Monday, January AND THE BUGS HAVE IT Aimee ‘Mann's the stage in Austin Saturday ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Longhorn defense pushes past Mizzou BES" milIDLE COPY ^ aily T exan S e rving The U niversity of Texas at A ustin for 1 0 3 ye ars w w w .d ailytexan online.com Proposal seeks to cover tuition to be offered Program to Legislature iroidd control pricing By Yvonne Llm Daily Texan S taff A draft plan released by the UT System last w eek reveals additional details of the grant program previously described as "free tuition." The grant program, tentatively called the Texas Compact, would be offered to the state 1 egislature on the condition that control over tuition pricing be given to the UT Board of Regents instead of state legislators. grants and scholarships that would be guaranteed by the UT System to cover the cost of tuition and required fees for all qualified undergraduate stu­ dents who come from families earning equal to or less than the state median household income. I he median household income for Texas in 2001 was $40,860. While the Compact resembles the TEXAS Grant program, the Com pact differs from TEXAS Grant largely in that it is bast'd on income level, rather than need, according to Richard Kerker, assistant vice chancellor for aca­ demic affairs in the UT System. "Need-based looks at family assets and determines [qualifica­ tion]," Kerker said. "Som e fami­ lies get caught with low incomes but high assets." For example, Kerker said that a farm ing fam ily could own property' worth $1 million, yet struggle to earn a steady income. That family would not qualify for a need-based grant like the TEXAS Grant, but would qualify for an income-based grant like the Texas Compact, given that the family earns less than the state median income. However, income-based grant programs have their disadvan­ tages as well, said Henry Urick, Student Financial Services assis­ tant director. Urick gave an example of two families with the same over-the- median income, both with four children. Family A's four chil­ dren all attend college while Fam ily B h a s only one child attending college. In this scenario, an income- based grant program would not award funds to either family because both incomes are over the median. However, a need-based grant program would probably award aid to Family A since it fam ily's would income in relation to the number of dependents attending college. consider the In fall 2(X)1, about 37 percent of the U niversity's 38,609 under­ graduate, full-time Texas resi­ dents received som e kind of need-based financial aid. O f those w h o received need-based financial aid, 63 percent came from families earning $40,(XX) or See TUITION, page 5 Dave M a rtin/A sso cia te d Pre ss Tam pa Bay B uccaneers’ Dexter Jackson, voted m ost valuable player of the gam e, holds the Vince Lom bardi Trophy and celebrates after the Bucs beat the Oakland Raiders 48-2 1 in Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego Sunday. SEE PAGE 11 The Com pact is a package of T r a i n i n g f o r t h e b a t t l e A lexan d ro Pedraza, an ROTC and Latin A m e rica n stu d ie s sen ­ ior, le a d s a group of Longhorn B a tta lio n ca d e ts through exer­ c ise s Friday m orning. ROTC stu ­ d en ts have train ed through a variety of exe rcise s to prepare th e m se lv e s for a p o ss ib ili­ ty of going to war in Iraq. M ike K a n e / Daily Texan S ta ff to assist slate budget Texas officials issue cuts on UT spending Request asks for 7-percent reduction By Elizab eth Esfahani Daily Texas S taff The UT System will be forced to eliminate more* than $100 million from its spending plans this \ ear, according to a letter issued by Texas' top officials Ihursday. Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David D ew hurst and House Speaker Tom C raddick have requested that state agencies —- including all university systems — immediately reduce this year's spending by 7 percent. "Sa\ m g s that can be achieved now will be key to resolving the state's budget issues for the remainder of this year and for the next bienni­ um the thret leaders said in a letter to lawm ak­ ers and state officials. The UT System will be a significant contributor - to mandated financial prudence expected to gen­ erate $700 million in savings. The money will counter the estimated $1.8 billion shortfall for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31 and the $10 billion deficit expected over the next two years. The annual appropriations of the $1.49 billion given to UT institutions by the state is all subject to the 7 percent cut. fiscally "'There will be tough choices to make, at the campus and at the System level, but these are choices that are absolutely necessary to m aintain­ state governm ent," ing a Chancellor Mark Yudof said. "T h is is the begin­ ning of a very difficult process of assessment for us and for the state, as we grapple with the impacts of the econom y on the current fiscal year and the upcoming biennium ." sound While the University says that it is still too early to know what cost-cutting measures will be taken, the three leaders asked universities and See SPENDING, page 2 STUDENT GOVERNMENT Resolution calls lor changes in racial policy SG h> role on creation board to hear harassment cases By Lauren R e in lle Daily Texan S taff Student Governm ent will vote Tuesday on a resolution calling for the UT administration to adopt a new racial harassm ent and discrim ina­ tion policy for student aggressors. T he p o lio proposes the creation of a student board to hear cases when com plaints of racial discrimination or harassm ent are tiled against a student. The changes are recommended by the Ad Hoc Com m ittee and I )i scrim ¡nation, which SG created to review exist­ ing policies last spring. Racial H arassm ent on T he com mittee found that the University cur- renth has no clear and developed policies on racial discrimination, and that current policies affect the victim but not the aggressor. The person who the aggressor goes is unchecked," said Frute Mofoye, one-year, at- large SG representative and sponsor of the reso­ lution. " They can do it again and again without knowing that what they are doing is wrong." Current student policy on race relations states that the director of the Multicultural Information Center is primarily responsible for dealing with racial discrimination and harassment. The policy calls for the MIC to provide mediation services for students who encounter issues under this policy. Shawn Cloonan, chair of the com mittee and a governm ent junior, said when he approached the ROTC senior cadets prepare themselves for possible deployment By Jennifer Nalewicki Daily Texan S taff Photographs of military tanks are plas­ tered onto the otherwise bare walls inside Russell A. Steindam Hall, where eight Army ROTC seniors sit down to discuss w hat tactics should be used to avoid becoming prisoners of war. As the reality of the United States going to war with Iraq draws nearer everyday, the Military Science IV stu­ dents, who are fourth-year cadets, are being trained for a variety of situations. However, the students see the threat of going to war as minimal, which is no s u r prise to Lt. Col. Frank Rose, a military sci­ ence professor who is stationed at tin University on active duty. "A t this point in their college lives, they understand that this is what they are com mitted to do," he said. "They an into the program and are alreadv a un mis sioned to stay in the arm\ ha\> to live with what is going on [in the world], and they know that it is part 4 the profe­ sión and what they are tr nod to do .o t Not only do they' takt classes withe their majors, they are also required totaki classes in infantry tactics, as well as s o l ­ diering skills through hands-on militar training. In addition, they are responsible for training younger Army ROTC students in their battalion how to properly dis mantle and reassemble M -1 6 rifles along with other skills. They also do physical training three times a week at the crack of dawn. "1 am taking 18 hours of classes this sem ester," said Alexandro Pedraza, a Latin American studies senior. "I am more v\ on ied right now about getting my courses finished and graduating than fighting in a war." Despite graduation day ouicklv approaching, the M S-IVs won't !: e ra ­ tioned into their units until aftt r they have completed their specialized train­ ing, which takes about four to six months and focuses on everything from avionics to electronics. The MS-TVs agree that by the time they do get stationed, the war will most likely be over. See ROTC, page 2 inside In a speech in Switzerland, Secretary of State Colin Powell said tie no longer believes that U.N. inspectors can find all of Iraq’s weapons. SEE PAGE 3 The Cam pus Coalition for Peace and Justice held a rally Friday protesting the possible war in Iraq. SEE PAGE 6 INSIDE Education secretary Paige touts standardized testing U.S. S ecreta ry of Education Rod Paige e m p h a size s his supp o rt for P resid e n t B u sh ’s No Child Left Behind Act in sid e the Tower Friday evening. Candidates tor Austin mayor ready platforms Economy, entertainment among proposed issues By Katherine Sayre Daily Texan Staff said Candidates for Austin mayor face econom ic woes, environ­ mental concerns and a struggle to maintain the city's cultural side as major issues in the early stages of campaigning. Five Austin residents an­ nounced that they will run after M ayor Gus Garcia in December he would not be seek­ ing re-election. Although hope- fulls cannot officially file for can­ didacy until Feb. 18, probable • candidates include Max Nofziger, Marc Katz, Will Wynn, Brad Meltzer and Jennifer Gale. The deadline for filing is March 19, and elections will be held May 3. are already a major issue in the race. Nofziger, who served three terms on the Austin City Council from Econom ic problem s See MAYORAL, page 7 ‘Sound’off S o u n d Exchange w ill be c lo s in g its d o o rs afte r 2 3 y e a rs on th e Drag. SEE PAGE 8 Index World & Nation Opinion ........................... 3 ........................................ 4 U n iv e rsity......................................6 State & Local .............................. 7 Focu s............................................. 8 S p o r t s ......................................9-11 C la s s if ie d s ......................... 12&13 C o m ic s ........................................ 14 En terta in m en t........................... 15 W e a t h e r High Low The best part — the commercials. Volume 103, Number 79 2 5 cents "N oth in g so fu n d a m en ta l­ ly a ffe cts the n a tio n ’s health and the health of our d e m o cra ­ cy a s the quality of our sch o o ls." Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education By Elliott Blackburn Daily Texan Staff U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige stressed testing and accountability tor the quality of education in schools nationwide in a Friday night address to edu­ cators gathered at the Tower. "N othing so fundam entally affects the nation's health and the health of our democracy as the quality of our schools," he said. supported speech President Bush's No C hild Left Paige's Yen-Yi Liu/ Daily Texan S taff Behind Act of 2002. The speech was part of a tw o-day regional conference at the University host­ ed by the National Center for Educational Accountability. Educators convened in Austin to focus on how to put No Child Left Behind in action as states prepare to submit plans by the Jan. 31 deadline. Texas will be unaffected by these new plans, said Kathy Anthony, a spokes­ woman for Austin Independent See PAIGE, page 5 See RESOLUTION, page 2 P ageT wo M onday, January 2 7 , 2 0 0 3 I n i I ) \ 11 a 11 \ \ N Page 2 SWIMSUIT ISSUE LIVENS UP WINTER READING, SORT OF CORRECTION WASHINGTON — It's the middle of winter, so it must be time for a swimsuit issue to liven up magazine reading. No, not that one. National Geographic is doing a special newsstand-only issue that takes a detailed look at people wearing swimsuits but without quite the titillation some other magazines muster. Bought a CD? The distributor could owe you $20 It's true, officials set) but consumer res/mise so far has been JaiH) abysmal' By Lom i Kriel Daily Texan Staff Anyone who bought almost any CD from 199s to 2000 is eligi­ ble for ,) grand sum of $20 no receipt required Forty-one state attorneys gen­ eral, i barged C D distributors last October in support of a “healthy clim.it*' of com p etition." The com panies settled in order to avoid the cost of litigation, which would have been much greater. All you have to do to claim your money is complete the online claim form filing process (www.musiocd- settlemi’Ht.com) three* questions and fill in your name and address before March 3. is answer So w hy has no one signed up? Washington Attorney General C h ristine G regoire called the response so far "fairly abysm al" m an Associated Press article. by the end of December only about 30,(XX) people nationwide had dug their fingers into the* pie, and that is only a tiny fraction of the allotted $44 million cash settlement. It appears that nobody knows about it, though the settlement has a Web site and legal notices have been posted in TV Guide, Parade and other national magazines. "I would say we've had less than 10 people ask us about it,' said Dave Mulholland, manager of the Tower Records store on ( Guadalupe Street lower Records is one of the defendants, also im luding EMI Music Distribution, W arner/ Elektra / Atlantic Corp., Sc »ny Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Bertels-mann Music Group and two other national retail chain, Trans World Entertainment and Musiclpnd C .roup Stores. Every person is only eligible to claim one amount not to exceed $20 and with a minimum of $5. I here is one little snag. If more than 8.8 million people apply, the per-person share would drop below $3, canceling the customer part of settlem ent because sending out such small checks would be expensive. the cash The money would then go to nonprofit organizations and public entitle's to promote music programs. But the way it's been going, that doesn't seem very likely. “I hadn't heard anything about it, but thaEs cool, I will def­ initely do it. I think a lot of peo­ ple ju st d on't pay too much attention to w hat's going on around them, unless it hits them in Jennifer face," Mueller, a sociology senior. said the Plaintiffs should receive their checks around July, said Tom Kelley, spokesm an for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. ROTC trains students to be luture leaders’ ROTC, FROM 1 "I think that [the* w'arj will be q u ick ," said N atalie M cBurney, a biology senior. "P eop le think it is going to be one or two years long, but it'll most likely be an in-and <>ut op eration ." Scott M cFarland, a psyc holo­ gy senior agrees. H ow ever, "If I [specialize in flying), I potentially w on't see a battle* for two to three years," he said. into the future* is one skill not taught in the A rm y R ( ) IC. It is im possible to know' how long the war w m II be and when it will begin. se*eing "1 have no idea w hat will happen, if w e will have a w ar or not," Rose said. " V a r i o u s things hav't* be*en said about how long art supplies online 30- 60:1 sh ip s within 24 hours Dick Blick ^ A rt M a te rials r-f At w w w .dickblick.com (800) 828-4548 enter so u rce co d e W A 1 0 00 5 at checko ut for ad d ition a l 10% o ff on stocked item s (no F O B ) expires M a rch 15, 2 003 it w ill be, but it doesn't m atter until the first shot is fired." That is w'hy students are pre­ pared for any situation that may com e their way, be it an incom ­ ing m issile heading tow ard their barracks or a job interview at an international corporation. "W e are not