SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS n ," i T exas \RCH 7, 2002 •> 3 Kl 25 CENTS P W I s* 1#-,* ^ Back sliding Texas was eliminated from the Big 12 tour­ nament Wednesday. Kansas State beat Texas 79-63. Se© Sports, Page 8 clarifies justification for fee By Jennifer Mock Daily Texan Staff A UT System lawyer sent a letter to two state the legislators Tuesday University did not use a bill passed during the last legislative session as authority to imple­ ment the infrastructure fee. clarifying that The letter, sent by Mike Godfrey, vice chan­ cellor and general counsel for the UT System, offered regret to Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and Rep. Robert Junell, D-San Angelo, for con­ fusion concerning the authority of the UT Board of Regents to approve the infrastructure charge. The confusion began during a Joint Interim Committee on Higher Education Excellence Funding, when Don Brown, the commissioner of higher education for the Higher Education Coordinating Board, told the committee the University was using House Bill 658 as author­ ity to pass an infrastructure fee with only the Board of Regents' approval. Junell authored and Ellis sponsored HB 658 in the 2001 legislative session. The bill modified tuition bond revenues in the Texas Education Code. Last week Ellis and Junell sent a letter to Attorney General John Cornyn saying the Legislature's intent in changing the education code with HB 658 was not to allow the University to increase fees. Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, asked Cornyn to review the legality of the fee and issue an opinion. Godfrey said he sent the letter to Ellis and Junell in response to their letter to Cornyn. Though Godfrey'said he was not apologizing for anything, he said he did regret that Ellis and Junell were led to believe the University was using their bill as authority for the charge. "[The letter] was meant as a clarification," he said. "M y letter was to make clear that it was existing legislation we used for authority. I regret there was a misunderstanding." Ellis said the letter from Godfrey made it dear that HB 658 did not give the University additional authority to charge fees. "The UT apology reiterates that neither Chairman Junell nor I intended provisions of HB 658, the tuition revenue bond bill, to be used as authority for the type of infrastructure fee recently adopted by the UT System Board of Regents for UT Austin," he said in a statement. See FEE, Page 2 Runoff results in split ticket Communication studies junior Stacey Kounelias, cen­ ter, of the One ticket, won the vice presidential race by 10 votes. This year 3,139 students participated in the runoff elec­ tion, making it on£ of the high­ est turnouts in recent years. Behind Kounelias is her running mate, Kevin Robnett, who was defeat­ ed in the SG presidential race by Katie King of the Achieve ticket. G. Daniel Lopez/ Daily Texan Staff NEWS FEATURE Administrator remains young at heart Kevin Hegarty, UT vice president and chief financial officer, leans against the railing of the UT Tower observation deck. Lee Ruckm an/Daily Texan Staff Chief Financial Officer Hegarty recalls experiences as student By Jennifer Mock Daily Texan Staff Kevin Hegarty may be a 46-year-old UT administrator on the outside, but inside he has not grown out of his partying days as a student at the University. Granted, he has traded in his disco records for fine wine and his long hair for a more conservative look, but Hegarty, ITT vice president and chief financial officer, said he has never felt younger. "I have never felt like I've ever left school,” he said. Life is a learning experience. 1 don't know what I want to do when 1 grow up, but if growing up means getting old, then forget it." Hegarty said he was a "military brat" during his childhood and moved across the country every two or three years. He ended up in Austin when his father retired from the Air Force after 25 years of service. Hegarty attended Reagan High School in Northeast Austin, and as graduation loomed, the University was an obvious choice for college, he said. Beginning in 1974, Hegarty, an accounting major, worked his way through school with only minor parental financial support, which only left him time to study and work. So, he found a job that he could enjoy and make money to support himself. By being in the right place at the right time, he landed a job at Eli's Club, which he considered one of the best music venues in Austin at that time. He said he got the job right in time for the "John Travolta era," and before he knew it, he was spinning records for the popular disco dub. With long hair and side bums See HEGARTY, Page 2 Redevelopment finalist in favor of UT expansion By Esther Wang Daily Texan Staff Anew UT biotechnology center will figure heavily into a local group's plans for the vacated Robert Mueller Munidpal Airport site. The Mueller Redevelopment Corp., a group of local and national builders, is one of two finalists for the dty-initiated Mueller redevelopment project. The project is meant to revital­ ize the old airport grounds, at 51st Street and Airport Boulevard, into a dynamic mixed—use urban center in East Austin. The proposal that the Austin-based group unveiled Tuesday indudes a large portion designated for the University. UT officials and the developers contacted each other about three months ago to begin discussion about the possibility of bringing the University into the proposal. Both sides would benefit, they said. The University needs the land to build a home for its newly created biomedical engineering department, which will begin to enroll students next semester. Developers need UT faculty, staff and students to fill the more than 5 milbon square feet of office space and housing. A UT-Mueller partnership has been a possibility since plans to redevelop the old airport began, said Patrida Clubb, vice president for employee and campus services. As there is no room to expand on the main campus, Mueller, which is about 1.4 miles northeast of the University, is a good location for new buildings, Clqbb said. Achieve secures presidency; One wins vice president post By Courtney Morris Daily Texan Staff A handful of students decided the fate of next year's executive branch of Student Government, splitting the Achieve and One ticket for the presi­ dent and vice president positions. The election marks the first time in the history of SG that women have been elected to both executive posi­ tions. Katie King, Achieve presidential candidate, garnered 51 percent of the runoff vote, beating One candidate Kevin Robnett by 83 votes. Stacey Kounelias, One vice presi­ dential candidate, defeated Nada Antoun, Achieve vice presidential candidate, with a narrow margin of 10 votes. King said that while she was pleased with the progress Achieve made in the elections, she accepted her victory with mixed emotions. "I'd just say that it's very bitter­ sweet. We came in, Nada and me, as a team. It's really hard to accept that she won't be in there," King said. "I'm excited about working with Stacey — I think this will be a really good assembly next year. We think it will be really good, but it's very bit­ tersweet. " Kounelias said although she was surprised to have won, she was confi­ dent that the two tickets would be able to accomplish their respective goals for SG. "I'm very surprised. I think that together," we're going to work Kounelias said. "We're going to make See SO, Page 2 SG President-elect Katie King, center, consoles Nada Antoun, left, after learning that Antoun lost the vicepresidential election to Stacey Kounelias of the One party by only 10 votes. Brad Wallace, a business sophomore, comforts the disappointed running mates. David Fink/Daily Texan Staff Final election results The following graph shows the number of seats won by each ticket in the Student Government assembly, excluding president and vice president. Katie King, Stacey Kounelias, SG president- SG vice president­ elect elect nH U . Ticket Achieve: One: Imagine: Action: 4, if! Total 23 11 3 1 Source: Election Supervisory Board Graphic by Chris W isdom /Dally Texan Staff Ratliff calls political mailing ‘pornography’ By Kirk Watson Daily Texan Staff Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff responded Wednesday to what he called "hate mail" that a conservative advocacy group recent­ ly sent to Texas Republican voters. The mailing featured pictures of homo­ sexual couples holding hands, kissing and cutting cake at a wedding ceremony. Accompanying the images was text calling Ratliff, Rep. Brian McCall and Sen. Jeff Wentworth supporters of the "Radical Homosexual Agenda." The criticism is based on their support of the Texas Hate Crimes Bill passed last May, which increased penalties for crimes against individuals based on race, gender or sexual orientation. The mailings were sent out by Free Enterprise PAC, a political action committee whose mission is "sup­ porting conservative values in the Texas Legislature." Ratliff painted a wholly different picture of the organization. He called the mailings "hate mail," and "political pornography." "This type of hate mongering is reminis­ cent of the Nazis," he said. "This type of hate mongering is reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan ... typical of the skinheads. This type of hate mongering is now being prac­ ticed by the al-Qaida and the Taliban." Ratliff called on all candidates and mem­ bers of the Texas Legislature to condemn the mailings, invoking the words of President George W. Bush. on Texas called "You are either with us or against us," he said. "In this matter you are either with the purveyors of filth, or you are with those of us who are willing to come forward and condemn it." Ratliff Land Commissioner David Dewhurst, a candi­ date for lieutenant governor, to strongly condemn the mailings and disavow any to Free Enterprise PAC. assistance Dewhurst has been a major contributor to the group in the past, donating more than $84,000 to the organization between 1994 and 1999. Dewhurst maintains that he has not assisted the group for some time. Sm PAC, Page 2 See MUELLER, Page 2 VOL. 102, NO. 109 Aroun theWorl Al-Qaida fighters taunt U.S. SIRKANKEL, Afghanistan — CapL Kevin Butler couldn't believe his eyes. Just before the U.S. missiles would hit, at Qaida fighters would duck into caves from their positions launching mortars at Butler’s troops below. When the F-15 Strike Eagles were gone, the enemy fighters would emerge — only to throw stones, wave and shout taunts at the Americans in a show of defiance. ► See TENSIONS, Page 3 Mugabe seen as desperate HARARE, Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe rose from poverty to become a school­ teacher, a Marxist leader in Zimbabwe’s strug­ gle against white minority government and eventually, his country’s ruler. More than two decades after he took over an independent Zimbabwe, many of those who once praised Mugabe's statesmanship say he is destroying his country in a desper­ ate bid to remain president For the past two years, Mugabe has encouraged militias in a campaign of violence against supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, the strongest threat to his rule since 1980. Risky Hubble transplant done CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two spacewalk- ing astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a new central power unit in a risky “heart transplant" Wednesday that ended with the patient surging back to life. To pull off the surgery, NASA had to turn off the 12-year-old observatory for the first time in orbit A tense four hours and 25 minutes later, electricity was sent to the newly installed unit. Putting in a new unit amounted to the riskk est repair job ever attempted on Hubble: The unit was never meant to be replaced. Once NASA turned off Hubble, there was no guaran­ tee it could get the telescope working again. Counsel says Clinton lied WASHINGTON — President Clinton could have been indicted and probably would have been convicted in the scandal involving for­ mer White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Independent Counsel Robert Ray contended Wednesday in his final report Ray said Clinton lied in January 1998 testi­ mony denying a sexual relationship with Lewinsty, and “impeded the due administra­ tion of justice" by drawing secretary Betty Currie into his false account, Ray added. Clinton’s lawyers had made an arrangement with Ray sparing him from criminal charges. U.S. deploys more troops GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Fierce fighting raged for atfifth day as the United States deployed hundreds of reinforcements Wednes­ day and gathered 5,000 Afghan troops for an offensive aimed at finishing off aFQaida. The U.S.-led coalition involved punishing, round-theclock airstrikes above the rugged terrain in eastern Afghanistan and some U.S. officers predicted the operation could be wrapped up in days. The Pentagon said opposition fighters were still putting up stiff resistance after five days of battle. Compiled from Associated Press reports INSIDE Where are the Weary Boys? After picking up a member on the Drag, The Weary Boys will be making an appearance at SXSW. See Entertainm ent, Page 14 WORLD- & NATION OPINION FOCUS NEWS SPORTS CLASSIFIEDS COMICS ENTERTAINMENT ft 76 CONDITIONS 4 5 6 8&9 10&11 12 13&14 Low 5 7 Only Comm students get free Cokes. VMt The Dtaty fexan on the W eb www.dailytexanonline.com X P a g e 2 Thursday. March 7. 2002 T h e D a ily Te xa n Lawyer: UT adhered to code FEE, from 1 " The apology also clarities that if anything, we lim ited board authority through the language ó f the b i l l It should now be abundantly clear that anv institution inferring new authority for such a fee in that bill would be doing so based on m isguided reading of the legislation.' G odfrey said though the bill did m odify chapter 55.16 of the Education Code, w hich is the authority the U niversity used to im ple­ ment the charge, the University' has com plied w ith the code, even in its m ore restrictive form. T he approved fee w ill begin at $150 in fall 2002 and spring 2003. The fee will increase $50 in the fall and sp rin g the second year, $85 in fall 2004 and spring 2005 and then $30 in fall 2006 and spring 2007. The cumulative fee will be capped at $430 per student, per sem es­ ter. A summer fee will start at $100 for students taking seven or more hours in the two summer sessions combined and $50 for students taking six or fewer hours. That fee will increase $30 each year, charging students a capped $250 for seven or more hours in summer 2008. PAC chairman defends mailings PAC, from 1 D ew hurst was unavailable for < < .mrnent Wednesday. ' Richard lord, ( hairman of Free Enterprise PAC . remains unapolo- .y'tic and said his organization is simply making the voting records of h gislators open to the public. But C O P leaders question the form his tactics have taken. "There is no place in Texas politics l< r hate-m ongering activities of this Rind. Someone must finally come is say, forward and enough,"' Ratliff said. 'Enough Gov. Rick Perry said the issue is regrettable for all politicians, regard­ l e s s of party affiliation. "I will tell you, 1 don't think it par­ t s ularlv helps the entire process of politics, whether you're a Democrat dr a Republican," he said. "1 don't think any of us like to see this kind of conduct." Hegarty enjoys collecting wine HEGARTY, from 1 down to his chin, he fit the role, 1 legarty said. Hegarty and some friends then decided to create their ow n mobile disco disc jockey company called IX;ja Vu Productions. Since he never had the time to attend parties or the money to join a fraternity, the DJ job let him go to all the best parties. His company was hired by Greeks and other party organizers in Austin. 