SPORTS PAGE 7 Lobos outscore Longhorns LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Potatoes provide a minty mash up TOMORROWÕS WEATHER High 41 THE DAILY TEXAN Monday, February 22, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY Calendar: Take some time to love your body RecSports kicks off Love Your Body Week during Nation¥al Eating Disorder Awareness Week, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Gregory Gym Plaza. In News: Covering the SG candidates Read The Daily TexanÕs Stu¥dent Government candi¥date profiles throughout the week. On TSTV: Watch it KVR News 9 p.m. College Pressbox 9:30 p.m. TUESDAY Calendar: UT hosts a distinguished affair The VIP Distinguished Speak¥er Series presents Roy Spen¥ce, co-founder and chairman of GSD&M Idea City, at 5:30 p.m. in WCH 1.120. In Sports: Batter up Softball vs. Texas WomanÕs, 6:30 p.m., McCombs Field WEDNESDAY In Life&Arts: Intimate student moments Hump Day presents its sec¥ond profile of real studentsÕ sex lives. Sports: NothinÕ but net MenÕs basketball vs. Oklaho¥ma State, 8 p.m., Frank Erwin Center THURSDAY In Life&Arts: LetÕs get some shoes We take a look at an online shoe company opening its first store in Austin this week¥end. In Sports: Hit or miss Softball travels to California for the Cathedral City Clas¥sic Tournament, which runs through Sunday. FRIDAY In New: Early voting comes to an end Last day of early voting for the gubernatorial primary elections. Travis County reg¥istered voters can vote at any early voting location. FRIDAY UNION BOARD SET TO HEAR STUDENT PLAN At the Union Board of Di¥rectors meeting, members of the Student Events Cen¥ter will announce their rec¥ommendation for the fu¥ture of the Cactus Cafe at 3 p.m. in the Texas Union Quadrangle Room. Life after the UnionÕs decision Peyton McGee | Daily Texan Staff Susana and Sergio Carranza practice a salsa dance step at the Salsa Dance Festival at the Texas Union on Friday. Festival warns salsa dancers, students of informal classesÕ end By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Beneath the Texas Union BallroomÕs dim chandelier glow, a staccato of footsteps broke the silence along with the sound of live, zesty Latin music. More than 300 people put on their dancing shoes and swayed their hips Friday night for the Salsa Dance Festival, an event held each semester by informal classes. The festive night was tempered by some bittersweet feelings, howev¥er, when salsa instructor Dwip Banerjee announced that it could possibly be the last Salsa Dance Festival after the Texas Union Board announced earli¥er this semester that it would end informal classes in re¥sponse to budget cut prepara¥tions. Both informal classes and the Cactus Cafe will cease op¥erations in August, saving the University about $122,000 each year, the Texas Union Board said Jan. 29. The boardÕs deci¥sion was made after President William Powers Jr. requested in October that all University departments prepare for bud¥get cuts, in response to stateÕs leaders call to cut 5 percent of all state agency budgets. Dressed in black slacks, a neat tie and a lavender-blue button-down shirt, Banerjee was ready to play both host and teacher for the night. After teaching informal sal¥sa classes for 10 years, Baner¥jee expressed both resignation and disappointment with re¥gard to the boardÕs decision but did not want the bleakness of the news to overshadow the festival. ÒIt was hard for everyone, but I understand it was a de¥cision forced by the economic situation,Ó he said. ÒI hope ev¥eryone here has a night of care¥free fun and positive energy.Ó Banerjee first picked up sal¥sa dancing as a UT student in the late Õ90s in an organiza¥tion now known as Texas Ball¥room. The entertainment val¥ue combined with the peo¥ple he meets through dancing make up the best aspects of his experience, he said. He described the dance as very sensuous and quite glob¥al, especially after recently teaching salsa in Kolkata, In¥dia. Various cultures infuse the dance with a little of them¥selves Ñ such as Brazilians adding a bit of samba and In- SALSA continues on page 5 Conference calls for equal benefits By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff UT President William Powers Jr. publicly offered his support for domestic partnership benefits for the first time at the second annual Texas Equity Conference on Sat¥urday. The Pride and Equity Faculty and Staff Association and Equal¥ity Texas co-organized the event. GLBT leaders and their allies from universities and organiza¥tions around the state addressed current issues throughout the day, focusing on the future of domestic partnership benefits, which guarantee access to insur¥ance for the partners of GLBT fac¥ulty and staff. ÒThis is about equity, human rights and human beings, and it affects the competitiveness of our University when we recruit peo¥ple,Ó Powers said in a welcome speech. ÒThere are things, if we are creative, that can be done. This is important work. ItÕs wide¥ranging work.Ó Powers did not offer an explicit promise of his or the UniversityÕs involvement, which Dana Cloud, PEFSA chairwoman and an as¥sociate professor of communica¥tion studies at UT, said was dis¥appointing. However, Cloud and others said it was a victory that he agreed to speak. Powers told The Daily Texan that he and the administration will continue to engage the association and oth¥er groups in conversation about benefits. Among the UniversityÕs peer institutions, eight out of 10 uni¥versities offer domestic partner¥ship benefits, according to a 2008 survey by the association. This means when potential hires are weighing their options, many wonÕt choose UT because they donÕt offer benefits, said Karen Landolt, chairwoman of the as¥sociationÕs domestic partnership benefits committee and senior as¥sociate director of MBA Career Services at the McCombs School of Business. ÒThe University does not get many top candidates in faculty and administrative and staff hires because the University doesnÕt of¥fer insurance benefits to same-sex partners,Ó Landolt said. ÒFor peo¥ple who care about diversity and civil rights, even if they are hetero¥sexual, they donÕt want to go to a university that doesnÕt have that kind of environment. WeÕve lost entire lines of research because faculty members have left.Ó Cloud said many supporters are now using the term Òcompet¥itive insurance benefitsÓ because it illustrates the relationship be¥tween the benefits and UTÕs suc¥cess as a top university. Addition¥ally, the development of a Òplus¥oneÓ benefits program would BENEFITS continues on page 2 Scott Parks and Muneezeh Kabir, can¥didates for Student Body President and Vice President, listen during a meeting Friday night with the Student GovernmentÕs Election Supervisory Board. Katie Medlin Daily Texan Staff SEC presents proposal to put the Cactus Cafe under student control By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff As the fight to save the Cactus Cafe continues on campus, the Student Event Center Executive Cabinet of the Texas Union released its proposal for the future use of the UT landmark in the event of its closure. The proposal, released Thursday night, outlines the transition of the cafe into a student-managed space should the slated closing continue as scheduled. The SEC will present the plan to the Texas Union Board at its meeting Friday at the Texas Union Quadrangle Room. CAFE continues on page 5 Community mourns loss of victim in plane crash By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff It was dark inside the Great¥er Mount Zion Baptist Church on Sunday morning. Members of the congregation locked hands and bowed their heads to pray for their friend, Vernon Hunt¥er, who died Thursday when preliminary suspect Joseph An¥drew Stack flew his plane into the federal building where Hunt¥er worked. Hunter was 68 years old, but friends and family say his vitality and happiness suggested a much younger man. Hunter, an Inter¥nal Revenue Services employee for more than 20 years, and his wife Valerie worked at the build¥ing located near the intersection of Research and MoPac boule¥vards. During SundayÕs services, members of HunterÕs East Aus¥tin church remembered him as a loving husband, father of three, stepfather of three and grandfa¥ther of seven. ÒHe was a gracious man, just an outstanding soul,Ó said Gay¥lon Clark, lead pastor of the church. Hunter volunteered at the churchÕs food and clothing pan¥try and assisted church members with preparing their income tax¥es. He served two tours in Viet¥nam and was described as the life of his community. According to a statement re¥leased Saturday by the Hunter family, the Travis County Med¥ical ExaminerÕs office positively identified remains found in the wreckage as HunterÕs. The FBI has not yet officially confirmed the identities of the two bodies found at the scene. HunterÕs family and members of the church said they harbor no ill will toward Stack or his fam¥ily. ÒWe forgive Joe Stack. We donÕt have any hatred toward him. We know he was a very hurt individ¥ual,Ó church deacon Larry Mc- VICTIM continues on page 2 Political director for Equality Texas Randall Terrell speaks with col¥leagues during a break at the second annual Texas Equity Conference on Saturday morn¥ing. Peyton McGee Daily Texan Staff SGcampaignbreaks election code on one of two counts, board rules By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff In the first ruling under the proceedings of a new election code, the Election Supervisory Board ruled Sunday that Student Gov¥ernment presidential can¥didate Scott Parks and vice-presidential candi¥date Muneezeh KabirÕs campaign violated election code on one of two counts filed against them. The campaign will incur a $45 fine, 5 percent of their cam¥paign budget. University-wide Rep. Alex Ferraro, a campaign manager for presidential candidate Minator Aze¥mi and vice-presiden¥tial candidate Justin Stein, filed the complaint against Parks and Kabir on Feb. 15, the first day for the ESB to accept complaints. Ferraro claimed ParksÕ campaign violated the election code by holding events and dis¥tributing campaign liter¥ature in the form of a fly¥er, which outlined the cam¥paign platform, prior to SG continues on page 2 NEWS Monday, February 22, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN SG: Ruling provides clarification VICTIM: APD continues crime investigation Volume 110, Number 154 25 cents of pre-campaigning restrictions From page 1 CONTACT US Donald said. ÒWe know Vernon From page 1 ÒIt clarifies the rules and reflects would want us to move on and Main Telephone: reality,Ó Talarico said of the ruling. go on with our lives and be kind (512) 471-4591 Wednesday, the designated cam-ÒWhat we were doing is the same to people and giving to people. paign start day. thing that other campaigns in this ThatÕs the way he was.