here to enlist sol­ diers, we are here to produce lead ers," Rose said. "The m ili­ tary p rid es itself in training future lead ers." If anything, the students are m ore con cern ed with people they know' who have already been stationed in the M iddle East. McBurney, w'ho is presently serving three years of active duty at Fort Hood in addition to being a U I student, knows of 12 soldiers in her unit who have been sent to the Middle East within the past week. She* said another six are expected to be stationed som etim e this week. "It is hard, because those peo­ ple have to leave their fam ilies and k id s," M cBurney said. "B u t it is our job [to accept assign­ ments) as being soldiers." A C U PU N C T U R E CH IRO PRA CTIC MASSAGE THERAPY Students & Staff Discounts mention this ad for a FREE first visit a> , most insurance plans accepted ^filter wwwft js.mqtree com I Wfrik-inf always walcoma 708.1 T88 «914B cuadalupa New policy calls for student board RESOLUTION, FROM 1 MIC to see how this p e lk v was working they said they did not have to resources to offer coun­ seling or advocacv and that few students used the policy. The new policy calls for the appointment of a student board by the dean of students to hear cases dealing with racial harass­ ment or discrim ination. SG, Student Senate and other student organizations would m ake rec­ ommendations for appointments to the board. The board would be under the guidance of an adviser employed by the University. Repercussions for aggressors are determined by Student Judicial Services and are not out­ lined in the proposed policy. The proposed policy w as modeled around policies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michigan State. Both policies are perpetrator- based and include the develop­ to ment of a student board review cases of discrimination or harassment. "Students being the main occupants of this campus would be better able to evaluate this than administrators who sit in an ivory tower all day," Mofoye said. Mofoye said the University had clearer policies regarding racial discrimination and harass­ ment before the 1996 Hopwood ruling, which eliminated the use of race as a factor in admissions in institutes of higher education in and Texas, M ississippi Louisiana. "They rev iewed all their poli­ cies, not just admissions, not just graduate, and rewrote or scrapped anything they thought was too racially heavy," Mofoye said. "We think racial harassment may have been one of the policies." Jam es Vick, vice president of student affairs, who said he has seen the policy but not studied it, said that racial discrimination and harassment policies face legal dif­ ficulties such as possible viola­ tions of the First Amendment rights to free speech. Racial harassm ent and dis­ crimination are important issues on cam pus as seen from the response to the defacement of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue last Monday, Vick said. "You can see from the incident last week that racial issues are highly sensitive, that feelings are seriously hurt by incidents and that having a policy would give comfort to those who feel that they are at a disadvantage or are vulnerable," Vick said. "It would show the com m itm ent of the University to protecting students against the issue of harassment." Faulkner: University budget will be affected significandy SPENDING, FROM 1 other agenc ies to consider hiring freezes and possible layoffs as money-savers while "red u cing direct services should be your last option," the letter said. President Larry Faulkner said that the University's budget will bear a significant hit due to the cost-cutting measures. Hook tté LONGHORN \D SINGLES.COM "O u r belief [is] that it will be larger than $15 million," he said. "It will have to come from any place we can get it because this is in the middle of the year and most of [the 1 dollars go to pay the salary of people appointed on a full-tim e, yearly basis." The University will start to bring these budget issues into focus this week, he said. While the Republican leaders' penny-pinching demands were not unexpected, some are worried at the effects across-the-board c uts could have on already-strug­ gling programs and departments. the State Only Medicaid, Insurance Children's Health Program and the Foundation School Program have been exempted the spending restrictions. from "W hat we are worried about is that this is the starting point for the next two-year budget and Could leave some programs seri­ ously underfunded," said Eva de Luna Castro, budget and policy analyst for the Center for Public Policy Priorities. She added that institu tions higher education may be forced to turn to students increases and that for tuition some have already proposed just that. Perry contends that in tight econom ic state tim es, agency must operate more effi­ ciently than ever before. each "1 will not ask anv agency to do what I am not willing to do myself," he said. The governor's office has already reported a 14-percent cut for the remainder of the fiscal year while the com ptroller's office announced a close to 6-per­ cent reduction. Agencies w ill have until Feb. 6 to submit their final/budget cuts for approval. In Thursday’s Daily Texan, a story about biodefense research at UT- Medical Branch incorrectly stated that provisions for a National Biocontainment Laboratory appear in the 2002 Homeland Security Act. The provisions were designated by the National Institutes of Health in October 2002. The Texan regrets the error. CORRECTIONS POLICY The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managin- geditor@daitytexanonline. com. AROUND CAMPUS Journalism 101 Week. Introducing Journalism, today, CM A 3.116, 6 to 7 p.m.; spon­ sored by student journalism organizations. 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The purple and white China Airlines 747-400 jumbo jet flew to Shanghai, by way of Hong Kong, to pick up 243 Taiwanese passengers returning home for the weeklong Chinese New Year, the most important holiday for many Chinese people. Taiwan’s major airlines have been allowed to fly the holiday charter flights several times a week through Feb. 9. But each flight must stop in Hong Kong or Macau on the way to and from China, according to Taiwanese regulations. Com piled from Associated Press reports Page 3 T ilt D xi i y T t \ \n Monday, January 27, 2003 Powell says he’s lost faith in search STOCK WATCH Closing Friday, January 24 DOW JONES 8,131.01 238.46 I NASDAQ X 1,342.14 T -46.13 I Blix set to deliver inspection report to council today By George Gedda Associated Press DAVOS, S w itzerland — Secretary of State Colin Powell, citing Iraq's lack of cooperation w ith U.N. said Sunday he has lost faith in the inspectors' ability to conduct a definitive for banned search w eapons program s. inspectors, A U.S.-led w ar to oust Iraqi President S addam Hussein, how ­ ever, is not im m inent, Powell told business an d political leaders, and he did not explicitly call for the inspections to end. President Bush and heads of state w ere aw aitin g to d a y 's report by chief w eapons inspec­ tor H ans Blix to the U.N. Security Council. The sum m ary of their findings is intended to help deter­ m ine w hether Iraq has program s for chemical, biological or nuclear arms. By m idafternoon Sunday, Blix had w ritten a toughly w orded 16- page report that he will deliver as a speech d uring the public por­ tion of tod ay 's council meeting. "I have been w orking very hard and very carefully on the details/' he told The A ssociated Press. Blix refused to discuss the con­ tents of the report. White H ouse aides said Bush will listen w ith great interest to w hat the inspectors have to say as he prepares for his State of the Union address Tuesday night in which he is expected to go into detail about w hy W ashington considers Saddam a threat to the United States and other nations. Polls show m ost A m ericans do not believe Bush has m ade his case for military' conflict in Iraq, and the Senate's top Democrat said Sunday, “ We ought not be rushing to war." South D akota's the Tom D aschle also urged W hite H ouse w o rk h ard e r to assemble an international coali­ tion before deciding to go into Iraq. Powell said in his address at the World Economic Forum in this Sw iss resort that only a strong international response will deter Saddam from sharing his w eapons w ith terror groups or using them himself. Even though Iraq has respond­ ed to w eeks of inspections "w ith evasions and w ith lies," the secre­ tary said. "We art* in no great rush to judgm ent tom orrow or the day after, but clearly tim e is running out." He also said the United States w as willing to act by itself. "We continue to reserve our sovereign rig h t take m ilitary action against Iraq alone o r in a coalition of the willing," he said. to In Washington, A ndrew Card, Bush's chief of staff, said that mil­ itary force is "the last option, but it's one that the president will be ready to use." Angry protesters riot in Ivory Coast NATION BRIEFS Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks Sunday at the World Econom ic Forum's annual m eeting in Davos, Sw itzerland. He said the United States was willing to go to war against Iraq by itself. Alessandro della Valle/ A sso cia te d P re ss Card, raising the threat of a U.S. nuclear strike, w arned: "Should Saddam H ussein have any thought that he w ould use a w eapon of mass destruction, he should anticipate that the United States will use w hatever m eans necessary' to protect us and the w orld from a holocaust." Powell said Iraq should not doubt that "if it does not disarm peacefully at this juncture, it will be disarm ed at the end of the road." U.S. officials have said w ar against Iraq could be a m onth or m ore away. T hey said they believe that extra weeks of unsuc­ cessful inspections could w eaken the resolve of key Security C ouncil m em bers — Russia, France and G erm any — to m ain­ tain their opposition to military' force against Iraq. In L ondon, British Prim e Minister Tony Blair, W ashington's staunchest ally on Iraq, said it should not take the inspectors m onths to determ in e w h eth er S addam ’s governm ent is cooper­ ating fully. "I d o n 't believe it will take them m onths to find out w hether he is cooperating or not, but they should have w hatever tim e they need," said Blair, w ho m eets w ith Bush on Friday at C am p D avid, the in M aryland. p residential retreat The E uropean U nion's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, said inspection team le a d e r s m ay ask for additional time and resources to com plete their assignm ent and should get that chance. "We are talking about a q ues­ tion of weeks, about m onths, but not an infinite am ount of tim e," Solana said. "W ithout Iraq's full and active p articipation, the 100 or so inspectors w ould have to look u n d e r every roof and search in the back of every' truck in a coun­ try the size of California," Powell said in his speech. A fter w'eeks of inspections, he asked, "W here is the evidence that Iraq has destroyed the tens of thousands of liters of anthrax and botulinum w e know' it had before it expelled the previous inspec­ tors?" Chicago-area Muslim leader not allowed to return to U.S. CHICAGO — The president of a Chicago-area Muslim group said Sunday he still had not learned why immigration officials denied him permission to return to the United States after he visited his parents in Jordan. Sabri Samirah, president of the United Muslim Americans Association in suburban Palos Hills, says he was returning to Chicago last weekend after a three-week visit to Jordan when officials at Ireland’s Shannon Airport told him he could not return to the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has not commented specifically about Samirah’s case. However, it has said in general that people who have applied for but not received permanent residency, even those with the “advanced parole" papers Samirah said he received to travel, are not guaranteed re-entry into the United States. Kasparov defeats computer challenger in first match NEW YORK — World chess champion Garry Kasparov defeat­ ed computerized challenger Deep Junior on Sunday in the first of six matches pitting human wit against computer logic. Kasparov forced the Israeli-pro­ grammed Deep Junior into a posi­ tion from which it could not win, compelling the human moving its pieces to resign four hours into the game. Both players' queens, the most powerful pieces on the board, were captured by the end of the match, leaving them to use less powerful knights, bishops and rooks. That gave the advantage to Kasparov, who used white pieces and moved first. Early in the match, Deep Junior stunned experts when it paused for 25 minutes to contemplate a countermove to Kasparov’s attack. Kasparov was able to parlay that into dominance for the remainder of the game, said one observer. The next match in the series is scheduled for Tuesday. Tobacco company debuts nicotine-reduced cigarettes RALEIGH, N.C. — The first tobac­ co CEO to acknowledge smoking is addictive is offering a new ciga­ rette made with genetically modi fied tobacco that lets smokers choose their level of nicotine. Vector Tobacco Inc. stops short of marketing its Quest cigarettes as a smoking cessation product, a claim that could draw the regulato­ ry attention of the Food and Drug Administration. The cigarettes are, however, designed to allow smokers to cut back on nicotine. “The purpose of this product is to help people get to a nicotine- free environment, where they can have zero nicotine in their system. Then they can decide what to do from that point forward," said Bennett LeBow, who runs parent company Vector Group Ltd. The company is spending $15 million on advertising for Quest in seven Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states beginning today. It is also funding research on the modified tobacco at Duke University. Schalk van Zuydam,/A sso cia ted Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Mobs attacked France’s embassy and army base, looted stores and beat foreigners Sunday as Ivory Coast’s key city erupted in anger over a French-brokered peace deal that government supporters said yielded too much to rebels. As President Laurent Gbagbo urged his people to accept the agreement for ending the four-month insurgency, thousands of peo­ ple — some waving sticks and clutching rocks — converged on the French Embassy and set fires outside. Military and government helicopters, above, circled over the city. 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Page 4 I n i f ) \ m T i \ \ n M onday, Jan uary 2 7 . 2 0 0 3 VIEWPOINT The Sandia money pit The U n i v e r s i t y is o n e o f th e n a t i o n ' s p r e m i e r p u b l ic r e s e a n h i n s t i t u t i o n s , s o it s t a n d s to r e a s o n th a t a d m i n i s ­ tra to rs w o u l d w a n t to p u r s u e t h e p r o s p e c t o f m a n a g i n g th e U T S a n d i a N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s . S i n c e M a r c h , S y s te m s p e n t n e a r l y $ 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 in an a t t e m p t to w o o th e U.S. D e p a r t m e n t o f E n e r g y in to a l l o w i n g th e U n i v e r s i t y to win the c o n t r a c t to m a n a g e th e N e w M e x i c o fa c ility that d e v e l o p s a n d b u i l d s a d v a n c e d w e a p o n r y , i n c l u d i n g the n o n - n u c l e a r c o m p o n e n t s o f n u c l e a r w e a p o n s . i h e o n lv p r o b l e m w a s , it t u r n e d o u t th e r e w a s no o n e to woo. On D ec. 13, I .S. S e c r e t a r y o f E n e r g y S p e n c e r A b r a h a m s said th a t th e e n e r g y d e p a r t m e n t w o u l d e x t e n d L o c k h e e d M a r t in 's c o n t r a c t t o m a n a g e t h e f a c ility for a n o t h e r fiv e y e ars , d a s h i n g th e U n i v e r s i t y 's h o p e s o f a d d i n g th e je w e l in the d e s e r t to its r e s e a r c h c r o w n . A b r a h a m ' s a n n o u n c e ­ m ent m e a n t t h a t th e h u n d r e d s o f t h o u s a n d s o f d o l la r s that the U n i v e r s i t y s p e n t w e r e fo r n a u g h t , a n d b e g g e d th e q u e s tio n as to w h y s u c h e x p e n d i t u r e s w e r e a p p r o p r i ­ ated d e s p i t e t h e fac t t h a t the m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t w a s n e v e r o p e n e d u p fo r b id s . 