1 iegarty also made a lot of money as a DJ, which is one reason he decided to stay at the University after he graduated and get his m aster's degree in professional accounting. "I made more money as a DJ than 1 did in my first job straight out of school," he said. "I just wasn't ready to have a real jo b yet." Like many students today, Hegarty participated in a few protests on the West Mall dunng his time at the University, taking advantage of the opportunity to speak his opinioas freely. "It is just part of growing up and learning how to use your voice," he said. "A university is where you should learn that." When he left the University in 1979 to w ork for a Big f ive accounting firm in Dallas, he had no plans of returning to Austin. But when Dell called to offer him a position as chief accountant, it gave him the perfect opportunity to return to his college town, he said. Though he enjoyed his job at Dell, Hegarty said it was not as personally satisfying as he would have liked. "A t a certain point in your life there is more grati­ tude for what you do than money," he said. "In cor­ porate America you can make a difference, but not always for the public good." When he heard about the newly created CFO posi­ tion at the University from a neighbor who works in the Perry C a sta ñ ed a Library, he had to con­ sider the o p p o r tu n ity . He began his in job October. "I was looking for a challenge in my career," he said. "I had been in corporate America for 22 years, and I was ready to do something different. The University offers an environment where people really have at their core a love for the University." Hegarty said he was die oddball in the group of final­ ists, with no previous academic expenenoe, but he felt he offered the outside perspective the University wanted. "The [selection] team took a chance because I had a different background and had something that would complement the University," he said. "I'm not here to Dell-ize or make the University corporate America, but the University is a business." UT President Larry Faulkner said Hegarty7s back­ ground made him attractive to the University. "It is true his background is not the usual thing you would see for a chief financial officer position at a University," he said. "H e is from an environment where forward planning is a way of life, and it has not been a way of life for public universities." Faulkner said Hegarty is a team player, somethirig that is very important in an academic setting. "H e is a very positive person and has a great team spirit," he said. "It is very refreshing." His other hobbies include collecting fine wine — which he keeps in a wine room in his north Austin home — and playing with cars and stereo equipment. Excluding the wine, his interests have not changed much from when he was a student. The wine collecting was only added about three- and-a-half years ago, he said, and is a passion he shares with his next-door neighbor, Bubba Thornton, UT head track coach. "It can get pretty competitive," he said of the wine collections. "Hobbies almost become an obsession with me, and I think that has to do with me never growing up." The most expensive bottle of wine he has is worth about $700, though he has seen some worth as much as half a million dollars. The key to his happiness has always been having fun no matter what life throws his way, he said. "Somewhere along the way people forget that life is fun," he said. "I have been married 23 years and am 46 years old, but I still feel like I am 25." ■ ■ p m MrT X D riv in g .c o m Online Defensive Driving Suit t > « w Cl 45» IDT CPSSS Clear fhal ticket the easy way. S F M K N fm SKI IMS! Outdoor adventure in our brand new TERRAIN PARK. PLUS APRÉS SKI PARTIES! *Brins this ad durins the month of March and get $10 off the purchase of any adult one-day or multi-day lift ticket Not valid March 11-13, 2002. 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About 6 percent of the student body, or 3,139 students, participated in this year's runoff election, which is almost more than double the number of students that voted last year in runoffs. Shane Pavonetti, an Achieve campaign supporter, said despite the results of the election, he believes King and Kounelias will be able to work together. • "I'm actually surprised that One was able to close the gap, but that's the way the election goes," he said. "I think stu­ dents in general have a relatively com ­ mon goal, so I think that they'll be able to work together and get some things done, hopefully." King and Kounelias will be inaugurat­ ed and take office in April. Mueller’s proximity to UT sparks officials’ interest MUELLER, from 1 "The airport is too close to the University not to look at it as a possible site to work closely with programs on the main campus," Clubb said. "It7s clear that we're running out of space." UT officials have asked for up to 100 acres out of the site's 711. Developers hope the new center will spur a biotechnological boom similar to the explo­ sive growth of the computer industry of the mid-90s. Dick Rathgeber, a member of the local development group, envisions the center as a magnet to draw biotechnology companies to Austin. "Austin needs another economic engine to generate jobs since the computer industry is slowing down, and we view the biotechnolo­ gy piece as an economic engine," Rathgeber said. UT President Larry Faulkner said the University doesn't have the resources to begin any extensive building projects. But because the dty and state are interested in pursuing biotechnology research, money may come from local and state agencies, he said. "Perhaps there are spaces that involve cor­ porate and university joint research that might materialize," Faulkner said. "But it would have to come out of some ini­ tiative we don't know of now." While discussion is in the pre­ liminary stages, UT officials believe that for the University to continue to grow and remain a leading research institution, it will be necessary to expand to Mueller. "There's no question," Clubb said. "The leaders of the University are committed to developing the future of the campus. We have a large campus ... and we need new buildings." Specifically, the new biomedical engineer­ ing department needs buildings. Its offices and staff are currently scattered across the campus in temporary facilities, putting an additional strain on the University's already squeezed resources. For the school to keep up with the growing field, it is critical that the new center be built, said Kenneth Diller, head of the biomedical engineering depart­ ment. "Any school which is going to ha\*e a lead­ ing program in engineering education needs to be able to include biomedical engineer­ ing," Diller said. 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Still, the vote of support from Syria, a front-line state still officially in a state of w ar with Israel, is key to foiging an Arab stance on the plan, which has been welcomed by the Palestinians, Egypt and Jordan but denounced by Iraq and Libya. President Bush has praised the plan, calling it a "very positive develop­ ment." But Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinians have to put a stop to vio­ lence for the peace initiative to work. While criticizing both sides, Powell said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon must reconsider his policy of heavy retaliation, saying, "I don't think declar­ ing war on Palestinians will work." Saudi Arabia wants to present the plan to be adopted when Arab leaders gather in the Lebanese capital March 27-28 for an Arab League summit. But the Palestinians say Abdullah has assured them he w on't submit the pro­ posals unless Yasser Arafat — who has been confined for months to the West Bank town of Ramallah by Israeli troops — is allowed to attend. Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Abdullah on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to discuss the proposal, which offers Israel peace, trade and security with the Arab world in return for Israeli withdrawal from Arab territo­ ries it seized during the 1967 Mideast w ar — including the Golan Heights, captured from Syria. "President Assad confirms the con­ vergence of Prince Abdullah's ideas with [Syria's] national principles," the Syrian state newspaper Tishriti said Wednesday. Official Syrian newspapers, which reflect governm ent thinking, raised reservations about the refugee ques­ tion that Assad has expressed before. "Peace will not prevail without a full Israeli w ithdraw al... and adherence to the right of return," said Al-Thawra, spokesman for Syria's Baath Party. Israelis say allowing Palestinian refugees to return to what is now Israel would undermine their state's Jewish character. Israeli leaders have rejected the prospect of any full withdrawal to pre- lines, b ut have welcomed 196 7 Abdullah's overture as a starting point for possible talks. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has rejected the Saudi proposal, saying the Palestinians need weapons and funds, not peace proposals. On Tuesday, Iraq's U.N. Ambassador said Abdullah has "no right" to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people. Analyst questions budget deficit By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Bush's budget would dig a deeper deficit next year than the White House claims and tap $1.8 trillion in Social Security surpluses for other programs over the next decade, Congress' top fis­ cal analyst said Wednesday. Both political parties seized upon the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's report. Democrats said the analysis under­ lined the need to "restrain spending and tax cuts," while Republicans said it showed the budget's condition will improve as the recession fades. Bush's budget — which Congress is only beginning to work on — would begin generating annual surpluses in 2005, yielding a total surplus of $681 billion from 2003 through 2012, the report said. The figures assume the president's tax and spending plans become law. That is in contrast to Bush's estimate of a $1 trillion 10-year surplus. The major discrepancy is that CBO believes Medicare spending will be higher than the White House has estimated. The report also predicted a $90 bil­ lion deficit under Bush's budget for fis­ cal 2002, which runs through next Sept. 30. The White House has estimated this year's deficit at $106 billion. Either figure would end a string of four straight years of surpluses. Democrats focused their fire on the report's forecast that $1.8 trillion in Social Security surpluses would be used to help pay for other programs over the coming decade. Citing the costs of war, recession and terrorism attacks, Bush has said he has little choice but to generate federal deficits and tap Social Security surplus­ es. Democrats say diverting Social Security money will make it harder to shore up the giant pension program. Calling such a course "simply unsus­ tainable," Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said, "We have got to restrain spending and tax cuts if we're to prepare for whaFs to come." for A few Democrats have called blocking parts of last year's $1.35 tril­ lion, 10-year tax cut from taking effect. For Spring Break I will be... Chaplain Capt. Mike Shellman, of the 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, helps comfort a soldier who was hit with shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade in Sirkankel, Afghanistan Sunday. Al-Qaida fighters taunt U.S. troops from their caves A sso cia te d Press hidden in a deep stone riverbed that had dried up long ago. The U.S. soldiers called headquar­ ters to request airstrikes on the enem y in the caves. “We w ere m oving our com m and post to high gro u n d ," said Cpl. Jerem y Gaul, 25, from M arietta, Ohio. “W hen I looked out on the horizon I saw a flash of light, and I saw a projectile coming and fall to the earth. It m ust have exploded no more than 30 yards away." Butler requested another airstrike, watching through a scope. Again the enem y fighters disappeared into caves d u g into the granite, snow ­ capped m ountains at 9,000 feet. W hen the explosions ended, they em erged with w ide grins, flailing their arm s over their heads. Butler sprinted forward, running uphill on the peak — a task m ade more difficult by the thin m ountain air — and exposing him self to hostile fire so he could pinpoint his enemy. Getting a read on their location, he raced 45 yards back to relay the coor­ dinates to his radio m an behind him. He needed six trips before he could make sure he'd gotten all the data he needed. Now he was ready to p u t his ow n plan into action: His forces w ould launch 60 m m m ortars just as the jets roared tow ard the caves — a risky proposition because it placed the TULIPS 7.95 A BUNCH CASH & CARRY DAILY SPECIALS, TOO! I I CASA VERDE FLORIST j ^ 1806 W. K o e n ig Ln. 4 5 1 -0 6 9 1 F TD planes in danger of being struck by friendly fire. The jets roared ahead, and just like before, the enem y ducked into the caves, em erging for a third time to taunt the Americans. But as they came out, the m ortars detonated over their heads, spraying the al-Qaida fighters w ith shrapnel. Four of them died, said U.S. special operations soldiers w hó scaled the m ountains and counted bodies. The al-Qaida fighters could get a few more chances; the G ardez area offensive is expected to continue for a few m ore days at least. U.S. forces are pursuing al-Qaida and Taliban forces together w ith Afghan com­ m anders w ho have sent in thousands of fresh troops for a final push. Butler and soldiers in the Alpha company, 187th Infantry Regiment of the division's 3rd Brigade, were still fighting in the lunar-like Paktia land­ scape late W ednesday “These guys were trying to be clever," Butler said just after the m or­ tar match. “I guess they d on't like it w hen we hit back." www.Smartlravel.coiii/AustinTpavel Packages starting at *399 Cruises, Cancún, Acapulco. All-Inclusive Call 658-0009 GO O D'fYCAII ____t ris _____ % OFF A N Y Service or Tires with Univ. of Texas I.D. 10 9 0 7 East 41 st Austin - 4 5 9 -6 5 5 4 Email:asc4722@attglobal.net By The Associated Press SIRKANKEL, A fghanistan — Capt. Kevin Butler couldn't believe his eyes. Just before the U.S. missiles w ould hit, al-Qaida fighters w ould duck into caves their positions launching m ortars at B utler's troops below. from W hen the F-15 Strike Eagles were gone, the enem y fighters w ould em erge — only to throw stones, w ave and sh o u t the tau n ts at Americans in a show of defiance. “I've never been so frustrated and from said Butler, 30, angry," Pattenburg, N.J. Frustration w as com ing easy to the U.S. troops of the 101st Airborne Division. They were facing a well- arm ed and w ell-entrenched foe. They w ere shivering in subfreezing tem peratures that left m any of their uniform s tinged w ith frost. The Am ericans w ere preparing to flush out enem y fighters on ridges overlooking their positions, their piece of action on the second day of the biggest joint offensive yet in the Afghan war. The first sounds of incom ing artillery and heavy m achine-gun fire cut through the air. 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They are not necessari­ ly those of the University admin­ istration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. VIEWPOINT The Mark of the Beast A p p lied D igital S o lu tio n s is a Palm Beach com pany th a t w a n ts to im p la n t m icro ch ip s in y o u r body. It's pro d u c t, VeriChip, is th e actual device th a t w ill soon b e pi a n ted u n d e r y o u r sk in . It can be injected w ith a special sy rin g e an d it's a b o u t th e size o f th e tip of a pen In M arch 2000, ADS lau n c h e d D igital A ngel tech­ n o l o g y w h ich p ro v id e d fo r the tra n sm issio n of radio sig n als by a d ev ice th a t w o u ld re g ister in G lobal P o sitio n in g S ystem s. A D S is n o w try in g to pack D igital A ngel tech n o lo g y into th e V eriC hip as fast as possible. In real-tim e, th e chip w o u ld allo w som eone to m o n ito r th e m o v e m e n ts of an y " c h ip p e d " in d iv id ­ ual and record a n d sto re th e ir location a n d v ital signs. Well, the V eriChip is co m p leted an d th e m ed ia hype m ach in e is in o v erd riv e. A ll ADS is w a itin g on is FDA a p p ro v a l to begin m a rk e tin g the device to u n su sp e c t­ ing, A m ericans. A D S is p u sh in g its p ro d u c t as a m ean s to register m ed ical in fo rm atio n in stan tly at h o sp ita ls a n d for h e lp in g to locate m issin g children. The o n ly problem w ith the c o m p a n y 's logic is th at the tech n o lo g y to re a d the chips a n d th e c h ip s them selves w o u ld have to b e w id esp read o r th e V eriChip w o u ld b e useless. But ADS h as g ra n d e r desig n s. T he chip ca n o nly help locate a m issing ch ild if ev e ry child is im p la n te d w ith th e chip b efo reh a n d . A D S has already sig n e d a con­ trae t w ith C alifornia law enforcem ent to u se DA tech­ nology to track p a ro le e s a n d o th er o ffen d ers — p ro v ­ ing th a t its m ain p u rp o s e is to track peo p le, n o t regis­ ter vital m edical in fo rm atio n , as ADS w o u ld h av e the p u b lic believe. I h ink this tech n o lo g y is only b eing p u s h e d by tech­ n o geeks an d fascists? W ell, at th e u n v e ilin g p arty for D ig ital A ngel in N e w York, the k ey n o te sp e a k e r w as tra n s p o r ta tio n S ecretary N o rm a n M ineta. U .S . M inela, a C lin to n a p p o in te e held over b y Bush, w ent on to speak ab o u t th e n e e d for the federal g o v ern m e n t a n d co m p an ies s u c h as D igital A ngel to w o rk to g eth ­ e r to foster an d b re e d technology like V eriC hip. 2025, th a t by T h e F e d e r a tio n o f A m e ric a n S c ie n tis ts h a s a v isio n im p la n te d m ic ro c h ip s in h u m a n s w ill be c o m m o n p la c e . O n its W eb site, the FAS say s th a t s tig m a a g a in s t h a v in g th in g s im p la n t­ ed in h u m a n s is a lre a d y su b s id in g w ith su c h in n o ­ v a tio n s as v a c c in e s a n d artificial o rg a n s. T he FAS p re d ic ts , ra th e r g leefu lly , th a t im p la n te d m icro c h ip s w ill h elp o u r m ilita ry so ld ie rs b e tte r c o m m u n ic a te a n d p ro te c t A m erica. W h a t h a p p e n e d to ra d io s an d ra d a r ? B ut for an y m a n u fa c tu re d technological revolution, y o u n eed th e h elp o f th e m ass m edia. Time is helping le a d the p ro p a g a n d a ch a rg e w ith a sto ry a b o u t a fam ­ ily th a t h a s sig n ed o n to im p la n t th em selv es in a test ru n titled, "M eet th e C h ip so n s." T he s u b h e a d o n the sto ry reads, "Jeffrey, Leslie and th eir boy D erek will be A m e ric a 's first cy b o rg family. A re you re a d y to 'G et C h ip p e d ? " ' lime's fa w n in g e n d o rsem en t of V eriChip e n d s w ith the p ro p h e tic lines, "T echnology h a s a w ay o f m o v in g faster th a n legislation, an d if it co m es d o w n to a race b etw een c y b o rg s and sen ato rs, g u ess w ho w ill w in? R esistance is futile." 