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Universities 
vie for state
resources

Subcommittee talks 
about other possible 
tier-one institutions

By Andrew Kreighbaum
Daily Texan Staff 
UT President William Powers 
told the Senate Subcommittee on 
H igher E ducation Finance at a 
hearing at the Capitol on Wednes­
day that the designation of a third, 
tier-one public university in Texas 
was essential but should not come 
at the expense of UT and Texas 
A&M University.

These schools are a m arriage 
of top undergraduate education 
and research capabilities, which 
makes them the state's two public 
tier-one universities, Powers said 
in his hour-long testimony.

At its hearing, the subcommit­
tee discussed the allocation of re­
search funds for higher education 
in the state and w hat other Texas 
universities may become tier-one 
schools, thus requiring the same 
level of state funding and em pha­
sis on research and teaching that 
UT and A&M receive, according 
to Pow ers and other leaders of 
Texas public universities.

Leaders from seven regional 
Texas universities, including the 
University of H ouston, the U ni­
versity of N orth Texas and Tex­
as Tech University, presented rea­
sons for w hy they should receive 
the state resources to become the 
next tier-one school in the state,

w hich Texas university leaders 
and lawmakers have said is nec­
essary to keep Texas co m p eti­
tive against other states that have 
more tier-one schools.

The discussion was complicat­
ed by the inability of the Texas 
H igher Education C oordinating 
Board to provide a clear definition 
of a tier-one university.

A university designated a tier- 
one school would receive signifi­
cantly more funding than normal­
ly allotted from the state to attract 
higher-quality research faculty, 
but Powers said regional univer­
sities would still have an essential 
role to play in the state.

"We will never close the gaps 
and educate all of the people in 
this state if we have to rely on na­
tional research universities," Pow­
ers said.

Sen. Dan Patrick, a H ouston 
Republican, wanted to know how 
much of the research funds given 
to universities are tied to under­
graduate education. He said the 
coordinating board's own statis­
tics suggested research was pull­
ing professo rs aw ay from the 
class.

"A parent assum es that their 
student is being taught by profes­
sors w ho are tenured — the best 
and the brightest," Patrick said. 
"We need some more transparen­
cy and full disclosure ."

P atrick 's suggestion that the 
c o o rd in a tin g b o ard req u ire a

SCHOOL continues on page 2A

Rick Perry and a state emergency management official discuss preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Dolly as it nears the

Texas coast.

State prepared for hurricane

1.5 m illion Texans 
m ay feel effects o f 
Dolly's landfall

By Teresa Mioli
Daily Texan Staff 
As Hurricane Dolly made 
landfall on Texas' southern 
coast W ednesday afternoon, 
Gov. Rick Perry assured Gulf 
Coast and Rio Grande Valley 
residents Wednesday that the 
state is working to ensure their 
health and safety.

The ey e of the C a te g o ­
ry 1 storm w as about 60 
m iles northw est of Browns­
ville Wednesday evening and 
is expected to continue m ov­
ing west-northwest as a trop­
ical storm. According to a re­
port released Monday by the 
U.S. Census Bureau, about 1.5 
million Texans could feel the 
storm's effects.

The state put the operation­
al plan for a catastrophic hurri­
cane event into action Sunday 
afternoon, which includes de­
ploying groups from the Amer­

ican Red Cross and Health and 
H um an Service C om m ission. 
P e rry said the g o v e rn m e n t 
has since taken proactive mea­
sures, such as deploying fuel 
teams to assure adequate gas­
oline for evacuees.

A lthough originally classi­
fied as a Category 1 hurricane, 
Dolly, the first h u rric a n e to 
hit the U.S. since last Septem ­
ber, crashed into South Padre 
Island as a Category 2 storm 
w ith w inds topping 100 mph. 
The storm was dow ngraded to 
a Category 1 hurricane shortly

after making landfall.

P erry said the sta te w as 
ready for the Category 2 hurri­
cane since the governm ent al­
ways prepares for a storm one 
category higher than expected.
"We prepare for the w orst 
and p ray for the best," P er­
ry said at a press conference 
Wednesday at the Capitol.

Cameron County, fire south­
ern-m ost county in the state, 
received 5 to 12 inches of rain 
as of W ednesday evening. The

STORM continues on page 2A

Noriega announces new energy plan

UT students gather 
on cam pus to hear 
candidate speak

By Ashley Crooks
Daily Texan Staff 
U .S. sen a to ria l ca n d id a te 
and Texas State Representative 
Rick Noriega unveiled the pro­
visions of his new energy plan 
in the shadow of the UT Tower 
Wednesday morning.

Dozens of students and sup­
p orters covered in b u tto n s 
and stickers gathered in the 
West Mall to hear Noriega de­

scribe how his plan w ill bene­
fit Texans by creating new jobs, 
strenghthening the econom y 
and im proving national secu ­
rity.

Noriega called one tenet of 
the plan "100 percent in 10," 
which stipulates that electricity 
usage in all Texas households 
be entirely from renewable en­
ergy sources by the year 2019, 
10 years after he takes office, if 
he is elected in November.

"This is very doable, [and] by 
doing that, w e reduce the need 
for fossil fuels," Noriega said, 
standing at a podium , backed 
by about a dozen student sup­

porters from University Demo­
crats.

Noriega named three catego­
ries of his plan, which calls for 
a combination of short-term so­
lutions, alternative fuels and a 
lift on the offshore drilling ban 
in order to solve America's en­
ergy crisis.

"The rest of the policies in the 
energy plan fall into three sec­
tions: immediate relief for Tex­
as fam ilies, building the road 
to Texas and American energy 
self-sufficiency and developing 
a sustainable energy and eco­
nomic future."

N oriega also said he advo-

cates increased investm ent in 
the availability of alternative 
fuels, among other policies in­
tended to increase the state's 
and nation's self-sufficiency.

Regarding his plan to lift the 
federal ban on offshore drilling, 
Noriega emphasized that the oil 
should be targeted for domestic 
use, not foreign exports.

"There are not many issues 
that can define a generation, 
but the issue of energy will de­
fine mine," said Jimmy Tala- 
rico, history sophom ore and 
vice president of U niversity

ENERGY continues on page SA

WRAPPED UP IN BOOKS

Bryant Haartlain | Daily Texan Staff

Mayor Will Wynn reviews portions of proposals for the city budget at 
city hall on Wednesday morning.

Proposed budget will 
avoid projected deficit

If passed, budget will 
bring higher water 
utility bills to Austin

By Teresa Mioii
Daily Texan Staff

Austin City Manager Marc Ott 
proposed a $2.8 billion fiscal year 
budget on Wednesday to the city 
council that evades a previous­
ly projected $25.3 million budget 
deficit.

If the budget passes as is, Aus­
tinites could expect an average 
monthly increase of $4.25 on wa­
ter utility rates, but would not see 
any changes to electric rates.

To avoid a budget shortfall, 
Ott proposed freezing open job 
positions in city departments as 
well as lim iting public library 
hours and cutting back on road 
maintenance.

Ott also proposed a property 
tax rate decrease from the current 
40.34 cents per $100 assessed val­
ue of a home to 40.28 cents. Prop­
erty tax revenue is the biggest 
source of funding for the general 
fund, which provides for services

such as public safety, health and 
human services, parks and recre­
ation and library services.

“He and his entire team did an 
exceptional job/' said Mayor Pro 
Tern Brewster McCracken.

McCracken said the city is see­
ing recession, such as budget cut­
backs, despite rises in sales tax 
revenue — revenue that usually 
decreases in a recession He said 
this is an indication of a structural 
problem in the budget, referring 
to an imbalance of funds.

The biggest city expenditure is 
on public safety union contracts, 
which is increasing faster than in­
coming revenue and dispropor­
tionately to the budgets of oth­
er departments, McCracken said. 
He said the city is in negotia­
tions with fire and police unions, 
which are asking for large salary 
increases.

"We're already having to cut 
basic services in the current situ­
ation," McCracken said.

The $241.1 million police de­
partment budget, a $13 million 
increase from last year, accounts

BUDGET continues on page 2A

UT researchers discover
weakness in HIV virus
that may enable vaccine
Scientists hope fo r 
successful vaccine 
within next 10 years

has been around for almost 25 
years, vaccine efforts have failed 
again and again, but we think 
we have a unique solution to 
the problem," said Sudhir Paul, 
a UT medical school patholo­
gy professor who has worked 
to find an effective combatant 
to the HIV virus for the past 19 
years.

By Ashley Crooks
Daily Texan Staff

Researchers at the Universi­
ty of Texas Health Science Cen­
ter at Houston have discovered 
a quirk in the constantly-evolv­
ing HIV virus that they say will 
help them to develop an effec­
tive vaccine for the prevention 
of the virus in the next 10 years.
"It is a long road; the virus

Along with fellow research­
ers, Paul has identified one re­
gion on the surface of the virus 
that is mostly unchanging He 
explained that this small region 
is critical for the virus to bind

VACCINE continues on page 2A

Bryant Haartlain | Daily Texan Staff

Roxanne Vallejo of Austin, a textbooks/guest services employee of the 
University Co-op, shelves books for American studies courses in the 
basement of the Main Co-op on Guadalupe on Wednesday afternoon.

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STORM: Levees have not 
been tested since ’60s and 
70s, says meteorologist

From p a g e l A

K im m e l sa id h e d o e s n o t e x ­
p e c t h e a v y r a i n f a l l fo r C e n ­
tral T exas, o n ly q u ic k ly p a ssin g 

N ational W eather Serv ice ex p e ct­
ed a n o th e r 3 to 7 in ch e s to fall 

show ers.

d u rin g the night.

T h e g o v e rn o r said search and 
rescu e team s are stan d in g b y w ith 
six h e lic o p te rs, 50 land v e h icle s 
an d 50 b o a ts. H e said the s ta te 
is su p p o rtin g 17 sh e lte rs aro u n d 
T e x a s, w h e re 2 ,8 0 0 p e o p le h ad 
ta k e n re fu g e as o f W e d n e sd a y 

aftern o o n .

" W e 'r e v e r y p ro u d o f w h a t 
w e 're d o in g and the g o v ern o r set 
so m e c le a r e xp ectatio n s in term s 
o f w h e re w e 're s u p p o se d to be 
at rig h t n o w ," sa id S te v e n M c- 
Craw , d irector of the Texas O ffice 
o f H om eland S ecu rity in the G o v ­
e r n o r 's O ffice. " B u t this is n o t a 
p e rfe c t b u sin e ss, and w e ca n a l­
w ay s get better, and after th is ac­
tion w e'll see w here w e're at and 
w h ere w e can im p rov e."

T h e sto rm v e ere d a w a y from 
the le v e e s located alo n g th e b o r­
d e r, an d B r o w n s v ille o f f ic ia ls 
w e re p o s itiv e th e le v e e s w o u ld 
n o t be b reach ed . T h e state, h o w ­
ever, con tin ued to m o n itor the le­
v ees alon g the R io G rand e River.

M a n y o f the le v e e s h a v e not 
b e e n r e g u la rly te ste d s in c e the 
1960s an d 1970s, said Troy K im - 
m el, sen io r lecturer in the D e p a rt­
m en t o f G e o g rap h y and the E n v i­
ro n m en t and ch ief m eteo ro lo g ist 
fo r C lear C h an n el in A ustin.

"A p parently the levees are hold­

In r e s p o n s e to D o l ly 's p r i ­
o r c la s sifica tio n a s a C a te g o ry 2 
sto rm , P erry said he w as a sk in g 
fo r a P re sid e n tia l D isa s te r D e c ­
la ra tio n fo r S o u th e r n T e x a s to 
re c e iv e m o n e y fro m th e fe d e ral 
gov ern m en t.

P e r r y s a id h e s p o k e e a r l y 
W e d n e sd a y w ith lo c a l o ffic ia ls 
in th e h a r d e s t h it a re a s , w h ic h 
in c lu d e d C a m e r o n an d H id a l­
g o c o u n tie s. T h e g o v e rn o r said 
h e plans to travel to eith er o f the 
tw o c o u n tie s s o m e tim e T h u r s ­

d ay or Friday.

"H e r e in T e x a s w e b e lie v e in 
lo ca l c o n tro l o f th e s e e m e r g e n ­
c y s itu a tio n s , s o th e lo c a l o ffi­
c ia ls are c h a rg e d w ith le a d in g 
their com m u n itie s throu gh em e r­
gen cies lik e th is," P erry said. "A s 
th e sy stem p u sh e s th ro u g h , o u r 
goal is to help p eo p le p ick up the 
p ie ce s, c le a n up th e m e ss, w o rk 
w ith th e lo c a l o f f ic ia ls to p u t 
their lives b ack in o rd er."

P atricia B ra ch , a s p o k e sw o m ­
a n fo r th e F e d e r a l E m e r g e n c y 
M a n a g e m e n t A g e n cy , sa id M o ­
b ile D is a s te r R e c o v e ry C e n te r s 
have been d ep lo y ed to San A n to ­
n io and F o rt S am H o u sto n . T h e 
a g e n cy did n o t h a v e a p re se n ce 
o n the c o a s t as o f la te W e d n e s­
d a y a fte r n o o n , b u t B ra ch s a id 
em p lo y ees w ill head sou th w hen 

ing up pretty w ell," Kim m el said.

w in d s d ie dow n.

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Andre Nicoli walks on Gulf Boulevard as Hurricane Dolly bears down on South Padre Island, Texas 

Jerry Lara | A sso c ia te d Press

UNIVERSITY BRIEFLY

Engineering associate dean 

to take new position at GWU

David Dolling, the associ­
ate dean for academic affairs for 
UT's Cockrell School of Engineer­
ing, will take a position as dean 
of George Washington Univer­
sity's School of Engineering and 
Applied Science in September.

Dolling, known for his work 
in aerospace engineering, said he 
was searching for an opportuni­
ty to take a position that would 
provide more responsibility and

challenges. George Washington 
caught his interest because they 
are planning to expand their en­
gineering program.

"T his is a chance to get in­
volved from the very begin­
ning with som ething that's 
going to grow in stature and 
size," Dolling said. "It's a good 
opportunity."

Dolling currently serves on 
the Board of Directors for the 
American Institute of A eronau­
tics and Astronautics and is a 
fellow of both the institute and 
the Royal Aeronautical Soci­
ety in the United Kingdom He 
joined the UT faculty in 1983

and becam e an associate dean 
in 2004.

"H e has done a terrific job as 

our associate dean of academ­
ic affairs and gained the experi­
ence he needs to know how to 
manage a school of this size," 
said Ben Streetm an, dean of 
U T's engineering school. "H e'll 
be a great success at George 
Washington University."

Streetman said Gerald Speit- 
el, the current chair for civil, ar­
chitectural and environmental 
engineering, will be the school's 
new associate dean for academ ­
ic affairs.

— M acken zie M eador

BUDGET: Money used to hire more officers

From page 1A

fo r the la rg e st p e rc e n ta g e o f 
the city 's general expen ditures 
fund. A p o rtio n o f the m o n ey 
w ill be used to hire 24 new of­
fice rs, req u ired as a re su lt o f 
popu lation grow th, and to pay 
the upcom ing y e a r's salaries of 
39 o fficers hired last year, a c ­
cording to the budget.

O tt em ph asized the need for 
d is c u ss io n a m o n g c ity m a n ­
agem ent, city cou ncil and A us­
tin re s id e n ts w ith re s p e c t to 
ch a lle n g e s such as h ig h e r e n ­
ergy and labor costs as w ell as 
aging infrastructure that is out- 
spend ing incom ing revenue.

" W e a r e c o n f i d e n t t h a t 
w o r k in g to g e t h e r w ith o u r 
citize n s, w e can m ak e this on e

o f th e m o st liv a b le and b e st- 
m a n a g e d c itie s in th e c o u n ­
try," O tt said .

C ity c o u n c il a p p o in te d O tt 
a s c ity m a n a g e r in Ja n u a r y 
u p o n th e d e p a rtu r e o f T o by 
F u trell, w h o h eld the p ost for 
six years.

T h e c o u n c il is e x p e c te d to 
approve the bu d get by Sept. 1, 
w hich w ould take effect O ct. 1.

SCHOOL Universities present cases for funding needs

m in im u m n u m b e r o f c la s s ­
room hours for professors w as 
m et w ith skepticism b y fellow 
subcom m ittee m em ber R ep u b ­
lican Sen. R o b e rt D u n ca n , o f 
Lubbock.

" I f you p re scrib e su ch r ig ­
id req u irem en ts from a le g is ­
lative persp ectiv e, you im pact

the ability of universities to re­
cru it and retain faculty in this 
state," D u ncan said.

Texas p ro fesso rs are sp e n d ­
in g tim e te a c h in g s tu d e n ts 
ev en if they are not in the class­
room , said K am b ra B olch , a s­
sociate vice provost for u n der­
grad u ate program s and policy 
at Texas Tech.

" F o r th e m o s t p a r t , y o u

w o n 't find m an y faculty m em ­
b e rs w h o d o n 't h a v e c o n ta c t 
w ith stu d en ts," Bolch said.