1 he U n i v e r s i t y firs t a n n o u n c e d its i n t e n t i o n s to p u r s u e S a n d ia in N o v e m b e r , 2 0 0 1 , s h o r t l y less th a n t w o m o n t h s a fte r the S e p t. II a t t a c k s in N e w Y o rk a n d W a s h i n g t o n , D C A m o n g S a n d i a ' s a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s at th a t t i m e w a s a fo a m that w a s u s e d to d e c o n t a m i n a t e g o v e r n m e n t b u i l d ­ ings t a i n t e d w i t h A n t h r a x . D e s p ite th e fa c t th a t L o c k h e e d M a r t i n h a d b e e n m a n ­ a g in g th e f a c i l i t y fo r m o r e th a n a d e c a d e a n d th a t th e m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t h a d o n l y b e e n u p fo r b id s o n c e b e fo re , the U n i v e r s i t y s a id th e y w o u l d s p e n d a s m u c h as $ 4 m illion to s e c u r e th e b id . T h e m o n e y w o u l d b e u s e d for s a la r ie s , p r e p a r a t i o n fo r p r o p o s a l r e q u e s t s , b u s i n e s s p la n s , tra v el a n d legal w o r k in p r e p a r a t i o n t o p l a c e th e b id . In the U T S y s t e m s p e n t $ 6 4 2 , 0 6 7 o n t h e b i d , a n d $ 1 8 6 , 4 1 6 fo r th e c u r r e n t fiscal y e a r that b e g a n in S e p t e m b e r , 2 0 0 2 , p aid o u t o f th e U n i v e r s i t y 's o p e r a t i n g b u d g e t fro m t w o a c c o u n t s listed as " S a n d i a N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s . " $ 3 m i ll i o n w e r e b u d ­ g e te d to p u r s u e t h e c o n t r a c t th is fiscal year. the fi s c a l y e a r 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 2 , G o i n g a f te r th e S a n d i a m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t — w h i c h w o u ld h a v e b r o u g h t in a n e s t i m a t e d $ 1 7 m i llio n a y e a r — is n o t i n h e r e n t l y w r o n g . In a d d i t i o n to its n u c le a r w e a p o n d e v e l o p m e n t , S a n d i a s c i e n t i s t s a l s o r e s e a r c h m o r e b e n i g n th in g s lik e e x p a n d i n g t h e c a p a b i l i t i e s o f n u c l e a r e n erg y . But s p e n d i n g n e a r l y $1 m i ll i o n to g e t a c o n t r a c t th at n o o n e is a c c e p t i n g b i d s o n is s u s p e c t , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n th e U n iv e r s i ty is s u p p o s e d l y s t r a p p e d fo r c a s h a n d l e g i s l a ­ tive c o n t r i b u t i o n s are n o t e x p e c t e d to i n c r e a s e a n y t i m e s o o n . P u b lic m o n e y is s u p p o s e d to b e s p e n t w isely, n o t s q u a n d e r e d p u r s u i n g p r o je c t s th a t m a y n e v e r m a t e r i a l ­ ize. t h e s i z a b l e m o n e t a r y T h e U n i v e r s i t y ' s p u r s u i t o f S a n d i a w a s c r i t i c iz e d in t h a t m a n y c i r c le s , a n d p ro v e d to b e w o r t h l e s s d id n o t h i n g t o s i l e n c e th e p r o ­ j e c t 's c ritics. U T S y s t e m a d m i n i s t r a t o r s w o u l d b e w i s e to learn from th is h i g h - p r o f i l e b u n g l e a n d a b s t a i n fro m b u d g e t in g m i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s fo r c a m p a i g n s th a t m a y n e v e r c o m e to fr u i tio n . l a y o u t ILL E D I T O R I A L B OAR D Editor Jason Hunter Associate Editors Remi Bello Kevin Kushner O p in io n s e x p re sse d in The Daily Texan are th o s e of the editor, th e Editorial Board or w riter of the a rticle . They are not n e ce ssa rily th o s e of the UT a d m in istra tio n , the Board of R e g e n ts or th e Texas S tud en t P u b lica tio n s Board of O perating T rustees. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION I NEXT STOP: MONTGOMERY. 1955. \ ) if CONTACT US Editor: Jason Hunter (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Ryan D. Pittman (512) 232-2217 mancgingeditor@dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2206 news@dailytexanonline.com Features Office: (512) 4 7 1 -8616 features@da i lytexanonline .com Sports Office: (512) 23 2 -2 2 1 0 sports@dailytexanonline.com Entertainment Office: (512) 232 -2 2 0 9 entertainment@dailytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512) 471 -8 6 1 8 photo@dailytexanonline.com Copy Desk: (512) 475-8147 copy@dailytexanonline.com Design Desk: (512) 2 3 2 -2215 design@dailytexanonline.com 1/20 THE FIRING LINE Selfish and senseless I think W ednesday’s front page article com m em orating 3 0 years of legalized abortion included som e very telling and disturbing com m ents from Amy Miller, a Texas abortionist. According to Miller, the reason for having an abortion expressed by women who come to her clinic is "These are my dream s for the future,” and “This isn ’t the way I want to go.” In other words, the child p oses a threat to personal fulfill­ ment and thus m ust be elim inat­ ed. It seem s that the reason that women are having abortions (and irresponsible men are forcing them into them) has le ss to do with “ch o ice ” and "rights” than with plain old selfish ness. Of course that selfish ness could be excused if it weren't for the fact that abortion violently ends the life of a pre-bom human being, a fact that is a s well-supported sci entifically and philosophically as any fact can be. The com m ent that I found especially disturbing was when "Dr.” M iller said “I get to be with women when they are being powerful. They are making a choice in their lives.” I suppose that it is true in som e sen se that the choice to have an innocent, d e fenseless, unborn child violent­ ly killed is an expression of “power.” But so is the choice to beat your wife or kick your dog. Is th is som ething one should be proud of? Thankfully, more and more people are beginning to see through the rhetoric, euphem ism s, and linguistic gym nastics employed by abortion advocates to hide the fact that in m ost c a s e s abortion is nothing other than the selfish killing of children who ca n ’t defend them selves (Can you imagine how many fewer abortions there would be if the unborn could fight back with their own poisons and scalpels?). The truth always wins out in the end. Jeremy Alder Philosophy senior Stop the madness Abortionist Amy M ille r feigns shock that there is so much stig­ ma attached to abortion. It’s shocking that there is so much sile n ce and stigm a in our country about this, the a b ortion ist said. Ms. M iller, is it really surprising that an overwhelm ing majority of Am ericans co n sid e r abortion to be a grave moral b lem ish ? Is it really surprising that one would view the violent dism em berm ent of an innocent unborn ch ild , limb from limb, as a catastrop h ic affront to all b a sic, universal standards of hum an decency and ju stice? Is it really shocking that there is a stigm a attached to partial birth abortions, where sur­ gical weapons are used to drill holes in the s k u lls of children before their broken b od ies are nonchalantly d isp o se d of in the next day’s tra sh ? Is it really stu­ pefying that there is trem endous sham e, disgrace and dishonor a sso ciate d with the cold and ca l­ culating decision to circum vent ethics, reason and scien tific and biological facts to selfish ly extin­ guish the life of a child for mere convenience? Stop deluding yourself. There is no honor, no nobility, no glory and no virtue in electing to oblit­ erate a child. The reason why there is the b la ck e st of stigm as attached to th is fundam ental human rights is s u e is because one’s stance on abortion is a revealing reflection of the strength of o n e s character. Choosing life requires co m p a s­ sion, mercy, goodwill, a tolerance for biological truth and opting to take the moral high ground in the face of adversity. We ought to rue the day that there is no longer a stigm a attached to deciding that hum an life is not worth protecting. Soma Mohammed Editor emeritus, Contumacy Christian origins Brian Suttle n eeds to take sev­ eral more Am erican history c la s s­ es, apparently. W hile I agreed with m uch of what he said about the war on Iraq, one glaring state­ ment stood out: “Our country was founded on Christian b e lie fs.” A statem ent that is that inaccu­ rate n eeds to be corrected. Mr Suttle, I would a s k you to point to a specific part of this country’s constitution that you think is of Christian origin. Are you going to point to our sta tu tes against mur­ der? If the fact that we have laws against murder is proof that we were founded on Christian beliefs, does that mean that China and India were a lso found­ ed on Christian b e lie fs? Perhaps you can enlighten us a s to where in the Bible the free­ dom s outlined in the Bill of Rights are located. I don’t seem to rem em ber one of the com ­ m andm ents being "Thou shalt not infringe upon the freedom of the p ress.” I should point out that many of our founding fathers were not Christian (many of them were). People like Thom as Paine, who inspired the general popula­ tion to back the revolution, were outspoken critics of Christianity and the Bible. Thom as Jefferson considered h im self a deist. S tatem ents like those are what make me question how informed Mr. Suttle is on other issu es. Braxton Thomason Computer engineering graduate student Reverse discrimination myth Although it might be a popular buzzword in the affirmative action debate these days, “reverse dis­ crim ination” is a m isnom er and myth. It im plies that discrimination is unidirectional and leads people to autom atically assum e that dis­ crimination only happens to minorities except in special reverse cases. This is sim ply not true. Racial discrim ination occurs any tim e som eone’s race is used as a criterion for evaluating that person. Affirmative action, however well meaning it may be, is racial dis­ crimination. There’s no “reverse” about it. Although its pragmatic benefits may be debated, I’ve never liked the general concept of affirmative action; it seem s to imply that m inorities need to be given a handicap to perform on the sam e level a s everyone else. I find such a notion to be more than offensive, even though I am per­ sonally not a “minority." Do affir­ mative action proponents argue that m inorities need the sca le s tipped in their favor because they somehow lack the skills and abili­ ties of others? Of course not; they cite econom ic and social fac­ tors a s being the root ca u se s of unequal acce ss to higher educa- tion. But if socioeconom ic factors, not race, are the fundam ental ca u ses of inequity, why m ust race be brought into the issu e ? I’m all for the idea of restructur­ ing the system to help th ose who have been held back by econom ic and social problem s beyond their control, but we m ust find ways of doing th is without resorting to racial discrim ination. I have little doubt that the majority of people from all races in modern society tend to be innately colorblind, but perpetual exposure to racially charged propaganda forces the notion of race to linger in the back of one’s mind. Continued institu­ tionalized racial discrim ination, even in the form of affirmative action, will only continue to take the issu e of race and throw it in the face of the inherently unbi a sed majority. Brian Goodman Journalism senior Beware of Extension courses A warning to my fellow students: if you are interested in taking a University Extension Course, DON’T. Unlike the regular sched­ ule for cla sse s where you have until the 12th cla ss day to drop and still get your money back, you had to have dropped your cla ss on Jan. 8, a full 5 days BEFORE the first day of class. It plainly states this in their calendar, but assum ing that these night courses are like any other UT cla s s (which is what they’d like you to believe), I regis tered with the assum ption that I would be able to drop if I was dis satisfied with the instructor, which is a whole other story. If you have suffered from the same problem in the past, please contact my e-mail address, and maybe together we could solve the problem. Will Price Math junior SUBM IT A FIRING LINE P le a s e e-m ail your Firing Lin e le tters to firingline@dailytexanonline.com Letters must be under 2 5 0 words and should include your major and classification. The Texan reserves the right to edit all letters for brevity, clarity and liability. Actions of SG a breath of fresh air on campus By Rafael M ittle fe h ld t Daily Texan C o lu m n ist In the last week, empty war­ head s were found in Iraq, ten­ sion grew between the Koreas and the United States. Israeli political analysts began finaliz­ ing predictions of their upcom­ ing election, and an ever-pres­ ent architecture junior bitched a whole bunch about broken win­ dows and building renovations. But really, who cares? Kids pack up and go to U T to learn, not to worry about stuff that makes the evening news Here we are in Austin, a safe number of latitude and longitude bars away from all that boring crap. So why should a series of thin­ lipped politicians an d foreign­ ers in suits bother us? Well, at least that's what a few recent critics o f the UT Student G o v ern m e n t seem to believe. But while we all, as a whole, are expected only to care about things that go o n between Ml K and D ean Keeton, a can­ did minority has d are d to show that we in fact care about a whole lot more. far this year, SG has So It’s interesting to note that Student Government year has spurred more debate the last few months than it had in the two or three years before. passed two controversial reso­ lutions — AR-10, a formal protest against war in Iraq, and AR-20, a call to repeal Texas sodomy laws. Both were sent to institutions far removed from campus and both were fol­ lowed by the same criticism: the that they were scope" of student concerns. Student Government, noted in a few straggling Firing Lines and one editor's Viewpoint, had no place wandering outside cam ­ pus borders. "beyond Ihe glaring error with this argument is that absolutely no one goes to college to seal them- selves off from the rest of the world. To the contrary, the gen­ eral purpose of higher educa­ tion is to prepare students for an inevitable — and often over­ whelming — thrust into that world. So that makes every­ thing that happens on the "out­ side" just as important as every­ the that happens thing Tower. We're all preparing to m ove world. Realistically speaking, what President I aulkner does tomor­ row won't matter to any of us four years down the line, but what President Bush does will. into that in It's interesting to note that Student Government this year has spurred more debate in the last few months than it had in the two or three years before. At the start of last semester, the biggest criticism of our weak and often-ignored SG was that it did nothing, that there was really no reason to bother vot­ ing for or against its members. Hell, look at the 11-percent voter turnout for proof. Two resolutions later, SG's biggest criticism is that it's doing too much. Stu dents' concerns lie primarily within the campus, so the new claim goes. So if w e aren't expected to care about our own country's war a n d / o r our own state's laws, what are we supposed to care about? PCL open hours? Burnt-orange street signs? The truth is, national or state­ wide significance doesn't nullify importance on campus. The fact that an issue is of interest to folks in Amarillo or Milwaukee does­ n't make it less important to folks in Jester or West Campus. There are students currently attending the University who, should this war be launched, will find them­ selves overseas. There are also those on campus who could eas­ ily and legally be jailed for hav­ ing sex with the wrong people. The body. The very nature of these issues makes them consequen­ tial to a great portion of our stu­ dent Student Government, for the first time in a long time, has seen this and has chosen to act on it. We laughed at them before for sit­ ting around uselessly and both­ ering with stuff no one cared to debate. It makes no sense to expect them to go back to that, but here we are chiding them for exploring their own territory. Student Government is here to serve our own interests and represent the student body, and that's exactly what finally, sparking If they're doing. debate and discussion — even take about opposin g is "beyond the scope" of SG, then what's left for them to do? students stances on — issues Mittlefehldt is a computer science junior. sax what? I think it hurts our part of the world. It m akes us look a little Bubba-ish.” Former District Attorney Guy James Gray, who won two death sentences and one life sen­ tence for the white men who killed a black man, James Byrd Jr., about the racial divide. ^ ^ He is regarded as the scapegoat, the anti-Christ, for the moral decline in America over the last 50 years, which of course is ridiculous.” John Bancroft, director of Indiana University^ Kinsey Institute on the 50th anniversary of Alfred Kinsey^ landmark book “ Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.” Monday. January 27. 