- i l ■ ' LIFE&ÄRTS PAGE 11 I & Have yourself a Brenham îcountry day Austin rallies to save cultural landmark NEWS PAGE 5 // ä Texas softball remains inco SPOP T h e Daily T ex \ \ Friday, March 26, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 TOMOR High o n o u www.dailytexa THER ■O W Students usher in spring LBJ School's new leader takes office By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Today m arks the finale of a th ree-d ay c e le b ra tio n h o n o r­ ing the arrival of a new dean at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the reded­ ication of an LBJ school building completed in January. Robert Hutchings assumed the role of dean Monday from Admi­ ral Bob Inman, who had served on an interim basis. Inman stood in for former dean James Stein­ berg, who left the LBJ School to serve as the principal deputy to Secretary' of State Hillary Clinton Hutchings is a retired ambassador who has worked in different areas of public service and academia, most recently as an associate dean at Princeton University. The three-day celebration includ­ ed a building dedication Wednes­ day night, a Hispanic leadership Summit on Thursday, and will con- clude today with a series of "home­ coming" events for alumni. INSIDE: "This is to celebrate everything about the LBJ School, and most im­ portantly, it's the people," said Su­ san Binford, the LBJ School's assis­ tant dean for com- m u n ic a t io n . " We h a v e so m a n y new begin nings, and we wanted to bring fac­ ulty, staff, cur­ rent students, ad­ mitted students and alumni together to welcome the new dean and mark his arrival in this magnificent new building." Check out coverage of the LBJ School's Hispanic summit ON PAGES It is an exciting time to lead a school of public affairs, especially one as acclaimed as UT's, Hutch­ ings said. He emphasized the im- Turkish folk dancers from the H arm ony Science Academ y of Austin await their perform ance du ring Thursday's Now ruz festival at UT. The festival celebrates the Iranian New Year and brin gs awareness to UT's Turkic Cultures Student Association. Daniela Trujillo ! Daily Texan Staff DEAN continues on page 2 Cultural organization celebrates New Year, promotes association By Sham oyita D asGupta Daily Texan Staff More than 100 stud ents, faulty and community mem­ bers watched Turkish folklor- ic dancers, listened to Kazakh musicians and enjoyed Turk­ ish food during the Turkic Cul­ tures Student A ssociation's third annual Nowruz festival Thursday. Members from the associa­ tion hosted the festival on the Main Mall to commemorate the Iranian New Year and the com­ ing of spring. The festival is also meant to to educate students about Tur­ key, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkm enistan and A zerbai­ jan — the five different coun­ tries represented within the as­ sociation. Tents corresponding to each country displayed me­ mentos, flags and images from the various countnes. Nowruz is typically celebrat­ ed throughout central Asia on March 21, said Ahmed Atik, a spokesman for the association. The festival's traditions vary from bonfires, to Kazakh wres­ tling, to an assortment of tradi­ tional games. "W hat it is all about is the music, traditional music, tradi­ tional food," association pres­ ident Bauyrzhan Zhaxybekov said. "[It's about] sharing with people [and] coming together with people you know." and picnics. The association also hopes to use events like Nowruz to keep students more informed about the organization. "We are celebrating the fes­ tival not just to celebrate it, but also to promote our stu­ dent organization," said Me- tin Eroglu, the assistant secre­ tary for the group. "[It's to] let the people know more about the countries in our student association." T h e o r g a n iz a tio n w as formed in 2007 and strives to connect students from the dif­ ferent countries that it repre­ sents. Each semester, it holds events like film screenings "W e try to introduce our culture to people who want to learn more about it," Atik said. "We try to bring people from our cultures together so they know they're not alone at UT." Although the festival was hosted by students from Tur­ kic countries, several students of varying ethnicities attend­ ed. "It's fun to see the different cultures," said Evan Wayne, a history junior currently en­ rolled in a Turkish class. "All these people go here and are related to UT som ehow, so why not learn about it?" Robert H utch in gs assu m e d the role of interim dean for the LBJ School of Public Affairs on M onday. Jeff H e im sa th | Daily Texan Staff Construction starts on media center UT professor wins award for his work in number theory By Aziza M usa Daily Texan Staff UT professor em eritus John Tate received 10 messages on his cell phone before the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters fi­ nally reached him at home to in­ form him that he had been award­ ed the Abel Prize. "[W e d n e sd a y ] at 7 in the morning, I got a call," Tate said. "I was about to take a shower, but the phone rang and my wife picked it up and handed it to me. There was this very Norwe­ gian-sounding voice telling me about [the prize]." The Abel Prize was named af­ ter Niels Henrik Abel, a Norwe­ gian man who studied pure math­ ematics — the study of math with­ out any specific purpose. It began as early as 1902 when a famous mathematician realized the Nobel Prize would not include an award in this field, but various setbacks postponed the creation of a prize until the establishment of the Abel Memorial Fund in early 2002. The fund has granted a $1 million cash award to laureates since 2003. Tate is the 2010 recipient of the AWARD continues on page 2 Jeff H eim sath | Daily Texan Staff UT President W illiam Powers, Jr. poses in front of shovels and helm ets during the grou n dbre aking cer­ em ony of the Belo Center for New M edia on Thursday. m ake more space available to stu d en ts, H art said . He said this is especially important be­ cause the three-building com ­ p le x th a t c u r r e n tly s e r v e s as the College of C om m unica­ tion was only m eant to house 1,000 stud ents, and there are cu rre n tly 4,000 stu d en ts e n ­ rolled in the college. Its facul­ ty and graduate stud ents are spread out in the Lake Austin Center, Walter Webb Hall and UA9 buildings. "G ra d u a te stu d en ts a re n 't housed near the facu lty that teach them, even though they're working with each other," Hart said. "A s far as u n d erg rad u ­ ates, we have so little space for inform al interactions that are part of getting a real education. We want to build in that sort of informal area." C o n stru c tio n for the Belo C enter begins today, and the estim ated cost is $50 m illion ih e college has received $15 million in grants from the Belo F o u n d a tio n o f D a lla s, R o b ­ ert and Maureen Decherd, and the estate of Jam es M oroney Jr. and the Jim and Lynn M o­ roney Family Foundation. An­ other $15 m illion will be gen­ erated from C ollege of C om ­ m u nicatio n stu d e n ts' tu ition plus legislative appropriations, H art said. He said KUT w ill pay for their share and the rest will come from the University's central administration. While allowing for addition­ al room, the new center will also include a two-story build­ ing that is to becom e K U T 's new home, "[This space] will give us the opportunity to involve both the com m u nity and the cam pu s more directly in the operation of the sta tio n ," KUT director Stewart Vanderwilt said. V a n d e rw ilt sa id th e s t a ­ tion plans to have a com m u­ nity room, in which the p u b ­ lic can discuss whatever is im ­ portant to them, and a perfor­ m ance area w here the public can watch daily concerts. Police officials working to cut Riverside crime Editor's note; This is the final part of a four-part series analyzing crime trends in major neighborhoods around the UT campus. By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Austin Police Department of­ ficials are knuckling down on violent street crime and robber­ ies in the neighborhoods of Riv­ ersid e after an increase in o f­ fenses raised concern during the latter part of 2009. To quell criminal activity in the "problem area," APD launched O p eration N itro, a D ecem ber initiative increasing APD's pres­ ence by placing m ore officers on patrol, as well as using more unm arked police vehicles and m obile command centers, said APD South Bureau Commander Charles Johnson. Since then, vi­ olent crime has been reduced in the area, he said. A lth o u g h there are v a ca n ­ cies in the South Bureau patrol, along with the rest of the city, Johnson said it does not impact APD's ability to ensure safety in the area. V iolence in R iv ersid e does APD continues on page 2 Communication school celebrates building of anticipated Belo Center By Aziza M usa Daily Texan Staff O rang e co n fetti bu rst into the a ir w h ile the L ongho rn Band played "The Eyes of Tex­ as" on Thursday, to celebrate the ground breaking of the Belo Center for New Media. The new center, an addition to the C o lleg e of C o m m u n i­ cation and K U T — a C entral Texas radio station that op er­ ates w ithin the University and is a m em ber of N ational Pub­ lic Radio — will be located on Dean K eeton and G uadalupe streets. The fiv e-sto ry b u ild ­ ing w ill feature a stud ent a c ­ tivity center, a 300-seat au d i­ to riu m , a m u ltim ed ia n e w s­ room for journ alism students and p ro fe s s o rs , an a g e n cy - grade creative room for adver­ tising students and professors, and a 75-seat briefing room for guest speakers. D on o rs, alu m n i, stu d e n ts, fa c u lty and K U T m em b ers gathered at the co n stru ctio n site. The cerem on y featu red eight speakers, including Presi­ dent William Powers Jr., Robert Dechcrd, president and CEO of the Belo C orp oration; R oder­ ick Hart, dean of the College of Communication. The projected com pletion date for the center is June 2012. "The idea is to pull back into our own space," Hart said. "The CM A originally had a very open feel to it and has been chopped up into small pockets in order to house faculty." The new c e n te r w ill also T h e D a i l y T e x a n Volume 110, Number 173 25 cents T h e M e d i c i n e M a n Riverside Crime Reports Source Amlin Police Deportment • Unfounded, incomplete and 311 canceled calls were not included. • Riverside (defined by The Daily Texan): S Pleasant VaHey Rd. to Montopolis Or, and E. Oftorf St. to the lakeiine north of Riverside • About 29.9 percent of aft off-campus crimes in the past five years occurred in Riverside. • TOTAL C R IM E S Lee Cantu, owner of the "hierberia" located on South First Street, stands behind the counter of his store Thursday afternoon. 1350 1250 1150- 1050- 950 850 - 750 CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512)471-4591 Editor: Jillian Sheridan (512)232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com M anaging Editor: Ana McKenzie (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512)232-2207 nem@dailytexanonline.com Photo Office: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512)471-1865 joan w@mail. utexas. edu Classified Advertising: (512)471-5244 classifieds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all infor­ m ation fairly, accurately and complete­ ly. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditoradailytexanonHne.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2009 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. CORRECTIONS The estimated number of passengers w h o rode the Capital MetroRail on M onday was incorrectly reported in Tuesday's front-page story. Capital Metro spokeswom an Misty Whited confirmed that actually 2,942 passengers rode the rail Monday. The Texan regrets the error. The Daily Texan misreported its ow n centennial in Tuesday's front­ page story about Liz Carpenter. The correct year is 1999. The Texan regrets this rather embarrassing error. TODAY'S WEATHER High 75 Low 52 Cat pee pee. AWARD: late is deserving, colleagues say From page 1 w hich is still referred to." aw ard for his w ork in n um ber theory, or the study of properties of whole numbers. He will receive the aw ard during a ceremony in Oslo on May 25. "I never imagined they w ould choose me, b ut I was just lucky," Tate said. "I hope I deserve it, but I know there are many other peo­ ple that could equally or more de­ serve it." Fellow UT colleagues, like se­ nior m athem atics lecturer Leslie Vaaler, believed Tate's contribu­ tions to m ath deserved recogni­ tion of this caliber. "O ne thing about John is h e's a very m odest man," Vaaler said. " H e 's c e rta in ly v e ry d e s e r v ­ ing. H e has m ade contributions for 60 years. This is the 60th an ­ n iv e rsa ry of his P h.D . thesis, Vaaler first met Tate as an u n ­ dergraduate student at the Mas­ sachusetts Institute of Technology. She talked to Tate, a Harvard Uni­ versity professor at the time, about applying to graduate schools. "I had a couple of conversations w ith him d u rin g my last year as an undergraduate," she said. "He was very generous w ith his time as John always is w ith any­ one w ho comes to his door. I real­ ly d idn’t know much about his ac­ complishments then." Though Vaaler did not learn di­ rectly from Tate, she still identified herself as his "grand-student" be­ cause her Ph.D. adviser was his student. Like Tate, Vaaler went on to study number theory. Tate concentrated his num ber theory studies on prime numbers — or num bers divisible only by one and them selves — and the connection between whole num ­ bers and geometry. His work has led mathem aticians to nam e cer­ tain theories after him and has been applied to other fields such as cryptography, the encoding and decoding of messages, and communications. While Tate learns about the new applications of Jus theory, his pas­ sion still lies in mathematics. "I think about math and review papers in math and carry on a little bit of activity in math and enjoy it very much," he said. "For a math­ ematician my age, mathematics is sort of like athletics, so I'm not do­ ing anything very exciting." In spite of the lull, Tate will vis­ it the University on March 31 for a private celebration hosted by the math department, said mathemat­ ics professor Felipe Voloch. DEAN: Hutchings stresses political awareness From page 1 portance of embracing the rapid­ ly increasing technology that has s p u rre d the d ev e lo p m e n t of a global society. "I love th e w o rld of p u b lic policy, and I've spent m y whole life thinking, w riting an d teach­ ing about these issues," he said. "But technology is tu rn in g over every 18 m onths, and p art of the challenge is to be agile enough to co p e w ith that. I en co u rag e s tu d e n ts to le arn to lead , b e ­ cause they will have to start ex­ ercising leadership in their 20s — they can't w ait until later." H utchings stressed the im por­ tance of being aw are of how lo­ cal an d global politics and eco­ nomics influence each other, and cited the current health care de­ bate as a prim e example of when p o licy s h o u ld tak e in flu e n c e from successful models and look at failed p ro g ram s as a w a rn ­ ing. The school's Master of Glob­ al Policy Studies program , start­ ed by Steinberg, is an innovative way th e LBJ School is teaching students these skills, H utchings said H e plans to continue devel­ oping the program so it can pro­ duce successful, internationally m indful students. T his a p p ro a c h w ill becom e a m ore significant p a rt of the school's mission, Hutchings said. "We are here to train young men and w om en for public ser­ vice and to produce policy-rele­ vant academ ic research that in ­ form s th e w o rld of p u b lic af- fairs," he said. "That w orld has changed — it is becom ing more sim ultaneously local and global. We have to encourage students, even if th ey are going to be in state and local gov ern m en t, to do so w ith global aw areness and perspective." Since he has been in the job for less than a week, Hutchings said he is still working to get a feel for the student population and aca­ demic and adm inistrative struc­ ture of the school. "People have an anticipation of a n ew era b e g in n in g , an d n o t ju st because of m e p e rso n ­ ally," he said. 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Thursday, 12 p.m. Friday W e d n e s d a y ..............Friday, 12 p.m. ('^fe^^^rifpnwtoPurxt^t'cr, Tuesday, 12 p.m. C H U R C H O F F I C E @ S T P A U L A U S T I N . O R G 3/26/10 Daniela Trujillo Daily Texan Staff Illustration by Thu Vo ! Daily Texan Staff APD: Cops declare efforts to contain violence a success Cam pus, the Riverside area ex­ perienced the m o st significant rise in aggravated assaults, b u r­ glaries and robberies. T here w ere 29 cases of ro b ­ bery — the seizin g of p ro p e r­ ty through violence — in 2005, b u t th a t n u m b e r has since in ­ creased to 42 cases in 2009. Bur­ g la ries rose from 175 in 2005 to 298 in 2009, and aggravated assau lts ex perienced the most dram atic rise from 41 in 2005 to 71 in 2009. In N ovem ber 2009, a confron­ tation betw een tw o groups at a flea m arket near th e in tersectio n of S o u th P lea s­ an t Valley Road an d East R iver­ s id e D riv e led to a s h o o tin g th a t w o u n d ed a 16-year-old boy in v o lv e d in the in c id e n t. A PD g an g detectives investigated the a l t e r c a t i o n to d e te rm in e if it stem m ed from a gang clash. Tlu\use o f controlled substances tends to impair the judgm ent of the user and can sometimes lead to activity that they w ouldn't otherwise engage in, which could be violence perpetuated toward another person." — Sean Mannix APD assistant chief From page 1 not specifically target students. R ather, th e re a re m o re cases c o n c e rn in g th e v ic tim iz a tio n of th e H is p a n ic co m m u n ity , Johnson said. H e said th e ty p ­ ical v ictim s o f v io len t crim es are H ispanic m ales, bar patrons and gang m em bers. " I t's d iffic u lt to go a b o u t your day-to-day life if you have to do it in fear — fear th at you will be assaulted, or w orse yet, killed," said D elw in Goss, pres­ ident of the M ontopolis N eigh­ b o rh o o d A sso ­ c i a ti o n . " T h is m o d e rn w o rld requires th at w e do our best, and it's h a rd to d o o u r b e s t w h e n w e are p reo ccu ­ p ied w ith w o r­ rying ab o u t o u r sa fe ty a n d th e s a f e ty o f o u r families." G oss sa id v i­ o le n c e in h is n e i g h b o r h o o d seem s to be on th e u p s w i n g , b u t he sa id he believes APD is r e s p o n d in g as b e s t th e y ca n . H e s a id m u c h of th e v io le n c e is b ased u p o n com plex social problem s, w hich requires p re ­ v en tiv e m easu res to avoid the crim e altogether. ----------------- "The easiest thing is to m ake su re w e d o n 't u n in te n tio n a l­ ly make it easier on thieves and other crim inals to target us and o u r property," G oss said. "A l­ w ay s re p o rt crim e. I'd ra th e r m ake several suspicious person reports that turned out to be false alarm s than to fail and to call in that one time my neighbor is be­ ing robbed or assaulted." The R iverside area is b o u n d by South P leasant Valley Road to the w est, M ontopolis D rive to the east, E ast O lto rf Street to the so u th an d the lake-line n o rth of East R iverside D rive. O u t of th e fiv e o ff-c a m p u s s tu d e n t r e s id e n tia l are a s in ­ c lu d in g West C a m p u s, N o rth C am p u s, H y d e P ark an d East "W e h a v e a higher incidence of violent crimes at tim es related to alcohol abuse ------------------ w ith the n ig h t­ clubs that are in th e Riverside area," said APD A ssistant Chief Sean Mannix. "1 w ould ch aracterize it as being similar to downtow n in that you have large n u m b ers of people, and an influx of people at night, and a very dense residency." T h e f ts h a v e o c c u r r e d in " h o ts p o ts " sp re a d acro ss the length of Riverside, particu lar­ ly aro u n d the in te rse c tio n ol B urton D rive and O lto rf Bou­ lev ard a t the H-E-B sh o p p in g ce n te r off of P le a sa n t Valley Road, Johnson said. A partm ent com plexes off Riv­ erside are attractive for thieves since they have a dense student po p u latio n that m ay not realize th e v u ln e ra b ility of p ro p e rty left visible in cars, he said. "We have had some incidents, b u t for the m ost p art, they are crimes of opportunity involving unlocked cars an d w in d o w s," said Linda Watkins, a member ol the Riverside Farms Road N eigh­ borhood Association. "[Students] can take a more ad u lt position, n o w th a t they are aw ay from home, and take their belongings inside instead of leaving them in the car." A m o n g all five of th e off- c a m p u s resid e n tia l areas, a g ­ g rav ated assaults are at a five- y e a r h ig h of 158 in 2009 an d th e ft is at a fiv e-y ear h ig h ol 3,425, b u t au to th e fts are at a five-year low of 164. Law e n fo rc e m e n t te n d s to see increases in property crimes w h e n th e eco n o m y b eg in s to slu m p , M annix said . H e said v io len t crim e m ay be a ttrib u t­ ed to the use of controlled su b ­ stances and alcohol. "In those five areas, you got y o u n g p eo p le stack ed on top o f each o th e r," M an n ix said . "T h ere is th e issu e of alcohol ab u se, a n d d ru g s te n d to be ex p e rim en ted w ith in the col- lege-age youth. The use of con­ trolled substances ten d s to im ­ p a ir the ju d g m e n t of the user an d can som etim es lead to ac­ tiv ity th at they w o u ld n 't o th ­ erw ise engage in, w hich could be violence p erp etu ated tow ard another person." TSM BOARD MEETING F rid ay M a r c h 26 th , 2 0 1 0 1:15 P .M . Gregory G y m (G R E ) Room # 1.104 2101 Speedway C.J Salgado Kathryn Abbas Visitors Welcome Phipps, Tommy Daniels We encourage any community member who has any k in d o f tem porary or permanent disability to contact Texas Stu den t M edia beforehand so th at appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. yi^áí Vi-o-r Wire Editor: Megan Gottlieb www.dailytexanonline.com Wo rld& N ation T h f . D a i l y T e x a n 3 Friday, March 26, 2010 Obama dares foes of health care bill to pursue repeal By Darlene Superville The Associated Press IOW A CITY, Iow a — P re si­ d ent Barack O bam a dared Re­ p u b lican s to try to repeal his new h e a lth ca re law , te llin g them T hu rsd ay to "G o for it" and see how well they do with voters in November. "Be my guest," Obama said in the first of many planned appear­ ances to sell the revamp before fall congressional elections. " If they want to have that fight, we can have it. Because I don't be­ lieve the American people are go­ ing to put the insurance industry back in the driver's seat." W ith e m o tio n s raw around the nation over this week's Dem- ocrats-only vote to approve the nearly $1 trillion redesign of the health care system, Obama took the opposition to task for "plen­ ty of fear-m ongering, plenty of overheated rhetoric." " I f you tu rn on the n ew s, you'll see that those sam e folks are still shouting about how it's going to be the end of the world becau se this bill p assed ," said O b am a, retu rn in g to the c o l­ lege town where, as a presiden­ tial cand id ate three years ago, he unveiled his plan to provide health care for all. N o R e p u b lic a n la w m a k ers voted for the 10-year, sw e ep ­ ing package that O bam a signed Tuesday. M any in the GOP are predicting it will prove devastat­ ing in N ovem ber for the Dem o­ crats who voted for it. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said the G O P w on't give up "u n til this bill is repealed and replaced with common-sense ideas" that won't dismantle the current system and increase the debt. The president stressed the no­ tion of a prom ise kept. As the crow d b ro k e in to a ch a n t o f "Yes we can!'', Obama corrected them: "Yes we did!" C hallenged by a you ng man in the au d ien ce w ho shou ted several times, "W hat about the public option," a liberal-backed proposal for the creatio n of a governm ent-sponsored plan to com pete w ith private insurers, O bam a said: "W e cou ld n't get it through Congress." "T h is legislatio n is n o t p er­ fe ct, as you ju s t h e a r d ," the presid ent said. "B u t w hat this is, is a historic step to enshrine the p rin c ip le th at e v ery b o d y gets health care coverage in this country, every single person." The W hite H ouse suggests it has the upper hand on the issue* politically, arguing the G O P risks a voter backlash because a repeal would take away many benefits. O bam a spoke as D em ocrats in Washington raced to complete the overhaul with a separate package of fixes to the main bill. Senate leaders finished work T h u rsd a y on the fix -it le g is­ la tio n , a lre a d y a p p ro v e d in the H ouse. But R epu blican at­ tem pts to d erail the bill result­ ed in m inor changes, m eaning the H ouse m ust vote on it again before Obam a can sign it. Charles D h ara p a k | Associated Press President Barack Obam a arrives to speak about health care reform at the University of Iowa on Thursday. BUH*SELL*T)U1PE C l I L T m E E Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chant anti-Baathist slogans at a protest in Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday. Hundreds of residents protested and dem anded a manual recount of the elections. Ahm ed a l-H u sse in i! Associated Press Election predictions stir protest Anticipated tie in Iraq threatens violent protest among Sunnis, Shiites . By Adam Schreck The Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iraqi election re­ sults Friday will likely show a vir­ tual tie between the two top vote- getting blocs led by the prime min­ ister and his chief rival, a political equation that oould add up to bit­ ter political wrangling and risk re- igniting violence. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite who enjoys wide support with the Shiite majority, is neck and neck with form er Prim e M inister Ayad Allawi, w ho's popular with Iraq's Sunni minority. If n eith er cam p em erg es w ith a c le a r m a n d a te , m a n y fe a r a d ra w n -o u t p o litic a l d e b a te to form a g o v ern m en t cou ld sp ill over into violence. Interior M inister Jaw ad al-Bo- lani, him self a cand id ate, called on Iraq's electoral com m ission to hold off releasing the tally Friday becau se he fears the. p olitical ri­ valries could erupt into violence. T h a t co n cern has been ech o ed by m any m em bers o f al-M aliki's State of Law coalition, w ho say they fear the Shiite majority could react in outrage if they feel the re­ sults aren't what they expect. Such pronouncements likely re­ flect political posturing. Election officials have dismissed calls for a further delay or a recount of the re­ turns from the March 7 vote. M any Iraqis fear a return to vi- Saddam Hussein's regime. The Sunnis largely threw their su p p o rt b eh in d A lla w i's Iraqi- ya bloc, which while headed by a Shiite has billed itself as secular. Iraq 's K urdish faction sees it­ self as a key electo ral king m ak­ er, th o u gh fo llo w e rs of rad ical an ti-U .S . S h iite cle ric M u qtad a al-Sadr could also play a pivotal We fear the violent acts and then another unstable fou r years.” — AmirTaher al-Kinani Senior Sadrist official olence between the Sunni and Shi­ ite factions amid the horse-trading that will ram p up in earnest once all results are made public. Al-M aliki's coalition has drawn much of its support from the Shi­ ite majority, and his attem pts to appeal to Sunnis were undercut by his support for a ban on many Sunni candidates for alleged ties to role after garnering a significant num ber of seats. A senior Sadrist official, A m ir Taher al-K inan i, w arned T h u rs­ day that it is im portant A llaw i's Iraqiya coalition not be sidelined becau se it represents the Sunni spectrum and excluding the bloc could lead to conflict. "W e fear the v iolent acts and then another unstable four years," he said. F rid a y 's a n n o u n ce m e n t w ill have the full results — and more importantly, the number of parlia­ mentary seats per bloc. "T h e d ifferen ce b etw een the leader and the second place will be one to two seats," Independent H igh Electoral Com m ission chief Faraj al-Haidari told The A ssoci­ ated Press, although he would not say who was ahead. In the overall tally, with 95 per­ cent of the votes counted, al-M a- liki's coalition narrowly trails Al­ law i's bloc. But al-M aliki's coali­ tion is ahead in seven of Iraq 's 18 p ro v in ces, com p ared to A l­ law i's five. T he allocation of par­ liam ent's seats is based on votes counted per province. T he results must then be rati­ fied by the Suprem e C ou rt after which they becom e final. W h o e v e r s u cce e d s in fo rm ­ ing a gov ernm ent — a process that could take months — will be able to reward allies w ith control of governm ent ministries and the jobs that go w ith them . He will also preside o v er a pivotal m o­ m ent in Iraq 's postw ar history: the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Chavez silences media opponent Free-speech proponents arrest ignites debate over Venezuelan government By Fabiola Sanchez The Associated Press C A RA C A S, Venezuela — The o w n e r o f V en ezu ela's on ly re ­ m ain in g TV ch an n el that takes a c r it ic a l lin e a g a in s t P r e s i­ d en t H ugo C h avez w as a rrest­ ed T h u rsd ay , ra isin g co n ce rn s the governm ent is carry in g out a w idening crackdow n aim ed at silencing opponents. G u illerm o Zuloaga, ow ner of G lo b o v ision , was arrested on a w arran t for rem arks that w ere deem ed "o ffen siv e" to the pres­ id e n t, A tto rn ey G e n era l L u isa O rtega said. T h e a rre s t co u ld be a d e c i­ siv e d ev e lo p m e n t in C h a v e z 's d riv e to rein in a ch an n el th at he has accu sed of trying to u n ­ derm ine his governm ent. G lobo­ v isio n has been th e o n ly s t r i­ dently anti-C hav ez channel left on the air since another o pposi­ tion-aligned channel, RCTV, w as forced off cable and satellite TV in January. Ortega said prosecutors are in­ vestigating Zuloaga for rem arks he m ad e d u rin g a re c e n t In ­ ter A m erican Press A ssociation m eeting on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, where he joined other m edia executives in criti­ cizing C h avez's governm ent for limiting free speech and cracking down on critics. P ro -C h av ez law m ak er M an ­ uel V illalba urged p ro secu to rs W ednesd ay to in v e stig ate Z u ­ loaga for alleg ed ly sayin g that Venezuela's governm ent is crack­ ing dow n on its critics and pur­ portedly com m enting that it was a sham e that a short-lived 2002 coup against Chavez failed. "H e m ust assum e his respon­ sib ility ," V illalba told state-ru n Radio N acional. 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The performance came as part of an event hosted by the Movi­ miento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (also known as MEChA) and ¡ella pelea!, a polit­ ical group that claims to represent "w om ­ en, queer folks, and people of color." How'ever, the event was not billed as a cultural celebration. The rally was part of Immigration Reform Week, a weeklong se­ ries of protests and meetings. Flyers adver­ tising the meeting prominently featured pictures of angry protesters with the ta­ gline "It's Time To Defeat White Suprem­ acy!" MECHA and ¡ella pelea! are specifi­ cally charging that recent budget cuts and other university policies, such as the clos­ ing of the Cactus Cafe and a recently pro­ posed 10-semester limit, are actions of the white supremacist agenda. According to the group, the diabolical UT administra­ tion is conspiring to deprive women, GLBT individuals and ethnic minorities of access to higher education. However, the logic behind said argument is innately flawed. The groups charge that since the Chicano demographic has low­ er income than other ethnicities, recent tu- ition hikes were enacted specifically to tar­ get their community. The flawed logic con­ fuses correlation with causation — simply because one group will suffer from a piece of legislation does not mean that legisla­ tion was written specifically to "keep them down." Plenty of white students who will suffer from the tuition hikes would take exception to the idea that they are promot­ ing "white supremacy." The same applies to claims that recent changes to the infamous top 10 percent rule are racially motivated. Students in the eighth to 10th percentiles at predominately white high schools will be denied automat­ ic admission to UT, just as those at any oth­ er high school in the state. Minority representation at UT has con­ tinued to increase: A rep ort released Wednesday by the Office of Information and Management Analysis showed that Hispanic enrollment has increased by 40.2 percent over the last 10 years. If the UT ad­ ministration actually is pushing a white supremacist agenda, it's not doing a very good job at it. However, those gains do not seem to be a specific sign of progress for MEChA and ¡ella pelea! Instead, the groups are demanding revolution at the expense of evolution. Taking specific political issues and at­ tributing them to sweeping generalizations of race-based politics is not just faulty rhet­ oric — it's counterproductive. Earlier this month a broad coalition of student groups, including University Democrats, the An- thropology Graduate Student Association and Student Friends of the Cactus Cafe, rallied on the West Mall in protest of tu­ ition increases as part of a National Day of Action. Speeches were made, chants were shouted. But when ¡ella pelea! took the mi­ crophone, the focus quickly shifted. The group claimed that Texas was "stolen from M exicanos" and repeated claims that re­ cent actions by the UT administration tar­ get racial minorities. The group demand­ ed democratic control over tuition and cur­ riculum and open enrollment, saying, "Ev­ eryone who wants to come to UT should be admitted." By assigning racial connotations to an is­ sue like tuition regulation, around which student organizations are striving to form a cohesive coalition, these two groups are shooting themselves and everyone around them in the collective foot. They have the effect of polarizing an issue at the expense of a united front. On issues like tuition, admissions stan­ dards, or the Cactus Cafe, the only chance students have to make a significant politi­ cal impact is to present a united front. Stu­ dent advocacy groups like Student Govern­ ment are empowered solely because they are-perceived to represent the collective in­ terests of the student body. Now more than ever, students need a strong, unified voice to take their concerns to the administration and Legislature. Instead, MEChA and ¡ella pelea! just want to make noise. Player is a Plan II junior. GALLERY 4 Friday, M arch 26 ,2 0 1 0 VIEWPOINT Congress lends students a helping hand The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overhaul the federal stu­ dent loan program by ending the current bank-backed loan pro­ gram in favor of direct lending. Although the bill, included in the health care reform package, was significantly reduced in scope from an original proposal that would have dedicated S8 billion to earlv-childhood educa­ tion and S10 billion to com m unity colleges, it will still revolu­ tionize student loans in a way that will benefit students. The sim plest and most beneficial provision for students is a measure raising the maximum Pell Grant from $5,550 to $5,900 — a tiny step toward addressing a huge program. W ithout the new law, it would have dropped to $2,150 next year. When the Pell Grant originated in the 1970s, the maxim um am ount covered approxim ately th ree-fo u rth s of the cost of higher education at a public university. Now', they cover about one-third of the cost. This law w ill slightly increase that p er­ centage and will require the maxim um am ount to increase au­ tom atically based on inflation. But the real change is a change in the system . For four d e­ cades, com m ercial banks like Sallie Mae and N elnet have re­ ceived gu a ra n teed su b sid ies from the fed era l gov ern m en t to loan m o ney to stu d e n ts. The fed era l g o v ern m en t p ays these banks to m ake loans, but banks d o n 't assum e any risk, as the govern m en t covers their losses w hen students default on loans. A ccording to the bill, private corporations will no longer be able to originate student loans, leaving the D epartm ent of Edu­ cation as the only provider of student loans through a govern­ m ent-backed program. Republicans have argued that this am ounts to nationalizing the student-lending industry — w hich is essentially true. But in a system in which the federal government already provides the funding and assum es all the risk, cutting out the m iddle man will save both taxpayers and students money. W hile we are not convinced that the D epartm ent of E duca­ tion w ill process Pell G rants any more efficiently than private corporations (inefficiency has been a m ajor problem with the current system , forcing m any students to take out em ergency loans to survive w hile they wait on grants), we are optim istic about changes to the student loan program — especially one ex­ citing provision that will allow students to pay back their loans more slowly. Borrowers w ill only have to pay up to 10 percent of their income on loan repaym ent, down from 15 percent. The m ost positive aspect of this legislation, though, is its fo­ cus on helping stud ents afford a college edu cation. This is a crucial issue now, as universities across the nation are slashing their budgets, resulting in higher tuition rates and fewer oppor­ tunities for financial aid w hile the job m arket shrinks, leaving students without a way to pay back loans. It is encou ragin g to see law m akers taking tim e to address the problem in th e m idst of a n ation al p reoccu p ation w ith health care. — Jillian Sheridan fo r the editorial board THE FIRING LINE an open discussion about any other campus issues that y'all would like to talk about. Hook 'em! Come discuss the Cactus Cafe I feel that I should let my Longhorn friends and classmates know that I am part of a committee (composed of two community mem­ bers, one Texas Performing Arts rep­ resentative, one grad student and one undergraduate — me) that has been in a series of meetings with Dean of Students Soncia Reagins- Lilly and Vice President for Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez to discuss the future of the Cactus Cafe. Reagins- Lilly and Gonzalez are trying to get input on some future ideas, busi­ ness models, proposals and student initiatives for the Cactus Cafe, and they are consulting with this com­ mittee to develop a final proposal for the future of the Cactus. I'm pretty adamant on the notion that administrators need to make genuine efforts to solicit meaningful student input when it comes to big decisions Like this. I appreciate the fact that my input is being sought, but I fully realize that my opinion doesn't constitute a full representa­ tion of the 40,000 undergraduates on this campus. 1 recently sug­ gested that open forums be held for students to provide input and ask questions, but until that happens, please communicate to me what you want to see in regards to the Cactus so that I can take your input into the remaining meetings. You can reach me via e-mail at mattporti- llo_88@hotmail.com. Finally, you're all invited to come to my first Student Government ’ "office hours" this Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the African American Culture room on the fourth level of the Union. We'll spend a few minutes talking about the Cactus Cafe, and then we'll have — Matt Portillo University-wide representative elect Go, go prior restraint! 1 would like to congratulate Dr. Philip Kushner for identifying various problems with the insipid "Hump Day" column in his Firing Line, "Unhappy with 'Hump Day'" published Thursday. I completely agree that this column should be eliminated. However, while Kushner advances various excel­ lent reasons, he misses the main one — employees are required to abide by University rules and policies, including taking and com­ pleting the unit CW121, "Sexual Harassment." 