Sh e reco m m en d ed that o th ­
e r u n iv e rs itie s im p le m e n t re ­
s e a r c h p ro g ra m s th a t w o u ld 
pay stu d en ts on a scale sim ilar 
to an o ff-ca m p u s job and d e ­
v elop com m u n icatio n and co l­
la b o ra tio n b e tw e e n ac a d e m ic 
d epartm ents.

SCREEN IN G : "L o o k Back in 
A nger," 7 p.m., H arry Ransom 
Center . Richard Burton stars 
as Jim m y Porter, an angry, 
unsatisfied man w hose w ife is 
pregnant but afraid to tell him as 
he deals with personal, em otional 
and business issues. The 1958 
film is based on John O sborne's 
renowned play. O sbourne's 
archive is housed at the Ransom 
Center

R A PTO R S N ATU RE NIC.HT,
6 p.m. - 9 p.m ., Lady Bird 
W ildflow er C en ter — 4801 La 
C rosse. Each N ature N ight 
features various activ ities, 
inclu d ing a habitat hike and

crafts. Plu s, ev ery v isitor 
receives a free treat from the 
C e n te r's store. A dm ission is $1. 
For m ore in fo rm atio n visit www. 
w ildflow er.org.

EPIC UT SU M M ER PROJECT,
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Streets. Those interested in 
finding a com m unity of Christ- 
centered believers, learning and 
practicing how to share their 
faith and praying for the UT 
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VACCINE: Region 
could be target 
for antibodies

From pagel A

to cells; w ith o u t th is section , th e v iru s 
w ould not be able to infect the cells.

T h e U T researchers call this sm all re­
gio n the "A c h ille s heel o f HIV, w h ich 

causes AIDS.

"W e id e n tified th is region as a s u it­

able target for antibodies," Paul said.

T h e e v er-ch an g in g v iru s e v a d e s the 
a n tib o d ie s cre ated b y the h u m a n im ­
m u ne system , preventing the b o d y from 
defending itself. A ntibodies that can rec­
ogn ize the un ch anging region o f the v i­
rus can block the infection, Paul said.

H e said an tib o d ies n o rm ally h av e a 
lim ited ability to d efen d ag ain st an in ­
fe c tio n b e c a u s e o n e a n tib o d y m o le ­
c u le b lo c k s o n ly o n e v ir u s p a rtic le . 
P au l and his research team h av e id e n ­
tified abzym es, w hich are a form o f an ­
tibod y that can catalyze the break d o w n 
o f m any virus particles.

T he specific abzym e identified by re­
searchers recognizes the "A ch illes heel' 
o f HIV, allow ing it to attack the virus.

R esearch ers identified abzym es b oth 
in p a tie n ts w ith lu p u s, a d is e a s e in 
w h ic h the b o d y 's im m u n e sy ste m a t­
tacks organs, and in patients w h o hav e 
lived w ith H IV for long p eriods of tim e 
w ithout treatm ent.

We n e e d a c h e a p 

p re v en ta tiv e v a ccin e 

that will ta k e c a r e o f 

the virus f r o m birth to 
d e a t h .”

— Sudhir Paul, 
U T pathology pro fesso r

T h e r e s e a r c h e r s o b t a in e d s o m e 
ab zy m es from H IV -p ositiv e and lu p u s 
patients and cloned them by protein en ­
gin eerin g m eth od s in o rd er to procu re 
am ou nts large enough for potential use 
in a vaccine or a topical treatm ent.

T he research ers w ill use the find ings 
to co n d u ct clin ical trials in the fu tu re, 

Paul said.

In clin ical trials, the research ers w ill 
d e te rm in e ho w a b z y m e s c a n be u sed 
to eradicate H IV in patients w h o are al­
ready infected or to apply directly to the 
sk in to p rev en t sex u al tran sm issio n of 
the virus. T h e abzym es can also be used 
to develop a preventative vaccine.

P aul said h e b e lie v e s the creatio n of 
a v accin e is the m o st im p o rtan t a p p li­
catio n o f th e research b e ca u se it is the 
o n ly w ay to e ra d ica te the v iru s all to ­
gether. W h en a can d id ate v accin e w as 
g iv e n to an im a ls in te st tria ls, an a n i­
m a l's im m u n e s y s te m g e n e ra te d th e 
c ru c ia l a b z y m e to c o m b a t th e v ir u s , 
Paul said.

T h is v a c c in e w o u ld b e d r a s tic a lly 
d ifferent from cu rren t H IV treatm en ts, 
w h ich are used to b lo ck so m e p arts of 
the v iru s' life cycle. C u rrent treatm en ts 
can h av e sev ere sid e effects, in clu d in g 
toxicity, and 15 p ercen t o f p atie n ts are 
resistant to them , he said.

"M o re o v e r, th e se d ru g s are n o t a f­
fo r d a b le , p a r t ic u la r ly fo r th e th ird 
w o rld ," P au l said . "W e n e e d a ch eap 
prev entative v accin e that w ill take care 
o f the v irus from birth to d e a th ."

Paul said the federal go v ern m en t has 
b e e n fin an cially su p p o rtin g the gro u p 
o f researchers for o v er a d ecad e, b u t in 
o rd er to m ov e fo rw ard w ith the c lin i­
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o f the p riv ate sector. H e said w hen the 
re se a rch e rs can g et fin a n cia l b a c k in g 
from a p riv ate com pany, d e v e lo p m e n t 
o f the vaccine w ill follow.

" I am v e ry o p tim istic th a t w e w ill 
h av e a v accin e b y the tim e I turn 6 5 ," 
said Paul, w ho is 55 years old.

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China designates 3 areas for Olympic protests

Parks are located far 
away from Olympic 
Green, most venues

By Charles Hutzler
The Associated Press

BEIJING — China will allow a 
modicum of dissent at the Olym­
pics, setting up special protest 
zones far from the main sports 
venues, in a shift that supporters 
and detractors said Wednesday is 
meant to safely channel criticism 
and avoid disrupting the games.

The designated protest areas 
will be in parts of three public 
parks, none of them closer than 
several miles from the main Olym­
pic stadium. One zone is in a park 
that features large-scale mock- 
ups of the White House and oth­
er world monuments, raising the 
prospect that protesters will ap­
pear to be elsewhere in televised 
images and news photos.

In making the announcement, 
the B eijing O lym pic o rg aniz­
ing com m ittee's security direc­
tor, Liu Shaowu, cited the use of 
protest areas at the 2004 Athens 
Olympics.

"People or protesters who want 
to express their personal opin­
ions can go to do so," Liu told 
reporters.

The move, however, d oesn't 
mean Beijing is inviting a flood of 
protests at the games, which open 
in 16 days. Liu suggested demon­
strators would need to apply for 
permission in advance.

Tightened visa checks have pre­
vented or deterred foreign groups 
like the Committee to Protect Jour­
nalists from coming to Beijing, al­
though actor Mia Farrow's Dream 
for Darfur said its visa application

Senate Banking 
Com m ittee 
Chairm an Sen. 
Christopher 
Dodd, D-Conn., 
left, and the 
committee's 

ranking 
Republican, 
Sen. Richard 
Shelby, R-Ala., 
right, discuss 
President 
Bush's decision 
to support the 
housing bill.

Lauren Victoria 

Burke
Associated Press

trols and foreign policies in plac­
es like Sudan's Darfur area began 
targeting the Olympics a year ago, 
Beijing ramped up an intelligence- 
eollection effort to identify crit­
ics to keep them out. The melee 
of protests that greeted Beijing's 
international torch relay in April 
brought a redoubling of efforts.

Amid the uproar, some sought 
to persuade Beijing that flexibili­
ty and openness would deflect the 
criticism. Ni, working with Susan 
Brownell, an American academic 
at Beijing Sports University, point­
ed out there were protest zones at 
the Salt Lake City Winter Olym­
pics in 2002 as a positive example 
in a paper forwarded to officials 
they declined to identify.

Security is still the utmost pri­
ority. Liu, the security official, reit­
erated the government's view that 
terrorism poses a great threat, say­
ing the half-million expected vis­
itors offer an opportunity for ter­
rorists to infiltrate. Brownell said 
Chinese leaders would not have 
agreed to protests unless they felt 
it would enhance control.

"It was about placating the 
West. They were really concerned 
about social order," said Brownell, 
a China expert at the University of 
Missouri-St. Louis.

Human rights campaigners as­
sailed the protest zones as cos­
metic, with one likening them to a 
"fishbowl" — sealed off from soci­
ety at large.

The special protest areas are not 
near the Olympic green where the 
main media centers and the med­
al ceremonies are concentrated, 
but rather are in distant parks: the 
World Park, three miles from the 
softball field; the Purple Bamboo 
Park, south of the volleyball arena; 
and Ritan Park, near no venues.

NATION BRIEFLY
Pitt's Cancer Institute warns 

3,000 about cell phone risks
PITTSBURGH — The head of 

a prominent cancer research in­
stitute issued an unprecedented 
warning to his faculty and staff 
Wednesday: Limit cell phone 
use because of the possible risk 
of cancer.

The warning from Dr. Ronald 

B Herberman, director of the 
University of Pittsburgh Cancer 
Institute, is contrary to numer­
ous studies that don't find a link 
between increased tumors and 
cell phone use, and a public lack 
of worry by the U.S. Food and 
Drug Administration.

Herberman is basing his 
alarm on early, unpublished 
data. He says it takes tix> long to 
get answers from science and he 
believes people should take ac­
tion now — especially when it 
comes to children.

"Really at the heart of my 
concern is that we shouldn't 
wait for a definitive study to 
come out, but err on the side of 
being safe rather than sorry lat­
er," Herberman said.

— The A ssociated Press

QUOTE OF THE DAY

spite its record 
monumental 
tragedy, this 
ultimately is a 
place o f hope. ”

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H olocaust m em orial

Ng Han Guan | Associated Press

Chinese m unicipal officers are seen at the entrance to World Park In Beijing, China. The park is one of three designated for protesters during next 
month's Olympics, officials said Wednesday, In a sign China's authoritarian governm ent may allow some dem onstrations during the Games.

was pending. Overseas broadcast­
ers, such as NBC, which paid hun­
dreds of millions of dollars to air 
the games, are still wrangling with 
organizers over restrictions on live 
coverage around the city.

"U ntil it begins, we w ill not 
know how the officials and police 
will react," said John Barton, di­
rector of sport for the Asia-Pacific 
Broadcasting Union, which repre­
sents broadcasters in 57 countries. 
"It's a lottery."

Beijing is now ringed with po­
lice ch eck p o in ts, designed to 
keep out bomb-making materials, 
would-be terrorists and domestic 
protesters, and dotted with half- 
empty hotels. But it is also fes­
tooned with banners, creating an 
odd mixture of festiveness and 
tension.

Still, the decision to permit even 
sm all dem onstrations m arks a 
turnaround for an authoritarian 
government that has seemed set

on smothering any protests at an 
Olympics it wants to be a flawless 
celebration of a friendly, modem 
China.

"This will allow people to pro­
test without disrupting the Olym­
pics," said Ni Jianping, director of 
the Shanghai Institute of Ameri­
can Studies, who lobbied Chinese 
leaders to set up the protest zones. 
"We're giving people a platform 
to express their views."

W hile protests have becom e

com m on throughout China — 
from workers upset about facto­
ry layoffs to farmers angry about 
land confiscation — the com ­
munist leadership remains wary 
about large demonstrations, fear­
ing they could snowball into wide­
spread anti-governm ent m ove­
ments. Three violent protests have 
occurred in far-flung provinces in 
recent weeks.

After foreign groups critical of 
China's human rights, media con-

Minimum wage gets 70-cent bump
Increase is second of 
three planned by ’07 
law; target is $7.25

workers, according to the Econom­
ic Policy Institute, a think tank.

er fuel costs. "I have to recoup 
those costs."

"You get desperate, because 
you can't really pay for every­
thing," said Gladys Lopez, 51, a 
garment worker from Adjuntas, 
Puerto Rico, who makes military 
uniforms and has earned the fed­
eral minimum for 18 years.

The increase in the minimum 
w age could push food prices 
even higher by rising the pay 
for agricu ltu ral w o rkers, said 
Brian Bethune, chief U.S. econ­
om ist at consulting firm Global 
Insight.

By Christopher S. Rugaber
The Associated Press 

W ASH INGTON — A bout 2 
m illion A m ericans get a raise 
Thursday as the federal minimum 
wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: 
Higher gas and food prices are 
swallowing it up, and some small 
businesses will pass the cost of the 
wage hike to consumers.

The increase, from $5.85 to $6.55 
per hour, is the second of three an­
nual increases required by a 2007 
law. Next year's boost will bring 
the federal minimum to $7.25 an 
hour.

W orkers like W alter Jasper, 
who earns m inim um w age at 
a car wash in Nashville, Tenn., 
are happy to take the raise, but 
will still struggle with the higher 
gas and food prices hammering 
Americans.

"It will help out a little," said 
Jasper, who, with his fiancee, sup­
ports a family of seven, and who 
earns the minimum plus commis­
sions when customers order pre­
mium car-wash services.

The bus fare he pays each day 
to get to work already went up to 
$4.80 this spring from $4. "I'd like 
to be on a job where I can at least 
get a car," he said.

Last week, the Labor Depart­
ment reported the fastest inflation 
since 1991 — 5 percent for June 
compared with a year earlier. En­
ergy costs soared nearly 25 per­
cent. The price of food rose more 
than 5 percent.

So the minimum wage hike is 
"a drop in the bucket compared to 
the increases in costs, declining la­
bor market, and declining house­
hold wealth that consumers have 
experienced in the past year," Le­
hman Brothers econom ist Zach 
Pandl said.

The new minimum is less than 
the inflation-adjusted 1997 level 
of $7.02, and far below the infla­
tion-adjusted level of $10.06 from 
40 years ago, according to a Labor 
Department inflation calculator.

Twenty-three states and the Dis­
trict of Columbia have laws mak­
ing the minimum wage higher 
than the new federal requirement, 
a group covering 60 percent of U S.

Fannie, Freddie get 
OK from Congress

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
The Associated Press

W ASH INGTO N — R escue 
legislation sailed through the 
House on Wednesday aimed at 
helping 400,000 strapped hom­
eowners avoid foreclosure and 
preventing the collapse of trou­
bled mortgage companies Fan­
nie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The 272-152 vote reflected a 
congressional push to send elec- 
tion-year help to struggling bor­
rowers and to reassure jittery fi­
nancial markets.

Hours before the vote, Presi­
dent Bush dropped his opposi­
tion to the measure, which now 
is on track to pass the Senate and 
become law within days.

The White House swallowed 
its distaste for $3.9 billion in 
grants for devastated neighbor­
hoods. In return, the administra­
tion got both the power to throw 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a 
lifeline and the legislation Re­
publicans long have advocated 
to rein in the government-spon­
sored mortgage companies.

The deal accomplishes sever­
al Democratic priorities, includ­
ing aid for homeowners, a per­
manent affordable housing fund 
financed by the two mortgage 
companies and the money for 
hard-hit neighborhoods.

"It is the product of a very sig­
nificant set of com prom ises," 
said Rep. Barney Frank, chair­
man of the House Financial Ser­
vices Committee.

Treasury Secretary Henry M. 
Paulson said he would push for 
enactment of the bill by week's 
end. D espite disappointm ent 
with some items rejected, he said 
"portions of this bill are orders 
of magnitude more important to 
turning the comer on the hous­
ing correction and supporting 
our markets and our economy."

Bush had argued the neigh­
borhood grants w ould b en e­
fit bankers and lenders. But the 
White House said a showdown 
with Congress over the proposal 
would be ill-timed.

It was a striking split for Bush 
and many congressional Repub­
licans. GOP leaders said they 
would not be stampeded into 
supporting a bill they called a 
bailout for irresponsible home­
owners and unscrupulous lend­
ers, even as they acknowledged 
it was probably necessary.

" It's a bill that the m arket 
clearly needs ... but this is not a 
bill that I can support," said Rep. 
John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, the mi­
nority leader.

Only 45 Republicans voted for 

the bill.

The Treasury D ep artm en t 
.would gain power to extend the 
governm ent-sponsored m ort­
gage companies an unlimited 
line of credit and to buy an un­
specified amount of their stock, 
if necessary. The two companies, 
chartered by Congress, back or 
own $5 trillion in mortgages — 
nearly half the nation's total

Damian Dovarganas | Associated Press

Street vendor, A ntonio Tellez, prepares a fruit salad in Los Angeles on 
W ednesday. Tellez works for the m inim um wage and extra tips.

W h en th e m in im u m r i s ­
es again next year, catching up 
w ith more states, more than 5 
million workers will get a raise, 
said Lisa Lynch, dean of the 
H eller School for Social Policy 
and M anagem ent at Brandéis 
University.

Som e sm all b u sin esses are 
already m aking plans to raise 
prices to offset the higher wages 
they have to pay their workers.

David H eath, ow ner of Tiki 
Tan in C ollege Station, Texas, 
said the increase will force him 
to raise prices for his m o n th ­
ly tanning services by about 12 
percent. Tiki Tan had been pay­
ing its employees $6 per hour.

"There just isn't any room for 
profit, and so this is why prices 
will have to go up," he said, cit­
ing the wage increase and high­

But he said he did not expect 
the change to have a major im­
pact on the econom y because 
recent increases in prod uctivi­
ty, which enables com panies to 
produce more with fewer work­
ers, are keeping labor costs in 
check.