Ó Editor: The board ruled that the cam-race have also done, having pri-Stack was a software engi- Jillian Sheridan paign did distribute materials vate meetings with friends and neer who had a history of eco¥ (512) 232-2212 that violated the election code at supporters to prepare for the of¥nomic difficulties with the IRS, editor@dailytexanonline.com events not approved by the board ficial campaign period. Now we according to his apparent sui¥ but that the events themselves have clarity to have those activ¥cide note. Authorities believe Managing Editor: did not violate the code under ities not called into question for he set fire to his North Austin Ana McKenzie the definition of campaigning, political posturing.Ó (512) 232-2217 home before taking off in his which requires the solicitation of Ferraro said he believes the managingeditor@ small private plane from the votes. Members of the board vot-ruling sets a bad standard for fu-Georgetown Municipal Airport. dailytexanonline.com ed 8-1 that the campaign violat-ture SG campaigns and will lead At 9:56 a.m., StackÕs plane hit ed the code by distributing cam-to further stretching of the rules. the federal building, injuring 13 News O¥ce: paign materials in advance of the He said he was especially con-Bobby Longoria |Daily Texan Staff (512) 232-2207 and killing two, allegedly Stack official campaign start date and cerned about money spent at James Wilson joined hands with members of the Greater Mount Zion news@dailytexanonline.com and Hunter. 5-1 Ñ there was one excused pre-campaign events, citing piz- Baptist Church on Sunday, mourning the loss of Vernon Hunter. Chief Art Acevedo of the absence and two abstentions Ñ zas and soda purchased for one Web O¥ce: Austin Police Department said that the allianceÕs pre-campaign of ParksÕ events on Dec. 7. Ferra¥ (512) 471-8616 the FBIÕs investigation will fo-does not have to be submitted if continue, being kind and giving activities were not illegal. The ro may appeal the ruling depend¥ online@dailytexanonline.com cus on StackÕs motivation and the weather and sky are clear. to people. People can do that as board will release a full adviso-ing on the content of the boardÕs intent. ÒThe system as it is set up is an honor to Vernon so that his ry opinion that explains the rul-advisory opinion, he said. Sports O¥ce: Travis McLain, airport man-about allowing people to use sacrifice would not have been ing today. ÒThe bottom line is, this sets (512) 232-2210 ager for the city of Georgetown, their airplanes as a reliable and in vain. He was absolutely a ÒAs far as the definition of cam-a dangerous precedent [that] itÕs sports@dailytexanonline.com said Stack used the municipal convenient form of transporta-hero.Ó paigning, it is activities that have okay to campaign by another airport for about four and a half tion,Ó Lunsford said. Funeral services for Hunt¥ the effect of soliciting votes for name and spend money of that Life & Arts O¥ce: years, paying $236.25 a month Deacon McDonald said the er will be held Friday at the elected office, and we could not quantity,Ó Ferraro said. ÒWeÕre (512) 232-2209 to rent a hangar. McLain said Mount Zion community has St. James Missionary Baptist lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com find any concrete evidence to sup-going to have to work extra Stack went through normal pro-come together in this time of Church, and he will be bur¥port that they were specifically do-hard to make up for the chances cedure when taking off from the tragedy to support HunterÕs ied with full military honors Photo O¥ce: ing so,Ó board chair Charles Mad-theyÕve had to get their message airport Thursday morning. widow and one another. at the National Cemetery at (512) 471-8618 dox said. ÒUnder the definition of out there.Ó Lynn Lunsford, spokesman ÒThis is something you canÕt Fort Hood. As the service end¥ photo@dailytexanonline.com campaign materials, materials dis-ParksÕ campaign is prepared for the Federal Aviation Admin-expect Ñ you canÕt predict,Ó ed, church members walked tributed do not have to be specif-to face any appeals and possible istration, said StackÕs plane was McDonald said. ÒAll we can do out into the sun bearing Hunt- Retail Advertising: ically to solicit a vote, and docu-further complaints filed against flying on Thursday in accor-is continue to have faith in God erÕs philosophy of kindness and (512) 471-1865 ments that were not approved by them, Talarico said. Parks said dance with visual flight rules, and be kind. That is the legacy love Ñ for which he will always joanw@mail.utexas.edu the board [were distributed on he hopes members of both cam¥ which dictate that a flight plan that Vernon would want us to be remembered. Dec. 7] that established Parks and paigns can put this case behind Kabir as candidates.Ó them to move forward with cam- ClassiÞed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 The ruling sets a precedent for paigning and prepare for the classiÞeds@dailytexanonline.com students to be able to run aggres-election on March 2-3. BENEFITS: Activists aim to increase political clout sive, inclusive campaigns in pri-ÒMuneezeh and I are glad vate settings before the official they have accepted our interpre-From page 1 said. ÒBut Texas is not that con-Student Government and other The Texan strives to present all infor¥ mation fairly, accurately and complete¥ ly. If we have made an error, let us know two-week campaign period, said tation of campaigning,Ó Parks servative. Except in the case of on-campus groups such as Burnt Jimmy Talarico, a University-said. ÒWe look forward to get¥make it possible for UT faculty marriage, the majority of issues Orange Benefits, a student group about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail wide representative and ParksÕ ting back to the issues students managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. and staff to insure any additional are coming up pro-[GLBT] in the that endorses domestic partner¥ campaign manager. care about.Ó adult, such as an elderly parent. polls. If you havenÕt been active ship benefits, have been active in The associationÕs efforts ex-in politics, now is the time.Ó the push for awareness about the tend beyond campus, said Ran-Staff and faculty represen-creation of benefits. COPYRIGHT dall Terrell, the political director tatives encouraged student in-ÒIf you are pro-students, then for Equality Texas. Terrell spoke volvement and said students can you are pro-domestic partner- Copyright 2009 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs about the need for political activ-get involved where employees ship benefits because domestic and graphics, both in the print and ism to ensure that the Texas Leg-cannot, since the University is ex-partner benefits serve students,Ó   online editions, are the property islature will recognize the legiti-pected to work for students. said Katie Wanamaker, director of Texas Student Media and may macy of domestic partner bene-ÒThe University is increas-of the Queer Students Alliance,  not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written fits on public college campuses. ingly being funded by tuition,Ó an agency of Student Govern- Under current Texas law it is ille-Cloud said. ÒStudents are con-ment, during a panel at the con¥ permission. gal to claim same-sex partners for cerned about the well-being of ference. ÒI donÕt consider this a state insurance benefits. faculty. If students want some-political position. I consider it a  ÒPoliticians manipulate peo-thing, they are more likely to be moral position. We have to stand pleÕs fear of the Ôother,ÕÓ Terrell heard.Ó by our campus.Ó   TODAYÕS WEATHER   #     High Low #   !       57 38 !$ !$ $     ItÕs hard work being so chill.   !     !!  !$    $               "! !$      !