LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 ÔWhen itÕs time to party, we will party hardÕ NEWS PAGE 5 Students compete in honor of Central Park designer TOMORROWÕS WEATHER High 72 THE DAILY TEXAN Monday, April 19, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY On TSTV: Watch it KVRX News 9 p.m. College Pressbox 9:30 p.m. TUESDAY Calendar: A big night The Mexican American Culture Committee hosts Noche Gigante, a night of games, music, food, dancing and comedy. Texas Union Ballroom, 6 to 9:30 p.m. In Sports: Batter up Baseball vs. UT-Arlington, UFCU Disch-Falk Field, 6:05 p.m. WEDNESDAY Calendar: Olympics! The first annual Long¥horn Olympics sponsored by the Federation of Les¥bian, Ally and Gay Sports includes sports compe¥titions, games food and music. Clark Field, 6 to 10 p.m. In Life&Arts: Calling all gamers The Daily Texan delves further into AustinÕs video game industry with the second part in our industry series. THURSDAY In Sports: Going Pro NFL Draft kicks off at 6:30 on ESPN. In Life&Arts: Age/ Sex/Location? Hump Day columnist Mary Lingwall takes on online dating. FRIDAY In Life&Arts: Are we there yet? ÒWhy donÕt we do it on the roadÓ takes a trip to Bandera, the Cowboy capital of the world. Gun issues draw protests Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff Students of the UniversityÕs first concealed handgun licensing class shoot at targets at the Lone Star Gun Range in Lockhart. University hosts class for handgun licensing By Sean Beherec would get the wrong idea Ñ that Daily Texan Staff we were trying to make a political The first concealed handgun li-statement by holding it this week¥censing class to be held on a univer-end,Ó Acker said, adding that it sity campus in Texas brought con-was the only weekend that fit into servatives, libertarians and some the group membersÕ schedules. University Democrats together for She said the group decid¥a full day of instruction in Robert ed to hold the class on campus A. Welch Hall and 50 rounds on to make it more accessible to the range. students, facul- The class, ty and staff who which teaches wanted a license. attendees gun The class, which ÔÔWe were really safety and TexasÕ sold out its first concealed car-worried actually, day, was offered ry laws to help initially, that at half its usu¥them obtain li-al price and will somebody would get censes, came on most likely be of¥the heels of the the wrong idea.Ófered again in the third anniversa-fall, Acker said. Ñ Jackie Acker ry of the Virgin-Class instruc¥ia Tech shoot-Concealed carry proponent tor Michael Car¥ings Ñ a coin-gill emphasized cidence orga-using sound judg¥nizers had not ment while carry¥planned, said Jackie Acker, vice ing a concealed handgun, giving president of the UT chapter of several examples of how he has Students for Concealed Carry on utilized law-enforcement servic-Campus, which brought the class es and good communication in¥to the University. stead of using his weapon. ÒWe were really worried ac¥tually, initially, that somebody GUN continues on page 2 CIA frees formerly secret documents By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff On Aug. 20, 1968, Soviet troops crossed the Czechoslova¥kian border, invading the nation. President Lyndon Baines John¥son condemned the invasion af¥ter it happened, but CIA political analysts did not believe the Sovi¥ets would engage in military ac¥tion against the Czechs, and thus top military officials did nothing to prevent the invasion. ÒWe have to look at our own history to learn from our own mistakes,Ó said Peter Nyren with the historical collections di¥vision of the CIA. ÒWe have to reach out to the public so that [they] can learn, and the analytic community can also learn.Ó After releasing more than 500 formerly classified documents concerning the United StatesÕ role in the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the CIA part¥nered with the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to host a symposium analyzing how the information is still relevant. Although some of the docu¥ments were already available to the public, the entire collection was open for the first time Friday. ÒWe can and should tell the American people what we did and how we did it,Ó said Jo¥seph Lambert, director of Infor¥mation Management Services at the CIA. The released documents are the CIAÕs social contract with the CIA continues on page 2 Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff Graduate student John Woods rallies for anti-firearm legislation on Friday afternoon on the west steps of the Tower. Students gather to remember third anniversary of tragedy By Collin Eaton affected by gun violence. About Daily Texan Staff 25 students stood behind the A group of students with red speakers holding picket signs and orange ribbons pinned to while a small crowd gathered their shirts rallied on the West around them on Friday. Mall to make a stand against ÒWe should look to the fu¥gun violence on the third an-ture and see that potential leg¥niversary of the Virginia Tech islation [to allow guns on cam¥shooting. pus] might have harmful effects University Democrats and on [students,]Ó said Jeremy Yag-Students for Gun-Free Schools er, UDemsÕ vice president and organized the rally, which fea¥tured speakers who have been RALLY continues on page 2 Karl Rove to speak at UT amidst criticism By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Karl Rove, dubbed the architect of the George W. Bush administra¥tion, will be the guest of a ques¥tion-and-answer session hosted by College Republicans today in the Union Ballroom. During his many years as a po¥litical strategist, Rove has mas¥terminded the campaigns of a range of Republican candidates, including Sen. John CornynÕs 2002 campaign and Gov. Rick PerryÕs 1990 campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. He is most noted for his actions as a campaign leader and con¥sultant for Bush. Rove led BushÕs two successful gubernatorial campaigns and both of his pres¥idential campaigns and acted as a senior adviser and deputy chief of staff once Bush took office. He is lauded as a notable strat¥egist, but he has also seen criti¥cism for his involvement with ini¥tiatives many consider reprehen¥sible, such as the war in Iraq and alleged terrorism at Guantanamo Bay. He has recently faced two at¥tempted citizenÕs arrests while at speaking engagements. RoveÕs visit has garnered inter¥est from both liberal and conser¥vative students. College Republi¥cansÕ President Ryan Ellis said he hopes RoveÕs visit will serve as a catalyst for discourse. ÒPeople who are interested in politics, no matter which side they are on, ought to be interested in this talk,Ó Ellis said. The Q-and-A, which starts at 7 p.m., is expected to draw a full au¥dience, Ellis said. A panel of Col¥lege Republicans and Universi¥ty Democrats members will se¥lect which questions from student submissions to ask Rove. There will also be a ticketed meet-and¥greet reception after the event. ÒI may not agree with RoveÕs ideas, but I respect that he is a powerful force in the Republican Party,Ó said Cameron Miculka, a journalism freshman and Uni¥versity Democrats member, who plans to attend the event. ÒIÕm hoping to understand some of his ROVE continues on page 5 WHAT: Karl Rove visits UT WHERE: Texas Union Ballroom WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. SG ushers in new administration By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Student Government mem¥bers, both incoming and outgo¥ing, gathered with their families, friends and UT administrators to celebrate the changing of the guard in SG. Vice President of Student Af¥fairs Juan Gonz‡lez spoke high¥ly of the hope and optimism with which the former executive board and assembly governed, encour¥aging the new administration to do the same. ÒWhat I admire about this team is how resilient theyÕve been by staying positive,Ó Gonz‡lez said. ÒWeÕve got a bright future be¥cause [students] are going to lead us there. This is a transformative time, and we have nothing but hope and confidence.