders 3 2 2 -9 5 5 6 4 5 4 6 AVENUE A Clean effi- clency, new c a rp e t/p a in t, laun­ dry, parkin g, w ater paid. N o pets A va il now or pre-lease. $ 3 7 5 . 4 9 1 -7 2 7 7 . EFFICIENCIES, T /T LARGE and 2 /1 s Starting at $ 3 8 0 free w ater and cable, access gates, to dow ntow n. pool, minutes C all specials. 451 -4 5 1 4 for move-in UNEXPECTED V A C A N C Y court- yard efficiency Sprucehouse 4 blocks UT A v a ila b le July 15th 9 0 9 W est 2 3 rd Street $ 4 6 5 C all 4 8 0 -0 9 7 6 EFFICIENCY UPSTAIRS garage apartm ent. Lots of window s. Light and airy. 3 4 0 4 Kingstreet B $ 5 9 0 . 6 94 -08 01 W ALK UT. 9 0 6 W 22n d Hard- woods, big lots of w in­ trees, dows G rea t efficiency, $ 4 9 5 . A va ila ble 1/1 or mid-August. 7 9 1 -5 5 8 6 4 4 2 -6 7 3 3 $ 5 4 5 . PRICES START a t $4 0 0 MARQUIS M G M T N o w Pre-Leasing Sum m er/Fall O p e n Sunday 1 -4pm Awesom e Locations! 6 0 5 W . 2 8 th Street 4 7 2 -3 8 1 6 PRICES START at $ 5 0 0 UNIVERSITY GARDENS A GATED C O M M U N IT Y I N o w Preleasing Sum m er/Fall O pen Sunday l-4 p m . Super-sized 1 bedroom apts. M icrow aves, elevators, & M o re l 2 2 2 2 Rio G ran de St. #D 4 7 6 -4 9 9 2 ASK ABOUT OUR RESERVED PUBLIC PARKINGI 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. B E N T T R E E A P T S Preleasing for the Fall $500 + small 1 bedroom + cable & trash paid + walk to campus 2 0 2 E. 3 2 nd 7 0 8 - 9 5 3 0 Pépper T r e e ® • » t r % Preleasing for the Fall 4 0 8 W . 3 7 t h ft $ s efficiency and one bedroom available cable and trash paid • laundry room on-site $425—$550 Furnished efficiencies $495 call 708-9530 • walk to campus 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. 3 7 0 - Unf. Apts. ■ ■ I I — — ■ * ( I Q r e < * . T E f f i c i e n c y i > 3 a 5 - 5 0 5 R u i t f \ J J c k \ K t o C a p o s ' T O - G W f v e e C A h l e , s s v x s M PMT is The Place to BE For Your Apartment Needs W h ittis P la c e eff total rem od el San G ab riel W e st 1-1 patio, private N u e c e s P la c e eff 1 b lo ck to cam p u s Dom inion 2-1 w / d , pool $450 $475 $550 $850 S a n d p ip e r 2-2 big bedroom , 2 parking $850 476-2673 Property Management of Texas Best Deal On UT Shuttle ■ Eff 1-1 2 - 1 2 - 2 3-2 2 -1 .5 $ 3 9 5 + $ 4 3 5 + F ea tu res; $ 4 9 5 + Energy e fficie n t ceramic tile entry & bath, walk-in closets, spacious floor plans, cats allowed. $ 5 5 5 + $ 5 5 5 + ¿.-.-.c $795+ GATED COMMUNITIES FREE TIME WARNER CABLE Parklane Villas Shoreline Apts. Autumn Hills 444-7555 442-6668 444-6676 EFFICIENCY APARTMENT. 4 7 1 2 Depew R em odeied/ceil- fa n s/a p p h a n c e s /flo o rin g . ing $ 4 1 5 -$ 4 3 3 W ater 9 7 1 -9 0 8 8 furnished 3 9 0 - Unfurnished Duplexes 5 M IN S to cam pus N e ar bus route 3 / 2 duplex $ 1 2 0 0 /m o Brand new-never lived in. 1 4 1 0 Harvey. O ff E.MLK Blvd. C all Di­ ane 6 3 2 -9 2 6 4 4B R /2B A DUPLEX unit availab le for August move-in Located in French Place. Very d o s e to UT. Contact David 51 2 -4 2 3 -8 6 0 5 for Inform ation. 2 8 2 5 S A N G a b rie l, 3 / 1 w /c a r- port, balcony, C A C H . W a lk to Pease Park and UT. $ 1 3 5 0 3 4 3 -2 2 7 8 ELEGANT 2 /1 with double carport. 1 0 0 0 + s f. Beautiful views, CAC H , dishwasher, W / D , yard m aintained by owner. M a n y extras. Immaculate $ 1 2 5 0 / m o . N o sm okers/pets 4 1 1 5 A S h o a l C r e e k B lvd. A g e n t 4 2 0 - 0 4 2 0 TARRYTOWN: AWESOME-LARGE 3 / 2 . H ard­ w oods, fenced tiles, C A C H , yard, huge trees Close to shop- $ 1 8 5 0 . shuttle and S639 4603-B AVENUE G . Clean 2 / 1 . C A C H , appliances, c a r­ port, trees. N o pets. A vail, now or pre-lease. $ 6 8 5 4 9 1 -7 2 7 7 . WILLIAM C A N N O N /M A N - C H A C A area. 3 / 2 / 1 A ll a p p li­ ances W / D connection. Fenced yard. C a ll agent 8 0 9 -9 3 7 0 C H A R M IN G CENTRAL 2 / 1 , great location, 1511 Kirkw ood- August 16th, $ 7 9 5 , garage, 4 7 9 -6 1 5 3 , 6 5 8 -4 2 5 7 , no smok­ ers/sm all pets negotiable. CHESTERFIELD. 