L I F E & A R T S P A G E 6 B The Texan sits down with the director and stars of '500 Days of Sum mer' SPORTS PAGE 1B Serbian pair shines as Horns' top doubles team TOMORROW'S WEATHER Low jav asxiw froths v i saiavH hvqsd gis 3A V L S I Z 6f?0fr W II ^ O H O I W 3 0 V 1 I H 3 H T exan UT financial officer anticipates improvement Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Tuesday, March 24, 2009- Greater revenue, federal stimulus keep tuition costs from increasing sharply By M ohini Madgavkar Daily Texan Staff UT C hief Financial Officer K ev­ in H e g arty is optim istic ab o u t the U n iv e rs ity 's fin a n c ia l fu tu re , he said at a F acu lty C ouncil m eeting M onday. In an a d d re s s to th e council on th e sta te o f th e U n iv e rsity 's b u d ­ get, H egarty said he expects U T 's finances to grow n ext year. H e g a rty s a id th e U n iv e rs ity w o u ld likely b en efit from the o n ­ g o in g $3 billion c ap ital cam p aig n th a t raised m o re th a n $30 m illion in Jan u ary alone, a federal stim u ­ lu s package full of research fu n d ­ ing th at UT is co m p etitiv ely seek­ in g a n d in c re a se d g e n e ra l re v e ­ n u e fu n d in g from a m ore resp o n ­ sive L egislature. "T h ere are a lo t o f u n iv ersities th a t th eir C FO h a s o n e job: check th a t there's cash in the b ank," H e­ g a rty said . "I d o n 't g e t u p in the m o rn in g w o n d e rin g w h e th e r o r n o t w e can m ake payroll." H e g a r ty a ls o s a id , h o w e v e r, th a t e a r n in g s fro m th e P e r m a ­ n e n t U n iv e rs ity F u n d , th e U n i­ v e r s ity 's th ird -la rg e s t s o u rc e o f f u n d in g , w o u ld lik e ly c o n tin u e to d is a p p o in t for th e n e x t se v e r­ al years. L ast year, th e U n iv e rs ity o p e r­ a te d o n a $2,076 b illio n b u d g e t, $1,708 b illio n o f w h ic h w a s d e d ­ ic a te d to a c a d e m ic a n d research costs. H e g a rty s a id d e re g u la te d tu ­ ition is im p o rta n t in k e e p in g the U n iv e rs ity 's fin a n c e s a flo a t a n d k eeping total tuition costs do w n. "If y o u look a t th e 13-year p e ­ riod before d ereg u latio n w h en the L egislature co ntrolled tuitio n, th e total cost w as increasing an n u ally at 13.5 percent," H e g arty said. "It's b ecau se in p e rio d s of tim e w h e n tuition w as greatly con strain ed by th e L eg islatu re, w e w e re raisin g fees to fund the in stitutio n." H e g a rty sa id th a t a fte r tu itio n w a s d e r e g u la te d , th e U n iv e rs i­ ty 's to tal costs g rew b y a b o u t 8.1 percent a n n u a lly Tuition is sch ed ­ u led to increase by 4.5 percent for th e com ing school year. T he L eg islatu re w ill h e a r bills c o n c e rn in g tu itio n d e re g u la tio n later th is w eek. D e s p ite H e g a r ty 's fiscal o p ­ tim ism fo r th e U n iv e rs ity a s a » w h o le , U T fa c u lty m a y h a v e to b ear increased insurance costs, ac­ c o rd in g to U T 's s y s te m -w id e In ­ suran ce A dviso ry C om m ittee. K arro l K itt, U T 's r e p r e s e n ta ­ tiv e to th e c o m m itte e , s a id th e sy stem p ro jected in c re a se d costs to fa c u lty m e m b e r s a s p a r t o f th e i r U n i v e r s ity - a d m i n is t e r e d h e a lth insu ran ce. K itt sa id e m p lo y e e s w o u ld see a 10 p e r c e n t in c r e a s e in in s u r ­ a n c e c o sts fo r fisc a l y e a r s 2010- 11 a n d 2011-12. T h e L e g is la tu re w ill lik e ly s u b s id iz e 6.5 p e rc e n t o f th e in c r e a s e in th e f i r s t fis­ c a l y e a r a n d a 6.8 in c r e a s e fo r th e fo llo w in g fiscal year. T h e re­ m a in in g c o st, K itt s a id , w o u ld h a v e to be b o rn e by u n iv e r s itie s th em selv es. Cyclists voice concerns to candidates ForUT alumna in state House, health, education are top priorities By Erin Mulvaney Daily Texan Staff S tate Rep. D onn a H o w a rd , D- Austin, a I 1 alu m n a w ith a n u rsin g degree a n d experience as a critical care nurse, n ev er expected to en ter public service. H o w a rd to o k h e r h e a lth care c o n c ern s to th e Tex­ as C ap ito l, alo n g w ith public e d u c a tio n im p ro v em en t p lan s b a sed on h er u n iq u e b ack g ro u n d . She h as served in th e Texas H o u se since a 2006 sp e c u , elet tion. H o w a rd h a s u se d w h a t she learn ed from w o rk in g as a critical care n u rse a n d as a sexual e d u catio n in stru c ­ tor in th e U T n u rs in g p ro g ra m to d ev elo p id eas for leg­ islative initiatives. E ven th o u g h sh e is no t practicing w h a t s h e stu d ied a t UT, H o w ard cred its the n u rsin g p ro g ra m s w ith p re­ p a rin g h e r for w h a t sh e d o e s today. "In g en eral, I th in k you co u ld say I took w ith m e the v a lu e o f a liberal a rts e d u c a tio n a n d a stro n g fo u n d a ­ tio n se rv e d m e n o m a tte r w h a t 1 ch o se to d o ," H o w ­ a rd said. T h is y ear, th e re a re h e a lth -c a re w o rk e r sh o rta g e s across the country. In th e 1970s, Flow ard ex p erien ced a sim ilar sh o rta g e first-h an d w h en sh e w o rk ed at an u n ­ d erstaffed h o sp ital. She sa id sh e h as been ab le to a d ­ d re ss th e issue as a re p re se n ta tiv e by tw e a k in g high- sc h o o l c u rric u lu m s a n d s triv in g to im p ro v e fac u lty salaries in n u rsin g schools. HOWARD continues in p a g e . Jacqueline Gilíes j Daily Texan Staff State Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, graduated from UT with a nursing degree in 1974. She has served in the state House of Representatives since 2006 and advocates health care and public education. State Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, urges passage of House Bill 1876 at the Capitol on Monday. The bill would, if passes, increase the num ber of primary-care physicians, dentists and other health­ care providers practicing in rural and underserved communities. Nancy Rosenthal Daily Texan Staff Graduate student David Lampert parks his bike in front of Gregory Gym on Monday. Cyclists spoke with mayoral and city council candidates at a forum on M o nday night. Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff At forum , Austin groups discuss possible changes to transportation laws By Israel Perez Daily Texan Staff C y c lis ts lo ck ed u p th e ir b ik e s o u ts id e St. D a v id 's E piscopal C h u rc h to h ead into a m a y o r a l fo ru m M o n d a y n ig h t th a t fo ­ c u s e d o n is su e s im p o r ta n t to th e cy clin g c o m m u n ity . T he L eague of B icycling V oters, the A u s­ tin C y c lin g A s s o c ia tio n a n d th e Y ellow B ike P ro je c t, w ith s u p p o r t fro m B icycle S p o rts S h o p , sp o n so re d th e fo ru m to voice th e ir c o n cern s to the city co u n cil a n d m ay- o ra l ca n d id a te s. "T h e c a n d id a te fo ru m is a g reat w ay to ed u cate b oth the c o m m u n ity an d the can d i­ d a te s ab o u t issues that are im p o rtan t to bicy­ clists," said league P resid en t Rob D 'A m ico. "It a lso serv es as an im p o rta n t tool for u s to e v alu a te c a n d id a te s in o u r e n d o rs e m e n t process." T h e q u e s tio n s p o s e d to th e c a n d id a te s r a n g e d from w h e th e r th e y rid e b ik e s to h o w th e y w o u ld e n s u r e d e v e lo p e rs stick to th e ir p ro m is e s a n d b u ild r e s id e n tia l a n d b u sin e ss b u ild in g s th a t are accessib le to bicyclists. " I'm a bicyclist, a n d I'v e actu a lly rid d e n all the w ay to city hall," said m a y o ral c a n d i­ d a te Lee L effingw ell. "I w ill w o rk to m ak e su re the bicycle is an im p o rta n t p a rt of o u r tra n sp o rta tio n sy stem , a n d if a n y b o d y h as an y advice, let m e know ." M a y o ral c a n d id a te Jo siah In g a lls, w h o said h e w a s once h o sp ita liz e d a fte r b ein g hit b y a car w hile cycling, said there sh o u ld be a p e n a lty fee to h old b u sin esses acco u n t­ able for n o t k eeping their p ro m ises to b u ild b ik e-frien d ly facilities "I feel th a t w e need m ore accountability," h e said . "W e n eed a p en alty fee th a t m akes it n o lo n g e r affo rd a b le to a v o id city ru les a n d h a v e [the] tools to d e n y c o n tract co m ­ p a n ie s c o n tra c ts in th e fu tu re if th ey d o n 't follow those rules." T h e c a n d id a te s w e re a ls o a s k e d a b o u t h e lm e t law s a n d the p ro p o s a l left for d e a d FORUM continues on page 2A By Laura Ceglio Daily Texan Staff By 2015, Texas w ill n eed m ore th a n 4,500 health care profession­ als to pro v id e for the predicted 5.3 m illion m edically underserved res­ idents, according to a study by Tex­ as A cadem y of Fam jly Physicians. A t a p re s s c o n fe re n c e in th e sta te C a p ito l M onday, Rep. W ar­ ren C h isu m , R -Pam pa, said a p ro ­ p o s e d bill w o u ld h e lp in c re a se th e n u m b e r of p rim ary -care p h y ­ sicians, d e n tists an d o th er h e a lth ­ care p ro fessionals in u n d erserv ed areas of Texas. A cc o rd in g to th e stu d y , a b o u t o n e in five p e o p le live in full o r p a rtia l h ea lth -p ro fe ssio n a l s h o rt­ ag e areas, m ean in g that 114 c o u n ­ ties d o not m eet the national stan ­ d a rd o f o n e p h y sic ia n for ev e ry 3,500 people. T he bill w o u ld create the Texas H ealth C are A ccess F u n d , w hich w o u ld p a y for u p to $160,000 of m e d ic a l-s c h o o l d e b t a fte r fo u r years of w o rk in a sh o rtag e area. "This bill is critical to the future o f h ealth care in T exas," C h isu m said. "By h elp in g to p ay off m e d ­ ical-school loans, w e h o p e to e n ­ courage m ore g rad u ates to serve in m ore rural an d inner-city areas." Jan et D o n a th , e x e c u tiv e d ire c ­ to r of the G ood N eig h b o r H ealth­ care C e n te r in H o u s to n , said the n o n p ro fit cen te r h a s ex p erien ced difficulty finding physicians, even in a large m etro p o litan city. "M ost [m edical] stu d e n ts w a n t to w o rk at places like G txxi N eigh­ b o r a n d o th e r n o n p r o f it h e a lth centers," D onath said. "T hey sim ­ p ly c a n 't b e c a u se o f th e in cred i­ ble am o u n t of d e b t they gain from m edical school." F u n d in g for th e bill w ill com e from a tax increase o n sm okeless tobacco products. "C urrently, cigarettes a n d cigars are tax ed b ased on w eig h t, w h ile sm okeless tobacco item s are taxed bv price," C h isu m said. "T his bill w ill e lim in a te th e sm o k e le ss to ­ b acco lo o p h o le a n d req u ire th ey be taxed b y w eig h t as w ell." A n o th er facet of th e bill w o u ld c o n so lid a te all of th e s ta te 's loan r e im b u r s e m e n t p r o g r a m s in to o n e entity. D a v id V liet, d ire c to r o f C o m - m U n ity C a re clinic in A u stin , said th a t b y p r o v i d in g lo a n r e p a y ­ m e n t to g ra d u a te s , th e fo n d w ill g iv e th e n o n p ro fit h e a lth care o r­ g a n iz a tio n a n o th e r r e c r u itm e n t tool. "T h is bill h e lp s for c o m m u n i­ ty h e a lth care cen te rs in c o m p e t­ ing for n ew talen t in th e m edical field," he said. Proposed bill would increase number of health-care professionals in underserved areas 2A NEWS Tuesday, March 24, 2009 T h e D a i l y T e x a n Volume 109, Number 111 25 cents FORUM: Candidates agree on benefits of more cyclists From pagel A in A ugust 2006 that w ould have m ad e h elm ets m a n d a to ry for a d u lts , an o rd in a n c e the c y ­ clin g com m u n ity stro n g ly o p ­ posed and continues to keep an eye on. "[The league] op p oses a bicy­ cle helmet law because it w ould d o nothing to en cou rage bicy­ cling, and w e've found that the best w ay to im prove safety for b icy clists is. to get m ore b icy ­ c lists on the stre e t," D 'A m ico said. "A d d e d visibility and im ­ proved infrastructure w ould re­ sult from more bicyclists, which is a lot more effective than m an­ d atin g m ore b o d y arm o r and doing nothing else to m ake the streets safer." None of the candidates were for resurrecting the ordinance, but all talked about the positive im pact of an increase in cyclists. An increase in cycling w ould decrease pollution, traffic and obe­ sity, said cycling association Presi­ dent Stanton Truxillo. "We give out over 1,000 kids bike h elm ets through sch o o ls, PTAs, church g ro u p s, etc. e v ­ ery year," Truxillo said of the a s­ sociatio n 's efforts to encourage cycling. 