POWER OUTAGE Rangers offense struggles in World Series opener SPORTS PAGE 7 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, October 20, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar Free STI/HIV testing University Health Services will be offering free, confidential STI and HIV testing today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the SSB Glenn Maloney Room. Testing will be first come, first served, so go early. Austin Film Festival The Annual Austin Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, beginning with their film festival conference. The film festival will also showcase films from up-and-coming filmmakers at several different venues around Austin, including the Alamo Drafthouse. Conference begins at noon. Find a scholarship The Office of Student Financial Services will be hosting ÔBevonomics 309Õ from 2-3 p.m. in CBA 4.326. The workshop is free for students and will educate them on how best to search for scholarships. Swap shop The second floor of Jester West is holding a swap shop tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. The shop will be taking donations including clothes, DVDs, CDs, jewelry, toys and shoes. In return, anyone who donates will receive tickets, which can then use to swap for various things located inside the shop. Today in history In 1977 Three band members of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash that landed in the thick woods of Mississippi. Earlier that year, Aerosmith had considered using the Convair 240 but opted for a different one because of concerns about the flight crew. Inside In News: Experts discuss benefits/ drawbacks of natural gas page 5 Quote to note ÔÔ ÒMaking music is something that you can do at various ca¥pacities in different places. Thanks to lap¥tops and cheap mi¥crophones and Pro Tools, you can make music anywhere.Ó Ñ Astronautalis Rapper LIFE &ARTS PAGE 12 Online advising enables efficient degree planning By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff The UT System announced a partner¥ship Tuesday with the interactive website MyEdu to increase online advising ef¥forts across UT institutions. The partnership is part of UT System Chancellor Francisco CigarroaÕs Frame¥work for Excellence Action Plan, which focuses on trimming costs by increasing university efficiency. The goal for imple¥menting MyEdu is to increase graduation rates by helping students better under¥stand how to navigate through their de¥gree plans with online advising. UT-Aus¥tin, UT-Arlington and UT-Permian Ba¥sin will be the first to receive the MyEdu platform, although officials did not an¥nounce an exact date when the decision was made. The MyEdu platform will ex¥pand to all other UT System institutions in 2012. The MyEdu platform will include a Ògraduation road map enabling students to visualize their time line to graduationÓ in an effort to minimize Òplanning mis¥takes that leave students extending time in college to complete required courses,Ó according to a press release. Journalism senior Janet Herrgesell said as a first-year interest group mentor she gets asked many questions from students about their degree plans. ÒSometimes I can forward them to a link, but they need more help thatÕs less standardized,Ó she said. Herrgesell said some students ac¥cidentally take multiple classes when completion of one class would fulfill the credit they need. She said she sug¥gests students in her First-year Interest Group utilize the interactive degree au¥dit, an online progress report of class WEBSITE continues on PAGE 2 Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff World War II veteran and UT alumnus Frank Denius displays an old photograph of an ROTC training corps found in a time capsule. Denius helped open the 54-year-old box at the UT Club in the stadium on Wednesday. Rare relics recovered in time capsule By John Farey Daily Texan Staff A 54-year-old time capsule opened for the first time on Wednesday has given rare in¥sight into the daily life and his¥tory of UTÕs Reserve Officer Training Corps during the 1940s and 1950s. World War II veteran and UT alumnus Frank Denius removed the time capsuleÕs lid to reveal a treasure trove of important his¥torical documents. Among the books and paper was a 1957 se¥nior ROTC manual personally endorsed by former U.S. Presi¥dent Dwight D. Eisenhower and a history of the Navy ROTC from its inception in 1940 until 1957. The book included rare photo¥graphs and a letter from the 1954 Board of Regents approving the construction of a new purpose¥built ROTC building. Also in the box was a 1956 Air Force ROTC yearbook and Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan file photo founded Austin Copwatch with the cen- Austin Police Department chief Art Acevedo speaks with a TV news reporter on the first tral goal of reducing police violence, main¥ day of Occupy Austin. Graduates utilize law degrees in unexpected career choices By Nicole Sanseverino Daily Texan Staff While careers such as service dog trainer, wind farm employee and world champion skydiver might seem unconventional, these are just a few of the unique paths UT law alumni have taken after attaining their degree. Only about 2 percent of grad¥uating JDs pursue non-legal jobs, but UTÕs law school estimates that roughly one-third of all its living alumni are currently pursuing non¥practicing careers. Law student Luis Rincon, pres¥ident and co-founder of the stu¥dent organization Beyond Any Bar, said itÕs becoming more ac¥ceptable to find a niche outside of the traditional path. ÒLaw school is an extremely competitive place filled with very bright people Ñ itÕs like a well¥oiled machine. Even though law students tend to be risk adverse, we are pushing against the status quo,Ó Rincon said. Rincon, now in his third year, came into law school knowing he didnÕt want to practice law but saw the degree as a way to spring¥board into business development. He started Beyond Any Bar earlier this year to expose law students to other options. ÒThere are a lot of students who come in not knowing what they want to do, not even knowing if they want to practice law,Ó Rincon said. ÒMaybe theyÕre thinking, ÔIÕm smart. I got good grades. I took the LSAT, IÕll go to law school and spend three years with my nose in the books un¥til this economy picks up.Õ So for some, law school is a great fallback.Ó ItÕs a fallback with a price tag starting at about $140,000 for three LAW continues on PAGE 2 a brief history of the Army ROTC following its establish¥ment in 1947. ROTC historians have long known of the time capsuleÕs ex¥istence but could only plan for its retrieval following the official decommissioning in August of the now destroyed ROTC build¥ing. The copper box was pur¥posefully placed in a corner¥stone during the buildingÕs con¥struction in 1957, which was lat¥er renamed to Russell A. Stein¥dam Hall in 1972. Steindam graduated from UT in 1968 and was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1971 fol¥lowing his death during combat in Vietnam. Army ROTC associate pro¥fessor Jose Reyes, who present¥ed the box to the committee, said there were no indications of the capsuleÕs contents prior to opening. CAPSULE continues on PAGE 2 Group speaks against cop violence By Nick Hadjigeorge Daily Texan Staff Occupy Austin protester and co-founder of the group Copwatch is helping Austinites learn about their rights despite being arrested for exercising civil disobedience. Eric Ellison and three other Occupy Austin protesters were arrested Oct. 13 for criminal trespassing after refusing to leave City Hall grounds while the area was being cleaned overnight. Ellison said getting arrest¥ed for engaging in civil disobedience shows his support for the Occupy Austin move¥ment, and he thinks the police often overstep their boundaries. Ellison and his friend Eric Wincott co¥ ly through videotaping police activity and teaching people to explore the alternatives to calling the police. The Austin chapter of Copwatch is part of a nationwide network of people who film the actions of police offi¥cers and publish the videos to websites such as YouTube. He said the activities of Copwatch are di¥rectly related to the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement because of the major police presence at protests nationwide. Ellison said the police can potentially abuse their ability to use force, such as using Tazers or physical vio¥lence, against citizens, especially when they are engaging in civil disobedience and protest. ÒThey are an armed administrative bureau¥cracy based on a top down chain of command and gives orders that are to be followed with¥out question,Ó Ellison said. COPWATCH continues on PAGE 2 Performance integrates music, architecture By Jennifer Berke Daily Texan Staff UT students and Austin resi¥dents gathered to explore the re¥lationship between music and ar¥chitecture through artistic perfor¥mances Wednesday afternoon. Participants in the Music in Architecture competition creat¥ed performances to explore how music can be inspired by archi¥tecture. The competition was held in various buildings around campus such as the LBJ Library, the Visual Arts Center and Bass Concert Hall. Members of the Center for American Architec¥ture and Design, the College of Fine Arts and the Butler School of Music hosted the event. ÒThe competition is about writing music within architec¥ture,Ó said Center of American Architecture and Design director Michael Benedikt. ÒEach perfor¥mance was inspired by the space in which it was to be performed. ItÕs about unifying music, perfor- Amanda Martin | Daily Texan Staff Eli Fieldsteel performs a song using the sounds produced by vibrating metal bannisters in the Bass Concert Hall lobby on Wednesday as part of the Music in Architecture competition hosted on campus. mance and architecture.