1 lopefully, freed o m -lo v in g A m ericans w ill w ise u p to sch em es like th o s e o f ADS an d the re s t of the bio­ m etrics industry. F ro m face-scanning c a m e ra s to the V eriC hip, this te c h n o lo g y exists solely to d e h u m a n iz e a n d enslave p eo p le. H a v e w e reached th e p o in t w here w e w ill en ter a w o rld o f im p lan ted ch ip s, scanning d e v ic e s a n d satellite trac k in g of h u m an s? Isn 't it tim e w e say "en o u g h is en o u g h ? " We are h u m a n beings a n d o u r i ight to p riv a c y o f m ind an d b o d y sh o u ld be p re se rv e d I here is still su ch a th in g as the san ctity of th e body a n d plain h u m a n dignity. Touting any in tru siv e, civil lib e rty -d e stro y in g electric device as so m e th in g w e sh o u ld ju st "get u sed to " is as frig h te n in g as it is u n tru e . On the Web Digital Angel’s Web Site See the latest on how ADS is planning on taking over the world, www. digitalangel. net lnfowart.com Local media personality Alex Jones' Web site chronicling the N ew World O rder and biometrics. Also sign up to join Americans Against Biometrics, http://www. infowars. com/biometrlcs.html Federation of American Scientists An interesting but confusing site to browse for information on any number of emerging technologies, including implanted chips. wYwv.fas.org W r!ITE T o U s totters tel * Letters must be utKjl v your mejor and clftü l right to edit all lettttf ....... I - ' ■ . •■■■i -i ; . .. i ■ O 7" ' ' -y “ ' •. * w * ~ jg, ' u * / , i * ~ , s ** ' - * .*• .'WÚ Opinion Thanks cate premarital abstinence. to President George W. Bush's welfare reform proposal, the federal government is now armed with bows and arrows. They're itching to play Cupid. Clearly But the president's plan misses the point. In their giddy eagerness to hurl confetti and sound mass wedding bells, the supporters of the bill fail to recognize that the real issue at hand is not about getting married, abstaining from sex or working longer hours for a welfare pay­ check. It is clearly aboqt jobs. Granted, the proposal looks lean in the face of the gluttonous spending in the rest of the bill. But $300 million isn't exactly loose change. It is valuable tax­ payer m oney that could reinforce neg­ lected causes such as unemployment insurance, national employment pro­ grams, job training, transportation and housing subsidies. Matchmaker, matchmaker, make jobs instead No longer content with reading our e-mails and tracking our bank transactions, the U.S. governmentfelt compelled to raise yet another rum­ pus. This time ’round they want welfare moms to tie the knot. the administration was bored with its slick toys. surveillance No longer content with reading our e- mails and tracking our bank transactions, they felt com­ pelled to raise yet another rum pus about how the American people should run their lives. This time round they want welfare moms to tie the knot. The welfare rolls dropped sharply since the 19% welfare reform law was signed by President Bill Clinton, with nearly three million families leaving the rolls, primarily due to the booming econ­ omy of the time. In the throes of the cur­ rent downturn, it's absurd that with soaring unem ploym ent and unprece­ dented layoffs, Congress refuses to increase unemployment benefits. Unveiling his welfare plan at a Catholic church, Bush said he intends to spend $17 billion annually on welfare for the next four years. What he didn't care to spell out is that by convincing states to integrate more recipients into expensive work programs, the welfare spending will ultimately buy fewer services. President Bush, ever the champion of myopic reform, would have us believe that two-parent families and wearier work weeks for those without real jobs is the best solution to the problem. By Radhlka Mitra Daily Texan Columnist The reform offering from the policy­ makers is pathetic. The plan offers the states millions of dollars for programs and experiments convincing people from low-income groups, particularly single mothers on welfare rolls, to marry. The only way the states can claim the federal money is by docum enting suc­ cessful efforts to prom ote marriage through state-funded program s. While marriage is a w orthy goal for m any and two paychecks are decidedly cozier than one, the governm ent has no business playing matchmaker. As a preface to his plan, Bush applauded the "heroic w ork" of single mothers but was quick to ad d that pre­ serving two-parent fam ilies "should always be our goal." The plan seeks $200 million in federal efforts and a further $100 million from states to provide mar­ riage counseling and education to unmarried mothers. The administration will also allocate $135 m illion to advo­ More importantly, the plan conve­ niently dodges the entire issue of child care. Designed to raise the number of recipients holding down jobs, the plan mandates that 70 percent of recipients have jobs and that they work 40 hours a week, up from the current 30 hours. Naturally, the num ber of recipients requiring child care and the number of child-care hours would subsequently increase. Yet the Bush plan does not include additional funds for childcare. Instead, the Democrat proposal of a $1 billion provi­ sion for increased child care. strongly opposes it In an The administration would do well to borrow a pointer or two from Rep. Ben Cardin, D-Md., who is shepherding the party's efforts on welfare reform in the House. interview with The Washington Post, Cardin offered stellar advice w hen he said that the value of pro-m arriage programs needs to be weighed against the value of helping the poor meet basic needs in health care, job training, child care, vocational education and transportation to work. The plan is equally presumptuous in aiming to curb teen-age pregnancies. According to the Web site of the National Center for Health Statistics, the pregnan­ cy rate for teen-agers is currently 98.7 per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years. A Legal Information Institute report shows that almost half the children bom out of wed­ lock are bom to teen-agers. A federal pol­ icy that touts marriage for unwed moth­ ers will potentially push many more pregnant 15-year-olds into dysfunctional marriages. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect about diverting $300 million to "pro­ mote marriage" is that we aren't told exactly how the money will be spent. Bush talked about state-funded coun­ seling and "technical assistance." Wade H orn, the D epartm ent of Health and H um an Services, was quoted as saying that the secretary assistant at money "is for research into what will work." Under pressure from the press include he added that this w ould "celebrity endorsements." No doubt the policymakers need to be more realistic while proposing new reforms. The need of the hour is a struc­ tured program that eases the unem ­ ployed back into the American work­ force. O ur dwindling economy certainly doesn't need federal hucksters and idle moviestars peddling marriage as an anti­ dote to poverty. Mitra Is a Journalism senior. Daily Texan Contact Inform ation Editor: Marshall Maher (512) 232-2212 texaned@www.utexas.edu Managing Editor: Kristin Finan (512) 232-2217 kfinan@mail.utexas.edu News Office: (512) 232-2206 texanews@www.utexas.edu Features Office: (512) 471-8616 features@uts.cc.utexas.edu Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 dtsports@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Entertainment Office: (512) 232-2208 texanent@uts.cc.utexas.edu Photo Office: (512) 471-8618 txnphoto@www.utexas.edu T H E FIRING LI NE Admittedly confused I ca n 't seem to fig u re something out. W hy does G eorge W. Bush have such a high approval ra tin g ? I mean, w ho is the person th a t tells the polls, "Yeah. Bush is doing a g re a t job. Way to bom b A fghanistan a n d show those b astard s who runs th e w o rld ." Jesus H. Christ! T he Bush a d m in istra tio n is con­ sta n tly sending the m essag e to the re st of the world th a t w e d o n 't need them . This 'go it a lo n e ' attitude is ridiculous. Let me s ta rt by the most recent act of selfishness: the 30 per­ cent steel tariffs. T hese are just some of the nations Bush h a s pissed off w ith this plan. B ritain, S outh Korea, A u stralia, Germ any, C h in a, Japan, R u ssia, Sweden, B razil and New Z ealand. And there are others. The anger-filled repercussions of Bush's decision are sw eeping across Europe a n d Asia. This is just th e m ost recent issue. I'v e got news. Terrorism is not som ething you can b o m b into sub­ m ission. It's a w ay o f thinking- The B ush ad m in istratio n h a s blatantly d o n e the most illogical th in g you can d o w hen solving a p ro b lem . They are treatin g the sym ptom s, n o t the cause. A nd the sad part is th a t Americans are m ore than w illing to sit back in th e com fort of their cozy hom es and exist w ithin a m ist of b lin d patriot­ ism . People w ant rev en g e. T he best thing th a t co u ld happen to th is country is if each a n d every one of us had to spend o n e w eek living as an Afghan citizen — som eone poor in a war try in g to avoid d y in g brought on by an un-elected govern­ ment. We are cut off from the w orld, people! We have it easy. Am erica is selfish a n d u n aw are of how our actions affect the rest of the w orld. We need the rest of the w orld. In my opinion, w e n eed to be m oving tow ard a w orld governm ent and that takes com prom ise. A nd Bush has show ed th a t he d o esn 't care about the w o rld 's opinions. He cares about p um ping billions of dollars into the defense in d u stry and drilling for oil in a frickin' national park. A nd everyone is afraid to say an y ­ thing because they are so caught up in this ridiculous excuse for p atrio t­ ism th at has sw ept over o u r country through C N N . Real patriots w o u ld n 't givé Bush an 80-percent approval ra t­ ing for pissing off the rest of the w orld. I d o n 't u n d erstan d it at all. Tim Ashlock English junior An immodest proposal D ear Mr. Willis, Your article (States's rights eliminate need for shadows, M arch 6) show ed such clarity of thought that I was asto u n d ed . C an it be possible for another soul on this cam pus to feel that — gasp — the federal govern­ m ent is not the answ er to every p ro b ­ lem, and is not responsible for the stu p id ity of its citizens? If this is actually y o u r view, then Mr. Willis, I felt com pelled to contact you and ask you to be the father of m y children. Yes, Mr. W illis I am asking you to m arry m e. Perhaps you and I could rear a generation of children that feel \ they should think for them selves and not rely on the governm ent to think for them . Perhaps in tru e D arw inian they could go on and fashion m arry in d iv id u a ls. lik e-m in d ed These u n io n s could th e n produce m ore free thinkers, and so on and so on. Oh, ju st im agine it Mr. Willis! You and I could in fact save A m erica from itself. So, Mr. Willis, I w ait w ith bait­ ed breath for y o u r answer. Will you m arry me? Carrie Han/ey Education junior Please define 'diversity' I see that the president of the Black Student Alliance doesn't think the stu­ dent government tickets are diverse. Of course, now that "diverse" has become a code word meaning "racially mixed," he is correct. He thinks they should be diverse. But if it is people's character which m atters, not their race, as we are so frequently rem inded, th en the candi­ d a te s ' skin colors are irrelevant. Im aagine hearing som eone call for all-black or all-w hite tickets in the nam e of, say, "p u rity " in stead of "diversity." W ouldn't you reject the call as the w ork of a m isg u id ed bigot? This should be th e reaction to the call for "diversity" as well. Alan McKendree UT staff Pick a better job I write in regards Melissa Thrailkill's article "CIA jobs popular among college graduates." in the March 6 Texan. importance of national intelligence in the post 9/11 world is obvious. think of However, w hen students approaching the CIA, they m ust at least make an informed decision about the past actions of the CIA. They should also consider what other careers are also of vital national importance, such as entering the classroom to serve future generations of Americans. / Several weeks ago, Ms. Falkenberg, the head of the Liberal Arts Careers Service wrote an e-mail to students urg­ ing us to explore careers with the CIA. I wrote to Ms. Falkenberg at that time scolding her for supporting the CIA. I asked her whether or not she remem­ bered how the CIA helped topple Salvador Allende in Chile in the early 1970s. The CIA's actions in Chile led to the trium ph of Augusto Pinochet's mili­ tary dictatorship which "disappeared" hundreds, perhaps thousands of people in the 1970s and 1980s. Defending America's interests against the "com m unist" Salvador Allende, brought misery to the Chilean people. Chile is not an isolated example. Are students reminded of the Q A 's che­ quered past of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries? Ms. Falkenberg never returned my e- mail. She never answered a question I still have: WFu?n will the Liberal Arts Career Service w rite to students urging them to enter the classroom? Isn't the shortage of teachers — particularly in strategically crucial areas of m athemat­ ics and science — the real national emer­ gency? Patrick Lowery-Timmons Ph.D. candidate, Department of History fitness 5 T he Daily March 7, 2002 They’re shocking (literally). They’re popular. And they’re three easy paym ents electrifying power over a decidedly no-sweat workout-crazed nation ... o f $ 19.95.They’re abbelts, and they’re exercising their By Casey Zertuche Daily Texan Staff “ Effortlessly tone and tighten your m idsection!" “ Get firm abs w ith­ out breaking a sweat!" Offering 30-day money-back guarantees for great results, these often- heard commercial phrases are aiding in the sales of one of the nation's latest fitness trends: ab belts. From the Ab Tronic to the Ab Energizer, most belts can be seen online or through late-night infomercials. Some U T students, like consumers across the United States, buy into the trend. However, most are curious if the belts do w hat they say: “ Tone abs w ithout breaking a sweat!" M ichelle O 'D onnell, an undeclared sophomore, bought an Ab Tronic about a year ago. She said she used and enjoyed it for tw o months before the battery died. She has yet to buy a new battery and said she'll just give the Ab Tronic to someone else if she gets around to buying a battery. "1 used it quite often this summer because it was convenient," O 'D onnell said. "A couple of my friends tried it; they didn't like it too much. They said it kind of hurt; I thought it was more massaging." This