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"I remember this m yself from when I put m yself through col­ lege, and it would be very hard now adays for people to do that," Howard said. "It's hard to find part-time work that can support you. Getting through school is really difficult if you don't have financial assistance." An A u stin native, H ow ard g rad u ated from Reagan H igh School and enrolled in UT in 1969. She d ecid ed to p u rsu e nursing, working in the critical- care d iv ision of Brackenridge Hospital as an undergraduate. After she graduated in 1974, she con tin u ed w ork in g a s a nurse. She enrolled in a UT grad­ uate program in 1976, where she worked as a nurse and a teach­ ing assistant. 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Wednesday, 12 p.m. Thursday.. Thursday, 12 p.m. Friday...... Friday, 12 p.m Monday, 12 p.m. Tuesday, 12 p.m. Recycle your copy of T h e D a i l y T f.x an TSM BOARD MEETING Friday March 27, 2009 2 p.m. College o f Communication I..B.J. Room, C M A 5.160 2600 W hitis Avenue Austin, Texas 78712 Visitors Welcome We encourage any community member who has any kind of temporary or permanent disability to contact Texas Student Media beforehand so that appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. Budding 2 122). IrwUle' Y O U R W O R L D m ent an d ed u catio n for the Seton Fam ily of H ospitals. A f­ ter her first child w as bom , she decided to cut back her w ork­ ing hours and began teaching in the health education depart­ ment at UT, leading undergrad­ uate health classes such as hu­ man sexuality. "In som e sense, I w asn 't in health care as long as it seem ed," she said. She began the transition to public office as a stay-at-hom e mom w ith three children a f­ ter ending her career at UT and getting involved in the A ustin school board. She is certified as a M aster School Trustee by the T exas A ssociatio n of School Boards and w as a candidate for the State Board of Education in 2000 and 2002. H ow ard has served on the boards of the A ustin Area In­ terreligious M inistries, C om ­ m on C a u se an d the T exas Freedom Network and is cur­ rently a board member of the Expanding H orizons Founda­ tion, su p p o rtin g low -incom e housing. "I w as a full-time, stay-at- home mom, and I got involved "Women today don't have the same generational constraints that I did. We now can make choices w ithout having to be asked." — Rep. Donna Howard, D~Austin in their ed u c atio n ," she said . "Through that, I eventually be­ came an advocate for health care and an advocate for public edu­ cation." How ard said that serving on several different school boards led her to consider running for the Texas H ouse of Representa­ tives. ' "W om en to d ay d o n 't h ave the sam e g e n e ra tio n a l c o n ­ stra in ts that I d id ," H ow ard said. "We now can make choic­ es without having to be asked. I know I had certain strengths an d sk ills in certain areas to succeed." A s a m em ber of the H ouse committees on education, House administration and culture, and recreation and tourism, Howard has authored several bills that she is currently pushing through the Legislature. She said air quality in Austin has become a problem not only for the environment, but also for residents' health. "Coal-fired power plants pres­ ent a h u ge problem b ecau se they still release a lot into the air," Howard said. "It affects our health care and is a major cause of asthma in children and affects older folks." She has authored a bill that w ould require the Texas C om ­ mission on Environmental Qual­ ity to more closely monitor air pollutant emissions. "I am happy to get the oppor­ tunity to help things that I have seen over the years that are im­ portant to me and my constitu­ ents that have to do with health and public education," she said. "With higher education, 1 have the opportunity to blend all of those." ODDLY ENOUGH Town looks to old electric chair as possible tourist attraction LINCOLN, Neb. — Residents of a small southwest Nebras­ ka town have a question for state officials: You're not doing any­ thing with that old electric chair, are you? The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled last year that the state's use of the electric chair was unconsti­ tutional. Some people in the town of McCook — population just un­ der 8,(XX) — think "Old Sparky" could be a tourist attraction and have offered to take it off the state's hands. Fifteen men were executed in the chair, which is about 210 miles east of McCook at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln. Corrections department spokes­ woman Connie Nemec said there are no immediate plans to move the chair. Brazen turkeys ruffle feathers Men seek work at strip club — at Michigan truck service shop without taking their clothes of JACKSON, Mich. — Wild tur­ keys are turning into bullies in one Michigan town. Tri-County International Trucks employee Dave Dodes told the Jackson Citizen Patriot that three of the birds scared a truck driver so much he stayed in his vehicle when he stopped at the truck ser­ vice shop Friday. He said a company worker had to create a diversion so the driv­ er could escape, and the turkeys chased both men inside the build­ ing in an industrial area at the edge of Jackson, Mich. Dodes says the birds had been seen near the building for a long time but only recently turned ag­ gressive. He says "they're not afraid of traffic, and now they chase people around." Jackson is about 65 miles west of Detroit. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Scores ( people have applied to work at a Rhode Island strip dub — but th< vast majority don't need to show any leg to get the job. Providence's Foxy Lady held a job fair Saturday, seeking to fill about 35 positions for dancers, masseuses, bartenders and bounc ers. But The Providence Journal re­ ports the vast majority of the moi than 150 job seekers were men looking to work at the door — and most of the women said they were looking for work that didrii involve taking their clothes off. Foxy Lady co-owner Tom Tsoumas (SOO'-muhs) says a re­ cent promotion to cut prices has helped the club regain business lost due to the bad economy, fore ing it to hire more employees. C om piled from Associated Press reports Wire Editor: Julianne Coyne www.dailytexanonline.com W o r l d & N ation T h e D a i l y T e x a n 3A Tuesday, M arch 24, 2009 Sudans president leaves country despite arrest warrant By Mohamed Osman The Associated Press KHARTOUM — Sudan's pres­ ident traveled to Eritrea on M on­ day, choosing one of Africa's most politically isolated nations for his first trip abroad since an interna­ tional court sought his arrest on charges of war crimes in Darfur. The one-day visit followed Er­ itrea's official invitation to S u ­ d an 's O m ar al-Bashir, w ho fac­ es th e a rre s t w a rra n t by the N etherlands-based International Criminal Court. E ritre a n te le v is io n sh o w ed live coverage of al-Bashir being greeted at the airport in the Eri­ trean capital Asmara by his coun­ terpart President Isaias A fw er- ki, alon g w ith d ru m m ers and d a n ce rs. S u d a n e se s ta te te le ­ v isio n show ed liv e im ag es of al-Bashir returning to Khartoum later on Monday. S u d a n e s e F o reig n M in iste r Deng Alor said the visit was "im ­ p o rta n t" and reflected Eritrean "solidarity ... with Sudan against the IC C ." Eritrean Inform ation Minister Ali Abdu told The Asso­ ciated Press that al-Bashir was ac­ com panied by heads of security and intelligence and was there to discuss regional security. The ICC charged al-Bashir on March 4 of leading a counterinsur­ gency against Darfur rebels that in­ volved rapes, killings and other atrocities against civilians. His gov­ ernment has been accused of un­ leashing Arab militiamen known as janjaweed against Darfur civil­ ians in a drive to put down a revolt by ethnic Africans in the region. Up to 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have been driven from their hom es in the conflict since 2003, according to the U.N. U nder the ICC charter, m em ­ ber sta tes are bound to arrest th o se in d icted w hen they e n ­ ter their territory. Eritrea is not a signatory, however, and has ve­ hem ently condemned the indict­ ment, m aking it a safe haven for al-Bashir to visit. "It's u n ju stifiable and illegal and illogical and futile, the so- called ICC decision," said Abdu. "We believe it's an extension and sym ptom of the ongoing world hegem ony and dom ination by a few powers in this world." The tiny Horn of Africa nation has itself come under harsh criti­ cism from the U.S. State D epart­ m ent and international hum an rights groups for its human rights record. The U.S. government has previously debated designating Eritrea a state sponsor of terrorism because of its support for hard­ line Islamist insurgents in Somalia fighting a weak regime backed by the U.S. and the U.N. Al-Bashir is also scheduled to at­ tend the Arab League summit at the end of the month in the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar. The 22-mem- ber Arab League has publicly stat­ ed that al-Bashir would be w el­ come at the March 27 summit. Qa­ tar is not an ICC signatory, and only a few Arab League countries are. The organization's chief, Amr Moussa, said last week that mem­ ber nations would not act on the arrest warrant. But Sudan's Islamic scholars have issued a religious edict calling on al- Bashir not to travel to the Arab sum­ mit because of fears that the arrest warrant could be implemented. Alor, the foreign minister, said after the E ritrean visit that "s o far, the presidency hasn't decided on the president's visit to D oha." Presidential spokesman Mahgoub Fadhel, how ever, said M onday that "there is nothing standing in the way of the president him self going there." A l-Bashir, w ho dism isses the ICC as a prejudiced court with no jurisdiction over Sudan, caused an international outcry by expel­ ling 13 international aid organiza­ tions from Darfur after the arrest warrant was issued for him. S u d a n e se p reside n t O m a r al-Bashir, left, is a cc o m p a n ie d by vice p reside n t Ali O sm a n M o h a m e d Taha, right, at K h a rto u m airp o rt in Su d a n on M o n d a y after his first trip a b ro a d since an in te rn a tio n a l co u rt so u g h t his arrest on ch a rg es o f w ar crim es in Darfur. Abd Raouf | A sso c ia te d Pres Mexican government offers cash for info on drug lords By A lexandra O lson The Associated Press M EXICO CITY — M exico's g ov ernm ent on M onday o f­ fered $2 million to anyone who offered information leading to the arrest of 24 top drug lords in a public challenge to the cartels' violent grip on the country. The list indicated that drug gangs have splintered into six m ain cartels under pressure from the U.S. and Mexican gov­ ernments. The two most pow ­ erful gangs — the Pacific and G u lf cartels — each suffered fractures that have given rise to new cartels, according to the list published by the Attorney General's Office. The list offers 30 million pe­ sos ($2 million) in rewards for 24 top members of the cartels and 15 million pesos ($1 m il­ lion) for 13 of their lieutenants. M exico's drug violence has killed more than 9,000 people since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006, as gangs have battled each oth­ er for territory and fought off a government crackdown. Some of that violence is spilling over into the United States, especial­ ly the Southw est, w here kid­ nappings and killings are on the rise. The rewards are the largest Mexico has ever offered for top drug lords, said Ricardo N a­ jera, a spokesm an for the At­ torney G eneral's office. Som e of the men, such as suspected Pacific cartel leaders Joaquin Guzman and Ismael Zambada, are targeted by separate $5 mil­ lion reward offers from the U.S. government. The new list appeared to be the first offering rewards for all the m ost-w anted car­ tel members at once. The gov­ ern m en t cou ld be trying to sig n al its d eterm in a tio n to take on the cartels at the same tim e, rather than one or two at a time as past adm inistra­ tions have done, said Andrew Selee, director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. "It tells you a little bit about C a ld ero n 's th in k in g ," Selee said. "H e really sees this as som ething he w ants to eradi­ cate. He's willing to take them all on as a unit." The d ocu m en t offered in ­ sight into the reorganization of the cartels more