$     c          20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price. This newspaper was written, THE DAILY TEXAN edited and designed with pride by The Daily Texan and Texas Student Media. Permanent Staff Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jillian Sheridan Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ana McKenzieAssociate Managing Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Mulvaney, Sean Beherec, Erik ReynaAssociate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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"         #$%&   '())*+,())* ,-.../())* Wire Editor: Beth Waldman www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, February 22, 2010 WORLD&NATION THE DAILY TEXAN By Armando Franca & Harold Heckle The Associated Press FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands Ñ Rescue workers in Madeira dug through heaps of mud, boul¥ders and debris Sunday, searching for victims buried by floods and mudslides that have killed at least 42 people on the popular Portu¥guese island. Residents looking for missing loved ones were directed by local authorities to the resortÕs interna¥tional airport, where a makeshift morgue has been set up. Social services spokesman Francisco Jardim Ramos said not all the bodies had been identified. The center is equipped with psy¥chiatric, psychological and social counseling services, he said. More than 120 other people were injured and an unknown number were missing, possibly swept away or smothered, author¥ities said, adding the death could still rise. Of 248 people who were forced to flee their homes for tem¥porary shelters, 85 of them have been allowed to return home, Ra¥mos said. The worst storm to hit Madeira since 1993 lashed the south of the Atlantic Ocean island, including the capital, Funchal, on Saturday, turning some streets into torrents of mud, water and rolling debris. Madeira is the main island, with a population of around 250,000, of a Portuguese archipelago of the same name in the Atlantic Ocean just over 480km off the west coast of Africa. The flash floods were so power¥ful they carved paths down moun¥tains and ripped through the city, churning under some bridges and tearing others down. Resi¥dents caught in the torrent clung to railings to avoid being swept away. Cars were tossed about by the force of the water; the battered shells of overturned vehicles lit¥tered the streets. Funchal residents and visitors must now contend with a lack of fresh water until destroyed infra¥structure is repaired, the head of water services said. Train hits, kills three teen girls crossing bridge By Mike Schneider The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Fla. Ñ Three teenage girls were joking around and taking pictures on a narrow bridge when they were hit by a train Saturday evening, killing them as a friend watched help¥lessly, police and a witness said on Sunday. The girls and a fourth male teenager had been hanging out in MelbourneÕs downtown area Ñ known for its shops and nightclubs Ñ when they decid¥ed to cross the trestle around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Lt. Curtis Barger said. Their parents had dropped them off at a mall, and then they took a bus downtown where they were Òjust goofing off,Ó he said. The boy yelled for the girls to run when he saw the train ap¥proach, then told them to jump, Barger said. Crane Creek, about 20 feet below the bridge, is slow-moving and about 10 feet deep, but the girls did not have enough time. Bruce Dumas, 53, said he was fishing under the bridge when he saw the teens walk onto the trestle around sunset. He warned them to be careful, but he said they didnÕt pay much at¥tention to him. ÒYou know how kids are,Ó Dumas said. ÒThey probably wanted pictures of themselves on the track.Ó The girls were about mid¥way across when the train bar¥reled down the tracks, blowing its whistle continuously, he said. Dumas said he could hear the sound of the brakes. After the impact, he heard a girl scream¥ing and crying. Barger said all the teens were from the area, but their identi¥ties werenÕt likely to be released until Monday, after officials can compare dental records. On Sunday morning, there was little evidence of the trag¥edy. A concrete post says, ÒPri¥vate property, no trespassing.Ó Another sign has fallen onto the ground and was covered in gravel, and a third was twisted and difficult to see. Graffiti with the words Òmore love,Ó with the ÒoÕÕ in the shape of a heart was on the bridge. Andy Ziegler, a member of the Brevard County school board, said teens have painted graffiti on the bridge for the past three decades, but he had never before heard of an accident there. John Vallee, 54, lives near the trestle and was watching TV when he heard a loud screech. He told the Florida Today news¥paper he went outside and first thought he saw a blanket tan¥gled under a rail car. Then he re¥alized it was a person. Authorities in Melbourne, a city of about 77,000 nearly 50 miles southeast of Orlando, are investigating. Christine Davis, a spokeswoman for Brevard Pub¥lic Schools, said counseling will be offered to students and fac¥ulty if the teens are identified as students in the district. The track is owned by the Flor¥ida East Coast Railway, which operates about 350 miles of track along the stateÕs east coast. Rail¥way officials did not immediate¥ly return calls for comment. Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Dan Treadway OPINION Monday, February 22, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN ENDORSEMENT Vote Hutchison EditorÕs note: This week the editorial board will print endorsements for the Texas pri¥maries. Our final endorsement will print Friday, the last day of early voting. Through Friday, you can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary at the Flawn Academic Center. Regular voting will take place March 2. To find your polling place, visit http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/index.shtml. This editorial boardÕs No. 1 priority is improving the state of higher education in Texas. The governor is a powerful force in determining the direction of high¥er education in Texas: The governor alone appoints each member of the UT Sys¥tem Board of Regents and of all university boards in Texas, and the regents de¥cide nearly everything else. For that reason, we suggest that students vote in the Republican primary, a race that will have more bearing on higher-education policy than any other. For those committed to other races Ñ or perhaps unable to bring themselves to cast a ballot in a Republican primary Ñ we easily endorse Bill White, who leads the field in the Democratic race. The former Houston mayor has run a clean campaign characteristic of an experienced politician, and the low-energy race has given White the opportunity to define clear policy goals, which include the es¥tablishment of a public-service program for students that could fund their in¥state college tuition. Despite the raceÕs lower profile, we remain energized by White, who will like¥ly give Democrats their best shot at taking the GovernorÕs Mansion in 20 years. The presumed leader in the Republican race, Gov. Rick Perry, has failed to lead Texas universities successfully. He has appointed regents based on seeming¥ly nothing more than their contributions to his campaigns, removing those who switched their financial support to Sen. Kay Bailey HutchisonÕs campaign last year and replacing them with new campaign contributors. Texas A&M University, where Perry formerly led cheers as a yell leader, has been consistently subject to PerryÕs political meddling. In addition to appoint¥ing regents and administrative positions based on personal and political connec¥tions, his relationship with the chancellor of the A&M system, Mike McKinney, who formerly served as PerryÕs chief of staff, undoubtedly played a role in the re¥cent forced resignation of then-President Elsa Murano. Now, as universities across the state are suffering from dwindling reserves and shrinking budgets, Perry is asking them to cut their budgets by an additional 5 percent to balance the state budget. As a result, UT must cut $29 million more than it anticipated. PerryÕs actions in the last decade indicate that he sees Texas universities as lit¥tle more than tools for political leverage Ñ he wants the Texas government to serve him. Debra Medina, the ÒTea PartyÓ-backed libertarian who rose quickly in the polls after two debate performances, has impressed us with her no-nonsense campaign, positioning herself, often convincingly, as an above-the-fray spectator in a squabble between entrenched juveniles. But despite her measured performance, MedinaÕs campaign has done little to prove itself anything more than a venue for a low-key ideologue to push an an¥ti-government agenda that includes support for the elimination of Medicaid in the state. Medina has said little regarding her plans for higher education. But her push for restructuring the tax system by eliminating property taxes and increasing sales tax is unrealistic. And given public educationÕs reliance on property taxes for funding, her tax plan is unsustainable. In short, MedinaÕs government would be a nonentity, serving no one. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has a proven record of crossing party lines on cer¥tain issues that makes her our candidate of choice in the upcoming primary. In particular, HutchisonÕs focus on improving education would be a breath of fresh air from a Perry administration that has overseen Texas schoolchildren fall be¥hind the learning curve nationwide. Hutchison has called education her cam¥paignÕs top priority and is advocating for programs that will reduce the 30-per¥cent dropout rate. Hutchison also has recognized the relevance of science, a subject that has be¥come gradually ignored in Texas over the course of PerryÕs administration. In 2005, Hutchison supported the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which supported medical research into therapies derived from embryonic stem cells. Hutchison has also shown a promising inclination to improve health care, an¥other area in which Texas fares badly. In 2007, Hutchison was one of only 18 Re¥publicans to support the expansion of the State ChildrenÕs Health Insurance Pro¥gram. The bill passed and would have provided health insurance for more than 9 million uninsured children had it not been vetoed by former President George W. Bush. HutchisonÕs record of addressing TexasÕ greatest weaknesses makes her the clear choice in the Republican primary. Perry wants the Texas government to serve his political purposes. Medina wants the Texas government to serve no one. Hutchison wants a Texas govern¥ment that serves Texans by addressing some of the stateÕs most pressing prob¥lems. We recommend that even Democrats forgo the Democratic primary to vote for Hutchison. Higher education canÕt survive another four years of Perry. Ñ The editorial board THE FIRING