isn't the first product O 'D onnell purchased from an infomercial. "I'm one*of those who, if I'm staying up late, I w ill w'atch those infomercials, and a few times — often — I'v e purchased a few' things or donated money to Feed the C hildren," she said. “ You see them every night, and I said, 'I'm going to try this.' I got the w'hole thing, and I was working at it, and I liked it." O 'D onnell said she spent more than $100 for the belt after taxes and other charges. If she had known the belt was going to be cheaper now that others are on the market, she said she would never have paid so much. "O verall, I think those commercials are just there to make money," O 'D onnell said. "They are like vacuums. They just suck in viewers, and I was one of them." Heather Sm ith, a personal trainer and coordinator of the train­ ers at the Universitv, said the ab belts don't w ork for fitness needs, but can serve as physical therapy in certain situations, such as muscle rehabilitation following a cast removal. "They have physical therapy functions or purposes," she said. "You would have to endure such a high shock for such a long period of time to get fitness benefits that you just w ouldn't be able to do it. It w'ould be like sticking your fin­ ger in a light socket." Sm ith said basic crunches are one of the most effective w ays to attain sculpted abs. "There are some others, regular abdominal exercises, that you don't need any equipment for. You can do them on the mat," Smith said. "You don't need any special equipment or anything like that, you just need to know how to do them correctly. You just have to use the cor­ rect form." Nutrition also plays a big part in attaining tight abs, also knowm as a six-pack, Sm ith said. Ü "Trying to attain a six-pack has more to do with how much you are eating than it does w ith how much you train the abs," Sm ith said. "You have to balance out all the different components — nutri­ tion with cardiovascular w ork with strength training." Sm ith said one w'ho sets attainable goals w ill see some change probably not anything dram atic — by summer. "It takes effort, and it takes time, w'hich is w h y people don’t do it. Sm ith said. "Your body w ill start to change w ithin three to four weeks Realistically, it depends on what idea you have in your m ind of change Some people might have this unrealistic idea of w hat kind of improver ments they'll make in four weeks when reallv it takes six months or á year, but you definitely w ill see some changes in three to four week- Sm ith suggested that people go to RecSports and sign up for one oi two sessions w'ith a trainer who can show' them how to work their abs Though Sm ith does not recommend buying regular fitness magazines she said there m ay be trainer magazines in the library or online that pe< > pie can order, such as American Council on Exercise and Amera an U o f Sports Medicine, which have easy-to-read information. Steve Sexton, an undeclared sophomore, said he was looking tor a quick ab fix and purchased an Ab Tronic about eight months ag. Unlike O'Donnell, Sexton returned his belt after the 30 days. " I felt it working, but I didn't see any results," Sexton said. I didn ¡ look like the guy on the com mercial." Sexton said the commercial was convincing, so he bought ihe belt to attain better abs w ith m inim um effort. "I'm actually rather lazy," he said. "M y forearms are very strong because the only exercise I get is typing on my computer. 1 got it be, ause I felt a little lethargic at the time and decided to try something new Sexton's friends also tried his belt, but they d id n 't go out and buy one He said it's a great conversational piece, because once peoplt heard he had one, they all wanted to try it. " I don't hold much stock in them," he said. However, he said he w ould buy another product off an infomercial. "O n ly if there's a 30-day money-back guarantee, even it I have rk intention of keeping it," he said. "W hy, not try something else that; new ?" BEEF UP YOUR AB I.Q. Heather Smith, a personal trainer and coordinator of the trainers at the University, explains the correct and effective way to do crunches. Remember not to over-train and to set realistic goals, she said. “The basics would be making sure you are engaging your abdominals, , that you’re pulling your belly button and flattening out your lower back,” ( she said. “For instance, if you were lying down on the mat, you would want to make sure your lower back was flat against the mat. You want to make ’ sure that your knees are bent or your legs are lifted off the ground in a 1 certain fashion so your lower back is also protected. Make sure you are * and that ’ using your abs to pull you up — not your head, not your back you try to get your shoulder blades to where you are curling your shout ’ * ders to your abdominals, toward your hips.” Smith said when you strength train, you need to rest between 24 and , 48 hours before training again. “Abdnominals are pretty much like everything else. You should do them about three to four times a week — no more than that,” she said. 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The demonstration, sponsored by Texas-based organi­ zation Home Justice Watch, attempted to expose the "m oney trail of stud ents tuition and taxpayer's dollars to the violation of human rights," said Scott Sibler, organizer of Home Justice Watch — an advocacy group of students, faculty, staff and community members. Sibler said tests had found fecal matter or bactena, such as E. coli and staphylococcus, in food at the University. Melissa Rojas, a government freshman, said students need to inform themselves about the risks associated with food contamination. "This is an issue that relates to everyone," Rojas said. "If you don't care about someone else's life then be concerned about your own." Doug Garrard, associate director of the Division Housing and Food Services, said the m eat the University purchases is of the highest grade. "I am not aware of research that a group has done," he said. "We buy Grade A meat and that grade is done by the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration]. The meat products go through a serious inspection, and once we receive the product we adhere to strict preparations." Garrard said the division keeps a sample of every plate of food served in the UT cafeterias for 48 hours so that it can be tested in case students believes they became sick from the food. The Home Justice Watch demonstration also addressed human rights violations that pervade the meat and poultry industry. Rojas said the University needs to be held responsible for paying an industry that allegedly violates human rights. "U T knows this, but human rights are still being violat­ ed," Rojas said. "W hy can't they demand human rights for poultry workers? They are able to make demands on the leanness of the meat and the price. They are willing to disregard human life for money." Sibler said that the government is "toothless" when it com es to holding these companies accountable. He attrib­ utes this to the fact that the meat and poultry industry has enormous lobbying power. "Home Justice Watch are organizing to hold UT account­ able for putting our tuition and tax dollars into an .. .indus­ try whose workers are dying in poultry factories and whose meat is contaminated," Sibler said. Garrard said he w as unaware of the allegations. The demonstration was a preview to a film screening of The True Story o f Workers'Pain arui Death in the Meat and Poultry• Industry that was shown at the Union Wednesday night. Not just w orkw ear. Prescription drug program may help seniors cut costs By Miguel Uscano Daily Texan Staff A new prescription drug initiative might help senior citizens balance living expenses and med­ ical costs. The Texas Share Card Program, available through the Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and Pfizer Inc., will offer easy access to prescription drugs for low-income senior citizens. "Low income seniors without drug coverage are 15 times more likely to limit their prescription use and they're also die most vulnerable to the very diseases that medicines can best help," said Karen Katen, executive vice president of Pfizer. "Seniors deserve all the help' they can get." Senior citizens limiting their prescription use, Katen said, leads to more frequent hospitaliza­ tions and emergency room visits, which could prove costly. Under the program, people with an annual income of $18,000 individually or $24,000 as a cou­ ple receive a 30-day supply of any Pfizer medicine for a flat fee of $15. The program also offers a help line where senior citizens can receive recommen­ dations on where to get additional aid. Gov. Rick Perry signed the first person into the program Wednesday and said prescription drugs represent a renewed hope for better health, longer life and better quality of life in those years. "Senior citizens should not have to compromise their health so that they can make ends meet," Perry said. "When they do, too often they have to receive emergency care and suffer conditions that could have been prevented." Other pharmaceutical companies are working on programs to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for seniors on fixed incomes, Perry said. "I wouldn't mind seeing a competition among companies to offer the best, most affordable senior citizen discounts," he said. "Making sure that pre­ scription drugs are available and affordable is one of our most critical health-care issues facing Texas." Jeanne Blair, an Austinite who relies on pre­ scription drugs for medical reasons, said a mild stroke forced her to give up luxuries like eating out with friends and owning a car in order to pay for her medicine. 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"Nobody i- interested in excuses at this point in time," Texas head coach jixly ( onradt said. "We were a step slow to everything. But v\ hether that was their aggressive play or whether we were fatigued, I don't think w < ■ have an answer to that. And I don't think it really mat­ ters." Fourth-seed Kansas State (24-6) advances in the Big 12 Tournament to face top-seeded Oklahoma Thursday at 6 p.m. Texas (20-9) won't learn of its next opponent until this weekend, when the NCAA tour­ nament selectk »n committee announces its bracket. Sixteen teams host first- and second-round games, which gives the 12th-ranked I xinghc mis a chance to play two postseason games at the Erwin C enter. "I was never planning on being at home. So if you look at the worst .canano, than whatever happens better than that is a surprise," ( ’onradt said. Kansas State used two runs to build an early lead over Texas Wednesday, as the Wildcats It'd by 20 points with 4:02 to play in the halt. An early 12-point run gave them a 14-4 lead, then a 15-2 run — ¡x'lund three three-pointers from Laurie Koehn — pushed the lead to 33-13. la x a s had hit just 5-ot-24 from the field until the 3:46 mark in the fust half. For the half, Kansas State shot 54 percent, compared to the I toms' 24 percent, to build a 19-point halftime lead. "We had dismal shcxafing in the first half," Conradt said. "We had good kxiks; we just didn't finish things. We did not knock down some shots that we had knocked down before and got really discouraged." Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson said she was surprised by lexas' early shooting struggles. "1 certainly could never have expected that," Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson said. "It certainly felt very comforting to go in at half with that kind of lead, but I don't think we went in at all feeling that lexas wouldn't come right back at us." Conradt said her team, in addition to its poor shooting effort, got out-hustled in the first half. "We had really lackluster performances on the offensive end," Conradt said "We've done that before, but we haven't let it affect us (lefensively. I felt that here, we let it affect us defensively. That's the dis­ appointing thing about it." The I toms unproved their shooting in the second half (15-of-32), but it was not enough to overcome their large deficit. Kansas State's strategy coming into the game was to slow Texas for­ ward Stacy Stephens, and consequently the Horns' rebounding prowess something the Wildcats accomplished by playing physi­ ol in the paint. See WOMEN, Page 9 Kansas S tate’s Megan Mahoney, front, runs past Texas’ Kenya Larkin, back, during the Wildcats’ 79-63 victory Wednesday. Hannan worked hard for gold By Clint Hale Daily Texan Staff With the 2002 Winter Olympics w rapped up, ath­ letes around the world are now preparing for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. .For most of these athletes, the dream of a gold medal will remain just a dream. But for Texas senior Tommy Hannan, the dream of winning a gold medal has already become reality. In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Hannan was part of the United States swimming relay team that captured the gold. Although he's now a world-class athlete, Hannan was not always at the top of the swimming world. Hailing from M ount St. Joseph H igh School in Baltimore, Md., Hannan was not touted as a top recruit out of high school, let alone an Olympic gold medalist. However, under the tutelage of Texas head coach Eddie Reese, Hannan's list of accomplishments contin­ ues to grow with every meet. In addition to winning a gold medal, Hannan is a three-time NCAA champion, an 11-time All-American and holds the American and NCAA records in the 400 medley and freestyle relays. "I came to Texas because Reese is the premier swim­ ming coach in the nation," Hannan said. "We work well together, and 1 have learned a lot and improved as a swimmer because of him." In transforming from a mildly-recruited high school senior to a champion many times over, H annan has shown that talent sometimes takes time to develop. With the N C A A Championships taking place March 28-30, Hannan is a key element of a Texas squad that is striving for its third consecutive national champi­ onship. The Longhorns are 8-1 in dual competition this season and consistently win most meets they partici­ pate in. But competing against oneself, Hannan said, is now a primary factor in his improvement as a competitor. "Knowing that you can always do better and trying to improve on your best time is key to becoming a bet­ ter swimmer," Hannan said. "Also, I would like to win a national title as an individual and possibly set a team record in the process." Flannan noted that even though Texas is a champi­ onship contender every year, the majority of the com­ petition on the college level is friendly and in good nature. However, on the international level, Hannan said the fans are not as responsive to the United States as collegiate fans are to the Longhorns. "The amount of booing we received in the 2000 Olympics was unparalelled," Hannan said. "It didn't matter who won the meets, the fans would cheer for them as long as they defeated Americans." Hannan said that hatred for the United States is probably not the main reason for the negative feelings expressed from international fans. Instead, Hannan said, national pride and being tired of seeing Americans win all the time are probably the motivating factors in the fans' reactions to American competitors. N ow a senior, Hannan has taken on more of a lead­ ership role over the past two seasons for the S— HANNAN, Pago 9 Alex Jones/Daily Texan Staff iexas sw im m er Tommy Hannan captured a gold m edal a s p a r t of the U.S. Olym pic sw im m in g relay team . learns at Big 12 tournament not competing for NCAA bid By Darren W. Dummit Daily Texan Staff The Big 12 reg u lar season produced six virtual locks lor the NCAA Tournam ent, including two of the nation's top fo ü r team s. With not a single team riding the proverbial bubble, the consensus am ong Big 12 coaches is that this w eek's conference tournam ent is good for only three things: seeding, bragging rights and money. A fter c o m p letin g the first undefeated season in con­ the No. 1 Kansas Jayhaw ks have ference history, alread y c em ented a No. 1 seed the N CA A Tournam ent a n d claim ed bragging rights over the other 11 team s in the conference. A nd if history is any indication, head coach Roy W illiams m ight not m ind dropping a gam e this w eek in K ansas City, Mo. in In 1992,1997 a n d 1998, the Jayhaw ks w on the Big 12 Tournament and then failed to advance past the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournam ent. But in 1991 and 1993, the Jayhawks w ent all the way to the Final Four after