than two years into Calderon's military crack­ down against them. The Beltran Leyva and Car­ rillo Fuentes gangs — once considered affiliated with the Sinaloa group under the Pacif­ ic cartel alliance — were listed as their own cartels. So was La Familia, which operates in cen­ tral Mexico and was once con­ sidered a gang that answered to the Gulf cartel. C a ld e r o n 's g o v e r n m e n t has attributed fractures in the cartels to the m ilitary crack­ d o w n , say in g th e arre st o f drug kingpins has set off in­ ternal battles for control that have led to M e x ico 's sharp surge in violence. It dism iss­ es su ggestions by som e U.S. officials that M exico is losing control of some of its territory. T he list sen d s a m essage that Mexico is using all its re­ sources to root out drug traf­ fickers' days before a visit from U .S. S ecretary o f State H il­ lary Clinton and a month be­ fore President Barack Obama visits, said G eorge G rayson, a M exico exp ert at the C o l­ leg e of W illiam & M ary in Virginia. Mexican officials "have been quite defensive about all the talk about M exico's being a failed state and that the cartels are controlling more and more territory," Grayson said. "I see this as an acceleration of Calde­ ron's policy but with one eye on the upcoming visit of the Amer­ ican leaders." However, monetary rewards have not proved crucial to the capture of Mexican drug lords in recent years. NATION BRIEFLY Dow jumps nearly 500 points; home sales show surprise gain NEW YORK — Wall Street got the news it wanted on the econo­ my's biggest problems — banks and housing — and celebrat­ ed by hurtling the Dow Jones in­ dustrials up nearly 500 points. Investors added rocket fuel Monday to a two-week-old ad­ vance, cheering the govern­ ment's plan to help banks re­ move bad assets from their books and also welcoming a re­ port showing a surprising ul­ erease in home sales. Major stock indicators surged more than 6 percent, including the Dow, which had its biggest percentage gain since October. Investigators look into plane weight in crash that killed 14 BUTTE, Mont. — Investigators will examine whether a single-en­ gine turboprop plane was over­ loaded when it nose-dived into a cemetery and killed 14 people on board who were heading on a ski trip retreat for the ultrarich, a federal official said Monday. The plane was likely de­ signed to carry a total of 11 people, including two pilots, Mark Rosenker, acting chair­ man of the National Transpor­ tation Safety Board, said at a news conference. Officials said seven adults and seven chil­ dren were killed in the crash Sunday; a relative said there were two 4-year-olds and the other children were ages 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. "It will take us a while to un­ derstand," Rosenker said. "We have to get the weights of all the passengers, we have to get the weight of the fuel, all of the luggage." Rosenker said it was possible that a very small child would be on the lap of an adult. Compiled from Associated Press reports Yale in Summer. Smart. O ver 130 courses for full Yale University credit: Hum anities, Science, Drama, Art T w o five-week intensive sessions: June i-July 3, July 6-A ugust 7 Residential College living See w ebsite for inform ation and application requirem ents. Yale Sum m er Session 2009 http://w w w .yale.edu/sum m er Em ail: sum m er.session@ yale.edu 203 432-2430 Yale Summer Session 2009 **> A? 4A Tuesday, March 24, 2009 VIEWPOINT Drug of war Emerging from the legacy of the Bush administration is a task more difficult than anyone imagined. Some retroactive policies, like those concerning the war on drugs, have only strengthened over the years. In a Monday interview with the Texan, former Attorney General John Ashcroft outlined the net re­ s u l t of his four-year contribution to America's quiet war: that 600,000 fewer young people were on drugs at the end of his term than at the beginning. When we have young people who are dissuaded from using drugs in their youth, we very much save the entirety of their life," Ashcroft said. Beyond feeling uncomfortable at the thought of drug use, a senti­ ment embedded in our minds as early as elementary school, and just knowing the need for such a noble resolve, there is not much proof that Ashcroft s antiquated policy works. One of Ashcroft's goals as at­ torney general was to keep young people off of drugs, but such is a task that lacks definition and any clear rule of thumb. And because there is no real form for "success," there is no way to measure prog­ ress resulting in an aimless shotgun approach by whomever is hold­ ing the gun. Protecting people from themselves, after all, should not be the first priority of America's war on drugs. As recent strife in Mexico has proven, there is more to this battle than domestic addiction. Ash- croft s drug war called for government officials to protect us from those who bring drugs into the country and, during his term, policy­ makers attacked the 50 largest drug cartels in the world and disrupt­ ed 12 of them. But, Ashcroft conceded that such achievements were temporary. "There are other [cartels] that take their place," he said. "It's an ongoing struggle." For Ashcroft and his colleagues, the meager benefits of the perpetu­ al drug battle must outweigh the costs. According to the Office of Na­ tional Drug Control Policy, federal and state expenditures for the war totaled nearly $50 billion in 2003 and have only increased since then. There is no point in attempting to put a price on the drug-free life of a young person, but illegal and criminalized drugs beget other issues, namely crime and incarceration rates, all of which lead to a domino effect within our state. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas law enforcement officials made more than 150 thousand arrests for drug abuse in 2007, a 5-percent increase from 2006. Because public universities compete for the same state funds that prisons do, there is a growing strain on the state's budget allocations and prior­ ities (i.e. prison funding vs. higher education funding) as incarcera­ tion rates increase. But regardless of undefined goals, billions of dollars spent and un­ enforceable laws, the most dangerous and concerning aspect of the drug war is the fiery resolve with which policymakers hope to keep us chained to their drowning cause — Ashcroft included. 1 here are a lot of wars that you fight in spite of there being no end in sight," he said. As potential members of Ashcroft's 600,000-member drug-free group, the costs of keeping us off drugs severely outweigh the benefits. To us, an impetuously ongoing war is a failed war, and will not be won until new, more thoughtful tactics are explored and used, here and abroad. — Abltinav Kumar for the editorial board GALLERY HE FIRING LINE The great orator 7 he members of the C i liege Republicans at Texas are strongly encouraged by the news that President Barack Obama is giving a trio of commencement addresses this spring ("While we were out," March 23). Based on his inability to staff the Treasury Department, it appears ( )bama is unable to take even the most basic steps to solving this eco­ nomic catastrophe. However, being the consummate pragmatist, it took ( )bama a mere two months to come to the realization that the responsi­ bilities of holding an executive office aren't nearly as fun as campaign­ ing As a result, he set the precedent of being the first sitting president to appear on a late night talk show. As we learned last year, the man can give one hell of a speech. It's refreshing that he has the humility to revert back to a field he truly understands: reaching out to young Americans by giving vapid, quasi- mspirational speeches that are completely devoid of any substance. We wish him luck and hope his teleprompter is fully functional. Colin Harris Government senior College Republicans at Texas PR Director L E G A L E S E SUBMIT A COLUMN Opinions expressed in TTie Daily Texan are those erf the editor, the ed­ itorial board or the wnter of the arti­ cle. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. All Tex­ an editonals are written by the Editorial Board The Daily Texan welcomes submissions for guest columns. Columns must be between 500 and 7(X) words. Send columns to edi­ tora dailytexanonhne.com. The Texan reserves the nght to edit all columns for clarity and liability if chosen for publication. University-related columns preferred. SUBM IT A FIRING LIN E E-mail your Firing Lines to firm- tfnit•{ I M U u M z i t mmmm 4¿>3tOf A conservative case for tuition regulation By Tony McDonald Daily Texan Guest Columnist "D on't conservatives support deregula­ tion?" I can't cou nt the num ber of tim es I've been asked this question by allies and op­ ponents alike in my struggle against Texas' current tuition policy. "Yes," I always respond. But tuition de­ regulation at UT d id n't d eregulate any­ thing. W hen the tuition deregulation policy was proposed in 2003, I opposed it along with my organization, Young C onserva­ tives of Texas. We understood that the pol­ icy would not deregulate tuition prices. It wouldn't expand competition or end gov­ ernment favoritism to allow the best pro­ viders to win in the battle for their custom­ ers, Texas students. Instead, the policy merely transferred the power to set tuition and fees from the elect­ ed Texas Legislature, a body accountable to the people, to an unelected bcxiy — the ap­ pointed UT System Board of Regents. This is the underlying problem with the tuition deregulation. What many conservatives who support­ ed deregulation forgot was that public uni­ versities are government agencies, no dif-. ferent from the Department of Transporta­ tion or the Department of Public Safety. Al­ lowing them unlimited control to set the fees they charge Texas families would be no different from allowing the Department of Transportation to charge anything it would like for license plates. Without restraints, government bureau­ cracies will always find some way to ratio­ nalize their need for m ore tax dollars. As President Ronald Reagan once wittily pro­ remarked, "Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other." In the decade from 1998 to 2008, UT served as a poster child for that lack of re­ sponsibility. According to the University's budget office, UT's budget more than dou­ bled during that period from $997 million to $2.076 billion. W hile I'm sure that UT President Bill Pow ers w ould provide an em phatic defense for every dollar of that spending, there are some critics who ques­ tion him, and with good cause. According to "Cutting the Cost of College," a 2007 re­ port by the Texas Public Policy Founda­ tion, administrative costs have risen to 14 percent of higher education budgets. Pro­ ductivity decline over the last quarter cen­ tury has become the norm in higher educa­ tion. It now takes 21 employees to educate every 100 students. This is compared to 18 employees for every 100 students in 1970. These facts lead one to believe that our Uni­ versity administrators are not interested in efficiency as much as they're interested in using other people's money to fund their pet projects. As University spending outstrips state appropriations, public Texas universities are forced to look elsewhere for addition­ al funding. Administrators will claim that our state government has not accommodated them. T h ey 'll often stretch the facts to alleg e that state funding has gone down. But a search of the Legislative Budget Board's Web site will show that state funding has remained relatively stable, and in fact has grown slightly over the last decade. The growth may not have kept pace with rapid­ ly expanding University budgets, but high­ er education certainly hasn't been short­ changed. The universities instead have started to tap a different resource — Texas families. Students and their fam ilies after 2003 be­ came the path of least resistance for Univer­ sity administrators wishing to spend more money. In the race to expand their budgets, adm inistrators have rapidly increased tu­ ition. Across the state, total academic costs have grown an average of 53 percent, from $1,934 per sem ester in 2003 to $2,952 per sem ester in 2007, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Right now, our state representatives and senators are meeting for the 81st Texas leg­ islature. Lawmakers have an important op­ portunity to pass legislation that would freeze tuition and limit future increases. Any legislation that