Ó Tuerke, Rene Rissland and Eli In one performance, ÒhEAR Fieldsteel. TOuch Listen,Ó people were able ÒOur purpose is to create an to experience architecture of the instrument from the architecture Bass Concert Hall lobby with-of the building,Ó Fieldsteel said. in their bodies. ÒhEAR TOuch ListenÓ was created by Florian MUSIC continues on PAGE 2 CAPSULE continues from PAGE 1 ÒI expected some of the students and facul- CONTACT US ty members to have written something about that time in the ROTC, but this is a very spe¥cial find,Ó Reyes said. ÒIÕm sure it was meant Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 to be a surprise to whoever opened it.Ó Demand was high for ROTC graduates in Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff The time capsule, which was found in the rubble of the ROTC Building in east campus, contains several historical documents from the 1940s and 1950s. Photographs, letters, manuals and an Air Force yearbook were placed in the capsule in 1957 by UT ROTC students. 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All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TOMORROWÕS WEATHER the 1940s immediately following World War II, with 325 students in the Naval unit alone, according to the documents. Now, all three ROTC units are composed of only 350 stu¥dents campus-wide. Maj. Butch Neuenschwander said the cap¥suleÕs contents would allow the Naval ROTC to fill some gaps in its history during World War II and the decade following. ÒWe have a library where we keep older yearbooks, but this is great for us. We donÕt really have a whole lot of information cover¥ing 1940-56. This is history,Ó Neuenschwan¥der said. ÒOur reunion is in a few weeks, and I guarantee some of the attending alum¥ni are listed here in these books.Ó Neuenschwander said talks to place anoth¥er time capsule in the new, six-story liberal arts building are under way. Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC will be housed together in the $95.7 million building beginning in 2013. Both the Navy and Army ROTC are hav¥ing their annual reunions on Nov. 5. WEBSITE continues from PAGE 1 requirements, when they cannot other academic institutions or on¥meet with an adviser. line classes. Herrgesell said this fea¥ ÒI think what would really help ture could improve the credit peti¥students is less software and more tioning process. one-on-one time, but if [MyEdu] ÒItÕs kind of a convoluted process were to establish a more intimate at the moment,Ó Herrgesell said. ÒIf connection to your advisor it could they take you through the process be helpful,Ó Herrgesell said. then thatÕs definitely helpful for a Another dimension of the plat-lot of students.Ó form is a Òcredit management sys-At the meeting, UT System temÓ to allow incoming students Board of Regents Chair Gene Pow¥see the impact of AP credits and ell said MyEdu will help improve check transfer credit options for graduation rates by making the ad- MUSIC continues from PAGE 1 ÒThen the music is inspired by the said. ÒOur ideas were inspired natural frequency of the lobby.Ó purely by the music, and our Wires were connected from goal was to perform and em¥a computer station on the body the research process.Ó ground floor to the metal rail-Another performance, ÒThe ing balconies on the second Infinite Space BetweenÓ took and third floors. People were place in the Visual Arts Cen¥able to hear and feel the vibra-ter and was created by Kirsten tions and frequencies through-Volness, Joshua Lantzy and Ja¥out the lobby. cob Richman. Volness said Another act called ÒRe-the piece was about the dis¥search Embodied,Ó created by tance between people, and Jeffrey Morris, assistant pro-she chose specific natural, in¥fessor of Music at Texas A&M timate sounds to enhance University and Autum Casey, its purpose. assistant professor of Perfor-In the performance, two ni who didnÕt mance Studies, was performed dancers and one musician vising process more interactive. ÒWhen a student signs up for a course that doesnÕt fit into their course schedule, it flags their ad¥viser,Ó Powell said. He said he expects it to improve career opportunities because com¥panies can better communicate which degree plans they would like students to complete in preparation for a job with their company. ÒEmployers are tracking kids now from their freshman year to graduation,Ó Powell said. The state Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency met on Monday with current and for¥mer chairs of the state university systems. Committee co-chair Dan Branch, R-Dallas, said four-year graduation rates need to increase across the UT System. ÒIf you guys donÕt improve this in a rather dramatic fashion in the near future, I fear for our state,Ó LAW continues from PAGE 1 years, according to UTÕs financial usually end up in finance, entrepre¥aid website. neurship or politics, Kubatzky said. Tim Kubatzky, the School of UT alumnus Õ05 Dan Gra¥LawÕs executive director for devel-ham was an exception. He wasnÕt opment, said a law degree Branch said. MyEdu will also offer a Òcollege financial plannerÓ to calculate the monetary effects of chang¥ing a major or attending a specif¥ic school and a Òschedule plannerÓ which will use class evaluations and availability to help students plan their schedules, according to a UT System press release. Anoth¥er aspect to the platform is a Òstu¥dent-faculty workspaceÓ for on¥line collaboration. felt comfortable practicing in,Ó Graham said. He enjoyed the classes but got involved with a business venture is worth it in the end. [Law] is a good background for just Ò[Law] is a good back-about anything you want to do. I ground for just about anything havenÕt met an alumni who didnÕt you want to do,Ó Kubatzky think their legal education was said. ÒI havenÕt helpful to their career. met an alum¥ Ò Ò s executive director for development on the side. The business took off, and a year after graduating, Graham was named CEO and co-founder of BuildASign. com, a company worth $30 mil¥lion in 2010. ÒI got a lot of benefit from having complet¥ ed my degree,Ó Graham said. ÒI Ñ Tim Kubatzky, School of LawÕ the LBJ Library. Actors think their le¥ moved within spaces that had at Low High walked throughout the hall proximity sensors. The move¥ gal education was helpful to carrying books to embody the ments created by the dancers 65 85 their career.Ó learned how to research process. and the musician controlled ÒThe performance was about an instrument that direct- Many alumni have spent at least sure what he wanted to be and deal with the things that pop up some part of their careers in law law school was a way to delay day to day in my business, and it consuming the research in the ed live musicians how fast or Free STI/HIV testing today in SSB! ~ <(^_^<) ~ (>^_^)> ~ firms, practicing solo or serving that decision. teaches you how to think different¥ place, and how you Ôarchitec-slow to play. tualizeÕ your research,Ó Casey ÒThe building inspired the as corporate counsel. Those who ÒI thought it was very possi-ly about problems and how to ana¥ make the shift to non-legal careers ble that I would find an area I lyze them from different angles.Ó dancers, the dancers inspired UK police use force to evict illegal nomadic groupÕs camp By Matt Dunham The Associated Press CRAYS HILL, England Ñ Brit¥ish police used sledgehammers, crowbars and a cherry picker Wednesday to clear the way for the eviction of Irish Travelers from a site where they have lived illegally for a decade. By the afternoon, police said they were in control of the site and that bailiffs were beginning to move onto the disputed property. Essex Police said two protest¥ers were Tasered and 23 people ar¥rested after police officers were at¥tacked with rocks, other missiles and liquids including urine. Residents and supporters, howev¥er, said police used excessive force. Evictions of Travelers, a tradi¥tionally nomadic group similar to, but ethnically distinct from, Gypsy or Roma people, are relatively com¥mon across Britain. But few are as large, or as high-profile, as Wednes¥dayÕs at Dale Farm. The police and bailiffs faced re¥sistance from several dozen protest¥ers who threw bricks and struggled with officers at the site, set in fields 30 miles east of London. One mo¥bile home was set on fire and sev¥eral protesters chained themselves to barricades with bicycle locks to slow down the evictions. Police moved protesters away and later used a cherry picker, or mechanized lifting platform, to reach the scaffolding platform and remove protesters who had chained themselves to the structure. The conflict over Dale Farm has simmered since 2001, when Travel¥ers bought and settled on a former scrap yard next to a legal TravelersÕ site. The legal battle dragged on for years until the Travelers lost a final appeal last week. The local authority says itÕs a sim¥ple planning issue Ñ the 86 fami¥lies lack permission to pitch homes on the land. The Travelers call it ethnic cleansing. ÒIÕve been through a lot of evic¥tions, but IÕve never seen anything like this ... they have come in and started a riot that we never wanted,Ó said resident Kathleen McCarthy, who accused police of roughing up Travelers at the site. ÒWe are being dragged out of the only homes we have in this world.