Ó The outgoing president and vice president, Liam OÕRourke and Shara Ma, and incoming Rachel Taylor | Daily Texan Staff Newly-elected Student Government President Scott Parks talks to Dr. Juan Gonz‡lez, vice president of student affairs, after the State of the Student Body Address on Sunday. president and vice president, and looking into the next year Scott Parks and Muneezeh Ka-and beyond. bir, each addressed those pres¥ent, reflecting on past projects SG continues on page 5 CIA: Analysts discuss past failures, locate parallels in present From page 1 American people, Lambert said. Before the symposium, CIA agents noted their mistakes in understanding various Òstrate¥gic warnings,Ó which are warn¥ings that occur before aggressive acts, and their own role leading up to the Soviet invasion. Prior to the invasion, Czecho¥slovakia had a new leader, Alex¥ander Dubcek. Dubcek wanted to establish a democracy in the country. While he continued to show his allegiance to Moscow, the Soviets feared he would re¥form too much, creating a blow to the Warsaw Pact Ñ which was then a military alliance. Because of their fears, the Soviets amassed their troops on Czech borders in preparation to invade. ÒWe have to get to the issue that led up to the evidence,Ó said former CIA analyst Doug MacEachin. ÒIf it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and quacks like a duck, can you re¥ally prove itÕs a duck? The domi¥nant question was Ñ will they re¥ally do what it looks like theyÕre preparing to do?Ó MacEachin said U.S. policy¥makers and analysts should have tried to prevent the Soviets from carrying out the plan. The wrong analysis led intel¥ligence agencies to stay out of a military situation they might have been able to prevent. The lessons these agents learned from the invasion can still be ap¥plied today. ÒPolitical decisions are most often the hardest thing to assess and predict,Ó said Peter Clement, deputy director for intelligence, as he applied the lesson to cur¥rent events such as the invasion of Iraq. ÒYou can be really wrong for all the right reasons.Ó Clement said analysts were clearly mistaken in their be¥lief that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction but that Sadd¥am Hussein had used chemical weapons in the past. ÒWe were arguing against his¥tory,Ó Clement said. He said he believed policy¥makers and analysts would have come to the same conclusion re¥garding Iraq because of the coun¥tryÕs history Ñ that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction Ñ even after accumulating all the evidence suggested otherwise. Clement said that if all the facts are made available, then the public will know where the line between fact and CIA conjecture lies, tying his argument back to the invasion. RALLY: Protesters up in arms over bill From page 1 government junior. On April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech University student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 individu¥als. Last year, on the second anni¥versary of the Virginia Tech shoot¥ing, hundreds of students pro¥tested proposed legislation that would have allowed students and staff to carry concealed, licensed handguns on campus. Biology graduate student John Woods earned his under¥graduate degree from Virgin¥ia Tech in 2007 and lost friends in the shooting. He said the peo¥ple who would have been most affected by the legislation didnÕt support it. The contentious legis¥lation sparked debate through¥out campus and Woods said stu¥dents visited Capitol offices to explain their point of view dur¥ing the legislative session. ÒI felt like [the Texas Legisla¥tureÕs] reasons for pushing [the bill] were disingenuous,Ó Woods said. ÒThey said they wanted to prevent another Virginia Tech, and I knew that not a single sur¥vivor felt that Ôconcealed carryÕ on campus would have prevent¥ed the shooting.Ó The bill did not pass through the Legislature. Another reason UDems and other students rallied Friday is to close a loophole in the regula¥tion of gun sales at gun shows. In Texas, gun show vendors can sell guns without background checks, and many of these guns find their way into Mexican drug cartels, Woods said. Plan II sophomore Leonardo De La Garza spoke at the rally and said members of a drug car¥tel invaded his relativesÕ ranch last November. After his uncles refused to turn over the ranch to the cartel, they were tortured and shot, De La Garza said. He said he knew people who have made a profit smuggling guns and other weapons into Mexico. ÒHere are the things we donÕt know: We donÕt know exact¥ly how many guns are being smuggled into Mexico,Ó he said. ÒThere are people in the United States that are fueling this [drug] war, and all the cartels are do¥ing is exploiting the system that we have here. You want to know where the people that I know got their guns? A gun show.Ó Melanie Schwartz, vice presi¥dent of The College Republicans and history sophomore, was ta¥bling with her fellow students on the West Mall during the rally. ÒIf I have to leave myself un¥armed to and from campus Ñ because guns arenÕt allowed on campus Ñ then IÕm putting myself at risk, and IÕm leaving myself defenseless,Ó Schwartz said. ÒWhen a lot of people think about guns on campus, they think of just anybody be¥ing able to have a gun, which is not true. ItÕs only for concealed handgun license owners who, by nature, are not the ones com¥mitting the crimes.Ó GUN: Instructor stresses Ôbeing smartÕ From page 1 Cargill, a Army veteran, said he carries his gun everywhere he can, including while jog¥ging and when he goes to the gym. He said he has carried a concealed handgun for 20 years but has never removed it from its holster. ÒItÕs about being smart, not strong,Ó Cargill said. The class broke up the mo¥notony of law discussions and conflict resolution techniques with related YouTube videos and guest speakers, includ¥ing William Pieper, a UT Po¥lice Department crime preven¥tion officer. Several references were made during breaks in the class to the anti-gun rally held Friday. Kory Zipperer, the concealed carry groupÕs executive offi¥cer, commented that at about 50 attendees, there were twice as many people in the class as at the rally. ÒAnd you guys paid to be here,Ó Zipperer said. But not everyone who attend¥ed the class supports concealed carry on campus. At least one person in the class had also at¥tended the rally, and the crowd had varying reasons for want¥ing a concealed carry license. In Texas, records of concealed handgun license holders are not public information, and no one in the class was interviewed to re¥spect their privacy. Texas has had concealed carry laws on the books since 1995, when the 74th Legisla¥ture and then-Gov. George W. Bush passed the bill, which had been vetoed by former Gov. Ann Richards. The bill has been amend¥ed several times since then, in¥cluding adding the privacy clause in 2007. Concealed carry advocates have most recently pushed for the laws to include public university campuses and to eliminate the ability of em¥ployers to block guns in com¥pany parking lots. Patrick McGuinness and Lar¥ry Gonzales, who are both run¥ning for state representative, spoke before the class, asking for support on their campaigns and expanding concealed car¥ry laws. ÒYouÕre helping make Texas a safer place,Ó McGuinness told the class. John Woods, who leads the coalition against guns on cam¥pus, said he would have attend¥ed the class if heÕd had time. Woods said he thinks concealed carry licenses are too easy to obtain, especially out-of-state licenses that Texas honors with looser requirements. ÒI donÕt see how a couple of hours in a classroom and a pret¥ty easy shooting test makes you trained,Ó he said. Cargill said Texas has stricter concealed carry requirements than other states, including Georgia, where he said he only had to provide fingerprints to become licensed. But he said training should not stop with the class Ñ concealed carry li¥cense holders should practice with their weapons and take courses offered by the Na¥ tional Rifle Association and Texas State Rifle Association. 