2003 \ \ \\ - King: Private donations are unlikely Teacher: Standardized testing a problem T U IT IO N , FR O M 1 more according to Marsha Moss, associate vice president oí the Uni\ erst tv's Office of Institutional Research. Moss said that the amount of aid received is unknown, but that those earning less receive more aid. lane Caldwell director of grants and special programs at the Higher Education Coordinating Board said that income-based grants overlook families who dem onstrate need under the TEXAS Grant program. However, Caldwell said that the two pro­ grams combined could qualify more students. [Texas Compact] could pick up students who do not currently qualify under the I EXAS Grant program .' Caldwell said. "It's a marginal increase, as long as the TEXAS Grant program is fully funded.'' The Texas Compact could reduce the number of qualified student' bv requiring a a 2.5 GPA throughout a student's college career, requiring full time enroll­ ment and terminating benefits at the end of 10 full semesters or five years. The TEXAS Grant program allows more flexibility for stu­ dents who need to work. Kerker said im plem entation costs for the first vear of the plan are estimated at $10.3 million to benefit about 22.000 students in the UT System. Kerker said that institutional funds would be a likely source of funding for the initial implemen­ tation I T Austin and UT Dallas largest would contribute shares, estimated at S3.65 million the and S3.14 million, respectively. The Compact states that the program would be maintained from fund raising and would rarely reiv on tuition revenue There will be a focus on fund raising — as a very last resort, tuition would be looked at Kerker said. Katie King, student govern­ ment president, said that pnvate donations are not a likelv option in this economy. She said the drat1 plan still leaves questions unanswered. It still doesn't sav where the money is going to come from," King s a id "Increasing tuition would be a -imple answer that would be immediate. Endow­ ment- and donations would take a few vears to set up." P A IG E, FROM 1 School District. The federal act didn’t affect Texas very much, Anthony said. "We ve been doing this for years. I he act. largely modeled on the Texas xvstem, require- schools to administer standard­ ized te>ts in order to judge their students progress along state education standards. "Texas proves that high stan­ dards and strong accountability do not have to come at the expense of innovation and cre­ ativity in the classroom, said Go\ Rick Pern’, who introduced Paige. Districts will be required to issue report cards breaking down scores bv ethnicity, economic group and sev eral other variables. The act also allows school dis­ tricts more flexibility when using federal money, emphasizes researched teaching methods and allows parents to move children from failing schools to other pub­ lic schools at the district's expense. "One of the greatest injustices in our great country is that our education svstem has failed too many people for too long, Paige ■-aid. Not all teachers are convinced of standardized testing's successes. Lauren Thibodeaux president of the Math and Science Teachers of Tomorrow, sa id that while schools need to be held account­ able for the success of their stu­ dents. standardized testing is not the answer. "There's so much information out there that show - a problem with standardized testing,' said Thibodeaux a mathematics junior to b« responsible, and schools need t< be responsible for what their stu­ dents learn but standardized testing is not the solution "Teachers do need Paige also spoke out against affirmative action and praised the race-neutral top 10 percent admi-sions policy the University had '■'courageoush led A P P L IC A T IO N S are b ein g accepted for the follow ing student p o sitio n w ith Texas S tudent P u b licatio n s 2004 Editor Peregrinus Law School Yearbook Application forms and a a list o f qualifications are av ailab le in the O ffice o f the D irector. Texas S tudent P u b licatio n s, R oom (43.304. The TSP Board of Operating Trustees w ill interv iew applicants and appoint an editor at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 7. 2003 in the E astw oods Room located in Texas U nion, 2.102. D E A D L I N E Noon, W ednesday. 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The depart­ ment also decreased the number of classes they are offering students. Study examines fitness centers UTfacilities meet most published standards By Will Krueger D aily Texan S ta ff th o u g h R e cen t s tu d ie s h a v e c a s t d ou bt on the a b ility o f u n iv e r­ sity fitn ess ce n te rs and p ri­ vate health clu b s to respond to c a rd io v a sc u la r and o th er e m e rg e n c ie s , th e U n iv e r s ity 's fa c ilitie s m et m ost of the stu d y 's stan d ard s. R e s e a rc h e rs p u b lish e d an a rticle in the C ard iop u lm on ary and C ritical C are Jo u rn a l in d i­ catin g that 53 p ercen t of fit­ ness fa cilities do n ot have a w ritten e m e rg en c y re sp o n se plan and 92 p ercen t do not con d u ct em erg en cy resp onse d rills as p rescrib ed by n a tio n ­ al o rg a n iz a tio n s like the A m e­ rican C o lleg e of S p o rts M ed ­ icine. in v o lv e d th at D avid H erb ert, on e of the in th e re s e a rch e rs stu d y, said to com p ly w ith p u blish ed g u id e ­ lin es can put a fitn e ss cen ter at risk for law su its. fa ilu re W h ile th e s ta n d a rd s are w id ely p u b lic iz e d , they are con v o lu ted and ex p e n siv e to im p lem en t, and so m e fa c ili­ ties c h o se th em , H erb ert said . ig n o re to JoA nn Eickhoff-Shem ek, an ed itor of the A m erican C ollege of S p o rts M e d ic in e 's H ealth Fitness Facilities H ealth S tan ­ dards and G u id elin es, did her ow n nationw id e study of em er­ gency prepared ness in corp o­ rate, p u b lic, u n iv ersity and clinical fitness facilities. W h ile u n iv e rs ity fitn e ss ce n te rs w ere not ranked the w o rst ab ou t co m p ly in g w ith g u id e lin e s , she said there is a lot o f room for im provem ent. E ick ho ff-Shem ek blam ed u n i­ versity physical education pro­ gram s for the problem s fitness centers across the country are experiencing. " A c a d e m ic p ro g ra m s are not d ealin g w ith legal issu es and risk m a n a g e m e n t," sh e said . "W h a t's m ore im p o rtan t than the sa fe ty of the p a rtic i­ p an ts in y o u r p ro g ram ?" G re g o ry G y m n asiu m and the R ecreational Sp orts C enter are w ell-eq u ip p ed to handle all em erg en cy health situ a tio n s, said A llison H ansen, assistant d irecto r for R ecSports " R e c r e a tio n a l s p o rts p ro ­ v id es a safe en v iro n m en t fo r all p a rtic ip a n ts ," H an sen said . U T R ecS p o rts d o es n ot ad here to any one o rg an iza­ tio n 's set o f g u id elin es b u t takes inform ation from th o se org an ization s and ad apts them fo this cam p u s, H ansen said. fit T h e U n iv e rs ity 's fa c ilitie s co m p ly w ith m ost o f the p u b ­ lish e d s ta n d a rd s , in c lu d in g requ ired C P R train in g , a w rit­ ten e m erg en cy resp on se plan, co o rd in atio n with local e m e r­ g e n cy re s p o n s e team s and d aily in sp ection o f e q u ip m en t. H ow ever, UT fa c ilitie s do not req u ire first-a id tra in in g for em p lo y e es, and the fa c ili­ ties do not req u ire p re-en try h e alth screen in g s fo r p a rtic i­ p an ts. S ta ff m em b ers are te s t­ ed in d iv id u a lly each sem este r on the use o f au tom ated e x te r­ nal d e fib rilla to rs and for C P R p ro ficien cy , but no fu ll-sca le em erg en cy resp onse d rills are co n d u cted . UT seeks to curb enrollment Despite rise in applicants, school limits admissions expenses and effects on student life," Knight said. "U nless we adjust to that with more class­ room space, [enrolling more students] becomes a detri­ m ent." the University received 22,179 applications, admitted 13,476 and enrolled 7,935 students — the largest freshman class to date, accord­ ing to the Office of Institutional Research. ment in the future, Walker said. President Larry Last year, then By Elizabeth Robertson Daily Texan Staff Applications for admissions to the University are up 18 per­ cent from last year, but the num ­ ber of students enrolled will be lowered by 1,000, according to the Office of Admissions. So far, the U niversity has received 18,946 applications for the sum mer and fall admissions deadline Saturday, said Bruce Walker, U T director of adm is­ sions. O f these applications, the University will adm it about 11,000 and enroll around 7,000 students. C ontinuing the to number of freshman admissions will help prevent overenroll- reduce Texas A&M University has received 17,142 applications, an increase from last year, said Joseph Estrada, assistant provost of enrollm ent at A&M. The number of applications and stu­ dents enrolled at A&M remain at about 2,000 to 2,500 students below the University of Texas, Estrada said. An increase in students also means an increase in tuition rev­ enue, said Mary Knight, UT assis­ tant vice president and budget director. However, this increase will be offset by expenditures on more space and faculty. "I can't say that the benefit of added revenue outweighs the last Faulkner established the Task Force on Enrollm ent Strategy fall when the University surpassed its target of 48,000 students and reached an all-tim e high of 52,273. The task force, chaired by Isabella Cunningham, an adver­ tising professor, will look into issues and make recomm enda­ tions concerning the effects of overpopulation on faculty and facilities, the balance between graduate and undergraduate students at the University and the number of transfer students and first-time freshmen. Cunningham said the task force has just finished collecting its data and will not make any recom­ mendations before next fall. Francois Wolf, right, competes with Sen- sei Tetsuo Komizu during kendo pra­ ctice at Bellmont Hall Sun­ day after­ noon. The UT Kendo Associa­ tion has been act­ ive at the University for the past 20 years. Adithya Sam- bamurthy/ Daily Texan Staff BRIEFS CCPJ holds rally to protest possible war in Iraq The Campus Coalition for Peace and Justice gathered in the West Mall rally area Friday to protest the prospect of war in Iraq. “We know from the first Gulf War that the United States military will likely do tremendous harm to the people of Iraq, said Dana Cloud, an International Socialist Organiza­ tion member. However, some students sup­ ported the decision to go to war. “Our men are risking their lives, and I think they deserve our sup­ port no matter what," said Sam Taylor, a philosophy sophomore. — Kim Denby University hazing penalties up for review in Virginia BLACKSBURG, Va. — A bill seeking to give universities more leeway in their prosecution of hazing has passed through a Virginia House of Delegates sub­ committee by a unanimous vote. The new bill’s redefinition of hazing allows the state to prose­ cute not only for actual bodily harm caused by such activity but also on the basis of recklessly or intentionally endangering some­ one’s health or safety. — U-Wire U. Iowa professor sues AT&T for trademarked tagiine IOWA CITY, Iowa — A University of Iowa assistant professor who trademarked the phrase “free­ dom of expression” is ordering AT&T to stop using it in advertise­ ments. Kembrew McLeod's lawyer sent a warning to the company Wednes­ day, demanding that it stop using the expression. McLeod holds a 10-year trademark on the written phrase, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. — U-Wire Princeton may join Harvard in backing admissions policy PRINCETON, NJ. — Harvard University — and possibly Princeton University — will file a brief with the Supreme Court next month sup­ porting the University of Michigan policy that considers race as a fac­ tor in admissions, officials said. Harvard is planning to file the brief by Feb. 18, said Beth Potier, a Harvard spokeswoman. Prince­ ton President Shirley Tilghman said that she supported Michi­ gan’s side and that Princeton may join the Harvard petition if asked. — U-Wire £aak M m, I’m on the It’s coming! Cactus B M>td at You can represent your college* for a 2 year term on the Uttiumttti Ca-ft|) B V ’mdm Enjoy two full years oí equal responsibility and voting rights for a $40 million business with 3 other students and 4 faculty members. lutemled? p lease pick up an application and more information at any o f our 3 locations during regular business hours: Wednesday, January 15 through Monday, February 10, 20 0 3 Tltc IfiiiKg deadim itt Monday, Fekiuuuj 10, 2003 at 4:45 {jmi Graduating Seniors call for an appointment. •Students from the Schools of Communications and Business may not apply, as those colleges are already represented on the hoard and their seats cannot he duplicated. Only full-time University of Texas at Austin students are eligible. UNIVERSITY C O -O P 2 2 4 4 Guadalupe • 2902 Medical Arts • 2237 E. Riverside (5 1 2 ) 476-721 1 • www.universitycoop.com 471-9190 Underclassmen just walk in for photos. Texas Student Publications (CMC) 25th and Whitis, room 3.302 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 0 C AI Monday, January 27, 2003 QUAKE RATTLES CENTRAL TEXAS GLASS PLANT CORSICANA — Aftershock from an earthquake that shook Mexico this week reached as far as North Central Texas, disrupt­ ing operations at a Corsicana glass plant. Officials at Guardian Industries said the shock from Tuesday’s 7.8magnitude earth­ quake caused a portion of the glass plant’s furnace to break. Page 7 T m D\m T i \ v\ 78TH LEGISLATURE Proposed bill stops legislators from lobbying By Stephanie Weintraub Daily Texan Staff A freshman representative and veteran lawm aker proposed an ethics bill Friday that w ould pro­ hibit legislators from being paid to lobby before state agencies. Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, w ho introduced the bill in the House, beat incumbent Rick Green in November. This followed a controversy involving Green's lobbying before the Texas Department of Health on behalf of Metabolife International Inc. G reen's Metabolife lobbying partner was Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio. Wentworth, also an attorney, cosponsored the companion to Rose's bill, H B 456, in the Senate, S B 254. "1 et me be clear. H B 456 is not about the past, it's about the future, Rose said. "W e as public servants must make every effort to avoid any appearance of impropriety." Travis County Attorney Ken Oden is investigating Wentworth, Green and other legislators w ho m av have violated the law by ha\ing closed-door meetings involving the lobbying efforts. The investigation was initiated by the watchdog group Texans for Public Justice. W entworth said he interpreted the law differently, but stopped lobbying before state agencies w hen he learned of Oden's con­ cerns last October. "It is vital that law s governing legislators' professional activities state be so clear that they are unlikely to be subject to different interpre­ tations by legislators or other public officials," Wentworth said. The current law says law m ak­ ers may be paid for lobbying before for on-the-record adversarial pro­ ceedings where the public is aware of lobbying, Oden said. Private meetings related to lobby­ ing efforts are against the law. Clarification is needed, O den said, and new legislation prohibit­ ing lobbving w ould be positive. agencies "W e w ouldn't undertake crim ­ inal charges in a situation where there was honest confusion," he said. But any lawmakers w ho did act w ith impropriety could be charged w ith a Class A misde­ meanor, which carries up to a $4,000 tine, a year in jail or both, Oden said. Craig McDonald, director of Texans for Pubic Justice, supports any legislation that would stop legislators from lobbying and said lawmakers should not lobby before cities, counties or other government agencies either. Bu t he took issue with the bills filed Friday because of a "loophole," he said. The bill allows legislators w ho were hired before Sept. 1, 2(X)3, to continue lobbying. W entworth countered that — if passed — the bill would go into effect at the beginning of Septem ber and w ou ld not be retroactive. Anyone hired before it goes into effect must be allowed to finish the job. The ethics of law m akers as lob­ byists has been an ongoing issue. Sen. Teel B iv in s , R-Am arillo, new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has been a long advocate of changing the law, but efforts have continuously been defeated. Bivins co sponsored the bill w ith W e n tw o rth the Senate. in T e x a s law m akers are paid $7,200 a year, and most are other­ w ise employed. the past, Texans have voted against initia­ tives to raise legislators’ pay. In "W e support a pav raise to pav them a decent living wage if in return they agree to not earn income from private clients," McDonald said. "W e think that would vastly improve the ethics problems of the Texas I egislature." BRIEFS County residents cling to their only physician THROCKMORTON — Some Throckmorton County residents are holding their breath these days, hoping drug and alcohol abuse allegations against Dr. Richard Hubner won't cost the physician his job. The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners placed Hubner, the only doctor in the rural Northwest Texas county, on five years probation last month after he was accused of drug and alcohol abuse. Similar alle­ gations got Hubner fired from an Azle health clinic in Tarrant County in 2001, the Abilene Reporter-News reported Sunday. Hubner, 54, denied he had done anything wrong but agreed to accept the board’s discipline. Some speculate that Hubner's problems could lead to a lack of public support and failure of his practice, which could force the closure of Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital and the clinic next door. Throckmorton is one of many West Texas counties struggling to recruit and retain doctors. The county has one hospital and one health clinic to serve its 1,808 residents. Former pastor charged with possession of child pom WACO — A former Methodist minister in Bosque County has been charged with possession of child pornography, accused of collecting and trading the illegal images on his church computer. The Rev. James Ray Jones, a 56-year-old former pastor of First United Methodist Church in Clifton, was charged last week in Waco's federal court. An ordained minister since 1991, Jones was implicated in an FBI sting operation after feder­ al agents said he sent images of child pornography to an undercov­ er FBI agent he met in an Internet chat room. Jones is still a licensed clergy­ man but took a leave of absence in April. Jones has not been arrested on the charges and will report to court, likely next week, said Jones’ attorney, Rob Swanton. Local groups battle for Confederate flag TYLER — A local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Smith County Historical Society are wrapped up in legal battle over the rights to an 1863 Confederate battle flag. Both groups claim the rights to the 17th Texas Cavalry flag, one of two Confederate banners restored by a local his^rian. The flag was donated in Smith County by Col. C.E. Parker to the UDC. But Historical Society members claim Parker’s dona­ tion came with a caveat that the UDC place the flag in an Austin museum. 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Swastika graffiti on synagogue causes anti-Semitism worries By The Associated Press w ide since 9/11." Vandalism at a local Jew ish svnagogue has members w o rry­ ing about anti-Semitism. Kol Halev, a nondenomina- tional, Jew ish congregation in Northwest Austin, became the first Austin synagogue in recent memory to have its front doors sprav-painted w ith swastikas. The symbols were removed, but the fears and emotions they aroused among the synagogue's 180 families w ill take longer to expunge. "The greatest fear of Jewish leaders is that w hat people claim is anti-Israel sentiment is really anti-Semitism," said M ark Lit, chief executive officer of the Jewish C om m unity Association of Austin. "T here's certainly been more anti-Semitism w o rld ­ The vandalism occurred on Jr. the M artin Luther K ing national holiday. It was the second such inci­ dent in a few months, since a Jewrish fam ily's home near the Dell Jew ish Com munity Center in N orth w est Austin wras daubed w ith the Nazi emblem. Austin police are investigating but have made no arrests in either incident. Lit said he didn't think it w'as coincidental that Kol Halev was defaced on the King holiday, because King's statue on the University of Texas campus was splattered with eggs the same day. " If it w as not the same group, [they] shared the same philoso­ phy," L it said. Greg M cD onell, past presi­ the Austin Area dent of Interreligious M in istrie s and pastor of Central FYesbyterian Church, agreed. "Certainly it's disturbing," McDonell said. "Y<>u v\ < inder what kind of folks are in our communi­ ty w'ho w'ould do such a thing." Swastikas have been promi­ nently used in anti-American and anti-Israel cartoons recently in the Arab news media on the Internet and b\ some radical groups organizing Am erican protests against a grab bag of social issues, including a p o s s i­ ble w'ar with Iraq. The N a/i sym bols were splashed across photographs of President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at anti-w ar rallies this month in Washington and at a similar rally last October outside the federal building in Austin. Candidates tackle budget, tourism issues MAYORAL, FROM 1 1993, said Austin faces economic problems sim ilar to those he worked on as a C ity Council member in the 1980s. "I'm the only person in this race w'ho has the experience we need to get to work on these fiscal issues," Nofziger said. "I'm not a big spender, I never have been, and I'm not going to be this time." H e said the economy and the high cost of living are among the causes of Au stin's proposed declining cultural activity. "The city hasn't treated its musicians and that part of the tourism industry with respect that it needs to be treated," he said. Nofziger also cited traffic con­ gestion and air quality as im por­ tant issues, and he said he is the best to deal with those because of his record on environmental policy. far w ho The only candidate in the race thus is currently involved w ith city politics is C ouncilm an W ynn, w ho has served for three years. H e said his highest priority is the budget. "The task at hand is to solve the city's budget crisis," W ynn said. "W e're facing a $60 million short­ fall, and unlike the federal gov­ ernment w e do not have the luxu­ ry of deficit spending." H e said he is already involved w'ith solving these issues as member of the council and w o u ld continue this w ork it elected mayor. Katz, ow ner of Kat/'s Deli, said his experience of sustaining a successful restaurant makes him most capable for dealing w ith the economic problems of the city it elected. 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We don’t know, but find out the history behind Punxsutawney Phil. Austinite Jeremy Brionez sifts through CDs while looking for bar­ gains at Sound Exchange. The store, which is known for its col­ lection of punk music and used vinyls, has been a Drag landmark since 1980 and is expected to close by Jan. 31. By K ate Harrington • Daily Texan Staff f ' f f hen D avid W yatt first cam e to Austin I 3 years ago as a student, Sound E xchange w as a place he visited often "It w as one o f those plav es v<>u just w en t," W yatt said " i t w asn't just about the records." W yatt, now a m em ber of the Austin band Stinky del Negro, has even m o re good m em ories from Sound Exchange. But he and m an y oth ers are preparing to say goodbye to the m usic store, as it gets ready to close it'- doors by the end of the m onth. \ fixture on the I >rag since 1980, the Austin Sound Exchange estab­ lished itself as an independent music store that so ld alternative and lesser-known record labels, [’articularly known for its collec­ tion of punk music and used vinvis, Sound Exchange carried a variety of music not available at other stores. But because of rising overhead costs and rent, the store will be closing by Jan 31 K ev in Bakos, vice president o f the H ouston Sound Exch an ge, said llu Austin store fell victim to a num ber of problem s, including lack o f parking and not enough profit. H ow ever, he criticizes the ownei 's decisions. "Y ou have to keep it fresh — you can 't do the sam e thing you did five or 13 years a g o ," Bakos said. T he original Sound Exchange opened in H ou ston in 1977 and location s several has chan ged it h as a lso tim es sin ce then, ch a n g ed h a n d s at lea st o n ce : M ark A lm an, the o w n er of the A ustin Sound E xchange, recently sold the I lo u sto n store to Bakos. B akos said a lo t o f w ork and m o v in g arou nd has gon e into m ak in g the H o u sto n store su c­ cessful, w hereas the A u stin store has not been relocated. John K un z, the o w n e r o f W aterloo Records, a grees that the lo ca tio n o f th e A u stin S o u n d E xchange is a d ifficu lt one to maintain "1 he [stores on the D rag] h av e had a rough tim e o f it,"K u n z said. T h e current m u sic m arket is also making it hard fo r ind ep en d ­ ent m usic stores to stay o pen, according to Kunz and Bakos. "P eo p le b lam e the M P3 d o w n ­ load ing quite a bit," B akos said. L a rg e r stores selling th e ir m u sic at low er p rices also hurt S o u n d sm a lle r Exchange. stores like "T h e day Best B u y opened their H ouston stores, w e exp eri­ e n ced the b ig g e st d ro p ev er," Bakos said. W hatever the reasons for clo s­ ing the store, So u n d E xch an g e's clo sin g has garnered m ixed reac­ tions. "1 think it's sad, because they're a sm all b u sin ess," said W ayne Bonham , an artist w ho has been selling his w ork at the Renaissance Market on G uadalupe Street for nine years. "In one way, I'm glad, though. They had a ten d en cy to prom ote tagging the area. It's a big problem here, hard to clean u p ." in B usiness ow ners on the D rag also exp ressed their d isap p o in t­ m ent. "I think it's terrible," said an e m p lo y ee o f E in stein's A rcade, w h o spoke on the con d itio n of anonym ity. "T h e ir p rices for used stu ff are reasonable, ch eap er than a lot of stores ... b u t the m u sic ind u stry is a d in osau r." K u n z and E in ste in 's A rcad e are not w orried about their b u si­ n esses suffering the sam e fate. " It 's about com p etition in the com m u n ity,"K u n z said. A c e rta in a m o u n t o f a n x ie ty a ls o e x is t s c o n c e r n in g w h a t in d e p e n d e n t th e c lo s in g o f s to r e s w ill d o to th e c h a r a c te r Alex Jones, Daily Texan Staff o f th e D ra g . " I t w as a b o o k e n d o n the D ra g ," W yatt said. "T h in g s like the D aniel Jo h n sto n 's 'H i, how are you ' painting o n the sid e give it character." " It started w ith [restau ran t] L e s A m is c lo s in g ," a d d s the e m p lo yee o f E in stein's A rcade. "N o w all these ch ain s are m o v in g in ." M any feel the a n sw er is n o t to sim p ly p ro te st su ch clo su res, though. "P e o p le ou g ht to b e b u sy try­ ing to op en establish m ents rather than ju st [com plain] about it," said W yatt. It is cu rren tly u n kn o w n w ho in the S o u n d the next te n a n t E xchange sp ace will be. B ut it is likely that the u n iqu e features of So u n d E xchange — such as their e xten sive u sed -record collection and in-store con certs — w ill be m issed by many. in " I r e m e m b e r b e in g th e s to re for a record re le a se b y the B ro w n W h o m e t," said W y a tt. " T h e r e w e re k e g s — it w a s c ra m p e d b u t a lo t o f fu n ." Alex Jones Daily Texan Staff The motley facade of Sound Exchange Is but one of the many features that has made the store popular with Austinites for 23 years. The store is expected to close by Jan. 31. 'Rcn'Starion..c mm $ m i Blood and Gore Violence PORTS T in Page 9 l)\ m T i w n Monday, January 27. 