Ó Lily Hayes, who identified her¥self as a human rights observer, also accused the police of using unnec¥essary force. The ambulance service said one woman was taken to a hospital with minor back injuries. Five oth¥er people were treated for smoke inhalation, breathing difficulties and a nosebleed. Authorities said the violence was coming not from residents but from their supporters Ñ anarchists, environmentalists and anti-capi¥talists who came to the site from across Europe. There are an estimated 15,000 to 30,000 Irish Travelers in Britain, where they are recognized as a dis¥tinct ethnic minority. GOP primary debate getting nasty, personal By Kasie Hunt & Philip Elliott The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Ñ Talk about nas¥ty. The bitter, face-to-face sniping at this weekÕs Republican debate was just a prelude to the coming weeks as Mitt RomneyÕs rivals seek to tear him down before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Increasingly on the defensive, Romney is being hammered on old issues Ñ like an accusation of hiring illegal immigrants to work on his yard Ñ and is creating new openings for everyone from Rick Perry to President Barack Obama. ÒYou wonÕt hear a lot of shape¥shifting nuance from me,Ó Per¥ry told Republicans gathered in Las Vegas on Wednesday, hitting Romney anew the day after the two sparred onstage during a de¥bate. ÒIÕm going to give the Amer¥ican people a huge, big old helping of unbridled truth.Ó The target was Romney, who over the years has reversed his po¥sitions on a series of issues that conservatives champion. And the sharper, more personal tone seems sure to shape the campaign in the next month as Perry looks to un¥dercut RomneyÕs standing at the head of the pack. Romney kept his focus on Obama and the economy on Wednesday, saying: ÒHe should be less con¥cerned about keeping his own job and spend more time helping the millions who are unemployed.Ó But more criticism against Rom¥ney is certain to come from fellow Republicans as the race for the GOP nomination enters a new phase. For now, Romney tops state sur¥veys and national polls, includ¥ing the latest Associated Press-GfK survey, in the GOP campaign. Per¥ryÕs and RomneyÕs other rivals have mere weeks to change that dynamic before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. After five debates since Labor Day, the candidates wonÕt meet again in that setting until mid-No¥vember. So theyÕll be mixing it up mostly from afar Ñ on the cam¥paign trail, on the Internet and, soon, in television advertising. The candidates will cross paths at a dinner in Iowa this weekend where they will try to court cul¥tural conservatives who havenÕt yet rallied behind a single contender. ItÕs a prime setting for candidates like Perry, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain and others looking to emerge as the alternative to Romney. Iowa conservatives have long viewed Romney skeptically for his reversals on abortion rights and gay rights, and they have viewed his Mormon faith warily. Perry also will give an economic speech on Tuesday in South Caroli¥na. Romney contends his business background makes him the stron¥gest Republican in the field able to take on Obama on the economy, and Perry needs to counter that. The Texan will point to his stateÕs job growth during his tenure as governor, and, in a bid to win over fiscal conservatives, he plans to call for tax changes that would apply the same rate to all citizens, regard¥less of income level. Behind the scenes, the candi¥dates with the most money Ñ Per¥ry and Romney Ñ and their allied groups are gearing up for the inev¥itable TV ad war. Each campaign is sitting on roughly $15 million and counting, and there are less than 75 days before the Iowa caucuses. 4 OPINION Thursday, October 20, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com By Rui Shi Daily Texan Columnist Meg Whitman recently made one of her first public ap¥pearances as CEO of Hewlett-Packard in a video confer¥ence with a group of college technology leaders. The main topic of this meeting was to announce HPÕs participation in a Òcommunity cloudÓ for higher education institutions. The idea is to establish a pool of high-performing com¥puters and servers in one location. Then, researchers any¥where would be able to able to access the pool through the Internet. This project could be a game-changer for college campuses, but it must be extended so that everyone, es¥pecially students, can access it. The community cloud is certainly not the first foray into cloud computing, as other services have been around for the better part of the past de¥cade. However, this project could become one of the trend¥setters that popularizes the concept. ÒCloud computingÓ is a general term used to describe the delivery of a service over the Internet. The major caveat of cloud computing is that nothing is stored locally Ñ all data and software is stored in external servers. For exam¥ple, have you ever wondered why you are able to access Fa¥cebook from any device anywhere? The reason is because all your information is stored and managed by Facebook itself, not by your computer or iPhone. The only thing you need is a browser to access this data. The community cloud in which HP will participate would work in much the same way. This service would al¥low professors, researchers and, in the future, students to choose from a large variety web-based applications to ac¥complish a specific task. One of the big advantages of a collective pool is that colleges would be able to collective¥ly bargain with software companies to drive down costs. Something like this would especially be helpful at UT in times of budget cuts as software licensing costs the Univer¥sity a significant amount. Cloud computing has the potential to dramatically change the way students interact with their computers. Im¥plementing cloud computing means that individual com¥puters can be stripped down to just the browser. Students would no longer have to worry about installing software or storing data on individual machines. Instead, they can connect to an online service that would provide the same functions. And because everything is tied to an external server, students would never have to worry about losing data, applications crashing or updating software. Every¥thing is externally managed and can be accessed with a click of the mouse. A cloud computing framework greatly simplifies the computing experience while maintaining functionality. It offers flexibility in that your data is no longer tied down to an individual machine. Your data can be accessed any¥where at any time. There is also no longer a need for exten¥sive storage space or high-end computer features. The most visible example of this at UT is Blackboard. Stu¥dents are able to access class documents, submit assignments and participate in discussions through this system. Now, imagine expanding this idea to everything else. Students would could write and store their essays online and would no longer have to buy and use Microsoft Word. They could play games without having to install them on their computers. The potential for the cloud is unmatched, yet there are also several pitfalls that must be addressed in the coming future. The first challenge is that the nature of cloud comput¥ing calls for a constant Internet connection. Since every¥thing is stored externally, a connection must exist to access anything, including personal documents. A dead Internet connection means no work, period. Another knock on cloud computing is the lack of features in comparison to its desktop counterparts. This situation is bound to change in the future, but todayÕs web-based applications simply arenÕt as full-featured because of development limitations. Finally, the biggest problem with cloud computing lies in its security. Because cloud computing is externally man¥aged, universities and students cannot control the number of possible security holes. Companies say that stored data is secure but in this past year, companies such as Sony have had large troves of confidential user data stolen. Cloud computing could become the next big thing to hit consumer markets, but only time will tell whether or not this trend will catch on. Shi is an electrical and computer engineering junior. Defending the Occupy message By Barrett Brown Daily Texan Guest Columnist As the Occupy Wall Street movement expands to Austin and other cities across the globe, certain groups have moved to dis¥credit participants either on the basis of their collective message or on the grounds that no message has been articulated. Some critics have weirdly managed to express both positions without noting the contradiction. Apparent GOP frontrunner Herman Cain echoed many Republicans last week in referring to the Occupy movement as both Òanti-AmericanÓ and Òanti-capitalist.