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All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAYÕS WEATHER LowHigh 68 55 BW2 love a¥¥air Designer: Olivia Hinton www.dailytexanonline.com Monday, April 19, 2010 WORLD&NATION THE DAILY TEXAN A woman carries a load of garbage through the streets of Hoi An, Vietnam. Located on the coast of the South China Sea, the old town of Hoi An was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO to preserve buildings from the 15th to the 19th century. Photos by Derek Stout Long before the sun rises, the hum of motorbikes and the bustle of the markets begin to permeate through the cities of Vietnam. Whether working in the market or in the fields, a certain resilience is evident in the dai¥ly routine of the Vietnamese people. This country that rises before dawn falls silent soon after dusk in prepa¥ration for another laborious day. Amidst hundreds of years of struggle in the forms of imperialist threats and political instability, the Vietnamese people have labored endlessly to preserve their way of life. April 30 marks the 35th anniversary of Reunification Day, or Victory Day as it is commonly referred to in Vietnam. It was on this day in 1975 that the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, which signalled the end of the Vietnam War. This effectively began the reunification period between North and South Vietnam. Ñ Derek Stout If I believe in your god and another life, IÕd bet my future harp against your golden crown that in 500 years there may ÔÔbe no New York or London, but theyÕll be growing paddy in these fields, theyÕll be carrying their produce to market on long poles wearing their pointed hats.Ó Ñ Graham Greene, ÒThe Quiet AmericanÓ Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Roberto Cervantes Dan Treadway OPINION Monday, April 19, 2010 Lauren Winchester GALLERY THE DAILY TEXAN GALLERY Important lessons for tax protesters The Daily TexanÕs Friday front page con¥tained articles about the Cactus Cafe debate, a UT baseball player inspired by Jackie Rob¥inson, the State Board of Education taking public comments on new textbook standards and a few hundred people who protested taxes Thursday afternoon. The tax protesters Ñ whom I will not refer to by their histori¥cally perverse moniker Ñ could learn some¥thing from the other articles. The first headline, ÒDebate continues over destiny of Cactus Cafe,Ó is about the latest development in the ongoing discussion of the fate of the only bar on campus. The tax protest¥ers could use this to learn about productively work¥ing and compromising with an adversary to find a pragmatic solution. When the Texas Union Board of Directors an¥nounced in January its de¥cision to close the cafe, stu¥dents and community mem¥bers were irate. Within hours of the announcement, Facebook groups, blogs and websites popped up to express both frustration with the decision to close the campus landmark and the hasty, closed-door pro¥cess by which the decision was made. After the dust settled, however, cafe advocates worked on solutions. Stu¥dents worked with the media and other cam¥pus institutions and developed a number of alternatives to closing the cafe like moving it to the UniversityÕs alumni center, preserv¥ing it as a museum and giving operation and management power to students. Administrators, stubborn and arrogant at first, eventually gave cafe advocates a seat at the table. ThursdayÕs Student Leader Fo¥rum was one of many discussions about the fate of the cafe. There is no guise of affec¥tion between the two parties, but they are willing to work with each other to find a reasonable solution. What reasonable solutions have the tax protesters offered? Nullify the health care bill passed by the popularly elected Congress and signed by the popularly and constitu¥tionally elected president? Balance the bud¥get without raising taxes? Cactus Cafe sup¥porters show how pragmatism, compromise and the willingness to work with adversaries leads to results, and the tax protesters should follow suit. Another headline, ÒLegend inspires play¥erÕs dream,Ó an article about a UT baseball player drawing inspiration from the legend¥ary Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson, should remind the tax protesters that they are not op¥pressed. RobinsonÕs grandfather was a slave, and Robinson and his contemporaries were brutalized for playing sports. Friday was also the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.Õs penning of ÒLet¥ter From a Birmingham Jail,Ó which he wrote while imprisoned for nonviolent equal-rights protests. The article and episode should give the tax protest¥ers perspective. About 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education and about 90 years after the 19th Amend¥ment, claiming that taxes and a health care bill con¥stitute a government Òop¥pressive in its size, [in] its intrusion into the lives of our citizens,Ó as Gov. Rick Perry did makes them look ridiculous. ÒPanel seeks public input in textbook showdownÓ was another headline in FridayÕs paper. The social studies textbook controver¥sy aside, the tax protesters turn history and the con¥cepts of public input com¥pletely inside-out. High taxes did not make the Sons of Liberty dump tea into Boston Harbor Ñ a government in which they had no voice did. Tax protesters can vote in elections and run for office. Politicians regularly sought public input in the health care debate spanning al¥most a year, but many of the tax protestersÕ idea of public input is shouting matches at town halls. The three articles on FridayÕs front page should remind the tax protesters that they are a political group protesting public pol¥icy in an incredibly incendiary and coun¥terproductive manner Ñ not patriots fighting oppression. Luippold is a government and journalism senior. LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT admin¥istration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Stu¥dent Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@daily¥texanonline.com. Letters must be fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit for brev¥ity, clarity and liability. SUBMIT A COLUMN The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Columns must be between 200 and 700 words. Send columns to editor@dailytexanonline.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability. RECYCLE! Please remember to recycle this copy of The Daily Texan by placing it in a recycling bin around campus or back in the burnt-orange stand where you found it. THE FIRING LINE Help move Austin forward I read Emily GrubertÕs ÒThe tragedy of coalÓ article in WednesdayÕs edition of the Texan and was glad to see that someone else is concerned about the toxic effects of coal on both communities and the environment. As an intern for the Sierra Club, I do a lot of work for our Beyond Coal campaign, which is an effort to move the nation beyond dirty coal and toward cleaner alternative sources of energy. Texas, in par¥ticular, currently has 17 coal-fired power plants and 12 additional proposed plants, more than any other state in the country! Austin relies on coal shipped from Wyoming to supply a third of the cityÕs electricity. The Fayette Power Project located outside of La Grange pro¥vides this energy, but at a dirty cost. Austin suffers from some of the byproducts of burning coal, one of which includes high levels of ground-level ozone in our breathing air. Not only does this contribute to and aggravate asthma-related symptoms, it has moved our city to nonattainment status under the new Clean Air Act standards, which will take effect at the end of this year. This means that AustinÕs breathing air is not meeting the ground-level ozone standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Austin City Council will vote on Austin EnergyÕs Generation Plan on Earth Day (April 22). The plan includes a move toward more renewable sources of energy and the potential to phase out of the Fayette Power Project. If adopted, this plan will make Austin the fifth most progressive city in the nation. Help move Austin forward and let the council members know that you support the plan by visiting this link: http://cleanenergyforaustin.org/action. html. Ñ Michelle Camp Liberal arts sophomore Why some students fight for guns on campus In John WoodsÕ April 16 column