6 2 0 5 -A 2B D /1 B A , furnished, w ater C A C H 2-blks west o f H ighland M all $ 6 5 0 . 9 7 1 -9 8 8 8 . 3BR, W ALK UT-NICE hard- w oods, includes W / D , North of campus, Beanna, 3 2 0 4 $ 1500-3 people, $ 1 150-2 peo­ ple, August 16th, 4 7 9 -6 1 5 3 , 6 5 8 -4 2 5 7 , no smokers/pets. 4 0 0 - Condos- Townhomes HYDE PARK 3 B R /2 B A , G arage. Super efficient C A /C H , W /D , Lap pool. $ 1 6 5 0 4 8 0 -9 5 7 6 Condos For Sale I b d r m s 5 7 K + 2 b d r m s 1 Ü 5 K + M E T R O R EA LTY 4 7 9 - 1 3 0 0 | ^ | w w ! u t m e t r o ^ c o n r i J Ideal 1 BR W /S P A C IO U S LOFT. 2 2 1 0 PEARL W a lk /s h u ttle to cam pus. A va il­ able 7 8 9 -3 3 8 5 . $ 7 5 0 /m o August. people 1-2 1-1'S CLOSE to C a m p u s /H y d e Park. $ 5 2 5 -$ 6 0 0 . Small Com­ plex, Balcony, W / D , Fireplace. FPP 4 8 0 -8 5 1 8 CLEAN near UT. $ 4 5 0 /m o n th , 7 9 5 -0 9 8 6 . 1-BEDROOM condo 3 0 0 0 G uadalupe. d ep -$4 50. LUXURY C O N D O 2-2 W est Campus W /D , Fireplace, Bal­ cony, Pool, C overed Parking $ 1 2 5 0 FPP 4 8 0 -8 5 1 8 E N F IE LD /W O O D L A W N GREAT 2x2condo, location w /fire p la c e , W /D , new A /C , on secured parking. $ 1 0 0 0 /m o 5 1 2 -2 4 8 -9 0 6 1 shuttle, 3 / 2 hüTJ D O W N T O W N woods, fireplace, poo l, W /D , cable, granite countertops, bal­ cony, wet-bar. N e a r Shuttle. $ 1 6 0 0 . 4 6 9 -2 9 9 8 Town homes Centennial Large 3/2-51925 Centennial Small 3/2 - $1895 Gazebo 1/1 + loft -$725 Old Main 2/2 -$ 1 4 0 0 2/1 -$1250 Treehouse 4/2 - $2000 2/2 - $1400 Treehouse 1 /t - $850 w/garage Orange Tree 2/2 -$1500____________ 2401 Rio Grande i 512-479-1300 w ww .utm elro.com UNBELIEVABLE DEAL! Centen- nlal 3BR, w o o d floors Broken lease, was $ 2 2 0 0 , yours for only $ 1 7 5 0 . 7 5 0 -1 3 1 3 . 4 2 0 - Unfurnished Houses LARGE Houses room. Big yards, lO m in Pets 9 2 8 -4 9 4 4 4 ,5 ,6 , bed­ to UT. $ 1 4 0 0 -$ 1800. ok 45TH@BURNET, 2 /1 $ 80 0 fenced-yard, 2 /1 Justin Lane, W /D , $ 9 0 0 4 / 2 4 5 th /M o p a c , hardw oods, $ 1 6 0 0 /m o . A II3C A C H 261 -32 61 PRELEASE 8 /1 5 5 / 3 renovated house, 2 0 0 0 + sqft 1 5 miles from cam pus, hardw oods, fireplace, porch, gara g e + covered parking, W /D , C A C H . 3 5 0 4 Banton. $ 2 2 0 0 /m o . 3 1 4 - 5 0 4 6 2 4 H R Info 4 / 2 M HUGE HOUSE woods. Shuttle, Very N ice , Rent Q uickly. 15 0 7 N o rth rid g e Dr $ 1 4 0 0 A la n 6 2 6 -5 6 9 9 $ 8 0 0 2 bed duplex w d firs, bk yd. 3 3 rd & Duval possible 2 months free call 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free hrd w d firs huge living gre a t for 2-6 people 2-4 avail starting bedrooms $ 1 2 0 0 ca ll 474 -0 1 1 1 ccp at FOR RENT. 2 /1 house near UT campus A v a ila b le im m ediately $ 8 0 0 /m o call For Kirsten 322 -0 0 3 1 details $ 4 0 0 G ARAGE apt. w ood floors cute 9 0 7 Poplar outside w ill be painted behind UT shut­ tle call 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free 4 -5 bed 3 story unit, $ 2 7 0 0 washer & dryer 31 st & S peedw ay w a lk to cam­ pus 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free 4 b e d 2bath 3 3 rd & H arris w asher & dryer new really floors, appliances, cool 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free 4 bed 2 bath on Elmwood block a w a y from UT w d firs spacious w a sh e r/d ry e r 474-01 1 1 ccp free 5-6 bed 6 1 M O N T H blocks fr UT rem odeled, new ap­ p lia n c e s , floors, p oint every­ thing 4 7 4 -0 1 1 1 ccp 1 M O N T H free 5 bedroom re­ modeled new everything w d floors d a vid st 1 block from UT shuttle 2 story 474-01 1 1 ccp HRD W D S huge 1 bed on 22 1 /2 $ 8 0 0 biggest unit ever high ceilings 474-01 1 1 ccp PRELEASING FALL 0 4 Nice. 3-4 Bedroom Houses. 