Ó I have monitored and occasionally assisted with the drive to launch the Occupy movement, spoken at Occupy Wall Street in New York and attended Occupy Austin a couple weeks ago. I have also been on record as in favor of free markets since my writing first appeared on this newspaper 10 years ago. I can attest to CainÕs incorrectness on this matter. The eclectic individuals who have turned out in support of this movement hold differing opinions on a range of issues including economics, but the one position that seems held in common by organizers and participants alike is opposition to the massive bail¥outs of failing financial institutions with taxpayer funds. Such a practice is not only outside of capitalism as an economic system but is in fact inimical to it. It is a forced transfer of wealth from millions of taxpayers to a few banks that have failed to perform within the free market. That some see such opposition as an assault on capitalism is bizarre, though not surprising in a nation in which the Tea Party protesters began denouncing government spending upon the rise of President Barack Obama while ignoring the issue during a previous period when Republicans controlled all three branches of government and presided over the largest spending increase in years. Our nationÕs conservatives will also point to the marked anti¥corporate rhetoric employed by protesters and their supporters, but the bulk of this rhetoric is in opposition to state involvement with the economy. One sign displayed at Occupy Austin summed up this collective position with the phrase, ÒGet your corporations out of my government,Ó itself a reasonable request within the free market system of which our republic allegedly consists. One need not reach further than the bailouts to cite the extent to which pri¥vate parties, having deployed the proper campaign contributions, may expect to receive large sums seized from millions of individu¥als Ñ not to mention an endless array of no-bid contracts, corpo¥rate subsidies and laws written by lobbyists. This ubiquitous conservative defense of all monied interests, with the exception of George Soros, also helps to explain what I must fairly admit: A minority of those involved in this movement are in¥deed Òanti-capitalistÓ and in some cases even Òanti-American.Ó The intentions of the minority ought not be ascribed to the majority, much less the whole. Moreover, those who oppose capitalism may be excused by virtue of having never seen it due to the corruption described above. Those who oppose America are increasingly justi¥fied by the America they have seen, one that has degenerated to such a point as to entertain Cain, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann as potential leaders, and in which the dishonest Obama remains the better choice despite everything. If conservatives wish to defend the free market, they should start by ascribing to it. In the meantime, the citizenry will take to the streets, as is now their duty. Brown is a former UT student. THE FIRING LINE Front-page gem I donÕt imagine they award Pulitzer Prizes for short pieces in college news¥papers. Nonetheless, Trey ScottÕs article on the egregious discrepancies in punishment meted out to athletes in different sports for various infractions is a winner by all counts. It is a fact-based article that raises questions of justice, integrity and compassion Ñ virtues that might have little interest to those whose chief concerns are the lucrative spoils of victory. If ever a sports-related article deserved to be on the front page, this is the one. Peter Fazziola French and Italian lecturer LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the editori¥al board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Email your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. EDITORIAL TWITTER Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. By Sylvia Butanda Daily Texan Staff Switching to natural gas Ñ which Texas produces more of than any other state Ñ could result in an an¥nual reduction of 30 million tons of carbon dioxide, said an industry expert Wednesday. UT faculty, students and industry professionals attended a forum regard¥ing natural gas use in Texas and non¥traditional natural gas production. The discussion, hosted by the Webber En¥ergy Group, the UT Energy Institute and the UT Energy Management and Innovation Center featured industry experts who spoke about the benefits, risks and opportunities presented by natural gas use. Laura Huffman, executive direc¥tor of the Nature Conservancy, said when deciding whether to use natural gas over other forms of energy, there are five environmental impacts to take into consideration. Huffman said the cost of energy must be considered as Fred Beach, postdoctoral fellow in the Center for International Ener¥gy and Environmental Policy and the Webber Energy Group, said the switch¥ing of power generation to natural gas in Texas is one way to make a positive impact on the environment. Beach presented his case study on the use of natural gas in power, trans¥portation and residential sectors. The study focused on natural gas use in Texas because it is the largest state in gas production, consumption, infra¥structure and knowledge, Beach said. ÒIf we canÕt envision the increased use of natural gas in Texas, it canÕt be done anywhere,Ó Beach said. Roman Alvarez, senior scientist of the environmental defense fund, said not all environmental impacts of natu¥ral gas usage are positive. Alvarez dis¥cussed the process of hydraulic frac¥turing, or fracking, which breaks down a rock layer in order to release natu¥ral gas for extraction, and the air pol¥lution that is caused by this process. ÒUnfortunately, in a rush to har¥tion whether the public health impli¥cations and environmental trade-offs that have been increasing domestic gas production are too steep,Ó Alvarez said. ÒI spend most of my time looking at air pollution that occurs from leaks, venting and combustion that occurs all along in the natural gas chain.Ó Chip Groat, associate director for the University Energy Institute, said during the forum that unconvention¥al production of natural gas as op¥posed to the production of natural gas through petroleum formation, which causes fracking, can relieve some of the concerns associated with natural gas usage. Groat discussed several factors that can affect the outlook of natural re¥sources, specifically natural gas. ÒThe future projections of econom¥ics can influence whether the energy in¥dustry or companies are willing to invest in these resources,Ó Groat said. ÒAlso, if there are any environmental concerns, real or imagined, that can cause people to have second thoughts UT administrators join forces By Shreya Banerjee Daily Texan Staff An organization designed to facilitate net¥works between various administrators is fo¥cusing on spreading awareness of the group in order to better meet its goals. Members of the iForty hold administra¥tive positions at UT and meet monthly to unify administrators and to support interof¥fice cooperation. The group held an ÒOrange BagÓ lunch Wednesday, the first meeting of the year with the organizationÕs new officers, to discuss increasing the groupÕs presence on campus. Mindy Thompson, who created iForty in 2008, said after lunch with a similar group, she became inspired to start an organization where high profile administrators can come and talk about business. ÒI went to an International Association of Administrative Professionals meeting and during a lunch with people from oth¥er companies like Chevron. I realized they had a system like this for administrators,Ó said Mindy Thompson, iForty president and manager of Athletics Compliance Services. Instead of verbally expressing their ideas, the members wrote them on sticky notes and put them on large posters so that the NEWS BRIEFLY Results of first UT Energy Poll released, attempts to sway energy policymakers UT President William Powers Jr. and Thomas Gilligan, dean of the McCombs School of Business, announced the results of the first UT Energy Poll in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The poll, conducted by the McCombs SchoolÕs Energy and Management and In¥novation Center, surveyed 3,400 consumers who are representative of the U.S. popula¥tion on their energy consumption behav¥iors, attitudes and beliefs. The University intends the poll to influence policy makers and leaders in the energy industry. A few highlights from the results: ¥ 84 percent are worried about the countryÕs consumption of foreign oil ¥ 71 percent are dissatisfied with Con¥gressÕs performance on energy topics with the highest amount of need could be easily identified. Group members filtered all ideas into five goals to work on over the next six months. The goals include increasing awareness of iForty, creating a calendar of organization events, further de¥veloping the career smart orientation, in¥creasing membership and gaining status as a university resource group, which would al¥low members to count iForty meetings as a work-related activity as opposed to an out¥of-work activity. ÒIt would be great to get URG status so peopleÕs bosses could get on board with iF¥orty,Ó said Cristy Oliver, iForty secretary and senior administrative associate for Univer¥sity Compliance Services. ÒiForty has been helpful in creating opportunities to network and help my work performance in the office as well as on campus overall.