LINE Call a terrorist a terrorist It was very disappointing to pick up The Daily Texan on Friday and see ÒOfficials say act was not terrorismÓ in big bold print on the first page. Media coverage of Andrew Joseph StackÕs suicide attack has been shocking to me, especially when compared to the media coverage of recent ÒfoiledÓ terrorist plots and the cov¥erage of the Fort Hood shootings. Stack is being portrayed as a despondent man with financial trouble, angry at the government for the wrongs he perceived the IRS and Congress had done to him. The media has been careful to avoid calling Stack a ter¥rorist, despite the fact that he flew a plane into a federal building that housed several hundred IRS employees. Stack was a terrorist Ñ he carried out a suicide attack on a federal building with the same weapon the Sept. 11 terrorists used, intending to kill innocent people and injure the government. Why balk at label¥ing Stack a terrorist? He was a terrorist. He carried out a terrorist attack that cost an innocent person his life. Refusing to call Stack exactly what he was is irresponsible and dangerous. Just in the past day I have heard many people say that they understand where Stack was coming from. Many have even said that the government is to blame Ñ if taxes werenÕt so high, maybe Stack wouldnÕt have flown a plane into a building and killed innocent people. This kind of thinking is, quite frankly, disgusting, and the media does the coun¥try a disservice by portraying Stack as any¥thing but a dangerous, deranged terrorist who carried out a suicide attack on the American people. LetÕs denounce Andrew Stack and give him the label he deserves Ñ terror¥ist. Refusing to do so only furthers the idea that terrorists can only be foreigners, Muslims, people with dark skin and funny names. Terrorists come in all shapes, sizes, colors and from all ideologies. There are future terrorists listening to Glenn Beck and going to church every Sunday, just like there are future terrorists reading Qutb and going to mosque every day. Making ÒterroristÓ a racial term only deepens the gap between Americans and Arabs. Ñ David Colby Government senior Not a Hispanic Republican In response to Saul MendozaÕs Friday column, ÒWhy I am an Hispanic Republican,Ó Latinos vote Democrat because the party shows more concern for social justice and civil rights for all people. Many of MendozaÕs comments simply mimic those of conservative politicians and commentators Ñ they are the ones who are lying and deceiving Latinos and others. I assume I have known many more Latinos in my life than Mendoza has Ñ not only here in Texas, but also on the East Coast and in California. I believe GALLERY SUBMIT A COLUMN LEGALESE The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Columns Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the must be between 200 and 700 words. Send columns to edi-writer or editor. They are not necessarily those of the UT tor@dailytexanonline.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student all columns for clarity and liability. Media Board of Operating Trustees. Why canÕt Student Government and The Daily Texan get along? The relationship between The Daily Texan and UT Student Government has soured over the past two years. ThatÕs in large part due to the election code scandal last spring, when CŽsar Martinez Espino¥sa campaigned for the winning presiden¥tial ticket while simultaneously sitting on the board that supervised the election. The fallout seemed to divide the cam¥pus more than the 2008 presidential elec¥tions. Questions surrounding the elec¥tion implicated former SG president Ke¥shav Rajagopalan, who may or may not have violated election rules but definite¥ly worked to make sure the establishment candidate came out on top. In an e-mail to five fraternity presidents before the vote, he warned that the com¥petition for SG president Òis a lot closer than we thought it would be, there is a real chance for outsiders to win.Ó RajagopalanÕs words may have been poorly chosen, but they confirmed for many at the Texan and in the UT commu¥nity that Student Government is an exclu¥sive organization that seeks only to pro¥mote leaders from within. SG leaders have obviously felt a lit¥tle targeted by the TexanÕs coverage since then. Legitimately or not, many represen¥tatives suspect a hit piece whenever they receive an interview request. Last spring, members couldnÕt be blamed for think¥ing the Texan saw blood in the water af¥ter a series of negative articles and editori¥als. TheyÕre probably also tired of a candi¥dateÕs commitment to reform being ques- MendozaÕs broad statements about Latinos are not only inaccurate and stereotypical but also portray us as ignorant and back¥ward. Not all Latinos believe in the mythi¥cal stories of the Old Testament or consider abortion murder. Not all of us believe in the proselytization of one religion in our highly diverse schools. And not all of us are self-seeking and class-conscious and choose Òrising to the top of societyÓ as our main goal in life. The Republican Party does not respect Latinos and treat them as equals. It dis¥played hatred and intolerance last year with a smear campaign against Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor. The U.S. economic system is inherently unfair. Its business culture is still undemo¥cratic, continuing to perpetuate inequality and injustice, while at the same time breed¥ing classism and racism. There is absolutely no virtue in prosper¥ity when it is made through the suffering of others. President Barack ObamaÕs plan to raise the taxes of the wealthiest certainly sounds fair and just to me. Everyone, including college students, needs to break away from the chains of strict traditions and the stranglehold of fundamental Christianity. Such impedi¥ments can interfere with your becoming a well-educated, critical, conscientious thinker. This goal is comparable to the core values of UT that encourage students to seek the truth, expand their knowledge and make positive changes. Ñ Anita Quintanilla UT alumna tioned because of a history of involvement in the organization. Thus, the two most important voices for the student body on campus donÕt trust and donÕt really talk to each other. With elections a week away, campus leaders will likely seize this time to pro¥mote themselves to you. HereÕs to hoping that after the two weeks of campaigning are over, student leaders and campus me¥dia remain committed to maintaining an open relationship. IÕve got a piece of advice for stu¥dent candidates for both bodies: DonÕt promise more than you can deliver. For SG, that means donÕt promise more affordable tuition. SG president Liam OÕRourke has been admirably cooperative when asked for interviews or explanations of the myriad committees on campus. But heÕs done lit¥tle to deliver on his campaign priority of more affordable tuition. Yet, when it came time to vote on tu¥ition hikes last fall, the Tuition Policy Ad¥visory Committee he sat on voted for the hikes without consulting students. There are many sound arguments for tuition in¥creases, especially when staff have already absorbed wage freezes and non-tenured faculty are being laid off. But with delib¥erations so secret and the result apparent¥ly inevitable, you canÕt blame students for wondering why any of their peers were sitting on the council in the first place. You canÕt blame students for rolling their eyes when candidates for SG offices mention tuition, either. The tuition hikes were followed earli¥er this month with a tone-deaf response to student and community anger over the decision to shutter the Cactus Cafe. After failing to seek student input beforehand, OÕRourke sent a mass e-mail insisting that the decision belonged to students. Those claims from both OÕRourke and UT Presi¥dent William Powers Jr. look increasingly dubious after reports that the Cactus Cafe wasnÕt even mentioned during the meet¥ing in question. The chorus of support for the cafe from the UT community has mirrored the re¥sponse to legislation that would have al¥lowed concealed handguns on college campuses in Texas last spring. Lobbying against that legislation was, incidental¥ly, the best instance of the Texan and SG working together in the last two years. The legislation was eventually killed, a victim of legislative procedure, but not be¥fore the student voice was heard. Imagine what the paper and SG could do on issues like state appropriations and subsidized textbooks if that relation¥ship was stronger. Leaders on both sides should commit to turning the page now. Candidates for Texan editor (and future managers in the news department) could also use a reminder that if SGÕs failures are relevant to students, then some of its suc¥cesses should receive coverage as well. And SG leaders deserve to be engaged be¥fore controversy develops and to be given the benefit of the doubt on their commit¥ment to reform, at least for a little while. Of course, the Texan will never be here to carry water for student government. It exists to hold SG and the UT administra¥tion accountable while it trains future jour¥nalists. And SG itself needs to focus on act¥ing as an independent voice for students over the next year. An open relationship between the two organizations promises to pay dividends for the UT community. Kreighbaum is a history senior. as an event happens. This is why most news stationsÕ coverage largely consist¥ed of aerial shots of the wreckage from a helicopter, with a voiceover of newscast¥ers talking about how they did not know anything yet or worse, speculating about what happened. They could not cut away, or else viewers would switch to another network, so they just filled space. Irresponsible reporting sometimes oc¥curs during this space-filling. For example, CNN hastily reported the plane was sto¥len, which proved to be untrue. Also, Twitter requires less