losing in the conference tourney. "The conference to urnam ent is a great event, and people really like it. But you do get tired of beating up on your brothers or getting beaten on by your broth­ ers after such a long season," W illiams said. "But the tact of the m atter is th at it brings in a lot of m oney to the athletic dep artm en ts." VVhile K ansas has little to w orry about in term s of seeding for th e Big Dance, the No. 4 O klahom a Sooners are facing the prospect of a single loss costing them a coveted No. 1 seed. "If you have your preferences after going through a grueling 16-game conference season, and know ing that yo u 're going to be a pretty high seed in the NCAA Tournam ent, m aybe for your team these are unnecessary gam es," O klahom a head coach Kelvin Sam pson said. That being the case, Sam pson still know s w hat kind of joy a conference tournam ent title can bring after his Sooners cut dow n the nets in Kansas C ity last year. "Selfishly, I'm not crazy about it. But at the sam e time, I've seen w hat this tournam ent m eans to the fans and all the schools," Sam pson said. "The Big 12 Tournam ent is good for the players, good for the fans and good for o u r league." Aside from Kansas and Oklahom a, four teams have a legitim ate shot at tasting the fruits of a conference tournam ent cham pionship this year. Two of those teams, Texas Tech an d Texas, have earned byes in the first round of the tourney. O n the strength of A ndy Ellis' buzzer-beating follow -up jam against Baylor, the Red Raiders captured the No. 4 seed w ith a 10-6 conference record. W ith the No. 3 seed, Texas surprised m any by over­ com ing a season-ending injury to their leading scorer to also post a 10-6 conference record. In the quarterfi­ nals on Friday, the H orns will face the winner of the M issouri-Iowa State first-round m atchup. While the No. 11-seed Cyclones entered this season fully aware that this was a rebuilding year, Tiger fans were thinking Final Four. But after being ranked No. 3 ‘ in the nation in December, Missouri has struggled through a mediocre Big 12 season. N ow they are find­ ing a few people critical of their tag as a lock for the Big Dance. "Our league makes it difficult to keep us out of the tournament. I'd be surprised if w e weren't in it," Missouri head coach Quin Snyder said. Another team playing on Thursday with a realistic shot at winning the Big 12 title is Oklahoma State. Like Missouri, the Cowboys jumped into the nation's top 5 before Big 12 play began. But injuries led them to a 10- 6 league mark and a No. 5 seed in the conference tour­ ney. They will take on a Texas A&M team that they handled in the last game of the regular season. Also on Thursday, No. 7 Kansas State takes on N o ., 10 Baylor, and No. 8 Nebraska faces No. 9 Colorado. With victories this year over Texas and Oklahoma State, Kansas State has proven that it is capable of shocking any team on any given night. Colorado stayed in the bottom half of the Big 12 standings throughout the year, despite the arrival of much-heralded freshman D avid Harrison. Their opponent, Nebraska, is coming off a heart-breaking one-point loss to Kansas. D ivin g in Texas diver Ally Hartzell says time has m ade her transition to m 3“ S ee Page 9 Youth movement to replace seniors Texas must fill three spots on offensive line By Bob Jones Daily Texan Staff Before spring practices even began, Texas head coach Mack Brown knew that the loss­ es to his offensive line would be some of the hardest to replace. With All-American right tackle Mike Williams likely to become a top- five NFL draft pick come April and three- year starting center Matt Anderson also departing, i?s easy to understand Brown's concern. to Needless say, newly anointed starters Lionel Garr and Jason Glynn have their work cut out for them. the sophom ore ating lineman C harged w ith p ro ­ tectin g le ft-h a n d e d q u a r te r b a c k C h ris Lionel Garr Sim m s' blindside will will replace gradu- be Garr, w ho stands 6- Mike Williams at foot 7-inches and tips the at 350 pounds. Garr is more than a match for Williams in terms of size, who was listed at 6-foot 6-inches and 345 pounds during his senior year. right tackle for the 2002 season, scales However, Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis says it's far too early in G arr's career to contrast the two. "I think that's unfair right now, just like it would have been unfair to compare [2001 left tackle] Robbie Doane to [No. 2 overall pick] Leonard Davis," offensive coordinator A s s o c ia te d P re ss See FOOTBALL, Page 9 Texas shuts out Hilltoppers twice Texas senior Deeanna Williams slides into second base during the Longhorns' 8-0 shutout of St. Edwards Wednesday. Gerry M cCarthy/D ally Texan S ta ff By Chad Thomas Daily Texan Staff In a m eeting of cross-tow n softball program s, Texas show ed its dom inance over its A ustin co u nterpart St. E d w ard's, over­ pow ering the H illtoppers from the plate and on the m ound to take both gam es of the d o ubleheader 8-0. The H orns needed only six and five innings, respectively, to dispose of the H illtoppers, closing out the tw o contests via the eight-run rule before the gam es w ere called. L eading Texas (16-7) w as its duo of freshm an pitchers, Cat O sterm an and Am y Bradford, w h o blanked St. E d w a rd 's over a com bined 11 innings. T hough she tied the Texas record for consecutive innings pitched w ithout allow ing an earned run at 64 and tw o-thirds, O sterm an looked m ore h u m a n ag a in st D ivision II St. E d w ard 's th an she had in her m ost recent outings, w hich included appearances against tw o ranked D ivision I o p p o ­ nents. Osterman, w ho followed her Feb. 26 perfect game with a 23- strikeout performance last Saturday against No. 22 M ississippi State, surrendered a pair of hits w hile throwing tw o walks and two wild pitches in the first game against the Hilltoppers. Bradford, meanwhile, fanned six batters in her five scoreless frames of Game 2, coming up one single shy of tossing her first career no-hitter. "Honestly, I didn't even think of a no-hitter," Bradford said. "I was just looking for a five-inning game. All I really cared about was getting out of there w ith a good outcome." Bradford and Osterman hardly needed to throw shutouts for the Horns to grab the wins. The Texas offense, which totaled only one run in last w eek­ end's Sunshine Classic, rebounded in grand fashion, erupting for 16 runs on 23 hits in the two-gam e set. The offensive explosion spanned the Texas lineup from topped to bottom. Tamara Poppe, who entered the series at the tail end of the Texas squad with a .210 average, w as nearly unstoppable from the plate, going 3-for-4 on the night with a walk, four RBI and two runs scored. Sm SOFTBALL, Pa|« 9 f Scoreboard NBA Boston 130, Orlando 110 Philadelphia 85, Cleveland 76 Utah 92, L A . Lakers 84 Milwaukee 92, L.A. Clippers 86 Miami 92, Chicago 87 Phoenix 89, New Jersey 87 Minnesota at Porttand, late NHL Washington 3, Calgary 2 Montreal 5, Boston 3 Edmonton 3, Tampa Bay 2 Anaheim 4. Atlantá 1 Detroit 6, Toronto 2 Dallas 3, Los Angeles 2 F-OT Columbus at Colorado, late NCAA Basketball WOMEN'S TOP 25 (4) Oklahoma 87, Oklahoma St 86 (7) Baylor 75, (17) Texas Tech 60 (8) Louisiana Tech 70, Boise St 53 (11) Iowa St 58, (10) Colorado 56 (18) Colorado St. 79, Air Force 68 airWAVES ÉÉ ÜSHBEB 8 NBA Toronto at Dallas 8 p.m., TNT i m s NCAA BASKETBALL — MEN Big Ten Tournament 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 Big 12 Tournament 12 - 6:30 p.m., FOX Big 12 Tournament 6 p.m., UPN Big East Tournament 1 - 3 p.m., 6 -10 p.m., ESPN Rac-10 Tournament 3 - 5 p.m., 11 p.m. -1 a.m., FOXSW ACC Tournament First Round 6 p.m., ESPN Mountain West Tournament 11 p.m., ESPN NCAA BASKETBALL — WOMEN Big 12 Tournament 8:30 p.m., UPN BRIEFS Men’s tennis team remaris undefeated The No. 13 Texas men's tennis team upped their undefeated record to 11-0 on Wednesday after beating SMU in Dallas. Once again, the No. 2 Texas sin­ gles player Rodrigo Echagaray man­ aged to secure the 4-3 win. "We were up 3-2 with two matches still on, and Rodrigo [Echagaray] yet again found a way to come through and lead us to victory," Texas head coach Michael Center said. "Everyone has a lot of confidence in him when he is out there with the match on the line. He showed a lot of maturity, and I is continuing to think his game improve." Echagaray was named by the Big 12 Conference as the Player of the Week last Monday, and he upheld the title Wednesday afternoon. Echagaray cur­ rently holds a national ranking of No. 47. Before Echagaray7s match-clinching win, Texas captured the doubles point, setting the Mustangs back to a 1-0 early deficit. SMU bounced back with a win in the No. 1 singles position against Texas junior Jean Simon. Texas resumed its lead when Jose Zarhi won at the No. 3 singles position. Again, the opposing teams battled for the lead until Echagaray clinched the final match point. "This was a nice win for us," Center said. "The team really hung in there land found a way to get it done." The Horns return home to open their Big 12 Conference play against Oklahoma on Friday at the Penick- Allison Tennis Center. Women's golf team finishes in seventh place The Texas women's golf team fin­ ished in seventh place at the Spartan Invitational after shooting their best round of the tournament as a team on Wednesday. The two bright spots for Texas on the final day of competition were senior co-captains Kristin Dufour and Randi Meadows. Dufour posted a two-over- par on the final day to finish in a sea­ son-best tie for 10th place. Meadows tied her season-best 18-hole score of one-under-par to finish in a tie for 21st place. Sophomore Janice Olivenda shot a one-over-par Wednesday to finish in 16th place at six-over-par. Freshman Lisa Ferrero fired a seven-over-par to finish in a tie for 40th place, while Jessica Reese rounded out the Texas players with an eight-over-par to tie for 56th place. Compiled from staff reports DROP US A LINE ave feedback, opinions or suggestions for T sports? By all means, tell us about it. We icourage letters from our readers. Here’s 3w we can be reached: I E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com I Voice: 512-232-2210 I Fax: 512-471-2952 I Postal: PO Box D, Austin TX 78705 The D a ily Texan Thursday, March 7, 2002 Page 9 Diver makes big adjustment By Natalie England Daily Texan Staff For Texas sophomore diver Ally Hartzell, stepping onto the 40 Acres meant stepping out of a classroom of one and into a classroom of 50,000. Living in Cedar Park, Hartzell began home school in fifth grade, but competed in Austin's junior club div­ ing circuit. During those years, she caught the eye of Texas head diving coach M att Scoggin. "I actually didn't know she was home-schooled," Scoggin said, "until one day, I started making phone calls to recruit her, and I asked where she went to high school. She said, 'Well, I don't go to high school.'" Despite growing up just miles from the Texas campus, Hartzell did not sell her soul to Bevo at birth. "It was when I went on my recruit­ ing trips that I decided this was the place for me," Hartzell said. "This was just the best, all the way around. Swimming, diving, academics ... I liked everything." Transitioning academically and athletically provided a challenge for Hartzell, but one that she said has eased with time. she "The academic and social transi­ tion w as said. tougher," "Athletically, it was more pressure- filled than club. The academic part was different, because I wasn't used to going to classes and taking extra time to study. Socially, all I ever got before was the diving parts. I never really got to hang out with different types of people, and now I get to." Being just minutes from her own bed also eased Hartzell's transition. "A ll my family is here, so it was nice to have that support group," Hartzell said. Living near home eased her laundry bill, as $1.50 a load adds up, she added. During the summer o f 1996, Hartzell quit gymnastics, but didn't immediately set her sights on the diving board. "I didn't think I was going to get into a water sport, because I used to have to hold my nose when I went underwater," Hartzell said. But after encouragement from her friends, Hartzell tried diving and liked it. She also found out she was very good at it. Her talent has carried her into a stellar sophomore year at Texas. Hartzell has claimed seven first- place finishes this season and was nam ed January's Big 12 Female Diver of the Month. "She's stronger this year and hav­ ing longer periods without injury," Scoggin said. "Based on her talent and those two key factors, she's been able to have a successful season thus far." However, Hartzell's strength lies not only in her physical musculature, but also in her mental strength. "Ally has the ability to focus on the task at hand better than a lot of her com petitors," Scoggins said. "A diver can think of all the 'w hat its' and the consequences. Ally can shut Photo courtesy of Texas Media Relations Longhorns diver Ally Hartzell didn’t consider getting involved in water sports until she was encouraged by her friends. all that off. She can simplify things, and that's a great talent." it's definitely a reasonable dream for C ham pionships Ally." For now, her focus centralizes on the upcoming NCAA Zone D diving meet. There, Hartzell will be vying for the NCAA in Championships. But she also has her eye on the ultimate championships — the Olympics. spot a "It's good to dream big, if it's a rea­ sonable dream," Scoggins said. "And Yet on occasion, even Hartzell questions the validity of her ambi­ tion. "Sometimes I struggle with it," she said. "I'm not sure I could make it there. Matt always tells me that I can be so great, so he makes me believe it when I'm doubting myself." But beyond all the NCAA and future Olympics, Hartzell sees the bigger picture. Particularly, the one she may paint for her children or grandchil­ dren some day. "I would like to tell them that I was a good diver and that I had a lot of fun," Hartzell said. "And that I made a lot friends, and it was the best time of my life." Oklahoma dominates OSU By Jonathan Green Daily Texan Staff KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The way No. 4 Oklahoma played in its 87-56 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday may have other teams at the Big 12 Tournament feeling frightened. "I don't think we look very scary, but we'U take it," Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale said. The top-seeded Sooners (25-3) ran off to a 45-10 start over the first 15 minutes. "I don't know if it's as well as we can play or as well as anybody can play, but it was pretty flawless when you look at how we were shooting the ball," Coale said. Stacey Dales had 16 points, and Dionnah Jackson added 17 off the bench for OU during that stretch. Each finished the game with 23 points. Dales — the two-time conference player of the year — hit 4-of-5 three-pointers and was able to get some jL2 W omer $ Bask Roundup valuable rest in the game, playing just six second-half minutes. "The rest is huge," Dales said, "especially when playing in the Big 12." Oklahom a will face No. 13 Kansas State (24-6) in the semifinal Thursday at 6 p.m. Shelby Hutchens was Oklahoma State's only dou­ ble-figure scorer for head coach Dick Halterman's final game with the team. OSU officials announced on Feb. 12 that Halterman's contract would not be renewed after the season, ending her 19-year stint with the Cowgirls. Longhorn bats explode in games against Hilltoppers SOFTBALL, from 8 extended their team-leading hitting streaks to eight games, each picking up a single in both contests. "Yesterday, we had a m eeting during our offensive section in prac­ tice. We decided to change my bat­ ting stance a little bit, and I guess it worked," Poppe said. Texas' leading hitter, W ynter Turner, upped her average to .459 following her stellar offensive per­ formance. Turner finished the dou­ bleheader 4-for-4 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored. in the offensive joining breakout were freshm en A lexis G arcia and Erin M ahoney, who Also With the win, Osterman moved her record to 10-4. However, the left­ hander's streak of consecutive starts with double-figure strikeouts cam e to a d o se at six, as Osterman racked up only eight strikeouts against St. Edward's. Bradford, meanw hile, low ered her team -leading ERA to 1.17 and now owns a 5-1 record. The H orns continue their six- game hom e stand Thursday in a doubleheader against UT-Arlington (8- 12). BIO 12 M EN ’S BASKETBALL TOURNAM ENT SEMIFINALS FIRST ROUND Thursday, March 7 Saturday, March 9 Sunday, March 10 SECOND ROUND Friday, March 8 FINALS BIG 12 W OM EN’S BASKETBALL TOURN AM EN T FIRST ROUND Tuesday, March 5 SECOND ROUND Wednesday, March 6 SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 7 FINALS Saturday, March 9 No. 12 Texas A&M GAME 6 No. 4 Oklahoma State BIG 12 CHAMPION GAME 11 BIG 12 CHAMPION GAM E 11 No. 8 Nebraska GAME 1 No. 9 Colorado No. 5 Texas Tech GAME 2 No. 7 Kansas State GAME 3 No. 10 Baytor No. 6 Missouri GAME 4 No. 11 lowe State GAME 5 f*>. 