1 am reasonably confident that reading "Hump Day" aloud in any University setting would violate the edicts set out in that unit. Indeed, it's not entirely clear what would hap­ pen if I accidentally left an issue of the Texan on a student's desk with the "Hump Day" piece showing. So, we are in the Orwellian situ­ ation in which students can babble any idiotic thing they want in print, but faculty and staff presumptively cannot further communicate this twaddle. Again, the simplest solu­ tion to this is just to eliminate the column. The second simplest thing is to applaud prior restraint. And the third simplest thing is not to worry about whether budget cuts mean The Daily Texan should be issued in the summer: Just shut the Texan down completely. It's a waste. — Andy Ellington Chemistry professor SUBM IT A COLUMN LEGALESE The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Columns must be under 700 words. Send columns to editor@dailytexanonlme.com. The Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability. Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the writer or ed­ itor not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Re­ gents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Friday, March 26, 2010 Self-proclaimed "junk king" Vince Hannem ann sits w ithin his creation. W hat started as a personal project in his backyard is now an internationally recognized attraction. Amanda M artin | Daily TeXan Staff file photo Cathedral code violation raises Austinites’ interest By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff Vince Hannem ann, founder of the Cathedral of Junk, will meet today w ith M ayor Lee Leffin- gwell and his staff to decide the fate of his famous "cathedral." City officials analyzed H an- n e m a n n 's fam o u s th ree -sto ry junkyard w onderland on March 10 and determ ined the structure violated certain city perm itting codes, including those outlining how m any people may be pres­ ent in the cath ed ral at a given time, the overall size of the in ­ stallation and the use of electri­ cal lights in the structure. City staff have given him until March 31 to m ake the cathedral comply w ith city regulations. R u m o rs s ta rte d circ u latin g T hursday that until his perm its were in order, the city w ould re­ quire H an n em an n to close the backyard installation. "It's gotten o u t there th at the city is about to bulldoze the ca­ thedral, but that's not the story," H annem ann said over the phone, trying to clear u p the m isunder­ standing. He also said th e city w ould grant the cathedral more tim e as needed to com plete the necessary paperwork. N e v e rth e le ss, H a n n e m a n n w ants to thank w hoever called the city about the violation, say­ ing the media attention has been a blessing and has brought support from all over the community. In the past few days, the ques­ tionable fate of the cathedral has sum m oned a w ave of su p p o rt­ ers rallying to help H annem ann reorganize the stru ctu re as re­ quired by the city 's perm itting office. Volunteers have been vis­ iting th e cath ed ral to assist in d ism antling som e of th e exist­ ing structure and shifting some of the parts around to later rein­ corporate into the structure. As of press time, the Facebook support group "Save the Cathe­ dral of Junk" h ad nearly 4,500 m em bers and w ill be holding "Junkfest" on Sunday at Spider House Cafe from 3 to 9 p.m. The event promises live music, activi­ ty tables to make "Save the Junk" shirts and ornaments, donation ta­ bles and volunteer sign-up sheets. H annem ann said that w ith all the help and support the cathe­ dral has received, his mother has lovingly renamed it "The People's Cathedral of Junk." What original­ ly started in 1988 w ith a couple of hubcaps attached to a fence has steadily grown to become an eclec­ tic piece of Austin memorabilia. "The m o st in te re stin g p a rt of this story is th a t I'm n ot the only one w ho's b u ilt code-vio­ lating structures," H annem ann said. "T here's a lot of other ga­ rage conversions an d this, that and the other. [The city's] clean­ ing up a mess th at they're p a r­ tially responsible for. T hey've know n [the cathedral], has been here for a long time and haven't really said anything." LATEST & GREATEST ARCADE TITLES STRAIGHT FROM JAPAN! » Over 30 imported arcade machines! » 15 minute walk from UT » 1 stop away via “IF” UT Shuttle » Open late everyday » Regularly scheduled tournaments & events! STREET FIGHTER IV TIME CRISIS IN THE GROOVE (DDR) TETRIS & MUCH MORE! arcade www.arcadeufo.com .0>* ou* research srüùy F u tu re S e a rc h T ria ls is c u r r e n t l y c o n d u c t i n g o u t p a t i e n t r e s e a r c h s t u d i e s f o r p e o p l e w i t h D e p r e s s i o n . P a r t i c i p a n t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n a l m e d i c a t i o n , f o l l o w - u p c a r e a n d f i n a n c i a l c o m p e n s a t i o n . I n d i v i d u a l s s h o u l d b e b e t w e e n 1 8 - 5 5 y e a r s m a y r e c e i v e s t u d y - r e l a t e d m e d i c a l a s s e s s m e n t s , o f a g e a n d a b l e t o p r o v i d e w r i t t e n , i n f o r m e d c o n s e n t . Hispanic summit heightens awareness of Latino issues Second annual event brings policymakers, leaders fo r discussions By Hannah Jones Daily Texan Staff A lthough almost 90 percent of Latinos over the age of 16 think a college education is im portant for life success, only h alf plan to actually p u rsu e a degree, ac­ cording to a stu d y by the Pew H isp an ic Center. Latino lead ­ ers and policymakers discussed this and other issues facing the population at the second annu­ al H ispanic Leadership Summit on Thursday. The C enter for Politics and Governance of the LBJ School of Public Affairs partnered w ith the Texas Politics project an d Tex­ as Exes to sponsor the summ it. The all-day conference looked at evolving tren d s and current issues in Texas and across the United States an d honored His­ panic alumni. The su m m it .w as p a r t of a th re e -y e a r in itia tiv e th a t fo­ cuses on recognizing H isp a n ­ ic leadership as an increasing­ ly im portant part of public poli­ cy. The sum m it also invited His­ panic undergraduates to the LBJ School for networking and m en­ toring opportunities. Speakers at the conference in­ clu d ed UT P resid en t W illiam P ow ers Jr., San A ntonio M ay­ or Julian Castro and Veronica Stidvent, director of the C enter for Politics and G overnance at the University. Stidvent said the goal of the sum m it w as to bring together public policy officials, alum ni, students and com munity m em ­ bers to discuss pressing issues facing Texas and the nation as the Hispanic population grows. "Issues such as the education gap, poverty and health are m ag­ nified w hile [Hispanics] become a part of the population, but o p ­ p o rtu n itie s are m ag n ified , as well," Stidvent said. Mark Hugo Lopez, associate di­ rector of the Hispanic Pew Insti­ tute, was a panelist in the "Clos­ ing the Education Gap" discus­ sion. He conducted a national sur­ vey of 2,012 Latinos ages 16 and older with the Pew Hispanic Cen­ ter from Aug. 5 to Sept. 16, 2009, and found that there was still a persistent gap between the n u m ­ ber of college diplomas pursued by Hispanic and white students. "The big g est reason for the gap between the high value Lati­ nos place on education and their more modest aspirations to fin­ ish college appears to come from financial pressure to su p p o rt a family," Lopez said. Seventy-four percent of all 16- to 25-year-old survey resp o n ­ d ents who cut their ed u catio n short during or right after high school say they did so because they had to support their family, Lopez said. Panelist and state Rep. Diana M a ld o n ad o , D -R o u n d R ock, said she th o u g h t th e su m m it was a great o p p o rtu n ity for a t­ te n d ee s to sh a re ex p e rien c es w ith one another. M aldonado said the confer­ ence was very im portant to her, especially, because of her experi­ ences as a Hispanic female serv­ ing on the school board as a poli­ cymaker and a single mother. Robert H utchings, w ho took over as dean of the LBJ School of Public A ffairs on M onday, said the conference w as a great success and that it helped forge p artn ersh ip s that w ill aid H is­ panic leadership. He said it is a personal priori­ ty to try to expand the presence of Hispanic and Latino students and other m inorities at the LBJ School. The Honorable Michael Villarreal addresses issues concerning higher educa­ tion during the annual Hispanic Leadership Initiative Summit, hosted by The Center for Politics and Governance at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Thursday. 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CONTACT US TODAY! 512. 380.9595 FSTRXAIS.COM 0 B C H A P M A N U N I V E R S I T Y S c h o o l L a w o f w w w .chap n ian .ed u/law Sh a p i n g m e d i c i n e . Ch a n g i n g l i v e s . Catholic priest accused of molesting 200 deaf boys N e w s Friday, March 26, 2010 at the time decided the alleged ed from celebrating M ass out- side of his diocese, according to m olestation occurred too long the documents, ago and said M urphy — then ailing and elderly — should in- "M urphy's actions were crimi- stead rep en t and be re strict- nal and we sincerely apologize to those who have been harm ed," the Milwaukee Archdiocese said in a statement Thursday. The archdiocese has paid com­ pensation to Murphy's victims. By Dinesh Ram de & Gretchen Ehlke The Associated Press ST. FRANCIS, Wis. — Arthur Budzinski says the first time the priest molested him, he was 12 years old, alone and away from home at a school for the deaf. He says he asked the Rev. Lawrence M urphy to hear his confession and instead the priest took him into a closet under the stairs and sexually assaulted him. B udzinski, now 61, w as one of about 200 d eaf boys at the St. Jo h n 's School for the D eaf just outside Milwaukee who say they were molested by Murphy decades ago in a case now cre­ ating a scandal for the Catholic Church, which is threatening to ensnare Pope Benedict XVI. Som e of the alle g a tio n s b e­ came public years ago, but they re ce ie v e d ren ew ed a tte n tio n this week after docum ents ob­ tained bv The New York Times showed M urphy was spared de­ frocking in the m id -1990's b e­ cause he was protected by the Vatican office led by then-C ar­ dinal Joseph R atzinger — now the pope. Thursday, the Vatican strong­ ly defended its decision not to defrock Murphy and denounced w hat it called a cam p aig n to smear Benedict and his aides. In recent weeks, Benedict has also com e under criticism over his hand ling of an abuse case involving a priest in G erm any three decades ago, when he was a cardinal in charge of the M u­ nich Archdiocese. In the M ilw aukee-area case, Murphy was accused of m olest­ ing boys in the confessional, in dorm itories, in closets and dur­ ing field trips while working at the school for the deaf from the 1950s throu gh 1974. M u rphy died in 1998 at age 72. Budzinski, now a bicycle and furniture assembler at a depart­ ment store, said Murphy preyed on him during the 1960s. The p riest w as fluent in sign la n ­ guage and often told the boys they were handsome, Budzinski said Thursday during an inter­ view in which his daughter in­ terpreted his sign language. He said he avoided M urphy as much as he could afterward, but when he went to M urphy's office the following year to make another confession the priest led him to an adjoining room and sexually assaulted him again. 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Steven Geier, 59, of M adison, Wis., recalls on Thursday his days at St. John's School for the Deaf in Milw aukee in the 1960s, where he says the Rev. Lawrence M u rph y sexu­ ally assaulted him four times. Todd Richmond WÊ Associated Press Financial aid gets boost as Congress makes overhaul By Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press W A S H IN G T O N — M o re needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time re­ paying them under a vast over­ haul of higher ed u cation aid on its way to President Barack Obama's desk. Under the m easure, private banks would no longer get fees for acting as middlemen in fed­ eral student loans. The governm ent would use the savings to boost Pell Grants and m ake it easier for som e workers to repay their student loans. In addition, some borrow­ ers could see lower interest rates and higher approval rates on student loans. The legislation, an Obama do­ mestic priority overshadowed by his health care victory, has wide­ spread reach. About 8.5 million stud ents are going to college with the help of Pell Grants. The m easure was part of a package of fixes to the health care legislation Obama signed earlier this week. The Senate ap­ proved the fixes Thursday, and the House planned to vote on them later in the day. Sen. Tom H arkin, D -Iow a, praised the bill as a victory for middle-class families. "N ow they'll have the assur­ ance that their kids will be able to afford to go to college. And again, when they get out, they won't be burdened with a huge debt," he said. The changes do not go as far as Obama and House Democrats wanted. That is because ending fees for private lenders would save less money than they an­ ticipated, according to budget scorekeepers. The bill is now ex­ pected to save $61 billion over 10 years. As a resu lt, the P ell G rant in cre a se is m o d est and -still d o e sn 't keep up w ith rising tu itio n costs. A d v ocates had sought bigger increases. "T h e in creases in the Pell Grant are better than nothing, but they are still quite anemic," said analyst Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the