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'Hex evening schedule PT/FT ‘ Guaranteed based rate 350+wk 'Benefits, career and travel opps 'Progressive work environment, paid training Must have excellent conrftnunication skills Apply Now Shana 474-1 903 Read ab o u t L o n g h o rn swimmers are m aking waves en route to Athens 8 Wednesday, July 14, 2004 SI ‘ORTS T h e D a i l y T e x a n www. dailytexanonline. com Sports Editor: Connor Higgins E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 S i d e l i n e Crocker defeats Phelps, sets world record in 100 fly Crocker becom es 2n d Longhorn in two days to set w orld record By Paul Newberry Associated Press LON G BEACH , Calif. — to M ichael Phelps will head Athens trying to bounce back from another loss. Brooke Bennett isn't going to the Olympics, at all. Ian Crocker broke his own world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. O lym pic swimming trials Tuesday, hand­ ing Phelps his second defeat in as many days. Crocker led at the turn and withstood a challenge coming down the stretch, touching the wall in 50.76 seconds _ the sixth world record of the trials. Phelps finished in 51.15, the fourth-fast­ est time in history but not fast enough. "I knew it was going to take a world record to win that race," Phelps said. "Ian got too far ahead of me. It was right on my best Lime. Hopefully in five weeks, we'll change a few things and get faster." Aaron Peirsol beat Phelps in the 200 backstroke final Monday — also setting a world record in the process. Bennett, who succeeded Janet Evans as the queen of American distance swimming, w on't get a chance to become the first swim­ mer to win three straight Olympic gold medals in the 800 freestyle. She finished third behind Diana Munz and Kalyn Keller. Bennett won the 800 at Atlanta and pulled off a 400-800 double at Sydney four years ago. But she hasn't been the same swimmer since undergoing surgery on both shoulders in 2001, struggling just to get out of the preliminaries. She swam much better in the final, but it w asn't enough. Her time of 8:29.39 was nearly 10 sec­ onds slower than her winning time in Sydney and left her about 3 seconds behind runner-up Keller. Munz, the 400 silver medalist in Sydney, won a great sprint to the wall in 8:26.06, barely edging Keller (8:26.33). While Phelps became the first U.S. swimmer to qualify in six individual events at the Olympics, his last two finals cast serious doubts on his quest to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold med­ als at the 1972 Munich Games. C rocker establish ed his supremacy in the 100 butterfly with an upset of Phelps at the 2003 world championships. Both swimmers eclipsed Phelps' previ­ ous world record on that night _ a race that prompted Phelps to put up a picture of Crocker in his bedroom as extra motivation. It didn't help at the trials, where Phelps swam the last of his 17 races during a grueling, weeklong stretch. "M ichael sw im m er and he's is a phenom enal to trying Texas' Ian Crocker races in a preliminary heat on Monday. On Tuesday, Crocker beat heralded Michael Phelps in World Record fashion. Mark J. Terrill I Associated Press do som ething really special," Crocker said. "H e is attracting attention to this sport we haven't had in a long time, and it's a healthy thing." Then again, he's hardly the trials these only sw im m er at worth noticing. Brendan Hansen set two world records in the breaststroke, while Peirsol and Crocker have as many world records as Phelps — one each. "B rend an H ansen, Aaron Peirsol and myself deserve simi­ lar attention," Crocker said. AL bats blast Clemens, NL pitching R ocket gives up 6- runfirst inning before Houston hom e crowd By Ben Walker Associated Press HOUSTON — Roger Clemens hardly had time to worry about Mike Piazza. He was too busy getting banged up by American League hitters. Clem ens' big All-Star home­ coming was a bust from the very start, with M VP Alfonso Soriano and Manny Ramirez homering