SPORTS PAGE IB From "skinny kid' to potential N F L first rounder LIFE&ARTSPAGE6B T h e qu est for the b e st b ru n ch to satisfy w e e k e n d m u n c h ie s TOMORRC High 87 HER V % e Da ily T eaa , Serving the University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.co Friday, April 24, 2009- (¡roups fire off on concealed-carry bill Law firms ask grads to defer job offers Due to econom ic woes, new lawyers having more trouble finding work By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff With the economic downturn and a slowdown in legal w ork, some major law firms are delay­ ing start dates for new hires. In the m eantim e, • some law school graduates m ust find other legal practice. David Montoya, assistant dean of career servic­ es in the UT S c h o o l of Law, said the legal market began seeing a significant slump around Septem­ ber and that íaw firms have been cutting attorneys and staff members for the past several months. " It's m ore difficult for grad u atin g students to get hired now," M ontoya said. "Funding for public interest organizations has decreased, gov­ ernm ent agencies are having hiring freezes and there's just a general slowdown in the amount of work available." There has been concern that if the economy con­ tinues to suffer, deferrals will continue and jobs might even be canceled, Montoya said. "I can't predict the future, but we can hope that it's at its w orst right now," he said. Even if graduates are hired, they are not guar­ anteed immediate work. UT law student Jhett Nelson said he knows var­ ious people whose start dates have been pushed to alm ost a full year away from when they were hired. Nelson, who graduates this May, said he chose to take a voluntary deferral with his law firm, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP The firm will pay him a stipend during this delay, he said. "Voluntary deferral is. a w ay for firms to hold onto the people they hire," Nelson said. M ontoya said stipends v a ry in am ount but that high-paying jobs offer $65,000 to $75,000 on average. Law school graduates have options beyond the struggling corporate firms while they wait to. be­ gin working, Montoya said. UT's Career Launch Program offers graduates LAW continues on page 2A Early-voting locations Early voting for the 2009 municipal elections (including the mayor's race and Citv Council races) starts Monday and runs through May 5. • University of Texas Flawn Academic Center Monday-Saturdav, 1 am .-7 p.m.; Sundav, noon-6 p.m. • Travis County' Courthouse 1000 Guadalupe St. Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m .-7 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p in • Fiesta Mart Central shopping center 3909 North IH-35 at Delwood Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.~7 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Left, Se n io r D a vid Black of U n ive rsity D e m o crats debates concealed-carry legislation at the Jackson G eological Sciences Building on Thursday. Right, P hysics fre sh m a n Tyler Rosen, a Y o u n g Conservatives o f Texas representative, addresses questions regarding how concealed-carry legislation will affect UT. S o m e attendees w ore em pty gu n holsters to show support for the bill, which is awaiting debate on the House floor. Paul Chouy Daily Texan Staff G - v . rvat ive, liberal organizations debate legislation allowing arm s on campus By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff Tem pers ran high an d lau gh ­ ter alternated from side to side of a sharply divided audience as con­ servative and liberal students took shots at one another's argum ents about concealed-carry legislation. M em bers of Young C o n serv a­ tives. of Texas and University Dem­ ocrats debated the controversial bill Thursday in the Jackson Geo­ logical Sciences building. A few in attendance w ore em p­ ty gun h o lste rs to v o ic e sup^ p o rt for the bill, w hich w ou ld p erm it licensed hold ers to c a r ­ ry a concealed handgun on cam ­ puses of public universities and w ould prohibit the schools from passing any m easures to prevent “The University should be able to say that w hen you are on this cam p u s that you are not responsible for protecting your life." — Luis Soberon, University Dem ocrats m em ber concealed carrying. A team com posed of three m em ­ bers of U niversity D em ocrats de­ bated a team com p osed of tw o m em bers of the Young C onserva­ tives of Texas and the chapter pres- id ent of Stu d en ts for C oncealed Carry on Campus. "T h e U n iv e r s ity s h o u ld be able to say th a t w h en you are on this cam pus that you are not resp o n sib le for p ro tectin g you r life ," said U niversity D em ocrats m em ber Luis Soberon. Jeff Shi, president of the pro-eon- cealed-carry organization, argued that licensing tests would weed out anyone likely to misuse handguns. "T h ese are not just am ateu rs," Shi said. "They have training that the normal person does not." Young C o n servatives m em ber E dw ard O d en criticized the use of Suprem e Court opinions as ev­ idence for constitutional limits on gun possession. "W e c a n 't rest ou r arg u m en t entirely on the Sup rem e C o u rt," Oden said. "The Suprem e Court is merely the interpreter of these doc­ um ents, which are held high as our governing docum ents." Eleanore Knox, a former Univer­ sity D em ocrats m em ber w ho did not participate in the debate, said she w as on the fence ab ou t the issue. "I can understand the argument that certain people would feel saf­ er on cam p u s," Knox said. "B u t I feel that if the majority of students aren't in favor of it, the Legislature shouldn't be able to do it." Mayoral candidates offer economic solutions By Pierre Bertrand Daily Texan Staff As the recession persists, the city faces the challenge of retaining and prom oting jobs to spur econom ic re­ covery — a hot-button issue, in this year's mayoral race. The five candidates for Austin's top seat are now tasked with offering ways to keep jobs in tact, especially within Austin's green energy industry'. D ave Porter, senior vice president of e co n o m ic d ev elo p m en t for the G reater A u stin C h am b er o f C o m ­ m erce, said the city lost Solar Array Ventures, a solar start-up com pany con ceived in A u stin, to A lb u q u er­ que, N.M. A lbuquerque offered bet­ ter state incentives, so the com pany promised to build New M exico's first manufacturing plant. UT human resources will re-evaluate roles, clarify employee titles Current classification codes irrelevant to certain workers, create confusion B y M o h in i M a d ga vk a r Daily Texan Staff U niversity hum an resources officials have be­ gun re-evaluating em ployee classifii at ions in an effort to clarify current positions. Code 1000 employees — also know n as admin­ istrative/professional personnel — are eligible for termination without cause at the e nd of each fiscal year. In the event that budgetary concerns or per­ sonnel requirements make a particular position ir­ relevant, the University could elim inate it regard­ less of the em ployee's job performance. Ju lie n C arter, U T 's associate vice p resid en t for hum an resource services, said the U niversi­ ty could convert som e Code lOUO em ployees to "classified" status, which would require adminis­ trators to give a concrete reason for firing an em ­ ployee at any time. Carter said the University constantly re-evalu­ ates various titles and position classifications to ensure they are appropriate. The staff conducted an unrelated title evaluation for Information Tech­ nology Services employees earlier this year to en­ sure their job descriptions were market-appropri­ ate, but Carter said no one has been fired or has taken a pay cut as a result "In m ost cases, we would not take aw ay any m oney," C arter said. "W e w ould try to find a w ay to m ake sure the level of co m p en satio n H R continues on page 2A M A Y O R continues on page 2A Josiah Ingalls and Brewster McCracken debate policy on April 15. M ayoral candidates Carole Keeton Strayhorn, David Buttross, Lee Leffingwell, Andrew Rogers | D a lly Texan Staff Platform initiatives for the five Austin mayoral candidates Lee Leffingwell Brewster McCracken Carole Keeton Strayhorn David Buttross • Diversify Austin's job markets and industries • Make structural chang­ es to future city budgets without cutting from im­ portant departments • Hold a 2010 bond elec­ tion and sell carbon cred­ its to fund local renew­ able energy projects • Maintain Austin's semi­ conductor industry through the Pecan Street Project • Enact an across-the- board pay freeze of city employees and possible salary cuts when faced with budget shortfalls • Create an endowment to fund public investments • Launch an immediate in­ vestigation of Capital Metro • Cut fat from city's bud­ gets from every depart­ ment, including lobbyists • Make government con­ tracts and purchases available to the public through an online database • Forgo hib mayoral salary • Increase resident density in Austin's urban core • Create single-mem­ ber representative districts to increase representation of outlying neighborhoods Josiah Ingalls • Forgo his mayoral salary • E mphasize recycling • Give voice to most underrepresented individuals in the city V \ \ ' Friday, April 24, 2009 A r t f u l l y t i e d u p 2A T in D u n T e w n Volume 109, Number 133 25 cents CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512 171 4591 Editor: Leah Finnegan (512 232 2212 edi fc ■ r@c lailytexanori line, com Managing Editor: Vikram Swaruup (512)232-2217 managinged tor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512)232-2207 riews@da lytexanon line, com Web Office: (512)471 8616 on line@dai/> texanonline c am Sports Office: (512)232 2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life&Arts Office: (512) 232-2209 lifeandarts@daiiytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512)471 8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512)4/1-1865 joan w@mail. u texas. edu Classified Advertising: (512)471-5244 classified@dailytexanonline.com T h e Texan strive s to p re se n t all infor­ mation fairly, accurately and com plete­ ly. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@da¡lytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2009 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. CORRECTION The viewpoint in Thursday's Texan should have said "The UT System Board of Regents decided the fate of thousands of employees, including 125 faculty members, behind closed doors in a distant corner of the state." The Texan regrets the error. Today's weather Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. ON THE WEB: W atch fashion videos @ dailytexanonline.com MAYOR: Hconomic plans emphasize small businesses From pagel A "That was an embarrassment, but that's not the norm," Porter said. "There is not a steady stream of businesses leaving. Brewster McCracken, m ayor pro tern and a mayoral candidate, said Austin runs the risk of losing its semiconductor industry, which includes IBM and Fneescale Semi­ conductor, it the city does not ca­ ter to the companies' needs. The industry is moving toward greater solar energy technology. By 2010, the industry's investment in solar energy w ill equál its investment in semiconductors, and if Aus­ tin does not promote this change, the citv rnay lose a foothold in the changing industry, he said. McCracken said he anticipates the Pecan Street Project — a plan to build new and clean technol­ ogies, in clu d in g a 300-mega­ watt solar-array power grid w ith­ in the city — w ill act as a cata­ lyst for putting Austin on the cut­ ting edge of renewable-energy development. "W e are talking about solar pan­ els on people's houses and busi­ nesses," McCracken said. "If we lose our prim ary employers, you have to create hundreds and hun­ dreds of small businesses to make up for that." M cCracken's plans are sim i­ lar to those of his opponent, C ity Council member Lee Leffingwell, who has pledged to focus on sup­ porting local businesses. Leffingw ell said he wants to p rovide sm all businesses w ith m ore resources to help them grow, including promoting lo ­ cally made goods and offering more free training sessions to help businesses. "To some extent, the city a l­ ready provides this, but I w ant to ratchet it up," Leffingwell said. " I am open to attracting new em­ ployers, but I don't want to make that our prim ary source." Candidate Carole Keeton Stray- horn, former Austin mayor, said during a mayoral debate Wednes­ day that Austinites need to "think globally and act locally." She said she promises to connect start-up companies w ith capital-generat­ ing sources. Isaac Barchas, executive direc­ tor of Austin Technology Incuba­ tor, which originally helped de­ velop the solar company that re­ located to N ew Mexico, said mar­ ket conditions hinder new tech businesses. "C a p ita l is very scarce and hard to get at," Barchas said. "P ri­ m ary investors are investing in their current portfolios and not in start-ups." Porter said he has seen the number of manufacturing plants in Austin decline and that w