student assis­ tance Web site FinAid.org. When Pell Grants were creat­ ed in 1972, the maximum grant covered nearly three-quarters of the average cost of attending a public four-year college. In 2008, the latest year for w hich fig ­ ures are available, the maximum grant covered about a third of the cost. And debt affects the ca­ reers graduates choose. "W e're seeing stu d ents b e­ ing squ eezed out of socially valuable jobs like teaching and social w ork b ecau se of their d e b ts ," said R ich W illiam s, who has worked on the bill for the P ublic In terest R esearch G roup, a consum er advocacy organization. P riv a te le n d e rs w ill s till make student loans that are not backed by the government, and they still will have contracts to service some federal loans. The change represents a significant loss to what has been a $70 bil­ lion business for the industry. Key features of the measure include: — Pell Grants would rise from $5,550 for the com ing school year to $5,975 by 2017. Lawmak­ ers had initially hoped to reach a $6,900 cap. — More eligible students could get a full Pell Grant. Most grants go to students with family income below $20,000, but students with family income of up to $50,000 may also be eligible. — Some college graduates will have an easier time repaying loans. The government will es­ sentially guarantee that workers in low-paying jobs will be able to reduce their payments. Cur­ rent law caps monthly payments at 15 percent of these workers' incomes; the new law will low­ er the cap to 10 percent. Savings from the measure will also go toward reducing the def­ icit and helping to pay for ex­ panded health care. The loan p ro gram cau sed a h itch in D e m o c ra ts ' plan to send the health care fixes promptly to Obama. Republicans forced the Sen­ ate to make a slight change to the Pell Grant portion of the bill, which requires the bill to return to the House tor a final vote. NEWS BRIEFLY Second apparent pipe bomb found in East Texas mailbox TROUP, Texas — An object re­ sembling a pipe bomb was found in a mailbox in front of a small East Texas post office Thursday, the sec­ ond such incident in three days, authorities said. Federal officials have acknowl­ edged that they are investigating a series of apparent incendiary de­ vices placed in East Texas mailbox­ es in tire past month. Authorities said the device found Thursday in Troup, about 100 miles east of Dallas, appeared similar co one found Tuesday in a collection box in front of a post office in Laird Hill, 20 miles to the northeast. The Laird Hill de­ vice was explosive before bomb- disposal experts rendered it safe, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokes­ man Tom Crowley said. A postal employee found the Troup device at about 1 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Pat Hen­ drix said. "The employee went to collect the mail and found the device," Hendrix told the Tyler Morning Telegraph. "They then notified us. We secured a perimeter :md called the ATF." Postal inspectors and ATF agents summoned a bomb-dis­ posal team. The U.S. Postal Inspection Ser­ vice and the ATF have said $5,000 would be offered for information leading to convictions after bot­ tles were found in Henderson, Kilgore and Tyler, about 90 miles east of Dallas. — The Associated Press SOFTBALL T E X A S 13, T E X A S A & M C O R P U S CH RISTI 4; T E X A S A& M C O RPU S CH R ISTI 8, TEXA S 4 T h e I ) v i i .y T k x a n Horns split high-scoring series Sports Editor: Blake Hurtik E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com M EN 'S TENNIS Texas faces tough test from Big 12 opponents By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff Big 12 play begins after a lengthy nonconference season in which the Texas tennis team only lost twice w hile p layin g som e of the best team s in the country — and the road doesn't get any easier. The Big 12 currently features an unparalleled five teams in the top 20 of the ITA rankings: No. 4 Tex­ as, No. 8 Baylor, No. 13 Texas Tech, N o. 17 Texas A&M and N o. 19 Oklahoma. After an unimpressive showing by his top three singles in their past m atch against Pepperdine, Texas assistant coach Ricardo Rubio will be looking for better results, this weekend against Oklahoma as well as No. 44 Oklahoma State. "T h e c o n d itio n s w ere p retty tough on Sunday since it was re­ a lly w ind y," R u bio said. "D im i [K u trov sky ] had a bad serving day, [K ellen] D am ico struggled and just got beat up, and [EdJ Cor- rie couldn't close out his match af­ ter winning the first set. Fortunate­ ly, our four, five and six singles stepped up and won the match for us." The Horns face Oklahoma State on Friday in Austin at 6 p.m. The C ow boys have been inconsistent all season long and are 6-6 this year but have lost their past two match- TENNIS continues on page 8 : No. 4 Texas vs. Oklahoma State, No. 19 Oklahoma W H E R E Penick-AllisonTennis Center, Austin Friday 6 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. 7 Friday, March 26, 2010 SIDELINE NCAA Men's Tournament 5 Butler 63 1 Syracuse 59 11 Washington 56 2 West Virginia 69 6 Xavier 96 2 Kansas State 101 20T 12 Cornell 45 1 Kentucky 62 NBA Miami 103 Chicago 74 LA Clippers 99 Houston 93 NHL Tampa Bay 5 Boston 3 Washington 2 Carolina 3 SO New York Rangers 4 New Jersey 3 SO Minnesota 4 Philadelphia 3 OT Calgary 2 New York Islanders 3 Florida 1 Montreal 4 L.A. 1 St. Louis 3 Phoenix 3 Nashville 4 OT Toronto 2 Atlanta 1 OT Chicago 3 Columbus 8 MLS Seattle 2 Philadelphia 0 ON THE WEB: For more Texas sports, check out wom en's tennis and rowing coverage tAdailytexanonline.com SPORTS BRIEFLY Illness delays start of NCAA Swimming Championships A rampant suspected gastro­ intestinal illness that sent 18 stu- dent-athletes and one coach to the hospital delayed the start of the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships un­ til today. The competition, held at Ohio State's campus in Co­ lumbus, Ohio, was supposed to start preliminary-round action on Thursday but was officially post­ poned late Wednesday night af­ ter teams were affected by the ill­ ness. There is no indication of which teams or swimmers were taken to the hospital. The Longhorns are shooting for their 10th national champion­ ship — their first since 2002 — after claiming their 31st consecu­ tive Big 12 title last month in Col­ lege Station. —Midtael Sherfield Jeter wants to follow Jordan in team ownership Derek Jeter wants to eventual­ ly be like Mike. The New York Yankees short­ stop tells The Associated Press that once his career is over, he envisions himself pursu­ ing ownership of a professional sports franchise — like Michael Jordan has done. Jeter, one of several athletes who endorses the Jordan Brand, was in Tampa on Thursday at an event celebrating the launch of his ninth signature shoe, the Jor­ dan Jeter Throwback. Like Jordan, who recently pur­ chased majority ownership of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, Jeter says he would have to call the shots if he bought a Major League Baseball team. But don't look for Jeter to hang up his new cleats anytime soon. The 10-time All-Star reiterated that he intends to continue play­ ing for a "long time." Third basem an Nadia Taylor rounds the bases for Texas after another Longhorn hom e run in g a m e one of the doubleheader against A & M Corpus Christi. Texas scored 13 runs in ga m e one but could muster only four in a gam e tw o loss. M axx Sc h olte n | Daily Texan Staff Matt Hohner Daily Texan Staff Texas softball seems to live a tale o f two teams. O ne night, they m ight look lik e o n e o f the top s o ftb a ll team s in the country, w hile the next, they m ight look average and sluggish. Or in cases like Thursday, they can do both in one night. The Longhorns blew out Tex­ as A&M-Corpus Christi in a run- rule shorted gam e one but then fell to the Islanders later in the nig h t in th e seco n d gam e o f the doubleheader. Texas jumped out of the gate quickly. L ea d o ff h itte r righ t fielder Taylor Hoagland blasted a home run to begin the top of the first inning, extending her hit streak to 19 games. A fte r H o a g la n d 's h o m e ru n , th e f lo o d g a te s b u ste d w ide open. L exy B en n ett, N adia T ay­ lor, Raygan Feight and Britta­ ny C h alk all doubled to give the team a 5-0 lead. Left fielder Courtney Craig sent a two-run bomb over the fence to give the Longhorns a 7-0 advantage after just one inning. But some defensive faux pas by Texas let the Islanders creep back in to the g a m e w ith a fo u r-ru n streak a t the to p of the second. " I'm d is a p p o in te d ," head c o a c h C o n n ie C la r k s a id . "W e w a n te d to p la y h a r d , bu t w e n e e d to sew up the m en tal m is ta k e s." But Craig put the nail in the coffin, delivering a triple to cen­ ter field to cap off a 13-4 win af­ ter a big Texas fourth inning. C raig d om inated the gam e at the p late w ith six RBI and tw o runs o ff o f three hits. She w as a d o u b le shy o f h ittin g for the cycle and an RBI short o f ty in g a sch o o l reco rd for SPLIT continues on page 8 Reserves get chance to shine in Houston Inconsistent offense finding ways to score By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff Through all the ups and downs in Texas' offense that account for a .263 team batting average, one thing has rem ained steady this season - the Horns find a way to som ehow score runs and win games with or without base hits. There was the game earlier this month against Texas-Pan Ameri­ can, where the Horns needed two balks from starting pitcher Kyle Kotchie with the bases loaded to beat the Broncs 3-2. Then, in game one against Ne­ braska, Texas came down to their final out before Cam eron Rupp delivered with a three-run home run to right field to make up for a rugbt of cold Texas bats. Their latest addition to that re­ sume was Tuesday night against N o. 25 Rice, w here the H orns (16-5) capitalized on errors and walks to score four runs on no hits against the Owls that eventually led to Texas' 5-1 win. "You are gonna have trouble scoring runs on Texas unless you do a lot of things right," Rice head coach Wayne Graham said after Tuesday's loss. "W e started with an error, then we walked them. Anatomy of disaster." The inning started with Bran­ don Loy getting to second when the Rice shortstop threw the ball into the stands above the Long­ horn dugout. Rupp walked before Kevin Keyes was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Kevin Lusson then HITS continues on page 8 By Ryan Betori Daily Texan Staff A fter a d isa p p o in tin g 42nd - p la ce fin ish a t the N C A A In ­ door National Championships on March 13, the w om en's track and field team bounced back with a solid show ing at the USC Trojan Invitational last weekend to kick off the much-anticipated outdoor season. A t the in v ite, the team picked up three individual wins and saw sev e ra l reco rd -b o o k - worthy performances. T h e L o n g h o rn s are h o p in g such a showing is an indicator of things to come. They look to pick up m ore mom entum at this week­ end's 27th A nnual Victor Lopez Bayou Classic, hosted by Rice in Houston. "W e're ju st taking each m eet and em bracing the things we do well while working on the things we d o n 't," head coach Beverly Kearney said about the early sea­ son strategy. A lth ou gh the L o n gh orn s are alw ay s lo o k in g fo r a w in, the team is m o re c o n ce rn e d w ith p re p a ra tio n th a n a cco la d e s at beginning season m eets like the Bayou Classic. "R ig h t now , w e 're n o t even W O M EN 'S GOLF Katie Hoaldridge, show n here at an indoor meet in College Station, could be one of the freshm en to feature in the Bayou Classic. Lauren G erson j Daily Texan Staff keep ing score. W e're ju st m e a ­ suring if we're im proving," Kear­ ney said. This em phasis on getting bet­ ter was evident at last year's Bay­ ou C lassic. A lth ou gh the team picked up three regional marks at the meet, they also gave less-sea­ soned athletes a chance to shine in the process. Last year, the Long­ horns competed a bevy of untest­ ed freshm en, including curren t standout Victoria Lucas. In addition to putting in some new faces, the team will also have to manage to stay focused despite the upcom ing Texas Relays. The annual relays, which are a huge track and social draw, will begin Wednesday. U ntil then, the team will be busy at the V ictor Lopez Bayou Classic — hoping to improve ev­ ery step of the way. Freshman Dubreuil leads charge at rare home match that m atter most. and New M exico. By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff A few m on ths ago, freshm an D e sire e D u b re u il fell sh o rt of qualifying for the Stanford Inter­ collegiate Tournam ent and was left hom e as her team m ates fin­ ished a th en -seaso n -best fourth p la ce . A few w e e k s ag o , D u ­ breu il fired th ree straig h t even ro u n d s a t th e U N L V S p rin g R ebel In v ita tio n a l to lead the Longhorns to a new season-best second -place finish. W hile hayd w ork, fitness and p ra ctice all co n trib u te d to the d rastic tu rn aro u n d , som etim es it's the little o v erlook ed details " G e ttin g sleep h e lp s a b it," D u b reu il said. "T im e m a n a g e ­ m en t h as allow ed m e to w ork m ore on my golf gam e and b e ­ co m e m o re c o m fo rta b le w ith m y ro u tin e." The Santa A na, C a lif., n a tiv e w ill lead the team as it h o sts the Betsy Rawls Longhorn In v i­ tational at the UT G o lf C