during a record six-run burst in the first inning that sent the AL cruising past the Nationals 9-4 Tuesday night. Ichiro Suzuki led off the game with a double, Ivan Rodriguez followed with a triple, and the rout w as on. The Am ericans reduced the 41-year-old Rocket to a batting practice pitcher and a pained look, becoming the first team in All-Star history to hit for the cycle in an inning. "I put our guys in a hole," Clemens said. After M uhammad Ali playfully jabbed at Derek Jeter during first- ball festivities, the slugging really started at the 75th All-Star game. David O rtiz homered and Jeter got three more hits as the Americans romped to their sev­ enth straight win, not including the infamous tie in 2002. They closed their overall deficit to 40- 33-2 — most importantly, it gave the AL home-field advantage in the World Series for the third year in a row. A lot of the pregame buildup centered on the checkered past McEwen wins second stage, Lance in sixth Australian Robbie McEwen used a burst of speed to pass two riders and take Stage 9 of the Tour De France - his second overall win of the Tour. Meanwhile, Austin’s Lance Armstrong cruised comfort­ ably in the middle of the pack, choosing to save his energy for the upcoming mountain stages. Armstrong finished 44th in the stage, and now sits in sixth overall place - 9:35 back from Tour-leading Frenchman Thomas Voeckler. On Wednesday, riders embark on the longest ride of the Tour, a 147-mile trek with nine climbs - including a three and a half-mile ascent up a gradi­ ent of 8 percent. MLB Changes expected for Astros following hreak The underachieving play of the overly talented Houston Astros has owner Drayton McLane and GM Gerry Hunsicker meeting Wednesday to discuss potential coaching changes, according to ESPN's Peter Gammons. One such change could include firing manager Jimy Williams. The Astros are 44-44 and 10.5 games back at the All-Star break, despite signing Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite in the offseason, and trading for centerfielder Carlos Beltran. PRO FOOTBALL Ditka may speak for Levitra, but Congress? Former superbowl winning Chicago Bear head coach Mike Ditka has made a post-coach­ ing career on TV doing every­ thing from sports analysis to advertisements for impotence drugs. But now, according to The Associated Press, a group of Illinois republicans are push­ ing Hurricane Ditka to run for Senate in this fall’s elections. Ditka has not indicated that he has decided to run for office. WOMEN’S SOCCER Two Longhorns to play in Nordic Cup in Iceland Senior forward Kelly Wilson and sophomore midfielder Nikki Thaden will travel with 16 other top United States players to play in the Nordic Cup from July 23-29. The U.S. has won the cup, held every year in Northern Europe, six consecutive times. The team will also be coached by Texas head coach Chris Petrucelli and will be played in various small towns near the arctic circle in Northern Iceland. SCOREBOARD MLB All-Star Game AL 9. NL 4 ON TV Minor League Baseball Triple-A All-Star Game, 6 p.m., ESPN2 CYCLING Tour de France, 8 a.m., OLN caught just a couple of pitches before leaving the bullpen for pregame introductions. Before Ramirez hit a two-run homer on an 0-2 delivery, Clemens and Piazza took several seconds to agree on what to do. "We were a indecisive there," Piazza said. "I went through every pitch." little Piazza applauded, however, when Clemens was honored by commissioner Bud Selig in an on­ field tribute after the fourth inning. Piazza said he spoke with Clemens in the trainer's room before the game, going over hitters and also discussing some things the catcher described as "personal." "It was very amicable," Piazza said. "It w asn't awkward." That said, Piazza never went to the mound while Clemens struggled and sweated through his tough inning. But w'hen