1 Kansas GAME 9 GAME 7 No. 2 Oklahoma GAME 8 No. 3 Texas GAME 10 No. 8 Oklatxxna State 92 GAME 1 No. 8 OSU 56 No. 9-Texas A&M 76 GAME 5 Oklahoma No. 5 Texas 63 No. 1 Oklahoma 87 GAM E 9 GAME 2 No. 5 Texas 63 No. 12 Kansas 61 GAME 6 Kansas State No. 4 Kansas State 79 No. 7 Texas Tech 78 GAME 3 No. 7 Texas Tech 60 No. 10 Missoun 51 No. 6 Iowa State 74 GAME 7 Baylor No. 2 Baylor 75 GAME 10 GAME 4 No. 6 Iowa State 58 No. 11 Nebraska 55 GAME 8 Iowa State No. 3 Colorado 56 Women ousted at tournament WOMEN, from 8 At one point in the first half, Stephens took a shot in the gut from Kansas State for­ ward Kendra Wecker and got called for a blocking foul. "I remember seeing at one point in time some little football video on Kendra Wecker," Stephens said. "She could defi­ nitely be a great linebacker." Stephens said she experienced muscle spasms after taking the hit. Then, in taking a charge later in the game, Stephens said she had trouble breathing. In a Jan. 30 game in the Erwin Center between the teams, Stephens torched the Wildcats for 33 points and 17 rebounds, which made her a target in Wednesday's contest. "That was definitely a priority, because she's a great player;" Kansas State forward Nicole Ohlde said. "We knew that, what she did to us down in Austin, we couldn't let her do to us again. Whenever a shot was up, somebody put a body into her." The Wildcats also wanted to focus on rebounding against Texas, as the Horns beat them on foe boards, 60-44, in their pre­ vious meeting this year. "They hammered us on foe boards down in Austin, and that7 s something we really needed to focus on today," Wecker said. "I felt we did a good job today boxing out all five positions and crashing foe boards." Experienced Glynn must make up for size FOOTBALL, from 8 Greg Davis said. "What we're looking for is just a good solid player, and we're excited about where he is right now." While Garr has adjusted well to lining up against All-Big 12 senior defensive end Cory Redding in scrimmages, he admits he has a way to go before he becomes foe caliber of player he wants to be. "It's really not who you're going against, but how you're trying to improve yourself," Garr said. "It7s an everyday struggle, and every day you have to come out here and compete. There are 15 prac­ tices, so that's 15 chances to show them what you got." A daunting task also awaits sophomore Glynn. He will be stepping into foe center role vacated by Anderson, who started 35 games in his career at Texas. At a mere 6-foot 2-inches and 275 pounds, Glynn is foe smallest of Texas' offensive linemen. He does have some experience, though, seeing action in 11 games last year. Davis says that Glynn has the inside track to becoming the starting center when fall rolls around, but Glynn is the first to recognize that he, too, has work to do before then. "I've got a long way to go. 1 have to know a lot more mentally, lift more weights and get bigger physically," Glynn said. "But everybody helps out, and everybody tells you what to do if you mess up. So you can always look to the guy to the left to help you out. The guys are real good about encouraging you to keep you going." Living up to last year's standard will be foe aspi­ ration of the two newest starters on the line. That goal will include opening up holes for sophomore Cedric Benson, who gained 1,053 yards last year on the ground — good enough for first among true freshman running backs. Benson himself has no doubts about the ability of Garr and Glynn to adapt and make an impact, citing the fact that they both have been with the team longer than he has. "They've been able to get adjusted to the plays and things like that, and they're more experienced than I am," Benson said. "They're fresh to being out there with the first team, but they've got a lot of experience already starting off. " If experience and desire are not enough to moti­ vate Garr and Glynn toward betterment, they are currently being pushed by the play of redshirt freshmen Jonathan Scott and William Winston, both of whom have impressed Brown and Davis with their solid play during spring drills. Filling out the starters on the line are senior tack­ le Doane, senior guard Derrick Dockery and junior guard Tillman Holloway, all of whom saw signifi­ cant starting time in 2001. Texas swimmer looks for Olympic bid in 2004 HANNAN, from 8 Longhorns. Having accomplished more than most swimmers ever dream of, he says that help­ ing his younger teammates is now a main factor in his motivation to continue winning. "There are some younger guys on our team who have not won a national championship, and it would be nice to help them win one before I graduate," Hannan said. "I swim for my coaches and teammates just as much as I swim for myself, because the team is most important." With foe NCAA Championships beginning in three weeks, Hannan knows there is still more he can accomplish before his career at Texas draws to a close. But even after his career at Texas is over, Hannan knows that competitive sw im ­ ming will be foe focus of his life for at least a cou­ ple years. "I would like to continue swimming competi­ tively through 2004 and possibly earn another Olympic bid/' Hannan said. "With foe younger swimmers in America getting faster, ifis not guaranteed that foe Olympics are in my future." minimum, the following rates apply. 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Directly on bus route to UT Easy walking distance to supermarket and mall Pools, laundry, cable-ready Central Park Apts. 6010 N Lamar 452-0071 NICELY FURNISHED West Campus Apt 1-1 $650 3 closets, patio, pool 2-2 $1200 Apartment Find­ ers 322-9556 l-block Law SPA C IO U S 2 2, June School/IBJ Pool/laun­ Serious, quiet, smoke­ dry/cable less, petless 472- 2097/477-3388 $900/$950 l st. ALL BILLS PAID Shuttle at Door Great One and Two BDRM, All Appl Pool, Patio, Shopping center On site Mgr Maintenance, Best Deal. Quiet CALL: 452-4366 between 9 to 5 Century Plaza. 421 0 Red River PARK PLAZA/CT. CALL 452-6518 9 to 5 Sum/Fall Leasing for Well Furn I & 2 BD units Gated Access at Court, Great Furniture, On-site Maintenance, Manager Pool, Pa­ tio, Balconies, A/Cm, Fans, Micros, Quiet, Adjacent to Hancock Mall Shuttle UT & San Marcos 915 E. 41st FURNISHED APARTMENT 2 room­ mates to sublease. UT shuttle near­ by Rent $370/month 762 1288 2 NEED TO SUBLEASE ASAP rooms in a 4-room apartment Fully UT shuttle, paid cable, furnished free TV & VCR w/sublease 385- 7256, Vince 762-1 288, Rico •HYDE PARK 609 E. 45th Nicely furnished 1/1 in small, quiet complex Close to UT, city buses; park with pool, tennis courts; Hancock shopping center $545+E 1 P E R S O N to take over lease for 1 bed/1 bath in 3/3 apt. Other 2 rooms available for Fall 2002-August 2003 Sterling University Apts. Rent $455 per month Call Rene 383-1680 or 469-231-1662. C H A R M IN G APT. C O M PLEX I Blk. from UT ALL BILLS PAID! Ind. C ab le Computerized Entry System BEST DEAL! Eff; Summer from $395, Fall from $500 1 Bedroom: Summer from $495, Fall from $625 2 Bedroom Summer from $550 + elec , Fall from $775 + elec KHP 476-2154 N E W L Y REMODELED 1 bdr apart­ ment. Utilities and cable paid by owner! $625 unfurmshed/$675 furnished NR shuttle 832-1780 TAKE OVER MY LEASE at Sterling University Huge bedroom and pri­ vate batn m 3/2 apt Fully-furnish­ ed, free ethernet, UT-shuttle. $445 + 1 /3bills Must be female. 695 7388 $300 OFF March Rent on room in Melrose 4-4 apt Gated access, re- sort-style pool, ethernet, etc. Call now 409-755-1865 or email texas- texas22@yahoo.com $$O N E M ONTH free$$ W / D in unit Pri­ Free ethernet, free cable vate bathroom Sweet roommates 297-3741 N O TRAFFIC PR O BLEM S! N O PA R K IN G H A SSLES! N O FULL SHUTTLE B U S S E S ! Avoid these problems by living on W EST CAM PUS C A S A DE SA LA D O APTS. 2610 Salado St 1 Bedroom Units/ Fully Furnished 'D IS C O U N T IF LEASE S IG N E D PRIO R TO S P R IN G BR EA K * Call Brian Novy 327-761 3 AVOID PROBLEMS CAUSED BY LIVING AW AY FROM CAMPUS: TRAFFIC JAMS, PARKING HASSLES, FULL SHUTTLE BUSSES! MESQUITE TREE APTS. W E ST CAMPUS- 2410 L O N G V IE W Fully furnished 1-bedrooms DISCOUNT IF LEASE SIGNED PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK Call Brian Novy 327-761 3 NICELY FURNISHED 2 bedrooms open in 4-2 Only $390/mol Free Balcony with/Pool view Ethernet UT-Shuttle & much morel Jackie 689-5240 SUBLEASE COLLEGE Park May-Au­ gust 1 bedroom furnished in 3/2 435 0/month, 361-67Í+6495. - _ . PRE-LEASING W . Campus Croix 2/1 $1250 Orangetree 2/1 $ 1 600 Treehouse 2/1/1G $1100 Treehouse Eff.w/1G $700 3 0 0 0 G uadalupe 1/1's $525 Meisler Realty 443-2526. NICE CAMPUS area apartments available Great specials Availa­ bilities now and for summer and fall pre-leasmg ww w alori net 454-4663 Properties Alori QUIET COMPLEX. 3-2, 2-2, & effi­ ciency. (ABP), W a lk to UT, ACC, downtown, on-site No pets 708-9664 laundry FAR W EST EXPERTS Pools, tennis courts, weight room 1-1 $570, 2-1 $770, 2-2 $800 Apartment Finders 322-9556 FREE CABLE & G A S paid! Close-in W est Campus, patios, French doors 1-1 $620 Apartment Finders 322- 9556 LUXURY T O W N H O M E ! W est Cam pus 2-story unit with washer/dryer, pool, gales. Apartment Finders 322 9556 WATERFORD C O N D O M IN IU M S Prelease for June or August 2002 while there is still a selection Huge units still available from $ 1525 to $2150 Great location Great Hoorplans Access gates Friendly onsite management & maintenance Act now to avoid disappointment! 473 8318 www waterfordcondos.com “ *4159 STECK A ve“ * #245 2/2 Cats only, pet deposit $250, lease for $700 Evergreen Properties 331-1 122 HYDE PARK AREA Now Preleasing Spring/Fall 2002 l ,2,&3 bedrooms Rainier Management 467-1478 H Y D E PARK Available now 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath TOWNHOME Completely renovated, poolside $1 100/mo. Call Kim @467-1478 UNEXPECTED V A C A N C Y /W A LK UT 2/1 & 1/1 Hardwood floors, Spanish tiles. Also Fall preleasing. 345-4555, 924-0111. W E HAVE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR C all for M A R. SPECIAL on Efficiencies and 1 bedroom, 10 min. from downtown, great location, includes paid cable, water, and trash. 451-4514 O N E BEDROOM WITH STUDY only $6751 Great Red River location, gas paid, and 9 month lease availa­ ble. Apartment Finders 322-9556 LUXURY LIVING I Washer/Dryer, covered parking, access gates and 1-1, $593, 2-2, fastest shuttle $930 Apartment Finders 322- 9556 A W E S O M E HYDE PARK Neighbor­ hood! Spacious floorplans, wooded sundeck and unbelievable prices. Eff $525, 1-1 $575, 2-1 $875 Apartment Finders 322-9556 AVAILABLE 3-1- W est Campus Effi­ ciency, 621 W est 31st, $495 Huge Hyde 750+sq ft, $525 899-9492 1-Bedroom, Park, W E S T CAM PUS PRELEASING Large 2 bedroom. Private balcony Parking. Laundry W alk to campus $900 794-3989 North Campus! Unique Efficiency1 Saltillo Tile. $550 Front Page Prop­ erties 480-8518 IE MED Apartments 1200 West 40th street has immediate openings 2-1 $749, 1-1 $559 Central $99 No application move-in special. free cable 453- Free gas, fee 3545 Pre-Leasing for June 1/1's $620-$700 Large units, big closets. 8 blocks to UT. Owner managed. West 24th Street Properties 477-3619 PRE-LEASING N O W West Campus Area 2204 San Gabriel and 1 802 W est Ave 1/1 $ 549-$750 2 / 1 5 $1075 $1250 3/2.5 $1575 $1850 w/d Spacious floor plans, on-site laundry, pool, etc 476-0111 **E A S T C A M P U S JE W E L * * less than 1 mile to Law school and Engineering 1 bedrooms starting at $550 2 bedrooms starting at $725 New carpet, ceiling fan, walk-in closets, all appliances. Great central location! On shuttle $200 deposit. Mackie or Theresa at 478-0955 Sandstone Apartments LUXURY-LIVING O N UT-shuttle-route 2.5 months free! Gated/city views, W / D 1/1 $558, 2-bedroom $848 $99-deposit Apartment Ex­ perts 416-8100 QUAINT & Quiet on UT-shuttle l bedroom $450, 2-bedroom $669 Most bills paid, including cable Apartment Experts 4 16-8100 FAR-WEST SHUTTLE Trees, canyon 1,2,&3 bedrooms $520 + views Water/gas paid Gas cooking Apartment Experts 416-8100 ENFIELD ROAD Shuttle Small court­ yard community 1/1 $525, 2-bed­ Call Apartment Ex­ room $700 perts, 416-8100. NEW LY REMODELED! $50 move in. 1/1's $550, 2/1's $675. Call Apartment Experts 416-8100 RESORT-STYLE LIVING Private shut­ tle, roommate-matching. 2's,3's,4's $478,+ W D , cable & basic phone paid. Apartment Experts 416-8100. UT SHUTTLE! Access Gat8sl Free ca­ ble! Pool, Computer Lab, 1-2-3 BD. $565+. First Call 448-4800 Imme­ diate/Prelease Great LOCATION C Eff. starting at $425 0 V I ;tartinq at $ 5 7 5 & $ 5 9 5 1 2-1 $.' ■ E Many amenities, som e with pool Un shuttle oi walk to cam pus n Waugh Properties, Inc. 451-0988 $200 Off first month's rent through March HYDE PARK Efficiencies $435-$495 1-1 $515 WEST CAMPUS Efficiency $475-$495 2-1 $775-$875 1-1 $5154535 Some with covered parking. NORTH C AM PU S 1-1 $650 ABP Central 1-1 $595 CUTEST APARTMENT in W est Cam- pusl Minutes to school, pool, gates, balconies, elevators, ana huge floor Apartment Finders 322- plans 9556. BEST 2-2 IN W EST CAM PUS! Huge floorplan, pool, sun-deck, gas paid $1050 Apartment Finders 322- 9556 SPANISH-STYLE Village CUTE Washer/Dryer, walk school, pool, gates, 2-2 $1015. Apartment Finders 322-9556 to ATTENTION SERIOUS students! Qui­ et property, alarm, micro, pool, wasner/dryer connections. 1-1 $595, 2-2 $860. Apartment Find­ ers 322-9556 370 - J Marquis 1 M a n a g e m e n t Student Housing Specialists Campus Office 472-3816 370 - Unf* Apto. RED RIVER STEAL! Gos paid, patio, 2-1 and blocks from shopping $850 Apartment Finders 322 9556 FREE HEAT & A /Cl Cute and close- in with great floorplans 1-1 $660 2-1 $890 Apartment Finders 322- 9556 BEST DEAL UT Shutttel FREE cable, access gates, volleyball, pools Effi­ ciency $415 2-1 1-1 $485 $630. Apartment Finders 322- 9556. SAFE, QUIET & W alk To Campuslll *1-1 $750 * * ‘ Studios $525 405 E 31/Duval 472-2450 for appt “ 3 BED RO O M S on UT shuttle starting only $835, 2 bedrooms only $650, I bedroom $475 Free cable, pool. APT H Q 442-9333. SHUTTLE, LUXURY new property, $99 deposit. 1 bedroom only $557 Covered parking, W /D , access gates, fitness pool. Apt H Q 442- 9333 2 bedroom only $844 PRELEASE SPECIAL 3 bedrooms $399 total move in Gates, fitness, indoor basketball, pools APT HQ 442-9333. Campus Prices? Southpoint Village Apartments just 10 minutes to cheaper rent! IMMIDMTI AVAILABILITY 448-0777 www.marquismgmt.com W E ST C A M PU S 2-bedroom and I- bedroom garage apartment 4- blocks from campus. Hardwood Hoors. Quiet and secure area. $950 and $550. 4500242, 478- 8905. W E ST CA M PUS Ib d r, room, walking distance $695, all utilities paid 2879 laundry to UT, 512-698- W EST CAM PUS. Tired of laundry mats, parking tickets, roommates? 1/1, W / D , micro., dishwasher, cov­ $700 . 6 Available ered parking end M ay 347- 8397 2814 Nueces IMMEDIATE M OVE INS, 1-1 's and 2-1's Paid basic cable, water, waste water. $249 Move-in spe­ cial Call 452-3314 N ear Seton Hospital Huge 2/2 lOOOsf. Huge Walk-In Closets. Very nice $810. 451-0988. SEVERAL G O R G E O U S 3 Bedroom Houses & Duplexes in Tarrytown & West Campus leases beginning in Summer and Fall. KHP 476-2154 AVAILABLE N O W & MARCH 1 ST 1/1 and 2 / 2 -$549-$825 Pool, on site laundry, large floor plans, 2 blocks from Dobie Mall 476-0111 REDUCED $225! in West Campus available now Nice, little 4-plex $400 374-9966 Large 1BR •4f& rb f f c c i t t H e t h f f • New State of the Art Fitness Center • On IT ihttttie route • Two swimming pools/hot tubs • Sand volleyball • Business center • Scenic views* • Tiled fireplaces* • Vaulted ceilings* • Complimentary video library • Large pets wefcotae *ln select units 2317 Pleasant Valley 512/440-0118 fax 512/440-0157 I’m to o sexy fo r th e dorm! Preleasing NOW for Summer & Fall Starting at $575 Huge Floorplans UT Shuttle Fitness C en ter Call Now...Don’t Wait! 1911 Willow Creek Dr. 512-444-0010 GREAT HYDE Park 2/2 condo Available for summer sublease On Speedway. Bus route W / D con nection, cable, 2 assigned spaces, fireplace Call 453-3727 DO YOU HAVE AN APARTMENT FOR LEASE? Call Vanessa at The D aily Texan and receive 1/2 off your first ad. 232-2680 N O W LEASING FOR IMMEDIATE MOVE-IN. Large W e s t Campus 1-1, individual courtyards, water & gas paid. $595-$650/mo. Quiet Complex. 