Ó Group members also discussed how to get new administrative employees ac¥quainted with resources and better orient¥ed with both UT as a campus and the peo¥ple in various offices. ÒHaving been on campus for 25 years, itÕs nice to have something like this to help new and current employees network and learn more,Ó said Kathy Bartsch, president¥elect of iForty and executive assistant in the presidentÕs office. ¥ 76 percent are worried about a lack of progress in developing better ways to consume energy efficiently and develop renewable sources ¥ 57 percent expect to change their energy consumption behavior and adopt new technologies to address energy issues. ¥ 25 percent believe the U.S. govern¥ment is doing too many things to prepare for future energy needs ¥ 56 percent believe the U.S. govern¥ment should do more ¥ 41 percent believe the countryÕs ener¥gy situation will be worse in 25 years than it is now ¥ 25 percent believe the situation will be better in 25 years Ñ By Matthew Stottlemyre Perry picks, points to flat tax law for economic progress By Kasie Hunt The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Ñ Working to distinguish himself from rival Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that he wants to scrap AmericaÕs cur¥rent tax laws and impose a flat tax. Perry told the Western Republican Leadership Conference he plans to explain the tax propos¥al when he unveils his broad economic plan in a speech next week. He called the plan Òan economic growth package that will create jobs, create growth and create inves¥tor confidence in America again.Ó ÒIt starts with scrapping the three million words of the current tax code, and starting over with some¥thing much simpler: a flat tax,Ó Perry said. ÒI want to make the tax code so simple that even Timothy Geithner can file his taxes on time,Ó he joked, referring to the Treasury Secretary and his late payment of $34,000 in payroll taxes last decade. PerryÕs proposal is dramatically different from RomneyÕs tax plan. Romney would lower the cor¥porate tax rate and lower taxes on savings and in¥vestment income. He says his long term goal is to Òpursue a flatter, fairer, simpler structure.Ó A flat tax applies the same tax rate to income at every level. The current tax code is progressive, tax- Business senior Gurjit Singh wraps a turban on business honors fresh¥man Shaan PatelÕs head on the West Mall on Wednesday afternoon. Singh and Patel were partici¥pating in the Sikh Students AssociationÕs ÒTie a TurbanÓ event to raise awareness for their organiza¥tion and cul¥ture. Amanda Martin Daily Texan Staff Foundation grants give psychology students training opporunities ing higher incomes at higher rates and lower in¥comes at lower rates. Critics across the political spectrum complain that the current tax code is too complex and rid¥dled with loopholes that allow specific groups to pay less. Many conservatives argue a flat tax would be simpler and fairer because everyone would be taxed at the same rate. Liberals and many mod¥erates say a flat tax would make the tax sys¥tem more regressive, giving big tax breaks to the wealthy while making low- and middle-income families pay more. Perry didnÕt provide any more details for his flat tax proposal. In his book, ÒFed Up!Ó he suggests the flat tax as a possible policy prescription but doesnÕt elaborate. ÒOne option would be to totally scrap the current tax code in favor of a flat tax, and thereby make tax¥ation much simpler, easier to follow and harder to manipulate,Ó Perry writes in his book. ÒAnother op- By Sylvia Butanda Daily Texan Staff Doctoral psychology students in need of training in the mental health work¥force have better opportunities for find¥ing internships with the help of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. The foundation awarded a total of $1.6 million to three grant sites for the creation of internships for doc¥toral psychology students in need of training and to improve the mental health workforce. The Travis County Juvenile Proba¥tion Department in Austin, the Scott & White Healthcare System in Temple to Scott & White and $509,082 to UH-quality supervision, Guzm‡n said. Clear Lake, according to a press release. At the Travis County Juvenile Proba¥ ÒEach site will de¥ tion Department, the velop a new internship trained interns will program that enables be a part of a process doctoral psychology which will help youth students to get their who have experi¥year of supervised The interns will gain enced physical, emo¥training and experi-tional or sexual abuse ence required for their invaluable experience or neglect and have degrees,Ó said Michele undiagnosed, un¥ working with kids Guzm‡n, assistant di-treated mental health Ò rector of research and conditions, said Dr. and families from evaluation at the Hogg Erin Foley, lead psy-Foundation. diverse backgrounds. chologist for the in-Factors considered ternship program, in Ñ Erin Foley, lead psycologist in the grant review a press release. working with kids and families from di¥verse backgrounds who are dealing with a variety of challenges,Ó Foley said. The three programs combined will train an estimated 38 interns during the next five years, said Hogg Foundation spokeswoman Merrell Foote. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of prac¥ticing psychologists in 77 counties de¥creased, and 102 counties had no prac¥ticing psychologists in 2009, she said. Foote said shortages have been severe in rural areas, especially in South Texas, West Texas and the Panhandle. She said psychology interns tend to stay and work in areas where they com¥plete their internships. and the University of Houston-Clear process included ac- Lake Office of Counseling Services are creditation from the scheduled to receive the grants. During American Psycholog¥ a five-year period, grant funding will to-ical Association and Ò ÒWith this grant, ÒWe hope that these internships will tion would be to repeal the Sixteenth Amendment we can serve more increase the number of mental health to the Constitution [which authorizes the taxation youth in our pro-professionals in high-need areas, with of income] altogether, and then pursue an alterna¥ grams, and the in-respect to both specialization and geog¥tive model of taxation such as a national sales tax or the Fair Tax.Ó tal $464,733 to Travis County, $638,853 staff who will provide interns with high-terns will gain invaluable experience raphy,Ó Foote said. Whistleblowers inform public of wrongdoings in industries By Shreya Banerjee Daily Texan Staff Americans who are unafraid to expose known dangers of certain industries are traveling with the Government Accountability Proj¥ect to share their stories. GAP speakers are participat¥ing in an American Whistleblow¥er Tour, which aims to raise aware¥ness about the importance of whis¥tleblowers. Whistleblowers are peo¥ple who observe serious wrongdo¥ing and disclose the information. One large-scale whistleblower case is that of UT alumna Sherron Wat¥kins, who helped reveal the Enron accounting scandals. ÒThese people are not looking for trouble,Ó said Dana Gold, di¥rector of the tour. ÒThe persecu¥tion of whistleblowers is the most extreme case of social injustice.Ó Whistleblower Kenneth Ken¥drick spoke at a discussion host¥ed by the School of Social Work as part of the collegeÕs Social Justice Week on Wednesday night. Ken¥drick, a former Peanut Corpora¥tion of America employee in a Pla¥inview, Texas, plant, revealed the squalid conditions he saw to Good Morning America and the New York Times, thus bringing PCA to question. In 2009, many peanut products were recalled after people who consumed the products were contracting salmonella and dying. PCA said they were testing peanuts at their Georgia plant but were not testing in their Texas plant, and the two plants shared shipments. Kendrick began working for the PCA in 2006 as an assistant plant manager. Kendrick said he knew the company was in trouble. The building, formerly a Jimmy Dean sausage facility, had a flooded base¥ment which brought in rodents and a leaky roof which resulted in mix¥tures of rainwater and bird feces falling onto the peanuts. Kendrick also became aware of PCAÕs unethical business actions, and the branch was not registered with the Texas Department of Health. Eventually, Kendrick said he left the job. Three years later, Kendrick no¥ticed his granddaughter and moth¥er-in-law becoming sick from con¥taminated peanut butter crackers. The crackers were receiving pea¥nuts from PCA. Outraged, Kend¥rick said he began to write letters to all food inspection organizations. ÒThe FDA, USDA, Department of Agriculture and other groups all gave me generic responses,Ó Kendrick said. A nonprofit organization com¥mitted to preventing food illnesses called Stop Foodborne Illness, for¥merly Safe Tables Our Priority, and GAP helped Kendrick get his story recognition. After the story broke nationally, PCA and the Texas De¥partment of Health began to test the products. Unfortunately, Kendrick said his life has been extremely different as a result of his whistleblowing. He now works a minimum-wage job and has been essentially blackballed from a job in West Texas, he said. During the seminar, Kendrick reinforced the idea that everyone will face an ethical or moral dilem¥ma at some point in their life. ÒItÕs a wonderful parallel to so¥cial work because it deals with the professional mandate in our code of ethics,Ó said Michele Rountree, associate professor at the School of Social Work. ÒStudents now have the insight into the benefits and dis¥advantages of exercising the truth.Ó SIDELINE WORLD SERIES CARDINALS LEAD 1-0 BY THE NUMBERS 48 Temperature, in degrees fahrenheit, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis for the first pitch of Game 1 of the World Series. It was the second coldest temperature to start a World Series in the last 36 years that records have been kept. 389 Estimated distance, in feet, of Rangers catcher Mike NapoliÕs two-run home run. 3 Number of home runs Napoli hit at Busch Stadium during a three-game series against the Cardinals in May 2010. 