ÒRally to fight guns on campus,Ó Woods parroted the claim that the fight to legalize licensed concealed carry on Texas college campuses is part of a malevolent scheme by an evil gun lobby. If Woods were to accept that this movement started and continues as a grassroots effort by students and citizens concerned about per¥sonal safety and personal liberty, he might be forced to argue his position based on the facts, rather than on the basis of rhetoric and conspiracy theories. Woods doesnÕt want to admit that what heÕs up against isnÕt some grand conspiracy between gun manufacturers and the NRA; itÕs students and citi¥zens who, armed with the facts, are slowly chipping away at his weak, emotionally charged arguments that only sound compelling when limited to short, unchallenged sound bites. Anyone who wants to see the true face of WoodsÕ opposition should visit the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus Facebook group and look at the almost 45,000 students, parents, faculty members, college employees and citizens who have joined the fight for campus carry rights. Anyone who wants to know why SCCCÕs members support campus carry rights should visit StudentsForConcealedCarryOnCampus.com. As for WoodsÕ statement that he Òpurchased... a machine gun with a photocopy of an expired Texas driverÕs license,Ó I notice that, after it was pointed out that this would make Woods guilty of both a third-degree felony under Texas Penal Code ¤46.05(a)(2) and a federal crime under 26 U.S.C. ¤5861(b), the online version of the story was Òcor¥rectedÓ to state that he Òpurchased...a semiauto¥matic version of a machine gun.Ó Of course, those of us who first called WoodsÕ obvious error to the attention of the editorial board also recognize that referring to a firearm as a semiautomatic version of a machine gun is like referring to a car as a four¥wheeled version of a motorcycle. Most of the fire¥arms sold in the United States, from hunting rifles to handguns, are semi-automatic. Unlike machine guns, they fire only one bullet each time the trig¥ger is pulled. Anyone who doesnÕt understand the difference between a semiautomatic firearm and a machine gun can find a detailed explanation at ProtestEasyGunsLIES.com. Ñ W. Scott Lewis Austin resident Former SCCC National Media Coordinator College Republicans should not defend Rove I am somewhat amused by the level of anger and sophomoric flack my letter in last weekÕs Firing Line has elicited from the College Republicans on cam¥pus. In their small world of even smaller minds, I have become infamous. I find it naive of them to believe that Rove is a fine fellow, a good American, or that the only monetary outlay necessary to keep CodePinkÕs pink, fur-lined handcuffs off of him will be footed by their campus club and its off-campus supporters. I also found it amusing to hear these young admirers of Rove get so angry at me. I seemed to provide an easy target for their misunderstanding of and disdain for all things liberal and anti-war. What do these students hate so much about the notion of peace or that we Americans might be better off hav¥ing an ethic of shared responsibility for one another? What kind of world do they envision? The only solace in this tirade is the assurance that many of these students will outgrow their current views on politicians like Rove and Bush. Many of them will undoubtedly become more thoughtful, caring human beings as they age and mature and grow to understand the ramifications of what Karl RoveÕs brand of politics does to a nationÕs soul, not to mention what is has already done to countless dead and damaged people in Iraq. We are daily becoming increasingly aware of what RoveÕs actions and advice to others in the Bush administration enabled in terms of making torture commonplace, lying to Congress and to the American people and the damage this has done to our nationÕs moral standing in the world. The comments of these young reactionaries are not typical of UT students, but even a vocal minority can tarnish the reputation of a whole campus. Peace ... for a change. Ñ Susan Cook Government senior High taxes did not make the Sons of Liberty dump tea into the Boston Harbor Ñ a government in which they had no voice did. Monday, April 19, 2010 NEWS ROVE: Protesters expected at event, Students think inside the box people urged to listen to answers Architecture students pay tribute to Central ParkÕs designer through contest By Julie Bissinger Daily Texan Staff Architecture students in¥stalled their work in 25 plant¥er boxes outside the Harry Ran¥som Center to honor Freder¥ick Law Olmsted, common¥ly known as the father of land¥scape architecture. Olmsted, who was born on April 26, 1822 and designed Cen¥tral Park in New York City, would have turned 188 on Friday. The student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects hosted the second annual competition. Students with the top designs installed their work at the Ransom Cen¥ter, where they will be on dis¥play for 10 days. The competition was open to all UT students. Designs ranging from card¥board sculptures to bamboo sticks standing in small white rocks filled planter boxes on the west side of the center. ÒStudents were given $40 to build out their 5-by-5 foot de¥sign, and that budget leads to in¥genuity,Ó said Erika Huddleston, treasurer of the society and land¥scape architecture graduate stu¥dent. ÒSome [students] used recy¥cled materials, and this year, one student returned her check, un¥cashed, to [the society] after cre¥atively scavenging for all-found materials to build a sawdust and boulder bonsai garden.Ó The exhibition gives students who regularly draft plans and sections for studio projects the opportunity to actually build and install a small design they drew, Huddleston said. Architecture graduate student Wade Miller used four sanded wood stumps and sawdust to create his design. ÒI cut down a tree in my yard and wanted to do something with the pieces, so I thought I would incorporate them into this project,Ó Miller said. Miller said his design is com¥parable to an Asian rock garden, ÔÔ From page 1 motivations and the way he op¥erates.Ó On Wednesday, The Daily Tex¥an published a Firing Line col¥umn by government senior Susan Cook criticizing the University for hosting Rove. Although she incor¥rectly asserted that the University would be footing the bill Ñ spon¥sors and partner organizations of College Republicans are paying for all costs, including security, associ¥ated with the speaker Ñ she told the Texan she is also concerned that a figure she considers a criminal is being given credit on campus. ÒI love the fact that universities are a place to voice divergent opinions on issues and expose young peo¥ple to all kinds of different ways of thinking so they can come out with a well-informed opinion to move on to the next stage of their [lives],Ó Cook said. ÒItÕs not a matter of dif¥ference of opinion. ItÕs that I donÕt consider him a good role model for young people or anyone.Ó Because Rove is such a conten¥tious figure, Ellis said College Re¥ ÒThis was a chance for us to and hula-hooped while encour¥get creative through mediums aging onlookers to participate. publicans expects protesters at the event. He said that although pro¥testing is an important element of free speech, he hopes it will not keep people from listening to what Rove has to say. ÒItÕs important that people come hear the other side of the story for once,Ó Ellis said. ÒItÕs easy to call someone the devil or a war crimi¥nal, but I hope the people who hold those opinions come hear him speak and let him answer those charges.Ó Rove has roots at UT. He was briefly an undergraduate student here in the 1970s and also taught classes in the 1990s as an under¥graduate guest lecturer and at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs. Government profes¥sor Daron Shaw, who met Rove at UT, said the event is an opportuni¥ty for students to hear from a man who has had an enormous impact on Texas and national politics. ÒUniversity students ought to be exposed to a wide range of intellec¥tual ideas and viewpoints,Ó Shaw said. ÒWe can trust people to pick and choose what they find compel¥ling and what they disagree with.