494-9470 or (832)689-6575. RENT REDUCTIONI North Campus, lease gas paid, pools, 9 month available 1-1 $635, 2-1 $855 Apartment Ftoders 322-9556 ALL YO U W A N T & more! Fitness, tanning, pool, volleyball, gates, W / D connections! 1-1 $550,2-15 Apartment Finders 322- $820 9556 A W E S O M E HYDE Park Neighbor­ hood! Gates, pool, hot tub, study- rooms, elevators, 2-1 s and 2-2s Apartment Finders 322-9556. M o re than just a p la c e to live... ...SHHI isa home that gives Y O U more for A (O { 5 9 C e and SESSm money. M S f r T r i Student H eritage Houses, Inc From $515 on-campus From $485 off-campus All bills paid, including meals Democratic communities Call us at 476-COOP or visit us online at www.shhi.org today! 31st Street Condos ' Nueces Oaks Condos Vanderbilt Condos University Quarters Camino Real _ The Carrels Seton Square The Salado Castle Arms Chimney Sweep Park Race / Act IV University Gardens v .r- 'T - # if,C > - iil8 - 4 9 9 2 Rio Nueces 474-0971 IWwMteWMNPt - e u e STUDENTS ARE •ALL BILLS PAID furnished efficiency, 4000 Avenue A $545 Call 458-4511 for appointment. LO O KIN G FOR A N E W PLACE? Check out our online apartment search form at www ausapt.com. Apartment Finders 322-9556 w Features: Energy efficient, ceramic tile entry & bath, fireplaces, walk-in closets, spacious floor plans, cats allowed, located just 5 minutes from Downtown ParklwM Vittas Sbor if Apts. Autumn Hills 444-7555 448-6668 444-6676 H » Name Address Phone. City/State/Zip_______________________________ Offer limited to private party (non-commercial) MERCHANDISE ads only. Individual items ottered ter sale may not exceed $1,000, and a price musí appear in the body of the ad copy If items are not sold, five additional insertions will be run at no charge. Advertiser must call before 11AM on the day of the fifth insertion. No copy change (other than reduction in price) is allowed. Police, ACLU wrangle over proposed charter changes By Shannon Richardson Daily Texan Staff M embers of the Austin Police A sso­ ciation called on C ity Council members W ednesday to oppose placing two p ro­ posed am endm ents to the city's ch arter on the May election ballot. Mike Sheffield, Austin Police D epart­ m ent detective and APA president, dis­ cussed how the am endm ents, proposed by “an ti-p olice grou p s," would affect the police con tract. The APA is the union that represents m ore than 1,100 A ustin police officers. "N o w [an ti-p o lice groups] are ask­ ing City Council m em bers to turn their the law ," b ack s on the p olice and Sheffield said. Butting heads w ith the APA is the group pushing the proposed am end­ m ents, the A m erican Civil Liberties for U nion. The A C LU has pushed police oversight since 1998. The first proposed am en d m en t w ould make public an officer's p erson ­ nel file, includ in g investigation s of m iscon d u ct that prove u n su stain ed. Even if an officer is not found guilty, the past inquiries would be open to the public. “An officer accused of w rongdoing w ould be turned into a public sp ecta­ the cle, and co p -b ash ers in this city w ant to d o," Sheffield said. “It d oesn 't m atter to is exa ctly w hat that [anti-p olice groups] whether an officer is innocent — everyone would go on trial. This kind of system prom otes atti­ tudes of police hatred and would only serve to divide this city." To alleviate concerns over police mis­ conduct, City Council and APA entered into a con tract last year creating a citi- “Citizens should not allow the police to throw their muscle around anymore at our detriment.” — Ann 1 1 0 0 /A C T > 2 4 ages 20-29 N/sm okers Inquire at: lnfo@eggdonorcenter.com WE NEED YOUR HELP Please take a few minutes to help us improve The Daily Texan. G o online to: w w w . pulseresearch.com/dailytexan and fill out the fun, easy-to-do survey. There w ill be a draw ing for great prizes each week, such as movie passes, Texadelphia vouchers, T-shirts, James Coney Island vouchers, Keychains, CD cases, etc., and your opinions are extremely important. Thank you! EDUCATIONAL FULLTIME TUTOR for bright, athletic 17-yeor-old b o y to complete Junior & Senior years in high-school. 473- 2 9 8 6 . THAI LANGUAGE. Personal Thai language instructor needed. Paid by theTiour. C a ll 323 -6 2 0 0 , fax 323- 6 2 0 3 . \ Shop Your Best Deal < < Far West $504 Eft ► West Campus 1-1 $519 | Cameron Rd. 1-1 ► Hyde Park Eft S Far West ► Í West Campus 2-1 2-1 | Hyde Park Í Far West 2-1 3-2 $530 $535 $640 ; $735 , $875 £ $1283 " West Campus 2-2 $1295 Hyde Park 2-2.5 $1395 3 West Campus 3-2 $2395 D O W N T O W N HI-RISE 2 /2 1 blk. from UT ALL BILLS PAID! Lifetime Deal! $7 9 5 through Aug. 2002 1,2,3 Bedrooms Leasing for Summer & Fall Best Landlord! KHP 47 6-21 54 CO ND O S FOR LEASE Centennial 3-2 $ 2 2 0 0 Croix 2-2 $ 16 00 Dominion 2-2 $ 1 3 0 0 Hyde Park O aks 2-2 $ 1 3 0 0 O ld M ain 2-2 $ 1 6 5 0 , 2-1 $ 1 3 5 0 O range Tree 2-2 5 $ 1900 Pecan W a lk $ 2 1 0 0 Q uadrangle 2-2 $ 1 5 0 0 Salado PI 1-1 $ 6 7 5 Winchester 2-2 $ 1 3 0 0 Call to set Appointment Metro Realty 4 7 9-1 300 www.utmetro.com MUST LEASE 4 C O N D O S * 1 7 0 4 Enfield, 2 available, 2 /2 , W /D , dishwasher, refrigerator w /icem aker, fp. $ 1 2 0 0 * 7 1 0 Colorado, ultra-chic brown building loft; all appliances, $12 00. * 8 0 6 W est 17th; 1BR/1BA, dishwasher, W /D , refrigerator w /icem aker, city views $ 9 0 0 John, 477 -8 8 8 4 N o reasonable offer refused. DO YOU HAVE A C O N D O OR TOW NHOUSE FOR LEASE? Call Martha at The Daily Texan and receive 1 /2 off your first ad. 4 7 1-38 53 NORTH CAMPUS! G reen. 4 8 0 -8 5 1 8 3111 Tom 2 / 2 $ 1 2 5 0 Front Page * * * * * * B E S T S E L E C T IO N ****** Prelease Properties. Studios - 5 bed­ rooms. eyesoftexasproperties.com. 4 7 7 -1 1 6 3 . PRE-LEASE FOR August 2002. Big Decks, big houses, parking! 3,4,5&6-bedroom houses, newest, biggest & best! Boardwalk Mgmt. . 499-0001. large PERFECT FOR sharing very house 1-minute walk to Concordia, 7-minute walk to UT, 7 -b e d /3 .5-bath 2 9 3 -6 4 1 4 ,3 0 2 -1 0 0 7 . LARGE 5 / 4 UT Shuttle. W est En­ field. W /D connections, Central A ir/H e a t, Disposal, etc. $ 2 7 0 0 901 N ewm an 327 -5 8 3 3 HOUSES FOR LEASE 2 1 0 5 W est 11th 5-2 $ 3 2 0 0 3201 G uadalupe 3-1 $ 1 7 5 0 502 N e lra y 3-2 $ 1 8 5 0 45 0 4 Elwood 3-2 $ 1 9 0 0 5 4 0 7 Jeff Davis A 3-2 $ 1500 5 4 0 7 Jeff Davis B 2-1 $ 1 2 0 0 41 5 W est 32n d 2-1 $ 1 2 0 0 7 0 4 W est 32n d 2-1 $ 1 2 5 0 8 0 7 Eost 45th 2-1 $ 120 0 93 7 East 5 2 n d 3-1 $ 1 7 0 0 Call for showing Metro Realty 4 7 9 - 1 3 0 0 www.utmetro.com VERY NICE, updated 4B R /2B A w /2 huge living areas & fenced wood deck & fenced yard. Pets O K, DSL setup, Available includes W /D . now or M ay. $ 1 7 0 0 5 3 0 4 M id­ dale. Near 51st & Birkman. 929- 8 8 8 2 35TH/SPEEDW AY! 1X1 nice. Shut- H e /W olk $ 67 5 Front Page 480- 8 5 1 8 www.8unehase.eom LUXURY FOR LESS cute 1-1 cov­ ered parking, w asher/dryer, small community $ 6 7 5 . Apartment Find­ ers 3 22 -95 56. AFS Apartment Finders Service West Campus Eft All Bills Paid $495 $620 1-1 Free Cable $650 1-1 Furnished $1050 2-2 Gas Paid 2-2 Washer/Dryer $1195 North Campus Eft Hyde Park $535 1-1 Small Community $550 $675 1-1 With Study $825 2-1 Close In $950 2-1 Gas Paid Shuttle Eft FREE Cable $495 1-1 Access Gates $525 $640 2-1 Cable Paid $685 2-2 HUGE 3-2 GREAT DEAL $985 2109 Rio Grande 322-9556 www.ausapt.com STUDENT ONE-MONTH-FREE. rooms 2 blocks from campus, $470- Laundry, $ 4 8 0 . ALL BILLS PAID parking 476- 5 152/afternoons. 1804 Lavaca Large UNEXPECTED VACANCY! 2 / 1 . pool. Close walk to campus. On UT-Shut- He. 3 1 0 6 Duval. 478 -91 51. G a s /W a te r paid, IMMEDIATELY 1-bedroom in Hyde M OVE-IN apartment Park. $ 4 5 0 /m o plus electricity Security deposit $150. O n UT shuttle route 4 6 5 -9 4 9 1 , 7 7 5 -8 6 6 5 or see man­ ager in 41 0 5 Speedway #201 2 2 0 0 SAN G abriel Spacious 2 /2 . $ 9 5 0 Front Page 480 -85 18 FIREPLACE, firewood, A /C , 2-1 fenced yard, drivew ay, garage, hot- tub, gym , washer-dryer, cable 503 Texas. 472 -47 40. $$ 1 Month Free $$ 1805 Constantino Cir. Never lived-in duplex W /D included 3-3.5-2G $1295/month 512-632-3657 LARGE 1 /1 , small complex, pool, laundry. W alk to Barton Springs. UT shuttle. Peter, agent, 7 94 -66 78. $675+bills. WATERFORD C O N D O M IN IU M S Prelease for June or August 2 0 0 2 w hile there is still a selection. Huge units still available from $ 1 5 2 5 to $ 2 1 5 0 . G reat location G reat floorplans. Access gates. Friendly onsite management & maintenance A ct now to avoid disappointment! 4 7 3 -8 3 1 8 w w w waterfordcondos.com COUNTRY CLUB TOW NHOM ES 2 story, 2 & 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Faux finished walls, lo ft style or fully furnished. Most bills paid. Super specials for awesome tenants Starting at $ 8 9 5 . N o w preleasing for F a ll Near UT shuttles, Riverside AC C , & G olf Course. Contact Heather at 385-7284. N O W PRELEASING FOR SUMMER AND FALL 2002!!! Hurry!! Don't w a it!!! Act N ow !! Call CAMPUS CO ND O S @ 4 7 4 - 4 8 0 0 . W O N 'T LAST LONG! Spacious one bedroom approx. 800 sg_ft. W ALKING DISTANCE to UT, private park­ ing, refreshing swimming pool; w asher/dryer. 2513 Seton Apt. 206. $975. A vailable for Fall semester. C all Today! 2 5 8 - 7 8 1 8 ask for J.B. 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EMPLO YM EN T CHILD CARE- Attn: C ollege students looking for PT work. 2 -6 :3 0 shifts avail., qualify child care center, competitive salaries. 2 8 8 -8 2 2 0 S locatio n /3 3 1 -1 4 4 1 N. location. PLAY @ W O R K! Afterschool counse­ lor/school bus driver needed. N o experience necessary. W o rk with 5- UT 12 yr-olds, 2 6 :0 0 p m , M-F. area Child C raft 4 7 2 -3 4 8 8 . fluent FEMALE GRAD student in Spanish and French to teach spoken languages for l-2 h r/w k in N W A uv tin home C all 3 4 3 -2 9 7 2 or 554- 2 9 7 2 THE TIME IS N O W ! M ake a difference through play. St. Luke Infant Care Center, Austin's only infant/toddle r center, has openings for part time assistant teachers. M-F 8 :3 0 a m -12 :3 0 p m or 1:30-5:30pm . Must be 18 yrs. old with HS diplom a or GED. Prefer some academ ic background in child development or early childhood education a n d /o r experience. Central Austin, 2blks from ER shuttle stop, EOE. For more information, call Helen at 478-3113. COLLEGE PARK M adison is seeking a responsible person for a week­ end /n ig h t desk attendant. Fax re­ sume 4 7 7 -5 0 5 2 or call 478-9891 for more details. CAMPUS JOBS!! Office of Survey Research UA9 Room 2 .1 0 6 , 2 6 0 9 University Avenue TELEPHONE INTERVIEWERS-NO SALES $7 0 0 / h r Flexible schedules Evenings & Weekends English and Spanish/English Bilinguals 47 1 - 2 142 or 471-4980 ask for O 'N e il HORIZON CAMPS Are you dynamic, compassionate, motivated and looking for the EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME? If so. Horizon Camps is the place for youl W e are five OUTSTANDING co-ed summer camps, seeking A M A Z IN G staff to work with INCREDIBLE kids, ages 7-15 Locations: NY, PA, ME, W V All types of positions available! Salary, room, board, laundry, travel. www.horizoncamps.com 800-544-5448. PAID SPRING BREAK TRAINING FOR SUMMER JOBS! *Have fun af a job that matters. W ork outdoors Flexible schedule. Must have good communication skills and care about the environment. 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Topic: "Do I really need to go to church?" www.whatisfrec\uency.tk University Scuba Club guest speaker, Tanya Streeter, world record freediver, Mar. 7, 7:30 p.m., Texas Union Chicano Culture Room, 4th floor. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~scuba/ Art of Living Foundation guided medita­ tion and introduction to the Art of Living course, Mar. 7, Austin Public Library (Millwood Branch), 12500 Amherst Drive, 339-2355. Free. UT Hungarian Dancers meet every Thurs., 8-9:30 p.m., Anna Hiss Gymnasium 136. Fun and easy. No partner or experience nec­ essary. www. u texas.edu/studen ts/u thd Carothers Coffee Talk, Mar. 7, 3:30 p.m., University Honors Center at the north end of Carothers Dorm. Carole Taxis, School of Nursing, discusses "Healthcare Ethics: Access, Options and Outcomes of Limited Healthcare Resources." 232-3447. UT School of Music Leadership Lecture Series presents Anthony Tommasini, New York Times music critic, accomplished pianist, and author, Mar. 7, 4 p.m., MRH 2.634. Free. The UT School of Music and the Law and Other Performing Arts Symposium present Phil Mrkowitz, Jazz Pianist, in a free per­ formance and talk, Mar. 7, 4 p.m., Bates Recital Hall. UT Learning Center hiring qualified stu­ dents for fall 2002 tutor positions. Starting salary is $10.44 per hour. Deadline March 22. Applications in Jester A332 or at www.utexas.edu/student/utlc «, Music for the first two days of SXSW |^q Austin-based quartet Schatzi will be performing at Emo’s as part of SXSW. , Photo courtesy of Mammoth Records w ith singer and co-fou nd er Carol C 's sexy vocals. It's a beautiful concoction, and w atching it hap­ pen o nstage should be quite a treat. — John B ringardner ^ Drive-By Truckers Saturday, March 14, 1 a.m. ^ Antone’s N ot m any ban d s cou ld even a ttem p t a d o u b le-d isc con cep t album based on the Southern rock trad ition with a straight face. The D rive-B y Truckers do ju st that on Southern Rock Opera, a spraw ling and gutsy album that em ulates and pays hom age to legends like Lynyrd Skynyrd w ithout panning for irony or sounding like a series o f bad covers. The band presents a su rp risin g ly in tellig en t case for th eir heritage, led by Patterson H ood 's unadorned tales of regular guys doing their best to get by on nothing but the salvation of good rock alco h ol). C ou ntry-rockers with the em pha­ sis on rock (another com m on bond w ith Skynyrd is their three-guitar attack), they've honed their sound (and roll 'n ' w ith their notorious live show s. — Will Furgeson É The Shins Saturday, March 14. 