attention than television news. To get the news from a network, one must watch, or at least listen to the television throughout the day. This often precludes one from other tasks. With Twitter, I received updated news without disrupting my schedule. Social media is extremely valuable in times of crisis and uncertainty. If some¥thing like the plane crash ever happened on campus, students and authorities could immediately communicate. We are all fa¥miliar with the monthly alarm tests the University conducts. Practices like that are a relic from an era when the fastest way to reach a mass of people was to literally make a really loud noise. When it first gained prominence, many derided Twitter as nothing more than Fa¥cebook status updates. While that might have been true at one point, it has clearly become much more. Twitter, and similar user-based news sources, will never replace print and broad¥cast journalism Ñ nor should it. But Twit¥ter serves as an excellent complement to the industry and should be utilized more in times of crises. Luippold is a government and journalism senior. I learned about ThursdayÕs plane crash when I received a frantic phone call from my mother. After assuring her of my safety, I immediately pulled up the Aus¥tin American-Statesman Twitter page to learn more about the event. Throughout the day, I continuously referred to States¥man Tweets for updates ranging from the suspectÕs motive to the traffic flow at Moc¥pac Boulevard and Highway 183. Fre¥quent, short and informative updates are extremely valuable in the uncertainty of a crisis, and the StatesmanÕs Tweets provid¥ed this service wonderfully. In the precarious time after a disaster, news Tweets complement the inadequa¥cies of other news mediums. They have a timeliness that is unavailable to newspa¥pers and a substance that is often absent in broadcast journalism. Throughout the day, I refreshed the Twitter page for answers. I did not need to wait for an article to be written, edit¥ed, published, posted and, in the case of newspapers, distributed. The StatesmanÕs reporting had the journalistic standards of a newspaper with the timeliness of a blog. Twitter also complements broadcast journalism because it does not need to fill airtime or require oneÕs full attention. Iron¥ically, when an unexpected event first hap¥pens, there is not very much news yet. It takes time for reporters to speak to sources and get a general sense of what occurred. However, the nature of broadcast journal¥ism requires immediate coverage as soon VISIT OUR NEW WEB SITE The completely redesigned dailytexanonline.com is coming soon. The new site was built in¥house by UT students. It will feature a new and improved front page, searchable content and increased capacity for mul¥timedia content. Make sure to check it out. SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS The editorial board will be in¥terviewing Student Government candidates in order to make en¥dorsements. If you have a ques¥tion for any candidate, send it to editor@dailytexanonline.com, and we will ask it and post the an¥swer online. Our endorsements will be printed on the first day of voting, March 2. Monday, February 22, 2010 NEWS 52 Where the magic happens More than a dozen students met to play Although Magic: The Gathering at the Longhorn MTGÕs first meeting Friday. Stu¥dents split into beginner and expert levels and began to play the game of strategy. The game is set in a fantasy world, and the object of the game is to be the last wizard standing. Former math professor Rich¥ard Garfield designed the card game and sold it to Wizards of the Coast, a global gaming in¥dustry. The game debuted at the Origins Game Fair that same year. More than a decade later, Magic: The Gathering continues to unite gamers through an on¥line version, tournaments and organizations such as Longhorn MTG. The organization plans to have its own tournaments on Fridays throughout the semes¥ter and looks forward to having a professional judge deliberate the games. Ñ Aziza Musa CAFE: Students would run cafe operations From page 1 ÒThe SEC has to operate un¥der the directives given from the Union,Ó said Andrew Nash, SEC president and member of the Texas Union Board. ÒItÕs not our place to throw things out on the table to keep things as the status quo. [The plan] is what weÕre putting there to say if the Cactus does close, this is cafe. Priority for the cafe space would be given to UT students and registered student organiza¥tions. The group would assume the current cafe managerÕs role, which includes advertising and promoting events. Students and student organizations using the cafe would be responsible for recruiting artists and covering performance costs. Nash said the group would closely resem¥use of the room, which would increase access to the cafe. Ò[All the other rooms in the Union] donÕt have the same life and history that the Cac¥tus has,Ó Nash said. ÒWe think itÕs a very valuable resource for students, so itÕs not left on the wayside and forgotten about. We want to make sure it doesnÕt get lost.Ó Facing a recurring 2-percent Zachary Bidner, govern¥ment senior and member of the group, said the SECÕs proposal allows the University adminis¥tration to go ahead with its plan to close the cafe by using it as a consolation. ÒIf the SEC proposal is passed, it serves as a distraction to the ultimate goal, which is preserv¥ing the Cactus,Ó Bidner said. SALSA: Instructor remains positive despite imminent unemployment From page 1 dians stirring in a touch of Bolly¥wood, he said. ÒThereÕs a certain ambience with salsa,Ó Banerjee said. ÒWaltz, for example, is also very beautiful, but itÕs more structured and has more rules. Salsa allows for more self-expression, and people find that very exhilarating.Ó For the first hour of the festi¥val, Banerjee and student helpers taught simple dance moves, divid¥ing women and men on opposite sides of the room. Banerjee asked dancers to partner up after they learned each new move, begin¥ning with basic merengue steps and then progressing to more in¥tricate moves. From the center of the floor, pharmacy senior Kristine Ottosen helped direct dancersÕ salsa steps. Ottosen also serves as the social coordinator for Longhorn Salsa. ÒItÕs hard for girls at first be¥cause they always want to control everything,Ó Ottosen said. ÒThis is about trusting your partner, not knowing whatÕs going to happen next and learning to follow cues.Ó Ottosen remarked that dancers develop a stronger sense of intu¥ition as they progress. A variety of ages filled the dance floor, from 19-year-old college stu¥dents to 63-year-old Robert Bay¥less, an Austin resident on his 31st straight night of salsa. Bayless said he made the 30-day commitment several days before his birthday Ñ Jan. 22 Ñ and has been traveling to local places such as El Sol Y La Luna and as far as Dallas to get his salsa fix. ÒTechnically, the commitment ended yesterday,Ó he said. ÒBut IÕm on a salsa binge, so how do you stop? Besides the women are always so beautiful, and thatÕs a great incentive.Ó After an hour of instruction, the floor opened up dance-club style as The Brew provided live music, using instruments such as an acoustic guitar, a flute and samba drums to entertain danc¥ers. The festival was funded en¥tirely by the informal classes program. The Texas Union established informal classes in 1971. For 35 years, the Union offered classes to the Austin community on sub¥jects such as culinary arts, career development, technology, reli¥gion and health. Starting Aug. 20, 191 informal¥class instructors will be unem¥ployed. Banjeree said he would like to stay tied to the University be¥cause he enjoys how the college en¥vironment promotes a constant in¥flux of ideas and new people, but he has no idea what his plans are yet. One of BanjereeÕs students, Al¥fred Reyes, an architectural engi¥neering student at Austin Com¥munity College, looked perplexed after he learned the classes would soon be over and said he did not know classes were ending un¥til that night. He had planned on taking more classes in the fall. Before the Salsa Dance Festival began, Banerjee checked the au¥dio system as the growing crowd of students and non-students, lo¥cals and out-of-towners mingled outside. ÒThis is the last one,Ó Banerjee said. ÒLetÕs party like thereÕs no tomorrow.Ó do with it.Ó The plan proposes the cre¥ation of a 10-member organiza¥tion or committee that would operate through the Student Events Center and serve as a li¥aison between students, produc¥tion crews and the Union. The group would be charged with coordinating programs and performances to be held at the Sponsorship Committee, except it would be responsible specifi¥cally for the cafe. The group would operate on a budget of $5,000 to $6,000 per year, and the money would only be used for event advertis¥ing, ticketing, promotion and general organization expenses. Nash said the committee would be accountable for the proper Texas Union Board voted Jan. 29 to repurpose the 31-year-old Cactus Cafe and to phase out the informal classes program by August. The Student Friends of the Cactus Cafe, a UT student organization, was formed earlier this month to protest the chang¥es and provide alternatives that would keep the cafe in its cur¥rent form and location. what would be a good idea to ble the SECÕs current Events Co¥University-wide budget cut, the           Everybody counts on having safe, effective medicine for anything from the common cold to heart disease. But making sure medications are safe is a complex and careful process. At PPD,        to help evaluate medications being developed Ð maybe like you. You must meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. We have research studies available in many different lengths, and youÕll Þnd current studies listed here weekly. PPD has been conducting research studies in Austin for more than 20 years.    