Ó we can play with,Ó he said. ÒI ÒWe wanted to show the as¥am exploring different land-pect of landscape as theater and SG: Representatives honored by job forms, [types of gravel and soil] push that to a smaller scale,Ó Shannon Bronson, event coordi- From page 1 nator and landscape architecture graduate student. ÒSG has the issue of thinking too The society chose to use the short-term,Ó OÕRourke said. ÒWe Ransom CenterÕs planter boxes look at things happening our year This was a chance for us to get creative through because the boxes are often left and donÕt look to see how weÕre go¥ mediums we can play with.Ó empty throughout the year, said. ing to continue the things that we ÒThe boxes are under full start. SG would benefit from conti¥ Ñ Justin Campbell, Architecture graduate student shade and are not irrigated,Ó nuity in sustaining these initiatives said Meg Kyle, president of the over time.Ó society and landscape architec- Parks and Kabir referenced the but he used sawdust instead of sand and wood stumps instead of rocks. Architecture graduate student Justin Campbell used different types of gravel and plant seeds in his design. Campbell piled some areas of the gravel and soil higher than others and scattered seeds throughout. and plant seeds in my design.Ó The plant seeds will eventu¥ally blossom into flowers and plants, which will cover the soil, Campbell said. ÒI feel like a kid playing with mud,Ó he said. ÒItÕs fun.Ó To contrast the boxes contain¥ing static designs, three students stood in their respective boxes to empower students and let them know they can speak, and that when they do, it matters.Ó The previous assembly voted University-wide representatives Alex Ferraro and Carly Castetter as assembly representatives of the year for their work on reforming the election code. Both representa¥tives showed a willingness to speak out on issues inside and outside of SG meetings, Ferraro said, and he said he hopes the next assembly will do the same. ÒIn SG, we have a lot more abil¥ity to get things done than I even realized when I was getting in,Ó Ferraro said. ÒI hope they will speak out in the assembly or set up a meeting with an administra¥tor in the department they need to work with.Ó ture graduate student. ÒThis provides us with a controlled environment.Ó Kyle said she hopes stu¥dents outside of the architec¥ture school will notice the in¥stallations. ÒWe want to get other stu¥dents interested in whatÕs going on in the architecture school,Ó she said. student voices that were present dur¥ing the election campaigns in Febru¥ary and March and reinforced their commitment to following through on promises in their platform. ÒStudents spoke, and I think itÕs important that we continue to en¥gage students, and not just speak for students but empower them to speak for themselves,Ó Kabir said. ÒSG is a resource, and we are here           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. 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Horns sweep Aggies to extend winning streak to 12 games with dominant pitching performances By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff COLLEGE STATION Ñ Tex¥asÕ weekend excursion to Col¥lege Station for games two and three of its series with Texas A&M was more than just bat¥ting practice or a lesson on text¥book pitching and defense Ñ it was complete domination. The Longhorns put the fin¥ishing touches on a three-game series sweep of the Aggies that featured two complete game shutouts and an unnecessary extra-inning nailbiter Friday. ÒObviously, thatÕs not what youÕre expecting every time, but it worked out real well,Ó Bran¥don Workman said about Tex¥asÕ pitching. ÒEven Jungmann on Friday, he only went sev¥en, but he was shut out in sev¥en. We all threw real well this weekend. We had a real good weekend for our staff.Ó Workman threw his third complete game of the season in the 8-0 win, this time a four-hit shutout. ÒSunday run support is nice,Ó Workman said. ÒEarly, I thought they gave all the runs to Cole on Saturday, but they came through with them for me later on in the game.Ó SundayÕs eight runs on 10 MENÕS TRACK Horns get revenge over Razorbacks By Jim Pagels Daily Texan Staff The crowd may have been much smaller, the stakes much lower and the competition field limited to only one team, but the menÕs track and field team still approached Sat¥urdayÕs dual meet against Arkan¥sas with the same intensity as Tex¥as Relays. Competing on their home track just two weeks after Texas Relays Ñ one of the biggest events in the nation, which attracted more than 35,000 fans during its four days Ñ the meet Saturday seemed minute in comparison. The once-full stands now held only about 50 specta¥tors, and there certainly seemed to be more cheering teammates than fans. The lack of an audience didnÕt stop the team from getting revenge on one of their main rivals, though. The No. 35 Longhorns dominated the No. 17 Razorbacks, 122-76. UT won 14 of 19 events, including all hits, which included three home runs courtesy of Russell Moldenhauer, Kevin Keyes and Jordan Etier, seemed tame in comparison to SaturdayÕs per¥formance. Texas exploded for 14 runs on 18 hits, while start¥er Cole Green spun a one-hit, complete game shutout. ÒI think weÕve gotten to where, as a team, theyÕre play¥ing great defense,Ó said Green, who struck out just four but forced 12 groundouts. ÒI wouldnÕt be able to be doing stuff like that if it wasnÕt for my defense. I think weÕre very com¥fortable where we are, playing real good D, and then our of¥fense is timely. It was happen¥ing tonight.Ó Kevin Keyes led the offensive Bobby Longoria | Daily Texan Staff onslaught with a pair of home Texas rightfielder Kevin Keyes celebrates at home plate after hitting a three-run home run Sunday. runs and four RBI. ÒIt was a good day. We all fo¥cused at the plate today,Ó Keyes Hot Texas bats combine for 26 runs in three said. ÒHitting is contagious. ItÕs games, rally around consecutive hits, home runs a team effort. If everybodyÕs hit- Amanda Martin | Daily Texan Staff Sophomore sprinter Trevante Rhodes gets ready for a race two weeks ago at the Texas Relays. but one on the track. In dual meets, first-place finish¥ers in each event are awarded five points for their team, with places two through four receiving three, two and one point respectively. UT lost 88-81 to Arkansas in a dual meet in their first event of the year this January. Much of this success was attrib¥uted to freshman Keiron Stew¥art and sophomore Trevante Rho¥des, who both won two individu¥al events before teaming up with MEN continues on page 8 to baseball, or life for that matter. ÒI donÕt buy into [expecta¥tions] or assumptions,Ó Garrido said after FridayÕs 4-3 win over Texas A&M in 11 innings. ÒThey both kill you.Ó Still, with the way Texas has been playing during its 12-game win streak, there is one expec- WOMENÕS TRACK Texas uses mental game to overcome bad weather By Ryan Betori Texas A&M, both top 10 teams. Daily Texan Staff Because it is outdoor season, The Longhorns may have trav-difficult weather can really al¥eled outside of Austin this week-ter performances. Learning to end, but they still couldnÕt escape deal effectively with this adver¥the bad weather. Despite com-sity will be a huge gain for the peting in con¥ditions that head coach Beverly Kear¥ney described as Òrainy, cold ÔÔ Working under these and difficult,Ó conditions will help the team put forth a sound prepare us for later on.Óeffort at Satur¥ Ñ Beverly Kearney dayÕs Michael Johnson Clas-Head coach sic hosted by Baylor. ÒWe gave some pretty good performances, considering the circumstances,Ó Kearney said. ÒWorking under these conditions will help prepare us for later on.