That makes it unlikely the min­
imum wage increase will trigger 
a "w age-price spiral," in which 
workers facing higher costs de­
mand more pay, which in turn 
causes companies to raise prices 
higher, sending inflation coursing 
through the economy.

And most businesses, even res­
taurants and other service sector 
companies, already pay above the 
minimum wage anyway. Dan Wh­
itaker, general manager at Anis 
Bistro in Atlanta, said employees 
earn at least $8 an hour.

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WORLD BRIEFLY
Interrogators at Guantanamo 
told not to advise of rights

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL 
BASE, Cuba — An FBI agent testi­
fying at the first Guantanamo war 
crimes trial said interrogators did 
not advise detainees here of any

rights because the military prison 
is dedicated to intelligence gather­
ing, not law enforcement.

"The way it was explained to us 

is Guantanamo Bay is an intelli­
gence collection point," said Agent 
All Soufan, an al-Qaida expert.
Defense lawyers asked the 
judge in Salim Hamdan's trial to 
throw out all the Guantanamo in-

terrogations, arguing that intelli­
gence-gathering sessions should 
not be used against him in court 
But Judge Keith Allred, a Navy 
captain, ruled Monday that con­
stitutional protections against 
self-mcnmination do not apply 
to the man declared an "enemy 
combatant."

— The Associated Press

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Phone: (512) 232-2212 
E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com 
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Josh Haney 
Andrew Vickers

A raise should be earned

According to a story in Tuesday's Austin-Amer- 
ican Statesman, Austin city officials are attempt­
ing to cope with an impending budget shortfall by 
temporarily withdrawing a special pay raise that 
police officers have been receiving for the past five 
years. This raise, according to officials, has cost the 
city $33 million since 2004 and has made Austin's 
finest among the highest paid in the state.

But before we take to the streets protesting on 
behalf of our city's unsung civil servants, it is im­
portant to note that the police department itself 
hasn't been as fiscally conservative as taxpayers 
might have liked. As part of their recent "make­
over," the Austin Police Department purchased 
six black and white Crown Victorias and debuted 
new badge and uniform designs. Regardless of 
how desperately Chief Acevedo thought the de­
partment needed its image reworked, such un­
necessary, aesthetic alterations should not have 
come at a time when the city has an estimated 
$25 million budget gap.

Take another one of the newest additions to 
APD's fleet — a decked out Hummer H2. While 
the vehicle was seized from a drug dealer and 
consequently didn't cost taxpayers a dime, the 
department opted not to auction it off, as is cus­
tomary with confiscated property. Rather, they 
thought it best to give it a new paint job and pa­
rade it around the city at various events, includ­
ing the recent Juneteenth celebration. Though 
10-year-old Keayatti Evans, who rode shotgun 
during the festivites, surely enjoyed his surprise 
visit by Chief Acevedo in the bulky off-road ve­
hicle, we are certain that a motorcycle ride would 
have been just as memorable.

Alhough the above examples would only ac­
count for a fraction of the funds that their pay raise 
would require, it is worth wondering why their de­
partment's own excesses weren't the target of their

wrath, rather than the cash-strapped city manag­
er's office. According the Statesman, Austin police 
spending per capita increased 84 percent from 1997 
to 2006. By comparison, six other police depart­
ments in Texas, including Dallas and San Antonio, 
whose populations far exceed Austin's, had an in­
crease of 34 percent at most.

The union, as represented by Detective Mela­
nie Rodriguez in the article, argued that due to the 
fact that "other [city] employees don't risk star­
ing down the barrel of a shotgun every time they 
come into work," police officers deserve a higher 
pay raise. While their point is understandable, if a 
bit dramatic, doesn't the city of Austin have count­
less other employees who must work in dangerous 
conditions at times in order to perform their job? 
Firemen, high-voltage electricians and, given May­
or Will Wynn's recently publicized violent tenden­
cies, even administrative assistants have an inher­
ent risk of physical harm in their average workday. 
The hazards of the workplace alone are not enough 
to constitute a yearly raise. Performance should be 
the deciding factor.

Instead of repeatedly broadcasting the more 
dangerous aspects of their job as proof that they 
deserve a raise, the Austin Police Association 
should look at the situation from a business per­
spective. If the union really wanted their sala­
ry to increase at a faster rate than other civil ser­
vants, they need to give their employer (the pub­
lic) unquestionable justification. In any workplace, 
if you want to be paid more, you have to prove 
that you are more valuable in some way than your 
co-workers (in this case, the city's other employ­
ees). With crime in Austin at an all-time high and 
our police force under investigation by the FBI, we 
don't see much hope for any argument they could 
possibly come up with.

—Josh Haney

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By Abhinav Kumar
Daily Texan Columnist

Even though the University is painted to be as di­
verse as the colors in a rainbow, there are plenty of 
groups within the University that maintain separa­
tion, just like the colors in a rainbow. Asians walk in 
packs with other Asians, fraternity bios guffaw with 
other fraternity bros and the conservatives pray to 
Reagan with other conservatives — a sort of mod­
ern-day, visual segregation. But what would hap­
pen if the losers hung out with the jerks? Or if the 
9/11-truthers danced with spirit organizations? One 
university-backed group would like to make that 
happen — in a way.

On Tuesday, students met in the Multicultural In­
formation Center and unveiled the University's con­
tinuation of its scheme to perpetuate diversity. Now 
in its sixth year, the Campus Fusion program is set 
to return in mid-October. Campus Fusion began 
as a collaborative effort between our Student Gov­
ernment and the Multicultural Information Center. 
Since then, it has moved under the control of the 
University's Office of the Vice President for Diversi­
ty and Community Engagement. The program now 
works with many organizations and hopes to "unite 
the campus."

This sounds like a noble, ambitious and benevo­

lent objective, but what the heck does it mean?

My main concern is that the University's top-down 
approach can make sure certain people "feel" com­
fortable, while also doing everything it can to make 
others' lives miserable. For the past three years, I 
have consistently viewed Campus Fusion from afar 
as a waste of time, the pet project of a few type-A 
students who are highly motivated but misplace 
their constructive work ethic to prop up the vague 
banner of forced collectivist and racial diversity.

The town hall meetings, student panel discussions 
and artsy visual representations included in the Fu­
sion program sound like rooms full of people sim­
ply agreeing with everyone else. Is anyone really 
openly against a racially, sexually, intellectually and

creatively diverse student body? Why waste up to 
$30,000 of the Texas Co-op's money for she days of 
people nodding in agreement?

After putting my own prejudices against Cam­
pus Fusion (and its SG proponents) aside, howev­
er, I was able to find what could be a truly valuable 
program.

In a recent interview, Nathan Munch, a Campus 
Fusion co-director, said that while there are no actu­
al protests, Fusion's town hall meetings can get pret­
ty heated and are certainly not a place of agreement. 
And this year, the program hopes to tackle a variety 
of issues that will not result in everyone going home 
with smile on their faces.

October's Campus Fusion actually plans to focus 
on quite a few topics that are outside the bounds of 
stereotypical diversity. For example, the program 
will spend a day on gender's role in religion, with 
personal experiences told by faculty, staff and stu­
dents. Attendees will spend another day discuss­
ing AIDS and poverty in places other than Afri­
ca. Additionally, one of the topics, co-sponsored by 
the GLBTQ Business Students Association, is "Be­
ing a GLBTQ in the Professional World." The pro­
gram hopes to move students outside of their com­
fort zone by bringing many corporate guest speak­
ers to talk about the issue, including representatives 
from Deloitte & Touche, IBM and Microsoft. Munch 
and Campus Fusion are also working to bring Ran- 
di Shade, the first openly gay Austin City Coun­
cil member, to speak about her experiences in the 
world of politics.

When asked what success would mean for this 
program, Munch replied that there's no quantifiable 
measure for success (such as attendance, for exam­
ple), but that if even one person is taken from his or 
her comfort zone and is able to learn from a different 
perspective, he will have reached his goal. Hopeful­
ly $30,000 can do this for more than just one person.
And though I think most of the projects, pro­
grams, committees and councils SG touches are a 
waste of time and corruptly unrepresentative of the 
student body, I am having a difficult time finding 
things to dislike about Campus Fusion. Here's hop­
ing it will bring about a greater mixing of our Uni­
versity's wide array of colors, cultures and creeds.

Kumar is a Business Honors and supply chain management senior.

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A New York love story

By J. Ridewood
Daily Texan Columnist

In exchange for a free week's stay at his loft-style 
apartment near New York University, my friend Si­
mon gave me two instructions. All I had to do was 
not "mess with his stuff" and walk and feed his dog 
until he returned home. Simon expressed the first 
instruction with two expletives, so I thought that it 
would be the more difficult one to follow.
I was wrong — dead wrong, in fact.
Simon would be back in two days. I had booked 
the flight months before he found out he would 
have to go to a debate tournament at Emory with 
the high school team he helped coach. I was excited 
to have the apartment to myself for a few days and 
planned on sightseeing and visiting museums.

1 arrived to his apartment with the type of satis­
faction one has when he or she accomplishes some­
thing especially tricky for the first time. I had only 
been to New York once, so just getting there was 
a noteworthy feat. It took a favor from a friend to 
drop me off at the airport, a stopover in St. Lou­
is, three subway trains, one trip walking down the 
wrong street, and an inquiry to a stranger for direc­
tions to make my way from my apartment m Aus­
tin to Simon's loft in New York.

My sense of accomplishment faded as soon as 
I stepped inside Sim on's apartment. Something 
smelled, and it wasn't just the smell of feet and ex­
pired food that complements the apartments of 
many college students. Actually it smelled like 
something was dead, almost like my father's truck 
after a hunting trip.

1 walked around searching for what could only 
have been an infamous New York City rat infesta­
tion or decaying science-fair project, when I found 
Splinter, Simon's Springer Spaniel, lying belly-up 
in between the coffee table and the television. I

didn't need to inspect him. I knew exactly where I 
could find the source of that horrendous smell.

Splinter had grown old, and he died during the two 

days between Simon's departure and my arrival.
Immediately, I began to think of excuses.
"We had been out walking when an out-of-con- 
trol cab driver blindsided Splinter," or "Bro, you'll 
never believe it. Splinter felt neglected that you left 
him alone and joined a Coney Island circus." Some­
how the truth just seemed more plausible.

I called up Simon. "Dude, you will never believe 

what happened."

"C h ris t, w hat did 
you break?!" he shout­
ed. (The stereotype of ^ y* 
an uptight New Yorker 
fits Simon well.)

"N oth ing , nothing.
Splinter died. 1 found 
him dead on the floor 
when I got here."

"I can't believe this 
happened when I was 
gone. What did you do 
with his body?"

" A re you kidding me?
I haven't touched him.
I thought you m ight 
have some ideas."

"W ell, w e're in be­

tween rounds. I'll find something online and call 
you back in twenty minutes."

Two hours later, Simon called me back. He found 
a parlor, All Pets Go to Heaven Inc., that specialized 
in dog cremation and impossible-to-prove claims 
about animal's souls. "When are they going to pick 
him up?" I asked.

"Well, actually... I was thinking you could do 
it. The parlor doesn't actually pick the animals up. 
It's pretty close though, and my mom will pay you 
back and everything."

I begrudgingly agreed and took down the address. 
"Lucky me," I thought before considering how I 
would actually transport the dog. You can't exact­

ly carry a dead dog down the street before someone 
starts asking questions — even in New York.

Simon didn't have a dog carrier, so I went search­
ing around his apartment for a substitute. In his coat 
closest, I found one of those suitcases with built-in 
wheels and an extendable handle. I walked back into 
the living room and stuffed the nearly forty-pound 
dead Springer Spaniel into an old suitcase made for 
traveling businessmen on overnight stays It took 
some jostling, but I managed to fit most of Splinter's 
body inside. The only problem was that I couldn't
zip the suitcase shut. 
It would close about 
95 percent of the way, 
but the tip of Sp lin ­
ter's nose still popped 
up about 2 inches out 
the end. I pushed and 
prodded the poor dog. 
There was no way the 
suitcase would zip up. 
I certainly wasn't go­
ing to use my own lug­
gage, so I brainstormed 
solutions.

In the k itc h e n , I 
found a roll of duct tape 
and taped up the end of 
the suitcase. Splinter's
nose still stuck out, but 
the tape covered it up pretty well. I just needed to 
make sure I removed the tape before I arrived at All 
Pets Go to Heaven. Hopefully, they wouldn't notice 
Splinter's sticky nose.

Lugging the suitcase behind me — at five o'clock 
in the afternoon on a busy city street, no less — I 
made my way underground and purchased a tick­
et. The subway was still an adventure I wondered 
how many trips it took before this feeling would 
stop and realized the answer was probably some­
time after the first time your travel companion 
wasn't a dead dog.

I stepped on the busy train and was unable to 
find a seat. After the first stop, a girl wearing hope­

lessly mismatched clothes brushed against my 
side, smiled and apologized for being so clumsy.
I thought someone was trying to pickpocket me, 
but pickpockets are not this attractive. The girl had 
long brown hair and a non-problematic mole be­
low her left eyebrow and was ambiguously ethnic 
in a way I found most appealing.

"I won't hold it against you if you talk to me for 
the rest of my subway ride," I said. "My iPod head­
phones broke, and I get so bored on these things."

She giggled at how upfront I was with her. I think 

girls tend to like that.

"Alright, but if you bore me, I'm reading my 

magazine," she shot back. I was in love.

For the next five or so minutes we flirted, eventu­
ally sitting down after the train emptied out a little. 
She told me she grew up in Queens and danced for 
the New York Ballet company. My joke about Flash- 
dance went over remarkably well. The one about 
Baryshnikov — not so much.

As I began to dream of a New York romance with 
this beautiful ballet dancer, I noticed her attention 
shift towards that damn suitcase.

"Why do you have that suitcase? Are you in town 

visiting?" she asked.

Crap. I was cornered. No self-respecting New 
Yorker — certainly not an attractive ballet dancer — 
would have a fling with an out-of-town tourist.

"Ummm no... I work for a mobile phone compa­
ny," I lied. "These are some products I'm supposed 
to test out and stuff." She raised her eyebrows, 
seemingly impressed that someone younger look­
ing than her could already have a career.

Then, at the next stop — just as the train was 
about to take off — my future wife jumped up, 
grabbed the suitcase holding Splinter's carcass, and 
darted out the door before I could figure out what 
had happened.

You know, New York girls are strange. They'll 
steal your friend's dead dog before you can even 
ask for their number

Ridewood graduated in the spring with degrees m history 

and government

some jostling, but I m anaged to 
fit most o f Splin ters body inside. T h e 
only problem was that I couldn 't zip 
the suitcase shut. It w ould close about 
95 p ercen t o f the way, but the tip o f 
Splinter's nose still p o p p ed up about 2 
inches out the end. ”

 Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Buddy Burkhalter | Daily Texan Staff

Mukasey’s stance on bill draws fire

Team of seniors builds publicity, 
marketing tools for observatory

C om petition p a rt o f 
public relations and 
advertising degrees

By Erin Mulvaney
Daily Texan Staff 
S tellar C o m m u n ic a tio n s e m ­
p lo y e e s w o r k e d d e m a n d in g 
h o u rs, c o n d u c te d extensive re­
s e a r c h a n d d e s ig n e d a n e n ­
tire p u b lic re la tio n s ca m p a ig n 
to p r o m o te U T 's M c D o n a ld 
Observatory.

A nd m a n y of the em plo y ees 
h ave yet to receive their college 
degrees.

The public relations firm, com ­
prised of UT seniors, w as created 
du rin g the Integrated C om m uni­
cations C am paign, a sum m er ses­
sion capstone course required to 
finalize public relations an d a d ­
vertising degrees

Six te am s of sen io rs c o m p e t­
ed against one another to create a 
proposal for a prom otional cam ­
p aig n for not only the o b se rv a­
tory in W est Texas b u t also U T's 
a stro n o m y d e p a rtm e n t. S tellar 
C o m m u n ic a tio n s w as th e w in ­
ning group.

"It's beyond exciting to finish 
off o u r degrees at UT w ith such

a g re a t su c ce ss," said C h elsey 
N o rth e r n , p ro jec t m a n a g e r of 
Stellar C om m unications. "W hen 
y o u 're com peting w ith other UT 
students, it's a big deal to w in be­
cause those are your com petitors 
in the real w orld."

Their cam paign d id not focus 
on large-scale advertising tactics 
su c h as b illb o a rd s or c o m m e r­
cials, b u t in stea d a tte m p te d to 
find a cohesive co m m u n icatio n 
s tra te g y to in te g ra te th e th re e 
b ran c h es of the M cD onald O b­
servatory: the UT astronom y d e ­
partm ent, m edia outlets Star D ate 
m a g az in e an d a N atio n al P u b ­
lic R adio progam , and their e d ­
ucation an d outreach program s, 
N orthern said.

The team m ade the observato­
ry 's Web site m ore accessible and 
re-created the observatory's logo.
R ebecca Jo h n so n , a s p o k e s ­
w om an for the o b servatory said 
the observatory w as looking for 
new id eas to increase the n u m ­
b e r of v is ito rs w h ile im p r o v ­
ing its e d u c a tio n an d o u trea ch 
program s.