would limit tuition in­ creases and put the authority over tuition- setting back in the hands of the Legislature would be a dram atic im provem ent over our current situation. Our elected officials must act to prevent university adm inistrators from continu ­ ing to reach into the w allets of students and their fam ilies in their race to spend more money. Repealing tuition deregula­ tion would protect Texas students and their families, and force our universities to make wise decisions about how best to spend our money in the future. M c D o n a ld , a U T a lu m , is th e Vice C h a ir m a n fo r L e g is la tiv e A ffa ir s f o r Y o u n g C o n s e rv a tiv e s o f Texas. Confessions of an Internet stalker By Alisha Brophy Daily Texan Columnist I am a fan o f In tern et stalk ers. I have y et to exp erien ce the fear that co m es from Peeping Tom s or dead flow ers on my d oorstep . I'm sure if I actu ally exp erien ced tru e sta lk in g , I w ould lo se m y taste fo r it. But as it sta n d s, 1 am q u ite the aficio n ad o , both as a stalk er and as the stalked . I call it "r e s e a r c h ," th o u g h o th e rs, if th ey k n ew the e x ­ tent of m y p ro bin g , w ould call it "p sy c h o s is ." If I ever d is­ appear, I w ill have left enou g h of an electro n ic trail that p o­ lice w ill b e ab le to b u ild a so lid case a g a in st m y last d ate: A q u ick search o f m y laptop w ould show the su sp e ct's se v ­ en last ad d resses, how m uch he paid for his h ou se and link s to his e x -g irlfrie n d 's Facebo ok photo albu m s (you know, to co m p are b oob size ). A nd all th is w ith o u t the g as co sts o f circlin g h is h o u se, n or the p h y sica l e x e rtio n o f g e ttin g ou t o f bed. I a lso e n co u ra g e o th e rs to sta lk m e. I t's a te ch n o lo g ica l w ay o f p ro vin g m y w o rth . The m ore p eop le ob sessed ov er m y u p d a te s, th e b etter. "A lis h a B rop h y is d rin k in g a Dr. P ep p er." O h, you care? I m u st be fascin atin g . H ow ever, the oth er n ig h t, I m ade a sh ock in g d iscovery. I w as m in d in g m y ow n b u sin ess, g oing through frien d s' p ar­ ty p ictu res and w all m essages, w hen I clicked on a long-for- g o tten a cq u a in ta n ce . H er p ag e w as fu ll o f p ictu res o f her h u sb a n d , b u t a little m ore se a rch in g rev ealed p ictu res o f her — b o y frie n d ! My a d d ictio n w as sa tisfie d . I cou ld c o n ­ tinu e on w ith m y ev en in g now that I had dug up som e good dirt. I hat is, until the e x citem en t w ore off and I had to do a "w a ll-to -w a ll" search betw een my latest cru sh and the last busty girl to send him a w ink ing em oticon. But that n ig h t, I still thought I w ould rest easy. That w as before I aim lessly clicked on the M ySpace page o f the old a cq u a in ta n ce 's b roth er. I co u ld n 't rem em b er his nam e, but I had a v agu e re co lle ctio n of m eetin g him once. So, I con tin u ed to click , ju st to see if I w as right. And w hat I saw w as so w rong. There, listed in his "Top F rien d s," w as m e! N o. 1 sp o t: H is ch e a tin g sister. N o. 2: H is w ife. No. 3 spot: Yours truly. Now, th ere are m any logical e x p la n a tio n s for this. W hat if he w as one o f those guys that had sim p ly left the M ySpace "T o p F r ie n d s " fe a tu re in the o rd e r th at p e o p le had been ad d e d ? N op e, b eca u se a cco rd in g to his w all m e ssa g es, he m et and m arried his w ife only a y ear ago. W hat if he d id n 't have en ou g h frien d s to fill his "T o p F rien d s" b ox? N ope. He has d ozen s. A nd, even w eird er: H e d id n 't fill the top eig h t com p letely . A p parently, on ly fiv e o f us are w orthy of being ad v ertised as frien d s on his h om e page. Now, I know the co rrect resp on se w ould have been to take m y ran k as a co m p lim e n t and clo se the láp to p , but I ca n 't let it go. It's false ad v ertisin g . L ik e, w hen you w atch a d iet com m ercial and you w ant to scream , "O f cou rse you lost 34 p o u n d s, y o u r 'b e fo re ' p ictu re is from y ou r b aby s h o w e r!" A t least w e h ave the FD A for th o se situ ation s. I d o n 't think the FD A cares th at I have a s tra n g e r sh ow in g me off to the en tire In te rn e t-acce ssib le p o p u latio n as his N o. 3 in life. And th e re 's in h eren t p ressu re. N o. 3? T h a t's lik e b ein g a b rid esm aid ... to the b rid esm aid . I'v e been g iven a "g o -to " role. If so m eth in g happens to h is w ife and sister, do I m ove up the list? I t's like n ot w a n tin g to be a g o d p a re n t. Su re, the lik elih oo d of a traged y that tu rns you into an o v ern ig h t g u ard ian is sm all and u su ally left to the realm o f L ifetim e m o v ies. But th e re 's an u n d e rly in g sen se o f re s p o n s ib ility that n ev er goes away. So I'v e co n clu d e d : F rien d sh ip a d v e rtisin g is like b rid e s ­ m aid s and g od ch ild ren . You sh ou ld alw ays ask p erm issio n b efo re p rom oting som eon e in y ou r list o f "Top F rie n d s." This g u y 's lack of In te rn e t e tiq u e tte has put m e in q uite the quand ary. I here is alw ay s the o p tio n o f ca n ce llin g his pixel-based frien d sh ip , rem ov in g m y self from his No. 3 and a lle v ia tin g my a g itatio n . But th at w ould m ean I'd lose a c­ cess to all fu tu re stalk in g of his page and his w ife 's , and we ca n 't have that. B r o fj n y is a B c r e e n m it m g g r a d u a t e •tu d e n t Tuesday, March 24, 2009 U n iv k h s it y 5A S t r e e t s o u n d s UT alum overseas as a spokesman for US Army unit >,ou/ he said- "You iust accept it when you go out." Marotto responds to media i Lt. C ol. M aro tto d etails , the d angers of serv in g in th e m ilitary in Iraq i r ' Daily Texan Staff By Viviana Aldous ¡^q u ests, provides press re- leases about command infor- mation and missions and inter- acts with the Iraqi community. UT alumnus Wayne Marotto Before becoming a spokesman, must silence his fears while he Marotto served as an infantry- áerves as a voice for a U.S. Army man unit stationed in Iraq. We ve experienced these thinSs'" Marotto said. "W hen uated in 1988 w ith a bache- y°u're a m aneuver guy, you lor's degree in history, is now can s Peak about the Arm y a spokesman for the 2nd Bri- gade C om bat Team, 1st Ar- mored Division. Lt. Col. Marotto, who grad- Most spokesmen are army veterans, Marotto said. tbe Army, tbat waY It is important that the work "It's definitely an interest- ing jo b ," M arotto said. "I get the Army d°es is communicat- to use my brain a lot, rather ed Pr° P edy so that U.S. citi- zens understand the mission than my brawn." The Germany-based unit is and accom plishm ents of the stationed in Camp Striker, just U.S. military toward furthering the Soals of the United States outside of Baghdad. M arotto has been a spokesman for six borne and abroad," said Ma- years and has been in Iraq for Before jo in in g the Army, nearly a year, since his unit's 15-month deploym ent began W ayne w as in v o lv ed wi t h ROTC. He said that both his ed- last April. "O ur goal is to sustain the ucation and his extracurriculars rotto's wife, Amy. security and protect the Iraqi helped him with his job. “As a history major, I had to p eop le," M arotto said. "T h e Iraqi Security Forces — Iraqi be able to speak well and speak army, national police — in- quickly, which helps me with creasingly have the capacity to my current job in public af- fairs," he said. "ROTC helped operate independently." Marotto said he is concerned me be a leader. I had to speak in front of crowds of men and about his safety in Iraq. He said the chance of a daily attack in di- give orders." visions of Baghdad patrolled by Wayne said he met his wife multinational forces averages 39 while attending UT. He went percent, compared to the 80 per- home to Germany once dur- cent average last year. Despite ing his deployment and keeps the decreased number of attacks, contact with his wife and two he said running simple errands daughters via phone and e-mail, "H e is proud to serve his can still be dangerous. "E v ery t i me y o u 're d riv - country, and I'm proud to sup- ing around or in the market, port h im ," Amy said. "I am you're worried someone is go- looking forward to the end ing to come up with a suicide of the deployment, as are our vest and blow you up or shoot two daughters." Recycle your copy of T h e D a i l y T e x a n FINANCIAL AID J.D. Finley, left, relaxes with his friend Dowl "Cornbread" Ellis outside a laundromat at 43rd and Duval streets on Monday afternoon Finlev who was once a traveling musician, quoted Willie Nelson, saying, "Old musicians should come to Austin to d ie ." Jeffrey McWhorter | Daily Texan Staff Former security adviser to discuss war on terrorism By Rachel Platis Daily Texan Staff Juan Carlos Zarate, George W. Bush's deputy national securi­ ty adviser for combating terror­ ism, will discuss the war on ter­ ror and the Obama administra­ tion's anti-terrorism policies to­ night at the Lyndon B. Johnsoh School of Public Affairs. Zarate will address UT stu­ dents and faculty as part of his message that "the war on ter­ ror is an ongoing endeavor." The Robert S. Strauss Center for In­ ternational Security and Law will host Zarate's lecture, "Les­ sons, Challenges and the Contin­ uation of the War on Terror," as part of the International Security Speaker Series. "The series brings in lead­ ing scholars and policy practi­ tioners to discuss security de­ mands for the global modern w orld," said Laura Jones, an LBJ School spokeswoman. From 2001 to 2005, Zarate worked in the Department of the Treasury in the Office of Enforcement, where he led the global campaign against terror­ ist financing. He was the first to hold the office of assistant sec­ retary for terrorist financing and financial crimes. "I entered the Justice Depart­ ment just before 9/11 as a pros­ ecutor in the terrorism section, where I got an early taste of al- Qaida," Zarate said. From 2005 to 2009, Zarate was responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the U.S. government's coun­ terterrorism strategy. "The war on terror has not gone away," Zarate said. "This is an opportunity to frame what the new ad m inistration has been trying to do and to put it into context for the UT student body and the American public. We're going to see the continu­ ation of the policies we've been seeing on the war on terror, de­ spite what we hear." Zarate maintains that coun­ terterrorism is critical to the public debate on what about national security is important and what form new policies should take. "I provide a well-informed middle ground to show where we are going," Zarate said. Zarate said he is looking for­ ward to visiting Austin and speaking at UT for the first time. "I hope listeners take away the ability to look at the public de­ bate about the war on terror and put it into context," Zarate said. The lecture will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Brown Room of the LBJ Library. Admission is free. 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The authors of the bills cite drastically underserved popula­ tion-' as the key reasons behind the creation of new schools. “ In terms of client or law- yer-to-citizen ratio in the [Rio Grande] Valley, we are three times at a disadvantage com­ pared to the national average and 2 1/2 times the state aver­ age," said Rep. Eddie Lucio, au­ thor of legislation to create a law school at UT-Brownsville. "We have far fewer lawyers per po­ tential client than in other parts of the state." Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, who is sponsoring similar leg­ islation for UNT, says Dallas is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country without a public law school. The $40 mil­ lion U N T requested from the state Legislature was legitimate because of the need for a pub­ lic law school in the area, West said at the b ill's committee hearing earlier this month. "... A lot of firms have cut back on the students they're hiring over the summer. There's a fear, especially among [third- and second-year law students] about getting a job." — Belinda Garcia, second-year law student According to the Texas High­ er Education Coordinating Board, however, applications to law schools have declined by 7 percent since 2004 and by 13 percent in Texas. "There is no conclusive ev­ idence to suggest that Texas is in immediate need of more lawyers now or in the near fu­ ture," the board said in a report published in October. "Tex­ as appears to be producing or importing enough lawyers to meet the state's current em­ ployment demands, and over the next seven years, the num­ ber of lawyers is projected to grow at a faster rate than the increase in population." The report acknow ledg­ es that Texas graduates fewer lawyers than most other states, and that the Rio Grande Valley sends fewer students to Tex­ as law schools than any other region. If a law school were to be established, the report says, the Valley and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are both via­ ble options. ing law school close to home. "A considerable portion of the student body of UT- Brownsville are non-tradition- al students who are working while attending college. If you also factor in that many of these students are hesitant to leave the region to attend a school, it seems rather obvious that a lo­ cal law school would have some number of the local population who want to attend," Villarre­ al said. "I, myself, would have rather attended a school with­ in commuting distance of my home in Harlingen, if you had asked me then." Second-year law student Belinda Garcia said she's not sure Texas has enough posi­ tions to accommodate the cur­ rent class of law graduates. "Even for summer associate positions, a lot of firms have cut back on the students they're hiring over the summer," Gar­ cia said. "Cutting back on those positions — it's a sign they'll probably be cutting back on permanent associate positions. There's a fear, especially among [third- and second-year law students] about getting a job." "The costs are really depen­ dent on whether there is a de­ mand for a law school," West said. UT law student Arturo Villar­ real said the Rio Grande Valley has a unique population that would be interested in attend­ L.G. and Ruby Friar relax on their front porch near 45th and Duval streets on Monday afternoon. The Friars have been married for 56 years and were both born and raised in the Austin area. Jeffrey McWhorter | D a i l y T e x a n S t a f f NEWS BRIEFLY 3 men charged in cop-dragging incident that led to soldier death KILLEEN — Charges have been filed against three men who alleged­ ly dragged a police officer through a parking lot with an SUV before the officer fatally shot the driver, a Fort Hood soldier. Killeen police identified the driv­ er as Pfc. Jarvis Galloway, 20, who died during the incident early Sat­ urday morning. Officer James Plank, who freed himself from the sport utility vehi­ cle and fell to the ground after firing his gun, was placed on administra­ tive leave. He was treated at a hos­ pital and released, authorities said. Tamarcus Gregor}' Brown, 19, and Mario Loren/o Jones, 23, each received charges of interfering with the duties of a public servant. Aver- wenone Holman, 18, was charged with fleeing from a police offi­ cer. Holman and Jones were also charged with marijuana possession. Brown was released from the Bell County' Jail. Holman and Jones, both of Killeen, remained jailed Monday on bonds totaling $8,000. The problems started when Hol­ man fled from the Killeen police of­ ficer who was investigating a fight early Saturday in a nightclub park­ ing lot, authorities said. As Plank ran after him, Holman tried to jump through the passenger window of a Chevrolet Trailblazer, police said. 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A ugustin left the b u rn t or­ ange for the Bobcat orange of C harlotte. Texas w as able to get by w ith­ out it during the non-confer­ ence portion of the schedule. A.J. A bram s more or less shot the team out of any trouble. O nce the Big 12 schedule be­ gan and Texas had to face coach­ es that had seen A bram s for the past four years, the lack of an A u­ gustin-like penetra tor began to become a problem . At every gam e, coaches put their quickest defender on A brams, and he w asn 't able to get free no matter^fiovv m any screens he ran through. Abrams became sporadic, at best, d u r­ ing conference play, and both his scoring and field goal percentag­ es dropped from their pre-Big 12 marks. This w as the perfect tim e for Texas to find an iden tity that d id n 't focus on A bram s a great shooter w ho need s to be set up by a point g u ard ia o r d e r to find room to score. The answ er cam e w ith the ad d itio n of Do- gus Balbay to the startin g lineup. But the m ove d id n 't come until a m onth into conference play, and Texas had already dropped three straight games. It w as the right move, just too late. E ven w ith B a lb a y r u n n in g the show , it w as clear that Texas needed a presence in the paint to ease the p ressure on A bram s on B B ALL continues on pau'1 3B Tuesday, M arch 24, 2009 BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL Big 12 teams defying predictions Half of six conference teams out ofNCAAs, but Sweet 16 berths second only to Big East By A run Bala Daily Texan Staff T his w as s u p p o se d to be a d o w n year for Big 12 basketball. The confer­ ence w as never even on the radar d u r­ ing discussions of the best leagues in the NCAA this season. Texas and Baylor, popular preseason picks to contend for the league cham ­ pionship, w ere not living up to expec­ tations, falling to lesser opponents and dropping from the top 25. Kansas sure­ ly could not be considered a legitim ate c o n ten d e r on the national stage after losing all five starters and leading scor­ ers from last season's national cham pi­ onship squad. And it w as all but guar­ anteed that Missouri w ould crumble in the face of serious com petition outside of a w eak Big 12. But after some late-season projections had the Big 12 struggling to get m ore than three team s in the NCA A tourna­ m ent, the conference now boasts three m em bers in the Sweet 16, second only to the Big East's five. Following a w ild conference tourna­ m ent th at m anaged to land six Big 12 team s in the Big Dance, the league was v indicated, as all of those team s w on their opening m atchups. In the second round, the conference's h ig h e r-se e d e d te am s — O k lah o m a, K ansas and M issouri — all advanced, w hile O klahom a State, Texas and Tex­ as A&M bow ed out to heavily favored com petition. The Cow boys and Long­ h orns played No. 1-seeded Pittsburgh and No. 2-seeded Duke close into the fi­ nal m inute of their respective contests, w hile Texas A&M w as sim p ly o ver­ w helm ed by top-seeded Connecticut. "We told o u r guys w e w o u ld stick around," Texas coach Rick Barnes said after the loss to Duke. "A t no point in time did our guys really flinch and think they couldn't get back in the game." The Big 12's rem aining teams will be featured in a series of 2-vs.-3 m atchups in the Sweet 16. Missouri will be the first Big 12 team to return to the court, as the West Re­ gion's No. 3 seed on Thursday. The Ti­ gers are paired w ith another set of Tigers in the region's second-seeded Memphis. M issouri's confidence should not be an issue after the team gritted out a tough four-point victory over M arquette in the previous round to reach the program 's first Sweet 16 since 2002. M em phis has m ade it a habit of reaching the tourna­ m ent's second w eekend, as John Cali- p ari’s squad is the only team in the na­ tion to be playing in its fourth consecu­ tive Sweet 16. Oklahoma, No. 2 in the South Region, w ill sq u a re off against No. 3-seeded Syracuse on Friday evening. N aism ith A w ard finalist Blake Griffin averaged m ore than 30 poin ts and 15 rebounds per gam e as the Sooners cruised through their first two tournam ent contests. Syr­ acuse, though, will likely prove a tough­ er test for O klahom a than M organ State or M ichigan, and the team m ay need Griffin to step up once again to carry the Serbian duo serves up dangerous game BIG 12 continues on page 2B O k la h o m a's Blake Griffin is a m ain reason the conference's top team is still h a n g in g around. Paul Chouy | D aily Texan Staff E liza b eth M o s k o w tiz j Daily Texan Staff Vanja Corovic, left, a n d her d o u b le s partner, Marija Milic, have risen to the top sp ot on UT's d o u b le s roster faster than any other pair in school history. The tw o share a b o n d as ethnic Serbians, a fact that head coach Patty Fendick-M cCain said contributes to their on -cou rt success. They are the No. 26 d o u b le s pair in the country. Texas top female singles player teams up with unlikely partner to find success in doubles By Rishi D aulat Daily Texan Staff L on g h o rn te n n is se n satio n Vanja Corovic isn't afraid to adm it she over­ w helm ingly preferred playing singles over doubles w hen she first arrived at UT. Fast forw ard three years, and C oro­ vic has garnered countless accolades playing both singles and doubles. That success, along w ith her chemistry w ith doubles p artn e r senior M arija Milic, has changed Corovic's opinion. "I love both equally now," Corovic said. "Playing doubles w ith Marija has been great for my all-around game." The dynam ic doubles team of Coro­ vic and Milic has slowly ascended the rankings ever since the pair's first year playing together, and' they have now' cem ented their place as one of the top doubles tandem s in the country. •When the tw o first met, they knew nothing about each other and were un ­ sure w hether the pairing w ould work. But after learning that they had sim ­ ilar Serbian backgrounds in com m on, the tw o instantly became friends, and their cam araderie carried over onto the tennis court. The d u o started off as the No. 3 d o u ­ bles pair at UT, but as the season pro­ gressed, they crept their w ay up the depth chart to the second spot and, in the sam e year, took over as UT's top doubles team. No team had moved all the w'ay up as quickly as Corovic and Milic did. "In an early-season m atch against S tanford m y so p h o m o re year, Van­ ja and I fought back to w in 9-7 in a m atch that decided the team doubles point, and from there w e seemed to re­ alize our potential and took off," Milic said. "We have alw ays bounced back from adversity w rit." DUO continues on page 3B BASEBALL Team will try to break 4-game slump by just relaxing By Laken Litm an Daily Texan Staff The L o n g h o rn s' sp rin g -b reak slu m p w as th e re su lt o f m in d games. Texas (14-6, 2-4 Big 12) headed into the break w ith a 12-1 record and a No. 1 ranking in the nation­ al polls. The Longhorns started a home series against Missouri a lit­ tle off-balance w hen they dropped the first gam e. They w ere able to m ake a com eback, w inning that Saturday's doubleheader. H ouston, the trouble really start­ ed . T hey lost 6-3 to Rice, and then flew to Law rence, Kan., to lose an entire series ag a in st the Jayhawks. With Dallas Baptist loom ing as tonight's m idw eek opponent, the Longhorns will take the field with a clean mindset. "We are going to come out and p u t the past behind us," said se­ nio r captain A ustin W ood "We are just going to focus on the task at hand." But w hen the team h eaded to Dallas Baptist is no conference opponent, but Texas players have been quick to note the skill of in­ state opponents. "Most teams in Texas have a lot of talent," Wood said. "So w e will go out and play tough." No m a tte r th e o p p o n e n t, the L onghorns m ust get back on top of their gam e if they w ant to have as successful a season as they had in 2005, w hen they w on the C ol­ lege World Series. All of the com ­ parisons of this y e a r's squ ad to the 2005 team will be forgotten if the Longhorns d o n 't pick up their gam e. As of now, Texas has lost four straight. Wood explained that head coach Augie G arrido constantly preach­ es to the team that having confi­ dence will bring them success and that iust relaxing and enjoying the gam e will give them their desired outcome. "If w e put pressure on ourselves and try to m ake thin g s h ap p e n , that's w here w e get into trouble," Wood said. And the consequences RELAX ,qe2B The Texas baseball team celebrates after a 4-3 victory over M issouri on M arch 15. They will face Dallas Baptist at 6 p.m., after lo sing four straight. Maxx Scholten | D aily Texan Staff 2B Si'OK I’s BIG 12 W O M E N 'S BASKETBALL Four Big 12 teams advance to second round The Associated Press LUBBOCK — B aylor coach Kim M ulkey w as released from the hospital after having a reac­ tion to m edication she w as tak­ ing follow ing the rem oval of a kidney stone last week. M ulkey left U niversity M edi­ cal C enter m idday M onday and w ent to practice w ith her second- seeded