Ó It didnÕt help that the Long¥horns were going against some stiff competition in Baylor and tation the Horns donÕt seem to mind Ñ winning. Or maybe not. ÒYou donÕt play to win, you play inning by inning and let the game come to you,Ó soph¥omore Jordan Etier said after SundayÕs 8-0 win in the driz¥zling rain. ÒIf youÕre playing the game right, it will come to OFFENSE continues on page 8 Longhorns as the championship ap¥proaches. After all, this yearÕs NCAA National Champi¥onship will be held in Eugene, Ore., Ñ a place where the weather can get ugly fast. On Saturday, the Longhorns proved that they have the mental toughness to overcome such conditions. This was especially evident in the per¥formance of pole vaulter Natasha Masterson. The freshman placed first in the event at the meet, but more impressively, she cleared the WOMEN continues on page 8 SIDELINE NBA Playoffs Oklahoma City 79 Los Angeles 87 (LAL 1-0) Charlotte 89 Orlando 98 (ORL 1-0) San Antonio 94 Dallas 100 (DAL 1-0) NHL Playoffs Phoenix 4 Detroit 2 (PHO 2-1) New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 3 (PHI 2-1) Pittsburgh 4 Ottawa 2 (PIT 2-1) MLB American League Chicago White Sox 4 Cleveland 7 Texas 2 New York Yankees 5 Los Angeles Angels 3 Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 7 Boston 1 Kansas City 10 Minnesota 5 National League Colorado 3 Atlanta 4 Milwaukee 11 Washington 7 Florida 2 Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 5 Houston 3 Chicago Cubs 2 ON THE WEB: MenÕs golf and womenÕs tennis coverage @dailytexan online.com SPORTS BRIEFLY Horns finish tied for seventh at Lake Natoma Invitational The Longhorns set off for Sac¥ramento, Calif., this past week¥end to compete against some of the top rowing teams in the country at the second annual Lake Natoma Invitational regatta. The Longhorns put in a solid effort in the first session Saturday morning with the first and sec¥ond varsity eight teams finishing with times of 6:49.70 and 6:53.45, placing third behind No. 3 Stan¥ford and No. 11 Wisconsin. The Texas varsity four team grasped a time of 7:43.60, also falling to Stanford and Wisconsin. Over¥all, these scores set the Long¥horns at a tie for seventh place with Minnesota and Sacramento State in the first day of the com¥petition. In the second session on Saturday evening, TexasÕ first varsity eight team, second var¥sity eight team and varsity four team finished their races in third place again with times of 7:11.52, 7:11.97 and 7:56.08, behind No. 2 California and No. 19 Tennessee. The Horns are to race their third and final session in the C finals on Sunday afternoon. The Texas novice eight squad, however, came out with top re¥sults their first session, nabbing a victory with a time of 6:56.20. The team consisted of coxswain Erin Gamez, stroke Taylor Park¥er, Madeline Shaw, Callan Win¥go, Chelsea Burns, Lyndsey Du-Bose, Emily Gross, Sarah Peder¥sen and Jillian Domingue. The team earned a place in the G Fi¥nal with California and Wash¥ington State. The Longhorns fin¥ished third in the C group on Sunday. Needless to say, Texas lost its winning streak. After more than 30 wins in the past regattas this spring semester, the Horns fell to fierce competition in this Califor¥nia regatta. The Longhorns will head back to the waters on May 1 for the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla. Ñ Emily Brlansky ting on this team, itÕs hard to get us out.Ó Excluding Keyes, four other Longhorns had three hits, and only one player went without a hit. TexasÕ 14-0 win Saturday was its largest margin of victory BASEBALL continues on page 8 By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff COLLEGE STATION Ñ One thing is certain after talking to Texas head coach Augie Garrido for any length of time Ñ nothing surprises him. ThatÕs because he doesnÕt have any expectations when it comes BASEBALL: Longhorns are finding ways to win From page 7 since a 15-run win in 1939. ÒThis was our Sunday perfor¥mance,Ó Garrido said about Sat¥urdayÕs game, joking about Tex¥asÕ tendency to have its best of¥fensive games on Sunday. ÒThis is kind of the way itÕs happened on Sunday. ItÕs why we think itÕs in there, and it doesnÕt come out all the time. Jungmann set the tone for Tex¥asÕ weekend rotation with his seven-inning, 11-strike out, two¥hit performance. Despite hand¥ing the ball over to the usually reliable Chance Ruffin with a 3-0 in the eighth inning, Texas found itself having to go into extra in¥nings to pull out the 4-3 victory, its fourth come-from-behind Fri¥day win. ÒEverybody has a bad day. Chance didnÕt have his day today,Ó Jungmann said. ÒItÕs tough to watch, but when Chance got out if it in the ninth, he was fine.Ó In two innings of work, Ruffin gave up three runs, two earned, on five hits. While Ruffin can shoulder part of the blame, Tex¥asÕ normally airtight defense also had a shaky performance in the eighth and ninth innings. In the top of the ninth, a rou¥tine ground ball to short put Texas A&MÕs leadoff hitter on first by way of a Brandon Loy error. On the next at bat, Matt Juengel hit a short blooper to shallow left field that Cohl Walla misplayed with a poor¥ly timed dive, giving Juengel a double and putting men on sec¥ond and third. A double by sophomore Adam Smith brought both Ag¥gies home before Ruffin was able to get out of the inning with a fly out and strike out. It looked like the game was heading into the 12th when Tex¥as had two shallow fly outs with the bases loaded when Jonathan Walsh sent a hard-hit ground¥er down the third baseline that A&MÕs Caleb Shofner couldnÕt field cleanly and sent pinch run¥ner Sam Stafford home for the game-winning run on the error. ÒAll the things you can expect to happen, didnÕt happen,Ó Gar¥rido said. ÒThe unexpected is what won the game.Ó MEN: Horns dominate pole vault, shot put From page 7 freshmen Emerson Sanders and Marquise Goodwin to win the 4x100-meter relay. Stewart, a Jamaican native, dominated the hurdles, winning the 110-meter with the fourth-fast¥est time in the nation this year and then taking the 400-meter race with a personal record 51.81. Rhodes stood out in the sprints, winning the 100-meter with a blis¥tering time of 10.40 and then fol¥lowing that up with a personal re¥cord 21.16 The Horns also dominated the field, sweeping the top three po¥sitions in both the pole vault and shot put. Junior Kenny Greaves, who has battled injuries most of the season, looked to be in top form, notching a personal record 16-7.5 to win the pole vault. Freshman shot putter Hayden Baillio, who has won almost ev¥ery event this season, came storming back after finishing third at Texas Relays last week¥end to place first with a person¥al record 60-1.25. It was a record¥setting day all around for Baillio, who also hurled a personal re¥cord of 173-5 to win the discus. His throw was over 16 feet bet¥ter than sophomore Jacob Thor¥maehlen, who finished second to Baillio in both events. Senior all-American Tevan Ev¥erett and freshman star Goodwin returned to the track after missing Texas Relays from injuries. Ever¥ett edged his twin brother, Tevas, by one second to win the 800-me¥ter, and Goodwin placed second in the 100-meter. Both contributed to TexasÕ two relay victories. Head coach Bubba Thornton was satisfied with the teamÕs performance but viewed it as a building block going forward to the all-important Penn Re¥lays this weekend in Philadel¥phia, Pa. ÒWe were really happy with how the guys came out and per¥formed today,Ó Thornton said. ÒWinning an event like this shows what kind of team you have, and I liked how the guys competed to¥day. They raced and werenÕt just out there running. We also had some solid performances in the field events. This is a good start, but weÕll need to build from here as we move forward.Ó After this weekendÕs perfor¥mance, the Horns certainly look like they can do some serious damage this weekend at the larg¥est track meet in the nation. Senior sprint¥er Tevas Everett, right, runs at the Texas Relays back in early April at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff OFFENSE: Middle of lineup comes up big for Texas From page 7 you, and you will win.Ó TexasÕ trademark pitching and defense lived up to expec¥tations, but it was the unexpect¥ed long ball that led the Horns in all three games against the Ag¥gies to sweep their third-straight conference series. ÒWe hit with power, and our runs are coming off the long ball, but weÕve been consistent with an attempt to be productive each of the innings,Ó Garrido said. ÒItÕs coming alive.