"It seem ed like a good m atch," 
said Johnson, referring to the ad ­
v e rtis in g class a n d th e o b se r­
v a to ry . "W e th o u g h t th e s tu ­
d en ts m ig h t have know led g e of

new m edia th at w e d id n 't know 
about."

S p a n is h a n d p u b l i c r e l a ­
tio n s s e n io r E rin M a llo ry e n ­
joyed the project, w hich she d e ­
scribed as a "sim ulated ind u stry 
environm ent."

M e m b e rs of th e o b s e r v a to ­
ry spoke w ith UT associate p ro ­
fesso r Y ongjun S u n g 's class at 
the beginning of the su m m er se­
m ester an d gave the 45 stu d e n ts 
an idea of w h at they w ere look­
in g for from the p ro p o sa ls th a t 
w o u ld m a k e th e o b s e rv a to r y 
m ore accessible to students.

A t th e e n d of th e s e m e s te r 
S u n g a n d five re p re s e n ta tiv e s 
from the observatory judged the 
20-m inute p resentations on co n ­
tent and professionalism .

S t e l l a r C o m m u n i c a t i o n s 
th o u g h t o u tsid e the box by re­
q u e s tin g a f o llo w - u p i n t e r ­
v ie w w ith tw o re p re se n ta tiv e s 
from the M cD onald's ed u catio n 
an d o utreach office on UT ca m ­
p u s a n d se n d in g S tu a rt M oss, 
a g ro u p m em ber, on an alm o st 
seven-hour trip to the observato­
ry in West Texas, Johnson said.

"T hey w e n t th e ex tra m ile," 
Jo h n so n sa id , re fe rrin g to th e 
w inning team. "Their hard w ork 
show ed and, in the end, paid off."

House Judiciary 
Com m ittee 
Chairman Rep. 
John Conyers, 
D-Mich., right, 

talks with 
Attorney General 
Michael Mukasey 
on Capitol Hill 
in W ashington, 
W ednesday.

Susan Walsh

Associated Press

By Lara Jakes Jordan
Associated Press Writer 
W A SH IN G TO N — L aw m a k ­
ers chided A ttorney G eneral M i­
chael M ukasey on W ednesday for 
claim in g n atio n al security co n ­
cerns in opposing legislation that 
w o u ld allo w re p o rte rs to p ro ­
tect the identities of confidential 
sources.

"Ten angels sw earing on Bibles 
th a t th a t bill is h arm less w o u ld 
not change the provisions that are 
in it," M ukasey told th e H ouse 
Judiciary Com m ittee.

A few m inutes later, Rep. Mike 
Pence, R-Ind., d efe n d ed the bill 
he said w as carefully w ritte n to 
disco u rag e leaks of classified or 
o th er sensitive inform ation that 
co u ld risk security. W ith o u t it, 
he said, long-standing press free­
dom s w ould be threatened.

"If 10 angels sw earin g on Bi­
bles w o u ld n 't change your view

of this bill, w o u ld 40 A m erican 
jo u rn a lis ts s u b p o e n a e d , q u e s ­
tioned or held in contem pt do it?" 
Pence asked.

He add ed : "T his is a co n stitu ­
tional statutory response to a ris­
ing erosion of o u r First A m en d ­
m ent freedom of the press."

Mukasey, w ho once successful­
ly represented the N ew York Dai­

ly N ew s in a libel case, said he 
w as open to considering com pro­
m ises. But he said c u rren t law s 
lim iting the governm ent's ability 
to force reporters to reveal their 
sources are adequate.

"I'm not w illing to take steps 
that w ill essentially do m ore to 
protect the leakers than it does to 
protect journalists," he said.

Lawmakers look to cut textbook costs

By Mackenzie Meador
Daily Texan Staff 
S tate la w m a k e rs from across 
the co u n try w ill co ntinue to fo­
cu s on th e tre n d of risin g text­
book costs as an increasing n um ­
b e r of s tu d e n ts se ek c h e a p e r 
alternatives.

D u rin g the la st Texas legisla­
tive session, th e H ig h er E du ca­
tion C om m ittee in the H ouse of 
R epresentatives ap p ro v e d a bill 
intended to ad d re ss textbook af­
fordability, b u t it never left the 
H o u s e C a le n d a r C o m m itte e , 
w hich decides w hen bills will be 
debated in the House.

"I th in k it w as the m ost com ­
p re h e n siv e tex tb o o k bill in the 
c o u n try ," said Texas Rep. Scott 
H ochberg, D -H ouston, vice chair 
of the education finance com m it­
tee and the bill's prim ary author. 
"U nfortunately that m eant there 
w as som ething in it for everyone 
to dislike."

A m o n g the b ill's p ro v isio n s 
w ere requirem ents for professors

to take cost into account w hen se­
lecting books, for universities to 
p u b lish req u ired b o o k lists fu r­
ther in ad v an ce a n d for u n iv e r­
sity bookstores n o t to sell b u n ­
dled book packages unless all of 
the m aterials w ere required for a 
course.

The bill w as oppo sed by p u b ­
lishers, b o o k sto res an d faculty 
m em b ers w h o felt they sh o u ld 
not be req u ired to select books 
based on price, H ochberg said.

"I w as disap p o in ted ," he said. 
"W e h a d a lm o st e n tire ly p o s ­
itiv e te stim o n y o u ts id e of the 
industry."

H o c h b e rg d e c lin e d to sa y 
w hether he has plans to file a bill 
ad dressing the issue, b u t that he 
w o u ld co n tin u e to look for o p ­
p o rtu n ities to decrease textbook 
costs d u rin g the upcom ing legis­
lative session.

In J u n e , M is s o u r i's g o v e r ­
nor signed the College Textbook 
T ransparency Act, a law in te n d ­
ed to lo w er s tu d e n ts ' textbook

bills by m aking the prices avail­
a b le to p ro fe sso rs b efo re they 
d ecid e on booklists a n d re q u ir­
ing p u b lish ers to list the specif­
ic changes m ade to new editions, 
w hich often contain no significant 
revisions.

C alifornia passed a sim ilar bill 
last O ctober. O th er v ersio n s are 
being considered in A rizona, Ar­
k an sas, D elaw are, F lo rid a and 
N ew York.

S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t p r e s i­
d e n t K eshav R a ja g o p ala n said 
he is continuing to talk to legis­
lato rs this su m m e r ab o u t w ay s 
to curb publishing practices such 
as book b u n d lin g an d p rin tin g 
new editions w ithout m ajor m od­
ifications that create unnecessary 
expenses.

"So m a n y s tu d e n ts h a v e to 
w ork, som etim es m u ltip le jobs, 
to be able to afford to go to school 
a n d to live in A u stin ," R ajago­
palan said. "It's increasingly hard 
for those stu d e n ts to afford the 
textbooks for [their] classes."

On Wednesday, Michael Derek, 10, checks the statistics of a robot on a com puter while Frankie Alvarado, 13, 
attaches an arm to the to p o f the robot. The students were building a "battlebot" as a part o f a week-long 

iD Tech Camp.

iD summer tech camp 
includes design classes

Participants work 
for one week to finish 
video game projects

By Ines Min
Daily Texan Staff

O n a UT black b oard W ednes­
day, 1 5 -y ear-o ld T yler B a u tis­
ta w o rk e d o u t th e e q u a tio n for 
an alg o rith m to m ake his vid eo 
g am e function properly.

B autista cam e to the so lu tio n 
a few m in u te s la te r u s in g th e 
P y th ag o rean theorem a n d g u id ­
ance from an instructor. T he a l­
g o r ith m w o u ld k e e p th e v id ­
e o g a m e 's e n e m y fro m f r u i t ­
lessly e n terin g a to w e r's line of 
d e fe n se a n d d y in g senselessly, 
B autista ex plained.

F or th e p a s t e ig h t y e a rs, in- 
te r n a lD r iv e , a f a m ily - f o u n d ­
ed te c h n o lo g y e d u c a tio n o rg a ­
n iz a tio n , h as p u t on a su m m e r 
te c h n o lo g y ca m p for k id s ages 
7 to 17 on th e UT ca m p u s. The 
cam p is a tech n o lo g y -d riv en e d ­
ucatio n al p ro g ra m co nsisting of 
w e e k -lo n g sp e c ia liz e d c o u rse s 
in robotics an d vid eo g am e and 
Web design.

E v ery su m m er, th e k id s a n d 
staff m em bers com e from co u n ­
trie s a ro u n d th e w o rld , in c lu d ­
in g C a n a d a , E g y p t, N o rw a y 
a n d F rance, to p a rtic ip a te , said 
Je n n ifer S u arez, d ire c to r of the 
A ustin p ro g ra m an d first-g rad e 
te a c h e r w h o h as w o rk e d at the 
cam p for tw o sum m ers.

U p to 70 k id s e n r o ll e a c h 
w e e k a n d a re a llo w e d to tak e 
as m a n y of th e co u rse s as they

w a n t. A w e e k -lo n g o v e r n ig h t 
co u rse co sts a b o u t $1,200, a n d 
a w e e k - l o n g d a y c o u r s e is 
a b o u t $750.

T he m o st p o p u la r co u rse s at 
U T a re 3-D g am e d e s ig n a n d 
v id e o g a m e c r e a tio n , S u a re z 
said.

/1s like a jigsaw, 
but the pieces can be 
molded to any shape 
you want. "

— Peter Golightly, 
15-year-old it) camp 
participant

w o rk in g w ith c o m p u te r s a n d 
w e get lots of tim e to han g out," 
said Li, w h o is one of three girls 
enrolled in the cam p.

"W e'v e fo u n d th a t th e g irls 
in the cam p are really creative," 
S uarez said, a d d in g th at the p ro ­
g ra m is try in g to re c ru it m o re 
girls. "T hey create th e m o st v i­
sually ap p ealin g gam es."

P eter G olightly, a 15-year-old 
w h o rec en tly m o v e d to A u stin 
a n d p a rto o k in th e p r o g ra m 's 
c a m p a t S ta n fo rd U n iv e rs ity , 
b a s e d h is w o rk o n a p o p u la r 
o n lin e gam e. U sin g a c o m p u t­
er p ro g ra m , a d e s ig n e r cre a te s 
a g am e by first s ta rtin g w ith a 
m odel, then creating a skeleton, 
a d d in g texture an d ev e n tu ally a 
script, G olightly said.

" I t's lik e a jig s a w , b u t th e 
p ie c e s c a n be m o ld e d to a n y 
sh a p e you w an t," h e said.

K ids in th e 3-D d e s ig n class 
b uild v id e o gam es from scratch 
u sing a special desig n program . 
T he ro b o tic s class sta rte d w ith 
a basic sq u a re bot a n d focused 
on m a k in g th e ir ro b o ts able to 
m o v e b efo re m a k in g m o re s o ­
phisticated robots th at can fight 
w ith each o th e r u sing w eapons.
"I w a s b lo w n a w a y b y th e 
k id s h e re ," S u arez said . "T hey 
are all b rilliant."

F red a Li, a 14-year-old from 
H o u sto n w h o took the Web d e ­
sign course, sp en t th e w eek cre­
a tin g a W eb site of h e r fa v o r­
ite b a n d s a n d w o rk e d W ednes­
d ay to create an an im ated back­
g ro u n d for h er site u sin g A dobe 
P h oto sho p.

"1 th in k it's really fun. I like

Staff m em ber Eric C ooper, 22, 
sa id th e g a m e ca n b ec o m e as 
com plex as the d e s ig n e r w a n ts 
a n d d e p e n d s on th e tim e a n d 
effort p u t forth. K ids are g iv en 
the entire w eek to finish a gam e, 
w o rk in g for a p p ro x im a te ly six 
h o u r s a d a y on th e c o m p u te r. 
O u td o o r ac tiv itie s are in te g ra t­
e d into the schedule.

W alk er S u m m e rs , 13, s p e n t 
his w eek in the g am e p ro g ra m ­
m in g c o u rs e . H is g a m e c o m ­
b in e d e le m e n ts fro m th e v id ­
eo g am e W orld of W arcraft III 
an d the ro le-playing gam e D u n ­
g eons & D ragons.

" It's a lo t of fu n h ere," S u m ­
m ers said. "[The p ro g ra m s] are 
easy to w o rk w ith , and it's fun 
to m ake m ap s."

ENERGY: Noriega for offshore drilling

On W ednesday 
on the West 
Mall, United 
States Senate 
candidate Rick 
Noriega speaks 
with a student 
after his press 
conference on 
energy reform.

Buddy Burkhalter

Daily Texan Staff

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D emocrats, w ho introduced Texas 
Sen. Kirk W atson, D -A ustin, w ho 
spoke before Noriega.

Talarico said the group b u ilt a 
personal relationship w ith N orie­
ga afte r h e sp o k e at th e ir first 
m eeting last fall.

"H e 's h onest w ith young peo­
p le, he d o e s n 't p re s e n t a false 
choice b etw een renew able e n e r­
gy and drilling," Talarico said. "It 
is th at kind of attention to detail 
that m akes the difference betw een 
a plan that just sounds great and a 
plan that can achieve greatness."

R e p u b lic a n in c u m b e n t John 
C om yn's Web site says he also ad ­
vocates for off-shore drilling and 
d evelopm ent of alternative ener­
gy sources.

" H e h a s a ty p ic a l a n s w e r 
w h en it com es to im m ed iate re­
lief for Texan families," said Kev­
in M cL aughlin, a C o rn y n ca m ­
p a ig n sp o k e sm a n . " [N o rie g a 's 
plan] w o n 't do anything to low er 
the price of gas. It is a supply and 
dem and issue."

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Legislation will encourage study abroad programs

Program to promote 
study in destinations 
outside o f Europe

By Stephany Garza
Daily Texan Staff 
Senate is expected to pass leg­
islation as early as Saturday that 
will encourage more undergradu­
ate students to study abroad. The 
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad

Foundation A ct w ould increase 
funding for college students and 
study abroad programs across the 
country.

The program w ould increase 
over 10 years those w ho study 
abroad from the current 200,000 
stud ents to 1 m illion , m eaning 
about half of all college graduates 
would have studied abroad, said 
Jennifer P oulakidas, vice presi­
dent of congressional and govern­
mental affairs for the National As­

sociation of State Universities and 
Land-Grant Colleges.

The program would focus on 
encou rag ing study abroad p ro­
gram s to nontraditional students 
su ch as p re-m ed , e n g in e e rin g 
and other majors outside of liber­
al arts, which is currently hom e to 
the bulk of study abroad partici­
pants, Poulakidas said.

The University's Study Abroad 
Office did not respond to messag­
es left by The Daily Texan.

T h e program also in ten ds to 
help students w ho do not study 
abroad as much, such as m inori­
ties and low -incom e students, as 
well as encourage students to con­
sider non-European destinations 
inclu d in g A sia, Sou th A m erica 
and Africa, Poulakidas said.

Should the bill pass, students 
w ill receiv e o n e -fo u rth of the 
foundation's $80 million in grants 
while the remaining three-fourths 
will go to colleges to make study­

ing abroad more accessible.

The H ouse of Representatives 
unanim ously passed the bill last 
June and is anticipating it to pass 
through the Senate at the end of 
the w eek. T h e Sen ate op ted to 
take a cloture vote, meaning three- 
fifths of the Senate voted to expe­
dite the process of decision-m ak­
ing on the bill, overriding the pos­
sibility of a filibuster.

In a n tic ip a tio n o f th e b ill's 
passage, the C enter for C a p aci­

ty Building in Study Abroad was 
first announced Tuesday in Wash­
ington, D.C., according to the cen­
ter's Web site. The center was cre­
ated to help institutions cope with 
in creasin g d em and fo r q u ality 
study abroad experiences and will 
be m anaged by the N ational A s­
sociation of State Universities and 
Land-Grant Colleges and the A s­
sociation of International Educa­
tors.

W e s t m in s t e r b e s t in s h o w w i n n e r a n a u s t in it e

UT alumnus’ Web 
site allows users 
to strut their style

T h e site allows you to 
fin d out what looks 
good on you a n d 
what defines you. ”

~ ~ H elen . 
( J O a j C liiciupiti

By Erin Mulvaney
Daily Texan Staff

U T alum nus R ichard Ho 
is helping to make everyday 
people a part of the exclu ­
sive fashion world.

Ho, a 1998 U T grad uate, 
co-fou n d ed C h icto p ia.co m 
in April to provide an ou t­
let for people interested in 
fashion trends to upload and 
com m en t on p h o to g rap h s 
and b lo g ab o u t e v e ry d ay 
styles.

"W h a t m a k e s th e s ite 
unique is that the fashion is 
set by the u sers," H o said. 
"T h e y p o st 
p ic tu r e s o f 
w h a t th e y 
w e a r 
f o r 
th e d a y in 
a b lo g -ty p e 
fo rm a t d is ­
playing their 
own person­
al styles."

T h e W eb 
s i t e 
h a s 
m o re th a n 
5 , 0 0 0 u s ­
ers, contains
8,500 uploaded photographs 
o f people sp orting current 
s ty le s and re c e iv e s m o re 
than 100,000 hits a day. O n 
its Web site, Teen Vogue de­
scrib e s C h icto p ia as "th e 
next big thing."