2003 BUCS BOWL In ju st his first year as head coach, Jon Gruden leads the Bucs to a Super Bowl victory. P a g e 1 1 COMING THIS WEEK Sports fans, baseball season is rapidly approaching. Accordingly, the Texan will bring you Big 12 baseball team previews Wildcats take down Longhorns in Manhattan, 71-69 Kendra Wecker attempts to dribble past sophomore Kala Bowers during Saturday’s 71- 69 loss to the Wildcats. Charlie Reidel/ Associated Press Kansas State 's Kendra Wecker has career day in Texas loss By Lorne Chan Daily Texan Staff The Texas women's basketball team was on fire w ith a 5-0 Big 12 record, but the fire was extin­ guished Saturday bv a Kansas State tornado named Kendra Wecker. It was W ecker's day in Manhattan, Kan., as she scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, as No. 3 Kansas State took down No. 17 Texas 71-69. "She's a really great player," U T guard/forw ard Heather Schreiber said. "1 know that there were a lot of times w hen there was a hand in her face, and she was still m aking them." Although Manhattan was blanketed with snow, the sold-ou t Bramlage 13,340 cram m ed Coliseum, including Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. "Their crowd was just great," said Schreiber, who recorded her third consecutive double-double with into 15 points and 12 rebounds. "Seeing all of those peo­ ple running into the gym, really shows how' much their program has come along. It was a really good environm ent to be playing in." A n d Wec ker gave the crowd a game they would not forget. Wecker shot 10-16 from the field and scored 17 of the team - A tirst half points, leading Kansas State ( is 1, '-t1 Big 12), to the best start in team history. "1 got some open looks with the jump 'hot, and w a s able to knock those d ow n," Wecker said. "I felt pretty good. 1 thought my teammates would proba­ bly get mad, but 1 just kept shooting." Texas (12-3, 5-1 Big 12) w as able to keep pace with Kansas State, as the game w as a back-and-forth bat­ tle for conference supremacy. The first half was neck-and-neck, as the two teams ex changed leads 10 times. The first half ended with Texas leading 34-33. The- g une would be decided bv which team could gam momentum in the second half, but neither team would prove able to pull away. See WOMEN, page 10 TEARING UP THE TIGERS Longhorns' D shuts down Missouri’s leading scorers By Jason McDaniel Daily Texan Staff If Saturday's game against No. 21 Missouri was the first test for Texas in Big 12 play it must have the been Longhorns knew their grade in advance — D, for defense. open book, and In a game between two nation­ ally ranked Big 12 schools, No. 4 Texas (13-2, 4-0, Big 12) held the Tigers to 21 first half points — just one more than their season low — en route to a 76-55 victory. All three1 of Mizzou's leading scorers were held below their sea­ son averages. Arthur Johnson, Rickey Paulding and Ricky Clemons each average 17 points a contest, but combined for just 35 points against Texas. During one stretch that set the defensive tone earlv for Texas, Jam es Thomas blocked a shot down low, ran back for a jumper on the offensive end, then stole the ball from the Tigers' Arthur Johnson on the next play. Going into the game, Johnson was one of the most feared big men in the Big 12 as Mizzou's mountainous center. He leads the league in double-doubles with 10, as well a s ranking as the Tigers' all-time blocked shots leader. "It was a tough m atchup because Arthur Johnson is a very hard guy to guard," said Texas coach Rick Barnes. But the Longhorns' relentless defense held the 6-foot-9-inch, 265 pound center scoreless during the first half. Missouri only scored two points inside in the entire first period, while Texas scored 16 points down low. Both Jason Klotz and Royal Ivev chipped in on defense early, swatting away shots to help Texas take the lead. Kit 't/'s block came with 14:25 to go in the first half and Texas down b\ one in a close game that had already seen six lead changes. Johnson had |ust nailed a turn­ jumper despite Klotz around See DEFENSE, page 10 Cold can’t keep ( demens away By Clint Hale Daily Texan Staff Rainy weather w asn't the only surprise during Saturday's annual alumni baseball game. Form er Longhorn great and current New York Yankee Roger Clemens started the game for the alum ni squad and pitched a perfect inning before retiring for the day. Clem ens faced three ol Texas' biggest offensive threats in Tim Moss, O m ar Q uintanilla and Dustin Majewski and retired all three with rela­ tive ease before giving w ay to Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Greg Swindell. Before the game, Clemens explained why he chose this year to return to Disch-Falk Field for the alumni game. "I wanted to come back to Texas, and congrat­ ulate [head coach] Augie Garrido and the guys on winning a national title," Clemens said. "The tra­ dition here at Texas is as good as it is in New York." Moss, Texas' star second baseman, said that even though Clemens stnick him out to start the game, it was still an honor to face the future Mall of Fam er and six-time Cy Young winner. "It felt good to face him ," Moss said. "H e was throwing pretty hard, but I think he was taking it See CLEMENS, page 11 Geoff Riddle/Daily Texan Staff Texas' Jason Klotz steps up to defend a Tiger ball-handler during Saturday’s game against Missouri. Klotz finished with four points. Impressive win over Tigers propels No. 4 Texas By Patrick Daniel Daily Texan Staff On the Longhorns' schedule, Saturday's contest with Missouri is the first game in a brutal three- game test. Without a doubt though, the No. 4 Longhorns aced the first part of the exam. Texas defeated No. 21 Missouri 76-55 before 14,012 fans and held all three of M issouri's top scorers under average Saturday. season their Missouri center Arthur Johnson only scored 10 points, well under his conference average of 23.7 points per game. Rickey Paulding averages 16.9 points per game but was held to just nine points in Saturday's loss. "We took it upon ourselves as a challenge" Mouton said. "A s a team, we told each other that we have to slow these guys down. We talked to each other, and com ­ municated and did a good job slowing them down." Ricky Clemons, who was recent­ ly arrested for allegedly choking a woman, scored 16 (one under his facing season average) while Longhorn fans waving photo­ copied pictures of his face doctored to look like a mug shot. The fans also chided Clemons with )eers confronting his recent law troubles. Early on, the tilt looked as though it was going to be a game in which both teams would be forced to grind it out, neither tak­ ing a resounding lead. There was no more than a three-point lead for the first eight minutes, but after that the Longhorns' pres­ sure defense wore on the Tigers. Over the final 12 minutes of the half, Texas built a lead based on M issouri's m istakes, and the Longhorns capitalized by scoring points in the paint and points from turnovers. For the half, Texas outscored Missouri 16-2 in the paint and 11-0 on fast breaks. Brandon Mouton scored 12 of his 20 points in the first half. Eight of the team's last 12 points in the period came from his hot hand as he went 5-of-6 from the field in the first half. "1 waited for my offense to come to me rather than go out and try, and do too much," Mouton See TIGERS, page 10 Pitchers rule in chilly weather Senior Ferin hits two-run homer 7th for Longhorns "This is a kind of day typically where hitters stru ggle," said Texas coach Augie Garrido. "In the cold, pitchers are in a position to dominate the play." Ferin snapped the outfield and at first base dur­ ing the game. By Natalie England Daily Texan Staff Frigid temperatures welcomed Longhorn alumni back into the confines of D isch-Falk Field Satur-day. Senior outfield Joe Ferin hailed them goodbye with a two-run hom er over the right field fence to break a scoreless deadlock in the top of the seventh inning. Omar Quintanilla and Dustin Majewski followed with consecu­ tive doubles that scored Quintanilla, sealing the Longhorns' 3-0 victory over the alumni team. The damp, cold weather set up perfect conditions for a pitching duel, highlighted by the scoreless first inning tossed by current N ew York Yankee and Texas alumnus Roger Clemens. Through six innings of play, the Longhorns and alumni were held to five and three hits, respectively. the pitching authority with his homer off of current San Francisco Giant Albert Montes. "H e was throwing mostly fast balls," Ferin said. "I knew I hit it good, but this is such a big yard. 1 haven't hit enough home runs to know when it's out. " A little more than 5,500 fans showed up and braved the icy blanket of wet hanging over the Disch, paying hom age to last ye ar's C ollege World Series cham pions the Longhorns of yesteryear. as well as "It's pretty exciting getting to see players like Roger Clemens," Ferin said. "I just wish I'd gotten that [home run] off of him." Greg Swindell of the Arizona Diamondbacks turned in another memorable performance for the alumni. He not only retired all three batters he faced in the sec­ ond inning, but also played defensively at two positions in "This is really important for our players, 1 think," Garrido said. "They get to see players in professional baseball and realize there's not that much difference betw een themselves and those guys. Hopefully, it only increases their desire to work hard and get to the major leagues." "Also talking to these major lea­ guers and seeing them playing here, I think our guys gel i deeper understanding of how important it is to wear Texas on your jersey." I onghorns looked a little different, as ,ophu took m ore M ’chael H ollim on over third base, and Quintanilla played shortstop. Defensively, the While Garrido said this swap is just on a week-to-week trial basis, it's a change Hollimon takes in stride. "The approach is basically the sam e to ground balls," Hollimon said. "It's just a different angle. I've never played third before, but I know Omar played awesome at short during the fall. I didn't question anything. 1 just did it." Geoff Riddle/Dally Texan Staff Longhorn center James Thomas goes up against a Mizzou defender Saturday afternoon at the Erwin Center. Thomas added eight points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns. A lex Jones/Daily Texan Staff New York Yankee and former Longhorn Roger Clemens returned to Austin Saturday for the alumni game. Clemens pitched a hitless first inning. bPORI Monday, January 27, 2003 Basket comes one second too late Kansas up next for Texas Horns Page 10 MEN’S TRACK Longhorns capture four golds By Carrie Crossman Daily Texan S taff the LSI Led bv seniors Tré G ardner, Jerm aine Cooper, and freshm an tw ins Aaron and Ashton Collins, the L onghorns won four e v e n t s at Tiger Invitational Saturday at th e Carl M addox Track The men, w ho traveled w i t h only a partial squad, also posted six other top three finishes and recorded three NCAA qualifying marks. P urple In his first open 200-m eter dash, Aaron Collins w on with a time of 21 49 seconds. Ashton Collins the nation s No. 2 prep quarter-m iler last vear, ran the 400-m e ttr dash in a NCAA pro ­ visional-qualifying tim e of 47.23 seconds. Placing third in the "B" section of the 400 w as freshm an Nick Johnson, w ith a time of 30.39 seconds. After placing fourth in the 60- m eter dash at the opening season meet, G ardner took hom e the gold w ith a provisional-qualify­ ing and season-best tim e of 6.69 seconds. F reshm an Brendan Christian placed third w ith a tim e of 6.75 seconds. 2003 Finishing second an d third respectively in the 60-meter h u r­ dles were brothers Jerm aine and Dion Cooper. In his first meet of the Jerm aine season, C ooper posted a provisional- qualifying time of 7.92 seconds. H e holds the UT indoor 60-meter hurdles record writh a tim e of 7.69 seconds. D ion Cooper, a freshman, becam e the No. 8 h u r­ dler on UT's all-time list after fin­ ishing w ith a tim e of 8.14 sec­ onds, a collegiate-best. O ther top Longhorn perform - ers w ere juniors Jason W ard, w ho finished second in the long jum p w ith a distance of 24-7, and Nick Talley, w ho im proved on his perform ance last w eek by placing third in the high jum p w ith a 6-8 clearance. R ounding t h e top finishers for the out L onghorns w as sen io r R uss Benk, wrho placed third w ith a m ark of 15-11 in the pole vault. The L onghorns will be back in the in action next w eekend at U H /R u n S p o rt A ll-Com ers, Houston. WO Records fall as Horns take team title By Phillip Orchard Daily Texan S taff The track w as ablaze in burnt orange Saturday, an d m eet re c o rd s continued to fall as the No. 4 1 onghorn w om en's track and field squad dom inated the H ouston Indtx>r Open. Powered by seven w ins and two m eet records, the I onghorns captured the team title over sec­ ond place No. 8 Rice. For the second consecutive w'eek, the Longhorns received a strong contribution from their stellar group of freshmen. Sanya Richards follow ed last w eek's Big 12 athlete of the w eek per­ formance w ith another im pres­ sive outing. The prep All- American set a m eet record in the 60-meter with a 7.28. Senior A ll-A m erican Aleah Williams followed close behind w ith w hat turned out to be the 5th fastest tim e in Longhorn his­ tory. Richards later helped Texas cap off the m eet by being a key com ponent in the 4x400 relay squad. Fellow freshman Evelyn Dwyer captured the 800-meter with a tim e of 2:13.6, and freshm an Ashlee Williams placed second in both the 60-meter hurdles and the 200-meter run. The Longhorns set the pace in the distance runs as well. Senior All-American Erin Sims finished the mile 13 seconds ahead of the closest competitor. And in w h at turned out to be a bizarre finish, junior Talis A pud-M artinez w as aw a rd e d a victory w ith o u t a recorded tim e in the 3,000-meter. M artinez crossed the finish line first, but a mix up in the num ber of laps run discounted all times. Senior Jaclyn O w usu w as the lone top finisher in the field events for UT, w inning the triple lum p by flying 40-8 . Texas finished w ith 133 points, com pared to Rice w ith 79.33, Texas C hristian w ith 66, an d Texas A&M w ith 46. WOMEN, FROM 9 T exa s originally took charge to start the second half, going on an 8-0 ru n to take a 46-41 lead. forw ard H ow ever, Stacy Stephens ran into foul trouble, and w ithout h er presence dom i­ nating the court, Kansas State came back. S tep h en s w o u ld the gam e w ith 17 points, b u t played only 27 m inutes. finish "It couldn't be more close than it w as,” K ansas State center Nicole O hlde said. "I d o n 't know w'hat to say to that one. It w as a close g a m e , and it wms tough, and w e're just hap p y to get a win." Laurie koehn hit a three-point­ er that g.ive K ansas State a 64-61 lead w ith 3:30 left in the game, and the W ildcats used a n 11-0 run to take a 68-61 lead w ith 1:20 left. "1 w as all by myself," Koehn said. "It was a w ide-open look and a great pass. I ike last year w hen w e played them in Austin, it w as an exciting gam e that w ent dow n to the wire." Last y ear's gam e w as a d o u ­ ble-overtime thriller that Kansas State w on 80-76. The heartbreak w ould continue to this season as Texas d ro p p e d fourth straight gam e to the Wildcats. their The L onghorns w ould not go quietly, however. A Jamie Carey three-pointer cut the lead to 68- 64, and then Carey w as fouled w hile shooting another behind the arc. She w ould sink all three free throw s to cut the lead to 70-69 w ith 3.5 seconds rem aining. "I think that any tim e you are in a gam e situation like that, true players w ant to shoot the ball," C arey said. “1 just got fouled, and you just got into a m ind fram e that no one else is in the gym, and you're the only one. I'm sure that there w ere 14,000 people screaming, but I Applications for Editor of The Daily Texan are now being accepted Q UALIFICATIONS 1. 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Bowers' shot w as good, but too late. “1 thought that our team w as really, really good on that play wnthout a tim eout and trying to get organized," Texas coach Jody Con rad t said. "All they needed was a great look, and w e p robable could have proceeded w ithout the drib­ ble, and w e had a chance to win the gam e. T hat w as just really good execution and a really good job of getting organized, as hectic as it w as w ithout a tim eout to talk about it." it As though, tu rn e d out Kansas State w as saved by the bell, as time ran out on the Texas Longhorns. TIGERS, FROM 9 said. "My team m ates did a great job screening for me, helping me get open, and I w'as fortunate enough to knock shots dow n." At the half the Longhorns had a 14-point lead, 36-22. The 22 points for the Tigers was their second-low est first half o u tp u t of the season. But Missouri came out hot at the beginning of the second half. In the first five m inutes of play, the Tigers w ent on a 13-5 lead to cut the Longhorn lead to six points. stretch, hit Texas started to p u t the gam e o u t of reach when M outon, w ho had gone scoreless o ver an eigh t-m in u te a jum per w ith just over 10 m in­ u t e s to go. A fter tw o Jam es Thom as free throw s and a three- pointer by M issouri's Travon Bryant, Texas point guard T.J. Ford scored on three straight trips dow n the court to extend the Texas lead to 12 points. "In my opinion, I think he is the best player in the country. 