Ó The Longhorns scored 13 runs off seven home runs in the three game sweep. ItÕs been a big change from a team who only hit 53 home runs in 67 games last season. They have 39 dingers in only 36 games this year. The majority of the bombs this weekend came from the middle of the lineup. Garrido joked earlier this year that if they could ever get Tant Shepherd, Cameron Rupp, Russell Moldenhauer and Kevin Keyes hit¥ting at the same time, they might have something special. He was right. The foursome combined to earn five of the seven home runs and 17 RBI this weekend. ÒThe ball looked a lot bigger to me up there,Ó junior Keyes said. ÒMost people donÕt think we play that much long ball, but everyone is getting in a groove this year.Ó ItÕs more than just the middle of the order. Throw in Etier, who hit a solo shot to left Sunday and Kevin Lusson who fought off 11 pitches before driving a ball over the right field fence to put the Horns up 3-0 on Friday. ÒHe came inside with fast¥balls, and I kept fighting them off and the last one was a lot better,Ó Lusson said. ÒHe put it there, and I hit it.Ó Garrido was pleased, too. ÒIt was the best individual battle at the plate this year by any player on the team, so hope¥fully he set a watermark for the others to follow.Ó Saturday was a different sto¥ry as the Horns pounded Aggie pitchers for 14 runs on 18 hits. And with three aces like Tay¥lor Jungmann, Cole Green and Brandon Workman, who com¥bined for 25 shutout innings and only seven hits, Texas batters have less pressure at the plate. ÒIt relaxes us so much, and itÕs easier to play behind them know¥ing they wonÕt give up many runs,Ó Keyes said. The big difference? The Horns arenÕt letting the little things bother them and just grinding it out. ÒThey arenÕt getting down on themselves Ñ thatÕs the differ¥ence between our offensive con¥sistency and earlier this year,Ó Garrido said. ÒThatÕs the area the hitters have grown in. They are forgiving themselves.Ó WOMEN: Longhorns focusing on individual performances From page 7 es, and it puts her two feet shy in the long jump at the Texas Re-tition, but it was a long day.Ó of breaking former Longhorn lays, continued her trend of out-Next week, the Longhorns will second highest height in Long-Ashley LaughlinÕs record. door success. The junior finished be competing in the Penn Re¥ horn history with her vault of In addition to Masterson, a slew second in the event with her leap lays. Hosted in Philadelphia, Pa., 4.20 meters. The clearance out-of other Longhorns claimed podi-of 6.08 meters. Also notable were the meet is considered by many did MastersonÕs previous per-um spots. Two throwers, senior two third-place finishes, sopho-to be one of the best regular-sea¥sonal best by just under six inch-shot putter Jordyn Brown and mores Julie Amthor in the 800-me-son events in the country. To suc¥ sophomore discus thrower Ok-ter and Stacey-Ann Smith in the ceed, the Longhorns will have to Monday, April 19, 2010 LIFE&ARTS ARTIST: Letscher draws inspiration from self-produced childrenÕs book From page 12 took a couple of days to draft, Letscher said. But the produc¥tion became a never-ending spi¥ral of creativity where artwork would point to more stories, and more stories would lead to more creation. And though ÒThe Perfect Ma¥chineÓ is finished, Letscher does not halt his artistic drive. Instead, he streams his ideas onto his next project. ÒI keep going on with it, and I try not to evaluate or be too con¥scious in steering myself,Ó he said. Letscher, soft-spoken and shy, remains humble when talking about the growing popularity of his collage work and the six per¥sonal shows he has this year, in¥cluding one in Barcelona, Spain and another in Madrid. LetscherÕs first fond memories of art were wandering around the old art buildingÕs halls while his moth¥er was taking art classes at UT. ÒMy mother was the one [who] encouraged me, got me started, showed me art books, told me about people and told me how to do things,Ó Letscher said. It wasnÕt long before he found himself on old, familiar grounds. Letscher graduated from UT with a bachelorÕs in fine arts and then beat out 70 applicants to be the only graduate student in the paint¥ing department of his class. Though he has a painting back¥ground, LetscherÕs first works were realistic woodcarvings. He said the way he used to draw was to look at something and draw it accurately instead of by memory or using his imagination. He trans¥lated this skill into a traditional woodcarving technique. Shortly thereafter, though, Letscher found himself at a dead end. His carvings were taking too much time, the materials were too expensive and his large sculptures were difficult too move Ñ all of which made it hard for him to get into art shows. Letscher soon started to make simple drawings at night and then cut the drawings up and glue WHAT: Book signing and gallery talk with Lance Letscher WHERE: D Berman Gallery, 1701 Guadalupe St. WHEN: Saturday, April 24 at 1 p.m. TICKETS: Free them back together to achieve a sense of depth. Since those nights, he has con¥tinually been making paper col¥lages ranging from 3 inches by 5 inches to 9 feet by 14 feet, us¥ing X-acto knives and rulers to make precise cuts and wallpa¥per glue to intricately paste his papers together. ÒI go through a lot of paper,Ó he said. ÒThere was a time in my life when I would go salvage things, get things out of the Dumpster, try to find things, but now I have to streamline.Ó Letscher said because he is book¥ing more shows, he doesnÕt have time to go out and find papers. Over the years, though, Letscher has accumulated 100 cubic feet of paper, which amounts to the size of a Toyota Prius. Some of the pa¥pers are from his days of rum¥maging through Half Price BooksÕ Dumpsters, others are bought and some are given to him by family and friends. Though he has collected a mass amount of supplies, he said he does not keep the papers orga¥nized and frequently rummages through the pile for inspiration. ÒI have to go look for things be¥cause then, I see things I didnÕt think of,Ó he said. ÒI see things that make me think of other things. The process of constantly going through my inventory keeps it fresher. Things donÕt get stuck.Ó Letscher said creating is the most important thing to him. He said even though he does have a lot of shows and has to make a lot of pieces, he doesnÕt want to just produce work. He wants to create it. ÒIÕve learned this very strong distinction from between pro¥ducing artwork and creating art¥work,Ó he said. Reggae Fest attracts free spirits Record Day lures vinyl enthusiasts By Amber Genuske Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of independent re¥cord stores across the globe, in¥cluding 11 in Austin, united Sat¥urday to celebrate the third an¥nual Record Store Day with spe¥cial and limited-edition vinyls and CD releases, discounts and in-store performances. According to the site, record¥storeday.com, the holiday began in 2007 when Chris Brown and a group of his friends wanted to celebrate the art of music and the like-minded independent record stores that donÕt have corpora¥tions to tell them what to do. Austin is no stranger to the in¥dependent music scene, and lo¥cal record stores such as Water¥loo Records & Video, End of an Ear and BackSpin Records were some of the shops that partook in the celebration. Waterloo hosted an in-store performance by Mali band Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba and a signing by Texas singer¥songwriter Roky Erickson with an early release of his album, True Love Cast Out All Evil. The album was one of over 200 exclusive re¥leases, which included Beach HouseÕs Zebra 12-inch vinyl, Tom WaitsÕ Mule Variations 11th Anni¥versary 12-inch vinyl and Modest MouseÕs The Moon & Antarctica double LP 180-gram vinyl. ÒIt keeps [independent record stores] alive, I guess,Ó said Kelsey Wickliffe, a manager at Water¥loo Records. Ò[These are places] where you can buy physical mu¥sic and keep vinyl alive.