"C h icto p ia an sw ers the 
u ltim ate q u estion that big 
fashion m agazin es cannot: 
W hat looks good on m e ," 
said H elen Z hu, C E O and 
co-founder of the site.

Zhu said she w as inspired 
to create the site after read­
ing an article in Tim e M ag­
azin e th a t d iscu ssed how 
Youtube.com and other Web 
sites allow people to break 
into their field through Inter-

net exposure. Zhu said she 
felt the fashion industry was 
not yet represented. The site 
does not filter the pictures 
uploaded by users, but has a 
"Style Gallery" featuring the 
d esig ns the site m anagers 
determ ine to be "ch ic ." U s­
ers and other visitors to the 
site com m ent on the styles 
and award each trend style 
points, Zhu said.

H o said som e users have 
become so popular they have 
created a fan base and som e 
seem to visit the site so le ­
ly to keep up -to-date w ith 
th eir fa v o r­
ite "icons."

"T h is site 
w ill change 
f a s h i o n 
in 
a big w ay," 
Z h u s a i d . 
" T h e f a s h ­
ion industry 
h as alw a y s 
t o p - 
b e e n 
d o w n . I t ' s 
d ictated by 
b ig n a m e s , 
but our site 
em phasizes real people and 
real style in the real w orld."

J i

The Web site will launch 
a "B a ck to S ch o o l" contest 
on July 28 in search of "co l­
lege style icons" in hopes of 
promoting the Web site with 
colleg e-ag e girls, the site's 
main demographic.

T h e site m a n a g e rs will 
choose the contestant w ear­
ing w h at they think is the 
most "stylish" and "tren dy" 
outfit and send them a dress 
b y th e S w e d ish d e sig n e r 
House of Dagmar.

"T h e site allow s you to 
find out what looks good on 
you and what defines you ," 
Zhu said.

NEWS BRIEFLY

Detective who helped 

arrest Oswald dies at 87

DALLAS — Dallas police 
Detective Paul Bentley, who 
helped arrest presidential as­
sassin Lee Harvey Oswald at 
the Texas Theater, always had 
a ready retort for those who 
didn't accept the official story 
that Oswald acted alone.

"What does conspiracy do?" 

Bentley would say. "It sells."
Bentley died Monday of 
natural causes in his Dallas 
home, said his grandson, Da­
vid Ottinger. He was 87.

Bentley worked for the 
Dallas Police Department for 
21 years, starting as a patrol 
officer and retiring as a de­
tective five years after the as­
sassination of President 
Kennedy.

He played a supporting 
role on Nov. 22,1963, origi­
nally responding to Oswald's 
fatal shooting of Dallas po­
lice Officer J.D. Tippit. Bent­
ley and other officers tracked 
Oswald to the Texas Theater,

arresting the assassin after a 
brief scuffle.

In a well-known photo­
graph taken just after the ar­
rest, Bentley is wearing a suit 
with his hair slicked back and 
a cigar in his mouth, escort­
ing Oswald out of the theater. 
Oswald appears to have a cut 
on his forehead, which Bent­
ley said came from his Mason­
ic ring, Ottinger said.

His grandson described 
Bentley as an honorable and 
decent man.

Besides the arrest, Bent­
ley had another connection 
to Oswald. Bentley's brother- 
in-law, L.C. Graves, who died 
in 1995, was one of the offi­
cers escorting Oswald when 
the killer was shot to death by 
Jack Ruby. Graves can be seen 
to Oswald's left in a famous 
photograph of the shooting.
Bentley is survived by his 

wife of 66 years, Mozelle; a 
son, James; and his grand­
son. A daughter, Barbara, died 
in 1973.

A burial service is scheduled 

for 10 a.m. Thursday with a 
memorial service to follow.

— T he Associated Press

State celebrity and national award-winner Uno the Beagle took a bath­
room break on the Capitol's front lawn after a Wednesday morning meet­
ing with Gov. Rick Perry.

Uno made history as the first beagle to win Best in Show at the 2008 
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He is the second dog to win from 
Texas. When not appearing on PBS' "Charlie Rose" or throwing pitches at

Major League Baseball games, Uno spends his time on a 200-acre working 
ranch in Austin with his owner, Caroline Dowell.

His handler, David Frei of the Westminster Kennel Club, said the dog 
has racked up about 30,000 miles traveling coast-to-coast since his retire­
ment earlier this year.

— Teresa M ioli

Bryant Haartlein| Daily Texan Staff

After first year, Acevedo receives praise, criticisms
Groups pleased, but 
say there's room fo r 
some improvement

criminatory. O liv er's firing is seen 
by many as one of Acevedo's more 
controversial decisions, especially 
after not taking disciplinary action 
against the then-Assistant Chief Leo 
Enriquez, who told a group of offi­
cers to wear their uniforms to a hear­
ing so the African-Am erican plain­
tiffs would not "beat" up on them.

"I think he tends to be a little too 
heavy-handed on discipline," Van­
derhule said . "I think I'd like to 
have the punishm ent fit the offense 
more."

D ebbie R u sse ll, C en tral Texas 
chapter president of the Am erican 
Civil Liberties Union, said Acevedo 
has reached out to the city's diverse 
community and established dialogs 
with groups that other police chiefs 
have ignored. A cevedo is A ustin's 
first Hispanic police chief.

"H e w orks for building bridges 
between where there really haven't 
been before," Russell said. "H is per­
sonality and his values system broke 
that barrier betw een the police de­
partment and the community."

N elson Linder, president of the 
Austin NAACP, said Acevedo needs 
to continu e to educate officers in 
how to com municate with the vari­
ous cultures in the community.

"Y ou w o n 't stop an entire city 
[from being d iscrim inatory] until 
you start treating people equally," 
Linder said.

Linder said Acevedo is doing an

By Sean Beherec
Daily Texan Staff

Several Austin groups are pleased 
with Austin police Chief Art Aceve­
d o's accom plishm ents during his 
first year on the job, but leaders of 
these groups say there is still room 
for im provem en t in the years to 
come.

Representatives from the Central 
Texas chapter of the American C iv­
il Liberties Union, Austin N A A CP 
and police associations said Aceve­
do has reached out to the com m uni­
ty better than his predecessors and 
has held the department and its of­
ficers more accountable, but added 
that some problems with Acevedo's 
disciplinary plans still remain to be 
fixed.

A ustin Police A ssociation pres­
ident Lt. G eorge V anderhule said 
he would like to see Acevedo stick 
to the disciplinary system he creat­
ed to give specific punishm ents for 
certain offenses. Acevedo's firing of 
Com m ander Larry O liver was par­
ticularly harsh and inconsistent, he 
said.

Oliver was fired after not report­
ing statements made by a colleague, 
w hich A cevedo later deem ed d is­

Bryant Haartiein | Daily Texan Staff

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo hands out candy during the Juneteenth 
parade in east Austin last month. Acevedo has served as Austin's police 
chief for one year.

excellent job as far as holding offi­
cers accountable for their actions, 
w hich he said has to continu e on 
a consistent basis. The use of force 
against African-Americans has espe­
cially improved, he said.

"Those things ju st in themselves 

are phenomenal," Linder said.

Lt. Carlos Botello, vice presi ’ nt 
of Amigos En Azul Austin Hisj. v 
ic Police O fficers A ssociation, sa d 
A cevedo has show n good leader­
ship and im p ro ved co m m u n ica­
tion w ith H ispanics by his ability

to speak Spanish. D isparities were 
created w ithin the d epartm ent by 
the O liver incident, and A ceved o 
could im prove relations by treat­
ing officers and the organizations 
representing the officers equally, he 
said.

"If w e're going to be an effective 
organization and deal profession­
ally w ith eth nic issu es, sen sitiv i­
ty issues, we have to fix the things 
that are inside our organization be­
fore we can be effective out there," 
Botello said.

Financial aid loan lenders compete online for student’s attention to show best deals

ByInes Min
Daily Texan Staff 
The Internet has provided a bat­
tle ground on which financial aid 
loan lenders com pete to provide 
the best deals to students.

One such Web site, TuitionBids. 
com , offers an online resource for 
students trying to find the lowest 
loan interest rate.

The site allows students to sub­
mit their financial information on­
line, which is given to a network 
of banks that review the informa­
tion and offer their best interest 
rates to the students. The site re­
ceives 150 to 175 new applications 
every day from students looking

to apply for a loan.

"W e are the first site that puts 
lenders in a com petitive bidding 
situation for p rivate loan b u si­
ness," said a spokesm an for the 
site, who wished to remain anony­
mous because he was speaking for 
the site's CEO.

He said TuitionBids.com differs 
from other sites becau se it con ­
nects banks with students directly.
Six banks are in the site's lend­
ing network with two or three that 
want to be added, the spokesman 
said, adding that the site hopes to 
eventually have 15 to 18 lenders.

Henry Urick, interim associate 
director of U T 's financial aid of­

fice, said financial aid advising 
Web sites are not the best resource 
for UT students because the finan­
cial aid office can help students 
m ake m ore inform ed d ecisions 
specific to their school.

"T h e student financial aid of­
fice should be [the student's] first 
point of contact for seeking broad 
and objective information for high­
er education financial aid," Urick 
said. "I feel that a student can get 
the best set of inform ation from 
the school they are attending."

Urick said the personal connec­
tion is more valuable than advice 
from an online site. About 15,000 
students are borrowing from the

U T fed eral loan program and 
about 300 stu d en ts have taken 
out loans from private lenders, he 
said. He said because private loans 
are unsubsidized and have higher 
interest rates than federal loans, 
w hich are subsidized and allow 
the borrower to com plete school 
before interest begins to accrue, 
federal loans are more appealing 
to students than private ones.

"Non-federal loans are a last re­

sort," Urick said.

P h a rm a c y g rad u a te st udent 
Adolph N ovosad received a fed­
eral Stafford loan at UT, which is 
partly subsidized and partly un­
subsidized. He said he is not wor­

ried about the unsubsidized por­
tion because he has two years left 
and will not aquire as m uch in­
terest as students with loans who 
have more time left in school.

"It's not as bad a boat as others 

are in," Novosad said.

TuitionBids.com offers informa­
tion about the gap between high­
er education costs and the average 
size of a loan given to students, as 
well as general and financial infor­
mation about colleges in the U S ., 
including UT.

Javier Flores, also a pharm acy 
graduate student, received a feder­
al loan that covered all his tuition 
costs — a rarity in financial aid.

Urick said loans are not intend­
ed to cov er all ed u cation costs 
for students because of the annu­
al limits set by the U.S. Congress. 
Fam ily is expected to contribute 
the majority of a student's educa­
tion and must save money before­
hand, he said.

"You don't pay for a college ed­
ucation on a credit card ," Urick 
said. "You either plan for it or an­
ticipate long-term financing."

The Web site will not be avail­
able in Texas and a few other 
states because the site is in the pro­
cess of acquiring a license to con­
duct business in those states.

 B

Thursday, July 2 4 ,2 00 8

BIG 12 NOTEBOOK

T h e D a i l y T e x a n

Sports Editor: David R Henry 
E-mail: sports@dailytexanonhne.com 

Phone: (512) 232 2210 
www.dailytexanonline.com

Returning players have Sooners favored

By David R. Henry
Daily Texan Staff

Sooners still favored in South

After w inning three of the last 
four Big 12 cham p ion sh ip s, the 
O klahom a Sooners w ere picked 
to finish first in the South division 
in the Big 12 media poll.

C oach Bob Stoops and senior 
offensive lineman Jon Cooper, de­
fensive back N ic H arris and re­
ceiver Manuel Johnson addressed 
the media Wednesday.

"I think the sky is the limit for 
this team ," Cooper said. "We have 
so m any good players returning 
and even the players that are not 
returning starters are very good 
and while they are unproven, they 
are certainly proven to us."

Sop h om o re q u arterb ack Sam 
B rad ford, the n ation's lead er in 
pass efficiency, returns to lead the 
offense. W hile the team lost A l­
len Patrick at running back, junior 
Chris Brown and sophom ore D e­
M arco M urray should be able to 
shoulder the load. M urray rushed 
for 764 yards as a freshm an, and 
he is recovering from an injury.

"A c c o rd in g to him and ou r 
train ers he is on sch ed u le and 
everything, is good and he feels 
great," Stoops said. "H e 's an ex­
plosive, exciting player. H e's just 
one of those athletes that every ­
one notices the great speed and 
moves he has."

Ju n io r d efensive end A u ston 
English is expected to w reak hav­
oc for the defense up front, while

N ic H arris and Len dy H olm es 
will shore up the secondary. After 
being sent hom e from the team 's 
bowl game due to an off-the-field- 
issue, All-Big 12 defensive tackle 
DeMarcus Granger returns for his 
junior season.

"H e 's done everything w e'v e 
asked of him in the o ffseaso n ," 
Stoops said. "H e's working to be­
com e the type of player and guy 
w e w an t on this team . H e 's a 
physical force for us inside."

No-huddle offense for Sooners

For Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops 
to remain on top as long as he has. 
It's taken a lot of innovation and 
changing with the times.

With the new NCAA rule of us­
ing a 40-second clock after the last

play is over rather than using a 
25-second clock once the ball is set, 
the Sooners are going to a no-hud­
dle offense to try to get in more 
plays.

"M ore and more teams are do­
ing it, and it m akes it harder on 
defenses and helps quarterbacks 
e sta b lish p o ck et p resen ce and 
get in a rhythm ," Stoops said. "It 
changes how you operate at the 
line o f scrim m ag e though. We 
have to get plays in quick since in 
college we d on't have a transm it­
ter to get plays in. It's all through 
signals. O f course w e'll be sm art 
with it and w e're not going to hur­
ry up when w e have a pretty big 
lead late in the gam e."

T e x a s ’ d a y in t h e m e d ia l ig h t

NOTES continues on page 2B

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops addresses reporters Wednesday dur­
ing the final day of Big 12 media days.

Chris Kominczak | Daily Texan Staff

W N BA

WNBA investigating 
Sparks-Shock brawl 
to decide penalties

By Larry Lage
The Associated Press

T h e W N BA alw ays seem s to 

crave more attention.

M ission accom plished, albeit it 

without a dunk or fantastic play.

The Detroit Shock — and assis­
tant coach Rick M ahom — w ere 
involved in a skirm ish w ith the 
Los Angeles Sparks, m aking the 
WNBA a hot topic on TV, sports- 
talk radio and blogs.

"A lot of people are paying at­
tention to the W N BA right now 
th at h av e p ro b ab ly n e v e r fo l­
low ed it," S h o ck g u ard K a tie 
Sm ith said W ednesday in an in­
te rv ie w w ith T h e A s s o c ia te d 
Press. "Is it the right kind of a t­
tention? No. But I d on't think the 
publicity hurts. In hockey, people 
live for the fights.

"W ho knows, maybe we'U meet 
in the W NBA finals and there will 
be even more interest."

Now, the league is left to d e­
cide which of the participants will 
be punished and its decisions are 
expected Thursday before Detroit

plays at Houston and Los Angeles 
travels to face Connecticut.

"T h e W N BA is review ing the 
incident in its entirety," W N BA 
sp o k esm an R on H ow ard said 
Wednesday.

The melee at The Palace of A u­
burn Hills — also the site of the 
infam ous braw l betw een the De­
troit Pistons, Indiana Pacers and 
fans in 2004 — broke out Tues­
day night with 4.6 seconds left in 
a game won by the Sparks.

D etroit's Plenette Pierson and 
a s s is ta n t co a ch M a h o rn w ere 
ejected , along w ith Los A ngeles 
players Candace Parker and DeL- 
isha Milton-Jones.

Parker and Pierson got tangled 
up and fell to the court. Deanna No­
lan tackled Parker and Mahom ap­
peared to push L.A. star Lisa Leslie 
to the court. Milton-Jones responded 
by punching Mahom in the back.

"R ick M ahom is getting the bad 
end of the d eal," Sm ith said. "I'd 
bet all the money in the world on

FIGHT continues on page 2B

Detroit Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn, center, reacts during 
Tuesday's bench-clearing fight. Mahorn was ejected from the game.

Jarry S. Mendoza | Associated Press

SPORTS BRIEFLY

Sooner b-ball schedule full of 
tough non-conference squads
NORMAN, Okla. — Games 

against Southern California and Ar­
kansas are included in the non-con­
ference men's basketball schedule 
released Wednesday by Oklahoma.
The Sooners also will appear in 
the NTT Season Tip-Off, in which 
they could face Arizona, Boston 
College or Purdue. Oklahoma fin­
ished 23-12 last season and reached 
the second round of the NCAA 
tournament.

Oklahoma will play at least 13 
non-conference games, a number 
that could rise to 15 if the Soon­
ers advance in the NIT event. Elev­
en of those games would be against 
teams that played last season in the 
NCAA tournament, the National In­
vitation Tournament or the College 
Basketball Invitational

"This is another very challeng­
ing set of non-league games that we 
will approach as an opportunity," 
OU coach Jeff Capel said in a state­
ment. "We played a difficult non- 
conference schedule last year that 
prepared us well for a successful 
Big 12 season. This year's non-con­
ference schedule will do the same "
The Sooners will host a pair of 
NCAA Division 11 programs, Okla­
homa Panhandle State on Nov. 5 
and Cameron on Nov. 8, in exhibi­

tion games before starting the reg­
ular season at home against Ameri­
can on Nov. 14.