Bears. B aylo r sp o k e sw o m a n Ju lie B ennett said it w as not im m e­ d ia te ly clear w h e th e r M ulkey w o u ld coach T uesday n ig h t's s e c o n d - r o u n d N C A A g a m e , w hich pits Baylor (28-5) against No. 7 seed South D akota State. She m issed the Bears' 87-82 vic­ tory over Texas-San A ntonio on Sunday night. She w as taken to the hospital Sunday m orning, two days after having a kidney stone rem oved in Waco. A ssistant Leon Barmore, w ho filled in for M ulkey on S unday night, turned to sophom ore M e­ lissa Jones w hen second-seeded Baylor w ent to overtim e against UTS A. Jones finished w ith a career- high 21 points and 10 rebounds an d scored eight of B aylor's 18 overtim e points in the Bears' 87- 82 victory. "M.J. cam e th ro u g h for us," B arm ore said. "I th o u g h t sh e w as huge for us the w hole gam e — especially at the end." Baylor faces se v en th -se ed ed South Dakota State (32-2,17-1) at 8:30 tonight on ESPN2. Texas A&M SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Texas A & M 's sm othering defense w as too m uch for upstart Evansville. The A ggies forced a season- high 30 turnovers, leading to 43 points, and Danielle G ant scored 21 to lead Texas A&M to an 80- 45 victory S und ay over the Pur­ ple Aces in the first round of the NCAA tournam ent. The A ggies u sed a 14-0 ru n early to open a 20-5 lead, and a 15-2 run in the second half to put the gam e away, holding Evans­ ville to 25 percent shooting in the second half. "We were overm atched in just about every category," said Evans­ ville coach Misty Murphy. "They dictated w hat w e did out there." A&M faces No. 10 seed M in­ nesota (20-11, 11-7) this evening at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN 2. Oklahoma IOWA CITY, Io w a — W hat w as su p p o se d to be a tu n e u p for Oklahom a turned out to be a w akeup call — for about 25 m in­ utes. D a n ie lle R o b in so n sc o re d 15 p oints, A shley P aris ad d e d 14 and the to p-seed ed Sooners overcame a sluggish start to beat P rairie View A&M 76-47 S u n ­ day night in the first round of the Oklahom a City Regional. C ourtney Paris had 11 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks for O klahom a (29-4), w hich led 42- 34 before overw helm ing the 16th- seeded Lady Panthers w ith a 17-1 run early in the second half. The Sooners closed the game on a 34-13 run, held Prairie View to 6-of-33 shooting and out-rebound­ ed the scrappy Lady Panthers 30- 19 in the final 20 minutes. " O k la h o m a j u s t w o re u s Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey was released from the hospital M onday after a reaction to medication. The Bears defeated UTSA on Sunday, despite Mulkey's absence. Baylor will face South Dakota State at 8:30 p.m. today. Andrew Rogers | Daily Texan Staff dow n," said Prairie View coach C y n th ia C o o p er-D y k e. "T hey w ere able to reb o u n d the ball and fast break and get some easy buckets, w hereas in the first half, w e w ere able to play a little bit better transition defense." Iowa State BOW LING G R E E N , Ky. — Iowa State d id n 't play — or shoot — like a team looking ahead. Alison Lacey m ade six of Iowa State's record-tying 16 3-pointers and the fourth-seeded Cyclones routed East Tennessee State 85-53 in the opening round of NCAA tournam ent on Sunday. Iowa State (25-8) tied the tour­ n a m e n t record for 3 -p o in te rs set by H arv ard in the dpening ro u n d of the 1996 tournam ent. They play 12th-seeded Ball State, w h ich u p se t Tennessee, in the second round on Tuesday night. Kansas State ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Too bad Vanderbilt can't play the en­ tire NCAA tournam ent at The Pit. Je n n ifer R isper scored a ca­ reer-high 27 points and Christina Wirth added 24 as fourth-seeded Vanderbilt beat tifth-seeded Kan­ sas State 74-61 in the N C A A 's second round on M onday night. The C o m m o d o res (26-8) a d ­ vanced to the sem ifinals of the Raleigh regional, w here they'll play next w eekend against the w inner of Tuesday night's contest between M aryland and Utah. Ashley Sweat led the fifth-seed­ ed Wildcats (25-8) w ith 17 points w hile M arlies G ipson scored 16 and Shalee Lehning had 10. V anderbilt w on tw ice at The Pit in last season's NCAA to u r­ nam ent. Now, the C om m odores are 4-0 over the past two years in A lbuquerque. SPORTS BRIEFLY tle at The University of Texas Golf Club. WOMEN'S GOLF Men's golf shoots 8-over-par to finish seventh in Arizona The Longhorn golf team was able to shake off last week's poor performance in Las Vegas, Nev. with a sev­ enth-place finish in the N a­ tional Invitational Tournament this week. The solid play of juniors Charlie Holland and Lance Lo­ pez helped the Horns finish with an 8-over-par three-round total of 872. The stroke total w'as good enough to place Tex­ as in the top half of the 15-team field. The duo of Holland and Lopez finished tied for 14th with a score of 1-over-par. Despite the Homs im­ proved play they were unable to catch New' Mexico, which took first place with a 14-un- der-par total. The Longhorns host the 43rd annual Morris Williams In­ tercollegiate tournament this weekend. The team will try for a repeat of last year 's per­ formance as they defend its ti­ — M a tth ew Searcy Renowned sports author to visit UT campus on Tuesday Best-selling author Michael Lewis, author of popular sports-related books such as "Moneyball" and "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" will speak tonight at 6 in the Texas Union Ballroom as part of the Student Event C enter's Distinguished Speakers series. A pass is required but does not guarantee admission to the free event. UT students, facul­ ty and staff may obtain pass­ es from the Texas Union Stu­ dent Events Center informa­ tion desk. The renowned author has also written about politics and finance. "Moneyball" talks about the major leagues with a small budget by analyzing sta­ tistics to find hitters with high on-base percentages and pitch­ ers with a high amount of ground outs. — C olby W hite Horns struggle with opponents, elements By Matthew Hohner Daily Texan Staff Som etim es giving it your all is not good enough — especial­ ly in the w orld of golf. A valiant effort by the Texas w om en's golf team p u t it sm ack in the m id ­ dle of the standings at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational. P urdue stole the show, w in ­ ning the in v ita tio n a l w ith an 8-over-par score. P u rd u e's M a­ ria H ernandez, from Pamplona, Spain, set the U niversity of Tex­ as Golf C ourse record for a 54- hole to u rn am en t rou n d w ith a total score of 210. A Texas Exes mem ber w ith a score of 212 held the previous course record. "Those three ro u n d s of golf w ere o u tsta n d in g ," said head coach M a rth a R ich ard s. "O n this cham pionship-caliber golf course, especially in these w indy conditions, w as am azing." The H ill C o u n tr y 's w in d y conditions frustrated m any golf- "There's always an incentive to play better at home, but we played a lot of go o d golf." — Martha Richards, head coach ers on the fairways 1n their final day of play. "I felt like I hit the shot that I w a n te d ," sa id s e n io r K el­ ley Louth. "It ju st d id n 't play enough for the w ind." The Longhorns were not able to capitalize on their home fairways, which left the team in disappoint­ m ent. Texas ended up in ninth place with a score of 55-over-par. "T hey d id a g rea t job an d played hard this weekend," Rich­ ards said. "There's always an in­ centive to play better at home, but w e played a lot of good golf." L outh led the H o rn s w ith a score of 11-over-par. She has led the team as its top finisher in its last three com petitive events. "I w as just trying to stay fo­ cu sed ," L outh said. "I w o u ld have liked to finish better on a couple of m y rounds." Junior Shannon Fish got off to a good start, leading the Longhorns in her first day of the tournament. She finished second on the team standings with a 14-over-par. "I w as a little uncom fortable over the ball this w eek," Fish said. "I've been w orking on my sw ing lately, but I've been p u t­ ting better than recently." The L onghorns w ill look to bring their renew ed w ork eth ­ ic into the Indiana Invitational, which begins April 6. Tuesday, March 24, 2009 BIG 12: Ignored early in season, league explodes From page 1B team into the Elite Eight. Also on Friday, the Jayhawks, defending national cham pions and a No. 3 seed in the M id ­ west Region, are set to face No. 2-seeded M ichigan State. The gam e will be a rem atch for the tw o team s. The S p artan s d e ­ feated Kansas 75-62 earlier this year. Jay h aw k s so p h o m o re C ole A ldrich p o ste d a trip le -d o u ­ ble in K a n sa s' 60-43 v ic to ry over D ayton on Sunday. Like O klahom a, the Jayhaw ks will be hoping for another big day from their big m an in order to come out on top of the Spartans this tim e around and continue to defend their title. "A n y tim e you can w in a league, it's a good season," said K ansas coach Bill Self. "You can't have a great season unless you do well in the NCAA tour­ nam ent. We've had a great sea­ son now. Now, w e've got to try to make the season special." RELAX: UT has chance to find way out of rut From pagelB will m ost likely be the result of w hat's happened the past cou­ ple of games." Wood explained that the key to w inning is sim ply relaxing, som ething this y ear's team has had trouble doing. "A s soon as w e fig u re o u t h o w to re la x a n d p la y th e gam e, w e're gonna be a force to be reckoned w ith," he said. "But until then, well, w e're just not all there yet." In last w eekend's K ansas se­ ries, the L onghorns did the ex­ act o p p o site — they p u t too m uch stress on them selves af­ ter losses an d ended up being swept. "We are just trying too hard," Wood said. "We p u t too m uch pressure on ourselves and try­ ing to m ake things happen in­ stead of just relaxing and not w orrying about the outcome." In th e h e a t of th e se aso n , the team m em bers m u st co n ­ trol their m inds and not get too w orked up, especially against beatable teams. "A ll te a m s s tr u g g le , a n d w e're struggling," Wood said. "You can't force things. We just need to relax. But [relaxing] is a personal thing." The L o n g h o rn s w ill m ake th eir a tte m p t at p la y in g in a relaxed state tonight at UFCU Disch-Falk Field against Dallas Baptist at 6 p.m. Stay stuck on Texas! Stay stuck on Texas! Congratulates the follow ing winners o f the 2009 Cactus Goodfellow Awards Congratulates the follow in g winners o f the 2(X)9 Outstanding Student Awards Farah Ahmed Nickolas A . Lebo Prashanth Magadi Berenice Medellin Keshav Rajagopalan Sam Stripling y 0-UG \AjQylcf Vicki Chang Paul Gavaza Jennifer Jehli Reese A. Mathieu IV Christopher Plummer Franklin M. Shulkin WOMEN'S TENNIS Streaking Longhorns find success over break By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff T he Texas te n n is team has started Big 12 play w ith a bang. After a lethargic beginning of the non-conference season, No. 27 Texas has w on six straig h t matches, including four consec­ utive conference victories, and now sits alone atop the Big 12 standings. The H o rn s w ere sc h ed u le d to play four m atches this past w eek, bu t their first m atch of the w eekend, against No. 5 Cali­ fornia, w as canceled due to rain. The m atch w as not rescheduled because both teams had upcom ­ ing matches the sam e w eekend. On M arch 15 the H om s faced No. 63 Texas Tech in Lubbock and cam e aw ay w ith a narrow 4-3 victory. The Red R aiders sw ep t the doubles session, but Texas show ed great resiliency in the singles, taking four of the six m atches to earn a 4-3 team win. Vanja Corovic, Krista D am ­ ico, Sarah Lancaster and Maggie M ello w ere all in dividual vic­ tors for Texas. Texas then took on unranked O klahom a in A ustin on Friday and proceeded to d om inate its Red River rival, 5-2. The H om s a g a in c o n c e d e d th e d o u b le s p o in t b u t th e n to o k o v e r in the singles session w ith C aro ­ line L arsso n , D am ico, M ello, A m an d a C ra d d o c k a n d L an­ caster all picking u p w ins for the Longhorns. In th e ir final m a tch of an eventful w eek, Texas took on No. 73 O klahom a State on Sat­ urday and cruised to a 5-2 win. T he L o n g h o rn s fin a lly to o k their first doubles point in four matches and then took four sin­ gles m atches to clench the win. D am