Ó BackSpin Records buyer and clerk John Mark Lapham said the day was a success not only from a business standpoint but from a local event perspective, too. The shop served free beer in addi¥tion to performances by several DJs, including Ben Webster and Torran. The largest draw to the store, though, were the two cop¥ies of the Beastie BoysÕ white-la¥bel 12-inch vinyl that were gone in seconds, he said. ÒThe very beginning was the highlight for everyone because we had a lot of limited-edition re¥cords, so a lot of people traveled great distances,Ó he said, and then added with a laugh, ÒSo, we had a frantic, racing sort of thing going on there. There was a lot of music, and everyone had a great time.Ó Many of the stores, includ¥ing End of an Ear, participated in the Record Store Day Crawl that gave discounts to customers who boughtfromothershopsinvolved. End of an Ear co-owner Dan Plun¥kett said this collaboration helped make Saturday the largest sales day ever for the shop. ÒEvery store has their own speciality,Ó he said. ÒItÕs great to see people get excited about it, and I think every year, it will get better and better.Ó At the 17th annual Austin Reg¥gae Festival, tie-dye-clad Austini¥tes, reggae performers and ven¥dors filled Auditorium Shores from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. The attendees, decked out in quirky and flamboyant wardrobes, moved tightly from vendor to ven¥dor, dancing and smoking under the drizzling rain on Saturday af¥ternoon. The vendors, whose tents lined the outside of the park, sold a vari¥ety of wares from beaded bracelets, necklaces and tie-dyed items to Bob Marley posters and T-shirts as well as food from local restaurants. Headliners for this yearÕs event included the Easy Star All-Stars, the Mighty Diamonds and Sierra Le¥oneÕs Refugee All Stars. The festival benefitted the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas this year. In 2009, funds and food raised at the Austin Reggae Festival provid¥ed meals for more than 690,000 hun¥gry families throughout the Central Texas region. Ñ Rene Huynh WORKS: Visitors linger, ponder museumÕs pieces From page 12 were drawn to them. ÒI was sort of shocked and em¥barrassed that I had never done anything like [this] before unless I was assigned to for a paper,Ó said former graduate student Valerie Pearcy. Many expressed the feelings that the mandatory period of time caused them to see the works of art in a different light than if they had just attended the museum as usual and walked through all the exhibits, only spending a minute or two on each. Art amateurs said the event sparked an interest in art for them. ÒI think I was overwhelmed by the whole experience,Ó Austin res¥ident Laura Sledge said. ÒI need to come back.Ó Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: dailytexan@gmail.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 LIFE&ARTS Monday, April 19, 2010 www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN Collage artist displays ÔmachineÕ By Julie Rene Tran Daily Texan Staff An array of colorful paper strips cheerfully swathes the rustic, mechanical frame of a 9 mm gun. Only the tip and trig¥ger of the weapon remain un¥covered to remind viewers that although the object is given a lighthearted aesthetic, it is not a toy. From this gun to a neon-green bike decorated with geometric paper cutouts to a paper collage of a boy slumped in a chair, Aus¥tin artist Lance Letscher playful¥ly presents the juxtaposition of human emotion and machine in his new exhibition, ÒThe Perfect Machine.Ó The exhibit features collag¥es of objects in conjunction with the publication of the artistÕs first childrenÕs book of the same name. The book is set to release in September, and the exhibit is ongoing at D Berman Gallery un¥til May 15. Letscher said part of the rea¥son he wanted to write ÒThe Per¥fect MachineÓ was because he felt children today are required to use their imagination less. ÒThey watch TV, and they re-ally donÕt have to imagine any-This notion of putting imagina-perfect machine. thing,Ó he said. ÒAll the pictures tion into play resonates through-The outline of the story only are already there. Imagination is out ÒThe Perfect MachineÓ Ñ just no longer engaged the same a story about a boyÕs journey way as before.Ó to create what he thinks is the ARTIST continues on page 11 UT assumes top position of Playboy party rankings By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Columnist Playboy magazine named UT the No. 1 party school in the nation this weekend, claiming we have it all Ñ ÒBig-time sports, gorgeous babes, great academics in an awe¥some town.Ó ÒItÕs good to be a Longhorn,Ó the magazine says. To the residents of a campus area where bands put on live per¥formances in three-bedroom apart¥ments, the streets are flooded Thursday through Saturday with inebriated souls on the hunt for more to drink and a special bus line runs to and from Dirty Sixth Street in the middle of the night, this title shouldnÕt come as any surprise. The magazine praised all of these expected traits, but added a few of its own. ÒWeÕre talking to you, bikinied coed in DevilÕs Cove, and you, star wide receiver Jordan Shipley, and even the humanities library, which just purchased David Fos¥ter WallaceÕs papers,Ó the maga¥zine says. ÒWhen you add up ac¥ademics, the weather, the liber¥al atmosphere, South By South¥west, game day and the nightlife on Sixth Street, UT-Austin is one heck of a school.Ó Wait. What does the purchasing of David Foster WallaceÕs papers have to do with partying? And do academics really factor into our ability to party? If weÕre the No. 1 party school in the country, donÕt stretch to ac¥ademics. Recognize our ability to party. Take a stroll through West Campus on a Friday night, and ac¥ademics will probably be the last thing to come to mind. The magazine recognizes South By Southwest, which somehow increases the number of hipsters hitting the streets from noon to noon for an entire week, but over¥looks Roundup, which pulls off the same amazing feat for the ne¥on-clad equivalent. Playboy credits the liberal atmo¥sphere, but hey, our Young Conser¥vatives like to party, too. And one would have to assume that when the article references the weath¥er, it means sunny days and starry nights, but we all know UT parties hard Ñ rain or shine. This weekend proved that. Blanton asks guests to examine works closely By Vidushi Shrimali Daily Texan Staff After Aida Prazak attend¥ed Slow Art Day at the Blanton Museum of Art on Saturday, she was inspired to go home and cre¥ate some artwork of her own. ÒIcollect vintagebooksathome, and I just wanted to go home and rip up my books,Ó said Prazak, a sociology senior. Prazak said she fell in love with a collection of flowers painted over vintage books, which was a part of an exhibition called Òde¥sire.Ó For Slow Art Day, visitors to the Blanton were given a list of 10 pieces of artwork and then asked to pick a couple to spend five to 10 minutes mulling over. Though the collection of vin¥tage books was not on the list, visitors like Prazak said it was not unusual for them to be drawn to other works. Slow Art Day is an interna¥tional event hosted by the non¥profit Reading Odyssey with the purpose of asking adults to slow down and appreciate art. Blan¥ton spokeswoman Kaela Hosk¥ings said 45 cities participated from all over the world. ÒMost people look at a piece of art for five, 10 seconds,Ó Hoskings said. ÒFive to 10 min¥utes gives you a whole different perspective.Ó Those who chose to participate were handed a map with the lo¥cations of the ten pieces of art¥work, two of which were high¥lighted, a 16th-century wood¥work by Marcantonio Raimondi and a large 20th-century mixed¥media painting by Vernon Fish¥er. Everyone was asked to look at these two works specifically and then pick others from the list as they pleased. Hoskings made sure the 10 works she chose were spread out over the museum from different exhibits and time periods. ÒI looked for things I hadnÕt noticed before Ñ nuances that could be interesting to discuss,Ó Hoskings said. Visitors were then invited to purchase lunch at the Blanton Cafe across the gallery and dis¥cuss the pieces at noon. Seven guests attended the discussion that was part of the event, dur¥ing which they spoke about their favorite pieces and why they WORKS continues on page 11