1 le controls the gam e extrem ely w ell," M issouri coach Q uin S nyder said of Ford. "O ur team needs to develop that level of understanding on the court." 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At-Large P laces 2 and 3 Any stu d en t enrolled in T h e U niversity of T exas at A ustin who is not on sch o lastic p ro b atio n and h as com pleted 30 or m ore h o urs in residence at UT-Austin is eligible to be elected to th e B oard. Places 2 and 3 are available in th e 2003 election for two tw o-year te rm s beginning June 1, 2003. DEADLINE FOR APPLYING Noon, Monday, January 27 , 2 0 0 3 Applications m ust be picked up and retu rn ed to the Office of the D irector of Texas Student Publications, TSP C3.304 MEN’S TENNIS Strong doubles play helps in 5-2 victory By Javier Perez Jr. Daily Texan Staff to Tulsa, Okla., The No. 12 m en's tennis team traveled this w eekend and cruised to a 5-2 vic­ tory G olden Hurricane. against the In practice last week, Coach Michael C enter pu t an em phasis on doubles play to give the team a quick start. The w ork paid off as every doubles team w on their respective matches. “O ur doubles play w as m uch better today," said Coach Center. "O u r players show ed som e big im provem ents." Senior A ll-A m erican Jim m y H aney a n d junior Pete Stroer m ad e th eir du al m eet d eb u ts m em orable, as both com bined for an 8-3 doubles victory. Junior All- A m erican Jose Zarhi and senior Jean Sim on w on the No. 1 posi­ tion as a pair, claim ing an 8-6 match. Juniors Ryan H aym ond an d A lastair Jenkin com pleted the doubles sweep. In singles play, Zarhi, Gubser, a n d H an ey all w on easily in straig h t sets. But, C enter isn 't quite ready to celebrate. "In singles play, we w ere up an d dow n," C enter said. "We still have som e things to w ork on because it's still going to get tougher." The m ost exciting w in for Texas w as at the No. 4 spot w hen Stoer took on Shunsuke Shim izu of Tulane, w hom he had previ­ ously beaten w ith H aney in the doubles round. A fter splitting the first tw o sets, Stoer fought back from m atch point twice in the third to w in the final set 7-5. "To go o u t and com pete as a team is som ething w e needed to do," C enter said. "The pressure and anxiety of our first dual meet hopefully first m atch jitters we had." rem oved any The only losses of the m atch cam e in singles play. Simon w as forced to retire in his m atch due to an injured shoulder and fresh­ m an A ntonio Ruiz fell at the No. 3 spot 6-4, 6-4. But C enter claim ed m itigating circum stances for the losses. "You can't help an injury, and hopefully for Ruiz, it'll be a learn­ ing expenence," said Coach Center. "I know he can plav better." N ext w eekend, Texas will host Texas A&M in an early season conference match that could set the tone for w ho w ill w in the Big 12 C ham pionship. “We need to see how w e are and physically, w ork improve," said Center. "A&M will be a tougher experience, and it will force us to play better to win." hard, After a Brian Boddicker buck­ et, the 14-point lead w as back and the gam e w as well in hand. Texas outscored Missouri 16-9 the rest of the w ay to p u t an exclam ation point on the victory. "I thought Brandon M outon used the pick and roll effectively, and T.J. Ford did a great job adjusting to w here w e needed him to be," coach Rick Barnes said. "There is no depth w ithout chemistry, and our guys have a great chem istry w ith one anoth­ er, and it show s on the court." There is no time to celebrate S a tu rd a y 's how ever, w in because the team m ust travel to square off against No. 6 Kansas tonight on ESPN's Big M onday at Allen Fieldhouse. The tough stretch of consecutive gam es against ranked opponents ends this S aturday against No. 13 O klahom a State. "We d on't get much time to relax. We have to turn around, and get prepared mentally and physi­ cally to play a hard-fought game," M outon said. "Their fans really get involved. As a team, Kansas really feeds off them. They're going to come out ready to play." streak h ea d in g Texas is riding an eight-gam e w in into M onday's game, w hich m arks the longest such streak during the Rick Barnes era, but the pro­ gram has lost all five m atchups at row dy A llen Fieldhouse. the alw ays "O ur plan is just to go there, play hard and keep the crow d out," Ford said. never trail in second half DEFENSE, FROM 9 bum ping him oft and picking up the foul. Johnson missed the free throw and Paulding grabbed the rebound. But Klotz was there to make up for his foul w ith the rejection. Three plays later, Ivey blocked a du n k attem pt by Johnson from behind. After Thom as came up w ith the ball, Sydmill H arris hit a three to give Texas a 14-12 advantage w ith 12:57 left in the half. They never trailed again. Clemons was the only Tiger to have some success, despite boos every time he touched the ball. Clemons was charged Jan. 17 with second-degree domestic assault on a young woman but returned against Iowa State last Tuesday after denying the charges. The guard hit three of five three-pointers early and scored half of Missouri's points in the first penod. But after hitting a three earlv in the second, Clemons was held scoreless until 4:15 left in the gam e w hen the outcom e w as already decided. He finished w ith a team-high 16 points on 6- of-19 shooting. Texas held the Tigers to just 36 percent shooting overall. It w as the tenth time they have held their opponent below 40 percent this year. W anna be a D JP Step 1: C om e to the next K V R X m eeting, Jan 29 7pm , G arrison 1 Step 2: V olunteer at K V R X 91,7 FM Student R adio Step 3: Leam about other stuff you can do, like news, sports, recording bands, etc. Step 4: Rock out. None of the hits, all of the t im e , w w w .kvrx.org Monday, January 27, 2003 S PORTS Page 11 Bucs’ defense just too good for Raiders Gruden becomes youngest head coach to win Super Bowl By Dave Goidberg Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Just defense, baby! The Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn't need much more than that. Coach Jon Gruden and his Bucs won their first NFL championship Sunday, routing the Oakland Raiders 48-21 in the first matchup of best offense vs. best defense. The Tampa Bay defense won by a mile, returning three of a record five interceptions for touchdowns and shutting down any hope the Raiders had of a late comeback. It was the first Super Bowl vic­ tory for the former NFL laughing­ stock, a team that lost its first 26 games after it started playing in 1976 in those garish orange uni­ forms. "1 want to thank Coach Gruden for what he did," said Bucs owner Malcolm Glazer, who a year ago was the butt of jokes for his revolving coach search that finally brought Gruden from the Raiders. "H e came from heaven, and he brought us to heaven. We were waiting for the right man, and the right man came." Gruden, who at 39 became the youngest coach ever to win a Super Bowl, is known as an offen­ sive guru. This win was with a defense run by Monte Kiffin and other holdovers from form er coach Tony Dungy. Super Bowl M VP Dexter Jackson had two interceptions, as did Dwight Smith, who returned both of his picks for touchdowns, including a 50-yarder to finish off the scoring with 2 seconds left in the game. Derrick Brooks also returned an interception for a touchdown. Simeon Rice had two of the Bucs' five sacks as Tampa Bay romped to a 20-3 halftime lead then scored two quick third-quar­ ter touchdowns. Scoreboard NBA Toronto 101, Sacramento 97 Chicago 100, Houston 98 New >t>rH 106, Phoenix 98 Boston 91, Otando 83 Indiana 108, LA Clippers 101 Portland 100. DaMas 93 NHL Washington 7, NY Rangers 2 Vancouver 1, Phoenix 0 Montreal 4, Chicago 3 NCAA Men (18) Wake Forest 71. FSU. 60 (9) Creighton 89. TCU 79 (17) Okla St. 79, (25) Texas Tech 70 NCAA Women (11) Purdue 76, Northwestern 60 (19) Arizona 62, Wisconsin 55 (4) Tenn. 82, (13) Miss. St. 68 Auburn 64, (7) Arkansas 36 (22) Oklahoma 65, Baytor 64 USC 75, (5) Stanford 72 (15) Penn State 72, Michigan 70 Geo. Washington 74, Florida 55 (1) Duke 81, FSU 63 Georgia 71, Kentucty 59 (6) LSU 70, (17) Vanderbilt 59 Illinois 94, (10) Minnesota 80 Cincinnati 63, UAB 60 (7) Texas Tech 80. Colorado 58 COLLEGE B-BALL Connecticut at St. John’s, 6 p.m., ESPN Texas at Kansas, 8 p.m., ESPN UNLV at New Mexico, 11 p.m., ESPN NHL Ottawa at Dallas, 7 p.m., F0XSW Nashville at Buffalo, 6 p.m., ESPN2 DROP US A LINE Have feedback, opinions or sugges­ tions for DT sports? By all means, tell us about it. We encourage letters from our readers. Here’s how we can be reached: ■ E-mail: sports@dailytexanon!me co m ■ Voice: 512 232 2210 ■ Fax: 512471 2952 ■ Postal: PO Box D, Austin TX 78705 Recycle your copy of T h e D a il y T e x a n Going insane with knee pain? S p o r t s C e n t e r ™ “ w h e r e t h e b e s t g e t b e t t e r ” A u s t i n , T X W W W .THESPO RTSCENTER .NET Elaine Thompson Associated Press Tampa Bay head coach Jon Gruden and defensive end Warren Sapp Raiders. This marked Tampa Bay’s firs t a p p e a ra n c e in th e S u p e r B o w l embrace in celebration after the Bucs’ 48-21 victory over the Oakland and the team’s first victory in franchise h is to ry . airWAVES futile a That rendered late com eback by the Raiders that included a touchdown on a blocked punt and 48-yard touch­ down pass from league MVP Rich Gannon to Jerry Rice. "R ight now, I wouldn't care if they put Mount Everest in front of me," said Rice, who was playing against a line of 300-pound men. "I just wanted to be a w orld cham pion." The Tampa Bay offense did its part, too, led by Michael P itt­ man, who ran for 124 yards on 29 carries. gan "Just win, baby!" w asn't going to work this time. Mike Alstott had a 2-yard touchdown run and Brad Johnson added two touchdown passes to Keenan McCardell, the second an 11-yarder after an 89-yard drive that ate up almost eight minutes of the third quarter. Just 43 seconds later, Smith grabbed the ball away from Jerry Rice and took it to the end zone to make it 34-3. Oakland owner A1 Davis' slo­ How good was the Tampa Bay defense? Oakland had just 62 total yards in the first half, second-lowest total in Super Bowl history. And the five interceptions of Gannon were the most he had in any game this season. He finished 24-of-44 for 272 yards and two touch­ downs. Credit the win also to Gruden, who left Oakland a year ago for Tampa Bay in what seemed at the time far too much in draft picks and cash — $8 million to be exact. Although ( iruden denied it, his team know ledge of his old worked out perfectly. "Ever}' play they've run, w e've run in practice," Tampa Bay safe­ ty John Lynch said. But Gruden said: "That was all overrated. I stayed away from the defense. 1 hat's a credit to our players. We've got a great defen­ sive club." Madden, Super Bowl prove less than interesting for TV viewers By Josh Dubow Associated Press A BC 's Super Bowl coverage went the same way m ost of its season did: a gam e so lopsided it d id n 't m atter w ho was announcing. lured The netw ork John M adden away from Fox last year with a $20 m illion contract after the Dennis M iller experi­ ment failed. But not even M adden at his best could overcom e the lack of drama in Tampa Bay's 48-21 vic­ tory Sunday over the Oakland Raiders. football analy sts, Madden, once the standard for is no longer the best these days. His insights aren't quite as sharp as you nger analysts like Phil Sim m s or Cris Collinsw orth. M adden, calling his ninth Super Bowl, too often resorts to obvious com m ents like this one in the first quarter about Tampa Bay's offense: "T h is is a tough thing for this offense when you can't pass because guys aren't getting protection, or guys are dropping the ball, and you can't run." Really? M adden also w aited until halftime to focus on the role All- Pro center Barret R obbins' absence played in Tampa Bay getting so much pressure on Rich Gannon. "T h at can't be used as an excu se," M adden said. "Th e Bucs just whipped them ." But he d id n 't say the reshuffling forced the Raiders into changes that contributed to if the poor blocking. M ad d en also shied aw ay from offering an opinion in key spots like in the fourth quarter after O akland cut the lead to 34-15. "Tam pa Bay has to make a decision here. Do you want to stay conservative and play the clock gam e here, or do you want to play for first d ow ns?" M adden asked. It w as a question the m ulti- m illion analyst should have answered. M adden did make some good points, including quickly sens­ ing the Bucs' dominance. "Tam pa Bay looks like the No. 1 defense, and the Raiders d on 't 1 like offense," he said early in the second quarter. the No. look He also noted how Tampa B ay's d efend ers sat back in zones and played G annon instead of the receivers, leading to five interceptions. But like they did often this season, M adden and A1 M ichaels had to fill time in a blow out. M onday Night Football had its low est rating ever, m ost­ ly because the average m argin of victory of 14.9 points was the highest in four years. som e W hile announcing teams have the feel of buddies w atching the game in their liv­ ing and room , M adden M ichaels act more formal. In on e of the few lig h ter m om ents, M ichaels took a dig at M adden for insisting that N ew England should have played for overtim e on its game-w inning drive during last y e a r's Super Bowl. Producer Fred G audelli and director Drew Esocoff brought some new features to the game, including SkyCam and micro­ phones on players during the game. SkyCam, a regular feature on ESPN, is an aerial, robotic cam ­ era that provides view s directly over the field. It led to som e of the best replays of the telecast. On an interception by Rich Gannon in the second quarter, SkyCam provided a great view of Tampa Bay defensive back Dexter Jackson spying Gannon and breaking to make an inter­ ception. The overhead view also showed how Tampa B ay's line gave Brad Johnson a perfect pocket to pass from. The microphones on O akland receiver Jerry Rice and 'lampa Bay defensive back John Lynch were used sparingly. Rice even took his microphone o ff for the second half. The highlights included a first- quarter conversation betw een Rice and Jerry Porter when Porter observed: "They can rush the passer, but can they stop the run?" They did. Late in the second quarter, Lynch made a com m ent that showed just how much coach Jon Gruden knew about his for­ mer team. "E very play run, we've run in practice. It's unre­ al," Lynch said. th ey 'v e Alumni offer big league goals LEMENS, FROM 9 ind of easy on me. I worked ard to get a hit off of him, but it ms just great to be able to get up lere against him." Majewski, a preseason All- American for the Longhorns, rounded out to second in his nly at bat against Clemens. But lajewski said that when he )und out that he would be fac- ig the greatest pitcher in school istory, he was a bit nervous. "I couldn't sleep the night efore, knowing I was going to ice Roger Clemens," Majewski aid. "I thought he was taking it asy on me, though. But he can ike it easy on everyone and still e better than most pitchers." Clemens is the only player in Texas history to have his number retired. A large wooden baseball with his name and number don the outfield wall at Disch-Falk Field, commemorating one of the great careers in college base­ ball history. Clemens was a free agent this offseason, but was re-signed by the Yankees for another season. G arrido said that playing with stars like Clemens and Swindell enables his players to see w hat it's like to be a profes­ sional athlete. "O u r players see the older players that have played in col­ lege, and they realize that there isn't m uch difference between “ I couldn’t sleep the night before, knowing I was going to face Roger Clemens. I thought he was taking it easy on me though.” D u s tin M a je w s k i, Lo n g h o rn o u t fie ld e r what they are and w hat they can be," Garrido said. "They just get a deeper understanding of how important the gam e is to everyone." The Longhorns begin compet­ itive play Friday against San Diego in San Diego. Elise Arriendóla 'As so ci a te d P R e s s Tampa Bay defensive lineman Simeon Rice c r u s h e s Raider quarter­ back Rich Gannon. Rice had two sacks during th e S u p e r Bowl. 