ico, M ello and L ancaster all finished an im pressive u n ­ d efeated singles w eek for the Longhorns. T here w as a bit of d istre ss­ ing n ew s for th e H orn$ th is past w eekend, however. Junior Corovic w as forced to retire in her singles m atch against O kla­ h o m a, and sh e d id n o t c o m ­ p ete in the e ith e r of th e s e s ­ sions against the Cowboys. Co­ rovic, the H o rn s' top in d iv id u ­ al and doubles player, has been plag u ed by a lingering injury b u g this season and has now been forced to miss four team matches. D espite h er injury, the d o u ­ bles tandem of Marija Milic and Corovic has again m anaged to creep its w ay into the Top 25, sitting directly at No. 25. No. 27 Texas next faces No. 61 Tulsa on W ednesday at the Pen- ick-Allison Tennis Center. Tuesday, March 24, 2009 DUO: Last chance for doubles pair to shine From page IB friends with Rubio. Assistant m en's tennis coach Ricardo Rubio said he believes they are the perfect complement to each other on the court. "Marija serves and volleys and is really aggressive at net, while Van- ja is always relaxed and very solid from the baseline," Rubio said. The duo only speaks the Ser­ bian language when com m uni­ cating with each other, and their head coach, Patty Fendick-M c- Cain, believes that their common native tongue has been an inte­ gral part of their success. "The language they use is a kind of competitive advantage, and at the same time their common her­ itage has really helped build their great rapport on and off the court," Fendick-McCain said. Corovic hails from Belgrade, Serbia, and grew up playing ten­ nis. She steadily im proved and becam e a ju nior phenom enon, traveling all over the world to play International Tennis Feder­ ation tournaments, which are re­ served for the top 18-and-under players in the w orld. She also participated in prestigious events such as the ju n io r W im bledon and the Junior French Open. After her incredible junior ca­ reer, all the top programs in the United States recruited her heav­ ily, but fo rtu n ately fo r Texas, C o rov ic's coach in Serbia was "H er coach, Bane Jevrem ovic, was a good friend of mine who previously had told me about a m en's player from Serbia that he coached, Milan M ihailovic, and I recruited him to play for UT," Rubio said. "When Bane told me about his newest prodigy, Vanja, I watched her play at Junior Wim­ bledon and knew she would be an incredible player for Texas." That made the recruiting pro­ cess pretty easy. R ubio told C orovic that UT w as a great academ ic universi­ ty and that Austin was a lively town. Trusting her junior coach's friend , C orovic talked to Fen- dick-M cCain and signed to play at UT without ever talking to an­ other college coach. M ilic's route to UT was not as decorated, but she had a stellar ju­ nior career in her own right — one that found her being recruited by many of the top tennis programs in the country. She grew up in On­ tario and traveled across North and South America to play in ITF competitions, the same sector of tournaments Corovic was compet­ ing in thousands of miles away. On her recruiting trip to Texas, she fell in love with the school, city and tennis coaches and swift­ ly decided that UT was the right place for her college experience. The duo garnered an ITA No. 12 ranking at the end of last sea- son, and this year is the doubles team's final shot at garnering the lofty All-American title, a desig­ nation they missed by two rank­ ing spots last year. To date, the pair has compiled a 48-17 overall record. After a doubles session, Coro­ vic typically heads out on court as the L on g h o rn s' top sin gles player and is currently ranked No. 104 in the ITA. Sh e w as ranked as high as No. 20 last sea­ son, but this year, after starting out ranked No. 45, she has been plagued by the injury bug. Mi lie, on the other hand, usu­ ally heads to the bleachers and emphatically cheers on whoever is playing singles for the Horns, "She is the team captain and al­ most kind of a coach in practice and m atch es," freshman Maya Zein said of Milic. "She's just very outspoken and motivational." Corovic and Milic were ranked No. 11 at one point this season, but they have slipped to No. 26, largely because Corovic was un­ able to com pete for almost three weeks due to a shoulder injury. A ssistant coach Darija Klaic believes the tandem is as talented as anybody in the country. "This is their last year to put it all together and really achieve their goals," she said. 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Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 2,000 past puzzles nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year) Share tips: nytimes.com/wordplay Crosswords for young solvers nytimes com/learning/xwords m cm m m ’ C F I f T M i S T O t f • 7 0 9 • # e s t 2St»< * 4 5 3 2 : f S O U T H S T O R E * 112 W * * t E K z a t e t h • 3 2 6 2 6 2 9 WUUNVIDEe.COM / V yI Tuesday, March 24, 2009 LIFK&ARTS IN STORES THIS WEEK Blue October Approaching Normal Look at the new Blue October album, Ap­ proaching N orm al, this way: R olling Stone gave it two stars. Keep in mind, this is the same publication that's been pleasuring it­ self to U2 s latest flop, so let's recognize the magazine as the irrelevant trash it's quick­ ly becom ing and give A pproaching N orm al a chance. One thing's for sure: The record is the San Marcos-based fivesome's most ambitious to date. After 2006's Foiled went platinum on the strength of hit singles "H ate M e" and Into the Ocean," the group finally found it­ self entering the recording studio with a lit­ tle less pressure from the label, and the re­ sults are wonderful. Blue O ctober never has been, and never will be, a typical m odem rock group, as its music makes striking contrasts between light and dark, hard and soft, happy and sad. A p­ proaching N ormal is no different, beginning with the somber and moody "Weight of the World," which is anchored by Jeremy Furst- enfeld's boom ing drum s, before launching into the more upbeat "Say It." Furstenfeld has always walked a fine line when it comes to songwriting — the line that separates sincere, legitim ate feeling from "em o ." This tightrope act, w hich Fursten­ feld executes successfully, is what makes the band one of the most genuine acts today. The lyrics, which often take on intensely m elan­ cholic subjects, w ork because Furstenfeld isn't writing for any group; he's simply writ­ ing about things he knows. For him, this of­ ten includes his struggles with mental illness and depression. But what makes his songs so special is the fact that even though the album features a song like " The E nd ," a disturbing fantasy told from the perspective of a scorned lov­ er watching his ex-wife make love to another man, there are also tracks like "Blue D oes," a poignantly beautiful lullaby Furstenfeld wrote about his daughter. The album isn't without missteps, which occur when the band lapses into standard m odem rock fare, namely on the aforem en­ tioned "Say It" and the album 's first sin ­ gle, "D irt Room ." If anything, these are the tracks the group wrote to appease their label enough to let them experim ent elsew here, an unfortunate circumstance, but one that's all too common today. All in all, Approaching Normal is a great record from a band that's m anaged to establish itself firm ly in the "love them or hate them " category. Approaching Normal drops today. — Robert Rich Harlem Shakes Technicolor Health The Decemberists Hazards of Love A fte r tre atin g A u stin a u d ien ces to a packed w eek of shows at South by South­ west, Brooklyn's Harlem Shakes are finally back home to continue the celebration with today's release of their debut album, Techni­ color Health. W ith a m ere h and fu l of early dem os and a five-track, self-released EP, Harlem Shakes managed to distinguish themselves as one o f the acts to look out for, touring w ith the likes of D eerhoof and Vampire W eekend w hile am assing critical acclaim from seem ingly everywhere. The long-awaited debut reveals a sound distinct from the band's early music, main­ taining the raw edge of earlier recordings while carving a unique niche in indie rock. Bringing in new influences from bands such as Blur, G rand ad d y and Beta Band, the Shakes have created soaring pop melodies, a sound that captures what lead singer Lexy Benaim describes as the, "m usical em bodi­ ment of prosperity in the '90s." " I t 's lo t m ore a m b itio u s ," Benaim said of the new album. "The EP we made was after w e'd been together for like two months. So this record is us in a much more evolved stage." From the first track to the last, the album shines w ith a new ly upbeat sense of opti­ mism. Lyrics of "C hanges Com ing Soon" and expectations of a "Better Year" layered over golden m elodies radiate an overall hopeful spirit throughout the album. "I feel like in the last two years we just lived so much," Benaim said. "So much shit happened, good and bad. It's alm ost too much to process, and the only acceptable re­ sponse for us was this kind of willful opti­ mism in the face of this sea of experience." With w ell-crafted songs rich with gor­ geous, multi-instrumental melodies and its signature vocal harmonies, the band's mu­ sic translates to a vibrant live show. Harlem Shakes gave Austin the greatest taste of their music, filling venues with palpable energy and show ering the audience with colorful vocals from every band member. — Malory Lee If it's possible to make a progressive folk record, one loosely structured around a sin­ gle concept, with seamless track transitions and multiple recurring musical motifs, The D ecem berists are the band to do it. Colin M eloy's exaggerated, over-the-top epics are nothing if not interesting, and the band re­ mains one of the most buzzworthy acts in re­ cent memory. So it should com e as no sur­ prise that the group's newest release, Hazards o f Love, is hotly anticipated and that National Public Radio chose to preview their record in full at last week's South by Southwest Festi­ val. The album lives up to the hype. Kind of. It's definitely ambitious, and unlike previ­ ous albums, which found Meloy sticking to lengthy song suites rather than full-fledged concept albums, Hazards o f Love swings for the fences. Unfortunately, it's more like a long fly ball, headed for the bleachers but caught at the w arning track. That starts at track five. The opening com bination of "P r e lu d e " /"T h e H azards of Love 1 " / " A Bow er S c e n e "/"W o n 't Want For Love" is fierce, trekking from slow-burning and ten­ sion-building to melodically beautiful to ag­ gressive and hard-hitting. And then it does the same thing again. Ultimately, that's the problem with Haz­ ards o f Love. It's got some great moments — and some really great moments — but those m om ents are soon after repeated, alm ost note for note, diluting the originals' power and implying a loss of either creativity or in­ spiration. The themes that Meloy chooses to revisit throughout the record aren't the most interesting, so when they show up again without any added flourishes, they're even less so. This m akes the album alm ost im possi­ ble to listen to from start to finish in a single sitting, but you'll certainly want to. You'll get about halfway through and start skip­ ping tracks, then feel bad and stop. The next day, or maybe a few hours later, depending on your level of perseverance, you'll come back for another shot, but the sam e thing will happen. Hazards o f Love is an album that wants to be great, but just can't quite get there. It is, in a phrase, wonderfully average. Don't fear, though: Meloy and com pany are only m o­ ments away from putting it all together, and when they do, that w ill be the record you want to listen to. Hazards of Love drops today. — Robert Rich 5B CUBAN: Artist’s family life plays part in his beats From page 6B knew I wanted a situation between one and anoth­ er person, and then I wanted to represent the fruit in the song visually. But other than that, me and my friend Mike just went with it and tried to create a re­ ally problematic situation that just definitely pulled from old surrealist films. DT: How does your experience living in Cuba in­ form your music, or do you feel like it does at all? LG: It does in when I mention being exposed to all those Russian films growing up. Definitely. Oth­ erwise, 1 don't really pull from Cuban music really, except maybe on "Mostly a Friend;" I do show a lit­ tle bit of the