lub this w eekend. The three-day, 54-hole tournam ent boasts the strongest fie ld o f tea m s the L o n g h o rn s have faced this spring, as sev en o u t o f the 16 team s are ran ked in the top 25, inclu ding U C L A , A rizon a, Stanford , Texas A & M C om in g o ff their b e st sh o w ­ ing o f the sea s o n , head coach M artha R ich a rd s said the m o ­ m entum sh o u ld help the team as they p re p a re for the w eek ­ end. "W e're e x cite d to be playing at hom e and w an t the kids to have a relaxed w eek and really co m p ete lik e cra z y ," R ich ard s said . "W e d o n 't e v en have to win the tournam ent to get som e wins over som e quality team s." T he L onghorns' second-place finish earlier this m onth did not GOLF continues on page 8 — The Associated Press Sophom ore shortstop Brandon Loy started the four-run rally against Rice on Tuesday, reaching on an error, as Texas w on 5-1. Eric O u | Daily Texan Staff v 8 S p o r t : I Friday, March 26, 2010 split: Craig powers Texas GOLF: Time management key offense to game one u in (() freshmans recent success From page 7 most in a game. "It was a long slump for me," Craig said. "It felt good to get back to the fundamentals, think and just have fun." Craig's offense spurred some spectacular defense in the Long­ h o rn 's seco n d g am e, as she gunned d ow n a b ase ru n n er at the plate to deny the Islanders a run. However, Texas could not deny the Islanders a win, as the Long­ horns suffered an 8-4 loss, their first home defeat of the season. "We tried to put some things in m otion to get better for the bigger picture," Clark said. Clark felt her team wasn't pa­ tien t enou gh at the plate and was too anxious to make things h a p p e n , b u t the p a st th re e games serve as a learning expe­ rience as Texas heads into con­ ference play. "We have to be able to be open- minded and make those adjust­ m ents," Clark said. "It's about playing chess and not checkers. We have to play pitch-to-pitch." Texas will begin Big 12 play this weekend, hosting Nebraska on Saturday and Sunday. From page 7 come without challenges. The team stood at a dism al 14th out of 18 teams at the end of the first day on a cold and w et Las Vegas co u rse. The team called a grou p m e e t­ ing and discussed what being a L onghorn m eans to each one of them and m ade a no- whining pact in regard to the chilly air. Two rounds later, only the h ost team — UNLV — fin ­ ished ahead of them. "We just talked about how [their] youth could no longer be an excu se," Richards said. "They needed to choose as a group in what direction they wanted to go in, independent of us coaches." Dubreuil — a com ponent of the team's freshmen foursome — may be the L o n g h o rn 's m ost im proved player since the fall season. A fter getting off to a slow er start than her freshm en co u n te rp a rts and then battling a thum b injury until early January, Dubreuil has led the team in tw o of their three spring outings. She said while the com peti­ tiveness of college golf called for an adjustm ent, it was the addition of leaving home and b a la n cin g sch o o lw o rk that added to the challenge. She stays calm, cool ami collected and goes about her business of playing — M artha Richards Coach to the swing of things." As a high school stud ent, D ubreuil led her M ater Dei M onarchs to five tournam ent cham pionships and garnered firs t-te a m a ll-le a g u e h o n ­ ors every year. O llie M artin, M ater D ei's coach, said D u­ breuil possesses a never-give- up attitude. "Desiree is very talented and handles pressure well," Martin said. "Her work ethic is excep­ tional, and she tirelessly prac­ tices on her fundamentals." R ich ard s said D u b re u il's consistency of late has helped the Longhorns greatly. "She stays calm , cool and collected and goes about her business of playing golf," Rich­ ards said. "S h e 's very com ­ posed and she's done a great job of handling things." "I alw ays thought of m y­ self as being mentally tough," D ubreuil said . "T h ere w ere points last sem ester that I was feeling overwhelmed with ev­ erything. I think rem ind ing m yself that it only gets b et­ ter and the [assistance of the] m edical staff and trainer, ev­ erybody helped me get back While Dubreuil's mind will be on the golf course this week­ end, the future sports manage­ m ent m ajor also knows that one uninviting aspect of the college life awaits her as soon as she's finished. "Math homework," Dubreuil said. "I think I'm always doing math hom ew ork." TENNIS: Sooners pose big challenge From page 7 Tulsa, Okla. es to No. 13 Texas Tech and No. 27 Fresno State in the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Mont­ gomery, Ala. Their lone b rig h t star has been top singles player, Ukra- nian senior No. 19 O leksan- dr N edovyesov, who is 10-2 on the season playing at No. 1 singles. Nedovyesov also com­ bines with team m ate Aleksey Bessonov to form the No. 12 doubles tandem in the country. The C ow boys' team consists o f all in te rn a tio n a l p lay ers except for tw o players from "Oklahoma State's top player has been great all season long, and he is going to be a tough test for Dimi [Kutrovsky]," Ru­ bio said. "O klahom a State, as a team, is down compared to years past, but they still have som e d an gerou s p lay ers in their lineup." Oklahoma is led by their se­ nior from Romania, No. 20 An­ drei Daescu. Daescu reached the finals of the ITA All-Amer­ ican Singles C ham pionships earlier this season and has con­ sistently been one of the top players in the country through­ out his four years at OU. The Sooners won 10 straight m atch es b efo re fallin g this past weekend in the finals of the Blue Gray Tennis Classic to No. 13 Texas Tech, 4-3. The Sooners also feature two oth­ er ranked singles players; No. 70 Costin Paval and No. 83 Io- nut Beleleu. Their top doubles team is D aescu and Beleleu, and the duo is ranked No. 71. The Sooners will take on Texas A&M on Friday before heading to Austin to take on the Horns on Sunday at 1 p.m. HITS: H o rn s key o n errors to score runs From page 7 drew a walk to score Loy, followed by consecutive wild pitches to score both Rupp and Keyes. Finally, Jon­ athan Walsh drove in Kevin Lusson with a sacrifice fly. "W e capitalized on opportu­ nities, and college baseball isn't about perfection. It's about im ­ p e rfe ctio n ," Texas head coach Augie G arrido said. "A nything can happen on any moment, and that's part of the excitement." Texas continues that excitement this weekend for their second Big 12 Conference series agaiast Texas Tech on the road in Lubbock, where the Horns am 97-34 all-time agaiast the Red Raiders. The unranked Red Raiders are 11-12 on the season after winning their last three games, one against Texas A&M and two against Tex­ as A & M -C orp u s C h risti. T he Horns plan on showcasing their b rillia n t pitching staff, w hich ranks third in the nation with a combined ERA of 2.34. And after Tuesday's win, Tex­ as added another pitcher to its al­ ready-loaded rotation in sopho­ more Sam Stafford, who pitched three perfect innings in his first start against the Owls. Chance Ruffin has also stepped into his role as the closer. Since b low in g his first save o p p or­ tu n ity in T exas' o p en in g s e ­ ries against New Mexico, Ruffin hasn't allowed a run in his last 10 appearances, racking up four wins, five saves and a team-lead­ ing 0.41 ERA. "H e's been brilliant, absolute­ ly b rillia n t," G arrido said. "H e is that University of Texas clos­ er w e'v e b een blessed with in the past. He would kill to win the gam e." WHAT: No. 8 Texas at Texas Tech WHERE: Lubbock WHEN: Friday 6:30 p.m., Saturday 6:30 p.m., Sunday 6:05 p.m. Courtney Craig had three hits and six RBI in Thursday's game one win. Maxx Scholten | D aily Texan Staff ATTENTION ALL INCOMING 6TH-, 7TH, & 8TH-GRADERS! T e x a s S t u d e n * The University of Texas at Austin Want to learn about television production & programming? The University o television wants to^^SEEl Teievision - Learn how to produce an entertain­ ment program or a music video show. Applicants will produce a show that will air on KRV-TV and city wide on Time Warner Cable Channel 16. i News Camp - ■ Television News - Learn all about TV news; how to write, shoot, and edit Applicants will produce a news show that will air on KVR-TV and Time Warner Cable Channel 16. Registration torms are available at www TexasStudentTV. com . Contact the business office at 471-7050 or E-mail questions and registration form requesf to Dan Knight at danknight@ m ail.utexas.edu. SESSIONS Production Camp News Camp July 12-16 July 19-23 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. TSTV offices/studios Hearst Student Media Bldg. 2500 W hitis Ave. The University of Texas E XTRAS INCLUDED Lunch, T-shirt LUNCH Mix of both hot and cold lunches (ex. sandwiches or pizza) 1 im For more information and registration, visit www.TexasStudentTV.com Great training, great experience and great pay! Do you think you have what it takes? Find Out! Email us and send your resume to ; jDcorDen@mail.utexas.edu Or stop by the William Randolph Hearst Building 2500 Whitis Ave. - Rm. 3.210 Friday, March 26, 2010 & ALONE: Production creates synergistic experience F ro m p a g e 12 hearing one of their recordings last summer. Since the dance com pany takes m ost of their performances on tour, they do not often get to use live music, which Hamrick said makes this a special occasion. "There's nothing more excit­ ing than dancing to live m u­ sic," sh e said. "The energy — you can't match that with canned music." The band m em bers, n one of whom had ever played for a dance perform ance, eager­ ly agreed and are excited to see how the audience reacts to their music. It's important for us to see how our m usic affects p e o ­ ple. Our music, combined with Kathy's dance, is going to be powerful," said Brandon Den­ ton, a band member and bota­ ny senior. "That's what makes it worth it to me. Seeing the expression on their faces that says, T his is really hitting me right now' — it's amazing." The band ended up playing a large part in the artistic d i­ rection of the show, as well as com posing a majority of the music for "Alone, Alone." They collaborated to produce post­ cards, T-shirts and posters for the performance. W orking on the sh ow in ­ spired the band to consider the concept further, and they took a silent camping trip together. "We got along a lot better when we hadn't been talking," said Ayham T. Ghraowi, band member and design senior. "A lot of times, w e communicated better without words." Some of the band members w ere able to form their own opinions about being alone. "We are alone, but w e are all alone, so w e are together in it," Denton said. "It doesn't have em ptiness to it in my in­ terpretation." While camping, the boys ex­ plored their surroundings and took photographs of their en­ vironment that will be on d is­ play this w eekend in the gal­ lery installation, located inside the theatre. "I had this idea that if you are going to do art, go all out. Why just stop at one thing?" said Ja­ cob Ham rick, band m em ber and studio art junior. "'Alone, Alone' is like this big syner­ gistic experience w ith music, dance and art." PRESS: Publishing companies sell blend o f writing, music F ro m p a g e 12 American Nonrequired Reading." Meyers attributes such success­ es to independent press' search for genuine and unique stories, rather than the most marketable authors. "We're similar to indie record labels," Meyers said. "We like to take risks and work closely with the artists." Monofonus Press curator Jess Sauer agrees with this sentiment. "Bigger publishing com pa­ n ies describe their authors in on e-sentence bios. They look for a shtick," Sauer said. "Small presses are usually nonprofit, so w e have more flexibility." As a multimedia label, Mono­ fonus Press sells cross-genre "IF Packages" that feature a novel, an album and visual artwork. slipping a pill in someone's apple­ sauce," Sauer said. "You may just want to buy a metal album, but you could also get a book that you end up loving." The freedom to create a m ul­ tidisciplinary organization was also realized by American Short Fiction, w hose mother compa­ ny, Badgerdog, offers creative writing courses in addition to its publishing services. "We want to support a liter­ ary com m unity and help stu ­ dents find their voice," Meyers said. "We have a strong focus on emerging writers." Both Meyers and Sauer find that a m ultifaceted approach gives their respective com pa­ nies a unique edge in a time when the publishing industry is at a crossroads. "It's like a positive version of " T ec h n o lo g ic a l a d v a n c e ­ m ents have our entire field fee lin g em battled," M eyers said. "Small presses especially are studying hard to make our products accessible." For most presses this means e-books and iPhone applica­ tions. Monofonus Press, howev­ er, takes accessibility to the next level, offering a series of read­ ings that feature live music, lo­ cal authors and broadcasted out- of-town writers. This series, enti­ tled "Teleportal," allows authors to read in other cities without the financial hassle of traveling. "People fall in love with read­ ing by being read to, but tradition­ al readings can be so stuffy and ac­ ademic," Sauer said. "We want to make it fun." Monofonus Press' broadcast­ ed readings w ill be accom pa­ nied Saturday by a quirky blend of poetry, fiction and a solo set from Seth Woods. In addition to attending "Peer