1996 The last time there was a go-ahead pinch¥hit RBI in the World Series before Cardinals outfielder Allen Craig accomplished the feat in the sixth inning on Cruz, Rangers come up short against Cards Charlie Riedel | Associated Press Wednesday. Hall-of¥ famer Wade Boggs was Texas Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz canÕt come up with a hit by St. Louis CardinalsÕ outfielder Allen Craig during the sixth inning of Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday in St. Louis. the last to do it. Cardinals bullpen, Carpenter silence high-powered Rangers offense at Busch Stadium By Dave Skretta didnÕt do the job when we needed to. We of the infield against St. Louis. Hamil-His night may have been the most The Associated Press need to deliver.Ó ton pounded out 25 homers this year perplexing for Rangers skipper Ron Washington. WHAT TO WATCH Ñ ST. LOUIS Ñ Josh Hamilton, Nelson The MVP of the AL championship se-Cruz and the homer-happy Texas Rang-ries, Cruz pounded out six homers and ers experienced another power outage in ItÕs tough. I mean, we didnÕt do the job drove in 13 runs in a historic win over Ò WORLD SERIES the opening game of the World Series. Detroit. Both totals were the most by when we needed to. We need to deliver. This time, they hope the juice gets any player in any postseason series, and flowing before itÕs too late. CruzÕs 21 extra-base hits through his The big hitters in the RangersÕ potent first 26 playoff games surpassed Yankees lineup fizzled in Game 1 on Wednesday night. Baffled by Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis CardinalsÕ reliable bullpen, Texas managed to eek out its only runs Ñ Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers right fielder Ò great Lou Gehrig (18) for the most of any player in baseball history. Cruz came into the game tot¥ ing the second-best slugging percent¥ on Mike NapoliÕs homer in a 3-2 loss on Adrian Beltre and Ian Kinsler each but was 0 for 4 with a strikeout, while age in postseason history, the most a blustery night at Busch Stadium. hit 32 homers in the regular season, and Cruz was limited to a harmless single ÒItÕs tough,Ó Cruz said. ÒI mean, we both had a hard time getting the ball out and a walk. RANGERS continues on PAGE 8 WHAT TO WATCH Ñ COLLEGE FOOTBALL with five pitchers navigating four innings, allowing only one hit. The Rangers relievers pitched well too, but not well enough. Alexi Ogando allowed a hit against the very first batter he faced, and that hit scored the game-winning run. While the Rangers pen did not allow anoth¥er run to score from there, that one hit was enough to seal game one for the Redbirds. Starters leave game on same play Wilson and Carpenter were both removed from the game on the same play in the bottom of the sixth inning. Carpenter was pinch hit by Allen Craig, and Wilson was pulled in favor of Ogando, despite already having two outs in the frame. Rang¥ers manager Ron WashingtonÕs de- Relievers deliver for both clubs in series opener By Chris Hummer cision to pull his starter backfired Daily Texan Staff in two ways. Ogando ended up sur¥ rendering a run on a Craig single Both teamsÕ starters pitched well to right. Then, in the next inning, in the game, with TexasÕ C.J. Wilson the Rangers lost OgandoÕs services going 5 2/3 innings while allowing after only two batters, when Ogan¥three runs. Cardinals ace Chris Car-do was pulled in favor of a pinch penter pitched six innings of two-hitter, but the Rangers couldnÕt run baseball. But, as advertised in convert. So, in the end, question¥the pre-series hype, the game real-able managing decisions by Wash¥ly came down to the bullpens. The ington hurt the Rangers in the key Cardinals relievers were perfect in situation of the game. their four innings on the mound, TWEET OF THE DAY Cold weather birds The chilly weather on the field lived up to October baseballÕs bill¥ing, reaching 49 degrees with a constant wind gust of 25 miles an hour and an off-and-on drizzle. The Texas players were bundled up and ready for this cool Mid-West weather. Elvis Andrus was wear¥ing long sleeves and a pair of snaz¥zy earmuffs to keep warm. Ogando was sporting long sleeves as well when he entered the game in the sixth inning, while constantly rub¥bing his hands on the mound to keep warm. The Cardinals, on the other hand, looked a little more acclimated to the colder climate, as most of their roster was wear¥ing their traditional uniforms with short sleeves. VoLLEyBaLL no. 10 texas 3, Baylor 1 Longhorns continue win streak, down Baylor in Waco Adams, Eckerman impress on the road against Bears, spark Horns offense early By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Texas continued its winning streak on Wednesday night, defeat¥ing Baylor 3-1 in Waco. The Long¥horns have now won five games in a row. Senior middle blocker Rachael Adams had 13 kills and .500 hit¥ting, and freshman Haley Eck¥erman, who was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week several days ago, impressed again with .387 hit¥ting and led the team with 15 kills. Texas (13-4; 6-1 Big 12) took an early lead in the first set and had an 8-0 run. Sophomore out¥side hitter Bailey Webster had two kills and a solo block in the run. She had 14 kills in the game. The Longhorns eventu¥ally had an 18-8 lead and nev¥er looked back. Adams had three kills late in the set. The Longhorns fell behind ear¥ly in the second set, and Baylor had a 6-1 run. The Longhorns couldnÕt come back, and the Bears continued to dominate, finishing the set 25-16. The Longhorns came back with a vengeance in the third set. They took a 16-8 lead, and a 5-1 run gave Texas a 23-13 lead. Ecker¥manÕs seventh kill of the set fin¥ished it off with Texas winning the set 25-15. Freshman Khat Bell and soph¥omore Hannah Allison both had a pair of blocks to lead the Long¥horns on a 6-0 run. Bell had eight blocks in the game, a career high. Allison had an impressive 43 as¥sists and 10 digs. Their assistance in the run gave the team a 11-4 lead. Texas had as large of a lead as nine in the set, but the Bears continued pushing and made the score as close as 22-17. But kills by Eckerman and Adams fin¥ished the set 2-19. Texas hit .310 in the game, the fourth time in a row the team has hit .300 or better. Hannah Allison prepares to spike the ball in a recent game for Texas. Allison and the Longhorns extended their winning streak to five games on Wednesday. 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Looking CLASSIFIED ed for pre-school and to hire immediately. school-age classes as well as for competitive Duties include: Regular rate 15 words for one day=$12.50/ for one teams. -Excellent communica¥ week=$42.08/ for two Kreayshawn embodies social change, success in hip-hop despite controversy ing all sorts of different things most By Ali Breland teenagers never see. Growing up in WHAT: Kreayshawn (w/ Ne-Yo) Daily Texan Columnist the culturally rich Bay Area, Kreay¥ ÒRight now, the highest sell¥ing rapper in hip-hop is white. The most discussed up-and-com¥ing rapper is white and female. The most important consumer of rap music is white,Ó said Phillip T. An¥nand in his online magazine The Madbury Club. In blunt terms, Annand, a con¥noisseur and purveyor of urban streetwear and hip-hop, is speaking of the shift that has been and is oc¥curring within the genre right now. Hip-hop is no longer limited to se¥lect social, economic, racial or even gender groups. It is truly an all-en¥compassing, generational entity. This is most aptly evinced by the white female Kreayshawn. Natassia Zolot, a Bay Area rapper, producer and director, creates art under the pseudonym Kreayshawn, which fittingly was originally a play on the word Òcreation.Ó This sum¥mer, she released two singles, ÒGuc¥ci Gucci,Ó whose video garnered al- Day of the Dead gains popularity in the U.S. By Russell Contreras The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Ñ Growing up in South Texas, Kiko Torres saw the Day of the Dead as an obscure holiday celebrated in southern Mexico. Few people dared to discuss it in his small but strong Catholic, Mexican-Ameri¥can community. Still, Torres said he became fas¥cinated by Day of the Dead folk art and ceremonies he saw during his fatherÕs research trips to Mexico. Those images of dancing skeleton figurines and the eventÕs spiritu¥al messages of honoring the dead, he said, were misunderstood in the United States. ÒPeople here thought it was something to be scared of or evil,Ó said Torres. But thatÕs changing. In the last decade or so, this traditional Lat¥in American holiday with indige¥nous roots has spread throughout the U.S. along with migration from Mexico and other countries where it is observed. Not only are U.S.-born Latinos adopting the Day of the Dead, but various underground and artistic non-Latino groups have be¥gun to mark the Nov. 1-2 holidays through colorful celebrations, pa¥rades, exhibits and even bike rides and mixed martial arts fights. In Houston, artists hold a ÒDay of the Dead Rock StarsÓ where they pay homage to departed singers Retailers offer discounts to keep customers By Anne DÕInnocenzio The Associated Press NEW YORK Ñ Retailers are so desperate this holiday season that theyÕre willing to lose money to get you to spend yours. Take online jeweler Stauer. ItÕs offering a $249 amethyst neck¥lace for free Ñ provided cus¥tomers pay the $24.95 it costs to ship it. Stauer will lose money on the deal, but it hopes to reel in new customers who will buy other jewelry. ÒIn this economy, you have to like Joey Ramone, Johnny Cash and even ÒEl Marvin Gaye.