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All amenities in­ cluded No pets. $475/depos- it/mo+ 1/4 elect 695-6804 drtomera@swbell net IBR IMMEDIATE MOVE-IN West Campus in sublease. 3BR/2BA 29th&Rio Grande Covered parking, all applian­ ces $500/mo ABP 571-277- 1214; tommyfortexas@yahoo com 4 4 0 - Room m ates FEMALE ROOMMATE wanted to sublease studio room in Do- bie Center for this semester Fur­ niture laundry room, meal plan included. 1 block from campus Will negotiate price. Call 505-2623 ROOMMATE FOR Lg. 2br/2ba furnished a p t, male student, $372 50+1/2 of utilities, walk to campus, convenient law/en­ gineering, 459-9898 full kitchen MALE SUBLEASE-SHARF. room Luxury 2BD/2BA suite w/living room, 4 megabit/sec, cable, walk to UT. Spring sem. w/19 meals/week- $4050. One payment or four $ 1050 jan-April payments 2003. Negotiable. Fred 4 IB- 0099 IMMED AVAILABLE Lg room, share BA In Shoal Creek hm. Male G rad student. 1-877-458- 2405 (352)375- 6996. ext 36021 ROOM M ATE NEEDED 4/4 Crossing Place Apartments $480+1/4 electric. Male or Fe­ free male. UT Shuttle, pool, fitness, tanning, HBO, cable, computers, internet. Sublease asap-Aug Brad 512-217-8749 FEMALE STUDENT wanted, non- smoker to share very nice 2/2 condo. $600/mo+utilities Ana 480-9543 to campus Walk IN 2/1 R O O M apartment. $350+1/2 bills Male or fe male. Complex w/pool 447-3406, page 907- 4528 UT shuttle IBDR IN a 4/2 furnished apt at Jefferson Commons, looking for ASAP. $455/month, bills paid. 512 771-8353 sub-lease FIVE MINUTE walk to campus Two engineers in 2/1, you get the single room $430+electric- ity, internet. 31st and Speed­ way Call 713-703-6218, 481 9953. FEMALE ROOMMATE non-smok­ er share 3/2 condo ALL BILLS PAID, includes:cable, close to HEB, F W shuttlebus #19, 339 $425. 794-2886 Julia 1/1 IN 3/3, SE, shuttle, w/d, cable, pool, weight room, $400 386-7848, + 281-331-1470 some elect. FEMALE ROOMMATE wanted furnished private bed/bath for $500/month shared room/bath for $300/month, Contact 794-0560 or 2 MALE UT need 3rd roommate in nice, large, 3/2 house 10 min N or compus. On bus route w/d, cable, wireless hs internet. $500+1/3 utilities. 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Services 761 -Security 762-Health & hitness RENTAL APARTM ENT FINDERS WEST & NORTH CAMPUS EFF Walk to School EFF Gates, Pool, Patio $470 EFF All Bills Paid $500 1-1 Access Gotes, Pool $550 1-1 Gos Paid, Pools $575 1-1 FREE Cable &D 5L $640 1-1 With STUDY 2-1 Walk to School 2-1 Gas Paid 2-1 Hyde Park 2-1 West Campus 2-2 North Campus 2-2 All Bills Paid 2-2 West Campus $675 $789 $795 $875 $900 $929 $900 $950 2-2 W/D, Gates $1015 SHUTTLE EFF Free Cable, Gates $425 1-1 Gates, Pools 2-1 BEST DEAL $465 $535 2-2 Gates, Free Cable $665 2-2 W/D $855 A F S 2109 Rio Grande 322-9556 w w w . a u s a p t . c o m UNEXPECTED V A CA N CY Campus Properties. Great deal for immediate move-ins. One bedrooms from $395, Two bedroom from $695. 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Russell as she receives th e d ra m a tic dire ctin g aw ard for Thirteen a t the Sundance F ilm Festival awards show Saturday. ‘American Splendor’ claims Sundance prize Am erican Splendor, a wily film biography th a t stars Paul G ia m a tti a s c h u rlis h u n de r­ co m ic-b o o k w rite r ground Harvey Pekar, won the grand to p dram atic ju ry prize, honor at the Sundance Film Festival. the Sundance ju ro rs gave the d o c u m e n ta ry grand prize to Capturing the Friedmans, which tra ce s the disintegration o f a fa m ily a fte r fa th e r and th e youngest son are arrested fo r child m olestation. p re s e n te d Awards were Saturday night, with top w in­ ners screening one last tim e on Sunday as the 11-day inde- pendent-film show case ended. W ritten and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, Am erican Splendor clev­ in co rp o ra te s a n im a tio n , erly interludes archival video and w ith real Pekar, w h ose com ic books caustically docu­ m en t his dreary life as a file cle rk in Cleveland. the The dram atic directing award w ent to Catherine Hardvi/icke fo r Thirteen, a tale o f a bright (Evan Rachel W ood) te e n w hose loving relationship w ith (H olly H unter) he r m o th e r crum b les from the bad influ­ ence of a new school chum . I j ¡ . j DiCaprio: No stretch to play con man in ‘Catch’ Playing a con a rtis t in Catch M e If You Can w a sn’t much o f a stretch fo r Leonardo DiCaprio. "Acting is all ab o u t being an im p o s to r ," th e 2 8 -y e a r-o ld DiCaprio to ld reporters Sunday in Berlin. The movie opens in Germany on Thursday. The m ovie ch ro n ic le s th e early years of real-life g rifter Frank Abagnale, who pursued c o n v e n tio n a l s u c c e s s a n d r e s p e c t a b ility th e u n c o n v e n tio n a l m e th o d s o f cou n te rfe itin g checks and fa ls i­ fying identities. th r o u g h By the tim e he w as arrested by FBI ag en t Carl Hanratty, played by Tom Hanks, Abagnale had w ritten $ 2 .5 m illio n in bad checks and had successfully passed h im s e lf o ff as an air­ line pilot, a doctor and a lawyer. “ He is a professional actor,” s a id D iC aprio, w ho m e t Abagnale for the to prepare im m ediately d is ­ role. “ I was arm ed by his charm .” Lawyer says Reubens should not face charges Paul Reubens, th e actor b e s t know n fo r playing Pee-Wee Herman, s h o uldn’t face a child pornography charge because his collection o f erotica is h is ­ torica l, his lawyer is arguing. The s ta te ’s child pornogra­ phy law, enacted in 1 9 8 9 , does not apply to the im ages and film in the case because they were produced decades earlier, B lair Berk said in a m otion filed Friday. Some of the im ages are fro m the tu rn of the 2 0 th cen­ tury, according to the document. law The m otion also argues th a t th e is u n c on stitu tion ally broad and th a t a s ta tu te of lim ­ ita tio n s exp ire d b e fore th e charge was filed. in Novem ber 2 0 0 1 . The docum ent said officers "w e ll over 3 0 ,0 0 0 se ize d im ages and more than 6 5 0 hours of film ” from Reuben’s It hom e said au thorities have identified ite m s in one book, 2 5 m aga­ zines and one film th a t alleged­ ly v io la te C a lifo rn ia ’s c h ild pornography statute. The m otion described the collectio n as “ a vast and valu­ able historical collection of a rt­ w ork, kitsch m em orabilia and ad u lt erotica.” Page 15 Monday. January 2 7 . 2 0 0 3 CELEBRITY QUOTE O’ THE DAY “Anybody out there who has a serious problem with my feelings for Britney should just ch ill... I have never felt this way, so there. If you think I'm going soft, then go ahead and think it.” — Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, regarding rumors of a relationship with Britney Spears. M ann About T own ‘Magnolia' songstress blooms during first concert in Austin By Kevin Taylor Daily Texan S ta ff Aim ee M ann finally made it to Austin for the first time ever Saturday night. Perform ing to a sold-out La Zona Rosa crowd, the air w as filled w ith energy as the singer/songw riter took the stage for a two-hour set that was both laid-back and memo­ rable. W alking out on stage after Duncan Shiek's low-key and w e ll- re c e iv e d p e rfo rm a n c e , M ann picked up her w orn gui­ tar and greeted the audience w ith the ease and confidence of a seasoned performer. W earing a blue blazer and necktie (think of W oo d y A lle n 's Annie Hall), she started right in w ith a po w ­ erfully focused set that mixed her older material, her critical successes, and pieces from her latest and fourth solo album, Lost in Space. Yet M a n n is w ise enough not to bog do w n a perform ance w ith too m any unrecognizable songs that her listeners haven't Instead, learned. yet she sm oothly guided the audience on a w h irlw in d in chronological order) of her best songs. (alm ost From Whatever (1993), she soulfully rendered her "Fo urth of Ju ly " and " I 'v e H a d It." Listen closely to the lyrics, and yo u 'll find a deep melancholy and a perceptive look on the hum an psyche. This fascination w ith psychology can also be seen in "S u sa n " and "D eathly," last album both Bachelor No. 2 ( 1 9 9 9 ) . C onverging extremely personal life experiences w ith material she's read, M ann is able to fash­ ion incredibly insightful odes of the hum an condition. from her This is ever-present in all of h e r s o n g s , i n s p i r i n g w rite r/ d ire cto r P a u l Thom as Anderson to create a script for the the film Magnolia; he was directly influenced by her lyrics about drug abuse, love, and relationships. Audiences roared w ith applause w h en M ann sang "W is e U p " and "S a v e M e ," w h ich are used as im p or­ tant narrative points w ithin the film. into M ann declared, "T his crow d is tasty," w hen o verw helm ing app lause tw o led her superb encore performances, in w hich she directed the a u d i­ ence to clap during a certain In k ", but part of "In v is ib le assured her fans, jokingly, that, " It 's not w here you w o u ld think it w ou ld happen ... y o u 'll know w'hen it happens." A ll of this lead to the pinnacle the a u d ie n c e had been w a itin g fo r — her version of the classic song "O n e " — the op ening song to Magnolia. After all, she had to include it: the film put her on the map, and she's grateful. But M a n n doesn't neeyl any com m ercially successful hits to prove that she's u n d e n iab ly one of our premiere contempo­ rary songwriters. A u stin m usic fans, for twro hours, got o n ly a glimpse of w hat this am azing wom an is all about. And for that, w'e're grateful. ‘Limonade’ a bittersweet experience By Sarah Adams Daily Texan Staff Im agine a daydream, resurfac­ ing e ve n ' now and then when sleep evades or a relaxed drink at a restaurant takes the m ind far from reality. M aybe it involves an exotic woman, an opposite in language, age and philosophy. She could be French, and, like the daydreamer, could be suffer­ ing from the end of a long rela­ tionship. They could meet over lemonade. The symbolism p o si­ tively oozes. N o w im agine a uditorium s across A m erica rep layin g this intense, personal daydream to sold-out crow ds. P la y w rig h t Charles L. Mee isn't im agining it, he's living it through Limonade Tons les Jours, or Lemonade Every day. Limonade, w hich is playing at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, has taken M ee's p lay to the extremes. The two mam charac­ ters, Ya Ya (Jenny Larson) and Andrew' (John Little), spend much time discussing relation­ ship philosophy and w h y their particular one w o n 't work. The intelligent — if somew'hat tedious ram blings — get the treatment, however, as long dia­ logues are pierced w ith song and dance numbers and imaginative props. D o n 't try to make sense of the grassy bench or random men posing as Rene Magritte paint­ ings, just sit back and enjoy. Director D ave Steaklev and hisf artistic staff have let their im agination run w ild with lemons and Paris nightlife, and the mix is more M ike's H ard Lem onade than the traditional southern sum m er staple. This is a time w hen shock value wins o ver quality. Limonade makes sure to have plenty of both. Sure, the actors stripping dow n might add a sense of realism to the bed­ room scene, but the projection of a w om an's nude, reclining body that covers the entire backdrop for a good portion of the play? That is signature of the Zach Scott Theater. In another theater, the over­ w helm ingly lem ony props and video m ight overshadow' the actors. But Larson and Little seem at home w ith their charac­ ters. It is easy to forget that 1 ittle is an actor portraying a figment of Mee's daydream . H is m ellow A ndrew is believable as a m id­ dle-aged, som ewhat patronizing A m erican m an w'ho secretly longs for the fantasy of the exotic. Larson perhaps has the more difficult role if only because she m aintains an energetic French accent throughout the play and changes her costume every five minutes, usually in front of the audience. She comes across a lit­ tle strong and forced at times, and the energy that her role requires distracts from the dia­ logue in a few' places. A n y accent she loses, however, is more than made up for w hen she sings. Another surprise is the w'aiter, E ric DeForest. A t first he acts as an artistic workhorse, m oving props across the set. H is one line, or verse, rather, makes up for it all, w'hen he sings for the tw o m ain characters as they dance. t h in k in g The careful mixture of charac­ ters and stage keeps the a u d i­ en ce th ro u g h o u t Limonade. If the conversations fail to interest, there's alw ays the bow'l of goldfish served as a main course or other odd props to w onder about. Potential v ie w ­ ers be warned, however. After w alkin g a w a y from Limonade, one m ay have sudden urge to sing in French or sip a sweet, cit­ rus drink at a sidew alk cafe. more inform ation, call 476-0541. ext. 1, or visit the Web site at www. zachscott. com Falls rises to No. 1 at box office ATTENTION: U T FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS Tickets are $12 with a student ID. For Photo courtesy of Zach Scott Theater By David Germain A ssociated Press The horror flick Darkness Falls, about a vengeful spirit torment­ ing the town that lynched her, scared up $12.5 m illion in its opening weekend to debut as the No. 1 movie. Last weekend's top movie, the com edy Kangaroo jack, fell to sec­ ond place w ith $11.9 million. The musical Chicago continued to climb the charts in narrower release. It expanded to 616 the­ aters, an increase of 59, and took in $8.5 m illion to finish at No. 3, up from sixth place the previous weekend. Chicago averaged an impres­ sive $13,721 a theater, compared w ith $4,406 in 2,837 theaters for Darkness Falls. W ith $40.6 m illion already in the bank and solid A cad em y Aw ards prospects, Chicago is well poised to expand into w id e release Feb. 7, days before the Oscar nominations come out. "It's a very enviable position to be in," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "M u sica ls have been out of favor for so long, but Chicago is beating all the odds and performing better and better as it rolls out." George Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind broke into the top 10 in its first weekend of w id e release after in lim ited Decem ber to q u alify for the debut a slow weekend in w'hich it was Oscars. Starring Sam Rockwell as the only wide-release debut. It game show' host Chuck Barris in the film version of Barris' autobi- stars Em m a Caulfield of T V 's ography, Confessions grossed $6 Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a w om an battling a ghost-hag million and came in at No. 8. that's slicing and dicing people in her town, Other aw'ards contenders held w'ell as they expanded to more i n c l u d i n g About th e a t e r s , Schmidt, w hich came in at No. 9 w ith $5.5 million, and The Hours, which w as No. 10 with $4 m il­ lion. Overall, the box office dropped sharply compared to the same weekend last year, when Black Hawk Down was the No. 1 film. The top 12 movies grossed $82.9 million, d o w n 25 percent from the same weekend in 2002. Some of that decrease resulted from moviegoers staying home for the Super Bow l, which came a w'eekend later last year. 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