hile the city may be losing that in ­ dustry, Austin is doing w ell re­ taining companies that design sem iconductor chips and other technologies. That is where Austin has re­ tained a large piece of the puzzle," he said. "It's a nice transition." D uring W ednesday's debate, m ayoral candidate Jo siah In ­ galls suggested the city should increase its recycling efforts \o generate more green and clean energy. Candidate David Buttross said during the debate that he would not stand in businesses' way, pre­ ferring instead to let business lead­ ers tell him what they need. The general election w ill be held M ay 9. Early voting starts Monday. Architecture graduate student Molly Hubbs works on her art installation "Urban Succulence "on Thursday. W hile creating this piece, she had already used 800 zip ties to keep everything together. The completed piece, along with many other students' work, is located west of the Harry Ransom Center. The display will be unveiled today. Paul Chouy | Daily Texan Staff HR: Modifications will streamline current rules From p a g e l A 4 matched the person's duties, or we would w ork w ith the unit to som ewhat freeze the salary until the range caught up.” Carter said changing Code 1000 cla ssificatio n s w o u ld stream line outdated rules. In the past, classifications im ­ plied differences in pay and benefits, but those distinctions have been eliminated. "H is to ric a lly , the [C ode 1000 c la s s ific a tio n ] w a s m eant for the up p er-level m anagers and ex ecu tives,” C arter said. "B u t som ehow o ver tim e, there have been "1 don't know what prestige there would be in having Code 1000 status. If you can be terminated, that's not a good thing for anyone." — Benjamin Bond, Staff Council chairman m isclassifications." C arte r said the need for greater hiring flexibility made sense for senior-level em ploy­ ees, whom U n iversity execu­ tives m ight need to quickly remove if they were not per­ form ing up to par. For low ­ er-level staff, Carter said, the classification w as no longer appropriate. "F o r example, there's a pi­ ano tuner w h o 's in [C ode 1000]," Carter said. "O ver the years, it's just kind of broken down." C a rte r said jobs ra n g ­ ing from provosts and vice presidents to professional li­ brarians w ere all cu rren tly classified as Code 1000. The sw itch to c la ssifie d status w ould im ply no difference in salary or benefits, Carter said, but w ould sim p ly be more appropriate for em ployee job descriptions. Sta ff C o u n c il C h airm a n Benjam in Bond, a classified em ployee, said -the thought o f re c la s s ific a tio n w o u ld h a ve litt le e ffect on s ta ff members. " I don't know7 what prestige there would be in having Code 1000 status," Bond said. "If you can be terminated, that's not a good thing for anyone." LAW: Grads can volunteer through intern programs From p a g e l A 400-hour internships — w ith stipends — working for non­ profit organizations. Montoya said he expects the number of applications to rise during the economic decline. Montoya said the law school initiated the program in 2008 for new graduates to gain work experience during the difficult hiring period between the bar exam, which is administered in July, and the release of exam re­ sults in November. "T h e program provides a platform for graduates to mar­ ket themselves for permanent jobs and to g ive them con­ tacts," Montoya said. U T also looks to open up job positions for its law students w hile they are still'in school. Students can work at legal ser­ vice clinics, justice corpora­ tions and as research center as­ sistants, Montoya said. "A t the juvenile justice clin­ ic, second- and third-year [stu­ dents] working w ith children and crim inal charges are in the courtroom," Montoya said. "They're conducting trials un­ der attorney supervision. They represent real clients in real sit­ uations." Several universities in the U .S. have created academ ic programs to support deferred graduates who have a year to fill before entering work. The University of California, Los Angeles began offering the Transition to Practice program in the fall. The program a l­ lows graduates to gain a sim ­ ilar experience to w hat they w ould have had in the first year of legal practice, said M i­ chael Schili, dean of the U C LA School of Law. U C LA students can volun­ teer in clinics to develop skills in litigation, entrepreneurship and other practices, he said. Recycle your copy of T h e I ) \ i i t T exan fireai College Job IN A FUN ENVIRONMENT WITH FLEXIBU HRS it this is you you could make Anup Shah Colby W hite Apply TODAY on-site all da\ 2525 W. Anderson Lane, Ste. Í03 ODDLY ENOUGH Police: Convenience store robber dressed like ninja W EYM OUTH, Mass. — Police say a man dressed like a ninja used a sword in an at­ tempt to rob a Weymouth dry cleaner. According to police, a con­ venience store clerk called police Monday after she no­ ticed a man walking into the store wearing a ski mask and carrying a sword in a sheath on his belt. When the man noticed her, he pulled his mask off and asked if she was calling about him, police said. 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Gather a foursome for the annual golf tournament supporting the University of Texas Longhorn Bandl Come out and win prizes including four tickets to any Texas Football home game and footballs signed by M a c k Brown! All proceeds benefit Longhorn Band Student Association and Kappa Kappa Psi, a nationally recognized band service fraternity. Date: Sunday, May 3rd Site: ShadowGlen Golf Club, Manor, TX Time: 8:30 a.m. start Foursome Scramble format Price: $100 ($80 for LHBSA members) Indudes Green Fee, Cart Fee, Range Balls, and Buffet Register at our website: KSmS* ,Com Wire Editor: B ethany Johnsen vwmdaitytexanonline.com NATION BRIEFLY Former Nebraska teacher faces prison time for student affair OMAHA, Neb. — A former Ne­ braska teacher who fled to Mexico with a 13-year-old student was sen­ tenced Thursday to eight to 10 years in prison. Kelsey Peterson, 27, pleaded guilty in January to two state counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor. She is to serve her sentence simultaneously with a six-year fed­ eral prison sentence for transporting a minor across state lines to have sex. She also must register as a sex offender. Authorities said Peterson was the boy s sixth-grade math teacher at Lexington Middle School during the 2lX)5-06 school year and started hav­ ing sex with him in November 2006. They said she fled with him to Mexico after the district's superin­ tendent confronted Peterson about allegations of an inappropriate re­ lationship with the boy. She was ar­ rested a week later in Mexico after the boy called his mother. Bristol Palin's former boyfriend announces possible custody suit ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The father of Alaska Gov. Sarah Pal­ m's grandson said Wednesday he would be willing to go to court for custody of the child, but he hoped it wouldn't come to that. Levi Johnston said on CNN's "Larry King Live" that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin do not have a formal court agreement over visita­ tion rights for their baby son, Tripp. Bristol Palin, the governor's old­ est daughter, gave birth Dec. 27 and the unmarried teenage parents broke up soon after that. Johnston has claimed in several national TV interviews that Bristol has limited his access to the baby. Johnston said he is not in a "big fight with the Palins." He still likes the family and wants to work out an arrangement over Tripp, whom he said he hasn't seen in two weeks. "I don't think either of us want to go and go to lawyers end try to fight for custody," he said. But if the situation doesn't change, "I think we're going to have to." Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton issued a state­ ment on the Johnston interview, say­ ing: "Bristol is focused on going to college, raising Tripp, and advocat­ ing abstinence." However, in an interview earli­ er this year with Fox News, Bristol Palin said abstinence is "not realis­ tic at all." Levi Johnston agreed: "I think all teens, or most, are sexually active." 12-year-old boy faces charges for murder of infant brother HOUSTON — The family of a 12-year-old boy accused of kill­ ing a 10-month-old baby by throw­ ing him to the floor says the boy is innocent. They blame the baby's 7-year-old brother. Officials say the 12-year-old was left alone last month at a Houston home with a group of younger chil­ dren by the mothers of the two sets of kids. The other kids said they saw' the 12-year-old throw the baby on the floor. But a spokesman for the 12-year- old's family said Thursday the ba- by's 7-year-old sibling held his tit­ tle brother, wrho had been crying, and threw him down the stairs in the house. The 12-year-old is being held on a charge of capital murder. C o m pile d from A sso ciate d Press reports W o r l d & N a tio n s - T u r D a i l y T e x a n A girl cries near the site of an explosion that killed 22 in Baghdad when a suicide bom ber threw himself into a crowd Thursday. Karim Kadim | A ss o cia te d Press Bombings leave 78 dead in Iraq By Brian Murphy The Associated Press BA G H D A D — S u ic id e bom b b lasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thurs­ day, killing at least 78 people in Iraq's deadliest day in more than a year. The toll — at least 31 dead in Baghdad and 47 to the north in Diyala province — follows a series of high-pro­ file attacks this month blamed on Sunni insurgents. The vio­ lence highlights potential se­ curity gaps as Iraqi forces in­ creasingly take the lead role from U.S. forces in protect­ ing Baghdad and key areas around the capital. The insurgent push is still nowhere near the scale of vi­ olence in past years, but it has undermined confidence that Iraq's security gains were on solid footing at a time when the U.S. m ilitary is s h ift­ ing its focus and resources to Afghanistan. T hu rsd ay's attacks h ap­ pened as American soldiers who specialize in clearing bombs from roads boarded a plane from Iraq to the Tali­ ban heartland in southern Af­ ghanistan, part of the largest movement of personnel and equipment between the two war fronts. Iraqi au th o rities, m ean­ while, say they have struck back at the heart of the insur­ gency: claiming they arrest­ ed one of the most wanted leaders of a militant network linked to al-Qaida. The reported capture of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State of Iraq, could mark a setback to insurgents as they try to in­ tensify attacks after a relative lull. In the past, however, Iraqi officials have reported al- B ag h d ad i's arrest or k ill­ ing, only to acknowledge lat­ er that they were wrong. The U.S. military has even said al- Baghdadi could be a fictitious character used to give an Iraqi face to an organization dom­ inated by foreign al-Q aida fighters. The U .S. m ilitary could not confirm the arrest, said spokesm an 1st Lt. John A. Brim ley. In 2007, Ira q 's g o v e rn ­ ment reported that al-Bagh­ dadi had been killed and re­ leased photos of what it said was his body. Later, security officials said they had arrest­ ed al-Baghdadi. In both cas­ es, the U.S. military said at the time it could not be confirmed — and the reports turned out not to be true. The two attacks — along with a suicide blast that killed three Sunnis w ho joined the anti-insurgent fight north of Baghdad — made it the dead­ liest day in Iraq since March 8, 2008, w'hen at least 110 people were killed. The carnage in Baghdad show ed insurgents were still capable of hitting the center of the capital. The devastated restaurant, to the north in Di­ yala province, was a remind­ er that the area remains an in­ surgent stronghold despite sustained offensives by U.S.- led forces. UN sends expert team into Sri Lanka By Krishan Francis The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The more than 100,000 civil­ ians pouring out of Sri Lan­ ka's wrar zone have included people w ith untreated blast, mine and gunshot wounds — prompting the U.N. chief on Thursday to order an expert team to assess the "rapidly deteriorating situation." Doctors Without Borders warned that civilian casualties are rising in the zone where the military is trying to finish off a 25-year-old insurgency, while the government plead­ ed for humanitarian aid. "I saw infants with dys­ entery, m alnourished c h il­ dren and women, untended wounds, and people dressed in the ragged clothing they've been wearing for m onths," said Neil Buhne, the U.N. hu­ manitarian coordinator, after returning from the northern town of Vauniya, where tens of thousands of people are kept in overcrowded govern­ ment camps. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to report­ ers in Brussels, said he would immediately send in a team of humanitarian experts to mon­ itor the situation and "try to do whatever we can to protect the civilian population." T h e g o v e rn m e n t sa y s 104,862 civilians have escaped the conflict since Monday. Some 170,000 to 180,000 civil­ ians now live in the government camps, said Gordon Weiss, the U.N. spokesman in Colombo. An a d d itio n a l 1 5 ,0 0 0 to 20,000 civ ilian s remain trapped in the coastal strip m easuring just five square miles still controlled by the ethnic separatist Tamil Tigers. Reports on life there are lim­ ited because reporters are not allowed. Weiss said no food has been delivered to the w ar zone since April 1. "The conditions are abso­ lutely awful. The people are living w'ith a shortage of food and medicines and subject­ ed to artillery and small-arms fire," he said. The U.N. Security Council has asked the Tamil Tigers to lay down their arms and join talks to end the civil war. The U.N. also urged the government to give interna­ tional aid agencies access to those affected by the fighting. Since September, only the In­ ternational Committee of the Red Cross has had access. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bo- gollagama said the government wras working to grant more ac­ cess to those who had left the war zone, but that will depend on the security situation. The Red Cross evacuated 350 wounded to a hospital outside the war zone Wednes­ day, and another e v a cu a ­ tion was planned for Thurs­ day, Red Cross spokeswomen Sarasi Wijeratne said. O n ly tw o ill-eq u ip p ed , makeshift hospitals function in the war zone. Dr. Thanga- muttu Sathyamurthi said his staff is struggling with a med­ icine shortage. Both the gov­ ernment and the rebels deny targeting civilians, but the U.N. estim ates m ore than 4,500 have been killed in the past three months. 3A Friday, A p ril 24, 2009 WORLD BRIEFLY China exerts pressure on Obama not to meet Dalai Lama on visit BEIJING — China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he vis­ its the United States in October Although a meeting has not been confirmed, every president since George H.W Bush has met the Dalai Lama, raising the ire of China, which says the Nobel Peace laureate is bent on splitting Tibet from China. "We firmly oppose the Dalai's en­ gagement in separatist activities in any country' under whatever capac­ ity and under whatever name," For­ eign Ministry' spokeswoman Jiang Yu said when asked to comment on a possible meeting "We have made representations to the United States urging the U.S. to honor its commitments and not allow the Dalai to engage in sepa­ ratist activities in the United States," she told a regular news conference Jiang did not say what would happen if a meeting did take place. China canceled a major summit with the European Union last year because French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama. A White House visit for the Da­ lai Lama would be seen as a power­ ful message to Tibetans and others struggling for human rights around the world, but w ould come as the United States seeks crucial Chinese cooperation on several crjses. Somali men stand trial in Kenya for attacking Liberian freighter MOMBASA, Kenya — The 11 So­ mali men, accused in a pirate attack on a Liberian freighter, filed slow - ly into the w'ood-paneled court The magistrate took one look at their dingy shirts, jackets and sarongs - - two were barefoot — and ordered a court official to make sure they were "dressed properly" next time. Amid proposals for an interna­ tional tribunal to tackle piracy, Ke­ nya Ls implementing agreements with the European Union and the United States by putting thi bandits on trial, even if they are caught on the high seas by other nations and have not attacked Kenvan interests. Thursday's hearing was the first court appearance for the men, wh<- were tracked down by French com­ mandos and seized April 15 from their skiffs in w aters off Somalia, the lawless epicenter of the flourishing pi­ rate industry off the Horn of Africa. The pirate suspects had been marched off a French frigate Wednesday and handed over to au­ thorities in this Kenyan port city. Magistrate Catherine Mwangi ad­ journed their case until a bail hear­ ing May 27. They will remain in a Mombasa jail until then. North Korea decides to detain two indicted US journalists SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it formally de­ cided to indict two U.S. journalists arrested on its border with China more than a month ago. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, jour­ nalists w'orking for former Vice President A1 Gore's San Francisco- based Current TV, were arrested af­ ter they allegedly crossed the border from China on March 17 while re­ porting on North Korean refugees. North Korean media did not im­ mediately detail charges under the in­ dictments, but said last month that the W’omen reporters w'ould be put on tri­ al on charges of illegal entry' and un­ specified "hostile acts." C o m p ile d from A sso ciate d Press reports senior michael torres W Dean Keefon A L S O 2 pm S a tu rd a y & ,'L pm S u n d a y Weekend Giveaways First 600 fans t o ll FREE U f Athletics stadium cushion First 3.000 fans to Sunday's 1pm game receive a FREE Texas Fight R.ol kt ban n a LASP = FREE Admission! U FCU Disc h-F a l k Field ■ !H I h B ! v . ' t i ■ - UÍ Stud ents Chech out SOBt. on »xasSpor ts .c o m for th e latest prom otions & tick et info i 4A Friday, April 24, 2009 VIEWPOINT An open race? On Tuesday, the Austin Chronicle hosted a candidate forum it dubbed the "Hustle for M ayor." The forum featured mayoral candidates Lee Leffingwell and Brewster M cCracken in an in- formal discussion at the M ohawk downtown. But Leffingwell and McCracken are not the only candidates running for mayor. T he three other candidates did not participate in the event. O ne of them, however, Josiah Ingalls, a housekeeper at the H ilton Austin, w as not invited to participate but talked his way onto the stage w here, according the Burnt O range Re­ port, he tried to "push his agenda of mental health services and poverty." Burnt Orange Report called out the Chronicle for failing to invite candidates who were out of the mainstream to the event, writing, "The ultimate viability of any entity is not in its corpo­ rate support, or its over-stocked qualifications or even its elect- ability, but its ability to be there, real and alive." Wells Dunbar, the Chronicle political writer, challenged that definition of a viable candidate in his response to Burnt Orange Report, arguing, "Ingalls m ay be a well-intentioned dude, but th.it simply doesn't qualify him to be an instant mayor, nor even a com petent candidate. ... If he was elected tomorrow, do you think the hom eless would be one iota better off, or would the entire city be thrown into disarray because he w ouldn't know the first thing about what he was doing7" W hat is the responsibility of a newspaper when covering an election as full of oddballs and misfits as Austin itself? We've pondered this question throughout the last week as we put to­ gether our own endorsem ents. Is a candidate w ithout a col­ lege education or any government experience really qualified to serve as mayor of Austin? Absolutely not. D oes that mean he is not worthy of our time and consideration? Also no. C andidates like Ingalls bring life to local elections. And as a representative of the grossly underrepresented citizens be­ low the poverty level, Ingalls especially brings ideas to the race that would never occur to the bourgeois, Ivy League-educated corporate yuppie-tvpes on the ballot. In his interview with us last Monday, Ingalls said he feels that his participation in the campaign has sparked discussion among other candidates about the problems confronting Aus­ tin's poor. He said he has been inspired by the realization that even it he can't win, he can make a difference. We hope he is right. Citizens have the right to speak up for their causes as candidates for political office. If their issues and their plans strike a chord with voters, then they have a right to serve in that office, no matter how short their resumes may be. For us, a lack of education is too serious to overlook when selectin g a mayor. But w e w ill not exclud e Ingalls and his id eas from our cov erage as irrelevant. W e're not ready to hand him the key to the city, but we are thrilled to hand him a microphone. O ur endorsements will be released Tuesday. — Jillian Sheridan for the editorial board y f 11ERY Optni in Til» 1 >\n > T t w x GALLERY ..But B efore we 5 eGmn .\ D u k e ^ o u To WEUGCME Av NEW N\EMBER OF o u r B a n k 's B o a r d o f ' d i r e c t o r s . . Editor in Chief: eah ► Phone:(512)232-2212 E-mail: editor^dailytexanonline.com ' ^ Associate Editors: Audrey Campbell Jillian Sheridan Josh Haney Abby Terrell M aryTum a _ ______ — I ft It t BO fcR f W * II INlXMPETWC- ViOJLp UKF- lb NON FESFCwl) w a y h pew l*srW OR35 _ . Those who can, teach ¿1.%* By Merrit Martin Daily Texan Columnist Some liberal arts majors have known since birth that they want to be doctors, lawyers or college professors. For the rest of us, the job search facing us after four years is the source of some anxiety. When we were filling out our college applications, we might have harbored some romantic notion of following our academic passions during our time in school, indulging in Shakespeare and Plato and Rousseau and then magically emerging as fine upstanding citizens, ready to make a difference and change the world and do great things. Then we got to the career fairs and realized that we would more than likely have to settle awkwardly into the business world or the public sector after all. Or we'd have to teach. That was the perennial option. And yet, at least for many of my liberal arts peers, the thought of a teaching career came off as an admission of defeat. Should they take their degrees straight back into the classroom, they'd be resigning them selves to the same m eaning­ less existences as their old teachers. They would not change the world. They would not do great things. I've been planning since high school to be an educator, and these attitudes have always irritated me. Granted, teaching isn't for most people, but everyone should recognize that education is of the utmost importance to people's lives. Aside from the truisms that attest to education's importance in creating democ­ racies, innumberable studies have shown that greater educational at­ tainment is linked to higher incomes and better health — and health is one of the top predictors of overall life satisfaction. Countless studies also have shown that access to quality educa­ tion in the U.S. is far from universal. In its 2008 report, "The Con­ dition of Education," the National Center for Education Statistics notes that "gaps in achievement and high school and college grad­ uation rates between white and minority students continue." Drop­ out rates for African-Americans and Latinos continue to be higher than those for whites, too. The report also found that in 2004, only about half of low-income status 12th graders expected to gradu­ ate from college, compared with 87 percent of high-income status seniors. Educational inequality is the greatest civil rights issue this coun­ try faces. Slavery and institutionalized discrimination are over. But without true equality of opportunity, that de jure equality is a farce. It is even more dangerous to the social fabric of our country than bla­ tant oppression, in fact, because it conceals the underlying inequali­ ties in a shroud of legality and self-congratulation. Without reform, the American educational system will be only a means to preserve privilege for a few while pretending that it provides opportunity for all. And without teachers dedicated to their students, no top-down reforms will have any effect. Truly equal educational opportunity is vital to promote racial and social equality in this country. But all students, rich and poor, deserve good schools, effective teachers and access to a quality education. Teachers certainly aren't the only things that determine students' ed­ ucational outcomes, but they are important. In choosing to teach, you show students that their lives are important to you — that their lives are important, penod. As N elson M andela said, education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. And there are many things you can do to help. If you're willing to give a couple of hours a week, you can tutor students at Austin- area schools; teach an adult reading class at Liter­ acy Austin, a local non-profit; or mentor a student at KIPP, a charter school dedicated to improving achievement for underserved students. If you are willing to give a whole summer, teach for Breakthrough Collabora­ tive, where high schoolers and undergraduates help middle school students prepare for college. If you are willing to give two years of your life, consider Teach For America, which places talented gradu­ ates in classrooms in some of the nation's most underserved commu­ nities. And if you're willing to spend your entire career in the class­ room — well, you're probably already in UTeach or majoring in ed­ ucation. Reports suggest that up to a third of the teaching corps could retire within the next four years and that America's classrooms will need all the new talent they can get. Not everyone is meant to teach, but those who do will have