Randy Johnson gave up singles to Jason Giambi and Jeter in the third, Piazza walked out to talk with the Big Unit. Second baseman Jeff Kent didn't help Clemens, his Houston team­ mate, by making a two-out error on Giambi's grounder in the first. Jeter followed with a single and Soriano then homered for a 6-0 lead. It was the biggest outburst in an All-Star game since Fred Lynn's grand slam highlighted a seven- run inning for the AL in 1983. Clem ens could only stand there and signal for a new ball, an embarrassed expression on his face. He still got a nice ovation from Astros fans when he struck out M ulder with his final pitch of the evening. MVP Alfonso Soriano, left, watches his monster blast off Roger Clemens, not pictured, in the first inning. between Piazza and the Houston ace. Clemens beaned the New York Mets catcher in the 2002 reg­ ular season at Yankee Stadium, then threw the jagged barrel of a broken bat toward him in the World Series. Even prior to the first pitch, it was clear their feud was still simmering. C lem ens and Piazza stood about five-feet apart before the team picture was taken near the hill in center field at Minute Maid Park, but did not speak to each other. And while eventual winning pitcher Mark M ulder warmed up with Rodriguez, Clemens start­ ed getting ready with a bullpen catcher. Piazza came over and Tony Gutierrez I Associated Press Soon the day approached. It was our destiny. 4 a.m. — The four hopefuls arise and, of course, turn on "SportsCenter." Some choose to shower, the Sooner chose to spray himself with air freshener, as if we w ouldn't notice. 4:30 a.m. — The driver brewed his coffee, and we all donned our ties and jackets. We were going throwback, and after a trip to Goodwill, we had Chris Berm an's 1970s tweed-and-flannel look. 6:30 a.m. — The sun appears, and the time to sleep has passed. We spent the drive quizzing each other on sports topics and play­ ing break the child lock on the passenger windows. 9:30 a.m. — We, arrive at our destination, what we thought would be a hallowed monument to Dallas sports. But instead of Michael Irvin's hotel room, we park at Ben's Half Yard House. 9:40 a.m. — The line winds around the sports bar, and we are about 40th. The applications are dispensed, and it's time to get creative. But while we try to calculate how many hours we watch sports, and how much Fox Sports sucks, the sun starts to fuse our tweed jackets to skin. With most of the line covered in sweet, sweet shade, it takes an hour in Chewbacca fur before help arrives. 10:10 a.m. — The first group of 10 enters the bar for their tryout, and the producer comes around with a camera to get shots of the line. He approaches four dash­ ing young bucks in sweat-soaked tweed jackets and asks, "W hat's with the getup, Mr. Kotter?" And as one of us explains the uniform to the onlooking line, someone in the group shouts out "H e goes to O klahom a!", instantly turning everyone against him. Sure the odds are 65-13 I stabbed him in the back, but we might get on TV. 11:30 a.m. — Finally, we are one group away from our dream job moment. In our group of 10 is Sean, a 29-year-old business­ man from Oklahoma who drove all night after receiving the Dan Patrick vision. He constantly smokes out of nervousness, but gets along fine with my friend the Sooner, because Sean's neighbor happens to be Barry Switzer. 11:42 a.m. — It's go time. We We trained like Jedis — moving sports ques­ tions with our minds and wrestling Wookies. Soon the day approached. It was our destiny. enter the bar and sit at a table with a folder at every seat. The tryout would open with a 30- question test in 10 minutes which was entirely fill-in-the-blartk. As our tour guide Joe explained the rules, the group ahead of us was doing play-by-play in the next room. 11:50 a.m. — The test starts hard and then found a way to get harder. After blanking on Kelvin Cato's college (Trade Bait U?), I knew the 2004 Wimbledon champ (sweet, sweet Sharapova) before completely forgetting the current LSU basketball coach (the SEC plays basketball?). The 10 minutes come to a close, and I filled in guesses to the remain­ ing questions. Michael Quigley was now the U.S. Open doubles champion. 