Ó Communi¥ty centers in Los Angeles build al¥tars for rapper Tupac Shakur and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. ÒItÕs everywhere now,Ó said Car¥los Hernandez, 49, a Houston¥based artist who launched the ÒDay of the Dead Rock StarsÓ event. ÒYou can even get Dia de los Muertos stuff at Wal-Mart.Ó The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, honors departed souls of loved ones who are wel¥comed back for a few intimate hours. At burial sites or intricate¥ly built altars, photos of loved ones are centered on skeleton figurines, bright decorations, candles, candy and other offerings such as the fa¥vorite foods of the departed. The holiday is celebrated in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and parts of Ecuador. Leading up to the day, bak¥ers make sugar skulls and sweet Òbread of the dead,Ó and artists cre¥ate elaborate paper cut-out designs that can be hung on altars. Some families keep private night-long vigils at burial sites. The growing Latin American population in the U.S. and the in¥creased influence of Hispanic cul¥ture here in everything from food to TV programming are obvious¥ly major factors in the growth of Day of the Dead celebrations. But the holidayÕs increased populari¥ty may also coincide with evolving attitudes toward death, including a move away from private mourn¥ing to more public ways of hon¥oring departed loved ones, wheth¥er through online tributes or side¥walk memorials. For some in the U.S., the Day of the Dead remains personal as they use the occasion to remem¥ber close loved ones. But for oth¥ers, itÕs a chance to honor late ce¥lebrities or just an opportunity to dress up as a favorite Day of the Dead character. But as Day of the Dead grows in presence, some fear that the spiri¥tual aspects of the holiday are be¥ing lost. Already in Oaxaca, Mex¥ico, where Day of the Dead is one of the most important holi¥days of the year, the area is annu¥ally overrun by U.S. and European tourists who crowd cemeteries to take photos of villagers praying at burial sites. Oscar Lozoya, 57, an Albu¥querque-based photographer who shoots fine art photographs of La Catrina, said some new¥comers to the holiday are merely using it as an excuse to party and dress up in skeleton costumes. He hopes that they eventually do their research. ÒI know what it means and its importance,Ó said Lozoya. ÒSo I think the more people look be¥yond the art and learn about it, the more people will understand its real significance.Ó Weekdays, evenings and/ or weekends. 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I used to go to train yards and paint.Ó I just want to tell everyone to recycle and stop the violence Ò ÑKreayshawn, Rapper Ò WHERE: Frank Erwin Center WHEN: Fri. at 8 p.m. WEB: texasboxoffice.com TICKETS: $60 -$114 lyrics to ÒGucci Gucci.Ó Speak!, a friend of hers involved in the Bay Area music scene, was purported to have been the songÕs true writer. When Complex magazine asked Speak! if he had written the song, he facetiously replied, ÒI took her to the Gucci store here in L.A. and tricked off my entire ironic hipster trust fund in attempts to give her a taste of leisure life. My parents were devastated but al¥lowed me to continue working at their multimillion-dollar snorkel factory in Saudi Arabia.Ó It was a resoundingly sarcastic Òno.Ó In the audiovisual side of her work, her planned collaboration with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on -Greet and coordinate patients -Prepare invoices and YOUR AD assist with accounts payable COULD -Maintain a Þle system -Run errand BE HERE! CONTACT: CALL 512.471.5244 or Send resume to self-service to submit Ad at dailytexanonline.com astfrontdesk@gmail. com x ID 2860257 WRESTLING continues from PAGE 12 ÒI try not to be a lawyer pun tumes, wigs and a good cause. all the time. Just because thereÕs ÒI didnÕt want to be cast in a bad so many bad lawyer jokes and light,Ó Davis said. ÒBut I thought puns as it is,Ó Davis said. ÒSo I was about it, and I like to entertain brainstorming and for some rea-people and make people laugh, so son just thought of Erin Rock-a-I said sure.Ó Bitch, and I think people reacted Being a part of CLAW has not to it really well.Ó only already impacted Davis but has Davis was asked to wrestle by her played a big role in HardingÕs life as good friend Taylor. She had to think well. As a part of the original CLAW about it at first, but found it hard group, she has seen it grow to what to say no to a combination of cos-it is today and could not be happier. RAPPER continues from PAGE 12 ÒWe are providing some support and inspiration for other commu¥nities and women in other com¥munities to discover this them¥selves,Ó Harding said about the na¥tional CLAW board. ÒAt our heart, we try to keep that electricity alive for every other group that tries to start a chapter.Ó Electricity and empowerment is exactly what Taylor, Murrill and Penoli hope to share with the Aus¥ comedians, you can. And if you want to follow pornstars, you can. I look on there, and itÕs this sort of endless feed of everything IÕm interested in. I just kind of wade through that and listen to the ra¥dio and read books. DT: Does pouring over all of the information all the time af¥fect your writing at all? Bothwell: Yeah, all the time. All my records are really research based. Pomegranate was based around sort of footnote and less¥er known characters from world history, and so that was just a lot of reading books and kind of ob¥ scure battles and kind of dead tradi¥tions and careers. On the latest re¥cord, This Is Our Science thereÕs a lot of science and scientists and the pur¥suit of knowledge, and the pursuit of discovery and research and partic¥ularly scientists in the Age of En¥lightenment involved in the birth of chemistry and the birth of physics. DT: Why did you change sounds on this album, from the last mix¥tape, DANCEHALLHORN-SOUND? It sounds like youÕre al¥ways going on different trends, and is emblematic of the fact that youÕre just getting stoked off of different things. Bothwell: I mean, thereÕs al¥ways a difference. I certainly hope I never make the same record twice, as I grow and change. Making music is something that you can do at various capacities in different places, thanks tin community, maybe even giv¥ing the wrestling a try themselves next time. ÒWe all just want to do some¥thing thatÕs bigger than us. Some¥thing that we can start and plant the seeds and watch it grow but then eventually turn it over to new peo¥ple,Ó Taylor said. ÒAnd hopefully, it becomes a lasting event in Aus¥tin that raises money for years and years for local charities.Ó WHAT: Astronautalis (with telegraph Canyon and Playdough) WHERE: the Mohawk WHEN: tonight at 7 p.m. WEB: mohawkaustin.com TICKETS: $8 in advance, $12 at the door to laptops and cheap microphones and Pro Tools, you can make music anywhere. It was something I want¥ed to do, because I hadnÕt made a tra¥ditional rap record in forever and I was listening to traditional rap mu¥sic, and I wanted to see what I could do. So it was something I almost did as a sort of classroom exercise. DT: You talked about Dallas be¥ing one of your favorite cities. Why Dallas? You donÕt seem like a very Dallas-type person. Bothwell: I love Austin, but I went to school in Dallas. Dallas is one of those cities I think, that kind of gets a bad reputation. More than any¥thing that city really kind of raised me as a musician and really taught me a lot. For a city like that, thatÕs not New York or Chicago or L.A., the amount of money that goes into art is pretty awesome. ThereÕs a lot of great things people ignore in favor of the story of the creepy weird side ef¥fects [of all the money]. Dallas was really good to me, and I always get defensive of that. FESTIVAL continues from PAGE 12 thriller with an against-type per¥formance from Quaid and came about after director Martin Guigui and writer Bruce Wilkinson met at the 2003 Austin Film Fest. ÒThe DescendantsÓ Screens: 7:00 p.m., Oct. 26, Paramount Theatre The biggest Oscar contender at this yearÕs festival is easily Alexan¥der PayneÕs ÒThe Descendants,Ó his first film since 2004Õs ÒSideways.Ó George Clooney stars as Matt King, an absentee father who finds himself in charge of raising his two daughters after his wife is critically injured. Early reviews are touting ClooneyÕs performance as the best of his career, and PayneÕs sensibil¥ities for meshing the comedic and dramatic promise to give audienc¥es plenty to talk about. ÒMartha Marcy May MarleneÓ Screens: 9:45 p.m., Oct. 20, Paramount Theatre Sean DurkinÕs feature debut stars Elizabeth Olsen as Mar¥tha, a woman fundamentally bro¥ken by her time in a cult run by Patrick (John Hawkes) and liv¥ing with her sister (Sarah Paul¥son) in the aftermath of her es¥cape. The film is an experien¥tial marvel, blending together the past and present with clever edits, a dreamlike structure and an in- WHAT: Austin film festival WHERE: Various locations ( see website) WHEN: Oct. 20 - 27 WEB: austinfilmfestival.com TICKETS: $50 - $100 escapable sense of creeping dread that pervades the film and OlsenÕs stunning lead performance. This is a film that deserves to be dis¥cussed as one of the most ambi¥tious films of the year. ÒShameÓ Screens: 9:30 p.m., Oct. 22, Regal Arbor Michael Fassbender has had a pretty great year so far, stealing the show in ÒX-Men: First ClassÓ and drawing buzz for his perfor¥mance in CronenbergÕs ÒA Dan¥gerous Method.