a daily opportunity to do great things (if not make great money). Teaching isn't an unfortunate back-up plan. It's a way to promote equality, inspire young people and open doors for those in need. Martin is a Spanish and religious studies sophomore. Teaching isn't an unfortunate back-up plan. THE FIRING LINE A little m ayoral flair, please? After watching the April 22 mayoral debate, I'm glad I chanced upon the broadcast and consequently won't be casting my vote on the basis of the alliteration in "Lee Leffingwell," Brewster McCracken's rumored youth or either candidate's ubiquitous campaign signs. Both of the "front-runners" were maddeningly boring — neither had any rhetorical substance or power, and both refused to engage in any meaningful debate, instead vaunting their endorsements, associations and weak claims of achievement. T h e mayor of Austin must not be a boring person. As the personal relation of Austin — its chief ambassador to federal, state and other, local governments — the mayor must command rhetorical power and an audi­ ence's attention, be they one or 1,000. The mayor will have to compellingly present the case that Austin should be the recipient of federal and state grant monies, that businesses or entire industries should consider Austin as a base for long-term growth, and all the while do so in a manner that accu­ rately reflects the character and values, diverse though they are, of our city. While Carole Keeton Strayhom skewered Leffingwell and McCracken repeatedly on substantiv e issues, neither offered rebuttals and both spoke with such mundanity as to cause me to think they were operating in some kind of super-gravity environment. Still, Strayhom is far from able to represent the best of Austin, simply in light of her status as an entrenched poltico with immense baggage. At th>‘ end of the dav businessman David Butross was able to make the most compelling case for the mayoral position. His views were informed on a street lev el He has real exposure to issues facing Austin and real experience in dealing with them. Butross' approach to goverment promises a more disciplined, goal-oriented direction absent the mired, chimeric and collosafiy uninteresting brain farts the "front-runners" chronically produce. Trey Brown Philosophy senior To secede or not to secede Your April 20 secession article never really did address the legal issue beyond sav ing that there was "a document" somewhere that prohibited it ("Talk of secession raises questions of legality, sparks media rumpus"). It'd be nice to know a little bit more about that, wouldn't it? It seems impor­ tant. On the surface of things at least, the re-admission of Texas in 1870 demonstrated that the secession of 1861 had been legal after all. Gov. Rick Perry can say what he likes. If Texas ever did secede, it would be the voters of the state, not he, who would make that decision. But to write the secession talk off as more partisan bickering is, I think, short­ sighted. There are many people of all persuasions both angry and fearful of all these bailouts. In the '80s, a trillion-dollar debt seemed insane, but now we're staring at a trillion-dollar deficit. Everyone knows we can't indefinitely spend beyond our means w ithout it catching up to us, but no one seems to care as long as his or her own party doesn't get the blame for it. The media has been warning us for years about the dangers of an ever- increasing debt but has gone silent recently. Why should bad policy sud­ denly become good policy just because a different party controls the White House? You can try to argue that we're spending money we don't have on good things now instead of bad things, but the key point in that is that we're spending money we don't have. I do not want to secede, but I can envision scenarios where I might change my mind. And one of those scenarios involves the federal govern­ ment flatly refusing to even try to get its economic house in order until the day it all comes crashing down. Graeme Cree Online reader Micromanaging abortion? I am not one to agree with the ACLU or its leadership very often, but Texas executive director Terri Burke unwittingly says something intelligent ("Controversial bills debated in committee," April 22). "Many women are forced to have this procedure," she says, failing to specify whether she means "abortion" or "viewing a sonogram." I suppose she probably means the latter, but then why use "many" instead of "all?" Regardless of her intentions, she does bring up a point that NARAL, Planned Parenthood, NOW and all the other pro-abortion ilk try to keep quiet: that more than a few women are coerced into abortions by their families or significant others. Why else would Nancy Keenan, NARAL's president, state in an address given here at UT that the choice should be "up to the w oman, her doctor, her family and her God?" This, after decades of ranting that the "choice" should be solely up to the woman — a position that experience has proven untenable. No, Burke has (probably unintentionally) brought up an excel­ lence point: that more often than not, there are plenty of people "behind the scenes" who are pressuring the woman into having an abortion. In that spirit, I propose a supplemental bill to the one being considered in the halls of our Legislature. Since there are plenty of other people who are willing to "help" the woman make "her" choice to kill her unborn child, why not have a bill that requires any people named by the woman to view the sonogram with her? If it is her family or significant other who is pressuring or even coercing her into choosing abortion, if they ensure that she is not alone in choosing death, why should she be alone in seeing that life which will soon be snuffed out? JC Sanders Physics graduate student Horowitz no better than a cable talk show host The irony in David Horowitz's "Academic Freedom Bill" is that he is a conservative attempting to use government power to promote ideas that have been rejected in the open academic marketplace. Under the guise of "intellectual pluralism" and "academic diversity," Horowitz demands equal respect for theories that cannot earn it on their o\vn merit. His demand that "individual scholars are left free to reach their own conclu­ sions about which methods, facts and theories have been validated by research" is a very anti-conservative call to intellectual relativism. This stubborn unwillingness or inability of conservatives to adapt to aca­ demia is why universities appear to have an liberal bias and is the reason activists like Horowitz exist. How can conservatives claim abstinence-only education is effective in the face of overwhelming counter evidence unless they proclaim that data are in the eye of the beholder? How else could one reconcile the flood myth with geology or paleontology but by undermining the very idea of knowledge itself? For these reasons, Horowitz is nothing but a dishonest agitator when it comes to the topic of academic reform. He does not have a serious interest in improving schools, or he wouldn't be running a traveling Jerry Springer tour through any university willing to host him. Rather he wants educa­ tional instruction to resemble one of his cable television appearances where one is as correct as one is loud and obnoxious, facts be damned. If you went to Horowitz's event and saw the tone of his supporters and the pro­ testers against him, then you got a small taste of the reform he espouses. Cyrus Astaneh UT alum LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the editorial board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration. 5A Paul Cruz, right, introduces 121 Dr. Benson, p R a UT faculty I I member, at a com m unity m eeting that was held at M artin M iddle School to discuss the possibilities of a new UT m iddle school. Jacqueline Gilíes I Daily Texan Staff Friday, April 24, 2009 \ K t t > Professors predict retiring members of Supreme Court By Matt Stephens Daily Texan Staff S e rio u s ch an g es could be m ade to the Sup rem e C ourt d u r in g P r e s id e n t B a r a c k O bam a's adm inistration, two go v ern m en t p ro fesso rs said during a panel at Batts Hall on Thursday night. S arah W eddington, an ad ­ ju n ct g ov ern m en t p rofessor, sa id she believes a s m any as three Suprem e C ou rt ju stices could retire d uring O b am a's a d m in is tr a t io n , in c lu d in g Ruth B ad er C .insburg, Jo h n Paul Stevens and David Sout- er, all of w hom are c o n s id ­ ered am ong the liberal w ing of the court. C.insburg, 76, w as recently diagnosed with pancreatic can­ cer, while Stevens — the oldest member of the Supreme Court at 89 — has had health prob­ lems a s well, Weddington said. She said she believes Souter is unhappy in Washington and could retire to go home to New Hampshire. "Ju stice Souter doesn't like Washington, but 1 just don't be­ lieve that someone gives up the Sup rem e C o u rt ju st becau se they don't like the town," Wed­ dington said. With the current division of four conservatives, four liberals and the tie-breaking ninth jus­ tice, Anthony Kennedy, Wed­ dington said every seat is im­ portan t and could effect the Suprem e Court's makeup and how it votes. A ssociate governm ent pro­ fessor H.W. Perry Jr. said liberal justices might consider retiring now with a more liberal presi­ dent in office, but he said there are more things to consider be- yond the political affiliation of a new justice. "M ost people begin talking about alignment in the court — more conservative or liberal — but those of us who study Ithe Supreme Court] know that it's more com plicated than that," Perry said. He said Obam a is consider­ ing several candidates in the event that a justice were to re­ tire, including Sonia Sotomay- or, a justice on the U.S. Court of Appeals; Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat; and S o licito r G en eral Elena Ka­ gan, form er dean of the Har­ vard Law School. Perry said that their race, gender and po­ sition should all be taken into consideration "There's been a real change in the m akeup of who makes it to the Suprem e Court," Per­ ry said. H e s a id m a n y s u g g e s t Obama will take someone un­ affiliated with the federal judi­ ciary, branching from the cur­ rent trend of picking from with­ in the system. Perry said many past Sup rem e C ourt justices w ho have m ade serio u s im ­ pacts were not judges prior to their appointments. With issues such as affirma­ tive action, gay m arriage and statutory interpretation all ripe for discussion in the Suprem e Court, Perry said he thinks a new ju stice w ould sw ay the vote on important social issues. G overnm ent senior Garrick Smith said he thinks it is impor­ tant that students understand w hy O bam a's adm inistration could change the face of the Su­ preme Court so that they can make educated decisions when voting for their legislators. "For an unelected body, [the Supreme Court] has a tremen­ dous impact on our rights and our structure of American gov­ ernment," he said. A s t r o n a u t s r e f l e c t o n h i s t o r i c A p o l l o 8 UT teams up with AISD middle school Experimental program focuses new curriculum on technology, teamwork By M olly Triece Daily Texan Staff P a r e n ts o f M a r tin M id d le School students w ere introduced T h u rsd ay night to N ew Tech, a p ro p osed East A u stin m id d le- school program that w ould pool resources from U T and the Aus­ tin Independent School District. The p a rtn ersh ip w ou ld give M artin M id d le Sch o o l th e o p ­ p o rtu n ity to fa cilita te th e p ro ­ g ra m , w h ich c e n te rs th e c u r­ r ic u lu m a r o u n d te c h n o lo g y and team w ork rath er th an test preparation. UT w ould get the op p o rtu n i­ ty to p ro v id e U Teach stu d e n ts w ith h and s-on classroom exp e­ rience. The UTeach program al­ low s m ath , scie n ce and lib eral arts m ajors to obtain teacher cer­ tification w hile com pleting their undergraduate degrees. "It's still just being discussed as a p ro p o s a l," said D eb D u ­ v al, d ire cto r o f U T 's D iv isio n o f D iv e r s it y & C o m m u n it y Engagement. At th e co m m u n ity m e e tin g , P aul C ru z , the d is tr ic t's a s s is ­ tant su p e rin te n d en t for e d u ca ­ tion services, outlined the areas o f the proposal that are already mapped out. "A t the core is a stu d en t-cen ­ tered project and problem -based te a c h in g s tra te g y th a t is tied to b oth co n ten t sta n d a rd s and school-w ide learning ou tcom es," Cruz said. * Cruz highlighted the increasing significance of technology and its im p ortan ce in stu d en ts' ed u ca ­ tion at M artin M iddle School. "W e engage students in learn­ ing and let them interact and let them d o the research , and the teacher facilitates that learn ing," Cruz said. U nder the N ew Tech program , students would be provided with r e s o u r c e s s u c h a s in d iv id u a l m ini-laptops to do their ow n re­ search. C ru z said th e q u a lity o f the p ro g ram is ce n tra l, b eca u se it keeps each stu d en t activ ely in ­ volved and cuts back on any de­ ta c h m e n t fro m the c la ss ro o m atmosphere. W h en T h u r s d a y 's m e e tin g opened to questions, parents ex ­ pressed concern over several is­ sues, from w hat w ould happen to the sch o o l's cu rrent cu rricu ­ lum to w h eth er cou rses in gov­ ern m en t w ould be inclu d ed in the program. Joe M oore, w h o has taught at Martin for the past 14 years, said he e ag erly an ticip a tes the p ro­ gram. He also expressed concern that oth er m iddle schools m ight start com peting for the program. "You will get lobbied from ev ­ ery part of tow n," Moore said. C ruz assured the parents and teachers that the program would b e im p le m e n te d at th e sch oo l and sa id d iscu ssio n s are b ein g held to gather com m u n ity su p ­ port to garner the school board 's approval. The program could be im plem ented in fall 2010 at the earliest, Cruz said. "W e are c o m p le te ly on th e sam e page w hen w e talk ab o u t com m unity," said G reg V incent, U T's vice president for diversity and com m unity engagem ent. "It is our m ission to conn ect the re­ sou rces of the U n iv ersity to the needs of the com m unity." Th e UT E lem entary Sch oo l is located in the sam e area as M ar­ tin M id d le S c h o o l and w o u ld feed stu d ents into the potential program . Any resources expend ­ ed on the N ew Tech p ro g ra m w ould b enefit stu d ents w h o a l­ ready attended a UT institution, Vincent said. "T h is is a w onderful op p ortu ­ nity for leveraging ou r resourc­ e s," Vincent said. "M ake no m is­ take: A ISD is the best school d is­ trict in the country, and as a Long­ horn, w e w ill continu e to m ake those partnerships." 