Pressure," Mey­ ers suggests that Austin resi­ dents support small presses by purchasing books by local writ­ ers such as Amelia Gray, her personal favorite. "I enjoy collaborating with writers and bringing out the fin­ er points in their work," Mey­ ers said. "But the most rewarding thing about small press is the joy of falling in love with a story." WHAT: Peer Pressure I WHERE: C lub de V ille WHEN: Saturday at 7 p.m. TICKETS: FREE FUN: lown has picturesque scenery, historic buildings Brenham 1 £ \ Blue Bell Creameries 1101 South Blue Bell Rd. bluebell.com Illustration bv Thu Vo ws bite to eat and take in the art." Not too far down from the cafe is the Ant Street Inn, a historic hotel that, even if you aren't staying the night, is a beautiful place to tour. T he in n , ----------------------- built in 1899 as a mercan­ tile grocery and feed store, is the embodi­ ment of histo­ ry and com ­ fort, with each of its rooms b e a u t i f u l - ly decorated in the Amer­ icana, Victorian style and one in particular lavished in the Spanish Mediterranean style. _______________ Owner "We really want people to feel as though they are in a home away from home," hotel manager Cin­ dy Lamensky said. "Guests can en­ joy wine and cheese, hot apple ci­ der, lemonade or even Blue Bell Ice Cream. It's something you can only find in Brenham." Street Inn Commerce St. antstreetinn.com Funky Art Caf* 202 IV. Commerce Sf. funkyartcafe.com ’— F ro m p a g e 12 traditional and modem art. Nestled in the comer of the res­ taurant, the store's gigantic Christ­ mas tree never comes down, in- ------------------- stead bearing dec­ orations accord- / f ing to each season. The tree som e­ how works with the portrait of the m onkey w ear­ ing a floral head­ piece and holding a baby bottle and ____________ small puppy. The owner, Connie Smith, in­ herited the building — originally a blacksmith shop — through her family lineage and turned the store into a restaurant. "We change up the menu ev­ ery four months, and I always try to make comfort food for not only the residents of the town, but any­ one who is just passing through," Smith said. "It's a chance to grab a It's a chance to grab a bite to eat an d take in the art. 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"Small presses are on the fore­ front of literary development," American Short Fiction editor Jill Meyers said. "The aim of this event is to give them the recogni­ tion that they deserve." Indeed, Austin-based inde­ pendent press companies have made a name for them selves, p u b lis h in g w r ite r s w h o se works have appeared in "The Best Am erican Short Stories" and M cSw eeney's "T h e Best PRESS continues on page 9 Broadway s most haunting love story FAREWELL TEXAS TOUR! HALF-PRICE STUDENT TICKETS! Available day-of-show 2 hours prior to curtain at the Bass Concert Hall Box Office Limit 2 tickets per person. Student ID required. NOW THRU APRIL 4! • Bass Concert Hall BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com r m A B R O A O W A y T j A C R O S S a m i r i c a ! 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The mission o f the d iv i­ sororities and fraternities, and the ing the Greek com m unity w ith in U T , on Fraternal Organizations. Sororities sion is to provide support, leadership five councils: Interfraternity, National and developing programs that w ill and fraternities comprise more than opportunities and educational pro­ Pan -H ellen ic, Texas Asian Pan- assist students as they face the chal­ 60 o f the 1,000 student organiza­ grams to Greek organizations. The Hellenic, United Greek and University lenges o f college life. Sororities at UT A ustin AXQ.... Alpha Chi Omega (UPC) AAIT... Alpha Delta Pi (UPC) AEd>... Alpha Epsilon Phi (UPC) AKA.... Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (NPHC) aKAO.... alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Inc. (TAPC) Adv.. Alpha Phi (UPC) ASA.... Alpha Xi Delta (UPC) X Q ... Chi Omega (UPC) X Y I . . . Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. (Affiliate) AAA.... Delta Delta Delta (UPC) AT.... Delta Gamma (UPC) AKA.... Delta Kappa Delta Sorority, Inc. (Affiliate) AI©.... Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (NPHC) KA0.... Kappa Alpha Theta (UPC) KA.... Kappa Delta (UPC) KAX.... Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc. (UGC) KKT.... Kappa Kappa Gamma (UPC) Kr... Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority, Inc. (TAPC) A0A.... Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. (UGC) HBdv... Pi Beta Phi (UPC) ZA A ... Sigma Delta Lambda Sorority, Inc. (UGC) 2AT.... Sigma Delta Tau (UPC) H P . . . Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (NPHC) IA T .... Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. (UGC) Id>Q.... Sigma Phi Omega Sorority, Inc. (TAPC) 0NE.... Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. (Affiliate) ZB ... Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (NPHC) Z IX ... Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. (Affiliate) ZTA.... Zeta Tau Alpha (UPC) Fraternities at UT A ustin Acacia.... Acacia (IFC) AEIL... Alpha Epsilon Pi (IFC) AOA.... Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (NPHC) ATQ... Alpha Tau Omega (IFC) BX0.... Beta Chi Theta National Fraternity, Inc. (Affiliate) BKT.... Beta Kappa Gamma Fraternity, Inc. (TAPC) B0IT... Beta Theta Pi (IFC) Xdv... Chi Phi (IFC) AAQ.... Delta Alpha Omega Multicultural Fraternity Inc. (Affiliate) AX.... Delta Chi (IFC) AId>... Delta Sigma Phi (IFC) ATA.... Delta Tau Delta (IFC) LB.... Gamma Beta (TAPC) KA'P.... Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (NPHC) K I... Kappa Sigma (IFC) AXA.... Lambda Chi Alpha (IFC) A0dv... Lambda Theta Phi Fratermdad Latina, Inc. (UGC) <,2Ad>.... Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc. (UGC) Qd>r... Omega Phi Gamma (Affiliate) Q*M>.... Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (NPHC) A0... Phi Delta Theta (IFC) Fiji.... Phi Gamma Delta (IFC) 0 I A .... Phi lota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Affiliate) d>KvI/.... Phi Kappa Psi (IFC) K0.... Phi Kappa Theta (IFC) I1KA.... Pi Kappa Alpha (IFC) IIKdv... Pi Kappa Phi (IFC) IAE.... Sigma Alpha Epsilon (IFC) SAM.... Sigma Alpha Mu (IFC) IX.... Sigma Chi (IFC) IAB.... Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc. (UGC) Id>E.... Sigma Phi Epsilon (IFC) in.... Sigma Pi (IFC) TKE.... Tau Kappa Epsilon (IFC) ©X.... Theta Chi (IFC) Z BT ... Zeta Beta Tau (IFC) Z¥.... Zeta Psi (IFC) ADVERTISING ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Jalah Goette RETAIL ADVERTISING MANAGER Brad Corbett ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Carter Goss STUDENT AD DIRECTOR Kathyrn Abbas STUDENT AD MANAGER Ryan Miller PHOTOGRAPHERS Kassandra Balli STUDENT DESIGNER Amanda Thomas STUDENTEDITORS Ann Choi Emily Pennington Kira Taniguchi LAYOUT & DESIGN Elena Watts SPECIAL EDITIONS EDITORIAL ADVISER Elena Watts LOCAL DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Lauren Aldana Tommy Daniels Ryan Ford Meagan Gribbin Anu Kaulkarni An Ly Cameron McClure Josh Phipps Daniel Ruszkiewicz Ashley Walker CONTRIBUTING STAFF WRITERS Biactriz Arreola Zane Gordon-Bouzard Maggie Gunn Emily Pennington Kira Taniguchi lY V y L d e / Y O U R W O R L D T HE D AI L Y T E X A N • D A I L Y T E X A N O N L I N E . C O M T E X A S S T U D E N T T E L E V IS I O N • X V R X 91 .7 F M ' T E X A S T R A V E S T Y • C A C T U S Y E A R B O O K For a d v e rtisin g info, call 512-471-1865 U N I V E R S I T Y T O W E R S \ U S T I N WIRELESS INTERNET THROUGHOUT BUILDING AND FOOD COURT FREE HD CABLE 24-HOUR ATHLETIC CENTER FULL-SIZE KITCHENS PRIVATE ROOMS' HOUSEKEEPING FLEXIBLE MEAL PLANS PRIVATE BALCONIES SWIMMING POOL AND SPA 24-HOUR CYBER CENTER GIANT WALK-IN CLOSETS M a r c h 26.2010 GREEK LIFE Page3 Weekend retreat betters UT's Greek life E By Biactriz A rre ola “ T a k in g th e d is lik e s o f th e v ery y e ar m em b ers o f th e p ro gra m fro m p rev io u s years in to G r e e k c o m m u n it y e sca p e a c c o u n t a llo w e d us to create a w e ll- fro m ca m p u s fo r an o v e r­ p la n n e d re tre a t,” B u n ch said. “ N o n ig h t G r e e k L e a d e r s h ip R e tre a t, m o re just s ittin g a ro u n d ... in ste ad w h e r e th e y ta k e p a rt in g a m e s, th e y w ere a lw a y s d o in g s o m e th in g , le a d e rsh ip b u ild in g a c tiv itie s an d so th is w a y th ey w o u ld w a n t to a little re la xa tio n . F ive stu d e n ts on a tte n d .” th e e x e c u tiv e b o a rd , ten sm all g ro u p T h is y e a r th e p ro g ra m w a s fa c ilita to r s a n d G r e e k L ife a n d a m ix tu re o f w o rk sh o p s and fu n I n te rc u ltu ra l E d u c a tio n ’s M a r ily n a c tiv itie s w ith v isu al m ed ia su ch R u ssell and P h il B u tle r o rg a n iz e d as P o w e rP o in t p re s e n ta tio n s a n d th e p ro g ra m . E ach G r e e k o r g a n i­ re co rd e d v id e o s . T h e w o rk sh o p s z a tio n w as a sk e d to sen d on e e x p e ­ e d u ca te d th e atten d ees abo u t th e rie n ce d and o n e n ew lea d er to th e G r e e k e x p e rie n ce a n d c h a lle n g e d F e b ru a ry e v e n t lo ca te d at C a m p th e m to n o t o n ly learn n ew le a d e r­ Y o u n g Judea in W im b e rle y , T e x as. ship sk ills b u t a lso to ta k e a ctio n to R e p resen ta tio n w as not m a n d a to ry b e tte r th eir o w n G re e k c o m m u n ity , but w as h ig h ly re co m m e n d ed fo r said R u ssell. B u n c h said the p r o ­ the o rg a n iz a tio n to re m ain in g o o d gra m a llo w e d p a rticip a n ts to le a rn s ta n d in g w ith th e G r e e k L ife o ffice. o u tsid e the cla ssro o m a n d v iew th e S in c e the se le ctio n o f th e b o ard en tire G r e e k c o m m u n ity . o f e x e cu tiv e s in O c to b e r , N a th a n “ L e a d in g u p to the retreat, th e B u n c h , c h a ir o f th e e x e c u tiv e s ta ff an d I w e re in vo lve d in p la n ­ b o a rd , has a im e d to re co n stru ct an d n in g a n d gave a d v ice to th e e x e c u ­ im p ro v e th e e v e n t b y c o rr e c tin g past tive b o a rd , b u t w h en th e retreat c riticism s. C o ntin ued p a ge 5 kJkJkJ. efOArierScAC^MS .Ccnv S\2-S3\-©\23 Page 4 GREEK LIFE March26,2010 GREEKS organize successful fundraisers Philanthropic events hosted by sororities A lpha Epsilon Phi, Delta G am m a charity works for pediatric H I V pre­ and Kappa Kappa G am m a reveals an vention and the eradication o f pediat­ By M aggie Gunn inspiring account o f the service pro­ ric A I D S through research, advocacy, here are more than 60 Greek vided by the U T Greek com munity. and prevention and treatment pro­ organizations represent­ A lp h a E p s ilo n P h i ’s main phi­ grams." The A E P h i ’s largest annual ed at U T , most o f which lanthropy is the Elisabeth Glaser fundraising event, Pheast w ith Phis, com m it significant time and fund­ Pediatric Aids Foundation, a charity raised $4,000 for the foundation by T raising efforts to local and nation­ founded by an alum na o f the soror­ bringing “ 100s « f hungry, charitable Lutsig said. dation and other causes related to al philanthropies. A n up-close look ity in 1988. A E P h i's V ice President o f peers together for some great food and The women of A E P h i host addi­ cancer research. This spring they are at University Panhellenic sororities Philanthropy Taylor Lustig said, “ The m ingling ... it was a great success,” tional events benefitting the foun- planning a trunk show with boutique UjiMltiiQicm S A M P L E S A L E ! 