Ó With ÒShame,Ó he reunites with ÒHungerÓ director Steve McQueen to play a sex ad¥dict confronted with his impuls¥es when similarly damaged sis¥ter Carey Mulligan shows up at his doorstep. ÒShameÕsÓ first trailer promises a tantalizing experience, and the filmÕs banishment to the Regal Arbor suggests that it may be too raunchy for the screens of the Paramount Ñ all the more reason to make the trek to North Austin to check it out. a laptop, and now that I have these dudes with me. I think wordÕs gotten around that the show has changed, so that has a lot to do with it, too. DT: YouÕve talked in interviews about how youÕre an Òinspira¥tion junkie.Ó What is your ratio¥nale behind researching tons of different things? Bothwell: The term is pretty tricky. The guy who produced my records, John Congleton, actual¥ly came up with it. It just fit. ItÕs be¥cause weÕre both sort of that same kind of person. WeÕre both relent¥lessly excited about learning new things, and weÕre constantly pouring over the Internet and books. I love to know a little bit of something about everything. IÕm always interested in packing more into my brain when¥ever I can. DT: WhatÕs the most interesting thing youÕve read about in the last week? Bothwell: My drummer, Der¥rick, reads BBC Science online, and he was reading something about how a team of computer scien¥tists, using ordinary table salt, in¥creased the storage capacity of a regular hard drive like six times. DT: Are there any blogs or web¥sites you tend to gravitate towards or is it whatever comes your way? Bothwell: ItÕs whatever comes my way. I really love pouring over Tum¥blr and Twitter feeds. The purpose of websites is that they are what you make them, and if you just want to follow tons and tons of scientists and keep abreast on that sort of thing you can. And if you want to follow Life&Arts 12 Thursday,October20,2011 | The Daily Texan | Aleksander Chan, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com CLAWstinladiesarmwrestleforfun,philanthropy WEEKEND By Sarah-Grace Sweeney Daily Texan Staff WHAT: ÒTitus AndronicusÓ WHEN:Thurs. Oct. 20 Ñ Monday, ÒIÕm here to make sure theyÕre all playing fair, but I ainÕt fair,Ó referee Leah ÒThe BossÓ Moss yelled from Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. WHERE: CTC International, 1102 the stage as she collected bribes E. Cesar Chavez St. from the audience. The crowd ab- ADMISSION:$15 solutely ate it up, chanting for the WEB:lastacttheater.com/ wrestlers during a spontaneous dance-off. Clearly, it is almost im- LastActTheatreCompanyis possible not to get caught up in debuting its production of the excitement of a ladiesÕ arm ShakespeareÕs bloodiest tragedy, wrestlingmatch. ÒTitusAndronicus,ÓonThursday CLAWstin, the Austin chap¥ ter of CLAW USA or Coalition of LadyArmWrestlers,helditsfirst matchOct.13atBar96,whereit raised about $4,700 for local charity 1house at a time. Co-founders and night, just in time for Halloween. WHAT: ÒThe Rum DiaryÓat the UT alumnae Beth Taylor, Jen Mur- ParamountTheatrew/Johnny rillandAmeliaByarsPenoliexpect Depp the event to be biannual. WHEN:Friday at 7 p.m. The idea came to Murrill from a WHERE:Paramount Theatre good friend who was a part of the original CLAW in Charlottesville, ADMISSION:Priority to badge Va. After sharing the idea of start¥ing a local chapter with Taylor and holders WEB:austinfilmfestival.com/new/ Penoli, they thought Austin would johnny_depp betheperfectplaceforaleagueof ladyarmwrestlers. Mr.JohnnyDepphimselfwill ÒWe had to bring it to Austin,Ó grace Austin with his presence Taylor said. ÒIt just seemed like the thisweekendfortheAustinFilm perfect event, and obviously, we all Thomas Allison |Daily Texan Staff Festival.Heretoreceiveanaward liked the charity aspect, that it was Indigo Rael, left, faces off against Spring Karlo during a benefit event featuring womenÕs arm wrestling Thursday at Bar 96. CLAWstin, the for his extraordinary contribution a local charity, too.Ó local chapter of the Coalition of Ladies Arm Wrestling, raised more than four thousand dollars for a local charity at the event. totheindustry,theactorwillalso Today, Austin is one of several cit¥ introduceandanswerquestions ies with a CLAW chapter. National bledonationstoorganizationsthat of the charities that we found right plewho cannot afford their high event featured characters such as abouthislatestfilm,ÒTheRum boardmemberandformerwrestler might never get on the radar other-off the bat already had a very well-utility costs. The charity is a part Pain Fonda, inspired by Õ80s fitness Diary,Óat the Paramount Theatre Cathy Harding said it is becoming wise,Ó Harding said. established fundraising committee of the larger local charity A Nur-fiend Jane Fonda. Diana Davis, a viralwithsevenmemberleagues Each chapter is made up of a or development staff,Ó Murrill said. tured World, which was started by UTlaw school alumna who was also andthreeapprenticeleagues. group of theatrical and philan-ÒSo we had to really take a step Susan Roothaan. a part of the event, played the role ÒItÕs all about making women feel thropic women who raise money back and look for something thatÕs After picking the charity, they of Erin Rock-a-Bitch, the no-non¥strong and happy and surprised for women-initiated causes that really grassroots, really small.Ó sought out their wrestlers. Each on Friday. senselawyer. with what they are doing, creating a often get overlooked. Choosing They chose local program 1house event features eight wrestlers with WHAT:GypsyPicnicTrailerFood fun evening for people who go and the charity to receive the funds at a time, which helps to create their own persona, entourage and Festival then providing meaningful charita-tookawhile,saidMurrill.ÒMost energy-efficient homes for peo-themesong.ThefirstCLAWstin WRESTLINgcontinues on pAgE11 WHEN:Saturdayfrom11a.m.to 8 p.m. Michael WHERE:Auditorium Shores MuSIcIANq&A S. Wilson ADMISSION:Free AstronAutAlis stars in WEB:gypsypicnic.com stoner com¥ edy ÒAustin Fall has finally arrived to Austin, Rapper takes flow on tour, High,Ó written and the weather could not be anymore beautiful for a picnic. by UT This Saturday, more than 40 local discusses crowd reactions alumni Kirk trailer food vendors are selling Johnson theirtastysamplesfor$3each and Will By Ali Breland The Daily Texan: HowÕs the attheGypsyPicnicTrailerFood Elliot. Daily Texan Staff tour going thus far? Festival at Auditorium Shores. Andy Bothwell: ItÕs good. ItÕs Loungeoutwithfriendsand Andy Bothwell, who raps under kind of surprising actually. All the the moniker Astronautalis, is per¥ family, while enjoying live music, shows are a lot bigger than weÕre haps the most eccentric and in¥ cook-offs and great food. used to, and venues that donÕt usu¥triguing rapper youÕve ever heard ally have a very good crowd, have of.HoninghisskillsasanMCon Photo a good crowd, and cities that have courtesy of the Jacksonville, Fla., freestyle cir¥a good crowd have a great crowd. Gone Off cuit, Astronautalis boasts an ab¥ItÕs pretty radical. WHAT:White Denim Deep surdly high technical proficien- Productions WHEN: Saturday at 8 p.m. cy. His flow is his perhaps one of DT: Would you attribute WHERE:StubbÕs BBQ the best in contemporary hip-hop, that to the reception of the new ADMISSION:$17 -$19 and his freestyle flow isundoubt¥ album? Austin Festival returns with promising films WEB:stubbsaustin.com edly among the best. If you could Bothwell: Yeah I think so. attemptcategorize his sound,it ThereÕs a lot of new people in the By Alex Williams and Ò127 Hours,Ó this yearÕs festival tailor-made for the Austin Film Thefour-pieceAustin-based mightresemblesomecombination crowd, and thereÕs a lot of people Daily Texan Staff has slotted in many promising in-Festival, almost fetishizing vari¥ group WhiteDenimbrings of Beck and Eyedea, with a hint of that havenÕt come out in a long dependent features along with Os-ous Austin locations and perform¥ its melodic, lo-fi sound to the wild mountain rock for good mea¥timethatarekindofcomingout The Austin Film Festival, which carcontenderssuchasÒTheDe-ers, and boasts some strong perfor¥sure. HeÕs currently touring for his StubbÕsstagewithManchester of the woodwork again. ItÕs a lot of begins today and runs through scendants.Ó Here are five films The mancesandapenchantforblatant¥ new album, This Is Our Science Orchestra,TheDearHunterand old faces, and new faces too. IÕm Oct. 27, has the good fortune of Daily Texan is looking forward to ly absurd humor. and has a stop in Austin tonight. Little Hunter. touring with my band now. Before, falling just before Oscar season at this yearÕs festival. it was just always me and a laptop. kicks into high gear. The festival ÒBeneath the DarknessÓ It was fun, but there was sort of usuallyhastheluckydistinction ÒAustin HighÓ Screens:6:30 p.m., Oct. 22, Texaslimitations to the size of the en¥of bringing many of the yearÕs big-Screens:10:30 p.m., Oct. 22, Roll-SpiritTheater ergyandthepowertheshowcan gest Oscar players to the screens of insTheater 5:00 p.m., Oct. 23, Alamo Ritzhave, when itÕs just one guy with Austin weeks, if not months, ear¥ 9:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Rollins Theater ly. While last yearÕs highlights in¥ When local hero Ely (Dennis RAppERcontinues on pAgE11 cluded films such as ÒBlack SwanÓ Recent UT alumni Will Elliott Quaid) exposes himself as a clos¥and Kirk Johnson penned ulti-et murderer, a group of teenage mate stoner comedy ÒAustin High,Ó witnesses try to avoid meeting the which focuses on a high school same fate as an unlucky friend. The whose staff is made up of the same film promises to be an entertaining GOT THE MUNCHIES? Vote to g et the slackers who attended a few de¥cades ago. 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