9 1.7F M Former NBC News anchor Jim Hartz, left, hosts a discussion with Apollo 8 a stro n a u ts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders in honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Centennial and the 50th anniversary of the creation of NASA. The three astronauts who flew the Apollo 8 mis­ sion shared their experiences Thursday at the LBJ P re s id e n tia l Library and Museum. "I was quite pleased to be an Air Force officer and to have the chance to be a part of Apollo 8," said William Anders, the mission's lunar-module The crew members described what it felt like to be pilot. weightless. "You can do things with the push of a finger," said James Lovell, the command-module pilot for the mis­ sion. "It's a nice environment." Frank Borman, the mission commander, described his appreciation for his crewmates. "I had complete confidence in these two people," Borman said. "I couldn't have had a better crew than Jim and Bill." — Jonathan Babin Give us your take on The City of Austin wants to know what you think as we develop our plans to reach Zero Waste by 2040. Take our online survey austinrecycles.com < Stay tunedfor our upcoming 009 Pledge V rive isten to 9/.7 f m or k v r x . o r g c i f h- 2 f h to support the University o f Texas’ & cAust in ’s o n l y student-run radio station. KVRX is on air 7 PM-9 AM weekdays & 10 PM-p AM Saturday G3 Sunday KVRX.ORG streams online 24/7 There will also be a rad benefit concert! Keep listenin' for details! ln s id & Y O U R W O R L D University to unveil statue honoring Barbara Jordan Friday, April 24, 2009 Memorial to commemorate dedication to community, commitment to civil rights By Jo n ath an Babin Daily Texan Staff The U n iv e rsity w ill u n v e il a bronze sta tu e of Barbara Jordan today» m a rk in g th e first tim e a w o m an w ill be h o n o red w ith a sta tu e on ca m p u s. Jordan , w ho w as the first black w om an from Texas to serve in C ongress, also tau g h t at the LBJ School of Pub­ lic A ffairs from 1979 u n til her d eath in 1996. "1 thin k the w o m en w h o came u p w ith the idea w ere really on target w h en they looked aro u n d the cam p u s and d id n 't see them ­ se lv e s d e p ic te d ," sa id S h erri S anders, the director of the stat­ ue project. "They felt they need­ ed to see a stro n g fem ale le ad ­ er, an d I feel Barbara Jordan was the perfect selection." The cerem ony, w hich w ill be held by th e B attle O aks a t 24th Street a n d W hitis A venue, cel­ e b ra te s th e c a re e r a n d life of a w o m a n w h o in sp ire d m a n y d u rin g h er career as a politician an d teacher. "F rom m y p e rs p e c tiv e as a s tu d e n t, sh e w a s a c h a m p io n of stu d e n ts," said D era Barlow, a g o v e rn m e n t se n io r w h o c o ­ ch a ired th e project. " H e r s ta t­ u e w ill re p r e s e n t e v e r y th in g th a t w as her. I feel like it is in­ te rtw in e d w ith m y o w n legacy now as a stu d en t at UT." Seven y ears ago , the in co m ­ ing class of the O n n g e Jackets, a w o m en 's service organization, chose B arbara Jordan to be h o n ­ ored w ith a statue for her status as a role m od el w h o h as m ade a difference to peo p le in Texas and at the U niversity, said Les­ lie Blair, a spokesw om an for the d iv isio n of d iv e rsity a n d co m ­ m u nity engagem ent. The sta tu e of Jordan joins o th ­ e r A u stin tr ib u te s to th e fo r­ m e r c o n g re s s w o m a n , in c lu d ­ ing a sc u lp tu re at A ustin-B erg- strom International A irport and an a rtist's rendering at K insolv- ing Dorm itory. "W hile she w as here [at UT], sh e really d id im p act ev ery o n e sh e c a m e in to c o n ta c t w ith ," Barlow- s a id . "T h e y s a w h e r e v e r y w h e r e on c a m p u s a n d a r o u n d A u stin . I th in k th a t's w h y she has had such a stro n g influence." J o rd a n , w h o w a s an a d v o ­ cate for civil rights, gain ed rec­ o g n itio n fo r h e r c o m m a n d ­ ing speeches d u rin g the W ater­ gate h earin g s an d w as th e first A frican-A m erican to be b u ried in the Texas S tate C e m e tery in Austin. "1 thin k having som eone w-ho w a s a role m o d el for so m an y an d w h o really g ave a voice to th e voiceless an d had su c h an in c re d ib le sense of e th ic s w as im p o r ta n t," S a n d e rs s a id . "I th in k w ith it being the first fe­ m a le s ta tu e , w-e re a lly w a n t­ ed to choose som eone w-ho w as not onlv a role m odel for the UT com m unity but also for the state of Texas." Biology sophom ore John Williams practices unveiling th e Barbara Jordan statue with fellow students for th e cerem ony in front of th e Union on Thursday afternoon. mmm wenjrpnwireless Introducing F rie n d s&Family. gpMM # jf • I ® Now you can call more. And save more. U nlim ited calling to your to p 10 n um bers and o u r 80 m illio n custom ers. At no extra cost you can: • C h o o se 10 n u m b e rs anywhere in America, on any network, even la n d lin e s . With any N atio n w id e Fam ily SharePlan* 1400 A n ytim e M in u te s or m ore. 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A n a r r e s t w a r r a n t w a s is­ su ed this m o n th for F ernando Uuna, a 20-year-old gang m em ­ ber w ho police say kept the girl in his house for m onths, d ru g ­ ging her and renting her out to as m any as 50 m en in exchange for cash. P olice a lso h a v e a w a rra n t o u t for Joel Vega, 20, a form er h o u se p a in te r w h o th e y s u s ­ pect w as one of the first to rape the girl. The v ictim , cu rren tly in the c u s to d y o f C h ild P ro te c tiv e S erv ices, h a s to ld h e r th e r a ­ p is t w h a t sh e ca n re m e m b e r of a n ig h tm a rish y e a rlo n g o r­ deal. "This case is extrem ely rare," said Sgt. R aul O rte g o n of the A u s tin P o lice D e p a r tm e n t's child abuse unit. "We see it and w e think, 'O h m y god." T h e g irl, a U .S .-b o rn H is­ panic w ith a h isto ry of sexual ab u se, liv ed w ith h er m o th e r an d atte n d e d school in A ustin u ntil early last year, w h en she ran aw ay from hom e. "She w as grow-ing up like a reg u la r girl. T hen it got ugly," said D etective Tina Schaan, the investigator on the case. The girl lived on the streets until som e tim e last spring, po­ lice said, w hen she and a friend sh o w e d u p a t V ega's d u p le x n e a r R e ag an H ig h S chool to buy m arijuana. Schaan sa id Vega ra p e d the g irl th a t d a y a n d la te r in tro ­ d u c e d h er to L una, w h o took h er in to h is h o u se n ear In te r­ s ta te H ig h w a y 35 a n d E. St. John's Avenue. L u n a a lle g e d ly fo rc ed th e girl to h av e sex w ith him and v a r i o u s p a y i n g c l ie n t s h e b ro u g h t o v er, th re a te n in g to p u t her back on the street if she refused, Schaan said. " W h e re 's sh e go in g to go?" S ch aan sa id . "S h e 's 11. S h e's a runaw ay. She d o e s n 't th in k like you a n d m e." Police sta rted ru n n in g across the girl in the fall — even d is­ covering her in a car w ith Luna at o n e p o in t. T hey su sp e c te d she w as being abused b u t said she w o u ld n 't sh a re any in fo r­ m ation. T he girl w as finally tu rn e d o v e r to C h i ld P r o t e c t i v e S erv ices in O c to b e r a fte r sh e w as discovered p assed out in a N orth A ustin park in g lot. O nce off the stre e t a n d o u t of L una's house, th e girl began te llin g h e r sto ry to h er th e ra ­ p ist. But th e o n ly n am es sh e re m e m b ere d of th e d o z e n s of m e n sh e sa id ra p e d her w ere L u n a 's a n d V ega's, w h o m she knew as "P ingua." "The problem with my victim is, at any given time, she was either intoxicated or drugged." A P D d e t e c t i v e "T he p ro b lem w ith m y vic­ tim is, a t a n y g iv e n tim e , sh e w as e ith e r in to x ic a te d or d r u g g e d ," S chaan sa id , a d d ­ in g th a t th e g irl's e s tim a te of 50 rap ists over th e course of a year m ig h t even be low. T he g irl is o n e of te n s of th o u sa n d s of U.S. children esti­ m ated to be sexually exploited for profit — essentially p ro sti­ tu te d — w ithin th e country ev­ ery year. Yet research in to the p ro b lem an d h elp for th e vic­ tim s h a v e been w oefully lack­ ing, experts say. "This is a much m ore extensive problem than w e once thought," said N oel B usch-A rm endariz, w ho directs the UT Institute gn D om estic Violence and Sexual Assault. "We know it happens in every community." A n e s tim a te d 100,000 to 300,000 A m erican children are p ro stitu te d w ith in the co u n try e ach year. But th e last m ajor s tu d y of the pro b lem is n e a r­ ly eight years old, an d children a re o fte n p u lle d a w a y fro m th e ir p im p s only to be tu rn e d o v e r to a ju stic e sys-tem th a t B u sch -A rm e n d ariz said is ill- eq u ip p ed to help them. "These kids get lost — to tal­ ly lost," she said. "T h ey 're u n ­ d e rg ro u n d , an d w h en th e y 're disco v ered they get lost in the system ." Fernando Luna, gang member Joel Vega, former house painter I S p o rts Editor: E-m ail: ^port>#dailytexan Phone: 5 L 232 -2/ Uj www.dailytexanonline.c oro y line.com S por' ’s T h e D a h l y T e x a n NFL DRAFT This is the final installmen in a series profiling three Texas prospects for Mjkveekend's NFL Draft, Roy Miller, defensive tackle Quan Cosby, wide receiver The skinny kid’ turns pro 6 Friday, April 24, 2009 BASEBALL No. 22 kiMis.i'- State at No. 5 Texas Horns look to regroup after dose loss to Rice By Austin Talbert Daily Texan Staff In March, the last time Texas dropped a three-run gam e to Rice, it lost a weekend series to a Kansas team soon after. This tim e Texas is hoping it can respond better to the Rice loss. "W ell, this tim e it is Kansas State — not K ansas," joked Texas head coach Augie Garrido. W h ile R ice sn ap p ed T exas' 10-g am e w in n in g streak, the L onghorns have resolved to con tin u e their w inning w ays in the Big 12, w here they have w on seven straight gam es, including back-to-back w eekend sw eeps of Nebraska and O klahom a. Rice h e a d co a ch W ayne G rah am , w h o led the O w ls ov er Texas in the N CA A regionals last sea­ son, thinks this Texas team can m ake a trip back to O m aha. "Texas is in a real good position to w in a nation­ al cham p ion sh ip," G raham said. "T h ey have great pitching. They h av e m ore good pitchers than any­ one. T hen com bine that w ith the athleticism they throw ou t on the field, and they have a real good chance." G arrido d id n't w ant to hear his contem porary's REBOUND continues on page 2B W EEKEN D : No. 22 Kansas State (29-11, 8-7 Big 12) at No. 5 Texas (29-9,12-6) W HERE: UFCU Disch-Falk Field . W HEN: Today, 6 p.m.; Sat, 2 p.m., Sun, 1 p.m. O N LIN E: 7cxtisSpoi ts.tv ¿¿All Bryant H aertlein | Daily Texan Staff Texas pitcher Chance Ruffin tags out a Rice player during the Longhorns' 7-4 loss Tuesday. Texas will look to get back on track against Kansas State. . SOFTBALL No. 23 Texas at Oklahoma State By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff Looking to bounce back from W ednesday's loss in W aco, the Longhorns conclude their final road trip of the regular season with a tw o-gam e series against O klahom a State this weekend. Texas is h op in g to get bat k on the w in n in g track and so­ lidify a high seed in the Big 12 tournam ent. Longhorn ace Brittany Barn­ h ill w ill fa ce th e C o w b o y s , who are having a