12:05 p.m. — They line us up according to test scores, and I stood in the middle of the pack. My foursome was in a row, which showed how studying together actually hurt our chances. But room w alking I needed a Quigs-like effort to move on. the next into 12:10 p.m. — We meet the pro­ ducer once again, but this time all he wants to hear is a play-by- play of a sports moment, real or imagined. Three of the 10 rehash an imaginary touchdow n that gives North Texas the champion­ ship, while Sean and my friend the Sooner re-live Crimson and Cream glory. I found all of them ridiculous and brought down the house by depicting Game 7 of the 2005 NBA finals — Miami Heat center Shaq being shut down by Dirk Nowitzki's defense on an isola­ tion play to give the Mavericks the championship. 12:17 p.m. — Time for a game called Bar-room, where the pro­ ducer throws out a topic, and we shout at another until someone breaks down crying. No one can really get a word in, but an animated radio host named Ro all but swings from the chandelier. 12:19 P o in t/ p.m . — Counterpoint time. The producer throws out a topic, and a pair- must debate it. Sean and an actor named Witty John argue whether NASCAR is a sport, and Witty John retorts the following reasons why he thinks it's not: "I dis­ agree with the notion NASCAR is thought of as a sport." Awkward silence followed. 12:25 p.m. — It's our last chance to make an impression. The producer asks for another play-by-play — this time includ­ ing a catchphrase. Once again, three guys glorify North Texas, with Witty John using the catch phrase "Stick a fork in them ... " I thought he was done. Sean had no real catchphrase but a nice play-by-play, while Ro bounced from wall to wall describing Rafer Alston skipping to his Lou. 12:30 p.m. — My group went in a row, as the first one of us described Derek Fisher's 0.4 sec­ ond shot while stum bling on the catchphrase. (Why couldn't D-Fish have choked?). The next Aggie uses his southern drawl to say Derek Jeter's face-mangling catch "gave him the vapors," but it didn't steam up the producer. 12:32 p.m. — "T.J. Ford drives down the sideline, crosses by Hollis Price, fades at the top of the key — Kiss my grits! The ball is in!" I thought the retelling of the 2003 win over Oklahoma would fascinate and educate, but it did not penetrate the producer's decision. 12:40 p.m. — Turns out our friends Sean, animated Ro and Witty John were allowed to move on. I shook Sean and Ro's hands and looked for a glass of water to throw in John's face. But, to no avail, my foursome left to go to the car, tweed jackets in hand, as we prepared for the ride home. Our dream jobs were left unful­ filled, but kiss my grits, we had a good time. Eric Ransom Chris Berman’s Protege Tweed coats a n d a dream . Luke, I am your fath er. W hat happens w hen a Longhorn, a Sooner and two Aggies are put into a bar, stop being friends and start getting real? "Real World Dallas?" Close. W elcome "Dream Job" tryouts. to ESPN 's it came to us in a vision a few weeks ago. After a pickup game of basketball, my evil friend the Sooner bought a round of Thick and Heartys at Whataburger. It may have been the A1 sauce or grilled onions, but Dan Patrick appeared before us like a drive- thru Obi-Wan Kenobi. You must go to Dallas. You will tryout for ESPN. The following month went fast as we spent nights lying awake, dreaming of our own ESPN25 moment. We trained like Jedis — moving sports questions with our minds and wrestling Wookies.