Spanish guitar influence. I had fun do­ ing that, but I generally don't want to gravitate to just making C uban-inspired music. But definitely when I grew up there, I hung out on the street a lot with my friends catching bugs. There was this one time that I got really sick and the doctor there told my mom that the thing they needed to do was take me to this one beach where it was all rocks and no sand and just dump me in the water and have me swim around for a few hours every day. That kind of thing definitely inspires a lot of the stuff on that record. DT: Do you know why your parents moved? * LG: I never really got a chance to speak to my mother about that kind of stuff seriously ever, and my dad is not really that spoken about it. But it's probably just the fact that it was really rough, and we were having a lot of problems finding food and things like that. Also, [there was a] definite politi­ cal overbearing sense upon them because I know that when my mom was growing up, she got real­ ly, really in trouble with the local Com m unist po­ lice. There is a person on every block. At least, at that time there was a person on every block as part of a com m ittee that would point out people doing things that were American, so she got in big trou­ ble for listening to like black-market Beatles records. They were definitely going to get her in deep, deep trouble until my grandmother got her out of it, but that's probably why we got out of there. CINEMA: New waves of Indian influences hit Hollywood scene From page 6B Indian cinem a's biggest icon. The success o f "Slum dog M illionaire" has not necessarily m ade Bollyw ood any more popular among Am erican audiences, but according to Hol­ lyw ood's pow er brokers, the Mumbai film indus­ try has gained currency. Sony and Warner have be­ gun collaborations with Indian production houses, though most haven't been successful. Bollywood, once a pejorative term, today represents enormous opportunity for American film companies. And, we all know who wants to be a billionaire. MOVIE: ‘500 Days of Summer’ attempts to make sense of loves inner workings From page 6B character, and I listened to music that made that happen. DT: O ne of the big them es in the movie is the myth of love and the idealized version of it. W hat's your take on this theme? MW: T h e re 's a tim e in you r life when you really believe find­ ing som eone else will solve all of your problems. You put all of the w eight of your insecurities and m anifest them in this other hu­ man being and think that's what happiness is. But love, you have to take responsibility for it. It's up to you to create things, and you ca n 't ju st let things w ash ov er you Love is m ythological and m agical, it's wonderful, but you can 't approach it with lazi­ ness. JGL: It ultimately ended up be­ ing a story about people. I don't w an t to say s e rio u s, b eca u se that sounds kind of somber, but I take these things sincerely. It's im portant shit, how love goes. I'v e been in love, and I'v e had my heart broken, and this movie felt like that. I talked to Marc and we felt it was im portant to pre­ serve that integrity and not turn it into som e goofy, jo k ey thing. It's a heartfelt story that happens to also be very funny. "500 Days o f Sum m er " is set to be released by Fox Searchlight P ic­ tures on July 17. "I've been in love, and I've had my heart broken, and this movie felt like that." Gordon-Levitt, Actor E T Y O U R G A M E ON A T t PM T O N I G H T - , lilE A R E A T SXSW ! ! ! ! ! ¡ I N T E R A C T I V E ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Watch the best of Screen Burn ame Panels! Recycle your copy of T h e D a ily T exan W hole E a r t h Weekly Web Specials 90 to W holoEarthProvision.eom Whole E arth Provision Co. Tuesday, M arch 24, 2009 A i T h e D a i l y T e w n VIS Life& Arts Editor: Ana M cK en zie E-mail: lifeandarts@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 w w w .dailytexanonline.com Film takes on myths of love with music Hollywood catches a bit of Bollywood film lever By Vijay Parthasarathy Daily Texan Staff I year a posse of Indian ac­ tresses — m a jo r c e le b ritie s — w ere o b s e rv e d b e h a v in g lik e h y p era ctiv e teen ag e fans at the Venice In tern atio n al Film Festi­ val. The object of their attention? C eofg e Clooney. B ollyw ood ce­ lebrities w h o w o u ld o rd in a rily be m obbed by their adoring fans at a coffee sh o p in d o w n to w n M um bai c e rta in ly k n o w th e ir place in the pecking order. Until recently, Bollywood stars w ould co n sid er it an en o rm o u s privilege to get a five-m inute slot on an A m erican talk show. Aish- warya Rai's appearances on "The O p ra h W infrey S how " an d the "Late S how w ith D avid Letter- m an" a cou p le of years ago re­ ceived much attention from the In­ dian media. The country had en­ tered the global consciousness, the western media reported smugly. T hen, "S lu m d o g M illionaire" tran sfo rm ed F reida P in to from an In d ian m odel to an in te rn a ­ tional su p e rsta r — a genuine ce­ lebrity w ho n o w h o b n o b s w ith the likes of S carle tt Jo h a n sso n and receives career advice from Kate W inslet. She is exotic an d , as far as sh e is co n c e rn e d , th e new Penelope Cruz. But th e re w e re o th e r forces driving the M um bai film in d u s­ try's su d d e n rise in prom inence. A n In d ian co m p an y financed a couple of Will S m ith m ov ies to the tune of $15 million, and before you knew it, Smith w as in M um ­ bai do in g th e talk show ro u n d s and m aking the right noises about w anting to w ork w ith Rai. K ylie M in o g u e is th e la te s t com m ercial p o p sym bol to a p ­ p e a r in an In d ia n m a in stre a m m ovie, and Sylvester S tallone is ' next in line. "S hantaram ," a film that is set in the M um bai u n d er­ w o rld , is b e in g a d a p te d from the novel and is currently u n d er p ro d u c tio n ; it fe a tu re s Jo h n n y D epp a n d A m ita b h B achchan, C IN E M A continues on page 5B K p i P W D irector M arc W e b b talks a b o u t his first feature film , "500 Days o f Sum mer," a ro m an tic c o m e d y fe a tu rin g Z o o e y D e sch a n e l and Jo se p h G o rd o n -L e v itt. Andrew Rogers | Daily Texan Staff ‘500 Days ol Summer stars, director note importance of songs to movie plot, their lives By Robert Rich Daily Texan Staff "500 D ays of S um m er" is a rom an­ tic com ed y th a t d o e s n 't w a n t to be. D etailing th e 500-day re la tio n sh ip betw een Tom, played by Joseph G or­ don-L evitt, an d Sum m er, played by Z ooey D eschanel, the m ovie takes a h a rd look a t re la tio n sh ip s an d o u r a rc h e ty p e s of love, e sp e c ia lly th e idealized w ay w e approach it. M ost im portantly, it's real. Sure, there's an over arching w h im ­ sical to n e to th e m ovie, a n d y eah , there's even a choreographed dance scene, b u t w h en y o u 're in love, or think you are, everything seem s that way. The Daily Texan sat dow n w ith G ordon-Levitt, Deschanel and direc­ tor Marc Webb for a roundtable d is­ cussion about the film. The D a ily Texan: The m o v ie is very relatable and unique from other rom antic com edies in the w ay it po r­ trays relationships. Zooey D eschan el: E veryone h as b een Tom an d e v e ry o n e h as b een Sum m er at som e point in their lives. I could relate to both situations, and it's a classic situ atio n , so I felt h o n ­ ored to be able to represent one side of that story. DT: M usic plays a huge role in the film. The tw o ch a racters first m eet over a Sm iths song, and every scene is carefully planned, music-wise. Tell m e about that. thought. M arc Webb: If you ju st look a t how big m usic p lay s a p art in y o u r life, it's a n o -b ra in e r th at it sh o u ld play a huge role in the film. Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Marc gave m e and Z o o ey iP o d s a t the b e g in ­ n in g of s h o o tin g w ith so n g s th a t w ere on his m ind, labeled to the d ay and w hat scenes they w ere for. W hen I'm w orking, th e m usic that 1 listen to is a big p art of it anyw ay; I careful­ ly select w hat 1 listen to for any g iv ­ en scene. To be on the sam e p age as the director w as fantastic, because it m akes m e feel like I'm on the sam e page w ith the m ovie as a whole. The m usic in th is m ovie is n o t an afte r­ ZD: I've w o rk e d on a lot of film s w h ere m usic has been v ery im p o r­ tant, but not approached in the sam e w ay. M usic h a s th e a b ility to im ­ m ediately co m m u n icate th at w hich y o u c a n 't sa y in w o rd s . I h ad th e iP od M arc g a v e us, b u t I h ad m y ow n stuff too, because you translate through your ow n attachm ent to cer­ tain songs. I listened to a bun ch of '60s dance m usic like M arvin G aye and the Tem ptations and stuff. W e'd h av e d ance p a rtie s in the h air an d m akeup trailer. For m e it w as about keeping a lightness an d grace to the MOVIE continues on page 5B A c t o r f a r i n g w e l l a l t e r h e a r t s u r g e r y Musician talks about his childhood Cuban roots, visual art influences UPv * < * Artist recalls early interest in video art, reminisces on youth in Havana, Cuba By J J . V elasq uez Daily Texan Staff A fter p e rfo rm in g a t E nd of an Ear records T hursday d u rin g South by S outhw est, Lesser G onzalez — a visual artist, poet and troubadour rolled in to one — sa t d o w n w ith The Daily Texan at a coffee shop and sw igged his Jum ex straw berry-ba- nana juice. The H avana-born but Mi­ am i-bred G onzalez is now based in Baltimore, w here he w orks w ith oth­ er m usic-m inded artists in the Dan D eacon-driven a rt collective W ham City. H e spoke about his childhood in a C om m unist country and his ar­ tistic aims. The D aily Texan: You com e from a v isu a l a rt b a c k g ro u n d b u t also draw heavily from your musical and literary lum inaries. Do you feel your w ork is a m eeting betw een different art forms? L e s s e r G o n z a le z : D efinitely. All of th a t stu ff com es, I th in k , from the sam e place. I enjoy visualizing things in w ords and also describing visual things in w ords, so all of it is kind of the sam e thing. All that stuff is im portant at the sam e tim e to me. I can't give up one for the other. DT: Your video for "The Letter B" is less of a con v en tio n al n arrativ e video and more of a video art piece. W hat w as your inspiration for that, and w hat w ere you trying to go for? L G : You'd probably be very cor­ rect in [saying] it's very video art-y. I've definitely alw ays had an interest in vid eo art. G row ing u p in C uba, I got to experience a lot of Russian su rre alists and an im atio n s w hen I w as a kid, so I think I just gravitate to that. A nd I do enjoy really open- en d e d an d problem atic a rt videos Matt Sayles | Associated Press R o bin W illiam s arrives at the p rem iere o f "W orld's G reatest D a d " at the S u n d a n ce Film Festival o n Jan. 18. W illiam s is recoverin g fro m a successful heart surgery. NEW YORK — Robin Williams was recov­ ering at the C leveland Clinic after heart sur­ gery that his doctors deemed successful, his publicists said Monday. Ihe 57-year-old actor had an operation to aplace an aortic valve on March 13, publicists Mara Buxbaum and Chris Kanarick said. He was expected to make a complete recovery in the next eight weeks. His heart is strong, and he will have nor­ mal heart function in the coming weeks with no limitations on what he'll be able to do," said Dr. A. Marc Gillmov, a cardiothoracic sur­ geon at the Cleveland Clinic. "A couple of hours after surgery, he was entertaining the medical team and making us all laugh." Williams was initially treated at the Uni­ versity of Miami Hospital before being trans­ ferred to Cleveland. He had been in Flori­ da earlier this month when he was forced to cancel the remainder of his one-man comedy show, "Weapons of Self-Destruction," after ex­ periencing shortness of breath. A P Lesser G on za lez, a visual artist and m usician, talks ca n d id ly a b o u t his influ ences, w hich range fro m Russian surrealists to his ow n family. Courtesy of Frank Hamiltc b ecause I think there is usu ally so m uch you can draw out of it w ithout it h av in g to hit you o v er the head. I think th a t's w hat I w an te d for the video. T hat song is ab o u t having a control over som eone and being ¡ concerned w ith their state of heir that it's kind of bludgeoning you CUBAN continues on page 5B