Oklahoma then will host a four- 
team regional on Nov. 17-18 as part 
of the NIT Season Tip-Off The other 
teams in the Sooners' regional will 
be Davidson, James MadLson and 
Mississippi Valley State. The semifi­
nals and finals of the NIT event will 
be in New York on Nov. 26 and 28, 
respectively.

Between the regional and NIT 
semifinals Gardner-Webb will visit 
Oklahoma on Nov. 22.

USC will visit Oklahoma on Dec.
4 as part of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hard­
wood Series. The Sooners lost at 
Southern Cal last season.

On Dec. 7, Oklahoma will trav­
el up the Turner Turnpike to play 
Tulsa in that city's new BOK Cen­
ter. Three days later, Maine will play 
at Oklahoma and on Dec 13, Utah 
will do the same

Virginia Commonwealth — Ca- 
pel's former school — w ill play the 
Sooners on Dec. 20 in Oklahoma 
City as part of the All-College Clas­
sic. Oklahoma will visit Rice on Dec 
22 for the Sooners' first true road 
game of the season and travel to Ar­
kansas for a Dec. 30 game 

Games against Coppin State on 
Jan 3 and Maryland-Eastern Shore 
two days later will close the Soon­
ers' non-conference schedule. Okla­
homa's Big 12 Conference schedule 
has yet to be released

— The Associated Press

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy sits in front of media cameras Wednesday during the final day of Big 12 media days. McCoy will lead the 
Longhorns this year as they adjust to not being the Big 12 favorites.

Chris Komincnk | Daily Texan Staff

’Horns the new underdogs

Young players, tough 
schedule combine to put 
Texas in unfamiliar role

By David R. Henry
Daily Texan Staff 

K A N SA S C IT Y — Texas has a new 
role this season as an underdog in the 
Big 12 South.

Coach M ack Brown spoke on the last 
day of the Big 12 media days about how 
that could be a good thing for his team.

"T h is is the first tim e w e'v e been in 
that role for a w hile and it seem s to be 
m otivating our players to w ork really 
hard," Brown said. "Th ese guys on our 
team that have been on cam pus the last 
three years are used to being a top-10 
team and this year som e people don't 
think we're going to be able to do that."

The reasons for Texas' underdog status 
are numerous. For starters, the team plays 
nine bowl teams from last year, including

Missouri and Kansas, which went a com ­
bined 24-3. Their schedule also includes 
a very talented Texas Tech team with re­
cord-setting duo of quarterback Graham 
Harrell and wide receiver Michael Crab­
tree on the road in hostile environment.

"People have us losing a lot of gam^s, or 
a lot more than we are probably used to," 
said senior defensive end Brian Orakpo. '1 
don't know how it feels to be tin underdog. 
It's great motivation for us and we're using 
it as a tool to help us get better."

Texas also has som e big shoes to fill 
on both sides of the ball. The most publi­
cized is running back, with leading rush­
er Jamaal Charles departing early for the 
draft. Senior C hris O gbonnaya, sopho­
more Vondrell McGee and redshirt fresh­
man Foswhitt W hitaker will all see play­
ing time at that position.

"I'm excited because all of those guys 
are very g o o d ," said ju n io r q u a rte r­
back Colt McCoy. "A ll of them give us

Coaching staff ready to give 
players more freedom in 
hopes o f curing struggles
.... By David R. Henry
** Daily Texan Staff 

K A N SA S C IT Y — O ne o v erw h elm in g 
them e for Texas at W ednesday's Big 12 me­
dia day w as turning people loose.

Once ham pered by a knee brace, senior 
defensive end Brian O rakpo is finally free. 
After struggling m ost of last season, Texas' 
offensive revival started with the H oliday 
Bowl win over Arizona State and the team 
hopes to continue the m om entum from it 
this season. And new defensive coordinator 
Will Muschamp will unleash the hounds on 
that side of the ball.

If last year was a season of frustration, this 

year is all about relieving it.

It starts w ith ju n ior q u arterb a ck C olt 

McCoy.

UNDERDO GS continues on page 2B

FREE continues on page 2B

M l

Dynamo earn victory over United despite rain delay

By Michael Sheffield
Daily Texan Staff 

Two goals sep arated by four 
hours and two calendar days saw 
the H ouston D ynam o overcom e 
D C. U nited and the u n forg iv­
ing weather Wednesday night in 
Washington D.C.

A dominating first-half perfor­
mance from the two-time defend­
ing cham pions gave them a 1-0 
lead into the 2 hour, 50 m inute 
weather delay that punctuated a 
gam e already twice rescheduled 
because of the elements.

The Dynamo picked up where 
they left off follow ing the delay, 
starting witn 53 m inutes on the 
clock. After adding to their tally of

chances created and missed, striker 
Brian Ching finally gave Houston 
a deserved second goal, thumping 
hom e a header from Brad Davis' 
free-kick in the 79th minute.

Brian Mullan had earlier given 
the Dynamo a 1-0 lead in the 20th 
m inute, tu rning D C. left back 
G onzalo Martinez inside-out be­
fore rifling a left-footed shot into 
the top com er of Zack Wells' net.

M ullan had already sp u m ed 
two guilt-edged chances after beat­
ing Martinez on the right wing.

The United left-back cemented 
a night to forget with a late tack­
le on De Rosario that earned him 
a straight red card with 8 minutes 
remaining.

The H ouston goal seem ed to 
spark the hosts into action, and 
D.C. started to throw bodies for­
ward. Yet the increased pressure 
served mostly to give makeshift 
striker and MLS All-Star Dwayne 
De Rosario more room to operate 
behind the defense, and Wells had 
to venture far off his line to cut out 
Geoff Cam eron's 60-yard through 
ball w hich had carved U nited 
open.

De Rosario surged into the box 
moments later as the Dynamo cxve 
again unlocked the hosts' backline, 
but former Dynamo backup Wells 
saved well to his right.

Little was heard from league 
MVP Luciano Emilio and MLS all-

time leading scorer Jaim e More­
no leading the United front line. 
Effectively marshalling that duo 
were Dynamo center-backs Bobby 
Boswell and Eddie Robinson, who 
was booked for a crude challenge 
on Emilio in the 16th minute 

Yet it was not all good new s 
in the first half for the defending 
champions as Robinson, back from 
suspension and injury, was subbed 
out of the game m the 41st minute 
with an apparent hamstring injury 
after lunging into a tackle on More­
no. Second-year defender and U S. 
Olympian Patrick Ianni came off 
the bench to fill the void.

D YN AM O continues on page 2B

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TO U R DE FRAN C E

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

NOTES: Cyclone coach 
confident after first year

From page 1B

Changing the offensive strat- 
egy w o n 't be an issue for the 
players.

"It's been a gradual change," 
said senior wide receiver M anu­
el Johnson. "We've been doing it 
more and more and now we're 
just going to go with it outright. 
I'm excited about all the things 
we are going to be able to do 
with our offense this year."

Chizik gaining experience

Former Texas defensive coor­
dinator Gene Chizik, who won a 
national championship while at 
Texas, is confident despite com­
ing off a 3-9 season in his first 
year.

That confidence comes after 
now having a full year under his 
belt as Iowa State's head coach.

"I m ade a journal of that first 
year and am looking back to see 
what I did right and what I did 
wrong, and that's really helped," 
Chizik said. "A lot of the ques­
tions last year were hypothet­
i c a l for me because I really 
didn't know what to expect. We 
feel like the foundation has been 
laid and we're ready to go down 
the road. We're ready to get the 
season underway."

Chizik reunited w ith Mack 
Brown while in Kansas City and 
says he speaks with the coach on 
a regular basis.

Video games over playbooks

New coach Art Briles takes over 
at Baylor this season from Hous­

ton and with him comes a com­
plete overhaul of the plavbook.

Literally. Briles has gotten rid 
of the playbook altogether and 
will coach without one just like 
he did at Houston. Briles has a 
video-gam e system set up to 
show players the plays instead.

"In my experience, if you give 
a young guy a 300-page book 
and a video game, they'll play 
the video game instead," Briles 
said. "It's a good learning tool 
for them to visualize things. It 
has all our base offenses and 
then we just m ake m odifica­
tions to those1 in practices and 
throughout the games. We prob­
ably coach a lot different than 
any other school in the Big 12."

The players d o n 't seem ed to 

mind.

"I like the video system be­
cause I can pause it when I need 
to see things better and it helps 
us line up better on the field," 
said senior orfensive tackle Jason 
Smith. "When things are drawn 
up on paper it doesn't necessar­
ily translate to the field, or at 
least that's been my experience. 
I think this way is a better tool 
and a lot easier."

Who will be running Briles' 
innovative offense has yet to 
be determ ined. Blake Szyman- 
ski, who is ranked 12th among 
Baylor's all-time passing lead­
ers heading into his junior year, 
will face off against senior Mi­
ami transfer Kirby Freeman for 
the job. H ighly touted fresh­
man Robert Griffin will also get 
a chance at the position.

DYNAMO: Dominant first-half 
earns Houston three points

From page IB

Last season, Robinson was the 
rock to a defensive unit that set 
the MLS record with 727 consec­
utive shutout minutes. This sea­
son, his campaign and the team 
as a whole have struggled to find 
the same kind of consistency as 
injuries and suspensions have 
taken their toll.

Following the resum ption of 
play at 11:45 p.m. local time, the 
w aterlogged pitch turned the

free-flowing gam e into a m is­
take-plagued battle of attrition. 
But behind tw o critical saves 
from goalkeeper Pat Onstad and 
Ching's clinical finish, Houston 
rode its early m om entum to a 
comfortable win.

The loss snaps a four-gam e 
MLS winning streak and 6-game 
unbeaten run for D.C. w hile 
also marking the first time Unit­
ed have lost four straight home 
games after three successive de­
feats in SuperLiga.

FREE: Longhorns planning to 
play more ‘backyard football’

From page IB

"I'm really excited about this 
season because the coaches are go­
ing to let the players play," McCoy 
said. "It's going to be like back­
yard football. We've put a lot of 
work into get to this point where 
they trust us. O ur guys have the 
chance to go out there and play 
like headbusters."

M cCoy s tru g g le d last year, 
throwing 18 interceptions behind 
an inexperienced offensive line. 
The line will be a strength for the 
team this year.

"It can't get any w orse than 
last year," McCoy said. "Honest­
ly, there's nowhere to go but up. 
Personally, I think going through 
those struggles is going to make 
me a better quarterback this year."
After Texas ranked 109th in the 
nation in pass defense last year, 
Brown b ro u g h t in M uscham p 
from Auburn to help get pressure 
on the quarterback. M uscham p 
was also once a defensive coordi­
nator in the NFL with the Miami 
Dolphins.

"With all of the spread offenses 
and outstanding quarterbacks in 
our league, we've got do a better

job of stopping the passing game 
and trying to force m ore tu rn ­
overs, and we feel [Muschamp's] 
the guy that will get that done," 
Brown said. "After coaching in the 
NFL he has the ability that some 
college guys do not of disguising 
things. He coaches with so much 
em otion and passion. I feel our 
defense will really feed off that."

Senior defensive end Brian Or- 
akpo will be key to getting pres­
sure on the quarterback. Orakpo 
suffered an injury against Arkan­
sas State in the first game of last 
year that plagued him the rest of 
the season.

"My knee feels good now and 
it's great to move around w ith­
out the clanky brace slowing me 
down," Orakpo said. "I'm ready."
Brown said that in preseason 
Orakpo looked as good as any de­
fensive end he's ever had.

"We've had some good ones at 
North Carolina and at Texas, so 
it's saying a lot about him," Brown 
said. "No one was able to block him 
in preseason. We haven't stopped 
the pass consistently for two years 
now, so his ability to rush the pass­
er is a vital part of what we need to 
do to be successful."

Bas Czerwinski | Associated Press

Stage winner and new overall leader Carlos Sastre of Spain climbs towards I'Alpe-d'Huez during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race 
between Embrun and I'Alpe-d'Huez, French Alps, Wednesday.

Sastre takes climbing stage, jersey

By Jamey Keaten
The Associated Press 
ALPE D'HUEZ, France — Car­
los Sastre of Spain won the 17th 
stage of the Tour de France, taking 
the overall lead Wednesday from 
CSC teammate Frank Schleck on 
the hardest ride up three huge Al­
pine climbs.

Sastre took the yellow jersey by 
speeding ahead of the main title 
contenders in the final ascent of 
the 130.8-mile ride from Embrun 
to L'Alpe d'Huez.

"I suffered a lot on the way to 
the summit, but I take great plea­
sure in capturing the jersey," Sas­
tre said through a translator. "A 
pure climber has to take advan­
tage of his opportunities, and this 
was mine."

Sastre, a five-time top-10 fin­

isher at the Tour w ho also won 
a m ountain stage in 2003, beat 
most of the other title contenders 
by more than two m inutes. The 
33-year-old Spaniard is riding in 
his eighth Tour, and this is his first 
yellow jersey.

"It's a dream com e true," he 

said.

The stage was the last of three 
in the Alps. Riders will face a time 
trial Saturday that's likely to de­
termine the winner. Two mostly 
flat stages in the meantime aren't 
likely to influence the leading 
bunch.

Cadel Evans of A ustralia re­
mains a favorite to w in the Tour, 
barring a crash or other mishap, 
because he is the best time-trial 
cyclist among the contenders.

Overall, Sastre leads Schleck by 1

minute, 24 seconds, and Bernhard 
Kohl of Germany by 1:33. Evans is 
fourth, 1:34 behind. Among other 
strong time-trial riders, Denis Men- 
chov of Russia is fifth, 2:39 behind, 
and Christian Vande Velde of the 
United States is sixth, 4:41 back.

Team CSC w as dom inant up 
the first tw o climbs, leading the 
group around the race leader that 
split ahead of the main pack. By 
the base of L'Alpe d'Huez, Schleck 
had five teammates escorting him.
It w as then th at Sastre w ent 
ahead, and he continued to extend 
his lead up the famed final climb.
"I had to take the risk of attack­
ing from the beginning" of the 
Alpe d'H uez, said Sastre, adding 
that he knew he needed to gain 
tim e on Evans and M enchov to 
have a shot at the title.

Now it is likely to come dow n 
to whether Sastre has enough of a 
lead on Evans to hold him off in 
the time trial.

"I have two days to enjoy the 
yellow jersey and on Saturday I'll 
think about the time trial," Sastre 
said. "I'll find out then if I am able 
to win the Tour."

In the first time trial — Stage 
4 in and around Cholet — Evans 
w as fourth, 27 seconds behind 
stagew inner Stefan Schum ach­
er of Germany. Sastre w as 28th, 
1:43 back.

But Saturday's time trial — the 
next to last stage before the three- 
week race ends on the Champs-El- 
ysees on Sunday — is nearly twice 
as long. It takes riders 32.9 miles 
from C erilly to S aint-A m and- 
Montrond.

UNDERDOGS: Texas looking for 
players to replace lost stars

From p a g e lB

som ething a little different and 
have different strengths."

Brown said replacing Charles' 

speed will be hard.

"We don't have anyone that can 
run a 10.1 100-meter dash like he 
did," Brown said. "But 1 think we 
can have the same type of impact 
at that position."

Finding an impact wide receiv­
er is another concern. The team 
lost Limas Sweed and Nate Jones 
as well as tight end Jermichael Fin­
ley. Seniors Quan Cosby and Jor­
dan Shipley will be the only veter­
ans on a relatively young corps.

"I'm confident in Jordan and 
Quan using their speed on the out­
side," McCoy said. "I think Mal- 
com [Williams] and Dan [Buck­
ner] are big and strong and can 
line up on the inside. The coach­
es say Blaine Irby is starting to re­
m ind them of David Thomas at 
tight end."

Frank Okam at defensive tack­
le is another big loss. But McCoy 
seems unfazed by the loss of so 
many proven players.

"We're going to have a lot of 
young players, but they are all very 
talented players and I'm excited

about them this season," McCoy 
said. "We'll have plenty of talent."

Texas' poor play last season 
probably plays som e role in the 
low ered expectations this year. 
W hile the team w ent 10-3, they 
stru g g led against w eak team s 
such as Arkansas State and Bay­
lor, had to come from behind to 
beat O klahom a S tate an d N e­
braska and lost to a Kansas State 
team that finished w ith a losing 
record.

"I think the reason we started so 
poorly last season was due to the in­
experience we had," Brown said. "I 
also didn't think we handled lead­
ership that well. When we started 
struggling, our players were pres­
sured to do more and sometimes 
ended up doing too much."

The result of losing key players, 
a tough schedule and last season's 
struggles is Texas being picked 
by many experts to finish behind 
Oklahoma and Texas Tech in the 
Big 12 South.

"People have a reason to be excit­
ed about Oklahoma and Texas Tech 
because they are looking very good," 
Brown said. "In the preseason it's all 
a beauty contest though; I feel con­
fident about where we'll wind up 
come January."

Texas head coach Mack Brown signs a football Wednesday during the 
final day of Big 12 media days.

Chris Kom inczak | Daily Texan Staff

FIGHT: Precedent says league may hand out suspensions after Tuesday’s fight

From page IB

him that he didn't push her. Un­
fortunately, the people in charge 
of the game shouldn't have let it 
get that point. Thankfully, noth­
ing too crazy happened."