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Their Kappa Cookout raised approximately $4,000 for the literacy organization and their Spring Powder PufFTournam ent with U T ’s Pi Beta Phi raised $2,690 for the Davis M o o n Project, which organizes literacy missions to deliver books to Ethiopia every two years. K K G ’s Ph ilan thropy Co-chair C J H a ll noted that her sorority sisters enjoy the opportunities to be “advo­ cates-for reading in local com m uni­ ties and to donate to local schools in need.” K K G also worked w ith Pie G uys Pizzeria to raise money for H aiti this M arch. H a ll said she and her co­ chairs “ felt it was imperative for [our] sorority to help raise m oney for relief.” H a ll is proud of the successes and is quick to credit the individual service o f each sorority member. A ll members o f the sorority are actively committed to promoting literacy in the Austin and other com munities, she said. Blair Bradford, V ice President of Foundation for D e lta G a m m a , also emphasized the individual contribu­ tions o f her fellow sorority sisters. She said their national philanthropy is Service for Sight and the U T chap­ ter is particularly fortunate because they get to work alongside the Texas School for the B lin d and Visually Impaired located in Austin. This year the women of Delta G a m m a hosted a Valentine’s D ay Party, a House Halloween party and a Thanksgiving dinner for more than 100 students from the school. T h ey also took school o f the blind students to a U T basketball game and hope to attend a U T baseball game w ith the students C ontinued page 5 M a rch 26, 2010 Sorority Philanthropy this spring. “ Both the rSBVI students and Delta funds also enabled D G to donate a spe­ cial elliptical machine outfitted for the visually impaired to the school. It allows Gammas benefit from these events. The them to exercise in a safe manner. relationships that are formed at the Each philanthropy chair noted the GREEK LIFE Philanthropic events hosted by fraternities By A n n C h o i Halloween party are sustained through­ importance of the larger Austin and U T f ^ reek fraternities across Page 5 are hosting a five-daylong fund­ Conference Center. raising event across campus and Each member of Beta C h i the community to raise awareness Theta is required to donate a m in­ about heart disease. imum of $50 for philanthropic “ This is the first Beating Heart week. W h ile some members come Disease week that features an up with the required fee on their out the year and culminate when we communities in their fundraising suc­ help the T S B V I students prepare before cess. “W e depend heavily on the U T I the U T campus empha- event every single day o f the week; own, others get sponsorships from -M. size giving back to the it truly is a full philanthropy local businesses and restaurants. [their] prom and assist in chaperoning,” campus and the Austin community for ? community. They encourage their week,” Denny Mathew, service “ For their contributions, spon­ said Bradford. “ Many of our women the success of these events. W e receive enjoy their volunteering so much that tons of donations from local companies | members to raise funds for var- f ious humanitarian causes. The said. coordinator for Beta C h i Theta, sors are recognized on flyers, event programs, the Web site and they become mentors at the school on and especially food vendors,” Taylor 1 philanthropic chairs o f Beta C h i From M arch 22 to 26, the T-shirts,” Mathew said. their own time.” Lustig of A E P h i said. “ W e are impressed | Iheta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter is hosting a a kickoff Although putting on these D C s main annual events are and very appreciative of Austin’s charita­ share their insights about plan­ rally, a blood drive, informa­ fundraising events takes up the AnchorSplash and AnchorSlam, which ble spirit and their support in our fund­ ning fundraising events. tive classes on heart disease, a time o f four or five active mem­ raise funds for the visually impaired. raising efforts.” In2004, Beta C h i Theta estab­ fundraiser at Schlotzky’s and the bers working together the entire Male organizations like Texas Wranglers These three Greek organizations are lished a Beating Heart Disease week’s main event: a talent show. semester, the cost of putting up work with D G on these events that also just a few good examples of how stu­ fund that benefits the American Ten teams w ill compete in Texas’ raise awareness. Bradford said they raised dents at U T are working together daily Heart Association. This year, they Best Dance Crew at the A T & T Continued page 11 I $15,600 last year, which was donated to to change their world for the bet­ Service for Sight. A portion of the raised ter. I DIV ISION OF R E C R E A T I O N A L S P O R T S I Leadership Retreat Continued from page 2 Although the attendees work hard most of the day, they engage in ice-breakers and other fun team came around we [coordinators] tried activities to break the routine. “A t to step back,” Russell said. “ W e the end of the night, everyone, all were there to step-in if necessary, the different organizations big or but the goal was to keep the pro­ little, would get together, and there gram student led, peer to peer.” would be music,” Bunch said. “ Then Ib is program is “ one of the hall­ all of a sudden some of the culture- mark events” where the individual based organizations began to do Greek organizations learn and work their traditional strolls and steps.” together, Russell said. Bunch said that it is those kinds “ The retreat was a rare oppor­ o f experiences that bridge a lot tunity to gather 118 students with o f gaps between organizations and many different perspectives and dis­ expose similarities rather than dif­ cuss the positives and negatives that ferences. come with being Greek,” Russell “A ll the attendees were working said. together and hanging out,” Russell This retreat program addressed said. “ It was just about college stu­ the issues o f risk management, dents doing what they are good a t ... image and stereotypes, and build­ networking and making friends.” ing unity w ithin the entire Greek “ M any relationships are formed community. across councils and between chap­ “ W e all get criticized and stereo­ ters,” Russell said. “ It is easy for typed,” Bunch said. “ This program everyone to focus on their own is the chance for all the Greeks to organization, but this retreat is the become more engaged and partici­ chance for them to meet others and pate in workshops to improve the understand the broader meaning of Greek community on campus." Greek life.’ www.utrecsports.org w G R E E K LIFE March 26, 2010 Pa ge 6 Retreats on Lake Travis likes, and also knows how to please his “ O u r main business is to offer a customers. place to stay for students and we do it There are nine total rental proper­ at a discount to students and profes­ ties available to students and families sors connected to U T ,” K ahn said. By Kira Taniguchi who need a getaway. A ll o f the proper­ Some past uses o f the rental prop­ er o f D on K a h n Properties, Don Kahn, owner and found­ located on Lake Travis, as the “ best- refers to his rental properties ties are on Lake Travis, which K ahn erties have been for fam ily reunions, insists is the “ prettiest lake in Texas.” weddings and people who want a W h a t makes K ahn ’s properties unique place to stay when they come watch is the fact that he offers rental prop­ their Longhorns play. K ahn said the kept secrets in Austin. H aving been erties right on the water, rare finds properties are also ideal for sorority in the rental business for the past 30 since they are being snapped up left and fraternity parties, as well as a nice years, K ahn knows w hat he wants and and right. place for parents to stay when they come into town. second most popular rental property is rants in each o f his properties. M ost Ryan Ford recently spent a week­ “ the Pool House, which sleeps 12 o f them are only a 10-minute drive end in February with five o f his friends people. There is an identical property from the Oasis, a popular restaurant at “ the Lakehou.se,” one of K a h n ’s next door to “ the Pool House,” minus w ith a huge deck positioned perfectly most popular rentals. Ford said the the pool. K a h n said those two proper­ for watcing the sunset over drinks and house was incredibly spacious and fea­ ties are popular for fam ily reunions dinner. 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The film stars A ndy Five Councils Reign Over Greek Life S am b erg as R o d , an a sp irin g stu n t­ B y E m ily P e n n in g t o n m an in the Evel K n ievel vein w ho d o n ’t realize th at Parker and Stone w ants nothin g m ore th an to im press had careers before crea tin g “ Sou th his stepfather by b e atin g him in a P a rk ,” m a in ly m a k in g a b su rd , fistfight. P roblem s arise when his excellent c o m e d ie s like “ O rg a z m o ” stepfather co n tracts a term in al d is­ and th e h ila rio u s “ C a n n ib a l: The ease too expensive to fix, so R od has M u sic a l.” "H ot Rod" W hy Frats W ould Love It: to raise the m oney for an operation by d o in g the m ost a m a z in g stu n t ever. I f he su cceed s, he can save his ste p fa th e r’s life, an d su b seq u en tly beat him senseless. A s R o d , Sam b erg plays a ch aracter w ith W ill Ferrell style eg o m an ia, bu t ad d s a w elcom e organ izatio n s on c a m ­ O f the 6 0 p lu s G reek who com e together to co m p o se pus there are 31 G reeks on the IF C a stu d en t m ust: be a C o u n c il, which represents the five full tim e U T stu den t not on sch o­ A sian G reek organ ization s. The lastic or d iscip lin ary probation, I A P C is m ost well know n for c o ­ have a m in im u m G P A o f 2.5, be a sp on sorin g the A sian A m erican d u es-paying m em ber o f his ch a p ­ Aw areness W eek, w hich educates the five different co u n cils who ter, and not hold a com parable the co m m u n ity on topics relating govern over the G reek system . The position in his ch apter d u rin g his to the A sian A m erican culture. five co un cils are separated into term on the E xecutive C o u n cil. The co nstitu tion for the T A P C the Interfraternity C o u n cil, the Ih e N a tio n a l P a n - H e lle n ic states the council strives to cre­ N a tio n a l Pan-H ellenic C o u n cil, C o u n c il is the govern in g body ate u n ity “ w hile in stillin g the T exas A sian P an-H ellenic C o u n cil for the “ divine n ine” h istorically values o f leadership, sch olarship an d the U n iversity Panh ellen ic A frican A m erican G reek organ i­ and service w ithin stron g A sian C o u n c il an d each co u n cil has zations. C urrently, six o f the nine A m erican s.” T o becom e a m em ­ their ow n grou p o f fraternities are active at The U niversity and ber o f the council, a stu d en t m ust s m a c k d e s t i n y i n t h e f A C E Why Frats Don't W atch It: T h e In te r fr a te r n ity C o u n c il The pream ble o f the C o n stitu tio n lettered organ ization for at least governs over the fraternities on for N P H C says their intent is “ to two years, be in good stan d in g layer o f goo fin ess. an d sororities to govern. five m em bers are on the council. have been in a registered Greek- o t R o d ” w as cam p u s. O f the seven m em bers brin g together o u r organ ization s with the University, not be in .re le a se d b e fo re o f the council each m em ber serves in the u n d erstan d in g that we all the process o f d e-pledgin g or d e­ for one year an d d u rin g that term possess a different perspective o f activatin g, and have a m in im u m focu ses on one aspect o f fraternity the very sam e vision.“ The N P H C G P A o f 2 .0 . life includ in g acad em ics, ath letics, typically w orks with the The Bone Establish ed to prom ote unity ca m p u s involvem ent, co m m u n ity M arrow F o u n d atio n , G et O u t the an d positive co llaboration w ithin service, leadership an d brother­ Vote, N atio n al A frican A m erican the L atin o G reek com m unity, as h ood . The IF C also holds general T o b a c c o E d u c a tio n N etw o rk , well as with other fraternal o rga­ the box office. S o it’s p o ssi­ assem blies in w hich a representa­ B reast C a n c e r A w areness an d nizations on cam p u s, th e L a tin o ble that frat b oys m ay have tive from each ch apter atten d s to Prostate C an cer Aw areness. P an -H e lle n ic C o u n c il’s projects never h eard o f it. H ow ever, d iscu ss issu es w ithin the c o m m u ­ Six m em b ers co m p o se the d ue to th e su ccess o f the nity. T o be eligible for a position T e x a s A s ia n P a n - H e lle n ic Continued page 11 “ H Sam b erg and the Lonely Island really blew up on S N L . T h is factor, c o m ­ bined w ith lim ited adver­ tisin g a n d p o o r review s cau sed th e film to flop at S N L D ig ita l Sh o rts, p e o ­ ple are c o m in g a ro u n d to this a b su rd ly h ilario u s film . LONGHORN L I II 0 U S I N I Longhorn Limos is the www.longhornlimos.com for quality in Austin and San Antonio. 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T o becom e a m em b er o f th e L P H C , a s tu d e n t m ust: be in a G reek o rg a­ nizatio n , be in g o o d s ta n d in g w ith U T and th e ir respective n a tio n a l b o a rd , h ave c h a p te r sta tu s g ran ted by a n atio n al o rg a n iz a tio n , have b een a m e m b e r o f a registered o rg an iza­ tion for o n e fu ll y ear p rio r to ap p licatio n , pay a o n e-tim e en tra n c e fee o f $ 1 0 0 , a n d s u b m it a le tte r o f re c o m m en d atio n from a n active m e m b e r o f a fratern al o rg a n iz a tio n , th e U G C advisor a n d an o u tsid e o rg a n iz a tio n . T h e U n iv e r s ity P a n h e llc n ic C o u n c il represents th e 14 n atio n al N P C -a ffilia te d so ro ritie s at U T . In an a tte m p t to p ro m o te eq u a lity , th e e ig h t m em bers o f th e U P C are Frat Philanthropy Continued from page 5 MHHIHNMi th e d ir e c to r o f d e v e lo p m e n t for th e c e n ­ T here is a $ 6 0 fee to ter sa id . “O v e r th e years S igm a A lp h a e n te r a c o o k in g te a m , a n d a $ 2 0 fee E p silo n has raised $ 6 1 ,0 0 0 - a sig n ifi­ to a tte n d th e ev en t. M assey said th ey th e event is ra th e r sm a ll w ith th e help o f c a n t a m o u n t.” n o rm a lly raise ab o u t $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 fro m th e responsible for m o n ito rin g th e rules g o v ern in g m em b ersh ip th e U T a n d A u s tin c o m m u n itie s . T he m em b e rs raise fu n d s n o t o n ly e v e n t itself. re c ru itm e n t, social activ ities, p u b lic ity a n d m em b er resp o n ­ “ I h e b lo o d d riv e a n d h e a r t y o u r fro m s tu d e n ts , b u t also fro m th e U T “ L uckily, th e e n tire U T c o m m u n ity h e a rt [inform ative] classes c o st us n ex t c o m m u n ity , f r a te r n ity a lu m n i a n d h a s seem ed to be m o re th a n w illin g For m o re in f o rm a tio n , visit th e G re e k Life a n d to n o th in g th a n k s to th e h e lp from m e m b e rs ’ p a re n ts. to give a n d a tte n d o u r e v e n t,” M assey In te rc u ltu ra l E d u c a tio n W eb site at h ttp ://d e a n o fs tu d e n ts . th e B lood C e n te r o f C e n tr a l T ex as an d “It is really u p to o u r a lu m n i, p a re n ts, s a id . “ I see n o th in g b u t m ore o f a p o si­ sibilities. utexas.edu. 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