to Þnd out more. The Cactus Yearbook is soliciting nominations for their Outstanding Student and Cactus Goodfellow Awards. For your convenience, we have placed the nomination forms on the Cactus web page: http://www.cactusyearbook.com All rules and instuctions are included, so all you have to do is either print the nomination form from our web page or pick up one at the William Randolph Hearst Building (HSM), 25th and Whitis Ave., Room 3.304. The deadline for nominations is February 26th, so send us your applications today. Please call 471-1084 for more information. Recognizingextraordinary UT students for over 75 years. Outstanding Studentand Cactus Goodfellow Awards Age Compensation        Requirements Timeline Men and Women 18 to 55 Up to $2400 Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI between 18 and 32 Fri. 26 Feb. through Mon. 1 Mar. Fri. 5 Mar. through Mon. 8 Mar. Fri. 12 Mar. through Mon. 15 Mar. Fri. 19 Mar. through Mon. 22 Mar. Men and Women 18 to 45 Up to $1000 Healthy & Non-Smoking BMI between 18 and 30 Sun. 28 Feb. through Thu. 4 Mar. Outpatient Visit: 7 Mar. 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EXPOSURE Monday, February 22, 2010 Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff An Israeli cadet greets her mother outside of Bahad Ehad military base before the graduation ceremony. Graduating from an officerÕs training course is often more appreciated than finishing high school. Graduation Straight out of high school, American teenagers receive a diploma. Israelis receive a gun. To Israeli citizens, en¥listment is not a matter of choice; it is a facet of their cul¥ture known since birth. The army is as familiar to them as college is to high school graduates. On Jan. 20, hundreds of Israeli soldiers anxiously wait to march onto the ceremonial grounds of Bahad Ehad, a military base dedicated to training officers. The afternoon graduation is the culmination of three months of grueling training meant to prepare soldiers for positions of lead¥ership. Soldiers are ecstatic because they did not have to run to¥day. Before the ceremony, one Navy cadet helps a friend straighten the collar of his wrinkled uniform. Another soldier fixes her boyfriendÕs beret. A group of religious soldiers dance and chant in celebration. Regardless of cultural and regional conflicts, the narra¥ tive of the Israeli army is a coming-of-age story similar to the American college experience. Before a crowd of thousands, the soldiers stand proud¥ly at attention, their lives forever shaped by the disci¥pline, moral code and camaraderie they will carry into their future. Ñ Tamir Kalifa Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff An Israeli soldier climbs the steps to the on base synagog an hour before the graduation ceremony. An Israeli army soldier sits along the walls of the base prior to the cer¥emony. Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan Staff Sports Editor: Blake Hurtik E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 SPORTS www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, February 22, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN BASEBALL GAME 1: HORNS 6, LOBOS 2 GAME 2: HORNS 5, LOBOS 6 GAME 3: HORNS 1, LOBOS 3 Lobos take two of three from Horns Consecutive losses great teaching tools for top-ranked Texas By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff Texas coach Augie Gar¥rido saw something the scoreboard didnÕt after his team dropped its second game in its opening series against New Mexico. ÒThis was the best game we played of the three,Ó Garrido said of TexasÕ 3-1 loss on Sunday. ÒWe were more competitive, more consistent defensively and a lot more aggressive.Ó And while losing two of three wasnÕt the HornsÕ ideal start, their early sea¥son mistakes have given them a chance to learn how to deal with adversity be¥fore conference play. ÒThese two losses are surprising and disappoint¥ing, but at the same time revealing,Ó Garrido said. ÒIt hurts, but itÕs not how you play when itÕs going well. ItÕs how you play af¥ter you get crushed.Ó It was a story of two dif¥ferent offensive perfor¥mances for Texas, who didnÕt take long to display its offensive power and high-ranked pitching staff against New Mexico on Fri¥day. Unfortunately for Tex¥as, game one was the only game it could take away from the hot-hitting Lo¥bos, who won the last two games to win the series. ÒTheyÕre for real, and theyÕre going to be one of the better hitting teams around,Ó Garrido said. ÒWe found out they have a stronger competitive edge on their team right now than we have on ours. That was the separation.Ó Texas took the first game with a 6-2 victory on the back of pitcher Tay¥lor JungmannÕs seven in¥nings with eight strikeouts, two runs Ñ one earned Ñ and a quality bullpen effort from Stayton Thomas and Chance Ruffin. ÒI felt good early, but there is a lot of stuff we need to work on,Ó Jung¥mann said. ÒI wasnÕt too happy giving up seven hits.Ó Jungmann got offensive LOSS continues on page 8 Texas hits the ball hard all weekend, canÕt get enough runs in the end By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff The weekend, and conse¥quently the season, started out full of promise for the nationÕs top-ranked team, but the hot bats that led to so much hope quickly cooled less than two games into the series against New Mexico. Texas posted all five of its runs in those first two innings but went cold after that for the rest of the series. The Longhorns started out the weekend with 11 runs in the first 11 innings, but followed that up with just one run in the next 16. ÒItÕs a hard thing to put your finger on,Ó head coach Augie Garrido said about the cause of TexasÕ lack of run production. ÒItÕs about quality at bats, and the quality at bats have to be consistent, or else there are no rallies.Ó In the first game against the Lobos, Texas had a three-run first inning and had its first¥game total of six by the fourth. After that, though, the runs tailed off a bit as the Horns went scoreless in the next five innings. ÒWe were very aggressive and very effective,Ó Garrido said after the first game. ÒWe jumped out to an early lead. We swung the bats well and got our bunts down in the early innings. I think one of the things we did extremely well offensively was see the ball. We swung at very few bad pitches.Ó Senior Kyle Lusson epito¥mized that smart hitting. Lus¥son, after a three-year drought, hit his first collegiate home run in his first at bat of the season on a fastball the pitcher left high and inside. ÒI just saw the ball and hit the ball,Ó Lusson said. ÒI wasnÕt trying to do much with it, and it just flew off the bat right.Ó Lusson added another hit and another RBI in the season opener. Connor Rowe also highlight¥ed TexasÕ offensive production in that first game with a 3-for-4 performance and two RBI. The big bats came back to start the second game, especial¥ly from Rowe, who had one run and one RBI. But after two in¥nings in game two, it started go-ing downhill. The closest Texas came to a rally in the third game of the series came from Rowe, who could be the series MVP for Tex¥as and who had the HornsÕ only RBI of the game when he hit a single into left field that scored Kevin Keyes from third base. Despite the lack of run pro¥duction, though, Texas hit the ball well in the final game of the series Sunday. Two of those eight hits would have been home runs in most ballparks around the country, but not in the cavernous Disch-Falk Field. ÒWe hit a lot of balls real¥ly hard. Two of them I thought were out of the ballpark, but they turned into long outs,Ó Garrido said. ÒWe hit more balls hard consistently than in the first two games. We just didnÕt score the runs.Ó That was the case with TexasÕ two losses, which had a com¥bined 18 hits, but only six total runs. ÒOur guys squared up the ball a lot today,Ó SundayÕs starting pitcher Austin Dichar¥ry said. ÒSometimes they just donÕt fall.Ó MENÕS BASKETBALL TEXAS 71 TEXAS TECH 67 Bench players shine in Texas win By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff With four seconds to go, JÕCovan Brown stepped up to the free-throw line with a chance to seal a crucial win. The freshman, who leads the team shooting 91 percent from the line, made no mistake rattling in the first and sinking the second to seal TexasÕ 71-67 win over Texas Tech on Saturday. Brown only played five minutes in Lubbock after starting the pre¥vious two games against Nebraska and Missouri, but he shook off the nerves and rust to end TechÕs last¥minute comeback. While Brown put the final touch¥es on the win, another bench play¥er carried Texas to the late lead. For¥ward Gary Johnson, asked to car¥ry the offense after early foul trou¥ble for Damion James and Dexter Pittman, responded with a career¥high 22 points and added nine re¥bounds. ÒIt was huge today, and we real¥ly survived here against a team that showed a lot of heart,Ó head coach Rick Barnes said. ÒEven at the end of the game we were wanting to go to [Johnson] because heÕs do¥ing the things that at the end of the game that you want, go to the guy and heÕs got to knock down free BENCH continues on page 9 SIDELINE Winter Olympic Medal Count G.S. B. USA 7 7 10 Germany 6 7 5 Norway 5 3 4 Canada 4 4 1 Korea 4 4 1 Austria 2 3 3 Russian Fed. 2 3 3 France 2 2 4 Switzerland 5 0 2 Sweeden 3 1 2 China 3 1 1 Netherlands 3 1 1 Poland 0 3 1 Italy 0 1 3 Slovakia 1 1 1 Czech Republic 1 0 2 Japan 0 1 2 Australia 1 1 0 NCAA MenÕs Basketball No. 3 Villanova 65 No. 21 Pittsburgh 70 Virginia Tech 55 No. 6 Duke No. 12 Ohio State 74 No. 11 Michigan State 67 Northwestern 63 No. 16 Wisconsin Olympic Hockey Russian Federation 4 Czech Republic 2 Canada 3 United States 5 NBA Oklahoma City 109 Minnesota 107 Houston 94 New Orleans 102 Cleveland 95 Orlando 101 AP MenÕs Basketball Top 5 1. Kansas 2. Kentucky 3. Villanova 4. Purdue 5. Syracuse ON THE WEB: For more Texas sports, check out golf, tennis and rowing coverage @dailytexanonline.com WOMENÕS BASKETBALL TEXAS 44 TEXAS A&M 58 Aggies end TexasÕ winning streak By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff At times Saturday the Longhorns were having so much trouble putting points on the board that it seemed like their score was decreasing. And at one point, their point total actually did decrease as two crucial free throws, made by Earnesia Wil¥liams with four minutes left, were erased in the LonghornsÕ 58-44 loss. The loss ended TexasÕ six-game win¥ning streak. Confusion over how many team fouls the Aggies had caused a de¥lay in which the officials reviewed and eventually determined that the amount of fouls tallied by the official scorer was inaccurate. ÒWe got fouled and they took two points away,Ó said head coach Gail Goestenkors, who had to be restrained on the court by assistant coaches Mickie DeMoss and LaKale Malone. Whether the two points may have mattered in the overall out¥come is unknown as it would have narrowed the Aggie lead to five at 47-42. But the Longhorns felt that it made a difference. ÒThe whole time we kept saying, ÔWeÕre down five, weÕre down five,Õ and ÔWe need to just get stops and execute,ÕÓ senior guard Brittainey Raven said. ÒThey come and tell us that they are taking two points off. They get the ball, and we have to get a stop. It was a lot more pressure put on us than we were expecting.