The fracas started m om ents 
after Parker and D etroit's Cher­
yl Ford had to be separated after 
Ford fouled Parker.

After Ford tried to restrain 
Pierson, her right knee buckled 
and she left the floor in a wheel­
chair. The team said the standout 
forward will miss the rest of the 
season and playoffs due to a tom 
knee ligament.

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe 
Bryant said he jumped up when 
he saw the highlights on TV7 in 
Las Vegas, where he is practicing 
with the U.S. Olympic team, 

"Candace is going to be a tar­

get. She's an incredible player," 
Bryant said. "I think it's good for 
her that she d id n 't back dow n 
and I think it's good for her team­
mates to step in there."

Bryant added that one fight in 
the league's existence "is a hell of 
a track record."

W hen o rd e r w as re sto re d , 
Parker, Pierson, Milton-Jones and 
M ahom were ejected, and Nolan 
and Los Angeles' Shannon Bob­
bitt received technicals.

Leslie seemed to believe Ma­

hom pushed her intentionally.

"I d o n 't even know w hy he 
was pushing me down," she said 
Tuesday night after a 84-81 win 
"I wasn't swinging or hitting any­
body. 1 was just going to go help 
my teammate up."

M ahorn insisted he was try ­
ing to protect the integrity of the 
game and the league.

Is it the righ t k in d 
o f a tte n tio n ? No. 
B ut I don V thin k the 
p u b lic ity h u rts. In 
h ockey, p e o p le live 
f o r the figh t s ."

— K a tie Sm ith , 
D e tro it S h o c k g u a r d

"I w ould never push a w om ­

an," he said after the game.

Shock coach Bill Laimbeer — 
w ho team ed w ith M ahorn to 
form the core of the Pistons' "Bad 
Boys" clubs that won champion­
ships in 1989 and 1990 — and Los 
A ngeles' Michael C ooper also 
came to Mahom's defense.

"Rick M ahorn is known as a

peacemaker from even the brawl 
w e had here w ith In d ia n a ," 
L aim beer said. "H e w ent out 
there to get people off the pile, 
and to get people to stop the con­
frontation."

"But he's just too big," he said.
WNBA president Donna Oren- 
d e r's dilemma will be to decide 
w ho will be suspended and for 
how long. In 2005, the Shock's 
Elaine Powell w as su sp en d ed 
five games for striking Washing­
ton's Coco Miller during a game 
Although Powell has never had 
the stature of Parker or even Mil­
ton-Jones, the league hasn't been 
shy ab o u t su s p e n d in g a star 
player. Phoenix's Diana Taurasi 
served a two-game ban last sea­
son for inappropriate conduct to­
ward game officials after a loss to 
Detroit.

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31 Preem ie setting: 

53 Sooner

Abbr.

54 Always bouncing 

33 Collection of 

55 P la ces for La-Z- 

Edited by Will Shortz

No. 0619

12

13

11

16

I F ra n c e 's ___
von Bism arck

5 Jum ped

II Rogue

14 Chem ical 

element with the 
symbol Fe

15 Sub

Abbr.

16 Discounted item: 

17 G ets it wrong

18 Terrible one?

19 Former 

pharmaceutical 
giant

20 Flow slowly

21 Flat things?

22 Out of: Ger.

23 Sum derives 

from it

32 Suffix with palm

teams

36 Crane, e g

39 Possible name 
for the first 
decade of the 
century

40 Hold back

41 Hardly soothes

42 Former 

Romanian 
leader Io n ___

43 One step from 
the majors

44 Nickname on the 

Houston 
Rockets starting 
in 2004

45 Kind of dog

24 Father of Jacob

51 Solution 

25 Monopoly 

quartet Abbr.

26 Spot

strength Abbr

52 Road access 
regulators

A N S W E R T O P R EV IO U S P U Z Z L E

back

Boys

56 Number of clues 
in this puzzle 
that contain 
factual 
inaccuracies

57 Dwarf planet 

larger than Pluto

Down

1 “IT! be with you 

shortly ..."

2 Mother of 
Calcutta

3 O ne way to lay 

things

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5 Silverstein who 

wrote and 
illustrated “The 
Giving Tree"

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7 S a n 

, Calif.

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9 Standard office- 

d osin g time

10 A nses

11 O ne who 

exhibits pack 
mentality?

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“G od tells me 
how the music 
should sound, 
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the way"

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fashion advice

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38 Prefix with 
center

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VEHICLES FOR SALE

010 Misc. Autos

2007 HYUNDAI ELAN-
TRA Q u ic k s ilv e r Sale.

Like N E W ! G reat, C ute 
Car, S a ve on G as! In­
s p e c tio n and m a ite n e n ce 
up to date (early Ju n e ) * 
V e h ic le H ig h lig h t. M ile ­
age 4,350 E n g in e 4 Cyl.
2.0 Liter. T ra n s m is sio n 
A u to m a tic. G a s m ile a g e 
28/36 In clu d es P refe rre d 
& S u n ro o f P ackage. Sun 
Roof, X M /C D /M P 3 , Trunk 
Net. S a le Price: $14,500 
(Neg) b ased on KB B . C all 
(801) 750-0372 or em ail 
m u sik 7 7 @ h o tm ail. 
at 
co m

HOUSING RENTAL

360 Furn. Apts.

REPLACEMENT NEED-
EDI!! C a s tilia n R oo m . 2/2. 
S ta rtin g 
im m e d ia te ly . 
C all Sri at 407-310-7933.
ALL BILLS 
PAID.
H yde 

Park 
B e a u tifu l 
n e ig h b o rh o o d 
1 m ile 
no rth of UT. F u rn ish e d 
e ffic ie n c y 
in V illa del 
Rey A p ts , 4000 A v e n u e 
A , a v a ila b le m id -A u g u s t. 
C lo se 
IF, #1 b u s ­
lin es, C e n tra l M arket. 
512-458-4511.

to 

OIQ 2683157________________
HUGE 2/2, 1/1, 
EFFICIENCY.
F u rn ish e d u n its 1/2 m ile 
no rth o f U T in A v a lo n 
A p a rtm e n ts , 1100 East 
32nd Street. G as, w ater, 
tra sh paid. 512-458-4511.

370 Unf. Apts.

CAM PUS / 
HYDE P A R K / 
CENTRAL
to 
W alk, sh u ttle, bike 
ca m p u s and 
the T ri­
an gle. E ffic ie n c ie s $595 
and 425 sq ft. w ater/gas 
p aid. C e n tra l air/heat, 
d ish w a sh e r, 
g arb ag e 
d is p o sa l. M o v e in s 8/22, 
8/29 and 9/1. FREE P A R K ­
ING. O w n e r M an ag ed . 
W au g h P ro p e rtie s, Inc. 
512-451-0988___________
1/1 AND 2/2
W alk, bike, b us to c a m ­
pus, 
C e n tra l M arket, 
the T ria n g le. M o v e -in s 
8/16. 
P A R K IN G . 
A d u lt p ets o k -D O G S (25 
lbs) and in d o o r cats. 1/1 
600 s.f. $675 and 2/2s 
$995 great 
ro o m ­
m ates 1,000 s.f. w alk-in 
clo se ts, w a te r p aid & 
m o re l. O w n e r M an ag ed . 
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fro m UT /shop- 
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flo o rs . 
fans. 
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sm o k in g /p e ts. A v a ila b le 
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637-8232.

380 Fum. Duplexes

NO VEHICLE 
NEEDED
B a cca ra t A p ts, 3703 H ar­
m o n A v en u e , is clo se to 
RR, #15 bus sto p s; H a n ­
c o c k S h o p p in g Center; 
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n ish e d L A R G E 1/1s a v a il­
a b le n o w - e a r ly A u g u st. 
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1/1 AND
2/2

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$995 an d a 600 sq ft 1/1 
fo r $675. 2/2 is perfect 
ro o m m a te setu p . Both 
a llo w 
cats/25lb d og s. 
T rash /W a te r Paid. Both 
a v a ila b le 8/16. 1717 W. 
35th. O w n e r M an ag ed . 
W au g h P ro p e rtie s, Inc.
512-451-0988___________

TOTALLY 
REMOD­
ELED SOFO DUPLEX 
On w o o d e d c u l-d e -sa c. 
2/1. French d o o rs onto 
b rig h t kitche n and larg e 
liv in g /d in in g ro o m w ith 
v a u lte d c e ilin g & w o o d 
sto ve. G ra n ite co u n ters, 
n e w a p p lia n c e s. P rivate 
P atio. $1300/m onth. O ne 
year lease. D e po sit. N o 
pets. M o rrie S ch u lm a n 
440-0558. O w n e r/R e a l­
tor.

400 Candos-Townhouses

UT 
UNIQUE/BEST
PRICEDI O ne b e d ro o m s 
fro m $800 an d up, tw o 
b e d ro o m s 
fro m $1250 
and up, and th re e b e d ­
ro o m s fro m $1775 and 
up. W e st C a m p u s. P E R ­
S O N A L IZ E D A T T E N T IO N 
O N LY ! W e D O N O T p re ­
lease O N E Y E A R ahead! 
B E S T L A N D L O R D ! KH P 
o ffic e 
512-476-2154 
w w w .k h p re a le s ta te .c o m 
XX187646104________________

BRAND NEW CONDOS
AT25TH AND S a n G a b rie l 
3-2$1695, 2-2+loft$2250 
In clu d es C a b ie & ln te rn e t 
F in d ers 
A p a rtm e n t 
G oW est- 
512-322-9556 
C a m p u s.c o m a IQ 7680765

3/3 CONDO m i $1200/ 
c o n n e c tio n . 
m o. W/D 
D ish w ash er. 
Fire p la ce. 
W ire d fo r net. 2 car p ark­
ing. N o rth o f cam p u s, 
5m in aw ay. 512-751-6593

$1195/MOII!l!!! 
2/2.
T he P o in te co n d o . N ear 
St. 
H o sp ita l 
and U T L a w S ch o o l. 
512-528-8422

D a v id 's 

M OST UNIQUE AND 
CHARMING UNITS 
in
W e st C a m p u s. T w o b e d ­
ro o m s fro m $1295 and 
up, and th ree b e d ro o m s 
fro m $1600 and up. P E R ­
S O N A L IZ E D A T T EN T IO N 
O N LY ! W e DO N O T pre- 
lease O N E Y E A R ahead! 
B E S T L A N D L O R D ! KH P 
o ffic e 
512-476-2154 
w w w .k h p re a le s ta te .c o m

HUGE NORTH C A M ­
PUS!!! 5/3. $2350/m o. 
H a rd w o o d flo o rs. Porch. 
A ll a p p lia n c e s . A u g 1. 
512-323-6656. 
_

A ll 

Hill W EST CA M PU S 3/2
H ill! 1800 sq.ft. H ard ­
w o o d s. Parkin g A v a il­
able. 
A p p lia n c e s 
(incl. W/D) $1995/mo. 
512-231-1007____________
HUGE HOUSE 
CENTRAL 
LOCATION
T h is 3/2 ho u se is in a 
p o p u la r area. C lo s e to 
d o w n to w n and UT. S h u t­
tle w ith in g w a lk in g d is ­
tance. H EB, Target c lo se 
by. F e n ced y a rd ,c o v e re d 
parkin g , great 
layout, 
g reat m an a g e m e n t. A v ail 
A u g 1, C a ll A la n 626-5699 
1423 B e rk sh ire Dr.______

EAST AUSTIN 3/2 A ll
frie n d ly , CA/ 
tile, pet 
fe n c e d yard , gas 
CH, 
stove, 
cu l-d e - 
sh a d e d 
sac, $1400/m o- a v a ila b le 
N O W 512-940-2473

424 Dorm

GIRLS PRI­
VATE DORMI­
TORY ROOM
A ll g irls p rivate d o rm i­
to ry ro o m a v a ila b le fo r 
fre sh m a n at 
in c o m in g 
Texas. 
of 
U n iv e rs ity 
A b o u t $11,000 
fo r the 
year. 214-361-0647

425 Rooms

LARGE ROOMIII1! $600/ 
mo. M o v e in A u g 1. East 
side. B lo c k fro m c a m p u s 
A N D d o w n to w n . 204 At- 
tayac St. C all J a m e s at 
512-470-6178.___________

ROOM 

FOR 
LARGE 
RENT!!! NW. U T bus 
route. 3 liv in g . A la rm s y s ­
tem . W/D. Cable/Internet. 
M a id se rv ic e . $595/m o. 
ABP. 512-632-1984

WALK TO UT! La rg e fu r­
n ish e d roo m s, 4 b lo ck s 
fro m U T -Fall p release. 
P riv a te bath, la rg e walk- 
in c lo s e t. F u lly eq u ip p e d , 
s h a re d kitche n and o n ­
site lau n d ry. C e n tra l air, 
D SL, all b ills paid. P ri­
v ate ro o m fro m $525/ 
mo. Q u ie t, n o n sm o k in g . 
For p ic tu re s, info, apps. 
v is it w w w .a b b e y -h o u s e . 
co m o r c a ll 474-2036.

-N.CAMPUS-
$690 
READY)
MOVE-IN 
3b d rm /2 bath 
ren ovated 
no rth ca m p u s c o n d o ..1 
roo m a v a ila b le N O W ! 
W alk to ca m p u s & Live 
w it h 2 f u n U T g irls! M o ve - 
in ready! A L L u tilitie s in ­
c lu d e d in price. C ontact: 
n a ta li8 6 1 @ g m a il.co m or 
210-363-7810

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WALK TO UTII 2br/2bath 
a p artm en t. 6 b lo ck s fro m 
c a m p u s. Q uiet. W a sh e r 
and d ry e r in unit. 2 fre e 
co ve re d p arkin g sp o ts. 
S tu d io u s m ale 
r o o m ­
m ate n e ed e d . M o v e in 
m id A u g . $675/m onth. 
C o ntact: 
g m a il.c o m

d m oore010@

500 Misc

TEMPORARY FACULTY 
HOUSING. 
T a ste fu lly 
fu rn is h e d 3/2 w ith all 
a m e n itie s. P eace fu l hill 
c o u n try se ttin g o n ly 25 
m in u te s to c am p u s. S p a ­
c io u s d e sig n e r m aster 
b e d ro o m w ith s h o w e r 
an d cla w fo o t tub. G ra n ­
ite c o u n te rs & S a ltillo tile 
in k itche n. L a u n d ry ro o m 
w ith w a s h e r & dryer. Flat 
scre e n T V s, DVD and CD 
p la y e rs. P atio fu rn itu re 
and BBQ . Piano. W ire le s s 
and w ire d Internet. C o m ­
puter, printer, p h o n e and 
fa x m ach in e . Free c a lls 
$185/day, 
w ith in 
$1075/w eek or $3050/ 
m o nth b ills paid. M o r ­
rie S c h u lm a n , 440-0558. 
O w n e r/A g e n t

U S . 

REAL ESTATE SALES

160 Duplexes-Apartments

NEW DUPLEX!!! 3/3. On 
U T bus route. S o c o area. 
W h y rent? B uy and rent 
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w w w .2 7 0 5 so u th 5 th .c o m 
512-745-0014

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COURSE? F rie nd ly, h e lp ­
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800 General Help Wanted ■ 800 General Help Wanted

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• On UT Shuttle 

Route

• Microwaves

• Sand & W ater 

Free DVD Library

Volleyball

• Vaulted Lofts 
w /Ceiling Fans

Spacious Floor 
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P h o t o c o u rte sy C r y in g Box P r o d u c tio n s

Ready for The X-Files' invasion

It's been six y ears since the show w ent off the air and 10 
years since the last film , but M ulder, Scully and series creator 
C hris C arter are back to m ake sure you know you 're not alone. 
W ith "T h e X-Files: I Want To B eliev e," television's two favorite 
FBI agents are trying to find a m issing w om an with the help of 
a psychic priest (played by Billy Connolly). T h ere's not much 
know n about the m ovie besides that, because the script is un­
der w raps to keep the surprises hidden till opening w eekend. 
It's not going to beat "The D ark K night" or "Step Broth ers" at 
the box office, but based on how m uch fun the last film was, 
it's bound to at least be a good time at the m ovies. And com e 
on, D uchovny's in it. How can you resist?

— Alex Regttery

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niuses, hackers and doom sday devices. Also, M atthew Broder­
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when superpowers struggled for effective ways to ensure the ab­
solute destruction of their 
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tually assured destruction" 
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vice since the dissolution of 
the Soviet Union, but "War- 
gam es" will bring you right 
back to 1983 when nuclear 
holocaust w as right around 
the comer. W hat w as that?
You don't remember 1983?
G eez, I need to graduate.
‘"W argames" plays today at 
7:30 p.m. at the Regal G ate­
w ay 14, Regal M etropolitan,
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town 20.

— Dylan Miracle

Bart and Lisa 
Simpson may 
be the greatest 
sibling rivals of 
all pop culture 
siblings.

P h o to c o u r te s y 

T w en tieth C en tury 

Fox Film C o rp o ra tio n

Rollerskaters Michael Johnson and Leah Lucus perform a duet on Wednesday night in preparation for Forklift Dancework's upcoming perfor­
mance "Skate! A Night at the Rink."The performers include dancers, figure skaters, jam skaters and members of the Texas Rollergirls league.