rocky confer­ ence season Com ing off the loss to Baylor, the Big 12 P itch er ot the YVeek understands that she can 't win every game. "I think that losses happen," Barnhill said. "W e fight hard in every ball gam e, but they just d o n 't alw ays go our way- We just have to keep playing hard no m atter w hat and no m atter who w e're playing." T h is a ttitu d e m u st c o n tin ­ ue tor the L onghorns, v\ ho arc cu rrently tied lor third in the Big 12 with Baylor. A fter letting too m any run­ ners on base by infield hits and w alks, the Texas d efense was lacking the con sisten cy that it has had for the m ajority of the season. "I d on't think we transitioned well on defense. We gave up too m any infield hits," head coach Connie Clark said after Wednes­ d ay 's 3-2 loss. "A t tim es, we were good pitch-to-pitch, but at Former Texas defensive end Brian Orakpo celebrates during a game against Colorado last season. Orakpo is expected to be selected in the first round in the NFL Draft on Saturday. Defensive end Orakpo projected to be first rounder after overcoming knee injury By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff Brian O rakpo came to Texas as a "sk in n y kid." At 6 feet 3 inch­ es and 215 pounds, the defensive end w as the definition of a "p roj­ ect." F o u r y e a rs later, O ra k p o is about to see that A -effort on the project pay off, as h e's projected by m an y exp erts to be a to p -10 pick in Saturday's NFL Draft. "I can 't say enough about how m uch hard w ork and dedication I've put in to get to this point in my life ," O rakpo said. "It's d efi­ nitely a dream come true." H is w ork eth ic traces b ack to his upbringing as the child of N i­ g erian im m igrants. H is p aren ts cam e to H ou ston w ith n o th in g and w orked th eir w ay through college. That tau ght O rakpo the v a lu e o f p e rs e v e ra n c e , w h ich came in handy after experiencing a grueling knee injury in the 2007 season. He fought hard in rehabilitation and responded his senior year by leading the Big 12 w ith 11.5 sacks and being nam ed the Big 12's De­ fensive MVP. "I know w here I com e from ," O rakpo said. "I'm a harder w ork­ er because of it." O ra k p o 's lo n g h o u rs in the w e ig h t ro o m s h o w e d , a s he benched 515 pounds and weighed in at 263 pounds, only 8 percent of w hich is body fat. The p ass-ru sher has speed to go along with that, running a 4.63 Daily Texan projections for Horns in NFL Draft Round 1 5-6 5-6 7-undrafted 7-undrafted 7-undrafted 7-undrafted Player Brian Orakpo Quan Cosby Roy Miller Chris Ogbonnaya Ryan Palmer Henry Melton Cedric Dockery Position defensive end wide receiver defensive tackle running back comer back defensive end offensive line in the 40-yard dash. Though N FL N e tw o rk 's M ik e M ay o ck q u e s ­ tions whether or not his first step is explosive enough. W hile he receives m uch praise for his effort in the w eight room, one criticism against him is that he doesn't show sim ilar desire on every down in games. "M y issu e w ith O ra k p o is I d o n 't see it all the tim e on tap e," M ayock said. "I see it a lot, but I ju st d o n 't see the con sisten cy of effort and the production I like to DRAFT continues on page 3B Horns hope to bounce back in road trip WOMEN'S TENNIS Big 12 championships Texas heads to Oklahoma for Big 12 championships By Rishi Dauiat Daily Texan Staff It's the No. 32 Longhorns' last chance at Big 12 redemption. A fte r a fa n ta stic co n fe re n c e seaso n that in clu d ed on ly on e lo ss, the w o m e n 's te n n is team has a ch an ce to captu re at least a share of the Big 12 crow n if it can overcom e its recent nem esis, No. 5 Baylor, and w in the Big 12 Tournament. Texas is head ed to N orm an , Okla., as the No. 2 seed, with a 10-1 conference record. The team 's sole loss w as to the ov erw h elm in g ly TEN N IS continues on page 2B Texas'Vanja Corovic serves during a match against Texas A&M. Corovic and the rest of the Longhorns will travel to Norman, Okla., for the Big 12 championships. P a u lC h o u y Daily Texan Staff Texas pitcher Brittany Barnhill celebrates after a game against Iowa State. Tam ir Kalifa | D a ily Texan Staff other tim es we w eren't as good as w e normally are," D espite not com m itting any e rro rs a g a in st th e B ears, the L o n g h o rn s s till m ad e so m e m istakes by allow ing too m any base runners. At the plate, freshman C ourt­ ney C raig continued to get hits and earn the respect of Big 12 pitchers. A fter getting hits in her first three at bats against Baylor ace W hitney Canion, Craig w as in­ tentionally w alked by C anion, w h o did not w an t to face the Longhorn slugger again. "1 resp ect that th ey resp ect m e," Craig said. C raig raised her averag e to .417 on W ednesday after a per­ fect three-for-three night. The team is on pace to hit .3 0 3 as a team th is s e a s o n , w hich w ould b reak the Texas record. T h e L o n g h o rn s h a v e fiv e g am es re m a in in g to set tw o more school records. The team is six runs and tw o hom eruns W E E K E N D : No. 23 Texas at Oklahoma State W HERE: Cowgirl Stadium (Stillwater, Okla.) WHEN: Saturday, 2 p.m.; Sunday, noon aw ay from tying the records set by previous Longhorn teams. But for the m om ent, Texas is m ore concerned about getting w ins and w ill try to finish off its reg u lar season w ith som e high notes. 2B Texas golfer Shannon Fish takes a swing during a tournament against Texas State. Texas will head to Lubbock to play in the Big 12 championships. Sara Young D a ily Texan Staff On The Drag Live Music Whiskey Business Redneck Boys Doe Montoya $1 Beers Half-Price Pitchers Rabbit Shit Bingo! Play & Win Prizes Friday, April 24, 2009 WOMEN'S GOLF Big Í2 championships Horns preparing for Lubbock winds, tough conference By Matt Hohner Daily Texan Staff WEEKEND: Big 12 championships Post-season play has kicked into g e a r as th e T exas w o m e n ’s g olf team travels to Lubbock for the Big 12 cham pionships. T h e team w ill p lay a three-d ay tou rnam en t at The R aw ls C ourse. In Texas’ last event, the team battled w inter conditions at the Indiana In­ vitational. The Longhorns managed to escap e the w in ter w onderland with a third-place finish. The Big 12 looks to be com peti­ tive from top to bottom . The confer­ ence rivalries from the gridiron will be represented on the fairways. "W e w a n t to b e a t A & M and O U ," said head coach Martha Rich­ ard s. "W e w an t so m e revenge on Iow a State, w ho beat us earlier this year." The Longhorns w ill put on their best display of a Z en m entality be­ fore their first tee shot and there­ a fte r on the cou rse. R ich ard s has b ee n stre ssin g the im p o rtan ce of k e e p in g a p o ise d s ta te o f m ind when playing. "It's a test of patience and perse­ v era n ce," R ichards said. "W e have to be ad ap tab le, esp ecially in bad weather." T h e p lay ers w ill face the ch a l­ len g e of g u sty W est Texas w inds. They have been practicing specific shots in the wrind leading up to this weekend. Ball striking and distance control w ill be key for the team 's perfor­ m ance. The players know they can't get hung up on a bad shot. "It's all in your m ind ," said senior C a n ey H ines. "T h e team w ho has the lowest score doesn't get frustrat­ ed and is patient." R ich ard s w ill p la y a lineup in­ clu d in g H in es, K ristin W alla, Kel- WHERE* The Rawls Course I (Lubbock) I WHEN: Today, 8 a.m. lev Lou th, Shannon Fish and N i­ cole Vanderm ade. This team is no stran g er to w ind y co n d itio n s on the links. "W e'v e played in a lot o f w ind this y ea r," Fish said . It s a b o u t bein g a b le to p ick a g o o d c lu b and m aintain. You have to c o m ­ m it to the shot w hen th e w in d 's blow ing." Fish is 11th in the nation in d riv ­ ing accuracy, hittin g 89.1 p ercen t of her fairw ays. At last y e a r 's B ig 12 ch a m p io n sh ip s, she ca rd e d a sixth place finish in the in d iv id u ­ al stan d in g s. Fish know s she h a s to step h er gam e up in th e p o s t­ season. "There's just something about the Big 12 cham pionship," Fish said. "It autom atically m akes you play b e t­ ter. I d on't know if it's the pressure or status." Louth has m ade a big co n trib u ­ tion to the team all seáson long. She finished as Texas' top p e rfo rm e r in the team 's last three even ts, b u t Louth is ju st happy to b e ou t the fairways to compete. "Its b een a b le s sin g ," sh e said . "G o d 's really helped m e ou t p re ­ paring for this season as far as m y health. Last year, I didn't even know I was going to play-" R ichards know s this w eekend is ju s t one step tow ard s the N C A A championships. "E v e ry o n e lo v e s to b e a t U T ," Richards said. "T h e w hole co n fer­ ence is com petitive, and w e have to come ready to play." TENNIS: Corovic Longhorns top player despite early injury From page IB favored B ears, 6-1. The H orns hav e been to the past four Big 12 to u rn am en t fin als, ca p tu r­ ing one title and losing the oth­ er three to Baylor. Texas head coach Patty Fen- d ick-M cC ain said she b elieves h e r team is fu lly p re p are d as it h e a d s in to th e c o n fe r e n c e tourney. "I'm really pleased w ith the results this past w eekend ," she said of Texas' recen t v icto ries on the road against Kansas and K ansas State. "T h is is a co n fi­ dent group and wre're where we w ant to b e." The L onghorns have a first- round bye and play their first m atch of the tournam ent on Fri­ day against either No. 73 Texas Tech or Oklahoma. Vanja C o rov ic is the H orns' top sin gles p layer b u t w as in ­ ju red for about half the season. C o rov ic still m anaged to keep an ITA sin g les ranking of No. 121, and alo n g w ith her d o u ­ b le s p artn er M arija M ilic, the d u o is ra n k ed N o. 39 in the country. Freshm an Krista Damico has becom e a force at singles after fin d in g h e r strid e at the s e c ­ ond and third sin gles spot in th e second h alf of the season. D am ico h as been paired w ith m u ltip le p a rtn ers d uring the doubles season, and the recent­ ly form ed tandem with A m an­ da C raddock has been the most successful. I WEEKEND: Big 12 | championships WHERE: Headington Family 1 Tennis Center (Norman, 1 Okla.) m WHEN: Friday, 3 p.m., I Saturday and Sunday v depending on Friday's | results "I think w e'v e g ot the d o u ­ bles worked out now," Fendick- M cC ain said. "W e know w h at w e need to a cco m p lish , an d w e're just going to stay focused and disciplined." If the H orns w in, th e team could potentially face rival Tex­ as A&M , w ho the H orns have defeated in the past three Big 12 championships. REBOUND: Garrido ignoring Omaha talk, looking to overcome Rice loss From page IB v iew of the L on g h o rn s, even w hen a reporter tried to relay it to him. "I d on't listen to Wayne very o f t e n ," G a rrid o said w ith a quip. The Longhorns failed to capi­ talize on an abundance of scor­ ing op portu nities in Tuesday's loss to Rice as they only scored four runs while the Owls gave up 12 walks. But th ey realized it w as a tim e to refocus for the end of the conference. "You see the op p ortu n ity in things and you trv to get readv fo r it," G arrid o said after the loss to Rice. "I think w hat you d o is you take the ad versities th at w e faced [Tu esd ay] and the kids that had really tough days, and you find out wrheth- er they're going to come ou t to practice tomorrow and shake it off or not. And they'll get better as a result." T exas, w h ich s its atop the Big 12 stand ings, has six o f its last nine conference contests at U FC U D isch-F alk field, which should help in a schedule that includes series against three of the conference's top five teams. "With the ups and doWns of college baseball, [Rice] is just a minor setback and it shows that we haven't peaked yet. It's better to have this happen now and not in regionals." — Chance Ruffin, Texas pitcher "Y ou m o tiv a te y o u rself by say in g , 'I'm not w here I need to be, I need to w ork harder to get into this w e e k e n d ,"' sa id C hance Ruffin, w ho w ill sta rt today against Kansas State. "W e need to really get after it." K ansas State (29-11, 8-7 Big 12) will be the first test after the Rice loss for Texas. "W ith the ups and dow ns of college baseball, [Rice] is ju st a m inor setback and it shows that w e haven't peaked yet," Ruffin said. "It's better to have this hap­ pen now and not in regionals." A win over Rice would hav e h elp ed T exas' seed in g in the NCAA tournament, but for Tex­ as, the first goal is finishing the Big 12 strong. It seem ed like w e got aw ay fro m p la y in g lik e w e h a v e been, Ruffin said. "W e got too co m fo rta b le and w ere fo rg e t­ ting the things that w e've been doing to be successful. We feel good going into the w eekend series after having the two pre­ vious weekends that w e've had, so obviously, a lot more co n fi­ dence from that standpoint." Longhorns hit road for 100th edition of Drake Relays W OM EN'S TRACK Drake Relays Texas setting personal WEEKEND: Drake Relays best during home