Ó The Longhorns would not have had as much pressure on them if they had not had 22 turnovers that led to 22 Aggie points. ÒThat was the most frustrating part of the game,Ó Goestenkors said. ÒWeÕve been a much better ball-han¥dling team than that. A great team like A&M, if you give them easy opportunities, they will make you pay.Ó Despite the plethora of turn¥overs, the Longhorns managed to start both halves on fire, creating as much as a nine-point lead. STREAK continues on page 8 SOFTBALL Texas stays undefeated with road wins feated Purdue, UTSA and the host of the tournament, Houston. Friday proved to be the most difficult day for Texas. The Long¥horns were cruising along with a 6-1 lead over Purdue in the top of the seventh inning when the Boilermakers stomped back with ROAD continues on page 8 By Kate Guerra Daily Texan Staff HOUSTON Ñ The Texas soft¥ball team loves playing at home. Red and Charline McCombs Field has a great atmosphere and great fans, and the fact that the team has won all six games theyÕve played there this season is a plus, too. But as it turns out, the Longhorns donÕt mind going on a road trip once in a while. No. 15 TexasÕ record remains perfect as the team went 5-0 in the Marriott Houston Classic this weekend, which was highlighted by wins over another Top 25 team, No. 16 University of Lousiana-Lafayette, and Big 12 competitor Iowa State. The Longhorns also de¥ SPORTS Monday, February 22, 2010 LOSS:Texas starts strong, canÕt hold off Lobos in the end    From page 7 two-run double. er took the lead on a sacrifice fly of earning the victory and be-we got less competitive, and tered one run when Rowe drove It looked like more of the from Max Willett to eventually ing consistent and competitive thatÕs when things start to hap-in Kevin Keyes with a single to help from Connor Rowe and same for Texas on Saturday after pen.Ó left field. Cameron Rupp, who went 5-for-scoring five runs in the first and It was more of the same from ÒWe hit a lot of balls hard. 7 with four RBI combined, and second innings with the help of New Mexico on Sunday as noth-Two, I thought, were out,Ó Gar¥senior Kyle Lusson, who hit his Rupp, Rowe and Kevin Lusson, ing could fall for Texas at the rido said. ÒWe just didnÕt score first career home run as a Long-but the Longhorns wouldnÕt plate. the runs.Ó horn. score again for the rest of the The Lobos grabbed the lead The Horns get one day off be¥ ÒItÕs been a while,Ó Lusson game. Texas starting pitcher We had a great start, then we got less competitive, first against starting pitch-fore going back to work against said. ÒHe left it up and I knew it Brandon Workman allowed four and thatÕs when things start to happen.Óer Austin Dicharry when Ken-Dallas Baptist University on had a good chance when it flew runs, three earned, on nine hits ÔÔ ny Held doubled off the center-Wednesday, which the Horns off the bat. It felt good.Ó while striking out seven in six Ñ Augie Garrido, coach field wall to score Willett. The say they will use to forget about Jungmann pitched his way out innings of work. Lobos tacked on another run this weekend. of a jam in the top of the first, But with a oneÐrun lead in the in the seventh when Alex All-ÒWe have to forget about this and the Horns jumped on New top of the ninth, New MexicoÕs britton scored off a single from weekend and get ready to go,Ó Mexico pitcher Rudy Jaramil-Justin Howard sent a slider from Howard. catcher Rupp said. ÒItÕs behind lo for three runs thanks to Tex-Ruffin over the right field fence win 6-5. throughout the game,Ó Garrido And while Texas hit the ball us and we know how to play the as centerfielder Connor RoweÕs to tie the game. The Lobos lat-Ò[New Mexico] did a great job said. ÒWe had a great start, then hard all afternoon, it only mus-game. We have to just let it go.Ó ROAD: LonghornsÕ bats heat up over the weekend From page 7 The Longhorns had no trouble I get up and hit so I donÕt feel like      with the other teams in the classic, I just got off the bench.Ó a rally that pushed the score to easily outscoring their opponents. Remaining undefeated is more 6-5. Head coach Connie Clark The big story of the weekend was than nice, but the Longhorns pulled freshman starter Kim Bru-the hot bats of different contrib-are trying to focus on keeping ins from the game with two outs utors, which has become some-up the energy and playing with when the game got too close. thing of a theme with the Long-heart. One thing that is particu¥ ÒWeÕre trying to build up the horns. 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But with 2:02 left on the clock, James, who only played 24 min¥utes, swished a jumper to put Texas up 69-63 after guard Nick Okorie Ñ who scored 13 of his 21 points in the final four min¥utes Ñ led Tech on a 7-2 run. James then grabbed the decisive rebound of the game, snagging OkorieÕs missed jumper with 10 seconds left as Tech had missed its chance to force overtime. ÒMy instinct just took over,Ó James said. ÒI saw an open man and had to go over and make a play.Ó He quickly shuffled the ball to Brown, who was fouled and made both free throws to put the game out of reach. Free throws were BrownÕs loan contribution, shooting 5-of-5, as he saw his playing time drastical¥ly cut by Barnes, who was unhap¥py with the freshmanÕs effort. ÒWe do what we do,Ó Barnes said. ÒWeÕre going to play the guys that, on a day-to-day basis, are going to compete and play the way we want to play as a bas¥ketball team. WeÕll use players based on need.Ó That need might become greater after a potentially serious injury to fellow guard Dogus Balbay. About six minutes into the first half, Balbay was striding up for a layup when his left knee buck¥led while simultaneously colliding with Texas Tech forward Theron Jenkins. Balbay had to be helped off the court by the medical staff and couldnÕt put any weight on his left leg. After the game, Balbay said he heard a pop. He was scheduled for an MRI on Sunday, but results have not been released yet. ÒI think itÕs pretty serious,Ó Barnes said. ÒWe know how tough he is, but IÕll be surprised if we get good news.Ó Even with the injury, Barnes did not turn to Brown to pick up the slack. Instead, senior Justin Ma¥son tried to fill the void by scoring eight points and recording five of the teamÕs 10 assists. Freshman Avery Bradley only scored nine points on 4-of-14 shooting, but kept TechÕs Mike Sin¥gletary in check (12 points, 4-of-9 from the field). Senior Matt Hill and junior Clint Chapman added valuable contri¥butions on the court, making a few crucial blocks and rebounds in the early minutes of the game as Tex¥asÕ forward line was depleted by fouls and an injury to Pittman. COMICS Monday, February 22, 2010 YesterdayÕs solution Monday, February 22, 2010 LIFE&ARTS AWARD: Nominees have wide range of sounds From page 12 been designed to highlight the community of Austin musicians rather than Lynn and his collaborator, Tyler Groover of twoGroove.com. The public chose and voted for the five nom¥inees in each of the seven categories via the Republic of Austin Web site. ÒBasically whatever young Austinites are listening to have been nominated and are be¥ing voted on,Ó Groover said. ÒNo guidelines. Whoever wins, wins.Ó Like similar award events, the competition is subject to groups brute-forcing their way to the list via Twitter and Facebook followers. However, the list of nominees couldnÕt be more different from the blues/classic rock-populat¥ed shortlists of the Austin Music Awards. The list of nominees encompasses an eclectic group of Austin musicians, ranging from elec¥tronic groups such as L.A.X to more familiar names such as Willie Nelson and Black Joe Lew¥is. Most notable, however, is the focus on Austin disk jockeys, who not only have their own cate¥gory but also will start off ThursdayÕs event with sets by Sharkweek and Prepmode. Some might scoff at the idea of an alternative award show run by bloggers, but certain local performers seem to have a different outlook on the event. ÒFinally, we are recognizing bloggers for being consistent with their presence, and pro¥moters are taking a more artistic approach with their events,Ó said Neiliyo, a nominee for best male musician. ÒToday I think you need to have those things along with the talent¥ed musicians to actually have a community in the first place. Certain cities have invaded your MP3 player because theyÕre full of peo¥ple working hard to tell the story.