B r y a n t H a e rtle in | D aily Texan Staff

SKATE: Audience members to participate after show

Watching "Wargames"

From page 6B

w ith sound system s.

c h o r e o g r a p h y d is p la y s th e 
m any fa c e ts o f the rin k w ith 
pieces created around backw ard 
couples skate, ladies choice and 
all-skate. Jerry Wallace, 71, pays 
hom age to old-school skate w ith 
a p erform ance set to organ m u­
sic that he recorded in the Fif­
ties, before rinks were equipped

"It really m eans a lot to me that 
there are still p eop le ou t there 
w h o e n jo y s k a tin g ," W allace 
said. "I started skating in 1944, 
and I w ant to see to it that it will 
never die. I've already sent in the 
organ music to have it copyright­
ed so that they can only use it for 
skating, nothing else. That's how 
good it is for m e."

A fter the perform ance, audi­
ence m em bers are invited to join 
the p erfo rm ers for an h ou r of 
skating, skate rental included. Orr 
hopes view ers w ill realize their 
creativity after spending the night 
with these dedicated artists.

"T h is is for anyone w ith fond 
m e m o r ie s of s k a tin g o r a n y ­
one lo o k in g fo r a q u irk y p e r­
form ance experien ce," O rr said.

"I'm all for trying to m ake som e­
thing th at's a cool piece of art."

WHAT: Playland Skate Center

W HERE: 8822 McCann Drive 
(183 and Burnet)

TICKETS: Available at fork- 
lift dance7vctrks.org and A usTix: 
(512) 474-8497

SIBLINGS: Rivalries bring out ‘best and worst’

CHACHA: Search 
engine is ad-free

From page 6B

services provided by ChaCha, 
you m ay receive prom otional 
co m m u n ica tio n s, a lerts and 
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Not having ads sent to their 
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bottom line. Perhaps in the fu­
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accom panied by strategically 
selected advertisements.

But it is not for idle "Id o l" 
fans to co n c e rn th e m se lv es 
with how the service that pro­
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From page 6B

the situ a tio n . Yes, th e re 's also 
Lind say, th eir sister, b u t sh e 's 
usu ally too busy trying to date 
Tom Jane or hit on Steve Holt to 
really get involved in the Bluth 
tu rm oil. O ne o f the b est fam i­
ly m om en ts tak e s p lace in the 
e p iso d e "B e e f C o n s o m m e " in 
w hich G ob and M ich ael battle 
on the courtroom steps over the 
b e a u tifu l M arta w h ile B u ster 
just w ants to join in the fight to 
get pu nched in the face. Love, 
h a te , lo n g in g and h u g e m is­
takes — ju st the things that the 
Bluths are m ade of.

Bart & Lisa Simpson

So continu es the greatest sib­
ling riv alry e v e r to g ra ce the 
sm all — and, last sum m er, the 
big — screen. B art v ersu s Lisa 
is em blem atic of all the classic 
rivalries: b ro th er v ersu s sister, 
troublem aker versus bookw orm , 
yin versus yang, id versus super­
ego. A great rivalry b rin g s out 
the best and w orst in both par­
ties, so at the end of the episode

WINEDAUE: Performances gave local and international 
students ‘different cultural perspectives on Shakespeare’

"Lisa On Ice," in which Bart and 
Lisa's peewee hockey teams play 
each other to a draw, and Homer 
wails that "th ey're both losers," 
we have to disagree.

Francis, Peter & Jack Whitman

W h ile Wes A n d erso n 's o th ­
er trio of siblings, the Tenen- 
b aum s, may get m ore acclaim , 
it's the Brothers W hitm an from 
"The Darjeeling L im ited " w ho 
have a more honest and realis­
tic relatio n sh ip . N eith er h ave 
talked to the other in a year and

oldest brother Francis decides 
to take the broth ers on a rail­
way voyage across India. Along 
their voyage they work through 
their problems with one another 
and the emotional (and in Fran­
cis' case, physical) pain they've 
gone th rou gh since th eir dad 
passed aw ay is clear. The film's 
ending has the obvious visual 
m etaph or of them ditching all 
of th eir b ag gage and running 
to catch up with the train. They 
just w ant to make it to the next 
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C leopatra" and "The Merchant of 
Venice" — and raised funds for 
the organization.

The students performed the fa­
mous balcony scene from "Romeo 
and Juliet." Kate Attwell, a native 
of South Africa who attends the 
U niversity of Bristol in the UK, 
played the part of Juliet.

"It's really excellent to have dif­
ferent cu ltu ral p ersp ectiv es on 
Shakespeare," Smith said.

"A ntony and C leop atra" is the 
main event for them this year, as 
the troupe does not often perform 
the play, said English senior Bry­
an Gonzales.

Bradley W right, an oth er En g­
lish senior, said the program has 
a cult following of literature lov­
ers and added that Owen Wilson 
is a Winedale alumnus despite not 
having completed the course.

He said he heard about Shake­
s p e a re a t W in e d a le th ro u g h 
friends who raved about their ex­
perience there.

"E v e ry o n e said it w as w orth 
every m o m en t," he said . "H o n ­
estly, it's been that. W e've grown 
so m uch. It's a very en rich in g 
experience."

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SECTION B

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Life&Arts Editor: Alex Regnery 
Associate Life&Arts Editor Dylan Miracle 
E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com 

Phone: (512) 232-2209

‘Step Brothers’ not 
the first to feature 
dynamic siblings
Brothers, sisters in 

pop culture stir up 
most painful rivalries

By Alex Regnery & Alan Hayes
Daily Texan Staff

B rothers. Sisters. Brothers 
and sisters. Only a mixture this 
potent could stir up more pain­
ful battles than those on the 
Gaza Strip. W hat m akes the 
ongoing figh ts betw een sib ­
lings so tolerable is the love 
that lies underneath all of the 
nam e-calling and b ack-stab­
bing, unless you truly do hate 
your family member. In honor 
of "Step Brothers" opening to­
morrow, here's a look at some 
of the most endearing, heart­
breaking and down-right aw­
ful siblings in popular culture.

Hannah & Her Sisters 

(Holly and Lee)

Woody Allen perfectly craft­
ed the dynamic between three 
sisters, each of whom resent the 
other one and try to keep those 
feelings buried below. Hannah,
Holly and Lee know each oth­
er so well they are able to work 
on the others' weaknesses and 
bring them to their knees with 
one w ell-thought, harsh com ­

ment. Though they go through 
plenty of inter-familial turmoil 
throughout the film, at the end 
of it all they're family, and the 
love, is still there between all 
of them.

Dennis & Dee Reynolds

It's rare to find a pair of sib­
lings who loathe each other 
more than D ennis and Sweet 
Dee. N either one really cares 
what happens to the other as 
long as it doesn't affect them. 
Dennis is willing to prostitute 
his sister to out a suspected se­
rial killer w hile Dee is more 
than happy to m ake D ennis 
look like a creep y pedophile 
to all of the parents on the lo­
cal playground. Th eir father 
Frank is just as misanthropic as 
his children, making for one re­
ally messed up family. They're 
some of the most miserable and 
unredeeming people on televi­
sion, which makes it so much 
more fun to watch.

Gob, Michael & Buster Bluth

W hether its p ayin g G ene 
Parmesean, getting flashed by 
Kitty or being jealous of Carl 
W eathers, the Bluth Brothers 
have always had each others' 
backs, no matter how twisted

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Will Ferrell (left) and John C. Reilly play Brennan Huff and Dale 
Doback, respectively, in "Step Brothers," which opens tomorrow.

Photo courtesy Apatow Productions

soundbites

Nine Indi Nails

The Slip

You'll like it if you like: 
Queens of the Stone Age, A 
Perfect Cirde

"Thank you for your con­
tinued and loyal support over 
the years — this one's on me," 
Trent Reznor posted on his Web 
site the day of the digital re­
lease of The Slip, his newest al­
bum, which can be download­
ed from the Nine Inch Nails' 
website for free. It seems that 
quitting alcohol and drugs has 
gotten the best out of him. He 
has entered a highly produc­
tive stage, releasing four major 
LPs in a three-year span.

The Slip, his eighth studio 
album, comes unexpectedly — 
a few months after Ghosts I-IV, 
a musical experiment in ambi­
ent industrial which was fairly 
received by the critics.

The Slip represents a less 
outrageous and more self-as­
sured Reznor. This d oesn't 
mean that NIN has stopped 
being the furious techno-met­
al manifesto of rage. We still 
get the same raging, distorted

Cast members perform a scene from Shakepeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" during the annual gala. At the gala, t. 
scenes from all three of the plays they will be showcasing this summer.

students completed

Shakespeare through immersion

Students spend nine 
weeks studying at 
Winedale complex

By J J. Velasquez
Daily Texan Staff 
Sixteen in tern atio n al and 
A m e ric a n c o lle g ia n s are 
spending th e ir su m m er in 
Round Top, Texas, on U T 's 
Winedale complex.

Their day begins at 6 a.m., 
when they decide which team 
>port to play before breakfast.

M ost of the item s on the 
group's d aily agenda seem 
fairly mundane.

Prepare breakfast. Check. Do 
chores. Check. Rehearse Shake­
speare plays in a 100-year-old 
hay bam adorned with a logo 
depicting a cowboyed-up ver­
sion of the playw right d on­
ning a bandana and western 
hat. Check.

s so m uch m ore 

than sum m er cam p. 
... I t ’s p retty m uch 
unlike anything I ’ve 
e v er done. ”

T h ey 'v e all signed up for 
the Shakespeare at W inedale 
experience, a summer English 
course in which the class lives, 
for nine w eeks on W inedale 
grounds, where 
th ey w o rk for 
15 to 18 hours 
a day and learn 
S h a k e s p e a r e 
t h r o u g h 
i m ­
m e r s i o n a n d 
performance.

The stud ents 
receive six hours 
of cred it upon 
co m p le tio n of 
their resid ence 
at Winedale.

Although the 
is set 

c o u r s e 
up som ew hat like a summer 
camp, the experience is any­
thing but campy, said Plan II 
senior Peyton Smith.

" I t 's so m uch m ore than 
summer camp. It's a transfor­
mative experience," she said.

"T h ere's a certain am ount of 
camp activity being planned, 
but there's also the sustained 
social dynamic with so many 
people so close together all the 
tim e doing a 
specific thing 
t h a t ' s a c a ­
d em ic, social 
and p h y sical 
all at once. It's 
p re tty mu c h 
u n l i k e a n y ­
thing I've ever 
done."

t

t o l l 

m i i h ,

M o s

 
W i n e d a l e r s 
say the phys- 
i c a l 
is 
p retty g ru e l­
in g b u t t hat 
it's worth it because they ulti­
mately cultivate a deeper ap­
preciation and understanding 
of Shakespeare's work.

Smith offers visual testimo­
ny to the physical challenge 
Winedale entails. She hobbles

Xt(
lan

w ith a crutch beneath each 
armpit after falling into an ar­
madillo hole and twisting her 
ankle while rehearsing.

"You .really do go from sun­
up to Su n d ow n ," she said. 
"You get sw eatier and sorer 
than you've ever been."

Yet, Smith said the body isn't 
the only thing the course chal­
lenges. It also challenges the 
psyche and brain.

"It's physically demanding 
but also em otionally and in­
tellectually," she said. "It's not 
just one thing. It's not just your 
brain. It's every part of you all 
at once in this extremely unique 
environment."

On Saturday the program 
hosted its annual gala, A Mid­
sum m er N ight at W inedale, 
where the troupe put on ex­
cerpted performances of three 
S h ak esp eare plays — "R o ­
meo and Juliet," "Antony and

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Search engine offers mobile answers text service
ChaCha allows users 
to search the Internet 
from their cellphones

m ost, languished in G o og le's 
shadow. In January of 2008, Cha- 
Cha began to carve out a niche 
by launching its mobile answers 
texTservice — text any question 
to 242-242 and receive an an­
swer, incurring nothing but the 
standard text message charge.

ChaCha expanded on this of­
fering in April, launching its mo­
bile answers voice service, which 
allows users to call an electron­
ic an sw erin g system and re­
cord a question that is then tran­
scribed and passed on to a guide
— someone who has signed up 
to answer questions for ChaCha
— who in turn sends you a text 
message answering your query.

There seems to be very little 
o versight of the answ ers that 
guides send out, though. For ex­
am ple, about halfway through 
the final round of the U.S. Open, 
the question was "How is Tiger 
Woods doing in the U.S. Open?" 
The response was, "It's over, he 
w on." Tiger did win eventually, 
in an 18-hole playoff with Rocco 
Mediate, the following day.

What's most interesting about 
C haC ha — asid e from som e 
questions such as "M y friend 
is stuck in the chimney, w hat

By Alan Hayes
Daily Texan Staff

We've all been there — sitting 
on the couch w atching Am eri­
can Idol with a group of friends 
w hen one of the co n testan ts 
launches into the 1987 dance- 
pop classic "Never Gonna Give 
You Up." After the contestant is 
ebulliently praised by Paula Ab­
dul and brought to tears by Si­
mon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest tells 
A m erica that their votes are 
now more important than ever, 
and the commercials roll. Some­
one asks, "Hey, who sings that 
song anyway?"

"Peabo Bryson?"
"Michael McDonald?"
"Luther Vandross?"
But no one knows. Som eone 
could Google it, but the com ­
puter is all the way in the other 
room. What's a lazy but inquisi­
tive soul to do?

ChaCha.
ChaCha started in September 
2006 as a search engine that, like

Photo illustration by Stephen Durda

ChaCha allows cell phone users to text in a question and receive their 
answer via text message within minutes.

should I do?" — is its business 
model. It is very difficult to un­
d erstand how the m obile an ­
sw ers text se rv ice g en erates 
revenue.

ChaCha claims to make mon­
ey th ro u g h a d v e rtisin g and 
"strategic partnerships." Thank­
fully, there is no advertising in­

volved in asking ChaCha a ques­
tion. But the Web site does warn: 
You are granting express per­
mission to receive our response 
even if you are registered on a 
D o-N ot-C all registry. You ex­
pressly agree that, as part of the

C H AC H A continues on page 5B

sound and the subversive lyr­
ics we're accustomed to. But 
all these choleric expressions 
get refram ed in a more fo­
cused manner through ambi­
ent and post-rock tones. "D is­
cipline," the first single, mixes 
dance-club beats with a repet­
itive distorted riff, something 
that serves as a musical for­
mula throughout the album.

Reznor has found a new 
b a la n c e , bu t th a t d o e sn 't 
mean he has lost his tw ist­
ed musical persona. The dif­
ference is that NIN is no lon­
ger about the explosion, per 
se, but about the aftermath of 
the explosion. In other words, 
we still get dark and wretch­
ed songs but in a less voladle 
and direct manner.

— Lrns Flores

Choreographer brings dancing to the rink in ‘SKATE!’
Forklift Danceworks 
collaborates with 
local Austin skaters

ter. The performance on wheels 
is the latest of O rr's explorations 
into the community.

See video from the SKATE! night

By Rachel Meador
Daily Texan Staff 
A local dance com pany re­
nowned for creating dance in unex­
pected territory has combined the 
choreography and vision of classi­
cally trained dancers with the style 
and speed of roller skating to create 
a performance rich in insight and 
entertainment.

Austin choreographer A lli­
son Orr and her company, Fork- 
lift Danceworks, have collabo­
rated with local skaters to pres­
ent SKATE! A Night at the Rink 
at Austin's Playland Skate Cen­

"I create dances with all kinds of 
people," Orr said. "I work in com­
munities that utilize unique move­
ment and then use that movement 
to create the performance."

O rr's past creations have in­
cluded firefighters, gondoliers, 
E lvis im p erson ators and dog 
ow ners. She visited Playland 
for Adult Skate night in Decem­
ber and found the experience so 
moving that she chose the rink 
and the people who love it as 
her next artistic endeavor.

"I walked into Playland and 
was com pletely blown aw ay," 
O rr said. "M y choreograp hic 
brain turned on. Their style is 
just inspiring."

The show includes 28 per­
form ers, m ost of w hom have 
been skating all their lives. The 
Forklift dancers are also taking 
on the challenge, including Orr, 
who said she has a deeper ad­
miration for skaters after shar­
ing the rink.

"The show is about celebrat­
ing and highlighting the people 
at the rink," Orr said. "The skat­
ers m ove in such an am azing 
way. I would have to keep skat­
ing at this rate for a few years 
before I could move like them."

F o r k lif t h as w o rk e d on 
SKATE! since January, when Orr 
began interviewing skaters and 
spending hours observing all as­
pects of rink life Orr and two of 
her dancers handpicked all the 
performers over several months,

carefu lly selectin g those who 
w ere eye-catch ing and clearly 
passionate about skating.

"E v ery o n e we asked gave 
an enthusiastic 'y es,'" Orr said. 
"Skating is these people's life pas­
sion and they love any opportuni­
ty to share that with others."

Cast m em bers come from a 
wide range of skate styles, in­
clu d in g sp eed sk a te rs, ro ll- 
ergirls, jam skaters and com ­
p etitiv e figure sk aters. O rr's

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