stand, forced to leave Myers By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff If track had som ething like the T rip le C ro w n , th e p re s tig io u s D rake R elays would probably be one-third of the series along with the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays and the Penn Relays. It's that big. This w eekend , the L onghorns will travel to Des M oines, Iowa, to participate in the 100th running of the Drake Relays, hoping to over­ com e improbable odds. The meet will be Texas' first away meet in nearly a month. After two strong performances on their home track at Texas Relays and the Tex­ as Twilight Invitational, the Long­ horns are anxious for a change of scenery, even if it is Iowa. "I'v e never been to Iow a. I'm not really sure where it's located," said fresh m an sp rin te r S tace y - Ann Smith. "I'm looking forward to traveling, because we hav en't traveled in a while." Despite being a freshman, Smith has about as much experience run­ ning in big meets as anyone on the team. As a prepster in Connecticut, WHERE: Drake Stadium (Des Moines, Iowa) * NOTE: Thursday to Saturday event results w ill be in M onday's edition of the Texan. Sm ith com peted in the Penn Re­ lays. This year, she ran at Texas R elays for the first tim e, and af­ ter this weekend Sm ith, will have completed the "Triple Crown." With so much experience at elite m eets, Sm ith know s w hat to be ready for once she hits the track. "I'm expecting a good crowd ... good com petition, mostly," Smith said. Even though the team is excit­ ed for a road trip, it might be a bit reluctant to leave the confines of M ike A. M eyers Stadium , w here they were grabbing personal bests and regional qualifying times like a little kid grabs cand y on H al­ loween. But the team is hoping for other factors to help it keep post­ ing great marks. "I know that there are a lot of g irls there that are faster than m e," said freshman distance run­ ner Mia Behm, w ho posted a per­ sonal-best time in the 5000-m eter run at Texas Relays. "It's going to be tough, but it's going to be good for my tim e." Texas freshman Angele Cooper clears a hurdle. The Longhorns w ill head to Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend for the Drake Relays. . , . , DRAFT: NFL team could ask Orakpo to make switch to linebacker in 3-4 defensive scheme From page IB see from a Top 10 pick." Som e N FL draft experts have O rakpo going as high as five to the C levelan d Brow ns, b u t that w ould requ ire him to play ou t­ sid e linebacker in a 3-4 defense, w h ich w o u ld b e a s ig n ific a n t sw itch from p lay in g d efen siv e end in a 4-3 system, because he'd have to line up standing up every down. But B row n s G en eral M a n a g ­ er G eorge Kokinis told the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram he isn 't w or­ ried about O rakpo's transition to the 3-4 defense. " I hav e seen O rak p o do it," K okinis said. "W h en , Will M us- ch am p [L o n g h o rn s ' d e fe n siv e coordinator] cam e dow n to Tex­ as, he put that system in there to stand him up, so you have seen him do it." E SPN 's Todd M cShay has O r­ akpo g o in g 11th ov erall to the Buffalo Bills, saying he is a better fit for their 4-3 defense. It's h ard to find any p ro je c­ tio n s th at have him go in g la t­ e r than th at, w h ich is w hy O r­ "I just don't see the consistency of effort and the production I like to see from a Top 10 pick.'' — Mike Mayock, NFL Network draft Analyst akpo, the w inner of the N agur- sk i, L o m b a rd i and H e n d ric k s aw ards, accepted his invitation to be in N ew York C ity for the draft at Radio City M usic Hall. "I'm really honored and excit­ ed that the N FL asked me to be in N ew York for the d raft," O r­ akpo said. "This has been a hectic few months — going through the com bine, our pro day and visiting w ith the team s — but I know it will be topped off bv a fun w eek­ end in New York." O rakpo is the eighth player in vited to the N F l draft in the M ack Brown era, joining Vince Young, C e d ric B en so n , R oy W illia m s, M ike W illiam s, Q uentin Jam m er, L eonard D avis and R icky W il­ liams. Not a bad class to be w ith for som eon e who cam e in as a "skinny kid." "W e'v e been fortunate enough to have a lot o f players that have w orked e x trem ely hard to p o ­ pare them selves to be am ong the N FL's top prospects," said f e - as coach Mack Brown. "Th ey've im ­ proved ever', year on the iield , been very coach able and grow n into trem end ou s l e a d e r s in o u r program. That's paid off for them on draft day." O rak p o alread y received on e piece of good news this week: be­ ing nam ed on e of th e four ath le te s fe a tu red on th e co v e r ot the "N C A A Football '1 0 " v id eo game. 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N ap a lm D eath p la y ed a free S ou th by S o u th w est d a y party, w hich w as also sponsored by V ice m agazine, at Stubb's w ith Motor- head, Enslaved and H igh on Fire. Free M otorhead sounds aw esom e (and it was), b u t vocalist Barney G reenw ay claim s that he w a sn 't aw are of the Scion connection u n ­ til he arrived at the venue. He and the rest of the band are extrem ely skeptical ab o u t co rp o rate -sp o n ­ sored events. " C o r p o r a t io n s a r e a lw a y s q u ick to ju m p on th in g s w h ere they think they can find a m a r­ k et," G re e n w a y sa id . "I d o n 't w a n t to be a n y o n e 's c o rp o ra te spokesm an." W hile the m em bers of N apalm D eath all sh u n the 9-to-5 life ­ style, G reen w ay hesitates to call the b and an escape from the real w orld. "I've never been the boy in the bubble. I've alw ays'know n w here I'm at," Greenwray said. "For me, it's a purpose. It's not an alternate reality." G rin d c o re has a lw a y s m a in ­ tain ed an an ti-co rp o rate stance, probably because N apalm D eath had a hand in inventing the genre. D esp ite its co m m o n a sso cia­ tion w ith d eath m etal, grindcore arose from hardcore p unk, taking th e tem p o s to th eir logical lim ­ its. Three m inutes is considered a long song, an d stru ctu res are ei­ ther loose or nonexistent. Both of these factors account for avant- garde com poser John Z o rn's ear­ ly supp o rt of the genre. U p o n in itia l lis te n s, it m a y com e off as a b lu r of noise, b u t there are intricacies and influenc­ es from o th er genres — you just have to look for them. " N a p a lm is a m is h -m a sh of m a n y differen t th in g s," G re en ­ w ay said, citing A m erican death m etal, E u ro p e a n h a rd c o re an d the b an d Sw ans as influences. E xtrem e m usic is in te n tio n a l­ ly polarizing — w hy sh o u ld n 't it be? Ironically, w hile m any bands h av e no p ro b lem ta lk in g ab o u t su c h Jam es D o b so n -a p p ro v e d topics as sodom izing Jesus or n u ­ clear holocausts, som ehow p oli­ tics tend to be a taboo subject. N apalm D eath, th ro u g h o u t its career, has a lw a y s m a d e p o lit­ ical and social issues a staple of its lyrics. W hile G reenw ay does u nderstand m ost m etal listeners' d isd a in for m o d e rn politics, he said N apalm D eath is not about supporting candidates or parties. "F or me, it's m ore ab o u t free thought, it's m ore ab o u t hum an- itarianism ," he said. "E very sys­ tem , in the en d , if it's su p p re ss­ ing people an d suppressing their w ills and desires, then it's n o t a good thing." N apalm D eath believes in lib­ eration and learning to cooperate w ith hum anity, as opposed to di­ viding, fighting and killing each other. As such, som e of its songs railing against p ow er can be a p ­ p lie d to religion. G reenw ay, an atheist, is critical of organized re­ ligion's influence over society. "H ow is it that w e can't believe in ourselves, that w e c a n 't tru st ourselves to go through life being h ap p y , to le ra n t a n d p e a c e fu l7" G reen w ay asked. " Is n 't it m ore lib e ra tin g to k n o w y o u r o w n m ind, to know you d o n 't need a third party to justify y o u r life?" H e clarified th a t p eo p le "d o have the freedom to believe, and th a t's absolutely cool w ith me." G reenw ay identifies him self as a pacifist, w hich m ay not m ake m uch sense given the violent na- C o u rtesy of N epalm Death tu re of N ap a lm D e a th 's m usic, b u t he uses m usic as a w ay "of dealing w ith hum an situations as an alternative to violence." "If w e ca n 't deal w ith stuff by taking com m on-sense routes and d ip lo m atic ro u tes b etw e en o u r­ selves, then I really think w e still got a lot to learn," he said. M etal fans do te n d to lean to­ w ard the conservative end of the p o litic a l s p e c tru m , a n d w h ile G reenw ay finds that peculiar, he realizes that a genre is not alw ays associated w ith one m ode of po ­ litical thinking. "A ll m usic is a m icrocosm of w id er society," he said. W H A T : N apalm Death .; w ith Kataklysm, Cattle Decapitation, Toxic Holocaust, | WHERE: Emo's WHEN: Sunday i PRICE: $15 advance, $20 door INDIE: Allen debuts yearly movie; Cera charms yet again From page 6B Sundance and will be available O n D eniand on Thursday. 'The Girlfriend Experience'— May 22 Steven Soderbergh has blazed a trail as a truly unique director. With a filmmaking strategy that w alks the line be­ tw e e n c o m m e r­ cial and art house, S o d e r b e r g h h a s been ab le to h o p back a n d forth be­ t w e e n b i g - b u d - get studio films and m ic ro -b u d g e t indie film s w ith continued success in both arenas. "The G irlfriend Expe­ rience" is a d ay in the life of a h ig h -en d call' girl, played by pom star Sasha Grey. The largely improvised film got great reviews w hen it played at 'M oon'— June 12 Sam Rockwell is great in every role he plays. Seriously, every role. A dd Rockwell, some Kevin Spacey as the voice of a robot and Duncan Jones, D ayid Bow ie's son, to the mix, and som ething good is bound to com e of it. Rockwell plays an a s tro n a u t fin ish in g u p a three- year stint on the m oon accom pa­ nied only by GERTY, his com puter (voiced by Spacey). Just as his tour of duty is about to w rap up, things start to get strange, and Rockwell's sanity is brought into question. 'Dead Snow'— June 12 There are really only tw o w ords th a t n e e d to be sa id c o n c e r n ­ ing "D ead Snow": N azi zom bies. T here are n o t m a n y th in g s o n e can hate m ore than the Nazi Party, and zom bies are the perfect crea­ tures to have all kinds of gory h av­ oc w recked u p o n them . W ith its tongue is planted firm ly in cheek, the film an d looks to be a good tim e for all w h o loved "S haun of the Dead." 'Whatever Works'— June 19 W oody A llen is back w ith his requisite film (he's been m aking a film a year since "A nnie Hall"), but this time he's got a new w eap­ on. Allen has cast everyone's favor­ ite m isanthrope Larry David as his lead, and Evan Rachel Wood is the latest young ingenue w ith d a d d y issues to be featured in one of his films. 'The Hurt Locker' — July 10 Back in th e ea rly '90s, K a th ­ ry n B ig elo w fo re v e r c h a n g e d cin em a w ith a little film ca lle d "P oint Break." N ev e r before h ad b an k robbing, presidents, Patrick S w a y ze a n d s u rfin g b een c o m ­ bin ed in such a frenetic, exciting m anner. Jerem y R en n er sta rs as the head of an elite bom b squad in Iraq. The tw o -m in u te trailer is so tense that it's tough to even im ag­ ine how n erve-racking the entire film will be. 'Paper Heart'— August 14 C h arly n e Yi d o e s n 't believe in love, but M ichael Cera is about to ch ange all of that. T he tw o are a couple in real life an d have been for quite som e time, w hich m akes "P a p e r H e a rt" so m e th in g o f an anomaly. Yi set out to m ake a doc­ um entary about love, and in som e m eta tw ist, C era p o p s up to p ro ­ v id e so m e lo v in g . T he tr a ile r looks adorable. Yes, I did just use the w ord "adorable." Courtesy Friday, April 24, 2009 NOTE: Asher Roth takes the prize for worst rapper From page 6B v id e o g am es, as if so m eone took the so u n d tra c k to "Pac- M on" and told her to p u t the m o st rid ic u lo u s ly b ad r a p ­ p in g she could th in k o f over it. W ithout a d o u b t, she d id just that. 1 think w hen I play "M ario," I'll ju st stick to the m u sic th a t's a lre a d y th e re . T hanks anyway. Now , I'm n ot saving Lady Sovereign is the w orst rap p er on the planet — A sher Roth is m aking a strong case for him ­ self w ith the idiotically sim ple "I Love College" — b ut Jigsaw is m o re r id ic u lo u s th a n th e cover for E m in e m 's u p co m ­ ing Relapse. L ad y S o v ereign hit the b ro w n no te w ith such frequency and rap id ity in the alb u m th a t it m ig h t literally be im possible for m e to listen to music for at least a m onth. W hat a futher mucker. MEAL: Yummy brunch foods for the happily hungover soul MOONSHINE from page 6B running, I feel like I am being blasphemous by saying that I find the food ordinary. Not ter- , rible by any means, but unexceptional. For about $16 you get to choose an assortment of dish­ es, from Green Egg Scramble to deviled eggs, but I was hard- pressed to find one out of the selection that could shock and awe me like Enoteca's polenta and Eastside's eggs benedict. I have to say that the best items were the simpler ones such as the vegetable omelette, where the fresh ingredients managed to overcome the lack of inspiration. It w asn't all mediocre, m ind you. The service was impec­ cable, the Bloody Marys and mimosas will only cost you $3.50 and the genuine south­ ern atmosphere cannot be sur­ p a sse d . If Saturday night has left you devilishly hungry and you're looking for a place that can provide you limitless pan­ cakes, grits and breakfast casse­ roles for a fairly moderate price, then Moonshine will be your best bet. 303 Red Riivr St. Brunch hours: Sunday, 10 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. \ ENOTECAfrom page6B hours making sure these pan­ cakes left the kitchen flawless. In fact, the Enoteca chefs are so confident in their pancakes that they ■-end them out pre-driz- zled with the Vermont maple svrup and do not offer any oth­ er source for extra syrup unless requested. Trust me, you won't need to. If the pancakes are not enough, I strongly recommend the a la carte Anderson Mill toasted com polenta ($4). Who w ould have thought that boiled cornmea), basically grain mush, could taste so exquisite? fresh­ ly grounded and mixed into cheesy and buttery perfection, it is by far Enoteca's best side. 1610 S. Congress Ave. Brunch hours: Sunday, 10 a.m .