1 a.m. Stubb's ^ locale Everyone loves to root for the underdog. When The Shins erupted across Am erica, their em ergence like Albuquerque, from a N.M., was a revelation, making them seem even more beloved and incred­ ible. Not Athens, Ga., not San Francisco — it was as random and fortunate as At the Drive-In emerg­ ing from the otherwise sleepy El Paso. Perhaps the most refreshing surprise of the summer, their debut, Oh, Inverted World, mixes folk and indie-rock in ways not experienced in recent memory. From the playful attitude of "Know Your O nion!" to the nonchalant hush of "N ew Slang," the music carries a spot-on range of em otive intensity and easygoing melody. Add to that The Shins' dedi­ cated performances, and the evening looks to be the most exciting thing to come from Albuquerque since the spelling bee. — Stephanie Jakob rs O tt S O The D a ily Texan Thursday, March 7, 2002 Page 1 3 O il ! t S S i d © The love story that occupies the first 15 minutes is com pletely bogus. Not only is this subplot absent in the book — let's leave the book out of this and try to judge the m erit of this misguided film on its own — it establishes no character credibility. The audience has no idea why these two people are in love, and thus, no discernible motivation for Alex's time travel is established. After an hour, the film finally starts resembling the H.G. Wells masterpiece — minus the novel's underlying social context. Alex decides to travel into the future to look for answers to his burning questions about time travel. In 2037, the futuristic setting looks like Back to the Future Part II, but with a twist: The sky is falling! Or at least the m oon is. Terrified, Alex escapes the turmoil via time m achine and trav­ els even further into time to 2701. Here, Alex meets the Eloi people that live in an Ewok-esque village on the side of cliffs. In the daytime, the natives happily play; but by night, they are the food source for a subterranean species known as the M orlocks. When Alex's Eloi love interest, Mara, is abducted by the M orlocks, he enters the fray to thw'art the predators. The Time Machine has a few fine elements, but they are poorly exe­ cuted. The time machine itself is a complete anachronism; it sparkles w ith pristine golden rods and a crystal key — which is a little on the hokey side, but fun to watch. The special effects that visualize the pas­ sage of time as the machine travels are eye-catching, but certainly not enough to salvage this broken film. Even the minor performances by Orlando Jones and Jeremy Irons are flat and uninteresting. In the end, time will surely make this a forgot­ ten film. Student Forum Meeting FRIDAY, MARCH 8 2:00 pm Texas Union Building Bistro By Jennifer Prestlglacomo Daily Texan Staff "W hy can 't I change the past?" Alexander earnestly wonders while looking at rem nants from his shat­ tered civilization in the film version of The Time M achine. Most everyone has pondered the idea of tampering with the past — taking back that barbed com m ent you made to a friend; taking that unknown job that to a successful could have led career. In T he Time Machine, the answer to this timeless question is prosaically spelled out for Alex and then later refuted. THE TIME MACHINE ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ s ta r r in g Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba d ir e c te d b y Simon Wells The Time M achine appears Disney- esque in its treatm ent of characters and settings, and it's no wonder when director Simon Wells' (last name a coincidence?) past film cred­ its are The P rince o f Egypt, Balto and An American Tail. Besides the fact that the m ovie set and scenery look like anim ation with loads of car- toonish gadgetry sprinkled about, the characters are like a comic strip — two-dim ensional. From the first scene, Alexander (Guy Pearce) is a run-of-the-mill geeky scien tist that wears chalk dust on his jack et as if it is part of his attire as he scraw ls endless calcula­ tions on the blackboard. When Alex proposes to h is girlfriend Emma (Sienna G uillory) that night, time plays a dirty trick that leads to her death. O verw rou ght with grief, Alex spends four years hacking out plans for a tim e machine to use to travel back in time to alter fate and avert E m m a's death. But A lex 's attempt to change the circumstances leading up to her deafh is to no avail as she is run over by an engine- powered carriage, a new invention that reflects how Alex, by trying to change fate w ith his machine, kills her. The scene is laughable at the least. T1£T LL Ttflffl YOU ID O tt o u t w o r t s s r u c t m loar Check out th e latest looks from the hottest names, all for much less th a n you’d find at the mall. W e’ve got swimsuits, ta n k s , shorts, capris, and much more. SOUND BITES, from 14 left the now-legendary indie label in favor of the anti-label. But a change of address isn 't the only noticeable difference w ith the new release, Wood/Water. Finally given a proper amount of time to ponder and craft, the guys have put together an album more contem plative and introspective than Very Emergency! <|nd Nothing Feels Good. Some of it comes from not wanting to produce Very Emergency! Part II, and some «Jomes from singer Davey VonBohlen's recovery from a malignant brain tumor the size of a fist. The album is pensive, perhaps inspired by the surroundings; it was recorded at Jacobs Studios, where the Sm iths Recorded The Queen is Dead. One 3ong even ponders what it would be like to "enjoy morning coffee in the 4fternoon." The Promise Ring deliv­ ers the kind of self-deprecating lyrics and textured hooks that make mem emo kings, even if the classifi­ cation is touchy. — Stephanie Jakob Schatzi Saturday, March 14, midnight Emo's Main Room o f Is it pop ? Is it rock? W ho Cares? S c h a tz i's D eath the A lphabet rings w ith enough en th u ­ siasm and energy to let the band jpmp back and forth betw een sti­ fling genre b o u n d aries. T h is A ustin-based b an d 's EP show cas­ es more genuine talent than the past y ear's slew of yaw nable rock- lite bands com bined (i.e. anyone ^vhose m usic gets featured and prom oted b y a W B show ; you know who you are). A little bit Foo fig h ters, a little bit Weezer and thoroughly, e n jo y a b le, S c h a tz i's is bo th as fam iliar as a sound ldhood su m m er day and as em otionally com plex as, well, as a Jaded graduate student. The sw eet M elancholy o f "T h e Spider Sm ells D isaster," "B y the Silvery M oon" "T h e Fall of and <£anaryville" let you w allow in your problem s w hile still feeling su rprisingly com forted . But it's ;D eath of the A lphabet" and that so n g 's track sim p ly Rubbed " * * * /' that w ill get stuck in your head for days, driving you to place it on m ix collections for your friend s so too, can get addicted to its sugary joy. T h ere's still the possibility that Schatzi's Upcoming LP, to Explode, w ill start teetering into the bland land of laughably attrac­ tive "ro ck " groups whose album s could cure insom nia. Fortunately, their strong show ing on Death o f the A lphabet suggests otherw ise. And hopefully, th eir hom etow n gig at SXSW w ill do just the same. — Sarah A. Rodriguez 50 R easons esp e c ia lly rem ix, a they, S i* Sé Saturday, March 14, midnight ^ Element . One of the m ore interesting acts to com e o u t of D avid B y rn e 's eclectic Luaka Bop label in som e time, this bilin g u al dow n-tem po act from B rooklyn m akes the kind of m usic th at can save "w orld - its poor reputation. beat" from T h ey 'v e as b ee n E veryth ing B u t the G irl m eets Sade, and the com parison is not unw arranted. But th at's only half the in b its of Spanish, A ra b ic and C aribbean influences w ith live insrum enta- tion and electric breakbeat action, Si*Se's su ltry groove is topped story. 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IH-35, Suite 200 Austin (512)459-3119 FJ4TKDÍC V STORE NEAREST CAMPUS: G re a t H ills Plaza, G re a t H ills Trail and Research Blvd. 14 The Daily M arch 7. 2 0 0 2 bNTERTA in m e n t sxsw Cóíintdown Austin’s world-weary travelers Sa i m r l D i + n r Sex, drugs and Bill M onroe are influences fo r the Weary Boys, who will play SXSUr V J K J I I U U I V . V / U SXSW Spotlight A l h e H issyf it s _________^ By Stayton Bonner Daily Texan Staff "G ot a joint, m an?" The question kind of catches me off-guard. I'm standing outside the Continental Club interview­ ing local country band The Weary Boys, who have achieved local fame by reli­ giously playing traditional country and bluegrass standards. Since most of the guvs playing this kind of music these days are either staunchly conservative or eating Metamuril for breakfast, the question surprises me. Telling them I don't have a joint, but feeling like it'd be .i lot cooler it 1 did, I start to realize there an' a lot of surprises rolled up in the Wear,' Bovs. Originally hailing from hippie-mecca Humboldt County, Calif., the band's originators M ano Matteoli, Brian Salvi and Darren Hoff got into country music at an early age. "I picked it up from watching The Last Picture Shaw when I was about 12, and ever since liked H ank Williams," says Mario. "From there on, I found a bunch of other old country shit that was cool." then I've i hi three Californians played togeth­ er for a couple months in high school, and then all went separate ways. While traveling around (Germany, Brian had the idea of getting the group back together. "W hile Brian was living in Germany, he started e-m ailing us, saying we should m ove som ew here and play music again. Seemed like a good idea. Eventually, we settled on Austin, and that's pretty much it," Darren says laughing. "N ot a whole lot to it." Despite the fact that they hadn't played together in years, had never been to the Texas capital and knew nobody hen.*, the reformed trio packed all their stuff into a car and hit the road for Austin in late 2000. "Guadalupe Street Drag was our first gig. About the third or fourth day we lived here, we decided to go play the five songs we had worked up together since we started hanging out again," Darren relates with a smile. "W e went down to the Drag, made over a hundred bucks and bought some steak and some beer. It was awesome." "Yeah, the first day was the best," Brian reiterates. Unbeknownst to the California three- piece band, a Texas rhythm section was about to join them. Darren Sluyter walked up to the trio that first day on the Drag, gave them a dollar and hung out. A couple weeks later, Sluyter ran into Brian again, invited the band over to jam at his place and was instantly invited to play bass for the group. A little wlule later, Cade C. Callahan saw the four, guys playing at a San Marcos bar and started harassing them for not having a drummer. Leaving dur­ ing the middle of the show and coming back to the bar with a drum kit, Callahan got on the stage and hasn't left since. The Weary Boys were now complete with Mario on lead guitar, Darren on rhythm guitar, Brian on fiddle, Sluyter on bass and Cade on drums. All five guys sing, though Mario and Darren share the bulk of the vocals. Playing cov­ ers that included Bill Monroe's "D ark as the Night," Hank Williams' "Ram blin' M an" and Jim m ie Reed's "R unnin Hidin," as well as a mess of old tradi­ tional songs and a couple originals, the Weary Boys started playing for tips dur­ ing the day on the Drag. Eventually moving up the street and indoors at the Hole in the Wall, the Boys started forming a fan base that led to other gigs. Before the end of 2001, the Where are the best restaurants? Who has great happy hours? These and many more questions will be answered in The Daily Texan’s Dinins/Party Guide Watch for it in March! Win a FREE lunch fro m T E X A D E L P H IA in The Daily Texan Online Spring Break contest! • Every day this week, visit www.dailytexanonline.com for a chance to win two free lunch passes toTexadelphia • Find the beach ball hidden in one of the stories on The Daily Texan Online and be the first to e- mait webeditor@dailytexanonline.com with its location and have lunch on us Visit www.dailytexanonline.com every day this week for a chance to win Doily Texan employees not eligible Friday. March 13.1 a.m. The Red Eyed Fly W uz up grrlz? N ot so w ild about the male dom ination of SXSW rock 'n ' roll? W ell, fear not, fem ales! W ithin the testosterone-d om inated festiv al lies girl-p ow er gem s T h e H issyfits. D ou btfu l? True, their ly rics have all the em otional depth o f m o tiv a­ tional rhetoric from your favorite g rrl-p o w er m ags. True, their lineup, sin ce the p ro d u ction of th e ir last CD , There M ust Be Som ething W rong, has retained only one o rigin al m em ­ ber nam ed Princess. B ut their sou n d ju d ging by said C D , these g irls seem genu inely cap ab le of ... w ell ... throw ing a hissy fit. There isn 't really enough ch ick-ro ck in the w o rld , and is b est d escribed as I-sto le -m y -b ro th e r's- g u ita r-a n d -I-s in g -b e tte r-th a n -h im - anyw av: high-energy, d efian t and g u itar-p ow ered . It sou nd s a little like Liz P h a ir's solo w ork, o r m aybe an em bryon ic version of Luscious Jackson . T h is should be a n enter­ ta in in g show . L o o k for th e lead track off their CD , There M u st Be Som ething W rong. T h e re 's ju st som e­ thing right about it. — C ary K eagle § Seaw orthy___________ ^ Saturday. March 14. 9 p.m. Emo's Mam Room Athens, G a.'s, favorite post-rockers M acha have hit up the festival in recent years. But this tim e, band leader Josh M cKay is striking off on sid e-project, his own with his Seaworthy. Their sound is im m ediate­ ly recognizable as the same ethereal mix of novel instrum entation and shoegazer tunes. Seaw orthy's album, The Ride, plays with an atm ospheric am bience best suited to headphones or surround sound. And as a full lis­ ten, it's an extrem ely relaxing experi­ ence. Josh's barely-there vocals deco­ rate a few of the tunes, w here others are content to rem ain instrum ental. Som e tracks even feature the occa­ sional guest vocalist, like Japanese singer Haco on "The Day." T his is the kind of late-night m usic that should provide a welcom e respite to the hec­ tic rush of the festival. — John B ringardner 6 Q uarashi_____________ ^ Saturday, March 14 ,1 0 p.m. La Zona Rosa p ro d u cer T here are tw o blocs of ra p in Iceland: one raps in English, the other in the native Icelandic tongue. W hile bad blood exists betw een the two, it seem s unlikely the cou n try 's prem ier rap group w ould choose to use b oth languages. But Q uarashi, Iceland's forem ost shot at leaving a mark on the hip-hop w orld, d o just that, an d they do it w ell. Form ed by Solvi ch an ce w h en Blondal met Steini Fjelsted at a skate park (Blondal was doing com m un i­ the g ro u p enjoyed ty s e rv ice ), instant su ccess locally, with their first tw o album s going gold (5,000 copies in Iceland). Recently signed to C o lu m b ia, Q uarash i's in tern a­ tional debut, Jinx, is due A p ril 6. Though the rappers already enjoy a m assive cult following domestically, no d oub t boosted by the ap pearance of "Stick 'E m Up" on the Orange County soundtrack, their best m ate­ rial h as yet to m eet the m asses. The appeal of Icelandic bands w orks in their favor, an d Q uarashi are clearly serio u s ab o u t creatin g a h igh ly d iverse international sound. Skilled raps m eet sm ooth beats and u n ex­ cuts. p ected ly m elod ic "M alon e L iv es" is the sm oothest, while "Transparent P arents" is the c lo sest sou n d to a rap -ro ck -p o p song since early Beasties. W ith m ore than im ag in atio n and m ost rap -rockers, Q uarashi's m usic is so sublim e, it's transcendent, and so m agn etic, it's surreal. in g en u ity sound — Stephanie Jakob A The Prom ise R in g Saturday, March 14, 10 p.m. Emo’s Main Room ► Though th ey'v e built a reputation cen tered on boyishly ob sessive son g s w ith finely crafted g u itar licks, M ilw au kee's The P ro m ise "e m o " and oth er Ring dislike frequ en tly labels h y p h en ated attach ed to them . N am ed in the Spin 4 0, the indie-rock heroes have spent the p a s t year recu p eratin g from hyperactive bouts of touring and record in g a new album. 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(G) 7:15 9:4010:10 d ig (12:40 3:45) 7:0010:05 d ig (12:20 2:25 4:40) d ig (12:00 3:00) 6:50 9:45 d o l I AM SAM (PG-13) (12:005:00) 10:00o o l ROYAL TENENBAUMS (R)- ID REQUIRED (2:45) 7:40 d o l T i c k e t s A v a ila b le O n lin e A t F A N D A N G O . C O M T im e s V a l id F o r T h u r s d a y M a r c h 7 2 0 0 2 O n ly ^ 200 2 The W eary Boys play the Drag, where the band first met guitarist Darren Sluyer. Photo courtesy of www.thfwearyboys.com band had a critically acclaimed album cut the old fashioned way (with every­ one plaving live in the studio simultane­ ously) and an increasing number of ven­ ues to play in. Now, firmly entrenched in the Austin music scene with a steady gig following Toni Price on Tuesday nights at the Continental Club, the Weary Boys are setting their sights out­ side the state lines. "Touring is much better than having a day job," Brian says laughing. The band recently traveled to Angola State Prison in Louisiana to record a live album. "It's not real often that you get to actually have murderers playing with you," Darren says. "We don't actually know what their crimes were," Brian quickly interjects. "We didn't ask out of politeness." Though the band was a little uneasy at first, all agreed that the experience proved to be very worthwhile and enlightening. "They were real nice, I thought, for the most part," says Cade. steady touring, the Boys are also excited to be playing in next week's SXSW music festival. "We're really happy to get such a good slot at the Continental," says Brian. "Last year, we just played on the street," remembers Darren. "Yeah, it was sunny and people were walking by. I remember thinking this is the best SXSW gig I've ever played," Cade says laughing. last Tuesday night at Not taking too much more than their music seriously, the Weary Boys are a lot of fun to hang around. During their show the Continental Club, they got the crowd clapping along to the fast songs and two-stepping to the waltzes. Decked out in vintage Western clothing and cowboy hats, the Boys lined up in a row along the stage and played shoulder to shoul­ der to the eclectic crowd that included college kids, hippies, businessmen, old- timers and a lot of good-looking girls. If you're a Weary Boy, life is looking pretty good right now. "Yeah, Cade got some action," Mario says, causing the group to start laughing and ripping on each other. Besicies an immediate future of The Weary Boys play the after-party tonight at Stubbs after Willie's show and every Tuesday night at the Continental Club. AustinRocks M y C it y R o c k s .c o m M u sic B a n d s C lu b s IIV IA X .11 1 III I l l ' l l l l l l l l l i k 1 tx.is S i . i h H i s u n y . M i i u i u n \ 1 I k k V C m l g r i - s s A \ t * . 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