Ó Lynn and Groover decided to make the event more of a celebration than a stuffy awards ceremony; some of the key elements in setting the event apart from others are the films Lynn shot with nominees giving inti¥mate performances iniconic Austin locales. Neiliyo described his video contribution as Òa pretty awesome dance party that involved sidewalk chalk and a few other things.Ó While there is some contention on whether Willie Nelson will show up, the Roaries seek to be a new type of awards show that brings Aus¥tin music fans and musicians together over loud music and free beer Ñ while it lasts. Voting polls will be open until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. MUSIC: Icon discusses creative work, album From page 12 SimpsonsÓ or ÒFuturamaÓ? DJ: Ah man, ÒThe Simpsons.Ó That was one of the longest, funniest shows that ever was. Every year it just got better. DT: Yeah, IÕve seen some of your art, and it seems to be almost entirely based on com¥ic books. I know youÕre a big fan of artists like Jack Kirby. DJ: I just love comics. ItÕs actually pretty professional, and I buy them all the time, just about, yeah, just about all the time. DT: Some quick, fun questions now: WhatÕs your favorite place to eat in Austin? DJ: Well, I like so many places, thereÕs too many. ThereÕs Mexican restaurants, pizza places, Chinese places. DT: [laughs] OK, but any restaurant in particular? DJ: Ehhh ... DT: All right, next question: Describe your perfect sandwich. DJ: I donÕt know. SchlotzkyÕs, probably. [laughs] DT: So tell me a little about your latest al¥bum, Is and Always Was. Did it turn out the way you wanted it to? DJ: I was really surprised about it because I have a lot of songs, and my brother and I went to L.A. and recorded some more, and the guy re-recorded all the backing tracks and I sang along with it. And then it was done, and it was pretty cool. DT: WhenÕs your next album coming Ñ [Johnston cuts off] DJ: Uh, November! DT: Oh, nice. DJ: Yeah, itÕs going to be a Danny and the Nightmares album, and we got it all record¥ed, but we havenÕt even sent it in yet. But IÕd like to add more tracks to it. DT: Danny and the Nightmares Ñ how is that different from your normal stuff? DJ: Well, when I met my friends, we start¥ed rehearsing and writing all the time, and itÕs the first time IÕve had a band of my own, and Ñ you see what I was saying? Ñ and first thing I know, we did a tour. And that was, uh, you know, pretty cool. DT: All right, another question: If you could collaborate with any artist in the world, who would it be? DJ: Uh, I was thinking David Bowie. I woke up this morning thinking, ÒHe knows who I am,Ó and I read that in People maga¥zine, I think, that he knows me, and I thought, ÒWouldnÕt that be cool?Ó And Elvis Costello played with me a couple of times. He did a lot of recordings with John Lennon, you know, really great stuff. DT: Definitely. WhatÕs your favorite David Bowie song? DJ: Uh ... you know ... [singing] ÒGround control, this is Major Tom, pa-ner, pa-ner.Ó DT: One more question: WhatÕs a perfect day for you? DJ: Ah man, I donÕt know, thatÕs a hard question. I gotta go right now, buddy. Are you done with your questions? DT: Sure thing, Daniel. DJ: Ah, thanks buddy. Bye bye! TOUR: Spoken-word artist produces Ôgenre-hopping soundÕ From page 12 no doubt that Dessa is charm¥ingly nervous about her im¥pending fame. ÒI got some swagger, sure, but that doesnÕt preclude ner¥vousness,Ó she said while gro¥cery-shopping in Minneapo¥lis. ÒThe first show is in Kan¥sas, and yeah, of course IÕm ex¥cited.Ó DessaÕs lyricism is one of the most shining aspects of her mu¥sic Ñ and rightly so, since she is first and foremost a writer. ÒI did literary creative non¥fiction for a little bit. I think that brought similes and metaphors for [A Badly Bro¥ken Code], and of course the Doomtree producers. ItÕs five different beat makers sift¥ing through all of their work to assemble a varied palate,Ó she said assertively of the al¥bumÕs genre-hopping sound. ÒBut the hardest critic to sat¥isfy was me. But so far, every¥one IÕve worked with has been phenomenally cool.Ó When the Texan brought up the similarities between a few WHAT: Dessa w/ P.O.S. WHERE: Red 7 WHEN: Friday, 8 p.m. TICKETS/ON AIR: $13 of DessaÕs songs and the 1989 Soul II Soul album Club Classics Vol. 1, she was quick to point out her affinity for layered vo¥cals and chilly sonics. In par¥ticular, she said that she had picked up on Florence and the Machine recently. ÒI just love her voice so much Ñ she does a lot of layered vo¥cal stuff, which is my favorite thing to do,Ó she said. ÒAnd there is this one other woman, Pauline Croze, and she lives in Paris. If I could get her to talk to me, IÕd love to do some¥thing!Ó Dessa, however, doesnÕt look like the prototypical music pro¥fessor at 28 years old with long brunette hair, strutting her stuff on the recent video single ÒDix¥onÕs Girl.Ó But despite her at-tractiveness, she said she is in-ÒItÕs easy for me to get tent on making music rath-judgemental about hypersexu¥er than adhering to old-school ality in hip-hop, but the more standards. immediate trend for me is not having a womanÕs body,Ó she said. ÒAnd my mind is going to be making music long after I canÕt fit into a dress.Ó Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Monday, February 22, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com Recipe for minty mashers offers a breath of fresh air THE DAILY TEXAN A word with a Renaissance man MUSIC MONDAY By Francisco Marin ÒHi, how are you?Ó Daniel Johnston sounded just as I imagined Jeremiah the Innocent Ñ the frog-like crea¥ture painted on the 21st Street side of Crave Ñ would sound like: enthusiastic, full of life and curiously childlike. Not everyone knows that Austin music icon Daniel John¥ston is the reason the mural ex¥ists. Not many people know how incredibly storied John¥stonÕs life has been in his 50 years of living, from his first acid trip with the Butthole Surf¥ers to the near-death experience he and his father nearly had while aboard an airplane. But one thing that hasnÕt changed since he started playing music as a young boy in the 1970s is his earnest, emotionally fragile and open-hearted lyricism. Johnston took a moment to talk to the Texan about his up¥coming release with the Night¥mares and his fascination with David Bowie. The Daily Texan: Hey, howÕs Bloggers award Austin artists by popular vote By Allistair Pinsof ÒWith the Roaries, we want- Daily Texan Staff ed to focus the importance on the The Roaries, ÒAustinÕs OTH-artists and take it off of us,Ó said ER Music Awards,Ó attempt to Chris Lynn, Roaries co-creator, exemplify the breadth of Aus-founder and editor-in-chief of Re¥tinÕs music talent, rivaling The publicofAustin.com, a blog that cov-Austin ChronicleÕs annual mu-ers AustinÕs community events. sic awards. The alternative mu-Everything from the flyers to sic award show will debut at The the award ceremony itself has Parish on Thursday to an audi¥ence of local musicians and fans. AWARD continues on page 11 though Ñ he just wants to put him when weÕre in [Los An¥out a movie about my lifestyle. geles]. And he told me, ÒDan-And I tried to tell him, itÕs sup-iel, if you do some kind of com¥posed to be a comedy. I really ic book, you can put it on my donÕt know what to do. label,Ó so thatÕs pretty cool. I DT: And I heard youÕre also want to take advantage of that, buddies with [ÒThe SimpsonsÓ I would want to do that. creator] Matt Groening? DT: Are you a fan of ÒThe DJ: Yeah, heÕs a really great guy. We often stop by and see MUSIC continues on page 11 Hip-hop lyricist achieves notability, kicks off tour By Francisco Marin tween Feist and Atmosphere Daily Texan Staff Ñ think sultry sweet vocals, SheÕs already got props from smooth hip-hop and plenty of Spin magazine, Murder Dog and lyrical wordplay. National Public RadioÕs Robert Dessa, whose real name is Christgau, and with good rea-Maggie Wander, took some time son. As a spoken-word artist, to talk to the Texan via phone professor of music and rapper, before her tour kicked off, and Dessa has it all. though she displays some seri- Her album, A Badly Broken ous swagger on her album, itÕs Code, dropped last month and fits in well on the CD shelf be-TOUR continues on page 11 EditorÕs note: This is the final part in a series offering up out-of-the-ordinary options for every course on the menu. By Layne Lynch Daily Texan Staff Known as a classic comfort food, potatoes are a simple and cheap side dish Ñ perfect for a college stu¥dentÕs budget. They complement almost any main entree, including fish, lamb, chicken and beef. Mashed potatoes are made in a variety of ways. They can be baked and mashed or boiled and mashed. In addition, they are thickened with items such as milk, cream, sour cream or broth. Butter, chives, cheese and other additives often complement potatoes as well. On that note, just by add¥ing something unique to a basic mashed potato recipe, a person can create a completely new and deli¥cious recipe. This recipe in particu¥lar uses mint to create a rift in a tra¥ditional mashed potato recipe. Despite its traditional usage in things such as tea, sauce, choco¥late and jelly, mint can be utilized for its strong flavor in a variety of ways with meat, side dishes and desserts. When creating your own recipes, always utilize a variety of herbs, spices and any quirky idea that comes to mind. Of course not all that you make will be delicious, but the boldest cooks are often the best. These mashed potatoes are made with red potatoes and use the unexpected flavor of mint. Rachel Taylor Daily Texan Staff it going? Daniel Johnston: Hi, how are you? DT: So, IÕve heard a rumor about a possible dramatic adap¥tation of your life in the works. DJ: Yeah, everybody thought that was too strange, you know, this guy that looks like Steven Spielberg Ñ he isnÕt Spielberg,