- 3 p.m. EASTSIDEfrom page 6B holland-aise sauce. I thought it was the most savory breakfast dish I had ever had, that is, until I had Eastside's cgg> benedict. The eggs benedict plate was essentially the Blue Plate Spe­ cial with muffins and ham re­ placing the smoked salmon and shrimp cake base. Despite the removal of the opulent in­ gredients, the ham 's p a y a b il­ ity and the muffin's consisten­ cy allowed the no-frills eggs ^ benedict to overshadow the Blue Plate Special. It just goes to show how far a simple but well-made dish can go. 2113 Manor Road Brunch hours: Saturday aiui Sunday, 10a.m.-3 p.m. e Friday, April 24, 2009 T h e I)4 ii v T ex v s Luminous fashion to hit the runway By Amber Genuske Daily Texan Staff The designs are com plete. The models are chosen. The garments are fitted. The runway is set. Years of dedication and months of p lan n in g have prepared the textiles and apparel sen iors for their last college experience, the fashion show. This y ear's show, called Lum i­ nous, is organized by the Univer­ sity Fashion G roup and w ill be held at the Erw in Center. Petra Lam pertz, a textiles and apparel senior and head of production for the fashion group, said the group wanted a word that would evoke a special kind of imagery. “Luminous is bright and fresh, and it encompasses a broad spec­ trum of things," she said. Planning for the show began more than a year ago to prepare for the professional fashion show, and th e grou p w o rked c lo s e ­ ly w ith lectu rers Karen B ravo and Eve Nicols to coordinate the event. The fashion organization is in charge of m uch of the plan­ ning, from designing the runway to booking m odels, to running the backstage d uring the show and more. “It takes a lot of hard work from everyone in UFG, the seniors and our teachers," Lampertz said. "It takes organization and passion to make this event a huge success, which is so exciting." More than 20 seniors will pres­ ent th eir w ork, w hich co n sists of a bridal or evening gow n and a c o lle c tio n o f th ree co h e siv e looks. A panel of designers, fash­ ion jo u rn alists and retail w ork­ ers ju d ged each piece as it was finished throughout the sem es­ ter. Those results will be calculat­ ed, and aw ards w ill be present­ ed to collections for various cate­ gories, including innovation and marketability. W ith the help of the U n iv er­ sity C o -op and d onations from com panies, the fashion show has gained w idespread recognition, w ith nearly 5,000 in attendance last year. Instead of using volun­ teer models, the University Fash- Life&Arts Editor: Ana V K< E-mail: Rfeandarts@dailytexanoniine com Phone: (512) 232 2209 www.dailytexanoniine.com THE BROWN NOTE Lady Sovereign fails to rule the rap persuasion Artist hits a foul note with disappointing album that fails like a ‘futher mucker By Robert Rich Daily Texan Staff My freshm an year, Í ram across that song "L ov e Me or Hate M e" by Lady Sovereign. I d idn't partic­ ularly enjoy it, but the horribly catchy nature of the tune ensured that it would take up residence in my head and never leave. There are even tapes from my old tape recorder that contain the sounds of my roommate and me rec­ reating the song. A bit nerdy, yes, but w e'd get bored and p lay the tape at a faster speed to hear our chip­ munk voices. Oh, how times have changed! Now com es the baffling part. When I did some re­ search on Lady Sovereign, I discovered she's an ac­ tual "rapper" who has several albums and singles to her name. She introduced herself and spoke like a dyslexic person! Yet deep down, a part of me still believed it was a gimmick, some ridiculous advertising campaign for Burger King or the like. To my dismay, Sovereign is still around and putting out records. In fact, earlier this month her album Jigsaw dropped, and, believe it or not, it still sucks. The sheer fact that Sovereign d ecided that rap should be her genre of choice is a strike against her already. I d on't know w ho told her otherw ise, but "the biggest midget in the gam e," as she calls herself, may be the worst rhymesmith in said game. The title track boasts of the intellectually crafted line "M y heart is like a jigsaw pu zzle/pick it up and fix it for m e." You just can't teach that kind of lyri­ cism, ladies and gentlemen. There's also an insanely clever bit from the intro­ duction to "P e n n ie s" that finds Sovereign saying, "Yeah futher m uckers, it's Lady Sovereign." She in­ troduced herself and spoke like a dyslexic person! Oh, that crazy girl. The overall feel o f the album is one of classic NOTE continues on page 5B The greatest brunch joints to cure your weekend hangover munchies Eastside Cafe — Enoteca Vespaio Maxx Scholten | Q aily T e xan Staff Textiles and apparel students and m embers of the University Fashion Group set up the stage and displays for their end-of-the-year fashion show to be held tonight. ion G roup is able to hire profes­ sionals from Webber Productions. In addition, Sephora and Pink Sa­ lon and Gallery contribute w ork­ ers, co sm etics and hair stylin g services for the evening. "It is academ ically like a real- life p ro ject," N icols said. "Th ey learn a lot, and they grow a lot to be able to put this event on." The pre-runway exposition will display projects from various lev­ els of the textiles and apparel pro­ gram as well as an exhibit of the School of Hum an E cology's his­ torical fashion collection. WHAT: Luminous Fashion Show W HERE: Frank Erw in Center W HEN: Tonight, 8 p.m.; pre­ runway exposition at 6:30 p.m. A D M ISSIO N : Free It's Sunday afternoon, and you wake up with a headache. The pre­ vious night is just a blur. Somewhere in the realm of haz­ iness and lucidity, you feel the fa­ miliar tightening at the pit of your stomach, and then a low grum­ bling reverberates throughout your body. Stuck in a proverbial limbo between breakfast and lunch, what do you do when your body craves breakfast food and the McDonald's morning menu ended hours ago? The answer, of course, is brunch. Brunch touts some of the greatest — and greasiest — comfort foods and is not only man's greatest hangover cure, but it is also a throwback to a simpler time. Here are some of my favorite Austin brunch spots to help you re­ discover the beauty and simplicity of an old American tradition. — Emtna Tran M E A L continues on page SB Moonshine Patio Bar and Grill I am including Moonshine on my list of brunch spots, only because it's one of the better brunch buffets I've encountered. This is, in truth, less for its food and more for its rustic south­ ern charm complete with a cozy front porch and wide-mouth jars for water glasses. As the winner of the Austin Chronicle's Reader's Poll "Best Sunday Brunch" two years MO ONSHINE continues on page 5B Eastside Cafe's Blue Plate Special includes charming brunch delicacies for $13.95. Em ily Kinsolving | D a ily Texan Staff Eastside Cafe is quaint. From its beautiful organic gardens — w'hich provide herbs, vegetables and spices for the kitchen — to its endearing cooking and gar­ dening gift store Pitchforks & Ta­ blespoons, there is no denying that this is a picturesque restaurant. For Eastside, it's not just about providing its customers com­ fort food; it's about providing them the comforts of home-style cooking. When you step inside the cafe, you are hit with a wave of nostalgia from a time when breakfast was always warm and ready. No matter what you had planned for that day, there was always time for mom's home- cooked bacon. Eastside's brunch menu con­ sists of conventional Texas fare with offerings such as migas and eggs benedict, but there is also an additional Chef's Specials Menu that showcases some of the more creative cuisine. I opted for the Brunch Blue Plate Special ($13.95) from this menu and eggs benedict ($10.95) from the regu­ lar brunch menu. The Blue Plate Special start­ ed with a foundation of two well-portioned smoked salmon and shrimp cakes. Poached eggs were nestled just above them, daubed with a creamy chipotle Enoteca Vespaio takes buttermilk pancakes to another level. The pancakes are topped with berries and vanilla gelato. Em ily K inso lving | D a ily Texan Staff Enoteca is the more casual, friendlier and — dare I say it — cooler cousin of the neighboring Vespaio Ristorante. It is essentially an upscale and refined La Madeleine in the tradi­ tion of European bistro cafes and offers a delectable assortment of pastries and coffee. At first glance, the menu prices look a little steep. High-end items such as crab cakes are priced at $16, and not-so-high-end items such as semolina and buttermilk pancakes go for $9-$12. But believe me when I say that $10 for two pancakes at Enoteca is worth every penny. I ordered the golden-brown pan­ cakes topped with blueberries, raspberries and vanilla gelato. Crisp on the outside and heaven­ ly soft on the inside, the moder­ ately priced pancakes were abso­ lutely immaculate. I kept telling myself that this was a plain semolina and butter­ milk pancake. There was no rea­ son it should taste this good, but every time I took a bite, my brain shut off for a few moments of in­ capacitating bliss. The tartness of the fruit, the starchiness of the pancakes and the sweetness of the syrup and the vanilla gelato all blended into harmonious proportions. It seemed as if the chef spent ENOTECA continues on page 5B EASTSIDE continues on page 5B The M oonlight Patio em phasizes simplicity in its brunch buffet. Em iiy K insolving | D aily Texan Staff Summer sequel exhaustion may cause moviegoers to investigate indie films By Alex Regnery Daily Texan Staff A h, the sum m er film season is sw iftly approaching, and w hat's o n e to do b u t prep for th ree months of consuming blockbuster action spectaculars and countless buckets of buttery popcorn? W ith such film s as "Term ina­ tor Salvation," "Transformers: Re­ venge of the Fallen" and "G.L Joe: The Rise of C obra," it's quite clear that this sum m er will have plen­ ty of epic m ovies playing at the multiplex. But, strangely, there's som eth in g d ifferent ab ou t th is summer. T h ere are som e film s com ing out that m ight m ake you, gulp, think and feel. A slew of in d e­ pendent film s that run the gam ­ ut o f genres are slated to be re­ leased this summer. Here are our top picks. 'The Limits of Control'— May 1 W riter/director Jim Jarm usch is back with his first film since 2005's stellar “Broken Flowers." His latest effort tells the tale of a professional (Isaach De Bankole) on assignment in Spain. T h at's pretty much all that is clear from the film 's super cool trailer, but with the cast and crew Jarm usch has compiled, it's all you need to know. Master cin­ ematographer Christopher Doyle (“In The Mood For Love," "Para­ noid Park") is lending his eye to the film, and several Jarmusch vet­ erans such as De Bankole, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Bill Mur­ ray round out the cast. 'The Brothers Bloom'— May 15 In 2006, R ian Jo h n ston broke onto the film scene w ith the ex ­ ceptional and refreshing "B rick ." M ix in g the w o rld s o f D a sh iel Hammett and John Hughes, John­ ston created a unique film where "y eg s," "d am es" and "g a ts" once ag ain b ecam e a com m on tu rn of p h rase. W ith "T h e B roth ers Bloom ," it looks as though Jo h n ­ ston is moving about as far away from his dark first film as he can w ith a fun con caper. With M ark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody as the titu la r con a rtis ts and R ach el Weisz as their lovely mark, Jo hn­ ston may have the first purely fun film of the summer. INDIE continues on page 5B